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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
A French Detective Trick.

A few days since, young man dressed
in the height of fashion came, with all the
other travellers, out of the train which had
lust reached Paris from Brussels. He had
scarcely quilted the Car when ne was ac-
costed courteously: ''Do you wish a porter
sir?" the very thing l was looking for. VIII
YOU take this valise and show me the way
to Hotel de la Roumania, Boulevard st.
Michel. AS this is my first visit to Paris,
Iprefer going there on foot" "At your
service, sir, On they truged. When
they had crossed Pont st. Michel, the por-
ter, instead of following Boulevard du
Palais, turned to the left, went down Quai
de i Horologe and entered the Prefecture
of Police He said to the owner OF the
valise: 81 am going to introduce you to the
master of the house." as he ushered him
into the office of the head detective. The
latter no sooner laid eyes on the stranger
than he said: "Why, good day, Mons.
Vanwater. You have just come from
Antwerp, where you have stolen large
sum of money. You have already spent
five years in Jail for similar crime. What
on earth possessed you to want to put up
at the Hotel de la Roumania. where lodg-
ings are dear, when you knew | had q
chamber at your disposal for which |
would not charge one cent?" The thief
was put in a cell until the legal papers to
warrant his extradition reached faris.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
FAR APART.

Beneath the quaint old bridge you hear
The waves make music as they pass;
And winding to the elm tree near.
You see the pathway through the gra 8
Where we were wont to walk. alasl
The river wanders ma OF old
Beneath the shades of willow trees,
The sunlit waters gleam like gold,
And ripple to the gentle breeze;
But / am far from thee and these.
The sky bends over broad and blue,
And, in the soft aud mellow light,
You tread the lane our footsteps knew
In former days, when days were bright;
Do these days bring such sweet delight?
And still that lane with grass in green;
With fragrant flowers the banks are fair;
In golden gloss and silver sheen
The bees still haunt the bAlmy air;
But You Will fail to And me there.
Again, perchAnce, / may not see
The rustling row OF willow trees
(Which lent leafy canopy
When we s,rolled underneath at easS);
For am far f. ON thee and tn se.
Our Joys fersAke US. Soon does Spring
Pass by and for he Summer call;
Soon do the birds lose heart TO ning.
When fading leaves in Autumn fall;
And Winter is the end Of all
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
Beer and Talk.

The day was hot at Frisco Utah, and
the three drank beer and talked. 1t ap-
peared from their conversation that they
had all had more or less experience in pros
pecting. One said
The biggest thing ever struck was once
when me an Newt Bowden was prospectin'.
One day we felt the earth kinder tremblin',
an saw smoke on the top of a mountain.
We climbed up to the top-'twas a long
pull. When we got there we foun' it was
q volcano. Twas all bilin' in the crater.
One place in the crater was lowsr thar
t'other parts, an cliff struck right down
from this low place; it went down bout
seven hundred feet. The earth KEEP trem-
blin'. An stream bout twenty feet wide
by five feet deep run outen the crater or
gap, an made a clear jump seven hundred
feet down."
''Water2" interrupted one of the listeners;
''pooty hot, wasn't itl"
"Water! twas quicksilver.
''Quicksilver!"
"You bet. We went down to the foot
of the fall The stream of quicksilver from
the fall run few hundred yards an sunk.
1t KEEP tremblin' r.
s"What made the tremblin' Z"
"The quicksilver Strikln' below; heavy
you know. Me an Newt both got sick;
he sicker than me. He KEEP gittin' worse,
an died before could get him to camp.
got to a camp and was sick for months;
was salervated. My teeth all came out.
l hain't no teeth now; nor toe-nails,
nuther."
''Why didn't you go back to the quick
silver2"
"Fraid er gittin' salervated agin- Killed
Newt. you know"
Number two said: "Well, the richest dis
cov'ry ever made was one time when
was by myself. l saw bluff bout three
miles off; it had queer look. l went tC
it; twas more than thousand feet high,
an nearly ever bit of it was solid native
silver. You could walk long an look al
! it for a mile 'thout seein' anything but sill
yer. Some places silver had oozed out
while the cliff was hot, an made things
like big icicles; some of them was hangin
down 500 feet long. located bout three
miles of the lodge, an left.
"How come you so poor?" asked one.
"Well, I'd got back in days ride K
camp, an was packin' up one mornin afte
breakfast; as | come to the fryin' pan my
mule had one him root in it, an tapped
him on the leg to make him step outen it
an he up an kicked me on the head.
'But he didn't break your head"
'sNo; but | can't remember direction
since"
The third one began: 81 was by myself
too, when l struck it big. One day | wa
prospectin through an open country, an
travelled ON until after night, tryin' to fin
water. At last rode over ridge, an no
ticed that my mules shoes KEEP clinkin
against somethin'. had fine young mule
There was valley at the bottom of tn
ridge, an water. went to sleep, an wake,
up when day begin to break, but role,
over an slep' again. Mex time | walked
the sun was up, but couldn't hold m.
eyes open until I'd tried long time, ther
! was such glitter"
mica" one Of the party suggested.
"Gold, sir! Gold, everywhere! I'd throw
part of my blanket over chunk to make
pillar; the chunk was gold, solid gold
} The ridge I'd come over was gold, soli
: gold On tother side of the valley wer
! mountains of gold, risin' up an glitterir
in the sunshine. One high mountain ha
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
Look Out for spllnters.

A Detroit boot-black, who had strHyed
out TO Pontiac, was on his return, having n
seat in the car with benevolent old man.
OF course Sinner put up the window as
soon as he sat down. The wind blew in at
the rate of forty miles an hour, and the
old man presently said:
why do you keep the window up"
Don't want some way TO jump out Ii
the cars fall iRto the river" replied the boy.
Then he stuck his head and shoulders out,
and the old man asked:
'Boy, why do you lean out of the win
dow 80 farf"
'Don't want to see if there are any cat
tie on the track !"
'Let me tell you story, :" continued the
man, as he hauled the boy in. "There was
once boy thirteen wears old named Henry"
''Didn't they call him Hank ~ inquired
the boy
''There was once boy named Henry.
One day he took a journey by rail to a city
about twenty miles from his home"
"Didn't beat the conductor out OF his
fare. did he p
''This boy had been warned, continued
the old man, mot to throw up the window.
Oh OpCh "IhNOh - AAAAEChOhc Oh oANOAAbOA
the draughts, and many person has been
blinded by the flying sparks and cinderS s =
but he showed up the wlnder, didn't heS"
"Yes. lie thought he knew more than
any one else, and up il went. Not satisfied
with that he put his head and shoulders
out"
''Bound TO see the country, wasn't heq"
''The train sped onward" sighed the old
man, land by and by it came along to
signal post. The boy was still leaning oSt.
and all of sud"
"Hold n, old man, " interrupted Sinner.
as he whet ID around, 81 know what you
are going to say You are going to say
that the boy struck the post with his chin
and knocked about three feet of the top OF
and tore up half a mile of track and was
put in State Prison for life, but want you
TO understand that I'm no sun-fish! I'm
going to look out OF this window all want
to, and If this railroad company don't haul
In its posts they must look ou; for splinters"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
Birds i'm Winter

A lady in a nelghbonng town, who is
fond of birds as pets, and who keeps several
feathered songsters, resorts to an original
method of supplying hem in winter with
their proper food. In the summer she
goes out and philosophers, crickets, grass
hoppers and other small deer, which she
dooms to execution and then dries them,
and lays them away in paper bags. At
this inclement season she gives her birds
(she has a number of different kinds) q
daily treat to this insect food, first causing
it to swell up to its former shape and pro
portion by putting it in hot water! 1t is
fact well known to successful keepers of
mocking- birds, that they not only thrive on
spiders especially, but that if bird seems
to be ''dumpish" and feeling badly, a days
diet of spiders will generally make him as
tuneful as May morning. Hence, this
lady's unique method may be hint worth
needing to persons who keep these and
other insect-eating birds.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
A Performing samson.

II report speaks truly. all the astounding
feats performed by the strong men of anti
guilty, including Hercules, Samson and Milo
of Crotona, have been capped by the recent
performances of French athlete, Joigne-
ry by namess who is at present fulfilling to
crowded houses an engagement in the Ber-
lin Vaudeville Theatre. Tossing about
huge cannon balls with sportive grace
his person appears nightly on a raised
platform in the body of the theatre, above
which platform is suspended an ordinary
trapeze. Ills ankles are then fastened to
the trapeze, so that he swings head down
ward few feet above the surface of the
central stage, and in full view of everyone
in the house. A horse, covered with gay
trappings and begirt with strong leathern
-S~y--1-s~l--
attached. is then conveyed to the stage, and
there mounted by full grown man. When
all these preliminaries have been effected,
Joignerey seizes the loops in both hand, and
by sheer muscular strength, lifts the
"Horse and his Rider" some inches off the
stage, sustaining their combined weight in
the air for several seconds, and letting them
down again as slowly and evenly as he had
raised them. Upon the occasion of his first
performance, the horse selected for expert
ment was so panic stricken that, when 1t
was lowered to the level of the platform,
its knees gave way under it, and the atten-
dants had great deal of trouble to make 1t
stand up again. All Berlin is flocking to
see NJ Joignerey's entertainment, which
would appear to be the chief attraction Of
the German capital Just now, for, while the
managers of the leading theatres are COM
planning of empty houses, the Vaudeville il
compelled, night after night, to turn hun
dreds of curious Berliners away from its
doors
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22

The only wav to have friend is to
be one.
Domestic rule is founded upon truth
and love. If 1t has not both of these
it is nothing better than despotism.
Measure Christianity by its teachings,
and not the short sighted, selhsh prac-
tices of a few unworthy followers.
Rash words are scarcely more dan
gerous, and are generally much less
unwholesome, than capricious silence.
We appreciate no pleasure unless we
are occasionally deprived of them
Restraint is the golden rule OF enjoy.
ment.
Young man learn to wait. Ifyou un-
dertake to set hen before she Is ready,
you will have your labor for your
pains.
He who boasts that his heart has re-
mained whole, contesses that he has
only prosaic, Out-of-the-Way'c corner
heart.
He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper; but he is more excellent
who can suit his temper to any circum-
stances.
There Is nothing 20 easy as to be wise
for others; a species Of DrOdigality, by
the way, for such wisdom Is wholly
wasted.
Look at the pages of your own heart
and you will see O dim reflection OF
what the recoI ding angel has written
about you.
Beauties often die old maids. They
set such q value on themselves thai
they doh't find a purchaser till the
market 10 closed.
Faults are pliable in infancy, change
able in childhood, more resolute IL
youth, firmly rooted in manhood, anC
iDfexible in old age.
The worthiest people are most inJur
ed by slanderers; as we usually hnt
that to be the best fruit which the Dlrd'
have been picking at.
Kindness is slowed away in the hear
like rose leaves in drawer, to sWeetel
every object around them, and to bring
hope TO the weary-hearted.
Never permit the most resolute curl
osity, or the most friendly concern. t.
find the lowest depth of character
Gain the reputation for reserve by re
serving.
If you are a wise man, you will trea
the world as the moon treats the world
Show it only one side Of yourself, sci
dom too much at q time, and let whs
you show be calm, cool, and polished
But look nc every side of the world.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22

'.Ah, if some fairy could inform me where
dozen such children were, | should only
be too ready 10 take them all. Why, my
child, one such performance of my pupil as
yours last night, would repay me for my
| trouble"
AS Max Herne finished speaking, the
last slender column that propped her idol
on its throne snapped, and it toppled To
| the ground.
| Max Herne was gone in another minute,
and she alone in her misery, knew that the
idol she worshipped was made of selfish
clay and was broken forever.
| If one night of triumph rcpays my mas
ter surely he is repaid now, Is what Maud
Leblanc thinks, as success meets them in
the German cities.
She is out for her morning walk in the
pretty town in which they have stopped to
rest for a day.
Only one week more, she thinks, and
then for home.
Her thoughts are broken by voice at
her side.
Is she dreamingl
"Maude, Maude; in it little MaudOy'
She turns.
She is not dreaming
The owner of the boyish voice Of long
ago, the one bright gieam of her past life,
the only link that connected her native
land, is standing, tall, handsome man be-
side her.
Hunt Ellis' she cried, joyf1lly.
"ts it little Maude, then, he said taking
the hand she offered. Il beg pardon, he
continued, 81 suppose | ought to call you
Mademoiselle--"
'.No. no." she cried; ''call me Maude,
don't call me that hateful assumed name"
"Ah, am glad it is only assumed, he
said archly. II was sure it was you saw
at Berlin, and followed you here. Very
impudent of me, was it notf" he asked in
the hearty voice she SO well remembered.
every" she answered, catching some of
his spirit, and strange to say, she felt her
heart growing light; but | suppose, now
that you are here, you may talk with me,
and we will talk"
''Over old times" he concluded; 81
have no earthly business here but to see
YOU Now shall go or stay?'
1--WE 60 ourselves tomorrow she an
swered.
"Wherei"
'To Paris. One performance there and
then for home"
'Then | am for Paris 10 morrow also,
that is if you do not object, for you know
we cannot say all we two have to say about
old times between now and tomorrow, y
he answered laughing.
At Paris Maude Leblanc gained her
crowning triumph.
my child, you surpassed everything |
ever dreamed of for you tonight" cried
Max Herne, when the performance was
over.
THAT was because l am so happy, she
says, and her beaming face strengthened
her words. 81 could not but succeed to-
night, Tor my heart is overflowing with
love Ny master, you must make no en-
gagements for me-"
81 do not understand you, " he cried, In
tremor.
II will explain in q few words. Be
cause have made life long engagement
for myself"
"You have made an engagement for
yourself?"
''Yes, am going to marry Hunt Ellis.
That is the cause of my overwhe ming sue
cess tonight
If Maude Leblanc had planned her mas
ter's punishment, she could hot have
brought it about more effectually.
Now, when his protestations are in VAIN
when he knows she is lost to him for ever,
the truth bursts upon him.
He loves her; she is the sdol that has
been enthroned in his heart, and blind
man. he could not see it until too late.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-22
Lime-kiln Club MeteOrology.

The Committee on Atmospheric Inf1u-
ences announced that thev were ready with
a report regarding the coming winter. The
Committee had been entirely guided by
signs. and their reasons for predicting a
hard winter were;
/ The thickness of the corn husks.
2. The unusual number Of overcoats IN
pawn.
3. The anxiety of women to get winter
bonnets.
4. The way the frogs have gone down
for deep water.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-09-04

NO. 10.

Resolved, that the salaries of
teachers of the country schools be
and are hereby fixed at $50 per
scholastic month !; that the sal.
ary of the teacher of the white
school in Abbeville be fixed at
$40 per month and that of the
colored school at $35 per month.
Resolved, that all persons ap.
plying to this board to be employ
ed as teacher of the public schools
of this parish shall also present
a recommendation signed by the
patrons and parents of the chill.
dren Of the school in which he
wishes to teach.
Resolved, that the president of
this body be and ho is hereby
fully authorized to contrnct in be.
half of this Board with the pub.
Usher of the MRRlDIoNAL to pub.
lish the proceedings and print
such other matters as, the Board
may need for one calendar year.
On motion of Mr. Williams,
Resolved, that the sum Of two
hand sed dollars or so much there
Of as may be necessary, be and
the samo is hereby appropriated
out of the school revenues of 1880
as a contingent fund to meet the
expenses of the board incurred
during the scholastic year.
Resolved, that the committee
appointed to examine the quail
fication of teachers be notified to
meet at the court house in Abbe-
vile on the l4th day Of August
1880 for the purpose Of examin-
ing the qualification &c. Of per-
sons desirous Of being employed
as teachers in the public schools
Of this parish.
On motion of Mr.. Williams,
the board adjourned to meet on
Thursday the 26th day of August
next.
(Signed) \. D. MARTIN,
President.
AMBROSE LAooUR, Secretary
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OFFICIAL.
Friday, August 18th 1880.

FRIDAY, August 18th 1880.
The Police Jury met this day
at the courthouse pursuant to ad.
journment.
Present: Howard Hofpauir,
president, and Messrs. Broussard,
Primeaux, Nuncz, Trahan, Thi.
beaux and Vanslyke.
The minutes Of the previous
meeting were read, corrected and
approved.
George Hayes was appointed
Road 'Overseer for the 18th road
district vice Easton Hofpauir, ex,
cused.
The report OF the committee ap-
pointed by virtue of article 9,
adopted April 9th 1880, was read
and adopted, and its further con-
sideration postponed until next
meeting of this body.
The Clerk Of this body author
ized to draw a warrant on Sarazin
Hebert in favor Of Albert Stans-
bury, Road Overseer for the 9Th
road district for the sum Of 5000
which the former has on hand,
collected by him as road fines.
The Jury then adjourned to
Monday, September 9th 1880.
HOWARD HoFFPAuIR,
President.
A. LACoUR, Clerk.
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LAND OFFICE, at New Orleans. La
August IL, 1880.

August II, 1880.
Notice is hereby given that the
following named settler has fled
notice of his intention to make
final proof in support Of his claim,
before the Clerk Of Court of the
parish of Vermilion, on Saturday
the 25th day of September 1880,
and secure final entry thereof at
the expiration Of thirty days from
the date of this notice. viz -
Ursin Dubois, of VermiIion
parish, Louisiana, No. l47l, for
the lots S & 6, or SW /, Section
10, Township II, South Range 2
West, and names the following as
his witnesses, viz: Jules Dubois,
Theogene Leblanc, Hermogene
Leblanc and Lambert Leblanc, all
of Vermilion parish Louisiana.
GEO. BALDEY,
Aug. 2lst 80 Register.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-09-04
SCHOOL BOARD.

On this 3lst day of July A. D.
1880, the following newly ap.
pointed members of the Parish
School Board met at the Court
House in the towE of Abbeville,
viz: A. D. Martin. James N.
Williams. John Morgan, Nathan
Perry and John Nugier, duly
commissioned and sworn as such.
On motion of Mr.. Perry, Mr..
A. D. Martin was elected Presi-
dent pro tenn and Ambrose
Lacour, Secretary protein.
On a motion to organize the
Board permanently being carried,
Mr.. Williams nominated Mr.. A
D Martin as President of the
Board, aud Mr.. Perry having
nominated Ambrose Lacour az
Secretary, both were unanimously
elected respectively.
t)n motion of Mr.. Williams,
the salary of the secretary was
fixed at seventy-6ve dollars per
annum. The snbiect of electing
the secretary as Superintendent Of
schools and fixing his salary
as such was postponed until fur
ther orders from the State Board
of Education.
On motion of Mr.. Williams {:
Resolved. that the president ap'
point committee of three per-
sons to make settlement with
the treasurer Of the former Board.
Whereupon the president ap-
pointed Messrs Ambrose Lacour.
John Nniger and NJ G Broussard
on said committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Williams
Resolved, that the president ap-
point a committee composed of
three competent persons to ex-
anime into the moral and literary
qualifications of all persons ap
plying to be appointed teachers of
the public shoots of tl.is parish.
The president appointed the
following named persons on said
committee, viz F D Young,
w w Edwards and Lastie Brous-
sard.
On motion of Mr.. Williams ::
Resolved, that the public schools
be located and established at the
following places, TO towit
lst school district, at the pub
lie school house.
I'd do, two schools, one near
the Methodist church and one
near Desire Hebert.
3rd do, two schools in the town
of Abbeville one white and one
colored
4th do, two schools one near
John Conner and one near j. L.
Broussard both white.
5th do, one white at the school.
9th do, one (wnite) on Cow
Island near Nathan Perry's
residence and the other, (colored,
at the eolored school house
Spring hill.
7,h do, three schools ont
(white) near | A Jettun's one
(colored) in the Mouton Cove
and one, (white) on Cheniere-aux
Tigres.
! On motion.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-09-04
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