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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
Vineyards In switzerland.

Did you ever see them build vineyards
in Switzerland The operation is a curious
one, and would, we fancy, make an Illinois
farmer open his eyes. We had for some
time been amused by watching the modus
operandi from a window, well knowing
that we could never see anything of the
kind again. The locality was originally
the slope of ravine, through which vi
vacious little torrent leaps from the noun
tains: and is, even now, 50 steep that we
looked apprehensively to see the adventur-
Gus workmen tumble Off. When we saw the
men clearing away the debris of years, and
inaugurate the undertaking by a new line
of stone wall alongside the frisky little
stream, we could not imagine their object,
The next step was series of these same
walls, built at right angles with the first,
and finally, one parallel with it, which also
served as a defence against the public,
being built close against the roadside. BY
this time the affair presented the appear
ance of new work of stone, forming an
acute inclined plane. After several weeks
of steady wOrk-these people never hurry
our curiosity had reached its highest
pitch, and We were divided between two
Ideas-the one being that of a playground
for the neighboring school-boys, and the
other that it was the foundation of new
marine pensiOn-when one morning our
attention was attracted to squad of men,
each carrying panler of earth on his
back, who were slowly approaching the
scene of action. The mystery was solved,
and this was the way they built vineyards
in Suisse Day after Gay, and week after
week, did this hspaI cutly hopeless task
continue To judge by the long intervals
between the arrivals, the soil must have
been brought from great distance but at
length the task was finished and the walls
were quite covered. They are intended for
keeping the prospective vineyards from
sliding down into the ravine; and now it
only remained to grade it. This delicate
operation was completed by men who laid
Hat against the steep face of this novel ar
rangement, and smoothed and graded at
their leisure, afterward planting the vine
slips in the same calm and equable manner
under circumstances which others would
consider unfavorable.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14

hands. Can you wonder that | had hated
him. and with bitterness that"
"RememOer that he is dead and that he
was but human after all, she Interrupt
ted. =" Let the dead past bury its dead"
He bowed his head silently, and, after
Il pause. with rther misChievous look, he
said: ''Do you know why left the city
and came to Brierdale2" 7"
NO. she replied, wonderingly.
Il was running away from you. But
you have not answered my question yet; is
this Mrs Tartuffe that | hold in my armsl"
suiting the action TO the words, and drop
ping the reins as he did So Fortunately
the horse was well trained.
"If you wish it. =" was the low reply.
When the rare June days came with
their rose scented breath and dazzhag skies,
Mr.. Tartuffe took his bride home. Together
they stood at night upon the verandah and
watched the moon as 1t rose, flooding the
whole earth with its silver.
"What can be more beautiful on earth 2"
Lizzie said softly.
''Are you satisfied with your hOme-Our
home 2" he asked, looking down upon her
lovingly,
Perfectly; and you2"
Il came to Brierdale, anticipating one
happy year, instead of which | have OBJ
tanned bliss for lifetime"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
Lessons In woOdcraft.

|. Notes of the barred owl and loon in
dicate rain within twelve hours. In the
Iall wet weather follows the cry Of the
| tree-frog.
O. Bark grows thickest on the north side
of trees. Girde tree if you wish to tell
which is north.
3. The center of rotten stumps affords
dry stuff for kindling fire in drenching
rain.
L. A torch which will last many hours
is made from half-inch strips Of cedar bark
bound together in faggots two feet long or
more
8. To hold boat in swift current, set
the pole, oar or paddle on the bottom at an
oblique angle with the side of the boat
resting against it. Very little strength
will be required.
q. To mend q birch canoe cut patch
OF bark large enough TO cover the fracture :;
sew it on with an awl and stout cord of
hemlock roots; then apply a piece of
natural spruce gum to the seams or joints
with glowing brand used as a soldering
iron is used.
Z. To carry fish of two pounds weight
and upward, place it between hemlOck
boughs of the proper length, tied together
at both ends and in the middle, with bark,
roots, or cord. 1t will keep fresh and
sweet long time is easily cured, and will
not soil what it touches.
s. To mend a broken oar or paddle,
bevel the fractured parts so as to make a
neat joint, pass wooden plug through
both, and serve neatly with twine to cover
the joint. Or, having made q joint, as
above, bore two gimlet holes two inches
apart double four feet of wire so that the
ends will pass through the holes in the same
direction then whip or serve neatly with
the wire, and finish with service of
twine.
g. For night shooting, chalk the gun
barrels lengthwise from breech TO muzzle !;
or, make foresight by lashing Il V shaped
stick to the muzzle. BY bringing the object
within the V. good bead can be drawn.
10. When a tree brushes off wIsps of
hay from load, the hay falls on that side
of the tree toward which the cart is going.
In summer hay is carted from the field to
the barn, unless stacked when cut. In
winter it is carted out from the barn TO
stock employed in cutting logs, wood, etc.
Salt OF wild hay is most generally stacked.
1t can be distinguished from field hay by
the taste and smell.
IL. An excellent moccasin, nearly
waterproof, is made from the hind leg of a
moose, cut above and below the hook, the
hook forming the heel. 1t is wholly with
out seam, except where sewed up at the
toe. If tanned with the hair on it, it is
very warm when worn in dry snow.
II. A table is easily constructed by
taking a turn with a rope around each
trunk of three or more trees or saplings
conveniently near together; haul taut,
make fast, and lay boards on top.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
The Ancient MIsain Missouri.

Some time ago, number of men engaged
in iron mining about three miles from Dry
Branch, station on the st. LOUIS and
Sante Fe Railroad. AT depth of eighteen
feet below the surface the miners uncover
ed a human skull, with portions of the
ribs, vertebral column, and collar bone
With them were found two flint arrow
heads of the most primitive type, imper-
feet in shape and barbed. A few pieces of
charcoal were also found at the same time
and place. DR.. Booth was fully aware of
the importance of the discovery and tried to
preserve everything found, but upon touch
ing the skull it crumbled to dust, and some
of the other bones broke into small pieces
and partly crumbled away, but enough was
preserved to fully establish the fact that
they are human bones. Some fifteen or
twenty days subsequent to the first finding,
at a depth of twenty-four feet below the
surface, other bones were found--a
thigh bone and portion of the vertebra
and several pieces of charred wood, the
bones apparently belonging to the first
found skeleton. In both cases the bones
rested on a fbrous stratum, suspected at
time to be a fragment of coarse mating.
This lay upon floor of soft, but solid iron
ore, which retained the imprint Of the f.
bers. Overlying the last found bones was
a stratum of what appeared to be loan or
sod from two and half to three inches
thick, below which was a deposit of soft
red hematite iron ore, lying upon two large
powders of hard ore standing on edge
standing at an angle of about 40 degrees,
the upper ends leaning against each other
thus forming considerable cavity, which
was filled with blue specular and hard red
ore and clay, lying upon a floor of solid
red hematite. 1t was in this cavity, that
the bones, mating, and charred wood were
found, intermixed with ore. The indi-
cations are that the filled cavity had orig-
nally been a sort of cave, and that the sup
posed mating was more probably layer
of twigs, rushes or weeds, which the in
habitants of the cave had used as bed, as
the fiber marks cross each other irregularly.
The ore bed in which the remains were
found, and part OF which seems to have
formed after the period of human occupa-
ton of the cave, lies in the second Cor sac
charoidal) sandstone of the Lower Silurian.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
The POpes.

Eighty of the POpes are saints, thirty
one martyrs aad forty-three confessors.
st. Agatha, was the only Pope who lived
to be a centennarian, as he is also the only
one, after st. Peter, who may be hOnered
with the title of miracle worker, St.
Agatha died at the age of 107 years, in
$50, having resigned three years six months
and fifteen days. Gregory lX. died at the
age of s8 years. Celestine Ill. and Gre
CORY NIL, died at the age of 90;
John XXII. at the age of 90; Glenn
ent MI. at the age OF SS years, and Clement
y and Plus IX, at the age of sc.
The Popes have been drawn from all
classes of society. Nineteen were sons of
near relatives of princes; an equal number
came from illustriOus families. Many
were mobiles in rank, or of great wealth.
Others sprang from obscurlty. Sixtus vi.
was the son of a fisherman, Alexander Y.
was the son of poor, unknown parents, and
passed his first year in begging from door
to door. Adrian w., the only English
Pope, was abandoned by his father and had
to subsist on charity, until going to France,
he entered convent as a servant, where,
by his intelligence and his virtues he was
afterward deemed worthy to be received
into religion Sixtus V. had for his father
poor labOrer, for mother, servant, and
for a sister, laundress. st. Celestine V.
was the son of simple farmer Benedict
NIL was the child of baker. Urban ".
had carpenter for a father, as also had
Gregory VII.
Five of the Popes had studied medicine
before taking the holy orders. Benedict
NJ. was the child of notary. Julius Ill.
was the descendant of famous juriscon-
suit. Pelagius l. was the son of vicar
of the prefect of his province Paul v.
had for his father pa'rician of Sienna,
and Eugene w., Gregory MI. and Alex
ander VII. belonged to patriclan families
of Venice.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
A DIsreputable7FamiIy.

There was a little shooting scrape at q
little town in the interior of Texas not long
ago, and 1t was not long before q reporter
was on the spot interviewing one of the
principals.
$50 you are going to write it up" said
the survivor.
'F1CS, | want the facts.
81 don't care a cent what you say about
the shooting, but l have one little favor to
ask"
The reporter said he would grant it
cheerfully if becould.
"Well said the shootlst, 81 want you to
put down that my grandfather was one of
pirates Laftte's, and the worst cutthroat of
thegang."
The reporter stared a little, but the
shootist went on to say:
''Please put in that one of my uncles
was hung by the Vigilance Committee III
San f ~.sco, and two more of them are
makil shos in the Illinois penitentiary;
that cher one of them is practicing law
in New York, and my only sister ran away
from home with the clown of circus; that
as far as you can learn, there is not men,
Der or the family that has not done some
thing:disgraceful,"
"Why, what do you want all that in the
paper for9''
Because l am sick of reading in the pa
pers that every fellow who has little
shooting scrape belongs to one of the most
respectable families III the country. Just
put it down, for once, that one of the
parties to the unfortunate affair belongs to
highlYdlsreputable family. If you don't
pnt it that way, you will wish you had.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
New and stale Bread.

The nature of the difference between new
and stale bread is far from being known.
1t is only lately that the celebrated French
chemist, Boussingault, instituted an in
quiry into it, from which it results that the
difference is not the consequence of dessi-
cation, but solely of the cooling of the
bread. If we take fresh bread into the Gel
lar or in any place where it cannot dry, the
inner part of the loaf is true, 10 found to
be crumbly, but the crust is no longer brit
tle If stale bread is taken into the oven
again it assumes all the qualities of fresh
baked bread, although III the hot oven it
must undoubtedly have lost part of its
moisture. M. Boussingault has made a
fresh loaf Of bread the subject Of minute
investigation, and the results are anything
but uninteresting. New bread, IN its
smallest parts, is 50 soft, clammy
my, flexible and glutinous, Gin consequence
of the starch during theprocess of ferment-
ing and baking being changed into mucila-
ginous dextrine) that by mastication 1t is
with greater difficulty separated and reduced
to smallest parts is less under the influence
of the saliva and digestive juices. 1t con-
sequently forms itself INTO hard balls by
careless and hasty mastication and deg
Tuition, becomes coated over by saliva and
slime, and in this state enters the stomach.
The gastric juice being unable to penetrate
such hard masses, and being scarcely able
even 10 act upon the surface of them, they
frequently remain in the stomach un-
changed, and, like foreign bodies, irritate
and incommede 1t, inducing every species
of suffering-oppression of the stomach,
pain in chest, disturbed circulation of the
blood. congestions and pains in the head
irritation OF the brain, and Inflammation,
apopleptic attacks, cramp and delirium-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
ed lessons ofMadame P. that he had vowed
a gratitude without bounds

ed lessons ofMadame p. that he had vowed
a gratitude without bounds.
At midnight Zorelli enveloped himself
In his cloak. took q sword under his arm,
and directed his steps toward the spot de-
signated by the Count. The moon shone
sufficiently bright for the distinguishing of
surrounding objects. On reaching the
ground he perceived man pacing slowly
to and fro, his head reclined upon his
breast. He approached him. 1t was the
Count.
''ST Count" said Zorelli, consent to
retract your abusive remarks tomorrow in
the presence of witnesses and all will be
forgotten"
"On guard" exclaimed Bacheroni, lev
cling his sword
AS these words were pronounced Zorelli
saw issue from the shade, tive men whom he
had not before remarked. At the same
instant he mortally wounded the Count,
who fell, exclaiming SIN the name of
heaven, do not kill him. slandered-"
But the poniard of the assassins had
already transixed the ill-fated Zorelh. The
sword dropped from his hand, his knees
gave way beneath him, and he fell by the
side of his late adversary.
"PIerced to the heartl" said one of the
men, as he examined the wounds of Zorelli.
''He will not revive. And his excellency
breathes no more!"
The assassins who were none other than
two domestics of the Count, took away the
body of their master, and left that of To-
relli.
The same night Italian liberty had lost
her strongest defender, her most devoted
champion, music ber most worthy and
skillful interpreter. The next morning the
populace, among whom the servants of
the Count had spread the report that their
master had been asassinatsd by Zorelli,
rushed upon the unburied remains of the
actor and tore them into fragments.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
without Further Objection.

A man with a grip sack IN his hand
h alted before jefferson avenue fruit
stand, Detroit, and priced choice variety
twenty cents dozen, he whistled to him.
self, walked softly around, and finally
asked
'Are you Baptist5"
Hardly"
Neither am ]. didn't know but that
if we both belonged to the same denomina-
ton you'd throw off a little. Do you lean
to the Methodists?'
"Can't say that l do"
That's my case. | never did take
much stock in the Methodists. Twenty
cents dozen is an awful price for those
peaches, considering how tight money is.
expect you are Universalist, ehs"
"No."
Neither ami Can't you say fifteen
cents for dozen of these?"
Hardly"
'Aren't you an Episcopalainf" z"
F'No, slr."
''Neither am !, but | was afraid you
were. I've been sort o. looking you over,
and | shouldn't wonder if you trained with
the United Brethren. Come, now, own
up"
81 never attend that church," was the
steady reply.
'Nor |, either. Say, what are you any
how?"
Pm hard baked old sinner"
'No! Whoop! That's my case to dot
am called the wickedest man in Washe
nav County l knew there was bond oi
sympathy between us if we could only fine
it out Now, do you say fifteen cents fol
a dozen ?'
The fruit dealer counted them out with
! out further objection.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
Heatiug Cities

A company with capital of 81, 900, 600
is being organized at Cincinnati to supply
steam for heating purposes to that city at
an estimate cost to consumers of 20 to 80
per cent. less than they now have to pay
for their own fires. The company propose
to erect twelve immense steam boilers on
the bank of river, and to run pipes from
them under all the principal streets. Each
house desiring supply of steam for heat
ing and cooking purposes will secure it by
making connection with the street main;
this will give it connection with the steam
reservoirs and supply it with all the heat
it requires.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-14
MY OLD FRIEND,

You've manner all 80 mellow,
MY old friend,
That it cheers aud warns fellow,
My old friend
Just to meet and greet Won. and
Feel the pressure OF g hand
That one may understand,
My old friend!
Thou, h dimmed in youthful splendor
My old friend
Your smiles are still rs tender,
My old friend;
And your eyes as true blue
AS your childhood ever knew,
And your laugh as merry, too,
My old friend.
For though your hair is faded,
NY old friend
For your body bent AMI jaded,
My old friend,
Old Time, with all his lures
In the trophies he secures,
Leaves young that heart of yours,
My old friend
And so it is you cheer me,
My old friend
And to know you still so near me.
My old friend,
Makes my hopes OF clearer light,
And my faith OF surer sight,
And my soul purer white,
My old friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-19

rE- drunkard at Battle Hill, Kansas, re-
solved to reform or die. Putting some deadly
poison into a glass with whiskey, he locked
himself in room with the mixture His plan
was to conquer his craving for alcohol If posi-
BILE, and, If his appetite overpowered him, kill
himself with the drink that satisfied it. He
was alone with the poison for six hours, and
then he drank 1t. His life was saved, how
ever, by the timely enorts Of physician, and
he was sent to an asylum for inebriateS.
B- Philadelphia has just been reminded by a
fire, which did $50, 900 damage, and should have
been confined to $500, that her fire department
is OF a village order, run for fun and political
purposes, and without discipline or good ap-
paratus. The first stream was not brought to
bear until half an hour after the alarm was
given, the hose burst In more than dozen
places the firemen deserted their duty to get
drunk in the barrooms OF the neighborhood, and
the general management was childtShly tncom-
petent.-(N. 7. Sun.
eB-Chicago has mystery. Mrs. Gale Les LII
of nervous disorder, and much of the time Is
in a trance state. Loud rapS are frequently
heard around her bed, and the noise throws her
into severe commissions. Reporters are at work
They suspect the woman of deception, but have
not been able to catch her at 1t.
eSuitS have been instituted at Louisville,
KY, by the United States against Weden
O'Neal formerly q. s. marshal, ana nus ooLoS-
men for $50 127, public money.
iceman's dream of charging ten cents per pound
next summer is vanishing.|(N. r. Herald.
uThere is student of natural history at
Chico, Cal, who believes that the deer OF Buck
county know what day the game law goes into
effect. He has gravely read paper before the
asserts that they stay on the foothills every
wear until Nov. O. and then, knowing that on
and after that date it is unlawful to shoot them,
go boldly down into the inhabited valleys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-19
, h. WARNER, Real Estate Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES SALE OF A TWO-STORY FRAME
DWELLING, No. lit SIXTEENTH STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OF A TWO-STORY FRAME
DWELLING, No. lit SIXTEENTH STREET
NORTHWEST.
By virtue of certain deed of trust, dated -
September LIST AID. 1871 and duly recorded t@1
in Lber No. 658, folio 800, one Of the land -G40
records for the District of Columbia, and at the
the premises ON MoNDA the T S6rs se D9
OF JANUARY, A. D. 1880, AT 3k O'clock PM, the
following piece parcel of ground, situate in the
city of Washington, District of Columbia, and
known as ard being part of Lot numbered ten Q6),
in Samuel Davidsons recorded subdivision Of
square numbered one hundred and ninety seven,
beginning for the same at the southwest corner Of
said lot and running thence north along the line of
vest 10th street twelve feet thence east forty feet
feet thence south 10 feet inches thence west JOG
forever through an aeV On tie north side of said
piece or parcel of ground hereby conveyed, the said
alley being three feet two inches wide and running
back that width from said 10th street 40 feet with
the privilege of building the said alley to the
center line thereof provided always that any build
ing SO erected shall leave alley way of not less
than feet in height; together with the improve
Terms: One third cash; balance in two equal in
stalments, in six and twelve months, with interest
thereon, at per cent. per ahnum, secured by deed
OF trust on property Sold all cash, at option of
purchaser. $50 deposit at time of sale. Terms to
ianlO-eod SAMIJET + DRURY Trustee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-19
DIED.

,, BRYAN. On Saturday afternoon. january IT.
1884, OCTAvLA BRYAN, in the seventy ninth year OF
her age, relict of the late Joseph Bryan.
Funeral from her Int residence, $40 New York
avenue northwest Tuesday, January GOTH at Q ID.
IN, Friends of the family are invited to attend
FLOYD. January 18th. 1880, at 7kam Az
RoRA, infant daughter of Joel g. and Julia Annette
Floyd, aged months and &c days.
LEWISTON. On Monday morning, January 49,
1850, WILLIAM GEORGE, son of Michael J. and
Hannah Hewston, aged years, months and 10
days.
Funeral will take place from his parents resi-
dence, No. 63O Massachusetts, avenue northeast at
2:3O p. m. Wednesday, the 21st instant. Friends
are respectfully invited. 2ts
MCGILL. On Saturday night, January IT. 1880,
about u, at his residence. near Green Springs.
Georgetown J. d. MCGILI. aged fifty two years.
Funeral from Trinity Church, Georgetown, Tues
day morning, the Goth, at 10 a. The friends arc
requested to attend.
sIOUSSA. In st. Louis, January 14th, 1850, in
the thirty fourth year of his age, J WALTER, be-
loved son of Charles and Margaret Sioussa.
Interment from chapel Oak Hill Cemetery, Tues
day morning, 80.
STEVENS. On Thursday, 18th January $780, at
5mIutes OF pm, Mrs EMMA K: STEVENS, wife
of Monfort G. Stevens and daughter of J. G. and
Lydia Werner, aged 81 years months and 10 days.