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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
An AustralIan opossum.

The tree was large one. It's bark was
smooth like glass. Cutting notch in the
bark, and embracing as much of the huge
trunk as possible with his arms, che black
fellow mounted the height of the step, then,
standing with his toe in the notch, with his
tomahawk he proceeded to cut another,
about the height of hIs waist, which he also
assembled, keeping his bedy flat to the tree
Step by step he gradully rose looking like
fly walking up a window-pane, until he
reached the first fork, nearly forty feet
above the ground. A sudden twist enabled
him to surmount this difficulty, after which
he walked among the branches with the
activity Of monkey. Selecting one with
hole in it, he dropped two or three small
stones which he had carried up with him
down the hollow, listening intently as they
rumbled down the pipe. They all stopped
at particular place. Descending to the
spot Stick-in-the-mHd cut into the hollow,
and, inserting his hand, drew forth large
Opossum, its eyes blinking in the daylight.
A few knocks against the the tree deprived
it of life, and throwing it down, its captor
descended, grinning rom ear to ear his
appreciation of the white fellows compli
ments as to his dexterity. Blacks never
move without a frestick; and soon the
op0ssum, divested of its fur, was roasting
on fire, emitting a most inviting odor un-
der the circumstances. 1t makes Stick-in-
the-mud, who has only lately despatched
an immense meal, hungry again; and John
has some difficulty in persuading him not
to seize the half. roasted creature and bite
out piece. The black fellow looks aston
ished; the prohibition is quite against the
customs of his race; however, he gives in,
contenting himself by throwing the entrails
on the fire for a moment, and soon, to his
guests horror, he commenced dispatching
yards of the scarcely warmed intestines, at
the conclusion of which operation his face
presented sickening spectacle.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

We believe that the whole of our method
is a mistake, and there is no single system
of DlecGntqte for writing, and that child
belonging TO the educated classes would be
taught much better and more easily If, after
being once enabled TO make and recognize
written letters, 1t were let alone, and child
den or praised not for its method, but for
the result. Let the boy hold his pen as he
likes, and write at the pace he likes
hurry, of course, being discouraged
insist, strenuously and perSitently, that
his copy shall be legible, shall be clean, and
shall approach the good copy set before
him, namely, well-written letter, not
rubishy text on a single line, written as no
body but writing master ever did or ever
will write till the worlds end. He will
make a muddle at first, but he will soon
make passable imitation OF his copy, and
ultimately develop a characteristic and
strong hand, which may be good or bad,
but will not be either meaningless, unde-
cIded or eligible. The boys hand will alter,
OF course, very greatly as he grows older.
1t may alter al eleven, because il Is at that
age that the range of the eye is fixed, and
short sight betrays itself; and 1t will alter
at seventeen, because then the system of
taking notes at lecture, which ruins most
hands, will have cramped and temporarily
spoiled the writing, but the character will
form itself again, and will never be def
cient in clearness and decision. The idea
that it is to beclear will have stamped itself,
and confidence will not have been destroyed
by worrying little rules about attitude and
angle and slope, which the very irritation
of the pupils ought to convince the teachers
are, from some personal popularity, inap-
plicable. The lad will write, as he does
anything else that he cares to do, as well
as he can, and with a certain efficiency and
speed. Almost every letter he gets will
give him some assistance, and the masters
remonstrance on his illegibility viii be at.
tended, tolike any other caution given in the
curriculum. ~
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
Roses.

II IS not known from what country the
rose first came, but it has been common
from the earliest period. The variety of this
beautiful flower is infinite, and the study of
the various kinds forms one of the charms
of botanty. There are several wild kinds
in the United States, among which are the
prairie or Michigan rose, blooming in July,
and from which some of the cultivated pink
roses have descended. There is also the
dwarf rose, so called, which blooms from
May to July; the swamp rose, found usual
ly in damp ground, and which blooms from
June TO September, and the early wild rose.
The Cherokee rose, much useL in the South
ern States for hedges, was originally
brought to this country from China.
Among the cultivated roses, the red French
or Provence rose is fine and attractive. 1t
was brought to France from Syria in the
days of the Crusades. The familiar and
luxuriant cabbage rose came from the eau
Casus, and the Denmark rose from Damas-
Gus. The poetical moss-rose was first
brought to England from Holland; the yell
low rose from Persia. With us the rose is
valuable for its ordinary fragrance and
beauty, but in the East it is source Of
valuable manufacture, and is valued for
the perfumes or oil extracted from 1t. The
ottar of roses is an oil distilled from the
petals or flower leaves ol roses, and is pro-
duced in India aud Turkey, some also be-
ing made in the South of France. 1t re-
qulres 1000 pounds of rose leaves to make
one pound of ottar of roses, hence the great
cost of this article, very little, if any, of
which ever reaches this country in an una
dulterated state. Damask and musk roses
are chiefly used for the production of their
delightful perfume.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

Colonel HaIg, in his account of his Jour
ney TO discover the best road TO Judgalpoor
in the Bastor county, thus describes the
falls of Indravati which must very nearly
come up 10 those of Niagara: "The falls
are certainly one of the grandest sights in
India, though from their inaccessible posi-
ton few Will ever see them. The river
was in food within ten feet according to
the people on its banks) of its extreme
height. About four miles above the falls
(Which area mile above the village of Chitra-
koO the lndravati is joined by the Narnagi,
a river about three fourths il size. THE
united waters of the two, swollen by the
heavy rains TO a volume which | reckoned
at about thirty million cubic yards per hour
descend perpendicularly height of ninety
four feet over a ledge of sandstone rocks,
about five hundred yards in length, and
slightly curved in at place at one end, so
as to give the fall something of a horse
shoe shape. The rich coloring of the water,
varying from redish brown at the crest
of the falls to brilliant ochre, where more
broken in its descent, adds much TO the
beauty Of the sight. The lower part of
the fall is hidden by the clouds of spray
and in damp weather, Immediately after a
shower, when the air is loaded with mois-
ture, these rise even higher than the crest
of the falls. fill the whole chasm below, and
even hide the country on the opposite bank
from view, disclosing only at intervals the
final plunge of the immense mass of water
into the gulf beneath; the scene then be-
comes one of the widest and grandest i'm
aginable.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
About Dinners.

GA man should, if he die having accept
ed an invitation to dinner, leave his execu-
tors in solemn charge to I'LL his place." said
Sidney Smith IN that vein Of burlesque
solemDity with which his ample wit draped
all trihes. And the absurdlty contains q
truth. Dinners are so carefully measured
they are so important to host and hostess !;
they are the results of so much care and
thought, that every one is socially bound
TO remember the engagement and keep it
with punctuality. If illness or necessary
absence from town cause the invitee to
regret, after having accepted, note in the
first person should inform the hostess at the
earliest possible moment, that she may in
vite somebody to fill the place. Invitations
to dinners in New York, in the gay season,
are sent out a fortnight in advance, and
should be answered quickly and positively.
Never hint at any Contingency, but give
your hostess the simple assurance that yOn
will come or that you will not come. New
er say that you "would come if so and so. "
Never attempt to give dinner unless you
are sure of your cook and your waiter
that both are very good (unless you give
your dinner a la Russo and order every
thing from a restaurant. These are not
the best dinners. The dishes are apt to be
cold, greasy and poor unless you have the
very best restaurant in the world at hand).
The best dinners are those given by excel
lent hOusekeepers, whose domestic service
is perfect, who have cook who is famous
for individual dishes and with waiter
who is at home and who can call in, if he
needs them, some men to help him. The
American habit of hiring the same walters
who have just served at nelghbot's house
led to very curious mistake from foreign
nobleman. Looking at well-known old
black man, who used to serve at all the
dinners, he remarked: "What a very
singular resemblance the colored race bear
to each other. Now | could swear had
seen your butler at every dinner have
eaten in New York. This habit of hiring
''set of retalners" had never occurred to
the nobleman. ''The little dinners" there
fore, Of eight or ten, cooked in the house,
served by the servants of the family, simple
and short dinners are the most agreeable,
themost fattering as attentions, and require,
If given often, far greater care and ex-
penditure of thought than the one splendid
show dinner.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
Safety i'm Thunder storms.

| The safest place in q thunder storm is the
interior Of an iron building, or of house
well provided with lightning rods. As to
what meets the latter condition, il is suffi-
cient to say that the application of lightning
rods is matter demanding the exercise of
expert knowledge and Judgment, and in
telligent apprehension of the law of electric
| ity. Experience has shown that il is not
safe to trust to All ignorant person the de-
clsion as to the quantity and location or
arrangement of lightning rods for any
building what so ever. Under ordinary cir
| cumstances, in house without any rods
or with rods improperly adjusted, the safest
position is a horizontal one, in the middle
OF room, upon feather bed elevated
above the floor. An iron bed stead, how
ever, furnishes perfectly safe position, and
a wooden bedstead may be made a safe
place of refuge by attaching metallic wires
to the corner posts, and connecting them
all together by other wires running from
one to the other around the bed In these
circumstances, Il discharge of lightning is
provided with an easy path in any direc-
ton, either vertical or horizontal, a d no
injury can ensue to person lying upon,
such bedstead. Number nine annealed
iron wire or small copper or brass wire
may be conveniently and etfectually used
TINS way; or strips of sheet-metal may
be tackled on. Nails bell-wlres, stove fun
nels and other metals in buildings present
an interrupted path for lightning. 1t is
especially dangerous therefore, to assume
position between two detached lines or
masses of conducting matter For exam
pie, person has been killed by lightning
while seated in chair with his head lean
ing against bell knob; in another in
stance, man was killed by discharge of
lightning, which passed from socalled
lightning rod on the outside of the wall to
the quicksilver on the back of the mirror,
in front of which he was standing; thence
through him into the floor. AMI to stove
pipe in the next lower story Positions
near windows, DOORS and fire places are to
be avoided as particularly dangerous. Out
OF doors the safest position is fiat upon the
ground. away from any tree or other ele-
waited object. Thoroughly wet clothing is
partial conductor, and gives Increased
security TO the wearer. An umbrella with
an iron or steel shaft having attached 10
the handle metallic chain or flexible wire
cord long enough to trail upon the ground,
would protect the person CARRYING It.
Farmersmight easily arm their wagons with
wires in a manner similar TO that already
suggested for bedstead, or they can fasten
wire on long handled pitch fork or rake,
and then hold it vertically, with one end in
the ground and thus secure protection. The
interior of barn containing new hay or
grain, is very dangerous place in a thun-
der storm, and such building need lightning
rods of the most complete and perfect des-
criptIon.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
Business MaxIIns.

Choose the kind of business you under.
stand.
Capital is positively required in business,
even if you have real estate outside and
credit ever SO good.
One kind of business is as much as a
man can manage successfully. Invest
ments ON the outside do not generally pay,
especially if you require the money in your
business.
Buy cautiously and just what you want,
and do not be persuaded to purchase what
you do not need; if you do you will soon
want what you can't buy.
Insure your stock; insure your store;
insure your dwelling, if you have one. If
the rate is high it is only because the risk
is great, and of course you should not take
the risk yourself. A business that will not
pay for insuring will not justify running.
Sell to good, responsible parties only.
Sell on a specified time, and when your
money is due demand it ), do not let the
account stand without note or interest for
an indefinite period.
Sell at a reasonable profit and never mis-
represent to effect a sale.
Live within your income; keep your
business to yourself; have patience, and
you will succeed.
Competition is the life of trade, but in
trying to run your competitors out of bust
ness, be careful you do not run yourself
ont.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

Jamie Welch, bold teamster, living in
Detroit, was sitting on his doorstep the
other evening when along came a stranger
who picked up something from the walk.
''Was it hair pin We found at my door p"
demanded MIR. Welch.
81 never bend my back for less than
fifty cents, was the reply, as the stranger
tossed the coin IN the air.
cit rolled from me pocket, and I'm
much obleeged that We found It," said
Jamie, as he put on smile.
"You can't roll no fifty cents out of
this chicken, was the answer, as the man
moved on.
Mr.. Welch followed him, and argued
and tiattered, and when that wouldn't do,
he put his fists at work and hammered the
finder until he gave-up the coin. When
he returned home and told his wife she
claimed half, and there was a family row
which brought an officer and an arrest.
where's the money ~ asked the court,
after the story had been told.
The prisoner handed it over, and after it
had been inspected his honor said:
s'lt's the worst counterfeit ever saw ~
"What is she bogus 2'' exclaimed jamie.
''She are. It's more than half lead"
'tAnd was fool enough to have two
fights and get myself run in for the sake of
this old sham!" groaned the prisoner, as he
flung 1t on the floor
'You were, and must punish you"
"Go ahead, judge; I'm deserving of all
you can pile on. I'm the biggest fool III
America, and might as well be in prison
as out'
'T'll say ten dollars or sixty days"
'sThat's little enough. Is the perform
ance over?"
'tIt is"
$50 am l. I've no money, and so shall
go up. If my wife comes crying around
tell her I've hired out to circus as the big
fool, and that won't be home for two
MONTHS
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

A faithful night watchman in Sacra-
mento warehouse was recently made the
victim of a practical joke. Six alarm clocks
were locked up in the drawers of six desks
along the wall. They were So arranged
that the first should begin the racket about
l o'clock in the morning, and the others to
chime in intervals of half hour each. At
the appointed time, as the watchman was
resting his feet upon the stove, the hereto
fore noiseless little instrument in one of the
drawers fairly turned itself loose with
noise resembling the ringIngof half dozen
door-be is mingled with the roar of a steam
engine. The startled watchman sprang to
his feet and rushed to the windows, but,
gazing out, could see nothing, and again
taking his seat, was beginning to imagine
he had been mistaken, when clock No. 2
went through like performance. This
time the location was suspected, but the
cause not understood. When No. 8 began
there was new cause for wonder, as the
noise had changed from one desk to another.
The matter now became too perplexlng for
rest, and No. and No. {. were listened to
with equal astonishment. When the last
one had ended the nights entertainment
the Joke was seen:
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
A Nice Dinner.

A lady guest at a Baltimore hotel last
week decided to have nice little dinner al
by herself, and here is what she called for,
servedin courses: Soup, baked shad stuffed,
boiled mutton and caper sauce, chicken
with egg sauce, turkey with parsley sauce,
spring lamb and mint sauce, roast veal.
stewed kidneys with champagne sauce,
chicken pie in country style, cold veal, cold
mutton, mashed potatoes, spinach, lettuce,
asparagus, cabbage, apple pie, rhubarb pie,
punch cake, sponge cake, baked tapioca
pudding, vanilla Ice-cream, English wal
nuts, crackers, rice snow-balls with cream,
apples, coffee.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

A DISCOVERY ABOUT CoRN.-An ex-
change tells of man who plants, two
or three weeks after the crop is planted,
a new hill of corn every fifteenth row,
each way. And this is the reason: If
the weather becomes dry after the fill
ing time, the silk and tassels both become
dry and dead. In this condition, if 1t
should become seasonable, the silk re-
wives and renews its growth, but the tas-
sells do not recover. Then for want of
pollen, the new silk is unable to fill the
office for which it was designed. The
pollen from the replanted corn is then
ready to supply silk, and the filling is
completed. He says nearly all the abor-
tive ears so common in corn crops. are
caused by the want of pollen, and he has
known ears to double their size in this
filling,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
GOOD NIGHT WISHES.

A blessing on my babes tonight,
A blessing on their mother;
A blessing on my kinsmen light,
Each loving friend and brother.
A blessing on the toilers rest;
The over-worn and weary;
The des olate and comfortless,
To whom the earth is ireary.
A blessing on the lad, tonight;
A blessing on the hoary;
The maiden clad in beauty bright,
The young man in his glory.
A blessing on my fellow race,
or every CLINE and nation;
May they psrtake his saving grace
Who died for our salvation.
II any man have wrought me wrong /;
Still blessings be upon him;
May in love to him be strong,
Till charity have won him
Thy blessings on me, from OF old.
My Godl cannot number;
| wrap me in thy ample fold,
And sink in trustful slumber.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

In Scripture the drunkard's IS style Ee-
gins in lawlessness, proceeds in un-
proftable1ess, ends in misery; and all
shut up in that denomination of his
pedigree. A son OF Belial.
They who are ignorantly devoted to
the mere ceremonies of religion here
fallen into thick darkness; but they are
In still thicker gloom who are solely
attached to fruitless speculations.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24

EXPERIMENT shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallest amount of
seed in the hill yields the best crop.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-24
PROFESSIONAL CARDS OF
BELLEFONTE.
BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &C.
. A. STURGIS,
DEALE R IN

Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, silverware, sc. Re-
pairing neatly and promptly done and war
ranted. Main Street. opposite Bank. Mlnhetm,
Pa.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

- The crop report of the Charleston
Cotton Exchange for this State based on
II replies from 30 Counties, is as follows ::
The weather for the month of June is
universally reported as very dry-no
rain, in fact, having fallen except in
some sections. 4 few report too many
windy and cool nights, and the balance
excessively hot. The weather for the
season to the Both of June is reported as
more favorable by SO, about the same by
16, and less favorable by %. Only Il
trifling amount has been abandoned, and
taking the whole State, no more than in
average years. The stands are reported
as good to very fine by 60, and poor by s.
Early planting is universally reported as
blooming and forming we'll, but late
planting has been so retarded by drought
that it is quite small and not yet bloom
ing in some sections, but all report that
with rain soon it may yet catch up.
Present condition of crop as compared
with last year is reported by 47 better, by
IA us about the same and by 16 as not as
good, but all report the crop as excep-
tionally clean, long and dry, giving
planters every opportunity of getting
grass, and generally keeping clean, even
in increased acreage, which at date OF
our last report many thought it could not
be accomplished with the limited labor at
command.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

Yorkville Enquirer: The censns emu
merator for Bethsada Township informs
us that in his rounds he met a colored
woman who gave her age at 122 years.
......Corn is not doing well in conse-
quence of the dry season upon it at this
stage of the crop. Cotton, however, is
generally in omising condition, espe-
cially where the fields have been we'll
worked. Twenty one members of the
jenkins Rifles started last Monday af-
ternoon for Cleveland Mineral Springs,
where they will so into military encamp-
ment for about two weeks. The compa.
ny marched the entire distance, and on
their first night out camped at Bethany
Church. 49,. Through the kindness of Col.
w. H. McCorkle, census enumerator for
York township, we have obtained the
following information respecting the
population of Yorkville. The total pop
ulation of the town is 1880, of which 663
are white and 667 are colored. The
white males over 81 years of age number
167 and the colored males over the same
age number 40, making the number of
3l7 votes within the corporate limits.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

Hon. Marshall Jewell, Of Connecticut,
has been chosen chairman and Hon. S.
R. Dorsey, Of Arkansas, Secretary of the
Republican National Executive Com
mittee. Don Cameron, realizing that a
defeat is ahead for. the party this year,
and that no reputation is to be gained by
managing sinking ship, very prudently
declined to serve again as chairman.
This refusal helps the Democratic pros
poets in Pennsylvania very materially,
for if Cameron had remained at the head
of the committee, personal pride would
have made him use every energy to carry
his own State, which his powerful inAu-
ence would have gone far toward effecting.
The selection of Mr.. Jewell is decidedly
better for the Democrats than Cameron
would have been.