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National Republican., 1880-07-28
The Yorls town Celebration.

FoRr MONROE VA, July 27.--The York
town centennial committee, of which Senator
Johnston is chairman, arrived horo this oven-
ing, accompanied by Governor Holiday and
Representative Goode of Virginia, They leave
tomorrow morning for Yorktown TO select .
site for the monument and perfect arrange
ments for the approaching celebration of the
ayant
National Republican., 1880-07-28
a Mock Duel,

CHICAGO, July 27,-A report was brought
to the central police office this morning that
q duel had been fought out on the prairie at
Sacramento and Van Buren streets. 1t turned
out to have been u mock affair gotten up by
some young mon to cure friend of his con-
ceit as "A lady killer.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Murder or Suicide.

ST. LOUIS, July 27.-Joseph Staats, y young
man who was married only nineteen days
ago, was shot dead in his yard at Contralia,
Ill, Sunday night by some unknown person.
1t is thought by some to bc suicide, while
others belieYo IL TO be q murder.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Fatally Cnt with a Razor.

New York, July 27,-Last night Edward
Hogan Of No. Al Columbia street, Brooklyn,
quarreIed with his wife, and attempted to cut
her with razor. Mrs. Elizabeth Burns and
u young man named John Thompson, who
interfered to protect the woman, were fatally
cut by Hogan.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
indian Retaliation.

GALVESTON, TEXAS, July ga dispatch
to the News from Denison SAYS To-day near
Gibson station, /. T., party Of Creeks at
tackled two Cherokees, killing ono and wound.
ing tho other The Creeks were actuatcd by
revenge for the alleged hanging of two Creeks
by Cherokees on Monday night"
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Stea,uer Ashore.

CHARLESTON, s. G., July 27.--Tho steamer
Charleston from Now York, went ashore near
the harbor entrance at ebb-tide this afternoon.
1t is expected that she will bc gotten off dur.
ing Lhe night.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Fatal StabbinR ARray.

Sr. LOUIS, July 27.-Harmon Mccoy, living
four miles from Arcola, ILL.,, was stabbed and
killed by Elisha McCabc, aided by Joel Engle
during a quarrel Sunday night. McCabo es-
capped, but Euele was arrested.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
A Irrncinren Sknll.

NEW YORK, July CIV. s. Thompson of
No "a Adelphi street, Brooklyn, was found
this morning on the ear track on Vanderbilt
avenue insensble from n fraotu,vd skull.
When restored TO consciousness he was unable
to slate how the injuries were received.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
DR.. Tnnnor,. rhIrtleth Day.

New YORK, July 27.-Thore is no change in
Dr. Tanners condition. He took his usual
drive and retired at 9:l5. His pulse was 81,
temperature 9S.9, respiration ii and weight
130 pounds.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
The Death watch Set.

NEW YORK, July 27.-The death watch
was set this morning upon Pietro Balbo, the
Italian vito murderer, who is to be hanged
August G. The watch consists of two deputy
sheriffs regularly relieved who never leave
the condemned man out OF sight. =
National Republican., 1880-07-28
A pefnnot nemoeratio Paper.

RICHMOND, VA, July 27.--ThO Common
pcaM (newspapsr), of this city, tomorrow
morning will announce it's permanent sus-
pension. Tho cause is attributed 10 want Of
support
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Smuggling In Mnnitoba.

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, July ga petition
is in circulation here to appoint mounted in.
spector Of detectives at Emerson to prevent
smuggling, which is being carried on to a
great extent OH tho International frontier. 1t
will be forwarded 10 Ottawa shortly.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Killnd with n Stnne.

NASHVILLE, July 27.-At Brandacc, Green
brier Station, Robertson county, Saturday,
Ben Webster was mortally wounded with a
stone thrown by Tom Jones. Webster was
ono of the most substantial citizens of the
county.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
ponth from Il ldrophohia.

NASHVILLE, TENN, July 27.-Miton Story
twcnty.onc years of age, died at Thompson's
Station, on the Nashville & Decatur railroad,
twenty-five miles south of Nashville, last
Sunday night, of hydrophobia resulting from
the bite of dog last March.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Struck by Lightning,

CLTFFwooD, N. j., July 27.-.Thc residence
of Mrs. Fear Osborn, widow, near Old
Bridge, was struck by lightning this after.
noon and partially destroyed. Mrs. Osborn
received shock which may prove fatal,
National Republican., 1880-07-28
Baseball.

Troy, N. Y, July 27--Troys, s; BuIalos, G.
BosToN, July 27.-Clovelands, 5; Bostons, Q.
Providence, r. l., July 27.--Providences,
6; Chicagos, 2.
WORCESTER, MASS, July 27.-Woreest ers,
Il Ciucinnaiis 1
National Republican., 1880-07-28
FntnllK Shot.

BALTIMORE MD, July 27.-Martin Kelly,
aged twentysoven years, was fatally shot in
East Baltimore tonight by Thomas n. Rudden,
during y dispute about an old election matter.
National Republican., 1880-07-28
SECOND LIeutenants Designated

TIC following gentlemen have beon orderod
TO report before the examining board for
second lieutcnants' commissions IN tho army;
J. 4, Dnpray aud Alexander Tracy Dean,
District OF Columbia; Lawrence 4, Iearn,
Kentucky; Henry W. lIoyoy, New York;
Edward Lloyd, -; John A. Lockwood, Dis
trot Of Columbia; Ed. Cave Mayhem New
York; James McCarty, Pennsylvania; Frank
b. Mccoy, Georgia; William A. Mercer, Con-
nectiyut; Edward II. Wclb,r, Pennsylvania.
National Republican., 1880-07-28

Tho training ship Dale sailed from Fortress
Monroe yesterday for cruise,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Hints in Regard to Lightning.

1t is never too soon to go in the house
when a-storm is Eising. When the clouds
are, fully charged with electricity they are
most dangerous. and the fluid obeys a
subtle attraction which acts at great
distance and in all directions. A woman
told me Of a bolt which came down her
mothers chimney from rising cloud
when the sun was shining over head. n.
P. Willis writes of a young giri who was
killed while passing under a telegraph
wire, or the brow of hill, while she was
hurryipg home before a storm. The sad
accident at Morrisania, when two children
were killed, should warn every mother that
it is not safe to let children stay out of
doors the last minute before the storm
falls. People should not be fOOlhardy
about sitting on porches or by open win
dows whether the storm is hard or not
Mild showers often carry a single charge
which falls with deadly effect. 1t may or
may not be safe to stay out ; it is safe to
be IN the house with the windows and
doors closed. The dry air in house Is a
reader conductor than the damp air out
side, and any draught of air invites 1t. A
| hot fire in chimney attracts it, so to
speak, and it is prudent for those who
would be sure of slfety to use kerosene or
gas Stoves in summer, and avoid heating
the, chimneys Of houses. People are very
Ignorant or reckless about lightning.
have seen a girl of eighteen crying with
tear of lightning. and running every other
moment to the window to see if the storm
was not abating, unconscious that she was
putting herself IN danger. If every one
would hurry to shelter as soon as storm
cloud was coming, and if they would shut
the doors and windows, and keep away
from them afterwards, and from wires,
stove pipes, mantels, heaters and mirrors
with their silvered backs, which carry
electricity, and keep away from lightning
rods and their vicinity, and from meta
water spouts, with good rods on thei
houses they might dismiss the fear O.
lightning from their minds, so far as it is
| thing of reason and not impression.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
No Business street

Mogador, Moorish town of Morocco,
presents few tourist sights" But an Eng
lIsh writer describes negative one, the
lon- temperance of busine IS in the streets.
The windowless street, are all narrow,
some long and straight. Private houses,
merchants warehouses, hostelries, all are
of one generic type, save those found in
blind alleys and slums. In business quarters
there is little or no appearance of business.
A caravan of camels Is seen bringing
merchondise from Timbuctoo; the process
sion, which moves slowly, gravely, with
silent foot, heightening our sense of mys-
tery, suddenly turns down a gateway
scarcely wide enough to admit it, into the
central court of warehouse, and is out OF
sight. We follow through the archway, to
fad these ships of the deserted moored to
the quay with freights of almonds, gums
ivory, gold dust and ostrich feathers, which
might be of little value, for thev are tied
much as we tie up bundles of waste paper,
letting the paper be its own covering. The
outer feathers of the bales are broken and
dirty. Imagine London with all its drays
out of sight in invisible warehouse squares!
Such is the condition of commerce in Mo-
gador. These camel trains are the poetry
of trade, living link to patriarchal and
modern times. They have look OF Inn
mense sadness, as though willing to close
their long enduring history.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Snow at Great Attitudes Does s;ot Melt,

The reason why snow at great elevations
does not melt but remains permanent, is
owing TO the fact that the heat received
from the sun is thrown off INTO the stellar
space 50 rapidly by radiation and reflection
that the sun fails to raise the temperature
of the snow to the melting point; the snow
evaporates, but it does not melt. The
SUBMITS of the Himalayas, for example,
aurUtrrt' 'oH'He~rnone than ten times the
snow that falls on them Notwithstanding
which. the snow is not melted. And In
spite Of the strength of the sun and the dry
ness of the air at these attitudes, evapora-
ton is sufficient to remeve the snow. AT
low elevations, where the snowfall is
probably greater and the amount OF heat
even less than at the SUBMITS, the snow
melts and disappears This, l believe we
must attribute to the influence OF aqueous
vapor AT high elevations the air is dry
and allows the heat radiated from the snow
TO pass INTO space; but at low elevations a
very considerable portion of the heat radi-
ated from the snow is absorbed in passing
through the atmosphere. A considerable
portion of the heat thus absorbed by the
vapor is radiated back on the snow, but
the heat thus radiated, being of the same
quality as that which the snow itself radi-
ates, is on this account absorbed by the
snow. Little or none or it is reflected like
that received from the sun. The conse-
uuence is that the heat thus absorbed accu-
mulates in the snow till melting takes
place. Were the aqueous vapor possessed
by the atmosphere sufficiently diminished,
perpetual snow would cover our globe
down to the sea shore. 1t is true that the
air is warmer at the lower level than at the
higher level and by contract with the snow
must tend 10 melt it more at the former
than at the latter position. But we must
remember that the air is warmer mainly in
consequence of the influence of aqueous
vapor, and that were the quantity OF vapor
reduced to the amount in question the diff
ference of temperature at the two positions
would not be great.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
The Hammock.

u NerelX,t thf,Sght .at hammock hung in
pears so comfortable ai1 ii11iie.e1lIng, II ap-
hammock is not a sign of Incidence, as
some who think that they have no tine for
res, except in the night, may regard it it
is rather an index of good sense upon the
part of the own n who is aware hat IN the
busiest life there are minutes that can be
best spent in comfortaO repose. Even on
the farm IN midsummer there are half hours
and quarter hours at MONDAY, or in the
evening after the heat and work OF the day
is over, when the rest which an easy fitting
hammock affords is just SO much clear
gain. Nothing that will give rest TO the
weary body and at the same time div ri
the mind is out of place l. the farmers
household. If there are children in the
family, there is nothing that can give them
more amusement and comfort than ham,
mock. and the guests, whether of an hour
or u day, will not object to the pleasure
which it affords. Hammocks are not eX-
pensive, at least they do not now cost the
price that they once did, when they were
imported and their use was less general.
Two or three dollars will now buy q very
serviceable plain one those that are elabo-
ratey made of course sting much more
In hanging the hammock it should be
placed IN the shade, either between two
trees up IN a lawn or upon the piazza hung
by hooks or screw-eyes placed In the
columns or posts If more particularly f,r
children it should be somewhat lower than
usual. For grown persons tie hook which
supports the head end should be SIX feet
high a, that for the foot four feet; this
W. II afford the most desirable position for
the occupant. The body of tne hammock
should be nearer he higher hook than ii IS
to the other, and this may be secured by
using shorter piece Of rope on the head
end. There has been introduced recently
hammock hung to a portable frame; this
frame holds up and occupies but very little
space wnen not in use. OF cOur e, like
most good things, the hammock may be
abused-the comfortable rest which 1t gives
may induce persons to remain too late out
of d ors, thus exposing them to the chilly
or damp cir of the night, but this is not the
fault of the hammock, anu no argument
against its more general introduction as one
of the wholesome comforts of the farmers
hone during the hot months of summer.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Money by Telephone.

"Say, miss, )" said rather hard looking
customer to the young lady in charge of the
central telephone Office, one day last week,
Snooks moment"
The lady called Snooks and turned the
instrument over to the guest.
Hello, hello Mr.. Snooksin
! Snooks answered, and in the ensuing col
loquy the lady could of course only hear
the hard looking customer.
''Snooks, old boy, can't come up for
that money to-day; Pm too busy"
"Eh2"
''No, can't get away"
81 know, but Pm sorry; I've got to
meet Brace about your affair"
''But I'd jeopardize all your interests, 1
positively can't come. Can you send the
money down2"
'DOwn here"
81 don't believe she'll do it, will she2'
'ENo, don't know her. She's hand
some girl with blue eyes and light hair
Know herr"
''l'll ask her about it. Wait, keep your
ear there, miss, Mr.. SnOoks wants TO pay
me four dollars, and says for you 10 let me
have the money. III ask him again TO
make sure. Snooks, did you mean for this
fine young lady to pay me and charge it to
you?'
Don't hear you"
eyes, yes, all right. He says, miss, for
you to take my receipt and let me have the
cash. You ale TO put 1t in this telephone
bill. All right, Snooks, good bye, see you
Tomorrow" and he hung the mouth piece
on the hook
Fine fellow, Snooks, lie continued"
looking pleasant at the manageress. 81
never heard of sending money by telephone,
did youl"
''No," responded the lady.
Perhaps you haven't the change
handy2"
'fes," said she.
You'll trust Snooks, ! presume" he
%ent on in a faltering manner.
Certainly" she replied, ''if he says to
let YOU have it."
"You don't think the telephone would
lie, doyou?"
"Assuredly not. Pn just ask Mr..
SnoOks"
me, no. He's a sensitive man; he
wouldn't like to have so much fuss over a
small amount. Make it two dollars and
III give receipt on account"
'Tll pay anything Mr.. Snooks says. III
call him"
"Rather than bother him again, I'll make
it dollar. Give me dollar
''But prefer to call him."
''Miss, " said the man, ''dont go near the
wire now. There's cloud coming up.
You're going to be struck with lightning.
Rather than that, rd take fifty cents a
9u rter."
"Ohl Pm not afraid" and she ap-
preached the instrument.
Keep away from that wirel" he howled,
don't call Snooks. He might be struck.
u you don't care for yourself, have mercy
all the money in Brooklyn"
81 shall either call Snooks or police
man" said the girl firmly.
''Make it a policeman and I'll go for him
myself" shouted the tramp, as he jumped
over the rail.
And then she called Snooks, who had
been swearing at his end of the wire in the
hope of making some one hear him, and
told him it was all right, she hadn't paid
.he money.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
The Actors at CampmeetinG.

Two actors from Detroit are negotiating
with person in white necktie.
"Who's the manager 2'' said the leading
man.
"a committee has charge of the arrange
ments."
'.Well, who's at the front of the house
who's in the box office? we'd like to see
him."
- don't think l comprehend exactly
what
"We're after two seats in the left side
parquet circle, ID. H., see p
'Really, gentlemen, can't"
'Oh, it's all right; we have season
passes with Booth, and McVicker's and
-, you know John Ellsler, of Cleveland,
of course 2"
eve want to get in d. H., you know. ="
said the other actor impatiently.
"What may d. FL. mean2"
"Why, dead head, of course; we never
pay to get in any show"
''On, if you mean to go in, you may take
seats where you please, free. We charge
nothing"
The actors looked amazed.
GLOW do you pay your company = asked
the low comedian.
''Our company, as you term it labors
without fee or reward"
The actors turned away, and the leading
man said, contemptuously:
"Some amateur snap, l guess"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30

Skins with hair on were frequently used
in the Middle Ages, as according to the
passage of Museonians quoted by Casaubon,
they had been by the ancients. They are
frequently mentioned as having been worn
by hushandmen of England. Casaubon
notes the circumstance that the rustics of
our day made use of gloves There is
nothing in that passage TO show that he
was speaking of this country: he may very
possibly have seen il in France. In Eng
land, at any rate, ''the monastery of Bury
allowed its servants 2 pence apiece for
glove silver in autumn" (Pegge Missc,
Carr, and at later date, in Llneham y
account Of the entertainment of Queen
Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle, 1915, the
rural bridegroom had "a pair of harvest
gloves as sign of good husbandry," Upon
the coronation of Petrarch at Rome as
the ''prince of poets," gloves of otter-skin
were put on his hands, the satirical ex-
plan8tion being given that the poet, like
the otter, lives byrapine The modern LADIES'
glove OF four-and-twenty buttons has had its
prototype for IN the fourteenth century the
nobility of France began 10 wear gloves
reaching TO the elbow. These gloves were,
at times, like the more familiar stockings,
which they must have much resembled,
used as purses. Notwithstanding their
length, ii was always looked upon as decor
Gus Tor the laity TO take off their gloves in
church, where eccleslastIcs alone might wear
them. The custom still obtains III the
Church of England at the Sacrament,
though it is plain that 1t had not arisen in
this connection in the first instance, since
in the Roman ritual the communicant does
not handle the consecrated wafer. 1t was,
perhaps, regarded rs proof and SYM
Dol Of clean hands, for to this day persons
sworn in our law courts are compelled to
remove their glove. There is probably,
too, some relation between this feeling
and a curious Saxon law, which forbade !
the Judges 10 wear gloves while sitting on
the bench. The gloves of the Judges were,
like those of the Bishops, mark of their |
rank. The portraits of the Judges, painted |
by order of the Corporation of London, in |
the reign of Charles III, and hanging in |
the courts of Guildhall, represent them
with frInged and embroidered gloves. 1t |
was probably not in reference TO the Judges !
that cant term for bribe was ';pair OF |
gloves" When Sir Thomas More was !
Chancellor he happened to determine a
cause in favor Of lady named Croaker,
who displayed her gratitude by sending
him New Years gilt of a pair of gloves,
with forty angels in them. Sir Thomas
returned the money, with the following let
ter: Mistress it were against good
manners to refuse your New Years gift |
am content to take your gloves, but as for
.he lining, utterly refuse it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Machine Guns at Sea.
Gated.

Though the German admiralty has de-
cided that every German man-of-war shall
IN the future carry at least one machine
gun, mainly for use against attacking tor
pedo boats, though, of course, such a
weapon would be also well suited for
multitude OF other purposes for which light
guns are generally used in navy warfare,
the particular pattern or machine-gun to be
adopted has apparently not yet been def
mtely selected. AT least two German
establishment have designed and construct
ed ma chine-guns which have passed sue
cessfuliy through aseries of preliminary trials
and which, it is reported, will now be tried
in competition with one another and with
several foreign pieces, such rs the Norden-
felt and HOtchkiss guns, the latter of which
has now been adopted by the navies in
France, Holland Greece, the United States,
Chill, the Argentine Republic, Russia and
Denmark. The machine-guns of German
manufacture are some of them Krupp's
ard others from the WIttener steel foun-
dry. The Krupp weapon is in form of a
revolving cannon, consisting of four barrels
twenly-seven inches long, with a calibre of
one inch. The projectile weighs half a
pound, while the charge consists of fifty
grammes, or very nearly two ounces of
powder, the whole cartridge, including the
case, weighing 355 grammes, or twelve
one-half ounces, while the total weight of
the gun itself is 359 pounds. The Wittener
naval mitrailleuse has also four barrels,
and, like the Krupp revolving cannon,
throws bullet weighing trifle over eight
ounces, while the charge consists of seventy
grammes, or two and one-half ounces, of
powder.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
COMING BACK.

They say if our beloved dead
Should seek the old familiar place,
Some stranger would be there instead,
And they would tini no welcome face.
l cannot tell how it might be
In other homes, put this i know
Could my lost darling come to me,
That she would never flud il so.
Ofttimes the flowers have come aud gone,
Ofttimes the winter winds have blown.
The while her peaceful rest went on,
And hsvs learned to live alone
Have slowly learned from day to day,
In all hfe's Il ks to b ar my part
But whether grave OF whether gay,
hide her memory in my heart.
Fond, faithful love has blessed my way,
And friends are round M true and tried ;
They have their place, but hers to-day
Is empty as the day she i Cd
How would l spring with bsted breath,
And JOY too deep for word or sign,
TO take my darling home from death
And once again to call her mine.
/ dare not dream the b'issful dream
1t fills my heart with wild unrest;
Where yonder cold, white marbles glesm
She still must slumber. God knows best.