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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03

Probably there have been madder women
than this one was, but we have never seen
one near asInad as she seemed to be. She
was going down street, in Detroit, when
1t was raining, and she had an umbrella,
two packages in yellow papers, and a shop
ping-bag. On the street there was a
place where the sidewalk had been torn up
to allow builders TO haul out clay for Gel
lar. The workmen had gone in somewhere
out of the rain, and nobody had thought to
put down any loose boards. The clay was
fresh and sticky, and about four inches
deep. She hesitated, and looked back as
though she thought il would be wise to go
back block and go around the mud, but
finally concluded to go through it. Pat
ting her packages under her arms, and
holding the umbrella firmly, she stepped
both feet into the clay. That was easy
enough, but when she undertook 10 remove
one foot the rubber shoe came off. She
began to look mad then, but she was not
half as mad as she got to be In q couple of
minutes. She tried to get her foot back
into the rubber as it stuck in the mud, and
came near tipping over trying TO balance
on one foot, but by jabblng her umbrella
into the mud she saved herself from sitting
down sideways. Then she got both her
feet into the overshoes and tried to step,
she couldn't rescue those shoes TO save her
life. Then she looked around TO see If any
body was looking. She beat over and
took hold of one of the rubbers with her
hand and finally coaxed il to come along
with her foot, but while she was doing that
one of her packages fell out from under
her arm behind. She tried to turn around
TO pick il up, but her rubbers had become
fastened IN the yielding clay, and they
would not move. At this point she begau
to get mad. Her warm-c -colored hair fash
ed fire, her eyes snPped her face turned
the color of red wheelbarrow, and she
looked around for man TO kill. Ii was
the most awful sight ever witnessed by
mortal man. For fuliy three minutes she
st Ood there, and then she took her foot out
OF those rubbers, picked up the muddy
things in her hards and waded ashore,
her delicate CATERS going into the clay clear
up 10 her shoe strings. When she got on
to the plank walk on Van Buren street, she
wiped her feet off on the fence, and after
looking around for the author OF her fun
for few minutes, she went away, looking
back at every step as though the fate of the
person who left that sidewalk open was
sealed. 1t is said that q woman has been
seen for two nights walking up and down
the street, with u mountain howitzer strap
ped to her back. looking vainly for game
that is out of season. Well, she had
right TO be mad.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03
The Clocks of Paris.

Paris is getting the start of other capi-
tails as regards public clocks, the munich
pality having contracted with the Pneu-
matte Clock Company for the erection of a
number of clocks in the principal thorough
fares. Some of them have been set in
motion, Each clock consists of two opaque
glass dlals, with hollow space between,
in which gas burner Is lit at night, so
that the time can be seen by persons ap-
preaching in either direction. The hands
are removed at an interval of minute by
means of pneumatic tubes, the air being
pumped in by 8 six-horse power engine.
Observatory time is of course given, and
the company offer to lay tubes to private
houses. The principle is that Of an Aus
trian firm, and it will have to compete
with the electric clocks at the railway sta
tions. One objection will perhaps be
taken to it-viz., that it does not indicate
fractions of minutes.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03
I3ingen.

Bingen, " fair Bingen on the Rhine, ="
by Mrs. Norton's ballad, is
credited with a population of seven
thousand in the guide books, but looks
smaller. We confess to feeling of disap-
pointment on looking at Bingen. A dirty
looking railroad fronts the town and de-
stroys all the romance attached to the place.
Their are many fairer towns farther down
on the Rhine, the rhapsody of the Soldier
of the Legion" who clay dying in Algiers. y
to the contrary notwithstanding. The
grand scenery of the Rhine just begins to
open at this point. Below Bingen, and
until we reach Coblentz, the mountains
tower precipitously on either side and the
ruins of old castles becomes more numerous.
opposite Bingen, in the middle of the
river is Bishop of Hatto's famous "Mouse
Tower, still in a good state of preservation.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03

The owners of American petroleum de-
posits Will before long have to encounter a
considerable amount Of opposition in view
of the discoveries of this valuable oil on the
Continent, and especially in Hanover and
Russia. The beds in the latter country are
boundless, extending for wide distance of
l, 500 miles, along the Caucus range, from
the Caspian to the Black Sea. At the
present time, however, there are but two
districts in this large area where any sys
tematic efforts are being made to obtain the
petroleum. One is in the valley of the
Kuban river (Which flows into the Black
Sea-, where two wells have been sunk by
a French company under the superinten-
dence of an American manager; this com
pany has a refinery at Taham. The other
and most productive district is near Baku
on the Caspian Sea. Many wells have
been sunk here to the depth of 800 feet,
having daily yield of $4,000 barrels of
crude petroleum. An extraordinary amount
of sand flows out with the oil, and is heap
ed up near the orifcc of the wells in banks
at least thirty feet high. Large refneries
exist at Baku, although the refined oil at
present produced is not as good as the
American oil.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03
KISSES OF SLEEP.

What shall l sing for the darling who lies
With the kisses of sleep on her innocent eyes
Who sees in her dreamlAnd the wonderful
flowers
Whose shadowless beauty has vanished from
ours?
Alb, fair little maiden, nv wisdom is vain
To choose the one path never haunted by
pan;
Thy feet may be bruised, but in darkness or
light
The hand OF the Shepherd VIII lead thee
Alright
he years Of thy future ara safe in his hold
Whose smiles like the sunshine, his children
enfold;
Go hide in his BOSOM IL troubles assail,
Secure in his keeping whose love cannot fail
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-06-03
Blind as Bats.

The subject of color blindness came up
at ferry-dock saloon, Detroit, the other
day, and an old ex-captain offered TO test
the eyes of several sailors present. he got
off his stool, laid down his pipe, and be-
gan:
"Now, boys, what is the color of my
nose2"
"White!" they replied in chorus. 1t
was as red as beet, but tn ~ were after
drink.
Correct" said the captain. 'sThis
convinces me that your eyes are all right
as to the color of white. What is the
hair2"
"Gray."
Correct again, except the sandy spots.
"You'll all pass on white and gray.
What is the color of that dog out thereY"
''Black"
$50 it is. And the color of h chair ia
-what?n
"Red.n
"And of this2"
"Blue"
''And what is my general appearancel"
That is, if you saw me forty rods off how
wonl1 you describe me2"
''As a perfect gentleman, " was the ready
reply.
AThey thought they bad him then. lie
started for the bar, but halted and finally
sat down and had no more to say for long
ten minutes After they had despaired of
getting any beer at his expense and was
about to 60 out he suddenly said:
"Ah! boys, one more question. If /
@I1s l.
of the liquid?"
'1t would be the color of beer" they
hopefully shouted.
'Blind as bats--worse case ever sawl"
he mumbled, as he took his hand from his
pocket, 'It would be exactly the color of
ice waterl'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
Punctuality.

SOME one defines punctuality to be
g fifteen minutes before the tine.n Al
any rate, it is not one minute after the
time.
1 must tell you an anecdote sof the
first Marquis of Abercorl He invited
a number of friends to dinner. The
hour for dinner was five, and all those
invited knew it, of course. Well, the
hour arrived, and but one of the guest:
had come. Down sat the Marquis anc
this one guest to table The sMarqui:
was punctual, if only one or the Others
was. r.t,.t. -tr.uttss
~ By-and-by another guest dropped in,
and was very much mortified to fine
dinner being eaten, And one by one
all the rest came, and were likewise
mortified. But the Marquis had taught
them all good lesson, and ! venture
to say that the next time they were in.
vited none of them got in to the coffee
only, but were on hand for soup.
General Washington was. so very
pCnctual that, on one occasion, some
friends who were expecting him at
certain hour, on finding that he had moi
arrived, all concluded that their watches
must have got wrong; and sure enough
they had, for Washington soon came,
and was not a minute late, No doubt
his habits of punctuaiity helped to TrlSs
him the great man that he was.
l knew a clergyman once throw him.
self into the Mississippi River and
swim eighteen miles down stream tc
keep an appointment for afternoon
service. l travelled through, the Upper
Mississippi region shortly after, and fol-
hundreds of miles from the place where
helived, out toward the border, heard
of his great feat. The border men re.
spected such man, and called him
i" the minister who made the gswim."
Nor is any one too young to begin
the cultivation of habits of punctuality.
The boy who is on time at school, on
time in class, on time when sent on an
errand, and so on, is apt to be the
punctual business or professional man.
The habit of promptness is likely to
cling all through life. u @.'l'9
Of Some persons, on the contrary, 90 all
through life in a slip-shod, down-at-the-
heel way, and never prosper. They get
to wedding as people are coming off.
They are late at church; don't meet
their notes, go, to protest, and are in
trouble generally.
Washington's way was the best. The
Marquis OF Abercorn was in the right.
That Mississippi clergyman did nobly.
And these three are good examples for
our boys and girls to follow. Never be
behind time, and, if you can. be little
ahead of it, and you will neyer.repent
of the habit of punctuality. LGol0en
Days. '...H e.t h"t
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
A Word to You, Young Man.


FIRST: Be honest. By which we do
not mean, simply, not to steal. That
goesiwithout saying. The young man
who, before his beard is grown, thinks
it clever to cheat his tailor, or to sneak
out of his little debts at college, has al
ready laid a sure foundation of ILL
fortume.g Nothing is known SO quickly
or sticks to a man so long as the r'epu-
tation of dishonesty. r 1t is the fleck of
.mildew which eats and grows blacker
and spreads from year to year. Bows
are fatuousiy blind to the iengthening
shadow which these faults of sharp
dealing and lying in their earliest wears
throw down their whole future. In n
year or two they will be asking for
patronage from the public or a chance
in the business world. and they will
find thatin damaging their character
they have already squandered their
only capital. No merchant would take
a boy, even as porter, into his employ
who was not known to be honest. We
take it for granted our bows are honest.
in the, coarser meaning of the term.
But there is finer honesty that enters
into mans nature and lifts him above
his fellows He is no sneak nor sham,
neither to his companions, his God, nor
even to himself, He does not sham a
virtue which he has not; he. does not
initiate any other mans character; but
he trieste go to the bottom of his own
to clear it and lift it up. ..,'f..
AS the boy begins so the man will
end. The lad who speaks with affecta-
ton, and minces foreign tongues that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
The Late Miss Nelson.

/, 1t is not too much to, say that the an
nouncement of Miss Nelson's death
shocks the whole English dramatic
world. Those who9have witnessed her
incomptrable impersonations will deep
" lament an event which renders a rep
etition of that exquisite pleasure forever
impossible. Those who have never en-
ljoyed that pleasure may well lament,
even more deeply, what is to them, in
deed, an irreparablo loss. The finest
Shakspearian actress, not, only, of our
age, but OF any age, has made her final
adieux and gone down to darkness and
the worm. The black curtainhas fallen
upon long, yet far too short, series of
triumphs which, highly as they We're ap-
preciated when their heroine was living,
will be far more highly appreciated now
that she is. dead. vinVio 9stl4 aUi 'i'.
The Shakspearian fame of Sarah Sid
dons rests solely upon her Lady Mac
beth. The Shakspearian fame of Ade-
laide Nelson rests upon broader, if not
better, foundations; upon Juliet, Viola,
lmogen, ISABELLA and Rosalind. In this
range of characters she never has had,
and we believe never will have, a rival
near the throne. She is the only woman
who has seemed to, have an instructive
and thorough knowledge of Shakspeare's
noblest women. She did not act them;
she s0aS them. She threw her whole
soul into these splendid creations, and it
may be said that she re-created them !;
for certainly until her day they never
lived and breathed and burned upon the
Of M hou Ot1
Vielas, Imogens, Isabellas and Rosa
hnds; but the best of them were poor
and weak compared with hers. Men
tally and physically she was pre-em-
nently fitted for her task, and her rare
equipment in brain and beauty was sup
plemented by an indomitable energy
worthy of the strongest masculine
nature, She always played up to the
full extent Of Empowers; !, always did all
she could do-and was then dissatifed
because her grandest efforts fell short Of
her ideal. The threadbare quotation is
peculiarly applicable in this case !:
" Take her for all-in-all, we shall never
look upon her like again. .',. 49,.
Miss Nelson's sudden death was not
entirely unexpected to her friends. To
one of them she remarked, on her last
visit to St. Louis, that,she twas rapidly
wearing out through the tremendous
strain upon her nervous system, and
must leave the stage very soon or risk a
complete breakdown" Her physicians
had SO advised, and her own sensations
confirm their opinion. The last season
in America taxed her failing strength
beyond its limits, and more than once,
she said, she" would gladly have given
up the profits of two weeks' engage
ment fol, q single nights rest,n That
such matchless artist should perish in
her prime, leaving no successor, is
nothing less than a public calamity.-
50. Louis ChronscLe. auL io ,s9F't HN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
Tunnel Under the English Channel.

Use THE preliminary excavations for this
enterprise are being actively pushed
forward at Sangatte, near Calais, at
spot where the cliffs have an altitude ,
seventy feet above the level of the s,
at high water, "A point has been chosen
where, the rocks of gray chalk sshi|-
to show their heads at the surface of
the soil. W On the opposite shore similar
behring's have been begun, so that the
works are proceeding simultaneously.
The soundings that have been made
during the last few years demonstrate
that the base of the Channel consists of
q compact mass of chalk, resting on
banks of slate. This mass, which is
easy enough to pierce, is said at the
same time to resist filtration sufficiently
1t would, therefore, present a substance
excellently adapted for ii perforation.
But what yet remains. to be proved is
whether the succession of these chalk
layers will not disclose some Irregular
ties or ruptures which would render the
enterprise impossible. az, lido.
The shaft at Sangatte has now reached
a depth of nearly 200 feet, or about 100
feet below the level of high water. 1t
has width of ten feet, and is lined with
oak, so that the water can not penetrate
very freely, not more than Seventeen
gallons a minute. This water is not
salt, which is, thought to prove that the
layers hitherto transversed have thei
point of contact. sufficiently far from,
the shore to prevent The sea from as
cending the shaft. 1t is intended to sink
to a depth of 800 feet, and then gallery
will be e&cavated in the direction OF
England. Up to the present the engi
neers are highly satisfied with the re-
suits obtained, as no irregularities have
been discovered, which is considered a
good aueTry forthe success of the enter
prise Itlis impossible, however, to
proceed at a quicker rate than twenty
inches day. Nevertheless, in eighteen.
months or two years enough progress
will have been made to arrive at a per-
feet understanding about the possibility
of the undertaking. 1t is stated that the
work will not fail through lack of funds.
M y Tribune "'~''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
HTI7sF7-7777- - y ~ =. =
FOur Young Folks.
THE DIFFERENCE.


Hal NOW have caught you, my burglar!
Come, what have you got to say? .-l
What shall be done with rogue like you,
For the mischief you've wrought to-day?
Searching my drawers, and spilling
Their contents upon the floor;
Having beautiful time with things
You never have found before!
And what have those little fingers
UnFolled from that linen wrap? Gro
"a little dolls dwess, so tunnin' and long;
And dolly's dear little cap;
And pair of little t'b'ue sockses,'
Just ready for Dolly's feet;
And cloak and hood and q tiny bib? 6
oh! won't Miss Dolly look sweet!
But wait a minute, my darling
You golden-haired burglar small;
Those treasures, I'll have you understand,
Weren't meant for dolly at all,
But just for Il little live baby,
Dimpled and blue-eyed and fair;
And that little lace cap sat daintiiy, too,
On the rings of golden hair. ..t
And those 'sockses"-the feet that wore them
Were warm, and were soft and white .
And restless, like some other feet know,
From early morning till night.
Who was that little live dolly? ''f d."
Come hither and look in the glass,
And see how the golden-haired baby has grown
To four~year-old rogueo Of a lass.
n -MdryD! Brine, in AZ. Y. Independent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18


he does not understand at school win
be a weak chrome in character all his
life; the boy who cheats his Teachers
into thinking him devout at chapel will
be the man who will make reiipioa %
trade and bring Christianity into con-
tempt; and the boy who wins the hiob.
est average by stealing his examination
papers will figure some day as a tricky
politician. sThes had who, whether rick
or poor, duh or clever, looks Won
straight in the eye and keeps his answe,
inside of the truth already counts
friends who will last ali-.his life and
holds capital which will bring him in
surer interest than money.
Then get to the bottom of thinos
You see how it is already as to that. r.
was the student who was grounded in
the grammar that took the Latin prize.
it was that slow, steady drudge who
practiced firing every day last winter
that bagged the most game in the
mountains; it is the. clerk who studies
the specially of the house in. off-hours
who is to be promoted. Your brilliant.
happy go-lucky, hit-or-miss fellow usu.
ally turns out the dead weight of the
family by forty-iive. Don't take any.
thing for granted; get to the bottom Of
things. Neither be sham yourself
nor be fooled by shams Ready fot
You in your early manhood there are
plenty of pleasures waiting for you to
conquer = applause, money, society,
this and that kind of philosophy OF
faith. Take nothing on trust; weigh
it, see what it is worth. You will have
rough .disappointments, but you will
come to the granite underneath. at last.
We have said nothing about your re.
ligion. Your creed matters little
Baptist, Presbyterian, Churchman; fol
if you are the sincere, earnest man we
mean, you will come, at last, down
through all professions, all'experiences,
to the Almighty Good and Order which
underlies them all. You will discover
for yourself that every sincere and
earnest man must build on, that or or
the shifting sand. There is no othel
choice in life.-N. Y Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18
pm AND P0INT.

POTATO vines are dangerous nova
days, because they are loaded with
slugs.-Ronae Sentinel. Pm
THEY say Chicago girls never find it
hard to elope. They make rope lad
ders out of their shoe-strings.-St. Loass
Paper.
b The coming campaign promises to be
"a hot one. In this city alone thirteen
men have already had their noses singed
by coal oil torches Philadelphia C1trOn-
icle,, -.ss .ge8 g1dgaeY gss
PEOPLE who sleep late in the morn
ing miss the sight of beautiful sun
rise. And then, again, those who retire
early cheat themselves out of the sight
of a beautiful midnight moon.-N. 0.
PicGyuoe. - 7i'aH
WALK through some Of the dirty
scums of the great metropolis and you
can realize the force of the words, "The
man who enters here leaves soap be-
hind. ~ Whitehall Times.
A MAN named Onion lives in neigh
boring town. There is reason to be-
lieve he is man of sense.-Ron1e Sen
tiaaeE Wrong. He is continually get
ting in stew, and is in bad odor among
his fellows. Boston Commercial Bulle-
tin. i'.'1
AN ostrich recently swallowed fifteen
stones, seven nails, a necktie, an envel-
sope. thirteen coins, fourteen beads, two
keys, a handkerchief, medal, and a
gold cross, and then it died from an eff
fort to look cross-eyed. Boston Post.
PEOPLE who find it absolutely impos-
sible to stand it at home when the mer-
curry barely reaches the nineties, find it
cool and invigorating at summer resorts
where it is necessary to, put the Their
mometer in, an ice chest to keep it down
to a Observation-Disclosures Constitution. %
THEY werenot very dressy little girls,
these two. They belonged to the bare
footed, sun-bonneted class that have good
health and dirty faces. But one day the
younger appeared with genteel little
shoes, embroidered stockings, suit of
bunting and a snowy leghorn hat. AS
she paraded herself before her play
mate she completely captured her.
"Why, you look like some rich young
one, was the exclamation of delight !;
:" but you won't play with me any
more," and the tears began to wash a
clean furrow adown her cheeks. "Oh,
yes | will My mother won't care"
said little good heart, and she did play
with her, But her mother cared. 1t
took three days and a good whipping to
get that new suit clean.-NeW HaUen
Register.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-09-18

Truth never forgave Katie, never again
invited her to her house. A
Every year she invited Laura alone.
1t was hard for Katie, but after all She
had her reward. Laura fought her
selfshness constantly, and became a
loving, thoughtful sister.
And when Aunt Ruth died, she d.
vided her property among all her MANY
nieees- excepting Katie. This. made
opportunityfor Ladra's last browning
act of penitence, for though the whole
sum would have enabled her to 90
abroad and travel with party of her
friends-which was the desire of her
heart half of it would not furnish suffi-
cient income to do this. Yet she in
stantly divided her legacy into halves,
and insisted on Katie, 5 accepting one.
Laura's fight was a long one, and as
long as she lived she kept the blue silk
dress hanging among her other dresses,
as she said, that every time she sawit
she might remember the dragon of self
ishness she had to fight. Enamtner and
Chronicle.