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, 1880-09-21

stE3rton thgrcof t.ised ,y tho at't "f ths city,,
ot i!f Il" tty 1t Il Ssnx; or'sd by tho City Council
!nis "5s c"y 81 's gsesx ca; we:trrn # It'll !n" nm
s,t fGr r., as lHrg" 4 th foreRnIu preamble. he,
ah" TIC ealnc "rc' hereby accepted.
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ismIIroa cny. VIII ,S r,s. mfi1 1t tf,th'' .ia
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c,y g terus a,ltiarl$c,l tho to.npany t" I,cato
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twrcIi tho cust h,,ik Of tho stmtH iS.nIt,rh
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wau nvuyt tb, rrusmm ,,f tt"rrtsu,, a,rr,i
which lies sultth n Van jitlr.u xi.r.nt mi III,
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f.reIs tret,ts siI,,. nrst rsi,s1int, .,a @ ~. ~ r..
iiic lsAmi Vi DIRECTORS VI tlu Cot,ii,,,y isr,ost;s
hive u.s,slire ,ur tic t,rtinanr. iS ~ sSrt. y X
lH, II, rst.strl,ct jts tricks iurtil uf t sstti, n
1rn tcrtmis Of lin ,,,l tf'n x,,,ti, i'm ~
iiarr~,1l xtrcot, i.trud ni tho snuff, r ur WI,
li,n;n s,r,vt. Wh:tnsr Z Is Tho !mtcs'st of .ho
strtt. Is uot % question M II .t u Inv, 'l.n i,,i.
,,f Witch nr,Mtjy r.st5 viii, tin, Gu!'nnii and
viii yul NJ I'M In,cxrni prt If tia it,,n,i Ti,,
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stt, STRUT il t,yi,rrssct 10 bu t,,mi cnn,ittut,
i!,t tho snII CltS 1T ChIrl.xu Will nqi uirrfrrt,
WIN = opp'1se tho snh isaiiroad Conpaly il, tito
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, 1880-09-21
THE COUNCIL,
Mayor Harrison Rehearses the West
ern Indiana Trouble,
AND Submits n Resolution OF tho Com.
pany Wa'ying
All Rights to Plant It's Terminus North Of
Harrison Street.
Miscellaneous Buslncss-lalroduc!io Of Minor
Ordinances, Etc.

l ShNHHH12S} -hbA
The Council hell n HElInr weekly meeting
last esuulilH. Mnyr fturris III tho chair, md
nlt thu Aldermen present cxcent tlrnnis,
| lh'rkr, McSnrl,ry, ycycr tEiftecuthh nl.sl Me-
! CUrtnirk.
~ communication wis received from tho
Mayer returning without his npprvh tho
| nrdtnnuce nu.lltrlztnH tlp transfer Ut $jl,uAA)
froli tho credit If tito wntrr-intune act1.iI,t
to tho crrdit OF tho wAtcr-llpa extension nc-
cnitist. Ills rrMxui1s for It weru that tlleru
WIS i1D such ncco!ln, NJ tho "plpr- extension
ncen.lut": that tho opening Ut s,Ich a,t uc-
co,lnt wnuld csnlArrnss tho ktcnIng or the
bnDRs. h'li ktrve no useful pur1,use,
| TN tnot!oti hf Aid. 1hulnNt,i, tho vnic t,y
which tho ordinance WIS pl.seu was reCuit-
shlrrei,
ALT CuIurtnn moycl tha& 1t pasa, nolwith-
standing tho veto.
sumo dlsctisSlust followed, during which 1t
cl,nu out tint $75UU0 lnl.I tccn transferred III
1873 under s!tEtlnr uytinhnge.
THO iM'tlon. however, WIS l'st.'
Severn, ulslInnnCes for street improvements
were passetl.
TELEPHONE WIRES.
u communication WIS received from tho COM
missioner of rlts'sic Works stutl1sE tint tho
American district Telephone Company lluti
tn.E application fur permission to put Telephone
pulls ui' tho fu!'twIny streets: Cottuge lrovu
nvtt,'le ftt'n1 Twenty. y.stcond II Twenty. y.slxth;
drusH street from Sixteenth to Twpnty
Sixteenth, FROM Chtrk tn Ur0yc: Twunty-first,
hcHrlprn to Archer nve,l,lc; nllcy bctwecu
Harmon rt,llrt nnJ Sixteenth uni Wubusll
aud Michigan aSohurs; l!arinun court,
trom nicy to w"bash ascnIlc; Lincoln,
from kinzio 10 Milwaukee, hyui,uc; Ugtleu
avenue, Madison 10 westcr,. avenue;
lsAckcr, KIn2e IL the river; nlsry between
Ashlunt nSgnup tGl EI!lin from Mjullep, IN
, 1880-09-21

Times: Our highest artists III dentistry; Tho
McCheshcy's beyond tlfllbt, though hut Is Il set,
, 1880-09-21

l!nrsford's Acid phosphate, by it, hen1thful
Rctt0n upt,tl tho flersltlH system st1ll BtlDAcl
rriluyts indigestion. hrxdarlr, clCs
, 1880-09-21

AMI they 10 sny that Llr. 1l,lil'a Cough Byrup
Is ono rGu,edy without u ryllI
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
The Sensitive Plant.

The idea of subjecting this remarkable
plant to the action of an9sthetics was ma
tural, and several experiments of the kind
are recorded, the plant having been placed
IN vapors of ether or chloroform. Recently,
Mr. Arloing has made some interesting
observations of the effects of chlora, chic
roform, and ether presented for absorption
at the rosts. The pots were sprinkled with
aqueous solutions of these substances. then
covered to prevent escape of the vapors.
After absorption of chlorofOrm or ether,
one notes primary and secondary effects;
the former are phenomena of excitation 81
milar to those arising from mechanical irri-
tation, and comparable to those in animals
when anasthctized. They occur sucessively
from the bottom to the top of the stem. In
thirty to sixty minutes the common peuOles
(or leaf -stems) straighten and the leaflets
separate, beginning from the top of the
stem; but the plant is now found to have
lost its sensibility. The secondary effects
consists of elimination of the an1sthctic
The sensbility often does not return for
one and a-half or two hours. Chloral does
not act an9sthetically on the sensitive
plant These observations afforded NJ
Arloing an opportunity of ascertaining We
locity of liquids in the stem and branches of
plants under strictly physiological condi-
tions whereas past experiments on the sub
ject have been made with withered or mu-
tilated plants. If the leaves are in good
state, the common petioles bend down sud
denly and successively from below upwards
in the plant as the absorbed chloroform
reaches them. Hence, knowing the di-
mensions of the plant the velocity
Of the chloroformized water in
the stem and primary petioes can be easily
calculated. Within the stem, the velocity
is modified by the state of the tissues and
foliage, the temperature, &C.; it was found
in different cases. at the rate of 0.90 met
res, 2.22 metres, 2.40 metres, and SIC
metres per hour. The velocity increases
from the base to the top of the stem in the
ratio of / to 1.25 or l.. so, and it is one and
half times or twice as great in the pctioles
as in the stem. The time of absorption by
the roots was found to vary from two to
six and half minutes.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
Dog ands DONKEY.

A singular encounter between dog and
donkey has just occurred at Blackpool,
England. A retired gentleman, named
Wellington, owned fine young donkey
and spleRdid mastiff. The other day the
donkey was grazing in field, when the
dog rushed at it in ferocious manner and
fastened on its nose. The donkey did not
decline the challenge, for it at once shook
the dog off, bit 1t about the head and shoul-
ders, trampled on it, and tossed 1t about.
The dog again. seized the donkey and a
crowd soon gathered, but all efforts to sep
arate the combatants were of no avail. The
dog repeatedly fastened ON the donkey3s
nose. Blood flowed profusely from both
animals, and at the end of half an hour the
owner appeared upon the scene, and fresh
attempts were made to part them, but with
out success. After the fight had lasted half
an hour, the owner decided to have the dog
shot, as it had by that time fastened with a
firm hold On the donkey's nose. A gun
was procured and the services of a good
shot obtained. But SO savage was the fight
that it was difficult to shoot one animal
without killing the other also. At last aim
was taken, and bullet put into the dogs
head, and it dropped to the grornd. When
the smoke cleared away the dog was dead,
but the infuriated donkey had returned to
the charge, kicking, biting, and tramping
on the dead dog. 1t was with great diiA-
Guilty the donkey was driven OF.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
Filming a Judge.

A Daniel has come to judgment IN the
person Of Judge Eldridge, of Memphis,
Tenn, who requires the officers of the Cir
cult to be prompt in their attendance under
penalty of fine. One day recently he was
late himself, and business was, of course,
suspended until he appeared. He mounted
the bench with the stern aspect of Brutus
/ 'EMr. Clark" he observed, ''you will please
sab, enter up fine against Judge Eldridge
for absence without an excuse" This was
done amid breathless silence, but soon after
ward Attorney General Duval made most
eloquent appeal in favor of remitting the
fine. He referred In touching terms to the
uniform promptness of Judge Eldridge, and
to his devotion to the duties Of his official
position. Then followed w. j. Rives, in
speech In which logic and pathos were
most delicately and ingeniously interviewer
But the eloquence of both attorneys fell on
stony ears. The Court observed that while
edited and moved by the eloquence Of the
learned counsel, its determination to punish
the offender was inhexible. Bartlett might
pass away; the time might arrive when
Memphis would cease to discuss the sani-
tary question but that fine must stand.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
Trapping Rats,

Having lured to destruction, many old
Solomons among rats will detail my plan:
Take pan nearly full of bran, set q small
steel trap without any bait, put light wad
of tow or cotton under the pan of the trap,
which press down so it is just ready to
spring; put the trap in the bran, making
place with the hand so that it may be below
the surface when level; lastly scatter few
kernals Of corn on the bran pumpkin seeds
are better, and you are ready for your vic
tim. | hardly ever fail to fool some of
the ring-leaders in this way, while younger
ones are easily caught. If you cannot
thus circumvent that shy and cunning old
specimen, | will give you my plan with
strychnine, which is as swift with rats as
with dogs. So much for the Wisconsin
rats. We cannot but think that the ''old
Solomons" out there are not half so wise
or cunning as some we have encountered
at the East. Some years ago the rats made
bad havoc in our cellar, and we resolved TO
try the efficacy of the steel trap. 1t was
set in y large flat vessel and well covered
and hidden with bran. We were more
cautious than the writer above, for we
used large spoon TO move the BRAN fear
ing the rats might smell the touch of fin
gers and keep away. Small bits of cheese
were then dropped over all parts of the
covered trap. The next morning there
were trucks Of rats all over the surface, &c
cept ,ohere the trap aCas buried; and the
cheese was all taken, except directly OUer
the trap! We were compelled to resort
to more efIectual trap, which proved sue
ceisful-in the shape of a fine old cat.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05

feel at home before you go to your room.
! Catherne!'
Catherine had fed; and the man, who
al the door through which she had vanish
cd, his eyes and mouth wide open.
Catherine, come now and give your
countryman good supper" called the
! farmer
In moment she appeared in the door
way, as pale rs MARBLE and the great, good
! looking, nnddle-aged man made a bound
for her, and caught her in his arms, and
| showered klsses-which sounded like the
report of patent pop guns-on her pale
/ face.
/ He then held her off at arms length and
/ cried:
'Isitye, indeed, Catherine, that thought
dead, found by merclo?"
20 TImothy!" gasped Catherine "Id
/ long thought We dead in IIaustralia"
Il never set foot on 1t, sinner as | was to
! tell We | was goin."
Here we all withdrew from what should
be strictly private conference.
That night Catherine tapped at my door,
and, when admitted, she said, with cour-
teSy:
Il couldn't let We sleep, ma'am, till I'd
explained, lest We might think ME IN on
modest girl that stranger would dare be
kissing.
Timothy and me were 'trothed to each
other at 'ome, and for four years we were
struggling to lay up bit to come to Ham
erica with. was by natur' bit sad, and
e was the merriest lad in the town. Il
would tease me at times, telling me ed
found a fairer nor me, and would marry
her, and SO used to fret me.
''But we'd always make up, and ed say'e
wouldn't change me for any girl in the land.
But ed soon be hat it again
/" e tried it once TO hoften. IF came in,
sayIn' e was goin' hoff to Haustralia, and
wouldn't be back for ten years and hid me
farewell. couldn't bear the modification,
and | made up my mind to leave Heng
land.
when night came, put my box in the
wagoner'S 'ands, and went to Liverpool,
and took ship for ere. ! Railways thought
i'm in Hausrala, and e thought me crazed
or dead when | was not to be found. But
'e's suffered enough, poor dear lad.
''Aye, though such long years ha' gone
by, 'e's never loved another, and is cart is
just breakin' wi gratitude to God for bring
ing i'm safe to me. les promised, sol
emn as an oath, never to tease me more,
and I've pledged me never to be a silly loon,
but a wise, sensible woman, worthy TO he
is wife. I've asked leave Of the mistress
to 60 to the minister with i'm tomorrow;
and the master 'lmself offered to drive us
hover in is best wagon =
But you have no wedding dress, l
said.
so dear lady. if 'ad a thousand o 'em,
I'd throw them all aside and wear the cow
slip gown that Timothy gave me at the
fair.'
The next evening, we had a wedding
supper in the diRing-room; and we all
waited on Catherine and Timothy. We
gave them wedding-presents, and wished
them JOY, and made them the happiest
couple in town.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
Some Little Things OF Value.

If your coal fire is low, throw in table
spoonful of salt, and it will help it very
much. A little ginger put INTO sausage
meat improves The flavor In icing cakes
dip the knife into cold water In boiling
meat for soup, use cold water to extract
the Juices If the meat is wanted for itself
alone, plunge il into the boiling water at
once. You can get a bottle or barrel Of oil
of any carpet or woolen stuff by applying
bucllwheat plentifuiiy. Never put water
to such a grease-spot, or liquid of any kind.
Broil steak without sailing. Salt draws
the juices in cooking; it is desirable to
keep these, if possible. Cook over hot
fire, turning frequently, soaring both sides :;
place on platter, salt and pepper to taste.
Beef having tendency TO be though, can
be made very palatable by stewing gently
for two hours with salt and pepper, taking
about pint of the liquor when half done,
and letting the rest boil into the meat.
Brown the meat in the pot. After taking
up, make a gravy of the pint of Hqnor
saved. A small piece of charcoal in the
pot with boiling cabbage removes the smell.
Clean oil cloths with milk and water; a
brush and soap will ruin them. Tumblers
that have milk in them should never be put
in hot water. A spoonful of stewed toma-
toes in the gravy OF either roasted or fried
meats is an improvement. The skin of a
boiled egg is the most et1icacious remedy
that can be applied to boil. Peel it care
fully, wet and apply to the part affected.
1t will draw out the matter and relieve the
soreness in few hours
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
The New Ocean Gable.

| North Eastman, where the shore end of
the new cable has been laid, is near Prov
incetown, Cape Cod. From North East
ham the land lines Of the American Union
Telegraph Company will afTerd transmits
sion to all points in the United States and
Canada. The Pouyer-Q -Querter Company is
composed mostly of French and American
stockholders, the former holding the bal
| ance Of power, and has paid-up capital
of about as, 900, 600, soon 10 be increased
by an additional amount of 81, 900, 900.
Its officers are practical men, experienced
in telegraphy and ia the management of
telegraphic business with the outside world.
| The cable was constructed by Siemen
Brothers, OF England, who also built the
cable used by the Direct company. 1t is
considered heavier, stronger and more
nearly perfect than any now used by other
companies. The process of its building is
especially adapted 10 secure those results.
A central wire OF copper is surrounded by
ten copper wires, twisted, insuring abso-
lutte conductiyity in all weather For insu-
lating purposes three envelopes of gutta
percha surround the wire, and outside of
the gutta percha is placed a wrapping Of
MANILA hemp treated with Chatterton's
compound. An armor Of steel wire for
protection is placed outside the hemp, the
wires composing the armor, being laid in a
peculiar manner, side by side, 50 that frac-
lures seem almost impossible to occur.
Surrounding the armor is another covering
of MANILA hemp, saturated with an anti
corrosive compound, which makes the as
surance doubly sure that the cable will be
always be ready for use. The cable ex-
tends from Brest, France, TO ST Pierre,
Niquelon, and from ST. Pierre to North
Eastman. At Its completion the Farsday
will return TO Brest, when another cable Of
similar construction will be laid from Brest
to Lands, England, establishing connection
with that country. The distance acress is
only about two hundred miles, and, as the
water is shallow, the electritians regard this
as an easy task. Next year the company
will lay still another cable from Lands End
TO ST. Pierre thus establishing a double line
between this country and Europe. The
Faraday, which is well adapted to the lay
ing of ocean cables, was in the V, ~ centre
of the cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean,
but paid no attention TO the unruiy element,
keeping on about its business OF cable lay
ing just as if nothing else was going on.
To secure a landing-place in the United
States the company gave the United States
government a guarantee that the company
will not consolidate or amalgamate with
any other line, OF combine herewith for
the purpose of regulating rates
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
"A Chiid's Battle With an Eagle.

G. Wieland, Auditor Of Lake county,
Mimi, writes: "ReCent,y, while little Au-
gust Burr, aged seven years, was playing
with his sisters-one five years old and the
other three and one-half-near his fathers
house, an enormous eagle pounced down
upon them, throwing the two girls to the
ground. 1t Immediately attacked the
younger one, grasping one of the child's
arms with the claws of one foot, while the
claws of the other foot were deeply buried
in the chid's face; and it attempted to
carry the child off, but was prevented by
her struggles. Little August, seeing that
he could do nothing with his own hands to
help his sister ran quickly to the house,
got the butcher-knife, and came out and
hacked away at the eagles legs, cutting one
of them severely near the foot, whereupon
the savage bird let go the little girl and at
tackled the boy, knocking him over, tearing
his pantaloons, and giving him some
severe scratches. In the meantime the
screams Of the children brought out their
mother, wheleupon the eagle flew off to
the barn, on which he sat and looked as
though he would like to renew the contest,
should favorable opportunity offer. A
neighbor was called who shot the bird. 1t
measured seven feet from wing-tip to
wing-tip. The little girl is badly scrached,
but not seriously hurt.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05

Character alone is immortal. Not
what we have, but what We are, is en-
during.
Ideas, as ranked under names, are
those that, fer the most part, men rea-
son of within themselves, and always
those which they commune about with
others.
We can enjoy fellowship with God
only by walking where he dwells. IT
we would have the panionship OF
pure friends, we must 60 in the same
society in which they move.
When we are out of sympathy with
the Young, then we think our work in
this world is over. That is sign that
the heart has begun TO wither-and
that is dreadful kind of old age.
He who spends his younger days in
dissipation is morrgaging himself to
disease and poverty, two ineXorable
creditors, who are certain to fOreclose
at las5 and take possession of the pre-
mises.
1t is easy in the worlds opinion; it
is easy in solitude to live after your
own; but the great man is he, who in
the midst of the crowd, keeps with per-
ISCJ sWe6GHGsS IllS AA1uOpCuuCHCCO VI SUI
itude.
When you doubt between words use
the plainest, the cOmmonest, tho most
idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you
would rouge; love simple ones as you
would native roses on your cheek.
The best rec pc for going through
life in an exquisite way, with beautiful
manners, is to feel that everybody, no
matter how rich or how poor, needs all
the kindness they can get from others
in this world.
If man wants to be right and to do
some good III the world lie must not be
discouraged when he finds himself
with the minority. AT one time or
another he who accompanies much
for the cause of truth is sure to lind the
majority against him.
When mlsfortunes happen to such az
dissent from ms in matters of religion,
we call them judgments; when to those
OF our our sect, we call tDem trials
when to persons neither way distin-
gushed, we are content to attribute
Them to the settled course OF things.
Did any one ever hear of a person
who because there be counterfeit mon
ev in circulation would have nothing
to 90 with money? Why, them reit CT
Christianity tecause there are bogus
Christians in circulation? 1t Is very
strange that so trivial and unreasona-
bic an excuse should be so often offered
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05

The protector Of the Sutro Tunnel ia of
the opinion that the hot water which is SO
troublesome in the Comstock mines comes
from depth of ten or fifteen thousand
feet, where the rocks are at a high temper
ature; also that there must be some cos
nection between the water of the Comstock
lode and that of the boiling springs at
Steamboat, six or seven miles distant. One
of the great advantages of the tunnel is the
means it affords for draining the mines.
The tunnel discharges about twelve thou
sand ton of water every twenty-four hours.
To lift this water to the surface would cost
not less than So, 600 day. Some of the
water has temperature Of l65 degrees
where all the water mingles; four miles
from the mouth of the tunnell the tempera-
ture ranges..from $50 degrees to 1876 degrees.
If left to fow through the open tunnel this
water would SO fill the air with steam as to
make the tunnel impossible. Ia flowing
the four miles through a tight flume made
of inch yellow pine, the water loses but
degrees of heat. At the mouth of the
tunnel the water Is conducted sixty feet
down shaft to wheel in the machine shop,
whence it is carried off by tunnel eleven
hundred feet in length, which serves as a
tail race. From this tunnel the water flows
mile and half to the Carson river. This
large flow of warm water is now used for
many purpose, the first to utilize it having
been boys who made small ponds to swim
in-pioneers, it may be, in establishing a
system of warm baths, which may ultimat-
ely become great sanitary resort. The
water ran also he turned to account in heat
ing hot houses and for irrigation. The
tunnel company have farm of over q
thousand acres which, when properly
watered, is very fertile. In course of time
there will probable be many acres of fruit
and vegetables under glass at this point all
warmed and watered by the tunnel water.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-05
THE RIVER OF LIFE.

The more we live, more brief appear
Our ne's succeeding stages;
A day to childhood seems year,
Aud years like passing ages
The gladsome current of our youth,
Ere passion yet disorders,
Steals lingering like a river smooth
Along its grassy borders.
But as the caroworn cheek grows wan,
And sorrows shafts fly thicker,
Ye stars, that measures life to man,
Why seem your courses quicker?
When joys have lost their bloom and breath
And life itself is vapid,
Why, as we near the Falls of Death
Feel we its tide more rapid?
1t may be strange, yet who would change
Times course TO slower speeding,
When one by one our friends are gone
And left our bosom bleeding.
Heaven gives our years of fading siren 9Th
Indemnifying tieetness;
And those of youth, seeming length
Proporiioned 10 Their sweetness.