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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
Relics of Benedict Arnold.

"reminiscences of Benedict Arnold have
been going the rounds since the recent death
of Mrs Ann Hinman Kellogg, of Fairfield,
whose mother, it is said, aimed q musket
at Arnold at the time of the burning of
New London, in 1871, and would have
killed him, except that the piece missed
fire. The proposition to build monu-
ment to Major Andre at Tarrytown has
also led to the recalling of incidents in
Arnold's career. There is one reminiscence
of that character which has not been men
toned. Several years ago gentleman of
Brooklyn, who has long been noted for his
love of rare books, manuscripts, pamphlets
and engravings, came INTO the possession of
G document signed by Arnold and a friend,
which he has carefully treasured until the
present day. The paperisa a written pledge
that the man who should be manned first
should receive from the other the gift of a
silver teapot, of the value of tl5. The
paper was dated before the Revolutionary
war, and was signed by gentleman by
the name e. Adams, as a witness. The
paper is now worn and stained with time,
but the writing is as black and leglble AS
the day it was written. Not long ago a
man came into the Office of the owner of
this precious document and said, Il un-
derstsnd you are gatherer of old things.
Here is something want to show you. ).
NJ l.. Barlow wants il and has offered to
pay so much for it, but you can have it If
you will give "a certain other sum, NAM
ing it. "Well," was the reply, 'let's see
it." The man began unfolding carefully
an ancient, time-stalned document, upon
which, as ne was openingit there appeared
the striking signature of Benedict Arnold.
The signature was recognized the moment
it was seen, although it was upside down,
and the bargain was closed without s
moments delay. The paper turned out &c
be bet between Arnold and Adams. The
witness of the document referred 10 above,
in reference TO which of the two men would
probably be married first, and IL contained
a pledge that the one who was first mar
ried should receive a gift of silver plate
worth e15 from the other. The paper was
witnessed by the man who made the first
bet with Arnold. The two documents bore
the same date, ana had evidently been
written at the same time They had been
separated for over hundred years, and
had finally come together again in the
ownership of the same gentleman. The
discovery of this second document is con-
sidered one of the best ''tinds" of the day
among antiquarians of the city and the
fortunate owner of the two papers is greatly
envied.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

An old physician, retired from prac-
ice, having had placed in his hands by
aa East India missionary the formula
of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure for Con-
sumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma
and all Throat and Lung Affections,
also positive and radical cure for Ner-
vous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested it's wonder
full curative powers in thousands of
cases, las felt 1t his duty to make it
know to his suffering fellows. Actu-
ated by this motive and desire TO re-
liovs human suffering. / will send free
OF charge to all who desire 1t, this re-
cipe, in German, French, or English,
with full directions Tor preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing
with stamp, naming this paper, w. w.
SHERAR, I49 P0to0rs' Block, Rochester,
Ne0 York.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

Use Of SOFT UOdI.-For years no one
supposed that lump OF soft coal dug
from its mine or bed possessed any
other property than that of fuel. IL
was next found it would afford q gas
which was combustible; in process of
time mechanical and chemical means
we're found TO manufacture this gas
(carburetted hydrogen, and applying
ii tc the lighting of buildings and eit-
les. In dong this products OF dtstilla-
ton were developed and now the follow
inc Ingredients are manufactured from
it: First; an excellent OIL 10 supply
lighthouses, equal TO the best sperm
OIL, but at lower cost; second, benZole,
a light sort of fluid, which evaporates
easily, and combined with vapOr or
moist air, is used for the purpose OF
so-called portable gas Lamps three, nap
tina, "a heavy fluid, useful To dissolve
gutta pereha, India rubber, etc. four,
an excellent ell for lubricatins pur-
poses; five, asphaltum, which Is black,
solid substance, used III making var
nishes, covering roofs: vaults, etc. ;
six, paratlin, Il white, crystalline SUD
stance resembling white wax, which
can be made into beautiful wax cah-
dies iU melts at "A temperature Oh llO
degl ees, and affords aH excellent li2h
All these substances are made with soft
coal.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

Never be hasty in word or action.
Labor and brains conquer all things.
Teach both by precept and example.
Labor diligently for self-improvement.
Never let known fault go unnoticed.
Encourage parents to visit the schools.
BE prompt in beginning and in dismis-
sing.
BE slow to promise, but quick to per
form.
Never let your pupils see that they can
'vex you.
Teach self-government; it is the only
government.
Speak dramatically to your pupils;
speak kindly, too.
Never be slow to commend pupil for
good work or department.
He who gan begin with child, and
skillfully carry him through the first fifteen
years of his life, does the grandest thing
that ls ever done for him.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
Thrown into Snow-Bank.

Not long ago Mr.. Smith, attached to the
Caribou Mine, near Denver, started from
Nederland for the mine in a stout cutter,
drawn by strong and spirited team of
horses. Mr.. Smith had for a companion
one of his most efficient assistants, an Eng
| lishman of the name of Richard Crow. The
morning was boisterous, a heavy snow
storm having set in, accompanied by a
| fierce wind, but the two parties were well
acquainted with the road, and as the dis
tance was only four miles, they anticipated
no serious trouble. As they approached
Caribou, however, the storm increased in
violence to such an extent that they were
not only almost benumbed and blinded, but
| the horses themselves evinced strong symp-
toms of giving out. The travellers finally
reached point some half-mile distant from
! Caribou, about ten o'clock in the morning.
Here, however, the elements seemed to
have thrown off all restraint, and the storm
was binding in its fury. Mr.. Crow was
driving, and while trying to make the team
turn in a certain angle the horses sprang off
the road, and in another instant the slei gh
and its occupants, horses and all, were
dashed into a snow bank some fifteen or
twenty feet below. Mr.. Smith is an old
Coloradoan and has had an extended expe-
rience in the mountains. He knew that if
anything was to be done, it must be done
quickly. At such an altitude and in such
a storm, with the thermometer many de-
grees below zero, no life could be long sus-
tanned. By desperate excrtions the sleigh
and horses were finally forced back upon
the road. Here the team was held while
Mr.. Smith made three separate trips for the
lost baggage and wraps which were also
essential to further existence. On reach
ing the sleigh, after his third trip, Mr..
Smith was so nearly exhausted that he fell
in upon the bottom and was scarcely able to
move. After other desperate efforts, and
when almost ready to yield to despair, the
main street Of Caribou was reached and
assistance secured. 1t was nearly a full
hour before Mr.. Crow was sufficiently re-
vived to be able to speak, and Mr.. Smith
also suffered greatly from the results of the
exertions he was compelled to make. But
neither party has experienced any perma-
nent injury, and both feel that they have
special cause for thanksgiving over their
narrow and hazardous escape from terri
BILE death.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
100000 Reward
l!y

would be d safe offer for more infallible cure
for piles than Anakesis. 500, 600 persons boar
willing testimony to the benefcence and
scientific triumph of the great discovery OF
Anakesis, DIR. S. Slsbee's External Pile
Remedy. Lotions, electuaries, ointments and
quack nostrums have had their day; no longer
shall the afflicted like Job cry out "Weari-
some nights are appointed to me, when l lie
down / say when shall the night be gone, oh
wherefore is light given to him who is in
misery? Anakesis will instantly relieve the
pain from piles, will support the painful
tumors and ultimately cure the worst cases.
Doctors of all schools now uss it for there is
no substitute for it, nothing 81 simple, nothing
more safe, nothing SO prompt and permanent.
1t is the discovery of a scientific physician
aftsr 40 years experience, and has been used
successfully almost without an exception by
over half million of sufferers. 1t combines
in mere suppository the methods of English,
French and American Surgeons and is pro-
nounced to be the nearest to an infallible
remedy yet discovered. Samples of ''Anake-
sis" are sent free TO all sufferers on appli-
cation to p Neustaedter & Go. Box 1916 New
York, sole manufacturers Of "Anakesis." Sold
by druggists, everywhere. Price LOO per box.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
Purity Cold Day"

Some time ago a poorly dressed and
seedy-looking person about fifty years old
entered the post-oflce, at Detroit, and pro-
ceeded to warm his hands at one OF the
registers. He made no Inquiries abeut mail,
and after he had been losfing around for
two hours policeman got his eye on him
and asked:
Say, old man, have you any business
here2''
''Well, no, " was the reply.
"Any work to do?"
"No. l kinder thought I'd lay off this
winter"
ANY friends here:"
''No.n
81 think YOU are vagrant," continued
the officer, as he took another look at him.
''Mebbe am, " sighed the old man.
"And l think I'll take you down."
''Well, III 20 along
The officer escorted him to the station
house, registered his name, and then pro-
ceeded to search his pockets. Each one
panned out ''wad" of money, making a
total of 81, 600.
"Why didn't you tell US you had this
money!" demanded the policeman.
''Why didn't you ask mel'
''Didn'tI say took you for a vagrant,
and YOU didn't deny it either"
''Wel, l ditn't know anything about
your city laws" quietly replied the ole
man. I've got two married daughters,
and I came in to buy each of 'em $500
piano for New Years, but is it's ag'in any
of your laws I'll take the next train fol
home. I'm Citing purity old, and don't
want no fuss with anybody"
'Well, you might have saved yourself al
this trouble. said the officer, as he escorted
him to the street.
Don't mention it, was the answer. '1t
l took any trouble on your account it's al
right, and you needn't thank me. I'm al
ways willing to oblige anybody who car
appreciate it. Purity cold day, isn't it 2"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

4 Peculiar case of spontaneous COM
bustion, which occurred some time ago
in St. Louis. suggests the need Of great
er care in putting away certain kinds
of intlammable material. Some hemp
cloth, cut out of ordinary hemp sacks.
had been used in the house to polish
floors newly vanished. After having
served this purpose they were thrown
In heap into ba ke', where they
smouldered and eventually burst into
flame, of themselves. Their ignition
in this manner is attributed TO the sat-
uration OF the cloth with the varnish
to which they had been applied.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

TIDES AND TABLE cLoTHs.-WhO con
ceived the idea OF dividing square OF
strainer cloth in two parts, inclosing
the upper with bands OF garnet velvet
stitched with orange, working Hover
pattern upon il, and laying bend sim
ister of orange, SILK across the lower
half and putting bright little Japanese
fan in the sinister base? Ii looks as If
it might be japanese banner, but Ii is
only tidy, or rather, a chair-back, TO
speak, as one of the eSthetically-mlnd-
ed. Here is another in which IA Chinese
mandarin, cut from one of the French
patterns, is fastened upon back
ground of blue flannel with an orange
border embroidered with Chinese char
acters that may hides q whole poem from
profane occidental eyes. In table
cloths, the simplest are those bordered
with three bands of flannel OF different
colors stitched on with silk of many
hues, and the most beautiful are those
of dark olive with deep borders of Ken
sinoton work. LambreQuins are orna-
mented with great many OF the small
full tassels that look almost like inver :
ed fans, and harmonic perfectly with
the embroidered fans among which they
are interspersed. A beautiful lambre-
euin in olive and turquoise blue has
two rows OF these tassels and three OF
wrought fans, artfully arranged in
a japanese pattern. Another, intended
for bracket, Is of strainer cloth work
ed in peacock feathers and fringed with
linen and worsted.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

The RECEIPT for GiIt-Edge Butter
Maker was obtained from one of the
most extensive dairy farmers Of Ire
land, noted for the excellent and sup
erior keeping qualities of his butter,
which was eagerly purchased by Lon
don dealers for export to India, where
the warm climate puts butter to a
very severe test. 1t has been thorough
ly tried by large number Of the very
best buCter-makers in this country, and
they have given it their emphatic ap-
proval. Price Is cents per package.
Sold by all store-keepers.
COLLINS. n. Y. Feb. 10Th, 1879.
Gentlemen. churncd one gallon
of cream to-day at temperature of 5G
deg, using your Gilt Edge Butter
Maker. Time of churning, 10 minutes
result, 1-8 pounds OF butter. Color,
good. AS we have not previously
weighed our butter, of course we can
not tell whether there is a better per
cent. or not, but appearances indicate it,
md the quality is at least two cents per
ound better. Yours, &C.,
M. e. WILBUR,
PrOp'l Of Collins Creamery.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

EXPOSURE to drafts when heated, ana sudden
changes in the ten,narature OF the atmosphere
are prolitic sources of severe Colds, from which
many cases Of fnhammatlon OF the Lungs, Pleu-
risy, Asthma and other pulmonary Affections
tract a Cold resort af once to DR.. Jaynes EX-
pectoranS, remedy aey that win not only promptly
cure Coughs and colds. but VIII rnndeye, Geieye and
strengthen the Pulmonary anu Or
gans, and remove all dangerous symptoms.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
A. Medicine should not he (Suaged


BY the suddenness and violence of its effects
Self-evideRt rs this proposition would seem.
there are many foolish persons who are con,
tent only with remedy which acts abruptly.
The pill and other nostrum-vendors who trade
upon the credulity of this class, find theiI
"best holt" ss poor Artemus Ward termed it.
in the sale of violent purgatives. So long as
tley wrench the bowels OF their dupes suffi-
GENTLY, they are pretty sure Of certain mea-
sure Of success. II instead of such pernioious
rubbish, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is used,
the results are widely different. The bowels
are relieved, but always gently, by this pleas
ant laxative, which does not weaken but invig-
crates them, and endows the cooperative or
gans of digestion and bilious secretion with
activity and regularity, strengthens the con-
sttution and physique, and while it is safe in
les constituents, is sufficiently prompt in ope-
fAtion.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
DOM RE'FlG.

WASHING CLoTHEs.-For family or
six, cut into thin shaviRgs one and one
half pounds of good bar soap, and dis
solve it in a pail OF boiling water.
Rather more than half fill two tubs
with warm water, and add pail OF hot
suds-half each. Put the clothes in
for twenty-four hours soak-those
most soiled IN one tub by themselves.
The following morning nothing will be
necessary but to put them through the
wringer, through two waters, the blue
ing in the last. A neat housekeeper
will observe if any specially soiled
Spots-wristbands, cuffs and the like
need little chatting with the fingers
before going through the wringer.
Clothing washed in this way will come
out TO the satisfaction of the most fast
idious, and all the time usually spent
scrubbing and boiling anU filling the
house with steam saved, besides-a
prime conslderation-artic viii wear
more than twice as long, AS IL is evil
dent that five minutes scrubblng wlll
wrench out the garments vastly more
than ordinary wear. Flannels may be
cleaned in the same manRGr-Whlte
| nannels turning out white and soft
except that il is believed that the suds
and the rinse water had better be cold
for tlannels, wherever the process of
washing, to prevent shrinking, a little
gentle pulling, both ways, when first
| hung on the line, will prevent fannels
shrinking. An acquaintance of ours, i
very particular housekeeper, has done
her own family washing in this man
ner for year past, without either boil
ing or scrubbing or fretting, and she
declares that washing has lost its old
| time terrors. And her husband says
that, instead OF "picRed-up dinner,
she gets the best dinner OF the week on
MOnuaV
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

CdaetuUy prepared statistics show
that 81, 0u0, 900 worth of quiuine are
annually consumed in this country. In
this connection it NAV be mentioned
that of opium but 81 200. 900 worth Is
believed to be used in the United States
each year statement we think under
estimated.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

Until recently water in the ocean was
believed to have little if any motion be-
low fifty fathoms, but it is ROw known
that in certain localities there is rapid
motion as deep as SEQ fathoms, and Sc
rious injuryriOus has been caused at that
depth to the telegraphic ca Dles.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

HEADACHE. - There are various
causes for headache, as arrangement
of the circulating system, of the diges-
tive organs, of the nervous system, &c.
NEGETINE can be said TO be a sure rem.
edy for the many kinds of headache,
as 1t acts directly upon the various
causes Of this complaint,-Nervousness
Indigestion, Costiveness, rheumatism
Neuralgia, Biliousness, &c. Try the
NEGETINE. You will never regret 1T.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

PHYSICIANS say that there is no remedy
for Consumption, and possibly, in some
cases the assertion may be correct.
We know however of many cures made
bv DR.. BULBS Cough Syrup and will
guarantee positive relief 10 the sufferer
III every instance.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

IMAGINE tor q moment the thousands
upon thousands of bottles OF Carboline,
the deodorized petroleum halr renewer
annually sold, and the fact that not a
single complaint has been received
from all these thousands, aud you may
have some idea Of its good qualities
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

"MY wife," remarked prominent
manufactures, "never attends auctions.
She went once, and seeing friend at
the opposite side of the room, nodded
politely, whereupon the auctioneer
knocked down a patent cradle, and
asked her where she wished ii deliv-
cred"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

GLOW like its father It is :" exclaim-
ed the nurse, on the occasion of the
christening of baby whose father was
over seventy, and had married a young
wife. Very like" replied satlrical
lady, "it hasn't Il tooth in its head ~
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

OUTSIDE spectators in Wall street
were first called "lambs'' for the rea-
son that they gambol first and get
shearCd afterwards.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

BABY SAVED. We are so thankful
TO say that our baby was cured OF a
dangerous and protracted irregularity
of the bowels by the use of Hop BitteIs
by its mother, which at the same time
restored her to perfect health and
strength.-Th Parents, Rochester, n.
Y. See another column.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

HTEsKRILs letter Ointment will cure Sore
Eyelids Sore Nose, Barber's Itch on the face,
or Grocer's itch on the hands. 1t never fails.
30 cents per box, sent by mail for GO cents
Johnston Holloway Il Co.,
COZ Arch ST., Phila Pa
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

A WITTY but heartless prOof-readel
on All Eastern paper recently added tC
the death notice of somewhat cele-
brated colored man the line, death
loves a shining mokc."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

DID pou ever notice the fact that a
tramp who claims he has trade but
can get no work at it, i'll the winter If
brickmaker and in the summer is a
lumbsrman or ice sawyer!
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

SALT has various properties and eff
feets as il regards the human system
IL acts as u tonic and condiment. as an
emctic, a purgatiye and as a disiniect-
aur
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

WHEN a woman p"omenades the
streets leading dog 1t looks AS if she
couldn't lead anything else on her
string.
Husbands never meet their wives
with smiles on their lips; they wipe
them off before they get home.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

"THAT's what beats me" as the bcy
said when he saw his father take the
skate strap down from its accustomed
nail.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

A FEW drops of nitrite of amyl have
a powerful influence in restoring the
functions of the heart in cases of
drowning hanging or fainting.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

AS many women learn to know their
husbands, they wish they had learned
to ''No" them when they were only
sweGthearts.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

TRAVELLERS have frequently motto d
that they get the poorest dinner at rail-
road stations where the dinner gong
sounds loudest.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

DURING ordinary respiration fOl
twenty-four hours the quantity of OK
ygen gas consumed amounts 10 forty
thousand cubic inches.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

NEWSPAPER WAIFs.-Lady (behint
counter, To cabman)-"pair of glove
Yes. What is your numberT" CabmaI
"A hundred and ninety-three !"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

A FARMER on the shores of Lake On
tario had nine acres washed away in
twenty years. He is evidently losing
ground.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

ALL experience goes TO show that
people are far more liable TO contract
diseases or contagious fevcrs or an
empty than with full stomach.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

"WnY, Dick" said a lady teacher
the other day, ''you are getting to be
an awfully good boy lately; ever so
mach better than you were last year.
How IL it?" ooh pshaw! Miss Het-
ty," said the youngstcr, 81 don't have
so much tummick-ache now"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

''WHY. Bridget! didn't the tall in
jure you?" Bridget-"Sure mum. the
fall didn't hurt me. but kind o Jared
meselt mum when | lit.N
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

HIEsKELI letter OINTMENT VIII cure al
scabby or scsly diseases Of the skin.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12
HUMOROUS.

A DENTAL journal says the reason SO
MANY men fail IA orators in because
hey have lost some of their teeth.
Bosh Look nc hen; hasn't and never
had "a toeth in her head; and did the
dental editor never hear hen mount
the fence and do liver a two hours
Fourth of July Grafton over one egg
no bigger than lemon.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-02-12

A MINCE-PIE at bedtime is the short.
eat route to the menagerie.