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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
TruIt Drying by Cold Blast

An experiment was made at foundry in
Placerwille last week, in fruit curing, by
blast of cold air. In this experiment about
a peck of sliced apples were placed in a
sieve and subjected to a cold blast for three
and half hours in the cupola furnace of
the foundry, and the fruit is reported to
have been completely and beautifully cured
by the treatment, remaining soft and with
out the slightest dlscoloration. We were
about to say dried, but cured is better
word, for there WIS none of that hard, harsh
stiff dryness about it which frequently re
suits from drying by sun heat or fire heat
The experiment was most gratifying sue
cess, and in our judgment is fraught with
results of great Importance to the growers
and manipulators of fruit. The blast Of
cold air completely frees the fruit from its
excess of moisture, with no possibility of
burning or shriveling it. Compared with
sun drying, it effects great saving OF time
and labor Compared with fire drying 1t
effects great saving of expense, attention
and risk. Anybody who can command or
devise a strong blast of cola air, can dry
fruit in superior-we might say perfect
manner, without being dependent on the
weather and waiting on the slow process OF
sun drying, and without the more expen-
sive resort to fuel and the risk Of everhe at
ing.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

appeared before the Queen bearing the ex
pected ring, her heart grew hard and colo
toward Essex, and she determined never
unasked, TO revoke the sentence of death.
Time went on. Elizabeth was suiferinl
the kcencst anguish, and she could no
fathom the surprising obstinacy of he
favorite courtier. Essex, too, was hope
less and despairing. lie felt that his doom
was sealed. The Queen had received the
ring, but it had failed to awaken any feel
ings Of pity or mercy within her, and hC
could see no way of deiverance
The hour for the execution OF Essex
came. Accompanied by a strong guard he
was conducted to the scaffold. The heads
man was there. and crowd of malignant,
blood-thirsty people, anxious TO see him
! die.
The fortitude of Essex did not desert
| him in this awful hour. Calmnly he laid
his head on the block The axe fell, and
the envied, brilliant Essex was no more.
The tidings OF Essexs death quickly
spread Thongh he had many rivals and
enemies plotting his ruin, the heart of the
nation was true and faithful to him, and
the people were amazed and Mortified.
The soul of Elizabeth was shrouded with
gloom, but she adroitly concealed her grief
under mask of gayety.
The days and weeks con inued TO come
and 90. The Countess of Nottingham grew
i'll. A terrible secret was buried in her
breast, aud its poison was slowly destroy
ing her. Her guilt robbed her life Il! all
joy and light. 1t was ever before her in all
It's hideousness and blackness-a terrible
accuser from which she could never es-
cape.
Daily and hourly her illness increased
Neither medical skill nor the most careful
nursing availed anything. Her anguish
was dreadful. AS her end approached her
remorse was unconquerable. Again and
again she called for Elizabeth, and a mes
senger was sent to summon the Queen.
In feeble, broken accents, the dying
Countess disclosed 10 her her fatal secret.
Without any conrealment she confessed
''that the Earl of Essex had entrusted her
with the ring, to convey it TO her; but at
the instigation of her husband she had kept
it, and could not die in peace without her
forgiveness.
w hOH IliCu vi tilt II ulli, lllC rage Ol
Elizabeth had no bounds. She seized the
arm Of the Countess, and cried: "May God
forgive you, nevel cam"
1t was a shock from which the Queen
never Recovered. Her pledge of affection
had caused the death of her much loved
Essex, and she could not be comforted.
Soon life became a burden. Her step
grew weary and heavy. Ambition was
quenched. She became bitter and des-
potic to her people, and her days and
nights were passed in tears and groans till
death released her.
Her last act was to appoint James, son
Of the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scotland,
to be her successor Elizabeth was the
greatest of England's sovereigns. She as
sembled around her the most learned and
brilliant men Of the times, who contrib
uted much to the glory of her reign.
She expired in the year 1907, at the age
of seventy.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
LIGHT THROUGH CLOUlS.

Because hold it sinful to despond,
And Will not let the bitterness of life
Blind me with burning tears, but look bevond
Its tumult ana its strife.
Because / lift my head above the mist,
Where the sun shi es and the broad breezea
blow,
By every ray and every rsindrop kissed,
That Gods love doth bestow;
Think you find no bitter less at al,
. No burden to be b, rne like Christians s pack7
Think you there ale no ready tears to fall.
Because keep them back.
Why should hug fe's ills wi cod reserve
Tocurse myse ( and all who love me? Nay,
A thousand times more sool than deserve
God gives me every day.
And n each one of these rebellious tears,
Kept bravely back he makes q rainbow shine,
Grateful take his slightest gifts; no fears
Nor any doubts are mine.
DARK skies must clear, sni when the clouds
are past,
One golden day redeems weary year;
Patient li,ten, cure that sweet at / st
VIII sound his voice of cheer.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
Observatory on Mount Etna.

The Italian Government is about to con-
struct large observatory on Mount Etna.
A site has been selected at height oi
1862 feet above the level of the sea, neal
the Casa degr Inglesi, SO called from g
building erected there in 1911 by the En-
glish during th1Lr occupation of Sicily. The
purity of the atmosphere is so great at its
elevation that the planets can be observed
with the naked eye almost as well as with
telescopes of low power through the thick
atmosphere of towns. Venus, when shining
alone in the heavens, casts distinct
shadow. This will be the second loftiest
observatory in the world, the United States
signal station at Pixies Peals, in Colorado,
at an elevation of IA, 1856 feet. being the
loftiest station,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

4 bloody duel took place recently near
Cottonwood, Mo-, three miles above the Ar
kansas line, and about hundred miles
north of Memphis on the Mississippi river,
and resulted in the death of both the COM
batants. The quarrel was between two
farmers, named A. NJ. Crockett and Doc
Nichols, and grew out of Nichols stock
trespassing upon Crockett's lan1. A Bit
terness grew up between them, and one
carried his griefs into the courts. One day
they met at the point mentioned when
Nichols cried out: "You see [ have not
yet been arrested" Crockett replied: 81
see you haven't, you rascal, and | propose
to whip it out of you right here!" Nichols
said ''All right; you just wait till fix this
coffee on my mule and will join you in
that little camel" Crockett quietly await
ed Nichols movements until both men met.
Crockett drew a large poCket-knife, while
Nichols displayed dirk, or bowie knife.
The bloody work began at once, and blood
flowed like water from the wounds each
stroke of the deadly weapons made in the
bodies of the antagonists. Crockett finally
got in q stroke on Nichols neck which
severed the juguar vein; having previous
ly cut his tongue completely out. Nichols
fell dead by the side of Crockett, who lay
on the ground completely exhausted from
loss of blood He survived his wounds
only four hours. No one saw the desper-
ate conflict, but a passing neighbor reached
the place few moments before Crockett,
died, from whom he learned the above par
ticulars. The gentleman did all he could
for Crockett hut he had received his
death blow On Nichols body thirteen
wounds had been inflicted, while on Crock
EFT were eighteen. 1t is stated that the
-spot-wheFe they fought bore evidences of
a long and most terrible conflict Both
men leave families, that of Nichols con-
sisting of his wife and eight children Both
were respected by their neighbors, but
Crockett was considered dangerous quar-
relsome man, while Nichols was peace4-
bic and very quiet neighbor.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
Arabian Provei bs.

If your stomach is not strong, do not cal
reaches
If one cannot build house, he builds q
shed.
A bald-headed person does not care for
razor.
The thread is quite accustomed to fol
low the path of the reedle.
The sole of the foot is exposed to all the
filth cf the road.
The pot-lld is always badly off; the poi
gets the sweet and the lid gets the steam.
Without powder gun is only rod.
He who waits for chance will have tc
wait year.
He who marries beauty, marries trOu-
BILE.
Though man may miss other things, he
never misses his mouth.
We wake, and find markes on the palm
of our hand, but we know not who made
them; we wake, and find an old debt, and
cannot remember hew we incurred 1t.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
P9ints of Law.
A note on Sunday is void.
A note by a minor is void.

A note on Sunday is void.
A note by a minor is void.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
Notes bear interest only when so stated
An agreement without consideration is
void.
The law compels no one to do impossi-
bilites.
The act of one partner Liuds al the others.
A receipt for the money is not legally
conclusive.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be en-
forced.
A contract made with minor is void
except for necessities.
If note is stolen it does not release the
maker he must pay 1t.
A note obtained by fraud, or even from
one intoxicated, cannot be collected
Each individual in partnership is Tespon-
sble for the whole amount of the debts of
the firm.
An endorser Of a note is exempt from
liability if not served with no; .ce of his
dishonor within twenty-four hours of its
non-payment.
The ownership of personal property in
law Is not changed until the denvery, and
the purchaser actually takes possession of
such property, though In some States bill
of sale is ErtnaG facte evidence OF owner
ship if executed, even against creditors, un-
less the sale was fraudulently made, for the
purpose of avoiding the payment of debts
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
Eighteen Sons In the War.

3 Rev. Daniel S. Helton, Baptist
preacher of Roane county, Tenn, is SS
years old, and is as active as most men at
90. He recently walked three miles to
give testimony at the county seat and re-
turned the same day. He says: Il can
sight rifle gun as well as | could sixty
years ago, and only for a slight tremble of
the hand would not miss one shot in a
hundred In replyto the question, ION
which side were your sympathies during
late war" he replied: Il was always a
Union man. had sixteen sons in the
Union army and two in the rebel army,
and my sympathies were with the Union
fourteen majority" When asked if he
knew which of the boys were right, he said,
81 know which think was right, cap'n.
There war fifteen majority in that ar
family including me. helped the boys on
the Union side" lie has been twice mar
ried, and is the father Of twenty-one chill
dren. He served In the war of 1912, but
draws no pension. 1t is. said by the ex-
soldiers that he did good service during the
war by aiding Union soldiers to communi-
cate with their families when they were in
the rebel lines, and in many other ways.
If he can't get pension for services in
either the war of 1912 or that of the rebel
lion, he certainly ought to get liberal one
for his services between the two The old
man is in INDECENT circumstances.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

Farmer Granite and his wife were eating
breakfast,
The farmers face wore strange look,
and his wife was puzzled
Wife, saId he, after finishing his
breakfast, and pushing back his chair "do
you know what I'm going to do to-day; =
NO"
"Well, then, I'm going to write to the
city and ask both Alice and her husband 10
come ont here"
"Are you really in earnest -
"Ges, wife. I've been a stern father
Hong enough. I'm going to make up with
A ice and her husband"
Mrs. GRANTEES joy was unbounded. The
heart of ice was melted at last.
II wonder what become of that poor wo-
man who came to our door last night2"
''Oh, she's in the village now, in all pro
liability"
a pain, heavy and sharp, seemed to
catch his breath.
Why did he start and seize the back of
his chair to keep himself from falling?
-Four men were coming up the path
four neighbors carrying between them q
plank, with something on it.
They entered the farmers kitchen and
laid the harden on the floor
The farmer ard his wife were pale as
the dead face before them.
"A woman, Mr.. Granite ~ explained one
four this morning, up yonder on the road.
She's quite dead, sir. y
''Why-why did you bring her here p
gaSped the farmer.
''Cause thought as how her face looked
like-like-"
A wild shrek came from Mrs. Gra-
n.te, who dropped ON her knees and tore
the covering off ihe face of the dead wo-
man.
\ cry of agony and horror came from
the farmer, as the dead face, with its open,
CLASSY eyes, stared up at him.
Good Heaven!" he cried, covering his
eyes, and staggering backwards.
1T is Alice-our Alice-whom you re-
fused to shelter last night Oh, Ralph, it
is the vengeance of Heaven"
\ moan, and Mrs. Granite fell to the
floor in u swoon. /
''Our AliCe?n moaned the striken father,
kneeling at his dead daughters side, and
parting the frozen hair from the white tenn
Pile. Our Alice, whose brightness have
SO longed for and IL killed her was
going to write for you to-day, Alice. It's
too late now !"
His mind was giving way under the aw-
full shock
a letter was in the pcstoffice, and had
lain there for two weeks past. One day
after Alice had been laid in the churchyard,
Mrs. Granite received and read It.
1t was dated from the city, and from her
telling that her husband had
failed in business and died, and that she
was coming home coming back to the
place where she was born, for her heart
was broken, and prayed that her father
might forgive her.
The letter was received too late
1t is summer, and the little churchyard
Of the village is a blooming Eden.
A double grave has been made two cof-
fins have been lowered INTO the earth, and
the little slab contains three names-Ralph |
and Mary Granite, and Alice, their
daughter.
Husband, wife and daughter sleep to-
yether now, under the shade of the church.
yard willow
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29
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The Ingenious Elephant.

The duke of Argyll in his Reign OF Law
was, l think, the first who promulgated the
dictum that man is the only tool-making
animal. AS far as / can ascertain, this as
sertion is admitted by developmentists, yet
it is undoubtedly true that the Indian eleph- :
ant makes two Implements, or forms and
alters certain things SO as to adapt them es-
peciallyto fulf1lldefnite purposes, for which,
unaltered, they would not be suitable One
evening, soon after my arrival in Eastern
Assam, and while the five elephants were e. :
usual being fed opposite the buagalOw,-Ir, N,
observed young and lately caught one step
up to a banboostake fence, and quietly
pull up one of the stakes Placing it under
foot, il broke piece off with its trunk, and
after lifting it to its mouth, threw it away. 4
1t repeated this twice or thrice, and then
drew another stake and began again. See
ing that the bamboo was old and dry,
asked the reason Of this, and was told to
wait and see what it would do. At last 1t
seemed to get piece that suited, and hold
ing it in the trunk firmly, and stepping the
left fore-leg well forward, passed the piece
of bamboo under the armpit, so to speak,
and began to scratch with some force. My
surprise reached its climax when / saw .
large elephant leech fall en- the ground, quite
six inches long and as thick as ones finger,
and which, from its position, could not cas-
lily be detached without this scraper, or
scratch, which was deliberately made by
the elephant. subsequently found that
it was a common occurrence. I4eech scrap
ers are used by every elephant daily. On
another occasion, when travelling at q time
of ear when the large flies are so torment
ing to an elephant, | noticed that the one /
rode had no fan or wisp to beat them of
with. The mayhout, at my order, slacken-
ed pace, and allowed her to 60 to the side
of the road, where for some moments she
moved along rummaging the smaller jungle
on the bank. AT last she came to cluste
of young shoots well branched, and after.
feeling among them, and selecting one,
raised her trunk and nearly stripped down
the stem, taking off all the lower branches
and leaving fine bunch on top. She de-
liherately cleaned down several times, then
laying hold at the lower end broke of
beautiful fan or switch about five feet long,
handle included: With this she kept the
flies at bay as we went along, Tapping them
off on each side every now and then. Say
what we may, these were both really bona
fde implements, each intelligently made
for definite purpose.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

Let us live as men who are sometime
to grow cid, AMI o whom it will be the
most dreadful of all evils 10 count their
past years BY former luXuriance of
health only BY the maladies which riot
has produced. -
GoodworGs do more than hard speech
es: as the sunbeams wIthoht1any noise
will make the traveller castoH his-cloak, i,
which all the clustering wind could
not do, but only make him bend il clos
er to HIM C@E E @
The damps of autumn sinkrfnto the
leaves anG prepare them for the ne ces-
sity of their fall; and thus insensibly
are we, as years close around us, de-
tached from our tcnaeity Of life by the
gentle pressure of recorded sorrow.
you would relish food, labor for 1t
before you take it; if enjoy clothing,
pay for il before yOu wear it: IL you
would sleep soundly, take clear con-
science to bed with you.
Evil thoughts are1worse enemies than
lions and tigers, for we can keep ont
OF their way; but bad thoughts win
their way everywhere; keep your head
and heart full of good thoughts, that
bad ones may find no room TO enter.
That policy that can nstrike only while
the iron is hot will be overcome by that
perseverance which, like Cromwell's IS
can make the iron. hot by striking; and
he that can only rule the Storm must
Weld to him who can both raise and
rule it.
There is gold in the rocks which
fringe the pass OF. the Spingen, gold
even in the stones whica mends the
roads, but there is LOO little of il to be
worth extracting. Alas how like too
MANY books and sermons. Not so the
scriptures. They are much finer gold
their very dustis precious.
In the decline of life, shame and
grief are Of short duration; whether it
be that we bear easily what we have
borne long, or that, finding ourselves
In age less regarded, we less regard
others; or, that we look with slight
regard upon afflictions, to which we
know that the hand of death is about
TO put an end.
The life that is devoted to knowledge
passes silently away, and is very little
diversified by events. TO talk in pub
lie, to think in solitude, to read and to
hear, TO inquire, and TO answer inqnir-
les, is the business OF a scholar. He
wanders about the world without pomp
or terror, and is neither known nor
yalMed but by men like himself.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

A WIFE wanted her husband to SYM
paIhize with her in a feminine quarrel +;
but he refused, saying, "T've lived
long enough to know than one woman
is as good as another, If not better. I"
"And |, I,"retorted the wife, ''haye liv-
ed long enough to know that one man
is as bad as another, If not worse!' ~
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-01-29

Modesty in your furniture, equipage
and words will show thas your minds
we'll regulated, and your heart free
from passion.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-08-06

LIFE is a disappointment, chiefly be-
cause those who are starting in It over
estimate their own strength and under
rate that Of their competitors. Self
sufliciency and ignorance are the pio-
neers Of defeated expectations. The
looker-on is not disappointed it is the
actor who is. Overweening self-confi-
dence refuses to see difficulties; and
thus the preparation which might over
come them is neglected. The defeat is
crushing, because it was deemed impos-
sible. Presumption and arrogance have
burned the bridges, and left no oppor-
tunity to gather the shattered forces by
retreat. There seems to be no help for
these blunders; each generation must
learn for itself. There is a point where
teaching ends and experience begins
Ii is this which has set bounds to human
knowledge. No man can take up the
work of another. Where it has been
left there it must remain. The father
can not give or bequeath the child his
experience, as he can his property.
Men may Vaunt themselves as they will.
but there is limit to their power; and
that limit seems in some cases to have
been reached in one man. Shakespeare
and Bacon have had no successors. No
man has been able to take up their
work where they left It. So far as
mans efforts are concerned their works
are complete. AS they left them, so thev
remain. No man has yet appeared who
can equal what they have done,
much less improve upon It. As far as
we know, they reached the limit of
mans power in the direction in which
they taught. The child must mistake
the road just as the parent mistook it,
and learn which is the right road only
when too old and weary to walk in it.
And, perhaps, it is well that it is so.
The wisdom of age and the form Of
youth can not be Joined in beauty.
Could the young know their true
strength, and foresee the difficulties
they encounter, they would not fall by
the way, but would faint in the begin
ming. Favorable circumstances bear
men on to fortune to a greater extent
than the successful are willing to admit.
In my own profession, those who have
achieved success in the early part of
their career have fallen heir to the prac-
tice of father or a preceptor. The in
heritor Of practice is a whole genera
ton ahead of him who is the founder Of
one