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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-01
woman
More Years to live.

Our readers will easily gather from
the above tabUlated statement the
number of years to which their lives,
according to the law Of averages, may
reasonably be expected to extend.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-01

A paragraph goes the rounds of the
press to The effect tnat Gen. Beaver,
of Bellefonte, was offered the nomina-
tion for Vice President. by the Chi
cago convention, but declined, having
in iview the next Governors hip, OF
this state. May be-
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DRINATE SALE
Tire nndCrSigne
VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY

NILLHFIM CONTEMPLATION
w FOR CHARTER.--Nottceish is hereby giN en-
thut an application will be- made 90 Il law Judge
of Centre county on the 18TH day of July, a. ID.
1885, under the act of fasSembly approved April
10Th, 1874 for the charter of an Intended c0rpO-
ration To be called "The Millhcim Cemetery As
real estate and improve the cemetery for the
purposes of sepulturc.
CLEMENT DALE,
2i-St Solicitor for Applicants.
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A vALuAnLE EroME AT Private

A VkLuARbE HOME AT PRIVATE
~ SALE!
The undersencd offers at private sale his
Valuable Home. tbout one mile north west of
Minheim, containing
SEVENTEEN ACRES OF LAND,
: acres Of which are cleared aud under good
cultivation, and the balance wen tlmDcrcd.
The improvements are good, new
TWOSToRY HOUSE, NEW BARN,
and all necessary outhuildngs, all new and in
best condition il is one Of the most conven-
lent aud desirable homes In Pennsvalley. For
prce,and terms call on
II III. G. FRANKENBERGER.
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Nos. ! 4 connect at MOntandon with Erie
Mail west on the Philadelphia g. Erie Rail
Road.
Nos & 4 with Day Express east ana Niagara
Express west.
Nos ; & with Fast Line west.
An OmnibnS will run between LewiSburg and
MoEtandon, to convey passengers to and from
Pacific Express east on the Philadelphia g. Erie
Railroad.
The regular Railroad Tickets will be honored
between these two points.
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TXECUTORS NOTICE.-Letters testament
H AIRY ON the estate of III. q. Smith, late of
Penn township, deceased, having been granted
10 the undersigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted To said estate are hereby re-
queSted To make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same TO pre-
sent them duly authenticated for settlement
JAMES G. SMITH,
22-6t Executor.
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FOR The CAMPAIGN,
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Church & Sunday School Directory.

Evangelical.
Rev. $. Smith breaches next Sunday morning
German.
Sunday school, . p. ND. l.. Zerby, supt.
Methodist.
Rev. j. Benson Akers will preach next sun
day evening.
Sunday School, l p. Nd. Kimport, supt.
Reformed.
German preaching in Aaronshurg next Sun
day morning.
United Brethren.
Lutheran.
Rec John T0mlinSon, PASTOR
Preaching next Sunday afternoon ut "a
O'Clock, and in AaroEShurg in the evening
United Sunday School, 9 A. NJ. D.
luSc Supt.
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EUEE Outfit to agents OF 3 dOz. fast selling
IL REh articles, sent to every person answer
ing this adv. and enclosing 4 Set. stamps TO
pay postage and packing. This is honest. We
refer the public to Postmaster, or any business
house in this place.
American MaHufg Co,
25.3 rs SansOm ST., Philadelphia,
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WANTEDsEWLD,E;oA,W y, 1dM iajIaII,r AGENTS; in
and elegant MAP OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Every citizen should have 1t. Nothing has sue
ceeded like ii since war times. Useful, orna
mental and cheap. A golden opportunity for
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dress, Quaker City Publishing House,
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OUR CANDIDATES.
CCondeaSed from the Times White House CAL
gent. Winfield Scott Hancock, of Penn
sylvaniO.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE or THE GEENT soI.Du
STA rESMAN.

TIE PUBLIC SERVICE or THE GEENr soLplEH
STATESMAN.
Few men have served their country better
than Winfield 5. Hancock, and few dcServ,
more from their countrymcn. A big man, with
a biz head big heart and big brain, Han
cock is the very pcISonihcaton Of honor, hon
cSty and capacity, Gallant and unaSSuming, Z
soldier in three wars, the hero ot hundred
battles, lie is man on whom all democrats can
consistently unite for President, and who, IS ;
candidate, will command larger degree ot re-
Spect and support from republicans than any
other man in The democratic party. Ilcar-head
ed and self-rclGut, his career rs iudicit
statesman and military governor While in com
mand of louisiana and Texas, gives Cvidenc,
that ifa strong man is needed Tor preSi dent
there is no man in the nation more fit for tha
position than Winfield =. Hancock. With hin
as the candidate of the party the democrat
viii nave nothing 10 explain or defend and cal
proudly point TO his record and challenge 1
comparison uf il With that of the republican
CilNutdatc,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-01
OH al ln0CtOr

Regular Terms of COmt-Fourth Mondays OF
January, Apri. August and November.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
Cows Under the Weather.

Cows are very sensitive as to the in
fluence Of the weather. In bright,
clear days their vital forces are more
active and vigorous, digestion is more
rapid. and assimilation and waste arc
more active, and secretions which. like
butter, depend upon the destruc ton
of tissue, are more abundant. Lassi-
tude is favorable to transudation, be-
cause it relaxes the delicate membranes
and makes the passages of liquids easi-
er, and consequently more abundant.
Thus, while the fats in milk diminish, /,
the nlbuminoids increase in muggy
weather; and yet given weight of
milk makes less cheese than in fair
weather. This loss in cheese is owing
10 the fact that as the albumen of the
bloot passes over into the milk vessels,
the major part of it is converted into
caseine, which is coagulable by rennet,
while albumcn is not. This change
from aIbumen to caseine is effected by
the vital forces, and is more or less
complete as they vary in strength
The greater energy of bright days in
creases the per cent of caseine, and
makes that Of albumen less. In mug
gy weather this is reversed. These
changes often amount to enough to
make five per cent difference in the
Weld of cheese in favor of good wealth.
er, while the total Of albuminoids, as
shown by analysis, is the greater in
the muggy days. From the decrease
in fat and the increase of faibuminoids,
which are heavier than fat, the milk
of the muggy days shows the greater
specific gravity, and yields less per
cent Of Dutter.-Pyof. L. b. ARNOLD
in N. !. Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
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Mules.

Previous to 1888 there were very
few mules in this country, and those
of such an inferior order as to preju-
dice farmers against them as unfit to
compete with horses in work upon the
road or farm. Consequently there
were no jacks, and no disposition to
increase the stock. But Washington
became convinced that the introduce
ton of mules generally among South
ern planters would prove to them
great blessing as they were less liable
to disease, longer lived worked upon
shorter feed, and are much less liable
to be injured than horses by care
less servants. AS soon as it became
known abroad that the illustriOus
Washing ton wanted to stock his Mount
Vernon estate with mules, the King of
Spain sent him jack and two jcnnets
from the island Of Malta. The first
was of gray color, sixteen hands high,
heavily made, and of sluggish nature.
He was named the Royal Gift. The
other was called the Knight of Malta.
He was about as high, and 1.-the and
fiery even to ferocity. The two sets of
animals gave him the most favorable
opportunity of making improvements
by cross breeding, the result of which
was the favorite jack Compound, be-
cause he partook of the best points in
both originals. The General bred his
blooded mares to these jacks, even TAX
ING those from his own stables for that
purpose, and produced such superb
mules that tile country was agog to
breed some OF the sort, and they soon
became quite common. This was the
origin of improved mules i'll the Unit
ed States. Though over eighty years
AGO, there are now some of the third
and fourth generation of the Knight
of Malta and Royal G lift to be found in
Virginia, and the great benefits aris-
ing from their Introduction to the
country are to be seen upon every cul-
tivated acre in the Southern Sta.cs.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
CheMing.Gun.

We have 1T upon common report
that chewing gum is a substance we'll
known to the youthful part of the
community. The qualities which it
possesses at the time it comes from the
confcctiOner arc all familiar to the
Youngest of us. One easily compre-
hends the main ingredients of candy;
but who, without being told, would
suspect that chewing gum is often
only refined product of petroleum!
The time was when the fragrant spruce
furnished the most common material
for the purpose. But this is no longer
the case. The reader, familiar with
the processes of refining coal oil, is
aware that the thick, brown liquid
which comes from the earth, at one
stage of its manufacture, is strained
through heavy linen cloths. The resi-
dunn left after this operation is dir
ty, ,brownish-yellOww wax that smells
abominably. That unpromising sub
stance, melted, bleached, dcodorized
and prepared for commerce, appears
in masses that weigh about one hum
dred pounds, resembling oblong blocks
oil clOuded ice. 1t has no OdOr and no
taste, except what belongs to any wax
in its purest state. 1t may be used for
many purposes, but it is not necessary
to describe them now. The manufac-
turer OF chewing gum purchases these
blocks ready made to his hand, and at
once mclts them down. To two hum
drcd pounds of wax he adds about
thirty pounds of sngar, and gives the
mixture flavor by the use of some
essential oil, such as lemon or vanilla,
aud perhaps adds some coloring mat.
ter. The melted mass is poured out
upon a clean marble slab, and cut i'll
the various shapes known to mastica-
tors.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
The LaMyers who are Poor.

A good deal has been said, and said
with severity, about the number of
lawyers, but there is another side to
the matter, which a correspondent of
the New York Times presents. After
referring to the ',soft snaps" of young
gentlemen, sons of wealthy parents.
who enter the profession more for pas
time than for anything else, the cor
respondent makes this statement, and
gives some sound advice:
"The privations and straits of hum
dreds of members of the legal profess
sion in this city would hardly be cred
tied if told in detail. Yet, in spite of
this, and of supply greatly exceeding
the demand, the burning desire to join
the ranks of the profession is so great
as to be called fanatical. The truth is
that only one-tifth of the 5000 law
yers of the city earn livelihood and
do something better than exist. The
rest are half the time doing nothing,
dunned by their landlords, tailors,
shoemakers and every class Of trades
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04

would be my last chance, for by this
time we were so near the prccipice
that could sec quite pl,inly, little
way ahead, the vapor that hovered
over tho great waterfall. Even at the
best it was Il desperate venture, and [
can tell you that felt my heart be-
ginning to thump like slcdge ham,
ner as we came closer and closer to
the point, and l thought of what
would happen if L missed my leap.
just rs we neared it, it happened by
special mercy of God that our tree
struck against something and turned
fairly crosswise to the current, the
end with the lion OH it swinging out
into mid stream, while my end was
driven close to the rock Oh which the
clump of trees grew.
Now or never! 1 made one spring
q don't think ever made such aiioth-
er before Or since) and just clutched
the lowest bough and as 1 dragged
myself OH TO it, heard the last roar
Of the doomed lion ningling with the
thunder of the waterfall, as he van
ishcd into the cloud of mist that over
hung the precipice.
AS for Inc, it was late enough that
night before l got home, and l found
my poor wife in fine fright about
me; SO l thought it just as well, on
the whole, TO keep my adventure to
myself, and it wasn't till nearly q year
later that she heard word about my
strange tellow-voyager. I-1
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
Parted Lovers.

They were very fond of each other,
and had been engaged, but they quar-
relied, and were too proud to make it
up.
He called few days ago at her IA
theirs house to see the old gentleman
ON business, of course. She. was at
the door.
Said he: "a. Miss Blank, believe /;
is your father in?"
mo, sir" she replied, "pa is not in
at present. Did you wish to see him
personallyw
EYES," was the bluff response, feel
ing that she was yielding, ''on very
particular business" and he turned
proudly to go away.
Il beg your pardon" she called af-
ter him, as he struck the lower step
"whO shall say called ?" m a.
Henever smiled again.-ProDiae'ace
Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
Adulterated Olive Oil.

It is a matter of considerable diff
Guilty to discover whether cotton-seed
oil has been used to adulterate olive
oil. Benjamin Nickels thinks that the
spectroscope might be turned to ac-
count in detecting its presence. This
is his reasoning: When examined with
q good direct-vision instrument, pure
olive oil presents a deep shadowing of
the blue or violet ray, with an indis-
tinct line in the green and strong
band in the red, and cotton-seed oil,
while giving exactly the same sort of
blue or violet ray, shows no line i'll the
green or band in the red. If, there
fore, stratum of pure olive oil and a
like one of the pure oil in admixture
with cOtton-seed oil be severally ex-
amined and compared, there will be no
difference observable so far as the shad-
owing of the blue and violet is con-
cerned; but the adulterated sample
will give hardly any line in the green,
and the strong band III the red will be
found to have not nearly anything of
the depth and intensity presented by
the pure or standard stratum. A di-
luton of % per cent, he says, may thus
be determined. This method is not
advanced rs absolute proof that there
had been cOtton-seed oil put in an
adulterated sample of olive oil, but
only as afforling strong presumptive
evidence thatsuch had been the fact.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
Not q Musical Critic.

A young lady, moving In the most
exalted social circles of Galveston, af-
ter much toll and practice at the pi-
ano, learned to play with considera-
BILE dcxterity piece entitled "Picnic
Polka" 1t is something after the
style of the celebrated "BattIe of
Prague" The listener can readily
distinguish the roar of the artillery.
the rattle of the musketry, the shout
of the soldiers and the groans OF the
dying. In the "Picnic Polka" the
noise of the winding among the trees,
the joyous carols of the birds are re-
produced, the finale being thunder
shower, which disturbs the sylvan
revelers. 1t happens that country
cousin is in town just now, and the
young lady thought she would play
the piece to him and hear his COM
ment. He is u plain, simple minded
youth, and although not very bright
is very appreciative. She told him
what the piece was, and then proceed
ed to give him the "Picnic Polka"
The first notes are rather slow and
hesitating, the idea sought to be con-
veyed being the solemn solitude of
the forest, through which, the gentle
zephyr (not heifer) sighs. After she
got through with the preface she ask
ed him if he did not Imagine himself
in q lodge in some vast Wilderness
He replied that he thought all that
slowness meant the delay in getting off.
Said he: "There is always some darn
ed cuss who oversleeps himself and
keeps every body else Waitin'."
Sne did not care to discuss the point
with the ignorant beast, so, to conceal
her emotion, she once more let
herself out on the piano. The woods
were filled with music. The mock
ing-bird whistled as if his throat
would split, the cuckoo filled the syl-
van bowers with his repeated cry,
while ever and anon the mournful
cooling OF the dove interrupted the
matin song of the lark.
"There, now, l guess you know
what that sounds like" she said.
'You mean that 'toOtle, tootle, too
tie. chug, chug, chug?' You just bet
l Understand tnat. Many is the time
at a picnic Pve heard it from the
mouth of u demijohn Or the bunghole
OF beer keg."
Her first impulse was to hurl the
piano stool at him, but it passed off,
and once more she went at the piano
as if it were the young mans head,
and insured for double the value
The thunder growled, the lightning
flashed (from her eyes) and the first
heavy drops are heard upon the leaves.
She banged and lnangled the keys at .
fearful rate peal after peal Of deafen-
ing thunder perturbcd the atmosphere
and rc-cchocd in still louder rever-
berations, until it wound up in one
appalling clap as a great finale. Then,
turning TO the awe-sYuck youth, she
said: 81 suppose you have heard
something like that before"
"Ycs, that's what the fellow with
the linen pants said when he sat down
OH the custard pie"
The audience found himself alone,
but lie picked up his hat and saunter-
cd out into the street, densely uncon-
scious that he had said anything out
OF the way.-Galoeston Nesos,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
Manufacture of Bells.

Only two metals are now used in
large bells-tin and copper. The Bel
gians who are reported to excel i'm mu-
steal bells, use 23 to 80 per cent of tin !;
the English lean to more tin, % to 81
per cent. Tin makes the bell sound
bright, but it also makes it brittle,
and the reason why, the English can
afford to put in more Of this brittle
element is because they make their
bells thicker as q rule and the reason
why they are made thicker is, that in
stead OF being merely chimcd they are
swung round ona wheel, which brings
the hammer with great force upon the
bell; while the Belgian bells resonate
very easily, requiring but gentle
stroke to elicit their full tone. Ina
word the Belgian bell is a musid
note, not gong nor Il drum. Second
ly, the thickness and general propOr-
tiOns of the bell are of the utmost i'm
portance. Bells vary from 1-15 to 1-12
Of the diameter at the thickest part of
the sound bow, and the height is COM
monty about twelve times the thick
ness. The thickness of the bells Mt
different levels is all-important. The
thickness near the top is rs important
as that at the sound-!bOw, and the di-
dIllctCT VI LAC CIOW IL 10 CtACACthi 1S tltO
dimensions of the rim. The deep, rich
tone of some of the smaller bells man.
ufactured in this country is probably
due to the wide top diameter, COM
bined with the thinness in certain por-
tiOns of. the sides, half way down. The
way in which altering the thickness
affects the tone, and even the pitch, of
a bell, is shown by the fact that
sharp bell can be fiattened by shaving
off the metal inside above the sound
bow; and beats have been destroyed
by scooping the bell elsewhere until
they disappear at q certain point,
where on continuing to scoop, they re-
appeared. All this shows how purely
tentative and experimental is at pres
ent the art of bell-fomding, notwith-
standing it is business that has been
going on for ages. The wonderful an
cient bells were constructed on prin-
ciples which the masters of the art
have left us to discover. When we
analyze their methods, we may be able
to make their bells. So thought the
Germans, when they measured and an
aIyzed Raphael and Tintoret, and pro-
duced the correct but lifeless bana6ltes
of AIRY Scheffer; so thought the Will
laume when he initiated the very
worm holes; in the Amatis; but fOrall
that the French fiddlcs are not Anna
tis. 1t may turn out that i'll the max
ing of rich musical bells, like those of
Van Erschodt, there is something
which cannot be taught.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-11-04
The New Waltz,

A letter to the New \ Ork Sun from
Long Branch says: "The waltzing was
of the new kind, in which the dancers
slide three times one way as fast and
far as their legs will let them, and
three times the opposite way. A cou-
pie divided against itself cannot stand
that sort of capering. The partners
must slide, sway and whirl exactly in
unison, or trouble comes. Take ono
of last nights instances for an illus
tration: The young gentleman was
braWny and demOnstrative. He was
up i'll the new waltz, and eager for it.
The young lady was tall, stately and
sedate. She could not waltz in the
new way, and deemed it an improper
ly agile and athletic diversion. The
old way was plenty lively enough for
her. But there was no such UNDER
standing between the two when they
stood up together to dance. The new
waltz begins without premonition,
scooting oil suddenly sideways like u
tremendously accelerated crab. Such
was the initial movement of this
young gentleman. Encircling the
young lady firmly with his muscular
right arm, and gripping her right hand
with his left, he measured off about
half the width of the parlor with
three vigorous filings of his long and
stalwart legs. 1t was complete sur
prise to his partner. She was carried
of her feet at first. Then her slippers
beat quick tattoo on the floor i'll her
struggle to regain equilibrium, and
she hugged her partner desperately.
The sweet smile on her face gave place
to an expression of annoyance, and
that to terror. AS for the young gen.
tleman, he thought it was thus far all
right. Away he went, three jumps in
the contrary direction. She accom-
panied him, and in a dreadful manner.
Her nose bored itself into his shoulder
and then violently wiped itself obli-
quely across his shirt front; her hair
caught in q button of his coat and was
torn from its fastenings; cOrset-steel
parted with all audible snap; q bou-
quet at her waist flew into many more
pieces than it had flowers, and her
Louis Quinze slippers scraped violent
ly along the floor, raking how many
corns no spectator could expect to
know. She frantically clasped her
hands back of the young gentleman's
neck and sank into his arms IN utter
wreck"