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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
into the Darkness.

The ghost Of a millionaire appears night
ly unto widow and her daughter in the
sacredness of their own apartment in San
Francisco. When the spirit made its first
call 1t attacked the furniture, tore down
the picture and groaned tor an hour, while
the mothers hair stood on end and the
daughter buried her face in the bedclothes.
After waiting during what semed an eter-
nifty for an interval of the disturbance, the
widow in fear and trembling struck a
match. Her amaZement was unbounded.
Everything was as she had seen it at Tetir-
ing. The table that had apparently been
turning hip-fiaps for several hours, was
standing in the middle of the room with
the innocent expression il had worn when
she last saw IT. Every chair wore its tidy
with the stiff dignity of recruit on dress
parade, and seemed to resent the suspicion
that it had been assisting in supernatural
high iinks. Not vase or picture was
broken, Notwithstanding the fact that the
air had apparently been filled with frag-
ments of pottery and tatters of canvas.
There was no sleep for the family that
night, though the day broke without any
repetition of the strange disturbance. Pre-
cisely at 9 o'clock the next night the mys-
terious knock was heard again at the back
door, and again the mysterious visitor in
bare feet walked through the house. His
misery had apparently grown more acute,
for at every step he heav-d sigh and
occasionally grOaned 80 wofully that the
widow, in the fulness of her womanly
commiseration was tempted to ask, "What
is the matter with yOul" The reply, 1t is
alleged, came ill the unmistakable voice of
the departed millionaire, "Oh my SOUL
On! my SOUL" The widow went TO her
Bishop and asked him to pray for her, but
he insinuated that she might be out of her
head. When she went home fresh sur
prise awaited her. Her rosary beads, which |
she had left hanging on her bed were gone. !
No one had entered the house during her |
absence brt her daughter, and the young
lady denied all knowledge of the missing !
article. That night, however, mother and |
daughter, as they lay in bed with quivering |
nerves heard their supernatural visitor tell |
ing the beads as if in prayer. This was too |
much for the widows patience, and hastily |
striking a match and lighting the gas, she !
searched for the missing treasure. There |
was no trace of the beads or the mysterious |
devotee, however, though the ladies could |
still hear the beads and the sound of bare |
feet moving slowly through the door and |
into the darkness.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Steel Plates

1t is reported from Sheffield, England,
that heavy orders are daily coming in from
Scotch and East Coast shlp-builders fol-
light steel plates. The introduction OF steel
into ship-buildlng is causing an important
and growing trade, to meet the requirements
of which Sheffield manufacturers are intro,
ducing improved machinery in the large
mills.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
Only One DRINK.

A good-natured Griswold street lawyer,
in Detroit, left his office unoccupied for an
hour about two o'clock the other afternoon,
and some of the jokers- in the block went
in and built up a Iousing hot fire in his coal
stove. He came back with his hat in his
hand and almost dead with the heat, and
was met on the stairs by a lawyer, who
said: 'FThis is the hottest yet. The ther-
mometer in my room marks l2O degrees.
''Don't seem possible though it's scorch-
er," replied the other, as he went to his
room. He threw down his hat, took off
his coat and began tanning himself; but
the harder he famed the hotter he grew.
Two or three lawyers came in and spoke
about how cool his room was compared to
theirs, aud were greatly puzzled to account
for it. Several offers were made him TO
change rooms, and pretty so)n he grew
ashamed of appearing so overheated, and
sat down to his table. In five minutes his
shirt collar fell flat, and in ten he hadn't
any starch in his shirt. The perspiration
ran about in every direction, and he seemed
TO be boiling, when one of his friends
looked in and remarked: ''Ah! old boy,
l envy you You've got the coolest
room in the block" Say" said the law
yer as he staggered over to the door, ''rm
going home. l never felt so queer in all
my life. While know that the room is
cool and airy, I'm so soaked and boiled that
can't lift hand. One drink of brandy
wouldn't act that way on man, would
lt2" ''That's just it, " whispered the other.
Brandy always acts that way, especially
if you drink alone. You ought to have
known better" $50 had-so had. Don't
say word to the boys-Pll make it all
right. l thought something must all me,
and j was a little afraid was going to be
sent for. Pm glad it's nothing serious
I'll be back in about two hours.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
The aistory OF the Tomato.

1t is popular fallacy snat the luscious
and health preserving tomato has its origin
as an article of food in this country. But
while there is some reason to believe 1t
was first found in South America, it was
evidently cultivated centuries ago in
Mexico and Peru. Dodoens the Netherland
herbalist, mentions the tomato as early as
1888 as vegetable to be eaten with pep
per, salt, and oil. 1t belongs to the night
shade family and was used in cooking by
the Malays more than century and half
since. 1t is extensively raised in South
ern Italy, and employed there asan accom-
panlent to nearly every dish, particularly
to macaroni. But neither there nor any
where else in Europe, is it commonly
eaten, as it is here, separately and in guam
titles. In England it is sparlngly produced,
requiring hot bed in the spring, and IN
consequence is high priced. The Italians
formerly called it golden apple, and now
call it love apple as it was once designated
in this country. The appearance OF the
tomato on the table has greatly increased
in Europe within few years; but In no
land Is it a regular dish-much as it is used
for a sauce abroad-as in the United States,
where it is also picked, preserved and
cOnfecJed,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30
BUSINESS CARDS OF MILLHEIM, &.

and acknowledging Deeds, Mortgages, Releases,
&c. will be executed with neatness and dis
patch. once on Main Street
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-09-30

The estimated population of Ohio by
the new census is about 3,2O0,O ,OOO-a
gain of about $40, 900 since 1870.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
A "Bigger Man" than Tanner.

We 10 not consider that Tanner Is
doing such great thing after all In
his wonderful forty days starvation
feat. Many country editor goes three
months ut q time without food, and all
the difference there is between his case
and that OF Tanners is this: By long
and successful practice OF physicking
and feeling, Tanner has accumulated u
competency to buy food, and Is simply
denying himself the nourishmcnt, while
the country editor has not the wealth
to buy food, and being too honest to
steal, or to proud to beg, goes without,
through actual necessity. Tanner makes
o great spread about his Starving, and
has much attention showh him; the
poor cuss of an editor Is too proud to
make a public confession OF his true con-
ditiOn, but blows like big tornado
about the magnificent gifts Of provender
donated him, and leads the public to be-
lieve that he dimes six times day, AMI
sleeps between silk sheets, while n two-
ani-a- half story mansard-roofed bed
stead stands sentinel over him at night.
Tanner Is doing o wonderful thing for
science! The average rarefied wind-bLg
who ''runs" a country side-show OF u
paper does Infinitely greater things for
science every year, 50 far rs human cn.
durance by starvation Is concerned, and
yet his fame never gets beyond the por-
tails of his own humble dwelling. lie
Is, in every sense of the word, "big-
ger man" than old Tanner, bIt nOdesty
f"rbils his making a public fool of hin;-
self when not compelled to do so.-New
London Record.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
BUSINESS MAXIMs.
Hints to Young Men.

There Is no secret about learning to
please people; it Is to want to please
them; when the desire Is there the re-
suit follows. The men who are made
by circumstances arc unmade by triflinS
misfortunes; while they who conquer
circumstances snap their fingers at luck.
One of the sure steps to success Is tn
have become well grounded in the hab-
its of economy. If u clerk Is reckless
with his salary his employer will hesi-
tate about trusting him with his capital.
refuse to discuss the business matters of
the firm with any one but the people
belonging to the same house or firm.
One can sit with a company of girls
for month aud know no more about
life, AS it really 10, than if he had sat
before a cage of canaries; but woman's
instincts tell her what u young man
needs, and he cannot spend an hour
with her without learning something
that it will be we'll !or him to remem-
Der. .I- s
The successful young men are not
those who are waiting to be told how
to do things, but are finding out for
themselves. They arc not the men who
leave the store tho moment the clock
strikes the closing hour, no matter what
the hurry Of business, but they are the
clerks who work rs if every dollar they
were making was going into their own
pocket. They learn that good stroke
at billiards does not give them credit
among business men; that It Is not so
''manIy" as most boys suppose, to be
seen with ~ cigar in their lips. They
find that merchants do not 60 to saloons
to search for clerks or partners. They
select their companions with care, as
they find the old maxim Is still credited
by good men that ga man is known by
the company no keeps" "' ' =
1t Is the lowest ranks that are always
full; up higher the competition lessons
and the opportunity comes to the one
who has lifted himself to grasp it,
On the Road to Riches. 81
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
OBERLIN.

ONO, August 2Sth, 1880.
A competitive examination will he
held Mt Eiyria on "Wednesday, the ssnd
nf September next, commencing at 0
O'Clock AM, for the selection Of Cam
didate to NIL the vacancy In the United
States Military Academy for the seven
teenth Congre ssional district of Ohio.
George II. White, A. NJ, Principal OF
the Preparatory Department of Ober-
lin College; William Crate, M. D., of
Sandusky; Rev. j. d. Williamson. OF
NOrwalk; Mr.. w. II. Comings, Super
intendent Of the Public Schools in Me-
dina, and Professor c. +. Allen, of
Western Reserve College, have been
invited to conduct the examination,
and have consented to do SO.
Applicants must be actual residents
Of one of the five counties Of the con-
grcssional district-Erie, Huron. Lo-
rain, Medina and Summit; must be
physically sound, and not less than five
feet in height. and must be between
seventeen and twenty-five years of age.
They must furnish satisfactory Il stiinO-
mails of good moral character, and must
be able to sustain thorough examina-
ton in reading, writing, spelling, arith-
mctic, geography, English grammar
and the history Of the Uuited States.
The applicant who shall be recon-
mcn.led by the board Of Examiners NJ,
on the whole, best qualified, will he
I've nominated by me to the Secretary Ot
war for the cadetship, and will present
himself at the Academy on the llLh OF
June, 1881, for final examination.
JAMES MONROE.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
Death of q Missionary's Daughter.

Six years ago, when Rev. and
Mrs. Sites, Of the Methodist Episcopat
Aission-as FooeAes., China, were al
home on . visit, they left their oldest
children, a. is the habit OF American
Missionaries abroad, to be educated in
this country. Miss Anna Belle Sites
was placed in care of Mrs. II. II. Ing
ham, Editor of the Earnest Worker.
Cleveland, . lady in every way qualified
to fill, as far as possible, q mothers
place to the child and direct her grow
ng mind. She remained with Mrs. Ing
ham until within year or two when
she went East to complete her studies
She developed into o very promising
and interesting girl and was looking
forward; to life of usefulness in the
land of her birth and the chosen field
of her fathers and mothers life-work.
The news of her death ut Mt, Auburn,
Mass, Aug. 25th. and her funeral at
w. A. Ineham's. Cleveland. Sunday after
noon will be read with pain BY very large
circle of Christian friends who will re-
gard with special sympathy. the bereav-
ed family in that far-of land to whom
the dear daughter win never como. In
two months she would have completed
her eighteenth year. su.rs r.rrsi .,ifsos,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
ELYRIA.
DefsssSd from last week.

Defsu~d from last week
u AUGUST %, 1880.
An unusual amount of sickness this
summer.
Stewart l.. Woodford, of New York,
speaks here. Sept. 18th, upon the pOliti-
cal issues of the day.
Work on the court house has been
considerably delayed, on account of the
contract for the iron of the roof being
| neglected.
The new N. +. Church begins to as
sumo fuil-grOwn proportions. 1t Is to
| be an eIegant, structure - the finest
church in town.
The County Fair begins September
l4th and continues through the 16tn.
The premiums this year will be 5000.
1t is intended by the management to
make this the largest and most success
| full Fair ever held in the COUNT.
The new fountain in the park has
beer much improved by enlarging 1t
and putting In ornamental stone work.
The whole is surrounded by grass plots
and flowers. The park itself is under
| going extensive improvements; walks
are bling laid out and rustic seats
placed in convenient positions. When
completed, Elyria will have the finest
park Of any town of its size in the State.
/ Last rrtuay evening u nlau naineu
Joseph Zeller was found dead about u
mile south of Grafton Station, on the
Il. v. Ry., having two bullet holes i'm
| his head and two stabs in his breast.
Coroner Jefferies went up the next day
| and held an inquest, and found that
the man came to his death by his own
hand. a hali-pint bottle about half full
of whiskey was found on the ground
near where he laid. The secret of the
whole case may be summed up in that
half-pint bottle. $3.50.
On Saturday morning our citizens
| were surprised and paiucd to le:rn of
the death of Mr.. ueniy Brush, one OF
our oldest and most respected business
men. Mr.. Brush has been in active
business nearly quar-. .er Of a century.
His last enterprise was the opening OF
u seed store, IA lew years ago, TO which
lie added groceries, and finally hard
ware, and which has grown TO mann
moth proportions, II monument to his
industIy and business talent. Probably y
no business mun of Elyria would De
missed more than Mr.. Brush. Socially
he was u very pleasant and agreeable
gentleman, courteous to all, and g-uer-
GUS to fault. Funeral services were
held lt his late residence, Monday, al
3P. NJ, conducted by Rev. w. q. Ward
assisted by Rev. Z. II. Bush, vi Brook.
lyn, aud was 7ery largely attended. lie
icavcs wife and two SONS to mourn his
loss. A. w. n.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02

Death Is not the saddest fact Of life,
unless it be moral or spiritual death.
To be pleasantly surprised BY the cor
dial greeting and hearty hand-grasp Of An
old school-mate, Of whom one has a.
ways thought we'll and never heard any
thing bad, and to find coon after that
one Is talking with q maudlin drunkard
whose loud tones and freedom Of man.
ner call attention to his chsngedfeatures,
once clear-cut and handsome, now nm.
disguisedly coarse and repulsive; this u
good deal more sad than to read the
same day another familiar name in the
list of the honored and the sanity dead.
One cannot help recalling the boyhood
unusually promising, and think Of the
talents and good-fortune perverted.
abused, wasted; of the kindred on whose
hearts this shadow must already rest
gloomily. So The hideousness Of Inte.nper-
ance stalks like nightmare through the
sunshine Of all the remainder Of that
festal day. E 80 ~
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
Lorain County Teachers Associa-
+. ton.

ton.
At the Twenty-sccond Annual Ins;i-
tute of the Lorain County Teachers
Association, held at Eiyria, from Aug.
1G to %, inclusive, the following resolu-
tions were passed:
WHEREAS, this, tho twenty second an
| nual Institute Of the Lorain County
Teachers, Association, assembled mt
Elyria, l.orain County, Ohio, from the
lGsh to the 9th of August, inclusive,
| has been an eminent success, and has
resulted In great profit to all the teach
| erS in attendance:
i. Resolved, That our thanks arc due
to the Board OF Education of Elyria for
the use of the High school room in
which 10 hold our sessions; tn the Re-
| ception Committee, who aileL ns in
| securing homes; to the good people of
Elyria who have so kindly opened their
hearts and homes to receive US and
made our sojourn among them SO pleas
ant. That special thanks are due 10 our
Instructors, Supts. L. r. Monlton, S.
Findlay and ii. j. Clark. for their able,
interesting and practical lectures; nj %
to the President, II. NJ. Parker, the Sec
retsry, Miss +. {. RexfOrd, and the
Il cs
for the very satisfactory manner In
which they have performed their duties.
| III. R-sofvri, That now, understand
Ing our work rs teachers better than
! when we came here, and knowing bet.
ter the most advanced methods of teach :
ing, We shall enter up.'n the work of
our winters schools with greater zeal
aud determination to ascertain the de-
fects and apply the remedies that will
make our respective schools more thor
ough, progressive and efficient than
| ever before.
Ill. Resolved, That we, as teachers,
form township organizations for the
purpose OF assisting each other in our
educational work, and for the purpose
Of Interesting the individual members
of Township Boards, as we'll as the
| parents I'm our schools.
| ". Resolved, That we will aid the
committee in charge of the school e1-
animation papers ut the County Fair,
! and that we will heartily cooperate
| with the committee in future TO secure a
full representation from all our schools
of examination Papers and reports.
v. Resolved, That the Board of Ex-
aininers should be composed of expert
ehced teachers and those now engaged
and interested In the work. -
vi. Resolved, That realizing the ne
cessity Of special preparation for our
work as teachers, wo shall encourage
and aid all efforts that shall be made
speedily to secure the establishment of
a State Normal School and proper super
vision over our ungraded schools.
VII. Resolved, That the Secretary be
instructed to send copy of these reso-
lutiOns to each of the county paper. for
publication.
A. o. JOHNSON,
.... EVA j. CEAs,
81. LILLIAN (. lIUTCHINGs,
| Com. on Resolutions.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
HORSES AN Cattle.

, There being SO much pure blooded
stock owned hereabouts ouiy those hav-
ings something really dine to show are
encouraged to enter the list Of COM
petitors. Washburn & Noble rs usual
took the lead In Durhams, which are
worth the price of admission to see; G.
& +. Parsons, and W. ID. Miner, had
their herd of Herfords, willard Hart Of
Penfield his Holsteins, while the neat
looking Jerseys were represented by
cattle owned by j. n. Mann, J. 5.
Case and E. w. Pitts, each having
premium stock on the grouud. The
exhibitors In cattle were less in number
than last year, In one class there being
thirty less entries. We saw no Devons,
but the specimen cattle in the classes
shown were good. Except the exhibition
of Premium stock in the ring we had
no opportunity Of seeing the show of
horses or trials of speed, and must re-
fer our readers to the premium list
which will be given as soon as the
secretary has it prepared, the first in
stallment next week. ......
THE ATHLETIC sPoKrs
Drew the usual crowd and kept them
them there, though the days were sultry
and uncomfortable In the extreme; but
except the sledge throwing which was
done while waiting for DR.. Tanners
speech we saw none of it and find our
space too limited to mention it here.
The dancing hall kept it, crowd Ofpers-
piring swains and red-faced damsels,
the eide shows and refreshment stands
had each their customers, and for three
days a good natured crowd tilled the
grounds despite rain, dust and heat
and sight seeing and visiting seemed
about equally to divide tho interest.
DIR. rANNxR
Was the hero of the last hour and the
subject of interest, q great crowd being
present to see the most notorious man
In America, He rode to the grounds
escorted by two brass bands, In a
carriage with his sister, brother-in-
law and one or two persons willing to
sit under the shadow of his laurels.
The anxiety Of the managers to &c,
everybody from the groves and stalls
and peanut stands around In front be.
| foro Dr.. Tanner should commence
speaking, was not sympathized with by
| some rude boys, among the crowd whG
| interrupted all the Introductory speech
es, literally stamping out every fine
| period with their cries OF ''TrOt him
out then" "Tanner! we've waited long
enough, 'etc, which seemed to meet
with favor from the sweating crowd
who did not care for ,preliminaries SC
they could hear what the eminen,
faster had to say, which was very little
when he was finally allowed the Plat.
form. lie made slight allusion to his
fasting; thought people would learn
| from the experiment that the recupera
tive powers Of the human stomach were
such that they could diet instead o
doctor. Said he had been Greeley
Republican, was true Republican
then and now, and should vote fol
Garfield. He talked but few minute!
and abruptly sat down. Inviting hin
here wasa good business stroke for the
Fair Managers and kept the chief fea
ture of novelty for the last day ant
afternoon.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
A winter Of unusual business activi,
D.. F. DzwoLF.

A winter Of unusual business activity
and prosperity is anticipated. The
great crops Of the West and South have
already developed the Wholesale trade
of the eastern cities. 80 as to justify
item in entertaining sanguine expecta-
iions of q continued demand great
er than before since the panic. With
dairy products at present prices the
farmers will find themselves with more
money to spend and an ease Of meeting
their obligations that viii remind them of
the flush times Of the war. When butter
retails for 20 cts pound in August and
chez Sc for IA or Is. somebody ought to
he satisfied and happy, so long IS dry
goods and many other things are moi
correspondingly high.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
HUNTINGTON.

We are truly happy in the thought
that our town Is not large enough To
entertain even third rate circus.
Among the many modern patents
originated for the ease AMI comfort of
poor mort,ls, wc speak for head rest
adjustable to most Of our church pews.
Some of our citizens who attended
the reunion at Ashland say 1t WAS simp-
ly immense.
Mr.. and MIR. West of Lansing, Mich,
are visiting their old home. Lyman
Is as young and cOmpaniRble apparently
rs ever.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
A Word to Mothers.

Mothers should remember that most
important duty ut this season Ia to look
after the health OF their families and
clea nse the malaria and impurities from
their systems. There is nothing that
will tone up the stomach and liver,
regulate the bowels AMI purify the.
hlood SD perfectly AS Parker's Ginger
Tonic, advertiser in our columns. The
wonderful cures of long standing cases
of rheumatism, neuralgia and malarial
disorders Is the reason why this pure
and excellent family medicine Is SO gem
orally esteemed.-Post. 474
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-02
Corset Department.

Several new brands have been added to the
stock in fine wovc corsets. Corsets ut Soc,
IS cts. and Sl.0O. Corscts exchanged IL not
satisfactory. Underwear and Hosiery De-
partment with a large and complete stock in
each department -.-. .-..