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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-05
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

The origin of the observance of Thanks
giving day, like many other interesting
matters, In little understood by those who
most would like to know of Ii. Ii Ia sup.
posed that the day was originally suggested
by the Hebrew ''Feast Of the Tabernacles, /"
which was held at the end OF the year.
The Protestant Episcopal prayer book,
which was ratified i'm 1889, recommends
the first Thursday In November as the
proper day, except when some other one Ia
appointed by the civil authorities. The
last Thursday In the present month has of
late years generally been selected. The
first recorded observance of the festival oc-
CURED on October 3, 1915, when the good
people OF Leyden, i'm Holland, gave thanks
for their deliverance from a siege. In
1908, when the pilgrim fathers were ex-
lied to Holland, they temporarily revived
the occasion. In America the first known
celebration was in 1921, shortly after the
landing OF the pilgrims, when Governor
Bradford, according to history, ''sent four
men out fowling that the people might in a
more special manner rejoice together. I"
Ever since that time Thanksgiving day has
been generally observed In the New Eng
land States, the governors annually issuing
the proclamations for that purpose, but 1t
was not until 1858 that it became q recog-
nized annual custom. To go back little
in the recountal, q day In July, 1923, was
appointed day of fasting and prayer on
account of drought, and il is recorded that
rain came abundantly while the people
were praying for this another day was
appointed for thanksgiving, the same TO be
observed with religious exercises. In 1865
go the English Governors of New York
also named days for the giving OF thanks.
During the Revolution, Thanksgiving day
was national institution, being annually
ordered by Congress- After 1884 there
was no national observance until 1889,
when, by request OF Congress, President
George Washington recommended a day
of thanksgiving for the adoption of the
Constitution also in 1895, ON account of
rhe suppression or an insurrection. In
April, 1915, President Madison followed
the example OF his illustrious predecessor
Since that time the custom has annually
been observed in an appropriate manner.
In New York State the day of thanksgiv-
ing was not the subject of any serious
thought from Its chief executives until
1917, and its adoption by the Southern
States did not occur until several years
later. OF all the festivals of the year, none
is more eagerly enjoyed than Thanksgiv-
ing. Christmas, with all Its halo we'd
memories New Year, with all its enjoy
ment, aid the Fourth of July. with all its
blaze Of glory, are festival days much ell
joyed and long anticipated, yet we venture
TO say that in the homes of the devout
tiller of the Eastern soil Thanksgiving day
Is hallowed and enjoyed in n quiet, happy
way as fully in extent as Is either of the
foregoing. This sentiment Of appreciation
for the day Is, to large extent, shared in
the West
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03
About QUICKSILVER.

One of the most curious properties of
quicksilver is Its capabllity of dissolving or
OF forming amaIgams with other metals.
A sheet OF gold foil dropped into quicksil-
yer disappears almost as quickly as a snow
fake when 1t drops Into water. 1t has the
power OF separating or ofreadily dissolving
those refractory metals which are not act
eu upon by our most powerful acids. The
gold and silver miners pour it into their
machines holding the powdered gold bear
ing quartz, and although no human eye
can detect trace of the precious substance,
% fine are the particles, yet the liquid
metal will hunt them out, and incorporate
Ii into ITS mass By subsequent distilation
1t yields it lnt) the hands OF the miners, IN
state OF virgin purity. several years ago,
while lecturing before class OF ladies on
chemistry we had occasion TO purify some
quicksilver by forcing 1t through shamois
leather. The scrap remained on the table
after the lectureNand an old lady. thinking
it would be very nice to wrapher gold spec
tacles in, accordingly appropriated 1t to
this purpose. The next morning she came
TO us in great alarm, stating that the gold
had mysteriously disappeared, and nothing
was left in the parcel but the glasses. Sure
enough, the metal remaining in the pores
OF the leather had amalgamated with the
gold, and entirely destroyed the spectacles.
It was mystery which we never coulc
explain to her satisfaction.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

A writer from Munich Bavaria, SAYS
that between the two Il visions OF the
graveyard is large build ug at all times.
4 crowd gathered in fro IL of them az
tracted my attention, tn !, joining it, be-
held most singular ana startling sight. a
few feet beyond the glass doors lay the
dead Munich of the past day, with their
feet toward the spectator and their heads
slightly elevated. Their faces were PLAIN
ly visiblei in all the pallor of death. Be-
tween these corpseS were extended were
quite invisible in the profusion OF flowers.
All were dressed not in the gloomy grave
clothes of other counteries, but in grace
full garments associated rather with life
and pleasure than with the gloom OF the
grave. Thus there was nothing repulsive
in the sight and yet there was q publicity
about about it which seemed wanting In
delicacy. A little babe but o. few weeks
old was lying on one of the sarcophagi
prepared for this last service. IL was COW
cred with laces and flowers and looked
like tiny marble statue, pale and white.
Nothing could be more beautiful, and yet
nothing could be more lonely It seemed
almost cruel that this dead could not have
remained In its home, among those who
loved it best, until the moment came for
laying it away forever In the crowded
graveyard. But al Munich the strange
custom has existed for years OF exposing
the dead thus publicly before burial, and
all classes, rich and poor, must submit to
the rule. While the custom to us seems
repugnant, the surroundings are 30 beauti-
full that to those who are accustomed to it
there is nothing gazing TO the feelings. In
deed, that fearful death watch, DO dreary
and sad necessity when death visits an
American family, 10 wholly avoided by this
system, for the dead lie here aWaiting
burial In well-appointed places In cempaI-
lonship of the dead, and well protected, !, ard
watched Friends have access nc all hours
to this apartment of light and flowers, ard
In case OF suspended animation and retErE-
Ing to conscious immediate and can be at-
'forded-
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03
A. Fearful Visitor.

The bane of the beautiful Island of Mar
Unique is serpent called the Iron lance. +"
This reptile, with venomous taste, chooses
the coolest and most delightful places in
the garden for mis- retreat, and il is literal
ly al the risk of ones life to lie down on
the grass, or even take rest In an arbor
The wounds inflicted by these serpents are
very apt to be fatal unless Immediately
cared for. The whole island is infested
with this dangerous reptile, and IL is SAID
that on an average nearly eight hundred
persons are bitten every year, cf which
number from sixty TO seventy cases prove
fatal, while many others result in nervous
diseases which are almost as bad as death.
A few years ago, when Prince Arthur Of
England, visited this island, grand fete
was given in his honor IN the Jardne des
! la ties. In the evening the grounds were
humanity illuminated, and thousands of
people sauntered through It's cool and
shady avenues. A large number were bit
ten by the ''iron lance, and many of them
never recovered from the effects of the poi
son. The fondness of this terrible reptile
for cool and shady places is serious draw
back on the pleasure of rambling through
the charming groves of Martinique. A
rest on the grass under the shadow OF some
spreading tree is always haunted by the
dread OF unseen dengers, aud one cannot
even cross q field without exercising eX-
treme caution.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

There Ia no use IN toollng 1t. When
boys hair has become long and beached
and scraggy and full of burrs and feathers
II IL time 10 cut 1t and the inevitable must
I've faced
The boy doesn't want 1t cut Of course.
No one ever had speaking acquaintance
with boy who thought that the time had
arrived when he could part with enough
hair TO stuff sofa pillow. They must be CO.
creed, and kind words aud broad promises
are thrown away. Coercion is the only
method.
let my boys run about 90 long and then
when | get spare half day play barber.
There IL no appeal from my decision.
point or dietrying.
"Yonng man, you can get ready to have
your hair cut"
."Next week."
mo, sir-nowl"
"With bu2Z-saw7"
''Yes, If the shears won't do It,"
won't you draw bloodI'
Il may have to-"
eff you won't cut my hair, I'll bring In
nuH wood and coal to last all winter, and
| won't ask for a light when go to bedl"
Come out here and make readyI"
| never take any chances on q boy.
have an old chair bolted to the floor, and
than | bolt the boy TO the chair fix him
80 that he can move neither hand nor foot
put a soft-gag in his mouth to prevent u
neighborhood alarm, and begin work.
The first step towards cutting a boys hair
is TO put in ten minutes hard work with a
curry comb. If he hasn't been running
loose over two or three years this tool will
be found sufficient 10 rake out the snarls.
buttons and articles previously mentioned.
A basket is placed behind the chair for
them to drop into, and they can be deco
rated with faucy pictures and made TO
serve as parlOr ornaments.
When q boys hair is rea for the
shears brace your feet and shear away.
Shear front, back, top and side without re-
ference 10 lines or angles. The object Ia
TO remove hair. There is no use of any
conversation, not even when the shears
find piece Of wire and refuse to cut it.
The boy wouldn't know how it got there il
you asked him he has had his head In
closets, cellars, garrets, barns fence-cor-
ners, barrels, boxes and all sorts OF hooks,
and such extra attachments are no surprise
TO hun.
No one should be less than half an hour
robblng an average boy of ais capillary SUBJ
stance. Any attempt to hurry the lob will
result in overlooking lot of shingle nails
the missing screwdrlver, or something
which may damage his Sunday hat. My
average is thirty-hve minutes, and | have
only two minutes left after being able TO
see that he has a scalp. 1t then takes an
additional ten minutes TO look him over
and identify him as the same 10y began
ON. dis neck has grown longer, the size
OF his ears increased, and the whole shape
that Il Is Ism my Boy and not the soo OF some
neighbor who has skulked in on me, /
brush him of with an old broom, crack his
head three or four times, draw the bolts
and remove the gag. and then hold the
door open for him Go shoot into the back
yard. am loving father on all else, but
wLen / cat q boy o hair III stern cd
Roman OF the first water.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

When the white men took possession of
this continent they found no horses here.
The horse-our horse-came with the new
settlers, and through hum Is now common
over the whole continent. But the remains
are found in a fossil state of many species
of hn1ses, showing that at one time in the
earth history they existed here. Profes-
sor Marsh has made good point IN favor
of gradual evolution by showing how these
fossil horses varied in their feet bone, and
he has collected specimens, which seem
like links running from the most simple to
the most complex, the chief point being
once the horse had not single large hoof
as he has nowadays. Professo: Cope has
recently discovered in Texas a breed of
hogs with undivided hoofs, and this, it
seems to us, ought to be taken as much a
sign Of ''evolution" as Professor Marsh's
horses. They are regarded as distinct spe-
cies, because their bones are distinct, but
no one would think of calling these pigs a
distinct species. 1t is thought that as the
world changed in temperature and other
conditions, the species changed to suit, but
the climate has not changed to make the
horse footed pig, nor Is th1re any sign that
it will be any better fitted TO endure the
struggle for life than the unclean thing that
''splideth the hoof and cheweth not the
cud," that 80 excited the ire of Moses. Ir
seems that our men OF science have scarce
ly got "the hang of the thing YET" as the
mower says Of the new scythe.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

1t. He reached its topmost round. lie
bore weight he could not further carry.
There they stood, victor and vanquished.
Then 1t was that Miss Martha Brothers, the
true hero of the fight, came to the front and
won the palm of victory. Selling rail,
with one fell swoop she came down with q
crash upon the eagles head, and left him
PROSTATE, struggling in the agonies of death,
the victim of a combination too powerful
TO be resisted. Alasl poor eaglel He
measured nine feet between the tips of bis
outstretched wings.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

stCap'n, I've got a thing that you might
work up" said man to the chief Of po-
lice.
"All right" replied the chief; "jusi
come UP into my office"
"Now," he continued when he had shut
the door, 'tgo ahead u
"You, of course, know that when man
marries again without divorce he can be
put into the penltentiary."
Eyes"
swell, Colonel Billings never got 9 di.
vorce.'
''He can be arrested then"
al don't want to spring questions of Law
at you, but if you will give me half pint
of whisky I'll prove that he cannot be ar
rested according to law"
'tYou say he married again without get
ting divorced"
''Yes, SIR"
''Prove then that he has not violated tht
law and I'll give you fifty cents.
"Well, you see some fifteen years ago
Billings married lady in Maine. Afte
living with her awhile he came to Little
Rock and married again"
''If that is the case, he has violated tht
law"
'ENo, he hasn't"
s'Whyf"
because his first wife died before h
married again.
''Here, take your fifty cents, but II yoV
ever come up these stairs again I'll throw
you out The window"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03
THE HUSBANDMAN.

Give fools their gold and knsves their power
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall
Who sows fields or trsina flower,
Or plants tree, is more than all
For he who b'esses most is blest;
And God and man shall own his worth.
Who tolls TO leave as his btquest
An added beauty to the earth.
And soon or late TO all that SOW
The time of harvest shall be given;
The flower shall bloom the fruit shall grow,
Ii not on earth. nc last In heaven
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

Ground mustard, mixed with little
water, is an excellent agent for cleansing
the hands after handling odorous substan-
ces, such as cod-liver oil, musk, valerianlc
acid and its salts. Scale pans and vessels
may also be readily freed from odor by the
same method. In the case Of almonds and
mustard, the development of ethereal oil,
under the influence of water, may perhaps
be an additional help to destroy foreign
odors. The smell OF carbolic acid may be
removed by rubbing the hands with damp
faxseed meal, and cod-liver oil bottles
may be cleansed with little CT the same,
or olive oil.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

The white men didn't have color OF
q chance in h3 walking match.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

The foreign business of the BOs
ton and Albany railroad now occuple-
sheds and warehouses at theEast BOsto.
terminal covering 100000 square fee;
besides the grain elevator with Ca
pacitv OF 1000, 900 bushels.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-02-03

a man must become wise nc his own
expense.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-13

OF Dealing with the six Per Cent Bonds
RRVOFabIy Received In New YoFk-A
Syndicate 20 Buy up BOndS aud Have
them Extended.
NEW YoRE, April l2.-SeCretsry Win.
dom's plan meets with favor among Wall
street bankers. John Thompson. Vice
President Of the Chase National bank,
cordially approved Secretary Windom's
action, and declared that he was starting
out on q good, sound basis.
Thompson believed every one would
commend the Secretary's policy as being
judiciouS and wise. Another banker
stated that the Secretary had taken full
advantage OF his position, and had acted
with excellent tact and judgment. lie
had placed very powerful weapon in his
own hands and II he did not improve its
efficiency and establish a magnificent
reputation 1t would not be that he had
not started Alright
By buying up the bonds In small in.
stallments from time 10 time the Secretary
could wipe out the outstanding fves and
SKIES without scarcely showing It's effect
on the coin in the Treasury, besides the
result Of the plan will be keenly watched
by tlnanciers as tending to show the
financial policy In the future, and whether
the Government can float three or three
and halt per cent.
The Commercial Bulletin says: There is
talk Of syndicate Of bankers organizing
TO take o per cent bonds from such hold.
ers as want their money, and then have
them extended at 81 per cent.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-13
a Biz RaIIroad ConlbIuatlon.

ALBANY, N. Y, April l9.-Ths Buffalo,
Cleveland & Chicago Railroad Company,
New York & Pennsylvania and New York
4 Chicago Railroad Company, OF Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, are about to AIe
papers Of consolidation with the Secretary
Of State. This will give q continuous line
from Buffalo via Erie City, Pa, TO Chicago
via Cleveland and Fort Wayne. The
whole distance will be made without a
change Of cars. The name OF the new
corporation will beth New York, Chicago
4 st. Louis Railroad Company. The
capital is thirty.fve millions, eleven mil.
lions Of which Is preferred at seven per
cent and the remainder common stock.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-13
Senate then adjourned.
BEAUrIVUL BANKERS
And Their Neat way Of sWlhdllnE tho
GuIIlble People OF Denver.

And Their Neat way OF bWlndllng tho
GulIibIe People OF Denver.
DENVER, Co.., April 12.-ThIs mornings
Newt contains some startling revelations
concerning the history Of the President OF
the Board Of Directors OF the Commercial
Bank, OF this city, which was incorporated
the 2lst Of Last February, with 0 capital
stock Of 100000, and q supposiiIous
reserve fund OF an equal amount.
The Board OF Directors consist OF ]. L.
Van Vert, President; Helen NJ. Van
Vert, Cashiers and Pliny s. Rice, Henry W!
Cotton, and P. s. Smith, directors. The
NeirJ says that these people evidently had
their plane we'll advanced towards the
perpetiation oil q gigantic swindle, and
continues substantially as follows:
Van Vert, the president, served six
years In the peuitentiary at Charlestown,
Mas, for passing counterfeit money In
1860. He subsequently started a bogus
bank at WinsLead, Conn, himself being
president and his wife cashier. he die.
appeared, leaving many debts and swind.
ling hundreds of people. Indictments Tor
bigamy are pending over bis bead, and he
Is accused ot many other crimes. His
associates, with the exception Of Cotton
and Smith, are OF the same stripe.
Rice is we'll known 10 the police, and
there is au indictment against him at
1.esdville for obtaining money Under false
ptetenses. Van Vert was 10 leave To day
Tor New York 10 place on the market $780,.
900 Iof stock belonging 10 the Long.
mount, Middle Park 4 Pacific Railroad
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-13
mrs. CnKIsTIANOY,s DErENsE.
Lille MeIoy Testinea ~ 10 the Lady,
Whereabouts Christmas,

Whereabouts christmas,
WARRINGTON, April 12.-The taking oil
testimony on behalf Of Mrs. Chistiancy In
the divorce suit brought against her by
her husband, was commenced before the
Examiner this afternoon. Mrs. Chris.
tiancy, her mother and another lady were
present.
Miss Lille Meloy testified that by invi.
tstion Bho went TO the house OF Mrs.
ChristianCv on the afternoon oil December
9th, 1873, 10 remain over ChristmaS.
That day she received telegram (having
previously received letter. from Edil
Giro stating that he would arrive in the
afternoon from New York city, and asking
Mrs. Christiancy 10 meet him at the depot,
Miss Mccoy accompanied Mrs. OhristianCy
to the depot; was present at the meeting 3
between her and Giro and heard tho en-.
tire conversation. They parted with Giro
In front Of the depot and she accompanied
Mrs. Christiancy home. All the next
day (Chrstmas) she was In the house
with Mrs. Christiancy, who was nnwell,
and most ot the day lay on sofa in the
dining room. and her parents we're there
nearly oil the time. In the evening be.
tween six and seven o'clock Giro called,
and was shown into the dining room.
Witness as we'll as the father and mother
Of Mrs. Christiahcy, was present during
the entire interview, which was not very
long.
The cross.examinaliou was not con.
Cluded. There are three more witnesses
to be examined on the same point. The
object OF the testimony 10 10 contraICt
that given by Giro to the effect that Mrs.
Chtisiiancy visited him at the st. james
Hotel, in this city, on the afternoon oI
Christina.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-13
BELLAIaR
BrIGi bits OF General Locai news and
GOaAIp,

Bflsi bits OF General Loeai news and
Gossip.
A second spelling school was held at the
Chapel. Gravel Hill, Monday evening. A bad
evening kept some away, but theto was iair
attendance.
There a'e some company flags and battery
fiIgs in the possession Ot persons In Bellaire
and vicinity that the committee Of the Loan
exhibition would be PIE lsed TO have during
the continuance oil the exhibition. The battle
flags OF the regiments raised In this nsighbO
hood are 10 b. on exhibition as loan from
the State. an the collection should be made
q complete rs pUsiib e.
EsqGire Powell Is moving Ills home To
TbiftJ.si1th street.
A son Of Elikan. the Noble street butcher,
is suffering with q very severe attack Of
diphtheilA
Eddie Marshall, who was taken suddenly
sick at church on Sunday evening, has ".
phoid fever.
The Nine Fry concert Monday night Is
we'll spoken Of, but the audience was not
b. ]. Smith offers his residence on Gravel
Hill, for sale
Rev. J. y. Black was called 70 Washington,
Guernsey county, Tuesday, By Illness IN bis
iath,fS family. r. Q. F.