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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-12-01
Major sanger.

Major Sanger, who is known i'll mill
tary slang as "bantam, was returning
one day recently from Bismarck to Fort
Lincoln which is across the river, and
the ambulance i'll which he was riding
was delayed by team and wagon driven
by one of the class known as mule
whackers in this country, The driver
of the ambulance and the mule-whacker
got into wordy alteration, and Major
Sanger got very indignant at what he
believed to be impertinent language and
unwarrented interference in his journey.
He jumped from the ambulance, Tom
Thumb in size but Goliah In fury, and
exclaimed;
'dgt that wagon OUT OF the why"
The mule-whacker looked at him quiz
zically and asked:
"Who the devil are you"
II am Major Sanger, of the army, sir,
and / want you to get that wagon ont of
the way "
lHe hule-NuaChci tJCSt'u Liou'Aii" Va
of tobacco into the road and remarked ;
"Do you know what l will do with
you, Major Sanger, of the army, sir, if
You don't make less noise with your
mouth"
"What will You do" inquired the
major, looking as large and fierce as pos
sible.
I'll set mouse trap and catch you,
Major Sanger, of the army, sir, and give
you to my puppy to play with.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-12-01
THE INNER MAN,
TO A GOOD COOK.

Although, dear maid, thy beauty rare
Would tempt stole soul TO WOO thee,
vIis not alone that thou art fair
That warns my loyal heart unto thee.
The brightness OF thine azure eye,
The honeyed sweetness of thy Kisses,
AT Times command, alas will ry,
Mute In the wake Of other hllsseS
But when thy dear eyes dim have grown,
Thy golden locks with silver sprinkled;
When age hath dulled thy voices tone,
And care that snowy brow hath wrinkled
Still love for thee my heart shall NIL;
The rose smells Roi less sweet for crumpling
And age shall find thee able stall
To make NE steak and kidney dumping.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-12-01
AUCTIONEER,

n. BRoCKERHoFF, Proprietor.
VIM. MCKEEvER, Manager.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-12-01

The Swiss In the matter of the kitchen
are like the Bourbons. They have learned
nothing and forgotten nothing. Their
cooking is detestable; not only Inartistic,
but unwholesome. / had a outlet for
breakfast the othtF day that would have mace
a cannibal shudder 1t looked like the raw
thumb of an Anak, and was us hard and
tough as the heart Of a mother-in-law. On
the other hand had a couple of fried
trout the length of my middle finger,
which were excellent. And the merry Swiss
boy had me, for he charged two francs for
the luxury. /, however refused to pay for
the outlet, so altogether it was morning
of surprises on both sides. What they
have got good are butter, eggs, milk, fish
from the lakes, cheese, honey. and wine.
But you cannot go on eating ''butter, eggs
and pound of cheese" forever. They
seem to think that gaping at a mountain
or glacier ought to satisfy the appetite.
That Is all very well in early youth; but
in middle age one is apt to prefer the pi-
quaint to the picturesque. Their railways
are very comfortable and the officials more
than civil.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
I'LL FOLLOW THE PLow.

am the lad that follows the plow--
Robin and thrush Just whistle for me-
In hickory suit pretty well worn
i go to the fields at early morn,
| help to scatter the golden corn,
Robin and thrush just whistle for me.
Out in the meadows and wood and lanes
Robin and thrush just whistle for me-
i watch the sheep and lambs at play;
When the grass is high toss the hay;
There isn't boy in the world so gay
Robin and trush just whistle for me.
go with father TO shear the sheep
Robin and thrush just whistle for me.
fodder the cattle, the managers fill,
drive team, 60 to the mill,
] milk the cows with right good will
Robin and thrush Just whistle for me.
help the peaches and plums TO save
Robin and thrush just whistle for me.
l am the boy that can climb tree;
There isn't an apple too high for me,
There isn't an apple cannot see
Robin and thrush just whistle for me.
When I'm man I'll own farm
Robin and thrush Just whistle for me-
Horses and sheep snd many a COW,
Stacks OF wheat and q barley NOW
Pll be farmer and follow the pillow;
Robin ana thrush shall whistle for me.
lis better to stand in the golden corn
Robin and thrush just whistle for mo
To toss the hay in the breezy lea,
To pluck the fruit on the orchard tree,
Than roam about on the restless sea
So, sailor boy, I'll follow the plow.
lis better to hear the wild birds sing,
Robin and thrush on the apple Dough
It's better to have farm and wife,
And lead busy, peaceful lie,
Than march 90 the noisy drum and fife;
So, soldier boy, III follow the pillow. :
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
DRIED AppIB PIE.-It ia con

DRIED APpLE PEE is considered
:" good form " to look with contempt upon
the dried apple pie, but it is possible to
make pie of dried apples which viii be
regarded as luxury By lovers Of this form
OF food. Soak the apples in cold water all
night, having first looked them over care
fully in the morning look them oSer again
to make sure that there are no bits of core
left on, rinse in several waters, then cook
slowly; when done, mash with a potato
masher till the sauce is smooth and far re-
moved from lumpiness sweeten and spice
to suit your taste. If you have any boiled
cider, put in just enough to moisten the
apple, then make crust as rich as for
mince pie bake till the top is slightly
Drowned. Apple sauce of dried apples
once in . long time will be well received !:
if you oan, get some dried black raspber-
ries, and cook with the apples to favor
them. -, !.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
Answers to Correspondents and Correct
Solutions.

Conrad Delmas = You are answered
above. We cannot put one letter inside
another in setting up tangleg, aud hence
some of yours do not appear, though ex-
cellent
A. J. McC-You did not rend the an
swer 20 your puzzle of March 7sa. Send It
along and we will publish.
Gus.-Your enigma was not true, and
therefore was rejected.
Evelyn-Rose made the diamond clear,
in our opinion-7l2 IA good answer.
T. S. J,-7l0 mot quitel
Sister-Where have you been-59S, 702.
Augusta Blake-M Manuscript received and
fled.
Hattie Heath-Thanks for an admirable
collection of original manuscript. SOS,
600, 700, FOL, 702, 705, 707, I'll Twin do),
10 Exactly and isn't Amethyst to be
congratulated -aSei
but wrongl. 707, 70S, III, 7l2 And rrin-
ity has the boldness TO ask, " Boy or girl ;"
If Amethyst DEGREES his instant death, it
should be done. The idea Presumptuous
fellow; why didn't he ask If there are two
But this is not all, for ne writes g Dear
Quiet Hour: So you make your deepest
eurtsey to Amethyst, 90 you wen, II
you can make curtseys [ shall hereafter
address you as Dear Hattie Heath, and
not as above. But, then, what will my
wife say?" Now, we have not the slight
est care what his wife say but he must be
made to understand that ne Quiet Hour
and Hattie Heath, though good friends, are
distinct persons, and have never met. The
impersonality of each IS the chief pleasure
of their relation. Again, as to the Quiet
Hours curtsey, had Trinity been good
reader he would have read in the same SEN
tence that the Quiet Honr lifts its hat"
as well as "makes its deepest curtsey."
The wearer of hat does not eurtsey, nor
do those who curtsey wear hats-in the
masculine sense. So much for Trinity
and now, if q he has a wife may she of
with his head-so much for bad guessers.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

Cured and great damage was done to
crops on the low lands. Large quantities OF
hay was at this time ready to cut and some
had already been cut and was standing in the
cock. The water coming up flooded the
lands in the midst Of the haying, not only
running the crop already grown, but killing
the grass and preventing the growth OF all
future crops. The early recurrence OF the
April winds and showers this season is gem
orally regarded IS guarantee against the
recurrence OF high water. as in the past three
seasons, at a period to interfere with growing
crops or with the haying season. These
April showers, coming so early, are giving
farmers on the river bottoms confidence, and
the work of blowing and seeding is going on
briskly. Those who one month ago were EN-
phatic in their declarations that they
would never put in another seeding of
alfalfa, are to-day sowing and cover
ing this seed as confidently as though
they had forgotten all about high water,
This confidence comes from the fact that the
April showers are occurring in March, and
from the further fact that there is but lit
tie snow in the mountains Should showers
prove deceptive, and should there be as there
has been heretofore, after this date, heavy
snow-stor1n in the mountains, followed or &C.
companied by warm rain all over the State.
the destruction of property and damage on
the lowlands viii be even greater than in
February. Let US hope that our early April
showers are not deceptive, and that our
spring has fairly opened, and that the recent
" overlooked districts may have q favorable
season and good crops.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
April Showers in March.

March is but half gone and yet our April
showers baye been coming and going for
nearly month. This is indicative of GER
tain end of heavy storms and high water for
the season. For the past three years our
heavy rains and high water have been de-
layed till late in the season. Three years
ago the highest water occurred about the 10Th
of February. This was regarded as very
late season, and so it was, as the rains con-
tinued to fall and the water was kept up to
food hight till late in April. Two years ago
our rains were again late and the rivers roads
were interrupted by high water till June and
July, but the storms of 1850 came later than
on any previous year within our present re.
collection. Il was the 20th Of April when
the high water of the season Co
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
An oRrHoEP1cAL opR.


Charles purchased two seats in the boxes,
And sent them around t. Miss May,
He explained in note that accompanied
That the drama was Daniel R0shay
That eve, to the theater, while walking,
May took him to task, and said that
Vas very strange way Of talking
She pronounced the play Daniel Reshat.
He owned that he ought to know better,
Yet, still, he had met gaio0s, .o,.;
Who, in spite Of that very plain letter,
Would persist it was Daniel Roshoot.
Just then they arrived at the theassr
Into seats they hardly bad got,
Whena lady said cts always query for
Ne, is this Daniel Roshos"
An old man, who sat just behind her,
Remarked: my dear Madam, tat. tut
Just look at your bill for reminder
The wording is Daniel Roshuk"
At this young fop, just from Paree,
Said !: g Re-awly, my dears, now-aE, sw-
Your pronouncing is wedicuius, very
In Fraunoe, aw, they say Dasnei Roshaw."
Petroleum world.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

CoFrRE CAKE.-Here is recipe for cof-
fee cake which is sure to please any one
who is fond of coffee "as beverage. /"
Take one cup of strong coffee, one cup of
molasses, one cup Of butter, one cup of
sugar, one cup of raisins, and one of cur
rants, four cups of -four, one nutmeg
grated, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, half
q teaspoonful of soda or saleratus, mix the
butter, molasses and sugar together, stir
the spices into the -four, dissolve the soda.
stir the coffee and -four in by degrees, and
lastly put in the fruit. Bake in slow
oven, butter the tin well, and unless you
are sure your oven will not bake too hard,
you had better put paper in the bottom
Of the tin. This cake keeps well. With
more fruit it makes good fruit cake.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
THE QUIET HOUR.
TANGLERs' CORNER AND PUZMERs' con-
TRIBUTIoN BeZ
eharades, Enigmas, Riddles. Puzzles, Word,
Squares, Answers to and from Cor
respondents, and Solutions.

PRIZE CONTESTS. The publication of
the contributions in prize contests yet I'M
decided viii begin next week-the Valen-
tine Day competition being the first taken
up, and the second week thereafter the
next, or lst of April contest. Lists are
still open for this latter. See RECORD
UNION of February 18th and WEEKLY
UNION of the week following, and for ex-
tension of time see RECORD UNION of March
9TH and WEEKLY UNION of the week fol-
lowing.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

Lord Ashley, the heir of Lord Shaftes-
bury, the uncompromising Low Church
man, is said to have become q member of
the ritualistic organization known as the
"0rder Of the Corporate Reunion"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19
New TangleA
NV -t-I4s3-Va
l3. Rhyming answers. by Amethyst

A1NN Ae-A5-SI
7l3. Rhyming answers, by Amethyst :.
Pm found on beauty's lovely cheek,
| seal her lips when she would speak ;
nestle meath her dimpled chin,
/ hide her tender words within
/ smooth her ringlets' shining snare,
And make the comb she loves TO wear;
Beneath her feet in sfring | lie,
her favorite dish at breakfast L;
I'm at the balls wheneer she dances,
And 1 break hearts with her cold gtauees
ia. Diamonds, by Rose:
(A) In shields Scripture proper narse a wise
man intervening; in Molly.
(3) In mate an extinct bird q clasp for fasten-
ing garments; hooded serpent; 10 mate.
It's. Books, by Hattie Heath:
"a Blacksmiths tools Cl Down South C)
What al climb. az Spring aud winter. o. Pune
around. (sl The evening star. Cd \ desirable
item
7l6. Charade, by Twilight
By adding point posse zive you name,
A beautiful mammal, luscious & nc
IT'S found il the deep, dark forest I've seen
In woodland painting 1t 'lgens the Ecene
For neat get the name for 3 single drink,
Colloquial oft, and sometimes in ink
Anemblem OF eghty-a plentiful year;
a part Of first in the moso u the year
Ut. Enigma. Contributed by selection
from the Saturday EOeR!Rg Post OF fifteen
years agol;
An hour yet to tea-tme, so come 70 the hall
And lisien-a riddle, propounded 70 alL
1t is-ah | it is spoken the very first word
Yet to guess it were IT, were guess rnJs- absurd
Il is heard in the cataract, seen Il the storm.
Lives always IN tempests ana dies in alarm.
In the depths OF the forest it delights % rosm
Yet it dwells in the kitchen Of every home.
It stands forth in the text OF the psrson 50 grave,
In the crest and the helmet Of warrior 80 brave
On the confines Of earth and the bleak mountain's
side,
tide;
1t thrills in the tones Of the trunpet's blast,
And murmurs in pity when the battle IS past.
Flows so in the streamet and CLEANS IN the stars
And prominent stands in the temple Of Mars.
1t dwells not in the world in air, or the sea
Now, if you're done guessing pray come to tea
us. Buried authors, by Silver King:
Whittier the poet is the author of Snow Bound.
A rural cottage is more pleasant than atty man
sion.
Industry leads to wealth.
When the swans few shot as them.
It is wrong to whip or terrfy children.
Why does Rob row near he shOrof
The scar you see was caused by burn
If these names you discover, next time look cut
for something more difficult.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

Beaconsfeld dislikoa professional literary
men.
Up in Boston only low people call panta-
looms pants.
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Answers to March oh.

967. Bon a-parte, of France Morton
U. S. Horace.
Cos. Spout, pout, out, to.
500. L (dftyl, " four-reveTsed SKI,
E r P reversed gives pre-before) o o
two ciphersl L tGfty) al, Liverpool.
700 Abraham man.
70l. Phengite.
702. Lullaby.
703. Centrals = calceated; across c,
rum, melam, reached, Mahaleb, Meta,
deb. d.
704. ORPIN
r HINE
? / S N
IN AN Il
MONIES
7o5. Poetry.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

Routledge, the London publisher, Is
visiting in Boston.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

It has all the appearance of pioneer
country from Columbus to Memphis, or
rather of an old played-out section, and
there is an evidence OF lack of thrift or
enterprise. The railroad shows it. The
cars are worn threadbare, the ties Of the
road are rotten, and the farms and small
cotton plantations lock as though the own
ers had lost all heart in their business.
The early rains last season caught great
deal of the cotton crop out. and we saw the
colored people and some few whites in the
small fields picking the cotton, which
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19


site pages the dates are repeated over half
page blanks, with line to each, naming,
with few exceptions, authors whose birth
day occurs on that date.
Don John, "anotherof the No Name Series,
is from the press of Roberts Bros, Bo tor,
and is for sale by w. A l. 9. S. Houghton.
Sacramento. 1t is hardly rival to any
Of the admirable fctions which have
preceded it in this excellent series, which
is all the more charming because of
the mystery which shrouds the authorship of
the volumes. The story relates how q little
Buttercup, in the person Of the nurse to a
wealthy lawyers infant, linked these chill
dren up" aHd not a creature knew which was
which. Unable to distinguish his son the
lawyer brings up the boys together as bis
own, believing that the gentlemanly instincts
of the higher born babe will crop out and dis
tinguish it as they grow up. One of them
turns out to be the soul Of honor, and the
other Ia scapegrace) is saved from shame by
his companion on several occasions. The
model youth is adopted by the family as their
own. and the other is informed of his ignoble
birth. As a matter of fact, the don is
the son Of the nurse, but nobody ever knows
this except the author.
sAIl Round the Year Verses from Sky
Farm" by Elaine Goodale and Dora Read
Goodale. is volume of poems from the press
of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1t
includes the thirty poems issued in illustrated
form in the volume entitled, I'm Berkshire
with Wild Flowers These poems are of
an excellent order of merit, coming from
naturally poetic natures, and having the
inspiratIonal spirit about them. They are
fresh. gentle, pure and sweet. and speak the
gifted natures of their youthful writers, who
as children were wonderful in their poetic
manifestations. and led the gifted writer,
III. H." to remark, when their second
volume appeared, Really, there has never
been time before in literature when young
thrush and bobolink have printed book. .
From G. P. Putnan's Sons, New York,
and A. L. Bancroft q Co., San Francisco,
we have full bound copy OF another Of the
" Transatlantic Novels, entitled 1.-THE Lost
Casket, translated from La Mani Coupee,"
Of +, DeBoisgobey, by s. Lee. It is an ad.
mirable novel.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-19

Stuart Mill" and Herbert Spencer
The statement of these subjects shows at
| once the exhaustive scope of the work. In
| the selection of topics he has exercised rare
| Judgment as the names chosen represent
leaders of thought and style as types of de-
velopment. Professor Morris, with his rare
scholarship. his long philosophical study and
his intimate acquaintance with the soul Of
English literature, could not but present a
work of this character with strongest
attractions to the literary student.
It is an Introductory work inviting to re-
Elective and systematic study. His own brief
! and modest expression concerning the volume
should be quoted !" / hope, by the express
zion of deliberate and reasoned opinions, to
have pointed the way to correct views con-
corning the essential nature and value of the
most conspicuous current of abstract thought
in the English language"
sleH7 An Exposition Of the Principles Of Aonocu.
| ular and Binocular Vision. By Joseph lie Conte.
LII. D., Professor Of Geology and Natural
| History in the University of California. New
| York D. Appleton & Co. vol, Svo. 81 so.
This is one of the international scientific
series. Professor LIE Conte in this treatise
has made it Ineligible and interesting to the
general reader, but the specialist viii find it
OF value also. The author gives as a reason
| for his work that there is not, to his knowl-
| edge, any work covering the same ground
in the English language. Vision has been
| treated either as q branch of optics or else as
branch of the nervous system.
| The form in which the subject is here pre-
sented has been developed entirely independ-
emily, and as the result of conscientious
endeavor to make it clear to students under
my tuition" The work is very fully Illus
| trsted, and the pages bristle with interesting
details of experiments. Binocular vision is
treated Of at length. As that subject is but
inperfectly treated by other writers, and is
most fascinating topic, it is very properly
given full space in this volume Some of the
experiments given in this volume illustrative
of visual deception ara IS amusing az they are
,1teresting and simple.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-13
A Sensible Dinner Giyer.

When man wants to give big din- ner in celebration of some particular event he usually selects his guests from the class that dimes so much and exer- cises so little that it is too fastidious to heartily enjoy such parts of 8 repast as are not served in bottles. Recently, however, St. Louis contractor signal ized the completion of his work upon very large building by giving dinner to all the men whom he had employed. No matter how we'll spread the home tables of these honest fellows may have been, it may be safely assumed that every man brought a good appetite to the contractors dinner, for ten hours of steady work per day insures good digestion and keen palate. Nor can there be any doubt that there was a
 great deal of good feeling around the board. The chances are about hun. dred to one that if ever that contractors men think themselves underpaid they will not strike without notice, nor stand sulklly about and wish they dared to; they will select clear-headed man or two to talk the matter over with their employer, and not fear that they will have to infict any wrongs in order to get their rights. Capital and labor ought to become better acquainted, and the best place to do it is around a we'll covered dinner table.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-13
Biscuits for Horses.

A singular experiment is now under trial in the French Army. The Minister of War, anxious to reduce the provisions to be car ried during campaign, has ordered that a new kind of biscuit should be used as food for the war horses. On the conclusion of the present maneuvers, the experiment will be rigidly tested. Two squadrons of caval- ry and 6 battery of, artillery will at once be put under the new system. The circular of the Minister directs all the details. and or ders that 8 commission composed of four officers and veterinary surgeon should see that the instructions are completely carried out, and to report on their progress and re- suits. The selected horses are to be weighed and measured across the shoulders before the experiment commences, and two other squadrons of cavalry and battery of artil- lery are to be selected, composed as nearly as can be of animals of the same weight and size. The latter are to be placed under the war allowance of fodder, and both at once subjected to the stimatedeayerage fatigues of campaign. i. During twelve days the ex- periments will be followed out, while the of- ficers charged with it's conduct will con stantly report on it's results. The horses are to be supplied with the new food on the first day of the campaign, without any transition or preparation for the change. The biscuits are to be broken up, but not to be moisten- ed, and the horses are to be watered before each meal. " g.-..e