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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
The sacred City.

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What a singular spot is Benares the
sacred city of the Hiudoos. From all parts
Of India, pious HIndoos come TO speud
their last days and die, sure Of thus obtain
ing their peculiar form OF salvation. AL
day long from the earliest dawn till sunset,
thousands of people bathe on the steps o.
the gnats, which run along the rivers bank
for nearly two miles, in the sure and Ger.
tam hope that by such ablution their sins
are washed clean away.
IL is an extraordinary sight TO sit in a
boat and quietly drift with the stream
alongside the whole length Of this great city,
and watch the bathers who all up the line.
Men and women are thus piously engaged,
aud the usual plan Is to bring down plain
robe which they deposit on the stone steps,
while they descend into the water in other
robes, and there perform the necessary
amount of ablutions.
While the bathers stand up to their waists
in water, devoutly folding their hands in
prayer, or shedding offerings of leaves into
the running stream from large baskets, the
priests are squatting ON the shores by scores
each under an enormous umbrella of plated
bamboo some ten or twelve feet in diam
eter, and each with acontinually increasing
heap of small coin presented by the bathers
for what purpose we do not know.
One of the gnats is called the "bUrning
gnats," where are staked great piles of
lumber, and where the boats that you see
coming down the river with enormous stacks
Of wood upon them unload their burdens.
Here, In the midst of the bathers. the dead
are burnt by their sorrow ng friends. The
body Is brought down lashed upon a small
hand bier. If man, 1t is wound tightly
In white robes, so that every part Is COW
cred; il woman, the robes are red.
The body is then plunged over head In
the stream, and then left lying in the water
half submerged, while the friends build the
funeral pyre. When the pile is half built
the body is laid on, and then more wood,
and then the torch Is applied, and the
smoke of the burning soon pours forth in
thick, murky columns When the wood
is burned, all parts of the body that are left
unconsumed are thrown into the Ganges,
down which they float till the birds and
fishes finish what the fire leaves undone.
This cremation goes on daily, and during
one short visit before breakfast we saw six
funeral fires lighted but did not feel called
upon to watch the entire destruction Of tn
several pyreS
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

unless they are for the shambles, for they
will fight and destroy each others beauty.
Too many cocks are detriment. Laying
hens are cross and pugnacious. For this
reason 1t is better TO make two 1ocks in
winter-the layers and the non-layers.
There are generally both sorts even among
fowls of Il @ same breed, and In different
breeds the variation is still greater. Late
broods require some nursing, and more
frequent feeding. 1t is good plan to give
soft feed. which is little warm, In severe
weather. as a crop full of cold grain chills
the immature bodies and brings on indI-
gestion. Where hens are kept in nlaying ell
the time duIlng cold weather, the grain
must be warmed. 1t is better to feed fully
matured birds on whole grain Corn
should be either boiled, or baked with u
little grease (eIther tallow or lard) melted
in while hot. This is excellent for laying
hens and is relished. Care should be taken,
however, that it be not too hot The kern
els, although cool on the surface may be
scorchlng inside, and may be an injury in
stead OF a benefit. Smaller grains
do not require this preparation. Late
broods, when kept in thrifty condition,
often make fine fowls for another season,
and frequently become show birds, as their
season OF moulting occurs 90 much earlier,
that they are generally in feather and coTi-
dItion at the esrly autumn shows.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

At the western extremity of the Carve
loch group there is small island separated
from its larger neighbor by narrow strait
It's cliffs are lower, more broken and rug
ged; and far down over their beetling brows
appear patches of grass and Wild flowers,
which give them a softer appearance.
Fronting the mainland, the land rises
abruptly in wall-like face, but at the
back it slopes gradually down to the level
of the sea. In some places It's trap-dykes
have been isolated by the action of the tides,
ant project from the rocks like Cyclopean
walls; whiieat the south end there are deep
caves mantled with Ivy, and huge arches
like the fantastic rock scenery cF Carisalg.
on the opposite shore of Null. A fringe of
rugged rocks, with sharp teeth-like projec-
tons, standing out in the wster, guards il
on the western side: with tortuous channels,
running in among them to the shore like
the reef around q coral island. By the ma
tives of the district this island Il called
''Eilean ma Naomi" or the ssIale oil
Saints" 1t has been identified almost be-
yond doubt as the 'Tnsula Hinba," or
''Hinbina," to which Adamnan refers I'm
his 'tLife of st. COLUMBIA" !" as one of the
islands on which the great Celtic apostle
had founded his earliest monasteries.
From time immemorial 1t has enjoyed a
sacred reputation, retiQio loci Before
the time of st. COLUMBIA 1t was, probably,
like Iona, the seat of so-called Druidlc
worship, or whatever kind of nature-cult
the primitive inhabitants had favored. St.
Brendan, whose name Is still commemo-
rated in that of the neighboring parish OF
kilbrandon, had placed upon il Christian
establishment, supposed to have been col
lege for training preachers of the Gospel,
previous to its occupation by the monastery
was, in al likelihood swept away III eTe
severe struggle between the Picts and the
Dalriadic Scots, in the year 500, which
ended in the defeat of the latter. The old
Gaelic word for college, viz, AfLeGch, is
still preserved in the name Of Elachnave,
by which the island is best known in our
guide-books. Between it and Oronsay
there was once close ecclesiastical con-
necuon; its parsonage and vicarage feinds
having, previous to 1880, belonged to the
celebrated priory of that island, which in
its turn was On appanAge of HolyroOd Abb
hey, near Edinburgh. Latterly it has been
included in the parish of Jura. For many
centuries it has been uninhabited, and with
the exception of shepherds who pay an oc-
caslonal visit to it TO look after their sheep,
and few jealous antiquaries VINO land on
its shores at long lntervals-its stern silence
is never disturbed by the presence Of man.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

halt to pass the tides of wagons that set
the other way. These caravans give us the
most picturesque aspects of this mountain
life; the drivers are q strange selection
from the vigorous frontiermen. The labor
Is extremely arduous and the life of the
rudest, but the profits are very large; many
OF these teams earning from thirty to fifty
dollars per day, net, for a half year at a
time. The men live and generally sleep
with their ANIMALS, even In this fierce cold
They are silent, lndcfatigable fellows, bru-
tai in every outward aspect, yet withal sin
gularly patient with their difficulties and
helpful OF each other, unless the other Ia a
''greaser." A courteous word or two will
always get their aid in passing through the
perplexing blockade, where trains going in
opposite directions meet on narrow defile
Their life Is one of trials. We are rarely
out Of sight Of dead horses or mules which
have broken their legs or died of over
work, and every precipice along the road
shows the wreck of wagons that have
slipped over the edge into the gorge below.
In two hundred miles travel with them
did not hear brutal word from one man
TO another, and was indebted 10 them for
many considerate acts. They are a mar
velously profane lot, but their swearing
has curlously impersonal character. In
his difficulties with the teams a man will
lift up his voice and address the Infinite in
a diabolic homily that would befit Milton's
Satan, and then, subsiding like a geyser,
remain silent for the rest of the day. At
night, when they gather around the fire,
In the low-walled, turf-covered ranches,
they are perfectly mute; they sit on the
benches as still as mummies, until they slip
down upon the floor and snore until morn
ing. They seem wrapped in their own
thoughts, or in the place where their
thoughts ought TO be. They often camp
alone by the roadside; indeed, many of
them seem toprefer the absolute isolation that
they find in bivouacking in the scrub woods
ten miles from neighbors. One night l
sought directions from one of these solitary
men. lie was huge, grizzly bearded fell
low, whom l surprised cooking his supper
by little fire in niche in the rocks near
his team. Eis ugly visage stood out In the
blaze Of his bacon, which he was toasting
on stick. He gave me sufficient answers
without looking up 70 see wlo II was shout
ing at hun out of the darkness.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
winter Travelling In Colorado.

A recent traveller in Colorado says the
train discharges its freight into dozen
coaches, which set off for the mountain
pass that lies between Norton and Lead
vile; they rattle off through the whirlIng
SHOWS towards the range OF mountains,
which is already thick with storms. Our
own way lies across the South Park to-
wards lower part of the Arkansas Valley;
fN ten miles the four horses hurry the light
open wagon over the snow-coveled plain,
through the binding snow that ties before
the blasts rushing down from the mountain
ravines. Then we find our way upon the
regular freighting road that leads in q de-
vious course through the mountain gorges
to Leadville. 1t is way for which little
has been done except by the wheels of the
endless trains of wagons; but nature meant
this land for roads; the scant foliage and
slight rainfall leave each of the ravines a
natural road, and the frost has now bound
mud and stones together. Every mile of
this trail Is occupied by long caravan of
the freighting teams that carry in provis-
ions aud take out bullion. The ordinary
grain consists of pany teams, each CON-
posed of two wagons, the hinder one being
without tongue, and the two coupled to-
gether as closely as two railway cars.
Sometimes there are three wagons In the
string Eight or ten mules and single
driver supply the motive power. With
this ''outtit" one dexterous driver will drag
about ten thousand pounds of freight al
the rate of twenty-five miles day. Some
| of these traing are individual ventures but
commonly dozen teams are under one
wagon-master, who fixes the marches and
determines the places where the train shall
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
The Benatl-Chlodo HeIlOscope.

In military manGuvres on large scale,
one of the principal causes which prevent
the understanding of the development and
result of 8 tactical operation is the difficulty
experienced by troops of the one side in
distinguishing the direction in which the
artillery of the other Is aimed. To meet
this difficulty the Bellatl-C -Chiodo helioscope
has been introduced in Italy. A reflector,
mounted on small frame, Ii directed 90
as to throw a beam Of solar rays on the
point aimed at by the artillery, and the
troop fred on may thus be enabled to take
the tactical formation best suited 10 the eff
fects the fire might be expected to produce.
A subsidiary reflector is used when the
solar rays do not strike the chief reflector
directly. The apparatus can also be used
as heliograph.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
MEMENT0ES.

Down deep in the lowernost drawer,
Away from the cold, careless gaze,
They lie In o time-tinted cover
Mementoos Of earlier Gays.
There lies in that preo nous package
A note but the delicate hand
That traced it hath long swayed soeptre
Afar of in Beulah's fair land
Beside il lock, brightly silvered
With time and the tolls Of the past
Ia laid but the 1ninite'b bosom
That weary head .llows at last
Another, OF deep glossy blaokness'
Recalls n beloved mothers care.
She went ere the dews Of lfe's evening
Had fallen, the kingdom to share.
These others-ah well, tis enough
The ribbon all soiled TO unite;
Too bitter the griefs they awaken
Touch not-undisturbed let them lie
He only who fashioned so wisely
The heart can its secrets best keeps
Then, wake not their sad, mournful echoes-
But tenderly hush them to sleep.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

All Americans should make pilgrimage
to the last resting-place of the great Lafay-
ette at the cemetery Of Picpus, Paris. It
has been said that it became necessary 10
abandon tins cemetery because it was
gorged with dead. This is an error; the
room was not lacking, but the place Of in
terment was badly situated in the midst OF
quarter thlnly populated, but rich; it was
beside the Subject of the diatribes of the
aristocrats and of the contre revolutionists.h u
The result was its removal. During the
early part of the Reign of Terror, q ceme-
terry beng needed, choice was made of O
sort of desert, which backing up against
the very walls of La Folie Chartres, that is
TO say the Parc-Monceau of to-day, was
bounded by the old wall denciente the Rue
Valois and the Rue du Roche. This was
called the Cemetery de Mousseaux, as
known officially, but all the people Of La
Petite Pologne called it the ''Clmetiere des
Errancis." 1t was 'inaugurated" in July,
1895, by the burial of Charlotte Corday,
one of the very first to be inferred there.
IL received also all the 'hard cases" of the
revolution. The cemetery was very soon
closed and never again used. Before the
18th Brumaire no more interments were
made there, and its very existence seemed
to be ignored. A ''cabaret" was estab-
lished on its site, and people drank, sang
and danced there. The annexation of that
suburb of Paris caused this ''petit Tivoli"
to disappear. The construction of the
Boulevard Malesherbes and the extending
of the Rue Miromenil scattered nearly the
last remains of this ancient cemetery. All
that Is left of it now is fragment close to
the walls, and some ball players come
together there occasionally to enjoy them
selves. PIcpus, La Madeleine and Les
Errancis were, therefore, the thrs deposi-
taries OF the victims of the guillotlne.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

AN exchange says: "When milk
sours, scalding will render 1t sweet
again" 1t is different with an old
maid. When she Is sour, scalding
will only augment her acldty.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
The New York Stock Market Strong
and Acfive-Advancc In Panama
Shares = The English Grain and
Pro vision Markets-LiverpOOI Cot.
ton Brokers' Circular.

New YORK, January 7.-The stock mar
ket was characterized by strength and
activity throughout almost the entire day,
and with the exception of a very brief
period of depression at the first board, the
general tendency was In the direction of a
higher range of values. The highest
prices generally were current in the final
sales, and the market closed strong at an
advance ,as compared with the closing quota
ttons Of yesterday, ranging a to 3s4, the
latter In Western Union. Coal shares, Cen
trail Pacific, Hannibal and St. Joe, Union
Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande and l, B. &
w, were also prominent in the upward
movement. Panama sold up to 2191$, as
against 2l2 at the last previous sale. Total
ga 'es AZ. 800 shares.
LONDON, January THE Manchester
Guardian, In its commercial article this
morning, says; '' The market Is again quiet.
Inquiry is lefs than earlier In the week,
though there is still fair amount in some
directions. Prices, however, are perfectly
steady, and the position Of sellers is so
strong in consequence of the extent of their
engagements that they are PERFECTLY uncon-
oerned regarding any little Stacking off in
demand"
In Mincing Lane during the past week
the market Tor sugar has been dull and
sales have been very small. The Clyde mar
ket was slow, but prices were not lower. In
coffe fine coloury qualities we're firm, in
Guiding plantation Ceylon, but some gray
ish sorts were a shilling lower. Jamaica
was easier.
The leading Liverpool grain circular says:
"The wheat markets though steady are un-
improved. Cargoes off coast and for arrival
are difficult to sell, even at spot concession.
Since Tuesday wheat and corn have been
firmly held. Business was moderate to day.
and wheat was In limited demand at Tues
days prices. In -four there was a better
inquiry at fuller rates. Corn was in improv-
ed request and advanced half-pennY."
LIVERPOOL, January This weeks cir
eular OF the Liverpool Cotton Brokers AssO.
citation says: "The market for cotton, which
was firm on Thursday of last week, re-
opened on Monday last with extensive
business. Since then the sales have been
good and prices have advanced. American
was In good demand and prices gen.
orally advanced ed. Sea island was
in small request at unchanged rates.
Futures, which were frmer on
Thursday of last week, reopened on Mon
day at rather higher prices, which confinu-
ed to harden up till Wednesday, when they
showed an advance of 7s to 32d. Since
then the market has been weak, prices fluc-
tuating, and closed with the 32d. of an
advance lost.o
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08
A FATAL FIRE IN NEW HAMP.
SHIRE.
The Main Building on the Straford
Farm DestrOyed-Thtrte Lives
Supposed to be LOst-Loss $4,000.

DOVER, N. H., January Fire was dis
covered in the main building on the Straf-
ford Company farm, about 4:3O O'Clock this
morning. At the time Of the discovery the
flames had made considerable headway, and
many rooms were filed with smoke. One
hundred and sixty-nire persons were in the
building at the time, and great difficulty was
experienced IN getting them out, some of
them having to be dragged to place of
safety. Thirteen persons are missing, and
probably lost their lives. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. Insured for $4,000.
II the weather had not been unusually
warm, the loss OF life would have been
much heavier. The inmates who escaped
are now clothed and sheltered through the
generosity OF the neighbors and citizens of
Dover.
A fire engine sent from Dover, four miles
away, was unable to reach the scene Of the
confagrat!on on account of the snow on the
ground. The FIRE caught from a furnace.
1t is now almost certain that twelve, per-
haps thirteen, lives were lost by the fire this
morning. There was 60 watchm2n for the
premises, and the fire had made great head
way before being discovered. There were
two fire escapes on the building, but the
doors leading thereto were shut.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08

JAPANESE BABEs.-"I never saw
people take so much delight in their
children" writes Miss Bird in her new
book on the japanese, carrying them
about or holding their hands in walking,
watching and entering into their games,
supplying them constantly with toys,
taking them to picnics and festivals, and
never being content to be without them.
Both fathers and mothers take pride in
their children. 1t is most amusing, about
every morning, to see twelve or four
teen men sitting on low wall, each with
child or two in his arms, fondling and
playing with it, and showing off its
physique and intelligence. At night,
after the houses are shut up, looking
through the long fringe of rope or rat
tan which conceals the sliding door, you
see the naked father bending his ugly,
kindly face over gentle looking baby
and the mother, who more often than
not has dropped the kimono from her
shoulders, enfolding two children desti-
tute of clothing IN her arms. The
children, though for our ideas too gen
tie and formal, are very prepossessing in
looks and behavior. They are little men
and women, rather than children, and
their old-fashioned appearance is aided
by their dress, which is the same as that
of adults.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08
A YOUNG WIFE MURDERED.
shot Dead By Her Husband Because
she Refused to Sing a Certain
Song.

Sunday night Anton Kloefel shot his
wife at the residence of her parents,
about three miles from Weissport, Car
bon county, Pa. TIE couple had spent
the holidays at the wife's home. The
family were engaged in singing hymns
and songs, Kloefel and his wife taking
the principal part in the evening pastIme.
Kloefel requested his wife TO sing a GER
tain song, which she refused TO do.
ThereupOn he seized a shotgun, took de-
liherate aim, and fired, the shot taking
effect in the left eye, penetrating the
brain and causing instant death. When
the murderer was being taken from the
house by Constable Leven there were
such cries as, Serve him like the
Northampton murderer" KlOefel coolly
replied: "All right, give me a revolver,
and I will fix myself" Taking a per-
cu7siOn cap out Of his pocket he said;
This cap is for me. only give me the
gun and a little time" He offered no
resistance TO the officer, and was safely
lodged in the Mauch Chunk Jail. On
the road to the Jail klOefel told Con-
sable Leven that when his wife refused
to sing for him, as he requested, he
pointed the gun at her, and then the
devil took possession Of him, and he
pulled the trigger, and shot and killed
her. The murdered wife was not quite
nineteen years old.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08

The trial of eighty ton guns on board
the turret ship Inflexible was concluded
off the Isle of Wight a fortnight ago.
The ship got under weigh shortly after
8 o'clock. and steamed out to the back
of the island about fifteen miles. The
weight of the projectiles was LOO
pounds, and all the charges were OF 400
pounds. Twenty shots were fired with
one gun, two guns and three guns slmul
taneOusly. The direction of the
firing varied from beam to seventy
five degrees before and abaft the beam,
The results were satisfactory. The
officers of the dockyard. indeed. express
their surprise, the defects being next to
nothing. and confined to the starting of
a few bolts. All sorts of vessels, with
all sizes of guns from twenty-five tons
upward, have been to Portsmouth for
trial. but the Infiexible is said to have
stood the test even more satisfactorily
than some ships with lighter ordnance
TIE vessel returned to Spithead to take
a run on the measured mile for the trial
of her new screws. The electric light
has realized the highest expectations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-08
ICE HARVESTERS' STRIKE.
They Become Turbulent and Pre-.
vent Others from WOrking-Three
Companies of Troops Called Out.

MoNTRosE, n Y, January 7.-Three hun
dred ice harvesters at Verplank's Point, near
this place, struck for higher wages yester-
day, and have since been parading with a
band Of music, driving away the other
laborers, asssulting Deputy Sheriff, and
behaving generally in a violent and disor-
derly manner. Troops have been ordered
here to preserve the peace.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, January Three
companies OF the Sixteenth Battalion, from
Sug Sing and two from Poughkeepsie, as
sembled in the square at one
o'clock to-day, and marched four miles
to Yerplank's Point. The strikers stood In
crowds on the corners OF the streets, but
exhibited no disorder. quietly looking at
the soldiers as they marched by and were
drawn up in line in front Of the
ice house. The bosses then notified
all who desired to work that
they could do so, and number went to
work. Afterward the balance made street
parade with band Of music, carrying flags
and banners, aud then dispersed for the
night The military are quartered in
houses In the place. There are no signs to-
night of an outbreak