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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
Locomotive Caprices.

1t is perfectly well known to expe-
rienced engineers that if dozen diff
ferent locomotive engines were made
at the same time, of the same power,
for the same purpose, of like material,
in the same factory, each of these loco
motive engine would come out with
It's own peculiar whims and ways, only
ascertainable by experience. One en-
CINE will take a great meal of coal and
water once; another will not listen to
such a thing, but insists on being coax
ed by spadefuls and bucketfuIs. One
is disposed to start off when required
at the top of his speed; another must
nave a little time to warm at the work
snd to get well into it. These pecu-
liarities are so accurately mastered by
skillful drivers that only particular
men can persuade engines to do their
oest. 1t would seem as if some of
these excellent monsters" declared,
On being brought from the stable, eff
It's Smith who is to drive, won't go;
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
Opium Smokers.

Most authorities agree that the first
opium smoked by a white man in
America was consumed in California
but there is a division of opinion as to
when the vice was introduced. DR..
H. III. Kane of New York, who has
given the subject careful study, says
that in 1868 the practice was begun in
the United States by California
sport named Clendnyn, but DR.. Allan
McLane Hamilton says that he saw
white smokers in San Francisco joints
long before that time. The habit
travelled rapidly Eastward, and reached
New York in 1876. In Park, Mott
and PeIl streets among the Chinese the
first joints were opened. Now more
than 5000 Americans are said to be
slaves to the habit Of opium smoking.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"a dream of fair women" - rich
men.
What a mother. lacks in skill she
makes up in enthusiasm when she
cuts her boys hair.
I'm going to turn over a new leaf
as the caterpillar remarked when he
had successfully ruined the one he was
on.
Strong as is the power of imagina-
tion you cannot make a woman be-
lieve that she does not need a new
bonnet.
"Whisky," said the doctor. "hardens
the brains" maybe it does" replied
the horrible example, "but it softens
the knees most WONDERFULLY"
A Venetian glass manufacturer is
fabricating ladies' bonnets by the thou
sands, and selling them, too. That
style of bonnet ought to make good
looking-'lasses.
"Where are the springs of long ago?"
writes Edith N. Thomas, in sweetly
flowing verse. Give it up. Edith. Some
of them may be hanging in that old
hoop-skirt in the attic.
"Let us pursue the subject a little
farther" said the medical students at
the bedside of dying patient. So the
next night they went and stole the
body from the cemetery.
through the body OF a mme Uy -vuU-
Mississippi cyclone, SO the story goes.
Even a cyclone has to approach mule
sideways to get the better of him.
The scene is laid in a railway car
rage, where seven passengers are
smoking furiously. The eighth pas
senger, courteously: 81 beg your par
don, gentlemen. but 1 do hope that my
not smoking doesn't inconvenience
you"
He had turned and twisted in his
seat for nearly an hour, vainly trying
to make an impression on the young
lady who sat behind him. At last he
asked: "Does this train stop at Cic-
ero?" al don't know, SIR" she quick
ly replied, adding: 81 hope so, if you
think of getting off there"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
Preserving Power of Salt.

It is well-known that in soil where
lime abounds, dead bodies are fossilized
in few years or even a few months
after burial. In soil where there is no
lime there are sometimes other ele-
ments which often preserve the fea-
lures of a buried body unchanged for
many years. The philosophic Hamlet,
musing by an old grave over the fact
that man turns into dust, and dust into
earth, exclaims:
"Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop hole TO keep the wind away !"
But what would have been his mus
ings if he had stood beside the disin-
TERED body of his father and seen brow
and form appearing as natural as when
he gave "the world assurance of a
man?" Yet this might have been,
for there are numerous cases on record
where bodies disinterred for removal
after years of interment, have been
found to be as well preserved as if
they had been only a few days dead.
General Washington's features were
quite perfect when his body was taken
up to be put in the sarcophagus where
they now repose. The same was true
of General Wayne, when his body was
removed forty years after death; and
of Robert Burns, twenty. one years
after burial. But it seems almost in
credible that the body of John Hamp-
den, who was disinterred 200 years
after death, should have been in a
similar state of preservation. But
Lord Nugent records the fact. His
wcrd is not to be questioned. Possibly
the most remarkable fact of all these
cases is that the bodies crumbled to a
heap Of dust soon after exposure.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
A Canine Critic.

In the year 1889 a phenomenon ap-
peared in the musical world which
attracted considerable attention in
Germany. A gentleman well known
as an enthusiastic musical amateur Of
Darmstadt, in the Grand Duchy of
Hesse, had a female spaniel, called
Poodle. BY striking the animal when
ever music was played, and afalse note
struck, she was made tohowL AT last
the threat of the upraised stick was
equally effective, presently a mere
glance of the masters eye produced
the same howl, and at last the false
note itself. A German paper of the
period says: cat the present time
there is not concert or an opera at
Darmstadt to which Mr.. Frederick S.
and his wonderful dog are not invited
or, at least, the dog. The voice of the
prima donna, the instruments Of the
band, whether violin, clarionet,
hautbois or bugle-all of them must
execute their parts in perfect harmony,
otherwise Poodle looks at its master,
erects its ears, shows its grinders and
howls outright. Old or new pieces,
known or unknown to the dog, pro-
duce the same effect" 1t must not be
supposed that the discrimination OF
the creature was confined to the mere
execution of musical compositions.
Whatever may have been the case at
the outset of its musical career,
towards it's close vicious modulation
or a false relation of parts produced
the same result. Sometimes to tease
the dog" says our German authority,
'Mr. S. and his friends take pleasure
in annoying the canine critic by emit
ting all sorts of discordant sounds from
instrument and voice. On such occa-
sions the creature loses all self-com-
mand, its eyes shoot forth fiery flashes,
and long and frightful howls respond
to the inharmonious concert Of the
mischievous bipeds. But the latter
must be careful not to go too far, be-
cause when the dogs patience is much
tried it becomes savage, and endeavors
to bite both its prosecutors and their
instruments London EocietU.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21

if it's my friend Stokes. am agreeable
to anything" All locomotive engines
are low spirited in damp and foggy
weather. They have great satisfac-
tion in their work when the air is crisp
and frosty. AT such time they are
very cheerful and brisk, but they
strongly object to haze and mists.
These are points Of character on which
they are united 1t is their peculiari-
ties and varieties Of character that are
most remarkable e.-ELecated RailUay
Journal.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
SPEAKING TOO SOON.

IL was SunSnlny May day, with an
immense bee booming among the lilacS
and peonies in the school garden, an
intense glow of golden light on the
grass, and dreamy languor in the air
that made Alice Hopkins sleepy in
spite Of herself, as she sat with the
little children's copy-books in a pile
before her, inscribing the months
marks upon their covers, according to
their respective merits.
Alice was scarcely more than child
herself. Barely nineteen, with a
slight, young figure, color that came
and went at the slightest variation of
her pulse, and pleading hazel eyes, it
was the hardest work in the world to
assume the dignity that was necessary
for her position as assistant teacher.
81 never saw such babyishness in
my lifev' said Miss Negley, the princi-
pal; land shall not put up with it,
Miss Hopkins you think it,
Dignity, in the educational line. is
everything. And do not call it
fitting to the position of assistant prin-
cipal to be racing around with the
children in their monday games, and
dressing corn-cob doll on the sly for
little Priscilla Jones, to say nothing
about bursting out crying like a great
baby, when Billy Smith killed the
robin-redbreast with astone. Dignity.
Miss Hopkins-dignity should ever be
the watchword of our profession"
Miss Negley was tall and grim, with
heavy black hair, sallow complexion.
several missing front teeth, and some
thing very like moustache.
Alice Hopkins covered before her
severe glance.
1'm very sorryP" faltered she. "Tn
try to be good''
"More like child than ever!' said
Miss Negley, despRiringly.
'I-I mean," Alice hastened to cor
rect herself-"I will endeayor to set
guard upon my rash impulses"
"That sounds more like itr' said Miss
Negley. "And now, Alice, see here! l
expect some of the school trustees here
tomorrow"
ooh, dear" said Alice, remembering
the signal failure of her class upon
similar occasion, not so very long ago,
"It isn't another examination, hope?"
"Worse than that" said Miss Negley
-"far worsep'
Alice lifted her hazel eyes in amaze
ment. What could possibly be worse
than Fanny Dow spelling cat with ak,
and Lucy Malley asserting that Balti-
more was situated on the left bank of
the river Nile.
There is proposition on foot to re-
duce our salaries" said Miss Negley.
Actually, to reduce our salaries"
"Oh," said Alice. "But mine is very
small already. Only one hundred dol
lars year. I don't think they can re-
duce it much"
"They can reduce it to fifty. can't
theyp" said Miss Negley, shortly.
"In that case," ventured Alice, 81
could 60 and be a shop girl in my
uncle's store in the city. One must
ivel"
you've no proper PRIDE" said Miss
Negley. GA shop girl indeedl But l
don't intend that they shall carry out
their nefarious plans. If My good
gracious mel there comes Mr.. Bar
thorne now jogging along on his old
gray horse just as composed as if ne
wasn't bent on an errand of evil.
They do say that old Barthorne is the
head and front of the whole business.
I'll show him! A reduction of salaries,
indeedl I dare say he means to
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
An Account OF tho Slaughter Given by
an Indian Woman.

An Account OF tho Slaughter Given by
an Indian Woman.
Since General Custer and his com
mand of 800 were massacred by the
braves of Sitting Bull, two or three ac-
counts have been given, each of which
purported to be a correct history of
the fight. But of the particulars of
the scene there have been only meager
accounts. The st. Paul Piineer Press
publishes an interview between a cor
respondent at Standing Rock Agency
and the wife of Tatatukahegleska, or
Spotted Horn Bull. This woman is
first cousin to Sitting Bull, and the
story is vouched for as being true
account of the battle. After describ-
ing the advance and tie retreat of Ma
jor Reno-whom she declared to be
either drunk or crazy and his men
thoroughly panic stricken-the wom-
an stated that the retreat and its con-
sequent slaughter was scarcely ended
when the blare of Clusters trumpets
told the Sioux of his approach; but
they were prepared for him. The men
quietly crossed the river, and hundreds
galloped to his rear out of range at
first but soon hemming him in constant
ly narrowing circles. The woman
mounted her pony and rode behind
her camp, where she could get a good
view of the hills beyond. She saw the
troops come up and dismount. Each
fourth man seized the brides OF three
horses besides his own. The rest de-
ployed and advanced on the run toward
the river. She saw the terrible effect
of the withering fire which greeted the
approach from the willows on the In
as she said: "Our people, boys and all,
had plenty of guns and ammunition to
kill the new soldiers. Those who had
run away left them behind" Slowly
trotting north along the outskirts of
the encampments, she noted the Indians
who had crossed getting closer to the
troops. She watched the latter-those
who were left Of them-retreat to
their horses and mount. She heard
the yells of her kindred and the shouts
of the whites; but soon, as the former
grew plentier and the latter fewer, she
could distinguish little save here and
there an animated cluster of men and
horses.
Slowly her pony logged down the
stream. When she reached the Mime
COMO camp, on the extreme left, not an
hours ride, she said not one white
soldier was visible on the field. Of
horses there were plenty; these the
Indians spared. The Custer men were
soon stripped and the Indians knew
they had killed the long-haired chief
by his buckskin coat trimmed with
beaver which they found upon him.
The Sioux lost thirty killed, and more
than twice as many wounded, the
Indians numbering five thousand in
all.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
NO. 25.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Idleness is the door to all vices
Success is fruit slow to ripen.
Egotism is the tongue of vanity
Many are esteemed only because they
are not known.
Conscience warns us as a friend be-
fore it publishes us as judge.
Hints are like thistle-down. You
cannot tell where they will light.
Those who set up a standard must
expect to be judged by that standard.
Lose not thy own for want of ask
ing for it; it will get thee no thanks.
Thought is slow-paced--imagina-
tion often reaches the goal ahead of
it.
A torn jacket is soon mended, but
hard words bruise the heart of
child.
You may depend upon it he is a
good man whose intimate friends are
all good.
The light of friendship is the light
of phosphorus-seen plainest when all
around is dark.
We seldom find people ungrateful
so long as we are in a condition to
render them service.
Envy is a passion so full of coward
ice and shame, that nobody ever had
the confidence to own it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21
The Music Of the Rain.

..Aliiug, falling, on the house tops,
With a music quaint and rare,
Like tho sound of human heart-throbs
On the silent midnight air;
Or the tears OF angels falling
When they weep with those who weep,
Or the lullaby of mothers
When they rock their babes to sleep.
Like the drowsy wine of poppies
With its wierd, enchanting power,
Coming to the weary listener
Like the dew to dropping flowers;
Like calm sleep TO those who suffer,
Or ike tears to those who mourn;
Like remembered words of loved ones -
From our aching bosoms torn.
Strangely sweet, bewitching music,
All enthralled my senses lie,
As watch the mystic Future
With the shadowy Past go by,
While calm and holy quiet
Steals upon my heart and brain,
AhCh iAAl aSAScpB StAA LLStSuAuS
To the murmur Of the rain.
So, mayhap, sometime hereafter
/ shall lay me down to rest,
Overweary, and shall listen
For the music loved best;
When, its gentle cadence falling
Through the midnight silence deep,
Softly soothes my troubled spirit,
While it lulls me into sleep.
When, at last, my soul has fallen
Into sweetest, glad repose,
That on earth sunshine nor shadow
No awaking ever knows
Like the voice oi waiting angels,
Or the vesper bells in toll,
May the soitly-ialling raindrops
Chant a requiem for my soul.
-.4b6s RInne IN Baldcin's Mon thlv.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-06-21

The Train.
Hark
It comes!
1t humsl
With ear TO ground
catch the sound,
The warning, courier-roar
That runs along before.
The pulsing, struggling now Ii cleareri
The hillsides echo "Nearer, nearer"
Till, like drove OF rushing, frightened cattle,
With dust and wind and clang and shiiek and
rattle,
Passes the Cyclops of the trainl
] see fair face at a pane,-
Like piano-string
The rails, unbnrdened, sing;
The white smoke flies
Up to the skiesi
The sound
Is drowned
Hark!
Charles Fl. CrandaH in the Century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-14
The COupOn-KilIer Bill.
ITS coNsTiTUTIoNALITY AFFIRMED BIZ
THE SUPREME COURT.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Su,
preme Court Of the United States to
day affirmed the decision Ct the Cour
Of Appeals Of Virginia declaring con
stitutionsl the set Of tire Genera
Assembly Ct that State, approved
January Ia. 1882, commonly knowr
as The "coupon'killer," designed e
prevent or iinpede the reception o
certain coupons 10 paymea. Of take,
aud other dues TO The State. The
court says that "tbe question present
ed is not whether the tax collector
was bound in law TO receive the cou
pen, notwithstanding the Legislation
which, on its face, prohibited hin
from doing so, nor whether, if he re-
fuses io take The coupon and proceeds
with the collect,ca cf,be tax by force,
he can be made personally response
b. in damages for what be does, but
whether the obligation Of the contract
has been impaired BY tbe changes
which baye been made 10 the RENE.
dies for its enforcement 10 case he re.
fuses to accept the coupons" The
decision 10 that the coupon killer act
docs not impair the obligation Of the
contract contained 10 the coupons.
The case OF Won Hoffman vs. Quincy
is quoted to show that State may
"cbapge the form Of the remedy or
modify it otherwise. as it sees fit.
provided no substantial right secured
By tho contract is thereby impaired.
The question 10 zone Of reasonable
ness, aud Of that the Legislature IS
primarily the judge Unless a pal
pabe error has been committed the
decision of the legislative department
Of the government ought not TO be
overruled. "If state Of facts coul d
exist that would justify the change 10
; remedy which has BEEN made, we
must presume it did exist. We have
loibing to do with the motives of the
if what they do is within
he scope OF their powers under the
constitution The question lie not
s to the right Of the coupon holder to
ave his coupon received for taxes,
at as t. lbe remedy the holder has
Dr. It's enforcement when deuied.
Vben tho coupon was issued there
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-14

The Alexandria Gazette says: The
State q bI question has been practi.
cally eliniua,ed from politics IN Viz
einia ly the recent decision Of the u.
s. Supreme Court, lie Mshoue.tes Gre
locking a5on. for a new lssue. aud the
indications arc that they will select the
tariff. a. d hereafter. Ike their allies,
the republicans, flght under the bannt.
OF yroIt clion, and thereby assist the
men w'o compel every man, woman
and ctild in The State 20 pay double
price for almost everlhing they con.
sSme. Tor The ayowed purpose of keep
ing up tie lice OF American labor,
but vi h the real object OF increasing
1he pr"Eis Of re8 Itch manufacturers.
IL the democratic speakers and writers
will oils explain The tariff subject to
the white voters q the State {there is
no use Il wasting breath ot nix upon
she begrOesl q ere need no ne fear Of
she result.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-14


about. The Legislative committee
is examining into tie condition o.
the people Of the overaowed dis
tnct, and will tcaolt, in iayor o
giving State aid-lo the actual -sui'
lierers. a.
| INDIANAPOLIS, March IL Tb,
committee in charge OF supplies fol
Sufferers on The OHIO, south o
Evansville, returned Saturday, ant
report'great suffering and sickness.
at nearly all nser towns. including
New franklin, Ind, Unionlown
KY, Shawneetown and Caseyyill,
| Ill.
Rose Clair, Ill, has been entire
ly covered by water. The commit
tee found family of ten persons
the father and mother sick-liyinG
in tie engine>room OF an old saw
mill.
New Liberty, ILL.,, had been en-
tirely submerged, and sickness iC
an alarming extent prevailed. This
nloI nation is obtained from repu'
table physicians, and the agents Of
the Board Ct Trade relief commit
tee, this city, sent to distribute
supplies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-03-14
wuuDsrUUK. VIRGINIA
Wedrestsx, Wnrch14 1883.

THE decisioa OF the Supreme Court.
We bor.. settles finally the debt ques-
tlon Of Virginia. While that decision
does pot iefer 10 the nature OF The sell
tlemeui. bat merely decides that cou'
pon-hold.r must first pay his taxes and
then colleci his coupon according TO The
mode prsscrlbedi in the bill known as
the coupop-kiler, it renders the col
lection Of coupons so Difficult and costly
that they me comparatively worthless.
This decision renders easy tbs the re-
pudia,ion IF all state debts. Under
the view OF I've court, the bill does mol
impair n. obligation OF a contract aud
hence is rot unconstitutional.
This decision d!sposes cf the debt
question. end will We have no doubt.
be go reco.n'z d by The Democrats Of
the Stale. The Democratic psriy
favored settlement which they be-
lived TO lie Just 10 creditors and tothe
people g. tie Safe. The Mahoueites
object that settlement and pro.
posed other eliminating about thir-
teen dillon Of The debt, and compel
ing acQuieScence upon The part Of the
creditcr> 81 means Of the coupon kin
evs. IN the contest upon this subject,
the Mahorel;es were assisted by The
administrator, at -least rine-tenths OF
the Republican party 10 the State, and
It's generally belied by New York
bondbn,dcrs. They succeeded in pass.
ing their bills and The Supreme court
has decid, d the coercye measure con-
s.!;utional. Tue Democratic party has
3, ell times shown the highest respect
tor The dccisiens of legally constituted
courts. ven when IL was snOYn thai
the Courts ere made up OF judges oil
on opposite political psrty. In this
case, there vii he 40 exception. The
PARTY VIII accept the decision % a
dneM,y aLd we earnestly hope that
Vi.giu:s may never again Re srbioc ed
% so uuch dscord and contention upon
subleot which never should have
formed I feature Of her political con.
tes,s.