Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-01-18

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A Good wife for Some GoodFellow
From the ConyerS Weekly.
Not thousand miles from the lin
of Oglethorpe county lives young la.
DIV, who according to our estimation, il
q perfect model. She has nice littl'
farm, on which she has u large lock oi
sheep, cattle, swine and nice horse
Those thriving animals are fed and mt
tended by her own hands aud wa are
told that abe will make good crop OF
both corn and cotton.
A Dress with l 800 Buttons.
New York Letter in the Detroit Free Press.
1t almost seems incredible, and had |
not ocular proof should not dare TO
state it that "a single dress should have
on it 1900 buttons OF varying sizes.
Ten days were consumed In arranging
aud sewing on the buttons by n seam
stress. On each sleeve there were 100
buttons; on the body, basque and COL
lar S5e. and on the skirt $50. Those
on the skirt were arranged in trlangles.
squares, crosses, stars and other curl
Gus shapes, on "a foundation Of black
satin. The dress had " satiny appear
ance and was very weighty-so much
so that it would require lady OF con-
siderable strength TO wear il. The in
tention Was to have 1000 buttons on it
but the entire surface OF the dress
would have to be covered. The buttons
were all black, some round and others
fiat aud many OF them quite expensive.
An Electric Rat Destroyer.
Ralph Corbit, an ingenious twelve
year-old boy OF Honey Chester
county, has devised a novel plan of get
ting rid Of rlts which invest his faith
er's cellar. He has constructed ont OF
old fruit jars a battery of three leyden
Jars, which he connects and places upon
large iron plate which touches the tin
foil Oh the outside. The bait ls 50 ar
ranged that when the rat steps upon
the plate and seiZes the bait he ut once
makes the connection between the out
side and the inside OF the jars and they
are discharged through his body killing
him literally as quick as lightning. He
charges the jars by means of an electri-
cal machine, also constructed by him
self. He ran couple of wires through
the floor to the cellar from the room a
bove; rs soon as he would hear O rat
squeak he would immediately recharge
the battery. The first time he put the
machine in operation he slaughtered
twenty-five rats in the space of three
hours, and in two days the cellar was
entirely cleared of the pests.
A Snake Story in Midwinter.
From the Jacksonville tFlorida) Times.
Professor Bell, the Smithsonian In
stitution's agent, shipped his last col
lection OF snakes TO the North two
weeks ago, and already has Ills museum
full again. Ii is surp rising how rapid
ly they become domesticAted under his
treatment. During the recent cold
snap some Of them that he turns loose
In bis room at night climbed up the
bed-posts and coiled themselves up in
his blankets. He felt them hunting
for cosy spots about his legs and knew
that he ought 20 get up and provide
some loose straw, hut sleepy man in
u warm bAd of cold night rs not o.
ver-obligiu q, and the professor snored
musically, as is his custom. The rep
tiles crowded up on one another, quar-
relied, fought little, hissed, but the
professor did no bulge only now and
then he would wake slightly and cry
softly, whist, DO Us ! b. easy, boys -
At last big coacewhip snaAe found
an opening near the edge Of the blank
cts and slowly glIded in. There was 4
gentle wavi ing up and down of the bed
clothes as the big clay-bank serpent
moved abo ut getting himself comfOrua.
BILE, when he slapped about two thirds OF
his frigid length against the warm legs
of the doing professor. The professor
made a violent remark. He sat up iE
bed, gathered handful of snakes IL
each hand depositing them carefully
on the floor ; then throwing back th'
bedclothes h administered kick tha
sent the coach whip dying through TIN
dark to the further end of the room en-
c0untering the lamp in it's aerial flight
and KIN ocking from its bracket on tie
wall the fragile skull of an ancien
Florida mound builder.
"Freeze and be hanged - exclaimed
the irate professor. ''Tll share my bet
with you, but you shan't drive me out.
He drew the blankets over him. A
few moments later several pairs OF lit
tie red eyes moved up the bed posts ol
either side, and soon snake herder ant
snakes, in one couch, were lost in peace
ful sleep.
GIRLS, TAKE WARNING-BEwAR1
OF STRANGERS !-SaturdayS newspa
pers contain an account Of the remark
able exDlOits of a dashinr cOmmercia