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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
The Production OF Oulnine. -.

The next step in the relief of mala-
rious sickness on the grand scale was
the extraction of the alkaloid quinine
from the cinchona-bark. The pow
dered bark was not only very unpala-
table, but it was cumbrous to carry
and dispense, and, although the princi-
pie Of the remedy remained the same,
it has proved of infinitely greater SER
vice in the form of qulnine, and in the
form of the cheap alkaloldal mixture
known in Bengal as "quinetum." The
first extraction Of an alkaloid was in
the case OF morphia, from opium, in
1906; the discovercr was an apotheca-
ry of Hameln, who was rewarded rath-
er better than the celebrated piper OF
that town, for the French academy OF
Sciences voted him two thousand
francs. Quinine WAS discovered in
1920 by the French chemists Pelletier
and Caventou. The sciences and arts of
botany and practical forestry, of chem.
istry and practical pharmacy, are now
all concerned in the production Of this
most invaluable of remedies. The
commerce of the world has taken Gin
chona in hand, and there are now plan
tations Of the trees not unworthy I'd
be named beside those of coffee and
tea The value of the crude bark i'm
ported into England alone in 1922 was
nearly two millions sterling. The orig
inal and native Cinchona region on the
damp eastern slopes of the Andes in
Peru is still a source of wealth, and
still greater source Of wealth are the
new plantations on the Andes in Bo-
livia. The Indian Government has sue.
cessively cultivated the bark on a large
scale in the Nilghiri Hills in Madras
and more recently at Darjiling in the
Himalayas while a crowd of private
planters have followed in the same en-
tnrnrise in Cnnrs, trstN ''rr------,,- and CeV-
Ion. The Dutch Government, who
were the pioneers of cinchona cult
walton, have found the climate and soil
of Java well adapted for the species
and varieties Of trees most rich in quiz
nine. Jamaica is the latest field to
which this new and ever-increasing In.
dustrv has extended.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
Oddities in Fur.

Some there are, with an abundance
of wealth and a thirsting desire for
novelty who indulge their taste in
oddities. A wealthy New York lady
last season wore a full set Of furs Of
leopard skin, and not to be outdone,
one of her neighbors secured similar
set Of tiger skins, and since then both
of these furs are in moderate use.
The tiger skin rose in price, and one
season about two years since the mar
ket was completely exhausted. Some
gentlemen wear vests Of this skin, thus
following the eccentric style adopted
many years ago by the far-famed Gen
eral Sam Houston, of Texas.
Our common wild cat is much used,
being handsome fur at moderate pri-
ces. AS for skunk skins, in Europe
they are readily sold for trimming
muffs and dresses, but here they must
receive a new cnrls1enIng UeIUTe OeIng
used to any considerable extent. Some.
times they bear the name of the Aus,
tralian mink, at others, any name to
suit the fashion.
The fur of the house cat is much
used-black, white, Maltese and tor
toise-shen having the preference. Last
year the fur of over. 100000 house
cats was used by the trade.
Monkey skins are by no means over
looked, and $4,000 skins were used last
season by furriers. The fur of the
Abyssinian Diana and black monkeys
are preferred, they being mostly used
in trimming. In the trimming of gar
ments ofttimes most incongruous set
of animals are made to harmonic.
For instance, monkey, skunk and cats
are all side by side in atrimming known
only 80 purchasers as Hoang Ho seal
The skins of rats, mice, dogs, oppOs-
sum, kangaroo and bay lynz are sal
able, the latter finding much use in
muffs and boas. The coon hair finds
special favor in Germany, where it is
made into hats. Hair of the OK and
calf is used in the imitation of woolen
goods. Our skunk, white backed and
striped, is in Germany dyed and made
up into muffs and boas, and SO dis
guised we readily buy it as Alaska sa-
bic. Tartar sable dyed passes off read.
lily as Russian sable, bearded sealskin
finely initiates leopard skin, while the
beach marten copies the sable and fox
skins pass for lynx. Three million
musllrat skins were collected last year,
and $4,000 American bear skins and
the same number of buffalo robes were
used. Every year there are used
100000 rabbit skins, 100000 squir-
rel, 100000 and thereis scarcely
an animal that has hair but what is
used in some way. The beaver sacques
so largely sold in Canada are rarely
seen here, as they are deemed too heavy
for this climate. Ci1cinnati NelCS.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13

ng the conhguratlon of the earth's sur

Ing the conhguratlon Of the earth's sur
face often refuting theories heretofore
accepted as fact. The coral islands Of
the Pacific Ocean are accustomed to
rise in many instances from depths
much greater than are found in the
Atlantic, while the latter has a great
submarine ridge extending through it
at an average depth of two miles, with
a trough on either side from three to
four miles deep.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
NO. 49,.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Failure should be the stepping-stone
In Sh--
VINO can answer where any road
leads tO?-Lttcile.
Stay not until you are told Of oppor-
tunities to do good; inquire after them.
The best rule for good looks is to
keep happy and cultivate kind dispo-
Sition.
Be always displeased at what thou
art, If thou desire to attain to what
thou art not; for where thou hast
pleased thvself there thon abide5t.
CT all the glfts that nature can give
us, the faculty Of remaining silent, or
of answering apropos, is perhaps the
most useful.
In enterprise of every kind, ii is bet
ter to lose the game by card too much
than a card too little; for it sounds
better to be rash and daring than tim
Orous and cowardly.
Success is obtained 10y mixing two
parts of common sense with three parts
Of will, and stirring both in the bowl
of ambition, with the spoon of perse-
Verance.
Laziness grows on people. Itbegins
In cObwebs and ends in iron chains
The more business a man has to do the
more he is able to accomplish, for he
learns to economic his time.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
-Four and Twenty RIackbirds

There is often a great deal Of sense
in the Mother Goose rhymes,i if only we
know what is intended to he taught by
them. A writer in Golden DAYS thus
explains the story Of the "four and
twenty blackbirds::" The birds are the
twenty-four hours. The bottom of the
pie is the earth, and the top crust the
sky that overreaches it. The opening
of the pie is dawn of day, when the
birds begin to sing. "The King sitting
in the parlor counting out his money!"
is the sun, and the golden pieces that
slip through his fingers are the golden
sunshine. The Queen in the kitchen
is the moon, and the honey with which
she relishes herself is the moonlight.
The maid is the day dawn and the
clothes she hangs out are the clouds;
while the bird who "nips off her nose
is the hour of sunrise.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
The Daily Life of Prince Bismarck.

The Daily Life Of Prince Bismarck.
Bismarck does not arise until s or
o'clock, sometimes later, especially
when the Reichstag is in session, says
a correspondent, describing the daily
life of the German chancellor. Then
he sips brandy and seltzer, takes
short stroll, and on his return goes to
his study, where he sips coffee, nibbles
at hard brown toast and reads the
newspapers, while his secretary is open
ing the letters. Bismarck, so the under
secretary told me, opens many of the
letters himself. He processes to de-
spise newspapers and writers, but the
servants all know that he looks at ev-
cry article. Breakfast is served short
ly before noon, and the family dine at
one table. Bismarck likes soft boiled
eggs and fried eggs done brown, with
thin slices of bacon done to crisp.
He will dot eat white bread or any
kind of fresh-baked bread. He drinks
black coffee without cream or milk,
and If he has been up late he drinks
four or five cups. with small glass Of
brandy in the first cup. Mutton chops
and rare beefsteak suit him, but he is
a light eater. His wife and the child
ren, however, must have dainty dishes,
with fresh rolls, and remain at the Ia
BILE an hour, chatting or reading the
papers. Dinner is set out at six o'clock
in the evening, and unless guests are
present it is very plain, but at all other
times it is a grand affair. Bismarck
eats meat and vegetables and brown
bread, but his wife and the children
are fond of pastry and confections
Bismarck drinks MoSelle, Tokay or
Johannisberger wines, and occasional
ly he has mug of stock lager. Gen
orally there are from five to twenty
guests at dinner. Bismarck remains at
home in the evening reading or writ
ing, unless the Reichstag is in session,
or he has to go to some reception or
conference, and tea is served at mid
night. He seldom retires to his bed
chamber until two o'clock. His room
is not carpeted, but theI e is mat in
IrOnt of the plain bed"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
HUMOROUS.
The guests are gathered now.
-kdmnnd @. 81

Bovine towns-Mosoow, stamboul
and Lenox.
The proper place for undressed kids
is in the bath-tub
Beauty is kin deep" remarked the
old beau, as he kissed his pretty
cousin.
The cat show is over, and aesthetic
Boston has ceased to court the
mewses.
Sofa so good" remarked the young
man who couldn't get too close to bis
best girl
First impressions are lasting, as
the gentleman remarked when the
trip-hammer came down on his fin
gers.
Now is the season of shiver and shake,
And prolific flow of the nose,
When morlas jump hastily into bed,
Aud cover their heads with the clothes
"Never try to take fencing lessons
of harbed-wire fence" said the joker,
"it brings a man little too much, up
to the scratch.
"Waiter, bring me eIeFon raw -nys
ters." 1--WE don't give eleven, sir; we
give six, or twelve" No, twelve
would never do; we should be thirteen
at tabler'
Mr.. Spurgeon, the famous London
preacher, being asked whether man
could be a Christian and belong to a
brass band, replied, Eyes, 1 think he
might; but it would be a very difficult
matter for his next door neighbor to be
a Christian"
An oysteg will live to the age of
twenty-six years-that is, in the sea he
will. In the restaurant the chances
are decidedly against him. Sometimes
he lasts long timein the restaurant
oh, very long timel But he does
not live nearly as long as he
lasts.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
A Christmas Carol.

A Christmas CAROL
There's song in the air!
There's star in the skyi
There's mothers deep prayer,
And baby's low cry!
And the star rains its Gre while the beautiful
sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles king!
There's a tumult ofjoy
Ger the wonderful birth,
For the Virgins sweet boy
Is the Lord OF the earth.
sing,
For the manger Of Bethlehem cradles king !!
In the light OF that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from atar
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is afame. and the benutiluI
sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is
king.
We rejoice in The light,
And we echo the song
That comes dowR through the night
From the heavenly throng.
Aye! we shout to the lovely evangel they
bring,
And we g eet in his cradle our Saviour and
King.
y. O.. Holland
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
An IdYI of the Train,

The poet laureate of the New York
Morning Journal has perpetrated the
following "She stood up in horse
car, That maid, with careless grace !;
And oft the bold conductor Appeared
to scan her face. Her eyes were large
and dreamy, And golden was her hair;
Her crimson cheeks were creamy, And
he was-passing fare. Alone she leaned
that morning, Against the sliding
door, And, all their glances scorning,
She eyed the sitters DER. While there
she stood rejecting, The man with
dimes and cents, Was busily collecting
With industry intense. But in his pri-
vate pocket, No dimes he slipped that
morn; And, listless from each socket,
His arms bung down forlorn. why
does he gaze SO wildly?' The modest
maiden thought. While, fumbling his
cash mildly, He muttered i am
caught His stare became so rigid,
The maiden was in despair, And,
with a glance most frigid, She sought
the outer air. Why did her face burn
hotter? And why was he not cool?
He took her for a 'spotter,' Shs thought
he was fool"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
NEWSPAPER LAWS.
Guests at Yule.

.Noel' .NoeH
Thus sounds each Christmas bell,
Across the winter snow.
Bnt what are the little footprints all
That mark the path from the Churchyard
wall?
They are those of the children walked to-
night
From sleep by the Christmas bells at light:
Ring swOetly, chimes Soft, Soft nay
rhymes!
Their be1s are under the snow.
.NoeE Noel
Carols each Christmas bell.
What are the wraiths of mist
That gather anear the window-pane
Where the winter frost all day has lain?
They are soulless elves, who fain would peer
Within, and laugh at our Christmas cheer:
Ring feetly, chimes! Swift, swift, my
rhymes!
They are made of the mocking mist. ~
NOEL NOEL
Cease, cease, each Christmas bell!
Under the holly bough,
Where the happy children throng and shout.
What shadow seems TO fit about
Il it the mother, then, who died
Ere the green's were sere last Christmas-tidei
Hush, falling chimes! Cease, cease. my
rhymes!
The guests are gathered now.
-Ed1und c. Sfeddmdn
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
The Greatest Earthquake.

The most violent earthquake Of mod
ern times was that which in 1855 Wis
tied Lisbon, the capital of Portugal
The greater part of the buildings were
thrown down, terrible chasms opened,
and swallowed habitations and people.
The city had then population of l5O,-
600. The shock was instantly followed
by the fall Of every church and con-
vent and most of the public buildings.
and more than one-quarter of the shops
and private dwellings. The event oc-
CURED on holy. day, when the church.
es and converts were full of people,
very few of whom escaped. The earth
opened and shut like the jaws of an
enormous wise. An ineffable terror
seized upon those who were not instant
ly killed To add to the CONSERVATION,
a conAagration broke out on all sides,
and ragged for three days. More than
$4,000 people perished. The shock of
this earthquake was felt away up
among the Swiss mountains, on the
coast Of Greenland, at the Barbados,
at Gibraltar, and along the shores of
the Mediterranean. Lisbon seemed to
have been near the center of subterra-
mean agitations. 1t is remarkable that
although Portugal had been known in
former times as an earthquake region,
the ground had been quiet for more
than q hundred wears.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-12-13
Tho Ocean Full of Life,

The fact is revealed that everywhere
in the lowest depths the ocean is full
of life, as proven by observations taken
at three hundred and sixty-two stations,
in traversing route of nearly 10000
miles. The physical conditions Of the
ocean, as to depth and temperature, de-
termine the variety which may exist in
any particular locality. Much valuable
information has been gathered respect
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
A Milkman's Mathematics,

When Thomas drove up to the house
on Elizabeth street, the other day, to
deliver the usual quart of mixture,
the gentleman of the house kindly in.
Quircd:
"Ihomas, how many quarts of milk do
you deliver nOW?"
"Nincty one, sir
GLOW many COWS have you?"
"Ninc, sir.
The gentleman made some remarks
about the early spring, state of the roads,
etc, and then asked:
'Say, Thomas, how much milk per day
do your COWS nvcraSc?'
'Scyen, sir"
"Lh--um," said the gentleman, rs he
moved off.
Thomas looked after him, scratched
his head, and all Mt once grew pale as he
pulled out a short pencil and begin to
figure on the wagon cover
''Nino COWS is nine, and ] set seven
quarts down under tho COWS and multi
ply. That's sixty three quarts of milk.
l told him I sold nincty-one quarts per
day. SiXty-thrc0 from nincty-onc leaves
twcnty-cight, and none to carry. Now,
where do | get the rest of the milk? Ell
be hanged if ! haven't given myself
dead away to one of my best custom
crs by leaving n burned big cavity
in these figures to be filled with water"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
Deceived by Appearances.

a Hartford jeweler directed Tho atten-
ton OF friend to rough appearing old
farmer sauntcring down the street, and
remarked, GIVE been worse sold on that
man than on any otter in my whole busi-
ness life" The man, fully three score
yenrs and ten, wore shabby pantaloons,
rough COW hide boots innocent of the
slightest trace of blac1ing, vest soilcd in
front and with the back partly in tatters;
was i'll his shirt sleeves, without collar,
and his head covered by tile fashionable
many years ago. "That was about his
style" continued the merchant, "when
he dropped i'll at my store one day during
the war, and said he wanted TO buy n
watch. Judging from his appearance
that he meant sometime in the future,
alter the scarccrOw season was over, and
that he had drawn his money, l didn't
hustle around very lively to make trade.
L thought so silver watch would about
close out his pile, and showed one across
the to counter him. He merely glanced
at 1t, and guilty asked, Don't you keep
anything better?" This nettled me, and
for bluff [ hauled out an American
watch, one of the costliest we had in tho
store, worth $175 in gold, end gold wGs
worth about 200 then. He examined it
amazemcnt said, "rhat'l do" He divcd
down into his pantaloons pocket aud af-
ter fishing out of the waya roll of green
backs as big rs your hat he hauled up
n purse of gold, counted out the $l75,
showed the watch into his vest pocket and
walked out. You may imagine that this
excited my curiosity, and after a while [
ascertained who my strange customer
was. He lived fow miles down the
river and was worth enough to have
bought out the whole establishment.
Since then haven't tried any moro bluffs
on plainly dressed men. You can't al
ways toll by mans clothes what he's
got down in his pockets"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panysruns 235 trains day through
Newark, and $4,000 pedestrians and
500 wagons cross the tracks in that
time.
In the Massachusetts Legislature
there are 3S lawyers, q farmers, 10
manufacturers, IL merchants, | | real
estate agents, grocers, 6 boot and shoe
manuiao urers, b physicians 8 clerks.
5 builders, editors, 3 shoe and
3 stable-keepers.
Last year 832, 167 acres of Govern
menU land ware sold in Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Louisiana and Missis-
sirpi-the only Southern States where
there is Government land. The amount
received was 81 100000. OF the land
sold $40, ,O32,26 acres are in Louisiana
In 1877, the year Of the discovery OF
carbonatcs in Lake County, Colorado.
the output of the mines or that State
was in round numbers $1,000, 600, in
1878 it was $40, 900, 600, in 1879 S15,-
600, 900, in 1890 $22,O0l,OC0 in 1881
50: 900, 900 and in 1882 about $25, 5O0,-
0OO
The new city hall at Philadelphia is
thc largest public building in America,
covering an area larger than that Of the
federal capitol by G3,685 supor cial feet.
1t is built of MARBLE has absorbed over
$4,000, 900 bricks besides, and has thus
lar cost but ~, 5000 o, or "a, 500, 900
less than the un n shed capitol at AL
bany, n. Y.-W2adciphiU Rccord.
The City Government of New York
costs the people S23. % head yearly, a
dollar moro than last year. [ the
5,98l persons in its employ at cost OF
SOL ,Ol3.T annually, the Mayor gets
$4,000 tho Comptroller $40, OOD, tho
fattest pickjngs fall to the Sheriff who
gets So. .000> and tho county clerk and
the register who got 100000 yearly,
each N. Y Graphic.
The work of tho French postal SER
vice has been augmented in II strik inc
degree during the last four years. Tho
following figures are taken from the last
returns The total transmissions in
creased from S65,000,000 in 1877 to
l,55O, ,OOO,O 900 in 1881; letters went from
3|4,OOO, o to "G3, coo, ,00D, and news
papers from 1000, 900 to SD, ,UCO, 600.
Postal cards, however, are becoming
less popular in Frame There aro now
6,487 post-olliccs open.
In introducing his bill to prevent
the further sale OF Adirondack lands by
the State Of New York, Senator Lun-
sing said that the number of acres DOW
held by the State in the COUNTIES to be
covered by the bill was as follows Clin-
ton County. $4,000; Essex County,
173, 161; Franklin County, 163, 81;
Fulton County, 1923; Hamilton
County. 10000; Herkimer County,
IL, 1872; LOWS Comfy, 3, ia; Montgom
cry County, II: Saratoga County, TO-.
43O; St. Lawrence County, I2,OG4;
Warren County. 24,C07; Washington
County, 737. Total, COS, 23G. A. Y
Times.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-03-01
Frightened.

The Traveller C0ttcrill, in one Of his
studies of African character. represents
the annoyance Of being situated where
there is no "pcnny-po .t'-and no
people who dare carry one. The fol-
lowing is not the only testimony to the
negro barbarian's dread of piece OF
"papcr that talks.''
was in II part CT Central Africa
where no white man had been before,
an was separated from my companions,
who were q hundred miles distant. War
was raging around me the road was
difficult. | wished to communicate with
those whom | had left behind.
"Who will RETURN" asked Of the
savagcs, "to the white men and carry
them something from me?'
Numbers volunteered, glad to earn q
yard of cloth for the Job. \ letter was
written and offered to y man, and he
was told that this piece of paper would
inform my friends what wanted that
it would speak to them. He dropped
the letter and ran away.
Other natives were tried, but it was
useless. A great crowd assembled, and
at safe distance, gaZcd at the little Bit
OF paper tluttcring on the ground.
1T is medicine" they said. at is
charmcd.'
In vain I tried to reason them out OF
| terror. None would touch it.
"Will no one" said, keep it and
| give it to the white men as they pas
this way, "
A yell of refusal and excited gcstcu-
latiOns answered my request.
"Thcn | shall place it here in this
tree" l said, moving toward it, while
the crowd dispersed in light, ''and You
can point it out to the white men when
| they come.
Even this they refused to do My
fricnHs passed close under the tree, but
10 one dared show them thc charmed
thing anA there It is probably to this
:lav, Guttcring on the branch OF lhai
suIntcd fig tree, Ike an evil spirit. tho
awe and terror OF the tribe.