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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
For the Boys.

The Wide Awake gives the following
story which is all the better for being
true. Two men stood at the same table
III a large factory in Philadelphia,
working at the same trade. Having
an honr for their nooning every day,
each undertook to use it in accomplish
ing definite purpose; each preserved
for about the same number of months,
and each won success at last. One of
these two mechanics used his daily
leisure hour in working out the inven-
tion of machine for saving block of
wood into almost any desired shape.
When his invention was complete, he
sold the patent for n fortune, changed
his workman's apron for broadcloth
suit, and moved out of a tenement
house, into a brown-stone mansion.
The other man-what did he do? Well,
he spent an hour each day during most
of a year in the very difficult undertake
ing of teaching a little dog to stand on
his hind feet and dance jig, while he
played the tune. At las accounts he
was working ten hours a day at the
same trade and at his old wages, and
finding fault with tie fate that made
his fellow workman rich while leaving
him poor. Leisure minutes may bring
golden grain to mind as well as purse
if one haryests VIII eat instead of chaff
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
Murderer Loomis' Dying "es-
timOny.

Rum lies at the foundation of all my
sorrows. 1t found me motherless
boy, with no one to influence me to
discard it's use. 1 followed on, and.be-
fore was aware of it it held me like a
slave. The more 1 used, the tighter
were the chains reyited about me unit
now 1 find myself about to be hanged
on account of what it has done for me-.
L hereby warn everybody, both those
who sell it or in anYwise uphold its use.
Let my fate be a warning to the young
and old, that the safest way is to touch
not, nor taste the cup that has robbed
me of home, friends and life.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
MILLHEIG, PA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1884

The ring fell from her grasp, and
she sprang back with a scream Of joy.
"Bob-Bob-O Bob !"
And she was crying on my breast,
Just as she had cried n dozen years
before, and just as she will never cry
again, Godwilling for she is mine
now, all mine, for there was solemn
and beautiful wedding next day, and
we are happy as the days are long,
Mary and /.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10

fields of grain, ripe for the sickle, could
be seen, stretching away in all direc-
tions. Of which not stalk remained
standing; garden growth of all kinds
utterly destroyed; hardly pane of
glass was left in the village the fol-
ilge Of the trees was so cut and mang-
led that the limbs looked bare as in
winter time. A belt eight miles in
width and twice as many in length
was entirely cleared of vegetation.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
SIXTY FEET UNDER THE SEA

ct was once 4 diver-not wrecker,
but pearl Overland hard business 1t
was" recently observed the captain of
Spanish brig to reporter of the CAL
ifornia Times. 'We worked off the
Mexican and Panama coasts. princi-
pally on the pacific side. Sometimes
we worked alone, but generally on
shares, and sometimes for pay. We
went to the grounds in small sailing
vessels, the we took the small boats
and covered as much ground as poss-
ible. Each man had basket, weight
and a knife. For sharks? yes, but it is
a poor defence, for it is almost imDoSs-
ible to swing the arm with any force
/ under water. The best weapon is a
short spear. When you reach the
ground you strip, put your feet on big
sinker, take the basket that has a rope
for hosting, drop over, and soon find
yourself at the bottom.
"Then your business is to knock off
as many oysters as you can and pile
them into the basket before you loose
your wind. 1t is terrible strain, but
| could stand it in those days for six
minutes, and L have known some men
who could stay down ten; but it is sure
death in the long run. If the ground
is we'll stocked you can get twenty or
more shells, but it is all. When the bas-
ket is full it is hauled up, and after you
come up for your wind down you go a
gain, being hauled up with small cord
for that purpose. 1t was on one of
these trips that [ ran afoul of the an
imal that gave me lasting fight. You
will smile when say it was only star
fish, but that it really was. l went
down sixty feet with rush, and land
ing on.the edge of a big bunch of coral,
swung off into kind Of basin. The
basket was ahead of me, and as l
swung off to reach the bottom some
thing seemed to spring up all around
me, and l was in the arms of some kind
of a monster that coiled about my body,
arms and legs. | tried to scream, for
getting that l was in the water, and
lost my wind.
cit was just as if the plant had
sprouted under me and threw its vines
and tendrils about me. There were
thousands of them, coiling and writh-
ing, and l thought had lande d in
nest of sea snakes. l gave the signal
as soon as | could, and madea break
upward, part of the creature cling ing
to me, while the rest, [ could see, was
dropping to pieces. They hauled me
into the boat when / reached the sur.
face, and pulled The main part of the
animal from me. 1t was oval, about
three feet across, and the five arms
seemed to divide into thousands of
others. Iprobably landed on top of
that one, which at this time was the
largest L had ever seen. l afterward
saw the body of one that was washed a
shore on the isthmus that must have
had spread of thirty-fve feet. Their
power of graSping is considerable, but
touch them in certain way and they
throw off their arms in regular show
er, and are soon re educed to an oval
bOdV.N -
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
Vt WILL SOON BE DAY.

However wild the thunder,
However dark the way;
Though skies seem rent aSundcr-
Keep on, right on, alway.
Though sounds and shapes uncertain,
Weird-like, about you play;
God vet will liit the curtain
Keep on; { will soon be day.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10
NO MOTHER NOW.

Ihave no mother now,
= That faithful heart Is stilled;
The voice forever hushed;
The lips forever chilled.
have no mother now,
She sleeps beneath the sod;
Her weary hearts at rest;
- Her spirit Is with God.
have no mother now:
What bitter tears of woe
Fall DER q mothers tomb,
No one save orphans know.
But He, that God of love,
Knows all our grief and pain;
And soon the loved and lost
Win give to us again.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-10

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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
THE NEXT HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENTATEyES.

According to reports from Washing
ton, various speculations are INDUCED
in regarding the probable complexion
of the next House of Representatives.
Each party claims that it will elect
majority Of that body at the ensuing
election, but the result in Ohio, where
the Republicans hoped to elect major
ity of the delegation at the October
election, has rendered that party less
confident, and the most sanguine do
not pow claim a,majority of more than
fifteen or twenty. On the other hand,
the Democrats, who, early in the cam.
paign, did not claim more than thirty
or forty majority, are now confident
that they will have nearly, if not fully,
as large q majority in the next House
as in the present. The Republicans
expect to make heavy gains in New
York, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Illinois,
Maine, Michigan and California, and
light gains in Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jer-
sey, North Carolina, West Virginia and
Wisconsin.
As the interests of the people are
best subserved by having the two
Houses of Congress of different political
compilations, the House ought to re-
main Democratic, as the Senate is Re-
publican, and will remain so for two
years or more, whatever the result Of
the next election may be. In that case
one branch acts as a check upon the
other, and it will be almost impossible
to get 'jobs" put through, whereas if
both are Republican or Democratic,
schemes for the benefit of partisans are
liable to be acted upon favorably. For
this, as well as many other good rea-
sons that could be advanced, it is well
to keep the House of Representatives
Democratic, so long as the Senate is
Republican, as it will keep down the
expenses of the Government.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
A CAMPAIGN YARN.

The Carson Tribune, among other
things, which have no foundation except
In the imagination of its editor, says
the Republicans elected three Of the
four Representatives to Congress in
West Virginia at the election two
weeks ago. As there were no Con-
gressmen elected in that State at the
late election, the assertion Of the Trib.
une must have great weight with those
of its readers who are sufficiently intel
ligsnt to understand that West Vir-
ginia does not elect Congressman until
next Tuesday.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29

crushed, injuries which resulted in his
death about half an hour after being
found. His wife and family are living
in East Clarence, New York.
A Chicago dispatch says that poll,
as far as poll is practicable, and esti-
mates, where it is not, make the State
of Illinois stand to-day: Cleveland,
1928, 995; Blaine, 324, 7OS; Butler, 1900;
st John, 80, 600.
Blaine is expected to return to Maine
in the latter part of this week, but II
his presence is needed in New York he
may delay his return until the day be-
fore the election.
Mr.. Gladstone during the past week
has been described by one member Of
the House of Commons as "a cackling
old goose. and Chamberlain was called
by another "a political drunkard.
The best joke of the week is the am
biguons inscription on banner at 9
demonstration against the House Of
Peers. The words were: "The Lords
will be done.
Gen. Robert Toombs predicts another
revolution in the course of ten years be-
cause of the corruption of the present
political elements"
General Butler is doing the State Of
| New York and making speeches al
many places.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29

A dispatch from New York City says
that Conkling, the stslwart leader, has
openly declared for Cleveland and has
accepted an invitation from the Produce
Exchange Cleveland and Hendricks
club of that city to address mass
meeting in behalf of the Democratic
candidates. Should this news be con-
firmed it will prove that the Republican
stalwarts Of the Empire State do not
intend to support Blaine for President
as Conkling is their recognized chief.
The fact that Conkling's residence in
Utica, New York, as we'll as that of
Judge Comstock and other prominent
stalwarts OF that city, was illuminated
during parade of the Cleveland Guards
a few evenings ago, indicates that the
report of his open espousal of Cleve.
lands cause is authentic.
Conkling has a host of adherents in
New York, who will follow his lead,
and whether he remains ''out Of
politics" to the close of the campaign or
speaks in favor Cleveland, there is no
doubt that his vote and the votes of
thousands Of his admirers will be cast
against Blaine next Tuesday.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29

The last subject of the great hstori.
cal frieze which runs around the wall
of the Capital dome, in Washington,
has been selected. 1t represents the
ceremony of driving the last spike in
the Pacific Railroad, which bound the
Atlantic and Pacific sea.boards togeth-
er. The notable persons assembled are
placed in the foreground of the cartoon.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
Election Notice.
Pursuant to an order Of the Honorable Board
of County Commissioners, notice is hereby given
that
On TUESDAY, November 4th, 1884,


At the following named Precincts in the County
Of Humboldt, state Of Nevada, to wit:
Big Meadows Precinct, No. /,
Rye Patch Precinct, No. 5,
Mill City Precinct, n. o,
Star City Precinct, No. z,
Unionviile Precinct, No 8,
Dun Glen Precinct. No. 10,
Winnemucca Precinct, NO. IL,
Golconda Precinct, No. IL,
Bartlett Creek Precinct, NO. IA,
Eden Valley Precinct, NO. Is,
Paradise Precinct. NO. 49,
Fort McDermit Precinct, NO. II,
Rebel Creek Precinct NO. Is,
Humboldt House Precinct, NO. 81,
Stone House Precinct, NO. %,
Spring City Precinct, no. "a.
Willow Point Pi ecinct, no. rs.
An Election Will BE Held
FOR STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN.
SHIP OFFICERS, TO wit;
Three Presidential Electors,
One Member OF Congress,
One Justice OF the Supreme Court,
One State Senator;
Three Assemblymen,
One Sheriff,
One County Clerk,
VIC Cp1HtN hefOFucf,
One County Treasurer,
One District Attorney,
One County Assessor,
One County Surveyor,
One Public Administrator,
zone County School Superintendent,
One County Commissioner (long terml
One County Commissioner (short :erml,
One Justice of the Peace tor each township,
One Constable for each township,
Two School Trustees for each school district,
One Road Supervisor for each road district,
For Constitutional Convention;
Which Election shall be opened at o'clock
A. M, and shall continue open until o'clock
p. N. of said day.
All election tickets, or ballots, for the ensu-
ing General Election. In Humboldt County,
Nevada, shall be printed, or written, on good
quality OF plain, white book paps 2, and said
tickets shall be four by twelve inches in size.
tsEALl Witness my hand and the seal OF
the Board OF County Commits
sioners, at WinnemuccA, Nevada,
this 9th day Of October, A. ID.
1884.
A. T. gibson, County Clerk,
And Ex-Officio Clerk OF the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Humboldt County, Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29

Some sensation is likely to be made
in the religious world. says the Pail
Mall Gazette, by book shortly to be
published under the title Letters from
He'll" 1t is written by Danish Bish
op, and is now being translated into
English.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
PERSONS INHERITED

To the undersigned are hereby notified that
have ieft alt UNPAI CLAIMS with Messrs
MACMILLAN 4 HANNAH for collection, and
they are authorized to collect and receipt for
the same. Those wishing to avoid costs, Ioust
settle at once.
FRANK NARAMORE.
WiRnemucca, March 20, 1854. II
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
$3.50 REWARD.

The undersigned will pay reward Of $3.50 for
the arrest and conviction OF the person or per.
sons who feloniously, or for the purpose OF
playing practical joke by alarming the Town
made fire near the dry kiln OF the Winnemucca
Reduction Works on Friday night, September
10th, 1884.
winnemucca, Sept. rs, 1884. s2o-lm
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-29
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VI A X X He ID.

M-KOFFED-Nea Lovelock, October "a,
1884, by Rev. J. NJ. Helsley, Jurgen Damn to
Miss Lena Koffed.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Tattooing Among Alaska Indians.

A man who had passed mnch time in
trapping and hunting in Alaska says:
Although tho Yukon Indians have
abandoned many of their old customs,
under the teaching Of occasional mis-
sionaries, all of them still keep to the
queer habit of tattooing. The way
they do this Is different from any l
ever saw or heard Of. Instead Of prick
ing the stuff in with sharpened bones
or needles, they make paste out Of
charcoal and grease, soak n thread in
it, punch needle through the flesh so
that il comes out at u different hole
from the one where it entered and then
draw the thread through under tho
skin. The operation is painful, for tho
flesh swells up and looks very much In
famed. Men tattoo only their hands
and wrists with the pictures of the mob
Ter animals or fish, but the women tat
too their faces also. These latter begin
the process when they are quite young.
making birds, turtles, or some other in.
significant things on their hands and
wrists. while they draw lines Of differ
ent kinds on their chins and the lower
part Of their cheeks. As q rule, this
tattooing is done entirely in blue, but
now and then there Is an Indian who
nus dotted red spots through the blue.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Port News.
STAGES or THE RIVER.

sTAGEs OF THE hVSk.
River marked by the gauge at this
port, at 2:l2 p. m. yesterday,7 feet 8
inches. Fall during previous twenty
four hours, 0 feet inches.
Chattanooga, Dec, S.--River l foot 2
inches and falling.
Cincinnati, Dec. s.--River feet II
inches and rising.
Louisville, Dec. s.-River 3 feet II
inches and rising.
Nashville, Dec. S,--River foo, inch
es and rising.
Pittshurg, Dec, S.--Riyer feet 8
inches and rising.
st Lonis, Dec. 8 River 8 # Q inch
and falling.
MISCELLANEOUS TRIMS
The Belle Memphis from st. Louis pass
cd on her way to Now Orleans Yesterday.
The Henry Lourey from 81. Louis de-
parted for New Orleans after short stop.
The City of Cairo from vcksburg lef,
for St. Louis yesterday.
Hudson from Paducah went up to 81,
Louis Sunday.
The Patrol came in from New Orleans
and left for ST. Louis yesterday morning.
The Thoms j. Fite arrived from Ev'
ansville.
The Chas. Bowen No. . passed on her
way to St. Louis.
When the Fite came ty West Franklit
the Pergoud was aground. The Pearl hsd
reached Bay City after being grounded OF
the chain.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
Mrs. Mary Patterson and daughter, Charles
ton; Mrs. Means, Fredericktown; A. c. Bar
tleson, Villa Ridge; I. s. Crum, Vienna.

Various so-cslled employment agencies
throughout the north are flooding the coun-
try with flaming posters announcing de-
mand for laboring men, in Memphis,
The Appeal, of that place, says the city is
crowded with disappointed men who came
thither in hope of obtaining employment,
and a reporter of that paper saw four hun
dred in one group on the levee, and they
we're indeed objects of great pity. They
are without money, work or food, and God
knows what will become Of them. There
is no demand for lanorers 10 the south al
present, and working men will do we'll to
remain in the north.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
PATENTS

obtained, and all Patent Business. attended to for
for moderate fees
Our ufic isnpposi c the US. Patent once, and
We can ontaln Patents IN less time than those re.
mote g. m Warrington
Serd m del of d. ssing. We advi" az to pa.
t"ntsbility free Of charge; aud we make no charg'
unless pa,ent II sec red.
Wei'fer here, 10 the Postmaster, the supt. Of
oney trder DIV. and 10 the officials " tie U, S.
Pat ut Office For circua advice. terms and ref
fsrences 10 &C ual clients In your wn State or
County, wrl'eto
CA SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent oalce, Washington, ID. q.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09

leCtlOu.
Several students of the institute at
Worcester, Mass, recently struggled a
horse up two winding stairs into the chap.
OIL room. When the faculty aud students
assembled next morning for prayer there
were very few inclined to be prsyerfully
inclined, The professors were consider
ably bnflled in their efforts to get rid of the
Intruder, aud after working uu.uccessfully
for whole day TO get the animal out, they
hired . number Of men, who tied the
horses feet together, wrapped him in
blankets and slid him down the stairs on
skids.
The following were the arrivals at The
Halliday yesterday up to 8 p. m; Dave
Horick, =. Dietsche, G. Hamilton, M. L.
Sines, Thos. Wigh'man, y. D. Morris, j..
McWiliams, II. Lowrey, r. D. Speed, ]. d.
Robinson, W. G. Butter6eld, A. J. Tetrick,
st. Louis; Max Wolff, J. E. zrublin and
wife, Chicago; r. T. Cole, Rochester, ny;
II. Flanders and wife, Tyler, Texas; A. B.
Doz'er, Canton, MISS; ]. Harkiug, Pine
Bluff; @. II. Sheldrske, Mny6eld, KY; Jno.
W. Stokes, Windsor, Ca. Joseph Hergberg,
Pr Quinlan, N. Y.;J.J. Hudson, De 30.
to, ILL.,; James Casey, Louisville; II. J.
RehkoF, Paducah;J.J ]. Favell, Baltimore;
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
II FL Il
ABE LINCOLN
Mutual Life & Accident
SOCIETY.
AT CAIRO, ILLINOIS,
organized December, 1883, Under the
Law OF 1888.
COPYRIGHT SECURED.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR lsr YEAR.

WIN. Stratton strstton q Bird, gro.efs, Cairo, H.
sale and retail dry good; Q. W. Dtnnirg, N. n.i
Prev. BID, Med NJ for Pensions; Albert Lewis,
commission merchant j. Robinson, count,
Judge an notary public; VIM. r. Pitcher, rom.
broker and insurance. agent; r. Il Baid, city
street supervisor; N. hiips carp. inter- and build
Or; Thomas Lewis, attorney and secretary. NV.
sssSis; ~ UsStsnnisi B"ns, oXshloy, III Ainsp,
Hayden. cashier Of George Connolly 4 Co., Spring
Geld, III 3. n Num-. attorney.at.lsw, 1855 Ran
dolph street, Chicago; Hon. Robt. A. Hatcher, at.
torney.At.law, Chsrleston, No.; II. Leighton
cashier First National Bank, stuart, Iowa.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-12-09
The Ph.listine's Objection TO the An.
tique.

1t is related Of the champion bad lit
tie boy of America that he reached the
acme, or took the pie, for badness by
saying one day: "Muzzer, wish that
pa would get new wife" "Why, my
sonp" "Coz, I'm tired of always see
in you about" The Philistine in gen.
eral and his British brother In particu-
lar is like this little boy. All objects
familiar to him from childhood he wish.
es to have cleared away; he hates tho
antique; he does not feel its charm or
understand its poetry; and il no must
live in an old building he endeavors by
means of staring paint and glaring var.
nish to give it a false air Of brand new
ness. He is tired Of seeing old objects
about; nay, more, he hates them with
all his heart. Temple Bar was not in
London the nuisance or obstruction that
It was represented to be, but there was
an immense majority Of Philistines in
London who became absolutely wild to
destroy it. When it was gone they
created in its place an ugly, silly mon
umcnt to its memory, which incumber.
ed the street in precisely the same place
and quite as much as the Bar had done.
have met with practical business
man who pretended to be a critic In
architecture and gifted with taste. He
declared to mo with heat that every
building whatever over 100 years old
should be destroyed. Correspondence
Chica1o Tribune,