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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

81 will give you check for three
thousand in the morning. | will be at
the store nj eight o'clock. / noticed
that You have looked worried lately /;
but You said nothing 10 me"
al could not say anything to you, ,un-
Gle and cannot take your money,af-
ter what las happcnod.n
Nothing has happened yet, and
wrth the blessing of God, nothing shall
happen"
Uncle Phil would not understand
him.
"You may help ne on one condi-
tion." added Charles, after some dis
cussion. "And that is that you will
come back and live with us"
Marian joined in insisting uron this
condition, and the good man yielded.
he used no reproaches he woali not
even cay, 81 told you So The note
was paid the next day, and in the even
ing Uncle Phil was domiciled in his
old apartment quite as happy as the
young people.
Challes sold the lady's horse, the bug
gy, the piano, and other extras, and re-
duced all his expenses to very reason.
able figure. Marian was happy again,
and did not believe there was any too
much salt about Uncle Phil. She had
given up the business OF conquering a
husband. In fact, both Of them have
come to believe that neither should
conquer, OF try to conquer, the other.
After while il came out that Uncle
Phil was worth at least fifty thousand
dollars. Doubtless the church and the
missions will get some of it but it is
probable that Charles Dykes will be re.
membered, though both he and his wife
sincerely hope that the good man will
live till he is a hundred. Good Cbeer.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
The Bad Boys In in a Trap.

When a man gets Old and thinks he
knows il all there is no use trying 10
argue with him, 50 / unbucked my
skates and pulled them Off and he put
them on. Well, he wabbled about for
a few minutes, like fclcr that has
beer drinking gin. and he held on to
things till he thought he had got to his
bearings, when he struck out for the
back end of the basement. AS he came
along 10y the furnace one leg began to
go over towards the neighbors', and lie
grabbed hold of the corner of the fur
mace, swung around behind it, out Of
sight, and we heard an earthquake, and
something snapped like st el trap,
and pl yelled, 'hy climus,' and ma
came down stairs after some sassidge
foribreakiast, and she saw pa and she
said 'Merciful goodness and by that
time me and my chum had got there.
Well, you'd a dlde TO see pa. He had
come down like a ton Of coal, right on
that steel trap, and it had sprung and
caught whole mouthful of pas pants,
and about a pound and a half or two
pounds Of meat, aud pa was grating
his teeth 10 try and stand it. o, it
was the most Ridiculous position eyer
saw pa into, and lie got mad and told
me to unspring the trap. We turned
him over and me and my chum tried
our best TO open the trap, but it was
one of these traps with a strong spring,
and we couldn't. Pa was the only one
that could unspring the'trap, and he
couldn't go around behind himself TO
get at it; SO told him ! would go after
a doctor, but he SAID this was a place
where doctor was no good. and he
wanted a plumber or a blacksmith.
Pa wanted to 90 up in the parlor to sit
on the sofa while | was gone after the
plumber, but the trap was chained to
the furnace, and we couldn't get it
loose, so pa had TO lay there on the ce-
ment floor till the plumber c7me. The
plumber laughed at pa, and said he had
done all kinds Of plumbing before, but
he never had a call like that Well, he
got pa out, and | don't suppose there
is a madder man in this town than pa,
but there was nobody to blame but him.
self. Say, do you see how | can be blam-
ed about it?
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
What Millionaires Eat.

Joseph f. Brown, of Georgia, is the
wcalthicst and one OF the Oldest Of the
United States Senators. He is also one
Of the plainest men TO be found any
where. He may be called a ''home
granny" He wears long white whis-
kers and store clothes. He is fond Of
old-fashioned things, especially olden-
time dinners. The other day he sat in
the cloakr0Om on the Democratic side
OF tie Senete with number Of his old
friends. smoking and joking.
Finally the conversation turned on
dinners and good things TO eat. Sen
ator Butler, OF South Carolina, knows
Il good dinner rs well as any man when
it is served out to him, and in his most
eloquent terms he told Of how he liked
back duck and sauterne, and
Canada grouse and champagne and
tarrapin and good old sherry, and he
wanted it served up hot, with royal
old crowd of boys around him. Then
several other Senators named their
tavorite dishes. Senator Brown looked
on and listened, while a stream of wa
ter trickled out of his mouth. Finally,
he broke in:
"Well gentlemen, you may talk Of
your terrapin and champagne, and
your crowds, and all that, but you may
just dish up old Joe Brown and his old
woman puddle duck and sweet pota-
toes"
And he wiped his mouth on his coat
sleeve and fairly worked his jaw at the
thought of it.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
How to Amuse q Baby.

1t is an important question, and fire.
quentiy in the minds of young mothers:
How can | get little more time for
myself and still have the baby happy !?
l know of one way to do this, and
having tried it faithfully can recommend
it. After the morning nap, and tbe
rest which comes after it, seat baby on
the floor, put within his reach basket
in which you have placed such play
things rs are adapted to his taste; for
instance, my basket this morning con-
tained tin soldier on horseback, an
impossible looking rabbit of red canton
flannel-the gift of a friend who cyl
dentlJ does not commune with nature
in her visible form,'a Il piece of rope, a
ball of yarn, a few empty spools, one
spool of basting thread, which ffords
endless amusement; few blocks of il
regular shape and brightly colored, and
lastly linen picture book, a relic of
some otherchildhood long past. These
single objects amuse restless baby for
an hour at time, and to be put on the
floor and be allowed to unpack the
basket is daily pleasure; the contents
Of the basket can be changed, or better
still, have two baskets; gIYe one one
day and the other the next; my expert
ence with children warrants me in con-
Guiding this better than complete and
finished plaything. They value some
thing upon which they can exercise
the imagination.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
ORGAN GRINDERS PROFITS.

You sympathetic ladies who send
nickelS and silver pieces by servant to
the poor organ grinder who stands at
your door, or who throw down to him
from an upper window pennies wrap
ped in thick writing paper, may like to
know how much the man gets in the
course of the day, and what he does
with his money. For the latter, he
does not spend more than a seventh
part of it. He puts it in bag and
then III long, low chest in his room,
to save until he has enough to 60 back
to southern Italy and live ut ease.
More often he joins every night Sc
lect club of fellow-countrymen, who
stack up their organs at the end of the
room, and gamble, gamble the pennies
away in long and delicious excitement.
How much, think you, does he earn?
More than carpenter, or bricklayer,
or IA policeman, or a postman, or
salesman in store, who wears gloves
and silk hat. He averages 81 a day.
He labors Systematically, and has his
regular beat, and his varied art to eX-
tract the pennies from persons of each
class he plays before. As he expressed
himself in moment of rare expansive.
ness, he "plays on 200 blocks every day,
and it's a poor block that does not give
two cents"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
A SNOW THOUGHT.

Oh the snow came 50 tenderly.
Like happy white nuns nj play,
And the outStretched arms OF the OAK tree
Seemed covered with silver spray.
And two small brown birds were a-Singing
A dear little song OF love.
Like many white angels ringing
Peace to the world from above,
The leaves of the exer-green ivy
Seemed open books of prayer,
Their pages OF praise turned tenderly
By fair white spirits OF air.
Once they were sisters of charity,
These little white stars of snow;
A blue-bell whispered il all 10 me
Oh! ever. so long ago.
And the rough brown arm OF the oak tree
Was gloomy convent small,
Where Sun-warm kisses fell cheerily
And frightened the dusky wall.
The leaves OF the ever green ivy
Were really white books Of praise,
Where the dear white nuns read reverently
Their beautiful convent lays.
And the little brown birds asinging
We're always the convent choir;
And each little choriSter ringing.
Was worthy quite OF its hire.
So now when the snow falls tenderly,
The spirit of song takes wing;
Then grim leaflets of swaying ivy
A beautiful thought | sing.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

Respecting the early postal faccult-
les in Texas writer in the Galveston
NeaCS says: "The intelligence Of the
death of President Jackson was
brought to Galveston by the master of
an Italian brig, whose craft had stop
ped at the mouth of the Mississippi
and received a New Orleans paper con-
tanning an account of the death of old
Hickory Neither the Captain nor
any of his crew beng able to read En-
glish, the paDer was untouched until
three days alter the arrival OF the brig
at this port, when it was accidentally
discovered and the tiding5 We're given
to the people of Texas fourteen days
after the Presidents DEATH"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

A few years ago cotton seed
was regarded as a waste material, to
be disposed of with as little expense
as possible. Now it is not only en-
ployed as a general fertilizer on many
plantations, but thousands Of tons of
it are sold at the oil mills, where, af-
ter the oil has been expressed, the cake
is used for feeding all kinds of stock.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
MRS. TICKLE.

Mr.. Harry Erskine, who succeeded
Mr.. Henry Dundas, afterwards Lord
Melville, as Lord Advocate of Scotland,
happening to have female client of
the name of Tickle defendant in an ac-
ton, commenced his speech IN the fol-
lowing humorous strain: Tickle, my
client, the defendant, my lord" The
auditors, amused with the oddity of
the speech, were almost driven into
Mysteries by the Judge replying, Tickle
her yourself, Harry; you are as able to
do it as l."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

After the alarmed byStanderS had al
most frozen their fingers in rescuing an
inebrlate who had fallen overheard
from Il wharf in Baltimore, he took up
a collection, and with the 70 cents that
he got he sidled off to the nearest bar
room. A merchant who had been a
quiet spectator said: "This makes the
fifth time that fellow has fallen into
the water this month. [ fancy It's his
last resort when he wants money to get
a drink, as he always takes up col
ection afterWard."
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
Fortune befriends the bold.
Order is heayen's first law.
" L. L l.

Fortune befriends the bold.
Order is heayen's first law.
Youth should be a savings bank.
Silence meyer yet betrayed any one.
Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet
A quiet conscience makes one so serene.
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread
A good smile is the sunshine of wis
dom.
Conscience is mans most faithful
friend.
The worst men often give the best ad-
vice.
Where boasting ends there dignity be-
gins.
Let not the sun go down upon your
wrath.
A good conscience is a continual Christ
mas.
The worst of slaves is he whom passion
rules.
A man may smile, and smile, and be a
villain.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
THEREsT THAT FOLLOWS PAIN

The night has come, and the starlight
Falls ON the restless sea
Like gleam of hope through the darkness
OF weary doubt to me.
see the foam OF the billow
Flash like the shining rain,
Then fall into Silencl and shadow,
Like the rest that follows painy
O,wonderful, beautiful billow,
With your changing ShadoV and shine,
Claspng the stars in your bosom,
think your life is like mine.
Like mine, reaching through darkness
From the restless, moaning sea,
Pleading with ceaSeleSs endeavor
For a life that can meyer be.
Yeu clasp your mantle, q billow,
With gems from the brow OF night;
grasp, through Shadowy future,
Sweet rays OF heavenly light.
Oh, life OF a ceaseleSS endeavor;
oh, wave of the troubled sea;
Star of the weary night-watch,
Beacon OF faith 70 me.
o, heaven, with dowers OF promise;
., earth, with travail and care:
Soul of Gods mighty conception,
Peace on the brow OF despair.
stand by the surging ocean
The starlight tails on the foam,
And q feeling OF rest comes DER me,
Like q wanderer nearing his home.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

In the middle of the main street of
Aberdeen, Miss, are artesian wells
several squares apart which supply
the city with water. Every well is
covered by large pagoda, and the
ground beneath is paved. The water
runs from spouts into troughs, and
passes off under ground.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
CONQUERING A HUSBAND.

Uncle Phll has been lecturlng me a.
gain - exclaimed Mrs. Marian Dykes,
as her husband came home to tea one
evening. ST cannot, and I will not,
stand it any longer" and the young
wife dropped into chair as though the
last remaining portion Of her strength
had left her.
What was the subject of the lecture,
my DEAR" inquired Mr.. Dykes, with Il
cheerful smile, as though he did not re-
gard the situation as at all desperate.
"You know very well that Uncle
Phil has but one subject"
"And that is extravaganza, or the
reverse, economy" added Mr.. Dykes.
;'Of course that was the subject Of
the lecture land you always take his
side of the question. Uncle Phil has
ten times as much influence with you
as I have. Whatever he says is right,
and whatever say is wrong,' retorted
Mrs. Dykes rather warmly.
''If supper is ready, think we had
better attend to that next and we
shall have the whole evening to discuss
Uncle Phil's lecture. The subject will
keep for awhile.''
''But Uncle Phil will be here to take
part in the discussion; and that is just
what don't want. He overshadows
me entirely when he says anything, and
/ might as well hold my tongue as
speak," pouted the wife.
"Uncle Phil will not be here, Marian.
It is half past six, and he has to 60 to a
church meeting at seveD."
Every we'll but am going to have
somsthing done this time. won't
have Uncle Phil here any longer. If
he is to stay in this house shall not"
Mrs. Dykes was very young, and her
angry pout, as she sailed out of the
room, made her look decidedly pretty !;
at least so thought her husband. But
before she was fairly out, the door o.
pened and Uncle Phil came in. The
door was ajar and he must have been
in the hall during some portion of the
lady's severe remarks about him. But
he looked as placid as though earth
had no sorrow for him. He was a
man of fifty, though his hair and beard
were white enough for seventy.
He did not seen like man who
could be very disagreeable il he tried.
He had adeaconish look about his face,
that ofa serious though not austere man.
Certainly no one would have taken him
for shipmaster, but he had spent most
of his life at sea or in foreign parts.
He used to read the Bible to his crew
every Sunday, and never allow any
swearing or other bad language in his
presence ou board ship. Though he
was ''psalm singing skipper" no
captain was ever more popular with
his men then Captain Dykes.
Uncle Phil had been married in early
life, but his wife died while he was ab
sent on long voyage. fIe had recently
given up the sea, and retired to his ma
tive town, now an important place oI
10000 inhabitants. He found himsel
stranger there. but at his own request
his nephew had taken him as a board
er.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
HUMOROUS.

The latest sweet thing in cradles
The new baby.
The net to catch man matrimon-
ially-the brunette
The polecat is supposed to have
been the original little one for a
scent"
Society is very queer The people
most sought after are those who do
not pay their debts.
Every cloud has its silver lining"
The boy who has the mumps can stay
away from scool.
How can women TelI?" is the
title of recent poem. How can
she help telling ?" would be more APP
propriate.
The man that parts his hair in the
middle and wears dude eyeglasses
may have brain, but it's no fault Of his.
He inherits them.
If the anatomy of some people were
constructed upon the proportion of
what they say to what they do, there
wouldn't be anything of them but
mouth
A quack doctor began his advertise
ment with the solemne and truthful
declaration, / offer my services to
all VINO are so unfortunate as to re-
quire them"
First Amateur (after soprano tor
nado); "Thank goodness That's overl
Regular scrcech owl, isn't she ?" Sc
cond amateur: +" You idiot? That's
just all you know about it, Why her
fathers worth triIlions!"
when | marry" said a budding
school girl I'm want a tall, fne-lOok
ing man. y" There's where you're
wrong, sis. said her more practical
mother. You'll have less trouble
watching an ugly man and enjoy
more of his company"
II shan't be gone long," remarked
Juniper as he left the house the other
evening. Not going anywhere in
particular: only going out to take the
air. y" BE careful that you don't come
in air-tight, " was the injunction of
Mrs j., whose knowledge ofJuniper's
failing had not begotten confidence.
Mamma (soothingly) "Well, my
dear, / wouldn't feel so badly about it,
I'm sure. Daughter "Oh, but to
think of all the trouble we've had
sending to that milliner in Paris, and
having fight with papa over the bill,
and then to have that horrid girl come
out with one twice as stylish Oh, it's
enough to make one go into a con-
vent -
One night woman was trying
hard to get her drunken husband home,
and as she pulled him along the street
her words and actions were so tender
that a by-stander said, !: Well, all
drunkards' wives haven't your dispo-
sition. " " S-h-h don't say anything,
she replied in a whisper, I've got to
call him pet names to get him home;
but wait till he drops in the front
passage-be there then
Judge, don't be hard on an old vet.,'
pleaded a drunken loafer, who was ar
raignad at the Central Station Court.
Monday morning. Were you in the
war?' Il was, your honor What regI-
ment7' No regiment. l sloshed around
myself 'What army were you attach
ed top None of 'em.' Were you in
any battles?' Heaps of 'em, your hon
or Give me the name of any one
battle. Bunker HiIl,' was the prompt
reply. Bunker Hill? Why that bat
tie was fought over hundred years
ago!' exclaimed the court. 'Of course
she was, your hunor-of course she was.
DO you think I'd be mean enough to
ask you to go light on me for having
sloshed around in any of these riots of
the last fifty years?'-Detroit Free
Press.
MRS. TICKLE.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

The cellars under Philadelphia's
new City Hall are the largest in A
merica, their area being d acres.
The first cellar is thirteen feet deep,
and the cellar under that is Of like
depth.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17

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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1884-01-17
ADvBRTIs1No RATES.

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and Executors Notices $3.50. Transient adVer.
tisements ana locals 10 cents per line for FIRST
insertion ana cents per line for each addition
nj insertion.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-14
SECRETARY Chandler,

The recent marriage OF William z.
Onandler's BOD, OF which brief notice has
gone the rounds Of The press, has a roman
tice side IL 1877 the young man received
legacy OF $1,000 from great-aunt. In the
same year he entered the DItmou'h col
lege, graduating thence after four years
course While studying h- i'll IN love With
pretty Connecticut girl. Aud, on return
ing home ANNOUNCED his intention OF mar
rying her. This did not suit his faiher's
views, and he asked tho young man how
no expected n support wife. well my
So 600 will he pretty go d 'tArter;" ne ex
plsinsd. Before ho could say more
no was quietly informed that
balance having been supplied TO the youth
tor his expenses while at college. He had
fondly and ioolishly supposed that his
father was supporting him and that the
draits he had made were paid rom the pa
terual funds The revelation OF his ia her's
action dissu,ted she young man auc ne left
home. He proceeded TO Nav Hamps Lire
and offered his serv cee to the Conc RI RI i
road, a corporation which had bitterly op-
posed bis fatner, md was promptly piven n
position as brakeman on passenger trvin
upon which the latter frequently travelled.
Later he went west. where he succeeded In
obtaining more lucs .tive place on smother
road. Finding his circun .tauoss justified
The step. he retuT' ed for his bfii 4uc"d and
they we're married. II Ia not necessary TO
say that the secretary OF the navy did not
attend the wedding.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-14
TIE INTER-s TATE DRILL.

A special meeting of the military ele-
ment Of this CITY VIII b. held to night at
the armory OF the Queen CITY guards, IT,
conodor tho tubiec. o. entering the great
interstate mites. nt Houston in May. 1t
10 proposed IN enllst as many OF tho old
militia Of Dtlts as can work for Success.
and TO put the Ghmnany under strict dis
cpline aud good fiicsrs. at opoe There 10
ample time 10 perfect comnany vita the
material In the city, and the cit ssns should
asiist In giving Dallas a good represents
ton bt the largest military contest sver
held In the United = ates. Nearly sll OF
the western ami sou hern s'a'es will be rep
resented, al the hr.t nrize of SIS 600 Is a suit
hcisnt inn ucement to bring companies from
even such distance AS Chibago and New
York. All members OF he company and
such other pa-t'ss VINO may WISH to assist,
shonld not fall T. ailend.