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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

CLEVELAND, April 10.-A special
from Coshocton says that the Demo-
cratic Standard, of that place, has pri-
vate information of a plot to assassi-
nate Governor Hoadly. Last Monday
it says, the governor received through
the mail strong wooden box, from one
end Of which hung string. The gov
ernor's suspicious being aroused, he
caused the coYer of the box to be remov
cd. and carefully arranged internal
machine, loaded with dynamite slugs
and spikes. was disclosed to view. The
string had been so adjusted that to have
pulled it would have caused an explos-
Ion, resulting in death. It is said the
authorities art at work on the case and
for that reason the facts haye not been
made public.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

TIM war news from the Afghani-
stan cause q considerable rise of rail
road bonds, rs well as wheat, coaloil
and produce. In case of war which is
o settled matter by this time, the
outlook for q lively forrign market in
grain, meat, leather, &C., is splendid
and the demand and expectation of
American products will naturally
greatly raise their prices.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

TIM untimely reports which have
been published and spread by the
press of Mrs. Lucretis Garfeld's be-
trothal to q Presbyterian minister
have proved to be nothing but sensa-
tional items Of news without any foun
dation whatever. The offended lady
and widow of the late president denies
the story in decided and pointed lam
guage In q letter to the public.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
IT 10 said Cleveland will have eighty
postmasters to appoint next month to
GIL Offices vacated by expired terms.
GovERNoR Pattison emphatically
denies the story of having been offer
cd the position of Controller of the
Treasury by President Cleveland.

Tan ranks of the Illinois legislature
have again been broken by death.
This II the third case in this session
and removes one of the democratic
members, which will delay the elec-
tion ofa q. 8. senator for several
weeks. The party vote of the house
is o tie.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
An Internal Machine for Bismarck

WASHINGTON, April IA box ad
dressed to Prince Bismarck excited the
suspicious of the authorities al Frank
fort-on-the- Main and it was opened.
1t contained clockwork and dynamite
machine of a new type and of skilful
contrivance. There is nothing to in
dieate by whom the box was prepared
or sent.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

TM lowest temperature in Oregon
duringM March was SO degress,the high
est 50. The vegetation is said to be
greatly advanced in that state, flowers
and fruit trees having been in full
bloom for the last few weeks. The inn
migration in the state averages from
so to 20 per month.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
To our Patrons of 1885.

With kind greetings for past favorS,we
respectfully solicit your patronage for
the coming season.
We are now prepared to furnish the
farmers OF Centre county with every
thing In the line OF FARMING IMPLE-
MENTs AND MACHINERY, such as
MOWERS, REAPERS, BINDERS,
RAKEs, HARRows, CULTIvAToRS,
LAND ROLLERS, COMMON AND
CHILLED PLows, GRAIN DRILLS,
CORN DRILLS AND PLANTERS,
CORN WORKERS, HAY FORKS, CT
DER MILLS CORN SHELTERS, EN-
GlNEs AND THREsHERS. SMALL
SEPARATORS AND HORSE POW
ERS, and, in fact. any and everything
farmer may need, and at prices TO suit
the times We are also prepared to sup
ply extra parts OF all the machinery we
sell, and for mauy machines We do not
handle; keep constantly on hand SEC
TIoNS, KNIVES AND RIvETs for
nearly all the Mowers and Harvesting
Machinery in use.
We aslo make specially OF HEAVY
ENGINES AND BoILEhS,SAW MILLS
&C., make estimates on all kinds ofFac-
tories and Mills, and guarantee to give
as low or lower prices for the same class
OF work than any other concern n the
State.
Our FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
SHOP Is in first class order, and we are
prepared to make and finish all classes
OF Machinery with promptness and dis
patch, do any aud all kinds of work done
in any machine shop. We guarantee in
writing that all Machinery purchased
from us is in every respect .Jii st class
and none superior. Also, work put out
from our shop second to none, and our
prices for everything as low as the
lowest.
Call on us before purchasing your I'M
PIGMENTS AND MACHINERY, and
we will make it to your profit We make
an offer this Spring to a limited number
of farmers of Penns Valley who are US
ing Corn Planters. built here at this
place either by Harpster, the Centre
Hall Manufacturing Company or our
selves, to exchange with them our new
Improved Fertilizer, Planter and Drill
for their old ones, allowing them a large
price for their old planters. So come on
with your old machines, no matter how
near worn out. The first come, the first
served, and remember only limited
number will be exchanged.
I.AV PELT, SHOCP & co
CENTRE HALL, Pa
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
"BLIND TON" INSANE.

COLUMBUS, Ca. April li.-Under
proceedings Oh an inqusitlon of idjocy
before the court of ordinary at this
place Blind Tom, the famous blind pi-
anist, was to-day placed under the
guardianship of General James N.
Bethune.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

Ar exchange says April is General
Grants month. He was born April q,
1882 i; fought the battle of Shiloh, April
Z, 1862; broke General Lees line April
2, 1866. and received his surrender at
at Appomattox, April 8. 1896. Thursday
April 9th 1885 was the twentieth ami
versary of that great historical event.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16

TNXECUTORS' NOTICE.-Letters testament
IL AIRY on heestate of Frederick Weaver Late
OF Haines township, deceased, having been gran
tea TO the subscribers, all persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are request
ed to make immediate payment, and those hav-
Ing claims against the same TO present them
duly proven for settlement.
WM WEAVER, p,ao,,ors
ll-6t A.D. WEAVER, EAo'"'ots'
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
Journal Store Column.

Last week I promised
to tell the public this
week what I have in my
neat. cosy little store.
Now my christian friends
that is a very hard prom
ise to fulfill. In fact I can
NOT fulfill it literally, sim
ply because it is imp ossi-
BILE to crowd the names
of all my goods, even by
classes into the space Of
a single column. But [
will do my level best to
come as near as posi- BILE
even if I must wind up
the several classes by the
vague, ambiguous term
AND SO FORTH"
BIBLES. IbeSin with Bj.
bles-alaoa ys good beginning as ,ceU
as a good ending. Here you aciH find
the neat, cheap pocket Bible at 10 cts.
as aUeU as the PRACHTVOLL par
Tor centre table Family Bible at from
81. up TO $40. aoith nearly all inter
mediate grades. You are cordia Uy
inuited to call and see them.
SCHOOLSUPPLIES. Here
/ must do some Humping" else his
department alone ,oiU fill the entire
column. For School Books and all
Kinds Of school supplies, &c." the
Journal Store IS the boss place IN
Penns and Brush Valleys. If you
haze children-"as yOu ought to
hare," and they 90 to schOol--as they
ought TO do; achy, Of course, they must
haze books, and I simply do my duty
by telling you Just aohere to get them.
&c"
BLINK BOOKS. II full
line OF Ledgers, single and double
entry, Day Books, Counter Blotters,
Butcher Books. Memorandas, Time
Books, Blank Note Books, Receipt
Books, fuU assortment Of Toy Books.
Secretary's Books, "a speciality Du-
plicates and last bit not ledst-the ir-
ripressible, ubiquitous Ready Refer
ence Tar Receipt Book, dc, dc.
ST4TTONERE Ny line
of Writing PGpers- Fools Cap, Le-
gal Cap, Commercial Note, OctaUo
Note, Gilt edged Note, Pen Tablets,
Pencil Tablets, Spencerian Pens, Pen
cils, Ink, "6c."
ALBUMS, in full Uariety,
both Photograph and Amogragh-
from the cheap 80 cent Pocket Album
ZIP to the splendid Silk Plush En-
boSsed Quarto, aoorh 50. Ladies
and gettleman--particularly ladies
(the s,oeet, lovely creatures) are
"herzlich eingeladen to come and see
them.
VELVET FRAMES; all
sizes, grades and prices. The neao
silk plush Poke Bonnet Frame IS q
nOuelty and a beauty as ,ceU
OyRBRE SILK, Filling
SAX, Embroidery Six, Marking Cot
ton, &c" Here again [ rery polite
ly inUite The Ladies to come and see
Right here / take occasion to make an
n
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-04-16
Surface indications

What miner would yeryproperly term
"surface Indications Of what iS beneath,
are the Pimples, Stiea, Sore Eyes,
Boils, and Cutane0us Eruptions with
which people are annoyed In spring and
early SUMMER. The effete matter accumu-
lated during the winter months, now
makes its presence felt, through Natures
cndeayors to expel it from the system.
While 1t remains, it is apoison that Testers
ula. This condition causes arrangement
of the digestive and assimilatary organs,
with feeling Of enervation, languor, and
weariness-often lightly spoken OF as ''only
spring fever.n These are evidences that
Nature is not able, unaitled, to throw of
the corrupt atoms which weaken the vital
forces. TO regain health. Nature must ha
aided by thorough ,blood-purifyipg med.
icine; and nothing else IL 90 effective as
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
POLLYS QUIET FOURTH,

Did ever you hear of Miss Polly Shannon
Who nearly goes mad at the sight of a can
nonI
just outside of Bristol she lives all alone,
And hasn't so much as Il cut of her own!
While dreading the thought of the Fourth of
July,
She said to herself: 81 shall certainly fyl''
Then suddenly there popped in her head the
way
Most serenely to spend our National day.
At evening, she plugged all the key-holes
with wax,
And over each window hung blankets from
tackS,
Then, filing her ears full of pink cotton
batting,
She tied on her nght-cap, all ruff1es and
And said to herself: Nov we'll see if that
At four in the morning will rouse Polly
Shannon!
The Mayor of Bristol however was sick,
And even so low as to mind the clocks tick,
And, therefore, the Council made haste to
proclaim,
By means of great posters, in letters of
flame:
Because of His Honor the Mayors cOndi-
ton,
Pronounced very critical by the physician,
Tomorrow no cracker, gun, cannon, or
pistol
Shall once be shot off in the city of Bristol.
Police are instructed, and will, without fail,
Most promptly remand all offenders to Jail. "
Just think of the grief of those poor Bristol
When reading this placard which, vetoed
their joys!
But Polly slept swoetly, for no thunderous
Of cannon terrific awoke her at four!
Twas late when she rose, with supreme
satisfaction
Preparing herself for dav of inaction,
For how COul6 she wOrk-thp bOnSe dark
pocket,
And mercury going way up like rocket?
But when perspiration meant peace and
protection,
She felt she could stand it with little objec-
ton.
So all the day long in the darkness and heat
She sweltered and worried while outside
the sweet
Ripe fragrance of summer pervaded the air.
The birds gave their concerts, all nature
was fair,
While never gun, torpedo, nor pistol,
The ghost of a sound woke in solemn old
Bristol!
release
Which filled her whole soul with content
ment and peace,
She tossed wax and cotton far out of sight
Threw wide doors and windows, and gaZed
with delight
Her neighbor, Dick Jones, came and lounged
on her gate:
Good mornin! How are ye? You're uI
rather late.
thought you was sick, twas so sort o. shut
up!
Too bad on the boys tibet are bill they put
up!''
"What bill?'' "Aint you heard? 1hets why
twas so still!
They put off the Fourth cause the Mayors
so ILL.,"
And didn't they shoot off the cannon at alp
Cred Polly amazed. Not a gun, great or
small;
There amt been day, as 1 know on, this
year
So dead level still as twas yesterday herer
Miss Polly said only: "well, there de
clare!'
Then slammed-to the door, and dropped into
u chair.
With look very sheepish, and manner less
curt,
She thought: After this won't cry til
I'm hurt
-Fdnnie E. Mulberry, in Wide ArdIte.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Boil coffee in salt sack; it is nicer
than egg to settle it.-Chtcago Journal.
-Raisin pie: One cup of raisins, re-
move seeds, and boil in one-half cup of
water fifteen minutes, add small piece
Of butter and two teaspoonfuls of sugar;
bake with two crusts.- HdrttOrG COur-
ant.
1t used to be an old joke with farm
ers that more corn grew on crooked
than on straight rows, simply because
they were greater in length. In the
best farming districts straight rows of
corn are now the rule and crooked ones
the exception.-N. Y. Herald.
Hot water gingerbread: One cup
molasses, one teaspoon soda, one table
spoon ginger, one of butter melted, one
half teaspoon salt, one-half cup boiling
water, two cups flour. Mix in order
given and beat well. Bake in deep
cake pan.-BoSton Globe.
"A white birch, cut in March OF
April, and left exposed to the weather
without splitting, will, by August, often
be so rotten that no axe will be needed
for dividing it into stove lengths; but
birch bean poles, cut in midsummer, we
have used two seasons and then found
them comparatively sound, and so
tough that they would bend almost
double without breaking.-New En-
gland Farmer.
We can not burn stubble where
land is seeded with clover or grass with
out injuring these. We would not burn
it under these conditions if we could, as
it is worth more to remain on the
ground. But dry stubble ploughed
under is aptin hot summer to do more
harm than good, and it is better
economy on most kinds of soil to turn
it into ashes where it grew.-Prairie
Farmer.
Lemon jelly cake: One cup of
sugar, piece of butter the size of an egg.
two eggs; put sugar, eggs and butter
together and beat them; add one-half
cup of water, two cups of flour. one
tablespoonful of baking powder; this
makes three layers and is to be put to-
gether with jelly. The juice and grated
rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar,
one egg, piece Of butter the size of a
hItIucSt COOh IL over nOC water, as
custard, till it boils. The Household.
The Indians had no almanacs, nor
any means of knowing the day of the
month. But their rule for planting
corn was very simple and good one,
and that was when the leaves of the
hickory or butternut were of the size
of squirrels ears. At this time the
ground has become warm enough to
terminate the seed and push it forward.
Corn is a semi-troPical plant, and more
impatient of cold than the smaller
grains.
An exchange remarks that hand
hoe which is never ground will wear
much longer than one which frequent
ly comes in contact with the grindstone,
but the extra amount of labor that can
be performed with the sharp implement
will be sufficient to pay for new hoe
every three days, to say nothing of the
saving of muscle. 1t is poor economy
to work with dull axe, scytha or hoe.
M Y. Examiner.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
HE BEGAN TOO EARLY.

The Sad Fate of Ambitious Young
Man Who Was Too Fresh.
as this the first time you ever killed
a man?" asked an Arkansaw Judge of
the prisoner he was about to sentence,
Yes, sir"
First otfense, beY?"
Eyes, sr.'
"Ever stab anybodya"
"No sir"
Ever steal mulesp''
mo, sir"
Ever claim that you were a wild
Texan with three horns and four tails?n
"No, sir"
Ever drink gallon of whisky on q
bet?'
No, sir"
Ever allow that you could dive
deeper, come up drier, and boiler louder
than any five men in the Southwest ,
No, sir"
Ever hold five jacks and two revolt
vers in game of poker?"
No, sir
How long have you lived in Ar,
kanSaw?"
Two weeks
How old are you?"
"Twenty-three"
. "Iwenty-three years old and have
lived in the State only two weeks, and
yet you have killed man. NV young
friend, you hang on Friday week. rain
or shine. A young man like YOU should
begin at the foot of the ladder, not at
the top. You are too ambitious. Fling
away ambition; by that sin fell the
angels. Next case st. Paul Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
HE Shortest Way.

Old Friend-''You made your money
very fast, Mr.. Goldleaf?"
Goldleaf-"Yes, sir. very fast. Ter
gears ago l was not worth five cents;
now can count my millions"
THAT is very smart son of yours. |
suppose he will be making money as
fast as you d d?n
HE will make it faster. am going
to give him trade"
"A trade! What trade will it be pos
slble for him to accumulate more money
than you in so short a time?'
He is going to be plumber. Phil
adolphia Cal,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
HE SPIDERS ENEMY.
How 1t Builds Its Houses, and the Dispo-
sition 1t Makes of Its Victims.

How 1t Builds Its Houses, and the DiSpo-
sitiOn 1t Makes of Its Victims.
"What beautiful spider, Cousin
Allie" exclaimed Katie; and then she
added, with face full of amazement;
''why, where has it gomez"
LAS you turned to draw my atten-
ton to it, dear, an enemy came and
took him away" answered Cousin
Allie.
IAN enemy?" said Katie, with a
puzzled look that made three lines right
down the middle of her forehead; shave
spiders enemies?"
Yes, q great many, not only of their
own kind, for they are cannibals and
eat one another, but men, and birds,
and other insects Also"
(Which is their worst enemy, Cousin
Allie?"
should say that the enemy the spider
fears the most is little insect that peo-
pie who are very wise about such things
say belongs to the genus Sphex, and in
talking or writ ng of it they always give
it its hard scientific name of Sphex
Sabulosia Lin. But | shall depart from
this rule, and call the SPIDERS enemy
by its everyday name of Dirt-dobber,
because [ know YOU will then under
stand of what | am speaking.
please go on said Katie, as Allie
paused.
First let us walk down to the pond
fi,,I
thing there about our dirt-dobbers, "
answered Allie, gayly.
After few moments watching from
among the reeds Allie pointed to dirt
dobber who had just alighted on the
wet bank. After settling herself, the
dirt-dobber took piece of earth with
her feelers, or hands, and rolled it into
small ball no larger than a pea, but
quite as smooth and round. Taking
this ball between her Jaws, she flew
away with it.
"Now," said Allie, IF you will come
up to the garnet with me l will show
you what the dirt-dobber does with
those little round balls, my dear
allie, it will sting us!'' cried Katie.
drawing back as her cousin babe hel
sit down upon pile of cotton seed thai
lay just opposite to. and very near, g
dirt-dobbers nest
No, no, Katie, they do not sting.
have had them in my hand Wait 2
moment or so, and the owner of this
tiny dirt house will commence work
She is afraid of us, but her fear will be-
over as soon as she sees that we are no
going to harm her" After several un
easy flights in and out of the window
near which the nest was, the dirt-dob-
Der decided to go to her home, one Gel
of which was already finished and seal
ed up. Her first act was to crawl care
fully over the finished cell, as if to as
sure herself that it had received nj
crack or injury during her absence
then she began work on another eel
by laying the ball of earth close to thu
side OF the closed one, and then witt
her feelers, or hands, spreading tn.
earth out and molding it into the prop
er shape, making a sharp. buzzin
noise as she did So Having worked uE
all of the dirt she had brought, the .lirt
dobber flew down upon the window-sil
and carefully washed her feelers by put
ting them into her mouth and then rub
bling them together. This she die
every tine before going for fresh sup
ply of earth. After two days constan
vork the cell was finished, 1t was per
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
Pride of Character.

Register and I'll accommodate Won.
sir" said the keeper of one-horse
hotel in wayside place to traveller
from the city as he applied for room
Never mind that. I'll pay in adj
vance"
But yod must register"
mo, I'll be sized if do"
why not, sir?"
Some friend of mine might happen
this way some day. and [ wouldn't
have anybody that knew me find out
I'D ever degraded my manhood BY
stopping at such confounded beastly
place as this for thousand dollars, sir.
No, sir; money wouldn't induce me tc
take such an awful risk, sir. Tn poor,
but CAD, sir, I've got little pride OF
character for ell that. - Chicago
Ledoer,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27
SHEEP MINING.

The Golden Fleece Not Repeated as
Fable, but Newspaper Fact, in
Montana.
A local sheep raiser has lately dis
covered that the wool of his sheep is
very rich in gold, and it is now thought
that sheep mining will become the most
profitable industry in the territory.
A man who owns a thousand sheep
averaging forty ounces of gold to the
sheep has bonanza. Unlike the ordin-
airy mining bonanza, the sheep bonanza
will be pract cally inexhaustible. Sheep
breed rapidly, and a man can increase
his flock almost as easily as he can
water the stock of silver mine, and
with much more profit. His mines, so
to speak, will double in number at least
every year, and the number of his gold
yielding sheep will be limited only BY
the extent of his pasture land.
The sheep mine is far easier to work
than is any other mine. The miner
does not have to sink shaft or to drive
tunnel in his sheep. He simply cuts
off the wOol-a process easier than sur
face mining in the best days of early
California gold hunting-and separates
the gold and the wool. This may be
done either by smelling the wool in a
bonfire or by mixing it with mercury.
In the latter place the gold amalga-
mates with the mercury, and the wool
is left as residuum. The mercury is
afterward driven off by heat, and as a
result the miner has both his gold and
his wool.
How the gold gets into the wool OF
the Montana sheep is problem. There
is a theory that the sheep in cropping
grass take certain amount of gold
bearing earth into their mouths, and
that the gold afterward exudes from
the pores and is caught by the wool.
There is, however, no reason to suppose
that gold taken into the stomach will
find its way out through the pores. If
this were the case, there can be no doubt
that gold would be largely consumed
by girls anxious to dye their hair easily
and permanently. Then there is the
theory that the gold in the wool of the
sheep has been deposited there in the
same way that gold has been deposited
III olI dGd vi SdI CIIs III Is H60ulcSS
to say that this theory is held only by
persons who derive their idea of the
longevity of sheep from the spring lamb
of boarding houses. The Montana
sheep does not live through long geolog-
ical periods, and hence gold is not de
posted in its wool by the same process
by which it is deposited in the rocks
The simplest explanation of the mat.
ter is that sheep roll on ground impreg-
mated with gold dust, and thus fill Their
wool with gold, However this may be,
there can be no doubt that gold bearing
sheep are desirable animals, and that
Montana is lucky in possessing them. =.
| N. y Times.
In the Outing there is a good argll-
ment in favor of the tricycle. for the
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27

The Yuma tribe of Indians, in Cali
fornia, has decreased from 5000 souls
to 1,500 since their contact with the
whites. Yuma understand from this
that they do not take kindly to civiliz-
alton. --NorrlStoUa Herald
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27

America may be little tardy =
building pedestals for monuments, y.
when it comes to going out to the I[o II.
gate and shooting off guns Of wei .gas.
she is always on hand. Chicago TeD~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1885-08-27

People seldom improve when ny Y
have no better model than themselves y
copy atteE