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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22

In contrast TO this, little incident
which came to my knowledge not long
ago may be suggestive. The mother is
a woman of many engagements and in
terests. She had spent day in ardu-
Gus work, and as the wintry twilight
deepened she lay on the sofa in her fire
| lit room, seeking brief rest for MIND
and body. Presently she heard a step
on the stairway outside, a soft, consid-
crate step, unlike the usually precipi-
tate progress of her twelye-year. old boy.
Darling" she called, "where are you
going ?"
"Oh, mamma, are you awake ? ]
thought you were sleeping, and l did
not want to disturb you. It's so dull
in the house, / meant just to 60 out
doors and loaf around awhile till dinner
time"
Come talk to me, dear, and we will
not be dull" said the mother, feeling
thankful that the opportunity had not
escaped her. Il stopped him just in
time" she said, gratefully.
A boy can have no better intimate
friend after all than his own father.
The beautiful confidence with which
some sons approach some fathers, tell
ing them not Of their success only, but
Of their defeats, of their trials as we'll
as their triumphs, is the best introduc-
tiUn that child can have into the
knowledge Of the Heavenly Fathers
love.
True as it is, that many hard-work-
ing fathers have little time to spare for
taking their children's measure. being
SO busy in bread-winning or in laying
up money, that they delegate all their
responsibilities to their wives. and are
practically strangers TO their boys; it is
nevertheless pity and an error. Worse,
it is sin. What Shall the father,
awakening too late to sense OF his
blund6r, urge except that old and fruit
less excuse, "While Thy servant was
busy here and there, he was gone"
Next to father a good companion
for growing boy is sometimes to be
found in such guide, philosopher, and
friend, as Jonas proved to Rollo. l
wish children would still read the Rollo
books, as they used to. 1t is hardly
the fashion at present to praise any
thing didactic in the line of childish
reading, but the Rollo books remain
unapproached in their fitness for child
iSh minds and hearts and, over all the
years that lie between us. send my
love to Jonas, as one of the best CON-
panions little girl ever had, and the
charming mentor of the little girls
brother.
Look well to the boy next door. if
you desire your boy to grow in favor
with God and man, even as he grows
in stature.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
MILLHEIM, PA, THURSDAY. JULY %, 1886

their horses heads, besides, IL love
you is il not strange =
Very. And you will not regret
owning a fellow as as helpless as | am,
Polly p
No. she answers, thoughtfnlly, and
looking at her by the lightening's FREE
quent flash, he sees the strength, and
warmth, aud tenderness, and love, that
he has need of.
Polly" Coniston says, through the
pelting rain, as they ride back to
Brighton, it seems TO me as if my
whole life had been an interrogation
point and as if you were the blessed
answer to it,
And so II fell out that the reverend
pastor Of st. Mary's was called upon TO
marry two drenched people that No
Yember night, and that the Earl Of
Coniston put off his sailing date anoth-
er month.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
Heavy Storm at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, July IA terrible
rain storm visited this city tonight
1t was more severe in the western
section, being kind of waterspout,
unroofng many houses on Stricken
street and Harlem avenue. Harlem
square had trees torn up by the roots
and limbs of others were wrung of.
On Fremont avenue nearly all the
houses were flooded. The damage
will be great. The storm broke at
Hollins street and moved northward
10 blocks to Harlem avenue. Joists
were caught up by the wind and hurl-
ed through the air, carrying the de-
struction to windows and in some in
stances knocking chimneys and bricks
from the tops of buildings. AT late
hour tonight some OF the streets are
impossible from the blockade of tin
roofs and scantling. No personal in
Jury was sustained as far as can be
ascertained.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
The Storm I'm Indiana.

MARION, Ind, July 15.-Reports of
of wind, rain and hail storm which
swept over this county on Tuesday
show that the devastation was much
greater than indicated by the first re-
ports. In some places hail fell and
covered the ground two inches, and
in otter places corn, oats and fruits
are in a total loss. The corn stalks
are stripped and broken Oats are
beaten fiat on the ground, and the
fruit is beaten from the trees. Wheat,
which was nearly all in the shock.
will, much of it, have to be gathered
out of the woods and corn-felds where
it was carried by the wind. Prob
ably hundred buildings in the coun-
ty were unroofed or blown down. The
damage is roughly estimated at $75,-
600.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
LOSSES BY STORMS.
Hail, Rain and Lightning in Lam.
caster County.

LANCASTER, Pa, July 15.-Parts of
Lancaster county were visited by sc.
we're hail storms yesterday afternoon
and evening, the most severe sweep
ing in belt half mile wide through
Conestoga, East and West Lampeter,
Strasburg, Leacock and Earl town.
ships. The tobacco was badly cut,
but luckily most of it is small. and
time will repair that damage. Where
the tobacco was well advanced. though.
the damage is irreparable. The corn
was cut and knocked down, and the
oats was leveled to the ground as If
heavy roller had been drawn over the
fields. Hailstones in Strasburg were
two and half inches long and half
an inch thick, and in New Holland
they were nearly as large as mans
fist O'Brien's circus tent in New
Holland was flooded. Ii was pitched
in hollow, and the water was over q
foot deep. Lands Brackbill's hog
pen in West Lampeter was struck by
lightning, and five shoats were killed.
Daniel Roether's barn, in West Earl.
was struck by lightning and fired, but
the neighbors extInguished the flames.
A setting hen was killed. and the eggs
were burned black.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
Miscellaneous News.
Tin from Dakota.
First Shipment Of the Ore from the
Black Hills.

CHICAGO, July 14.-The first tin ore
eyer taken out in the Western HemlS.
phere arrived at the Northwestern
Railway station to-day from the Black
Hills, Dakota, on its way to NewYork.
The Importance of this fact will be bet
ter understood when it is stated that
the United States now import $50, ,000,.
600 worth of tin annually. The ore,
which will reach this city to-day, is
from the mines of company doing bus
mess at Harney's Peak, in the Black
Hills, and which, owing to the amount
of money actually subscribed, and the
fact that it has taken possession OF the
great tin deposits covering an area of
1000 square miles, must be looked upon
as the greatest mining company extant.
Superintendent Baily, of the Harney's
Peak Company. who is in the city, said
to-day
"The tin belt is situated around the
base of Harney's Peak, the highest
point in the hills, with an altitude OF
Sab feet. This mountain is the gran.
ite core of the hills. The granite is Is
miles long north and south, by Is wide
east and west. Around the line of con-
tact with that and the states lin circle
of from two to four miles wide the tin
belt exists. The outcrops of tin are
simply enormous, varying in width
from 10 to 200 feet, and appear above
the surface from 500 to 5000 feet. In
some places they stand from 5 to 30
feet above the surface, so hard as to re-
sist the elements. The geological con-
dition is the same as that of Cornwall,
England and other tin districts"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22

Fort KEoGH, Mont, July 15.-The
mercury yesterday reached a maximum
of 12O degrees in the shade: There has
been no rain for month.
-Baxter's Mandrake Bitters cure in
digestion, heart burn, costiveness and
all malarial diseases. Twenty five cts.
per bottle. Sold by j. Spigelmyer and
D. S. Kaufman & Co., Millheim,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
Starvation in Texas.

WEATHERFORD, Tex, July ia
telegram was sent to CongressmanLan-
ham yesterday at Washington, asking
him to secure Government aid for the
people of the drought-stricken regions
of Texas. Hundreds of families are
without the necessaries of life.
100 Degrees in the Shade at Fort
Keogh.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
NEWSPAPER LAWS

III subscribers order the discontlnHation
newspapers. the publishers may continue Co
send them until all arrearages are paid.
II subscribers refuse or neglect to take their
newspapers from the Office to which they are sent
they are held responsible until they have settled
the bills aid ordered them discontinued.
III subscribers move to other places withoutin
forming the publisher, and the newspapers are
sent to the former place, they are responsible.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
Crops Cut to Pieces in Illinois.

CHICAGO, July 15.-The growing
crops of some 80 square miles of ter
ritory in Champaign, Condit, Hensley.
and Tolono townships, Illinois, were
considerably damaged by the hail
storm of Tuesday night Corn and
other vegetation were literally cut to
pieces Thousands of panes of win
dow glass were broken. The loss can
not fall below 100000. The storm
was accompanied by whirlwind and
its effects are seen on territory six
miles wide and twelve miles long.
Fruits and Crops Damaged in Ohio.
NEWARK, Ohio, July Is. - This
city was visited by one of the most
severest storms eyer known, yesterday.
Over $50, 900 damage was done, the
greatest loss being to the fruits and
growing crops. Several business
blocks had their roofs carried away.
Men, women and children were ter
ribly frightened. The storm was of
about an hours duration, the wind
high, hail terrific, lightning fierce, and
rainfall heavy.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-07-22
ADYERTarNQ RATRH.

one inch makes n square. Administrators
and Executors Notices $3.50. Transient adver-
tisements and locals 10 cents per line for Arst
insertion and cents per line Tor each addition
nj insertion
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
WISE WORDS.

Hold on to what you have rather thar
to reach for what you cannot get.
There is nothing so much prevents III
from being easy as the desire of appear
ing so.
Wealth legitimately acquired is valua
bic, and is only valuable when thus 40
quired.
We are often in the most slippery
places when we think our foothold tht
tirmest.
Manners are what vex or soothe, cor
rupt or purify, eXalt or debase, barbarizi
or refine us.
Covetous ambition, thinking all tc,
little of which it presently hath, sup
poscth itself to stand in need cf all
which it hath not.
There is little pleasure in the world
that is true and sincere beside the pleas
ure of doing our duty and doing good
am sure no other is comparable to this
A dull man is so near dead man that
he is hardly to be ranked in the list o
the living; and as he is not to be buried
whilst he is half alive 50 he is as little
to be employed while he is half dead.
The heart is the key of the world, and
of life. We often live helpless amidst
the most dreary circumstances in this
world that we may love others and min
lister to their happiness. Through om
very imperfections we are often more
capable of influencing others, and this
strange influence expounds the riddle Of
our existence,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12

'1 noticed some cattle here in Jack.
sonville, and thought that, aside from their
leanness and diminutive size, there was
something else peculiar about them, and
studied for some time, until | suddenly
discovered there were some of them minus
tails; Others looked as though they had
about half of that useful appendage cut
off. In a country where mosquitoes are
as plentiful as they must be here Ishould
think it no less than downright cruelty
for people to treat the poor creatures in
this shameless manner"
My remarks were greeted with a roar
of laughter.
''Bless your heart, my young friend.
the people don't do that; it's the alli-
gators"
"Alligators " said I, astonished.
eyes, the alligators."
GLOW can that be?'
"Oh, they grab them when they are
feeding in the water"
"And bite off their tails, suppose?"
"Yes they do You see they creep up
so quietly that the cattle do not notice
their approach, and the first thing the
animal is aware of is jerk in the rear.
He tries to get away, but it is of no use
the harder he pulls the tighter the
alligator holds on, until the appendage
gives way, and the conqueror swims off
happy"
"Highly interesting sight, I should
think"
"Well, rather, as the question OF
ownership is often highly disputed,
though | never saw case yet in which
the cattle came off victorious. The
Present.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
HEALTH HINTS.

Cover burn Immediately with the
pulp of raw potato.
Muscular exercise in pure open air to
the point of fatigue is the best possible
prescription for sleeplessness.
Rub warts with lemon juice three OF
four times a day. 1t is said it will re-
move them. 1t will be a harmless ex
pertinent anyway.
If one sins against his head, or his
lungs, or his stomach, he must bear the
penalty in his own body. There is, in
this case, no vicarious atonement.
A late novelty in use of poultices, is t.
wet a sponge in a concentrated decoc'
tion Of mustard, and wrapping it with a
handkerchief bandage for application.
1t is readily renewed by simply again inn
mersing in the same liquid.
Sponge off your neck, throat and cheS
in cold water every morning, dry quickly
with a soft towel, then rub with rough
one; do not be more than minute about
it, and a sore throat will rarely troubl,
you. A towel may be roughened by dip,
ping in strong brine, then drying.
Whether onions have soporifc effec,
upon all persons must be determined by
the use of them. The lamented Mr.
Frank Buckland found them beneficial
after mental fatigue, followed by sleep
lessness. Onions prepared by the follow
ing method have afforded relief to many
persons suffering from insomnia. Tt
each quart of onions allow a quart oi
cold water with ha'f teaspoonful oi
salt. Let the onions simmer for tive
hours. Drain them thoroughly wher
cooked and let them become quite cold
Mix one tablespoonful of butter with one
tablespoonful of flour, adding salt and
pepper, and pour on the mixture one pint
of boiling milk, stirring constantly. Put
the onions in the sauce and set them on
the fire until they boil.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
ISLAND POND. VERMONT, MARCH 70, 1886.

having been led into doing so. Th
prisoner was the most honest looking o
young men, and behaved remarkably, a
an innocent person would have done, an(
the evidence against him was very slight
and purely circumstantial. But in spit
of these eonfusingfacts, the vast majori
ty believed in his guilt, though rathe
against their wills-he was such franz
looking fellow.
Mr.. Briscomb was sitting with down
cast eyes and troubled expression
Horace sat, with his head in his hand
looking weary and hopeless, and thu
Plaintiffs counsel was demanding of tn,
jury, for the twentieth time, why, if III,
prisoner had not taken the money, he had
come to Crawford upon the day of the
robbery upon an obviously trumped uY
errandl Clearly, Re had come to place
the money in safe. = A:ds; his accomplict
was probably in their midst.
The door opened suddenly and forci
bly,, and young girl, with a flushed
and eager face, came hastily in. At tn,
sight of her, Horace raised his head, and
his face frightened.
She gave him swift smile, unmindful
of the astonished observers, and made
her way to Mr.. BriScombs side.
"You buried it yourself, under tht
locust-tree" she cried, grasping his coat.
front, and shaking him little in hel
eagerness. 81 saw you. You were walk,
ing in your sleep, of course; but didn't
know it then. You came down, the night
you came home with it, and dug a place
under the locust tree and put it in!"
Poor Mr.. Briscomb stared at her in be.
wilderment; the spectators looked al
each other, and whistled softly; the
plaintiffs counsel looked disgusted.
There was solemn pause, which the
plaintiffs counsel broke by demanding,
testify, that the evidence of "this per.
son. be taken in the proper way.
But nobody seemed to hear him.
81 used to, said Mr.. Briscomb at last,
slowly-'I used to walk in my sleep
every night regular, and do queer
enough things. But 1 did think I'd got
over it."
Somebody in a corner of the room.
clapped timid pair Of hands, and the
next instant the room rcsounded with
the cheers ofa delighted crowd.
How a committee of three was ap
pointed by the Judge to go and prove the
young lady's remarkable statement; how
that committee returned in triumph, and
presented Mr.. Briscomb with small box
of deceitfully modest appearance, amid
the enthusiastic cheers of the spectators
how, for confused period, everybody
appeared to be congratulating everybody
else: and how Mr.. Briscomb drove home
i'll state, with the surveyor and little
school-teacher on either side of him, and
relief and happiness beaming from his
good- -humored face-these were the chief
topics in Crawford for a week, after
which Mr.. Briscomb's money was forgot
ten.
But Horace and Ruth. had substantial
reasons for rememberidg ,it.r
1t was Mr.. Brisconib's money that
smoothed the way to their marriage, few
months later, and that built the snug
little house they called home. .-Emma 4.
Opper.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
Something About Salt,

Rev. Thos. Stack, of Alexandria, gave
lecture on "Grain Of Salt, +" recently,
at Loyola college, in Baltimore. The
lecturer explained, in all detail, the ne,
cessity of common salt for the preserva-
ton of food, and the powerful part ii
plays in giving to the gastric juice of the
stomach never-failing source whence. it
may extract the requisite quantity of in
organic or mineral acids. Hence, one Of
the direst punishments inflicted on Grim
inals in the pagan sworld was to feed the
condemned on saltless food. "With the
advance of civilization" said the lee
turer, "the demand for salt has increased
enormously. 1t is estimated that in the
United States alone over 10000, 600
bushels of salt are annually consumed.
To draw comparison: While every
Frenchman is allowed sixteen pounds Of
salt yearly, an Englishman's portion
would be twenty-five pounds, but each
citizen of the United States receives
yearly rations of nearly fifty pounds.
There is no danger, however, of our ex.
hausting the salt supply, so abundantly
does it occur in nature, both in the solid
state, as rock salt, and in solution in sea.
water, salt lakes and salt springs Mines
of rock salt have been recently explored
in the Caucasus, and the mines of VIE
liczka, in Austrian Galicia, have been
worked for at least six, but probably fol
upward of eight centuries"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12

as natural, and seek out the cause when
one dies or is taken ill. Many persons
are thus killed in punishment, and were
it not for this the population would in
crease very rapidly. They have appreci-
ated the Gospel, and listened attentively
to our teaching. The children are at
tending our schools, of which there are
eleven. These people present very
hopeful field, free as they are from the
superstructure of Mohammedanism, with
next to no knowledge of God, and moth
ing of the Gospel. | believe they will
readily appreciate plan of salvation and
lay aside their vain superstitions. -
Phiiadelphia Press
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
TO A DANDELION.

Little mimic of the sun,
Hiding in the fragrant grass,
Have you any kisses won
From the pretty maids who Iassi
When the sun slips down the west
Some fair girl shall come in guest
Of the secret which you lock
In your tiny golden breast;
You shall hear an airy knock,
And aquestion, What o'clock!
At the very verge of night,
When the summer twilight's breath
Makes you dizzy with delight,
Dance in happiness to death;
When the peaceful moon shall peep
Down from the star-lit skies that weep
Tears of sweet, delicious dew,
Tender, gracious eyes shall keep
Quiet company with you,
Meath the heavens cover blue.
All, you dainty, snowy ghost,
See what bliss your wisdom brins-I
Tell me, pray, what angels boast
Such a zephyr for their wingsa
Just because the hour you tell
She repays your magic WE'LL
Watts you off to paradise;
Sounds for you a gentle knell;
Lights your journey with her eyes;
Would that | were half so wise!
Frank d. Sherman
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12

According to an exchange, the pope
appoints a cardinal in consistory, the
chief ceremony being the delivery of the
scarlet hat, with the words Esto Car
dinalis, "Bc cardinal" and the digni-
tary so created is thereafter presumed to
be a brother of the chief pontiif, AT first
the cardinals hat had three scarlet
knots, fringes or tassels on each side;
these were increased to five, while arch
bishops had four of purple color. and
bishops three, of green material During
the last two centuries, however, bish-
ops have worn four green ones, and pre-
lates, abbots and prothonotaries three of
purple or black. Their dress consists of
a red soutane, or cassock, with a cine
ture with a tassels of gold, red caps and
stockings, rochet and large cloak,
with an emine cappa in winter Every
cardinal has his chaplain, who wears a
prpte soutane and cincture, surplice
and stole-like scarf, with which he sup
ports his masters inter when. not actual
ly worn. When the pope offfciates, or
in procession, the cardinals wear white
damasl1 mitTe' red shoes, and if bishops,
a cope; if priests, q chasuble; if dea-
cons, dalmatic. In times of penance
the color of their robes is velvet; and on
few particular days, rose instead of
red. Their dress of state when not en-
gagged in sacred functions consists of u
large purple mantle called the crocia; on
less important occasions, of mantelet,
or short cloak, through which they put
their arms, and worn over the rochet,
while over this is mozzetta, or tippet,
showing only the chain of pectord
cross
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-03-12
Paid i'm Full.

An advertisement was published re-
Gently which said that if General II. w.
Conway would call at the Astor house
and inquire for gentleman of the same
name he could learn something to his ad-
vantage. The general was uptown last
night and l asked him if he had noticed
tn advertisement. Indeed, yes" he re-
piled, and the incident with which it is
connected is one of the happiest of my
life. 1t is an evidence, too, that men
are not always ungrateful for favors done
them in time of need. The advertiser is
an ex-C Confederate officer. At the close
of the war, in April, 1865, was in Mont
gomery stopping at hotel. This gen
tleman came to me because he had seen
my signature on the register and because
our family names were alike. He ex-
planned to me that he was stranded there
with his wife and daughter. They were
people of evident refinement and charac-
ter. He had been in Johnstons army
and was trying to get to Arkansas, where
he had formerly lived. They were out
of money and he appealed to me to help
him. loaned him $500. 1t was one of
those things that man does sponta-
neously without expecting a return of
any kind The years have rolled around
without bringing us near together until
his recent visit to New York. l had al
most forgotten the incident. But the
fact that he paid me the money with
interest to date is pretty convincing
proof Of the tenacitY of his memory. It
gives man renewed faith in human ma
ture to have such things occur. ."--NeO
York Tribune.