PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IN MUSSER'S BUILDING. Corner of Main and Tenn St., at SI.OO FER ANNUM, IX ADVANCE; Or $1.25 if not paid in advance. Acceptable Correspondence Solicited. s3f*AcUlress all letter* to " MILLHEIM JOURNAL." A Norn Legend. A None king sat in his hall one night, And the tern pee t was raging without; The 9eft roared and dashed on the rooks near by, And the lights of he wen were out. A great fire blazed with a dazzling lightr On the hearth ot solid rock; The brighter it gleamed lor the blnokncsa ol sloi m And the sound of the ocean's shock. While he sat and talked, a bird flew io, And over the monarch's bead; Then oOt through tho open casement again, To the wild, d.irk night it sped. "Such is life," said the king, "from darkness to li^ht, /rom sunshine to storm, without rest;'' "Yes, eire," a courtier replied, "yet the bird lias somewhere iu safety, a nest." —.V. L. Emerson. THAT GOLDEN CUEL. Terry Dayton sat in his stufH* little office, busily glancing over a heap of letters which that morning's post had brought for the establishment of Messrs. Park & Haily. He came to one addressed in a peculiarly dainty feminine hand, and opened it with a little more curiosity than ho had de signed to bestow upon the others. "Inclosed please find invisible hair net color of hair sent. Ad dress Miss Ella Terrell, Oakhaven, et cetera." "Miss Ella Terrell has very lovely hair," thought the young man, ex amining the long curl attentively. It was golden-brown, and shone radiantly in the beams of sunlight which at that particular moment came pouring in at the little window. "Perhaps, though, it is not her own hair." However, he laid the letter and soft coil aside, resolving to match that in visible nei himself. It was very strange, but a vision of a young lady with golden-brown hair would keep intruding itself between his eyes and the remaining letters. Sometimes brown eyes accompanied the hair, sometimes blue. Xow it was a petite figure—again, "divinely tall and most divinely fair." Having skimmed over them all, he betook himself to that c.omi>artment of the establishment devoted to such articles as the one required. Box after box he examined, and turned away dissatisfied. Ho began to despair. Here was the identical one at last. He carried it in triumph to the office and began to write: "I have, my dear Miss Ella, at last found one to match your beautiful curl. I hope—" "What bosh I am writing! Why, Perry, old boy, youVe clean gone!" he exclaimed, tossing the offending mis sive into the waste basket. Inclosing the article in a wrapper, he addressed it, and laid it with simi lar parcels on a shelf, at the same time consigning the curl to his vest pocket. "Of course you are aware, Mr. Day ton, that some one must go north shortly to attend to that business in Liverpool; and as we have found you faithful in the dischargeof your duties, and place the utmost confidence in your judgment, Mr. Haily and myself have decided that you are the one to go." Thus spoke t?te senior partner, com ing into the office where Perry wa>s sitting. This happened a few months later. Perry's beaming face fully ex pressed his appreciation of this mark of esteem. He was to start in two days. This was Thursday. The next Wednesday morning found our friend taking breakfast at the Adelphi hotel, Liver pool. The business would ptrobably keep him there a month or so. He had plenty of leisure time, and devoted it to viewing the sights. One evening he entered the office of a young fellow connected with the business house of Park & Ilaily, and found him making an elaborate toilet. "Why this unusual and unnatural regard for thy appearance, O Treve !yn ?" he exclaimed, advancing into the room where his friend stood. : "I am going to a party. Don't you want to come ?" "Yes. Where is it?" "At Old Swan, four miles away We will take the cab at eight pre- cisely." Trevelyn was well-known and liked at Old Swan. He had lived there several years, and so it was that Perry was presented to some of the nicest people in the place. He was talking with Mrs. Langdon when he discovered that Trevelyn was dancing with a very pretty young lady. She had dark eyes, a small oval face, and was dressed in some airy, floating material. But her hair attracted his attention particularly. It reminded him of a curly lock which he had car ried about for several months. And then she wore an invisible net, which was probably what caused him to remember that other lock. DEININGER & BUMLLLER, Editors and Proprietors. VOL. LVII. "Don't you agree with me, Mr. Day ton?" "Oh, yes, indeed!" he said, having not the slightest idea of what Mrs. Langdon was talking about. The waltz came to an end at last> and the two found their way to where our friends were seated. "Won't you introduco mo to tho fair dancer?" Dayton asked at the earliest opportunity. "Was Miss Terrell engaged for tho next dance?" A glance at a dainty programme proved the contrary. "Might he have the pleasure?" "Yes." "What n delightful turn that was! Dayton had never enjoyed anything so much. He had some thought of tell ing Miss Terrell that a lock of that mass of wavy hair was at that moment lodged in his pocket. A propitious fate permitted him to dance again with her during the evening, and even to accompany their party to supper. The next day Trevelyn and Dayton called to pay their respects at the Terrell mansion. This was not the last time. And then Perry fell into the habit of going without Trevelyn. The weeks slipped away quietly, and at length Perry discovered that he was madly, wildly, hopelessly in love with the fair owner of the fateful net. One day there was to be a picnic. Nature extended herself to the utmost on this particular occasion. No one had ever experienced a more delight fully pure atmosphere. How fresh everything looked!—how sweetly the birds sang! A winding road through the trees led them at length to just the place they wero looking for. Then came the bustle of alighting and col. lecting the baskets, and all sat down for a general chat before going oil in exploring parties. The delights of pifnics were being warmly discussed, when a gray-clad gentleman on horseback was seen approaching through the trees at one side. He seemed in no wise disconcerted by numerous pairs of eyes bent upon him. "Why, lieggy, where did you come from?" cried Miss Ella, prettily, while the pater et mater shook him warmly by the hand. "I found myself able to be with you earlier than I expected. They told me you were all booked for the day, so I determined to follow suit." "It is so nice that you happened to come on this particular day! We are going to have such a nice day!" said Mrs. Terrell. "I'm not so sure of that," solilo quized Dayton, gloomily, remarking how pleased Ella seemed at the advent of this stranger. "Mr. Dayton—Mr. Greydon, "came at last, and our friend found the keen gray eyes giving him a searching look during the process of a graceful bow. "I think Princess would thank me for a drink of water." And Greydon proceeded to lead the handsome animal to the stream a few steps off. EHa, excusing herself, gracefully accompanied Mr. Greydon. Already daggers of jealousy seemed piercing Dayton's heart. "When is the wedding to come off?" he heard eoine one ask Mrs. Terrell "It is not quite decided yet; not before August." "Then they are engaged! Why didn't some one tell me before I made such an utter fool of myself?" Day ton groaned. Everyone thought thfS precise moment a suitable time for exploring tours, and separated into groups. The poor fellow wandered off by himself, he did not care whither. His brain seemed on fire. lie was desper ately in love. Why had she always seemed so pleased to see him? He had thought so differently of her! What an idiot he was to go on loving the girl! One who could act so falsely was not worthy of his affection. These were some of his excited thoughts. He would go back. He would show her that the stranger's presence made not the slightest difference to him. He turned hastily, and discovered that he had wandered some distance- Arrived at the spot, he found Miss Ella, evidently much fatigued, alone. He approached, and made a remark about the weather. O, commonplace young man! "I was just wishing for some one to come, and had a vague idea that the nymph of the strea*a might venture to show herself if no one else ap peared," she said, languidly, fanning her flaming cheeks. "I will retire in favor of the nymph." "No; I would rather see you now, having no energy left for the con templation of naiads." Dayton's face lighted up for an in- stant, and then resumed its gloomy expression. "Mr. Greydon has gone, and 1 sup pose every one else is off enjoying themselves," continued Ella. "I thought Mr. Greydon was a fix ture; had couie on purpose to see you —that is—" "Dear me, no!" laughed Ella. "Ho is on his way to my Aunt Ilattio's.who lives at Liverpool. He la to marry my cousin in August, and only stopped here toconsult papa about something." "Miss Terrell—Ella -dear Ella! I have been such a fool!" Of course no right-minded person would like to intrude on tho conversa tion which followed; suffice it to say that two weddings came off in August instead of one, and one happy pair consisted of Ella Terrell and Mr. Ferry Davton. FAMILY DOCTOR. People are advised by Dr. Foote's Htnlth Monthly not to sleep in the same undergarments worn during the day. it may bo useful to know that hoarseness may be relieved by using the white of an egg thoroughly beaten, mixed uith lemon juice and sugar. A tea-spoonful taken occasionally is the dose. The London Lau<*t snvs that the people who sneeze oft en est arc some times the healthiest. A sneeze sets the blood circulating and throws off a cold which is trying to settle. An exchange says; Not one in a hundred, at the most, know how to make a mustard plaster, and yet mus tard plasters are used in every family, and physicians preseriln? their applica tion, never telling anybody how to make them, for the simple reason that doctors do not know, as a general rule. The ordinary way is to mix the mustard with water, tempering it with a little Hour; but such a plaster as that makes is simply abominable. Before it lias half done its work it begins to blister the patient, and leaves him finally with a painful, Hayed spot, after having produced far less effect in a benelicial way than was in tended. Now a mustard plaster should never make a blister at all. If a blis ter is wanted, there are other plasters far better than mustard for the pur pose. When you have a mustard plaster, then, use no water whatever, but mix the mustard with the white of an egg, and the result will be a plaster that will "draw" perfectly, but will not produce a blister even up on the skin of an infant, no mattev how long it is allowed to remain on the part. For this we have the word of an old and eminent physician, as well as our own experience, Remains of the Seven Wonders. In addition to the pyramids, after some research on the part of Mr. New ton, who is in the employ of the Eng lish government, the foundation and many of the fragments of the mauso leum at Ilsiliearnassus have been dis closed, which, with the mounds indicat ing the positions of the walls and gar dens of Babylon, are the only remains of the " Seven Wonders of the World.'' The Colossus of Rheat!i. Tho compendium of the "Tenth Census," a volume of 1709 pages, con tains, among other things, a summary of tho report of Mr. Frederick H. Wines upon tho defective, dependent, and delinquent classes. The most striking result of the work was tho ap parently great increase in the number of those included in the three classes named. The number of insane persons idiots, blind persons, and deaf-mutes, as shown by the several censuses, was 50,994 in 1850; 58,45 Pin 1800; 98,584 in 1870, and 251,698 in 18S0. In other words, although the population has a little more than doubled in thirty years, the number of defective persons returned is apparently nearly five times as great as it was thirty years ago. Tho increaso of population between 1870 and 1880 was only thirty per cent., while tho apparent increase of theso defective classes was 155 per cent. While there were only 2554 de fective persons in each million in 1870, there were 5018 in each million in 1880. Mr. Wines says that it is im possible to believe that there has, in fact, been so great an increase. Either the enumeration in 1880 was excessive or the enumeration in 187u was incom plete. The bureau was assisted in the work by 80,000 physicians, and Mr. Wines believes that a much more per fect enumeration of the defective classes, especially of the insane and idiotic, has been secured than was ever before presented in the history of this or any other nation. Of the 91,997 in sano persons forty-four per cent, were in hospitals and asylums; of 70,895 idiots three per cent, were in training schools for the feeble-minded; of 46.928 blind persons, less than four and a half per cent, were in schools and indus trial homes for the blind, and 33,878 mutes, nearly sixteen per cent.,were in schools established for them. Of the deaf persons, one-half were between tho ages of five and twenty-one, but not more than one sixth of the blind were between those ages. It appears that insanity attacks women more frequently than it does men, but men on tho other hand are moro liable to bo idiotic, blind or deaf. Tho negro population is much more liable to idiocy than insanity. Both tho negro and tho foreign population are singularly moro liable to blindness than to dcatness. The tendency of the foreign population to insanity is especially worthy of attenion. "It is startling to know," says Mr. Wines, "that of 50,000,000 of in habitants,over 400,000 are cither insane, idiots, deft-mutes, or blind, or are in mates of prisons, reformatories, or poor houses. If to those we add the out. door poor and the inmates of private charitable institutions, the number will swell to nearly or quite 500,000, or one per cent, of the total population. We cannot begin too soon or prosecute too vigorously the inquiry into the causes of the prevalence of these evils, which are like a canker at the heart of all our prosperity." The number of paupers enumerated in almshouses was 67,067, and the number of prisoners in confinement was 50,255. There were 11,340 in mates of reformatories for the young. Of the prisoners 16,000 are maintained in idleness. The death-rate of the United States > as established by the number of deaths recorded, was fifteen, one to the thous and, a rate decidedly higher than those given in the censuses of 1860 and 1870 This does not indicate, however, any actual increase in the rate, but shows that the returns in 1880 were more complete. Adding estimates of defi ciences, the agent in charge estimates the actual death-rate at somewhere be tween seventeen and eighteen per thousand. The rate in England in the same year was twenty and a half. Of the total number of deaths reported, which was 756,893, the cause in 19,551 cases was consumption; diphtheria caused 38,398 deaths; enteric or ty phoid fever, 32,905; malarial fever, 20,- 261, and accidents or injuries, 35,932. The death-rate of the colored race is much greater than that of the white. Horrible Tragedy, The jury room of the criminal court, in St. Louis, was, a few (lays ago, the scene of an extraordinary tragedy. John C. Parker, a criminal who has a record of the blackest kind in many western cities, killed his wife and him self. lie was a native of St. Louis, and about thirty-three years old. He was awaiting trial for killing John Pay ton in a saloon. His pretty young wife Nellie, and their five-months' old baby, was in the court room in company with his two sisters. The wife leaned against the wire screen and talked to her husband some time while another caso was being heard. It was remark ed at the time that they were very affectionate to one another, A deputy sheriff, who noticed their behavior, said to tho reporter that tho only re deeming trait in Parker's nature was his lovo for his wife, whom he had married about two and a half years ago. She was considerably above him in the social scale, and sacrificed her family ties to link her fate with his. While the husband and wife were con versing Parker's lawyer asked that he might have a conference with his client. Accordingly the prisioner was taken from the cage by a deputy sheriff, and walked through the court into the jury room. His wife walked by his side, and his sisters and attorney followed. They took seats, and the prisoner began to give his lawyer a list of wit nesses. The wife was seated by her husband's side. Something drew tho attention of those present from the prisoner when a shot rang out, and before any one could interfere, a second one was fired. The first shot sent a bullet through Mrs. Parker's brain, killing her almost instantly. Tho econd shot Parker fired while he held the weapon close to his own temple. He died within an hour. Neither he nor his wife spoke after they received their wounds. Late in the evening a letter was found written by Parker, wherein he showed that the whole plan was arranged that he should kill him self and his wife and that six* had help ed him plot against her own and his life. "When she went to the court room, therefore, she knew she was going to meet death. Yet she walked across the room without a tremor and entered the jury room, though she knew that to cross the threshold was to step into the grave. "WASHING DAY." Some t'*eftil lllut* to llonsekeeperp About Waililnv ami Ironing. First have the clothes well sorted. Let the table-cloths and napkins be washed by themselves, and each piece looked over carefully in order to sec if there are any fruit or coffee stains on the pieces; if so, pour boiling water over the fruit-stains, several times if necessary, until they are removed, and soak coffee stains for a little in cold water, which will generally take them out. Let the sheets, pijlow-cases and cot ton underwear be washed and boiled together; then the towels apd white cotton stockings; white shirts, gar ments to be starched and handkerchiefs could be put together, then tea towels, and last of all the flannels. That clothes may be washed clean, use a good soap and an .abundance of warm water. Clothes will not be white if washed in a little water in the bottom of a tub. and a cheap soap is not econ omy, and often leaves a disagreeable odor, even after a careful rinsing. Have the water merely warm in your boiler when the clothes are put in, and rub a little soap on each piece before boiling. Do not boil over fifteen minutes, as a longer time is apt to give the linen a yellow hue. After the clothes are removed from the first boiler, dip out half the water, and pour in enough cold to fill your boiler half full, and go through this process each time. Many servants, unless directed otherwise, are apt to put the second quantity into the boiling water from which they have taken the first, and then pour in whatever extra amount is needed. But putting the clothes into boiling water will leave them yellow, while the other process is a cleansing one. After removing from the boiler, rinse them thoroughly in a large tub of water, then blue them in another. We have found it well during the winter to have sheets, pillow-cases and cotton underwear washed first, then take linen, as they dry quickly, and are ready to bring into the house, when the starched clothes, which need to hang much longer on the lines, are ready to put out. The starched clothes should be out during the brightest part of the day, and the flannels should be washed so as to have the benefit of the sun also. To keep them soft and nice do not put them all into a tub at one time, but take up each piece separately, wash in as hot suds as you can com fortably bear your h; n Is, then rinse immediately in another tub of hot water, squeeze very dry, snap out, and after pinning on the line, pull them into shape. Flannels should never be ironed. As there is no odor about a house more disagreeable than that produced from boiling clothes, or the steam from the drying of them in the house, when the day is too stormy to hang them out of doors, let every housekeeper be par ticular in this matter, not only to keep the doors between the kitchen or laun dry and the house closed, but to insist that the windows in the kitchen shall be lowered a few inches from the top, even in the coldest weather, that much of the disagreeable air may escape. Early rising, systematic planning, good soap, an abundance of water, pure air and a cheerful temper are necessary to make a happy washing day, and the washing and ironing well done and greatly to the comfort of a household —Chicago Standard, Terms, SIOO Per Year in Advance. "Two things are needed." said John Decker to a reporter, "to secure to the public security against loss of life by fire. The first is a common sense es cape, the second the universal adoption of such an escape. For thirty years I served as a volunteer fireman, sitting for eight years on the board of en gineers. and holding for five and a half years the position of chief of the de partment. and not a few have been the number of so-called fire-escapes brought to my notice. I have given the sub iect mucn time and stuay, and the re cent tires with the attending loss of life Have confirmed the opinion I have held for years in this matter. Balconies of iron extending across the front, side or back of a building, the floors connected by ladders of iron, endless chains, por table ladders and towers and a folding window-escape may all be well enough as far as they go, but they do not go far enough. Inmates of a burning building intuitively make at once for the stairs. A practical fire-escape, then, should be constructed with this fact in view. This to my mind can be done in no better way than by building ont or more iron staircases enclosed by some fireproof material and separated from the building proper bv a hollow wall. These stairways should connect with every floor by automatic iron doors, which should open from the hall so that no impediment to their being readily opened might obtain. Thus upon an alarm of lire, the occupants ot a building could descend in safety without fear of falling or exposure which tear, I believe, has occasioned the death of more than one person dur ing the last year. If the building be f large one, then, two, three, or even four of these fireproof staircases mighl be built, each one of them cbmmuni eating with every floor of the building When I was in the legislature tht question of lire escapes came up anc was the subject of much discussiou but that was all that came of it. Th< general adoption of some such mean.' of escape by our hotels, theatres, apart ment houses and large factories woulc soon educate the people to a knowledge of the means at hand for escape ic times of danger, and would not dis figure the buildings or call upon weak women and little children to cliint hand over hand down a swinging chaiD or a hanging ladder. In my present capacity its superintendent of fire appliances for the Erie railway my means for observation are numerous and varied, and no one plan but this suggests so many good features or such likelihood of meeting the requirements of the emergencies of fire, in theatre, dwelling or hotel. Ages of Peop e Who Marry. According to the figures compiled Lby the clerks in the bureau of vital i statistics, in 204 out of the total num ber of 11,085 marriages in 1882, the bridegrooms were under twenty years of age. The number of brides under that age was 2651. The bridegrooms i between 20 and 25 years of age num bered 3922, the brides 3662. There | was 3382 men married who were be tween 25 and 30 years old, and 2121 women between the same ages. The i bridegrooms between 30 and 35 years of age were 1635 in number, and the brides 747. But 880 men and 435 women were married who were be tween 35 and 40 years of age. The old bachelors who became Benedicts between 40 and 45 years of age nuni i bered 477, and the women who wheD married confessed to the same age were 205 in number. There were 276 men and 109 women married between the ages of 45 and 50, and 150 men and 58 women between 50 and 55. Seventy men and 20 women were mar ried who were over 55 and under 60. The bridegrooms over 60 and under 65 numbered 43, and the brides 8. The bridegrooms over 65 and under 70 numbered 10, and the brides 2. Four teen men married between the ages of ; 70 and 80, but no bride acknowledged herself over threescore years and ten. One bridegroom was between 80 and 90 years of age. Forty-five men and 68 women refused or failed to state their ages. The record does not indicate which of the contracting par ties in the above list were married for the second time. Tne recent explosion of a gunpow der factory at Berkelav, Cal.. develop ed a hero. Frank Boiler saw the shower of sparks set fire to a taupau lin on the deck of a schooner lying at a wharf. He knew that fifty tons of the explosive was aboard the vesseL The crew were aware of it, too, and they scampered away as fast as possi ble. But Boiler leaped through the window of his house, ran to the peri lous craft and extinguished the flames by throwing on water with a bucket. If the fire had reached the cargo the town and everybody in it would have been destroyed. NO. 10. Fire Escapes. California Hero. NEWSPAPER LAWS. If subscribers order the discontinuation of newspapers, the publishers may continue to send them until nil arrearages are paid. If subscribers refuse or neglect to take their newspapers from the office to which they aro sent, they are held responsible until they have settled the bills and ordered them dis continued. If subscribers move to other places with out informing the publisher, and the news papers are sent to the former place of resi dence, they nre then responsible. ADVERTISING RATES 11 wk. I 1 uin. |3inos. | fimosT |1 year 1 ■quarr ®loUf3ons3( $ 4 <>o |$ OR w column ! 3no I 400 I no I lo oo I is oo 2 column I 600 800 ! 12 00 I 20 00 | 36 OR 1 column I 600 I 12 Oil | 20 00 I 36 OH I ftllß One inch makp-< a Minute. Administrators ami Ex ecutors' Notices $2.60. Transient advertisements and locals 10 cents per lino for first Insertion and 6 centalpor line for each additional insertion. Tlie Girls. Hear the laughter of the girls— Pretty girls: What a fund of merriment each ruby lip unfurls. \ How they chatter, chatter, chatter, In the balmy hour of night, While the stars that over-spatter All the heavons hear their clatter In a soft and mild delight, Keeping time, time, time, In a sorter-kinder rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that, unceasing, ever purls From the girls, girls, girls, girls, Girls, girls, girls— From the wild, capricious, saucy, jaunty girls. See the flirting of the girls— Radiant girls; How the softened brain of lover wildly whilrs Through the mazes of the hall, Up and down the stately hall, How he skippeth to and fro, And perspires. Would that we could tell the idiot all we know Of the fires Into which the false one hurls Each new victim—see the flame—how itswirls f How it curls, How it curls; liettcr far that thev wcCP churls Than fall victim to the girls; To the prattle and the rattle Of the girls, girls, girls, Of the girls, girls, girls, girls, Girls, girls, girls— To the sacking and heart-racking of the girls. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. Tt bears the palm—The hand. A telegraph wire is like a mustache- It is of no use when it is down. It doesn't take much provocation for a man to "get down on" a soft bed. "Worth makes the man. When Worth makes the dress he breaks the man. Lumbago is one of the back taxes that you can't readily supply a check for. Herein differeth ye damsel from ye potato: She masheth the more readily when raw. The churchman and the family um brella closely resemble each other in one particular. They both keep Lent. Mercury is called the "god of elo quence." This may account for the eloquence let loose on the subject of thermometers during a cold wave. People who don't understand why parrots are invariably so vicious in their discourse, must be. stupid. What would you expect from a bird but fowl talk? If von really dislike a man it is well to remember that nothing will mad bim more than to catch him near a hand organ and go up and offer him some coppers. It has now become fashionable in Eastern cities to be married as early as six o'clock in the morning. This starts the bridegroom into the habit of early rising right off A little girl was walking along the street the other day,when she saw a very bow-legged man with a short coat on. "Oh, ma!" she cried, "There's a man with a tunnel under him!" "William, my son," says an econom ical mother to her son, "for mercy's sake don't keep on tramping up and down the floor in that manner, you'll wear out your new boots." (He sits down.) "There you go—sitting down! Now you'll wear out your new trousers! I declare, I never see such a boy!" Showed His Money. John 11. Yon Dohlen, a German gro cer in New York, changed a $lO note for a strar.ger, and, in doing so display ed a large roll of money. Soon after wards two young men entered the store and said they had made a bet as to whose hat would hold the most molasses. "Dot's noddings to me," said Dohlen. "I know noddings aboud such pisi nesses." But the young men were not to be put off. They said they would pay for the molasses. The grocer grum bled about the "voolishnesses" as he took the hat they wanted him to fill and went to the rear of the store. As he returned with it to the man who held out his hands for it, he stepped between the two. The one who took the hat said: "Well, how much does it hold?" Before the astonished grocer could answer he was seized from behind, and at the same time the hatful of mo lasses was clapped on his head and pulled down over his eyes. Blinded and bewildered, he could make no re sistance while his money was taken from him, and when he got the hat off and ran out on the sidewalk, dripping with molasses, his dispoilers were gone. He lost $274 and the molasses. Should Carry Bells. According to a ruling of the secretary of the treasury, a vessel cannot be fined for the failure to have a fog-horn on board in ordinary weather, but there may be an imposition of a fine if a bell is not sounded while the vessel is at anchor in a fog. In view of the many accidents from collisions of late it would be in the line of enforcing precaution if all vessels were fined for not carrying bells. „