PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IN" MUSSEK'S BUILDING, Corurr of JHoin rikl Penn St*. ot $l.OO PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE; Or $1.25 if not paid in advanc*. Accjptable Correspoadeoce Solicited. j all letters to "MILLHEIM JOURNAL." j Somebody's Darling. [The following lines were written in 1864, by .Mrs. E. G. Sprugue, now of Wyoming, R. 1., snd first appeared in the Waver I y Magazine. iThey were suggested by seeing a young drum- boy lying dead in Lovell General Hospital, at Portsmouth Grove, R. I.] Into a ward of the white-washed halls, Where the dead and the dying lay Wounded by bayonet, shells and ball-), Somebody's darling was borne one day. Somebody's darling! so young and so brave Wearing yet oa his pale, sweet face, Seon to be hid by the dust of the grave, The lingering light of boyhood's grncor Matted and damp are the curls of gold, Kissing the snow of that lair young brow; Pule are the lips of delicate mold, — . Somebody's darling is dying now. Back from the beautiful, blue-veiued brow Brush all tho wandering waves of gold; Cross hi 9 hnnils on bis bosom now, — Somebody's darling is still and cold! Kiss him once—for somebody's sake; Murmur a pray ex, soft and low;. One bright curl from its fair mates take, — They were somelody's pride you kn6\v. Somebody's hand hath rested there! Was it a mother's, soft and white? And have the lips of a sister dear Been baptized in those waves of Jighl? God knows best! he was somebody's love; Somebody's heart enshrined him there; Soaebody wafted his name above. Night and morn, on the wings of prayer. Somebody wept when he marched away, Looking so handsome, brave and grand; Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay; Somebody clung to his parting hand. Somebody's waiting ancl watching for him, Yearning to hold him again to her heart; And there he lies with his blue eyes dim, And his smjliiig, childlike lips apart. Tenderly bury the fair, young dead, Pausing to drop in his p-.ive a tear; Carve on the wooden slab at his head, "Somebody's darling slum'-ers here." The Country Doctor. Dr. Hrinsley belongs to the noble irmy of martyrs and heroes known as ••country doctors." ITe was the sort of man you could love if you loved him; otherwise you would probably dislike him, for he was very peculiar; everybody said so. Now there are several ways of being peculiar, and the doctor's ways were not always pleasant ways -unless you loved him. His wife had loved him, and to her he had seemed the most perfect of men. He suited her and she suited him, and they had been very happy. It must not he supposed that her love had been of the cooing kind. Perhaps the doctor would not have enjoyed that.. Darling Hecky rejoiced in making bright, spicy, impudent remarks to her husband, ltemarks which made his big brown eyes sparkle with delight; then he Would meet her half way, and they would fight the most interesting little duels, followed by the most affec tionate reconciliations. But it was now three long years since poor Becky had been resting in her quiet grave and the doctor's friends had decided that he needed some one to keep house for him. After much persuasion lie had >een particularly introduced to Miss Delia Swan. "What a name!" thought the doctor, but as he looked at her he saw that she was fair, gentle, healthy and twenty-six. "A good, sensible age. must bo neat and orderly," was his verdict. In a moment of enthusiastic selfishness he had proposed to her, and in a moment of enthusiastic devotion she had accepted him. They were married. She lived in his house, she poured out his tea and coffee, she entertained his friends, and everybody said: "Oh, how much nicer Bhe was than that other woman!" She was very popular with everybody, but she was not at all popular with the doctor. To him "that other woman" was Btill all the world and the brightness thereof. So homeless did he feel in the presence of this much nicer woman that his visits to Becky's grave were the only happy hours of his new life. After awhile he became more accus tomed to Delia, and then he began to give her free and frequent lectures on Becky. "She" used to say so and so, she used to do this and that, and as she'had been right then, she must be right now and forever, and in every thing. Delia had married "from a sense of duty." and deserved to be punished, but it seemed to her that her punish ment was greater than she deserved. She would not have wished that her husband should forget the wife of his youth, but she had expected that he would have some regard for tho woman whom he had invited to pre side over his household, and she had hoped to make him comfortable; to "do her duty by hira," as she expressed it. Part of that duty she had performed in the most admirable manner; never had the doctor's house been so clean; never had his shirt bosoms shone with such luster; but the heart which beat behind them she had been unable to oonquer. Waa it her fault? Had she not tried to be kind, to be patient, to be meek? ¥w< Mlt m tb th bM lIK jftiUluiin PORES DEINTNGER & BUMELLER, Editors and Proprietors. VOL. LVII. spoiled it all and shtflacked the sweet boldness which love alone can give. She was almost afraid of that un gracious man, and she was jealous of Becky, much loved, happy Becky. At the end of six months of such a life the doctor noticed that Delia looked pale and thin. "You need a little more fresh air," he prescribed, "and I shall take you out as often as I can." Not without some in ward fear, but attired in her very best, Delia sat in tho buggy by the side of her lord. It was a balmy spring afternoon, nature looked so fresh, so bright, so happy, that a little of this happiness breathed itself into Delia's sad heart. The doctor must also have been touched by these benign in line noes, for never before had he been so kind, so at tentive to lnr, so talkative. She smiled several times; twice she abso lutely laughed. She sat a little nearer to him, her cheeks bloomed and she was beginning to feel quite comfortable, when, as luck would have it, they happened to ride past a very small cottage, so very small that Delia said. "Oh, look! I wonder how people live in such a tiny bit of a house?" The doctor's brow grew dark. "In such a house as this," he said in his most impressive manner, "in just such a house as this my wife and -I lived in the greatest happiness when we were first married." Had Delia been suddenly shifted from India's coral strand to Green land's icy mountains the shock could hardly have been greater. "Ilis wife," she thought, "then if she is his wife, what am I?" Peculiar reasoning, perhaps, but Delia knew very well what she meant. All that evening she sat silently sewing .and answering the doctor's remarks with a primness of dignity that sur prised him. But he asked no ques tions and took refuge in thoughts of the old days when Becky sat in that same chair, sewing too, but with such bright, loving looks, such an interesting way of saying things! And now, what a difference! What, in truth, was this woman to him? Not a wife, not even a companion, only a housekeeper. And he gazed at her reflectively. It so happened that Delia, who had been making desperate efforts to overcome her sulky mood, looked up at that mo ment and caught the full meaning of the doctor's eyes. Had he slapped her face she could not have felt it more, but she gave no sign. With white fingers that trembled a little she folded her work and said, "1 am tired, I will go to my room." Delia did not sleep much that night. "I must leave him." she de cided at last. "I will not live with him unless lam really his wife. 1 cannot." Leave him; but how"? She would not go back' to her mother's house where questions would be asked which she was determined not to answer; and besides it was too near. Where cduld she go? A few hours afterwards that question was answered. She received a letter post marked "Denver, Colorado;" it came from "dear cousin Mamie," and as she read her letter Delia's face brightened; "it is just what I want ed," she said to herself. One evening, when the doctor came home, Bridget met him at the door and said. "Missus has gone, sir; she had to go a kind of sudden, but she said she would write and tell you." "All right," answered the doctor. "Gone to her mother's," he explained to himself. "I suppose there is some sort of fandango going on there." He made himself very comfortable. It was a cool evening, and he smoked his cigar, and put his feet on the stove, with "no one nigh to hinder." But what the doctor really liked was to be hindered; he enjoyed watching the mild shadow of disapproval stealing over Delia's face; if she had frankly and briskly expressed her opinion, then taken it back prettily, he might have fallen in love with her; but Delia always relapsed into meekness, and all was lost. As the days passed the doctor began to miss his housekeeper. "Why does she not write? Cold-blooded creature!" The cold-blooded creature wrote- Her letter was dated from Denver. It said; DEAR SIR—I thought you would be happier -without me, so I came here. lam visiting cousin Mamie. With best wishes for your happiness, I re main sincerely, "A pretty letter —and 'dear sir' to me! Gone to Denver! Who could have supposed she had spirit enough for that? Little goose! Gone to Den ver, by Jove!" The dwtsf be bjwed him- DELIA BRINSLEY. self, he was delighted. The next evening he was on his way to Colo rado. That same evening, in far-off, lovely Denver, Delia and Cousin Mamie were comparing notes about their husbands. Delia had been very cautious and Mamie was enthusiastic about the doctor. "If he was my hus band 1 would tlirt with him and make him fall desperately in love with me," she declared. "Flirt with him!" exclaimed Delia. "Certainly, it would he all right, and su interesting! Now, John is so good natured and always the same, I some times wish he would bo a little bit cross, just for a change." "What a sadly funny world this is," thought Delia when she was aionc, "no one is really contented and happy." Then she hocume very home sick; not only did she miss the doctor, but she also missed herself, she had always been so prudent, so submissive, and now she had done such a wild, wicked thing! Had she not promised "for better and f inquire why a good building was erected in such an isolated locality, and it was so closely guarded, as a solitary |watchman, day and night the pear cnccks the steps and in quires the business of the curious as they stray near. As the eye passing upwards reads "Nitre-glycerine fa dory —very dangerous," in big letters abovo tho dpor, tho use for which the building is intended and the necessity for watchful care n ap parent. At the door were seen lying iron casks sheeted inside with lead, and in these casks are imported the pure glycerine and mixed acids used In the factory. A cask of mixed acid is hoisted by machinery to the upper story and dumped into a mixing tub', in which the mixing blades aro turned by a man who is stationed in a tight box and has in front of him a thermometer, i As the glycerine runs into the acid a vapor is engendered in which life is scarcely supportable, hence the man at the crank is stationed in a close box The acid and glycerine in their admix ture rapidly heat, and the compound has to be toned down by cold water or ice; hence the greatest watchfulness is necessary at this point. As the heat is allowed to run up to 80 degrees, and nitro-glveerine exphxles at 1)0 degrees, there remains but 10 degrees of heat between the men and eternity,or, :is the manager remarked, if the heat run up to 90 degrees thev would not have I • ! time to pucker their mouths to say i "good-by." It is needless to say that, while the work is going on, strangers are never | allowed to enter the building, as it is I necessary that every inan should have his individual attention at such times upon his work. "Strict rules govern our men," remarked the manager, "as tho least venture at experimenting would leave no one to tell how the ac cident happened." The uitro-glvcerinc i thus manufactured has an explosive force ten times greater th;m that of blasting powder, and is used or. very heavy work, but we sell very little in I that shape, remarket the manager, as I it is run down a tunnel to the room ' below, where it is manufactured into dynamite, daulin or vigorite, all" of which have nitro-glycerine as their basis, but are known by different names to designate the degree of power. As rapidly ;is possible, the nitro- I glycerine is mixed with charcoal, wood pulp, or other mixtures, and reduced j into a.commodity more readily handled; for although dynamite is understood to be extremely dangerous to handle, it is rammed into the cartridges with a 1 stick with as little apparent fear of the result as would be the case were the substance so much dirt. The cartridges are made to hold from a pound to two pounds each, and are carefully packed each day and taken to an isolated magazine owned by the company. The output of the factory is about 1000 pounds daily now, but the owners expect to increase the capacity to meet the requirements of a rapidly increasing demand, as this is the only factory of the kind in Ontario, and the development of the mines has rapidly increased the demand, as blast ing with powder has been ;Umost en tirely superseded by the use of dynam ite, which is not only more efficacious | but safer to handle. The manager re marked: "I have to pay my men large salaries, although the work is compara tively light, as a very slight accident would put them out of the way of drawing their salaries. 1 have worked at the business for the past five years and own a mill in Algoma as well as ! this one here, but in this business life l 1 1 is the result of vigilance."—[Manu i facturer's Gazette. How These Delicate Optical Delations Artificial eyes are not of recent in vention, for the early Egyptians used many crude specimens, the erblephari and the hypoblepharia. The former was formed of a circle of iron which passing round the head had at one of its extremities a thin sheet of metal covered with very fine skin, on which was painted an eye with eye-lid and lashes, thus forming a kind of painted bandage which concealed the cavity of the lost eye. The latter exhibited somewhat of a likeness to the method now adopted, but was made of a metallic shell something like a walnut shell on which was painted the iris, the pupil and the white of the eye,and was placed in the orbital cavity and kept in place by the eyelids as is now done. The great objeotioo to this was the A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE. VERY DANGEROUS. GLASS EYES. Are Made. weight of the metal ana the constant fixity of the look. The data of tho introduction of glass eyes is not recorded, but they have been found in tho heads of mummies staring with unearthly light. In olden days solid glxss eyes were used, but tho artificial eye of to-day is of shell-like formation, and in its construction remarkable nicety and skill is required. With the exception of a few small modifications in detail and finish, tho manufacture of artificial eyes has not made any particular steps forward in the last half century. Each manu facturer has a secret of his own as to the combination of the material used and the mode of applying them. This secret, which in most cases is handed down from father to son, is jenl msly guarded, ami strangers are rarely permitted to witness any of tlio processes of manufacture. Tho artifi cial eye being only a light shell of enamel without any precise form, since it has to be suited to the dlTierent sizes pud shapes of eyeballs, is placed under the eyelid, and is composed of two parts; the one exterior, which gives the colors of the iris, of the sclerotic,|or white on tho eye, ;u well as the blood vessels of the healthy eye; tho other, the interior, which fitting into and capping the stump, receives movement from it. The manufacture of artifi cial eyes- consists in three distinct operations, as follows; The artist seats himself at his table with a lamp or gas jet before him which is blown by a bellows and blow pipe, worked by the foot, and gives a pointed jet of ilame of the strength he desires. Within reach of his hand are placed rods of enamel of different colors. lie begins by taking a hollow tube of color loss crystal, one of the extremities of which being soon melted in the fire of the jet form 3 a ball when blown. As the color given by the crystal has no resemblance to that of the sclerotic, usually called the white of the eye, his first labor is to color the ball in such a manner that it may be of the same hue as the natural eye. To attain this result, he applies to the ball, enamel of different colors which amalgamating with the crystal in a pasty state, gradually gives it the desired tint, which differs in each individual. This tint obtained, be makes a circular opening in the center of the ball, destined to receive the "lobe of the eye. When the hole is n * made the ball is put on one side. The globe is made by first forming the iris, which is done by the uso of sev eral amalgamations of enamel accord ing to requirements of tho case. Thejiris finished, a spot of black cname is placed in the center to form tho pupil, which is then encircled with its aureola. The infinitely small fibers found in the iris are then drawn. The globe when finished is soldered to the sclerotic by means of the lamp, after which the artist rectifies any small imperfections which he may observe, and it only remains to pare the ball in order to obtain a shell, which, rounded at tho edges, may perfectly resemble the living eye with which it is to be placed, not only in form but also in color. The enameled surface of a well-made eye is really lovely, and when even closely exam ined it lias every appearance of the natural, eye both in brilliancy, depth, and light. Prices vary from sls to SSO, accord ing to circumstances, although all are equally well finished. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. A felicity that costs pain gives dou ble content. Money is well sj>ent in purchasing tranquility of mind. There is no deeper law of nature than that of change. Indolence is the rust of the mind and the inlet of every vice. A passionate woman's love is always overshadowed by het fear. "Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Time should never be squandered. Every man should have a noble, worthy aim in life. There will always be something that we shall wish to have finished, and be, nevertheless, unwilling to begin. A good man will be doing good wheresoever he is. His trade is a compound of charity and justice. Foolishness places itself in the fore most rank to be observed; intelligence stands in the hindmost to observe. There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works. In idle ness alone is there perpetual despair. If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know al ready. Terms, SI.OO Per Year in^Ldvanoe. Ike .Mining Prospector. The genus prospector, a man of medium hight, a rather lightly but firmly-knit frame, age anywhere be tween twenty-live and thirty-flve, a tine face, gentle but firm, bronzed with exposure to many a fierce storm, stamp ed with the unmistakable expression impressed on the features of those who, day after day, stand fare to face with danger and death, a face that a girl in distress will turn to without hesitation; that a rowdy will turn from with fea and hatred. J lis first movement be trays the frontiersman. A rapid pierc ing glance around the park, neither human foe nor edible game being in sight, his next glance is to the sky. Apparently satisfied with the inspec tion. his first care is to tend to his jack- or "burro," to use the mountain phrase; then having liberated the burro with a drag on the end of his roj>e which will effectually prevent his straying from that park, he turns to his tire, blows it into a blaze, puts on his coffee pot to loil, and then to his toilet. Three inches of comb, two square ineleso' looking glass, a coarse towel, a piece of yellow soap, a tooth brush, anil the toilet table is furnished. Now follow him to the dressing-room; a dozen steps down the creek takes him to where a little dam has formed a crystal pool. Down on the moss-covered rocks goes the broad white hat, the collar of the blue flannel shirt is rolled back disclos ing the neck and chest of an athlete. ()!i how cold, how refreshing, how in vigorating the water is, fresh from the nnow above. The toilet is finished, breakfast is the next consideration. The coffee lia\ ing boiled is placed on one side to settle; the bacon fried, the batter for a pile of "slap-jacks" beaten up, he fries one of the abominations throwing it into the air and catching it on the reversed side with the precis ion of an old timer, and now he plunges into the tent and emerges with lae "chuck box," or in English, "mess chest," into the innermost recesses of which he dives, and from the conglom eration of cartridges, buckskin thongs, steel traps, needles and threat. sailorV palm, mineral specimens, thri • or four letters, a book very torn and dirty, e pair of Mexican spurs, odds and ends of string, etc., etc., produces a small canvass sack of salt, ditto of sugar, a half gallon can of syrup, and breakfast is ready and the table is set. To dis patch the meal takes but a little while- Short as the time is, however, it is not wasted, for observe the upturned face, the eager searching glance, peak after peak is scanned, formation, color noted t until apparently satisfied with the in spection. The meal is finished, plate and cup wash ml and put away; the morning pipe is lit and smoked while he goes through his pockets to see if his outfit is complete, matches, compass knife, magnifying glass, all safe. Catching up the burro and picketing him on fresh grass finishes the morn ing chores and we are ren ly for the day's work. There is a story of a candidate for a Yorkshire borough addressing the elec tors in flattering terms, and telling them that for "the hope of being their representative he had given up valua ble prospects in India, and travelled many hundreds of miles." "What a jolly fool you must be," was the un sympathetic remark of oneof the crowd. The spe; k r had, in fact, returned tc England because his prospects in India had proved delusive. Exaggeraters of th : s class have been held up to deri sion for centuries. Ln.ndo (sixteenth century) tells of an Italian ecclesiastic who was so given to drawing the long bow that his friends openly derided his tales. He at last hired a simple country lad, whose whole duty it was to stand behind his master's chair and corroborate his anecdotes. The boy did his work for a time; but at length his employer ventured on a tale so amazing that the honest servant start led the company by exclaiming, "Nay, master, take back my livery ; I cannot swear to that" Epitaphs offer a very usual field for exaggeration. Few imitate the sensible conciseness of an inscription in a Hampshire church, where the survivor merely adds, after the name of the deceased,"To those who knew him a narration of his virtues would be needless; to those who knew him not it would be tedious"—a fact too often lost sight of by the writers of monumental inscriptions. Facts themselves may bo presented in a light which exaggerates them to the listener. Boswell once praised the profuse hospitality of a gentleman who "never entertained less chan a thousand in the course of a year. That is to say, about three persons dined with him daily." Both "ways of putting it'* were true, but they convey ed widely different gleanings.— Lov*. (fori Q# fa NO. 12. Lying. NEWSPAPER LAWS, If subscriber* order the discontinuation of newspapers, the publishers may continue to send them until ell awearniros are i#iid. If subsccibom refuse or neglect to take their newspapers from the office to which they are sent, they are hold responsible. until they have settled the bills and ordered them dis continued. If sntmcribers move to other places,with out informing the publisher, and the news papers are sent to the former plate flf resi dence, they are then responsible. " ~ ADVKHTIBIiIQ RATE*; ' I wk, 1 mo. | Srant. 1 A not. f J y* r I sqnara fl 00 $ 300 j $ 3 (X) * * (\) 6 CO it column 300 4AO ! SOO I 10 00 ( 16 (10 S column 600 8 00! 13 00 ! 30 00 1 36 00 ' tßl,n " •<* 13 00 | 30 001 36 00-j ) (J0 I'm Inch mikH i iqntn. Administrator* anil Ki ••■tor*' Notice* ft 60. Transient adrartiMmanta and locals 10 aaata par lias for first insartion and 6 cants par Una for aaefc additional isaartion. Peculiarities of Mexicans. Among all classes there is too much Df the idle "rest and be thankful" spirit. Nature has been bountiful; the nec essaries of life are easily secured; the need of. exertion is minimized; a few beans or a handful of corn, a little fat, and some chillies will form the unvary ing diet for weeks. But all are in veterate gamblers. Although some times too lazy or improvident to provide even comfortable food, they will sit for hours over cards or dice, and in their infatuation pawn everything on which they can raise money. In selling their chillies, their eggs, poultry, or other produce, they seldom have any fixed price; their demands are mainly graduated by the app;rrent capacity or generosity of the purchaser. Contract ing to supply milk, for example, to the railroad construction gangs, after ar ranging for a very ample remuneration, and going on for one, perhaps two, weeks, they will complain that their cows are doing badly, get a few extra cents per gallon, and perhaps a week later make a similar stand for a further advance. The mercantile classes in the towns, although thev seldom have much capital, are tolerably straitfor ward, endeavoring to meet their en gagements, and have a wholesome horror of a protested bilk Every vil lage celebrates, at least once a year, its tirsta, where dancing, an extra amount of gambling, cock fighting, and some times bull-baiting are the entertain ments, and where the liberal eonsump_ tion of cheap intoxicants bring business into the Court of Elcaldi or Justice of Peace. The Mexicans are generally more pusillanimous aid superstitious than the Indians. Secret societies exercise a good deal of authority. Both in Old and Xew Mexico the Penitatcs count their numbers by thousands, and enjo'n among their votaries fasting and humiliation, from which, however, exemption is freely accorded on payment of certain doles. On occasions, self-flagellation and stripes inflicted by brother devotees are proceeded with until the infatuat ed victims are covered with blood. For several hundred yards along a path thickly strewn with prickly cactus, others go on hands and knees to prostrate themselves before the cross. Bearing a cross weighing several hundred pounds, with arms outstretched and secured, others toil for miles, usually to some sacred chapel or almost inaccessible mountain top. When the poor enthusiast, fainting under his burden, is about to drop, at tendants place their shoulders under the arms of the cross, and afford a temporary support These perform ances shatter yearly the health of weakly devotees, and kill some.— London Times. Diseases From Bad Teeth. It appears not to be generally under stood even among the cultivated people, although the fact has been dwelt upon with emphasis by the best medical authorities, that the presence of carious, crowded, or asymmetrical teeth in the human month is the pro genitor of a long train of nervous dis eases, comprising not only facial neuralgia and its concomitant troubles, but diseases of the ear, inflammatory as well as functional, eventuating often in partial loss of hearing, defects of vision, nas opharyngeal catarrh, and other tor.uenting maladies. One of our acutest and most successful spec ialist in the treatment of nervous dis eases has become so fully convinced by long experience of the part played by defective teeth in the development, not of neuralgia only, but even of the more obscure neuroses, that he always insists, as a condition precedent to the acceptance of the case, that a thorough examination of the cavity of the mouth shall be undertaken by a competent dentist, for, he says, not only may a single diseased tooth result in persist ent nervous disturbance, but disease of the brain, decay or perversion of the mental faculties, even epilepsy and tetanic spasms often have their start ing-point in dental imtations ; and he has observed cases in which, while lay ing the foundation for a long train of nervous troubles, the irritated organ itself gave no sign, either by local pain or vague discontent, of the agency it was constantly exerting to produce serious disturbance at some distant point. In common Avith the most aural surgeons, a distinguished special ist, of this city, lias long since adopted the practice of examining the teeth of every patient brought to him for treat ment of ear trouble, particularly of partial deafness and general irritation of the organ; and, speaking the other day of the large number of pupils from the public schools who attended the public aural clinics at the hospital with which he is connected, "it is rare," he saia, "to find a single patient in whose case dental irritation is not to be con sidered among the prominent causativfi fwtorfc'WfeMi York Titm, ■ 'V- ~