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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
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CHICAGO tiremen receive 5000 a year.
THERE are 5000 money-order post
offices in the United States.
CALIFORNIA has $3l 100000 invested
in wine making.
The oldest bill-poster in Milwaukee is
heir to $5,OO0,0O0 in England.
FoRTY-Two million dollars passed
through our money order offices last
year.
MUsKErs were invented in l4l4.
Texas pastured l,3l6 cattle in the
year 1871.
The remains of 1T steamboats, lie on
the bottom of the Arkansas river.
The first printed Greek book was a
grammar, which appeared in l476.
COFFEE, if drank freely, is said to be
an excellent preventive against dis
ease of the kidneys.
THE gold yield of California is now
surpassed by the silver yield of Nevada.
A KENTUCKY newspaper has a sub
scriher who has paid his subscription
regularly for forty four years.
PRESBYTERIAN billiards" is the new
name Tor crOquet.
California rats build nests in the
tops of tall trees.
AN Alabama lady is reported on medi-
cal authority to have borne seventeen
children in nineteen years.
ONO has three millions of acres more
of cultivated land than Pennsylvania.
A COUPLE of fenterprising-and, it is said
pretty-women have lately opened a
fashionable tailoring establishment In
Boston.
A Texas Judge lately decided that bad
cooking on the part of a wife was good
reason for granting the husband di,
vorce.
The only silver mines of California
now producing much are those of Cerro
Gordo. and their yield has lately been
depressed by the earthquake, and fire
damaging the reduction works.
A RICH New Yorker wants his body
burnt after death, and the ashes sealed
up in an urn which he has just ordered
from Italy for the purpose. A cheap
way, probably, of urning notoriety.
the track of the Denver and Rio
Grande railway has reached Arkansas
Valley, at Pueblo, 100 miles from Den
Yer, and Government freight is now
passing over it to New Mexico.
AN old inmate of the Schenectady
county IN. W poor-house was bitten
by an insane man on the left hand about
three months ago, and has been COM
PEELED to suffer amputation in conse-
quence. The effect was very like that
produced by poison.
WISCONSIN boasts that one of it's mos.
quitoes would be more than match for
six of the Jersey gallinippers. The
lumbermen say that the holes bored
| through four-inch planks by these in,
sects ruin them for market.
MARY ELKIN, of New York, whose
daughter, Sophie Meyers, has been com
mitted to Sing Sing for shop-lifting, has
notable family At one time she, hel
husband, two daughters and one son
were boarding at the States expense in
Sing Sing. Her daughter Sophie has
| had two thieves for husbands at differ
| ent times, and one is now serving ten
years sentence for bank robbery in
the west.
Didn't Believe 1t.
A little girl, six years old, was on q
| visit to her grandfather, who was New
England divine. "Only think, grand
n III
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

THE CoRPsEs OF THE GREAT.-The en-
balming of Mazzini's body recalls the
singular fate which has attended the
remains of so many distinguished men.
In fact, an extremely interesting vol
ume might be made of the posthumous
adventures of the bodies of those whose
memory the world has sought to keep
alive. There is but little doubt that the
tombs in the Pantheon at Paris, which
are shown to contain the remains of
Voltaire and Rousseau, are, in fact,
empty, having been rified during one of
the periods of conservative reaction in
France. Millions head is said to be in
possession of a private collector in Lon
don. So is Cromwell's. Jeremy Ben
tlam's body, by his direction, was
stuffed, ana, dressed in his usual suit of
clothes, with his hat on, his stick in his
hand, and seated in his chair, is now
preserved in a glass case. A few years
ago there was sold at auction in London
what was said to be the head of Confu-
cius, the Chinese sage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
Didn't Believe 1t.

little girl, six years old, was on a
visit to her grandfather, who was New
England divine. "Only think, grand
pa, what Uncle Robert says" "What
does he say, my dear?" "Why, he says
the moon is made of green cheese. 1t
isn't, at all, is it?" "Well, child, sup
pose you find out yourself" GLOW can
|, grandpa?' sect your Bible, and see
what it says" "Where shalt | begin?'
" Begin at the beginning" The child
sat down to read the Bible. When she
had read about half through the second
chapter of Genesis, she came back to
her grandfather, eyes all bright with
the excitement of discovery. 81 have
found it, grandpa! 1t isn't true; for
God made the moon before he made
any cows"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

HENRY WILSON is 60 years old.

HENRY WILSON is 60 years old.
NAPOLEON II. viii! pass the summer
| in the Island of Jersey
w. J. FLORENCE is getting a larger
| salary in London than was ever before
paid to an American actor.
DANIEL O'CoNNEL's grandson is lectur.
ing in Pennsylvania on " Irish Bartis
and Warriors"
WASHINGTON and Lee University is to
have the largest telescope in the world,
a present from Cyrus H. Mccormick. of
Chicago.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT published in
the Herald news of the victory of Buena
Vista two days before the Government
had any information of it.
Mrs. M. j. LAMB, who has earned the
distinction of being the first woman ad-
mlttcd to the active membership OF the
New York Histo rical Society. has been
at work for the past four or five years
preparing history of the Empire City,
NINE. PArTI,CAux is really going to
tear herself from her admirers over the
water, and return to America. She has
announced that the next will be her last
season in Europe for some time.
WHEN the English Reform bill was
on its passage, Lord Lyttleton handed
in an amendment that no one should
be allowed to vote who could not write
in legible manner. This the clerk
was unable to read, to the great chagrin
OF Lyttleton.
Z. NJ. HIBBARD, a conductor on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway, has
| followed that occupation seventeen
years without single accident. Not a
car of his trains has ever been off the
track in the 100000 miles that he has
| done duty as conductor.
JUSTIN MCCARTHY says that Mr.. Gree
| ley's dress would be considered quite
elegant and fastidious by the side of
Mr.. Gladstone's.
WHEN Grace Greenwood was a!ight.
ing from coach in the California Gey-
ser region, the driver with whom she
had been riding seized her by the waist
and held her-l60 pounds-at arm S
length for several minutes. And yet
she says that man understands "the
philosophy of life y
The head of the buffalo COW killed bv
the Grand Duke is to be sent to st.
Petersburg.
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE has bought a
summer residence at Waukesha, Wis.
STEPHEN G. AUSTIN, an old citizen of
Buffalo, died June 10, and his estate is
estimated at 100000.
MATILDA HERON, the actress, is in
San Francisco preparing to contest the
will of the late II. HI. Byrne, to whom
she was married, and from whom she
claims never to have been divorced.
The japanese Government has en-
gagged Henry M. Smith, graduate of
the School Of Mines of Columbia College,
New York, to open coal mine and
erect blast furnace in Japan.
VIcToR HUGO says he has been chal
lenged about fifty times in his life to
fight duels, but that he has always
treated the challenges with great dis
dain.
The rumor that Mr.. Frederick Hud-
son is about to assume the manage
ment of the New York Herald is au-
thoritatively contradicted. The Herald
will continue to be managed by James
Gordon Bennett, Jr., who, by the death
of his father, becomes its sole proprietor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
Frightful Results of Tobacco Smoking

The British Anti Tobacco Society has
just held its annual meeting at Exeter
Hall, and, though the attendance was
small, the magnitude of the conclusions
arrived at by the society ought to COM
pensate for its scarcity of numbers. 1t
was unanimously resolved that smoking
is the cause of heart disease, of insanity,
Of paraly ysis, of the diminished bulk and
stature of the population, of cancer, and
of number of new and incurable dis
eases which the society ncglects to name.
All these diseases have been found to
coexist with the practice of smoking,
and therefore they are unquestionably
caused by it, The Pail Mall Gazette sug
gests that by the same mode of reason
ing it might be argued that the weaker
constitution and shorter average life of
women, the numerous fatal ailments of
infant life, glanders in horses, the rim,
derpest in cattle, and the distemper in
dogs may all be attributed directly to
abstinence from tobacco. The truth
undoubtedly is that persons of certain
constitutions are seriously injured by
the use of tobacco, while others can use
it freely and yet enjoy the best of health
to an extreme old age. The anti-tobac-
conists injure their cause by the absurd
excess to which they carry their theo-
ries.-New York Sma.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
A Kentucky Physician Frightened from
his Profession.

A young Kentucky physician, who
had been regularly educated for his pro-
fession, was called to the bedside of a
patient that he had been attending with
his best care for some time, but who
obstinately grew worse and worse, until
now his end seemed very near. "Doc-
tor" said the sick man, 81 am dying
am certain am dying, and l believe
you have killed me-" The doctor
seemed to think very earnestly for a
moment or two, and then quite gravely
and seriously replied eyes, | see that
you are dying; and, on reflection, | be-
lieve that you are right believe that
| have killed you; but, | here take my
oath that, if God will forgive me for
having unintentionally murdered you,
will never murder another-I will never
give another dose of physic profession
ally as long as | live" And he kept
his oath; he at once quit medicine en-
tirely; turned his attention to the study
of law obtained license in due course,
and, after a few years successful prac-
tce, became one of the most eminent
Circuit Judges of that day in Kentucky
now nearly forty years ago.-Frank-
fort hy) Yeonan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
Encounter With a Shark.

A recent number of the Honolulu
Gazette gives the following account of
| the narrow escape of a native Sandwich
Islander from being devoured by a
shark
"We learn from Kawaibae that about
| two weeks since a native kahoio was
attacked by shark while on his way
from the shore to the fishing ground in
| the bay. The old man was going out in
small canoe, which, by his weight,
| was depressed in the water SO that his
| legs were but few inches above the
surface. He had Just passed. beyond the
| reef and was padding along unaware of
any danger, when large and hungry
shark made break for him. The jaws
of the ravenous fish closed upon the
mans thigh and the canoe, making a
eleven inches long, and tearing the
flesh from the bone nearly half the Cir
cumference of the thigh, leaving it
| hanging down in shreds as the teeth
drew away, and leaving in the wood OF
the latter three or four teeth, broken
off. The man was nearly dragged out
of his canoe, and at the same time was
almost swamped by the onset Of the fish,
which, disappointed OF ITS prey, lmme,
diately disappeared. The old man
though bleeding profusely from his sew
eral wounds, was able to get his canoe
back to shore. thankful for escaping
with his life, and on landing received
from Mr.. Chillingworth and his native
neighbors whatever help they were
able to bestaw. From Mr.. Chillingworth
| we hear that the wound is doing well,
and that the old man is in fair way of
recovering. The teeth that remained
| in the canoe were two inches across the
| line where broken, thus indicating a
shark of unusual size as well as strength.
| The accident has caused the natives of
| Kawaibae to regard the placid waters
| of their bay as somewhat more unsafe
| then they have heretofore been con-
! sidered to be-"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
BraneS, by Josh Billings.

Branes are a sort ov animal pulp, and
by common konsent are supposed tew
be the medium of thought.
How emmy boldly knows that the
branes do the thinking, or are the inter
prefers ov thought, IL more than kan
tell; and, for what kno, this theory
may be one ov tboze remarkable dis.
coverys ov man which aint so.
Theze subjeks are tew mutch for a
man ov mi learning tew lift. kant
prove emmy ov them, and have too
mutch venerashun tew guess at them.
Branes are generally supozed tew be
lokated in the he'd, but investigashun
satisfys me that they are planted all
over the boldly.
| find that a dancing masters are sit
uated in hiz heels and toze, while a
fddler's all center in hiz elbows.
Sum peoples branes seem to be placed
in their hands and fingers, which ex-
plains their CRATE genius for taking
things which they kan reach.
| hav seen cases WHARF all the braneS
seem to kongregate in the tongue; and
once in a crate while they inhabit the
ears, and then we hav good listner,
but theze are seldum cases.
Thare seems tew be kases WHARF thare
aint emmy branes at all, but thiz is mis-
take; thot had cum akrost one ov
theze kind once, but after watching the
pashunt for an hour, and see him drink
5 horns ov poor whisky during the time,
i had no trouble in telling WHARF hi2
branes all lay.
| hav finally cum tew the konk lushun
that branes, or sumthing else that il
good tew think with, are excellent tew
hav; but yu want tew keep yure eye on
them, and not let them phool away
their time, nor ures neither.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
A Lay Sermon.

| The verb to lay y admits of various
| classifcation For instance, it is rather
passive than otherwise when that use
full domestic fowl known as the hen
feels impelled to lay an egg; but it is
exceedingly active when they come to
clay on, Macdutfr' in the play. AL
most any maritime vessel is superior to
the hen so far as laying is concerned,
for while the hen can only lay one egg
at time, a ship can tag to i: yet |
wouldn't advise frugal farm wives to
trade off their hens for ships on that
account, thinking to double the quantity
Of their eggs. Ships are better to double
a cape.
Hens are not the only creatures who
lay around the stove all day. a lazy man
is fond of laying off from work, and a
sailor can lay aloft."
A great deal has been said about the
Lay of the Last Minstrel but | have
never been able to understand exactly
what his peculiar "lay" was. never
saw the last minstrel yet, although
live in hopes that | may. If am alive
when the last minstrel expires am
ready to help clay" him with the ut
most cheerfulness.
have been told, although | know
nothing about the game myself, that
the apparatus by which faro is played is
technically known as the clay out, md
the number of people it has laid out is
beyond computation. Pharaoh and his
hosts wese swallowed up in the Red sea,
according to the most authentic history
we have, but our modern Fario"
avenges his engulphed namesake by
swallowing hosts of Red C's, which the
unintiated are informed stands for
"red checks" AS | remarked before,
| know nothing about the game. 1t
isn't my lay. never play, because it is
wrong-and | never could win any
thing.
There are all sorts of lays in this
world. Show me any particular lay and
| will show you any number of people
who are on it. Some men are continu-
ally hunting subjects to write lays
about, while Others laSe about all their
lives. and never hunt anything, except
it's drink. One man lays up grudge,
and another lays up something for a
rainy day. 1t is one mans lay to lay
stone wall, another to lay still. A ship
lays alongside, and a lazy man lays a
long time in bed One man lays down
piping, and another lays down and dies
while few, alas lay up their treaaures
above. There are men who lay over
their fellows in every particular, and
there are others who are satisfied to be
lay members all their lives; although,
paradoxical as it may appear, a lay mem
Der may often be a member in good
standing" Gris," IN Cincinnati Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

The origin of voting by ballot is traced
to the Grecians.
To BUILD CHIMNEY THAT WILL Nor
SMoKE.-rhe Scientific american gives the
following hints to those who would
"build a chimney which will not smoker"
The chief point is to make the throat
not less than four inches broad and
twelve long; then the chimney should
be abruptly enlarged to double the size,
and so continued for one foot or more !;
then it may be gradually tapered Oft as
desired. But the inside of the CHM
ney, throughout its whole length to the
top; should be plastered very smooth
with good mortar, which will harden
with age. The area of chimney should
be at least half a square foot, and no
fues less than sixty square inches.
The best shape for chimney is circu-
lar, or many-sided. as giving less fric.
ton (brick is the best material, as it is
a non conductor), and the higher above
the roof the better.
LAYING BRICK IN CHIMNEYs.-Here is
an item of use in building chimneys.
Brick for walls, etc, should have the
dust brushed off, and be soaked in lime
water just before using. The mortar
will not only cling more firmly, but, by
setting more slowly, will permit the
brick to be adjusted or dressed without
destroying the homogeneous nature of
the mortar by the slight movement in
Cured. Speaking of mortar, the best
is made as follows: Take any desired
quantity of best lime, slake it with about
four gallons of water to one cubic foot,
OR thirty pounds of lime. Mix dry with
seven times the measure of the stone
lime, and run through sieve having
not less than one hundred meshes to the
inch. The material is then put in a
heap and wet up in the usual manner.
Miss MINERVA BRIsDINGToN (fiercely)
"' Honor and o6ey,' indeed ria! Ha! l
should just like to see man ssk me to
Honor and obey him!'" i've no doubt
you'd like to see him very much in
deed ~ thought the two Miss Marigolds
but they didn't say so.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-20
NEWS SUMMARY.

A suit Of forty rooms has been engaged at one
of the hotels in Washington, for the accommo-
dalton of the japanese embassy.
Spurgeon has been praying for Victor Eman-
uel, and for the success of the Italians at the
very doors of the Vatican.
The Senate bill proposing to admit six Jsps-
nese youths into the Military has been
laid over informally.
A meeting of English Loyalists WAS broken
up on the 18th inst, by Republicans.
The impression is said to be gaining ground
at Washington that the income tax will not Dc
abolished this year. 80 ?
Gerritt Smith possesses most renlsrka6l bic
memory. He is able to repeat nearly all OF the
Psalms and many other portions OF the DlDle.
Nilsson has been singing in Cincinnati to
5000 houses. Every inch OF room IN flke
Opera House was filled and hundreds were
turned away at the door.
Dake Alexis, during his buffalo hunt, makes
his home in large wall tent, Of MORE antique
silk with real valenciennes around the bot
tom.
The denzens of Wall street are having live
ly time over the Fisk-Stokes affair. They are
betting 500 to $50 that Stokes will not be
hanged
The Emperor of China is said to be on the
verge of matrimony. The bridal outfit of the
future Empress it is said, will cost million dol
lars
Gen j. A Early delivered an address al
Lexington, Virginia, yesterday, it being the oc-
casion Of the anniversary of Gen. Lees birth
day.
The sensational rumors that have been in cir
culation for several days about an alleged dis
ruption between the American and Russian
Governments, are gross exagerations.
4 Democratic paper says that the only bligh
which has befallen the passive policy" is The
endorsement given it by Frank Blair. Poo
Frank
The debate in the Kentucky Senate over th'
bill chartering the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road, is quite spirited. Some are anxious for it
immediate passage, while others stubbornly op
pose it.
Senator McCreary is said to be preparing biz
banquet'for the members of the Kentucky Leg
islature, when he will get on big drunk witt
his friends, who elected him. Tom is a splend
id specimen of Nasty Democrat.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-20
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Throw i'm Reinforcements.

The Citadel of Life is in state of siege all through
the year. but is closely invested than in
mid-winter. The liver is usually somewhat torpid and
the bowels or less constpaed at this season. and
dyspepsia often assumes its most aggravated form in
cold and wet weather. In short the sluggish system
inclined to ntermt Shrk of its most i'm
portant duties under the influence of low tempera-
ture, and requires wholesome stimulation. The spur
required is Hoseters Stomach Btters. the only med
icine which auckens the action of the secretye organs
and brings out the latent vitality of the SYSTEM with
out creating any ebrile symptoms or the slightest
nervous excitement, -....
The great Vegetable Tonic is not recommended as A
specific for Coughs. Colds and Consumpton-that field
being left open to the coneocters of preparations which
cannot by any possibility reach the lungs but
specific for the constitutional and physical weakness
which invite pulmonary disease it is literally infable.
The most insdious and terrible enemy of human life is
not disease ITSELF but the weakness which affords it an
opportunity to gain firm hold of the vital system.
Remember that Stamina, Vital Energy-the life prn-
cple whats you may choose to call the resistant
which battles against the of disease and
death the grand safeguard of health 1t is the gar
rson of the human fortress, and when it WAKES weak
the true policy to throw in renforcements. In other
words, when such an emergency occurs, commence a
course of HOStetters Btters.