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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
O,COnOr Interviewed.

The New York HeraldS most diilident
reporter describes an eminently salts
factory interview with Charles OConOr:
" In regard to your letter published
this morning, was it intended to be
construed as positive declination Of the
nomination, or is there an understand
ing whereby your name will yet be used
as that of the Democratic candidate ?'
al can answer you no questions. |
will not say anything upon the subject"
"But there S some curiosity telt by
the public to know what secret arrange
ment may have led to the confidence
with which the Bourbons cling to you
as their candidate"
"My letter, sir, is sufficiently clear to
myself, and if not to others | cannot
help. it'
GAS it is understood, then, you are
unwilling to assert yourself candidate,
yet will accept II spontaneous"
g i care not what is understood, sir.
"Will you permit me to ask you
final question
al will give you the privilege to ask
me no question. What right have you,
even as representing the public, to in.
terrogate me? You may ask me the
question in spite of my teeth, but l tell
YOU beforehand that shall not answer
it,"
"Suppose that you were willing to
run"
81 do not give you the privilege to
ask that question"
"And were elected, would YOU"
81 repeat, you shall have no an
swer."
accept the office as the spontaneous
ch oice of your party?"
Mr.. O'Conor took up a paper and be-
gan to read.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
AlcOhOl-Its Effects as a Supporter of
the System.

AT a recent meeting Of the Royal
Society Il paper on Further expert
ments on the effects of alcohol and exer-
else on the elimination of nitrogen, and
on pulse and temperature OF the body
was presented by DR.. f. A. Parks. 1t
contained detailed description of ex-
! perimcnts made on q soldier-a Scotch
man-who had been brought up on oat
meal and milk. and who at one time
had been in the habit of taking more
than IL fair amount of whisky. As a
soldier, however, he bears the charac-
ter of steady man in the enjoyment of
perfect health.
Ills experience as to the effect of
| alcohol is noteworthy. He commenced
the exercise and brandy period of the
experiment with a belieftha the brandy
would enable him to perform the work
more easily, but ended with the opposite
conviction. The brandy was taken IN
four doses at 10 a. H., = p. M. and 6 p.
M, IN an equal quantity of water, and
the work was chiefly done in two hours
immediately succeeding each dose, and
from to a. m. The two hours work
from l0a. NJ. to II M, Immediately after
the first four fluid ounces of brandy was
drank, he thought was done equally
well with and without the brandy.
The man affirmed that he could tell no
difference, except, to use his own words,
" the brandy seemed to give him a kind
OF spirit which made HIM think he could
do great deal of work but when he
came to do it he found he was less
capable than he thought" After the
second four ounces of brandy he felt
hot and thirsty; but on the first two
days he thought he worked as well as
ON the "water days" On the third
day, however, he had palpitation of the
heart, and was surprised to find he was
obliged to stop from time to time, be-
cause, to use his own words, GOT his
breathing not being so good"
The third four fluid ounces of brandy,
at 10 a. m, produced on all three days
narcotlcetfects; mmediately ly after taking
it he became heavy, felt the greatest in
disposition to exert himself, and could
hardly refrain from throwing down his
spade and giving up work. He worked
with no vlgor, and SO the second even
ing thought his muscular power de-
cidedly lessened. On the third evening,
as 1t was raining, he could not dig, but
took walking and running exercise
under cover. On attempting to run he
had palpitatiou and got out of breath
and was obliged to stop, SO that he
stated, on the next day, {" if he had his
accouterments on and had been ordered
to DOUBLE he could not have obeyed
the order" After coming in from work
on each evening he fell into a heavy
sleep from which he was reused with
difficulty. This lasted three or four
hours, after which he was restless and
sleepless.
The mans own judgment was, at the
end of the trial, that he would prefer
to work without the brandy; and when
asked his reasons, he mentioned the
increased thirst, the heav ness in the
evening, and the fiuttering at the heart"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Not Swearing.

Not long since, at private entertain
ment, Bret Harte told the following
story:
"A teamster went counting girl who
was good church member, and while
in her company, being on his very best
behavior, he was careful not to use any
language that would shock the exceed
ing proper ears of his sweetheart; but
one day, driving up a hill, he burst
forth in o the most objurgative address
to his animals, never dreaming that the
object of his affection was standing by
the roadside listening to his profanity.
But when she opened upon him the
batteries of reproof, he knew she was
there. But he held his ground. Do
you call that swearing?' said he. If
you do, | don't know what you'd say if
you heard that fellow just behind me
exhort an impenitent mule ?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Varieties.

WooI. GATHERINGS ghts between ne
scoes.
SOME lawyers fee bills are not very
feeble.
BAccuus has drowned more men than
Neptune.
How to make Venetian blind-Put
out ms eve.
AFTER all, what more is there in fall
ing in love than dropping on ones
knees.
NEVER have Il wooden leg made of
oak, because the oak is apt to produce
acorn.
The talk of women is usually about
the men. Even their laugh is but
he her'
POPULAR DELUsioN-That boys will
be boys" for, if they live long enough,
they will be men.
WASTE of wealth is sometimes re-
trieved; waste of health, seldom; but
waste of time, never.
THE man who works out the present
opportunities to the fullest extent is the
most successful man.
THE work of sinking the track of the
New York Central and Hudson river
railroads, from the Union Depot in
New York to the Harlem river, has
been begun. The cost of bridges, via
ducts, and tunnels, which will have to
be built, will reach about $6,000,000.
WHAT agonies must that poet have
endured who, writing of his love, as
serted i'll his manuscript that he
kissed her under the silent stars"
and found that the compositor had
made him declare that he kicked her
under the cellar stairs"
WHAT the Rev. E. Il. Hale knows
about sleep he tells in the September
number of old and Ne,o. When he
says that no mental labor snould be en-
gagged in for some hours prior to going
to bed, he torgets the necessity of pub
fishing daily papers.
AS an illustration of the amount of
capital seeking Investment in good rail
road bonds, the New York Erpress men.
tions that single banking firm in that
city has disposed of nearly 500, O,0O0,O00of
railroad bonds within the past few years,
or since the Government commenced to
call in its 7,30 and 6 per cent. debt.
The following correspondence is said
to have taken place between New Ha-
ven merchant and one of his custom
ers: Sir, your account has been
standing for two years | must have it
settled Immediately" Answer: "Sir,
things usually do settle by standings;
am sorry that my account is an excep-
ton. If it has been standing too long,
suppose you let it run little"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

AN honest old farmer up in Indiana
had tlattered himself that the member
of Congress from his district knew him.
In fact he had shaken hands with him
at numerous political meetings, and in
CURED atfectionately after his family.
The other day the farmer received a
document with his Congressman's frank
on It. The farmer was delighted. The
Congressman still remembered him,
evidently. lie carried the document
about for some time without opening it,
and trlumphantly exhibited the NJ. C.'s
sign manual to his neighbors. Gnaw-
ing envy on the party of the neighbors,
who hadn't received theirs yet. Final
ly he opened it in the presence of his
family and friends, and 10! it was the
NJ. C.'s speech printed in Dutch The
honest old fermer is disguised at this
evidence of how well his Congressman
knows him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

John Davis, of Decatur, Ill.,, urges
Western farmers to cultivate quick
growing timber, as Lombardy Poplar,
Soft Maple, Willows, etc, to be cut
yearly, the cuttings to be bound into
bundles and used as firewood, when it
will burn slowly and make good fuel.
His attention was first called to the
subject by burning bundles of cuttings
in his office stove, which were left over
from sales and planting out. This plan
is recommended for immediate use in
treeless and coalless sections of the Wet,
and as a substitute for ears of corn as
tireWOOd
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Personal.
PAULINE LUCCA is 81.

PAULINE LUCcA is 81.
CLARA Louise KELLOGG is 30.
The Sultan does not smoke.
STURGEON parts his hair in the mid,
die.
ANNA Dickinson has two new lectures
ready.
KING AMADEUS of Spain is teeto-
taller.
BONNER will soon retire from the
Ledger.
GRANT and yesuvius continue to
smoke.
Ole BULL will soon return to this
country.
GEORGE II. PENDlEToN has returned
from Europe.
STANLEY is going to look up the Lost
Tribes OF Israel
Mrs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN is sojourning
at Madison, Wis.
MISS LAURA KEENE will reappear on
the stage this season.
BLANToN DUNCAN, in addition to the
gout, has bold Roman nose.
Mr.. SEwARD's book of travel around
the world will shortly be issued.
"TnE WHITE HoRsE' is the Chicago
Times heading for steamboat disaster.
K. +. LEES room at the Lexington
University is to be left forever un-
touched"
A STATUE of Gen. Reynolds is to be
erected on the battlefield of Gettys.
burg, where he was killed.
PULLMAN, of sleeping-ca Car note, lives
like Roman of the Augustan age, at
his villa on the st. Lawrence.
SHE was colored and died in Western
Virginia this time, name Judy Will
lams, age lis years. She never saw
Gen. Washington.
The death is announced, in his S3d
year, of Capt. w. d. Evans, well known
among chess players as the inventor OF
the " Evans Gambit."
The six children of the late Philip
Nlneblddle, wealthy IlttsDurgn mi.
)ionaire. get the neat little bequest OF
nearly 100000 apiece.
BRADFORD M. C. DURFEE, the wealth
lest citizen of Fall River, Mass, and
one of Yale Colleges most generous
benefactors, died last week, at the age
of %.
Miss FANNIE CARSON, of Iowa, played
Maud Muller one day recently to some
purpose. Instead of tooIing around
with rheumatic old judge, she raked
up forty tons of hay.
GUSTAV DoRE writes that he would
like to visit the United States, but not
until five hundred years from now. He
is Of opinion that in such busy, rest
less, dash ahead life as ours at present
is, there would be but little meat for
gloomy minds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
THANKSGIVING.

Thanksgiving day in this country
came in with the Puritans, who brought
it from England, although it may be
said to have originated with the Jews
1t is quite apparent in the song of
Moses and the dancing of Miriam, re-
corded in the fifteenth chapter of Ex-
odus. The Psalms are suggestive of
thanksgiving, and nations celebrated
great public events in thanksgivings.
But among the Puritans THANKSGIVING
were ordered upon every small success,
so that they became exceedingly COM
mon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Domestic ReciDes.

SILVER SoAP.-A good article may be
made as follows: Hard soap, s OF. tur-
pentine, u o.. water, OF. Boil until
perfectly dissolved, and add on. liquor
of ammonia.
CUsTARD WITHOUT EGGs.-Boil quart
of milk, except teacupiul in which to
put four tablespoonfuls of flour. When
it boils put in very little salt and stir
the flour just as for starch. Add two
tablespoonfuls of suger and such spice
as you like.
To MAKE HARD WATER SoFT.-Take
one ounce of fresh lime and stir it we'll
in bucket of water; then stir all thor
oughly in barrel of water, and as soon
as it settles, the water will be soft
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

A lady of San Francisco is said to have occu-
pied several years in hunting up and fitting
together the following thirty eight lines from
thirty eight English poets. The names of the
authors are given with each line
LIFE.
Why all this toll for triumph of an hour
Life's short summer. man flower
By turn we catch the vital breath and die
p pc.
The table and the tomb, alas 20 nigh
To be is fairer than not to be.
-Scwell
Though all mans life may seem tragedy.
-Spenscr.
But light cares sneak when mighty griefs are
dumb. Daniel.
The bottom is but shallow whence they come.
Raleigh.
Your fate is but the common fate of all.
Unmngled joys. here. to no man bcfall.
-Southwcll.
Nature to each allots lis proper sphere
Congrevo.
Fortune makes folly her peculiar care.
Churchill
Custom does not often reason overrule.
- Rochester
And throws a cruel sunshine on a fool.
ARMSTRONG
Live well. how long or short. permit to heaven.
~ Milton.
Then who forgive most shall be forgiven
Bailey
Sin may be claspcd SO close we cannot see its face
w Trench.
Vile intercourse where virtue has not place.
-, -Somervile.
Then keep each passion down. however dear.
- Thomson.
Thou pendulum betwixt smile and tear.
Byron.
Her sensual snarcs let faithless pleasure Jay.
,u. -Snohett.
With craft and skill to ruin and bctray.
-Crabbc.
Soar not too high to fall. but stoop to rise
Massinger.
We masters grow cf all that We dcspise
-Cowley.
Oh. then rcnounce that impious self esteem.
-Beattie.
Riches have wings. and grandeur is dream.
-Cowper.
Think not ambition wise because tits brave.
-Davesant.
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Gray.
What is ambition? lis glorious chess.
Only destruction to the brave and great.
What's all the gaudy glitter of a crown?
-Drvden
The way to bliss lies not on beds of down.
-Quarles
How long we live. not years, but actions tell
Watkins.
The man lives twice who lives the first life well.
-Herrick.
Make them while yet ye may. pour God. your
friend. Mason.
Whom Christians worship yet not comprehend.
Hill.
The trust that's given guard. and to yourself be
Iust.
For live how we can yet die we must
Shakespeare.
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Editorial Amenities.

The California editor who alleged
that Il certain obnoxious Individual
was she school-ma'am," and the
Wisconsin journalist who called his OPP
ponent ''scabby perpendicular, will
be forced to admit that Halsted, of the
Cincinnati CommerciaL, exceeds them in
the force, if not in the elegance, OF his
vituperation. Not content with calling
the Enquirer man snake, a Shiny,
venomous reptile, and divers other dis,
agreeable creatures known to natural
history, he puts the thing in the plural, !,
and brands him as a whole nest oil
vipers,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Foreign Gossip.
L4IrsIc has an American circus.

| II1lTSlt Has 81 american circus,
fHERE are 5000 Americans in Paris.
The British Museum possesses 92C
species of serpents.
| ROTTERDAM is the greatest tobacco
trading port in the world.
FRENCH critics mourn that at present
France: lIa, no poet OF the first rank.
LOUIS FAURBACu, the distinguished
German philosopher, is dead, aged 90
GEORGE SAND has made more money
by writing than any woman ever did
before.
L1 Gaulois announces that Madame
Nilsson, now IA Frenchwoman by mar
riage, declines to sing in Germany.
EARL RUSSELL is so years old, and
is the only survivor of the House of
Commons of 1913, when he first took his
seat.
CENTENARIAN cannibal named Tarain,
VINO distinctly remembered how some
OF Capt. Cooks crew tasted uncooked,
died recently in New Zealand.
A FAILURE of the British potato crop
would of course increase the demand
for foreign breadstutts. The crop is esti-
mated to be equal to 100000 quarters
of wheat.
HERR SHoFER, once widely known as
q geographical explorer, has so little to
show for his peregrinations that he is
reduced to peddling cheap jewelry in
Australia.
A MALAY rajah is said to possess a
larger diamond than any in the world,
and more valuable than any of the great
gems of Europe. 1t is said to be much
larger than the Koh-i-noor, and to weigh
365 carats.
OLD Field Marshal Won Moltke lives
now quietly in the little Silesian town
of Schweidnitz. He can be seen there
every day, in u long black trock coat,
smoking an enormous pipe and read
ing the newspapers at the only cafe in
the place.
ENGLISH journals state that pawn.
brokers are greatly multiplying in Great
Britain. In twenty years the number
in Scotland has exactly doubled itself;
in London the increase has been from
800 to 523; and the rest of England
from All to 1906.
MAGAZINES are all the rage at present
in England. Still another is announced
in London, but the name is not vet
given. The capital is $4,000, and it is
said a Duke subscribes $4,000 of the
amount needed. The new venture is to
be political in character, and Mr..
Jenkins, author of "Ginx's Baby" is
to be the editor
QUEEN MARIA VICTORIA, wife of King
Amadeus of Spain, is said to be wo-
man of rare talents as "a linguist and
mathematician, a remark able exception
10 women Of Italian nativity, who rarely
display intellectual tastes. Aside from
tins, she is q thorough ancient and
modern historian, and we'll verscd in
the general principles of Roman and
Italian law.
BLoNDIN, the acrobatic hero of Niagara,
is still delighting the Englishmen with
his astonishing but foolhaIdy teats The
other day, at Sydenham, he walked Il
rope 500 feet long, and so feet from the
ground, clad in heavy armor. Although
a high wind was blowing, he was daring
enough to walk the rope blindfolded,
in a sack, then with his agent
on his shoulders, Gaping the whole by
cooking an omelet while poised on the
middle of the rope.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
NELLIE'S MS.
-Shak kespeare.

Harry, read this prooffor me, will you?
l want to finish my editorials for to-
morrow, and we are behind hand"
This request was made by the editor
of the Melville GazeHe, to Harry Fond
love, his assistant editor, who had be-
come associated with him but a few days
before. Our hero was a young man who
had met rever:es in monetary affairs,
and being ambitious to acquire literary
fame he had secured the position of un-
der editor of the above named journal
TO the editors request he answered:
"What kind OF matter is it ?'
/" "A story from the pen of some young
ady in seminary, imagine, as its
characters are school girls, and the Gene
located in a seminary.'
"Give it to me-" answered Harry, al
have an interest at present in all mat
ters pertaining to seminaries,-or should
like to have, in one case,' he added,
with sigh.
"Why do you sigh p added Mr.. Read
more, the editor. "Is it serious
case ?"
eyes, on one side-mine. | say,
Readmore, you know all about my
aDaire damour with Nellie Weston, don't
you?"
" Yes"
"Well. she is at Madame lie Ruoue,s
Seminary"
"Oh, now | understand. But can
YOU not hone for reconciliation q,
al fear not answered Harry as be
took tho MS
mHeavens ~
"What is the matter9r
uMatter wby ills har hand .vr;t;r, ~
so;d Harry exc;tedlv ~ '''Ns'
mWbose ?"
"Nell;e,s Has she ever contributed
beforeq" ~ O " y WA y '''''''
"Yes. two or three times-and she
ev;nces cons;derahle talentn '0
m0f oonrSa.No Noouldn,t ho otho.;o "
ops,veroI H.rrv as bo aorouI,' da"o, ",
ed tho cortonts Of e. tha storT "''o"'
II was scena IN ono of .h. ~
ladies', rooms unon tho nyo of ,ho;n s da
narture for tbe;r homes NJ tha o, oma "o of
The term-and one nart Of tbe storv
narticularlv interestad omr hono ss''s
serenade was snola an of and b,,t -.
time hefore he bsd nartic;notad =, tl'a
very identical. which he was corta;, nt
because the location wos ,ho go ."'" oi
the pieces of music mentionad ,yara
identical with those which the bond % he
bad hrouoht tharo had ,1Ian1 WY "'''" nc
"Readmore. will Won Iet mo hauo
these papers ?'' ~ navy
Certainly. thew arc Of no u,o 80
soon as the proofs readNbut whm s' as as
YOU so interested ?" why arc
ri tell you-I was the or;,;,o. %
this serenading expedition know all IL
of the characters, and besides / want 1,, 70
hold some of her handwritin, ;,n, IN nv w
possession. I'll tell YOU more as 80 sony 10y
as ANYTHING transniras for i:o Hoo''
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12
Both Sides of the Question.

Down on the Ramsgate beach,
Two ladies'. Jolly and fat,
Were sitting together. and each
Wore II broad-brimmed seaside hat
The husband of one sold Goals:
The husband of t'othor sold meat:
lhey both were joyial souls.
Enjoying an autumn treat.
iiere's letter from my old man.
Jemima. my love-" says one;
ANA he has nice little plan
10 give us another months run"
And have letter too.'
The other lady, says she:
And. upon my word It's true,
My old mans a-coming to me-"
=" For what's the odds, Mrs. Ricc,'
About few pounds To usP
Goals are gone up in price
In spite of all bother and fuss"
And here's my old mans letter."
Mrs Rice says to Mrs Brown,
To state times never was better.
And meat will never go down"
Then thought of overworkod clerks,
and their pale faced children ut home
Who must take it out in the parks,
As they cannot afford to roam.
An untaxed breakfasts the cry;
Only give us cheap sugar and toa
Cheaper Goals and meat say /,
And Il chance to dip in tho sea.
Punch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

A PLEBEIAN says that the wealthy NAV
take peach stones, orange peel and
banana skins, but for his part he pre-.
fers freshly boiled potato with the
skin on, for slipping up and breaking
his neck with.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

SOMEBODY has invented an India rub.
Der trunk shield. When a malignant
baggage -smasher pitches trunk cover
ed in this way out of a baggage car, it
bounds back and takes him over The
eye. The trunk shield is bound to work
a revolution in trunk handling.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

A NAME for this nation is now called
for. We cannot be called United
Statians, and we have really but part
interest in the name American. Why
not call our country Columbia, and our,
selves Columbiads
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-10-12

Annie has beer aid quietly to rest
amid the green groves Of Greenwood,
and in an elegantly furnished apart
ment lies an invalid One would hard
ly recogzie him, he is so changed-so
emaciated-it is Harry Fondlove-he
opens his eyes and they encounter the
anxious gaze of a young girl.
"Nellie! y
"Yes, but you must not talk now,
you are too i'll
What does this mean? strange
room-my right arm gone, and Annie
where is she ?"
She did not like to tell him, and fall
teringly answered
Harry is"
"Not deadr'
Yes"
"Poor Annie, may God receive her |"
he answered, and they wept together,
Nellie and Harry, wept for poor Annie,
the wronged but cherished wife.
After a few days, when he had become
able to sit up in his bed, he called Nell
lie to him and said
Nellie, did they find anything about
me?"
Yes, something of mine," she said,
producing that Ms.
| Nellie, you recognize it?'
YES" she answered, with downcast
eyes.
"And-you understand ?"
think ] dC-you-"
81 love you-Nelle, and always
have"
But your wife ?'
Poor Annie! Heaven rest her soul
she loved me, and it was my duty to
try and love her."
Won't you try again, darling?"
81 have tried"
"And failed again?' he asked sadly.
She made no response, but the posi-.
ton which her head soon occupied was
all the answer which Harry required
) They are man and wife now, and are su.
premely happy. They often talk OF
Annie Gray, and Harry has long age
told his wife why he tried to do his duty
to love, honor and cherish her. Nellie
knows all, and has even shown her great
noble and generous spirit by strewine
flowers over the now sod Lowered grave
! the resting-place of her rival. Bu
Harry still retains that MS.-Era.