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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
Current Items.

CorToN OF excellent quality is growl
i'll Nebraska.
NEERAsK. has doubled her population
IN four years.
Iowa has twenty thousand squar,
miles of coal fields.
NEBRASKA summers gre two months
longer than in Massachusetts, and win
| tcrs as much shorter.
TRENTON, n. =, owns the largest cir.
cular saw in the world. 1t is twenty.
two feet i'll circumference.
THE efforts made to cultivate the tea
plant at Calistogo, Cl., have entirely
failed. Nearly all of the plants, it is
stated, are dead.
A FAIR of old brccchcs with $500 IN
the pockets went through u destructive
machine in an Iowa paper mill the other
day, before the operatives discovered
the funds.
The diseases among the horses of
Toronto is spreading, and there is
scarcely a horse fit to work in the city.
Business is suspended in consequence,
and matters arc getting serious.
A WESTERN Coroner's jury, after listen
ing to Il dlscl lminatirg analysis of the
evidence pointing to homicide or to telo
dc Sc, promptly rendered Il unanimous
verdict TINT the defunct was beyond
doubt a fellow deceased.
OREGON will soon be added to the list
Of wool growing States. Some enter.
prising farmers have purchased choice
mcrino sheep, and it is said that some
of the very best and purest-blooded
animals in the world are to be found in
that State.
THE Labor Bureau of Massachusetts
thinks that the secret of womans being
less Il success than man rs an Garner of
wages, is found in her expectation of
marriage, and her thought of labor only
us the cxpcdient or the necessity of II
few years, rather than as a task for life.
A WRITER in the Lumjcrman'S Ga=cte,
published in Michigan, computes that
the mill capacity of that State is at least
3,OOO,OOO,OOO OF feet per annum. He
estimates that the pine forest will be
swept away in eight years, even if the
woodman's AK is not aided 10y the de-
stroying flame, and asserts that there is
standing III the forests of Michigan at
the present time over l0,000,0 100000 of
mel ichantable pine.
IT is estimated that at least 100000
horses are owned in the city OF New
York, about onc-tourth of which are
kept as means of enjoyment. In some
portions of the country, especially in
the Southern States, the stock of horses
OF all sorts has, for evident reasons, de-
clined, or not advanced so raplaly as
might have been expected from the
natural incrcasc;' but the whole co,ln
try i'll 1870 had about one million more
horses than it had in lS60-Illinois
heading the list, and New York coming
i'll second.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
VOLUME LII.
The Old Time Quaker.

The following is an extract from John q
Whitticr's new poem, The Pennsylvania Vii
grim" The scene is laid two hundred years ago
before the followers Of William Penn had built
meeting houSes:I
There, through the gathered stiffness multiplied
And mnic intense by yympathy outside
The sparrow sang and the gold robin cried.
Asyu upon his elm. faint perfume
ErcHthcd through the open windows of tho room
From locust trees, heavy with clustered bloom.
Thitbor, rcrchance. sorc tired professors came.
Whose iCrvur idll nor pillury could tame.
Proud Of their cropped ears meant to be their
shame.
Men who had eaten slaycry's bitter bread
In Indian Isles; women who had bled
| ndcr the hanEmHD's lash, and bTavcy said
Gods message through the iron prison bars;
And gray olt soldier converts scanned with sears
From every stricken field of England's wars.
L"w!y before Unseen Presence knelt
Each waiting heart, till haply some one felt
On his moved lips the seal of silcLcc melt.
Or, without spokcn words, low breathing stole
Ut Il divine life from soul to SOUL
Baptizlng in one tender thought the whole.
Unvcxcd the sweet air seemed. Without a
wound
Thc car of silence heard, and every sound
And solemn meeting. summer sky and wood.
Old kindly faces. youth and maidenhOOd,
Seemed, like Code creation. very good.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09

The steam plow has always been favor,
ably received in Louisiana. Mr. H. Law
renee, one of the most practical and
progressive planters of that State, has
recently addressed Il long letter to the
Department of Agriculture, giving the
results of his experiments with this
pillow, and the conclusions which they
have led him to adopt. Mr. Lawrence
claims the advantages of the steam pillow
to be the little time consumed in getting
in the crop; the case with which deep
plowing and subsoiling is performed
and which gives an increased produc-
ton, and the extent OF land that can be
cultivated. There is IL very fair pros
pcct that these rlows, though not
answering all the r., requirements of their
more sanguinc friends, will como into
more general use in America for the
breaking up of level land, and especially
OF the vast unobstructed surfaces of tue
Western prairies. In England, compa
MES have been formed which transport
these plows from farm to farm by con
tract with the farmers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
Shocking Death.

One of the most horrible and fatal ac-
cidents on record occurred at Manches-
ter, Iowa, recently, to the young and
only son of A. W. Stevens, prominent
citizen of the place. Tho lad, in com
pany with II playmate, noticed large
boar, which had broken from an inclos,
ure and attempted to drive it with sticks,
which SO enraged the animal that il
turned ana attacked the boys, one OF
whom escaped by jumping into wagon.
The other, young Stevens, was unable to
avoid the injurious brute, and had his
bowels actually cut out, SO that on un
loosing his pants they fell to the ground
lie commenced running with his intes
tines gathered in his hands and arms
A lady passing along witnessed the scene
with horror, and attempted in vain Il
help the lad. She secured his bowels
properly. but inflammation and mortilica
ton having set in, resulted in the deatt
of the boy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
Fanny's Mud Pies.

Under the apple tree. spreading and thick.
Happy with only u pan and stick.
TN the soft grass in the shadow that lies.
Our little Fanny is making mud pies.
On her brown apron and bright dropping head
showers of pink and white blossoms are shed:
Tied to a branch that seems meant just for that
Dances and hutters her little straw hat.
Gravely she stirs with n serious look
Making believe" she's a true pastry cook
Sundry brown splashes on forehead and eyes
Show that our Fanny is making mud pies.
But all the soil of her innocent play
Clean soap and water will soon wash away;
Many pleasure in dainticr guise
Leaves darker traces than Fannys mud pies.
Dash. full of joy in bright summer day.
IcauuSly chaScs the robins away,
Barks at the squirrels, or snaps at the flies.
All the while Fanny is making mud pies.
Sunshine and soft summer breezcs astir,
While she is busy. are busy with her:
Checks rosy glowing. and bright sparkling eyes,
BRING they to Fanny while making mud pies.
Dollies and playthings are all laid away,
Not to come out till the next rainy day.
Under the blue of those sweet summer skies.
Nothng's so pleasant as making mud pies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
How the Skull Protects the Brain.

A child bears knocks which are fatal
in old age. This is owing the skull
bel thin, uniform in texture and
elastic, in childhood and to the brain
being of corresponding structure. The
brain at this age is soft to a degree that
would be unnatural in mature years.
This resiliency of the skull, and yield
ing quality of the brain, explain how
the child is unipjured by blows which
would be attended with fatal convul-
sions in after life. But there is also a
provisions in adults for moderating the
effects of such accidents. In proper
ton as the brain acquires tirmness dur
ing growth, gradual change takes
place in the structure of the bones tf
the head, the protecting Uranium is not
simply strengthened, it is not merely
thick cncd, the Hat bones which sur
round the brain are split into layers,
an external and internal one. Those
layers have each different density,
and a softer substance than either is
interposed between them, the effect OF
which is TO interrupt that vibration
| which would otherwise ring around the
| skull, and reach every molecuie of the
brain.--Ihreaoloaicai Jounal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
What We Know About Farming.

IL is estimate, that Washington, Mon.
tana and Dakota Territories, with the
State of Minnesota, contain 4Sl ,Sl0,64O
acres of land, great proportion OF
which is susceptible of high degree of
cultivation. We have here grand total
of 1886 square miles waiting to sup
ply the wants and reward the labor OF
the tillers of the soil.
A settler requires not only cheap
lands, but lands accessible, and yield.
ing, under an ordinary amount of In.
Dor, an abundance of most Of the
staple cereals The climate must be
reasonably emperate-neither too cold
nor too hot.
For these rea 7ons, among others, the
emigration from the agricultural dis,
tricts of Europe constantly tends toward
our Northwestern States and Terrific
ries. Comparatively little impression is
made upon the German or Scandinavian
when you tell him of the thousands OF
acres of cotton and tobacco-producing
lands of the South now neglected and
in many instances begging for occu
pants. He wants a home, not planta-
tion--a home which, through his un
aided exertions, will yield fai, supply
of those products most required for the
wants of himself, his family, and his
| live stock. He must have wheat, rye.
corn, barley, potatoes, cabbages, beans,
beets, onions, etc. In short, what he
wants to know about farming is not con-
fined to any specially.
We have in our great Northwest just
sucn a country as the laboriDg and sui
fering millions of Europe require. There
is at present IN exhibition at the Amer
lean Institute, in this city, most inter,
csting and wonderful collection OF
fruits, vegetables and grains from Min
ncsota, Dakota, Montana and Washing
| ton Territories. We earnestly recon-.
mend those who are tired of the toll OF
city life and the bitterness of political
strife to go to the American Institute
and inspect these specimens. Take
our word for it, they who do so VIII
want to 20 West and buy a farm.-Ne~
York Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09

"FLEA, thou obnoxious insect" is the
latest for "Shoo Fly"
No WONDER time is so often killed
when it is struck every hour.
A DESIRABLE second. hand article-A
young, rich, and amiable widow.
How to make good puiis-Send a
publisher fifty cents line for them.
FREE class for the instruction of
women in shorthand reporting has been
opened in Cooper Institute, New York.
A YOUNG man being asked if he was q
professional tobacco smoker, replied,
" No; am q. .chewer."
ONE Missouri editor says of another
that Ibis ears would do for awnings to
n tcn,story wholesale hog packing es-
tabllshmcnt."
AN Alabama young lady, who was
caught smoking cigar, gave Us her rea-
on that 1" it made it smell as though
here was u man around"
A YOUNG gentleman recently created
quite sensation, while reading TO a
circle of young ladies II poetical ctfu.
sion "To Beautiful Belle" by pro-
nouncng the last word in two sylla-
bles.
PIT" Mamma, want to make q
leetle bargain with YOU" Mamma
What is it, my dear?' Pet" 1t you
will give ME a paper of sugar plums
every day, won't tell anybody you
take your hair out OF adrawer."
The C5ricr-Jomnal is hard on Susan
when it says: awe shall never know
tho age of Niagara Falls, because Susan
b. Anthony is the only person now
living who was alive when the falls
were built, and she has forgotten the
date
Poor but dishonest young boys fasten
wrought nails to the end OF strings, and
harpoon sweet potatoes and apples from
their abiding places in front of stores.
This may be sport, but it is the first
step in the downward road to Congress.
-DmJuy Nc'oS.
SHERIDAN agreed with Walker that
the pronunciation of wind should be
wynd, but insisted, contrary to Walker,
that gold should be goold. Sheridan
tells us Swift used to .jeer those who
pronounced wind with u short i, by say
ing " have u great mlnn'd to hnn'd
why you pronounce it winn'd." An IL
liberal critic rctort"d this upon Sheri-
dan by saving, IF | may be so boold,
should be glad to be toold why you pro-
nounce it goold."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09

| In Il few days the inhabitants of that
| village were astonished 10y the appear
ance of a splendid new barber shop, fan
.urpassing the other in elegance or ap.
polntments, and in which, with new
mugs, soaps, razors and perfumes, stood
a barber and assistant ready to do duty
on the heads and boards of the people.
over the door was inscribed: "Wiliam
harrington, Shaving and Hair Dressing
Saloon"
The people were not long in asccr-
tanning or slow in availing themselves
of the privileges of this establishment,
and it was not to b, wondered at that
it was crowded and the other deserted.
rhe other held cut for some weeks, sus.
pectng this free shaving-tor Bill kept
his secret wcll--was but II dodge to en-
ticc customers away, who would soon be
charged as usual; but when, ut the end
of six weeks, he found Billy working
away AS usual, charging not a cent for
his labor, he came to the conclusion
that he must have drawn prize in the
lottery, or.stumbled upon u good mine,
and was keeping u barber shop for iuu,
so he closed his ehop in despair, andlef
the place.
Meantime Bill Harrington kept on
busy as II bee, and one fine morning his
employer stepped in without a word,
sat down and was shaved. On rising
from his chair he asked to see the score
for the six months past. The barber
exhibited it, and after careful calcula,
ton, the old man said:
"Plenty of customers, eh?'
''Lots Of EN-" said the barber; "nevcr
did such a business in my life"
WELL" replied Money Bags, ''you
have kept the account we'll. see I've
paid you one hundred and twenty dol
lars for services all right, and there are
three hundred and thirty charged for
shaving, all that applied. Now, this
furniture cost one hundred and eight
dollars. Here it is. Now you own this
furniture, and are to have this shop,
rent free, six months longer, and after
to-day you are to charge the regular
price for work, for your pay from me
stops to day"
This of course the barber gladly as
sent,d to.
"But," said the old man, on leaving,
take cale you never cheat Il man by
charging ten times the usual price for II
shave, for it may be another old Billy
Glbbons.'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
Collapse of the Great Arizona Diamond
llumhur

A more thoroughly disgrstcd set of
men could not easily be found than the
eXpcditionists who recently returned TO
San Francisco from Arizona, whittier
they had gone in quest of the diamond
fields, descriptions of which have been
published in every newspaper in the
country. The telegraph announces that
they declare the whole diamond ex-
element to be u fraud" From this il
may be inferred that they have f,iled
to find the mines, and they come back
with heavy hearts and light pock cts.
If the experience of these persons had
the effect of deterrng others from start
ing Oft on similar missions, there would
be no reason for regret; but, uniortu
nately, there is no likelihood that it is
going to have any such result. The
mania for rapidly acquiring fortunes is
too strongly developed to be speedily
checked. Boxes full of diamonds of
the purest water have q magical infiu.
ence upon the average mind. The very
thought of being able to put hands upon
similar gems, and thus realize millions
of dollars, becomes irl 'tible; the
dreamer takes up his carpet bag and his
spare cash, and resolves to 80 in quest
of fortune. If men were to do this k ind
of thing who could afford to lose capital
without being reduced to the condition
of beggars, it might not be SO bad; but,
unluckily, it nearly always occurs that
the greatest sufferers are those who have
the least ability to bear losses. Ii is
quite evident that something ought to
be done toward making an example of
the men who perpetratc frauds of this
nature. AS long rs they are permitted
to enjoy an immunity from prosccu-
ton, they will continue to hatch more
schemes of Il similar nature, and to
spring them upon the country when
least expected.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
PERSONAL.

BoucIcAULr makes 81 900 u night.
LUccA's wardrobe is insured for 500
600.
MRs JACOB Foolish edits u paper at
Scarcy, Ark.
EDMUND YATES has sixty engagements
at $l25 per night.
GEN. burnside is spoken of as Minis
ter to Ruassia in place of Gov. Curtin.
The late VIM. II. Seward owned
about 500, 600 worth of property around
Auburn, N. Y.
A GERMAN biography of the late
James Fisk has been contiscatcd by the
Austrian Government.
SYLvANUs COBB, JR., after some ninety
odd novels, now expresses great disgust
at blood-and thunder fiction.
MIR. JNo. b. TAFT, of Boston, has pre-
scnted Horace Greeley with Il beautiful
AK, lnclosed in rosewood case.
ALEX. II. IL. STUART, member of
Fillmore's Cabinet, has been elected to
the City Council of Staunton, Va.
EUREKA JONES, widow of the late jailcr
of Hudson county, y. v, has been
elected to fill TIE uncxpilcd term OF her
departed spouse.
JACOB ii. Ten EYcK, formerly Presi-
dent Of the old Bank of Albany, n. ",
and, in his day, one of the most active
men of that city, died recently, aged %.
Mr.. JNo. Il. OWENS is ono of the
wcalthiest actors in the world. lie
owns, it is said, more than million Of
dollars. Mr.. Forrest also, we believe, is
one of the milionaires.
A WRITER in the Springfield Republican
says of George Eliot. the novelist: "She
is II feminine Bacon of the present age,
and many of her aphorisms are as good
us Bacon's in their way"
TnE season for pulling shot guns
through fences, and getting carried
home on II stretcher, with q handful of
duck shot in your diaphragm, is just be-
ginning. Experimental efforts in that
line have been very successful.
The father of Writ Sykes died in
Watertown, N. Y, the other day, in the
chamber he had slept in every night for
for,y-one years-a sad warning of the
danger of sleeping too long i'll one place.
lie was seventy.one years old.
LIEUT.. SINGLETON, of the signal service,
while taking observations in q thunder
storm, on the roof of II building where
the signal station was located, in Wash
ington, was knocked over by the cleo,
trio shock, and, rolling to the caves, was
only prevented from falling to the pave,
ment by Il widc.spreading gutter. AT.
terward he said he felt rs if Il thousand
poniards were piercing him, and then
| he became unconscious.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09

The Joo2'al Of the Franklin Mstit.tc
gives these five hints regarding the use
of Il g"inds one: |. Do not waste the
stone by running it in water; but if so,
do not allow it to stand in water when
not in use, as this will cause soft
place. >. Wet the stone by dropping
water on it from u pot suspended above
the stone, and stop off the water when
not in use. 3. DO not allow the stone
to get out of order, and keep it perfectly
round by the use of gaspipe or a hacker.
l.. Clean off all greasy tools before sharp
ening, us grease or oil destroys the grit.
.. O; ;sclve-whon you get a stone that
suits your purpose, send Il sample Of the
grit to the dealer to select by; half
ounce sample is enough.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
TO Prevent Cattle Jumpiur.

A correspondent of the Vermont Eum-
er thus describes an improved yoke or
jumping stick: First, but piece acros
the horns. Then have piece of hard
wood board, one-half or three. .fourths
inch thick and about three feet long.
Have ~ hole inserted in tho bar across
the horns in such u way that when this
hard wood strip is inserted in it, run.
ming out over the back, as the animal
naturally carries its head, the rear end
will be just free of the back. Drive
three or tour shingle nails, ground sharp,
into this end, letting them come through
three-iourths of an inch, SO that as soon
as the animal makes an effort to raise
his head to jump the fence, the nail;
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
4 Whimasicl Theory.

Mr.. Swinburnc has recently advanced
the singular theory that only men Of
patircian birth can be poets. 1T is II
mere whim. Perhaps Dante, Aliieri,
and Byron may be set down as patri-
clans. But these are almost the only
men whose names suggest themselves
on the spur OF the moments; and scores
of poets OF the highest genius, but of
tongue. Horace, Ictoef, BeranEcr,
Burns-what sort of u pedigree had any
of these men TO produce at the lleralds'
College? Neither Shakespeare nor Mil
ton can be said to be men of the prtrl-
clan order. They were representatives
of the middle class, which i'll every
country has produced the truest poets,
the keenest and proioundcst thinkers,
the greatest statesmen.
Nearly all the best poetry that has
been written in England, the poetry
that stands the best chance of immor-
tality, has been written by men us free
from titled pedigree AS Burns. What
pedigree mad Wordsworth, Coleridge,
Southey, Moore, Crabbe, Keats, Tom
Hood or even Scott, except the pedigree
which he improvised out of his own i'm
agination? They all belonged TO the
yeoman and merchant class. Byron
and Shelley were the only two who were
entitled to bear arms. We should be in
sad condition in this country if only
persons Of patrician birth could be po.
cts. The rule would shut out Whittier,
Lowell, Longfellow, Bryant, Bayard
Taylor, Stoddard, Stedman, and every
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will soundly prick his back, and he will
be apt to trlsk his tail and start for some
feed that is easier to be obt incd For
cheapness and durability this arrange
mdnt is uncquallcd. 1t weighs less than
three pounds, il is not in the way in
travelling around, and when the animal
lies down ii is on one side, rs it is natu-
raj for the animal to throw its head. .Qp.
posite to the side it lies on. When they
are feeding it is upright in the air. 1t
will keep the animal to which it is ap
Piled where he belongs, sure.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09
The Oldest Paper in America,

The Nc'0 Hampshire Gazette, published
at Portsmouth, is the oldest paper in
America. The first number of its ll7th
volume, issued on the l2lh inst, is ac
companied by fac Simiic of the first
number of the first volume, issued Oct.
I, l756. 1t is q small fourp page sheet,
containing European news to Aug. 4,
and New York advices to Sept. u.
Among the latter is this passage: "We
expect i'll about & Weeks to have 25
Privateers out from this Port" 1t was
at the time of the old French war, and
the Ga=ttte'S columns are full of victo-
ries-most of which impartial history
has ceased to chronicle-and of bloody
Indian fights. The feeling in New
Hampshire then was much like that in
New Mexico now. The shooting and
scalping of squaws and children are
mentioned in the most matter of fact
way. The news closes with the state
ment that New England had been
called upon to furnish more troops to
meet the French advance "towards our
camp at Lake George"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-11-09

The Office of salt as an agent in the
culture of the soil is to make the earth
moist and cool. Hence its eflectis is more
clearly seen on light, sandy soils. On
wet, heavy clays and in damp season
it will do no perceptible good. The pro-
portion to apply is about one pound per
rod, or about one hundred and sixty
pounds per acre. This is the substance
of the Gardeners Monthy's reply to a
correspondent on the subject.