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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
ENLARGED Names.

There is Il strange and unaccountable
tendency in the American mind to en-
large names, and especially to trplicate
them. Almost everybody now has
three names, and if any individual is SO
forlorn and destitute us to have but two,
the chances are that nine tenths of his
correspondents in writing to him will
generally bestow upon him a third name,
to which he has no right or title. This
tendency to multiply names seems to
fathers, before the revolution, were CON
tent with two appellations for their chill
dren, as the children generally are
still and we are, therefore, spared the
horrid middle let ers that infest our
names of to-day. Our great national
heroes of the good old time have simple
and dignitied titles. But suppose we
had to say George q. Washington, or
Benjamin b. Franklin, or Thomas Il.
Jefferson! The tendency we speak of
does not contine its operation to per
sons. For example, each of our politi-
cal parties has in each State a commit
tee, to which is intrusted the general
management of its affairs, and which is
properly enough named the "State
Committee" a convenient and euphoni-
Gus title, which leaves nothing to be
added or explained. And yet, in nine
cases out of ten, the politicians and the
newspapers will persist in calling it the
estate Central Committee" which is
entirely superiluous and Pathological.
We have known instances in which
those who had the charge of printing
the circulars and other documents of
State Committee have for years pur-
posely excluded the word "central
without being able to overcome the pro-
pensity of the newspapers to put it in.
We suppose the next step of this enlarg-
ing inclination will be to speak of estate
Central Conventions" and National
Central COMMITTEES. ."-Appleton' Journal
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Frellclly.

A Paris correspondent of the New
York World says the following specimen
of radical literature is going the round
of the French newspapers: 81 believe
in the people, omnipotent sovereign,
creator of masterpieces of art and in,
dlstry. and in the. republic, the peo-
pies only daughter, conceived Of uni
versal suffrage, born of liberty, still a
virgin, though often violated, suffered
under all kings, crucitied 10y Bonaparte,
died in a hiccough, buried in mud, de
scended to Cayenne, Lambessa, the
ppntoons, the prisons; rose again after
twenty year., ascended to the Presi
dents chair, and sits on the right hand
OF Thiers, its all-powerful son, from
whence it shall come to judge the
rurals, clergy, and Judas Iscariots.
believe in the union of republicans, the
communion of nations, in universe
fraternity, the abolition of all abuses
the resurrection of Justice, and the llt,
everlasting of liberty. Amen
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
Personal.
RAREY is tanning horses in Iowa.

RAREY is tanning horses in Iowa.
PORE PIUs X. sleeps l3 hours daily,
and during the remaining II eats four
hearty meals. His appetite is iniallible.
SAMUEL j. LITTLE, of Nashville, Tenn,
who has been missing since the early
part OF May, when he went to the Gin
cinnati Convention, has arrived at home,
accompanied by his wife. He was found
in New York in state of mental hal
luclnation.
SAN Francisco police reporters are
rather proud to chronicle the arrest for
drunkenness ot a lady worth 100000.
With so much money, Of course, she can
afford to - take aboard - any amount of
liquid, since she can keep bailing her
self out without trouble.
lr is to be noted in connection with
Nilsson's wedding that the husband,
Rouzeaud, who was Roman Catholic,
stands selt.cXcommunicatcd, having
been married in an Episcopal Church.
Nilsson herself was brought up u Re-
formed Lutheran.
WHEN Frederick Gerstacker, the
eminent German author, lived in New
York. he offered to act as carrier Of II
small German paper, which then was
published in that city, if he were al
lowed to sleep on lounge i'll the office.
The offer was rejected.
Mr.. STANTON, the husband of Eliza,
beth Cady Stanton, is Greeley man.
Mr.. Gage, the husband of Mrs. Joslyn
Gage, is also Greeley man. Both Mrs.
Stanton and Mrs. Gage have come out
for Grant.
IT appears that Lolita. the charming
little actress, and the brightest of them
all, has been missed from Long Branch
the present season, whereat the visitors
especially the spoony young gentlemen,
are greatly exercised. Her cunning lit.
tie phaeton and auburn haired driver
are no longer to be seen. The story is
that she has packed up her play books,
put aside theatrical waldrobes and gone
into French convent school, where she
is to remain II year or two devoting her
self to the study of languages and music
1t is stated she is not to return to hel
profession at least until year from the
approaching autumn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24

Berlin correspondence of an English
journal has the following: "The action
Of the Jesuits in Germany is brought to
a deadlock. Every seminary is to be
broken up, every Jesuit church given
over, and all their organizations are to
be dissolved. If, within six months,
there exists Jesuit church, school, or
training college in Germany, the police
will step in, and shut it up; and if any
individual Jesuit remains in the En-
plre, he knows under what terms he
lives hcre-as suspected person under
constant police surveillance, and this
does not touch the Society of Jesus
alone; all monastic orders are brought
under the terms of the statute. There
is in Dusseldorf a tlourishing church
and monastery Of Franciscans. They
have notice to turn out. The same is
true with other Dominicans who have
been laying out very extensive premises
in the lower part Of the town. About
SIX miles from this is a new establish
ment of French Carthusians, who have
bought a nobleman's seat, and at great
expense are erecting splendid chapel
and monastery. They, too, are served
with notice to quit. The Government
district of Dusseldorf has also issued Il
notice that for the future no teachers,
male or female, belonging to monastic
orders shall be allowed in any school in
the district. The Jesuits at Laach are
packing up to &C"
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The Future Wine Region of the World.

Charles Nordhotr writes to the New
y ork 1rhlnc from Sonoma, Cal, the
| heart of the great wine district
notice that many of the new vine
yards are planted more closely than the
old. Formerly they put ESQ vines to the
| acre; now | 900 is thought hctt"r. and
| saw in some places even l.600 to the
acre. WAS surprised to find that il is
not thought useful 10 break vine.
Grouni with subsoil pillow. They pillow
about seven or eight inches deep, and !
was told that in Sonoma there is "hard.
pam in many of the best vineyards
here, and | believe that if the ground
is properly prepared it will be found
necessary to irrigate VINEYARDS anywhere
where vines should be planted. In
Sonoma and Napa, a large proportion
of he vinevardists are Germans. There
are some Frenchmen and Americans.
was told that the Americans, where
they attend to the business, become the
most skillful and successful of all, and
that the French do the least we'll
Chinese laborers are employed in all
parts of the business. They quickly
learn to prune and take care of the
vines, and their labor is indispensable.
In the San Joaquin Valley, and in
Southern California generally, the In
dians, who are there n laboring force rs
valuable as the Chinese here. are equal.
ly useful in the vineyard. have seen
them pruning the vines, and they are
used in all the operations of the vine
producer. The area in California on
which the grape can be successfully
grown for wine is so great that this
State will some day-and that before
many years-produce wine and brandy
for the whole world. The climate is
pertect-thc grape ripens fully every
year. There are no early irosts, as in
Germany and France, to hasten the
picking. An experienced wine maker
said to me, with us here, every year
is a comet year. We have as good a
season every year as they have only
once in a dozen years in France and
Germany" And every year they are
learning here how to make better and
lighter wine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
4 Mine of Soap.

The Pueblo New Mexico) Chief has
the following:
"The other day one of our prominent
citizens rode out up the mountaiu three
or four miles on a prospecting tour, and
at certain point near the banks of the
stream noticed some rocks OF peculiar
formation. ILstigated by that curiosity
SO fatal on q certain momentous occa-
sion to old mother Eve, he broke Off a
piece, and taking it to the creek,
plunged it into the water !or the pur
pose Of asccrtaining its consistency and
grain. Upon taking it out of the water,
what was his surprise to see q lather
formed, and with vigorous rubbing
the stone proved to have saponaceous
qualities, in fact possessing all the cleans
ing virtues of the most excellent soap.
Greatly surprised, and not a little mys-
titled with the profound conviction that
he had found big thing, our dscoverer
hastily gathered up a few specimens and
brought the same to the drug store Of
DR.. P. X. Thumbs, where it is now on
exhibition, and can be inspected and
tested by the curious. The stone is a
dun color, about the hardness of chalk,
and forms Il perfect lather, while it et
fectually removes all stains and grease
spots from clothing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
Thiers-His Remarkable Industry.

A London letter contains this refer
ence to the habits and industry of
President Theirs: He rose before s
yesterday, received and read dispatches,
gave audiences, conferred with his Min
isters, scolded young Sub-Prefect who
had left his duties to run away with
Citce, lauded and consulted other func-
tonaries; after breakfast he accom-
panied NJ. Goulard to the Finance Com
mittee, and spoke, in his wonted lucid
but discursive style, for two hours, on
the machinery by which he meant to
work the coming loan; then crossed
over to the National Assembly and
spoke for three hours and u half on the
various schemes of taxation which had
been proposed; afterward received q
large company at dinner, letting OIL
whole streams of anecdote and in
formation of varied kinds, and retired
to rest at midnight, to begin again tho
same routine on the morrow. Pretty
well this for an old man of a."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
Wild Celery.

A correspondent Of a California paper
writes: We saw something the other
day, at Los Alamitos Ranch, which we
think would somewhat surprise the good
people away down Eas.. 1t was wild
celery-a whole pond full of it-and
grown to such Il aprodigious size that one
stalk measured over eight inches in
height, and two inches in diameter two
feet above ground. 1t is good to eat at
the proper season, but is now too old
and woody, 1t has the same taste and
smell as the tame article, and is ia.
vorte food of wild ducks, which flock
there in great numbers to eat it, Mr..
d. Lyon, lessee Of the ranch, proposes
to bank up and blanch some of it
another season and see if IT cannot be
made rs good Cor man as il is now cor
the hiri+
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
Current Items.

The g eat st. Louis bridge will Iroba
bly, be so far finished as to permit cross
ing on foot next winter.
AMERICAN chip hats are worth five
cents in Pars.
| A HUGE bull snake recently attacked
an Iowa girl, but two hogs came to hel
rescue and devoured the monster.
A LOUISIANA planter has set his hands
at work gathering caterpillars from his
cotton at hGlf a cent a piece.
A RIVAL to tea and coffee S said to
have been fund in guarana, or the
seeds of the Paulinas Sorbitis, which
contains an active principle, similar to
that found in tea and coffee.
The tin discoveries on the north
shore Of Lake Superior turn out to be a
well concocted scheme Of swindle, by
which sundry parties have ,been de-
traudei of over 100000.
ALL the known volcanoes in the
world seem to be simultaneously ''oE a
burst The volcano of Mcrapi, in
Japan, which has been quiet ever since
1868, recently broke out in great fury,
burying a number of villages, film" up
the ravines, and checking the course of
rivers. besides destroying u frighttul
number of inhabitants. The eruption
of Ilecla is looked for every day.
DO DETECTIVES detect? is one of the
problems agitating PhiladelphiaTs, and
the Smday Mercury decides that the do
not. The paper asks the Mayor te
abolish the detective system, because it
encourages, protects and promotes
robbery and, as if that were not
enough, calls the system IAN imposturc,"
" a nuisance" "a public abomination,"
"a curse" and ga burning disgrace to
the community
The value ola recently-invented steam
canaltowing machine may be inferred
from the fact that in New York alone
there are now employed on the canals
6,S19 boats, having an aggregate ca
paclty of ,225 900 tons, and valued at
a little over tw ~nty million dollars. The
invention doubles the speed without
additional cost-thus doubling the CT
p&city of the canal.
IT is estimated by the yachtsmen of
prominence and experience that the
pleasure yachts of the New York Club
alone must have cost nearly S2,O00,00O,
while the fleets of the whole country
cost about $5,0O0,000. The yachts of
the Brooklyn Club cost S350,0OO; At
lantic, 100000; and all others in New
York bay about 100000. The Eastern
Club OF Boston harbor is very wealthy,
owning yachts valued at 100000.
A New BEDFORD gentleman has shown
the editor Of Il local paper there an
umbrella ll5 years old, and almost rs
goodaa new. The cover Is silk, and the
bows are whalebonc, tipped with brass.
He says it has been in the same family
all the time, and has never been stolen.
AT the annual convention of stove
manufacturers, held in Cincinnati, q
few weeks ago, statistics were presented
showing that the capital now invested
in the manufacture of stoves in the
United States is 100000 600, employing
100000 men, and giving direct support
to 100000 people 1t is estimated that
not less than 2,250000 stoves will be
manufactured in this country during
the present year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24

The spinning apparatus of the spider
is truly wonderful. On the under side
of the ere lures body are placed four
or six little knobs, each not larger than
the point of a pin. These are outlets
of certain rcccptacles within the abdo.
men, where the silk is prepared. When
the spider wishes to spin a thread, it
presses the knobs, or spinnerets, with
one of its legs, and forthwith there is
sue from each, not Dne but Il thousand
tbers, Of such exquisite tineness, that
it is only when the products of all the
spinnerets are united that they become
visible to the naked eye The " thread
OF the spider is thus tiny rope of four
or six thousand strands. The twisting
into one cord is performed 10y the hind
most pair of legs, which, like the rest,
are furnished with three claws apiece.
Using these claws or fingers, he little
rope maker twists her groups of thread
into one with surprising rapidity. A
writer in Sribner'S NOnthLy gives an ac-
count of the spiders usual manner of
spinning and mounting. The insect
first extends its thighs, shanks, and feet
in right line, and then, elevatng its
abdomen uu,il it becomes vertical
shootsits thread into the air and flies off
from its station. A geometric spider
WAS observed to rise upon its cable in
this wise: having dropped by its thread
about SIX inches from the object on
which it was running, it Immediately
emitted a pretty long line at right
angle with that by which it was sus-
pended. This thread quickly changed
from he horizontal tn thn yertirol
carrying the spider along with it. When
she had assembled rs far above the Oh
ject as she had dropped below it, she
let out the thread by which she had
been attachcd to it, and continued fly
ing smoothly upward until she alighted
upon the wall of the room.
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NUMBER As.
Varieties. .
SHAREHOLDERS Rs-Btuchers.
MASTER of Arts-A male firt.

MASTER of Arts-A male flirt.
KILLING time must mean instant exc
| cution.
TnE ties that connect business men
with the public-Advertise.
a MAN in Indiana attemptedto dis
lodge nest of skunks under his
barn, few days ago. He has since
Geen obliged to decline all invitations
to jubilees, funerals, and other festivi
ties.
"Wuy, Emily how do you dor 81
am very well, Julia. celebrated my
wooden wedding last week" "Why, l
didn't know you were married. How
did you celebrate it?" "By marrying
blockhead."
A YOUNG lady having read about
man having invented stove which
consumed its own smoke, hopes he will
devise a method whereby tobacco
smokers can be run on the same eco.
nomical principle.
The best way to raise cats, is to get q
long rope and thro" over the limb of
Il sour apple tree, attach one end to the
cats neck, and raise her gently, about
six feet, let her hang until we'll dried,
and you will have no more trouble.
Nitro -glycerine will raise cats, also gun
powder.
DURING a late conference at Worces-
ter, the following conversation was
overheard between two newsboys: 81
say, jim, what's the meaning of so
many ministers being here all to-
gether?" Why,' answered Jim
scornfully, they always meet ono,
year to swap sermons
A VISITOR of large experience in Sab
bath schools asked the children at
crowded examination "What was
the sin of the Pharisces?" q" Eatin'
camels, ma am" said one of the smart
est, who had carried off many prize.
On further questioning, the child was
justified by referring to the passage
where the Pharisees were said to strain
at gnat and swallow camel.
A CROSS old bachelor says: "The
reason why women don't cut themselves
in two by tight lacing is because they
lace around the heart, and that is SO
hard they cannot affect it,
WRITER asks, through the Farmers
Department of a contemporary, if any
one can inform poor man the best
way to start u little nursery. Get mar
ried!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
A Yankee Abroad.

A recent French paper devotes par
agraph to a wandering American who
Just now is making quite Il sensation in
Paris, by frequent displays OF his won
derful natatorial powers. He proposes
to head Il battalion of fifty of the
strongest French swimmers in an ex-
tended swimming excursion on the
Seine. The battalion, performing the
most complicated evolutions to the
sound of Il bugle blown by its natant
American leader, is to pass through the
whole length Of the great city, under
its numerous bridges, down to the nets
at st. Cloud, to the great delight of the
wonder.loving Parisians. The name of
the amphibious individual is not given
but he must be creole of French
descent, for no other than Il mixture of
French and American brains could con
ceive or dare so eccentric an exhibition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
Nervous Affections.

An impression made on one part of
the body will often produce u nervous
affection elsewhere, at Il distance from
the original seat Of the disease, and
where no such obvious explanation OF
the facts presents itself. A disease in
the liver produces pain in the right
shoulder a disease in the heart pro-
duces pain in the back. The late DIR.
Wollaston was accustomed to relate the
following: He ate some ice-cream after
dinner, which his stomach seemed in,
capable of higesting. Some time after
ward, when he had left the dinner-,ablc
to go TO the drawing room, he found
himself lame from violent pain in one
ankle. Suddenly he became sick the
icecream was rejected from the stom.
ach, and this was followed by an in
stantaneous relief of the pain in the
foot
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
On the Increase.

Notwithstanding the prevalent and
increasing disgust among sensible peo-
pie at the noise and powder method OF
celebrating the Fourth, it is an alarm
ing fact that the tireworl< ks trade Is
steadily increasing, and, this year, is
one,thlrd larger than ever before. The
importation of fire crackers from China
rises to near 10000 boxes, l7O,-
100000 shocks to the nervous system,
and an expense of over half million dol
lars. Fireworks of more elaborate
description are turned out to an equal
value by the seven factories in this
country, to say nothing of the 100000
600 torpedoes at five cents per hundred.
Altogether We spend nearly $2,O0O,0O0
annually in this most perilous and most
'ijsagreeable practice.
A TIGHT rIr~--The delirium tremens,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24
A La Belle Et0Ilc.

LESSON FOR LOVERS.
o Youth it is thouchtleSs and Love it is blind.
Re@Hr,il'Ss of mundane surroundings,
And people that spoon are hut bait in their mlEd.
They rcck not OF weather or water or wlnd
And drift from all sensible souudings.
1t was April the month. and the hour it was
night.
And charity cold was the season.
The frost On tn" erourd was paipablc white.
But Bella .a Wrapped lit a trance of delight,
As hceIIc-> 81 RIM, a. of re2s II.
Not alone was the lady that wntcrly eve
Par - there philand'rn and tooling.
Not Sir':ly 9N" Kept on the tender qHi rire,
For pair of them sat-it you II only believe
Mrs Darlington billing and coo'ing.
Sweet spirits of night" the enrapturcd one
said.
As tine stars twinked clearer and brighter;
But next morn it bed f,r the day, and in
stead
of ".wcet spirits Of night she'd cold in the
head.
And a dose Of sweet spirits of ntcr
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The Oldest Fensi0ner

In reply to inquiries made by circular
letters, the Pension Bureau has just
heard from one who is probably the
oldest in the pension list Of the widows
of Revolutionary soldiers. The Post
master at New Matamoras, Washington
county, Ohio, writes that Mrs. Lois
Miller, widow OF Philip, a sold of
the Revolution, is living at that place
that she is l09 years old, and that her
sight is somewhat defective, but that
her mind is good for one of her age.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-08-24

THE Levant Times reports a tremen-
dous hail,storm in the Province of
Adrianople. The stones were of the
size of walnuts, killed 1000 sheep, 30
cows, and 10 horses, besides partially
destroying the crops Of "a villages,
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A GENTLEMAN in Syracuse took nap
upon his parlor sofa. A little daughter,
who was eating cherries, Elayfully snap.
ped n cherry,stone at him, and it lodged
in his ear. The only way to get it out
was TO bore Il hole in the center Of Il.
and pick il out with fine rsire.
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A TIGHT rIr~-The delirium tremens,