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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13
AGRICULTURAL.



The following advice from the Amcri-
can Rwal Homc has been often told, but
is nevertheless worthy of continued re-
iteration, Us being constantly practiced
by the best gardeners:
One of the best rules the farmer or
gardener can follow to insure success in
getting good stand Of tender crops, is
to plant often. Take, for example,
melons. squashcs, cucumbers, Lima
beans, and such other products us it
may be desirable to start early. and
which often fail when planted early, and
apply the rule at the head of this article,
and success would be certain. Fit your
ground early; make broad, rich, flat
hills, slightly crowning, to insure dry
ness and gain warmth. Then plant
early iii the season, and one week later
put down few more seeds in the hills
with the thumb and fingers u week
later repeat the planting, and if the
season hc particularly cold and back
ward and the first paintings do not ap.
pear, fourth may be necessary. BY this
method success is rendered certain but
little time is lost, for the later paintings
viii grow so fast as TO ovcrtake the first.
At the proper time thinning must be
done, and the crop is then handsomely
started on its journey.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

correspondent Of the Germantown
IslGgraph thus describes plan for
trapping the little turk. The inference
is that the curculio lays its eggs in the
cobs soaked with sweetened water, for
unless this be the case the plan is futile
He says:
Soak corn-cobs in sweetencd water
until thoroughly saturated, then sus-
pend them to the limbs of the trees Il
little while after blossoming, being sule
to burn the cobs after the fruit rpens,
as they will be found full of the youn z
insects. A good plan is to change the
cohs every few weeks. My theory is
this-that the insects deposit their eggs
in the cobs in preference to doing so in
the your { plums. The first season |
tiled 1t " on one or two only, and in
the summer W ls rewarded 10y us good a
crop OF fine plum, as ever ripcned, while
those Of the other trees fell off when
about half grown. Next spring found
nweetened corn cobs dangling from the
limbs Of all my plum trees, and the
summer found them fall of deli
cious fruit. have never known it to
fail and hope every reader who has Il
plum tree will not fail to try it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

the most convenient and satisfactory
way to keep eggs fresh that we have ever
tried is to punch numerous holes in a
tin pail, fill it with fresh eggs, lower the
pail with the eggs into Il kettle of
melted tallow, which is as hot as can
be without burning ones finger when
thrust into the liquid then lift the pail
out quick, and the melted tallow will
flow out, leaving Il thin coating over
every egg. Let the eggs be removed as
soon ;ls possible from the pail, and be
placed on the ends in q kcg or barrel,
which should be kept i'll cool cellar,
unil the eggs are wanted for use. We
have kept eggs in this manner more
than six months, so fresh that expert
judges supposed they were fresh. As
the eggs are SO much colder than the
melted tallow, thin pelicle Of cold
tallow will be formed almost instantly,
which will render the shell impervous
to air.
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Indians rs liamhlcrS.

About the only vice to which our
Piute Indians are addicted is gambling.
They are lnveterate gamblers, perhaps
because it is about the only way they
have of amusing themselves Amsng
the lumberyards and great timber-yar
about the mines, these warm days there
are to be seen groups of forty and fifty,
male and female, all eagerly engaged in
card playing or wistfully looking on.
In rambling about town. half a dozen
such groups may be met with in sin
gle day. Half dollars seem to be quite
plentiful among them, and not untre-
quently gold coins are to be seen put
up as stakes. Some of the women are
quite as sharp as the men, and are up
to all the dodges known to the whites,
understanding marked cards as we'll as
the most experienced American sport.
The proprietor of a cigar store in this
city tells us that II squaw who comes to
his place to buy cards will only take Il
certain kind. Although he can see no
difference i'll the cards he is selling, she
will at once pick out what she wants,
and will call them Off from the backs
rs fast as he could by looking at the
faces. This squaw and her brother are
the big gamblers of all the camps in the
neighborhood of this place, and also
those OF Gold Hill, and have things
pretty much their own way. A good
illustration of their love of gambling is
to be found in the case of young
Piute, at Fort Churchill, a few years since,
when that military post was in full
bla t. He first lost his money, then his
blanket. and one article of clothing af-
ter another. Finally, when he was
nearly naked, his opponent offered TO
play him for his hair, he to be allowed
to cut lock of a certain size every time
he won. The winning Indian was
facetious, and SO cleared the youngsters
head of every hair upon it, except a
bunch left here and there where they
would present the most ridiculous ap.
pearancc. When turned loose in this
shape the boy became the laughing
stock Of the whole CT p. The Indians
-squaws, bucks and all-lairly scream
ed out with laughter, and laid down
and rolled upon the ground as the com
ical figure met their gazc.- Vryinia
(Ncv.) EnterpriSc
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

that kill, the horse; and recommends
that the whip should he very sparingly
used upon the body, and never about
the head.
FLORIDA cattle all boast of descent
from the cattle brought to st. Angus
tine by the Spaniards POO years ago.
They resemble their Texan cousins, and
take five years to attain their full size.
1t is dangerous to approach a herd on
foot, and doubly so if accompanied by a
dog.
In many European Countries the an
nual yicli per acre of al. the land un
der cultivation is greatly on the in
crease. from year to year, while in the
United States the yield per acre is
greatly on the decrease. 1t was csti-
mated, twenty years ago, that To re-
store the land then under cultivation
to its original fertility would cost
81 l,000,000,00o. The process of deteri.
Grafton is still, to great extent, con
tlnued
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

TIE Los Angeles Nc,o2 tells OF a mcri-
no sheep lately shorn whose fleece,
when weighed, turned the scale at 80
pounds.
A GENTLEMAN in Limestone county,
Texas, commenced vineyard three
years ago on $500. Last year he real,
lied $1,000 from the grape crop.
The present rate for chemical ma
nures in New York is: Nitrate of soda,
$40; nitrate of potash, SIS; sulphate OF
potash, Sl2; sulph. ammonia, $40 per
100 pounds; superphosphate of lime,
S45 to 500; ground bone, $35 to $45 per
ton.
CATERpILLARs are reported abundant
in the orchards and forests of Kentucky
They have completely stripped many
forest trees OF their entire foil 4ge, and
threaten to extend their ravages to the
orchard trees in the State to an exten,
sufficient to cause alarm.
Co SIDERABLE havoc is being made
am ing the sugar bushes in the region
of Water own, Wis, through the decay
Of nuit.tudes Of maple trees from causes
which have not yet been traced. A
beet sugar factory is in contemplation
in the city of Watertown.
FRANK BUcKLAND, of England, writes
to Seth Green, the New York fish, breed
er, that he has successfully introduced
American brook trout into English
waters. From eggs sent him three
years ago by Mr.. Green he now has
trout of two and three pounds weight.
The american Stock Joraql says that
more horses are lamed from bad shoe
ing than from all other causes; more
fail from weariness than from any Other
cause. and that it is oyer-fast driyine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

Mus CARL ScnuRz has sailed for
Europe.
DuHuQuE has ejehty-three citzens who
carry gOld-headed canes.
The petition at New Yorl; FOR the com
mutation of Libbie Garrabrant's death
sentence is half mile long.
BooTn a relative of Edwin, and
manager OF the Lyccum Theater. in
London, is dead.
Tow ScoTr is down in Texas, organ
lHing the engineer corps OF the Texas
P&cltic railway.
MADAM BEETHOVEN, wife of tn" great
mans nephew, gave recit ,ls from his
works, recently, IN Buffalo.
1ouN HAY has three Distinguishing
teaturc,--a fierce mustache, the author
ship of Little Breeches." and the hay
ing made 100000 in Erie ocks within
a ye'r.
An exchange speaks OF Mr.. Seward
us the oldest living American states
man. That is m take; Mr.. Bancroft
and Mr.. Cushing are both his seniors.
GEN. LoNGsrKEEr, of New Orleans,
owns stock to the amount OF $l75,0D
in the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chi
cago railway.
THE Hon. Nathaniel Holmes. former
~ presiding Judge of the Missouri Su
preme Court, has resi- ene His position
as Professor of Law in Harvard College.
and will again take up his residence in
st. Louis.
SIDNEY HOWARD GAY, previous to the
fire managing edi'or of the Chicago
Tribune, has returned to New York, and
is now occupying sinl;ar position on
the EUcai,g Post.
Henry JoLY, Of Anderson. :. G., 90
years old, and his wife, aged 81, died
within an hour of each 0Ther, last week
after It married life of 70 years.
EMILE DE GlRARDIN has rem arked, in
h's lectures ON .iourI,aiis,n, that IN ere are
no better newspapers in tie world than
the great New York d,llts
Rosa BoNHEUR has recently ex} r>ss ed
a strong desire to visit America, and it
is quite possible she a,ay visit this com
try within the next twelve months.
DR.. DoREMUs used % say that if he
were challenged to fight duel he
would suggest u his opponent that
both should take poi on, and then sit
down and play po<er for the exclusive
use Of the stomach pump.
The youngest newstoy in st. Louis is
Eddie Kane, the thre. year old son OF
one OF the victims O. the Oceanus dis
aster.
MRs. HUFF, Of PILE, Iowa, has just
severed her conaecLlun with a tape
worm 81 feet lons:.
Mr.. HENRY CLAUsEN, chairman of the
twelfth annual congress of the German
brewers Of the United States recently
in session in this city. made the remark
able statement that the revenue Of the
United States from ,he beer tax had in
creased from $l 100000 in 1868 to 81
100000 in 1871, with the prospect that
hereafter the brewers will pay the great.
est proportion Of the expenses of the
Government. There are now in the
United States over 600 brewerics, with
II capital of over 100000, ,OoO.-Harpc,'
Weekly.
THE st. Louis Republican corrccts the
truth of Lannon's history of Lincolns
loves. 1t says that Miss Matilda Ed
wards, who spread havoc among the
susceptible cavaliers at the capital, was
the daughter of the Hon. Cyrus Ed
wards, of Alton, IiI.-rot Il sister Of
Ninian Edwards, as Lamon has it,-but
Lincoln never told his love to Miss Ed
wards, and she afterwards married the
late N. Duct Schuyler-Strong, q
lawyer we'll known in s.. Louis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13
TO Kill Ticks OIL Lambs.

a New York farmer writes: Take one
pound of tobacco to about Is lambs
steep it, put it into II tub, add water
sufficiently TO dip the lamb excepting
his head, having the liquid milk warm.
The lamb should be kept under
about one minute, then the wool
squeezed as dry rs possible. In about
twenty -four hours the ticks will ali drop
off. | think the best time to dip them
is about three days after the sheep is
sheared.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13
Foreign (sOssiD.

PARIS is TO have street railways in
thirteen of its avenues.
Ir takes five million o. men to keep
the peace in Europe.
AMERICAN corn cobs are sold in Lon
don as kndling wood.
TIE cultivation OF the poppy in
France occupies, it is sal /, about $4,000
acres.
Hats made of chip braid sell for five
cents each in Paris.
FEMALE enfrauchisem NJ is scoilcd at
in England.
WHIPPING is the punishment used.lor
petty larceny IN Switzerland.
THE military system of Prussia is be-
ing adopted, with so ne ~dihcations,
i'll Japan.
IT is stated that the damage done by
the late eruption Of Mount Vesuvius ex-
ceeds 100000.
CossACK soldiers are not allowed to
be quartered more than six months in
one garrison in the Rus sian Empire.
CoNsTANTINoPLE ha, newspaper
printed in the English language.
The last Berlin sensation is camp
meeting.
The works of Charles Die lens are cX-
tremely popular in Germany.
NJ. DE LEssEPs recently mide ban
quet on one of the pyramids in honor OF
the French Minister to China.
TIE opinion Don Pedro, Emperor of
Brazil, formed OF Europe during his re.
cent tour, is laconica.ly expressed as
follows: "Tbere are only two countries
in Europe-England aad Germany the
rest is rubbish"
A LOT of land wa, recently sold in
London-size, 25x6J feet-ett the rate Of
$4,000 per foot, or 530o,000 fer the
lot.
APANoRAMA Of Italian scenery is now
exhibiting in Paris. and will shorty be
brought to this country. 1t is said tC
be the finest tl.ing ot the kind eve,
painted.
Dr. STRoUsBERG, 70 m riy "Prussiar
Railroad King" and at one time be
lieved to be worth many millions, has
fled from his creditors to hiding place
in England.
The ease W tn which the marriage
contract can be contaminated in Scot
land is illustrated thus Mr.. A. an,
Miss B., who wrote their names in
family Bible, and I'D led that it was Mr.
and Mrs. AS b BILE, were forthwith hello
to be man and wifi.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13
A Swindlc.

Anon the changes of the walk reveal
The patent inStcp and the patent heel:
The patent panier rounds the form divine,
Its patent arch supports II patent spine,
Lends matchleSs symmetry. and stylish gait.
And bears the label. Patcnt-'6S."
Behold the plaintiyc glance Of languid eyes;
The pcncillcd lashes huttcr as she sighs
And lifts her crayon eyebrows in surprise.
She shakes her head-tour pecks of vagrant hair
Fly like hop yard in the August air
And twenty grim ghosts whisper her aside;
Dear sylph we wore that wig before We died"
To whom respondent unabashcd the beauty.
Get out. you spooks | guess | know my duty!'
The garSh gas her patent charms revealing
Her bosom hcavcs with cotton batting feeling;
Her false teeth gnash with gutta- -percha ire;
Her false eyes flash with fabricated fire.
She drops her patent chignon in a chair
Then jumps to pick it up-But | forbcar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

The House of Refuge, on RandalPs
Island, New York, is the latest addition
to the long list Of American prisons
where men, treated like brutes, become
brutes. The whippings, the starvings,
the torturings, that have disgraced our
Penitentiaries, from Connecticut to
California, have been practised in this
nominal reformatory for years. Finally,
they eliminated in the murder OF the
chief torturcr by boy whom he had
cruelty abused. The murderer has just
had his trial in New York city. At
this, such horrible revelations OF the
treatment he had received were made,
that he was given the lightest possible
sentence-one year OF confinement.
Cannot some American Charles Reade
write down the horrors OF our prisons
as effectively as the Englishman dld
those of English mad-houses?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

FROM the history of the sales OF cot
ton seized at various points IN the
Southern States, near and after the
close of the war, by the Federal author
tiles, the following estimates OF that
seized at Savannah gives an idea OF the
immense amounts of money stolen by
cotton agents of the Government. With
reference to that seized at Savannah,
the statement shows that 2,044,07
pounds of Sea Island cotton, worth at
the time, 24th of December, 1864; 500
per pound, was reported as sold for
81 ,657 ,23l.7 II, when it was worth SILL
6S2 so, showing an unexplained loss to
the Government Of $3,454,454.93. For
the upland cotton, seized at Savannah,
I6,o3i, ,4l5 pounds, worth from 81 to
Sl.A per pound, the Government re-
ccivod only Sc, S,6O0.36, showing an
unexplained loss OF $9,6l5,Sl4 6l, the
real value being at the above minimum
rate per pound $lG,03l,4l5.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13
To Boil Eggs.

Who docs not know how? Yet how
few people know the way to boil them
in order TO retain all their delicious
flavor. Allow me to tell you my
method: | put onc-half dozen eggs into
a tin pail, and pour about two quarts Of
boiling water over them then set the
pail on the hearth, where the heat is
not kept up, and let them remain from
six to ten minutes, according as we like
them cooked, hard or rare. BY SO cook
ing the white is always tender and de-
licious. Try it.-Mona, TimSvil(e, Pa.
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Then AND Nova very different re-
ception was accorded the British band
which arrived in Boston on the I7th of
June, 1872, than was given to the Brit
ish band which landed in Charlestown
the 18th of June, l775, though, in both
cases, it will probably be remembered
by our British cousins as a warm recep-
ton.
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DO You Remember +!

Do you remember. darling?
The mist from the meadow crept
Over the level landscape.
Moonlight and silence slept.
Do you remember. darling?
We stood in the open door.
And our shadows fell together.
Blcnt on the moonlit floor.
Do you remember. darlinGY
You gave me n soft brown braid.
And a rose bud ont of your bosom
To bear on my heart, you said.
Do you remember. darling?
I'm wearing your kccpSak cs yet.
But you seem to have quite forgottcn;
Why cannot | too. forget?
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New Stanzas by Julia Ward Howe,

New Stanzas by Julia Ward Howe
Too stately is the form of truth
For walls of earth to hold
Howe'cr tho master plan and smooth,
Ilowc'cr the mason mold.
No temple of high honorcd croeds
Confines that boon most high
Which issues. matching human needs.
From Gods free treasury.
But friends conjoincd in Jesus name
BY high example led.
Tho worship of the heart may claim
For their illustriouS head.
And. should they in prison meet
Their place shall nablc be;
And, if a palace is their seat,
They meet in mOdesty.
Blest be the faith that thus transccnds
Our common measure small.
That grandeur to the mcancSt lends,
Humility to all.
This highest glory may our hearts
And these fair walls enshrine;
The crown of doctrines and OF arts:
Mans human Gods divine.
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lT is sure sigA OF an early spring to
see cat intently watching small hole
in the wall.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-13

covering from its mania of loyalty to
the Prince of Wales. 1t is much moved
thereto by the accounts of his doings
in Paris. 1t seems that, the first night
of his stay there, he went to see play,
"Timbale d'Argent," which the Paris
press has united in condemning for its
indccency. The next night, his wife
and he attended grossly indelicate
drama, the Hundred Virgins" from
which they went to the Jardin Mabille.
| No Frenchwoman, who makes any pre-.
| tensions to purity, is ever seen i'll this
notorious place. The presence OF some
members of the Corps Legislatif there,
Just before the Franco-Prussian war,
caused such scandal that they Were
forced to explain the accidental nature
of their visit, through the press. In
such place, the Prince and Princess
of Wales passed the late hours of Sat
urday night. The future head of the
English Church is evidently relapslng
into his old ways.
REvACCINATION.--An infant should be
vaccinated not earlier than Il month
after its birth if it takes well, another
careful vaccination at about fourteen
will ordinarily be lifelong protection.
At "a smallpox hospital in England, it is
the invariable custom to revacclnate
every nurse who enters the establish,
ment to take care of the sick, and IN
thirty,four years there has not been a
single case of nurse having the small
pox. The older persons get after vac
cination, the less likely are they to have
l any form of the disease.
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Varieties.

"A ,iH 1 liA''e Sooeo HSoPiN i''''"i S's
WHAT key is the hardest to tune?
Donkey.
Music is the food of love-beer and
mutton that of matrimony.
THERE is one thing that can always
be found-and that's fault.
UNFAMILIAR quotation: A nose by any
other name would smell us well.
Mrs. DoNAnuE, of Chicopec, Mass, is
thirty three, and has fifteen children.
WHAT are domestic magazines -?
Wives who are always blowing up their
husbands.
WHEN persons are seasick, what do
they most desire? TO feel sea-cure, of
course.
In New Hampshire they call clopc-
mcnt suicide. That is not SO bad he
sued and she sighed.
A LAW of Pennsylvania makes the
taking of money at the door of thea
ter on Sunday illegal, wherefore 1T is in
variably taken at the window.
A BOY named his dog "Pastc." "Why
do you give him such a name?' he was
asked. Because | want him to stick
10 me, was tne fcply.
A CONSTABLE in Ohio lately testified
in court as follows 81 know nothing
of her but what | hear the ncighbors
say; and, in my opinion, what wo-
mau says of another is not worthy of
belief"
A BROOM with heavy handle was
sent as u wedding gift to a bride, with
the following sentiments
"This trifng gift accept from me,
Its use would commend;
In sunshine use the bushy part.
In storm the other end"
A CHEERFUL givcr puts the following
note in pair of pantaloons sent to the
Michigan sufferers: "There, take 'em
last pair Eve got, don't get burned out
AGAIN"
The Count de Grassc was once wound
ed in the knee with II musket ball. The
doctors cut and hacked and made many
incisions, when, getting out of all pa
tiencc, the Count asked why they cut
him up so much. ave arc seeking"
said the surgeon. 1" for the ball. "Why
didn't you mention that before? ! have
the ball in my pocket
A WISCONSIN editor speaks of a wind
which ".just sat down on its hind legs
and howled.'
For appropriating its items, a West.
crn paper accuses IL contemporary OF
"wholcs ,le pastry"
The sign of u shirt manufactory at
New Albany reads, Hands on Bosoms
Wanted" Several young men have
been seen to enter the place slyly, and
then rcappcar with a look of intense
disgust.
The mother of an unmanageble Irish
boy, living in Portland, thus excused
him to the police: "Sure, Patsey isn't
bad boy ut all, but he is troubled with
a roosh of mind to the brain ~
TIE reason assigned for so many la
dies learning to play the violin OF late
years is that the idea Of having four
strings to their bow is irresistible.
my DEAR said . husband to his
wife, "do you think that stovcpipe
hat is unbecoming to me?' sit is,
decidedly, when it is too much stove,'
replied the wife.
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A Model Prison.

Valencia, Spain, is said to contain the
best regulated prison in the world. Its
thousand inmates are almost entirely
ruled by officers selected from their own
number, who have received their posi-
tons as rewards Tor good conduct.
Every convict, on entering, has his
choice of forty trades. Ofthe profits of
his labor, he..receives one-fourth at once,
and is given another fourth when dis
charged. Notwithstanding this very
liberal provision, the revenues from the
prison pay nearly all its expenses.
Good conduct greatly shortens the term
OF confinement. All convicts under 20
years of age are compelled 20 attend or
not, as they choose. Every evening,
before the mon are locked in for the
night, there is an hour devoted to gen
eral conversation. The only punish
ment for misconduct is close confine-
micnt. Under this rational system, the
men go back to the world cured of crime.
In most countries, over 80 per cent. of
discharged convicts are recommitted.
AT Valencia, the rate is never over per
cent, while often, for three years in sue
cession, not Il single man has been sent
back