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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
Hearing.

The art of not hearing is fully as i'm
portant to domestic happiness as cul-
tivated ear, for which so much time and
money is expended. There are so many
things which are so ptinful to hear,
many Of which, if heard, will disturb
the temper and detract from content
ment and happiness, that every one
should be educated to take in or shut
out sounds at will. If u man falls into
a violent passion and calls me all man
ner Of names, the first word shuts my
ears, and hear no more. II in my
quiet voyage OF life | am caught in one
OF these domestic whirlwinds of scoid
ing, shut up my carr, as a sailor would
furl his sail, and, making all tight, scud
before the gale. If hot and restless
man begins to infiame my feelings, |
consider what mischief these sparks
might do in the magazine below, where
my temper is kept, and instantly close
the door. Does II gadding, mischief
making fellow begin to inform me what
people are saying about me, down drops
the portculis of my ear, and he cannot
get in any further. Some people feel
so very anxious to hear everything that
VIII FcH anu annoy tllell, 'ley seI
searcl ing and finding it out. If all
the petty things said of one 10y the
needless or ill-natured idlers were TO be
brought home to him, he would become
a mere walking in-cushion, stuck full
of sharp remarks. | should as soon
thank man for emptying on my head
bushel of nettles, or setting loose a
swarm of mu.ketoes in my chamber, or
raisinga pungent in my house generally,
as to bring upon me all the tattle OF
spiteiul people. If you wou d be happy,
when among good men open your ears I;
when among bad. shut them. 1t is not
worth while to hear what your servants
say when they have slammed the door;
what beggar says whose petition you
have rejected; what your neighbors say
about your children what your rivals
say about your business or dress. |
have noticed that a well-bred woman
never hears an impertnent remark. A
kind of disc rect deafness saves one from
not little apparent connivance in dis
honorable conversation.-Spriagfela Re
,,LIjc1n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
An UDgrateful Railroad.

Jones had heard about widow who
saved train of cars from destruction
by warming the engineer, as the train
approached, that certain bridge had
been washed away; and who has been
literally rewarded, receiving free pass
for life on nearly all the railroads in the
country, and present of ten thousand
dollars from the company whose train
she had saved; so Jones thought it
pretty profitable business and conclud-
ed he'd tryit.
He lived near railroad bridge, and
he anxiously watched and waited for it
to wash away, feeling sure it must 60
some time. Every rainy night he got
up and paced the floor by spells, and
then took his umbrella and went out to
see if the bridge was beginning to 60;
but it woe GO ...'
At last he concluded that if an acci-
dent would not happen of its own ac-
cord he would make one to order, so he
got upon high bank at the side of the
track one afternoon and rolled big
rock down upon the rails.
1t was Just few minutes before the
lightning express was due, and thr2w-
ing off his coat and hat so as to appear
as excited as possible, he went forth to
meet it. He saw it coming in the dis
tance, so he tied red cotton handker-
chief to n hoe handle, and waved it
above his head in wild, excited man.
ner as a signal of danger. But he pre-
sented such singular appearance that
the engineer thought him crazy man
escaped from neighboring lunatic asy:.
lum, and so paid no heed to him, and
the train thundered on.
There was a sudden whistle of "down
brakes" a rapid reverson of the en-
CINE, then terrible crash. The train
was wrecked; the engineer and fire.
man instantly killed; the conductor
and all the brakemen dangerously, IT
not fatally. wound d and about ten
per cent. of the passengers horribly
mangled.
Jones didn't get pass for life on the
principal railroads of the country and
a purse of $4,000, but he got ten years
in the penitentiary for manslaughter,
having been seen by a neighbor when in
the act of rolling the big rock on the
track which caused the calamity.
And now he is learning to manutac.
ture shoes by the original process, and
is of the opinion that railroads are
curse to the country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
Crime and Lynch Law in Alabama.

On Monday night, four negroes and
Il white man, Walter Winfield, entered
the house of Mrs. N. A. Wilson, IN
Limestone county, Alabama, during the
absence of her husband. She ran out,
was pursued, caught and ravished by
them. Winfield in endeavoring to es-
cape was drowned in the Tennessee
river, near Decatur. The negroes were
arrested and placed in custody of the
Sheriff of Limestone county. Whilst
on their way to Athens on the railroad
train, at the junction Of the Nashville
and Decatur and Memphis and Charles,
ton railroads, the prisoners were seized
by band of armed men and carried
off. What was done with them is not
known, though it is supposed they were e.
killed. They confessed to the Sheriff
after being arrested that they were
guilty of the rape. Mrs. Wilson will
probably die OF the injuries she re-
ceivea
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
The Texas Pacific Railroad.

Tne amended Texas Pacific Railroad
bill, rs it passed the Senate on Satur-
day night, provides that the company
must build and maintain a line from
Marshal to Shreveport, and requires the
gauge to be uniform with the other
Pacific roads. Twenty five miles must
be built from the western terminus east
ward within three years, and not less
than 100 miles within two years from
the eastern end, and not less than 100
miles yearly thereafter, and the whole
road to be finished in ten years. An
amendment limiting the issue of con-
struction bonds to $4,000 per mile, and
authorizing the company to include in
the mortgage, to secure their bonds, any
lands they may acquire by consolidating
with other roads, to whom land grants
may have been made along the same
route, was adopted. The company are
also required to commence the con-
struction of the road from San Diego
eastward within one year from the
passage of the act.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

The death OF Tom Corwin, which
gave us all sorrow, served to revive
many good stories concerning him.
When quite young man he was elected
a member of the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, and early in the ses
.ion he brought in bill for the destruc-
ton of the public whipping-post. He
made an earnest speech in favor of the
measure, to which an elderly member
replied as follows "Mr. Speaker, the
gentleman is not as old as | am, and
has not seen as much of the practical
operation of the system of punishment
which he desires to abolish. When |
lived in Connecticut, if Il fellow stole
horse, or cut up other antics, we used
to tie him up and give him real good
thrashing; and he always cleared right
out, and we never saw anything more
ofhim. It's the best way of getting rid
of the rougues that ever was tried, and
and without expense to the State.' Mr..
Corwin, who never failed to carry his
point by a joke, if the argument was
againt him, only made the brief reply
" Mr.. Speaker, have often been puz-
zIed to account for the vast emigration
from Connecticut to the West, but the
gentleman last up has explained it to
my satisfaction 1t is almost needless
to say that Mr.. Corwin's bill passed by
an overwhelming ma iority.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

An intel esting memento Of the late
Professor Morse is a large historical
painting which hangs in the Mayors
office at the Charlestown (Massachu-
setts) CITY Hall. 1t has no spec al ar
tistic merit, and when it was discovered
among the rubbish of the old City Hall
a couple of years ago there was some
discussion as to what it intended to
represent. Professor Morse's name
having been found upon the back OF
the canvas, a letter Of inquiry was writ,
ten to him. His reply was very in
teresting letter, giving some pleasant
personal details. The picture, it seems,
was the Landing of the Pilgrims,
and was painted by Professor Morse at
the age of nineteen, and hi, first effort
at historical painting.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

the waiter paced glas, before the
stranger.
"Gentlemen," said the latter rs he
turned to the officers who were watch.
ing the progress of the punch, = which
one OF you speaks Ficnch?'
know something of the language"
answered Major Hasner, rs he arose,
"in what way can | be of servica to
you p
The young man looked into the calm
face hetor. him for Il moment, then
shut his eyes and pressed one of his
hands to his breast, as if he We're in
pain.
Il beg your pardon" he added, in Il
trembling voice, moment after, . but
are not thes and he pointed to the
epauiets on the Majors shoulder are
not these the insignia of captain in
the Prussian army?'
Fasner had scarcely answered in the
affirmative, when, without having no.
ticed the rapid movement OF the young
mans arm, he felt blow in the face.
All the officers jumped up immedi
ately and surrounded the Frenchman
who held himself at bay against the
wall. Hasner was about to fall upon
upon him, when his friends Weisch and
Buggler seized him and held him Off
Then a bottle was hurled at the head
of the stranger by one of the officers,
and broke into a crash upon the wall.
Hold, gentlemen,' cried Hasner.
this affair is mine"
He then stepped in front Of the man
who had insulted him as if he feared
that the latter was going to run away.
- do not know YOU" he said, after
looking at the Frenchman a moment.
"Slx years ago." replied the other,
Zone of your countrymen, a captain
like you, slapped my face on the public
square of my native town. tried to
avenge myself, and | was thrown to the
ground, beaten ard wounded by his sol
diers. always felt that blow till a
moment ago, and | only awaited the
death of my mother to demand salts
faction for it. | arrived in this town
this evening. and, less eowardly than
your compatriot, | addressed myself
TO you-that is, to a man and not a
chila.'
A muimur arose among the officers,
but the Major suppressed it.
| am innocent of the outrage that
was committed upon you, monsieur"
he said on raising his head sadly; 8"
would not have struck q child any more
than you, believe me. You have no
longer a mother so much the better,
for you have placed me under the
necessity Of killing you. Ny friends, :"
added the Major, turning TO Weisch and
Buggler, g leave the arrangement of
velything to YOU"
The next day, about o'clock in the
morning, q post-chaise carried M. Jean
Bernard on his way back to France
AT the same hour Weisch and Buggler
carried to Martha the inAnimate corpse
of her husband-killed without having
had the time ever to put on his Majors
uniform.
My uncle,' continued the young
man who told the sad story, "whose
good heart and fair dealing you know
as we'll as any one, learned only too
late that he whom h" had insulted had
a mother, wife, a child, and was no
longer a captain. He has never ceased
to think OF the orphan. And now you
know why he never laughs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
NUMBER "a.
Varieties.
A NEW pair of kids-Twins.

n
SPRING goods-Baby jumpers.
WHY does donkey eat a thistle2
Because he's an ass.
JENKs says that a pawnbroker's office
must be loan some place.
A LAFAYETTE, Ind. lady is carefully
raising lot of grasshoppers.
THE mosquito, as public singer,
draws well, but never gives satisfaction.
Why is troy-weight like an uncon-
scious person. Because it has no
scruples.
Why should IA sailor know there is a
man in the moon? Because he has
been to sea.
Why is the alphabet like cutting the
first teeth? Because it is taught yer
(torture) when young.
WHY is drunkard, hesitating to sign
the pledge, like half-converted Hin
doc? Because he is in doubt whether
to give up the jug or not (Juggernaut).
"WHY is there no cream to this
milk, GEORGE? said an under graduate
to his "scout" at Cambridge. "Stir
it up, sir" was the reply, "it sinks to
the bottom"
SAID Mr. Cantwell to his clergyman,
who had great disrelish for hypocrisy,
" How can l best help to reform the
world ?" "By beginning with your
selfr' was the conclusive reply.
A MAN and wife in Detroit left their
four.year. old son alone, the other even
ing, though the child begged them to
take him with them, saying he was
afraid of bears and wolves. He screamed
violently when they left the house, and,
on their return, they found that he had
been made insane by fright. 1t is feared
tn at he will be an idiot for the remain
der of his daYs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
Another Baby MOnstrOsity.

The Shelby (Ohio) Ne,Os says: There
exists, al out three and a half miles
north OF Shelby, {. curiosity almost as
great as the double child of Morrow
county. 1t is Il child about eight years
old the body of which has never grown,
and its, head only the tirstyear after its
birth. The head, however, is very large,
weighing much more than the body
perhaps twenty-five pounds alone. 1t
cannot walk or speak, but gives evidence
of intelligence. 1t takes food in the
usual manner, having had its first teeth
cut, which have been succeeded by
others. Its health has generally been
good, and exhibits playfulness as child
rem 9, nerally do when in health, yet it
is as helpless as child two days old.
The parents, James and Jane Powell,
are aged about forty years, and no cause
has or can be assigned by them for this
strange phenomenon, which the mother
had during the period Of CESSATION. The
parents have frequently been asked to
pei nit the child to be exhibited, hut
have. re 'useds an aich lrequestsa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

RY COL. + D. BAKER.
Dost thou seek star with thy swelling crest,
o wave, that lcnvcst thy mothers breast
Dost thou leap from the prisons depths below
In scorn of their calm and constant How!
Or art thou seeking some distant land,
To die in murmurs upon the strand?
Hast thou tales to tell of the pearl lit deep.
Where the wave-whclmed mariner rocks IN
sleep?
Canst thou speak of navieS that sunk in pride.
Ere the roll of their thunder in echo died
What trophies, what banners are toating tree
In the shadowy depths of that silent sea?
1t were vain TO ask, as thou rollest atar,
OF banner mariner, ship or star;
1t were vain to seek in thy stormy face
Some tale Of the Sorrowful past to trace:
Thou art swelling high: thou art dasmng free;
How vain are the questions we ask of thee.
too am wave the stormy sea:
| too am II wanderer. driven like thee;
too am seekns a distant land.
To be lost and gone ere | reach the strand;
For the land I seek is waveless shore,
And they who once reach it shall wander no
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
Population and Size Of Berlin.

The population of Berlin in one hun
dred and seventy years has increased
tenfold, and its limits cover n radius of
nearly thirteen miles. When Frederick
tue Greats ambition desired city, he
first inclosed va5t sandy plain with
walls, and ordered that his vassals fill
the empty space with houses. The pco-
pie being few were in consequence
somewhat puzz'ei how to fulfill the
wishes of their sovereign. They at last
hit upon plan of seometrical triangles,
and commenced raising two-storied
hotels, having IS many as twenty five
windows on line. The streets thus
made were beautiful and wide. The
site of the city is fiat, and consequently
much expense has been incurred in
order to make the drainage any way ap-
preaching perfection.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18
A Remarkable Fossil.

Prof. Marsh reports to the american
journal Of Science the discovery, during
his explorations in 1871, of remark
able fossil bird. 1t was found in the
Upper Cretaceous of Western Kansas,
and the remains consist Of the greater
portion of the skeleton, at least five feet
in height, and which, although a true
bird, as is shown by the vertebr'e and
other parts of the skeleton. differs widely
from any known recent or extinct forms
of that class, and affords fine example
of comprehensive type. The bones
are well preserved. The femur is very
short, but the other portions OF the leg,
are ute elongated. The metatarsai
bones appear to have been separated.
A NIGHT telegraph operator on the iine
of the Burlington and Quincy railroad,
who is obliged to report each passing
train, insures his being awake at such
times by stretching a cord across the
track. The engine comes along, snaps
the cord, and coal-scuttle IN the once
falls with rattle that wakes him up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

ACCOUNTS from Brainard and Fort
Ripley, Mimi, report the snow two feet
deep.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

WOVEN are now admitted 10 fifty
American COLLEGES.
The new Viceroy Of Clnada is the
grandson OF Sheridan.
LEAD ORE has been found at Coiiey-
vile, Kansas, that assays 95 per cent
JACKSON county, Kansas, pnii S2,77O
for gopher scalps last year, at 20 cents
e;ch * .'-' .
THERE are three mlndre d and sey.
enty regular colleges in the United
States, according to the New York
Trj6j,ue
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

There was heavy storm in Mayence
on the 2lst OF Noyomber, lS22 raining
from 8 o'clock in the morning till mid.
night. Toward s o'clock on The evening
OF that day Major Hasner of the Prus.
sian army, was dancing his little girl on
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-15
The Weather Last NigIlt.

Shortly before one o'clock this morning,
We received tie meteorological record for
l0:43 o'clock last night from the signal ser
vice Of the War Department. presenting the
state of the thermometer, direction of the
wind and condition of the weather in all
parts of the country. Light snow at Nor
folk, Virginia; no storm elsewhere. Low
est thermometer, zero at st. Paul, at Chi
cago and Cincinnati g., at INDIANAPOLIS
New Orleans 49,.
Thermometer elsewhere 81 at Augusta,
10 at Baltimore, Il at Boston, lS2 at
Buffalo, 2io at Cairo, Az at Charleston,
l2o at Davenport 81 at Galveston. 45o at
Jacksonville, So at Key West, 25o at
Leavenworth. l52 at Louisville $40 at
Memphis, 43s "a. Mobile, 2S7 at Nashville,
IJ' at New York, 237 at Norfolk, l92 at
Omaha. i52 at Pittsburg, IA at Portland,
So at Punta Russa, TO- at Savannah, AGO
at Shreveport. 81 at st. Louis. 36o at VIII
min aton and 45o at Yichsbur-
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-15
,s:.n Tom Story Oh the stand.
From the New York Tribune


WASHINGTON, February 6.-The CLAYTON
investigating committee met again yester-
day. and examined James T. Story for the
prosecution. This witness swore that he
was of Southern birth. a Republican, and
never was an oIfice-holder nor IA candidate
for office. is editor of the Unqp0lia FlOuer
an Arkansas Republican newspaper. He
testified that between six and seven hun
dred men had been disfranchised in his
own county by Clayton registrars, many of
whom were Republicans, but opposed to
Clayton. Clayton's agent IN that section
was Collins, notorious character, known
to have been a ku-klux. Collins showed
three different pardons from Clayton to him
for Otfenses, anu also showed a check for
$40 in favor Of Collins from Clayton. The
witness swore that the public printing had
been taken from him by Cla yton after the
Clayton about it, he replied that it had
been taken from him because the legislative
delegation, all Republicans. from witnesses
county. was opposing him fClayton) for the
United States Senate. Witness swOre that
Clayton was generally regarded as being
vet the actual Governor OF Arkansas and
cited an interview he had with Acting Gov
ernOr Hadley on the subject of the restora-
ton of puhlic printing to witness. Hadley
replied that he would act in the matter
when Clayton returned from Long Branch
Witness swore that the public printing
taken from HIM was worth yearly nearly
$1,000, and that it had been taken from him
because he opposed Clayton. and given to
naners supporting him.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-15
Yesterdays Evening Dispatches. I

NEW YORK, February 14.-The residence
of julius Haws burned at Winona, Mime
sofa. Three children persisted in the flames
There are 9,250000 bushels of wheat il
store and afloat at Chicago.
The Governor of Nebraska revOkes the
call for an extra session of the Legislature
made by the Speaker of the Senate during
the Governors absence.
Fort Scott voted almost unanimously to
aid the Memphis and Fort Scott railroad
the road to be narrow gauge.
E.A Buckley, President of the Etna
Life Insurance Company, is dead, aged
sixty nine years.
Sir Edward Thornton apprehends no
serious trouble between England and
America over the Washington treaty:
A London special says: No English
cabinet continuing negotiations under the
Washington treaty, as the case now stands,
could hold sffice twenty-four hours; there
fore, arbitration is ended, unless some mu-
tual understanding can be had on the
points of difference.
Arrived out-Steamers City of Paris and
Tartmatra
WASHINGTON, February I4.-Peter G..
Washington, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury under President Pierce, is dead,
aged seventy-one years.
CINCINNATI, February 1.-THE steamer
Nashville, when she sunk last evening, was
loaded down to her guards with $50 tons of
groceries and fuOniture, valued at $4,000
insurance in Cincinnati companies $50,
The boat was owned by Henry Hart, her
captain, James Mack, and Robert Semple.
Valued at $4,000; insured for $4,000. She
was to have started for New Orleans to-
day.
LOUISVILLE, February 4.-The tobacco
factory of Ayler & Bros, in Mclean coun-
ty, Kentucky, was burned by an incendiary.
Loss $4,000 of tobacco. The supposed in
cendiary was lyncAed by masked men. He
was found dead at the foot of a tree.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-15
POstOfiice Address-COunty and State.

The following circular notice from the
Postmaster General is published for infor.
nation:
Owing to the rapid increase in the mails
and the establishment of many new post
offices throughout the country. this depart.
ment finds it necessary, in order to tacili-
tate the distribution, and secure a speedy
transmission of the heavy mails now pass
ing, particularly over the trunk lines of
railroads, to request of the public that in
all cases that the name of the county, as
well as the postoffice and State, be super
scribed upon letters, circulars, newspapers
and other matter to be forwarded by mail
Postmasters will place this circular in a
consnicuous place in the Offices, and use
every endeavor to urge upon the public the
Importance of this matter.