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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-24
TIE AMERICAN AkNY

On the 3lst Of October last the army OF the
United States consisted OF g sos men OF ali arms
ten regiments of calValry, 5647 men and officers
five regiments 81 artillery, 3,206 men and 0ficeu;
twenty live regiments OF IntaBtFy lS. .6S2 men and
officers; engineer battalion and other non-combat-
ants and recruits, 3,e7O. The appropriations for
the support OF this establishment for the current
year amounted to $4,000 600. or at the rate Of
about 81 ,O75 per mar. This great cost, more than
double the eost per man Of the itish arny. is
planned by the fact that we have about one com
missiOned officer for every fifteen men. The esti-
mates for the next year under stood TO be $50
100000 The army Is scattered over the whole
country, there beings small garrison in nearly ev
cry sea coast fort, number Of companies station
ed in the Southern Stotes for such purposes as
keeping Kellogg in Office aud the bulk of the force
being employed on the plains and the Pacific States.
As all the real service performed by the army at
pressnt might be done by 10000 men, force oi
900 regulars could be spared for any special basi
noes we might take IN hand. II the special busi-
uess should happen tobe war In Cuba, this regu
lar force might be supplemented with an army oi
volunteers, numbering any where from twenty tC
hundred thousand.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-24

1hs merchants Of PhiladeIPhiA are 90 anxious
to get their goods off speedily that the rewsPe'
pcrs Of that city are made 10 appesr IKE show
bills with large advertisements.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-24

Mrs MOriaTty aud a coloTsd wood sawyer quar-
relied in Wi1h-AglOnen satiaiayi morning chou.
the payment of some wood saving, when the saw
yer drew pistol and shot her fatally in the head
The murderer escaped.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-11-24
rHE ONLY DENocRArIc DAILY IN TEE STATE.

The DELAWARE 0AZKTTR. ostablishSd lyel
lathe largest aud most hOuriahing weekly the
Stata and hss q larger circulation than any other
% thoPeninsuIAr. Published every Friday morn
nE ct e Q year. IN a1Vanco. Ffltet III
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

PROTECTION OF MINERs-In late
number of the Miners Journal, pub
lished at Pottsville, Pa, appeared a
table, exhibiting the number of mi
ners killed and manned in the anthra
cite coal regions since the inspection
laws were in force, a period extending
from 1869 to 1872, both inclusive and
also the number of widows and or
phans made in consequence of these
casualties. The killed according to
this table numbered 706 and the
manned 1892, the widows $50, or
phans l,O76 The death-roll, says the
Journal, and "the large Pu4ber Of
persons injured, many OF whom
since have died. while . large portion
were MANNED for life, calls loudly for
the Establishments of several hospitals
and asylums for the crippled miners
in the anthracite district of the State,
which could easily be erected by the col
lection ola centa ton on all coal trans
ported to market, and TO which no
consumer will object" Hospitals and
ssylums for crippled miners are neces-
sary institutions, but it would seem
that the number Of men yearly placed
upon these should be still further re-
duced. 1t is probable the law is in
efficiently enforced. In our Mary
land mining region we hear of very
few accidents. though We have no IN
spection law.-Bah. Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
From paper read before the Philosophi,
cal Society of Hyde Park, Pa, by HEN
RYJ. PuILLIps, NJ. E. Translated for the
JOURNAL from the Baner america
The Utility of Coal.
BY QUIZ.


Coal was lying in the earth in wide
beds, and in thick veins at the time of
the flood, ages before our first parents
were put in the garden of Eden, as we
find ltat present. There it would have
lain quiet and unmoved to-day, if the
miner had not dug it out with his
pick, or some Implement of the kind,
and raised it to the surface with his
little windlass, for his own benefit and
the comfort Of society generally -
From beginning so small and simple,
when there was but one miner in the
whole world, and the amount of the
Black Rock as it was called then
mined, ewas but few hundred pounds
in day. To-day there is mined
about eight hundred thousand tons
daily, or about two hundred and fifty
million tons yearly, This large
amount is increasing by the millions
every year 1t would be impossible
to imagine the amount that will be
mined half a century hence.
1t is made use of to-day upon mill
ions of hearths, and it gives warmth
and comfort to their owners; its use
fulness aud assistance, coworking to-
gether, brings out and perfects humid
reds if not thousands of ideas for
man; it carries us at present with
tightening speed over hills and dales,
through luxuriant valleys and tall for
ests, over waters and through noun
tains, and snatches us along between
heaven and earth. Sometimes it car
ries the silks and teas from China and
Japan over the seas to San Francisco,
California it then leap, from sea to
land, takes up its valuable load of
gold and grain, and onward over
the Union Pacific Railroad-over the
broad plains west of the Rocky Noun
tains and through the creeks and pas
ses of those mountains and the Sierra
Nevada, which are nearly 5000 feet
higher than the level of the sea at San
Francisco; passing Salt Lake in Utah
Territory, taking up their silver and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
ITO be Ccntinued:l
l'lle Price of Tyne.

Messrs, Csc. P. RQwell & Co. an
nounee that they have in their ware
house in New York an assortment of
type from one of the most celebrated
foundries in the world, that Of Fig
gins, London, England, which they
wish to sell at 20 per cent. discoun,
from the American scale, when order
ed in fonts of l00pounds and upwards.
They also offer to import large fonts
on special orders at a greater discount
from the American scale, and profess
to be able to fill the largest order in
eight weeks gifts receipt in New York
They supply large and small quaint
ties from)their stock on hand in New
York at the American scale rate
They assert that if the present duty
on type shall be removed, the price OF
the article, both of home and foreign
manufacture will Immediately fall 40
per cent below the present scale
Messrs, Geo. P. Rowell & Co. are
known as conducting the largest ad-
vertlsing business ever secured by one
house, and are also extensive dealers
in printing material. They are com
pslled to import foreign goods because
American founders, governed by a
close corporation or ring, to keep pri-
ces too high, and at the same time
make it an exception to every other
species of merchandise by recognizing
no wholesale price the same amount
per pound being charged to the pur-
chaser of five thousand pounds as
would be paid by him who wants bpt
fifty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
MINE Explosion On the 25th |

MINE EXPLosIoN.-On the 25th
ult. a terrific explosion occurred at
the Ritchie Coal Mines, in West Va.
The Richie County Star says:
"A terrible explosion occured at the
Ritchie Co al Mines on last Tuesday,
the 25th inst. The explosion was caus-
ed by the dust of the mine (wh,ch is
as combustible as POWDER taking fire
from blast which had been set off in
the mine; and like gun that is over
charged, there was not sufficient room
for the charge to escape through the
mouth and it forced IT'S wav through
the top of the mine. The opening
made, was about sixty feet long, and
through solid rock fifteen feet thick.
About an acre of ground, around the
opening caused by the explosion, was
greatly disturbed the trees, rocks,
&c, were thrown in every direction.
Messrs, John Knee, Thomas Pierce
and George Wiokenhofer were killed.
Patrick Clark was badly burned, and
his recovery is considered doubtful.
Messrs. Cornelius Bradley, Isaac
Garrison, Joseph Guy and Lemuel
Williamson were wounded, by flying
missiles, while op the outside of the
mines.
The engine "Ritchie," with a num-
Der of cars attached. was standing
near the mouth of the mine at the
time of the explosion; it was consid-
erably damaged, and the cars wer,
blown literally to pieces. The mules
and horses which are worked in the
mine were, as good luck would have
it, out, or they would have shared the
same fate as did the men who were
therein
The mines, at our latest information
are on fire, and are said to resemble
the burning of a volcano DIR. Hall, of
this place. who was sent for, to admin
lister medical aid to the wounded, saws
that it wonld pay any person to 60
over and see it.
These Mines were once owned by
citizens of Frostburg, viz: NELSON
REALL, G. w. and THOMAS G, McCuL-
Lob, Esq's., and others.
At all points there appears to be an
eager enquiry for coal, Bituminous
Goals no doubt will rule higher this
year,
There has been a great scarcity of
Cumberland coal, and the price has
been run up, the highest at which we
have heard of sales in any quantity
was Sl3 per ton, here at New York
SonordS Craulor
A dispatch dated London, Feb. "a,
1878, saws: The strike of the South
Wales miners will probably be brought
to an end by compromise to-day. 1t
is Thought that 10000 of the strikers
will return to the mines tomorrow.
EXhihltion.-The California Com
bination Troupe will hold Grand Exhibit
ton in Ncf's Hall on Wednesday evening,
| 12th inst. c. F. LESLIE,
Business Manager.
Is Don't fail to enjoy this opportunity
fora good laugh.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

The N. Y. Tribune, of the Goth ult
contained the report of the American
Pig Iron Manufacturers Association,
for 1872. From it we learn that L.
1900 tons of Anthracite Pig Iron
were produced, and 712,5O0 of Bit
luminous. There were 100 new furn-
aces begun, and 80 are already pro-
iected for 1878; there was also So roll
ling mills built, and Il for 1878, show
ing a total of new works since the pre-
vious years report of 1919. The total
consumption of raw iron for the year
is estimated at 1 ,O54 ,6le tons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

What did 10 die of? Iodido of rq-
assium.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

IRON AND STEEL OR6ANizATIog -
The American Rivet Manufacturers
Association, in session at Philadelphia,
adopted a resolution providing for the
appointment Of q committee of five
for the purpose of securing concert
of action among all the associations of
the country representing the iron and
steel interests. and bringing about the
formation, under proper rules, of an
organized combination thereof.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
The Baltimore Gazette Of honda,

says
The Church of the Messiah, cor
ner Of Gay and Fayette streets, hay
ing undergone thorough repair, was
Yesterday reopened for divine SER
vices. The newly elected rector the
Rev. Mr.. Penick, lately Of Mount
Savage, Md, delivered his opening
.ermon in the morning, and at night
Rev. Thos. U. Dudley, Jr., rector 81
New Christ Church, corner St. Paul
and Chase streets, preached, welcom-
ing the new rector in appropriate
terlns
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
Observation-Disclosures Ses.
sion Of the Senate.

SIOh OF TIE StnHEP.
The forty-third Congress adjourn
cd sine die at nine o'clock on Tuesday
the second session of which being
made memorable by the Credit Mobil-
Ter revelations.
The Inauguration Of Gen. GRANT
into his second Presidential term on
Tuesday was largely attended by oiti-
zens of the country and marked by
considerable military display.
The new Senate convened at once
for the purpose of confirming execu'
tive appointments, etc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
The South BRANCH RAILWAY

The SouGH BRANCH RAILWAY
The Romasy wv. Va.) {stelhgencer
states upon Information considered
reliable and accurate" that the South
Branch Railway Will be pSt under
contract to Rompey at once, and that
"the interest of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad" in the enterprise affords
sufficient assurance of the prompt and
substantial completion Of the work.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
with n little exultant laugh.

with little exultant laugh. Il told her
| should find a way to rule my colonel y
Two hours later she dispensed the re-
freshments with her own pretty hands
you'll allow mo to give you Al ice,
Captain Brooke, approaching cluster
of her husbands military friends, " and
some OF this fruit cake--it is dellcio us,
and some Of my own compromising
and glass OF lemouade. perhapsI 7 No Z
I'm quite sorry, but | must offer you wa
ter then. We don't use wine, s you
see. Colonel Montrayille doesn't ap
prove Of it, neither do |, SO trust you II
excuse us and partske of what we offer
You.
The officers exchanged amused elances
"How long since you've got to disap
prove Of wine, MontravIlle" they ques
toned, tho instant shey got A chance mt
the colonel - So much for perpetrating
matrimony We warned you how IL
would be, YOU re undor her rule com
pletely, old fellow, and the honeymoon
not over
"You tell the truth, comrades, re.
sponded the colonel, alfpleasantly and
halfvexed q own up-Im under her
rule, and, the worst of it is, I'm likely To
remain there "
And he did Little Rosabel conquer
ed /; and to day her husband stands first
amid the defenders OF the good cause
the groat cause he cause OF Total Alb
s,lncnce " y, Weekly
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

TIE Boy OF THE INDIAN TuRNIp -
Washington county, Indiana, has won
derful tuSas nature in the person Of q
boy not yet three years Of age The
Louisville Commercial gives this &C
count: James Williams, well todo
farmer, who resides twelve miles east by
south OF Salem, has a boy who will be
three years old on the 18th of October
next The child is very healthy and
well formed in every respect, except his
weight 10 seventy five pounds, little
above the average, When about one
year of ago this boy began to develop
very rapidly, and now presents the APP
pearance Of a man. Upon tile face are
long black whiskcrs and mustachc Of re.
markably thrifty growth and fineness of
texture. The back and breast of the
child are covered with silken black hair
from two to three inches in length.
Tho child has good health and is very
intelligent. The face wears as thought
fol an expression rs man Of mature
years, and is withal quite handsome,
were it not that the cheeks puff out rather
too much, thereby detracting from its
beauty. In making inquiry as to how
this freak Of nature was accounted for,
the mother Of the child stated that when
he was in his first year he got hold Of an
Indian turnip and eat itup This vcgcta-
bic is very powerful astrngcnt, and the
physician in attendance at the time is
said to gave worked a whole day to coun-
teract its influence. From this time the
child commenced the development now
accomplished, and to this Indian turnip
is attributed the result above described
AS we are no! skilled in materia medica,
we do not give an opinion. although
what the Indian turnip had to do with
this case we cannot conceive.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

BRiGuAMs ULTIMArUM TO HIS WIVES.
i wish my women to understand that
what | am going to say is for them as
well as others, and want those who are
here to tell their sistcrs--yes all the wo-
men in the community. | am going to
give YOU from this time to the 9th OF
October next, for reflection, that you
may determine whether you wish to stay
with your husbands or not, aud then
am going to set every woman at liberty.
and say to them. cow 90 your way.
And my wives have got to do one of two
thpgs, either round up their shoulders
to endure the Affections OF this world
and live your rcligion--tlat is, polyga-
my-or they must leave; for will not
have them about me will set all at lib
crty. What, first wife. too? Yes, ! lib
crate you all want to 60 somewhere
or do something 10 get rid OF the
winners do not want them to receive
part of the truth aud spurn the rest out
OF doors. Let every man thus treat his
wives keeping raiment enough to cover
his body, and say to them, "take all that
have and be set at liberty; but il yon
stay with me you shall comply with the
law Of God In every respect, and that,
too, without any murmuring or whin.
ing" You must fulfill the law OF God
in every respect, and round up your
shoulders to walk up to the mark with
ont any grunting.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

Snecal notices double the above rates. Edi-
| al notices 90 cents per line for the first and
cents for each additional insertion. All
sn,ient advertisements cash in advance
rriage and obituary notices not to exceed
Inc. free, over five 20 cepts per line.
Cgrds or communications of personal
sracter. i f admissible atall, double the usual
: and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates. for Congress or
1 70 offices. S25.00. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, % cents per line.
saarly advertisements. paid quarterly, in
,ncc. Legal and transient advertisements
.hp paid for when left at the office.
AuJob Work, to be paid for on delivery.
q Ijress all letters and communications to
Us. DuYHAM, Editor and Proprietor.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
T" Give it me this moment, Joe.

She brought it, and put my hsnd on
it and took an oath (too solemn to be re.
peated here) that what had happened
never should occur again. ltnever has
And il the San Francisco ever comes 10
grief. the verdict will not he rs it ought
to be so often-the engineer got drunk
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12


TuIRsT QUENCuEp WITHOUT DMNKIHG,
1t may not be generally known that
water, even salt water imbibc through
the skin, appeases thirst almost as well
as fresh water taken inwardly In Illus
tration of this subject, a correspondent
has sent the following abridged quota
ton from " Narrative Of Capt. Kenne-
dy's losing his vessel, and his distiosses
aftcrward. which was noticed in Dods
ley's Annual Register for 1869. | can
not conclude without making mention OF
the great advantage | received from
soaking my clothes twice day in salt
water, and putting them on without
wringing' 1t was considerable time be
fore could make the people comply
with this measure, although, from seeing
the good effect produced, they afterward
practiccd it twice day of their own ac.
cord, To this discovery ! may with
justice attribute the preservation Of my
own lie and six other persons, who
must have perished il it had not been
put in us" Tue saline particles, how
ever, which remained in our clothes, be
came incrusted by the heat Of the sun
and Of our bodies. lacerating our skins,
and being otherwise inconvenicnt; but
we found that by washing out these par
ticles, and frequently wetting our clothes
without wrin9ing twice in the course Of
n day, the skin became well in short
time, After these operations we uni.
formly found that the violent drought
went of, and tho parched feeling was
cured in few minutes after bathing and
Wasnlng our ciosc, ana ~ thv same ""'
we found ourselves as much refreshed as
If we had received some actual nourish-
ment. Four persons in the boat who
drank salt water went delirious and died !
but those who avoided this and followed
the above practice experienced no such
symptoms
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
POET RY.
For the V. b. Press.
Without and Within.

Without and Within.
| looked out on the smiling world,
So full of light il seemed to me,
| thought it must be happiness.
Amongst its scenes ofhfe to be.
looked into my troubled heart.
Restless and tossed with doubt and fear.
Longing for change and fain to know
What the future years for me might bear,
And | said, oh heart thou must patient be,
The time will surely, swiftly come,
When this fairy world will ope to thee,
And its castles bright shall be thy home.
SEVEN YEARS LATER,
looked out on the troubled world,
Where hustle and turmoil seemed to reign;
Where care, disappointment. envy, unrest,
Mixed all pleasure with drops of pain.
looked INTO my peaceful heart,
Where the turmoil and strife were all at rest
And the quiet calm of a holy joy,
Had brought content to my longing breast.
And said, oh heart it is better thus,
The world would have held such thorns for the,
And its castles bright were built of air,
While the one thou hast found, shall lasting be
RUTH.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12


Ts A revivalst asked an African If he
had found the Lord. "Golly," said
Sambo 4" am DC Lord los ~
EE An editor out west has been elect
ed town constable, and Is now ready TO
arrest the attention of his readers.
ED- a boy who attempted to ampu'
tate Il eats tail has to do all his seeing
through one eye.
ES- A preccpt ofthe Hindoo law says;
Strike not, even with q blossom, wife,
though she be guilty Of hundred
faults.
Ey- An exchange says: Marriage
makes man and woman one. les,
but the trouble is to tell which one of
them is the one.
rs- A volume that will bring tears to
your eyes-A volume of smoke.
Ig. One OF the oldest inhabitants of
Green couaty, Illinois, is horse forty
three years old
ag- Iowa raspberry piekers are get
ting only two ard 2 half cents quacf ~
the markets
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
FRAT E RNAL.
MASONIC.

abe regular communications of VAN b.
4 LODGE, No. 6, +. \. MAsOSs are held
] saturday on. or next preceding each full
Son. 7P. NJ. in their Hall at Van Buren,
3mbars oftho Fraternity in good standing
respectfully invited to meet withus.
G. WILCOX, W. NJ
W II. II. SHIBLEy, Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

EE- To Clean Knives.--Cut q small
potato in two, dip one half in brick dust
and rub the knives and rust and stain
will disappear like magic from their sur
faces
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

Fr A loafyr tumbled into the dry
dock the other day and got terrible
sousing. Ho says he couldn't soc what
mado the people lie so. "Dry dock be
-! I'm wotter than q weeks east
wind squeezed out, cuss it ~
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

~ The Chicago Times says that one
of Senator Carpenters Websterian
qualities is to be calmly and seriously in
debt to every one who will trust him. "
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
DENTIST.
Pianos Tuned.

DROF. DRuUN wishes to inform the citizens o!
| Van Buren and Fort Smith, that he Il prepared
to Tune Pianos, Organs, Nc. On short notice, Also
will give lessons in Music on Brass or string lnsru
ments and on the Piano.
viii furnish Music for Parties, Balls, &c., on short
notice.
Address by letter or in person and prompt attention
wiii be given, jan o'72,
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
/. O. O. f.

h iWFORD LODGE, No. 6, Of ODD FELLOWS,
moc,. every Friday, at ! o'clock. p NJ, at their
I, over GEORGE AUsTIS's Store.
A. J. WARD, y. q,
/. Z. HAYNAS, Scc'y.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12
Knights Of Pythias.

RANHOE LODGE. No. 2. X. ofP;, meet every
EWsDSRsDAy evening, at their Castle Hall, over
F. WV. WHITFIELD, c. c.
9ovy J. CLARK. X. ofR&S april S'13.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

Es- Thirty-thrce widows belong to
one sewing society in Watertown, ~ Y,
and the sound Of pair Of boots going
by the house where they meet is enough
to stop all the machines and needles.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

EE- An ON killed by lightningin Iowa
did not have piece OF bone left in his
skin an inch long.
The Van Buren press., 1873-08-12

Is,- Millions Of white worms came
down in shower at EIs,bcthtown, Ken
tncly.
ES' One way to get out II . scrape
Lot your beard grow