Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-19
CURRENT ITEMS.
JEtr. DAVIS is G5 years old.

ithh Nibil Iit"lo NttSS, III ICtC, 10 iilNt ttt
the age of S3.
The Shah of Persia is bloated mo-
nopolist. No one else in his Kingdom is
permitted to wear jewels.
GEN. THOMAS THUMB is building a
whold hand of cottage for the little
Thumbs at West Haven, Conn.
A New HAVEN genius has invented a
strcet-hoeing machine with which one
man can clean Il mile of pavement Il
day.
DIo LEWIS still insists that a man can
fare sumptuously on 1ifty-four cents per
week. Fifty-four dollars is about what
Dio lives ON.
ALL correspondence handed to the
Edinburgh Scotsman goes through the
hands of minister, grammarian, law
yer and editor.
DIsRARLI seems weary and sad, and
still mourns the death of his wife. He
is worth only $l25, 200, but has a pen
sion of $4,000 per year.
The Southern States, with about 49,
600, 900, have l, l25, 600 Baptists. There
are 5000 churches for the whites, 5000
ministers and 100000 (white) communi-
cants.
CoL. CHEsNEY, one of the most emi
nent of European military critics, is said
to be the author of the highly -eulogistic
article ON Gen. Lee in the Edinburgh
RcricV.
The Signal Service Bureau claims that
during 1872 eighty per cent. of its
weather probabilities were verified, and
seventy per cent. of its cautionary sig
nails were realized by storms.
The lunatics in the asylum at Tusca-
loosa, Ala, publish Il small newspaper
called the Mcteor, the editor, local con-
tributors, compositors and pressmen of
which are all patients under treatment.
The priest of st. Patrick S Church at
Memphis not only gave his congregation
w ttU IltitU VII l. Iitt,tN, pub
recommended it us necessary to the
health during the prevalence of the
cholera.
THERE are fourteen Thousand drug
stores in the United States, and the
number of persons employed in the va
rious branches of the drug business is
| = L., Il Ia, nj,
Thousand.
MILWAUKEE has long been celebrated
this country. 1t has now Il new school
board composed of the following gen
tlcmcn: lIundhausen, Kucnzle, Was
weller, Zieglcr, ochnurstein, Freitag,
Koctting, Meinecke, Runcle, Obcrmann
and Trumf
A CURIOUS circumstance is reported
from West Hawley, Mass. An apple
tree ON the highlands had expanded into
full and luxuriant blossom, standing i'll
the midst of IL snow drift, several rods
in extent. While the tree was thus
laden with blossoms, the drift immo-
diatcly surrounding the trunk was up
ward of four feet i'll depth.
The latest novelty in the restaurant
line is IL movable commissariat for sup
plying hot dinners to families. AT IL
central cooking establishment meats,
vegetables, and groceries are bought
chcaply ut wholesale, and few persons
do large amount of cooking. Families
order what they want, and it is sent to
them hot at the dinner hour. The in
vention is English, and is said to be
successful.
The number of oranges of the Patrons
of Husbandry is increasing rapidly. An
official statement of the oranges organ
lied previous to May 10, gives the fol-
lowing interesting facts: Arkansas, IS;
California, s; Georgia, l6; Illinois, 43l;
Indiana, 142 Iowa, 1,057 Kansas, 12S.
Michigan, "a; Minnesota, 2l9; Missis-
sippi, 1872; Missouri, 245; Nebraska,
100; Ohio, At South Carolina, 11S;
Tennessee, 13; Vermont, q; Wiscon-
sin, no making an organization i'll the
United States of 1887 oranges, with an
aggregate membership of over 1000, 600.
AND now Africa is to be taken in hand.
Capt. Francis Galton thinks it won't
pay to civilize the Africans. 1t would
take centuries and billions to do it, and
the people would be repulsive and
worthless when all is done. So he pro-
poses to supersede them altogether by
stocking the continent with Chinese.
The Chinese are tough, hardy, temper
ate, Industrious and thrifty. Once en-
tirely emancipated from their old tradi-
tions, it is impossible to tell what they
might become. Planted in colonies
along the coast, and protected by En-
gland, they would soon feel at home
and crowd the natives out. The soil is
fertile. the climate is luxurious. the