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Tfe DefOrlnities of Children

Unfortunate One, if the misfortune be blind
ness or deafness or physical malformation
Tie mother Who could come to hate 1. clli6
on account Of his natural inisfortunes Wout
be a brute indeed. But fow mothers reflect
that the child's ill-temper, irreverence, OF
even greater faults are also the result ot
natural dcformlty, and that the child who il
always under censure for bad qualities is in
reality an object OF pity. Not until parent
can DE brought to see the matter in this
light can there be right relation between
parent and child. Temper is an inherited
quality, and cannot be broken all at once.
The child whose blood is poisoned by some
ancestral iaint, which may have lain dor
mantin the generation Immediately preccl-
ing. needs the comfort and sympathy OF
father and mother, and gets the rebu1fs only.
Ingrained traits can only be combatted with
any success where they are combated with
infinite patience and kindness. That sgrev-
GUS words stir up anger'' is as true now as
in Solomon's time, and as true when the
grievous words are spoken by parent as by a
stranger. s.But can not wink at the chld's
badness.'' Certainly not. That would be
Incidence. But you 1an show the child that
yea have full appreciation Of his misfor-
tune, thatyou have sympathy with his
struggles and | is difficulties. When you
have done this yon have taken a grand step
toward helping him out of his trouble.
Nothing is of more impor tance, in dealing
with a difficult child, than prompt praise OF
his earliest endeavor to overcome his fault
Do not measure your commendation by his
success but by his endeavor. The selfish
and indolent parent pities himself. = That
child will kill M y 8. ! have got to endure
his temper year In and year out" All! yes;
but what has he got to endure? If he lives
until he is 100 there will be something left OF
the old battle yet. Ii you work from no
higher motive than to relieve yourself Of
you cannot succeed, but if you
develop the self-control of your child that
he will have permanent advantage in the
lifelong warfare with his besetment, you
have delivered him from lifelong bondage.
Consider the patience of teachers in institu-
tiors for imbeciles children, In some cases,
weeks are spent in persuading child to-
make one awkward mark with piece OF
chalk. Reflect OH the tinle spent in taking
he successive steps that bring the drooling
dot up to the level of man able to care for
himself. And is not the victory worth the
,at tile? IL not your patient endeavor to cure
moral defect rewarded by any measure OF
Iccess, how ever small? " Wherefore cheer
ully take your share OF the heavy burden of
'our child. and, by bearing it bravely. help
lin to bear his lifelong load Hearth and
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OFFICE

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Chief Justice. n.
Associate Justices
u. 8. Dist. Attsy
Surveyor Generaa
Register of Lands.
Receiver ~ |
Sup / TndiIH Airs
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Assessor Int. Rev.
Collector -
Collector Customs
q. s. Commission.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-03-28

Agassiz disI,kes popular education.
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Il is needless to add this pathetic appeal
had the desired effect upon the gallant Cap
tain, and Bill and Till took each other !. for
better for worse. - Paris Ksatucksan.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-03-28
social Equality Act.

This blll goes into effect on. the 9th Of
March next.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
NEWSPAPERS.

Their value is by no means appre-
ciated, but the rapidity with which peo-
pie are waking up to their necessity and
usefulness is one of the significant signs
of the times. Few families are now
content with one newspaper. The thirst
for knowledge is not easily satisfied, and
books, though useful-yea, absolutely
necessary in their place-fail to meet
the demands of youth or age. Our
county newspaper is eagerly sought and
its contents as eagerly devoured; then
comes the demand for the city news,
national and foreign news. Next to the
political come the literary and scientific
journals. Lastly, and above all, come
the moral and religious. journals. All
these are demanded to satisfy the cray
ings of the active mind.
Newspapers are also valuable to ma
terial prosperity. They advertise the
village, county OF locality. They spread
before the reader map on which may
be traced character, design and prog
ress. If a stranger calls at a hotel, he
first inquiries for the village newspaper
if a friend comes from distance, the
very next thing after family greetings
he inquiries for your village or county
paper, and you feel discomforted if you
are unable to find u late copy, and con-
founded if you are compelled to say you
do not take it.
Newspapers are just as necessary to
fit man for his true position in life as
food or raiment. Show us ragged,
barefoot boy, rather than an ignorant
one His head will cover his feet in
after life if he is well supplied with
n newspapers. Show us the child who is
eager for newspapers. He will make
his mark in the world if you CRAFTY that
desire for knowledge. Other things be-
ing equal, it is rule that never fails.
Give your children newspapers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
!SENd NdTORIAL BACK PAY.

A correspondent of the New York
Epening Post has obtained from the
books and records of the Treasury De-
partment the first full and accurate list
of the names of the Senators who have
drawn and pocketed their "back pay :"
of those who still have the money to
their credit on the books of the disburs-
ing officer of the Senate, to be drawn mt
their own pleasure and of those who
have drawn the money and returned it
to the Treasury. AS matter of gen
eral interest, we print the list entire. 1t
will be seen that it differs materially
from any heretofore published; but the
Posts correspondent vouches for this as
an exact transcript of the official rec
ords, and hence it's accuracy can be re-
lied on. In the lists hereto appended,
the names of Republicans are printed in
Roman, Democrats in it0lics, and Lib
erals in SMALL-CAPTrALS. The following
forty-four Senators have drawn their
back pay and pocketed it:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
NIGHTMARE

Almost every one has suffered by n
noctural visit from " Mr.. Incubus" as
nightmare has been called. The cause
of nightmare has been generally sup
posed to be connected with Indigestion
or intemperance in some form or an
other. Leigh Hunt whimsically alludes
to some of these causes, such as sup
ping at midnight off cucumbers, or I'M
ripe fruit, or veal outlets, Or an omelet,
or an olio. He AYERS that the night
mare, like some other unwelcome in
truders on our repose, is the joint pro-
duction of bad cooks and bad con-
sciences, and states, by way of illustra-
ton, that though you cannot, as the
Edinburgh wits assure us, cut Il mans
throat with a pound of picked salmon,
you may make fatal weapon of it by
administering it to dyspeptic just 60
ing to bed. He will have it, too, that
Mr. Incubus, tormentor though he be,
is yet a general benefactor, because he
is the nightly retribution of the daily
excess, and i'll this character is con-
stantly giving lessons to self-idulgent
mortals on the necessity and value of
temperance. However, though we
laugh at ordinary attacks of the night
mare, it is rather dangerous visitor,
and is sometimes followed pretty closely
by death. Persons predisposed to night
male generally bring it on by the lying
on the back during sleep, though it may
occur in other positions of the body-in
any position, in short, in which the free
action of the lungs is impeded. Those
who are prone to it should be cautious
as to what they cat, take their princi-
pal meal early in the day, should not
take supper at all, and should pay con-
slant attention to the state of their
digestion. When nightmare becomes
habitual, it is attended with danger. 1t
is supposed by medical men that of the
frequent cases of men being found dead
i'll their beds in the morning, not a few
have perished from this cause. The
predisposition to it may, however, in
most instances, be got rid of by proper
attention to diet, by the practice of alb
stinenco and the adoption of such rem
edial measures as are ordinarily used to
purge the system and give tone to the
digestive organs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
ALMOST 4 ROMANCE.

Thursday night, says the Troy Whig,
report that an elopement in high life
had occurred in the city gained credence
among a few persons. 1t originated in
the following manner A lady well and
favorably known (whose name, for obvious
reasons, we s1ppress), becoming tired
of the monotony of ler life, thought to
change the current of it by what she
supposed to be a funny trick" The
lady, after carefully secreting her jew
els and elegant clothing, hid in an out
Of the-way place in her fathers house,
where she remained many tedious hours,
waiting for the search which she knew
would made for her when her absence
was discovered. Night came, and as
the maiden had not made her appear
ance, inquiries concerning her were
made of her friends, who. of course,
knew nothing about her. Her apart
ment was then searched by the terrified
parents, who became frantic when it
was discovered that her jewels and
clothing were missing. A letter found
in a jewel box coolly informed her par
ents that she had eloped because it was
romantic to do so, but would return on
the following day to beg their forgive
ness. An agonizing scream from the
mother of the lady brought her quickly
from her hiding place. And thus joy
fully ended the affair, which at the be-
ginning seemed to the alarmed parents
lives
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
MOSQ UITOES.

Your readers who have fished in Ad-
irondack swamps, or lived on New Jer-
sey flats, may fancy they know some
thing of mosquitoes, but it is all mis-
take These creatures here rise i'll a
cloud; they are terrible to man and
beast they make sleep uncomfortable
without netting. People carry mos
quito netting in this region in their
pockets, as they do handkerchiefs else
where. I saw men digging at a road
track, each with his pocket head-net and
thick gloves, and even then they could
hardly get on with their work. A gem
tleman at Duluth told me they used to
be as plenty there (though now they
have mainly disappeared), and that it
was considered as much piece of eti-
quette to take off your coat and shake
it, before entering p friends house, as
1t would be now to wipe the feet. My
excellent friend, Rev. DIR. Rodgers, un
dertook to address religious meeting,
recently, at Hawley, in the evening, and
both he and the audience were fairly
driven out by the little pests. 1 heard
one authentic instance of saw-miil
stopped by mosquitoes. 1t was the
workmen, however, not the machinery,
which was impeded. Horses are not un-
frequently killed by them. A gentle
man told me, yesterday, that in hard
days ride he is often obliged to stop
and clean the nostrils of his horse of
these insects, while the hide is black
with them.-Morehead, Red River ct
the North, Cor. NeW York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
4 THRILLING INCIDENT ON THE
ALPS

A party of sixteen set off from Chillon
to make the ascent of the Rocher du
Naye. After experiencing some diff
Guilty from binding mist and hailstones
the summit was reached, and at about
two o'clock the descent was begun.
There were no guides. Several of the
party knew the mountain well, and,
though they had not been up this sea-
son, it was decided that a different route
should be taken homeward by Glion.
First came long, steep slope of snow,
soft on one side, but like sheet of ice
on the other then a small ledge of rock
about foot and half in width, with
another slope of loose stones terminal
ing in a precipice, going down some
thousand feet into the Valley of Mon
treux. Mr.. Frederick Close, Is years
of age (brother to the two Closes who
have made the name famous in connec-
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red eyes glared upon me; threw my
self before it. | felt it crush me to
atoms
" His head is extremely hot" said
somebody. l Iopencd my eyes and saw
my wife. ....r.
"How do you feel?' said she; 8 a
little better?"
was so rcjoiced and astonished by
the sight of her that l could not speak
at first. She repeated the question.
81 must be crushed to pieces" said
I, " for the train went over me, but l
feel no pain.
"Therc he goes about the train again, ;"
said my wife.
Why, tried to move-there was moth
ing the matter with me. / was i'll my
own room opposite to me was crib i'll
which my child was asleep. My wife
and child were safe. Was l delirious,
or what could it be?
"Joe," | cried, "tell me what has
happened" .....
"It's 8 O'clock" said Joe. You
came home in such state from the club
that could not wake you. You wern't fit
to manage steam and risk peoples lives.
The San Francisco is half way to A, |
suppose, and you've been frightening
me half to death with your dreadful
talk" ... .. .
And Joe began to cry.
1t was only dream-only an awful
dream. But I had lived through it as
though it were reality.
{" Is there Il Bible in the house, Joe?"
L asked
Are we heathens ?" cried Joe.
"Give it to me this moment, joe"
She brought it, and l put my hand on
it and took the oath too solemn to be
repeated here) that what had happened
never should occur again. And if the
San Francisco ever comes to grief, the
verdict will not be: "The engineer was
drunk"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
TIE ELEVENTH HOUR.

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"ha' ais me-: God knows! Shes been weary
FOR hlo'.ths, and the heat dhriyes her wild.
ne sur imer has wasted and worn her
LII she's only the ghost of a child.
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A HOME SHA We.

A Lancaster gentleman, after having
been partially flayed by his barber
three times week, for a number of
years, suddenly came to the conclusion
that he would in future do his own
shaving. 1t took him some time to
hunt up his implements, but he found
them at last. His shaving brush was
firmly imbedded in the family glue-pot,
his wife having discovered that it was
quite handy to mend some broken fur
niture but by careful manipulation he
managed to recover most of the handle.
He did not say much, but, when lie
found one of his razors on the top shelf
in the pantry, where the hired girl had
left it after she had used it for chopping
suet, he could not help giving vent to
soiloquy on the general want of dis
elimination exhibited by hired girls.
Then, after another half hours search,
he found his other razor in the little
drawer under the ch;Donnicre, with
signs visible on the blade that his little
daughter had been stropping it on a
slate-pencil. He was calm, very calm,
and during all breakfast time he talked
to his wife about women being the most
foolish, idiotic creatures on the face of
the earth, and, if she called that slop
coffee, he'd better board somewhere
where they knew how to make coffee !;
and the way he slammed the door when
he went out showed how the tempest
ragged within. His wife says she can't
understand how John could make such
fuss out of nothing. The razors were
not hurt bit, for after he had gone she
nearly cut her finger off cleaning them
with soap and sand, and had them both
beautifully bright by the time John
came home. He, however, has given
up all idea of shaving himself, and let's
his beard grow out of revenge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
AN OLD MAP.

In tearing down an old house at DAY.
enport map of the United States was
found, dated 1926, now forty-seven years
old. Iowa was not even then taken into
territorial existence, and Ft. Armstrong,
on the Island. had not been built. The
island itself was not laid down on the
map, nor our own city, bat Rock River
was. The western part of Illinois,
above the Illinois river is the Military
Bounty Lands" and the region east of
the Illinois is "Grand Prairie" " North
ern Illinois and Indiana is possessed by
Pottawottamie Indians, and the Kicka-
poos own Il good portion of Central
Indiana. Chicago is mentioned with
Fort Dearborn. In the center of this
great Missouri Territory is the inscrip-
ton ON the map: Missouri Territory
is vast wilderness, consisting chiefly
of immense plains, almost destitute of
wood, except in the neighborhood of
streams. 1t is traversed by numerous
herds of buffaloes and wild horses, and
by few rowing tribes of Indians. -
Eock Island Union.
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tion with the successful rowing at Cam
bridge), was descending merrily with
companion, on soft snow, and was with
IN a few yards of the ledge of rock when
above them they saw an American boy,
IL years old, coming down the ice-slide,
head foremost, at a fearful rate. Mr.
Close Immediately sprung forward, and,
by an energetic spring, just caught the
child as he was falling from the ledge
of rock, and saved him quite unhurt.
Scarcely had Mr.. Close returned to his
companions side when there came cries
of "Save her, Close, save her." and,
looking toward the ice-slide, he saw
Russian girl, of no light weight, rolling
down. Again Mr.. Close sprang for
ward, and, planting himself as firmly as
possible, he awaited her. She came
with such tremendous force, having
already been falling some distance, that
she knocked him off his feet, and they
went down together after a moment of
fearful suspense they touched the ledge,
seemed to tremble for an instant on the
very edge of the rock, and then Mr.
Close, by a wonderful effort, recovered
his footing, and they were safe. The
American boy, Leslie, who was still at
the ledge, had the presence of mind to
plant his alpenstock and stand firmly by
it, and no doubt the slight resistance
thus formed gave Mr.. Close the half
second he needed to regain his footing.
MIR. Frederick Close was thus instru-
mental in saving two lives, being fully
aware in each case that it was at the
risk of his own. Mr.. Close belongs to an
old Manchester family. .-Manchester
Courier. t-'
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names are

The name of Senator Kelley, of Orc
gon, Democrat, does not appear i'll the
above list at all, from the fact that the
law prescribed that the amount of mile
age paid each Senator should be deduct
ed from his back pay, and the balance
then paid over to him. In Kelley case,
his mileage exceeded the amount of his
back pay, SO there was nothing due him
on account of the latter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

A YOUNG lady left one of our shops in
a hurry the other day, with Il small par
eel she had purchased, and put into her
bag. She left so suddenly that the
clerk could not cut the twine which tied
her parcel, and it spun out like
harpoon line from whale boat-so he
/" let her run" The lady had, as usual,
ever so many calls to make, and in all
sorts of directions. In three-quarters
of an hour the twine ran out, and her
various crossings and turning had spun
it into one Nubia, seven purses, and
tidy and half.-Erchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

AN IMpossIBILIrY.-It is utterly i'm
possible that two ordinary persons
should live contentedly together, and
not offend each other sometimes. The
offense may not be Intentional it may
occur inadvertently. In order to enjoy
life, all unintentional offenses ought to
be forgiven. Itwould be well, however,
if persons studied not to give offense,
even Internationally.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

EVIDENCE before the British ana
American Mixed Claims Commission,
wherein British subjects have sought
compensation for losses during the war,
has now closed. The total amount Of
the claims presented to the Commission
was in excess of $95, 900, 600. The
amount that will probably be allowed
will not exceed million and half.
Among these claims were series,
amounting to nearly $40, 5,000,000, for
the destruction of property in Missouri,
principally in Jasper county, during the
Price raid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

AN AcRosTIc ON BIS MARCK.-An acros
tic of personal nature on Prince Bis
marck has just brought very unpleasant
consequences on DIR. Sigi, the RESPONSE
BILE editor of the B,'enasc, a comic jour
nal published at Munich. Despite the
pleading of the defendant that the
verses might apply to any other Bis
marck, and that in any case they meant
no harm, the jury found verdict de.
claring him guilty of insulting the I'M
perial Chancellor in the exercise of his
State functions and DIR. Sigi was forth,
with condemned in costs, with the addi,
ton of four months Imprisonment. The
latter part of this sentence was, how.
ever, reduced to one month, when the
defendant threw himself on the mercy
of the Court.
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NUMBER 49.

F tHfi s. 5s.ss9sisv7 nilua Z
f.- ABSOLUTION. 40 ts rta-
.i Tam 40 sorry sF u fa esrrHsg vsSl
No YOU are moi. -, lasaau7vg o
will do better. MA3 ssft
pottsf than WHAT at yr-r VS.. sag,
Better than you, sir. 3rs q .-aes
Couldn't, if you tried.
Men are conceited. aiF "# 4I"
Can't be denied. . r r.
lhaye been thinkiug---H .HH. aan
All, that is news!
We should part kindly.
Just as you choose. hr. rs4
You are uufecling ..H
You are in tears!
None of yonr business!
Soft appears. a..U--r
Careless and scornful7 a.
All, not so fast !
But forgive you.
Wait till you're asked, Ear1
Now am going. Ft
We cannot part! ...
What is to hinder?
Fate, and--my heart. a.H.
What are you saying? 'a..- |l
You will be mne? ..
You are so-preciousI
You arc-divine! U.
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JEFF D1 TIS MAJORITY or ONE.
BY what means Mr.. Davis managed
to become President l never exactly
knew, though l have learned through
quite direct channel that he received
for this office, in the convention 10y
which nc was chosen, majority of one
vote only over Howell Cobb, of Georgia.
He was only elected to the place of Pro-
visional President. Had not hostilities
been actually commenced at once, he
would certainly have been beaten in the
popular election which afterward oc-
cured. 1t was, therefore, all-important
for him that the war should be begun
as soon as possible, for nothing could
be more certain than that the election
of new Executive Chief in the midst
of war would not be deemed safe OF
prudent. Hence the precipitate order
to fire on Fort Sumter, which was dis
patched to Charleston. E0Otc' S
"reminiscences