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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

Twenty summers have elapsed since il was
briefly announced that new vegetable tonic ant
Alternative, bearing the name Of Hostetter's Stom
vcntive aud Restorative medicines. The modes
advertisement which invited attention to the
preparation stated that it had been used will
great success, i'll private practice, as cure fol-
dyspepsia, bilious complaints, constipation and
intermittent fever 1t was soon discovered thai
the article possessed extraordinary properties
The people, of every class, tested its merits as !
tonic, stimulant, corrective and restorative, and
found that it's effects more than fulfilled theii
hopes and expectations. FrCm that time to the
present its course has been upward and on va rd
and it stands to-day at the head of all icines
it's class, American or imported, in the magnitude
Of its sales and it's reputation as safe, agreeable
languor and debility, lack OF appetite and gastric
distur Dances, common during the summer
months, it is absolutely infallible. Indigestion
bilious disorders, constipation, nervousness
periodical fcvcrs and all the ordinary complaints
generated by vitiatcd and humid atmosphere
vanIsh under its renovation and regulating infu,
encc This is its record, avouchcd by volumes OF
intelligent testimony, extending over period OF
a firth of century, and compromising the namcs
of thousands of wcll-knuwn citizens belonging ia
every class and calling. In Europe 1T is thought q
great thing to obtain the patronage Of royalty for
a patent incidence" but Hostettcr's Bltters has
been spontaneously approved by millions of indie
pendent soNetciRns, and its patent consists in
their Endorsement
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
To Make Paper Waterproof.

Melt in ten pints of hot water thirty
ounces of glue, gelatinc, or zinc, and
three ounces of gum-arabic. In an
other thirty pints of hot water melt
twenty ounces of soap and four pounds
alum. Mix both liquids in one pot.
This is composition No. 1. In another
pot heat half II gallon of benzole and
ono gallon of paratfine, and melt it in
twcnty-four ounces of resin. Let it
boil till it attains a moderate degree of
consistency. To these materials resin,
oil, and copal or mastic varnish may in
some cases be added. This is compost
ton No. 2. First dip the article to be
waterproof into composition No. l, in
heated state, and then dry it; next APP
ply composition No. 2, in cooled
state, with brush, or in any other con-
venient manner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

A PHYSICIAN WHO HEALED HIMsELF.-
If railroad director were dashed to
every locomotive, there would be fewer
railroad accidents, and if doctors had to
take their own phys'c before admins
tcrlng it to their patients, fewer people
would be poisoned. DIR. Joseph Walker,
of California, took this course when he
first compounded the famous Vinegar
Bitters which now rank as an incstima-
bic household remedy i'll all parts of the
United States. He healed himself with
this specific before he offered it to the
world. lie introduced it with simple
statement of the manner in which he
had discovered its vegetable ingredients
and been cured, while wandering, sick
and poor, among the California tribes.
tie stated What the preparation had
done for himself and II few sufferers
from dyspepsia, biliousncss, rlcuma-
tlsm, lung diseases, and many other
prevalent disorders, believed him, tried
the new restorative and were more than
satisfied with the results. In this way
the sale of the Vinegar Bittcrs began,
and we mention the fact as an evidence
that in this age of intelligence and in
lulry, nothing that is really valuable to
mankind can prove II pccuniary failure
even though it may lack the help of
capital, and have to fight its way against
powerful opposing interests. Within
two or three months after introduction,
he article became sclf-supporting, and
it now yields magnificent annual
revcnuc.-l Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
TERRIBLE PNA[SHMENT.

Mr.. James Greenwood has published
frightful account of the silent sy stem,
which is III operation mt the Holloway
Model Prison, in London:
1t is an offense for prisoner to speak
one word, and he is never addressed cx-
ccpt in whispers, SO that he may be in
prison two years without hearing the
natural sound of the human voice. The
effects of all this is SO terrible on the
mind that the prisoners will speak out
in desperation, at the risk of any pun
ishmcnt, rather than endure that horri-
bic silence.
The prisoners never see ono another,
but remain i'll perpetual solitude. One
poor wretch, driven to desperation by
nine months of solitude and silence,
rccklcssly broke out in Mr.. Grecnwood's
presence:
For Gods sake, Governor, put mo
i'll another cell. Put me somewhere
else. I've counted the bricks in the cell
L am i'll till my eyes ache"
The request of the tortured wretch was
refused.
There is fine hole in each cell, and,
rs the wardcns wear shoes with India
rubber soles, the prisoner can never be
sure of being alone.
Those condemned to the treadmill
have to ascend 200 steps every alter
nate twenty minutes for six hours. And
this in place so hot and close that
prisoners often lose in perspiration
three stones i'll as many months.
Every day the prisoners are taken to
chapel SO arranged that they can sec
no one save the chaplain, and him only
through an iron grating. And thus is
the order of devotion observed. War
dens are constantly on the watch lest for
single instant they, through the whole
OF the service, depart from the rule of
"eyes right" They must look stea d
lastly Mt the preacher must raise and
lower their prayer-book with the elbows
squared, and all at once, like soldiers at
drill. They may not scrapc their feet
without having afterwards to explain
the movement. They scarcely wink an
eye or sigh without danger, or rebuke
or punishment. God help them, poor
wrctches
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

"THE MAN IN THE Moon. THE
origin of this expression is unknown.
but the name of Man in the Moon"
has from time immemorial been applied
to the dark lines and spots upon the
surface of the moon, which are visible
to the naked eye, and which. when
viewed through a good telescope, are
discovered to be the shadows of lunar
mountains. 1t is one of the most popu-
lar and most ancient superstitions of the
world that these lines and spots are the
figure of man leaning on fork on
which he carries n bundle of thorns or
brushwood, for stealing which on a Sun
day he was confined to the moon. The
account given in Numbers, XIV. %, of a
man who was stoned to death for gath
ing sticks on Sunday, is supposed by
some to be the origin of this belief.
Dante supposes Cain to have been the
offender who was placed cternally in
the moon for punishment of his crime.
Some of the old poets thought these
spots and lines represented the boy En-
dymion, "whose company the moon
loved so well that she carried him con-
stantly with her" Other ancients
thought they represented fox.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
A Dry Cellar,

A correspondent of the american ia.
rtcu(t"rist tells how to make dry eel
lar out of wet one. He says: Dig
out the bottom of the cellar, commenc,
ing at the sides, two inches below the
wall, increasing the depth to the cen.
ter, SO it shall have the form of an in
verted arch then the earth should be
pounded firmly, and well cemented, al
LOWING the cement to go under IN inch
or SO, and up the sides for two feet.
Then the bottom should be filed M
level with the sand and paved. If this
Is all properly done the cellar will be
dry permanently.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

until it is cool. Rub the hog two or
three times with this, and give yourself
no uncasiness about the mango.
CutSOrms and Corn.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tteDada gives this treatment OF corn as a
sure way to keep it from the attack of
cutworms "Soak the corn in water
till it swells as large rs the kernels will
ordinarily expand, then add a pound
and half of coppcras dissolved i'll warm
water, and allow it to soak one day,
stirring it several times. Aftcrwarl
sprinkle enough land plaster over it to
prevent the grains from sticking to-
gcthcr."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
PRESCRIPTION For CHOLERA

The following prescription was adopt
ed by the College of Physicians in
Philadelphia i'll 1866. 1t has stood the
test of many years of experience, and
will bear republication at this time 1t
is regarded by many as probably the
very best prescription that can be used
for cholera in its incipicnt stages
Laudanum, 2 ounces /; spirits of cam
phor, 2 ounces ; tinctllre of capsicum,
ounce tincture of ginger, l ounce
essence of peppermcnt, 9 ounces Hotf-
mans anodync, 2 ounces. If the ano-
dyno cannot be readily obtained, sr,bsti-
tute sulphuric ether-half the quantity.
Mix thoroughly, and shake well every
time it is used. Give or take from ten
to twenty-five drops, according to age,
condition and violence of attack. Re-
peat every twenty minutes till relief is
obtained. In desperate case take a
tablespoonful at once. Take it in an
equal quantity of water, and lie on the
back quietly or in an easy sitting pos
turc, with the back supported, till it
has full opportunity to work. Garry a
small vial i'll the pocket, with few
Jumps of white sugar on which to drop
it, to be used in sudden emergencies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

BooK-MAKING is far from being n
profitable business, if the annexed fig
ures, furnished by reputable New
York correspondent, are to be believed
GO 1t is said that Walworth made 81, 00O
by Warwick, and that his works were
profitable. All this is absurd. No
American novel since the days of 'Un-
Gle Toms Cabin has paid it's author
$4,000. Warwick" had, as it said,
sale of 10000 copies, and it would, Mt
usual rates, have afforded the author
81, 800, or, perhaps, $4,000. 1 do not
believe, however, that its sales were
more than one-half the number speci-
fed, and, though it was the best of his
paper books, it would have done well
had it reached sale of $1,000, for few
novels exceed 10000 Indeed, it must
be work of unusual attraction that
brings its author $1,000, and many a
clever novel has hardly Melted one-third
of that sum-"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
FARM AND HOME,


MhO" ~ NhaAc n A-lhsteEs
How many people are there who real
ly know howto make mustard plaster?
Not one in hundred, at the most, per-
haps, and yet mustard plasters are used
i'll every family, and physicians pre-
scribe their application, never telling
anybody how to make them, for the
simple reason that the doctors them
selves do not know, as rule. The Or
binary way is to mix the mustard with
water, tcmpering it with little flour,
but such plaster rs that makes is
simply abominablc. Before it has half
done its work it begins to blister the
patient, and leaves him finally with n
painful, fayed spot, after having pro-
duced far less effect i'll beneficial way
than was intended. Now, mustard
plaster should ncUor make q blister at
all. Ii blister is wanted there are
other plastcrs far better than mustard
for the purpose. When you make a
mustard plaster, then, use no water
whatever, but mix the mustard with the
white of an egg, and the result will be a
plaster which will "draw" perfectly,
but will not produce blister, even
upon the skin of an infant, no matter
how long it is allowed to remain upon
the part. For this We have the word of
IN old and eminent physician, as well as
our own experience, - Hearth and
Home.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

THE statistics of the Connecticut In
sane Hospital, at Middlctown. furnishes
many interesting facts concerning the
causes and cure for various types of
mental alteration. OF the causes of
insanity, i'll health is more potent than
any other; intempcrnncc comes next,
religious excitement next. Men patients
are more easily cured than women, and
out of twenty-five patients sent to the
hospital for insanity resulting from the
affections, four were men and eighteen
were women.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
TIE LAST CENSUS IN ENGLAND.

NE I-iSI tEhpCs' IAN lsN " mann.
The results of the last census of 1871
have just been published. The two
large folio volumes which contain its
statements must necessarily be confined
to the Senator or statistician. A brief
epitome of its contents will be generally
acceptable. The population of England
and Wales is returned 10y this census at
D, 49, G6 persons, rs compared with
20, 0G6,22i in the last census of 1861,
showing an increase of 2,SiG, 043 in the
ten years. OF this number II 1876, 156
were men, and II ,731 1873 were women.
The growth of the population of that
country i'll the three-quartcrs of the
present century which have already OK
PRED has been marked with an increase
almost as remarkable us that of the
United States. In 1901 the whole
number of the inhabitants of England
and Wales was no more than 1892,
$50; i'll 1881 it was 1856, 797; in
1851, II, 1927 600 and in 1871, %, 712, =
AOD-itH lilClcitSC VI lo,clo, ioO ptlSpllS,
or 49, per cent. i'll seventy years.
| The county with the largest population
| is, of course, Lancashire, with 2,Sl9, 49,
inhabitants next i'll importance stands
| Middlcsex, which, with that part of
London nor h of the Thames, contains
$3.50, 7G5 inhabitants thirdly, the
county of York, with 2,43G,355, dis
tributcd as follows among the three
rulings The East Riding, 2GS, 4GG the
North Riding, 3,27S; and the West
Riding, including the city of York,
1,S74,G11. Surrey Gncluding South
London) is the only other county whose
population exceeds a million; the exact
| figures are 1,091, G35. Rutland. with
22,073 inhabitants, has the smallest
population of any English county, and
Huntingdon, with G3, 7OS, comes next.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

Mr.. THOMAS WINANs, of baltimore,
is ut present building, i'll connection with
his private music hall in that city, an
immense organ, which, we are told by the
the local papers, will eclipse the mamoth
Boston instrument, of Jubilee fame.
The Sun says of it: This organ, it is
understood, will be, when completed,
the largest ever constructed anywhere,
and is being built without regard to cost.
AS there is more or less of experiment
i'll the structure, Mr.. Winans has been
reticcnt about his plans and purposes !;
but it is known that Pomplitz is the
builder, and one of the mammoth
wooden "pipcs" for the instrument,
being noticed on the street yesterday,
attracted general attention. The "pipe"
was thirtytwo feet in length and about
two feet square. 1t was painted yellow,
and looked like huge smokc-stack. 1t
is understood that the organ will have
over twenty-five brass pipes of this size
and description, besides forest of
smaller pipes, requiring altogether, it
would seem, the wind of hurricane al
most to mako them blow. 1t is also
stated that it will be year yet before
the organ is finished, and that it will be
run with steam, and is intended to
eclipse the organs of the world, includ-
ing even the pride of Boston. 1t will be
in fact sort of concentrated jubilee i'll
iself when it is once set going
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
DIR. J. Walkers California Vim

DIR. J. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are u purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on tho lower ranges of
tho Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted thercfrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is almost
daily asked. What is the cause of tho
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsw Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and tho patient re-
covers his health. They arc the great
blood purifier and q life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of tho system. Never before in tho
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing tho
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgativc rs well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKEE's
VINEGAR BITrERS are Apcricnt, Daphoretic,
Carminatve, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Scdative, Counter Irritant, Sudorifc, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilioee'
II. II. MCDONALD ~ CO.,
Druggists and Gen. A CTS San Francisco California;
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS. n. V
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
A W'iNDERER HElRD FEOM


J. f. Van Darcn, son of Rev. l.. II.
Van Darcn, of Boonton, N. j., who has
been missing for some eight months,
has turned up. A letter has been re-
ceivcd from him, dated at Rotterdam,
Holland, in which he says that he left
his home in Brooklyn for a days gun
ming. While ducking near Fir Island
his boat capsizcd, and his companion
was drowned. Clinging to the bottom
of the upturncd boat, he drifted out to
sea, and on the following morning when
almost exhausted he was picked up by a
Swedish bark bound for Bucnos Ayrcs,
s. A. When tifty-four days ont, the
Swcde boarded British bark bound
from the Pacific for Rotterdam, and, all
consenting, young Van Daren was trans
ferrcd and carried to Rotterdam, from
which place he proposed to sail i'm
mediately to meet his wife and CHILDREN
i'll Brooklyn, who have mourned for him
rs dead for several months York
Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

The United States now has postal
treaties with all the great civilized ma,
tions of the world except France, Russia,
Turkey, Spain, Japan, and China.
France is the only nation of consider.
able Importance with which we have nc
treaty, but negotiations have been
pending long time to that end. The
question of establishing Il postal treaty
with Japan will be laid before the
President by the Postmaster General
shortly. The correspondence with
Turkey, Russia, and Spain is so incon-
siderable as not to justify a treaty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
Adjusting a Three-hOrsc Evener

A correspondent of the Country GEN
Hen'an says: "Take lath of the
length to accommodate the swingle-tr
used; put string over it and hang
from one cnd-say pound; from the
other, two pounds. Slip the loops till
these weights hang even, and put the
shackle on the bar according to those
measures. The power of the lever is as
the square OF the length, not as the
length. The line horse should have the
long end"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

is widower a married man? The
authorities of Oxford University recent
ly refused fellowship on the ground
that, being n widower, he was not I'M
married ! 1t was hard case. The
poor man had lost his wife and his fell
lowship, too. But the Earl of Penn
broke afterwards decided that a widower
is unmarried, and gave him the fellow
ship. Which is right? If Il widowcr is
not an unmarried man, would he not be
guilty of bigamy were he to marry
again?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

Very few of the sudden deaths which
arc said to arise from "discasc of the
heart, edo really arise from that cause.
To ascertain the real origin of sudden
deaths, experiments have been tried in
Europe, and reported to Il scientific
congress held at Strasburg Sixty-six
cases of sudden death were made the
subject of a thorough post mortcm ex-
animation in these, only two were
found who had died from disease of the
heart. Nine out of sixty-six had died
from apoplexy, while there were forty.
SIX cases of congestion of the lungs
that is, the lungs were so full of blood
they could not work, there not being
room enough for sufficient quantity of
air to enter to support life. The causes
that produce congestion of the lungs are
cold feet, tight clothing, costive bowels,
sitting till chilled after being warmed
with labor or rapid walk, going too
suddenly from close, heated rooms into
the cold air, especially after speaking,
and sudden and depressing news opcr-
ating on the blood. The causes of sud
den death being known, IN avoidance of
them may serve to lcngthcn valuable
lives which would otherwise be lost Nh
der the verdict of heart complaint"
That disease is supposed to be incvita-
bic and incurablc; hence many may
not take the pains they would to avoid
sudden death if they knew it lay in
their power.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

In truth, all literary men who have n
bias in favor of living must live by other
means than pure literature. To earn
$1,000 a year is the maximum for the
best of them, and this requires wear of
nerves and brain that may not be long
endured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

A MEDICAL COMMISSION has been APP
pointed to investigate the sanity of the
author OF this miserable pun: A farm
or, moving his meadow, was observed
to carefully avoid cutting the dock
weed. Being asked the reason, he re
Piled that he wouldn't have any moved
dock around.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

CIIArpED HANDS, face, rough skin,
pimplcs, ringworm salt-rhcum. and other cuta,
ncous affections cured, and tho skin made soft
and smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR soar
made by CAswELL, HAZARD d Co. New York
Be certain to get the Junjp'r Tar SOAP, mad,
by lis, az there are many limitations mado witt
common tar which arc Worthless Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12
Hog Breeding

The hog is subject to remarkable
changes of form and character, accord
ing to the situation in which he is
placed. When the character assumes a
certain degree of permanence breed or
variety is formed; and there is none of
the dOmesticated animals which more
easily receives the character we desire to
impress upon it. This arises from its
rapid powers of increase, and the con-
stancy with which the character of the
parents are reproduced in the progency.
There is no kind of live stock that can
be SO easily improved by the breeder,
and SO quickly suited to the purposes re-
quired. And the same character of ex-
tcrnal form indicates in the hog dispo-
sition to arrive at early maturity of
muscles and fairness, as in the OK and
sheep. The body is large in proportion
to the limbs, or, in other words, the
limbs are short in proportion to the
body; the extrcmities are free from
coarsness, the chest is broad, and the
trunk round. Possessing these charac-
teristics, the hog never fails to arrive at
earlier maturity, and with smaller
consumption of food, than when he
possesses different conformation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

MINERAL SPRING HOUSE AND LIFTING
CURE.-Opcn all the year with it's Iron, Mag
ncsla and Sulphur Spring Waters Water Air,
Napor and Hydro Electric and Magnetic Baths.
Cure for Chronic Diseases and Discarcs of
Females. Send for circulars. Address NORRIS
HALE NJ. d., Superintendent, Ann Arbor,
Mch.--I Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

If horse has good constitution,
and has once been good horse no matter how
old or how much run down he may be- he can
be greatly improved, and in many respects
made a. good rs new, by a liberal use of !Sh,t'i
ddH'S Cdudlry Condition POtr,.rS.-L Com
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-07-12

THE World, of San Diego, mentions
an instance where the workmcn grading
for railway near that city came upon
a colony of tarantulas. These venom
Gus spiders attacked the Irishmen, and
actually drove the men into the water,
the only safe retreat against such prey
ing insects.