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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
PERFECT PATAGOAIANS.

A correspondent of the 1h0 Cutifor-
nia has found the perfect type of man in
Patagonia. He has met several thou
sand natives and has never seen one that
was leformcd or even misshapen. No
person has dccayed tooth or a missing
one, unless lost by accident. There are
no corns on the feet, no blOtches on the
face. A bald headed person cannot be
found, for all carry their flowing locks
to the grave, which they come to at an
advanced age. Infant mortality is al
most unknown. Children have and re-
quire little attention, and after they are
weaned take care of themselves. Medi-
cine of any kind is almost unknown.
The people generally are of large size,
but the largest specimen he met was
named Wacain. He gives this descrip-
ton of him: He was six feet five and
half inches in height, measured forty
six inches around the breast, and
weighed, / should say, something over
three hundred pounds. A splendid
form muscular, straight, and well de-
veloped in every respect. But what L
liked most about Wacain was his head
and face. His neck and the poise of his
head were study for painter. He
seemed to have coiled within his brain
the unspent energies of a dozen mag
netic batteries, but was perfectly uncon-
scious of the fact himself. His teeth
were even and white; nose of the eagle
beak type an eye that could look right
square at the sun without tiinching, or,
if properly trained, deep down INTO an
other mans soul without quailing. His
head would pass muster among thou
sand selected at random anywhere in
the world. Phrenology, | think, would
place him considerably above the aver
age high in the crown, jutting over i'll
the region of the pcrceptives; but at
the same time quite broad i'll the region
of the temples, and sufficiently rounded
out all over to satisfy any not too cap
tious professor of that pretentious
science
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

LET Us CONSIDER. the intro
duction of distilled spirits in the six
teenth century, they have been habitu-
ally prescribed as remedies. We know
that alcohol, in all its forms, is PERM
ciOus to health. Kno,cing these things,
and that under the system of treatment
which includes their use, the mortality
among the sick is, and ever has been,
enormous, is it not worth while to try
the effect of a remedy which combines
in their highest excellence the qualities
of n Tonic, an Alternative and Il Regula-
tor ; contains no mineral bane or MUIR
dcrous alkaloid or alcoholic poison !;
does its curative office without pain and
with uniform certainty? Dr. WALKERS
VINEGAR BrrrERs fultills all these condi-
tions, and is now ctlecting the most ex
traordinary cures, i'll cases where every
"speciiic' of the faculty has ignomini
ously failed. Consider, in view of these
facts, whether any sick person is iusti-
fled by reason and common sense i'll de-
c!ining to test the virtues of this undc-
filed and irresistible remedy. IL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
POSTAL biography,

There is no subject of greater i'm
portance to the public, where a reform
is more imperatively required or so
easily effected, as in the telegraph.
1t is now monopoly with rates so
high as to prevent the public from using
the telegraph, and reserves it as lux
ury to the rich or to the Spectator,
while only the large daily papers in the
largest cities can afford it, and these
form an alliance offensive and defensive
with the Telegraph Company in oppo-
sition to every plan of reform.
Two systems have been proposed for
remedying these evils-one by the Post
master General, who desires to buy and
operate all the lines of telegraph. This
plan is opposed by many friends of re-
form on account of the great outlay re-
CURED for the purchase and extension
OF the lines, and of the great increase Of
power that it would confer on the EX
ecutive.
The other plan was proposcdL y Gardin
er g. Hubbard, and adopted by commit
tees Of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives to which both plans were re-
ferred at the last Congress. BY this
system kilograms will be received and de
livercd through the postotiicc as letters
are everywhere, and as kilograms are
abroad, transmitted to their place of des-
tination by telegraph, by parties owning
fixed by Congress-as letters are now
transmitted over the railroads. This
plan requires no outlay by the General
Government, involves no liability fer
buying, building, or operating lines,
and will not increase the powers of the
Executive.
The rates proposed are % cents for Il
telegram of % words each 500 miles if it
is transmitted by day, and each LEGO
miles by night-a reduction of over 30
per cent. on the present rates, and an
increase of so per cent. in the length Of
the telegram. The press rates are
equally reduced, and are so low as to
permit every weekly paper to receive 4
telegraphic summary, bringing its news
down to the hour of its issue.
This plan proposes as great a reduc
ton as the other can afford, and gives II
cheap telegraph to the people without
cost to the Government Competition
has been tried and abandoned, and, by
the failure Of the independent AID COM
peting companies, has resulted in plac-
ing all the important lines in the country
under the control of single interest, of
which Mr.. Vanderbilt is the represent
ntive.
Itremains for Congress to say whether
the telegraph shall be made an aux
Hilary to the postoilice, freely used by
the people, or the ally of the railroad
monopoly, welded only for its own
interest
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
CARRIE RECEIPTS.

The Journal Of the Telegraph pub
fishes table showing the average daily
receipts of the Anglo-American, French
Atlantic and Newfoundland Telegraph
Companies under the various tariffs,
from the beginning of the operation OF
the first cable, July 2s, 1866, to August
l, 1878, and says: Every reduction of
the rates from 500 for twenty words,
to Sl6 81 for ten words, was followed by
an increase in the number of messages
sent sufficient to maintain and even
slightly augment the receipts. The dc
crease to so, however, was followed by
a loss of twenty-thrce per cent. i'll re-
ceipts, while n further reduction to
81. 80, coupled with the increase i'll the
traffic, caused by the war between
France and Germany, was followed by
an increase of 100 per cent. III the num-
Der of messages and iilty-onc per cent.
on the receipts. Owing to the breaking
of two of the cables in the autumn OF
1870 the tariff was increased to SO, III
order to reduce the traffic and enable 1t
to be carried over the remaining cables,
and resulted in decrease of seventeen
per cent. in the number of messages,
and an increase of tifty-scvcn per cent
in the receipts. In the summer of
1871, the broken cables were repaired,
and the tariff reduced to SO per mes
sage, causing an increase of thlrty-thrce
per cent. in the number of messages,
and decrease of six per cont. III the
receipts. In May, 1872, the rate was
made 81 per word, irrespective of the
number of words sent, and was followed
by an increase of about thirty per cent.
in the receipts. Two of the cables were
broken i'll the spring of 1913, when the
and resulted in reducing the number of
messages 9 per cent, and increasing
the receipts twenty-three per cent.
One of the cables having been subsc-
auently repaired and Il new one laid,
the tariff was again reduced to 81 per
word, decrease of 81 per cent. i'll the
receipts The receipts in 1872 were
larger than i'll any previous year, and
/ the companies paid dividends of II per
cent, but the serious breakages since
/ have demonstrated that the dividends
should have been less and Il larger sum
put to reserve.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

country. But would go further in the
way of revising the Constitution. With
view of preventing this trafficking
while in office, in order to provide for
the days that are to follow an exit from
the White House, would pension the
outgoing President by permitting him
to draw an annual amount equal to the
half of his salary while i'll Office, this to
continue as long as he lives. 1t is a
national disgrace that orr Presidents,
after having occupied the highest posi-
ton i'll the country, should be cast
adrift, and, perhaps, be compelled to
keep corner grocery for subsistence.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
TIE POLARTS STRJITOR.S.


Close upon the discovery of the fate
of the Polaris comes the news Of the
rescue of her missing crew. All of that
Attic party are now back safe, and had
their enthusiastic and resolulc leader,
Capt. Hall, been permitted to return,
the expedition would have been regarded
ms conspicuous success. The survi-
vors OF the Polaris, after having made
their way southwark with great diff
Guilty, We're picked up on the Goth of
July by the whaler Ravenscraig, and
subsequently transferred to the Attic,
which landed themat Dundee on the 18th
OF September. Their story of the sepa-
ration from the Tyson party was natur-
ally sought with no little eagerness, and,
SO far as reported, it seems satisfactory.
1t is substantially thus: The Polaris
had been leaking badly before the 10Th
OF October, 1872, and her situation ulti-
mately became so alarming that it was
deemed advisable to make preparations
to abandon her. The determination to
leave the ship was arrived at on the 18th
of October. Some of the crew remained
aboard, while others landed on the ice.
and they began to get out stores, with
the intention of taking everything they
could need for long sojourn in those
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
BEST, CHEAPEST AND NEAREST.

over l,f0OC0 Acres Railroad Lands in Iowa for
sale at the average piicc Of So per acre, on long
time will only per cent. interest. The lands are
not mortpagcd, and lie on the Iowa lines Cf the
Chi 4 Nor thwestern and Illinois Central Railways,
in the MidCle Region of Western Iowa, the best
farming district in all the west No fever and
ague. Fifteen hours from Chcaro, with n" change
of cars. purchaser of 80 acres can secure a free
pass 10 has idHd by obtaining a Land Exploring
Ticket ut 90 Randolph ST. Chicago, or at the II. X.
Ticket Offices in Clinton, Cedar Rapids or Du-
huque FiclI Agents attend parties from Chicago,
to assist them in making choi"c selections. Send
for Guide. 1t costs nothi' e ana gives descrip-
tion, pl ices, terms, locations. and how TO reach
the lands. Address JOHN Il. CALHOUN, Land
Cnm'r Iowa II. r. Land Co. Offices, 70 RandolI h St,
Chicago, Ill, or Cellar RAPIDS, Iowa.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
SING TLAR OCCURRENCE.

At a camp-meeting in Lake county,
Cal, some days ago, lady under great
excitement, and while shouting and
clapping her hands, declared she wanted
to die then and there. Her wish was
granted, for she almost instantly fell
back, and died in few minutes. The
excitement was more than her delicate
frame could bear.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
THE WHEAT EXPORT.

The Mark Lane Express comedies
that England must import 96,000,O 900
bushels of wheat to make up for the de-
ficiency of this years crop. Other au-
thorities have placed the deficiency a
good deal higher than this, but taking
the latest estimate, it is large enough to
absorb all the surplus which is likely to
be obtained from all the wheat growing
countries which export to Great Britain.
More especially is this the case when it
is estimated that France will need 49,
600, 600 bushels from abroad this year,
and that Russia and Germany will have
less to spare than usual. The total ex-
ports of wheat and -four from the United
States to Europe for the year ending
June 30, 1872, amounted to 24,0O0,00O
bushels. SO far the receipts of wheat
in Chicago for Eastern shipment exceed
but slightly those of last year, and it is
quite an open question whether we can
spare over 30, 000, 900 bushels of wheat
for export from the crop of this year.
Undoubtedly high prices will bring out
every bushel that can be spared. If the
farmers can get their grain to tide-water
at anything like reasonable figures, it
will be very comfortable year for them.
Excessive grumbling is not in ord:r.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

Ex-President NTillard Fillmore has
been interviewed on the subject of
C,esarism, and the aged statesman spoke
as follows 81 would limit the Presi-
Dental service to one term. That term
would make six years instead of four,
as now, which would enable the success
full candidate to entirely master the du-
ties of the office, and would extend by
oneh-alf the periods between which
these election Interruptions occur to the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND
FAMILY LINIMENT,

Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Linbs and Stom
ach, Pain in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheu
mats in all its forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia
Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and
Bruises, Chills and Fever. For internal and Elk.
tcrnal use.
Its operation is not only to relieve the patient
nut entirely removes the cause Of the complaint
II penctrates and pervadcs the whole system, re-
storing healthy action to all its parts, and quick
eHng the blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA is PURELY VEG.
etablo and All healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 2Ij Fulton Street, New York.
For sale by all Druggists.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

MANY valuable horses die from the
effects of colo. The best thing to do in a
case of tins kind il to pour bottle of John-
sons Anodyn" Lntjmchinto long neckcd junk
bottle, add half-pint OF mol asses aud water
then pour the whole down the horses throat
In ten minutes the horse will begin to eat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

CHICIGO THROTGH BOSTON, EYES.
The editor of the Boston Pilot has
been visiting the Rebuilt City, and gives
his readers long and enthusiastic de
scription of what he saw in this Western
wonder. We append an extract Chi
cago to-day stands on the prairie, lock
ing ont on the lake, the grandest city
in America-we had almost said in the
world. The burnt district is all rebuilt,
with perhaps here and there IL vacant
lot, still showing the wcir>' dcstroyer's
trace in crllmbled stone and twisted IRON
But the district is rebuilt with houses
that have no equal i'll this country
Marble, and granite, and iron make up
the new Chicago that has risen III ten
fold magnifcence from the ashes. a
stranger walking through the wonderful
city is filled with emotion at the great
ness of the men who have done such a
a work in such Il time. There are abso-
lutcly no poor or mean-looking or even
plain houses in the newly built district
or they are so few as to be unnoticeable.
Every man has emulatcd his neighbours
desire to raise a magniticcnthouse.T The
public buildings are in keeping with the
private structures. The railway stations
are architectural wonders, and the hotels
arc palaces. The whole city is pillared
and carved and frescoed and gilded i'll
a very wantonness of luxury and mag
nifcencc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18
FoR Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In

FoR Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
digestion. Depression of Spirits and General
Debility, i'll their various forms, FEERO-PHoS-
rHoRATED ELIXIR of CALIsAYA made by CAS-
WELL, HAZARD n Co., New York and sold by all
druggists, il the best tonic A a stimuant
tonic forpatients recovering from fever or other
sickness, 1t has no equal. If taken during the
season it prevents fever and ague and other
intermittent fcNcrs.- Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

CoUNT Won MoLTKE, whose head is as
bare as billiard ball, is said to be
much annoyed by applications from his
countrywomen for locks of his hair.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

PARSONS PURGATIvE PILLS will greatly
relieve, if not entirely cure. dyspepsia when
everything clse fails. They have been tried in
some desperate cases. and have given more re-
lief than any other medicine Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

" HERE, waiter, " said a gentleman, as
he was about leaving the hotel, "here's
dollar for you. l give it to You be-
cause you have attended to my fires so
well" "Thanks, your honor ; may you
live long, and may have the making of
your fires hereaft r."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

WE SEE by the Chicago papers that
Proctor & GAMBLE have reduced the price Of
their long established and popular brand
NOTIFIED German Soap, ts present price and
superior quality makes it the cheapest as well
~ tho best soap for consumers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

RATHBoNE's Fearless, Acorn, ard va
rious heating stoves are 20 popular that house
keepers who use them will have no other.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

or m con per day Agents wantedi All
VO w pEO classes of working people of either
sex, young old, make more money at work for
for in their spare moments or all the time than
at anything else. Particulars free. Address G.
StinsOn 4 Co., Portland, Maine.
TgNELE(:RAPHlNG- A FULL COURSE FOR
1 $50, at Office connected with Jones CONNER
cal College, St. Louis. Mo. For circular address
j. W. JOHNSON, Managing Principa.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

RELATING TO MAREIAGE.-Important circular to
Young men and others on Nervousness, L"ss Of
Memory, DeCiiEe. etc Prescriptions and advice
rec. Address nr Il Hilton, cine innati. Ohio.
If Y'U arc thirsty, dItuk WtteT; II yen have
Agnc, take ShallcI bcrger's Ahtidutc. The result
will be alike satisfactory in both cases. Try it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

CUTTERS Vegetable Pulmonary Bal
sam Doubtless the best Cough Medicine in
the word."-[Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

FASHIONABLE ladies have discarded
crinnlina
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

CURTIS BROWN, proprietors.
No. 2lJ Fulton Street, New York.
Sold hu Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-10-18

BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury to the child,
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring
or other injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09

A JUDGE SHOOTS BARKEEPER.-GNew Al
haDy Qndiana) Correspondence New York
World, July 3.]-A special report from
Bloomington to the Ledger says that yester
day afternoon Judge Buskirk, president Of
the First National Bank of Bloomington
who has been judge of the Court of Com
mon Pleas and speaker of the House o.
Representatives, shot and killed barkeepel
named Rose for refusing to sell him drink
of whiskey. The cause of the refusal was
the fact that S. Fl. 1Buskirk, Judge of the
Supreme Court of Indiana, had jgiyer
Rose notice not to sell strong drink
Ito his brother under the penalty of law
Buskirk and two colored men entered Roses
saloon yesterday afternoon. and the Judge
called for whiskey. He was refused on the
grounds stated, and agaiu demanded the
liquor; being again refused, he drew 8
pistol and shot Rose in the left side. DR.
McP Pheeters was Immediately called IN, anl
pronounced the wound mortal The dying
man made his will, and survived but a shorl
time after doing So. The murderer was ar
rested. waived an examination, and gave
bail in the sum of 1000. He is about fifty
years old. The responsibility of his connec
tons and his great wealth have caused hi:
act to give rise to the greatest excitement
among the people of the county,? stf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09

MoRTUARY REPoRT.-The following is the
mortuarvreport for the week ending: Satur-
day., July 5. 1873, compiled. from sections
returns received at the office of the Board
of Health: ~ r..s.ss
Whole number Of deaths in the city, 53 !;
in addition, still-born were reported (white,
l.; colored, 81. Sex Males, %; females, %
Color: White males, 14;white females n,
colored males, IA ;-eolored females "a. ee
One day to thirty, 2 one NTH TO six. 10
six months to twelve; 8: ono YEAR TO three ::
three years 10 nve 9; Eve years to ten, l !;
ten years to t,T.cnts, twenty years to thir.
y, ,o' ~ tLrty years to forty, Q; forty years to
nv y. 4, ,fifty years to sixty, 3; sixty years to
seventy, 9; seventy years to eighty, 2 eighty
years to ninety, 2; unknown, /. Condition: ::
Single, 36 married, 10; widowers, 4; widows,
2; unknown, 1. Nativity j.: United States,
80; France, ), Germany, I Italy, l. Local
ity. City at large. 81; Marshall Ward, 8; Jetfer.
son Ward, g.; Madison Ward, 81; Monroe
Ward, u. Clay Ward, 8; Jackson Ward, H.;
Almshouse,, i; peDitentiary, /; smallpox
hospital, !. BY whom certified: Regular
practitioners, AZ coroner, 8; Board of Health,
s.; Causes Of death: Amputation Of thigh,
I; apopexy, /; boiler explosion, l cancer,
2; childbirth, I cholera.infan:u rum, 6; chol-
era-morbus, L; consumption, s e white, 6
colored); conYulsions, 1; Group, 1; debility,
1; oiarrbea {acute(, !; diarrbea (cbronic),
=; drowning (accidentall I; dysentery (acute),
2; epilepsy, 1; fever, typhoid), 1; inanition,
2 Inflammation of brain, 1; marasmus, -
old age. 9; paralysis, 3; pneumonia, |;
premature birth, /; smallpox, /; teething,
3; unknown, s. - ~ - = - Z.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-09

N, the Editors offhe Richmond Daily Dispatch:
Dear Sfrsx-fD behalf of the Palmetto Orphan
Home, OF south Carolina located In Columbia, am
ON an extended trip 20 solicit aid for tho poor
orphan white children OF our afflicted sette. Hasing
stopped at Charlotte, n. c., where my work me:
with sympathy and material assfstance, now make
my humble appeal 70 the people OF Richmond who
are Justly noted for their benevolent works
The Palmetto Orphan Home was instituted, at
Columbia In April OF 1877. It IL designed 10 meet
the wants OF the poor white orphans all oyer the
State. 1t is governed by Local Board consisting
of nine Of our best citizens in Columbia, andby .
Board Of Visitors composed Of two gentlemen tp
each county It Is under no control Of party sect
or Denomination, and will be made 10 subserye the
interests Of all. Thus far the prospects Of our In
fant home are very promislng. The people Of the,
state are uniting in its support, whilst from Boston.
New York, Baltimore and other places beyond our
limits we have received sympathy and assistance
which have greatly ehsered ns. = q, Al, q,
II Is not necessary for me nsyTste to Vrginians
the sad condition of the unfortunate whites In South
Carolina Year after year have our people been
hoping asainst hope for some change for our good,
but IL comes not Other States seem :opsespess bat
South Carolina is ss.ii helpless The aged among
us are fast dying In te widows left by the
war are Fastening TO Intmely graves fSon grief and
hopeless toll; fne public school sy6seln isa farce
ending each year in the deception CT MI slo weula
teach, and thus leaving each community. 80 far as
the poor whites are concerned, worse than u fcna1
them Hundreds Of helpless white children are thss
left in the State. Tho State supports an orphan
asylum for colcret children. but docs nothing for
the whitess I'D 54s5agg
Our only resort therefore, is % tho charity o. the
ibcneyolent. In this We have not been deceived.
with the free-will offerings Of aiI who fcei ons sos
rows we expect to build an syiara IN which esers
hcipless eh! Id In the Ssatc can fnd . home
Daring tho years OF our sorrow ttis prosp of
yisSrta and her ssrieaI has taan sorss af doy 10