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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

A DREAM AND IT'S CoNsEQUENCE.-A
young man named Mattingley, at ST.
Mary's, Ky, while asleep iii the upper
story of his fathers house the other
night, dreamed that he was sleeping in
a car at the st. Mary's depot near by.
A passing train, by a wonderful coinci-
dencc, mingled its noise with the Cur
rent of his dream, and gave it new
direction. 1t caused him to dream that
another train was approaching the cal
i'll which he supposed himself sleeping.
A collision was imminent. Certain
death stared him in the face. There
was no escape, no hope. Yes / there
WAS one-the window Quick rs light
ming lie threw it up, and leaped out into
the darkness The dream was Il fraud
but the leap was real. MnttinGlcS
struck the ground, and was terribly in
jured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
Political Value of Slander.

| relate the following anecdote as it
was related to me- Whether the Incl
dents, as stated, are historically correct,
or not, the story is Il true One,-true in
that it broadly, though grotesquely, sets
forth absolute political fact
A man in one of the new States, where
society was in a sort of rushing con-
dition, was elected to Congress. Afriend
in Washington, who knew how entirely
unqualified he was for such a position
asked him.
Glow in the world did you manage
to get elected 2"
Il stole IL horse.
"What stole a horse And is horse
stealing considered a qualification for
Congress in your district
No,-that ant it. But as soon as
it was known, the papers on t'other side
took it up, and howled over it. OF
course the papers on onr side had to de-
fcnd me. \ tremendous noise was
made Ott, papers called it a mean,
dastardly, cowardly attempt to tarnish
the fair fame of their standard-bearer,
ii gentleman whose fortunes We're i'll
the hands of his fcllow-citizcns, and
who would look confidently to them for
redress and support. The noble people
would never be deceived by this wicked
SANDER, tiendishly devised for the most
unholy Of party purposes and all such
kind of stuff. The people got their
backs up, and got in.
At the next election in that State this
mans opponent was elected. The same
friend, meeting the now defeated candi-
date shortly after the election news had
been received, asked him how it had hap
pened.
80, dod rot the fellow he smelt Il
mice, and he got the start of me. tic
shot q Dcputy-hcrIB! !'-Nctc lork
LeagcF.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

DEToRMED.- and shoes, as
worn IN civilized countries, go far
toward d;storting the beauty of the
feet. In measuring foot for boot or
shoe, the first thing which should be
considered is the place for the great
toe. Upon this toe, in walking, the
weight of the whole body turns at every
step; in natural foot, therefore, the
middle of the toe should he in striight
line with the heel. A central straight
line drawn from the point of the great
toe to the middle of It's root, if contin-
ued. would pass exactly to tt c middle
of the heel. But, by the misftting
boot usually worn, the point OF the toe
is pressed inwartls, the root outwards.
No last, or model OF a foot already in
iured by wearing ill-fitting boots or
shoes, should ever be made Of the exact
size Of such a foot.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
TURKEY.

When is the turkey haudsumest?
With sunshine on his bra1cn breast,
When every feather is like a scale
ON glIttrring suit of kuightly maH;
When his tail is spread, a splendid fan,
As he struts before his faithful clan,
With blue, bald head and threatening eye,
And wattles red as stormy sky?
With lofty step and war-cry loud
He mGrshals forth the quittering crowd,
Or leads their dance across the plain.
Or heads their march through waving grain,
Intent on plunder, red with pride,
Like warrior not to he deied,
In all the pomp Of battle drest-
Then is the turkey handsomest!
When is the turkey handsomest?
When hc is killed and plucked and dressed
Ills spurs hacked of and thrown aside
With all the trappings of his pride,
lie lies. goodly shape of SNOW,
On stall or dresser, making show
OF swelling breast and rampant legs;
Or. dangling from the lardcr's pegs,
Tells TO the cuok-maids practiced eye
How fast the days ar, fitting by,
How soon appears the day of days,
The hour of Turkeys reign and praise;
There. hanging in his smooth white vest,
is not the turkey handsonest
When is the turkey handsomcst?
All when again he shows his breast,
Brown with the sunshine Cf the fire,
Crisp as "A lady's silk attire,
With uuctuous juices dripping down
IN pools OF gravy rich and brown;
Odorons aS any spicy air
That blows across an orchard fair,
His bosom swclled with sayCry meat
OF sausagcs and brcad-crumbs sweet,
lis piniuns neatly slirwCrcd and tied
With giblcts tucked in either side;
His legs resigned TO any fate,
Rampant no more, but mcekly straight;
Beside him cranberry, ruby clear,
With groves of brittle celery near;
As stately king he lies,
The center of admirinG eyes.
Now is the turkey handsomest,
Arrayed before the hungry guest,
Dt all the vands first and best!
Ills life W, II lived, his woes at rest,
And the platter he lies on gayly dressed,
Now is the turkey handsomest
or Young Folks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

AN electrical apparatus las lately
been invented to signal the entry of
water by leakage into the holds of YES
sells. When the water enters it estab-
fishes a current, and communication
is thus set in operation which gives no.
tice to the officers on deck,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20
Our Grandfathers' Newspapers.

No change in the manner of doing
anything more strongly marks the pecul-
lar genius of this time than the meta
scarcely an eXaggeratlon to
call it so-of newspapers. Looking at
the old issues VIC see no headlines No
special correspondence No personals I!
No Jokes No reports of amusements !;
much less criticisms; much less pui1s !;
much less book notices much less
market reports much less court de-
cisions. O easygoing, non-ncws-de-
vouring, low-pressure long ago! O!
lolling, lazy, limp, luxurious, lounging
ante -telegraphic days! How many ex-
hausted editors and gorged readers
sigh for your return, and long to ex-
change, at least for one short day (say
Monday, the tame old bliss of ignorance
for this overburdening load of universal
intelligence. We are like bees, caught
in the rain, overloaded with honey and
such honey .-NGoO Oric0ls Picaytalc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

The TOBACCO CRor. The I060cc0
LeoS estimates the aggregate of the to-
bacco crop as follows: Seed leaf, cs-
timated at 40, 600 of average quail
ity, against 100, coo cases last yea, some
of which WAS far below an average Vir-
ginia leaf, estimated at 10, 900 hog*hcads
in excess Of last years yield, or 100
against 60, 600 hogsheads or as onr au-
thority places the figures, 5000 h"gs-
heads for 1878. Western leaf, estimated
by some as being under last years yield,
and by others as equal to it, will reach,
probably, from 1l5, 600 to 1870, ,000 hogs
heads ut the seaports. Both crops Of
fair average quality"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

Dir. MARVIN says that every year
5000, 900, 900 pounds of tea, 100000, 900
pounds of coffee and cacao, i25, 900, 900
pounds of opium, 300, 600 900 pounds of
haschisch, and S65, ,000,0 pounds of
tobacco are consumed. Now add the
quantity of arsenic and alcoholic Ii
quors used, and the figures open into
q wilderness,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

There is something cxhilarating in
seeing man Fastening to the cars, Cs-
pccially if he thinks he hasn't one mo-
ment to spare, but, rather, several to
gain, and has Il carpet-bag i'll one hand
and paper parcel in the other. We
confess ourselves that such Il sight is
not exactly repulsive to us. he takes
the middle of the street, us it Is the
most open thoroughfare, and has his
overcoat apart and tapping, under the
impression that it i'll some way acceie-
rates his motion. While he thus leaps
over the ground, with the carpet-hag
swinging around aud rapping against
his legs, what a magnificent specimen OF
physical activity, directed by intense
mental application, he presents. Ills
eyes are set in his head, his face is
flushed by the play of his muscles, his
mouth hangs carelcssly open, and the
cords in his neck stand out like whip
lashes. Faster and faster his legs ply
against the unsympathizing earth
wilder and wilder whirls the carpet
bag; everybody stops to look at him
little boys, too small apparently to take
an interest i'll anything, turn out of the
way to observe him, and coniure him tc
greater speed He reaches the depot
dashes through without the ticket, i,nC
lands on the platform just as the train
is me wing away, but encouraged by The
cries and cheering shouts of the hang
ers-on who get III front OF him, he makes
the car, plungcs into the only unoccu
pied seat, which is next to the stove
and while the water trickles down hi:
body and myriads of red-hot needles
pierce his flesh, he has plenty of tim,
to reflect on his narrow escape from
missing the train, and to properly an
athematizc that last cup of coffee
| DunHjil.U NCIpS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-12-20

If every one had the confidence in
the Government those people exhibit
who send us newspapers without post
age, there would be no fear for the
future.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
no " TO REST.

The best mode of resting when ia'
tigued depends upon the cause of the
fatigue, and the condition of the person
at the time. There is one thing, how
ever, which will always rest tired per-
son, and that is a sponge or towel bath
over the entire surface of the body, fol-
lowed by Il thorough rubbing and iric-
ton of the surface. OF course the TEN
pernture of the water and the vigor and
amount of rubbing must be graduated
to the strength of the person. When
the fatigue is mental, arising from over
exertion of the brain, the muscles should
be called into action, a. by walking,
horseback riding, rowing, playing ball,
pitching quoits. gymnastics, etc. Gen
eral muscular fatigue is quickly reliev-
ed by lying on the face and having some
one rub and percuss the back vigorous
ly. Also, but less readily, by lying flat
upon the back upon hard couch or
bed, or upon the floor, with the hands
back or under the head, but the head
not otherwise raised, and taking full,
ileep breaths. Local muscular fatigue
may be relieved by rubbing and percus-
sing the part, or by changing the posi-
ton and bringing other parts of the
body into action.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
News of the Week.
DO WV EAST.

"A couple of new steels steamship, built in
England, are now at the port Of New York,
They are said to make sixteen knots all hour.
or upwards Of eighteen miles. Steel has de-
cided advantages over iron, it ID believed, for
shipbuildng.
The discovery was made in New York, last
week, that Mr.. Kidd, twine merchant on
Murray street, had train OF fuse connecting
his premises and adjoining property whereby
they could be set on fire Kidd was arrested
and his Office boy testified to seeing him max
ing the fuse. Three large warehouses were
involved in this attempt, and but Tor the dis-
coyery, a heavy confagration would have ell
sued as the trains of fuse were nearly all laid
in tho upper storles and from roof to roof.
The New York police picked up, in desti-
tute condition, child that had been kidnap-
pen from the Barbados.
VIM. j. Healy. U. s. ~, has been arrested
In New York for defrauding the Government
Of $4,000
The fetal deaths in New York city last
year were 32 CAT, and increase Of 5,67l over
the year previous.
The debt of the wealthy State OF Pennsyl-
yania is only SIG, 52l, ,o39
.--Oswego, New York, reports 2l35,OOO
fire.
Several Quarter-masters Of the steamship
Denmark have been arrested for smuggling i'll
York.
A Tremendous wind-storm, accompanied
by electrical phenomena passed over Nehras-
ka and Northern Iowa last week.
"A panel of one hundred jurors has been
summoned in the trial of Boss Tweed.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
THE ORDER OF NATURE.

Thou, who woudst read, with an undarkened eye,
The laws by which the Thunderer bears sway,
Look at the stars that keep, in yonder Sky,
unbroken peace from Natures earliest day.
The great sun. as he guides his fiery car,
Strikes not the cold moon in his rapid sweep;
The bear, that sees star setting after star,
In the blue brine descends not to the deep.
The star OF eve still leads the hour OF dews;
Duly the day star ushers in the light;
With kindly alterations Love renews
The eternal courses bringing day and night.
Love drives away accurscd War, and keeps
The realm and host of stars beyond his reach.
IN one long calm the general Concord sleeps
The elements and tempers each to each.
The moist gives place benignly to the dry;
Heat raifes q faithful league with cold
The nimble flame springs upward to the sky;
Down sinks by its own weight the sluggish mold.
Still sweet with blossoms is the years fresh prime
Her harycsts still the ripening summer yields;
Fruit-aden Autumn follows in his time,
And rainy Winter waters still the fields.
The elemental harmony brings forth
Aud Fears all life, and when lifeH term IL Ger
1t sweeps the breathing myriads from the earth,
And whelms and hides them to be seen no more
While the great Founder, He who gave these laws,
Holds the firm reins and sits amid the skies,
Monarch and Master Origin aud Cause,
And Arbiter suprcmely just and wise.
He guides the force He gave His hand rcstrans
And curbs il to the circle ii ingst trace,
Else the fair fabric which His hand sustains
Would fall to fragments in the void of space.
Love binds the parts together; gladly still
They court His kind command and wise decree,
Unless love held them subject to the will
Tha, gave them being, they would cease 10 be.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
4 GULF STREAM TO THE POLE.

4 report has been received in San
Francisco, from French expedition
now on its way tu the North Pole From
this report it appears that the voyaS"
to the pole is as pleasant and easy as u
summer trip mp the Hudson. The eN-
petition passed through Behring
Straits, and following the course OF tn,
warm current of the kuro silva, toun;
itself floating on the bosom of broad
river walled in by pleasant hills and oc-
casional precipicea. All along the shore,
quantities of frozen mummoths wcrr
found, which, having been dead only =
few thoasAnl years, were so nicely pre-
served in ice that the crew of the expc.
ditiOn lived entirely upon mammoth
meats, boiled, roasted, aud baked.
When the report was sent (by II friend
" whaling ship the expedition had
gone into Winter quarters, though WHY
II had not continued its voyage until the
pole had been reached ,loes not appear.
Certainl v there could have been no dit
ticulty III proceeding on it. course, for
the polar river was free from ice, and
the frozen mamlnoths were waiting for
the table. Perhaps the crew grew tireI
Of an exclusive diet Of mammoths, aud
decided to wait until new supply o;
pork and beef could be brought from
civilized regions.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23

ed as IL temporary dispensation," in
1903
There were maguanimous times about
the man, and he did recognize n low and
little nature, and pierce it through and
through; but he would also turn like IN
Algerine upon great associate, to graf
ify II moments piquc or conceit. Ger
tainly not less creditablc than his titful
generosity was the long and uniform al
lowance of his contemporaries and his
country for his admitted genius and
disease.
UNDERNEATH ALL.
Nature appears to have gifted him
with the melancholy talent of perceiv-
ing the wrong that he himself did, and
of generalizing the tortures which he
among the naked trees, man without
n monument as he never created any in
stitution or public measure Might he
arise and look around his country now,
it would seem tS deserve less Of his ter
ribls excpriation forty years ago, "Pov-
erty stalking through the land, while
we are engaged in political metaphysics,
and, amidst our filth and vermin, like
the Spanish and Portuguese, look down
with contempt on other nations. We
hug our lousy cloals around us, take
another chap of Mbbachcr, float the
room with nastiness, or ruin the CRATE
and fire-irons, where they happen not to
be nasty, and try conclusions upon con-
stitutional points. Posr uld Virginia
Poor old Virginia
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
REMEMBRANCE.

No longer mourn for me- when am dead
Than You shall hear the sury, sullen bell
Give warning to the world that ! am fled
From this vile world, with ,ilcst worms to dwell
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it; for love you 50,
That in your sweet thoughts would BE- forgot
II thinking on mo thea should make you woe.
., II, ray, You look upon this verge
When |, perhaps, compounded am with clay,
Do not 10 much as my name rehcarsc.
But let your love even with my life decay.
Lest the wise world should look into your moan,
Aud mock you with me, after am gone.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23

plume should not take front seats at
theatres and operas. In London ladies'
occupying the best seats at the theatres
are compelled to remove their hats and
bonnets.
a SECRET organization OF young ladies'
is said to have been formed in Western
town unGer the title of League for
the Suppression of Male Flirts,' and
much curiosity is felt by the masculine
portion of the community to find out
how many Of their fomale friends be-
long to it.
A NEW feature OF social entertain
ments this winter will he proud par
ties" They derive their name from the
circumstance that each person invited
is requested to furnish pound OF
pastry, confectionery, fruit or other
edibles for the table, and thus IN cle-
CANT support is provided. The parties
are given nt private residences.
BRIDAL trips are going out Of fashion.
The custom Is an absurd one, without
II single sensible reason to commend it.
The proper thing for couple to do now
is to run down for week or two to the
country residencsof one of the families,
where, with large and we'll appointed
home to themselves, they spend Il
sensible honeymoon, if such II thing be
not u paradox. The new plan is i'm
ported from England.
A JEALOUS husband at Canaan, New
Hampshire, placed beau in his attic,
provided with IL bag of crackers, II Jug
Of frozen water and an ax, waiting for
the supposed destroyer Of his happi-
ness. His wife on the second day called
i'll the suspected person, who was pass
ing the house, to help her discover the
cause OF the noises she heard. Ihc
husband, when discovered III his retreat,
p!ayfully threw the axe ut the heads OF
tAe pair, but unfortunately missed his
aim.
A CHICAGO man had read somewhere
how to tell the time by eat $ eyes So
he traded of Il French clock, belonging
to his wife, for a gallon of whisky and Il
Thomas cat of the large, gray. cxpcc-
tOring, swell-tailcd kind The first time
he tried 10 ,tiscoycr The hoHr Of the
day he WAS surprised to see the cat
CLAW hun III the nose, scratch every bit
OF s,arch olt Of III, sAirt-bosom, and 20
through an ~ pan" oi glass. But he
bad rather face feline chronomctcr
than his wife an day
ruERE is nice little bit OF romance
OF the good old-fashioncd kind lust
conc to haud. Mss Matilda Philips,
sister of Adelaide, has lately rescued a
young man from drowning at Genoa.
1t seems to have been Il very brave
deed, and III writing 10 her sister she
says We are great friends ever since,
and he can scarcely do enough for me.
have had beautiful letters from his
mother and sisters, and feel so happy
to have done something to bring so
much happiness to any one. She
speaks of the grateful youth familiarly
as Walter, and ,hc consequences are
evident.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23

MISS TEMPERANCE ANDERSON, u resi-
dent of Baden, Beaver County, Penn
sylvania, has hair six feet and half
long. 1t is quite thick and fine, blonde
in color
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-01-23
THE DEErG& CONFESSED.

IL is quite refreshing to find one iuc.
mentioned in the Bible, which the mod
ern men of science are willing to admit il
confirmed by the progress, Of discovery.
Mr.. George Smith, OF the British
Museum, makes the auhi"incd most m
tcresting account If ,.I'' record of ,Ao
Deluge, which he Ia, lately decipher,d
from the AssyriaL monum,uts:
"The cuneifora Inscription which
have recently folni AMI translated
gives long and fuil account of the
Delugc. 1t contain, lhn version or tru-
dition Of this event which existed in the
early Chaldean period Of the city OF
Erech tone of the cities of Nimrod),
now represented by the ruins of WarkO.
In this newly discovered inscription the
account Of the Deluge is put rs ii nara
tive into the mouth OF Xisuthrus or
Noah. He relates the wickedness OF
the world, the command to build tho
iih, iiS puiitlIiiS, til' IilulkS VI II, lL'
Delugc, the resting OF the ark on the
amountain, the sending out of the birds
and other matters. The narrative has
closer resemblance to the account trans
mitted by the Greeks from Berosus, the
Chaldean historian, than the Biblicai
history, but it does differ materially
from either The principal difference
are as to the durationof the Deluge, the
name of the mountain on which the
ark rested, the sending out of the birds.
,Sc. The cuneifOrm account is much
longer and fuller than that of Berosus,
and has several details omitted both by
the Bible and the Chaldean historian.
This inscription opens up many ques'
tions of which we knew nothing pre-
yious, and it is connected with number
Of other details of Chaldean history
which will be both interesting and i'm.
Dortant. This is the first time any in.
,criptiou has been found with an nc.
,ount Of al event mentioned i'll Gen.
isis"