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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
iSH.A WING FLUID.

l. Take of white hard soap Tin shay
ings) one-fourth pound alcohol, one
pint water, one-fourth pint perfume
at will Put them in strong bottle,
cork it close, set it in warm water for a
short time, and occasionally agitatc it
briskly until solution is complete. After
reposc, pour off the clean portion from
the dregs into clean bottles for use, and
at once closely cork them. If the solu-
ton be not sufficiently transparent, a
little alcohol should be added to it before
decantation.
2. Take of white soft soap one pound ;
liquor of potassa, two drachms alcohol,
one pint perfume at will. Proceed as
before. The product of both is excel
lent. By simply rubbing few drops on
the skin, and applying the shaving
brush, previously slightly dipped in
water, good lather is produced
Drggists' Circular.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN.

Miss Emily Faithful writes to the
F1residc Companion in answer to the
question, "What can be done for poor
single women % give them all Il trade.
She thinks telegraphy, photography,
photography, wood engraving, watch
making, type-setting, among the moro
appropriate vocations for women. In
England, owing to trades-unionism,
women will not be admitted to learn OF
follow the trade OF matchmaking,
though one extensive matchmaker said
that woman's delicacy of touch was Il
necessity to him, and he therefore sent
to Switzerland to have the part of his
work done which required that delicacy.
Miss Faithful found great difficulty III
finding employment for female wood en-
gravers in England. She says that
"we want schools of design and tech
nical schools. At present we women
are nowhere in the race, not from III
herent deficiency, but from the absence
of special training"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
noe US. SHEEP.

Official reports show in Ohio an an
pual loss of sheep of 81, 900, 900 in i'll
i,,ries-a loss equivalent to 100000
pounds of wool, or a tax of two per cent.
upon the total sum invested in sheep IN
that State 1t is said that in two years,
1868 to 1870, Illinois sank from the
sixth to the ninth rank among the States
in the number and value of its sheep,
and this great falling off is attributed to
the proportionate increase in the num-
Der of dogs, and the lack of proper leg
islation to prevent their ravages among
the sheep. In Maryland the returns
from five counties report over l,lOO
sheep killed in one year by dogs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
THE. CHEAP POSTAGE BILL,

The lower house of Congress has passed the
Cheap Postage bill reported not long ago from
the Postoilice Committee. The bill reduces
letter postage to two cert for each half ounce
or fraction thereof, declares magazines and
newspaper manuscripts to belong to the third
class of ma;lable matter, fixes the postage on
daily newspapers at fifteen cents per quarter,
and requires prepayment of postage on all
printed matter, or mailable matter. of the sec
ond class, except on weekly newspapers within
the counties where they are printed or pub
lished, which will pass through the mails free,
as heretofore. As it originally came from tho
committee, the bill restricted the newspaper
franking privilege to weekly newspapers
within the respective counties where the same
arc actually and ,rho'typrinted and published"
The words g actually and wholly" which would
seem to have been inserted for the purpose of
discriminating against those weeklies which
are printed partly in the cities by auxiliary"
establishments, and partly at the place of
publication, were very properly stricken out.
Country publishers who print their newspa-
pers "actually and wholly in their own
offices have right to their own opinion of
country insides," or country outsdes,' of
course, but Congress has no right to force
their opinion down other peoples throats. IT
people choose to subscribe and pay for papers
printed on the auxiliary plan, they have per-
feet right to do 80, and publishers have per-
feet right to supply the demand for papers of
this description. 1t is not for Congress to in
qurc of publishers where they have their print
ing done. They may have it done in their gar
rets, or in their cellars or they may pay others
for doing it thousand miles away, if they
please. Congress has nothing to do with the
business Chicago Times.
Our Chicago contemporary takes a
correct and sensible view of this matter.
He might have gone a step further,
however, and added that it was bit of
impertinence, to say the least, on the
part of certain members of Congress to
attempt to defile our national statute
books with such a manifestly unjust
piece of class legislation-a piece of
legislation more in keeping with the
dark ages than with the liberal and en-
lightened sentiment of the present CEN
tury. 1t is Il matter with which Con-
|
gress nor any other Legislative body has
no sort of concern, and in meddling with
which they are stepping wholly beyond
the pale of their legal prerogative. If
Congress possesses the legal right to
dictate to the publisher the mode, man
ner and place for the execution of the
mechanical work of his paper, it pos
sesses an equal right to enact that he
shall use straw paper instead of rag
paper that he shall use large type in
stead of small type that he shall use q
bad quality of ink instead of good
quality; that he shall use a hand press
instead of steam press and altogether,
that he shall furnish his patrons with
an inferior paper instead of agood, read
able sheet. For, in reality, the out
rageous discrimination attempted would
have amounted to this, and nothing
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
NUMBER %.
"NO, THANK IOU, JOHN" "


never said loved you, John;
Why will you tease me, day by day;
And wax u weariness to think upon,
With always "do" and "pray?"
You know never loved you, John;
No fault of mine made me your toast;
whywi haunt me with face wan
AS shows an hour-old ghost"
dare say Meg or Moll would take
Pity upon you, if you ask;
And pray don't ingcr single for my sake,
Who can't perform that task?
have no Heart ?-perhaps I've not
But then you're mad to take onrnse
That don't give you what have not got;
Use your own common sense.
Let bygones be bygones;
Don't call me false, who owed not to be true;
I'd rather answer "No" to fifty Johns
Than answer eyes " to YOU.
Let's mar our pleasant days no more
Song-birds of passage, days of youth;
Catch at to-day, forget the days before
I'll wink at your untruth.
Let us strike hands as hearty friends
No more, no less and friendships good.
Only don't keep in view ultcrior ends,
And points not understood
In open treaty. Rise above
Quibblcs and shunlng, OIL and on;
Here's friendship for you if You like; but love
No, thank you, John.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
FARiETIES.
MEN of color-Paintors.
BITs of frontier lifc-Scalps.

MEN of color-Painters.
BrTs of frontier hfc-Scalps.
A FAvoRIrE exclamation-A lass
COMMON scents-Musk and verbena.
FLAT falschood-Lying on your back.
WHEN is II cat like a teapot? When
you're teasin' it,
WHAT effect do -four mills have upon
town? Make it flourish.
WHY is fire dissipated character
Because it goes out every night
A RISING Chicago artist is painting Il
picture of Death as large rs life.
BE temperate in diet-our first par
ents ate themselves out of house and
home.
WHAT is the difference between the
top of a monument and song for ono
voice? Ones so high, the other solo.
WHY does retired confcctioner re-
scmble faithlcss lover? Because he
leaves his sweetart to the care OF an
other.
WHAT is the difference between a
sailor and a beer drinkor? One puts
his sail up and the other puts his alo
down.
The Chicago Times asks: How can
we escape fire?" A New York paper
replies "The Gospel offers you every
encouragement.
A RESIDENT of Short Woods desiring
to describe to an anxious friend the size
his boy had attained, said he was :" big
enough to cuss on the street. "-Ddn-
bury Ne,cs.
A LADY wished seat. A portly,
handsome gentleman brought one and
seated the lady. "Oh !you're jewel"
said she. ooh no." he replied, "Pm
ieweler. have just set the jewel.
The body of well-dressed man was
found on the Harlem road. There was
nothing about his person to indicate
who he was, except three brilliant dia-
mond rings, which seemed to show that
he was either horse doctor or negro
minstrel. -Danbupy News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
METHOD OF REPROOF.

AS clergyman was one Sunday after
noon returning home after divine SER
vice, he was accosted by man, who
asked, "Pray, sir, did you meet boy
on the road driving a cart with rakes
and pitchforks in it % 81 think did, p"
the clergyman answered, ga boy with a
short memory-wasn't he? 2" "Short
memory, sir" the man, with surprise,
replied "what makes you think he had
short memory 81 think, too,
added the clergyman, she must belong
to a family that have short memories. "
"What in the world can you mean ?"
asked the man, greatly puzzled. "Be-
cause" said the clergyman, in a serious
tone, "God commanded Remember
the Sabbath day ; and the poor boy has
forgotten all about it. .'-Canon clay
ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
EVIDENCE or PROGRESS.

A correspondent in Japan presents re-
newed evidence of the substantial reality
of japanese reform, and some interest
ing incidents illustrating it, among the
most important of which is the debut of
the Empress of Japan in the society of
the capital, an unprecedented fact in the
history of Oriental women.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
VOLUME III.
THOU AND /.

Strange, strange for thee and me,
Sadly afar,
Thou safe beyond, above,
meath the star;
Thou where flowers death!css spring,
where they fade;
Thou in Gods Paradise,
mid times shade.
Thou where each gale breathes balm,
tenipest-:oss'd;
Thou where true joy is found,
where 'tis lost;
Thou counting ages thine,
I not the morrow;
Thou learning more of bliss,
more of sorrow.
Thou in eternal peace,
mid earth's strife;
Thou where care hath no name,
where tits life;
Thou withou. need of hope,
where Ms vain;
Thou with wings dropping light,
with times chain.
Strange, strange for thee and me,
Loved, loving ever;
Thou by life'e deathless fount,
near deaths river;
Thou winning wisdom's love,
strength to trust;
Thou mid the seraphim,
in the dust.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
ADONIR.AM PODGE.
Podge was lank and lean

Adoniram Podge was lnnk and lean
As a withcred up stalk of corn;
And his face was solemn as ever was seen
Since the days when Adam was born.
He lived on farm on the edge of town,
And he managed to keep on his legs
By boarding up money and sailing it down
When he sold his butter andtcggs.
His face was a. long piece of chalk,
And his eyes were little and gray;
And he hacked when he opened his mouth to talk,
And twitched in an awkward way.
His voice was sharp steel spring trap,
And his head was minus of hair;
But he covered it up with an old fur cap
That his grandfather used to wear.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
A DANGEROUS PAPER,

The green paper used to wrap about
lozenges, sold in shops, railroad cars,
and on street corners, has long been
suspected to contain arsenic, and with
the view of ascertaining the facts by
analysis, we recently purchased roll of
lozenges covered with this paper.
A qualitative examination of the paper
afforded all the characteristic reactions
for arsenic and copper. The wrapper
contains 20 square inches of paper. OF
this, 16 were taken for quantitative
analysis. The result of the examination
showed that this portion contains 1916
grams, Of 2.34 grains of metallic arsenic.
This is equivalent to 2.94 grains i'll the
whole of the wrapper, a quantity suffi-
cient to destroy life in an adult person.
Children in all parts of the country are
allowed to purchase the lozenges covered
with this dangerous paper, and the rolls
are often put into the hands of infants,
as a plaything. AS everything goes
into the mouth of children, it is easy to
see that no more dangerous substance
can pass into family than these pack
ages of confectionery. 1t is quite prob
able that instances OF poisoning have
occurred from this cause, which have
been of a serious or fatal character.
There should be laws prohibiting the
use of poisonous papers for any purpose.
SCIENTIFIC COFFEE MAKING.
Prof. Liebig, the German chemist, says
good coffee should be rich in two prin-
ciples, extract and aroma. When boiled
long time coffee is rich in extract but
deficient in aroma and when boiled
only short time it is rich in aroma but
deficient in extract. In order to obtain
both of these properties, Prof. Liebie
directs us to take two-thirds of the
ground coffee needed for the meal, put
it into the water and boil briskly II con,
siderable time, and when the meal is
nearly ready, take the coffee from the
fire and add the remaining third of ground
coffee stir it well, let it stand few
minutes and serve.
The above directions will not avail
much if the coffee is not properly roast,
ed. Roast often, and in small quantities
at time. According to NJ. Schadler,
only half the quantity of finely ground
coffee is needed, in order to produce the
same strength of beverage obtained by
the ordinary coarse ground article. If,
after oriental fashion, the ground coffee
is crushed fine in a mortar, only two
fifths of the coarse is needed. Infusion,
boiling, filtering through bag, all have
the same result as regards strength ex.
cept that by tiltering the aroma OF the
coffee is better preserved.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
SCALDS AND BURNS.

The treatment invariably adopted for
these, at st. Thomas Hospital, when
admitted directly after the injury, is to
whitewash the parts with paste of
whiting and vinegar. This is covered
with layer of thin linen, and the whole
enveloped in cottonwood. The patients
themselves acknowledge the immediate
relief which this affords, and the parts
usually do well. The crust which forms
is left ON until it crumbles off, when q
fresh layer is put on /; but when a granu-
lating sore occurs, the ordinary form Of
dressing is substituted. ed.-Medical Times
and Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01

GEN. DIX is SO pestered with appli-
cants for office that he has notice posted
upon every window and door of the Ex-
ecutive Chamber and his dwelling: "If
any office-seeker presents himself here
during the next four hours, shoot him
on the spot!'" In this manner little
quiet is obtained, and an opportunity
had to attend to State affairs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01

AN old bachelor said: "There's
more jewelry worn nowadays than
when l was young. But there's one
piece 1 always admired which | don't
often see now." "What is that %
asked a young lady. "a thimble, " was
the reply.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
Adoniram Podge got liberal price

Adoniram Podge got liberal price
For the truck that he took to town;
The top of his measure was always nice,
But shabbier deeper down;
And the wood was straight on the top of his loa
And crooked and gnarled below;
But the heavier part, on rutty road,
Will always shake down, you know.
Adonram's Bible was worn and old
From the usage that it had got;
But piece of knowledge that was never told
Was whether he used it or not;
If SO. his memory served him wrong,
For he was not much of n doer
To the needy and friends who came along
With the story that they were poor.
A capital man in church was Podgc--
To groan when the minister prayed;
And he knew to L the collection dodge
And how much money he paid;
And he had in a frame, in his old front room,
Kept clean and neat by his wife,
paper which stated a certain sum
Had made him a member for life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01

AN ADVENTURE WITH A WILDCAT
On the Saturday evening train from
Port Jervis was Jerry Richards, of
Tuttle's Corners, N. j. He was bring
ing the carcass of large wildcat to the
city, and he told this story:
On Thursday we killed beef, and I
thought to take n quarter to my sister,
at Branchville, eight miles from Tuttle's
Corners. 1 took young lady and the
beef in my sleigh, and we started. 1t
was dark when we reached Culver's Gap,
where the spruce trees tower up and
where there isn't house to be seen. In
the thickest part we heard noise like a
baby crying. The horses snorted, but l
drove on. Then terrific howl right
over our heads was heard, and a spring,
and something pounced on the young
lady and buried its claws in her shoul-
der. The varmint stood still q minute
cycling me and beating his tail against
the back of the sleigh. The girl tainted.
l pulled my old army revolver and
aimed at the beasts eye. The muzzle
almost touched it as pulled the trigger,
and the catamount rolled from the sleigh
into the ditch. 1 did not wait to pick
him up then, for he kicked a little, but /
let him cool until the next morning, and
then found him on my return. They
say there is whole nest of them on the
mountain. think it was the beef that
attracted the varmint.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01

Adoniram Podge kept hired man,
And he fed him on cabbage and beans,
Which were kept cooked up in an old tin pan
Along with some pig-weed green's;
And he made him work from the break of day
Till the sun took its final lurch,
And docked him then of quarter his pay
That the savings might go to the church.
Adoniram finally died one night
And left the farm to his son,
Who follows as near as true son might
In the course his father run;
And he daily drives to the market town
With the mare and her spawned legs,
And he boards up money and salts it down
BY selling his butter and eggs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
CURRENT ITEMS.

A RAILWAY TIE lasts about seven years.
CoNKLING is the Apollo of the Senate.
SHORT men have faster pulses than the
taller ones.
A VIGOROUS COW can eat "a cabbages
in 10 minutes.
SHEEP in the Northwest are largely
going to the dogs.
IT is said that "bloomers are to be
revived again in the spring.
"AssAULT with intent to become in
sane " is the way they put deadly attacks
now.
RAILROADS have now three gauges
broad gauge, narrow gauge and mort
gage.
A SEAT in the New York gold room
costs 81 800, exclusive of the entrance
fee of $500.
The Wholesale trade of Kansas City
for 1872 amounted to $17, ,097, 166 of st.
Joseph to SIG, ,34S, 600.
KENTUCKY distilleries consume 6,3O6
bushels of grain daily, and turn out
1884 gallons of spirits.
The prospects are now that the United
States will be very handsomely repre-
sented at the Vienna Exposition.
Miss LOUISA KING is the female Bergh
of Augusta, Ga. She enforces all the
laws for preventing cruelty to animals.
st. JOHNS, N. B., recently shipped to
Hayti cargo consisting of twentythree
good-sized dwelling-houses, made in
sections.
SWELL smoking chairs are now uphol-
stored with seal skin. They are very
handsome, very comfortable and cost
small fortune.
THE city railroads of Philadelphia are
to be taxed one per cent. per capita for
the centennial fund, and public senti
ment acquiesccs.
LESS coffee is consumed in Yemen,
whence it originally came, than anywhere
else. A decoction made from the husks
of the bean is used.
The Pennsylvania Central is said to
intend laying two extra tracks (making
four it's entire length, to accommodate
its increasing business.
The heart of a murdered woman was
exhibited to the jury in st. Louis, on a
recent trial, to show how the dagger of
the husband had pierced it.
AT st. Paul the other day they heated
the Capitol for more than an hour with
more than half million dollars nominal
value in old wildcat currency of 1850 and
1851.
New JERSEY was named by one of its
original proprietors, Sir George Car
teret, after the island of Jersey, in the
British Channel, of which he was Gov
ernor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01
THE PEST IN SOUTH AMERICA

The visitation of the smallpox to the
various principal cities of this country
has naturally awakened great anxiety !;
but when we compare the ravages of the
scourge here with the extent of it's raw
ages in other countries, there will be
found some cause for thankfulness that
with us it is no worse. For several years
past the disease has literally dwelt
among the cities, towns and villages of
South America, and the circumstance
that those places are in the main
noted for their unclcanliness will afford
valuable suggestion, not merely to the
health boards of our cities, but to the
heads of families, and in fact to every
individual capable of appreciating the
value of health or the difference between
dirt and cleanliness. In Chill, especial
ly, the smallpox has been raging for
some time past, and the most recent ad-
vices state that it is increasing in Lima,
and that it has become so terrible in the
town of Lata that the people are aban-
doning the place. The newspaper there
says, "The plague overruns the town.
Not street, court, or alley is without
its victims. No one thinks of succor,
or of hygienic measures. God have pity
on us"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-01

And he keeps the Bible, so worn and old,
And he reads it, without a doubt;
But the leaf containing the rule of gold
Is somehow or other torn out
And blottcd all the verses which speak
Bad things of the trickery doer,
And 'twixt its covers 'twere vain to seek
For a word of cheer to the poor.