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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-19

He was right; he knows something
about it. The rainbow has nothing TO
do with delurcs, nor the deluge; or
the ,ielugeS with the rainbow, as NJ.
G. +. dreams about it,
Therefore, it is evident enough
that God took the rainbow, which had
hitherto been but beautiful object,
shining in the heavens, and consecrat-
ed it as a sign of Ills love and witness
of His promise 10 Noah and his
posterity.
Again, NJ. G. +. SAYS, Science teach
es nothing; it is what men teach
Science is the result, real or imagina-
av, of individual investigation, about
which there can be no certainty. =
Here I find, NJ. G.. r. q real para
thrast; he tries to darken counsel by
words without knowledge. Science,
what is it? 1t is a clear and certain
knowledge, grounded on demonstra
ton and self-evident priuci pies sys-
TEN of any branch of knowledge, com
pretending the doctrine, reason, and
theory, without immediate applica,
ton of it to practice; one Of the Sc
ven liberal arts, viz: grammar, logic,
rhetoric, arithmetic, music, geometry,
astronomy.
Again, NJ. G. r. says, at is nat
ural effect of natural cause that
science claims to have demolished the
Biblical account of the creation" In
regard to that he is yet Ignorant con-
corning science, creation and the BIZ
BILE, or he must be SANDER and pseu-
dologer. Now, two great volumes
have been laid before man for his in
struction, and from which his ideas
and science all have been derived
the material works, and the inspired
Word of God. These being the pro
auctions Of the same wise and unchnge-
able Author, the harmony subsist-
ing between them is universal and
complete. Now, NJ. G. r. asked j.
D. chow does he know that the rain
bow is a natural effect of a natural
cause" The answer is this: by think
ing and study, and the same with ev-
erything else. Suppose NJ. G. r. by
winding a car of coal up the shaft and,
by violent start, here it goes up 81 feet,
high; then something happens to
break here the whole mass goes down
to the bottom-car of coal, carriage
and other materials, weighing five
tons; what is the force with which
this weight Will strike? Answer-320
tons. Or still higher at 100 feet ?
The strike, after falling this depth,
would be 400 tons, &c. There is a
first cause, and a secondary cause.
No difference then about problems
in mathematics; person must learn
and study it before he will know it,
and all other sciences the same man
must labor for it.
But NJ. G. R, says, chow do you
know such and such thing? | defy
YOU to tell such and such a cause. -
All nonsense, because he does not
know things that no one else does.
Sir Isaac Newton was one day ask
ed, "How he had discovered the true
system of the universe. He replied
by continually thinking upon it. -
And so it is with all. Mr.. Editor =
I did not intend to make any remarks,
only some of the readers Of the jour
NAL urged me to do it. d..
Borden Shalt, April l.
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The murder Of General CANDY and
oshers hv the MoAoc Indians Of Ore
gon on Friday of last week, has elici-
ted variety of official and newspaper
comment as to what shall be done
with "LoI Experience las shown
him hard customer to conciliate, at
least peace Commissions have so far
failed to permanently satisfy race as
capricious as it is savage and treacher-
ous, and which is still disquieted as
the "slar Of empire moves westward,
Perhaps some white people are not al
together blamelcss in innovating upon
privileges rightfully accorded the In
dams by the government, and thus
eXcitin. Il resentment which, in savage
minds makes no discrimination. To
eXterminato tribe for the murderous
perhdy Of lis leaders seems a punish
ment too sweeping to be sanctioned by
either the dictates of humanity or
christian civilization.
We gre, therefore, best pleased with
that vfow which proposes due eZpia-
ton Of this great crime by the indi-
vidual perpetrators. The responsible
itv Of determination will thus moral
ly lessen as the savages by future Of
fences provoke it.
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Communicated.
New Mrthoh-''T.le ANTI
APRIL 10, 1878.

APRIL 10, 1878.
Mr.. EDITOR Il think it would
pay you for your time to visit Spruce
Hill mine. You would then see its
coal rocks and vegetable matter burn
ing to the depth of fifty feet, the smoke
ascending upward through the sur
face, which reminds one Of some of
the burning mountains of which they
have read. This mode Of ventilation
was adopted by THOMAS BROWN, late
boss miner Of Spruce Hill, to enable
him to clean out the pillars of said
mine. Mr.. BROWN had the old Astor
mine, some three hundred acres Of
waste, full of choke damp, to contend
with, and his own air-ways blocked
up by cleaning out everything in the
shape of coal, in drawing his pillars,
he adopted this method. The mi
ners of the Pompev Smash slope and
Spruce Hill have suffered by the choke
damp from the old Astor mine. This
cleaned it all out. The idea was new
to all the miners, but the effects Of it
are now apparent, ana may Saltly
say that | know Of no mine in the
county where the same amount Of coal
has been taken out Of the same num-
Der Of acres. All our miners are troub
led with che ke-damp in drawing pill
lars, but Mr. Brown S method has pro-
Ven successful in this case.
may say that the "Ant'' is doing
all that her most sangulne friends
have claimed for her in the Pompey
Mine; if the officers of the Company
will only clean out the lower heading,
so as the men may go out and IN to
their work, it will make all things
right for, between the fire of Spruce
Hill and the "Ant," we can say with
the man of old-"once we were blind,
but now we see.' There is no doubt
that the can't" has demonstrated the
fact that, with proper ventilation, that
steam power. can be introduced into
all of our mines, and that all such i'm
provements are for the common ben
eft. Yours,
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Communicated
A Few Remarks On "Sciencc Teaches
NothinG."

Mr.. EDITOR In the JOURNAL of
March 18th, NJ G. r. tried to contra
dict j. D. that the rainbow did not
appear before the deluge. | say j. d.
has given facts that the rainbow did
make its appearance previous to the
deluge, according to the Divine ora
cles, and the laws of Nature. But,
NJ. G. r. said, at must be understood
that | believe the rainbow did not
make its appearance before the flood, y
yet he has given no reason for his be-
lief, nor said word what the rainbow
is. 1t seems to me he did not know
what he was talking about but I do
not blame, but pity hin. A man has
belief and no reason for it ! Science
teaches nothing y
Again, NJ. G. r. said, "but do say
J. D. has not and cannot prove by the
course which he has taken that the
rainbow was known prior to the time
1t was given to Noah as sign of the
covenant" Now, let us examine what
I'D. said concerning the rainbow.
j. D. said, ITO readers in gem
eral it may be sufficient to cay that
the rainbow Is a mere natural effect
of a natural cause II. 1t is never
seen but in shoWery weather. 9. Nor
then unless the sun shines. 8, 1t ne
Yer appears in any part Of the heavens
but in that opposite to the sun. 4. 1t
never appears larger than q semicircle,
but often much less. 5. 1t is always
double" etc. Well then, what is the
rainbow? From the well-known
cause Of this phenomenon, it cannot
be rationlly supposed that there was
no rainbow III the heavens before men
toned in the text; for as the rainbow
is the natural effect of the suns rays
falling on drops of water, and Of their
being refrac!ed and reflected by them,
it must have appeared at different
times from the creation of the sun and
the atmosphere" etc.
Now, it is plain, that the rainbow
and the deluge are not in the same
category, as 81. G, r. tries to imagine.
Bat the sun, atmosphere, and the cloud
are in the same category.
l asked a man the other day, dur
ing shower of rain, Where is the
bow? here is the rain | do not
know" he said | understand then
that lie knew no more than NJ. G. r.
The question was given to a second
and third man; all ignorant, like M.
G. R., Of this beautiful phenomenon.
Then to the fourth; he looked up
and said, there is no sunshine; that
is why the bow does not appear. -
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FnD srByEt,, MD, APRIL 10, 1873.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23

An hour afterwards one Of Mrs Sin
clair's little boys came in hurriedly and
wanted to know if Mrs. Preston would
please come over to his mothers house a
little while. Plessy was very sick, and
his mother was frightened.
Mrs. Preston determined that Alice
should accompany her; and ten minutes
afterward, mother and daughter presented
themselves at the residence Of the Sinclairs,
Alice entirely unaware Of the reasons for
this sudden visit
Poor Mrs. Sinclair was overwhelmed with
grief Plessy, who had been subject 10
spasms caused by some spinal trouble, was
now in the most terrible commissions. The
doctor had been and gone, evidently con-
sideripg the case beyond his skill to reach.
The girl was entirely unconscious, and as
she clinched her little hands 10 the agony
that was fast separating the spirit from the
casket that contained it, her mind went
over the events Of the past few hours with
singular clearness.
"Oh mamma, she cried, III wish hadn't
taken that prize from Alice Herbert. She
blames me, but | wanted to write my com.
position as well as | could She wasn't
thinking about her algebra when | got
above her. Alice always knows her lessons
and she is angry with me now Please tell
her, mamma, that there is room enough for
US both. Truly, didn't mean to hurt her
feelings Poor Alice Poor Alice Why
did | hurt her so 2 Tell the girls, mamma,
to play that march little faster don't
you see how it drags2"
Oh dear oh dear oh dear !" sobbed
Alice, burying her head in the pillow
" Plessy, Plessy, do say you forgive me,
or my heart will break. Plcssy dear, do
open your eyes and tell me that you will
never think Of it again. continued the ex-
cited girl
Why, that is Aice's voice" said Pies
sy, stopping a moment to listen, coming
back once more to knowledge Of her sur.
ropndngs. She told me this morning
that she hated me.
Oh, but Plessy, l didn't mean it. 1t
was only because | was wicked enough to
be disappointed about the prize. Do please
forgive me-
A heavenly smile irradiated the beauti-
ful features, as she answered family, |
DO, with all my heart. Promise me that
you will be kind to my darling mother; for
| am going away, and she will be so lone.
some. Kiss me, Alice Help the girls
who have hard work to get their lessons
Five minutes after this the gentle girl
breathed her last in her mothers arms
That lesson was hard one, and will never
be forgotten Alice can never make up to
Mrs. Sinclair the loss of her daughter, but
no child was ever kinder to parent thar
is Alice to Plessy's mother-Coagrega
! fi0nqlisf
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Vol. 6S. -3471. No. 27.

Of dust and three broken tacks snapped out
Of the northwest corner into your mouth by
the wind, you make some observations which
you neglected to mention while in the house
Then you hunt up a stick and 20 for that
carpet The first blow hides the sun, and
all the fair face Of nature behind cloud Of
dust and right in the center Of that cloud,
with the wind square in your face, no mat
ter how you stand, you WELD that cudgel
until both hands are blistered, and the milk
of human kindness curdles in your bosom.
You can whip the carpet a longer or short
er period, according to the size Of your mad
it don't make any difference to the carpet,
it is just as dusty, and fuzzy, and generally
disagreeable after you have whipped it two
hours, as It was when you commenced.
Then you bundle it up with one corner
dragging, and stumble into the house, and
have more trouble with the stove, and fail
to find any way Of using the carpet stre'cher
while you stand on the carpet, aud fail to find
any place to stand Of from the carpet, and
you get on your knees again, while your wife
holds the saucer, and with blind confidence
hands you broken tacks, crooked tacks, tacks
with no points, tacks with no heads, tacks with
no feathers, tacks with the biggest end at
the point. Finally, the carpet is down, and
the baby comes back, and the cat comes
back, and tho dog comes back, and your
wife smiles sweetly, aud says she is glad
that job is of her mind. As it is too late
to do anything else, you sit by the FIRE and
smoke, with the inner consciousness that you
are the meanest man in America The next
day you hear your wife tell a friend that
she is so tired she took up and put dowr
thet great, heavy carpet, yesterday.
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From the Utica Her
Taking IN a Carpet.


The annual ceremony Of taking up, and
whipping, and putting down carpets is al
most upon us 1t is one Of the ills which
flesh is heir to, and cannot be avoided
You 60 home some pleasant spring day, at
peace with the world, and find the baby
with a clean face, and get your favorite
pudding for dinner Then your wife tells
you how much younger you are looking,
aud says she really hopes she can turn
that walking suit she wore last fall, and
save the expense Of new suit, and then
she asks you if you can't just help her
about taking up the carpet. If you are
fool, and you generally are by that time,
you tell her of course you can, just as
well as not. Then she gets a saucer for
the tacks and stands and holds it, and you
get the claw, and get down on your knees
and begin to help her. You feel quite
economical about the three first tacks, and
take them out carefully and put them in
the saucer. Your wife is good about hold
ing the saucer, aud begules you with an
interesting story about how your neighbor's
little boy is not expected to live till morn
ing Then you come to the tack with a
crooked head, and you get the claw under
it and the head comes off and the leather
comes off and the carpet comes of, and as
il won't do to leave the tack in the floor,
because it will tear the carpet when it is
put down again, you 20 to work aud
skin your knuckle, and get sliv.
er under your thumb nail, and tell
your wife to shut up about that ever
lasting boy, aud make up your mind that
it does not make any difference about that
tack, and SO you begiu on the corner where
the carpet is doubled two or three times,
and has been nailed down with a single
nail You don't care a continental about
saving the nail because you find that il is
not a good time for the practice of econo.
my; but you do feel little hurt when
both clauses break off from the claw and
the nail does not bulge peg. Then your
manhood asserts itself, and you Use ip
your might and throw the carpet claw at
the dog, aud get hold of the carpet with
both hands, aud the air is full Of dust and
flying tacks, and there is fringe of car
pet yarn all along by the mop-board, aud
the baby cries aud the cat goes anywhere,
anywhere out Of the world, aud your wife
says you ought to be ashamed of yourself
TO talk so, - but that carpet comes up
Then you lift one side of the stove, and
your wife tries TO get the carpet from
under it, but can't because you are standing
on it. So you try new hold and just af.
ter your back breaks the carpet is clear
You are not through yet. Your wife don't
tell you any more little stories, but she gets
your old coat and hangs it on to you, and
smolhers you with that carpet, aud opens
the back door aud sboyes you out, and in-
Inmates that the carpet needs whipping
When you hang the tormentiug thing across
the clothes-line the wrong way, and get it
righted, and have ii slide of into the mud,
and hang it up again, aad get half pint
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II has been wisely remarked, that the
only real instruction is that which the pupil
draws from his own resources; that true
education is not that which transfers
opinions already formed, but that which
enables US to form good opinions ourselves
This remark applies equally to the intellect
ual aud moral powers. Labor is necessary
to the full development of our powers; and
the trials and sterner duties of life impart
to disciplined mind not only cheerful
aspect, from the fact that they are duties,
but give higher zest to seasons Of leisure
and rest. 0n this point the late Sir Robert
Peel, in an address to the students Of the
Glasgow University, thus speaks
"Do | say" says he, "that you can COM
mand success without diiiculty7 No, diff
Guilty is the condition Of success. Difficulty
is a severe instructor, set over US by the
supreme ordinance Of parental guardian
and legislator, who knows US better than we
know ourselves. lie that wrestles with US
strengthens our nerves and sharpeus our
skill"
Our antagonist is our helper. This
amicabIe conflict with difficulty obliges US to
an intimate acquaintance with our object,
aad compels us to consider il in all its re.
lations. 1t will not suffer US to be super.
fetal. Discipline, trial. endeayor, all are
parts of our education, and every faculty
and power requires these influences to o
successful development Of the whole being.
This work commences with our being. The
first lessons are given when we begin to
exist.
That energy, selfreliance, soIfhelp, and
decision of character which will enable us
to grapple with difficulties without foreign
aid, under all circumstances, cannot be too
highly estimated in training the young 1t
is sentiment Of nature, it is dictate Of
reason, it is the voice Of wisdom speaking
to us in the revelations of heaven 1t can
not be too earnestly insisted upon that in
education the process of self-development
should be encouraged to the greatest pos
sible extent. Children should be led to
make their own iuferences They should
be told as little as possible, and induced to
discover as much as possible. They should
be put in the way Of solving their own
questions. To tell child this and show
him that, is not to show it how to observe
but to make it mere recipient Of another'i
observations-a proceeding which tends tC
weaken, rather than to strengthen its poweri
Of self.instruction, which deprives the
child of the pleasure of successful activity
Making education a process of self-evo
luton, has other advantages. In the frs
place it guarantees a yividness and per
manancy OF impression, which the usual
f methods can never produce. Any knowl.
edge which the pupil has himself acquired
any problem which he has himself solved
; becomes by virtue of conquest, much more
thoroughly his than it otherwise could. Tn,
solution of yesterdays problem helps th'
pupil in mastering to-day's. Thus thc
knowledge is turned into use as soon as il
is received Let US all think of this anC
rely more fully upon our own resources.
j. L. Il.