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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03
NUMBER 80.


4 GOOD-NIGHT.
"Ill light you down the avenue
II is so dark !" she said,
And held the lamp, with one white hand
Up high above her head.
The light fell on her shining hair
And on her lily face,
And on her arm and shoulder, curved
With such surprising grace.
1t fell upon bit of vine
And lattice or her head,
Upon rosebud at her throat,
OF deep and brilliant red.
And all around was dark, save where
There shonc the lamps soft Light
A glowing picture in franc,
frame of sable night.
turned to look hundred times
"A beautiful tableau.'
called, and she laughed back " Take care
Be careful how you got"
80 Beauty mine" thought how dark
The world may ever be
However dark or cold-yet still
1t will be bright near thee!'
And then l ran back through the dark,
To kiss her once again.
For sudden joy possessed my heart,
Almost as keen rs pain.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03
THE ILLL-T1LE DIAMOND,
Leaf from n Detectives Life.


On the night of January 10, IS, the
Clifton Bank was entered by burglars,
who made good their escape with thirty
thousand dollars i'll their possession. As
soon as the robbery became known, l
repaired to the bank and sought the
President, to whom l presented my Gre
dentials, and made known my intentions
of commencing work at once. The old
gentleman readily acquiesccd, and to-
gether we passed into the main Office
where several spruce looking young men
We're scratching away as unconcernedly
as if they had not been engaged in an
animated discussion of the robbery only
a minute before. l glanced at them
sharply, but saw nothing suspicious in
their looks, and concluded it would be Il
waste of time to question them.
| examined the lock of the door Open
ing upon the street, and found it had
not been tampered with, although the
first arrival had found the door ajar. ]
next turned my attention to door open
ing upon the rear, and found it securely
locked, in which condition it had been.
so the President assured me, since the
night before.
"Who has charge of the key of this
door?' l inquired.
Mr.. N, the cashier, has one and
our ianitor the other
"Can either of these gentlemen be
summoned?"
eyes, both, if needs be. Here, War
rcn, run around to Mr.. Ms and tell
him that l wish to see him Immediate
ly."
The clerk addressed was about to obey
when a sudden thought struck me and
called him back.
You need not trouble Mr.. N:
but If the janitor can be found ask him
to step down for minute or two"
In less than two minutes the clerk re-
turned with the janitor-a broad-shonl-
dcred Irishman, whose answers to nv
questions were given in such a straight
forward manner that / at once exoncr-
ated him from all blame.
" You lock up after the clerks have
gone home, do you not?" | inquired,
looking the man in the eyes.
Yes, sometimes l does. an some
times l doesn't, was the laconic answer,
"When do you not 2"
When Mr.. N worruks late ~
nights, as has been the case putty much
O. late"
"Did you lock up last night ?"
Yis, sir, fwats more, tried every dure
afterward."
cat what time did you lock that
door? p and I pointed toward the front
entrance
Well, as near as l can recollect, half
past siven."
:" Are you sure you shot the bolt into
its socket ?''
Aye! L could swear that l locked
that dure an left it locked"
" How about the windows ? Did you
fasten them as well ?"
Y1s, livery wan ov thin"
Very good, sir. You may go now if
you like" and 1 turned to the Presi-
dent.
Now then, Mr.. j, with your per-
mission will investigate matters below
stairs"
Certainly, sir; but first let me get
my coat and hat. am troubled with
rheumatism, you observe, and have to
exercise more than usual care when de-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03
PLATED GOODS.

In Europe, the best plated goods, and
those commanding the readiest market
and the highest prices, are made by a
very simple process. An ingot of cop
per or of German silver being cast, and
the surface carefully prepared by filing
SO as to remove all blemishes, and a
piece of silver having likewise one sur
face perfectly cleaned, are tied together
by means of iron wire. A mixture of
borax and water is then drawn round
the edges with a quill. They are next
placed in common air furnace to be
heated to proper temperature, and
having small aperture in the door to
show when the temperature is reached.
During the union of the two bodies the
surface of the silver is seen to be drawn
into intimate contact with the copper or
German silver, and the moment this
takes place is the signal for removing
the bar from the furnace. The appear
ance of incipient admixture on the edges
of the silver shows how perfect the flu
sion has been, as the oozlng of the metal
is not in consequence of any cxtraneous
application of solder, etc, but entirely
the effect of the fusion of the surface OF
the two bodies. The ingot thus obtained
is then rolled into sheets of any required
thickness, and, so perfect is the union
of the two metals, that they continue in.
separable even when drawn out into the
finest wire
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

BENEFIT oFATRADE.-Give your sonsa
trade. o; c man with trade is worth
thousand without one. The hosts of
young men in every large city who ap-
ply for employment and fail to get it,
for the reason that they cannot truthful.
ly affirm that they are educated or espe-
cially fitted for any particular business,
constitute powerful argument in favor
of reform. Under the apprentice sys-
tenn, we should have fewer ignorant me-
chanics and incompetent business men.
A trade is fortune in itself.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03
VOLUME III.
THE MiRTIRED NOSE.
BY FRANK Give.

BY FRANh Olive.
There was man who had a nose,
As men frequently do
\ Romanesque protuberance,
Which oft he loudly blew.
But of the blows he gave that nose,
The very Cruclest
Was when he yaccinatcd it
Upon its soaring chest.
He was man of science,
And chimney corner lore;
OF wise misinformation
He had a plcnteous store.
Whether vaccine would work again
A fierce debate arose
To show his faith, "faith against its work,
lie tried it on his nose.
-Four days he passed all unconccrned-
He knew it wouldn't work"
But on the fifth he felt as if
He had "no6c of a Turk
The sixth, it seemed double nose,
The seventh was still swelling,
And on the eighth he lost his faith.
Likewise the power of smelling.
The ninth day tried his troubled soul,
His nose had reached crisis;
Its bridge became a bridge of sighs--
Indeed of several sizes
1t was a day OF wrath for him,
And-what made it less pleasing
That nose in irritation bursts
Into fit of sneezing!
/ lie sneeZeS Were terrific a
The throes of a volcano,
And with each sneezc the frantic man
Profanely howled soprano.
He sncczed the buttons from his vest,
lie sneezed himself bald-hcatlc,!,
He sneeZed his diaphragm to shreds,
And tell back on his head dead
They opened through the coffin lid,
hole for his proboscis,
Unable to dispose of it
BY any other process;
And those who saw it sticking out,
With one accord admitted
That noses case was pitiful--
And twas profoundly pitted.
The moral of the sermon was:
1t is a serious joke,
Into affairs of science
laundering nose to poke;
But poking science into
numbskull's nose is just
Equivalent to sending
That no se's "dust to dust"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

A WORTHY old lady offers the following
advice to girls: Whenever fellow
pops the question, don't blush and stare
at your foot. Just throw your arms
around his neck, look him full in the
face, and commence talking about the
furniture"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

LONDON proposes to accommodate it
self to late hours by giving theatrical
performances in the afternoon,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

NEW ORLEANS claims that her annual
exports of produce exceed 800, 900, 900.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

CoMMoDORE VANDERBILt and A. L.
Stewart each lack but two years of four
score. George Law is more than three
score and ten, but he attends faithfully
to his immense interests, including the
Dry Dock Bank and the Eighth Avenue
railway. Moses Taylor is nearly IS, and
is reputed to be worth $4,000, 900.
"YoU seem to walk more erect than
usual, my friend" eyes, I've been
Strengthened by circumstances,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-03

The hunting season-Leap-year.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
U. :. Circuit Court.

The regular term OF the U. s. Circuit Court
began, in this city, this morning, Judge Brad
ford on the bench.
The U. s. District Attorney entered nOlle pros
in the several prosecutions against the Collectors
of County Taxes member of the Levy Court, and
others, indicted, several months ago, for viola
tions Of the Enforcement Act
The case of A. @. Nowlaud vs. John s. Pretty
man consumed the whole of the morning ses-
sion. In this case, James Fletcher, who was
cigar manufacturer In this city, in March, 1871,
bought U. s. Stamps to the value of $257 50 OF
DR.. Prettyman the Revenue Collector. and gave
for them three checks which, upon coming to
the hank. were protested, and not paid, there
being no funds to meet them. The plaintiff !, In
this Casv, a. o. tSv"iaii1, bnOrtly atter levied
upon Fletchers property on execution by the
Sheriff, but the u s. Collector demanded that
the disowned cheeks be made good from the
proceeds of the levy, and got his money. Now
land now sues to recover it. John II. Rodney
for Plff.; u s. District Attorney Higgins, for
Deft.
The following is list of the petit jurors, all
Of whom were present:
Ntto Castle Oounty.-Abner P. Bailey, Lewis
B. Springer, John NJ. Scott Geo. Bright, Ohas.
r. Jones, A. N Keithler, Alvin Allen, John v.
Christy Samuel Silver, Reuben p. Janvier, Jason
Davis. Joseph CIeaver, Reuben Satterthwaite,
Alfred Gawthrop, John G. Boughman and Sam
ue Hanna.
Kent CounhJ-T. s. Davis, W. T. Revill, r. NJ.
johnson, H. d, Knowles and L. Jenkins.
SilsseG COunty-John p. Collins, Ell ijah Hearn
T. II. Riggan, Daniel Hearn, A. P. Ewing, Caleb
3 See, s. P. Martin, j. U. Day and W, b. Fish
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
Paid Fire Dep trtment.

THE CONVENTION OF THE FIHE COMPANIES, THIS
LvENING-LIsT OF THE DELEGATES.
A convention Of delegates, representing the
sever-l Fire Companies of the city, will be held
at the Washington Engine House. this evening,
to give expression to the opinion Of the general
feeling among firemen touching the substitu-
tion of a Paid Fire Depar tment for the system
now in vogue. We can with safety give expires
sion to the will of the ID apartment upon this
subject in advance of the assembling of the
Delegates, for they will certainly oppose the
change. We forbear further expression of opin-
ion now, but will furnish a full report OF the
proceedings tomorrow.
The following are the delegates elected
Water Witch-James ONeil, James Mcalin-
chy and Charles Thomas.
Fame Harry Feldmeier, Layton Grimes and
VIM, Blake.
washington-P. ]. Babcock, W. p. Cloud,
VIM. Hanna.
PAoenix-Edmond Patterson, Daniel Gibbs
and William Baker.
Reliance-Geo, A. Mezzick, W. j. Reilly and
p, 4. Murphy.
wecacoe-Edward Nugent, James Devlin and
VIM. Donaghy.
The Delaware Company received no official
notice OF the convention, its members say, and
they. therefore, send no delegates. The com
pany has, however, expressed its opinion in ia
Yor of Paid Fire Department through a petit
ton to Council
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
lhnncelIOr Hntes.

ACTION OF THE BAR OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, WITH
REFERENCE TO HIS REsIGNATIoN.
A large number of the members of the bar oi
New CASTLE County, assembled, yesterday after.
noon, in the Uutod States Court Room for the
purpose of taking appropriate action in relation
to the withdrawal Of Hon Daniel M. Bates from
the chancelorship Of this State.
On motion Of VIM. O. Spruance, Esq, Hon.
Thomas Il, Blyard was elected chairman, al q
Edward G. bradford, Jr., Esq, Secretary of the
meeting.
MIR Bayard in stating the object Of the meet
ing. referred in feeling and appropriate terms
to the character, the ability and the services of
the retiring chancellor and the universal regret
with which his resignation wss regarded.
On motion of Geo O. Gordon, Esq a commit
tee of five, consisting of George q. Gordon, Esq,
Charles b Lore, Esq Vim. o. Spruance, Esq,
samuel N Harrington, Esq and George Gray, Esq.
were appointed to prepare and present to a
the committee, resolutions expressive of the
sentiment Of the bar of New Castle county upon
the resignation OF the chancellor.
On motion of VIM. U Spruanee, Esq Hon.
Thomas +, Bayard was added to the above COM
mittee as tho chairman thereof.
On motion of Charles b. Lore, Esq. the Sec
retary was instructed to communicate with Ja-
cob Moore ESD, and Hon. Joseph +. Oomegys,
with the view of obtaining similar action in the
premises on the part Of the bar of Sussex and
Kent Counties
On motion of Samuel NJ Harrington ESQ the
meeting adjourned subject to the Gail of the
cOAmittee on resolutions
EDWARD G. BRADFORD JR., Secretary.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
NeIEhboriue Counties.

There are 100 church ediices in the county OF
Berks, 81 Of which are in the city Of Reading.
There is a marsh in West Nantmeal. Ches-
ter county, miles long and one-half mile wide.
Chester county has another poetess in the
person of Mrs. s. L. Oberholtzer, of Cambria
station.
COL Cooper Talley Assemblyman elect for
Delaware county, was serenaded in Media, on
Saturday.
Tho Chester county chestnut crop is small.
this year which may account for their scarcity
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Livermore lectured in West Chester,
last night, previous to which half hour con-
cert by home talent was given.
And now cavalry company is organizing in
the Whitelands. Chester county is evidently
trying to get up corner in military matters.
The boss carpenters of West Chester have
reduced the working hours from 10 to hours
per day and wages 10 per cent. on account OF
the difficulty of collecting bills
The centennial anniversary of the Grove NJ.
d. Church. in Chester county, was celebrated on
Sunday. Rev. Father Boehm 80 years old, was
present, and addressed the congregation.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
The w. & w. Extension.

COMPLETION OF ANOTHER sURvEY-A HOPEFUL VOICE
FROM ELK TOWNSHIP.
A correspondent of the West Chester Record
writing from Elk township, Chester county, in
speaking of a new survey Of the proposed Will
mington Il Western extension, says:
- mentioned that the chief engineer OF this
road, j. G. Jackson, would in short time survey
a short route running about half mile north OF
Kmbeville commencing in the surveyed line on
the west branch Of White Clay Creek and ending
in the old Kimbleville survCy at Meads DAM on
big Elk, and known as the Coon Hollow route.
That route has now been surveyed. 1t runs
about one mile nearer Kimbleville than the
Franklin route where they Cross the summit ;
the submits where crossed are said to be Just
the same height. The route runs down Big Elk
about one mile further and is three fourths of
mile longer than the Franklin route and would
gather more trade than it. 1t is said to be a
good practical route. The trade has not yet
been publicly announced but will no doubt be at
the next meeting, to be held at Franklin school
house at o'clock p. M, on Tuesday the 21st
There will no doubt be a competition between
the friends of these two routes, as which ever
route has the most money raised per mile will be
likely to get tile road. II is now thought to be
best to leave the old survey about tho Old Forge
Dam and run out by way OF Hickory Hill. This
part of the route has yet to be surveyed after
which we think il will not be long till it will be
known whether the extension will be built The
Canvass on the 0astarn end of the Franklin iVute
has been pretty thorough and mlddling success
ful, and we yet think that notwithstanding the
crisis, the road will soon be extended"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
Latest General News.
lEAkIAa = ATklNaoI

The heavy rains have caused extensiye fresh
Ann tbe Hudson, Lehigh, and Schuylkill rivers
.ad .ame damage and loss OF life are reported
The court martial Of BAzaine continues. Mar
..IIe Iebmuf, who had everything ready, when
Io Fmperor declared war, testified yesterday.
Wanna dispatch says the Emperor William
j.. mnch pleased with his visit to that city and
! gi remain until Wednesday.
rho National Convention OF Chiefs of Fire De-
] ,.rtments assembled in Baltimore yesterday,
.bont fifty delegates being present, all the prin-
4 Gps cities being represented.
n,,pp IN the rain storm and the bad condition
= ~ the track at Pmlico, the MARYLAND Jockey
Gub races have been postponed until Thursday.
P,r forty.eight hours, ending at noon on Sum
a,r there we're six fever Deaths caused by the
I'm weather, in Montgomery, Ala.
i Tia streets of Memphis were crowded with
+ -,iices Yesterday, and the sidewalks threnged
nh pedestrians. There is now more activity in
n.nen- than there has been for the past month
I'M disease ls rapidly yielding to the cold wealth
4, The noon mortuary report showed that there
S are twenty deaths from yellow fever, and six
lmm other causes.
Tho United States MarshSls in East Tennes-
IL and Western North Carolina, yesterday, ar
#s.,ed large number of counterfeiters, whom
4 M secret service detectives had been "spotting"
Ior 6ye months The East Tennessee prisoners
were taken to Knoxville last night.
The sYteenth annual meeting OF the National
. ocal Preachers Association of the Methodist
pseopa Church began at Cambridge, New
rh on Saturday. Among those present were
Bishops Simpson, James and Campbell
+ The schooner Cecilia Jeffrey. with cargo of
! lNO bushels OF wheat, went aground near
: agstOn, Ontano, on Saturday, and is total
J.
/ Tile schooner New York went ashore at 0swe-
aud began to break up yesterday. The
Horm on the lower lake has been the severest of
he season.
! Eleven hundred immigrants arrived at New
8ok yesterday.
! John Hall and Patrick Cullen of the Sixth Cal
: ny, In4rreled last Friday at Fort Aayes, Kan
i. and Cullen was killed by Hall.
Charles Howell committed suicide at Warwick,
4 on Sunday evening, by cutting his throat,
Htclniary troubles are said to have caused the
E HIme
4 Alexander Klein shot himself in New York
e.ellay morning, while returning home in
8 ate VI intoxicatiOn from a wedding party. He
! not expected to live.
: 4 fire in Topeka yesterday morning destroyed
be Commonwealth block, occupied by the Com
znweah newspaper, Kansas Evangelical Kan
Monitor, Crones book bindery, and Kamers
ut@are store. Loss about 100000.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.

Not case of necessity-A cigar case.
AN incendary only eight years old has been
arrested in San Francisco.
The barber Of the Joliet penitentiary shaved
thirty-two men in an hour and q half.
"A scientific Virginian has made himself very
unpopular by,demonstrating that kerosene oil ia
as efficacious as whiskey in curing snake-bites.
The New York Tribune bushes at the cow
ardly moderation Of the Connecticut tax oolleo-
tor who appropriated to his own use the beggar-
ly snm of $500.
Jones says he would not live all ways, as
some folks wish to do. He prefers nice, quiet
boarding house where he knows just what he
has got to depend on.
President MacMahon favors placing on the
Vendome column statute of Napoleon l.,
dressed in the legendary costume of light over
coat and small cooked hat.
Mr.. Holman Hunts great picture, "The
Shadow of Death" which has engaged the ar
tlst's attention during the past four years. three
of which were spent in Jerusalem, is finished.
1t has been suggested by the Catholics OF
America that magnificent fountain be placed
in Fairmount Park Philadelphia and the water
let on for the first time July 4, 1876, under the
auspices Of the National Total Abstinence So
niaty
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21
NInrk TwaIn,s House.

Mark Twain seems to have queer notions Of
Use building, A Hartford correspondent of
+ Springfield Uaion describes the new resi-
Aae he il having constructed for his occupancy
The style is ndescribable, being sort OF cross
tTeeen Mexican adobe hut, and Swiss cot
A5e, butt OF brick, 70 cost about $40, 900. 1t
lands not far from Governor Jewell's, ON the
NIoslte side of the street, on edge of hill.
alher close TO the street, where it commands a
pc view to the west and north, and is just the
Eti OF house to cause a stranger to stop and
\ I4uIe, Who lives in that queer-looking house?
l'uoubh the avenue runs east and west, the
Use, instead of facing the street. faces east
Y the north end ia a small building. near the
ieel' which contains the kitchen aud servants
'n', separate from the main Luilding, while
Aellately adjoining is a large dining-room,
ehteon by thirty, having but little light, 80
leh used II will be necessary to light the gas.
| lg parlor Is where the kitchen would be loca-
IL any other house, while Marks own room,
leFe most Of his time will be spent, is at the
Y of lhe house, and, In order to offset the
E an' Of hight in the dining-room, this room IL
most eallrely glass. Take it all in all, it is
4 lleereHt piece Of architecture one has over
en' Gli with one redeeming feature, that is
,el lie'paces all over the house, and good,
eAelVls,slZed ones too
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-10-21


A Swede walked into Leavenworth book
store the other day, and remarked, Got any
overalls for letters ?" He was handed a bunch
Of envelopes.
The storm interrupted telegraphio communi-
cation between New York and the East yesterday
morning, but after o'clock tue wires worked
regularly. Two unoccupied buildings in Brook
lyn were blown down.
The Atherstone county (England) court recent
ly committed Visoount Maidstone, son of the
Earl of Winchelsea, to prison for ten days, the
magistrate remarking that he could make NO
distinction of persons in that court.
Three cargoes Of flour, aggregating 48, 1850,
barrels, have lately been shipped from San Fran
cisco for Liverpool, and the Bulletin speaks OF
the movement as a novel and interesting fea-
ture of the export trade of that port.
Columbus. Ga, boasts of young man whe is
said to receive salary Of 81 200 and saves ~
100 per annum, aud has saved since. the wal
some $1,000 He boards at the free lunch
counter and sleeps on the lee side of fence.