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Communicated.
Incline Piane-.SchCOl.

Mr.. EDITOR The Incline Plane
at Bowery Furnace, the dimensions of
which l gave in the JOURNAL a short
time since, is now completed. Last
Tuesday I observed the cars as
cending and descending the incline
with great safety and mechanical ac-
curacy. This construction is work
Of great economy to the Company, and
cannot fail to give entire satisfaction
1t adds greatly to the mechanical en-
terprise of the place and reflects much
credit upon the builder, Mr.. GEORGE
WILLIAMSON, the chief engineer.
On my way from the Furnace stop
ped in the Borden Shaft School, taught
by Mr.. NJ. G. HENDRIcKsoN. | found
it warm and in every way comfortable.
The scholars were obedient and man
nerly; the walls were decorated with
maps of all the places and countries
on the globe, thus enabling the pupil
to become acquainted with the rela-
tive place of this and every other
country without approaching how the
knowledge was acquired.
was much surprised to find the pu-
pills so proficient in photography which
is generally the true test. Mr. II.
called my particular attention to their
pronunciation he placed a spelling
book in my hands, having the accent
on the proper syllable of each word ;
he then made his pupils pronounce
these words. / listened attentively
and am forced to say the accuracy OF
the pronunciation, the firm and must
cal voices and the strict order observ-
ed by each pupil while ia class, is not
only testimonial OF the teachers ca
pacity, but an accomplishment in the
children Of which the people Of the
Shaft should feel proud. N. c. R.
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the Past. the Pre-. ent and the Future,
concerning which it is related that
the ilmstrous benjamin West, then
president Of the ROYAL Academy,
said that Europe could teach the ar
list nothing Mr.. Titfanys paper
also gives pleasant sketch of olden
times in Newport. Not the least in
teresting paper in the "Aldine' is a
sketch of the late Henry Timrod of
South Carolina, one of the most ex-
quisite poets this country has produced.
Nothing can be more touching than
the story of the struggles of this pure
and gifted child Of genius since the
war, and of his early death, unreliev-
by aught save the faith and hope of
the Christian.
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CONSTAIsH.Ei's SALE!

TpY virtue of writ of teri .t;,cjas, issued
ID by J. II. Patterson, n Justice or the
Peace of the State Of Maryland in and for
Garrett County, and to me directed at the
suit Of George l.. Layman against the goods
and chattcls, lands and tcncmcnts Of james
@. Robinson, / have srized and taken in
execution all the right, title, interest, claim
and demand at law and in equity, of the said
james O. Robinson, in and to the follow
ing property to wit
All the undivided interest of the said
James G. Robinson in the Old home farm
of :he late YIN. Robinson, deceased S:tua-
ted in District No. 3, Garrett county, Ma
ryland, subject, however, to Il Mortgag"
to Elias Whitcscll; and hereby give
notice that on
MONDAY, APRIL "A, 1873,
at o'clock, p NJ, i'll front of .iliccr's II otcl
in the Town of GrantsrilIc, vii! oArr for
sale the said properly SO seized and aiken
into execution to the highest bidder for
CASH to satisfy said claim and costs.
FRANCIS Mex ENZiE,
Glantsyile, Mich 29-3, Constable.
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Postal cards have been received
with great favor in France; 1881 600
at two cents and 4,4Sl, 100 at three
cents were sold in ten days, and the
of letters has not dimin-
ished
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Where 10 Sell I.

The answer is plain-wherever you
can. All communities have not facil
tiles to supply every local want
Hence we may posse IS something OF
the kind which another does not. AS
much Therefor as it may be the duty
of the locality to patronize us, it Is
no part of the consideration we should
provide only to supply home de
mands, however extensive these may
be. The object should reach to the
compass Of all available outside pat
ronage. The arena Of competition Is
full, and the contest is mostly over
the spoils which lie in unoccupied ter
ritory. Still, while home support
should be rightly assured, a fair bust
ness permits no discrimination favor
ing foreign patronage. When con-
tracts are offered, generally the field
includes home and foreign bidders
The party desiring the work, little as
he may relish rivalry in his own line,
likes to excite it in others over his
patronage. The bids should, there
fore, by each he carefully made up,
and at uniformly low figures, SO that
speculative discrepancies may not APP
pear. A studied policy upon this ba
sis is sure to win in the end
Hence the rule to "buv at home
does not initiate against the idea of
SELLING abroad We, like others,
cannot always get what we want here
it is these ''others' we should look af-
ter-who want that with which they
cannot provide themselves, but which
we can furnish To buy cheaply is an
American instinct to this we must
at all times bow, or somebody else
will, and thus outstrip us. This in
stinct often overrides the encourage
ment of home enterprise, and rightly,
because superior Difference is shown
it in the offers of others. The rule is
pretty we'll established, whether cor
rect or not, if buying abroad best pro-
notes our individual, pecuniarv inter
ests, we buy regardless of the duty we
owe to home. In many minds a fact
like this throws the subject Of relative
duty in doubt. 1t cannot be seen
why paying more at home should fl
nally result in better personal compe-
tence, through the agency of other PEG
pies enhancement or, why paying
less abroad, under the same operation,
is not, at last, better for his neighbors
as we'll as himself.
So that if, as argued last week, it is
the obligation Of a community to sup
port home institutions, it is equally
incumbent upon these enterprises to
make it to their interest to do so. Du-
ties between citizens are always recip-
rocal. If to gain outside support re-
quires effort, to retain and confirm in
side patronage is equally deserving
We should place no premiums any
where, lest we too greatly strain the
social thread which Inits our indus
tries together.
The end of all of which is we stand
united, dependent upon each other
yet independent as mass. The build
ing-up of one is increased demand
upon the other, and so on throughout
the circuit of local business.
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THE ALDINE, an illustrated month
ly journal, giving to its readers fine
engravings and an elegant miscellany
of graceful literature, has, in its
April number, an interesting sketch
of"Malbone, the Miniature Painter,
bv Mr.. Osmond Tiffany, Of Baltimore.
Mr.. Malbone, who Is spoken Of as the
most celebrated miniature painter this
country has produced, was born in
Newport, Rhode Island, August, l III.
lie practiced his profession in various
parts of the country. His great pct
ure is considered "The Hours" a
l,rge-sized miniature on ivory, repre-
senting three beautiful female figures
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ten times as much as they paid per
acre for the same. As the anthracite
coal lands increase in price and the
coal diminishes in quantity, the grea-
ter will be the value of bituminous
coal lands of our own and the other
States where the soft coal is located.
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Gents Furnishing Goods of
tEsc latest styles,
BROADWAY, FROSTBURG, MD,
And No 90 Bedford Street, opposite Market
House, Cumberland Md,
IL ANING received fine and well Sc
1 lcctcd stock of CLOTHS, CASSl-
MERES and NESTINGo for Fall and
Winter styles,
We are prepared to furnish our custom
crs and the public generally with the best
and cheapest suits. Satisfaction guaran-
tecd Call and see us. Octt2-6m.
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with illustrations.
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Other Premiums.

Michael Collins, Pennsylvania Steel
Works, Dauphin county, Pa, drcwa
Blccs Sewing Machine, worth $50
Henry Dienbour, Cleveland, Ohio, drew
a Sewing Machine, worth $50
John r. Nolen. Troy. N. Y, drew
Sewing Machine, worth 500
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Wells & Cos Steel Works, Pitts
burg, drew an ANN Silver Watch, $40
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drew an ANN Silver Watch, worth $40
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Works, drew ANN Silver Watch, $40
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Es. G.. EsAgFH..

MANUFACTURER of Steam En-
VI gi.Ecs. Portable and Stationary;
Mining and Railroad Cars; al kinds of
Mill Work and Gearing; Wrought and Cast
Iron Fencing, &c, &c
IS STOVE BACKS, CRATES and
CASTINGS of all descriptions. mch Icy
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THE ANTHRACITE Coal FIELLs.-
1t is known that the basins contain
ing the Anthracite or hard coal are in
Pennsylvania and confined to COM
paratively small territory. During
the last fiscal year over seventeen mil
lion tons We're mined and sent to mar
ket, and it is estimated that during the
present year more than twenty million
tons will be mined and consumed
AT this rate of consumption the an
thracite coal must be rapidly decreas-
ing, and in the same ratio the value of
the coal lands must be increasing
1t is estimated that the large tracts of
coal lands recently purchased by the
several Pennsylvania railroad compan-
les will in few years be worth five to
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PROPOSALS Invited

L.
OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF
AII.E@AHY CoUNTY,
CUMBERLAND, Nip. MARCH q, 1873
G,EALED Proposals will be received at
: this Office until Til URSDAI, the 10th
APRIL next. al II O'Clock noon for the
purchase of all Or any part of twenty-five
thousand dollars of Allcgany County Bonds.
The said Bonds are authorized by the Act
of 1872, chapter 50, have from two to fifteen
years to run; bear 6 per cent interest, ami
are exempt from State, County and Munic-
ipal taxation. Payment to be made by a
deposit of ten per cent Oh the acceptance OF
the bid, and the balance in monthly install
mcnts until the Is: day of next November
if preferred by the purchaser.
The Commissioners reserve The right to
reject any and all bids they may deem not
to the interest of the county.
A. G. GREENE,
GEO. REUSCHLEIN,
WIN r. BEAIL,
Building Committee.
d. ARMSTRONG, Clerk March 29e-ot
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EsAE&E;S! FsAH4EIS!
A SUPERIOR LOT OF
SAMUEL. .yFIE'FgeEES.

BROADWAY, FROSTBURG, MD,
nEALER in all kinds of Family Gro
L ccrics, Boots and Shoes. Hardware,
Tinwarc, Quccnswarc, Canned Fruits, To-
baccos, and Cigars. Also, sole Agent in
this town for the celebrated BRILLIANT
COOKING STOVES, conceded to be the
very best Cooking Stove now in the market.
Mar30 "
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-27

rn thc Editnr nf Thp Dullus Herald

TO the Editor Of The Dallas Herald:
In your issue of the 23d inst, | notice
two letters signed ''Civis" and g" -" in
regard to the city of Dallas and its
future.
Has not every reader been surprised
to see so much difference of opinion in
so small II space MS a column of news
paper? Both of these correspondents
have and can give good and sufficient
reasons for their convictions on inn
provements. 1t would crafty me, Mr..
Editor, il you would tell me why no
two men, for the last four years, can
agree upon n subject of so much I'M
portance as the improvement, pros
perity and the building up of large
city, such MS Dallas is probably dcs-
tined to be. Your correspondent ". :"
says this city has provided for the pay
mcnt of the floating debt, the bonds of
the Pacific, the Improvement of the
main streets, and ought to have said
for the balance due the Central road,
and doubtless would have said so if he
had thought of it, What are these
debts? The Pacific is 100000, the
balance due the Central Road is, per-
haps, 10000, and much Of the right of
way of both roads unpnid for. As for
the floating debt, no man in or out of
the City Council can tell what it is.
Some say $4,000, but it will reach
nearer $50, 900, and much of which has
been drawing two and half per cent
per montl, interest for twelve. months
Our presen. taxation isup to the extent
allowed by the charter, and is consid-
cred onerous by n large humber of the
taxpayers.
consider the Mayor and Council
the guardians of the large family, the
city Of Dallas. Now, in what condi-
ton Is o family the, most happy and
contented? / consider those who are
out Of debt and have the comforts Of
home arounu them the most happy
and contented. Can the father Of 9
family have any pleasure or comfor
In constantly lodging a sheriff with ,
!, warrant to seize his property, by hit
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misfortune IN having gone largely IN
debt, and when the eXeciuu Of the
warrant would reduce his family TO
want and distress? No, alli " Is Ger,
l0inly the true and snic policy lohVold
all debts, II possible, both ~ lamily
circles and chartered companies,
oar present taNatlOli Brntlal una
special, viii not reach our current OK
pensos, II large amount Of when lllusl
bc sol aside ~ u sinking fund ana To
pay seml-lnnual Interest on say ,lhll!y
or forty thousand dollars IN bonds
Then how Is the city to pay the bul-
unce due? Pass another funding ordi-
nance aud Issue bonds? or course,
this N the ont wayne can pay IT, IN
u short time II debt will he upon ls
which Will require nlI our taxes to pro,
vide sinking fund aud seml-anllllnl
Interest, Then how are We ~ curry
on the city government? Is there Il
man in Dallas who, for the honors,
viii take the Mayors office? Are
there ten men who will Ill the seats
Of Aldermen for the glory, pleasure
and unparalleled happiness OF the
places? Are there men enough who, for
the pleasure Of their position IN ms
city, will take the places OF the Mar
shnl and police force, who, often III
the discharge Of their duties, leopard
he their lives? answer no, to all
these questions.
Is It settled that Dallas Is to be II
city Of 10000 inhabitants? say not
but with proper Efforts on the part OF
who? not the City Government
alone, but conceive that every inter-
csted man in the city, aud especially
the commercial portion should be nc
tive, Now you an your clerks can
scarcely accommodate the public,
This gives the merchant pleasure ut
night IN counting over the cash Of the
day and pleasant dreams Of prosperity.
This Is all well enough and | feel
proud Of the fact, that we have such II
lively trade aud the active improve.
monts. But let US look to the early
future. The trains on the Pacific, ere
long will stop only long enough to
drop the cars for Dallas. The trade
then TO support us will he that of II
few counties around us and much Of
the land of which Is yet wild. What
we want is II concert Of action-imme-
diatc action in the establishment Of
manufactures. We want farming
utensils, lanncries, founderics, mills,
grain elevators, machinery for produ.
cling oil from the cotton seed to be
thrown away this fall, etc.
But enough Of this. | am ready to
say exemption from all taxation for
five years to secure all these things.
What is the commercial interest will
ling to do? -
AN ALDERMAN.
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yhe Futurc of Dallas.

To tile Eaitos Of The Dallas Herald;
Texas has not escaped one aiiliction
that has been q burden from the ear
liestl dawn of creation to the present
time, and that is the disposition to
put the coon in one end of the bag
and rock In the other. Some men
nre, constitutionally opposed to alter
iny the existing state of things. They
orv .spo sIow.n two are doing well
ono,,oh y "keen out of debtn Mr.
EJitnr ,his clas, of men are generally
honos, naonlo ubo mcon nj, tho yood
=, H. ,vorld M ana will d.ny tbo
:. , "" ~ .,'a,,. 1 ,'n.,ta,,,ms d.,
s,"'e", - e W.. ny s .,'s 1t,
.nnssgii.n' 'o,,u''a . .na' 49, 49,"
'iohs are urawh 'rop' eApe''saces "
other 'lmes' wheh leAas u'p po' i'a's
a railroad wi'hin hcr oor"ers' anu
nothing but hard money was va'ue
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COLONEL HUBBtRD's APPOINT.
MENTk.

TYLER, September 20, 1873
Iwill address the people Of Texas, upon
the political issues of the day, at tho io'low'
ipg times and places ,a 10 ,,a
Dallas, Saturday, 0eloberi' nrttn
McKinppy, Tuesday, Detober1nf uj .r
sherman, "Wednesday, October s. ~
Dopham, Fridayr October TO- l,;pto, ti
Paris, Monday, Oitpber ". 10 ,i3r -.
sulphur Springs, "Wednesday, oetoberl 10.
,GyeenpIlle, Friday, OctQbor.T, ss w
Tcrrell's Station, Monday, October Co. at
90 u flS sRiCiIAItD ID. HUBBARD.
y, S.-0ihcr appointments VIII be nm
nounced befere,the above are concluded,
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ApPOINrM ENTs.

IwilLi.ddrss tho people Of Texas upon '''
pollticnl ISSUES of tho day NJ the Ipii"w'nH
times and, plncos:o iitAtH Nl"'i t'r'
Naa.,harliie, Monday,SeplelnDerD' '
Mexln, Wednesday, odto'erl6
Co,sicana, Friday, October D. in ttu'i
Dallas, sainrdaynlghI, oGoberi' ''+ii
Mckinney, Tuesday, October a. ""
sherman, "Wednesday, OcloborS. be- 3
Bonhnnl, Friday, October TO- stHul r' b.
Paris, Monday, Dctolcrla. 49, no '
GAINESVILLE. Wednesday, October 10
Otl,cr appoin tnicnts will be announced hes
fore tbeabove are concluded. 'ntn
ns s,iay t4HaG RICHARD COKE
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DlNSNOCRATIo STATE TICKET.

Remember the Primary Meeting OF
the Democratic Party, 10 be Held ~
each .Eloctlon Precinct, on the iith Of
October Next.
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BELLS.

'Tbe largest bell in Tie world ~ IN
Moscow--the city Of bells. 1t was cast
by order Of the Empress Anne, III 1863,
is twenty-one feet and four and half
inehesjn height, twenty-five feet ami
five and Il half inches In diameter
where the clappcr strikes, and is
believed toweigh from three hundred
and sixty TO four hundred and
forty-four thousand pounds. Histo-
rians are In doubt whether this giant
among bells was ever hung. Dr. Clark
who saw It about the year 1901 says IN
his 'sTravels"s that 'the Russians
might rs well have attempted to sus-
pend II lihe OF battleships, with all its
stores and guns.n Bayard Taylor,
on the Other land, maintains TINT at
was both hung and rung, it being
struck by the clapper," Ms Korb says
in his diary, fifty men pulling on It,
One-halfupOn each side.n In 1897 tho
Car Nicholas caused II to be disin-
tered from It's bed of sand, where il Is
supposed 1t was lodged during the cor-
Migration of 1857, and placed it on the
granitepedestals where Il now rests. 1t
was then c0nsecrtted MS II chapel, the
entraneet0the il terror being through
a large fracture near the mouth, the
cause of which is also subject of con-
troverY. II is recorded that ut the
casting oft6is bell, hobfes were pres
ent from all parts OF Europe, who We'd
with each other in the value of the
gold and silver plates, jewelry and
other vot1ve offerings which they east
into the furnace. IL is doubtless owing
to this practice, which prevailed In
oljen es,tlpt the EXISTING notion b
derived, that ancient bells are of better
material than the modern ones, on nc
count of the. silver in their compost
ton. In Moscow alone there are over
five thousand bells, and when they
unite Hi,on festive occasions in One
mighty chime, the effect, especially ut
u distance, is majestieally grand.
There Is now suspended in the tower
of st. Joan, at Moscow, bell which
weighs one hundred and forty-four
thousand pounds, and the diameter of
which Is thirteen feet. Il is said that
when 1t sounds, which is but once q
year, q deep holloy ,murmur vibrates
all over Moscow, like The fullest notes
ola vast organ or the rolling of dis
tant thunder.
.IiplAlpf ApnP Dune Cathedral,
at Paris, cast In 1850, weighs thirty
thousand pounds; that, of st. Peters,
at Rome, weighs seventeen thousand
pounds; that Of Notre Dame Cathedral,
MontreMAthe largest iii AmcricaZ
twenty-nine Thousand pounds; and
that of the Parliament House, in Lon.
DON thirty thousand pounds. When
II hfflAAeambtfed that the largest bell
heart NJ our American. cfics r,.rcly
weigh more than three or four thou.
sand fodhds, some 'iiiea may be had
of the volume Of tone which belong.
to the monstef bells above described.
Thstainese hayealso produced bell.
Of colossal she, enc sfwhitlb II pekin
weighs twelve thousand pounds, but
the tone of their bells Is descordant
and papny, like that Of their gongs.-s
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ThetAinese haye-also produced bells
Of colossal she, enc sfwhi6l5 n pekin,
weighs twelve thousand pounds, but
the tone of their bells Is descendant
and papny, Ike that Of their gongs.-s
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-03-13
II. j. IIIILs, OH1it IHHH.
CHAs. w. HILL, Sec'y.

The board of education of Wichita respect
fully present to the voters Of this district the
following:
There is an enrolled attendance ut our pub
lie schools Of 3l3 scholars of all ages and grades.
under the tuition Of four teachers, IN three
rooms, averaging over 100 to each, whilst the
maximum approved by the practical expert
ence OF our efficient public school system u
but forty pupils to the teacher.
Actuated by these truths, and the immedi-
ate necessity for increased school facilities, we
ask Of you school bonded appropriation OF
q. 900 with which to alter, add to, and finish
an additional wing to the present building,
making a capacity of six rooms, enabling
more thorough and efficient grading OF classes
under the immediate direction Of the superin-
tendent, hoping by this concentration OF ee,
ments to elevate the standard OF our school
and secure to it the best practical results at
tainable to our present limited resources mold
ing az secondary to the interests or our guar
dianship every speculative consideration):
This proposition is submitted In the full be-
lief that it will meet the hearty and prompt
cooperation of the wel[wishing and intelll-
gent people of Wichita.
It has been objected ''that the grounds on
which the present building stands are too
small" A committee of the board appointed
to secure their increase are happy to report
the generous donation for school purposes. by
the Hon. Jas. X. Mead. of 100 feet adjoining
and making now the ample ground OF 200 feet
front by 40 feet deep.
By order of the board.
A. EMERSON, Clerk.