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OFFICE HOUSE OF REPRRsRNTArrvEs,)
WAsHINeroN, d. c., May Ii, 1873.

Dear Sir: have your note of the 9Th, respect.
ing the credentials to the 43d Congress. A
month ago advised Mr.. Sheldon, who inquir
yourself would be placed on the pay rolls for
the SIS, and that the question as to the right
Of either to be placed upon the roll to he called
at the meeting Of Congress would be determined
at that time. Very Respectfully,
EDWARD McPHRRsoN.
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SOCIETY CHAr.-Among the washingtonians
in Newport are Miss Beckwith, Miss Jennie
Lowry, DR.. Harry Lindsay, Thomas L. Wise,
General f. W. Rice and representatives of the
French, italian and Prussian legations.
Mrs. Admiral Rodgers and Mrs. j. V. Niles are
at Narragansett Pier. ...,Mr Frank Barnum
and sisters have taken cottage at Cape Nav.
Mrs. Franklin Steele and daughters will
leave shortly for Europe. ''.-General and
Mrs. Chapman were in Vienna the latter part
of june. .'..COionel Mack and family will
spend the summer at Squan Beach, n. j. -.
Rev. Father Keane, of st. Patrick's church,
leaves for Europe on the 18th inst. The
family of Surgeon General Barnes are at Long
Branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-14

ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS is suffering
with the cafarrh
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PRESIDENT GRANT Is not expected to return
to Washington this week.
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SUMNER RESORTS.

RCSH HOUSE, BELLEFONTE, PA.-This
H nrst-class summ.r resort among the :. Y
mountains no- open. For partieu ars ~ y
address IksI ~
JyH-lm- W. II. WILKINSON n Ce
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PERsoNAL-Donn Piatt must have been pretty
sea-sick on his voyage out. ....Gen. Francis
A. Walker, head of the Census bureau and
professor in the Yale scientific school, was
chosen vice president Of the Amhurst Alumni
association at the recent commencement. 80.
Senator Antbony's portrait, done in crayon by
Mi. Thorp, of this city, at the expense of the
officers and clerks of the Senate, who took the
necessary action in May last, has just been pre-
sented by them to the Redwood library, Of
Newport, K. L. Rear Admiral Jas. Alden,
late In command of the European station, ar
rived in this city on Saturday, and is the guest
of Commander VIM. Reynolds, chief Of the
bureau Of equipment and repair. ....Mr. A.
Schucking has been appointed Consular Agent
of the German Empire at Washington.
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SELLEIG OFF!

SELLING OFF! SELLING OFF!
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A sTATEMBNT having been circulated through
the country to the effect that Hon. 8. H. Syph-
er's name had been placed officially upon the
rolls OF the 43d Congress as representative from
Louisiana, his contestant, Mr.. Lawrence, pub
fishes the following In contradiction Of the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
WHO Is 4 GENTLENAN2

An exchange copies the following cor
rect and comprehensive answer to the
above question, and urges every child
as well as grown person to commit it to
memory, to be recited as often as prac-
ticable:
A gentleman is not merely a person
acquainted with certain forms and Ell
quette of life, easy and self-possessed in
society, able to speak and act and move
in the world without awkwardness. and
free from habits which are vulgar and in
bad taste A gentleman is something
beyond this that which lies at the root
of all his pleasing is the same spirit
which lies at the root of every Christian
virtue. 1t is the thoughtful desire of
doing in every instance to others as he
would that others should do unto him.
He is constantly thinking, not indeed
how he may give pleasure to others for
the mere sense of pleasing, but how he
can show respect to others-how he may
avoid hurting their feelings. When he
is in society, he scrupulously ascertains
the position and relations of every one
with whom he comes in contact, that he
may give to each his due honor, his
proper position. He studies how he
may avoid touching in conversation upon
any subject which may needlessly hurt
their feelings-how he may abstain from
any illusions which may call up dis
agreeable or offensive association. A
gentleman never alludes to, never even
appears conscious of, any persons de-
feet, bodily deformity, inferiority of tai.
ent, of rank, of reputation in the person
in whose society he is placed. Henevel
assumes any superiority to himself
never ridicules, never sneers, never
boasts, never makes display of his OWL
power, or rank, or advantages-such as
is implied in ridicule, or sarcasm, OF
abuse-as he never INDUCES in habits,
or tricks, or inclinations which may be
offensive to others.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08

A sea captain just arrived at this port
ter dog, to whom he accredits one of the
most remarkable exploits in canine intel
igence. The dog was the property OF
the first mate, and was early noted for
extraordinary sagacity. When the sail
ors took hold of the main brace to haul
it in, the dog Immediately seized the end
and ran the length of the deck with it,
as if "lending hand to get the Off
GERS order executed. A planter took a
fancy to the dog, and prevailed on the
first mate to present the animal to him.
He carried it along with him GOO miles
up the Mississippi river, and endeavored
to show the setter every kindness. But
one night the dog escaped, and, running
along the river bank, leaped aboard a
boat and was towed back to New Orleans.
But the ship had sailed, and schooner
captain, into whose hands the setter fell,
took it with him to New York. The ship
from which the dog was taken was lying
on the other side of the river, and here
is where the marvel comes in. The dog,
while looking over the side of the vessel
one afternoon, seemed to take special
office of the ship on the other side.
After few moments it leaped overheard,
swan to its old home, and was taken
aboard by the delighted sailors. The
mate was SO rejoiced to have his dog
again that he declared that no half n
dozen Southern planters could induce
him to part with it. The setter, whose
wonderful instinct had brought it back
to its old master, is now more than ever
the pet of the crew.-Sdn Francisco
Bulletin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08

BEN WADE is said to be the jolliest
man in Ohio.
A. L. STEWARDS new residence cost a
million and half.
The President often gets anonymous
threats of assassination.
JOHN TAYLOR, late champion pigeon
shooter of America, is dead.
SENATOR BoaY pronorlnces it Bo-zhee,
with the accent on the first syllable.
2. d. RoDDY, who commanded brig
ade of rebel cavalry during the war, is a
banker in New York.
president GRANT is growing fleshy.
GA plague upon this care it puffs a
man up like bladder"
Mr.. BoozER, of Lambertville, N. j.,
made Christmas presents to 1880 chill
dren. They weren't all his.
Miss KELLOGG will write her autobi-
ography, giving, without varnish, the in
side history of "stage life.
THEY don't make any shapclier arms
since the war than those of Clara Louise
Kellogg-and Clara knows it.
SECRETARY JAMES, while acting as
Governor of Nebraska, pardoned every
third man under sentence, to the number
of 81.
THE original Rothschild was n pack
peddler, who travelled on foot and re-
tailed chewing gum and hair-pins to the
people OF his time.
BARNUM has more pluck than money,
but as long as he con get time on a few
elephants and lions, and the gorilla is
willing to wait till the end of the month
for his salary, the great Snowman is all
right.
HORACE GREELEY bought the original
white coat of an Irish emigrant. " He
wanted money, and wanted a coat, said
Horace, $50 l bought it of him for $50,
and it was the best coat | ever had.
They do work well in the old countries;
not in such hurry as we do"
SAYS the Boston Adrcrtiscr: The
last appearance of the late Edwin For
rest on the stage was at the Globe Thea
ter and on the platform of the fremont
Temple. 1t is a strange coincidence
that the last words uttered by him ON
the stage were: "And SO it ends" in
''R ichelieu," and the last words read by
him in public WERE: "The test is 81
lence, with which he concluded his read
ing of Hamlet"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08

MILLIONS ON THE STRIKE In spite of
the enormous amount of capital invested
i'll the promotion of Intemperance, the
Missionaries Of Sobriety have no reason
to be disheartened. The strike against
alcoholic drinks is not confined to the
ordinary liquors of commerce. 1t is ex-
tending to all medicines of which ardent
spirits form a component part. The
belief that stimulants of this nature are
si0W poisOns gains ground everywhere.
Eminent Psychologists preach the doc
trine, and the dissecting knife and the
microscope afford post mOrten evidence
of its truth. Fortunately at the very
time when our distinguished surgeons
were making the experiments which led
to this conclusion, sagacious member
of the profession, DIR. Joseph Walker, of
California, was perfecting vegetable
tonic, possessing all the restorative prop
critics claimed for the spirituous astrin-
gents, and free from their deadly sting.
To those demoralizing, health destroying
potions his famous VINEGAR BTTTERs
seem to be giving the coup dc grace.
The demand for them declines, while the
commercial and sanitary success of the
new medicine is complete. And we hear
daily of cases of dyspepsia, biliousness,
malarious fever, rheumatism, constipa-
ton, general and local debility, govt,
kidney disease, ETC., etc, that have sue
cumbed to the great restorative after
resisting all others. II Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
Cutting Ice for Cattle.

On many farms cattle, during the
winter, are supplied with water by cut
ting holes in the ice of ponds or creeks,
which is a vary convenient method, but
attended with more or less danger if eau
ton is not exercised After continued
cold for a week or two, water is apt to
reccde beneath the ice from the banks,
and the whole surface becomes conceived,
endangering the lives of the animals that
may venture upon it to drink.
A creature that has once slipped upon
the ice is extremely cautious thereafter,
and will not make another venture I'M
less driven to it by thirst Farmers
should take the precaution to avert dan
ger by giving the ice coating of ashes
or sawdust. Because an animal does not
choose to go upon the ice to drink is no
sign that such an animal is not thirsty
often they suffer through fear, as before
stated, and cannot thrive under such cir
cllmstances.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
SUNSHINE AND SLEEP.

Sleepless people-and there are many
i'll America-should court the sun. The
very worst soporifc is laudanum, and
the very best, sunshine. Therefore it is
very plain that poor sleepers should pass
as many hours as possible in sunshine,
and as few as possible in the shade.
Many women are martyrs, and yet they
do not know it. They shut the sun
shine out of their houses and out of
their hearts, they wear walls, they carry
parasols, they do all possible to keep of
the subtlcst and yet most potent infu-
cnce which is intended to give them
strength and beauty and cheerfulness.
Is it not time to change all this, and SO
get color and roses in your pale cheeks,
strength i'll our weak backs, and courage
in our timid souls? The women of
America are pale and delicate; they
may be bloomy and strong, and the sun
light will be potent aid in this trans
formation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
FIGHT WITH 4 PANTHER.

The Auburn adrcrtiser tells North
Woods story which is little ahead of
even the thrilling incidents concocted in
the fervid brain of the dime novel writer.
Dave Mosher is n well-known guide and
trapper i'll the primitive wilds north of
Sacandaga lake, and the Black Cat val
ley, favorite resort of rock marten, is
one of his favorite stamping grounds.
The other morning as Dave was going
the rounds of his traps he met with the
adventure referred to, and though his
bravery is unquestioned, it is certainly
believed that he will give wide berth
to the next panther he meets in the
woods. While leisurcly examining a
trap, he observed terrible commotion
under white birch tree beyond him.
On going forward to see what was the
matter, n long, gaunt, tawny-colored,
tierce-looking animal sprang upon n
lower limb of the birch and bid defiance
with glaring eyes. 1t was driven to des-
peration by hunger. Dave raised the
old rifle and fired, and in one-fourth of
a minute all the clothes upon him would
not have made bib for a china doll.
He directly found himself beside log,
partly scalped, with his lower limbs
looking as though theyhad been througha
thrashing machine, while at the same
moment, with a spit and scream, a
panther disappeared up the mountain
side. Dave crawled home, as may be
supposed, in very dilapidated condi-
ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
WOMEN WORKERS.

The new census of the United States
shows that, to a greater or less extent,
women have managed to creep into all
kinds of employment. There are in the
United States "a women dentists, 81 fe-
male clergymen, 525 female physicians
and surgeons, 33 women gunsmiths, G
female BARRIERS, 2 female hostlers, 19G
female draymen, 7 female sections, 10
canal-women, 4 female gas-stokers, fe-
male gunpowder-makers, As female stock
herders, = female professional hunters
and trappers, and, strangest of all, 1G
female ship-riggers and l female pilot.
Who says that the women are not COM
ing to the front? BY the time that the
next census is taken we shall probably
have some female Judges, and, perhaps,
Senator or two.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
CA rs.

Josh Billings remarks: A kat is sed to
have nine lives, but believe that they
don't have but one square deth. 1t is
almost impossible to tell when a kat is
ded without the aid NV kuraner's jury
l have only one way myself to judge NV
ded kat. If kat is killed in the fall
Nv the year, and thrown over a stun wall
into yure naber's yard, and lays there all
winter under a sno bank and don't thaw
out in the spring, and keeps quiet durin'
the summer mrnths, and amt missin'
when winter sets in agin, 1 have alwus
sed "that kat was ded, or was playin'
the thing dreadful fine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
WHAT A BIRD DID.

In the museum of Brown University
at Providence, r. l., is a curiosity in the
shape of birds nest. Aside from its
ingenious construction as swinging nest,
partly suspended by strings and cords,
carefully woven into the nest and around
the slender branch which holds it, an
other evidence of the builders sagacity
is given. AS the young birds grew and
the nest became daily heavier, the
mother bird saw that the slender twig,
about the thickness of pipe-stem, to
which it was attached, could not support
itmuch longer, SO she made it secure by
fastening a stout cord about it, and
passing the end around stout limb
above, which steadied it and made it
safe. The cord is wound several times
about the limb and the end tucked I'M
der, to prevent it's unwinding.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
Smut I'm Wheat.

Many people are afraid of sowing
wheat because they think that it is an
uncertain crop, liable to be destroyed by
smut or rust. | have grown wheat for
many years, and though I have some
times suffered from rust until l hit upon
changing my seed every year, l have
never had particle of smut, and no one
need have any if he will only take the
necessary precautions. 1 always soak
my seed in strong brine, not blue-stone
water, which believe is good, too but
l prefer the brine because know it to be
good. I put the seed in big barrel or
hogshead, half full of the strongest brine
l can make, and stir it with stick I'M
til every grain becomes saturated.
then skim off all the light grain and
foreign seeds which float upon the sur
face, leaving nothing but the heavy, sound
wheat / then pour off the brine and
put it in a barrel fixed on legs like a I've
barrel, with holes in the bottom, covered
with a net, which will keep in the wheat
and allow the water to run out. I then
pour into the barrel sufficient quantity
of thin whitewash Qime and water),
which runs throughout and gives every
kernel a coating of the whitewash. After
this is done I spread out the seed to dry,
and then it is ready for the sower. Since
I have done this l have never had smut
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
PrOstratiOn Practicc.

Luckily for the sick, the idea that it is necessary
10 reduce their bodily strength in order to cure
them, is fast dying out. Modern science rccog-
nzes the fact that disease is of itself more than
sufficiently depressing to body and mind, and doe
not need to be assisted in it's inroads upon the
vital energy of the system by violent purgation
and other facilitating mixtures. Prostitution is
still cling to it few and far between that they
cannot like their predeces sors of the same fatal
school who fourished half century ago, I'LL the
graveyard with their victims. The introduction
of Hostetter's Stomach Btters in 1852 the
heaviest blow that the old practice of depletion
had ever received and from that time to the pres
cnt, as the celebrity Of the great vegetable nvig
GRANT has increased, the purging, blstcring,
bleeding, water-grucl practice has declined. The
effect of this famous preventive and remedy is to
strengthen, build up regulate and tranquilize, not
to weaken, break down and violently disturb the
system. 1t is a tonic, Alternative and nervine, with
pure stimulant as its propclling and distributing
agent This stimulant diffuses the curative and
life tanning elements of the medicine through
the whole organization, and brings them into con-
Of indigestion onstipation, bilious mplaints,
nervousness, langnor, debility, low spirits mala-
rtous disorders, &c, are complete and thorough,
and as protection against the ailments caused or
aggravated by cold and damp it has equal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
TIE "BLEEDING FAMILY"

A singular story is told bya Milbridge
(NIaine) physician of Rufus Mitchell,
aged 30, who recently bled to death from
a slight cut "He was one of those I'M
fortunate men who bleed from the small
est scratch of the skin, and many times
he has lain and bled till it seemed that
the blood had all run out, and then he
would gradually recover. This time the
cut was quite large, and he lived but a
few hours. There is something remark
able about this family, who are here
termed as belonging to the bleeding
family. None but the males bleed, and
they are the sons of the females of the
same family. For instance, this mai
has left children none of them will
bleed, but if the girls should have boys
in their families, they will be of the
bleeding kind, but the boys are them
selves free and their families will be the
same. 1 cannot explain this. have
practiced in the family for more than
twenty years. During this time num-
Der of them have died from this cause,
and others have bled often dangerously.
They seem to be as careless about edge
tools as though they were like other
people,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
POSTAGE STA MPS-HOW PREPARED.

POSTAGE TAMFS-HOIF PREPARED
AS soon as they emerge from the by
draulic press, postage stamps are
gummed. The paste is made from clear
starch, or rather it's dextrine, which is
acted upon chemically and then boiled
forming clear, smooth, slightly sweet
mixture. Each sheet of stamps is taken
separately, placed upon a flat board, and
its edges covered with light metal
frame. Then the paste is smeared on
with large whitewash brush, and the
sheet is laid between two wire racks and
placed on pile with others to dry.
Great care is taken in the manufacture
of this paste, which is perfectly harm
less. This gratifying fact has been con-
clusively proved by an analysis recently
made by an eminent chemist. After the
cumming, another pressing in the ny
draulic press follows. Then another
counting-in fact, stamps are counted
no less than thirteen times during the
processes of manufacture The sheets
are then cut i'll half, each portion con-
tanning one hundred stamps, this being
done by girls with ordinary hand shears.
Next follows the perforation, which is
performed by machinery. The perfora-
tions are first made in perpendicular
line, and afterward in horizontal line.
Another pressing follows-this time to
get rid of the raised edges on the back
of the stamps made by the dies, and
this ends the manufacture. A separate
apartment is devoted to the packing and
sending off the stamps to the different
postoflices. 1t will be seen by this ac-
count that any absurd rumors concern
ing the poisonous or unclean properties
of postage stamps are utterly without
foundation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.

The following items are gathered from
the report of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior: The Union Pacific railroad cost
$l14, 23S, 1857, and the company owes
$75, 1874, 5l2, of which s27, 246, SO is due
to the General Government. The total
earnings of the company for the year
ending June 30, 1872, were 81, 962, 40. rs.
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
earned $9,373, 1858 during the year
ending June 30, 1872, and owes $50, 900,
1927. The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company has constructed its road to the
Missouri river. The expenses of the
road have been $11, 4S1 ,467.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
ICE PERILS ON THE MISSISSIPPI


James A. Smith, ice dealer, and his
son, Stephen, were cutting ice near one
one of the bridge piers when the ice
gorge started. They each seized a plank
and started for the shore, but, before
reaching it, the elder Smith thought he
would be safer on platform they had
been using in their ice cutting opera
tons, and returned to it. The son got
safely ashore, but the father was carried
down the gorge and was in imminent
peril of being crushed by the ice. His
son followed down the levce with friend,
and when opposite the docks, nearly two
miles from their starting point, they
founda skitf, which they pushed ont over
the ice, and after n severe and danger
Gus struggle, reached Smith at the head
of Arsenal Island, rescued him from his
perilous position, and brought him on
shore. Five minutes after he was res
cued the platform ON which he had been
was dashed to pieces.-.St. Louis pa
1)pT'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-02-08
MAMMOTH SEA WEED.

While Prof. Agassiz was on his scien-
tific expedition to South America this
season, he found among other curiosities
near Patagonia, gigantic sea weed, the
largest known, in fact the longest growth
made in the vegetable world. This alga
grows along the coast in from 6 to 20
fathoms of water in vast beds, and SO
compact that mariners avoid them for
fear of an inextricable ENHANCEMENT.
The stems are of immense growth, some
of them reaching the enormous length
of one thousand feet. The Hassler
passed patches of the alga in open water.
and the party saw large sea lions lying
upon the weeds, which were navigating
on the surface.