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Bathing in Cold Water.

We do not know who is the author of
the following, but it seems to have been
written by some one who processes to
know what he is talking about, and it
accords, to large extent, with our own
experience Nothing is more common
than custom of many persons to have
a cold water bath Immediately on leav-
ing their beds as daily habit. Deli
cately organized ladies not unfrequently
have established the same course, CON
sidering it conducive to the health
There is an impression that it invig-
crates the individual, hardens the mus
cles, and strengthens the constitution.
The sudden abstraction of caloric or
vital warmth in that way has not only
injured but destroyed more than ever
were benefited thereby. A reaction, as
it is called-a glow of warmth that sud
denly follows a direct draft upon the
system to meet sudden loss of vitality
is by no means beneficial, as theoreti-
cally imagined. A tepid bath makes no
such injurious demands, and therefore
is not I'M urious nor perilous to those of
a frail structure.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

APPLY THE REMEpY.-It appears that
We need no longer be tormentei with
Liver, Kidney, Bladder, and Glandular
diseases, Mental and Physical Debility,
Partial, Paralysis, 1nfammatory and
Chronic Rheumatism, Dyspepsia and
Morbid Humors of the blood. DIR.
WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR Buffers
conquers the causes of all the above
irregularities by securing perfect diges-
ton, a proper iow of bile, and free
discharge Of all ,oastc matter. 1t is
not a vile doctored whiskey, gotten up
to deceive the public and tickle the pal
ate. 1t is a medicine 10 the sick stom-
ach, the relaxed nervous system, the
weak circulating blood, and the over
worked. Frustrated brain. An infant
may take it, and to children afflicted
with worms, and even adults who suffer
from this cause, ignorant of the fact
and their numbers are millions-it is
the greatest remedy of the age. Take
one bottle and you will be satisfied that
this is no catch penny nostrum. Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

The CABBAGE FLY.-All those who
raise cabbage or cauifower plants in
the open ground in the spring are
troubled more or less by the black fly.
They usually attack the young plants
when they are just coming through the
surface, and destroy them at an aston
ishing rate.
An excellent remedy, and one that is
certain to kill off these pests if applied
in time, is to steep some tobacco stems
say eight or ten pounds, that will cost
three cents pound-in six or eight
gallons of water. Add to this two or
three quarts of soft soap and some
urine. When the flies make their first
appearance on the plants, take half a
pailful of this solution, diluted with an
equal quantity of water. and syringe the
plants early in the morning while the
dew is still on them. Then dust them
over with some air-slacked lime, or a
lit lie -four of bone, soon after watering.
One such application usually answers,
but two will surely save the plants.
Scotch snuff is often recommended for
this purpose, but heavy dew or rain
washes off the snuff from the leaves,
and the flies will attack them again.
With the tobacco water the soft soap
makes it otherwise, and it sticks to the
leaves for several days.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

INGENIOUS INVENTION. Prof. Josiah
Lyman, of Lenox, Mass, has lately per-
fected an ingenious and accurate mathe-
NAUTICAL instrument, after fifteen years
of labor and experiment. 1t is Il kind
of protracting trigonometer, by which
all angles and distances may be put
down on paper, with accuracy equal to
that of the best field instruments, by
which even their errors may be cor
rected, and results obtained Gin deter
mining acres, for instance), trustworthy,
to one twenty-millionth part of the
whole and of corresponding exactness
in the solution of all trigonometrical
problems. Traverse tables, and, in
most cases, logarithms, will be, the in
ventor believes, thus rendered unneces-
sary, and hence large amount OF time
and labor saved.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
Wife, Mistress and Lady,

Who marries for love takes wife
who marries for fortune takes mis-
tress who marries for position takes a
lady. You are loved by your wife, re-
garded by yonr mistress, and tolerated
by your lady, You have a wife for
yourself, mistress for your house and
friends, IL lady for the world and society.
Your wife will agree with you, your mis-
tress will rule you, your lady manage
you. Your wife will take care of your
household, your mistress of your house,
your lady of appearances. If you are
sick your wife will nurse you, your
mistress will visit You, your lady will
inquire after your health You take Il
walk with your wife, ride with your
mistress, and go to a party with your
lady. Your wife will share your
grief, your mistress your money, your
lady your debt. If you die, your wife
will weep, your mistress will lament, and
your lady wear mourning. Which will
you have?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
Chinese Burial.

A China woman died on the 18th inst.
at Sacramento, Cal, and her husband,
being well provided with money, gave
her what he considered first class
funeral. The Sacramento Union de-
scribes the ceremonies "About 5
o'clock in the afternoon the body, in
closed in fine coffin, was placed on the
sidewalk i'll front of her late residence,
and by its side We're arranged tables
loaded with roast chicken, roast pig,
boiled rice, candy, nuts, brandy. whis-
ky, etc., sufficient in quantity to keep
the spirit of the deceased from being
hungry for month. These articles and
the coffin remained on the sidewalk
until late the next forenoon, surrounded
by paid mourners who seemed to be
carrying on lively competition in the
matter of giving full value for the money
received. At the cemetery, after the
coffin had been lowered, hired mourners
and the two children of the deceased
walked round the grave once, while the
husband remained standing silently by.
Then vessels containing food were
put in the grave at the head and foot of
the coffin, followed by small quantity
of earth. Next to be put in were live
chickens and ducks, and these were very
promptly covered with earth. The grave
having been filed up, brandy and whis-
ky were sprinkled over it in a liberal
manner, while pigs head, roast chick
en-, boiled rice, oranges, apples, nuts,
candy, etc, were laid upon the mound.
The ceremony being concluded, the
Chinese returned home in their car
riages, while some Christian boys, who
had been closely watching the process
sion, gathered up the fruit, candy, etc,
and also left for home"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

various countries. 1t appears that the
number of patents granted in the
United States is immensely greater
than in all the rest of the world to-
gether.
The number of patents issued in this
country in 1872 was 1928; in France,
1872; Great Britain, 1870; in Bel
GUM, 1921 in Austria, 922 in Can
ada, GIL and in other countries about
1900.
One reason assigned for the astonish-
ing number of patents granted here is,
that VIC are essentially an inventive
nation,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

BRAIN DISEASES IN ENGLAND Ac
cording to DIR. Charles Elan, of Lon
don, during the last thirty years, while
the English population has increased
thirty per- cent, the mortality due to
disease of the brain has multiplied
nearly fourfold. This he attributes to
the fact that "the great development of
railway and telegraphic communication
has resulted in an enormous increase of
business transactions, entailing vast
augmentation of the cares, worries and
anxieties of life. The brain, receptive
OF all impressions, and originating all
volitional impulses, has double load
to bear in the economy, etc." Our mod
ern civilization needs more practical
application. of its knowledge of the
physical and moral laws. There are too
many intellectual suicides
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
SAoKoLorH AND ASHES. "A Tennessee

SAoKoLorH AND AsHEs.-A Tennessee
preacher announced to his congregation
last Sunday that prayer meeting would
be held in the church in behalf of the
Memphis sufferers, and exhorted his
congregation to put on sackcloth and
ashes for the solemn occasion. One
sister accordingly procured Il lot of old
coffee sacks, worked them into a we'll
fitting dress, sprinkled said unique dress
profusely with ashes, and when the day
of prayer arrived put it on and started
for the house of God. Shewas stopped
by her mistress, who had considerable
difficulty in explaining to her the real
meaning of the minister.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

AN invention by Signor Abbiati of a
new pillow for clearing the tracks of
steam and street railroads, is attracting
attention, and the claim is made for it
that it is both expeditions, thorough,
and cheap. The machine, which oper-
ates on the snow or ice, is heavy re-
volving saw or fan, which cuts into the
opposition deeply, and sends the frag-
ments flying. The snow is thrown to a
great distance on either side; or, in
case of very deep bank, it is taken up
and hurled backward upon platform
cars. by which it can be removed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

The number of stars visible to the
naked eye in the entire circuit of the
heavens has been usually estimated at
about 5000. An ordinary opera glass
will exhibit something like ten times
that number. A comparatively small
telescope easily shows 200, while
there are telescopes in existence with
which, there is reason to believe, not
less than $4,000, 200 stars are visible.
And yet, when all of these are seen and
numbered, tho eye will have visited but
a mere speck in the illimitsble bounds
of space,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
The SUMS Crust.

Prof. Charles A. Young caused con-
siderable discussion at the American
Science Associations meeting at Port
land, lately, by some unique theories
regarding the sun. The eruptions which
are continually occurring on it's surface
render probable the supposition that
there is crust of some kind which re-
tains the imprisoned gases, and through
which they force their way in Jets with
great violence. According to Prof.
or less continuous sheet of descending
rain-that is, Il downfall of the con-
densed vapor, of those materials which
we know, from the sfectroscope, exist
i'll the sun. The continuous effiux of the
solar heat is equivalent to the supply
that would be developed by the conden-
satlen from steam to water, of a layer of
about five feet thick over the whole
surface of the sun, every minute of
time. AS this tremendous rain descends,
the velocity of the falling drops would
be retarded by the resistance of the
densers gases underneath the drops
would coalesce until continuous sheet
would be formed; and these sheets
would unite and form sort of bottom
less ocean, resting on the compressed
vapors beneath, and pierced by innumer-
able Jets and bubbles. 1t would have
an approximately constant depth, be-
cause it would turn to vapor at the bot
tom as rapidly as it grew at the surface;
though, probably, the thickness of this
crust would continually increase at a
slow rate, and its whole diameter grow
less. In other words, DIR. Young would
regard the sun as an enormous bubble,
whose walls are steadily thickening and
its diameter ever lessening, in proper
ton to the loss of heat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

Second-The excessively hot weather OF
the summer months, which thickened
the pulp of most of the wine grapes,
making them " fleshy," SO that while
the quality has really been improved the
prices have been diminished.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
100000 n Day.

Washington Cor. of the Chicago Trihunc.l
The late Consul General of the United
States at Cairo George Butler-is Ill
Washington, and / have derived some
fresh and interesting information from
him. Said Pasha is described by Mr..
Butler as II person of culture, speaking
French with ease and English little ;
fully educated ut the Polytechnic School
in Paris, and wearing the dress of Chris
tian people. He is shrcwd and rich
merchant, and not IL soldier by propen-
sity and his income and the luxury of
his court exceed the tales of Haroun al
Raschid's splendor. He has an income
of $l10, 100000 per annum, or more
than half as much as the whole annual
expense of the United States Govern
ment, inclusive of the cost of the public
debt. To keep our $4,000 or $4,000
otficeholders, our army, orr navy, do the
public buildings, etc, etc, require Sl7,
600, 600 month, And Said Pasha, who
has no more subjects than there are
citizens of New York State, has, by Mr..
Buffers careful estimate, between &c.
coo, 600 and $40, 900, 900 a month orabove
$500, 900 day He has twenty seven
palaces, all the corporate property-or
that which with us would be controlled
by corporations-in the country, and no
laws whatever but what he can think of
or will from day to day. He has four
wives and vast harem, and, being an
unwise husband, does not know all his
own children; yet he is temperate and
prudent, and still he is not happy. He
wants to be King but the domina-
tion of Turkey sits upOn his dreams like
gobbler on tho full boy after Christ
mas dinner
He is building an iron bridge across
the Nile, English work, which will cost
$12, 100000. The Suez canal cost him
800, 900, 900, and is only n partial sue
cess, as it fills up as soon as neglected,
and the screw fleet to pass through it is
yet small. Lesseps, its executor. Mr..
Butler believes to be one of the ablest
men in the world, and never with
less than from half million
to million of money lying
up on deposit. The Viceroy is the
owner of a narrowgauge railroad from
Cairo to Suez, seventy-six miles, and
from Alexandria to Cairo, 100 miles.
He is now building up the Nile from
Cairo two or three hundred miles. He
has navy, but his people are wretched
sailors. He and his father have made
vast sums of money in the slave trade,
and his eunuchs for the harem come
from the Blue Nile. Sugar, indigo,
tobacco, and cotton are great staples of
! Egypt, and the people have no concep-
ton of the right of property, liberty,
or life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

widely extended
which follows
found In It,
clear ineligible,
delicate
a6tre of literature
careful yseect andle printed in its
The instructive articles
gicultu atopicr gularya this department
independent political belonging and wearing col
of office
pa energies the the great that now
altogether knavss and from their
the
cattle marke which it particu
published dollar will for
club order ohav THE WEEKLY
dollar will
Sunlight discounts
from
per cent o o. 1 Grover.
address, sUN,) Now York
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

PRoGREss OF PATENTS. -There is some
dissatisfaction in Great Britain, as well
as in this country, about the workings
of the patent laws. The British Gov
ernmentI With a view to legislative
action, has gathered statistics on the re-
speetive numbers of patents issued in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

The most careful estimates for the
present year do. not place the grape
yield of California much above 3.OO0,-
900 gallons. Two reasons are assigned
for this shrinkage: First-The frosts,
which were the most severe that had oc-
Cured in the State for many years, and
which came late in the spring, just at
the Transition from blossom to fruit
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
Improved Medium of Artificial Light.

The painful effect of some of the most
usual kinds of artificial light upon the
eye is well known, even to many whose
natural vision is quite unimpaired.
This is attributed, by recent investiga-
tors, to the great proportion of really
non-luminous rays, or rays of mere cal
oric bearing no illumination, which it
contains. 1t is claimed to be demon
strated, by accurate analysis, that in
sunlight there are fifty per cent. of such
rays, in gaslight nearly ninety, in cleo
trio light, eighty, and in kerosene light
as many as ninety-four. Without
vouching for the entire correctness of
these figures, an announcement lately
made is worth repeating, namely: That
German chemist, named Londsberg,
processes to have discovered that by
passing any kind of artificial light
through thin layer of alum or mica,
these caloric rays are absorbed, while
the illuminating power of tho true
light-rays is undiminished and be-
comes exceedingly mild and pleasant to
the eve.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29
PEERLESS CLOTHES Wringer.

For LOSS Of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Depression Of Spirits and General
Debility i'll their various forms, FEHRo-PHos-
ruoRATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAyA made by CAS-
WELL, HAZARD Il Co., New York. and sold by
all druggists is the best tonic. Az a stimuant
tonic for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal. If taken during
the season, it prevents fever and ague, and
other int crmitteut fevers.-l Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-11-29

BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" are widely known a. an
established remedy for Coughs, Colds, Bron-
chitis, Hodrseness. and other troubles OF the
Throat and LungS.-l Com.
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We SEE by the Chicago papers that
Proctor & GAMBLE have reduced the price of
their long-establshed and popular brand
MOtNta German Soap. Its present price and
superior quality makes it the cheapest as we'll
AZ tho best soap for consumers.
BUTTER AND CHEESE are almost indis-
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arc nutritious and healthy; but nordi-
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-27

The INTEREST QUEsrIoN.-1t will be seen
by the proceedings Of the Legislature that the
Senate, by vote of IL to ~, has rejected the
report of the committee Of conference on the
Interest bill, fixing the rate at 6 per CT, but
allowing special contracts to be made at a rate
not to exceed per CT, with forfeiture of the
interest for violation of the law. j. motion was
subsequently, made aud prevailed, reconsider
lug the vote by which the report was rejected,
but it is not thought any different result will
be attained, aud that the law allowing II per
Ct will remain.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-27

A Philadelphia journal says that Coal oil
burnings'' aud Instructions have become so
frequent, and some of them so distressing, as
to demand careful revision of the whole sub
ject These casualties, so far as they are cauS-
ed by the use Of the lamps, may be divided in-
to two classes first, those resulting from dan
gerous compounds made from some Of the
cheaper products Of the di>tlation Of petro-
leum and second, those fairly attributable to
carelessuess in the handling of lamps, cans,
and oils or fluids whether the latter be
good or bad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-27

We have received this week number of Lit
ties Living Age, containing the conclusion OF
the story translated from the Platt-Deutsch of
Fritz Reuter-, and the beginning of new one
by Lord Lyttou. This story was in course OF
publication in England, at the time of the au-
thor's decease which has lately occurred, but
was fortunately left finished III manuscript.
Also variety Of excellent selections FROM the
foreign reviews.