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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
ROTND ABONT LONDON

correspondent speaks rs follows of
clares to have greatly changed during
last five years: If you mount bus
which, by the way, is the most satisfac
tory way of gadding about London
and proceed by way of Hampstead road
and cold Mother Redcap Inn to Cam
den Town and Kentish Town, you will
find there clusters of veritable little
stone-house villages, hooks by them
selves, where you may live on fifteen or
sixteen shillings week i'll prettiest,
shady, well-paved, winding streets, i'll
neat dwellings, with little plots of gar
dens III front. and plenty of air Ten
years ago there were vast and not at
tractlve vacant spaces between Hamp-
stead road and Kentish Town, and be-
| tween kentish Town and Hampstead
pretty, billy Highgate. Now there are
rows on rows of houses, picturesque in
construction, occupied by clerks and
even the higher class of artisans, who
may now go for penny by the Metro
politan Underground railway to their
| places Of business in the " city - in
from fifteen to twenty minutes. Think
of 1t You may live within sight of
Whlttingtons Stone on Highgate Hill,
and have a glimpse of Baroness Burdett
Coutts' outrageous park on the hill
side, and yet within n quarter of an
hour find yourself ON Change, in the
midst of moneyed men, and gazing on
old Wellington's bronze nose opposite
the bank. And Hampstead and High
gate, those conntry villages where cock
neys usedto spend their Sundays out p
under the trees on the miniature moors,
are transformed into suburban seats
quite rs enchanting us anything round
about Paris. l fear Coleridgc would
scarcely know his beloved Highgate
should he return to life, although the
house where he dwelt is still standing,
and a few last-century brick houses are
standing i'll its shady and tranquil
square on the crest of the hill.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
What We Need When DebiIitatea,

Appetite and digestion anguish at this season
At the very time when the body most needs reno
walton and support, the stomach, it's commssariat
such circums stances the necessity for wholesome
stimulant, tonic and corrective is self cvidcnt
and consequently the demand for that pcerlc IS
combination of the three required elements, He's
letters stomach Btters, is never more urgent
than at midsummer.
1t is true that few medical bigots-fossils slef
over" from the dark ages-recommcnd violent
| tion and its accompanying ills; but they make few
prosclytes. The majority of the community arc
zane md all sane people that a pure
and powerful vegetable tonic with Alternative
properties, like lIostetter's Btters, is the only
cure for dyspepsia, hihousness, constipation
nervousness and the g CONSEQUENTIAL damages
they inhct
or eSregtously humbuggcd, declines to astonsll
the weakened human stomach with fierce cathar-
tics that, rushing like an avalanche through the
intestines, threaten to take the inner membrane
with them. To use significant catch-phrase, the
knocked ownand- drag-out methods of treatment
are " play OUT
1t is clearly understood that a med ratea stimu
liant is essential to the renovation of exhausted
frame ana that you cannot strengthen or
woman by dosing them with prostratiug prepare
tons. This is an era of common sense and com
mon sense approves of Hustetter's Bitters, as the
best article eXtant for invigorating, regulating
poison in the air we breathe, she water we
drink
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
No MORE HEROES, The deadly yeoe-

No MORE HEROES The deadly vege-
table alkaloids such us Mercury, Strych-
nine, and Prnssic Acid cannot cure dis
ease or produce any but the most dis
astrous results. Perhaps 10 event has
occurred of late years whichisso well cal
culated to disah,Ise the public mind of a
belief in the efficacy of mineral poisons
and bleeding as the discovery of DIR.
Walker, of California, of certain medic
inal herbs, whose healing principles he
has extracted and combined in the form
of VINEGAR BIrrERs. The cures wrought
by it seem marvellous. It's action is
mild and agreeable, but ut the same
time rapid and etfectual, and being un-
impeded by the presence of alcohol or
fermented liquor of any description, is
attended thresuts hitherto unachieved
by any remedial agent. The cures of
Bilious Complaints, Malarious Fever,
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Scrofula, and
all Diseases arising from impurities of
the blood, attest the paramount excel
lence of this medicine, and Justify us i'll
recommending it Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
RAISING THE SINE WIS.

Many thought that our Government
resorted to every means possible to raise
money by taxation during and after our
late civil war. Such, however, was not
the case. In the year 1896 Great Britain
imposed, toward providing for the ex-
pense of the war against France, the
following duties For the marriage of
every person, except such as received
aims, Is cd. An additional amount was
levied, according to the decree of the
bridegroom, from ESQ payable by q
duke, EGO by baron with lesser sums
for their eldest and younffer sons), down
to G5 for esquire, or reputed squire,
or writing or owning himself as such, }"
and 81 for gentleman described in
like terms. The duties were payable
by the husband on demand. The act
further provided that the duties should
be chargeable on all persons cohabiting
and living together as man and wife,
and on every marriage. On the birth
of every child a duty of 2s was payable,
with additional duties varying from ESQ
on the birth of u dukes child to Els
on that of baron's, FL of an esquire's,
and 5s of a gentleman's. These duties
We're payable by the parents orguardians.
For the burial of a person duty of As
was paid, with additional duties from
ESQ on the burial of duke or duchess
to go on the burial of a baron or
baroness, Go of an esquire, his wife or
widow. The duty was leviable before
any other debts or duties, and was pay
able by the executors, administrators,
parents, guardians, or husband, as the
case might be. On every bachelor,
above twenty-five years of age, and
every widower having no child or chill
dren, duty of Is year was levied,
with additional sums varying from
El2 los on a duke, to 95 on baron,
I'll 5s on an esquire, and IS on gentle
man. These duties were payable half
yearly. All the above duties leviable
under this act were imposed for five
years, from May l, 1896, in the first in
stance, and were afterwards extended
to l7O6. The highest abount (.f66, 635)
was received in the year to Michaelmus,
1853; the lowest (f26, ITO in the year
to Michaelmus, 1897.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
CHINESE WOMEN.

Mrs. Baldwin, missionary to China,
gives some interesting facts in regard to
the women of that country. She says
girls have no choice of their husbands ;
the young girl is sold by her parents at
the highest price they can obtain for
her, until after they are married Ii he
chooses he can be divorced from her for
talking too much if he becomes poor
or gets tired of her, he sells her again.
In the coolest weather the large-footed
women are not allowed to wear stock
ings, and cannot dress in any other color
than black or blue. The manner i'll
which they make their feet small is by
binding the four toes under the foot,
which they keep bound up for about
eleven years, when the foot becomes
dead. I have walked through the
streets when the women would brush
against my dress so as to see my feet,
SO that they could tell to what class l
belonged. [ would say to them, 81
win show you my feet, but do not pull
my clothes, as it is rude" When !
would expose my feet to them, they
would exclaim why, have you nc
real ladies in America 2" And the only
way that could make them believe that
we had, was by telling them that the
women read books like the men, which
utterly astounded them, as the real
Chinese is brought up in the utmost ig-
norance, and they only marry in the
rich families, because they know and dc
SO little, and need so much waiting upon
that it takes rich husband to support
them. If you ask Chinese woman
how many children she has, she will give
you oily the number of the boys She
has TO be asked the second time how
many girls she has, as they are thought
SO LITTLE Of, that, in many cases, they
are killed as soon as born. A large
footed woman told me once that her
first child was little girl, and she de-
scribed to me how she loved the little
oIC. w, y NcllU OuU, Sic
said, drought i ~ tub of water. 1
!. begged him to sare, It's life, but he took
the little one nd II its head in the
water, and bel it &c until it was
dead. My sectd Aoabe was daughter,
and it was served the same as the first :;
the thiras . =, was boy; he lived I'M
til ba u - -uhoA AoA ,ore ,l,J +L,,, ~,
aa1s ~ months intert1aa ' H., ''''u r, ''o
sods got ans-. :. "a .hed MN. linen
my husband died and if l eat any
thing that is nice, and if 1 wear good
clothes, my relatives become angry, and
treat me harshly." Even in our Chris
tian churches in China the women are
not allowed in the same room with the
men, but are partitioned off in lattice
work room.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

OLD PROBABILITIES. - Our learned
friend, who sits at Washington, and receives
from The signal stations of a continent, re-
ports on the vicissitudes of the weather. Sorts
compares and infers from them the daily bull
lctlns which everybody reads, might reason
| ably add, in view of our late sudden changes,
Colds, Coughs and Affections Of tie Throat
and Lungs will prevail i'll the East and North.
Warning signals continue i'll the West and
South. In view of the truth of these prob
abilities. we commend to all sufferers that ex-
cclient and potent specific. AYERS CHERRY
PICTORIAL. 1t has, in countless instances,
saved life, and has, within the knowledge of
every one, a!eviatcd most alarming symptoms
and effected cures almost surprising belief.
SO excellent is it that the medical faculty
largely use it in their practice. In cases of
seated consumption it proiongs the life and
softens the stay of the afflicted sufferer.
About these days it is well to have it in the
house. by its timely use, serious disease may
be checked and tlirned aside. Nashua I0trd)
PDsi
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

A NEW USE OF POSTAL CARDS.
The New York Courier des Eats
tnis says that the adoption of the
postal card system has greatly increased
the traffic in sympathetic inks, a depart
ment of trade which has hitherto at
tanned only insignificant proportions as
ii minister to clandestine correspond
ence between impressionable misses and
Polish counts in braided coats. Of
course. in the use of liquor as ordinarily
manufactured, there is no secrecy what
ever, but merely momentary pretence
OF it. Citron-iuice ink, for example,
calls for nothing more than the ordinary
heat of the hand to develop it in red on
ordinary paper while the sympathetic
ink of commerce is made to reveal itself
by means equally simple. The latter is
generally composed of one part sui
phuric acid to twenty parts of water,
and though perfectly colorless when
held against the light, yields an intense
blackwhen held before the fire, or sub
jected to heat current. The principle
is very simple, the portions of the paper
impregnated by the acid are carbon
lied at comparatively low tenn pera-
ture. :.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

CH1CAGoANs, it would seem, are liberal
patrons of the drama The receipts of
McVicker's Theater, for the past season
of ten months, averaged the snug
figure of $1,000 per week, or 81, 900 for
each performance. No place of amuse-
ment in the country, it is said, has
ever taken an equal amount of money
within the same length of time. Chi
cago not only paid $500, 900 to this single
establishment in less than a year, but
also supported three other places of
amusement, all Of which had fairly pros
porous seasons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
AN OLD NURSE.

PRESCRIPTION of one of the best Female Physi
clans and Surses in the United States, and ha
been used for thirty years with never failing
safety and success by millions of mothers ant
children, from the feeble infant of week old t,
the adult. 1t corrccts acidity of the stomach, re
lievcs wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We
believe it to be the Best and sureat Remedy il
the World in all cases Of DYSENTERY, and Ola r
RllEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Fun directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Gem
inc unless the fac similc of CURTIS d PERKINS is
on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

LEMON PUFFs.-Onc pound of pul
verified loaf sugar beat in the yolks of
four eggs; add one tablespoonful extra
for every spoonful of havoring, beat the
yolks and sugar as stiff as possible !;
then add the whites beat to stiff froth;
beat well, flavor with lemon juice and
extract of the peel or citric acid, and
extract of lemon drop on buttered
papers in small cakes, and bake quickly
without browning leave the prtts on
the paper until entirely cold.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
NO1H,S BOAT.

A writer in the Nautical G0-ette dis
clsses the subject Of the Ark, taking
both the Bible account and that recent
ly discovered in Assyria for basis.
He says that, reckoning the cubit at
eighteen inches, the Ark was $50 feet
long, Is feet wide, and IS feet deep,
and would register about Is, 900 tons if
measured as a steamer by British rules.
1t was thus smaller than the Great East
ern. It had three decks, and was
divided into numerous compartments by
longitudinal and transverse bulkhcads
for the safety and order of its occu-
pants. 1t was built Of gopher wood, a
species OF evergreen timber resembling
the pine in length and strength of
trunk, and the white cedar in ightness,
In model, says the writer, it was all that
a great carrier could be, chest like,
with lines straight and angles square,
but the bottom and top were elliptical in
outline, presenting convexity to the
earth and sky. After giving the dimen-
sions and the mode of construction of
the several parts, this authority tells us,
rs if he was equally certain on this
point, that the Ark " is now in good
state of preservation, but lying under
an eternal mantle of snow, hundreds of
feet deep, at an altitude of II, 500 feet
above the level of the sea. Ever since
the flood dried up, tho climate of Ar
menia has been colder, and snow always
covers the top of Ararat, rendering it
impossible for any of Noah's descend
ants to go up and find the Ark
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

That the mania for self-destruction is
on the increase in this country seems to
be fact. Why it is, it seems hard to
determine. 1t does not occur in one
class of people more than another.
Rich and poor, old and young, male and
female alike perish by their own hands.
The New York Observer has been in
vestigating the subject and believes it
has solved the problem. That journal
attributes the increase to two causes
o. The growing difficulties of keeping
up with the race of life: it is harder to
live now than it used to be, and many
get discouraged and reckless, and pre-
fer to die rather than to struggle on.
CO. The increase Of skepticism ia to
the future life Il prevalent impression
among unread people, as well as others,
that latter all is saiD death ends the
battle. "This intidelity has grown,
says the Observer, "while the truth OF
the Gospel which brings Immortality to
light, is also making great gain upon
the world. A popular infidelity, en-.
gendered of the light literature of the
day, pcrvades the common mind, SINH.
lar to that which is more general il
France than in any other country. The
panacea is the truth, and he who aids il
spreading it is helping to aid his fel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

81 HAD more money than he had to
carry on the suit, said ii very mean in
dividual who had just won lawsuit
over poor neighbor, d" and that's where
I had the advantage of him. Then |
had much better counsel than he, and
there [ had the advantage OF him. And
his family were sick while the suit was
pending, 50 lie couldn't attend to it, and
there I had the advantage Of him again
But, then, Brown is a very decent sort
OF man after all eyes" said the
listener, "and there's where he has the
advantage of you
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

GO VERNORS' SALA RIES.

Governors salaries range all the way
from 81 900 to $40, 200 per year-Penn-
sylvania paying the maximum and Yer
mont the minimum figure. AS general
thing, the largest OF more wealthy
States pay the most liberal salaries
The great State of Illinois, however,
forms an exception, she paying her
Executive the pittance of 1900.
Louisiana, bankrupt in means, pay
$4,000; California, $1,000 in gold =;
Nevada, $4,000. None of the other
Eastern or Western States besides those
noted pay more than $4,000, and many
of them less. New York gets the serv-
ices of Gov. Dix for $4,000. The
Southern States generally pay high
salaries. The little State of Florida
pays $4,000; Maryland, 1900; and
Mississippi, $1,000
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
DOING UP A .SHIRT BOSOM.

We have often heard ladies express a
desire to know by what process the fine
gloss observed on new linens, shirt bo-
SONS, etc, is produced; and in order
that they may possess the secret, and
thereby please their husbands twice n
week with white and glossy bosom
front, we append the recipe: Make a
gum arabic powder; put it into pitch
er, and pour on it a pint of boiling
water according to the degree of
strength you require, and then having
covered it, let it stand all night. In the
morning pour it carefully from the
dregs into clean bottle, cork it, and
keep it for use A tablespoonful of
gum water, stirred into pint of starch
that has been made in the usual man
ner, will give to lawns (either white or
printed) a look of newness when moth
ing else can restore them after washing.
1t is good (much diluted) for thin white
muslin and bobinet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
Nicola NICIL ROR-

Mr.. Robert Dale Owen says that in
1866 his father put down the aggregate
of mechanical force as equal to the
labor of four hundred million adults,
and estimates by recent English statis-
ticians, brought up to the present time,
vary from five hundred to seven hundred
millions. We may safely assume the
mean of these estimates Six hundred
millions-as closely approximating the
truth to-day. But the population of the
world is, in round numbers, twelve hun
bred millions, and the usual estimate of
the productive manual labor of coun-
try is, that it does not exceed that of a
number of adult workmen equal to one
fourth of its population. Thus, the
daily labor of three hundred million
adults represents the productive manual
power of the world. 1t follows that
Great Britain and Irelands labor saving
machinery equals, in productive action,
the manual labor-power of two worlds
as populous as this. 1t follows, further,
inasmuch as the present population of
the British Isles is less than thirty mil
lions, that seven millions and half of
adults represent the number of living
operatives who control and manipulate
that prodigious amount of inanimate
force. Thus, in aid of the manual labor
of seven and a half millions of human
workmen, Great Britain may be said to
have imported, from the vast regions of
invention, six hundred millions of pow
erful and passive slaves-slaves that
consume neither food nor clothing
slaves that sleep not, weary not, sicken
not gigantic slaves that drain subter-
ranean lakes in their masters service, or
set in motion, at touch from his hand,
machinery under which the huge and
solid buildings that contain it groan and
shake; ingenious slaves that outrival,
in the delicacy of their operations, the
touch OF man, and put to shame the
best exertions of his steadiness and ac-
curacy; yet slaves patient, submissive,
obedient, from whom no rebellion need
be feared, who cannot suffer cruelty nor
experience pain.
CALEB CUSHING'S LATEST SER VICE
The whole country is indebted to Hon.
Caleb Gushing for his learned and able
assertion of our rights before the Gen
eva Tribunal of Arbitration. He has
recently performed another service for
which the public ought to thank him no
less heartily. He lives near the house of
Hon. Fernando Wood, in Washington,
and during the absence Of Mr.. Wood,
his housekeeper, one Kelly, keeps, or
did keep, villainous cur that kept up
such an incessant barking as to deprive
Mr.. Gushing of his rest at night and
interfere with his studies by day. He
sued the man, the court gave Judgment
that the nuisance be abated by TIL, re-
moval or killing of the dog, and that the
defendant be required to deposit col
lateral of $25 to secure the abatement
Of the nuisance. All honor to Mr..
Gushing for indicating our right to be
undisturbed by the dog of our neighbor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
OFFICERS and sol

OFFICERS and soldiers who served in
the army. physicians surgeons, and eminent
mon and women everywhere, join in recom-
mending joiHson's .iHoayne LjaiihcH to DO
the best Internal aud external family medicine
ever invcnted. That's DIR experience e. Com
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

ALL the year round, .Shcridaa's Coo-
airy Condition Po'rt'er& should be given to
horses that are kept up" 10 horses ard
be given in winter and spring.--iConl.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

OUR READERS should be careful tt
notice that Proctor & CANDLES Stamp il
upon the bars of their Notified German Soap
as all good articles are initiated, and this Soar
boing so popular, other manufacturers have
copied their stamp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
For Loss of Ap,..,,,., Dvspopsin, In.

For Loss Of Apl-mt+, Dyspepsia, In
digestion. Depression OF Spirits and General
Debility, in their various forms. EERRo-PHos-
PHoRArED EIIxIR OF CAIfaAYA made bv CAS-
WELL, HAZARD Il Go, New York and sold bv all
druggists, ia the best tonic. Az n etimulant
tonic for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness, it has no equal. If taken during the
season it prevents fever end aGuo and other
Intermittent feNors.-I Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16

The estate OF William b. Astor, o f
New York, is stated to be worth the
almost incalculable sum of $500, OOO,-
600. When John Jacob Aston, the
father of William b., died in 1885, it
was then supposed to be about $50, 000,-
O00 If, in less than forty years it has
multiplied eight-fold, what will it be i'll
half century from now, if managed
with the same prudence and ability :?
1t will exceed the wealth of the Roths-
childs. The five brothers of them are
supposed to be worth the comfortable
little sum of 81 900, 900, 900. So Aston,
if this report be correct, is already as
rich as the average of the Rothschilds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-16
AN interesting exhibit of the compar-

AN interesting exhibit of the compar-
alive popularity of Dickens works in
this country is shown by the sales
"David Copperiield' stands at the head
of the list, "Christmas Stories" second
"Pickwick Papers" third, and then
Nicholas Nickleby," "Oliver Twist, :"
and Dombey and Son." The "Tale
of Two Cities" is at the foot.