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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

deft little fingers as they glided over the
paper, until Mt last curious fancies
seemed to creep into his brain, and he
began to indulge in glowing dreams of
how wonderfully such little woman as
that would brighten up his lonely and
cheerless home.
But he determined to proceed cau-
tiously. He had it. His housekeeper
was about to leave he would offer Miss
Gardner the place-and then.
Having formed this resolution, his
next step was to request the young lady's
presence in his private office, a summons
that was promptly obeyed.
Miss Gardner, don't you think the
situation of housekeeping in quiet
home, like mine, for instance, would be
preferable to your situation here ?"
Perhaps, in some respects, it might, I"
said Georgiana, coloring at this abrupt
inquiry, and the look which accompa-
MED it.
Was the old gentleman about to make
her an offer?
But his next words relieved her of this
apprehension.
My housekeeper is about to leave
me, and should be glad to have you
supply her place"
Georgiana's face grew very red, and
her mouth dimpled with the smiles she
strove vainly to suppress.
"You are very kind, sir, but the fact
is, Mr.. jenkins has spoken to me first.
"Mr. Jenkins ?"
Yes, sir. He asked me to be his
housekeeper, and said 1 would.
"But, my child, Mr.. Jenkins is
young man; it would not be proper for
you to keep house for him. Now with
me it is different.
And Georgiana inwardly agreed with
him. In fact, there was all the difference
in the world for her."
"But he asked me to be his wife as
we'll as housekeeper.
"O-o-o-h -
Smith first feeling was that of intense
astonishment, his next of quite as strong
chagrin. But it all ended in an emotion
of thankfulness that he had not COM
mitted himself
His disappointment, however, could
not have ranked very deeply, for he at
tended the wedding with smiling tran
quilGty, the ceremony that transformed
his new clerk into the happy wife of his
fortunate partner, Jenkins.
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NUMBER 81.
THE OLD NAN AND THE iOUTHS.
ny

man Of eighty years was planting trees:-
"Ha hs I" laughed out three strplings from the
village,
Planting at eighty Had his task been tilage,
Or building houses, or aught else you please,
The folly might have passed as less worth noting,
But planting trees HE must indeed be doting!
Why, in the name of all that's odd, old neighbor.
What fruit can such as You expect to gather
From this ridiculous and driftless labor?
You, who already are a grcat-grandfather
What DO you think to rival in his years
Methuselah For shame Do penance rathe
For your past errors Mourn your sins with tears
Abard"n hopes and plans that ill suit your
Age and gray hairs! Give over looking wildly
Out through the vista Of boundless future!
All these are but for lis and such as we"
"They not even for you," replied the old
man mildly.
youth may be just as nigh eternity
As age. What though the pitfalls of existence
BE covered DER with flowers in lieu OF SHOWS,
Who shall foi emoasure the brief distance
Between this dim dreams birth and close!
The winged bolts of death are swift to strike
Life in it's dawnng s decline;
The pallid Parcn play their games alike
With your days and with mine.
Who knows which of us four shall be the one
To gaze last on the glory of the sun?
Moest not, then, Leave me to employ
The hours that yet remain to me. love
To think my great grandchildren will enjoy
The shade and shelter of this embryo grove.
Meantime live, breathe and may even
Share, for some years to come, the gifts of Heaven
Alas even may see the morning light
Shine than once. young men upon your
graves !"
The old man spoke at-n' Il which time revealed
Boating soon after, on stormy night,
One of these youths was buried in the waves-
second was cut off upon the battlefield
The third fell i'll, and in four fieetng weeks
His bier was dressed with Deaths pale pumes.
so died the three-thus early fated!
And while the tears rolled down his cheeks,
The old man sculptured on their tombs
The story have here narrated
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

BosToN MAN who asked his boy what
he had learned at school one day, was told
that his lesson had been: Johnny shut
yer Jaws and can't rum" He went to
the school thenext day, heard the teacher
tell the boys to repeat, "a comma is
just a pause to count one" and then
heard the class all shout in unison
"Johnny shut yer jaws and can't run. "
Explanations followed, and that teacher
is now striving to acquire more distinct
enunciation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

THREE theaters in San Francisco
Maguire's Opera House, the Metropoli-
tan Theater, and the Pacific Theater-
have been condemned by the Board of
Public Works, and their owners have
been notified to remove them on or be-
fore the 21st of April. They stand in
the way of public improvements, and
there is no appeal from the decree, the
city having bought and paid for the
laid. Thus two of the Oldest places of
amusement on the Pacific are doomed to
destruction by the irresistible march of
improvement.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

SpooKs are multiplying all over the
country. There is one down in Georgia
that has been playing the most repre-
hensible and unaccountable pranks on
the terrified denzens of that region OF
which spook history gives any record.
The ghost in question amuses itself
by dropping red-hot pokers, nails,
and other unpleasant missiles on the
heads of the family in whose garret
it has taken up its quarters. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY visitor from the region of fur
naces, and naturally creates much alarm
among the sinfule Georgians.
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Thus in Massachusetts one person in
every SIT is a criminal, while in Geor-
gia there is only one criminal in every
1,6O6. This can hardly be taken as a
fair test of the amount of crime in the
respective States for it is well known
that in Georgia murderers and other
criminals escape with the greatest
ease after committing a crime, and that
when arrested it is difficult to secure a
conviction while in Massachusetts, the
case is different, evil-doers being relent-
lessly pursued until they are lodged in
the State prison or gibbeted, as the case
may be.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
THERE rs NO DEATH.
BY BULwER LYTToN.

There is no death The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore;
And bright in Heavens jeweed crown
They shine forevermore.
There is no death! The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers,
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear,
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death The leaves may fall,
The flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of the May.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread;
He bears our best-loved things away,
And then we call them "dead."
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers,
Transplsnted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice, with joyous tones
Made glad these scenes Of sin and strife,
Sings now an everlasting song
Amid the tree of life.
And where he sees smile too bright,
Or hearts too purc for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,
They leave us but to come again;
With joy we welcome them-the same,
Except in sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear, immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is life-there is no dead.
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THE NEW CLEHK.

jenkins met Smith, his senior partner
at the depot, who had been absent on 8
tour.
"How's business? ?" inquired the latter
All right, got new clerk"
Scot new clerk, eh? Where is
Jones ?"
Discharged him. An idle, extrava.
giant young dog !"
"True enough, and the new one won't
do any better. Drinking, gambling,
late hours, fast horses-that's the way
with them all"
And Smith groaned.
Jenkins eye twinkled. He well knew
the peculiarities of his good-hearted but
eccentric bachelor partner.
Well, the new clerk don't drink nor
gamble, I'm certain of that, and has
thus far been very attentive and indus
trious"
"Thus far? Oh, yes. Wait moment.
New brooms sweep clean"
"Oh, well, if the new clerk don't suit
you, you can send the clerk adrift, that s
all. I took her-a'm-the new clerk on
trial"
Mr.. Smith stared at his partner.
81 suppose the new clerk has name, "
he remarked, dry]y.
"Oh, yes. Her-that is to say-the
new clerks name is Gardner. But here
we are"
AS was the usual custom, Mr.. Smith
went through the store, past the army of
clerks on either side of the counter,
without glancing either to the right or
left. But when he reached his private
Office, at the farther end, he looked
through the glass door, which was so
situated that he could see all that was
going on in the store.
AS his eyes fell upon the occupant of
desk near the door, he started.
"What's that?" he said, turning
sharply to his partner, who had followed
him.
jenkins gazed composedly at the slen-
der form, whose graceful head was bent
intently upon a ledger that lay upon the
desk.
"That? Why, that's the new clerk. "
Smith rubbed his eyes and looked
again.
"Why, it's woman p he exclaimed,
with an air of incredulity and horror.
81 should say it was," said Jenkins,
coolly, "and confoundedly pretty one
at that"
Smith gave his partner look of vir-
tuous indignation.
Mr. Jenkins, this is no place for a
woman"
"Think not? Now it strikes me she
fits the place very nicely"
"The proper place for woman is the
sanctuary of home"
"This was pet observation of Mr..
Smith, which he had read somewhere,
and which he considered a clincher in
such an argument.
"But suppose she hasn't any?'
This was poser, and in his efforts te
surmount it, Mr.. Smith got excited.
Hasn't any? Why, sir, she must
she ought to have one."
every true. In fact, so confident an
on this point, that I have thought o
Offering her mine-or, at least, to share
it with her.
"Mr. Jenkins, this is not a fit subjec
for jest"
"It's serious matter, I know so
on the whole, perhaps had better thinl
it over awhile longer. Besides, there i.
no knowing if she would accept my offer
together with the incumbrance that goe.
with it,"
Jenkins, returned Smith, severely
"will you cease trifing and attend t.
the business in hand? This woma,
must CO."
every well you told me you wante,
clerk who was faithful and industrious
that didn't spend his salary, and all h
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

LATE English papers record the par
ticulars of an extraordinary case of self
destruction near Manchester. Three
young men were practising blank firing
at chandeliers, with rifles, as was their
daily custom, when one of them, named
Alfred Roberts, passed his rifle to fell
low-clerk, and requested him to aim at
his heart. The friend did as desired,
and, to his horror, Roberts fell dead at
his feet, pierced by bullet, the suicide
having, unperceived by his companion,
loaded the gun with bail cartridge. In
his hand was found the following letter /:
"I am very clad YOU have saved me the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

How ABSURD it was for Congressman
to think they could lower Oakes Ames
by expulsion, when he had already
"come down" to them 80 handsomely.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

THE Boston Globe takes lofty stand
and protests against such a full sway of
the inventive and descriptive powers as
the following idicates, and which we are
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

sion." Tile American mind is equal to
detecting the meaning of all this, but
what, as the Globe says, is to become of
the poor foreigner who, thinking he has
mastered our language, stumbles upon
such newly coined words?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

shooting myself. 1 know
tious to become q marksman
$; perhaps I will be of seiv-
by making target of myself.
ccess to your first shot, 1 re-
respectfully, Alfred Roberts. +"
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26

This shows that assuming all IN pris-
on to be criminals) there is at least one
criminal in every 1,172 of our whole
population, one in every LIZA of our ma
tive white population, one in every 637
of our foreign-born population, and one
in every COS of our negro population.
The relative number OF population
and of criminals in the respective States
shows the following curious result as to
Massachusetts and Georgia. repre-
sentative Eastern and a representative
Southern State:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-04-26
PRISON STATISTICS.

ACCORDING to the census of 1870,
there were in prison in the United
States on June l of that year, 32,901
persons. distributed MS follows:
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NJ a ~ RI ED .

CAREY-CALLAHAN. on the 7th instant. Al 6
O'Clock pm, - the Rev. Father Fortune Al -
Domiuic's Church, WILLIAM CAREY aud EI,-
LIN CALLAHAN hIIh Of this city
ELLlOTT-TOhPKISs On "Wednesday. De-
tobeI ;, lSlJ, At 81. phn's Church, Washtnrton ID
G., By the Kew. Vaughn Lewis, ID. d, HELEN
&. 1OMPhlNs, daughter Of the late Col. Phtn b
IohRklns, 81 Camden, G., 10 HENRY n Ri
LOTT, Of Washington, ID. O.
ENERsFIELD-TALBOT In ST Pet.r,.
Shutch, POolesNiile on the Isl instant. bN Rev NJ
McCabe, DR.. W. .. ENERSFIELD, of Prinos
George county, Md, TO Mss LILLE TALBOTT
OF Georgetown, u. O. No cards
H0LTZMAN-CAsTLEMA On the I'm in,
slant, ~ the residence of VIM, Il Bland, esq wash
i.sion conpty. u; 9. BY the Rev James UathDert.
NM HoLILmAS, esq !, and Miss JENNIE w
JONks-Bk0WN. On Wednesday, Oct slh nj
81. Matthews Church, by the Rev DR. whits- -
sisted BY Father mckin, LOUIS Q JONES' 81
Baltimore, TO Miss MARY A BROWN yoaae.se
county lChroniole and Rockville Sentinel please
RoBINsoN-TkYL0R. On the s,h instant. by
the Rev. A. W. Wilson, At Mount Vernon Place Nj
n. church South, Mr.. A. W. ROBINSON OF Re-
troit, Mich, aud Miss MARIAN TAYLOR, Of tls
city. 49,
sIBLEf-JoYoE, On the sth instant, by IN.
Rev. Mr.. Cooper, q REIN sIBLEY 10 Mi-s
MARY AMELIA JOYCE.
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4 II ID.

AWKWARD. On Mednesday, October stu, Of
eholers lnisnium, HORATIO only son Of He
1 1stlo ana Juiis Awkward, aged u months and %
Funeral win take place on Friday, 10Th instant, se
Socleck y. m, from the residence Of hts grand ga
rents, 9I3 Sd street southeast, 70 which the rsI.-
ti,es and friends OF the family respectfully ia
CARROLL. october sth, at fifteen minutes OF p
I'm, 81 congestion Of the brain, THOMAS LEWIS,
year., mouths and days.
Ne had little Tommy once,
he was our darling pride;
For soon he drooPed and died.
aged 2 years, months and 5 days yourirest son -
Michael and Margaret Conner.
q, hafpast ociock iTSm bis pares
No, l1Os street, between llth and l2,h streets,
fully requested TO attend.
Kaufman. On the 9th instant, at O'Clock O.
m, DANIEL KAUFMAN, in the SD year Of his
The friends Of the family are respectfully invited
day, the 18th instant.
ENCE JoBANsEN, infant child Of Theodore j.
and Mary Ann yohanseR.
to attend the funeral on Friday the l0th inst AMI.
from the residence u her parents, 20s nh street
SHELLS. On the sth instant, ct u.eA, BKR-
hARD SHIELDS, n the ash year Of his age,
twenty one years . resident Of this city. May his
soul rest in peace.
luneral Will take place from his late residence,
$50 street, between Sd and Al streets, Island on
Saturday, at O'Clock .. m. Friends aud acq uaint-
snces Of the family are respectfully invited 10 at
tend.
.sIMoNDs. On the 9th instant, DANIEL @. 81
MONDS, aged IS years.
Relatives and friends Of the family are respeot-
fully requested TO attend his funeral from his
mother residence, No. Is 9th street east between
East Capitol and streets south, on Friday, at
O'Clock D. m.
MEIsENB0RN. On the 9Th instant, JOHN
HENRY WElskNB0RN, aged 81 years and 8
months.
Due notice will be given Of the funeral. Bald
more and city papers please copy1
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NORGTAGEEs sALR OF FARM NBAB
lNl OCKVILLE

By yirtne of power contained in q mortgage from
the late Henry West and wife, OF Montgonery coun-
V,to Thomas ID. Fullerton, Q trustee Of the estate
OF John Bergman, late OF Baltimore city eceased,
which has been duly assigned to the subscriber, a
cotrustee OF said estate he will offer, ct public sale,
county, on TUESDAY, the l4th day Of October
next at ~ O'Clock m., the Land mentioned and de-
scrlbed In said mortgage. THIS land 10 the same oc
cupied by tbs said Henry West in his life time aud
con prises two parcels the composed OF parts OF
several tracts, called res pectively "Ashley, !" 1.-THE
Two Brothers" and "Vs1entine's Garden, }" contain
ing 21h acres, and the other parcel being part Of
tract called Burgundy" consisting chiefly OF wood
add timber land Is situated on the east Of the frst
land OF about 30 or 500 yards in breadth, and
contains about 20 acres and IL perches. more par
ticular d. scription Of both which parcels may be
found in the deed OF mortgage aforesaid, dated the
18th 81 January, 1856, and recorded in Liber Z. b
p, No 2. folio 525 &C., one Of the Land Records Of
Montgomery county.
This property Is situated within two miles Of
the city Of Washington. The larger Of the said two
parcels Of land fronts for some distance on the
National road eadiug from that city to the city of
Frederick, and the Metropolitan railroad, com.
pltted, passes through it. The land Is naturally of
excellent quality, and Is said afford many eligible
building sites, which, connected with its proximity
to the national capital and the railroad facilities Il
enjoys will soon render 1t very desirable location
for suburban Residences.
The terms Of sale, prescribed In said mortgage,
are that one half the purchase money shall be paid
in cash and the residue in two equal
ments 81 one and two years from the day Of sale,
with interest thereon from that day.
oct7-eo4 Trustee and Assignee.
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sep1e-eolms
ID EAL ESTATE DIRECTORY OF THE
IL CITY OF WASHINGTON.

II CITY OF WASHINGTON.
In separate plsts for each square on scale Of fifty
and subdivisions, with date sna name Il same cor
Eectness verified BY VIM. Forsyth, esq, City
building material thereof with the location Of fire.
other information bearing upon the value Of prop.
srty To be published for subscribers only In semi
weekly numbers, not 10 exceed NIFTY, each contain.
ing twenty -four squares.
WARRINGTON, d. O., September II, 1873,
The public and those desiring such . work are
hereby Informed that have consented to the re-
to ex anime and supervise the publication Of what Is
styled "The Real Estate Directory OF Washington,
and part Of and sssdivis S
Is the same are Of record IL 2, my ofice; ;onsv
Surveyor OF the District of Columbia.
/ also have agreed to examine the statistical ia
cation that the Ii0r%s,io1 IN them win
'n0 ''ns' ''''' WILLIE MscRGAH. Tax CLERK.
After most careful investigation and inquiry We
are % 10 as 20 ses and s6
rectory Of Washington" as will be In every way re-
liable and Of ysla. to the pao!ic generally: We
and to rfTcH ip1s fS% Rs Estate e BrSfs
subscriptions and orders will be received at the
H.f. FiEafx, itSs Psnnsyirania avenue
northwest, or IN Mill turns neg drug store
SWAMI. sysnas opposite 1ss sSs pFHs
Sample number. may Ss |, seen =. either q these
piIcsticn to any sxdres. as may be desired
As it Is contemplated TO commence issle on or
:rict compliance promises msdsi1 t6s prospectus
is assured. ~ y PR nxir4THrz'
ssplsdn CSmr,is1s ead Publishers.
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A UCTION SALE OF STALLS IN THEEAsT
"A ERN MARKET

hhN NJ ARhEI.
IL accordance with an act entitled An act in ra-
atiGn to the sale and re-t of stalls in the Eastern
Market" follows:
Be At enacted By the LesisInttpe Assemble of IN,
Eastern Market building, belonging to and owned
by the District Of Columbia, in the city of Washing
years the stalls and stands herein, after suitable adj
NeItst ment, to the highest bidders and above
mined b. the Governor and Marker
and announced at the time Of SALE and thereafter no
further sums shall be paid by the purchasers for use
hereinafter prescribe for the said time five years
SIC. 2; And Be a further enacted, That all stalls
sold as herein provided shall be occupied by the
null and void and shall be resod by the direction of
the Governor after thirty days notice.
rental for each and every stall ia the mouse
referred to in the foregoing section shall be thirty
dollars per annum: Prorided, That the Governor
different sections in said market for the sale OF
meats produce, and such other articles Of chan
SEC: And be uJNrthsr enacted, That the terms Of
sale OF said stalls stands shall be ash
and the remainder payable fn three eauaI annual
instruments from date of sale, with interest at the
rate Of eight per cent. per snnum, aud in case of
deianlt IN me ~ ayment Of any instalment the
which said instalment is que for the remainder of
acts now in existence inconsistent with the previ-
sioDs Of this act be, and same hereby, repealed
Approved, June rs, 1873.
Notice Is hereby given that the stalls in said East
ern Market will be sold on the PREMISES at public
O'Clock p. The full terms Of the law, so far as
the cash payment or the time Of sae Will be strictly
Messrs. George A. Bohrer and Edwin Herees-
heimer are hereby appointed Is commissioners under
this oct.
ALEX. r; SHEPHERD, Governor.
DUhCANsON, BOWLING 4 CO.,
oct2-eotd AuCtioneers.
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DY GREEN WILLIAMS, Auotioneer,
D. No, 1901 Northwest 10th and streets
OORCORAH STREET BETWEEN i4rH AND

- By virtue Of o deed Of trust, dated Janu AIRY
nd 1873, and recorded in Liber 700, folio Is, Of
- the land records Of Washington city, District Of
Columbia and BY direction Of the holder OF the note
secured thereby, we will SILL % public suction,
Der, 1873. ct O'Clock p. m, oil those pieces par
ceis Of ground In the city Of Washington, ID. o.,
lots 8 and q, in ehipman's, Exley and Richards
stses subdivision Of square 40, the three frat
named lots being improved by two two-story and
French roof and basement Brick Dwellings, front-
ing on the south side Of Corcoran street, and lots q
and Is BY similar dwellings on the north
side Of sad street, each Of said lots having front q
10 feet, with depth Of 80 feet to ten foot alley
Terms Of tse: $1,000, with ten per cent. istercst
from July I'D, 1873, together with the expenses Of
this sale, In CASH balance in and Il months secur
ed BY notes and deed Of trust the property; eSo
cash when the property struck OF Cow ancing
ct purchsserS coat. II the terms of sale are not
complied 18th within hve days from ssle the rrus-
reserve the right to resell the property 1t the
risk and cost Of the defsulting purchaser.
"a 6bAAhRsSfIEEtLE. Trustees.
aepSQd&ds GRE1G WILLIAMS. Aucts.