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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30


Dyspepsia is the most perplexng of all human
ailments. Its symptoms almost infinite in
their variety, and the forlorn and Respondent vic
tins of the disease often fancy themselves the
prey, in turn, of every known malady. This is
due, in part, to the close sympathy which exists
between the stomach and the brain, and in part
also, to the fact that any disturbance of the
digestive function necessarily disorders the liver
the bowels and the nervous system, ana affects, to
some extent, the quality of the blood. medicine
that, like Hostetter's Bitters not only tones the
stomach but at the same time controls the liver
produces regular habit of body, braces the
nerves, purities the fluids and "ministcrs to a
mind Giscascd,n is therefore the true and only
specific for chronic indigo ton Such is the oper.
alton of this famous vegetable restorative 1t not
only cures dyspepsia, but also all concomitants
and consequences Moreover, it is invaluable s a
preventive OF indigestion. No one who chooses to
take half sful of this agreeable appetizer
and stomachic habitually three times day will
be troubled with oppression after eating
nausea sour eructations, or any other indications
of a want of vigor i'll the digestive and assimilat-
ing organs. The debility and languor superin.
duccd by hot weather are Immediately and per,
manently relieved by the Btters, and persons
who constitutionally inclined to look upon life
cas- through glass, darkly,'' will he apt to take
brighter and more hopeful view of the situation
under the genial influence of this wholesome
medicinal stmulant.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
KEEPING COOL.


How to do it is what nearly all wish
to know this hot weather, and innumer-
able expedients are resorted to for ac-
complishing the purpose. 1t were bet
ter for us had we less hot weather.
With the thermometer at 80 deg. in the
shade it is certainly not advisable for
any one to continue at even moderate
labor in the sun yet do think the ma
jority of people, especially those who
have nothing else to do than seek their
own comfort, worry themselves far more
than is needful about the warm weather.
As the sun moves upward in the heavens
and the mercury rises in the tube, such
persons begin to feel the heat Cypress
them They seek for cool aud shady
places drink cooling draughts and ply
the fan with vigor worthy of a better
cause. eff a little is bad great deal
must be worse" they seem to think, as
the perspiration begins to appear, and
they look forward to the heat of the
day with feelings of dread, almost de-
spair, when they see how difficult it al
ready is to keep cool. 1t lisa great mis-
take to thus fight against one of the
benefcent laws of nature. To perspire
freely is very proper thing to do in
warm weather, and one very needful to
our health and comfort. If, instead of re-
sisting it SO persistently, we would &c
about some light work, and allow the
weather and our mortal bodies to regl,-
late themselves according to the ia
tional laws in such cases provided, We
would soon find ourselves much more
comfortable Perspiring freely cools
the body, on the same principle that 6
pitcher of water is kept cool by wrap
ping about it wet towel.
1t is also great mistake to keep the
house so closely shut up during the day
Pure air is of more Importance in sleep
ing chambers than cool air. A room
into which the direct rays of the SUI
are never admitted is no fit place for ;
person to sleep. In my occasional ram
bles about the country, | often get very
tired, and when ask for the privilege
of taking quiet rest, after my favoritt
style of repose--that is, stretched a
full length upon my back on the floor
and am shown, in all kindness, to wha
is supposed to be the most comfortable
room in the house, because the coolest
and the darkest, and therefore most free
from flies and mosquitoes, almost in.
variably find a musty and sickening all
next to the floor, often so bad, indeed
that am compelled to abandon for the
time the quiet rest l had wished for
Carpets are enough of a nuisance tc
health without the addition of constant
ly closed blinds and curtains Cor
Prairie Farmer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

The Colorado gopher has been long
noted as one of the most tenacious of
animals, and many are the wonderful
stories that have been told in confirma-
ton of it's remarkable tenacity of life.
But the following, from the Greeley
(Col.) Tribune, is too thin for belief !:
"In laying brick the other day, Mon
roe street mason had occasion to break
one of them, and great was his astonish-
ment to find young gopher in it. The
creature was blind, and it could scarcely
move, but it eagerly ate cheese and
bread crumbs. 1t seems that nest of
young ones was thrown in the c4ay-mill
last spring, and it was thought that they
escaped, but by some coincidence Of
nature this one was entombed in u
brick, which was burned with the rest. ;"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
FLORIDA.

1t would be difficult to find climate
in any part of the world more agreeable
than that of Florida, The winters are
delightful ; five days out of six being
bright and cloudless, and of the most
agreeable temperature. In the south
ern portion of the peninsula frost is
never felt and even as far north as the
Suwanee river, there are generally but
two or three nights in whole winter
that ice as thick as half-dollar
is found. in fact, the winter in Florida
resembles very much that season which
III the Middle States is termed "Indian
summer, except that in Florida the sky
is perfectly clear, and the atmosphere
more dry and elastic. Rain but rarely
falls; three, four, and not unfrequently
| five, weeks of bright, clear and cloud
less days occur constantly. This is one
of the greatest charms of the winter
climate in Florida ; and in this respect
it forms n striking contrast with almost
every State in the Union. The climate
being so salubrious, it is not to be Won
dered that Florida is being a resort for
Northern people during the winter
months. 1t is almost paradise. The
moonlight is never more lovely than
here. The cool breezes from the Gulf
and the "broad Atlantic" always refresh
the night no matter how hot the day
the night is cool and pleasant; the
richest perfumes of flowers and flower
ing trees regale the wanderers at even
tide. The birds sing the loudest, long
/ est and sweetest, and the hooking bird
claims the land for his own peculiar de.
light, and he is as saucy as if he owned
it all. Nobody can rest easy who has
not seen Florida.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
SOLAR HEAT AS A TOOL.

During the recent building of a
bridge i'll Holland, one of the traverses,
465 feet long, was misplaced on the sup
ports. 1t was an inch out of line, and
the problem was how to use it. Expert
ments proved that the iron work. ex-
banded small fraction of an inch for
every degree of heat received. It was
noticed that the night and day tempera-
turc differed by about 25 degrees, and
it was thought this might be made to
move the bridge. In the morning the
end OF the piece was bolted down Sc
curely, and the other end left free. In
the heat OF the sun the iron expanded,
and toward night the free end was bolt
ed down, and the opposite end was
loosened. The contraction then dragged
the whole thing the other way. For two
days this experiment was repeated, and
the desired place reached. We find
no record that the heat of the sun has
ever been employed in this way before ;
the contraction and expansion of iron
bars by tireheat has already been
used to move heavy weights over short
distances. Broken walls and strained
roofs and arches have been brought into
place. by simply heating iron rods till
they expanded, then taking up the
slack by screws and nuts, and allowing
contraction by cold to pull the wall or
roof into place.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

SENATOR MORTON is now in Washing
ton engaged, as Chairman of the Com.
mittee on Privileges and Elections, in
gathering materials for an elaborate re-
port on the proposition pending before
the Senate, and referred to the commit.
tee named, of which Gov. Morton is
Chairman, by which the President
would be elected by direct vote of the
people and the incumbent be limited to
one term. Gov. Morton is the author
of the first proposition, and, it is said,
strongly favors both. Besides, there is
the best authority, Washington tele-
gram informs us, for stating that the
President himself is heartily in favor OF
limiting the Executive to one term, and
making that six years. So that there is
every reason to believe that the amend
ments which will be reported from the
committee will be submitted to the
States by vote almost unanimous.
They will, of course, receive the popu-
lar sanction.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
RjJIROi n Tiles

The vast number of our railroads al
ready built, and the tens of thousands
of miles yet to be built, make the ques-
ton of ties one of vital Importance.
The railroads of the United States now
use one hundred and fifty millions of
ties annually, and these have to be re-
placed by new ones every seven years.
Ties, as every one knows, are made from
young timber, the trees being only to
10 inches in diameter, and seldom cut
ting two ties off one tree. To supply
the demand for this kind of timber viii,
in the future, require millions of acres
of forest, and it will afford valuable
market to our young tree growers. A
tie is now worth from SO to so cents,
and tree planted in 1873 ought to cut
two ties i'll 1888. Allowing 300 trees to
the acre, which is small estimate, an
acre of trees planted now will be worth
at least $500 for railroad purposes in
ten years. Then the tops, after the
ties are cut off, will sell for wood, and
ought to bring as much more, or 5000
per acre for trees ten years old. What
farmer can make the half of that
amount from his land in ten years by
raising crops?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
SECRETS OF ORITORY

owe my success in life to one fact,
said Henry Clay. At the age of twenty
seven | commenced, and continued for
Yeas, the practice Of daily reading and
speaking upon the contents of some
historical or scientific book. These off
hand efforts We're made sometimes in {.
corn-tield, at others in the forest. and
not unfrequently in distant barn, with
the horse and OK for my auditors. It is
to this early practice in the great art OF
arts that l am indebted for the primary
and leading impulse that stimulated me
forward, and shaped and moulded my
entire subsequent destiny. Improve,
then, young gentlemen, the superior ad-
vantages you here enjoy. Let no day
pass without exercising the power of
speech. There is now power like oratory.'
Caesar controlled men by exciting their
fears, Cicero by captivating their affec-
tions and swaying their passions. The
influence of the one died with the au-
thor; that OF the other continues to
this day. -..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND
FAMILY LININENI',

Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs and Stem
ach, pain in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheu-
ma ii SIN in all its forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia
Cholera, Dyscntery, Coils, Flesh Wounds, Burns
Sore Threat, Spinal complaints, Sprains and
Bruises, Chils and Fever. For Internal and EN-
tcrnal
Its operation is not only to relieve tho patient
but entirely removes the cause of the com ltint.
1t penctrates and pervadcs the whole system, re-
storing healthy action to all its parts, and quick
Gning the blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA is PURELY VEG
etablc and All Healing
Prepared by
CURTIS 4 BROWN,
No. II ) Fulton Street, New York.
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AT King William street, near Londc

AT King William street, near London
bridge, curious experiment is about
to be tried on the pavement of Lon
don by Il machine which the cor
poration imagine will lay wooden pave
ment and concrete foundations. The
machine is going to take the gravel and
cement needed from attendant carts, lift
them twenty feet into the air, and mix
them, then lay the mixture down, press
ing it with a power of 200 pounds to the
square inch. Then the wooden blocks
are placed in their grooves by the same
machine and adjusted. IF successful,
the people who are busying themselves
with the question of how to pave Lon
don will have achieved something of
Importance.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
CARLIST CRUEL TIES.

A Madrid correspondent of the Lon
don Echo gives an account of the out
rageous acts of cruelty and vandalism
on the part of the Carlists towards the
yanquished at Igualada He says the
Carlists, having been reinforced by two
thousand more men, who joined in COM
bat, the Inhabitants gave up in despair,
some throwing away their arms and fly
ing for their lives; others sllrrendering
themselves to the Carlists, and others
taking refuge in the church. These
latter were closel y pursued, and when
they refused to deliver themselves up,
the Carlists broke down the doors
of the church by firing cannon balls into
them, pouring streams of sulphured pc
troleum through the breaches, and set
ting fire to the liquid as it flowed The
occupants of the edifce, blinded and
suffocated, rushed ont into the open air
only to meet the bayonetss of their per-
secntors. The little force which so
bravely defended the castle surrendered,
and half their number were shot on the
spot, they having been compelled to
sing their own he Profmdi$ before
their DEATH
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

WE'LL UP IN His LEssoN.-A drunken
fellow wandered into a Sunday-school
andtook his seat with the primer scholars,
when the teacher thus accosted him:
"Why, James, do you know what con
dition you are iii p
eyes, MN in the gall OF bit'ness
an bonds of 'niquity. Ask me some
hard queshn'ns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP is THE
PRESCRIPTION of ono of the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never failing
safety and success by millions of mothers and
children, from the feeble infant of week old to
the adult. 1t corrects acdity of the stomach. re-
heves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We
believe it to be the Best and Surest Remedy in
the World in all cases of DYSENTERY, and DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Gcnr-
inc unless the fac smile of CURTIS & PERKINS is
on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
4 NEW WAY TO ca TCH FISH.

One of the means used to open the
great raft in Red river has developed
something of interest to fishermen. We
have reference to that great explosive
power, nitro-gl ycerine, which is now
being SO successfully manipulated by
Lieut.. Woodruff In making a blow,
blast, or whatever you may call it, one
day last week, in the ncighborhood of
Kouns' canal, at the least calculation
one hundred and fifty fish, weighing
from one to 100 pounds, We're killed by
the concussion. The charge was four
pounds OF nitro-glycerine in two cham
payne bottles sunk to Il depth of seven
feet under water. The explosion was
fearful to behold. The air was filed
with water, fish, flying timbers, logs,
etc, etc. Fish enough to do the force
Mt work a day or two were gathered up,
and the balance that did not recover
from the "stun" were left on the field
OF battle.-ShreoepoH (Lo.) Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

The PCREsr AND SWEETEST CoD-LIvER
OIL is Hazard u CaswelFs made on the sea
shore. from fresh. selected llvers, Of the Cod
only. by CAswEII. HAZARD d Co.. New York.
It is absolutely pare and street. Patients who
have once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians have decided it superior to all other
oils in market Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

A GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of
the State, who was about having his leg am
putated on account of its being bent at right
angles and stiff at the knee, heard of John
sons Anodyne Imminent. After using it a
short time his leg became straight, and is now
as serviceable as the other Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

THE Shah is not the first royal Per-
sian who has visited Europe. Three
Persian princes, having been engaged
in rebellion, fled to London in 1885 to
implole the intercession of the British
Government. They were not, however,
received as public guests.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

A GREAT MANY people have asked us
of late 81 How do you keep your horse looking
so sleek and glossy;" We tell them it's the
easiest thing in the world give Sheridan S
Cannby Condition Po,rders two or three
times week.-[Conl. g..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

OUR READERS should be careful to
notice that Proctor & CANDLES Stamp is
upon the bars Of their Notified German Soap,
as all good articles are initiated, and this Soap
being SO popular, other manufacturers have
copied their stamp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

VINEGAR BITrERs THE GREATEST YET.
A few doses stir the life current !;
sluggishness departs, pain vanishes, and
after continued use of the remedy the
whole body CLOVIS with - new energy
and new being. Purge the blood and
every organ will perform its function
perfectly. Tho stomach will be no
longer tortured with Dyspepsia, } the
lungs will be free from Consumption,
the liver active, the heart healthy, the
brain clear, the nerves braced, and the
mind elastic. Use the "NINEGAR BIT
TIERS, and purge your blood. Whether
the disease be Feucr, Consumption,
Dyspepsia, A!6ection IF the Liocr, o.
kid,seys, DrOpsy, Catarrh, Rhcun'd-
isn', Gout, or pains and aches Of any
kind, attack it in its stronghold, the
blood-the fountain of ife-and it will
soon surrender and abandon the out
posts. To do this you must have the
"NINEGAR BITrERs ;" there is no com
plant to which the human system is
liable, that will not yield to its intlu-
cnce, and there are thousands which no
otherremedialageut willremove.- Com.
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EASY PT/ZT rs

1t is remarkably easy to puzzle peo-
pie if you show by your works or man
ner that you expect them to be puzzled.
We once propounded the following to a
company of gentlemen A owes b $500,
and admits the debt. AS father dies
intestate, and BIS father takes the bene-
fit of the bankrupt act. Does this dis
change AS obligation to b? After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did 1t seemed to the friend with whom
we were arguing perfectly easy for any
intelligent person to throw out all the
latter items of the statement as having no
possible connection with the first but
the test established the point for which
we were contending, that this could only
be done by a mental effort to which some
men were not equal at the moment the
question was asked. If we had not wit
messed such exhibitions, we should sup
pose that a question proposed by our
friend sat Morris, N. Y, was designed
as quiz. He supposed the case of a
hunter pursuing Il squirrel, which
lodges around n tree, and as the man
with the gun follows around to get a
shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the all
important query Has the gunner. hay-
ing thus gone around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

THE pacific arts Of the softer sex were
pleasantly illustrated in the Labor Re-
form Convention, at Worcester, Mass.
the other day. The delegates fell into
fiery wrangle about the relative merits
and dement's of Ben Butler, lost all
dignity, and were about to settle the
dispute by resort to blows, and doubt
less would but for the presence of two
female delegates. These promptly came
to the rescue, threw oil upon the
troubled waters, and, by their united
efforts, restored order and good feeling
where there was lately chaos and hot
blood.
THERE is an old gentleman living
within mile of this place, nearing his
Goth year, who has been married twice,
has been minister of the gospel from
his YOUTH and has had eleven children,
all sons and all ministers. He has of
children, grand children, and great
grand children, 304. And, strange to
say, there have been but two deaths in
all his family the two wives of the old
gentleman. Can there be a parallel
found in ali this country for this fami-
ly?-OUen county (I,ad.) journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

EIGHTEEN years have established the fact that
case of Ague, Chills and Fever, Whilst and
shallenberger's Pills, if taken directed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK.

from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITs
will destroy Worms without injury to the child,
being perfectly WHITE and free from all coloring
other injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN, Proprietors,
No. 215 Fulton Street New York.
Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines, ct TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box.
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Best and oldest Family Medici,

lord's Liver h,uigorato,-a purely Vegetable ca
taprtic and 7onicfor Dyspepsia, nstipation, De-
bity, Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
engagements" Liver, Stomach and Bowels Ask
your Druggist for it, Benare Of limitations.
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SOME years ago a Philadelphia mer-

SOME years ago a Philadelphia mer-
chant sent q cargo of goods to Constan-
tinople. After the supercarso saw the
bales and boxes safely landed, he in
quired where they could be stored.
"Leave them here; it won't rain to-
night, was the reply. "But I dare not
leave them thus exposed; some of the
goods may be stolen, said the super
cargo. The Mohammedan merchant
burst into a loud laugh as he replied,
"Don't be alan med, there amt Chris
tian within-ffty miles of here r
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-08-30

mOrs and salt Rheunl, Worms, H0uts
Neuralgia, as Dinner Pill, and Purifying
the Blood, are the most congcnial purgativc
yet perfected. Their effects abundantly show how
much they excel all other Pills. They are safe and
pleasant to take, but powerful to cure. They
purge out the foul humors of the bloodi they
stimulate the sluggish or dsordered organ INTO
action and they imrart health and tone to tho
whole being. They cure not only no every day
complaints of ever body, but formidable and dar-
gcrous diseases. Most skillful physicians, most
eminent clcrgymcn, and our best citizens, send
certificates of cures ed and ofgrcat benehts
they have derived from these pills They are tho
safest and best physic for children, because mild
as well MS efTcctual Being sugar-coated, they arc
easy to take and being purely vegetable, they are
entirely harmless.