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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11

The report that man living in East
Newark had swallowed a set of false
teeth, published two days ago, has
caused no little sensation in Newark
and its vicinity, where the extraordinary
occurrence is everywhere talked of.
The sufferer, Mr.. William Pickel, states
that for several years past he has used q
set of false teeth, fastened to gold
plate, which filled the roof of his mouth.
The plate was secured in its place by
side clasps. Two weeks ago tomorrow
Pickel took his Sunday afternoon nap
in his chair, his head being thrown back
upon the back of the chair. The
sleeper's snoring loosened the plate, and
it fell down his throat. He awoke and
Immediately lay down upon the floor
and attempted to cough it up. He was
unsuccessful, and sent for a physician.
But nothing could remove the teeth
which had lodged in the lower part of
the gullet, just above the breast bone.
In the effort to remove the plate with
instruments DR.. Cutler pushed the plate
into the stomach, and when the instru
ment was withdrawn it was covered with
blood. 1t was thought that if the effort
had been successful the man would
have been killed by Withdrawing the
plate through his throat. During forty
eight hours thereafter Mr.. Picket sut-
fered great agony, but at the end Of that
time the plate passed from the stomach
into the intestines Now Mr.. Pickel
attends to his business, which is that of
a machinist, and says he suffers only oc,,
casional pains in the back. There have
been, it is said, two similar cases in this
country, each of which resulted in the
death of the sufferer. In one case the
teeth Wei e found in the sac of the heart.
In the other case the suffer died while
an operation was being performed to
extract the load.-New York World
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11

What assertions will make one he
lieve that in one second of time, one
beat of the pendulum of clock, q ray
of light travels over l52 600 miles, and
would, therefore, per'crm the tour OF
the world in about the sam. time that
it requires to wink with our eyelids, and
in mnch less time than swift I-inuer
occupies in taking a sir gle ri lie !!
What mortal can be made to believe,
without demonstration, that the sun is
almost million times larger than the
earth and that, although so remote
from us, 4 cam Il ball shot ilr,c'ly to.
ward It, and maintaining its full speed,
would be twenty years in reaching it,
yet it affects the earth Ly it' attraction
in an appreciable instant of time? =? Vic
would not ask for demonstration when
tod that a gnat's wing, in its ordinary
flight, beats many hundred times in a
s, cond or there exists animated and
regularly organized beings, many thou
sands of whose bodies laid together
would not extend an inch?
But what are these to the astonishing
truths which modern optical inquiries
have disclosed, which teaches that every
point Of medium through which ray
of light passes is affected with II success
sion of periodical movements, regularly
recurring at equal intervals, no less
than five hundred million of millions of
times in a single second? That it is by
such movements communicated to the
nerves of the eye that we see; nay,
more, that it is the difference in the
frequency of their recurrence which at-
feet us wi h the sense of the diversity of
colors2 That, for instance, in acquiring
the sensation of redness, our eyes are
affected four hundred and eiehty-two
million of millions of times; OF yellow
ness, five hundred and forty mil
lion of millions of times; and of vio-
let, seven hundred and seven millions
of times per second? Do not such
things sound more like the raving of
madmen than the sober conclusions of
people in their waking sense They
are, nevertheless, to which any one may
arrive, who will only be at the trouble
of examining the chain Of reasoning by
which they have been obtained.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11

open stove oven. Care must be taken
not to get the oven too hot, else it may
scorch. Tarn from side to side several
times during the day. 1t takes but a
short time to dry, and it is much better
than dried beef.
DRIED HAM.-Take small hams (if too
salt, soak in warm water for twelve
hours), partially bake in an oven just
enough TO cook the fat, remove to tin
oven an | dry for several days. Cut in
thin slices for the table. Ham prepared
after this manner can be kept for several
months in hot weather, and make very
convenient dish for unexpected guests.
By many preferred to dried beef.
HousEnoLD MrAsUREs.-The following
are the household weights and meas
ures: Wheat flower-~one pound is one
quart. Indian meal--one pound two
ounces is one quart. Butter-when soft,
one pound one ounce is one quart.
White sugar, powdered-one pound one
ounce is one quart. Best brown sugar
one pound two ounces is one quart.
Eggs, average size-ten are one pound.
Liquid measure-tiiteen tablespoonful
are half pint.
ECONOMICAL DIsH-Take the remnant
of cold boiled leg of mutton, or of q
roast of beef; shave it into Shin slices !;
season, and add, if you like it, an onion
chopped fine, or pinch of sweet herbs.
Put this on baking dish, and pour
over the gravy, if you have any if not,
little water, butter and flour. Then
take hot boiled potatoes mash fire !;
add little milk and salt, or butter to
soften them into smooth paste, which
lay over the meat. Then put the dish
in the oven and bake a nice brown.
APPLE CREAM.-Boil twelve apples of
rich flavor, until quite soft; then rub
the pulp through a wire or hair sieve !;
add half pint of white sugar, the yolks
of three eggs well beaten; whip up the
whites of three eggs to stiff froth, and
mix two tablespoonfuls OF sugar with
them. Put the apples and yolks into a
pudding dish and heap the beaten froth
upon it, making it higher in the center.
Bake i. in hot oven for ten or fifteen
minutes-just long enough to brown the
white nicely.
HOW TO M AXE LEA RoPEkLf.-lH ne
proper way to make a cup Of good tea
is matter of some importance. The
plan which l have practiced for these
twelve months is this The teapot is at
once filled up with boiling water, then
the tea is put into the pot, and is al.
lowed to stand for five minutes before it
is used the leves gradually absorb the
water, and are gradually sunk to the bot
tom. The result is, that the tea leaves
are not scalded, as they are when boil
ing water is poured upon them, and
you get all the true flavor of the tea.
In truth, much less tea is required in
this way than under the old common
practice.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Varieties.
A PRESIDE tail-The cats.

A FIREsIDE tail-The cats.
AN unsatisfactory meal-A domestic
broil.
MArcuLEss miscry--Having a cigar
and nothing to light it with.
WHAT business ought Tom Thumb to
so into? Grocer (grow, sir).
"MA," said Fred, 81 should rather be
a wild turkey and live my life out on
the prairies than be q tame turkey and
be killed every year"
Ir occurred to Danbury scholar,
while writing q composition last week,
to make the remarkable statement that
"an OK does not taste as good as an
oyster, but it can run faster.'
An instance of throwing ones self
about was witnessed few evenings ago
at party, in the case OF young lady,
who, when asked to sing, first tossed her
head, and then pitched her voice.
A SAVANNAH gentleman having set
steel trap to discover what became of
his chickens, found his mother-in law
srievousy laccrated next morning.
Since then the demand for steel traps
is said to be something unprecedented
in the hardware trade Of Georgia.
A YOUNG man of Watertown, Wis,
thought it was all nonsense to carry his
powder in a h4sk, and instead he car
ried il loose in his coat pocket. On one
side behind be isn't so heavy as he IS
on the other by about three pounds,
and he had to get an entire new suit OF
clothes.
AN absenl-mindcd man entered
Troy shoe store, the other day, ana
wanted lis oy measu ured for par OF
shoes. "But where's the boy?' said the
dealer. ThunderW said the man,
give left he boy at home. 'll 90 and
get him. and off he started for his house
SIX blocks away.
81 WONDER what causes the eyes OF
young men Of the present day to be so
;ycak?n said a young town lady to
country stunt, who was reading the "Pil-
grim's Progress in the smallest type
without harneys. "My dear" was the
tart response. "the eyes OF young men
aye, in these days, placed in the weakest
part
A spoRrsuAy in Springfield, Mass,
went out Ioc days shooting not long
since, and mist,kipR a hornets nest Tor
a gray sqlrrel, he fired at and brought
it down. Tnen, like the proud shootist
that he was, he went for to bag his
game lie picked it up, but he some
now dropped it again a though 1t was
hot. lie went home with only one eye
open and more cheek than lightning
ROD Ean}ury Ne'cS.
ONE Of the most touching instances
of gratitude is alleged to have occurred
at Lock Haven The other day. a little
boy, the child of wealthy mother,
tumbled into HE river. He WAS rescued
by work ipgmnn and restored to his
parent. The woman gave the man a
three, cent postage stamp, and SAID she
would he glad to have him come up to
her house and sit out in the entry and
hear her play the piano. He went
away with tears in his eyes. Such un,
accustomed kindness quite unnamed
him. DanJu,y Nsrs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Corn vs.. Coal.

The Iowa Homestead says: All that
the farmer can obtain for his corn at
any of the railroad stations in tll the
western half of Iowa, is from 10 to I or
Is cents bushel, such are the extrava-
CANT rates imposed for freight East. AS
fuel is scarce in all this portion of our
State, coal rating from II to 20 cents
bushel, it is goodleconomy for the farm
er to burn his surplus corn. To take
load of corn to railroad market,
scarcely sufficient is obtained for it to
pay moderate estimate on the time ex-
pended for his team and himself. A
bushel of corn, it is estimated, will pro-
duce as much heat as bushel of coal,
consequently it is cheaper, by at least
25 per cent, all contingencies consider
ed, to burn corn at its present prices
than to burn either coal or wood. In
some of the counties north of us this
course is practced.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
A New Chill Cure,

A writer in the Terre Haute Ind
JournM has discovered new cure Tor
the ague. He says to those afflicted
with this provoking malady, crawl down
stairs head foremost. Laugh at the
idea if you please, but do your crawling
first; you can then afford to laugh.
Just as the chill is coming on, start at
the top of a long fight of stairs, and
crawl down on your hands and feet,
head foremost. You never did harder
work in your life, and when you arrive
at the bottom, instead of shaking, you
will find yourself putting, red in the
face, and perspiring freely, from the
strong exertiohs made in the effort to
support yourself. Try it. 1t won't cost
you near as much as quinine or patent
medicines, and if it fails it will only do
what they do every day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Killing Poultry.

An exchange says the easiest, quick
est, and best way to kill fowl is to open
his beak, and then, with a pointed and
narrow knife, make an incision at the
back of the roof, which will divide the
vertebra and cause immediate death;
after which hang the fowl up by the
legs till the bleeding ceases then rinse
the beak out with vinegar and water.
Fowls killed in this manner keep longer,
and do not present the ursightly ex
ternal marks of those killed by the ordi-
nary system of wringing the neck. In
this connection we wish to impress on
our readers the necessity of special care
in dressing poultry for market. The
difference IN price will more than COM
pensate for the trouble. Also, don't
send in poultry in poor condition-holi.
day customers all look for and will take
only fat birds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11

STANLEY is to have an ocean steamer
named Tor him.
GEORGIA recorded one vote for n P.
Banks for President.
JAJ GOULD cornered $3,00O,O0O in the
late Northwestern lookup.
EDWIN FORREST commenced his career
as an actor at the age of IA.
DR.. LIVINGSTONE is sixty, but Stanley
says he looks ten years younger.
A WESTERN paper calls jog quin Mil
Ter the wild, scalicts hirted songstcr Of
the SieIras."
JoHN Tyler, son Of ex-President
Tyler, aspires to represent Florida in the
United States Senate.
THERE is neEro oman living near
Columbus, Ga, Ice years old, who
never nursed Washington.
L. L. GoDKIN. of the Tie Nation, will
shortly establish daily newspaper in
New York, with a capital of 100000.
the other day. He was a good darky,
full of years-one hundred and twenty
of em.
A New HAVEN reporter has settled it
by obtaining this affidavit from Mr..
Froude: 81 pronounce the OH in my
surname like 90 in fool. A. F."
The Fairbanks, scale manufacturers,
borrowed five dollars to make their first
scale, and are now worth S3,0O0,000. Go
and borrow five dollars young man.
T.S. TERR1L is the name of New
York artist who paints bruised eyes so
that the discolored skin will look as
fresh and natural as other parts of the
face.
The biographical grave clothes of Pope
Plus X. repose in myriads of journal
istic pigeon holes throughout the civil
lied world, ready for use at a moments
notice.
Miss EMILY FAITHFUL recently visit
ed the Soldiers Home in Milwaukee,.
She was greeted with "God save the
Queen" and three cheers for the British
army.
HELMBoLD is not head clerk in drug
SGOGc, dS Ilo IS llNlAlk very
quietly in the suburbs of Philadelphia,
and has the calm satisfaction of know.
ing that he owes more creditors than
any other man living ar dead.
BARRY GRAY, the novelist, is about to
issue new monthly magazine from New
York, to be called The Table. 1t will be
devoted exclusively to subjects connect,
ed with the pleasures of the table, the
science of cooking and the art of good
living.
FORREST, the great tragedian, who died
the other day, did not live happy
life. He was divorced from his wife
amid much scandal, and had bitter
and implacable quarrel with an old and
true friend, which seemed to have oc-
casioned him much sorrow.
Mr.. GEORGE N. PEAY, the Louisville
insurance agent who so mysteriously
disappeared in New York recently, mar
ried niece of Keats, the celebrated
English poet, who died and was buried
at Rome, Italy, and who was the sub,
ject of one Of Shelley's finest poems,
81 dopais -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Helpful Hints for Housewives.

The juice of bean pods is a cure for
warts.
To PREVENT GLUE BECOMING SOUR AND
MoLDY.-The addition of a quantity of
carbonate of soda, just sufficient to give
a suropg smell to the glue, will accom-.
plish the desired result.
To MEND RUBBER OR OTHER HosE.-
Cut the hose apart where it is defective,
obtain piece of iron pipe ten or twelve
inches long; twist the ends over it un-
til the ends meet, and wrap with strong
twine, we'll waxed.
CREAM oF-TARTAR CAKE. To one
pound and a half of -four take two
ounces of butter; rub it we'll into -four.
Add one teaspoon 1 of soda, one tea
spoonful of cream. , tartar, one quart of
sweet milk and sugar. Bake in quick
oven.
DRIED VEAL.-Dried veal can be made
in hot just as we'll as in cool weather.
Salt the usual way, then put the pieces
on dripping-pan and dry them in an
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Curious Investigation by NJ. Dufour.

Some interesting as well as curious in
vestigations VI have been made by NJ.
Dufour, as to the rate of growth of the
nails. Among the results thus arrived
at appears the fact that the nails of the
little fingers grow more slowly than
those of the other fingers and the
thumbs, the difference being about one
ninth. The mean rate Of these-ex-
Guiding the little fingers-is about the
hundredth part of an inch in ten days.
The rate of growth on the thumbs is
apparently greater than that on the six
longer fingers. The nails grow at about
the same rate on both hands. The rate
of growth is not constant throughout
the length of the nail, it being greater
near the base. The substance of the
nail advances equally throughout its
breadth. The rate of nail-growtb in an
individual at intervals of several years
shows sensible differences.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Hog Pens.

Why not make good, comfortable
stye, using bricks or stones? Also have
number of them, so that each gener-
alton can be kept distinct whenever
desirable. There is positively no greater
nuis tnce than number OF ravenous
hogs around, and it can easily be proved
that whenever they are managed in the
old-fashioned way of running in a semi
wild state they injure property and de-
stroy crops, poultry, etc, to double their
value.
At the present time there are swine
eating more corn than all the other ami
mails on the farm, which will never
make, when fat, half of what the corn
is worth and in addition thereto, milk
swill, clover, ETC., is carted them in the
woods, stream of water usually car
ries Off their dung, and every now and
then night comes in which they get
out and deal destruction wherever incli
nation leads them. Yet with good
brick or stone stye, so built that their
noses cannot be used, and kept thriving
from their birth, they will pay for what
they eat, and make manure enough to
treble the yield of many crops, the con-
umption of which extra growth of
whstever these crops may be will in time
bring The land to the greatest fertility.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11

The thoughtful farmer will remem.
ber that the food which he has preserved
for his stock, through much labor and
care, Is fuel as well as food. If he wishes
to economIze that fuel, he can make
one, half of it 90 about as far as the whole
would by placing each animal out of the
reach of storms, and in comfortable and
easy positions in the barn. 1t is the
hay, the roots, and the grain that keep
up the animal heat. as the wood does in
the stove.
DEFENDERS cold and wind will pene.
trate every Granny in the barn, and,
what is worse, finds its way through
every crack in the floor. Stop out the
cold, and you can feed more stock upon
the same amount of food. So in warm
house, with convenient arrangements
for the work, there will be gentle words
and pleasant faces, where the graces
will find their way.
Because the clouds frown, the winds
blow, and the roads are bad, do not give
up accustomed exercise out of doors,
agreeable and attractive as the house
may be. Frequent exercise in the open
air is essential to health. No matter
what the weather is, be it rainy, blowing
showing, or cold, dress according to the
circumstances, and go; 60 with a will,
filed with cheerful thoughts. and though
the jaunt be brief one, it will kindle a
new flame and produce pure blood. This
for person in ordinary health. If it be
an invalid needing the fresh air, let it
be in a carriage, or on foot in mild
weather.
Children usually get plenty of exercise
in going to and from school and those
who travel farthest are more likely to
be robust and hardy than those who 60
only short distances. A persistent habit
of going forth in all weather properly
clad will arm us against the influences
of the atmospheric changes which are so
constantly taking place.
1t is we'll to remember that the sum
of what any individual knows is ex-
ceedingly limited. But what is known
by all of the present age, added to the
recorded requirements of the past, is
much. Now is the time to read and re,
fleet, and grasp as much of it as pos
sible ourselves.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Degrading an Officer.

A painful ceremony has been carried
out at the Ecole MIlitaire, in Paris, the
same being the degradation of Cerfbeer,
an army officer. This gentleman's only
ault was That he was a Bonapartist, and
acted in the interest of the Empire as
long as he acted at all during the recent
struggle. tie was rich, we'll married,
and prizeman Of the French Academy.
When the war was declared he was Or
dered to Phalsbourg, and bore himself
gallantly until he heard of the fall ef
the Empire and the battles of Metz and
Sedan. Looking upon the situation as
hopeless, he took advantage of negotia-
tions to remain q prisoner within the
German lines. When the conflict was
over he was tried and condemned to
death for desertion. President Theirs
committed the sentence TO Punishment
for ten years, but insisted upon his mill
tary degradation. Six regiments were
drawn up in hollow square, and Cert,
beer, tall, stalwart and handsome
blonde, was placed in the center, with
the Colonel, who acted as master of
ceremonies, in front of him. A non
commissioned officer tore off the golden
badge of rank from the officers shoul
der and the Adjutant read the sentence
of court martial, ordering degradation.
The Colonel declared its provisions, and
Cert beer was walked in front of all the
soldiers present, and then conducted by
the police to the Belgian frontier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
NUMBER 16.
4 P0etical Alphabet.

fMr Leslie Stephen. the great Alpine climber.
and editor of the CorHhW M,g zine says an En-
gil Ii correspondent, wrote the famous
upon b t!l' which, for unlabored wit and hap
piness of rhyme. cclp es ali other poehcal
alphabc;s:l
" was an Angel of blushng eighteen;
Il is the Bali where the Angel was seen:
G is the thapCron who cheated at cards
u is the DcuXtcmus with Frank of the Guards;
Il is the Eye watch those dark lNhcs cover:
+ is The Fan it Ioeped wics cdly over
G is the Glove of surcriative kid;
II is The Hand which it spitefully hid:
is the Ice which the fair one deu anded;
j is tue Juvenile who hurried to hand it;
X is the kcrchief, rare work of art.
l. is the Lace winch composed its chief part;
NJ is the Old Maid who tched the 2iri dance:
n is the Nose she turned up at each glance:
q is the Olga Gust then in its prime:
p is the Partner who wOu dn t eep time:
q 5 n Quadril.e c put st-pd ot the l,ahcers:
K the "Reminiscences IN de- by the dancers;
) is the supper where all met in pa,rS;
+ il the Tw2ddlc they "a ked IN the stairs:
U il the Uncle WHO thought we'd be going
V is the Noico watch his niece repled No in;
S the Waiter who sat up TOO late;
y is the Exit not Iisidly siraight;
Y is the Yawn,ns fl causei by the ball;
Z stands for Zero or nothing at all"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-01-11
Frenchy.

A Frenchnan, recently, who saw the
corpse of a young and beautiful girl in
the Paris Morgue, conceived violent
attachment for it. As it was impossible
that the late departed could return his
passion, and as he deemed it the height
of absurdity that he should be alive
when such beautiful creature was
dead, he went off and drowned himself,
and soon had the satisfaction of lying
on the slab next her, and of being a
much worse looking object than she.
The preposterous fool attained the object
of his desire, and gratifed his posthu.
nous vanity.