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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

ONE of the strangest and most signili-
cant phases of the widespread emigra-
ton to this country from Europe is the
influx of Jews from Roumania. Over
three thousand of the them will shortly
arrive in New York, the most of
whom will settle in Nebraska, arrange
mcnts having been made to form a
colony of them in that State. 1t is
stated that over fifty thousand of these
unfortunate Hebrews are anxious to fly
from their prosecutors III Roumania to
this country, and are only deferred from
doing so by the fact that they are I'M
able to raise means to pay their passage,
the oppressive measures of the ruling
Government having kept them in state
of the most abiect poverty. A sub
scription has been started in New York
and other cities with view Of raising
funds to assist them in cmigrating to
" the land of the free.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

Joseph O'Ncil, who was hung in
Whiteside county, ILL.,, on Friday, the
10th inst, for the murder of Hiram
Rexford, was one of the most hardened
wretches that ever ended his career on
the Sallows. The particulars of his
crime read more like the work of n saw
age than that of a man bred in civil
lied community. He first stabbed and
beat his victim until woman of the
brothel where the tragedy occurred
dragged him off and pulled him into an
he exclaimed, CANT he dead yet -
and, returning, beat him to inscnsibili-
ty with a board. On being told that
Rexford was dead, he boasted that he
had intended to kill him. After another
interval Rexford again groancd. "Why,
amt he dead yet 2" asked O'Neil, and,
drawing ont Il knife, he stabbed him all
over the body, inhicting upward of
twenty-five wounds, and then made a
piilSll1S 'iio'' 10 sever the dyliS iii"h
jugular vein. He then washed his
hands, and, sitting down il an adjoin
ing room, coolly commenced carrying
on a commonplace conversation with
those around him. In the agonies of
death Rcxford writhed on the bloody
floor, on hearing which O'Neil re
marked, 81 know what will finish him, ="
and, picking up an AK, he walked out
and chopped Rexford's head off.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

THE Springfield (AIass.) Rep"biican
records the death in that city of an ex-
ceedingly rare character. He was
hotel clerk, and it is said of him that he
was courteous, and of lovable and
gentle nature; and, furthermore, that
when living he did not part his hair in
the middle. That man deserves a monu-
surmounts the cheeks of the fraternity
of hotel clerks in this country was con-
tributed for such purpose, column
could be constructed which would lay
that OF the Place Vendome in the shade.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
Miss ELIZA STEWART, of Macon, NY,

Miss ELIZA STEWART, of Macon, N Y,
started out the other day to take ride
on wild horse. What came of the ride
is thus related by the local paper :
Being a reckless rider, and wishing to
enjoy the exercise, she laid whip to the
animal and was soon going at a rapid
speed On she went, unmindful of dan
ger, until she came to n sudden turn in
the road, when the saddle turned as the
horse was in the act Of making the cir
cult, and she was dashed headlong
against a tree and fell lifeless anl
mangled to the ground, never to rise
again. Her chest was completely
crushed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

The Des Moines Register thus meets
the arguments of those people who con-
tend that it is unconstitutional to regu-
late by Legislative enactment the tariff
on railroads at is contended by some
that neither Congress nor the Legisla-
ture have the right to regulate the tariff
on railroads. And yet the Legislature
has the right to say how much interest a
man may charge for the use of his
money, or how much miller shall take
for grinding bushel of corn, or how
much bridge company shall charge for
ii team passing over a bridge and even
a corporation has the right to define
how much a hack-driver shall have for
taking a passenger from railroad to
hotel. And in all departments of life
the law steps into private business to
regulate it. In all business transacted
for the public generally, which from its
nature cannot conveniently be done by
each individual. is regulated by law, yet
it is said to be unconstitutional to regu-
late railroads"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
NUMBER 36.
MI ron MONEY.

II Il Il 'H ~ Wv II
What will most people do,
All for money?
Anything, 'twiNt me aud You,
All for money.
Friend will turn his bacl, on friend,
Naughty people have to bend,
Love some to old Harry send,
Nj for money.
Many people go to law,
All for money.
Dentists nearly break your jaw,
All for money.
Tradesmcn give You unjust weight,
Brggars tease you early and late,
All for money.
Lawyers plead the fclcu'a cause,
All for money;
Vow he has not broke the laws,
All for money.
Had he been on tothcr side,
What difference and how wide
To make him guilty hn'd have tried,
All for money.
Chalk and water milhmcn sell,
All for money.
Something else perhaps as we'll,
All for money.
Thus | will conclude my strain
With sentence short aud plain
Everything is done for gain
All for money
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
IA RIETIES.
MAN proposes and woman refuses.

MAN proposes ailtt Woluan IelttseS.
CIScINNNrl boasts Il negro 112 years
old.
A Decorating false hair with
natural flowers.
The Texas border is to be worn only
on the outskirts.
WHICH of the reptiles is mathema-
tician? The adder.
A BAD book to rcad-A naughty biog-
raphy (an autobiography.
WHEN does Il man feel girlish? When
he makes his maiden speech.
DOES teamster become Il man of
mettle when he is blocked in?
TRUE, time flies fast, but every musi-
clan of any note can beat time.
QUERY: Are the MichiGANDERs any
relation to the PortuGUEsE, and if so,
how much and what?
JAMES says that his sweetheart is like
Il melon, because her cold man" has
locked her up and she cantclope.
AN old conductor says he is no Judge
of female beauty, but he can always
tell when ladies are "passing fare"
A LADY was examining an applicant
for the Office of maid d-of-all- work, when
she interrogatcd her as follows 3" Well,
Mary, can you scour tinware with
alacrity?' I" No, mann, | always scour
them with sand"
JACK" and "Gill (em')
They fight and kill EN-,
For both are used to milling;
But if messages right are,
Gillcn is the fighter
And Jack lie does the killing.
THERE is little railroad at Bayou
Sara, La, that runs to Woodville on a
very inaccurate scale. a stranger came
in one day and inquired how often the
steam-car made trips to the country.
The party interrogatcd said: "Tri-
weekly "What do you mean by tri-
weekly ?" The answer was: "It goes
ND one week and tries to come down the
next
A YANKEE in Paris, who was listening
to the boasts of lot of English and
French artists about the wonderful
genius of their respective countrymen,
at last "broke out" and said, "Oh,
pshaw You git eout Why, there's
Bill Deyine, of our village, who kin
paint piece of cork SO 'zachly like mar
bic that the minute you throw it into the
water ii will sink to the bottom kuhchug,
les like stone.
To MAKE egg nog, you take some milk,
then egg, then sugar, then brandy, then
Jamaica rum. Then you drink it and
then-you get drunk. Then police
man arrests your dcad-latch key and
opens you with door. No but,
never mind You sit down on the baby
in mistake, and your wife cries and says
she will go home TO her mother. You
tell her to go and bc-quict. In the
morning you say, "No, | thank you--
| don't care for any breakfast.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
B ET THEE DI VS. MtRRfED.
How unscicntiic you are {.

ID ~ ILiiLs[s f/.l ~ -h-1f Ifsf|.
"My dearest" said Fred as we neared
little wayside station, "what do you
say to some lunch? ? | can step out here
and get anything you fancy. 1t may
seem a dreadful thing for II bridegroom
to confess, but l begin to feel quite
sharp after our early dinner. If you
don't mind my leaving you for five min
utes-"
l signifed that an absence of that
duration might be supported, and Fred
started for the refrcshmcnt room.
We had been married just three days.
and the Slamor of the honeymoon was
upon everything-the atmosphere was
rarified beyond that hreathed by every
day mortals-the earth glorifed with n
new beauty-the heavens with new light,
We ate not bread and beefsteak, but
some ambrosial dish untastcd before,
and dr. nix golden nectar, ctherialized
from hot coffee pots.
l watched Fred from the car window
until he disappeared in the rcfreshment
room. What a splendid fellow he was !!
Such cyes-such a mind-such teeth
such a heart-such a general cOmbina-
ton of perfectionsl How charming
how delightful; how altogether impress
sible it was to belong to him fore .cr,
never to be separated more when whiz
clahg! Horrors The train was off,
with Fred still discussing boned turkey
in the eating saloon, and his faithful
wife hopelessly quiescent in the ladies'
car-otf, sundering at the rate of thirty
miles an hour those whom law and gos-
pei both declared only death should
part.
"What's the matter, mum?" asked
the conductor, noticing my excitement.
There-theres gentleman left be-
hind, I gasped.
rs there, mum?' was the stoical re-
ply. "Bless my soul, that's nothing
new."
"But-but-he's my husband - | fall
tered, blushing to my finger tips, as l
felt that the fact was something new.
Three ladies turned around to stare at
me, and there was an unmistakable litter
beneath the heavy mustache of a gen
tleman opposite.
"Sorry, mum, but it can't be helped.
If gents will stop at bar-rooms to wet
their whistles we can't wait for EN-"
A bar-room! Fred in bar-room wet
ting his whistle What did the odious
man mean? I tried to crush him with
look, but | wasn't equal to it. Fred
MY Fred-in bar-room
"You needn't be alarmed" said AN
old gentleman, kindly; "there will be
another accommodation at eight"
cat eight y and it was now Just half
past four. l sank back upon the cushion
in quiet desperation. What was to be-
come of me?
With the entire abnegation peculiar
to the early phases of the honeymoon, |
had put my little velvet portemonnaie,
handkerchief and vinaigrette in Frcd's
breast pocket-not that hadn' pocket
of my own, but there was such de-
lightful novelty in feeling that now
had right to his.
Was there ever confding bride left
such a plight Without husband
and without a cent, and-not the least
misfortune to one inclined to the fem
mime weakness of tears-without even n
pocket handkerchief.
"Tickets, num-"
The conductor was again making his
rounds.
ell haven't ticket" I stammered
in bewilderment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

OK and after the 1st of July we are to
have new deal i'll postage stamps. The
following descriptions of the new candi-
dates for the public saliva will be found
interesting a: The one-cent stamp has
the profile bust of Franklin, taken from
Rubricht, in imperial blue. Two cents,
Jackson profile bust after Powers
color, velvet brown. Three cents,
Washington profile bust after Hou-
dan color, green. Six cents, Lincoln,
after Volk, in cochineal red. Seven
cents, Stanton profile bust from pho
tograph +; color, English vermilion
Ten cents, Jefferson ; profile bust after
Powers statue chocolate color Twelve
cents, Clay (; profile bust after Hart :;
purple. Fifteen cents, Webster pro-
file bust after Clevenger; color, orange
Twenty-four cents, Scott; profile bust
after Coffee color, pure purple. Thirty
cents, Hamilton profile bust after Ger
rachi !; color, black. Ninety cents, Com
modore o. H. Perry profile bust after
Wolcutt's statue color, carminc. Each
of the departments has stamps with the
name of the department printed there
on, with appropriate devices. Stamps
for the use of the President have eek
ecutiye" printed across the top. Each
department has a different color, 50 that
there will be no occasion for the CORE
spondence to get mixed. The color for
the War Department is carmine ; the
Navy, blue; the Interior, vermilien !;
State, green Treasury, velvet brown !;
Postotiice, black Agricultural, straw
color; Department of Justice royal
purple Executive, chocolate.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
THE Partridge.

The partridge iz also game bird.
Their game iz tcw drum on log in the
spring ov the year, and keep both eyes
open, watching the sportsmen.
Patridges are shot on the wing, and
are az cazy to miss az a ghost iz.
1t IL phun enuff to see the old bird
hide her yung brood when danger IL
near. This must be seen, it kant be
described, and make emmy boldly beleave
it.
The partridge, grouse, and pheasant
are cousins, and either one ov them
straddle gridiron natural enuff tew hay
bin born thare.
Take a couple of yung patridgcs and
put them down, and serve up with the
right kind ov chorus, and they beat
the ham sandwich yu buy on the Cam
den and Amboy Railroad 81 ID per
cent.
hav eat theze lamentabel Nh Jersey
ham sandwich, and must sa that pre-
fer couple of bass wood chips, soaked
in mustard water, and stuk together
with Spalding's glue.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

Glow did you get here so soon ?
How did you find me? Oh, Fred,
Fred, l have been so frightened and
miserable -
Fred's answer was shower of kisses.
How did | come ? In a coal car.
There was u train of them just behind.
1t wasn't the pleasantest ride i'll the
world, but it brought me quicker to you
poor, little frightened bride ~
And as met the glance of those low
ing eyes, l nestled closer to his heart,
and felt, in spite of Aunt Tabby's ex-
pcctations, | was at home again.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
TH'!S HiRJE

The last four weeks have been prolific
| Of horrors. succession of calamitics,
| involving an appalling destruction OF
human life, have fallen upon us with
| such rapidity us to tax the utmost
capacity of the average journal to kccl
faithful record of them. An ocean
steamship foundcred at sea, and ovcl
seven hundr, Il human beings buried III
IL watery grave; bridge across river
gives way beneath its precious weight of
humanity, and half II hundred beings
launched into eternity some twenty-five
people slaughtered by Il band Of thirty
or forty Indians, who defy the power of
a Government of forty million people :;
the discovery of a graveyard filled with
the victims of IL gang of mrdercrs and
outlaws, revealing IL chapter of crime
that causes ones blood to thrill with
horror, and beside which all the blood
cur,lling sketches of modern fiction pale
| into insiguilicancc an explosion in II
Nova Scotia coal mine, involving the de
struction of upward of Il hundred human
negroes i'll Louisiana, resulting in the
slaughter of over n hundred blacks =
these are few, and only a few, chap
ters of the terrible record furnished in
four short weeks.
ONE of the most valuable and inter
the charts of mortality y published in
the second volume, and showing in dis
tinct colors the relative mortality from
various diseases in different parts of the
country The first class is that of
mortality from consumption. The
highest average of death by this dis
ten thousand, is indicated by a deep
blue, and this color covers nearly all of
Maine, all of New Hampshire, the
greater part of Massachusetts and
Rhode Island, and the northeastern por
ton of Connecticut. The fatal color
also appears in northwestern New York,
on the borders of Lake Ontario, in
eastern New Jersey, around the upper
waters of the Ohio, and along II broad
band running through Southern Ohio,
Southern Indiana and Northern Ken
tucky. The next highest average, four
teen hundred to two thousand deaths in
ten thousand, is indicated by Il lighter
shade of blue, and this embraces a
large part of Michigan; Southern Wis
cunsin, Northern Illinois, Eastern Iowa,
and parts of Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee,
and West Virginia. 1t also covers the
greater portion Of the Middle States eX-
cept Pennsylvania. The only sections
of the Union with a perfectly white
record, two hundred and fifty to five
hundred and fifty deaths in ten thou
sand, are Northern Minnesota, North
ern Wisconsin and Northern Michigan !;
and small spots in Southwestern Vir-
ginia, in Western North Carolina, in
the middle of Georgia, and in Southern
Florida.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

BEER is only one dollar per glass in
Moutevideo
CALICO is higher i'll England than for
years before.
PARIS had thirteen suicides in single
day, recently.
THE India papers chronicle n recent
hail storm as an event without prccc-
dent within the memory of the oldest
inhabitant.
AN unreasonable woman in London
wants wine merchant there, named
Ostrich, to pay $1,000 for writing 244
love letters to her and then cooling off
in his rhetoric.
In the year 100 lived in Kent, En-
gland, Eliza and Mary Chalkhurst,
who were joined together after
the manner of the Siamese Twins.
Their will ordered that the income
given by the land of which they died
possessed should be perpetually applied
to the distribution of an annual dole
of cakes and cheese. A few days ago
the church wardens of the parish made
the distribution for this year. The
cakes are made of -four and water, and
bear the date 1100 together with the
imprinted etfigies of the sisters.
DURING whole week, says the Ben
gal Times, the streets of Dacea have
been enlivened by marriage professions,
the most remarkable of which were
those in honor of the marriage of two
dolls belonging to the daughters of the
wealthiest Hindoo citizens. The cele
bration of these extraordinary nuptials
has afforded much amusement to the
people, whilst the parents of the iuve
nile mothers-in-lawa availed themselves of
this opportunity to spend ii few thou
sand rupees to satisfy the one inclina-
tion foremost in the mind of every Hin
doo-feeding the Brahmins, relations,
kinsmen, friends, neighbors, and the
poor.
Liebig has shown that oatmeal is al
most as nutritious as the very best
English beef, and that it is richer than
wheaton bread in the elements that go
to form bone and muscle, Prof. For
bcs, of Edinburgh, during some twenty
years, measured the breadth and height,
and also tested the strength of both the
arms and loins of the students in the
Umverslty-a very numerous class, and
of various nationalities, drawn to Edin-
burgh by the fame of his teaching. He
found that, in height, breadth of chest
and shoulders, and strength of arms and
loins, the Belgians We're at the bottom
of the list little above them the
French very much higher, the En-
glish the highest of all, the Scotch and
Scotch-Irish, from Ulster, who, like the
natives of Scotland, are fed, in their
early years, with at least one meal "A
day of good milk and good oatmeal por-
ridge. Speaking of oatmeal, an ex-
change remarks that very good drink
$ made by putting about two spoon
uls of the meal into tllmber of wa
ter. The Western hunters and trap
pers consider it the best of drinks, as
it is at once nourishing, unstimulating
and satisfying.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

SEE in another column the advertise
ment headed "I HTH Help Any .Maa. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31
JOSH BILLINGS.

HENRY WARD BEECHER, in the course
of recent sermon in Plymouth Church.
spoke of repining old age and its
querulousness, and prayed that he might
die suddenly, rather than that his life
should leak ont in that way. Such old
age, he declared, was misery to be
dreaded. "God deliver me-" said he,
"from going to heaven through such II
purgatory."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

ASorHER Chicago speculator has come
to grief. John Watson, a prominent
Board Of Trade operator, fell "short p"
|, 600, 600 bushels of wheat, and on
Tuesday failed to the extent of Sl3O, 600.
As nothing more nor less than reckless
speculation brought MI. Watsons troubles
ON him, very few people outside of his
creditors will be touched with sympathy
for him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-31

TWELVE years ago Connecticutfarme
killed himself by placing the muzzle OF
a gun against his breast and discharging
it with poker. Last Wednesday week
his son, also farmer, in the same room,
with the same gun, and in the same man
ner, took his life.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-26
AN ANT Iadened with a grain Of cor

An ant ladened with a grain Of corn
which he had acquired with infinite
toll, was breasting q current Of his fel-
lows. each Of whom, as Is the etiquette,
insisted upon stopping him, feeling
him all over and shaking hands. 1t
occurred to him that an excess Of cere-
mony Is an abuse Of courtesy. So he
laid down his burden. sat upon 1t.
folded all his legs tight to his body and
smiled q smile Of great grimness.
"Hullo! What's the matter with you?"
exclaimed the first insect whose over
lures were declined. "Sick of the
hollow conventionalities Of a rotten
civilization" was the rasping reply.
"Relapsed into the honest simplicity
of primitive o~bservances. Go to grass"
"Ah! then we must trouble you for
that corn. In a condition Of primitive
simplicity there are no rights of prop
erty. These are hollow convention
alities.'" A light dawned upon the
intellect Of that creature. He shook
the reefs out Of his legs ; he scratched
the reverse Of his ear. He grapled
that cereal and trotted away like q
giant refreshed. 1t was observed that
he submitted with a wealth of patience
to manipulation by his friends and
neighbors, and went some distance out
Of his way to shake hands with stran-
gers on competing lines Of traffic.
Nevertheless. this fable docs not teach
that social o~bseryances are always-or
even commonly : grounded In good
sense. II 1t did that would make 1t
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-26

JUSTLY ExAsPERATxD.-The Eureka
Sentinel Of April 23d INDUCES In the
following growl:
It Is really perplexing that we can
get nothing from the Modoc front. The
truth Is that the reporter for the West
ern Union line In San Francisco Is just
about as we'll qualified for the dis
charge Of the duties Incumbent upon
him rs Captain Jack or Shack Nasty
jim are to teach q Sunday school class
In Henry Ward Beecher's church. He
seems to have the epizooty on the
brain. and II our prayers avail any
thing he will die from the effects Of 1t.
We don't blame the Sentinel for
growing. That same reporter has
been sending us San Francisco dog
fights, chain-gang and Chinese chicken
thief items, and similar trash, Of no
earthly interest to people In this sec
ton. at our expense, instead OF what
stirring, important information Is cur-
rent and what people here are looking
for, until we feel like going for bis
SCALP. He will find US down there on
the war-path shortly II he doesn't do
batter. or
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-04-26

The telegraph says that Bep Butler
Is preparing to lay his wires for the
Senatorial succession In the place OF
Charles Sumner. 10 have the place
exalted b.. the memory Of Daniel
Webster. and so long nobly filled by
one Of tho ablest and most in%corrupt-
ible statesmen of America-Charles
Sumner-hersafter occupied by Butler.
would be a legitimate result OF the
political depravity of our day-a MT
ting commentary on our political sys-
tenn. Ben would doubtless stand high
in the Senste-a full head and shout
ders above many there, in intellect, at
least, IL not In inscriptions villainy.
Verify the world moves, and so does
American government, but as the crab
backward.