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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
EDUCA TION IN THE SOUTH.

J. G. Gibbs, Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction in Florida, delivered a
lecture in New York city, last week, on
"The Duty of the North and the South
in the Work of Reconciliation, in
which he gave some startling statistics,
taken from the last United States CEN
sus reports, bearing upon the educa-
tional condition of the South. These
figures reveal an extent of illiteracy and
ignorance in that unfortunate section
that appeals directly to every Christian.
Here is missionary field in our very
midst, to which those philanthropists
who are interesting themselves in the
work of regenerating the heathens of
Asia and Africa would do well to direct
their attention. The following table
tells the sad story:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

The dimensions of the grain trade of
the country are hardly appreciablc by
those unconversant with its details.
From the figures given by the census
returns we learn that the weat crop of
the country for 1869 reached grand
total of 2S7, 745, ,62G bushels, about 5O,-
600, 900 of which were exported, leaving
still nearly $40, 900, 600 bushels for our
own consumption.
Owing to some States being largely
grain producing, and the labor of others
expending itself almost exclusively in
other fields, this vast amount requires
a great deal of transportation before it
reaches the consumers larder. Thus
the New England States require 3d.
coo, 600 bushels more than is raised on
their rocky soil New York, 33, 900, 900;
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Mary
land, between them, little over 5,0O0,-
600. Then come the great Western
States, VIII Sc people consume only a
third of the vast amount raised on their
rich soil, the bulk of which goes to feed
the East and is exported. California
produces 10, 900, 900 more bushels than is
consumed within her borders.
The entire amount of wheat grown in
the eleven Southern States only reaches
about 81, ,0C0, 900 bushels, which of course
is augmented largely by that growth i'll
other sections of the Union in order to
feed the population of nearly 1000, 900,
though corn is more largely used i'll this
section as a substitute than elsewhere,
especially among the negroes and poor
whites.
The corn crop of the country is nearly
four times rs large rs the wheat crop,
being in exact numbers 760, 10000
bushels, the expectation of which is
very extensive, Notwithstanding the fact
that i'll the West it is largely used in the
feeding of swine, and exported in the
shape of pork.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
THE PEA BODI SELL.

Newspaper readers will remember that
on the morning of the 1st of April last
the daily journals printed Il telegraphic
dispatch alleging that the grave of the
late George Peabody had been broken
into, and the coffin desecrated by the
removal of the silver handles, name
plate, and other costly mountings. The
announcement was widely circulated by
the telegraphic wires and newspapers !;
and, although it was All Fools day, no.
body dreamed that it was untrue. The
same instruments that gave the report
circulation were busy the next day an
nouncing that it was an April Fool hoax.
Every effort was made to discover the
author of the sell, but without success,
and probably he would forever have re-
mained unknown had not the rascal con-
fessed it himself on his death-bed. The
Boston Traveller thus reveals the mys-
terry "Thomas Appleton, who was the
originator of this hoax, died at Provi-
dence, r. l., some weeks ago, but be-
fore his death he confessed his guilt,
and explained the manner of it's commits
sion. For number of weeks he said
he had been pondering over the ques-
ton how he could inhict stupendous
hoax upon the country. This thing,
that thing and the other were thought
of, and found impracticable, until final
ly he wrote the dispatch mentioned
above. The next step in the programme
was to send the dispatch to the Office of
the New England agent of the Asso-
ciated Press, which, with the aid of Il
Salem lady, was successfully accom-
plished, and it was sent; and unsus-
piciously the employees in the Boston
office of the Associated Press, besides
manifolding it for every Boston paper,
sent it far and wide. AS has been
stated, there was a great hue and cry to
discover the author of the hoax, but
those few who were let into the secret
deemed it best to remain silent. Now,
however, that he is dead, and the obli-
cation removed, there can be no objec-
ton to the publication of the details,
even though it may reflect some discredit
upon his memory. Whatever may be
thought of the cruelty of the hoax, there
can be no question that it proved a great
success, humbugging two-thirds of the
newspapers on both sides of the At
lantic. -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
POSTAL CARD DEMAND.

The Postoffice Department has made
acquisitions on the contractors for 51,-
126, 900 postal cards. OF this number
A, 1880 have been sent to postmas-
ters, leaving orders untitled in the hands
of the contractors amounting to 7,OO8,-
800 Add to this the number of cards
ordered by the postmasters and not yet
forwarded to the contractors, viz, 10,-
331 900, and there is total deficiency
in supplying orders of 1880, 400. 1t
lacks few days of three months since
the first cards were issued. 1t was es-
timated at the Department that 1OO,-
600, 900 would be required to supply the
demand for the first year. This estimate
was too low, for already the orders from
postmasters aggregate 81 ,458, 400.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

If cold settles on the outer coverings
of the lungs, it becomes pneumonia, in
fammation of the lungs, OF lung fever,
and in many cases carries of the strong
est man to the grave within a week. If
cold falls upon the inner covering of
the lungs, it is pleurisy, with its knife
like pains and its slow, very slow recov-
cries. If a cold settles in the Joints,
there is rheumatism, with the agonies
of pain, and rheumatism of the heart,
which in an instant sometimes snaps
asunder the cords of life with no friendly
warning. 1t is the utmost practical i'm
portance, then, in the wintry weather,
to know not so much how to cure a cold
as to avoid it. Cold always comes from
one cause-some part of the body being
colder than natural for a time. If a
person will keep his feet warm always,
and never allow himself or herself to be
chilled, he or she will never take cold in
a lifetime and this can only be ac-
complished by due care in warm cloth
ing and avoidance of drafts and ex-
posure. While multitudes of colds come
from cold feet, perhaps the majority
arise from cooling off too quickly after
becoming little warmer than is natural,
from exercise Or work. or from confine-
ment to warm apartment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
TIE NEW FIFTY GENT NOTE.

The latest issue of fifty-cent postal cur
rency has made disappearance in theWest.
We subjoin the following description of
its appearance At the left is beauti-
fully executed vignette of Samuel Dex-
ter, Secretary of the Treasury in 1901,
occupying nearly half the face. The
words "Fifty cents" appear in dark
scroll-work parallel to the right border.
The same in figures ornaments the two
left-hand corners of the face, the two
right hand corners of the back, and is
also seen in figures of large size in the
center of a circular piece of green scroll
work that forms the back of the vignette.
The national arms in scroll-work is
among the ornaments of the face The
Spinner signature presents the old pc
culiarities. Upon the back is the
familiar legend, instructing the people
in what sums and for what the bill is
receivable. The peculiar qualities of
the paper and the abundant scroll work
will make it next to impossible to coun-
terfeit it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND SATURDAY,
cit is the Baroness Won Waldrotf,
he said. with n sigh.

cit is the Baroness Won Waldrotf, ;"
he said, with a sigh.
"And you really love her ?"
"Alas only too dearly" said the
soldier, sadly.
Nevertheless, l must hold you to
your promise Here is the other half
of the ring; can you produce its
mate %
"Hcre it is" said Eugene Merville.
"Then /, too, keep my promise p
said the domino, raising her mask, and
showing to his astonished view the face
of the Baroness Won Waldroff p
She had seen and loved him for his
manly spirit and character, and having
found by inquiry that he was worthy Of
her love, she had managed this delicate
intrigue, and had tested him, and now
gave him her wealth, title and every
thing.
They were married with great pomp,
and accompanied the Archduchess to
Paris. Napoleon, to crown the happi
ness Of his favorite, made him at once
a general of division. English Paper.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
VARIETIES.

Too late for the ,fair-An cid bache-
lor.
WHEN is soldier not soldier p
When he is mustered.
We are requested to ask how many
"festive boards it will take to cover
twenty by thirty barn.
THE ndividual that stole march
has been put into the same cell with
Procrastination, the thief of Time.
WHAT was the proverb that King
Lear heard from the lips of his two
daughters? Go father and fare worse
WHAT is the difference between a
bare head and hair bed? A bare
head fees for shelter hair bed is
shelter for feas.
AN old maid, who hates the male sex,
most venomously cut female acquaint-
ance recently, who complimented her
upon the buoyancy of her spirits.
JOSH BILLINGS says: "Fuss works
hard all day, and don't do anything;
goes to bed tired at night, then gifts up
next morning and begins where she left
oph,'
The following is rather novel way
of answering two questions at once:
"You, Sal, what time is it, and where's
the chicken pie?" "'Tis eight (ate),
sir?"
A MAHoMMEDAN said to Christian
missionary: "Your religion gives mo
three Gods and one wife-mine gives me
three wives and one God-I prefer my
own."
ga ROLLING stone gathers no moss"
A very doubtful adage. We have
Just seen in an exchage the marriage
of Peleg Rowlingstonc to Miss Ophe-
liza Moss.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

The Belgian Government has recently
ordered securely-locked letter boxes to
be placed in all the insane asylums of
the country, public or private, in posi-
tions where they will be easily accessi-
BILE by all of the inmates. They are de-
signed to allow complaints and sugges-
tions to be made to the authorities in
way independent of any of the officers
or attendants and no one connected
with the institution can have access to
them. They are in charge of the pro-
cureur du roi of the district, and the
letters are taken to him weekly for ex-
animation the complaints are investi-
gated, and if any one asserts that he is
sane, he is ordered to be examined by
medical experts. The system exerts
wholesome and beneicent influence;
and, if recent revelations concerning the
management of similar institutions in
this country are to be trusted, it's adop-
ton here should be brought about at
once
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
TRIED 4 ND TRUE

1t was the Carnival. season in Paris ;
and Col. Eugene Merville, an attache of
the great Napoleon's staff, who had won
his way to distinction with his own saber,
found himself at the masked ball in the
French opera house. Better adapted in
his tastes to the field than to the boudoir,
he tiirts but little with the gay figures
that cover the floor, and joins but seldom
in the waltz. BIT at last, while stand
ing thoughtfully and regarding the as
sembled throng with vacant eye, his
attention was suddenly aroused by the
appearance of a person in white satin
domino, the universal elegance of whose
figure, manner, and bearing convinced
all that her face and mind must be equal
to her person in grace and loveliness.
Though in SO mixed an assembly,
still there was a dignity and reserve in
the manner of the white domino that
rather repulsed the idea of familiar
address, and it was some time before
theyoung soldier found courage to speak
to her.
Some alarm being given, there was a
violent rush of the throng toward the
door; where, unless assisted, the lady
would have materially suffered. Eugene
Merville offers his arm, and with his
broad shoulders and stout frame wards
off the danger. 1t was delightful mo-
ment the lady spoke the purest French,
was witty, fanciful, and captivating.
All lady, pray raise that mask, and
reveal to me the charms of feature that
must accompany. so sweet a voice and so
graceful form as you possess"
" You would, perhaps, ba disap-
pointed"
{" No; I am sure not
Are you so very confident ?"
Yes. I feel that you are beautiful
it cannot be otherwise
"Don't be too sure of that, said the
domino. Have you never heard of the
Irish poet Moore's story of the veiled
prophet of Khorasan-how, when he dis
closed his countenance, it's hideous aspect
killed his beloved one. How do you
know that shall not turn out yelled
prophet of Khorasan?"
"Ah, lady, your every word convinces
me to the contrary" replied the nrap-
tured soldier, whose heart had begun to
feel as it never felt before he was in
love.
She eludes his efforts at discovery :;
but permits him to hand her to her car
riage, which drives off in the darkness,
and though he throws himself upon his
fieetest horse, he is unable to oyertake
her.
The young French colonel becomes
moody; he has lost his heart, and knows
not what to do. He wanders hither and
thlther, shuns his former places of
amusement, avoids his military COM
panions, and, in short, is miserable as a
lover can well be thus disappointed.
One night, just after he had left his
hotel on foot, figure, muffied up to the
very ears, stopped him.
"Well, monsieur, what would YOU
with me ?" asked the soldier.
"You would know the name of the
white domino ?" was the reply.
81 would, indeed, replied the officer
hastily. "How can it be done ?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
SWA DDLING A CHILD IN THE OLDEN
TIME.

Modern readers, especially of the
younger sort, frequently meet the word
"swaddling," without any definite idea
of the operation, as babies in our days
are not subjected to it. The unfortu-
nate infant Gas the practice existedin the
olden time) is laid down on the lap, the
head out, and the swathing-bag, or
swaddling cloths, wound round it from
neck to heels, making n complete pris-
oner of the poor little thing. The in
FAINT is kept in this condition until it is
necessary to teach it the use of its
limbs.
The custom has passed away, but as
the word is used in the Bible, it is not
altogether obsolete. Curiously enough
in Ireland, Methodists are called by the
lower order swaddlers. Thereason will
puzzle many +; but it arose from simple
fact. John Wesley preached in Ireland
on Christmas day, and, in the style of
the times, gave many spiritual meanings
to the words, wrapped him in swad-
ding Clothes" 1t took the lively fancy
of the Irish, who Mt once called him the
swaddling preacher. And to this day
the name is often heard.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

The Jewish Convention, which re-
Gently met at Cincinnati, besides provid-
ing for the establishment of a theologi-
cal school, reafirmed the sanctity of
Saturday as the day of worship. The
Convention exalted the Ten Command
ments as the supreme guide of life, as
the Jews universally hold them to be,
but omitted any allusion to the coming
Messiah, declaring the United States to
be a glorious new land of promise for
the Jewish race.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

A GERMAN friend tells us good story
of one of his countrymen who boasted
of his ability to cheat ode dam Yam
kee." He had sold merchant lot of
maple sugar of his own making, and
chuckled over the way he had gummed
him by mixing half water with sap.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

"SIR,' said little clustering man to
religious opponent, to what sect do
you think belong?" Well, / don't
exactly know" replied the other, "but
to judge from your size and appearance
l should think you belonged to a class
called the insect.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

RECENT experiments prove that the
diamond is combustible at much lower
heat than is supposed, and disappears
entirely when exposed to a cherry-red
heat for seventy-two hours.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
VOLUME III.
TIE GOBLIN CAT.
A BALLAD.

BALLAD.
"Come hither, hither. little boy.
A sixpence bright this bit is;
I'll give it all to thee if thou
wilt drown these little kittics"
Qnoth thus the good old housewife she,
And thus this boy quoth he:
LADY, I'll drown them willingly,
If mine the bit may be-"
Then in bag she thrust each kit,
And tied il with bow-strinc;
And sped the boy with bag and bit
Like arrow from bow-striug
He stood upon the river side,
That boy with sunny brow;
"Me'e, mc~," the little kittens cried
He, mocking, cried, "me-ow"
Then, purring, rubbed against his feet
The poor old pusssie-nother,
As if to say, Sweet lad nay, nay.
o, spare them. I've none other"
No pity had that little lad.
lie did not care a feather;
But in the sack he thrust the cat,
And drowned them all together.
Then felt that little boy that he
Had done dreadful deed;
And so he turned with brow that burned,
And fed with all his speed
liito tenn ting andy shop,
To buy both this and that:
Rut for his hit hp pa,Iubt rpi,lI
Except canay cat.
He put it in his pocket deep,
Aud to the good-wife ran:
so, what's the matter--why dost weep,
My boy-my little man?"
40, lady, lady, I have done
An awful deed, see,
Those little innoCents to drown
Who ne'er did harm to mel"
Then from his pocket swelled shrek,
A ghastly, hoarse "mc0tr :"
And fear did blanch his ruddy cheek,
And pale that ladys brow;
Az forth out-sprung goblin grim,
A cat with woful wall
Six spectral kittents from her mouth,
Suspended by the tail.
Then turned and fled that wife with dread,
The boy, he followed after,
While fierce pursuit that goblin brood
With shrieks of feline laughter.
From morn till night they kept their flight !;
From night till morn fed they;
And if old beldames tales be true,
They run unto this day
Nor ever shall they find rest,
Nor tarry in their flight
so suffer those who in the woes
OF cats and kits delight;
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

A SWALLOWS s nest fell from the caves
of n arm-house, and the barn yard
poultry and the hedge-birds gathered
about the ruins, and went into commit
tee on them.
81 knew it was going to fall felt
sure it must be the last time | went on
the roof" chirped the sparrow.
Stupid thing-building its nest up
there" hissed the goose.
81 could have taught her how to lay
eggs without getting them smashed, if
she had only come to me" quacked a
duck.
"And 7 could have taught her how to
hatch them-I have had to hatch yours,
Neighbor Duck, clucked hen.
Gobble, gobble, gobble-if people
choose to be fools they must take the
consequences" said strutting turkey
cock, putting ont his feathers.
My friends, you are very kind to
take so much interest in my affairs, y
twittered the poor swallow, "but if you
were so sure that my house was going to
fall, isn't it a pity that you didn't tell me
SO little sooner 2"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
A BlSKFUL YOETH.

The following letter from a matrimo-
nially-inclined Michigan youth, in re-
ply to an advertisement in the Chicago
Iriduae, was picked up in the streets of
that city recently. We hope the young
man will succeed IN getting an accom-
plished wife who can play on the piano,
and who owns house and lot ; fo1 one
50 accomplished in the art of letter
writing deserves to be rewarded. And
then we are sure he would make good
and noble husband. He is so very bash
full he don't want his big brother to
know he "got a letter from lady, and
all boshful young men, it is said, make
good husbands :
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13

THREE THOUSAND people in st. Louis
own estates of $25, 900 and upward.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
UNDER the Postal act which went into

UNDER the Postal act which went into
effect July l, the compensation of rail
road companies for transportation of the
mails is to be adjusted in accordance
with the weight of the mails, the length
of thc line, and the character of the
facilities offered by the road under the
law. The mails are to be weighed in
October as sample weighing, the roads
having objected to weighing at an early
period, claiming that the business of the
dull season was not a fair test of the
average amount of mails.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-09-13
HILLsDALE mislligan
Aug % 7s
Dear Madam or

Sister whoever you are; as / happen to be
reading the (Tribune) i saw your advertise
ment) and as it say that you are a Lady of re-
fnemcnt, do not know but, perhaps it might
pay; by my writing to you notwithstanding
we are tranger, on account of my being Matri-
monty. inclined thought write to you to see
if it il 80 with you, am single and never was
married i live at Home with my Mother we
own House & Lot we live at Grand Rapid |
am at work in the Furniture Factory as fancy
wood Turner in HillsClale shall stay here un-
till mex FALL my Age is 20 now if this meet
your Appreciation Please send me your (Phot)
and excuse for not sending mine first as | am
the first to write to you q il you send yours
first will send mine tell me your Ages, Ac-
complshment & vocation do you understand
PLAYING on the Piano (and have you got one)
also have you House & lot of your own also
please describe yourself and answer immedi-
atelcy -- ------.
Z $ when you write to me write my Name
Plain and in large Letters 80 that my Brother
wont know that got my Letter from a Lady
SINCE the year 1913, when there were
but about 5000 miles of completed rail
road in the country, the railroad system
of the United States had increased, on
Jan. /, 1873, to II, 200 miles in actual
operation, with 5000 more in process of
construction. The railroad statistics
show that in 1858 there We're $4,000
miles of roads built, in 1869 43, 600
miles, and that since the war the half of
the whole has been constructed and put
in operation. The average railroad
gre with for the last five years has been
nearly 5000 miles annually. AT a rate
of $40, 900 per mile the cost of the COM
pleted roads would be perhaps $3, ,000,-
900, 900, while those in progress and not
yet completed will cost 1920, 100000.
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236 West Twenty fifth street