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The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

slsy,. rsvs.us dis.riots thsrs Id been
nlliag Of in the noaths Of January md
sPsbrsasy Of revenue derived from intoxi-
eating liquors $s54. 900. The wholesale
dealers in Cincinnati had been seised with
CONSERVATION. Bankruptcy stared many Of
them in the face, and they were using every
expedient to check the work. They were
even sending special agents to every place
where the movement was being pressed to
counteraot its influence if possible. But in
spite Of their desperate efforts the work
WAS still progressing. Verify it seemed as
if this work must be i" Of Cod
But the greatest good that would prob
ably be accomplished by the movements
would be the strong temperance sentiment
that would be created. All respectable
men and women. whether they have hereto
fore been avowed temperance men and wo-
men or not, would now be more heartily and
earnestly in favor of the temperance cause.
Such brutal and outrageous conduct as the
whisky advocates Of Chicago had seen fit to
resort to, would only add fuel to the flame.
They could not lend greater or more ef-
6cient service to the the cause. 1t would
stir up the indignation Of respectable peo-
pie everywhere, and arouse the luke warm
to immediate and energetic action. Indeed
it might be that the God who had hardened
Pharoah's heart that his destruction might
be the more complete and signal would yet
permit these men in their blind rage to &C.
complish the destruction of their nefarious
traffic the more surely and speedily.
It was objected that this movement was
forwarded in fanaticism and carried on by
fanatics. The same objection had been
urged against Luther and many other great
and good men who are now regarded as tho
best men Of their respective ages. Every
reformer had been stigmatized as fanatic,
and every reformation as fanaticism.
Anti-temperance men had always been
loud in their praises of the plan Of moral
suasion. This was the only means in their
judgment that would prove effective in pre-
venting iutemperance. But when the moral
suasion principle is being pressed with the
most efficiency they suddenly lose faith in
it, and they are not so much in favor of
moral sussion as they were-in fact they
are absolutely opposed to it. The fact is
they are opposed to any and every means
that will decrease the demand for intoxi
eating beverages aud thereby decrease their
profits.
In conclusion the Rev. gentlemen coun-
seled wise aud deliberate action. He had
no doubt that in the enthusiasm of the
moment, rash acts hsd been committed and
mistakes made. He believed in carrying
on the work in the spirit Of love and kind.
ness, with charity for all. Saloon keepers
are not oil hard-hearted demons az they
are frequently represented. Many Of them
realize the true nature of the business they
are engaged in and would be glad to absn-
don it if there was any other business open
to them. 1t WAS one of the greatest benefits
of the present movement that they raised
money to remunerate saloon keepers fer
quitting the business and enabling them to
start in some more respectable calling
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

Elsewhere we give pretty full report
Of the sermon on the Women's Crusade
movement, delivered by the Rev. Charles
Griswold at the NJ. E. Church, on Sunday
night last. It was cool, dispassionats
survey of the situation.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

Special notices in editorial columns, 25 cents per
line.
Cash before insertion for all advertisements for
month or less, and invariably in advance unless
special arrangements are made.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

Arbitration, as means Of settling difficult
ties among nations, is gaining ground and
looks like becoming success. If nations
can srbitrate their complicated affairs and
difficulties and save war, certainly iudivid-
uals ought to be able to arbitrate their
simple Misunderstanding and save litiga-
tion.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08
.AKES! CAKES! CAKES!

If you want a Wedding Cake. Fruit Cake, Pound
Cake Sponge Cake any other kind of Cake On short
notice, leave your order at BIXBYs BAKERY.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

Bismark has been threatening to resign
again. That is the way he has Of bringing
his government to time. This time it was
because the Reichstag opposed his army
bill. It would be joke if the government
would take him at his word sometime and
accept his resignation, but it is hard to tell
upon whom the joke would turn. 1t is
doubtful whether the government could get
along very we'll without him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
How ThimbleS are Made

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting. Coin
silver is mostly used, and is obtained by
purchasing coin dollars. Hence it hap
pens that the profits of the business are
affected instantaneously by all the vari-
atoms in the nations greenback prom
Uses to pay. The first operation strikes
novice as almost wicked, for it is
nothing else than putting a lot of bright
silver dollars, fresh from the mint, into
nasty crucibles, and melting them up
into solid ingots. These are rolled out
to the required thickness, and cut by IA
stamp into circular pieces of any re-
quired size. A solid metal bar of the
size of the inside of the intended thin
BILE, moved by powerful machinery up
and down in bottomless mould of the
outside of the same thimble, bends the
circular disks into the thimble shape as
fast as they can be placed under the de-
scending bar. Once in shape. the work
of frightening, polishing and decorat-
ing is done upon Il lathe. First the
blank form is fitted with n rapidly-re-
chisel takes thin shaving from the
end, another does the same on the side,
and third rounds off the rim. A round
steel rod, dipped in oil and pressed
upon the surface, gives it Il lltrous pol
ish. Then little revolving steel wheel,
whose edge is raised ornament, held
against the revolving blank, prints that
ornament just outside the rim. A sec
ond wheel prints a different ornament
around the center, while third wheel
with sharp points makes the indenta-
tions on the lower half and end of the
thimble. The inside is frightened and
polished in similar way the thimble
being held in revolving mold. All
that remains to be done is to boil the
completed thimbles i'll soap-suds, to
remove the oil, brush them up, and
pack them for the trade.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
A Priceless Dress.

The lace dress which was made by the
Compagne des Indies of Paris for the
Empress Eugenie is made up over black
velvet, and shows to fine effect on that
fabric. The underskirt is in one piece,
not tiounced, its design being heavy
scalloped border of roses and tulips en-
twined with leaves, and interlacing with
another border formed of finer scallops
Of forget-me-nots and ivy leaves. Each
large scallop has medallion figure
filed with roses, tulips and forget-me-
nots embedded in an urn of exquisite
workmanship. Another medallion semi
circles this one, and the two are tied
with a true-lover's knot carried around
the whole underskirt. This true-lover's
knot tying the medallions and under
lacing over the whole is considered the
gem of the design. A square court
train of black velvet, trimmed with lace
half yard wide of the same design,
covers the back of the dress. 1t is
formed of two breadths which are united
in the back with shell-work of black
velvet one-eighth of an inch wide. This
train unites with an overskirt open in
front, with broad lappels turned back
and faced with peach-colored satin.
The corsage and sleeves of velvet are
trimmed with bertha and rutfies of the
lace. A handkerchief and fan in the
lace of the same stitch and design ac-
company this magnificent dress, to which
no price can be attached.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
Whom DO Great Men Marry !

NuOil 10 NTeht MeH marry
Women, of course. But they show the
same diversity of taste that is seen i'll
the lower ranks, and on the whole make
worse mistakes. They, however, gen
orally show the same sense in choosing
wives that they show in managing other
peoples affairs, whether it be good or
bad. John Howard, the great philan
thropist, married his nurse. She was
altogether beneath him in social life
and intellectual capacity, and, besides
this, was tifty-two years old, while he
was but twenty-five He would not
take No for an answer, and they were
married, and lived happily together I'M
til her death, which occurred two years
afterward Peter the Great, OF Rus
STA, married IL peasant girl. She made
an excellent wife and a sagacious En-
press. Humboldt married a poor girl
because he loved her. OF course they
were happy. Shakespeare loved and
welded Il farmers daughter. She was
faithful to her vow, but we can hardly
say the same of the great bard himself.
LIKE most of the great poets, he showed
too little discrimination i'll bcstowing
his affection on the other sex. Byron
married Miss Mibank to get her money
| to pay his debts. 1t turned out bad
shift. Robert Burns married farm
girl, with whom he fell in love while
they worked together i'll the plow-iicl
He, too, was irregular i'll his life. and
committed the most serious mistakes in
conducting his domestic affairs. Milton
married the daughter of Il country
squire, but lived with her only short
time. He was an allsterc, eXacting, literary
recluse, while she was 4 rosy, romping
country lass, who could not endure the
restraints imposed upon her, and so
they separated. subsequently, how
ever, she returned, and they lived
| tolerably happy. Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert were cousins, and about
the only example in the long line of En-
glish monarchs wherein the marital
vows were sacredly observed and sincere
affection existed. Washington married
a widow with two children. Lit is enough
to say of her that she was worthy of
him, and that they lived, as married
folks should, in perfect harmony. John
Adams married the daughter of 81 Pres
byterian clergyman. Her father OBJ
jectcd on account of John being II law
yer he had a bad opinion of the NOR
ais of the profession General Sherman
married the daughter of Thomas Ewing,
of Ohio, who was IA member of General
| Taylor's Cabinet This alone would
have been Il good start in life for any
| young man.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
Fred Grant on the War Path.

Dom Piatt, of the Capital, publishes
a card to-day warning the people not
call at his private residence to demand
explanation for articles in his paper: 1t
seems that the occasion of this was the
appearance of Fred Grant, son of the
President, at Piatt's house, to demand
satisfaction for an article which appeared
a week ago, rejecting on Mrs Grants
holiday reception so soon after her
fathers death. Piatt, however, was not
at home and did not, therefore, give the
satisfaction that was anticipated. Piatt
informed the police, who guarded his
house for day or two. in the mean
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
he f,rst campaign ended this identical

the first campaign ended, this identical
one first appeared in print. 1t gained
favor rapidly, till it penetrated and was
recognized in every part of our own
country, and will no doubt continue to
do so while the United States remains a
nation. 1t originated precisely as above
stated, and the writer of this article
distinctly recollects remarking at time
when it first appeared in print, to a per-
son who was equally aware of its origin,
how odd it would be should this silly
Joke, originating in the midst of beef,
pork, pickles, mud and salt, become a
national cognomcn.- Erchangc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
" Uncle Sam '-Origin of the Cog.
nOmen.

-rr,-- Immediately following the declaration
OF the last with England Gilbert
o., Anderson, of New York, then a con-
tractor, visited Troy on the Hudson
where was concentrated, and where he
purchased large quantity of provision
beef pork, etc. The inspectors of
these articles at that place were Eben-
ezer and Samuel Wilson. The latter
gentleman Invariably known as 'Uncle
oam } generally superintendent in per-
sAs large sse na%ssr s "e snpe2sS h r.
-, overhaulmg the provisions purchased by
s't' the contractor of the army. The casks
were marked "E Al. S." This
work fell to the lot of facetious fellow
~. IN the employ of the Messrs Wilson.
e-f~'- who, on being asked by some of his fell,
low-workmen the meaning of the mark
(for the letters ~. S." for United
States were then almost entirely new
to them, said he did not know unless
It meant Gilbert Anderson and Uncle
Sam Wilson. The joke took among
the workmen, and passed currently and
w.. Uncle Sam himself being present, was
occasionally rallied by them on the in
creaslng extent of his possessions. Many
OF these men shortly afteIward followed
the recruiting drum, and pushed toward
the frontier lines, for the double pur-
pose OF meeting the enemy and of eat
--i ing the provisions they had lately put
Ia good order. Their old Jokes of
course accompanied them, and before
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07

MEDICAL ApvERTIsING,-The medical
profession are ontspoken in their de-
ANNEXATION of the system OF medical adj
vertising, and declare that any medicine
that is advertised is Il fraud How
thoroughly inconsistent and unfair is
such an argument. The men who are
so loud i'll their criticism are those who
advertise themselves as medical saUans
by ostentatious display splendid resi-
dences with massive doorplates fast
horses and costly carriages. DIR. J.
WALKER, of California, IN old practi-
toner, respected alike for his skill and
conscientious independence, dares to
differ; and having discovered in his
VINEGAR BrrrERs a purely herbalistic
medicine, free from all spirituous poi
sons-a wonderful specific for numerous
disorders. advertises the same for the
relief of his fellow man, and is borne
out in his declarations Of its many yir
tues by thousands of invalids, who are
being cured of disease by its use. ~
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07

AN infalhble remedy for corns is said
to be the following: Apply every night
ON going to bed good coat of gum
arabic mucilage. In few weeks cure
will be effected, if the boots or shoes
tit properly. Corns and bunions are
usually occasioned by wearing narrow
soled boots or shoes. No looseness of
uppers will help the difficulty /; the soles
should be broad just where the corns
are growing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA-
AND
FAMILY LlNIMENT.

Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints, viz: Cramps in the Limbs and stom-
ach, Pain in the Stomach, Bowels, or Side, Rheu-
matsm in all its forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia,
Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns,
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and
Bruises, Chills and Fever Fer Internal and Ex-
ternal use.
It's operation is not only to relieve the patient,
but entirely removes the cause of the complaint.
1t penotrates and pervades the whole system, re-
storing healthy action to all tH parts, and quick
eninC the blood
THE HOUSEHOLD rANA CEA is PURELY VEG
ETABLE and All Healing
Prepared by
CURTIS BROWN,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07

Room FOR MORE SHEEP. Statistics
show that there were in 1871 abont 3D.
000 900 sheep in the United States,
yielding an average of four pounds of
wool each, or IDS, 600, 900 pounds in the
aggregate. In addition the annual i'm
portation of wool amounts to about 70, :
600, 600 pounds, at a cost of nearly $l0,-
DOC, 900. Then we import wooden goods
to the amount of nearly Si4, coo, 600 per
annum. There is room, therefore, for
an increase of 1000, 600 more sheep in
the country to supply the home demand
for wool, and for about 12,000,0 200 to
displace the importation of wooden
goods.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
Perils of Paris Shopping.


Among well known establishments
which our Americans patronize is store
dedicated thus-au Louvre; it is very
Z large and rich establishment, embrace
ing several buildings and employing
hundreds of clerks. Now it is far from
our purpose to describe this store, and
farther still to recommend it to Ameri-
cans, but merely to relate little Incl
dent which has made some talk here, and
ought to have made something more 1t
,- is as follows A few weeks since lady
from Boston--a widow-was looking at
an article of goods in that store with d
view to purchase. While she was ex-
amning and comparing, two men took
her by the shoulders and she found
herself thus suddenly under arrest,
while the accusing clerk stood by de
claring her a thief. A search of her
person was conducted in another room
without success. The poor, helpless,
and perfectly innocent lady was escorted
to her dwelling by police force and
r her effects examined. Trunks were
searched and closets. The trunks of
her lady friends We're searched in the
same apartment and all their choice
treasures of taste or affection rudely
turned over. OF course no proofs of
guilt appeared, yet the delicate and re.
fined lady was conducted back to the
store and from the store to prison. The
young gentleman, also Bostonian, who
appeared as her protector, was also, and
without even a charge of guilt, thrust
into an adjoining cell. Here they pass
ed the night, within six-foot space of
stone walls and floor, in loathsome cells
and cold, without fire or food; no cloth
ing granted to keep them warm ; they
We're both hungry and cold, and here
they We're kept thus till nine o'clock the
next morning; then the young man was
liberated. He soon found the lady's
friends and they quickly found her. She
was not liberated till the afternoon, and
then only when the son of our United
States minister became her bondsman.
-Four days afterward trial in court fail
cd to furnish any proofs of guilt. and
the lady is free, if needed an American
can be called free here, where the law
declares any one guilty till they obtain
proof of innocence. Mr.. Washburn adj
vised these prosecuted ones to institute
legal proceedings for redress, declaring
that "our Government does not protect
Its citizens; but, as he stated at the
same time, There Is no law in France, :"
they decline to further expose themselves
to Its hagrant injustice. For the first
time in the life of your correspondent
he has felt ashamed Of his country. 1t
is true that Americans are not protected
by their country 1t is indeed so and
any one who chooses to may put us in
prison here.-Paris Letter to Boston
TOuJOuI
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 3Aj Fulton Street, New York.
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP Is THE
PRESCRIPTION OF Of tho best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses i'll 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 one week old to
the adult II corrects acidity Of the stomach, re-
licves wind collie regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health an 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
Teethiug or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genu-
inc unless the facsimile of CURTIS PERkINSi is
on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
A Clever Sell.

The story comes from Washington
that the Director of the National OBJ
servatory has been made the victim of
an immense sell, by an exceedingly
naughty boy, whose Sabbath school ed
ucation had been sadly neglected. This
naughty lad, pretending that he was
much interested in astronomy, was al
lowed to come frequently in the observ-
atory, for the purpose of making observ-
ations. He improved one of the occa-
sions by sticking, 10y means of mucil-
age, a FREELY to the middle of the lens
of the telescope That very night,
when darkness was upon the face of the
earth, the astronomer made discovery.
The telescope being pointed toward the
constellation of Orion, he discovered
there a star of the third magnitude, that
had never been mentioned by any star
gazer, frem Job to Sir William Herschel.
The popularity about the star was that
it did not give its light steady but by
sudden jerks. He telegraphed these re-
markable facts to astronomers il. every
part of the country, and then sent cable
dispatches to Europe. The bill fol
telegraphing amounted to 2,6G0. The
ii,-Ap HiSiio oNAooSoIoo LII SfNI, oDscifl-
tory in the world were pointed toward
Orion, but while the director was study
ing what to call his new star, dispatches
came pouring in from different parts of
the world, inquiring where and at what
time the star appeared. The Director
took a look through his glass and found
that the star had moved about eighteen
billion miles since he discovered it, or
else that he had found companion star.
Examining it more closely, he found
that it had legs, which served toaccount
for why it moved so fast. Next morn
ing, while on the dome of the observa-
tory, examining the outer lens, he dis
covered the FREELY. He looked all round
for the boy who was interested in astron-
omy, but he could Iot see him. He
went down and waited for him to drop
in, but he did not come. The Govern
ment astronomer wants to see this boy
He thinks that he could make him see
some stars
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07
How Mrs. Prime Took Her Music-Is0x
TO Church.

Mrs. Prime, when her only son Peter
went into the navy, III the hopes that
there would be a war with Cuba, re-
ceived as Il parting gift a neat little
music box which he had purchased i'll
New York for $40. Last Sabbath tie
good lady made her preparations for
church, and, just as the bells struck for
the last time, she ran into the parlor,
snatched up her prayerbook and almost
ran to the church, havin" holy horror
of being late. She soon arrived at her
destination, and had hardly time to note
precisely what the horrid Smiths were
wearing, although she was certain sure
they had on the same clothes they wore
in the summer, when the good pastor
gave out the lesson, for it was an Epis-
copal church. She reached in front of
her for the praycr-book and made an
effort to open it, but being near sighted,
turned it over two or three times when
it finally flew open, and as the pastor
commenced on the second line some
thing within began to play "Wait for
the Wagon" The good woman had
brought along the music.boX instead of
the prayer book ; horror of horrors !!
the Smiths, who sat directly in front of
her. perceived her mistake Immediately
and their snickcring called the attention
OF the congregation to the poor old
lady, while she, covered with shame,
did not know precisely what to do. The
minister stopped in the midst of his
lesson, and all eyes were turned to the
pew of Mrs. Prime, while the good
woman thought if the earth would open
up and swallow ler, or that some one
would halloo " fire" she would be salts
fed. Her fumbling at the box only
started on fresh tunes, and all the tunes
represented i'll the box came out in rapid
succession. First there would be cold
Dan Tucker" then would be heard the
lively strains of Pop goes the Weasel, 2"
followed by DANDY JIM There was
CONSERVATION in that church you may
suppose, and, do what the good lady
would, she could not stop the lively in
strument. She sat on it. put it under
her feet, turned it upside down-but no
go, still came the tunes in rapid success
sion, Jim along Josey,' Lucy
Long" and others. At last, when Mrs.
Prime thought she should be willing to
die just then and there, the sexton, see
ing the evident mistake of the good
woman, took it from her and passed it
up the aisle, the last heard of it being
the parting strains of Home, Sweet
Home. "-E2iz0bcth Hcraid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-07

OVER two hundred tons of nitro-gly-
eerine have from fist to last been OK
ploded in the Hoosac tunnel.