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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

Greenland is almost continental in its
dimensions, containing not less than
$50, 900 square miles, and is all bleak
wilderness of ice and snow, save little
strip extending to "a deg. north latl-
tudo, along the western shore. The
coasts are deeply indented with bays
and fiords, which invariably terminate
in glaciers. The whole interior seems
to be buried beneath a great depth of
snow and ice, which loads up the valleys
and wraps over the hills. Nothing can
be more desolatc than the interior. 1t
is one dead, dreary expanse of white so
far as the eye can reach-no living
creature frequents this wilderness
neither beast, bird, nor insect. The
silence, deep as death, is broken only
when the warning storm arises to sweep
before it the pitiless, binding snow.
This represents the state of the north
ern part OF our continent i'll the ice age.
Some Of the Greenland glaciers attain
vast size. DIR. Kane reports the great
Humboldt glacier as sixty miles wide
at its termination. Its seaward lace
rises abruptly from the level Of the
water toa height of 300 feet.
Since ice is lighter than water, when
ever glacier enters the sea the dense
salt water tends to buoy it up. The
great tenacity of the frozen mass enables
it to resist the pressure for time.
By-and-by, however, as the ice reaches
deeper water, its cohesion is overcome,
and large segments are forced from its
terminal part, and floated up from the
bed OF the sea, to sail away as icebergs.
The glacier evidently crops under the
water to considerable depths, or, SO
long as the force of cohesion is able to
resist the tendency of the salt water to
press it upward
Though Greenland is said to be in
habited only upon the south and west
coast, there is record of an early set
Element upon the side toward Iceland,
with which there has been no commune
cation for 400 years. The colony was
planted about LOCO a. D., which
tiourished, and maintained intercourse
with its mother country till the begin
ming of the fifteenth century. Since
that time, owing to the setting i'll of the
arctic current, and the consequent
gradual increase of ice upon the coast,
the colony became inaccessible, and
the records of it disappear from history.
At various intervals between, 1879, 175l,
etc, down to our own time, the intrepid
Danes have striven in vain to reopen
communication with their lost colony.
This emerald coast, with valleys well
stocked with reindeer and vereant glades,
is now shut in by the pitiless ice-pack,
and the fate of its inhabitants ought to
excite the interest of the world. 1t
would be very interesting to be in
formed of the condition of this colony
whether the Increasing cold has en-
larged the glaciers SO as to push the
dwellings, ont to sea, or whether the
habitations are still standing, and a
population has sprung up who know of
the outside world only by tradition
PODMLNr lScience MOnthN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25
of Uniform Temperature.

Gen. MORN has proposed IL method,
both simple and inexpensive, of main
tanning temperature as constant as
possible in a given locality, through all
the seasons of the year. TIE principle
he announces is simply that of regular
ly renewing the air of any given place
by causing cool air of a constant tenn
perature to flow into it. by the aid of a
moderate aspiration. In order to OBJ
tain this cool air, he states that, at a
depth of about 70 feet in the earth the
temperature is constant, and that it is
to this fact that is due the uniform
temperature of several French public
halls, alluded to by him, which are sup
piled with air drawn through subterra-
mean galleries. He gives, also, an elab-
crate calculation of the quantity Of air,
at Il given temperature, necessary to be
introduced into any apartment III order
to keep it in uniform condition (somc-
what cooler than the average summer
temp rature) and shows that to main
tain such Il temperature it is not neces-
Sary to have recourse to the employ
mcnt of caves, expensive to construct
and t. keep free from watery intiltra
tons; but that, on the contrary, by Il
proper arrangement of rooms one can
establish the reservoir of cold air either
at the level of the soil or ut moderate
depth beneath it, giving it plenty Of
fresh air and sunlight and i'll which Il
temperature little lower Than that of
springtimc can be maintained without
inconvenience.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25
London.

The population of London is 3, SS3, :
092. This vast multitude is more than
the population of New York, Philadel-
phia, Brooklyn, Boston, and all the
leading American cities taken together
Seven hundred and seventy-seven thou
sand dwellings, lodge this vast multi
tude, which consumes annually about
l,400,00O barrels of flour, 400, 700 bull
locks, $4,000 sheep, $4,000 calves,
81, $50 hogs, one market alone supplying
annually Z, 043, $50 head of game This,
together with 5,250,000 salmon, ire
spective of other fish and flesh, is washed
down by IS, 600 600 gallons of ale and
porter, $500, coo gallons of spirits, and
I13, 100 pipes of wine. To FIJI its milk
and cream jugs, -, $50 cows are kept.
10 light its streets at night, $50, 600
gasllghts consume every twenty -four
hours, -, go, 900 cubic feet of gas. Its
water system supplies 77,6S0, 624 gal
Ions per day, while it's sewer system
carries OFF 1G,629, 100 cubic feet of
refuse. To warm its inhabitants, fleet
Of l,S00 sails is employed i'll bringing
Irrespective of railroads) annually
$3.50, 600 tons Of coal. The smoke of
this immense quantity Of coal is so
dense as to be plainly seen thirty six
rifles from the city. To clothe this
multitude, it takes 4, 100 tailors, 80, 400
boot and shoemakers, nearly 10000
milliners and dressmakers, and 297, 800
domestic servants. The streets are
$500 in number, and if put together
would extend about 1000 miles. The
principal ones are traversed by about
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25
A Decisive TEST.

A person attending the Mardi Gras
festival OF Memphis gave out, with some
empressement, that he was Il Chicago
Alderman. This statement having been
called in question, an official of the
Phoenix City was interviewed by tele-
graph on the subject, accompanied by a
description Of the geutlemanwho claimed
such exalted cmincnce. els he drunk
or sober?" came back over the wires.
Drunk" "He's the right man, then,
and is worthy your confidence" was the
reply.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP Is THE
PRESCRIPTION OF one of the best Female Physi-
ciaus and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used tor thirty years with mover failing
safety and success by millions of mothers and
children, from the feeble infant of week old to
the adult. 1t correots acidity of tho stomach,
iieves wind collie, regulates the bowels and gives
rest, health ana corlfort to mother and child
We believe it to be the Best aud Surest Remedy in
the World in all cases of DYSENTERY and DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN, whether it from
Teehing or from any other Cause. Full directors
for using will accompany each bottle. None aenu-
inc unless the fac-simile of CURTIS & PERKINS
the outside wrapper.
GOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

VETERINARY Surgeons all over the
country are recommending .Sherila1t'S CacGhy
condition Io,rders for the following trouble
in horses Loss of appetite, roughness of tie
hair, stoppaSe of bowels or water, thick waite,
coughs ard colds swelling of the glands,
worms, horse all, thick wind and heaves.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

The horse Captain MCGOWAN trotted
in harness 20 miles in 50 minutes, %
seconds, at Riverside Park, Boston,
Oct. 81, 1865. 1t was match against
time, 81, 900 being bet against 81, 800
that the horse could not accomplish the
distance i'll one hour.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

DIR. SAMUEL JOHNSON said he never
took up paper without finding some
thing which he should have considered
it a loss not to have seen. Ben. Butler,
however, counts reading them dead
loss Of time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25
DIR. WILHoFT's ANTI-PERIoDIc OR FE

DIR. WILuoFTs ANTI PERIODIC OR FE-
YER AND AdUE ToNtc.-Wilhoft's Tonic has es-
tablished itself as the real iufalble chill cure
1t is universally admitted to be the only relia-
BILE and harmless chill medicine now in use
It's efficacy is confirmed by thousands of GER
tiicatcs of tho very best people from all parts
of the country. 1t cures malarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking aSues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers OF the
torrid zone. Try it. 1t has never been known
to fail. WHEELocK, FINLAY Co., proprie
tors, New Orleans.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

A FRIEND of ours who is chief clerk in
the Governmental Dispcnsary says that no
medicine chest is now complete without John
sons Anodylte Linime,h. We always sup
posed it was prescribed by law if it is not, it
the whole l1dtCrid medicn Of so much impor
TANGO to the soldier and the sailor as JOhn-
SOMS An0dYnt Lillilnenk- ICON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

Four to six bottles of DR.. Piorce's Golden
Medical Discovery are warranted to cure Salt
Rheum or letter and the worst kind of PIN
pies Oh the face. Two to four bottles are war
ranted to clear the system of Boils, Carbun-
cles and Sores. Four to six bottles are war
ranted to cure the worst kind of Erysipelas
and Botches among the hair Six to ten bot
ties are warranted tC cure Running of the Ears
and Corrupt or Running Ulcers. Eight to ten
bottles are warranted to cure Scrofuious Sores
and Swellings Two to six bottles are war
ranted TO cure Liver Complaint.
A WONDER TO HERSELF.
TA"NTowS, Delaware Co., O., March 90 1873.
To bE. Il. V. PIERCE:
Your Discovery needs only fair trial and it
will d" all you recommend it to do and more
too. When was fifteen | caught cold and
for twenty-eiSlt years | have been perfect
wreck of disease, and all the medicines and
doctors bills have run up at times to two and
three hundred dollars, and never any better,
but worse, when | gave up all hope last
spring of living the summer through. / re-
ccived one of your Account Books, and told
my husband after reading it that it was too
late to try further. but he said it was never
too late. He went and bought two bottles
and found it was helping me very much.
Since 1911 was troubled with Catarrh and
Sore Throat, and WAS almost entirely deaf in
ono ear. and my voice was dull NJ could be.
There was constant pain in my head. Now
my head is as sound AZ dollar, my voice is
clear, aud l have used ten bottles of your
Discovery. 1t has cured me of Catarrh, Sore
Throat, Heart Disease. Spine Affection and
Torpid Liver. My Liver was very bad. NV
skin was rough. When | put my hand on my
body it was like fish scales. Now it is as
smooth and soft as a childs. In conclusion l
will say have been well for three months.
am wonder to myself and friends. This is
but an imperfect statement; half has not been
told Yours with respect, HESTER LACKtY
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

AGENTS desiring to canvass for popu-
lar, q"ickscIIing,, standard works, as
cart of Money Making, by Mills, etc,
see card of A. Broomhall, Muscatine, la.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25
THE French writer JnIes Verne II

THE French writer, Jules Verne, in
his last book, makes a railway train
on its way to California-stop while two
men fight Il duel and this same train,
when it is discovered that railway
bridge has been carried away, merely
backs few miles, and putting on full
head of steam, leaps the chRsm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

Good secondhand pianos. 1925 to $500.
New Rosewood pianos, $500 to $500.
New Square Grand pianos, $3.50 to .i75.
Warranted to please, OF money refunded.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-25

THE NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAIL Co. s
50 Finished " Nail is tho best in the world
Go TO RIVERSIDE Water Cure. Hamilton, Ill.
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n HYY OF McfiealWOudPrs. Should be read by
S5h5sA all sent free for stamps. Address
tOVA DIR BONAPARTE, Cincinnati, o.
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"JUBlLEE ORGANS"

A DVERTISERS! Send % cents to GEO. P. ROW
N ELI. 4 co, IL Park Row, New York, for their
Pam Jiet NJ 100 pngeS, containing lists of 5000
papers ana estimates showing cost of advertis sing.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
GENERAL NEWS.

Gold, l.lOB. Grant has spoken for re-
sumption.
Fighting at Vicksburg, Miss. 5000 peo-
pie we're armed and disorderly. Political
troubles at the bottom.
The Montreal express that arrives at St.
Adams at noon run over team and killed
the horse and a man who was driving and
probably fatally injured the other occupant
of the sleigh, atlSt. Alexander, Ont., station,
last Saturday.
The Louisiana question will be one Of the
most important the present ion Of Con-
gress will have to deal with. The friends
of public good aud order are mostly oppos-
ed to Kellogg, but no has agents at Wash
ingtOn who will use money freely and the
result is in doubt.
A disastrous FIRE visited Harms City, an
oil town in Butler county, Pa, last week
Wednesday, destroying two-thirds of the
place. Upward of 70 buildings were burn.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
TV'aIerGOIUm CGGSIe Market.

TUESDAY, Dec. 8.
At market this week Cattle 935, Sheep
and Lambs 5l24, Swine Number from
Vermont, Cattle 1896, Sheep and Lambs
2459. Calves -; Swine -.
Prices Market Beef-A few choice 10 SO
to; extra 975 10 10 25; first quality 80 90
to 0 so; second quality 6 SO to so; third
quality IS 90 to 6 90.
Prices of Store Cattle. Working Oxen pr
pair from 800, $50, us TO $40.
Mich Cows and Calves from 1886 to SO;
extra 65 to IS. Farrow cows 80 to SO.
Yearlings $40 to l9; two years old 20 to
49, three years old 30 to As.
Prices of Sheep and lAlmbs-in lots so,
800, so to IS each; extra 100 to 90
per head, or from ~ to &c pr Id.
Spring lambs 81 to tic per Id.
Veal calves $500 to 1900.
Prices of Hides, Tallow and Skins-Brisht-
ton Hides 81 to C pr Id; Country Hides
81 pr lb. Brighton Tallow &c pr lib;
Country Tallow 5sc pr ID.
Pelts LOO to l.50 each. Calf skins l6c
per 10.
CLASSIFICATION OF CATTLE AND SHEEP.
n. b. Bcef-Choicc grade includes moth
ing but stabilized 100 to 400 lbs bullocks.
Extra and first quality includes the best,
large, fat oxen. Second and third quality
includes oxen and two and three year old
steers.
Sheep-EXtra includes cossets and when
those of inferior quality are thrown out.
REMARKS.
Cattlc-The supply OF cattle mt market this
week was all Northern, much of which was
valuable, and fine Strengthening stock. We
find the market active and prices this morn
ing very firm. lot of nearly 100 head Of
young store cattle from Canada were brought
by spectators, to be taken to Brighton and
| peddled ont in small lots b. Long sold n
yard of % oxen, that would average 1925
lbs, ut highest market price. II superior
bunch. A. Gernsey sold oxen, to dress
1850 lbs each, ut Sc per ID, ID W. George
| w. SimOns sold @ three-year-olds, average
1000 lbs, for 1880. NJ. L. Shackett sold IL
oxen to +. ID. Kimball, to dress $50 lbs each.
ut &c; ut 94c, to dress $50 lbs each; 10
steers, to dress 700 lbs each, ut Sc per h. ID
| w. &. Il. Houghton sold 8 steers, to dress
700 lbs each, ut DC per Id, d W; 2oxen,
| 100 lbs each, ut Sc.
| Sheep and lambs-1he firm of Hastings,
Morse & Co were not ut market. This firm
| for the past two or three months have hand
led from 500 to 1000 head per week. We
| find the supply light and no selected lots of
all lambs, although there were many lambs
| that were choice mixed in with sheep. Sheep
of the first class cannot be bought as easy rs
last week. Prices shaded in favor of the
owners. |. Il. Sargent sold small lot OF 81
sheep average II lbs, at 4c per Id. G.. W..
Brownell sold 90 sheep, average 94t lbs. mt
6Sc. ii. Gilman sold 90 sheep and lambs,
or supposed to ho that number, at SIS per
head. to Henry GoodnouGh, or &c per ID.
POultry-EXceptng II car load of turkeys
by Mr.. Brown over the Lowell railroad, the
supply was very light. Prices remain un-
changed. Best tlocks at I4c ordinary lots
l21c per ID.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

Nothing is moro annoying to the editor
and the printer than the many mistakes in
matter and in typo that almost unavoidably
occur In the hurry Of making up the last
page OF n paper, and since mistakes will
happen" &C., would 1t not lie well for those
that live In glass houses not to throw stoncsp
Tho FARMER says that the Odd Fellows used
ll5,2650O0 feet Of lumber in the construc-
ton of their new building Tho FARMER
also gives the weight Of tho bn ilding rs 1885,.
1853 tons. This weight would make n cubic
mass of iron that would be nearly fifty feet
in length breadth and height. We can't see
how this immense weight was obtained un-
less the computation was made after the
FARMER had removed to the building, and
the editor had taken his scat in the sanctum
-lnOnitOr.
In the first place the FARMER never said
that lis, 265, 900, or any other number, of
feet Of lumber was used in the building, nor
that the building weighed 1Ss, 1853 tons, nor
any other number OF tons. We said "Mr.
Gale said" thus and so, aud the figures were
copied from Mr.. Gales books, he being the
man through whose hands all the material
passed. There Uere three innocent little 0's
accidentally added to the number of fest Of
lumber, but the weight Of the lumber was
correctly stated, and if Bro. Blake had been
a lumber dealer, or had any experience in
the lumber business, he could have seen at q
glance, from the weight given, that those
three characters were out Of place and de-
served all the blame for that discrepancy
The weight of the building was stated il
the FARMER exactly as it appeared on thu
books of the building committee, piece by
piece, aud not by weighing the block after
it was completed, as the Monitor seems to
think must have been done. If Bro. Blake
doubts the correctness Of these figures hi
can ascertain the facts quite as correctly by
inspecting the books as he could by weighing
"a cubic mass of iron nearly fifty feet ii
length, breadth, and height"
We took the precaution last week to give
our authority for the figures given, which
we didn't do in the case Of two or tire,
items recently taken from the Monitor, a
we supposed that paper was SO correct tina
it would be safe to steal from it, "and that
where VIC made mistake"
When the Bartonian editor has see
more of the world perhaps building weigh
ing 1885, 53 tons won't seem to him so mucl
Of an impossibility as it does now in hi
guileless innocence.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
The Montpelier Waterman in 1872 said
of DR.. Hoskins, then editing the FARMER:

The Montpelier Waterman in 1872 said
Of DR.. Hoskins, then editing the FARMER:
We imagine that before the year is up his
subscribers will do n little subscribing for HIM
that will initiate him into the mysteries of
deep planting; so deep in fact that it will
require the trump of the resurrection to
bring him to the surface again.
December 2, 1874, the same paper, hav-
ing the same editor, and not having IN any
respect changed hands, says
Dr. Hoskins is too well known to require
any extended introduction irsm us. lie was
the originator, aud for II long time the editor
OF the Vermont Farmer, when that paper
was nj its best estate, and since his retire
ment from that, has had flattering offers to
become connected with the New England
Farmer and other leading agricultural pa
pers. He will make the agricultural de-
partment OF the Wdtchnldn useful to every
farmer IN the state.
You pays your money, and you takes
your choice.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

Editor Vermont Farmer
think the money question which has been
discussed in the columns of the FARMER
could be settled to the satisfaction of all by
referring the writers and also the readers Of
the FARMER to their respective towns, as in
every community there are persons who arc
ready to buy almost anything offered them
provided they can give their note, Chat is
circulate paper curroncyO and such note is
good as circulating medium just in proper
ton to the ability and disposition of the is
suer to redeem that paper currency. So the
paper money of nation is valuable in pro-
portion to the probability of its redemption.
Fast Bolton, +. O., Dec. 8. $. 7.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

We last week copied an item from the
Free Press which represented that the Wa
terbury Patrons had been paying 80 cents
more per barrel than other people for the
same brand Of -four, and added a word or
two of comment. The following letter from
Waterbury man lets little light on the
matter:
notice in the last weeks FARMER an item
with regard to the grangers buying flour.
know all about the -four trade. The Pat
rons at Waterbury Center and Duxbury have
ordered and received for themselves gand
adjoining oranges since last March some 10
or IA car loads Of flour which has been I'M
loaded at Waterbury, and have saved from
81 to SO per barrel; the first few car loads
from $3.50 to SO, making in the whole some
hDeRty.fUe hundred dollars saved to the Pat
Tons, which makes the flour dealer feel bad
indeed. We organized Mt Waterbury Gen.
ter for business, and they have found it out.
With regard to the last car load of flour, il
cost the Patrons 1886 per barrel, and the
same flour would cost Mt the dealers S7,25
to 81 so, only they have not got it and can
not get it, and that is what troubles them.
Ours is Michigan white wheat, and can't bo
beaten. We have just secured car of apples
which cost the Patrons S2.75 per barrel.
A PATRON.
Waterbury Center, Dec. 7.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
.V'esU Fork Market.


Flour. The general market is very quiet
the demand for shipping extras for export
limited, but supUrtinG sold mt LS4.55; No. 2
quiet. Wheat. Sl.l2 for No. , Minnesota
spring. ll0i for No. Chicago spring; 100
in store for amber Michigan; LOS to 100 for
No. spring; l20 to .95 for red winter;
|. 25 to 100 tor amber winter 1893 to |. SO
for white winter. Corr. 95 to 951c for old
Western mixed ailoat; 81 to 92c for new do
80 to s9ic for new Western white, closing
quiet. most sellers asking 96c for old West
ern mixed. Oats. 6s1 for Western mixed;
white firm II to 70 ailoat. Lard quiet and
easy nj l21c cash. Tallow quiet and steady
at 81 to 9sc. Refined sugar steady and in
fHin demand; yellow 8 to 9tc; extra G a to
TIC; standard A l0sc; off A loo; standard
crushed l0iu; powdered and granuated
l0sc. Coffee quiet and steady; Java 25 to
2Slc. Hogs. Receipts $500 head. Cattle.
Receipts 1900 head market fair for good; .
to 1910 for common to best.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

Messrs. Clapp & Roberts, the 90 cent
store men, are meeting with unprecedented
success. They are selling goods, especially
gloves, at remarkably low figures, both here
aud at Montpelier, and we advise those
wanting gloves, underclothiug, or anything
else in their line, to look their stock over
before purchasing. They offer real bargains,
and will make it an object for oranges to
send in large orders. We are personally
acquainted with Mr.. Capp and consider
him straightforward business man.