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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
A Deaf Editor Stirs Up Book Ped
lcr.

We thought everybody in the State knew
that we We're deaf, but once in while We
find one who is not aware Of the fact. a
female book pedler came to the Office the
other day. She wished to dispose of book.
She was alone in this world, and had no one
to whom she could turn for sympathy or as
sistance hence we should buy book. She
was unmarried, and had no manly heart in
which she could pour her sufferings, there
fore we ought to invest in her book. She
had rec,ivcd II liberal education, and could
talk French like native; we could not, in
consequence, pay her less than two dollars
for a book.
We had listened attentivcly, and here
broke in with: "What did you say? We're
deaf"
| She started in loud voice and went
through her rigmarole. Whom she had fin
ishcd we went and got roll of paper, and
made it into speaking trumpet, placed one
end to our car, and told her to proceed. She
commcnced
SIT doesn't make the slightest difference
to u.s. We are husband and fatLer. Bigamy
is not allowed in this state. We are not
eligible to proposals."
ooh, what u fool the man is,' she said,
in n low tone then at the top of her voice,
81 don't want to marry you; want to sell
n book"
| This last sentence was howled.
1--WE don't want cook We remarked,
blandly Sour wife does the cooking, and
she wouldn't allow as good-looking woman
as you to stay in the house five minutes.
She is very jealous
She looked at US in despair. Gathering
her robes about her, giving us glance Of
contempt, she exclaimed, 81 do believe If a
300 FOUNDER were let off alongside that
deaf fools head, he'd think somebody was
knocking at the door,"
Slamming the door she departed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

"What wrong-in thought have done
hcr-and him, too--the greatest wrong is
sclfshly compelling him to link his life with
mine-ior it was, indeed, skim-lnilk after
cream. Can speak, let him know of my
presence, and that | was madly jealous
enough to follow him? No. Icannot
wound him so. |, too, am dying-I must
to-him-once-'
And when the extent of the disaster was
known, Perry Wiliston was wileless, as well
as fricndlcss.
That was seven years ago, and never
another has filled IIelen's place. But the
clergyman is not an unhappy man. The
tcn-year-old maiden who sings through his
home, and neStles in his arms in the twi-
lights, has brought to his life happiness
true and deep, and in his heart bubbles ever
the crystal spring of contentment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

The SWEDISH EXPEDITION TO THE NoRTH
PoLE-M. Nordenskjold has recently found
in the ice and snow OF the Arctic polar sea, a
black dust. This he had melted, and sub
sequently submitted it to chemical analysis,
which has proved that it is composed of
nickel and cobalt, and similar in constitu-
ton to the meteorites. 1t seems probable,
therefore, that the powder is actually due
to the disintegration Of these aerial bodies
at short distance from the earth.
The regions which this intrepid traveller
has lately explored are the most inhospita-
bic on the globe. lie has traversed ice seas,
the level of which rise, t, over three thou
sand feet above that Of the ocean, and which
are rent with huge creyaSscs often entirely
concealed by snow and fog, rendering their
exploration an enterprise of the greatest
danger. NJ Nordenskjold is now organiz-
ing new expedition to start in the spring
of 1873.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
About a Newspaper.

The Louisville Courier Journal has the
following sensible remarks regarding the
management Of newspaper:
Some people estimate the ability of Il
newspaper and the talent of its editor by the
quantity Of original matter. 1t is compar-
lively an easy task for frothy writer to
pour ont daily ii column of wortls-words
upon any and all subjects. His IDEAS may
flow in one weak, vastly, everlasting flood,
and the command Of his language may cna-
BILE him to string them together like punches
of onions, and yet his paper may be a
mcagre and poor concern. Indeed, the mere
writing part Of editing paper is but q
small portion of the work The care, the
time employed in selecting, is far more im-
portant, and the tact of good editor is bet
ter shown by his selections than anything
else; and that, we know, is half the battle
But, as We have said, an editor ought to be
estimated and his labor understood and ap-
preciated by the general conduct Of his
papcr-its tone, its uniform consistent
course, its aims, manlness, its dignity and
its propriety, To preserve these as they
should be preserved is enough to occupy
fully the time and attention of any man.
II to this be added the .cncral supervision
of the newspaper establishment, which most
editors have to encounter, the wonder Is
how they and time to write at all.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08


l.rMINovS SIGNAL FOR GEoDEsIC OPERA
TIoSS.-M. Lau>Sedat proposes, for the
above purpose, to direct spy glass from
one station toward a second point, to which
the signal is to be transmitted. In the
focus Of the instrument, he places dia-
phragm having very small aperture; so
that, on looking through, the field of vision
will be restricted to the tower, steeplc, or
other locality at which the receiver of the
signal is stationed. The eye piece of the
telescope is then removed, leaving the da-
phragm, and behind the latter is placed, in
the axis of the instrument, n light, the con-
jugatc image of which, produced by tho
conveying glass, falls precisely on the open
ing of the diaphragm. The luminous ray
transmitted through the telescope will fall
directly on the ediiice comprised on the re-
strcted field of vision, and not elsewhere,
and the light is therefore invisible to all
without that field. The observer will per
ceive the objective of the telescope illumina-
ted over all it surface and necessarily the
larger the diameter of the glass, the farther
will the signal be visible.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

Mount Everest, or GauriSaukar, of the
IIimaaya Range is upward of $4,000 feet,
or five and half miles, high, and enjoys the
distinction of being the highest mountain in
the world. Sixteen Of its s;lmmits rise above
81 900 feet, and one hundred and twenty
rise above 10000 feet. No one has ever
assembled these mountains to their submits,
and careful determination of Il mountain
of such height could not be relied upon
within 100 feet
The Sierra NeyaClas, of tie Pacific Slope,
lose much of their grandeur after entering
British Columbia, and have no very high
points. The commanding position Of
Mount st. Elias, as seen from the Pacific,
has given rise to an exaggerated estimate OF
its height. Some careful measurements
place it at about l2 900 feet
In California, instead of measurements
being "doubtful," we have owing to the
energy of Professor j. ID. Whitney, State
GcoIogiSt, Il more careful and more extended
series Of high mountain measurements, con-
slering the remotenesS of the region, than
almost anywhere in the world, unless it be
in the Alps. These show that no mountain
reaches Il height of above 200 feet, while
Mount st. Bernadino is far below the Sierra
peaks, reaching to only IL 600 feet. Mont
Blame is the highest European peak, but it
is also above any mountain in the United
States by some 700 feet
There is no mountain in the United States
which rises above Is 900 feet. In California,
about 200 miles south OF where it is crossed
by the Central Pa.ifc Railroad, the Sierra
Ncyada- rise in magnificent group of
peaks, the highest Of which is Mount
Whitney. 1t may possibly rise a few more
feet than Is 900 feet above the sea- 1t is
surrounded by numerous peaks between
$4,000 and 800 feet il height, some Of
which bear the names of prominent scientific
men, Us Dycl!, Tyndall, Dana. etc. In Colo
rado, in IL series Of parallel ranges in the
vicinity OF the Middle md South Parks,
there are great many peaks which rise to
the vicinity of 1000 feet. From Mount
Lincoln (about II Ooo) done you may count
over sixteen peaks reaching above ii 600
feet, and over fifty reaching above 1900
feet. Among the former are such we'll
known peaks as Longs, Gray's, Torry's,
Evans's, Pixies, etc The highest points
are all 50 nearly Of the same height that it is
difficult to state which is the highest The
palm will probably be carried by Mount
Harvard, or Uncompahgre Peak, far to the
southwest, which we may at present consider
aS being between II 900 and II 800 feet high.
Many observations which were made this
Summer are now being computed, and will
settle these questions. Mount Rainer, in
Oregon, is about H,Il0. Some of the
Uiutah Mountains reach 10 800, and Ere
mont'S Peak and the Grand Teton Mount
llaydcn), in Wyoming Territory, are above
1880 feet; bat the Sierra Nevada and
Rocky Mountain groups are really the cul-
minaling points Of our territory.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
A Peculiar Fish.

The Fish of Paradise is one Of the most
peculiar of Chinese fresh-water fish. 1t is
small in size, n pale grey in color, and ut
first sight having little about it to attract at
tention. As soon as the animal becomes
excited, however, the long fins on the back
and belly straighten out and assume n rich
purple hue tinted with green the long and
fork-shnped tail spreads into kind Of fan,
and the stripes upon the sides of the fish be-
come yellow, red and blue, constantly chang
ing in color. The scales seem to become
opalescent, and reflect the light with the
greatest brlliancy, while the eyes appear it,
Illuminated with bluish-grcen fire. The
habits of the animal are rs odd rs its appear
ance. The males take charge Of the young
and build the nest The latter is simply
clot Of foam floating upon the water, and is
made by the fish rising to the surface and
alternately absorbing and expellng air, until
little cluster Of fine bubbles, hardly three
tenths of an inch square, is formed. Tho
female then deposits her eggs, which are at
once seized upon by the male. who carries
them in his mouth to the nest Then he
watches their incubation, carefully guarding
and distributing them with wonderful saga
city throughout the mass of foam. When
they clot together, he pushes them apart with
his nose, and, besides, keeps up a continued
manufacture of bubbles until the eggs are
lifted up above the water and rest only upon
their soft couch. As soon as the embryos
appear, his care is doubled. He watches
that none escape, and in case some become
separated, he clraseS them. catches them in
his mouth, and replaces them carefully in
the nest. If one becomes injured, he re-
moves it from the others, and gives it sepH-
rate bubble by itself, and apparently nurses
until it regains strength.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

A CUTTLE-FIsH has been caught at Olym-
pia, Washington Territory, measuring
eight feet from tip to tip of its eight long
arms. The arms we're of gristle and were
lined upon the under side, their entire
length, with saueer-shaped suckers, varying
from the size Of n pea to two inches in
diameter. This is said to be the largest
cuttle-fsh caught in North America of
which there is any official record, and it is
quite q monster of its kind
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
Kites.
ing the door she departed.

Absurd as the notion of kite-Hying as a
national pastimc seems to us, it is interest
ing to learn to what pitch Of perfection
the manufacture of the familiar toy has been
carried by the Chinese. NJ. de Beauyior
says, 81 have seen in numerous instances a
kite which becomes flying dragon, flying
eagle, or flying mandarin, seven yards in
circumference, lighted and given motion
and gesture. They construct these wonder
ful things without tails, a pceuliarity which
implies extraordinary art; and so dexter
ouAy manage their equilibrium that they
rise calmly, steadily, without any of the
jerks of our kite flying, and float, glittering
like stars, vertically above the head of the
cord-holder. They fit kind of .Eoian ap-
paratus to them, almost imperceptibly small
which initiates the songs of birds or the
voices Of men, and when the air is crowded
with kites, produce tremendous noise ;
and they send messengers up the cord.
with an incomprehensiblc dexterty.
another singular musical invention de-
serves special notice. They make tiny
Eolian harps, hardly heavier than soap
bubbles, beautifully worked, and affix them
to the tails of doves and pigeons. fastening
them to the two central feathers as the
birds strike the air it resounds through their
harps. loudly or pathetically according to
the speed of their flight. Nor are these
tiny trinmphs of ingenuity merely mechani-
cal inutilities, like so many Chinese curiosi-
ties; they serve to save the birds from the
claws of the vultures which swoop in omin-
GUS ilocks above the ba:tions."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

The three o'clock train out of the city, an
express, carried Mrs. Lindsay toward her
summer home. She leaned back in a corner
of her seat, very warm and weary, the effects
of busy day in town. Beside her was a
basket of luscious fruit, designed for Helen
Williston, and pile of new magazines and
papers.
Crash, crash; rattle, rattle, bounded the
train eastward! a sudden, wild, quiyerng
noise; shrieks, blackness-!
She lay.partly crushed by Debris, the gray
shadows cast by the lowering wings of
Death on her tace-Marcia Lindsay-when
a man giving help to the wounded, speaking
comfort to the dying, found her.
'Marcia Marcia You here.''
He raised her pale head to resting place
on his arm, and shed tears on the beautiful
gray-shadowed face that stirred to conscious
ness the departing life. The deep-hued eyes
slowly opened and smiled in his.
cam dying, Perry?"
81 fear you are, Marcia, my friend-my
dear, dear friend ~ and his voice died away
in sob.
l do not mind it, Perry. only cared to
live for little Birdie ssake, my Oscars child.
Only think, in an hour--a few minutes-to
be with Jesus, and my darling forever! And
our little girl, Oscars and mine-do you
think.-will your dear wife care for her? |
would like you and Helen to have her, to
train her up to that noble womanhood that
her mother fell 50 short of attaining. Kiss
the child-and Ielen--I am SO glad you
have found the cream, Perry; that my
youthful folly and wrong, disciplined only,
not marred, your life, and"
Pain sealed her life to unconsciousness
again; death soon waited it to regions of
Immortality.
And one who listened, realizing all her
own distrust, injustice, and wrong, mur-
INJURED
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
BIRD OF LOVE.

Down in my heart Il little bird
Has made itself Il nest;
The sweetest songs ever heard
Are those it sings the best.
1t warblcs softly Mt the dawn,
And sings the whole day long;
And when the sunset dies away
hear its little song.
Iquitc forget the toll and care
That Jared the chords of life;
My heart grows stronger, unaware,
To battle in the strife.
Sweet bird, stay always in my heart,
To sing your tender song,
For where such songs enrapturcd start
All sadness seemcth wrong.
Sing, bird, sweet bird of snowy wing,
And eye of brooding dove!
For am happy while you sing,
oh, bonny bird OF love!
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HENRY IL. ATKINSON.
MAGISTRATE

IT 4 TIAO 7 II 7 II.
nEEDS, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF
DSALE and CONTRACTS WRITTEN.
Rocks Posted and Accounts Drawn OF
with Neatncss and Dispatch.
GY"Officc 1st door west of JOS. Jandort
store Mayo
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H.. j. PARK FER.

DLACKSMITHlNG in all its branches,
ID such as Wagon-Ironin@, Horse Shoe.
ing, Repairing, etc, neatly, ,substantlallyand
cxpcditiously executed at my stand, near
corner Mechanic and Water SITS May l7-y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
GuINRGgI HILL.
MANUFACTURER OF ALL MINDS OF
Family Soaps.

T>AKES this method of informing the
l public generally of Allcgany county, that
he is prepared at all times to fill orders for his
SUPERIOR FAMILN soaps. NOv2j-N*
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u. w, ISEHIER.

EROSTBURG, MD, with GRlFFlIll
Il e. WEDGE, manufacturers of Engines
and Saw Mills, Stationary, Steamboat and
Propeller Engines, GAINESVILLE, o. [aug 10y
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TROsTssVRG IgOTIiL,
c. LYNCH, PROPRIETOR,
Main Street. near Depot.

This wcll-known House has recently been
renovated repaired and rctlrnishcd, and Is
now open for the accommodation OF the pub
lie Stabling and the best attention TO horses
furnished Sept 1o-lN"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08

Eckliart Branch.
Trains leave Eckhart for Cumberland at
700 a. M, and II, noon.
Leave Cumberland for Eckhart at $50 a.
m, and 4 p.m m.
JAMES A. MILHOLLAND,
Aug I'd Vice President
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-08
REOPENED-
THE TUNNEL HOTEL.

BY JAMES HOLMAN,
NEAR the Frostburg depot is prepared
N to accommodate the public. June COY
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HARDW ARE


DEALER in Wall Paper, Window
- Blinds and Notions. Also. contract
or for House Painting, Papering and Gia-
zing Main ST., B doors east OF Maler d.
FrSstbure. April 12-y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-12

STEHeM goa rs.
OFFICE POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,

OFFICE POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
" Washington, November, 1874.
Until further rotce. the FERRY sE's1 =
BOATS between Alexandria AMI ls55as BE.
Washington will run as follows: Leave Alex
andria al s, g. 10 ard II a. M, II M, and J.
2, 3, and ) p. m Leave Washington al
s, 9. III ard Ii a. M, II M, and l, =, 3, and
p m. 5. s. HOWISION, Presto ent.
:. GEDSEY, Gen. Supt. sep Is
sT~H The Steamboat
sssssss s5sszs MARY WASHINGTON
viii disco ntinue her midday trips until fur
Their otic".
She will leave Glymont every day, Sunday
excepted, at seven O'clock m. Returning
will leave Washington at two o'clock m
stopping at ali the landings on her route
borses, carriages ard live stock carried at low
rates. oct lO] NJ. E. GREGG, Captain
1874 ARk S8MM5K | S74
FOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS,
Including Coltons, Blackistone's Island anG
Leonsrdtown.
The swift and t,.vorite iron steamer PILOT
BOY, Captain 10 elh White, leaves IL =
her wharf EVERY TUESDAY and -
SATURDAY MORNING, at I 80 O clv.x, Tor
Landings on the Potomac, as follows.
On Tuesday for On SAturdnyfrr
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THE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVE'NG,, NOVEMBER IL

A dispatch from Salt Lake City brings the
news of the Indictment aud arrest Of the noto-
rious Mormon, John D. Lee. He has always
been believed to be the leader OF me Mormon
band, who, disguised as Indians, tell upon ana
massacred the overland emlgrants at Mounsalh
Meadows, more than twenty years ago. for d
long time atterward Lee was narked man
He re,reated TO a secluded spot in one OF the
river Canyons for away in Southern Utah, and
lived there for years under the name OF Major
Doyle. Latterly he returned to the centre. OF
Mormouism, 10 hopes that his great crime
would have beer forgotten 10 the lapse OF time.
He is man Of extensive means aud lu1ueuce
among the older MormonS, and desperate ell
forts will undoubtedly be made to shield nlm.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company refuses
to 20 into a combination with the Pacific ha!l-
road for the control Of trans continental freight
and passenger traffic The recent cutting down
of fares and freights to California by the steam
ship route has hurt the railroad companies
particularly as they cannot compete with the
water route in chcapncss Hence this propo-
sal and its dedication by the steamship com
many
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-12
Acme l,OnHHernr:

No CUISINE, ARSENIC Or POlsoNs
This is strong language, as Physicians ana
Chemists have for years tried to COMPOUND ]
preparation that would entirely cure Fever and
Ague without the use of strong medicine sucn
rs Quinine Arsenic and other poisons, inlurl" u
to the system. There is no case Of Fever and
Ague Intermittent or Bilious Fevers, C9nges-
tive Chils, Night Sweats. Liver Coinptaihts;;
permanently. 1t purifes the Blood, Liver,
Spleens and all secroatory organs SO etlectualiy
that the Chills will not return during the season,
even when persons have had them for years
Sold by all druggists. ~
nov o-2m Wholesale Agents.
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MEETINGS.
NJ o 7 G E.

n oTl 9 E.
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders Of
the VIRGINIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY
will be he'd at the cfice Of W. D. Corse, Alex
andria Va, on WEDNESDAY, November
18th, 1874 w. d. CORSE,
nov 7-2aw3w Secretary and Treasurer
OFFICE WASH iNGToN CITY, VIRGINIA MID
LAND & GREAT SOUTHERN K. K. Co,
Alexandria, Va, Nov. g. 1874
NJ OTICE-The annual meeting of the stock
~ holders of the Washington City. Virginia
Midland and Great Southern Railroad Comply.
will be held at the Office of the Company, in
Alexandria. on MONDAY, tue both instant, st
II clock M By order of the Directors:
L. w. REL Secretary.
The transfer book will be closed from The 18th
instant until the ad ournment of the above meet
ing. nov 6-eotd
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nov 9-2n
FALL l'LOTHISai.

My stock of FALL CLOTHING ano CENTS
FURNISHING GOODS is now complete, com.
prising the greatest variety Of SUITS, OF the
latest stvles, best material and finest finish ever
before offered.
I am doing lsggc business, with compaTa-
lively small expenses; hence my ability to SILL
cheaper than the like can be procured IN larger
cities. My stock bei:g unsurpassed in variety
nd quality, you will do well to give me call,
snd thereby save large percentage
S. DEALHAM, Fashionable Clothler
oct9 SO King street