Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-08-22
GENER ITEMS.


ache very soon
The article most commonly sold at fancy
fairs is the l>tur.
The great secret of having clean white
linen i, Thorough rin-ing.
The season for sleeping on window sills
aud rolling Oft is here.
June, September and October arc the
plcaSantc~t wedding, months.
Little girI5 should remember that mur-
dcrels die Of dancing rope.
\ New jersey baggage master "a smasher)
has become preacher.
Never keep pack Of cards in the same
pocket a. your handkerchief.
You may know an old bachelor BY tho
Tact that he always speaks Of baby as 1T. y
\ weak solution of the permanganate Of
potas~a will deodorizc your breath.
Flour is said to bean excellent extinguisher
for tbs flame OF burning kerosene OIL
One or two @cranium leaves, bruised,
bound upon Il cut or abrasion, will heal it
ut once.
Water standing for some time in room
| becomes impure by absorbing noxious yapors
from the air.
1t is stated that a rcd ink which resists
the action of most chemicals may be made
by di~solying c;,rminc in soluble glass.
A French doctor says that yapor bath ut
u temperature Of IA degrees, On seven cons
sccutiyc days, viii cure hydrophobia.
They have found Chicago policeman
who wouldn't take hribc, but it should bc
added. that he didn't think it large enough.
Bar soap should be kept in dry place
several weeks before using. 1t will last
much longer.
The game ROSTERS lately captured by
Bcrgh have been killed to make soup for
thcpoor.
In the morning think of what you are to
do in the day; at night, think Of what you
have done.
With kerosene at twenty cents gallon
why should u person take the trouble to
| commit suicide?
To take ink out of linen: dip the spot in
pure melted tallow; wash, and the ink will
come out with the tallow.
70 clean brown porcelain kettle, boil
| peeled potatoes in it. The porcelain will be
rendered nearly as white as when new.
If women would spend less time in max
| ing ru!ieS and tucks, and more in making
| flower beds, they would look handsomer.
When an iron vessel, stove, or stovepipe
is cracked, the opening may be stopped
with cement made OF ashes, salt and water.
To cure erysipclas and all high nllam-
nation of the skin apply a simple poultice
Of cranbclrics pounded fine, and applied in
Il raw state.
1t is said that if castor oil is mixed with
| gycerne. and few drops Of oil of cinna-
mon added, the taste Of the castor oil can
scarcely be recognized
Colds are often caught by standing in an
open hallway or doorway during cold
weather. The transition Of the cold and
Wamn currents causes the trouble.
/ \ Lutheran clergyman in Freedom, Wis.
/ who refused to oficiatc at the funeral of n
| Granger, has beon dismissed by his congrc-
| Cation.
! The most atrocious social joke of the sea-
son i~ the marriage of .lsahel Mix of Polk
/ ,iIlc (Eri>toD, so years old, and Belle Lon
/ don, II.
".Tust one thing more" said Maryland
preacher. a. he ncarcd the end of his SER
/ mon, and he went on speaking for thirty-hye
/ inmates longer.
Twrnty-one Freshmen were lately sus-
! pended from an Englsh college, because tho
( professor couldn't find out who placed u
ten-ounce tack in his chair.
\ cautious Evansville reporter, in speak
ing Of man, both Of whose legs were cut
Oft by Il railroad train, says, "Iie will pro-
bably be cripple for life"
Most people Object to it, but for all that,
''prrIitc,' Is Il good English Word. If you
don't believe it, look in Wcbstcr's Una-
hrdgcl.
The oldest organ in this country is at St.
Johns Church, Portsmouth, n. ii. 1t
was imported for Kings Chapel at Boston
in l7l3.
There is no hcttc.. use to make of line-cut
tobacco than to bad it upon fresh wound.
and nothing will stop the flow OF blood
quicker.
1t Is .aid that plaster made of fresh
Stacked lime and fresh tar IS Il arc cure for
cancer, which, with all its roots will soon
come ont
\ Single drop of the scquipcde chloride
of iron put on a corn between the toes. once
day. with camc!'~ lair brush, will effect
a marvellous cure.
Omr-lalf tca~poonIul Of salt in four tea
Spoon~rLl ul watrr will regulate diSordercd
stomach; t. he repeated Two or three morn
mgs, before breakfast
Young ladic> going rbroad this season will
do wei to remember that Amcrican ma nidens
who expect t. marry nuhlcncn are usually
rrco-uizrd by the Number OF their trunks.
\ lit,r qlyccrinc II ldrd to Gum or glue is
n great improvement. Hs it prevents the gum
or mdc b,,rming rtt'p. 1t also prey vents
gummnd Mh'ls from having tendency to
carl up whta being written on.
Put on your ri@ht @lov' first. thcn you
have Your left band uu2lrycd to button your
RIGHT Wth If ypu pat on yoar lctt = love
first you have to button your right gloso
under double disadvantage.
Simply wc;ting and rubhin. the -tninrd
cloth in cold water viii remove all narc> OF
glu~S stains Fruit stains will disappear on
application Of boiling lot water. y" soap
Snould b. used in citncr ease.
Il i, w,l-',ncwn fact flat hmrpayS and
other leather exposed To Il G action II am.
, munia in stables. soon hat ONES t'dnad and
creased Tie ade itlnr of a Sin |, tuantliy
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