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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
Old Hickory.

A correspondent of the jackson Miss.
NeDs tells how Gen. jackson got his
title of Old Hickory. He says he got
the story from Capt William Allen, II
near neighbor of the General, and who
messed with him during the Creek war.
During the campaign the soldiers were
moving rapidly to surprise the Indians,
and were without tents. A cold March
rain came on, mingled with slcct, which
lasted for several days. Gen. Jackson
got a severe cold, but did not complain
as he tried to sleep in muddy bottom
among his half-frozen soldiers. Capt.
Allen and his brother John cut down a
stout hickory tree, peeled off the bark,
and made a covering for the General,
who was with difficulty persuaded to
crawl into it. The next morning a
drunken citizen entered the camp, and
seeing the tent, kicked it over. AS
Jackson crawled from the ruins, the to-
per cried, "Hello, Old Hickory come
out of your bark and jine us i'll drink. y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
Thirty Years in Bed.

A case for the curious and speculative
is to be found in this county, five or six
miles southwest of this city, ut the resi-
dence of Mr. John Collins. Miss Sallie
Collins, his sister, who is supposed to
be no less than forty years of age, has
lain in bed for period of thirty years,
and, strange to say, during that time she
has enjoyed good general health. We
conversed with physicians who attended
her fifteen years ago, one of them for
period of eight years regularly. When
about ten or twelve years of age, she
was first taken to her bed, and except
on two occasions, has never left it. The
family lived for number of years in Il
log house, and after Miss Collins had
lain i'll bed about ten years, all of the
family were on one occasion absent
from her room, and Miss Collins OBJ
served IL house snake leisurely winding
his way on the joist Immediately over
her head. Terror seized her, and be-
fore she knew it she was occupying II
bed in the opposite side of the room. In
1859 her brother, John Collins, built a
new house on the plantation, to which,
with other members of the family, she
was removed. With these two excep-
tions she has steadfastly kept her place
of repose. 1t is certainly remarkable
case, and battles the skill of the physi-
Clans who have attempted to treat it. 1t
is supposed to be one of the various
manifestations of hysteria. She is e.
ported to be happy and contented with
her lot, and her condition is subject
rarely mentioned in her neighborhood.
-NOberly (MO.) Monitor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

Senator Sherman, of Ohio, addressed
the Senate the other day on finance, the
currency, and specie resumption.
He argued that it had been practic-
able during the last fouryears to advance
our notes to specie value. If not, when
would it be? Should the redemption
of the pledge be postponed until the
public debt be paid? One-tenth of the
to pay public debts not due would have
brought the country to specie payment.
This thing of postponing the fultillment
of our promise could not be longer
maintained with view of reducing the
public debt. If we postpone redemp-
ton in order to pay the public debt it
will be many long years before this
contamination most dcvoutly to be
wished can be reached.
If the inflationists wanted 800, 00O,-
600 more now, how long would it be
before they would want another $780,
600, 1000 more? Men would always be in
debt, and always be demanding an in
crease of currency. Where would it
stop? just where our ancestors stopped
at the close of the revolution. He re-
garded it as the browning achievement
of the Government that Just after the
close of the war it redeemed all its obi
cations. The present is the time to
stop and bring our currency to gold
standard. Every bond or note of the
Government had been issued upon a
sacred pledge that the interest and
principal should be paid in coin. Had
the provisions of the legal-tender act
been carried out we would have re-
turned to specie payment long ago.
Many things had been done in times of
excitement and peril, when the Govern,
ment was in danger, which it would not
be proper to do now. He was willing to
take his share of the responsibility OF
those acts.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

fore going, johnson told the boy to wa
ter the horses. Returning to his house
i'll the afternoon on some errand from
the neighbor whom he was visiting, he
ascertained that his instructions in re-
gard to the horses had not been com
piled with, and at once commenced
beating and abusing the boy i'll the most
outrageous manner. When he became
weary of torturing the child, he left the
house and went back to the neighbor's
to finish his visit. Shortly after he
left, the poor boy, according to his sis
ter's statement, gathered up his play
things and put them away in little
box, and then went to the barn. Being
gone long time, the girl followed him
to the barn, where she found him dead
and hanging by the neck to a BEAM
BUfuiO E'r7)reSS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
Grace Greenwood on Matt. Carpenter.

There is something remarkably en-
gaging and devilmay-care and cut
spoken in this jolly Mr.. Worldly Wise
man of the Senate. There is even a
certain magnetism of good humor and
good living, genius and geniality about
him. He is a Webster with the dignity
and decorum left out. He reminds one
of Sheridan and Rochester and the
Marquis of Donegal and other splen
did old spendthrfts and goodfellows, of
whom this penurious puritanic age and
country are not worthy. Weare little
shocked at some sentiments he uttcrs,
but we rather like him for speaking
them out, and not concealing them or
Guessing them over. We know just
where to find him, every time. His
moral epidermis does seem to be a little
thickened by law and politics and Wash
ington associations; he is so comfortab-
ly unconscious of the damage he may be
doing himself by his ingenious admis-
sions, and cheerful recklessness of state
ment. He never knows when and where
he is hurt. He reminds me of one of
Gov. Hunts little camp stories. He
that is the Governor-described a poor
white family of Missouri, careless, shift
less, and intolerably lazy, the daughters
of which were accustomed to go barefoot
till the soles of their feet became hard
like unto horn. One of these young
ladies', on coming home one day after II
long tramp in the rain after the cows,
was standing on the hearth drying her
clothes, when her old mother drawled
out {: "Sal, thar's- a-live-coal-un-
der yer-foot. The girl slightly
turned her head, and drawled back
Which-foot, mammy?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
RayenOuS Rodents,

Mrs. Ramsdeli, of Davenport, Iowa,
left her little babe asleep in bed the
other evening, while she stepped out to
gossip with neighbor. Returning in
half an hour, she discovered about half
a dozen large rats in the act of eating
the child On her entering the room
they ran into hole which led to the
cellar. The child was literally covered
with blood. The rats had gnawed the
head in many places, eaten part of the
ears and nose, the outer corner of the
eyes, and nibbled at the fingers. Medi-
cal aid was called and the wounds
dressed. 1t was pronounced out of
danger, but will probably be disfig-
ured for life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
A Djgnitled Man.

The human heart, in all its expansive,
limitlcss capacity for enjoyment, takes
greater pleasure in nothing more than
witnessing portly, solemn-visaged
man, the embodiment of natural digni-
ty, and Importance in clothes, admins
ter scathing rebuke to some "smart "
petty official. One morning lately Just
such pcrsonification of innate dignity
doomed up at the stamp window of II
postotlice, and glarcd in gloomy and
registering letter, before he sprang to
the window and asked the stately Gus
toner what he wished The great man
did not answer for several moments. He
gazed steadily and impressively over the
clerk head, and then asked, in pnder-
Gus tones
els there any one hcrc-r-rc-w at
tends to business ?"
The embarrassed clerk blushcd, fall
tered for n moment, then, recovering
himself said, with characteristic and
national chcertulncss becoming an Off
cial of the republic:
q will see, sir
And he disappeared. He went into
another department, tortured carrier
with au original conundrum and heard
good story i'll the mailing-room, and
came back.
Yes, sir" he said to the great one !;
there are, in addition to myself, three
clerks in the letter department, one i'll
the mailing room, four carriers, three
route agents, the mail-drivcr and a
ianitor.
"Ah-h-h | am glad there arc SO
many | may, in all that number, find
one who is at his post.
And then he looked as impressive as
a Special Agent, and was silent for three
minutes, while the impressive clerk
awaited his orders, and inpatient men
behind fidgcte3 and grumblcd. Finally
the great man said, with deep solcm-
nifty
wish one thrce-cent stamp"
The clerk tore off the stamp and held
it, waiting for the consideration. The
great man made a somewhat longer
pause than usual he felt in his various
vest pockets he gradually lost his look
of impressive rebukc, his chest caved in,
and he assumed the aspect of an ordi
nary frail mortal, and he said:
"Ah-the fact is-Tm -ah-in
short, l find that l have carelessly left
my purse at home. Can you kindly
The passive clerk, with the faintest
suggestion of triumph in his eye, waved
the great man aside with:
"Sorry for You, sir, but the clerk who
sells on credit is not in. What does the
next man want? -
And we felt so good to see how that
clerk was taken down by the dignitie6
man that he went away and laughed fol
a week. -ErchnngC.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

A PRoDIGY.-Ther is little girl, 8
years old, in Pike county, by the name
of Sarah J. Clithero, who is IA most re-
markablc child. Her mother died four
months ago, and left family of seven
children. Sarah, being the oldest girl
in the family, has been keeping house
for her father and taking care OF the
younger children ever since. She re-
Gently made pair of pants for her
father without assistance from any one,
and did the job as well as many women
could haze done it, She has also made
a coat for her older brother, besides
various other garments for the younger
children. She is beautiful child,
modest, and unusually quiet i'll her de-
meanor. She is model.-.Merico Mo-
HteiLige,acer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
A Sharp Transaction.

A professional betting man made Il
good thing of it on the occasion of a
fire which lately broke out at the cot
ton-sampling office of firm i'll Liver
pool. While the confagration was at
its height and the burning cotton was
being thrown out of the windows upon
the flags below, II number of brokers
stood in the street discussing the sum
which the waste would realize. Our
friend offered to bet guinea that the
burned cotton would fetch ELS, and as
this was apparently far beyond it's value
he found no difficulty in finding per-
sons willing to take the bet. This he
did until twenty people had accepted
the wager for guinea each. He after
ward went tie the sale and bought the
cotton for ZIG, which he then sold for
9l2, sustaining loss of "a upon the
purchase, but pocketing sixteen guineas
as his net profits upon the transaction.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

The Gone hundred year Almanac -"
says the year 1874 will be a very I'M
healthy one. "Thcrc will be an open,
moist winter, which will give rise to
fcvers of a low type, and much sickness
during the summer months.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

A LENGTHY article is in circulation
telling how to make mustard plaster
An article telling how to successfully
dodge. one is what smitten people
want.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

MANY people, particularly children,
suffer with the carache and for tho benefit
of such we give a sIire but simple remedy
Put in two or three drops of JoitnSOnS ino-
dyte LuimeH,, stop the ear with undre-sed
wool, battle the feet i'll warm water before
going to bed and keep the head warm at
night ICON,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

GEORGE BANCROFT wants to retire
from the German mission. He is 70,
but vigorous. He has not yet completed
the tenth volume of his History of the
United States. The work was COM
menced in 1894, and the ninth volume
published in 1866.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

CAPT. CHARLES SAGER. who keeps II
superb stock OF livery horscs in Portland. Me,
Informed us recently that he uses Sheriidn's
Cdr0i.y condition PO'rdtrS regularly i'll his
stables, and that the expense Is more than
offset by the diminished amount of grain
necessary to keep his horses always in good
order Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

UMBRELLAS of navy blue silk tipped
with gilt, and with gilt handle and cup,
are shown to entrap the fashionable girl
Of the period,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

When applied with DIR. picrce's Nasal Douche
and accompanied with DIR. Pierce'- Golden
Medical Discovery rs constitutional treatment,
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy produces peri ct
cures of the worst cases Of Catsrrh and O1pna
of many years standing. This tn rough
course OF medication constitutes the ouly
scientific. rational safe and successful manner
of treating this odious disease that has ever
been offered to the afflicted. s, tuctcrstul
has it proven that the rropr etor has long
offered standing rewald of 1900 for a case of
Catarrh which he cannot cure.
INDIsPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
THos J. BISHOP, of South Brooklyn, n. Y,
writes that his wife had suffered since child
with Catarrh until it had resulted i'll what
eminent physicians pronounced CONSUMPTION;
that she has u-cd DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy
with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dircoyerv,
and they have worked wonders with her case.
STEALING OUR THUNDER.
People should beware of those imrostors
who not only try to initiate DR.. Perces Family
Medicines, but also copy his original style of
advertising by offering various sized rewards
for cases of Catarrh and other diseases which
they cannot cure. Those who do not possess
sufficient Intelligence to enable them to write
original advertisements of their own. but have
to steal those of others, are not likely to have
made great and valuable discoveries in Medi-
cine. Look out for them Com.
EVERY member of Congress from Min
nesota was raised in Maine.
AYERS AMERICAN ALMANAC has ar
rived, and is now ready for delivery gratis by
our druggists. to all who call for it. Our
readers may be surprised to know that this
little pamphlet which has become so much a
favorite i'll our section. has quite the largest
circulation of any one book in the world eX-
cert the Bible. 1t il printed in many lam
guages, and scattered through many nations,
as well AZ supplied to almost the entire popu-
lation of our own vast domain. Every family
should keep it, for it contains information
which all are liable to require, when sickness
overtakes them. aud which may prove in
valuable from being at hand in season. If
you take our advice. You will call and get an
AYERS Al MANIAC and when got, keep
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

best and Oldest Family Medicine.-&an-
lords Lirer Inrigorotor- purely Vegetable Ca
thartic and Tonic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, De-
bility, Sick Headache Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements u Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask
your Druggist for il. Bcnare of mutations
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE.

THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCEO OF AN
OLD NURSE.
MRS. WINSLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP is THE
PRESCRIPTION OF one of the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States. and has
been used Tor 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. 1t corrects acidity of the stomach, re
Heves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child
We believe it to be the Rest and Surest Remedy in
the World in all cases of DYSENTERY aud DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN whether it arscs from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. Mono Genu-
inc unless the facsimile of CURTIS PERKINS
is on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Brown. bronchial Trnchev FOR Coughs
and Colds.
A COUGH, COLD OR SORE THROAT
Requires immediate attention, and should be
Check II allowed to continue, IRRiTATIoN OF
THE LUNGS, A PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION, OR
AN INcURABLE LUNG DISEASE is often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHEs,
Having direct influence on the parts, give imme-
date relief For BRoNcuITIs, ASTHMA, CATARKH,
CoNsumPrIvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRocHEsare
US, With d'wass gDoi success
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERs
Will fud TRoCHEs useful in Gle ring the voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving the
throat after unusual exertion ofthe vocal organs
Obtain only "BKowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs,'
and do not take any OF the worthless imitatioIy
that may DO onerei. Sold epe,ytchsrs.
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK.
from no other cause than having worms in the
stomach.
BROWNS vERMlFUGE CeMFITs
will destroy Worms without injury to the child,
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring
other injurious ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS BROWN, proprietors.
No. 2l1 Fulton Street, New York
Sold by Druggists and Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines, at twenty-five CENTs A BO1.
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$1 6; a. {;
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A GENTS WANTED Something entirely
~ new. Address PHILA. NOVELTY MAN'FG
CO tni Franklin ST., adelphia, Pa.
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PENSIONERS with increased disability can gel
more pension. Write Army Record Aurora, Ill
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OK Per Day. 900 Agents wanted. Send
I'D - stamp to A. II. Blair Co., ST. Louis, Mo.
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Druggists and Gen A CTS San Francisco, California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. Y.
Sold by all Druggists = nd Dealers.
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Cox PER DAY Commission or $50 q week
% -D Salary, and expenses. We offer it and will
payit, Apply now. G.Webber g. Co. Marion.O
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

Swellings, Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck,
Goitre, Scrofuous inflammation Indolent
Inhammations, Mercurial Aztec .,ns, Old
Sores. Eruptions of the Skin, Sore E}e etc.
In these, as in all other constitutions Dis
eases, WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERS nave
shown their great curative powers i'll the
most obstinate and iulructahlr caSGS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-02-14

The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BlrTERs are Aprrirnt. Diapb"retic,
Carmnativc, Nutritious, Laxative Diurctic,
Sedativc, Counter lrritant, Sudorltic. Alter
tive and Anti Rlious
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-05
The Virginia Ham.

One Of the most popular features of the
good living Of Old Virginia before the war
was the ham cured by the accomplished
bcusekeepers of that day. 1t was the most
delicious and toothsome article of the kind
cured In any part of the globe. 1t was IA
nous. Good livers 10 Europe had learned
to appreciate the Virginia ham, and their
orders were frequently filed with some of
the best.
There were some peculiarities In this ham
which distinguished it from all Others. 1t
appeared that there must be something
more than the mere curing which helped to
make up It's great merits. 1t was possibly
the Virginia atmosphere. Whatever it was,
people nowhere else succeeded in making a
bacon so much priced. We remember an
exceedingly pleasant festive board, at one
end Of which was a Virginia ham and at the
other one from Westphalia. The gentleman
who carved the former announced his readi-
ness 10 help gentlemen, Informing them that
before BIN was Virginia ham, while, at the
other end OF the table was a failure. The
Y irglnia ham was the favorite, most deci-
sledly.
These remarks were suggested by bearing
tha! an order has just been received here
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-05
The Rio Trade.

There lave been frequent references made
10 this trade, and a great deal OF interest ca
pressed in regard to the revival Of the COM
merCe Of Richmond with the South Ameri-
cas- ports. Not long since we had some sales
in this city of coffee imported directly from
Rio. We understand that there are thirty
four hundred bags now en- route from Rio
by the brig Marie, of Augusta. Samples OF
this coffee have bt en- for warded to this city
by steamer, and will be on exhibition Mon
day by MeSSrs. DAVENPORT e. NORRIS. The
coffees are said 10 be of very strict selection,
and are OF an attractive, bright green color.
We take much pleasure In announcing
these particulars. We hope that the trade
with Rio will increase rapidly. Since our
city -four is the very article to exchange for
the coffee of Rio We can enter the trade
with better success than others. We can
reap the whole profit upon the home manu-.
facture and OF the coffee We receive in re-
turn for it.
We should think this trade, thus conduct
cd, would be one of the most thrifty in
which our capital could be invested, and we
trust to see 1t soon revived conveyed once
more in our own ships.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-05

TIE CuMMrSs SCH1sa IN CANADA.-[Corre.
spondence New York World Toronto, Au-
gust 3O.-Rev. Mason Gallagher arrived
here last night to organize new congrega-
ton of the Reformed Episcopal Church. A
very large number of the members of Trinity
church, being dissatisfied with the ritualistic
tendencies of their clergyman, petitioned
Bishop Bethune TO divide the parish and
nominate Rev. Mr. Harris, Of Orilla, as pas.
tor, his moderate views being more in ac-
cordance with theirs. Their request was re.
fused, whereon some 300 members resolved
to secede from the church, and, in coDjunc-
ton with the discontinued members of st.
Georges, form congregation of Reformed
Episcopalians.
Bishop Cheney is at present upon mis-
sionary tour through the Dominion, and is
very well received. Indeed, think that the
Reformed Church is making better progress
in Canada than it has thus far made In the
United States. The reason for this may be
found in the fact that American individual
independence is beginning very generally to
permeate our society, thus bringing about a
reaction against the prevalent forms and Gus
toms. Our bishops here have been as rule
considerably more autocratic than they are
in England toward their presbyters, and
the presbyters in turn towards their congre.
cations. There is also strong Low Church
movement in Canada, and between the two
it comes that the Reformed Church, having q
duly consented bishop at its head, meets
with no little favor.