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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
The French CCnSES.

Owing the destructive, though hap
PLY short lived rule of the Commune in
Paris, the publication of the results of
the French census of 1872 has been I'M
avoidably postponed, and only just now
finished. 1t is full of interesting state
ments, and, according to La patric,
shows the prosperity of France in 1872
to have been pretty nearly equal to that
highest point of her internal develop
ment. In 1866 the total population of
France amounted to 3S,067, OGl inhabi-
tants in 1872, after the war and the
loss of two provinces, it was 36, lO2, 92l.
OF this population, q ,S65, 625 inhabited
cities, -, 1851 lived in the country.
The number of houses has been reduced
from 1911, $40 in 1866 to 7,7O4, 9l3 in
1878. OF the 36, TO-, 1921 inhabitants,
only 100000 could neither read nor
write, which, considering the relative
proportion of infants and young chill
dren to the whole population, is a small
average $3.50, 900 could only read /;
all the rest could both read and write.
The Catholic religion claims 30, 000, 900
of the population, the Reformed Church
5S0, 900, and the Jewish Church 40, 0O0.
The 36, 102, 921 inhabitants are divided
into ID, 500,0 900 heads of families, 10,
600, 600 members of families, and about
1000 600 servants. OF these, 5000, 900
heads of families practice agriculture,
and have II 900, 900 members of families
which shows them to constitute the
most prolific class, and employ 1922,
OBS servants. The number OF clergy
men in France amounts to Isl, 200; of
vagabonds, 4S9, 600; of insane, 5000,
of which % 900 are men and IS, 600 are
women. France harbors 10000 male
and $1,000 female idiots; 5000 male
and $4,000 female blind persons and
13, 900 male and 10, 900 female deaf and
dumb.
In the way of domestic animals,
France boasts 100000 horses, 299, 900
mules, 451, 200 asses, 1,000,0 600 pairs of
cattle, 5000, 900 hogs, $4,000, 900 sheep,
100000 goats, 100000 turkeys,
5000, 900 geese, 100000 ducks, 49,
100000 chickens, 1000, 900 pigeons,
$3.50, IA dogs, and an untold number
of cats, making all in all some 50,000,-
600 of animals, or about four to every
inhabitant.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
4 Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred and ten years ago there
was not single white man in what is
now Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, or Hi
nois. Then, what is now the most
Hourishing part of the United States,
was as little known rs the country in
the heart of Africa itself. 1t was not
till 1866 that Boone left his home in
North Carolina to become the first set
tier in Kentucky And the first pio-
neers Of Ohio did not settle till twenty
years later still. A hundred years ago
Canada belonged to France, and Wash
ington was modest Virginia Colonel,
and the United States the most loyal
part of the British empire, and scarcely
speck on the political horizon indi-
Gated the struggle that i'll Il score of
years was to lay the foundation of the
greatest republic in the world.
A hundred years ago there were but
four small newspapers in America !;
steam engines had not been imagined,
and locomotives, and steamboats,, and
railroads, and telegraphs, and postal
cards and friction matches, and revolv-
ers, and percussion caps, and breech-
loading guns, and stoves and furnaces,
and gas for dwellings, and India rub
Der shoes, and Spaulding's glue, and
sewing machines, and anthracite coal,
and photographs, and chrome paint
ings, and kerosene oil, and the safety
lamp, and the compound blow-pipe,
ard free schools, and spring mattresses,
and wood engraving, and Brussels car
pet, and lever watches, and greenbacks,
and cotton and wooden factories in any
10 &
terms, were utterly unknown.
A hundred years ago the spinning
wheel was in almost every family, and
clothing was spun and woven and made
up in the household, and the printing
press was a cumbrous machine worked
by hand and nail, or a brick, or a
knife, or pair of shears or scissors or
II razor, or woven pair of stockings,
or an Ak, or hoe, or shovel, or lock or
key, or plate OF glass of any size was
not made in what is now the United
States. Even i'll 1890 there were only
seventy-fvc postoilices i'll the country,
and the whole extent of our post routes
was less than l 900 miles. Cheap post
age was unheard of, and had any one
suggested the transmission of messages
with lightning speed he would have been
thought utterly insane. The microscope,
on one hand, and the telescope on the
other, were in their infancy as instru-
ments of science; and geology and
chemistry were almost unknown. In a
word, it is true that to the century
passed have been allotted more i'm
provements, in their bearing Oh the
comfort and happiness of mankind,
Il. I I 1
since the creation of the world
With all these wonderful improve
ments within the century, who would
allow such narrow and contracted views
rs to object to a suitable Centennial
celebration of the marvellous progress OF
the age ?-HaitimOre AmeFican.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Drunkenness a Disease.

DIR. Congdon, Superintendent of the
New York State Inebriate Asylum, treats
drunkenness as disease. He says that
in the incipiency of intemperance men
are free moral agents, morally account
able, but a stage is reached i'll which
the conscience and will power are rem
dered :nactive-the tissues OF the brain
become so thoroughly diseased that it
ceases to perform its functions. After
the physician has brought the patient
out of the first paroxysm of the disease,
physical reconstruction goes on, and as
the bodily strength increases, the facul-
ties approach their normal condition,
and conscience and viii begin to assume
control. The majority of the patients
are professional men, including lawyers,
physicians and elergymen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Your Age.

There is good deal of amusement in
the following magical table of figures.
1t will enable you to tell how old the
young ladies are. just hand this table
to young lady, and request her to tell
you in which column or columns her
age is contained add together the fig
ures at the top of the columns in which
her age is found, and you have the great
secret. Thus, suppose her age to be
seventeen, you will find that number i'll
the first and fifth columns; add the
first figures of these two columns. Here
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

The Executive Council having over
looked the provision of law which re-
qllires the officers of the railway COM
panies to make sworn statement of
the value of their various kinds of prop
erty. the valuation had to be based en-
tirely, or nearly so, upon gross earnings.
The valuation in the aggregate, and Of
nearly all the lines individually, is some
what increased over that of last year.
Thus, the Burlington and Missouri river
railroad, valHed last year at 80, 800 per
mile, is this year increased to 10, 800 per
mile-a little over 10 per cent. The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, which
was assessed last year at IS, 800 per mile
is this year raised to $10,3 per mile
an increase of Upper cent. The Chicago
and Northwestern, assessed last year
at S., 500 per mile. is increased this year
to $4,000 per mile-equivalent to 81
per cent. The Burlington, Ceder
Rapids and Minnesota is assessed at
$500 per mile, the same as last year.
The minor roads are several of them in
creased 20 per cent. The entire in
crease of faxes from this increased vau-
alton will probably reach $4,000, or
$50, OOO.-Buriington Haaoh-Eye.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
The Tongue of the Teachers.

Prof. John Stuart Blackie writes to
foreign journal that since Latin is
going out of use as the language of
universal communication between sa-
vans and other learned authorities,
Greek is the tongue best fitted to sue
coed it, The latter embraces larger
and more yalied field of culture than
the English even, and is the basis of the
technical terms of all sciences, down
TO the very latest,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
browns Bronchial Troches Tor &c ghs
and Colds.


ACoUaH, COLD OR SORE THROAT
Requires immediate attention, and should be
Checked. II allowed to continue, IRRITATION OF
THE LuEos, PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION, or
AN lNoURABLE LuSa DISEASE is often the result
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs,
Having direct influence on the parts, give imme.
date relief For BRONCHITIS, AsrHnA, CArARRH,
CoSsUhPrIvE AND THROAT DIsEAsKs, TRocHKsars
used with dina,s good success.
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
will hnd TRocHEs eful in cles ring the Notce when
taken before Singing or Speaking, and relieving tho
throat after unusual rtion OF tho vocal rgAns
Obtain only "Bnows's BRONCHIAL TRocHKs,r
and do not take any OF the worthless imitation
that may be offered. Sold suerv,rhere.
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF AN
OLD NURSE.
MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP IS THR
PRESCRIPTION OF one OF the best Female Physi-
clans and Nurses in the United States, and has
been used for thirty years with never failing
safety and success by millions Of mothers and
children from the fee BILE infant OF week old to
the adult. 1t corrects acdity OF the stomach, re-
lieves wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and child
We believe it to be the Best and Surest Remed y in
the World in all cases of DYsENTERY and DIAR-
RHEA IN CHILDREN, whether 1t arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle None Genu-
inc unless the facsimile Of CURTIS PERKINS
is on the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK.
from no other cause than having worms IN the
stomach.
BROWNS vERMIFUGE CeMFITs
will destroy Worms without injury to the child,
being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring
| or other injurious Ingredients usually used in
worm preparations.
CURTIS BROWN, proprietors.
No. AIS Fulton Street, Now York.
Sold by Druggists aud Chemists, and dealers in
Medicines. at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Assessment of Railway Property in
Iowa.

The following table shows the assess
ment of railway property in this State
for this year as recently made by the
Executive Council, and also the gross
earnings per mile, so far as reported
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

MONEY AND EXPERIENCE. Five hun
bred thousand dollars and fifteen years eX-
periencc have made the National Surgical In
stitute, Indianapolis, Ind. the largest and
most benefcent of its kind in America. 1t
cures annually thousands of cases of De-
formity of the Spine, Limbs and Face Catarrh,
Chronic Diseases. Piles and Fistula. BY writ
ing to the Institute a large journal giving
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

The Organ as a household instrument
has been rapidlygrowingin favor, and the
yearly sales are now enormous. A good
organ remains in tune, is easily kept in
order, and blends naturally with the quail
ity of the voice. The advertisements of the
Smith American Organ Co., in another
column, is referred to the consideration of
our readers. This house has an enviable
reputation forgood work and fair dealing
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

IsNOTFiINCs IIITrEH." Cutler Bres. Boston
DIR. John Ware. celebrated VEGETABLE
PULMONARY BALsAM, for Colds and Consumption.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

AGENTS desiring to canvass for popu-
lar, quitk-8c2jng,, Standard aoOrhs, as
cart of Money Making, by Mills, etc,
see card of A. Broomhall, Muscatine, Ia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

DIR. WALKER tried various extracts
from herbs and roots, without benefit.
He noticed, however, that Atcohoi, that
bane of the human race, was used in
their preparation, and he determined to
exclude the poison entirely from his own
practice, so that the sin of making men
drunkards, while pretending to cure
them, should never lie at his door. The
Almighty blessed his experiments, and
III the VINEGAR BIrrERs he has produced
a pure, health-restoring agent, which
banishes disease in every form, rein
vigorates the system, and restores
strength to the feeblest sufferer. There
is no part of lfe's citadel where the
enemy can make Judgment, that the
VINEGAR BrrrERs will not find him and
put him to the rout. ImpMiy Of JlOOd
is the parent of disease the liver, the
stomach, the lungs, the nerves, every
vital organ is affected primarily, from
this cause, and III this direction the
VINEGAR BrrrERs acts with magical in
fiuence. 81
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

Pnts and quarts of filthy catarrhal dis
charges. Where does it all come from? The
mucous membrane. lining the chambers of
the nose, and its little glands, are diseased. so
that they draw from the blood its liquid, and
exposure to the air changes it into corruption.
This lifc-liquid was to build up the system,
hut it is extracted and the system is weakened
by the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength
by using DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, which. also acts directly upon these
glands, correcting them, applying Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy with DIR. Piercc's Nasal
Douche, the only method of reaching the
upper cavities, where the discharge accumu-
lates and comes from.
CATARRH OF TWENTY YEARS STANDING CURED.
MONROE, Ouachta Parish, La, Sept. Is, 1871.
Il. " PIERCE, NJ. D..
Sometime aboat last June l commenced the
use of your medicines, and they have entirely
cured me of Catarrh of twenty years stand
ing. Respectfully Mrs. G. Il. PHILLIPS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

DR. A. JOHNSON, one of the most sue
cessful practitioners of his time invented
what is now called JohnsO,.s A,todyne Lini-
meht. The great SUCCESS of this article i'll the
cure of Bronchitis and all diseases of throat
and lungs viii make the name of johnson not
less favorably if less widely known, than that
of Louis Napoleon.--T Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

DIR. WILHoFT's ANTI PERIODIC OR FE-
YER AND AGUE Tonic !-Wilhoft's Tonic has es-
tabli she'd itself as the real infallible chill cure
1t is universally admitted to be the only reia-
bic and harmless chill medicine now i'll use.
Its efficacy is confirmed by Thousands Of GER
tifcates of the very best people from all parts
of the country. 1t cures maarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the
torrid zone. Try it, 1t has never been known
to fail, WHEELocK, FINLAY Il Co., proprie-
tors New Orleans.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18
Spring BOnnetS.

The spring bonnets or hats there is
very little dilf'erence) are to be trimmed
entirely with flowers, fruit, lace and
ribbons. The straw shapes are very
much the same as the winter ones. The
face trimming will consist of a wreath
of flowers going completely around the
hat and under the braid or curls at the
back of the head.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

TIE turn of the tile-The divorce
court
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Address or call on DR.. A q OLIN, l57 Washington
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-04-18

TUNHE Policy Of this Company is to use the best
l. materials without regard to cost. Its employees,
especially those in Leading positions, have been
familiar with the manufacture of reed instruments
from the infancy of the business.
The cases are sOIidly constructed, and from NEW
and ELEGANT DESIGNS.
The manufacturers claim that they have sue
ceeded in producing the most satisfactory harmony
erer heard from Reeds; while at the same time
their Organs have per been eQ,ttled in Poicer.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-05
WHOLE NO. 1898.

not know how to behave themselves and
were laughed at by all; and several of
the ladies called her fish-duchess and him
fish-duke She was very angry at this,
and teased and coaxed her husband to
make himself king, because she did not
want to be fsh-duchess any longer, but
wanted to be queen.
Then Hans said Remember the time
when we were poor, and only desired
house as good as the meanest one IN our
neighborhood Now we have everything
in abundance, now let US have enough;
let US be satisfied" But she would hear
nothing of being satisfied and said:
"Whot I shall allow myself to be called
fish-duchess? l shall endure the haughti-
ness of the citizens wives? No, they
must know who l am: will show them.
And you will be so stupid and allow it to
suit you ~ At last he promised to make
her a queen. Accordingly he went out
to the lake and cried: "Fishlein, Fishlein
in the sear And the little fish
asked, what do you want, dear Hans
Doodledee p l only wish to be made a
king Immediately, to please my wife.
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JACKSON G. H, OHIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5. 1874.

with it all further expenses of dealing
with the crime that springs from mid
night drinking.
There are probably three millions OF
voters in the United States who favor
some kind of prohibitory law. They are
resolute and earnest. In the present
want of accurate and trusty information
they cannot be answered. Their facts
are as cogent as the counter facts; their
assertions as conclusive as opposing as
sertions. Nothing can be more reasona-
BILE than their request for national com
mission of inquiry, that we may all have
an official and authentic body of statis-
tics to which to appeal. We trust that
the Judiciary Committee will report
favorably and soon, for their is no sub
ject more vital to the happiness of this
country, and none upon which accurate
not rhetoric and objurga-
ton, is more Immediately desirable.
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Ventilation.

Some of the janitors of churches, in
this place, seem to have holy horror of
ventilation. A hot, poisoned atmosphere,
like that which prevails in the Black
Hole of Calcutta, they imagine is partio-
ularly adapted to devotion, yawning and
fainting; and hence they regard pure air
as dangerous intruder in the sanctuary.
When you talk to them about the pro-
priety of letting in, at the top of each
window, full supply of Gods pure air,
they roll up the whites of their eyes, and
put on an air of amazement, as if to
inquire, what strange animal is that
which you are trying to introduce, sur
into Gods House? For the
benefit of these gentlemen, we assure
them, that Ventilation is not even an
Ogre, but a happy arrangement con-
trived for the benefit of the sons and
of Zion, and even sinners,
poor and needy who do not wish to be
stiffied before their time WiHingtoR
Journal
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-05

Methodist Episcopal Church, Portsmouth st.
Rev. ]. II. ACTON, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at 10z o'clock A. M, and 6%
p. M. Prayer meeting every Thursday night.
Sabbath School and Bible Class every Sabbath
at 8 O'Clock, a NJ.
Presbyterian Church, on Church Street
REV. j. K. GIBSON, Pastor. Public preaching
every Sabbath at l01l A. NJ. and 61z P. NJ. Sab
bath School and Bible Classat o'clock A. NJ.
Christian Church, on Broadway Street-Elder
r. j. BACKUS, Pastor. Public preaching the
LIST and Sd Sabbaths in each month, at l01z o.
clock, A. M, and 612 p. NJ. Sabbath School at
O'Clock, A. NJ. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night, and every Sabbath at I01Z o'clk.,
when there is MOI public preaching.
Methodist Protestant Church, corner Church
and Pearl Sts.-No regular services.
Baptist Church, on Broadway Street-Services
at the usual hours, in the Welsh language.
Free VIII Baptist Church, Petrea.-REv.
THOMAS z. PEDEN, Pastor. Covenant meet
ing the 4th Saturday and Sabbath of every
O'Clock p. M. ~ "
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upright, honest man? But if the police
of your city are on the lookout for a
thief, a black-leg or criminal of any
sort, are not these the very places where
they set their watch, and where, in all
probability, they will find their man
Are not such characters naturally as much
at home in such places as duck is in
the water?
Is there no significance in these facts
And in view of them, is the assertion
that crime is largely the result of these
causes, an ''incautious statement p
Destroy the liquor traffic in the land,
and I will give bonds that the number of
the inmates of your Penitentiary shall be
diminished by more than sir hundred, as
soon as the sentences of those now here
shall have expired; and the inmates of
your poor houses in an equal proportion.
r. BURR
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"My dearest uncle. says humorous
writer, was the most polite man in the
world. He was making voyage on the
Danube and the boat sunk. My uncle
was on the point of drowning He got
his head above the water for once, took
off his hat and said, Ladies and gentle
men, will please excuse me and down
he went" az
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Poetry.

How can cease to pray for thee? Somewhere
In Gods great universe thou art to-day;
Can he not reach thee with his tender care?
Can he not hear me when for thee pray?
What matters it to him who holds within
The hollow of his hand all worlds, all space
That thou art done with earthly pain and sin
somewhere within his ken thou hast place!
Somewhere thou livest, and hast need of him
somewhere my soul sees higher heights to
And somewhere still, there may be valleys dim
Ihat thou must pass to reach the hills sub
lime.
Then all the more, because thou canst not hear
o true, brave heart, God bless thee, wheresoe'er
In this great universe thou art to-dayI
Julia c. R. DoTr.
Some murmer when their sky is clear
And wholly bright to view,
II one small speck of dark appear
In their great heaven of blue;
And some with thankful love are filled
If but one streak of light,
One ray of Gods good mercy, gild
The darkness of their night.
In palaces are hearts that ask,
In discomfort and pride,
Why life is such a dreary task
And all good things denied;
And hearts in poorest huts admire
How love has, in their aid,-
Love that not ever seems to tire
Such rich provision made.
do not ask, o Lord that life may be
A pleasant road;
do not ask that thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load.
1 do not ask my cross to understand,
Ny way to see;
Better in darkness just to feel thy hand,
And follow thee.
Joy is like restless day, but peace divine
Like quiet night;
Lead me, o Lord, till perfect day shall shine,
Through peace to light.
adelaide Anne Proctor
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-03-05

How can cease to pray for thee? Somewhere
In Gods great universe thou art to-day;
Can he not reach thee with his tender care?
Can he not hear me when for thee pray?
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Then all the more, because thou canst not hear
Poor, human words of blessing, will pray,
true, brave heart, God bless thee, wheresoe 'er
In this great universe thou art to-day!
-.IllLin O. r Dni.r
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Diogenes hunted in the day time for
an honest man, with lantern; If he had
lived in these times, be would hay need
ed the he'd lite of . locomotif.-Josk BIZ.
Gngs.