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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-05-30

apartments, which he promised should be
done. The next morning he informed me
that no person such as described had made
his appearance in fact. not an individual
lad attempted to come near the house.
then questioned Smith, who told me that
several times during the night he had risen
from his bed and seen the spy lurking about
outside the house. and that he had watched
him the day before 50 pcrtinaciou~Iy it Lad
almost driven him out Of his senses.
1t wanted but three days to the time for
Mrs. Smiths return to ". wien the
servants in the house were i'll the might
aroused hy violent cries from thcr master.
On going to his assistance they found lie had
quilted his bedroom and entered another,
where, armed With sword, he was stabhins
the bcd-cIothos through and through. On
inquiring the cause, he replied:
1.-The fellow is here, and have caught
him at last He shall not e-cap" me this
time; - and he again commenced stabbmg
through the bcd-clothcs till he was SO ex
hausted that lie tainted.
The servants, now terribly alarmed, sent
for doctor in the ncighhorhood, who, find
ing Smith in Giinting fit, attempted to re-
viye him by poHring brandy down his throat,
and in Ia little time lie succeeded in restoring
animation Smith, on recovering his senses,
CARED i'll terrified manner rouud the room,
and then exclaimed. "Thank heaven, the
wretch has goue at last - lie was then con-
'eycd to lis own bsd, where he slept soundy
III! the following day.
| was now fairly puzzled what steps to
take. To have informed his wiie'S family
Of the mania Smith WAS labo;ing under,
would be to preclude all possibility Of 4
reconciliation and yet to keep it secret
would scarcely have been .jI>tlable on my
part. As Mrs. Smith was expected to arrive
on the following day, | resolved at last to
call on her husband, and argue the matter
coolly with him. found him in good
spirits. He told Inc he had now discovered
| was correct in my conclusion that he was
lahoring under dclusion. and that the spy
was oillt ii l'IltlitOill Di tlN OWN tTt;llipH.
"Thc DOCTOR he cortinued, "adviscd
me, whenever it appeared to me, just to take
! little drop Of brandy. and no doubt it
would vanish. have twice tried the cxper-
ilnent, and in both instances it succeeded.
The mcre>t taste Of brandy. Gnd, is Sufii-
cient, 50 You need not be afraid Of my
falling into my old habit again.
or thi~. however. | wa~ by no means per
suaded, and | determined not to call on
Smith : wife tor some days after her arrival,
50 as to ascertain clearly that there was no
danger OF her husbands returning to his o.l
habits.
1t was well lid 50, for unfortunately it
Turned out that although for the fir; few
iNy~ TIE small drop Of brandy Was Sufficient
to di~p"l the dcueion, by degrees it required
more, and 20 on till it terminated ina Violent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-05-30

The idea then first crossed my mind that
Smith was laboring under delusion. |
asked him what sort Of man the spy was,
and he replied that he was tall and thin,
with a pale face, and cold, CLASSY eyes that
he was dressed in black, had three black
studs in his shirt, and always carried a
black glove in his right hand This imme-
dately tended to convince me that Smith was
laboring under i delusion, and | questioned
him further on the subject. endeayoring to
prove to him that he was in error. lie re-
mained firm, however, to his conclusion,
and finding twas useless to argue the matter
with him, | gave it up for the moment, de-
te,mning to watch him narrowly. and find
out whether or no a spy followed him in
the manner he described.
During the next week called daily to
see Smith and received from him most
minute account of the persec. ton he en-
dured from the spy he imagined to be fol-
lowing him. He told me that instead OF
diminishing it positively increased, and that
even in the night he could frequently see the
fellows eyes peering through the iutersti-
ces of the wooden window blinds.
Here was another proof to me -,Iat the
whole was a delusion, but before determining
what course to take to prove it to be one, l
resolved to make one more cf:ost to ascertain
whether there was the shadow Of ruth in
his statement.
Knowing one of the aids-de-camp of Gen
eral R, asked him as favor to allow
the sentinels to watch during the whole of
nle night the windows Of Smiths range Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-05-30
VOLUME III.
WinsOme Maggie.

When winsome little Maggie
Comes dancing down the street,
The people smile upon her,
And pause, and kindly greet;
The white-haired parson gently
Lays hand upon her head,
The roguish doctor pinches
Her cheek so round and red.
The grim old judges yisage,
Forever in frown,
Relaxes for an instant,
As, passing, he looks down.
The matrons stoop to kiss her,
The children, at their play,
Call out, as little Maggie
Goes tripping on her way.
Not cen the dreaded gossip
Who through her hall-closed blind
Peeps forth, with little Maggie
Has any fault to find.
When winsomc little Maggie,
With basket on her arm,
In which her fathers luncheon
Is wrapped so nice and warm
When she enters the long workshop
And pauses at his side,
Quick down he lays his hammer
And turns in love and pride.
To look into her limpid eyes,
And stroke her sunny hair,
And Jest and frolic with her
Forgetting toll and care.
For the music of her laughter
And the mirth Of her replies,
The while there's not Il happier man,
Or richer, meath the skies.
All well, it is blessing
To have heart So gay
That it keeps your feet a-dancing,
Your face alight alway.
And, that like winsomc Maggie,
1t seems. where 'er you 80,
As if the clouds had parted
10 let sunbeam through.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
How the English Pronounce Chicago.

THE Danbury Ne,rs man writes thus
from London: Our mixed liquors and
slang are ncverfailing subjects of inter-
est to them. They have seen pictures of
American bartenders mixing liquors by
pouring them from one glass to the other
with the vessels as far apart as the hands
can be extended, and they don't under
stand it. They ask me if there are such
drinks as brandy smashes, claret punches
gin sings, and the like, and when | tell
them ! am not quite sure, but think
have heard those things mentioned by
worldly people in the States, they say,
All, how wonderful They imagine that
the universal channel for the expression
Of ideas is slang, and repeat much that
they have heard, which possesses as
much novelty to me as it does to them
They handle our slang about as artistic
ally us they do our geography, and in this
latter particular they never seem to real
ize that Canada is not somewhere con-
cealed within the United States They
call Michigan Mitchygin,' and Connect
cut Connect-ty-cut. But the name of
Chicago is their chief hold Even the
terrible fire was more merciful than are
they. They complacently denominate it
Cthika-go, Cth-cogo, Chick-a- go, Chez
ago; but the favorite rendering is She
caggy."
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
Currant Jelly.

A LEADING chemical journal in Paris
does not disdain to give to the world Il
formula for the preparation of currant
jelly in the cold," which it considers to
be very great improvement over the
other methods, as it preserves entirely
the natural taste OF the fruit. For this
purpose we take eleven pounds of white
currants and Il fourth or fifth part, by
weight, of the red, according to the color
desired, or the whole may be either red
or white, as preferred. If the flavor is
liked one pound Of raspberries may be
added The currants are to be stripped
from the stems, and the raspberries
carefully picked over, those recently
gathered being the best The fruit is to
be mashed, and the juice squeezed out,
either through cloth or, still better, by
means of small press.
The juice thus obtained is placed in
an earthen vessel, and deposited in a
cool place or in a'cellar, where fermenta-
ton will sooner or later take place. At
the end of about twenty-fOur hours all
the froth produced by the fermentation,
which will cover the whole surface, is to
be removed, and the juice to be strained
by means of flannel bag or filtering-
paper The juice is then to be weighed,
and an equal weight of finely powdered
white sugar to be added. If raspberries
are used, the quantity of sugar is to be
reduced one-tenth The juice and sugar
are to be carefully mixed, and then
placed in jars. At the expiration of
twenty-four hours jelly of perfect trans
parency will be formed, which can be
preserved for long time by simply COW
ering it, as with ordinary jellies and pre-
serves. 1t should. however, be protected
from the action of moisture.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
Intelligent Agriculture.

In one of our Eastern experimental
farming institutions a Professor of Agri
culture has given the world some expert
ments on various fertilizers tested at the
institution. We have great admiration
for this class of intelligent men. They
know very little, practically, of soil or
soil culture, it is true; but every attempt
to connect brain work with hand-labor-
though the brain be in one body and the
hands on another-is so much gained to
the cause of agriculture. Still IT often
seems that there is a lack of judgment
about their proceedings that is remarka-
bic. In the experiments reported by the
professor aforesaid the figures are all in
French. He tells us that so many ktto-
qransn,es of this and SO many g5ammes OF
that were employed, and the seeds put
so many centtmetres apart, and so forth;
| that no one but the few who have been
| to "Paree" will know what the professor
| is talking about. OF course ii looks like
| being strikingly accurate, and II is well
! to see such strictness in professedly-
| scientific man; but one need not entirely
| overlook the needs of the average man
in experiments of this kind, especially as
it is to he supposed that for these aver
age men the experiments were Instituted,
Pounds. ounces, feet and inches are good
enough for American farmers, though to
Il college professor they may not have
SO learned look-Forney's Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

When boy is going to throw a
stone considerable preparation is neces-
sary. He selects his missile as carefully
as we are told did David in that little
duel Of his with Goliath, and having sat
isfied himself that it is just what he re-
quires he sets his hat well back on his
head, braces himself, left leg forward,
drops his under jaw, filings his right
hand well behind his back, and throws!
When it is well done you will notice
that the little fellow almost turns his
Jacket inside out he is so animated, and
the very buttons on his trousers and the
strings in his shoes seem to bristle with
excitement.
If he has made a good shot he slaps
his knee and chuckles and maybe throws
up his hat; and if he sees his Sunday
school teacher coming about that time
he picks up his slate and tries to whistle
mild tune, and his shining school-boy
face looks so innocent and SO guileless
that you refrain from asking him who
threw the stone that broke that pane d
glass in your window-feeling that il
would be an insult to his moral rectitudt
and that it might wound his sensitive
irit.-Kate Thorn, in Ne,o York Weekly
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
How a Dog Guarded a Canary.

A WRITER in the London Figaro says:
" 1 am a marine engineer, and during one
of my Mediterranean trips l brought
home a canary, perfect gem of a
whistler, who MARBLES from early morn
to dewy eve. have also Scotch ter
rier dog called Pepper, and cat digni-
fed by the name of Tom. Since the adj
dltion of the canary to my household
Tom has cast many longing, lingering
look at him, which BODIED no good, and
aroused serious apprehensions for the
warbler's safety. About fortnight ago,
as is my custom in the morning, went
to the kitchen where the cage hangs
when, to my horror, I discovered it
empty; the door of it, which was never
perfectly secure, being open. The Ca
nary was not visible; but Tom was seated
on the dresser in an excited looking state,
as If he had done the bloody deed, of
which no trace was observable. On
looking around fancy my establishment
and joy at beholding Pepper lying on all
fours, with his mouth gently covering
the canary with Just sufficient resistance
to keep it from fluttering off, while his
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

THE SKEPTICAL CONVINCED. = Every
advance in Medicine, every new remedy
has encountered an opposition which is
the test of truth Galen and Jenncr only
were believed when they had proved
their discoveries against opposition. But
men are observing, and benefits always
make believers. No increduiity can
stand the silent argument of good re
suits. When DR. Walker proclaimed
that he had produced from the medicinal
herbs of California an Elixir that would
regeneratc the sinking system and cure
diseases not organic the increduous
shook their heads Yet his VINEGAR
BITTERs is now the Standard Restorative
of the Western World The truth could
not be resisted. Under the operation of
the new remedy Dyspcptics regaincd
their health, appetite and strength, the
Bilious and Constipated were relieved of
every distressing symptoms; the Con-
sumptive and Rheumatic rapidly recov-
cred; Intermittent and Rcmittent Fcvers
were broken up; the faint of Scrofula
was eradicatcd. Who could gainsay
facts like these? Not even the Faculty.
Skcpticism was routed All doubts as to
the claims of the Bittcrs to the first
place in the first rank of modern mcdi-
cnes were silenced and this wonderful
preparation is to-day the most popular
Tonic, Alternative and Blood Dcpurent
ever advertised in America. In common
with other journalists we arc free to
add our testimony to this remedy 1t is
a domestic medicine, and no household
should be without it.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13
Why Do Boys Throw Stones?

AS SOON as e~er boy is old enough to
be trusted out of doors by himself he be
gins to throw stones.
lie takes to it as naturally as a duck
takes to water
He throws them at anything and every
thing which offers; though of course he
has his preferences.
Broad fences and shade trees and
pumps and telegraph poles will do when
there is nothing better; but he dotes on
cats and lame dogs, and horses turned
out to eat grass and die; and school
houses and unoccupied buildings of any
description are his especial delight.
He likes to break panes of glass and
to knock the insulators Of the telegraph
poles, and to make that white horse of
old Robinson's go on three legs; and if
he can hit the weather-cock on anybody's
barn he is in ecstacy. And why? We
think nobody knows.
Girls never throw stones. We have
watched scores Of them together, and we
never saw one of them throw stone.
Boys say it is fun to do SO, and if it is fun
for them why is it not fun for the girls?
In the country, where space is plentier
than anything else, throwing stones is the
principal amusement which offers itself
to our young masculine friends. Every
thing animate and inanimate has to suf-
fer. Fruit trees and fiower-beds, hens,
pigs, cows, horses, sheep, cats, dogs
birds and birds nests, all come in for
their share. We never yet saw boy at
tempt to drive COW anywhere without
stoning her, and we never expect to. We
have given up the fond hope.
And we do believe most of the young
rascals would stone their own grand
mothers if nothing better offered and
they were sure it would never be found
out.
We have asked good many young
sters Of our acquaintance the question
which heads this article, and nine tenths
Of them have very satisfactorily as
sumed-" dunnor' while the remainder
have told us Il was such ftunT'
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

TIE heat of Summer as well as the sudden
changes of temperature incident To Autumn,
coupled with the use of unripe vegetables
and fruits and other unwholcsome articles Of
food, result every season in producing much
suffering from Diarrhea, Dysentery, Cholera
Morbus Collie and other arrangements of the
stomach and bowels. A remedy that will
promptly relieve these suilerings and restore
tone and normal action to the relaxed and de-
bilitatcd alimcntary canal is surely boon to
the afflicted DR.. r. V. Pierce, whose Family
Medicines have acquired Il worldwide repu-
taton, by long study and careful chemical eX-
periments has succeeded in extracting, by a
cold process, from art-Weed, or Water
Pepper, that modest little plant seen in wet
grounds bv the roadside and in neglected
grounds ami pasture fields, Il remedial prnci-
pie which. when skillfully combined with the
extract of Jamaica Ginger and other pleasant
modifying agents, in what he calls his Com
pound Extract of Smart Weed, forms Il most
reliable specific for all such arrangements
and suffcrings. 1t is pleasant and safe to
take, yet powerful to cure. Its wonderful
efficacy is a further confirmation of the Doc
tors idea that God has caused to grow, in
each climate and region, those medical plan Is
best calculated for the cure Of the diseases
that prevail in the section OF country where
those plants are found-that +" the leaves were
for the healing of the nations and that the
fewer far-ietched remedies we employ the
better, if we would thoroughly investigate
and understand those we have ut home. The
Doctors Extract Of Smart Weed is sold by
druggists generally.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

LIKE fat folks. There's something Jolly
right in the fact of ones being great
big porpoise, and you never saw fat
man or woman but that was goodna-
tured, unless disappointed in love. !
often wish ! stood in Bakers shoes. He
weighs 2SO, and when seen coming down
the street he resembles a sloop under
full sail When he enters a streetcar
everybody shoves along at once, and if
it's crowded two and three men will get
up at once to offer him seat. He is of
Importance wherever lie goes. If he sits
on an inquest he influences the Jury, and
if he predicts the weather people put
faith in him. III there's "a crowd around
| sick horse Baker elbows his way right
in where | couldn't get, and they are
always sure to make him cashier at Sun
day-school excursions, send him invita-
tons to deliver Fourth Of July orations,
and he is the man always selected to pre-
sent the fire company with new hats and
speech.
And there's Mrs. Scott, who weighs
nearly as much as Baker. When it's a
het day everybody asks after her com
fort, and when it's cold day everybody
congratulates her on being fat. She was
made the President of benevolent So
ciety, the treasurer of an art association,
and the head-man' in monument en-
: terprlse just because she was fat and
could fill the chair better than any
lean woman. If she went aboard the
ferry-boat they always placed her in the
center of the cabin in the best armchair
aboard, SO that she could not careen the
craft over, and if forty lean women hung
over the railing to starboard or port
nothing was ever said or cared about it.
She had the biggest tent at camp-mcet-
ing, the best place to see the Fourth of
July fireworks, and grocers were always
sending her early strawberries and first
vegetables.
fell in love with fat girl once !
loved madly, because / was loving 2O7
pounds of girl. She was amiable, ten
der-hearted good-natured and true, and
/ think she loved me- We were to be
married in the fall, and | should proba-
bly, have been one Of the happiest Of
| husbands, when an accident dashed my
prospects. She fell overheard just as we
| were about to leave the wharf on a
steamboat excursion Three or four sail
ors plunged after, and they got a gang
| plank under her, a cable around her
waist and towed her to the wharf Then
they rugged derrick and lifted her out
| by sections, but they were SO long about
| it that she took Il severe cold, and the
result was death. There were months
and months after that / never could
| pass load Of hay without thinking of
my lost Amanda and shedding tears, and
even to this day, / never see an elephant
or "A rhinoceros without her dear visage
rising up before mc.-U. Quad, IN Oul
| Fireside Friend.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-08-13

but the supply Of the raw material being
very limited, and the product high In
price, other manufacturers set to work to
simulate the goods, and sold the fictitious
article at much lower price. This they
did by using the wool of the long-wooled
breeds of sheep, such as the Cotswolds,
SO frequently seen at agricultural fairs,
but it does not begin to equal in 1neness
the genuine article, nor can 1t be made
to take the peculiar satiny gloss and nm
ish Of the latter. It is true, they make
very beautiful article of wooden goods,
and at very reasonable prices, but it is
not at all equal to real alpaca. Proba-
bly, not more than the One-hundredth
part, if as much, of the goods sold under
this name is really made Of the genuine
wool, being almost altogether made of
long wool from sheep, some, perhaps,
having slight admixture of the genu-
inc, just sufficient to afford the manufac-
turer or merchant salve for his abraded
conscience
Ramie is the name given in Sumatra
and Malacca to fiber obtained from
plant belonging to the nettle family, and
is closely allied to another species of the
same family from which the China
grass" fiber is obtained. The fiber of the.
ramie plant is very fine, lustrous and
strong, and makes fabric almost, if not
quite, equal to pineapple fiber. We
think, indeed, that much that is sold as
"pine apple goods" is made from it.
Ramie fiber, from its fineness and luster,
is much used in the adulteration of silk
goods, especially black silk, as it takes
other dyes but poorly, although some
late experiments that we know of are
likely to overcome this difficulty; and
| should they be really successful it will
be largely used in working up with
colorel To such an extent is it
! oS'0 W o.'''a- think it doubtful
whether !. 3 rnth of the black silk goods
now sold is pure silk. By the aid of the
microscope we have detected it in goods
manufactured by prominent firm and
sold by one Of the largest rygoods
houses in this city, the said goods
being warranted by both the manufac
turer and seller as being genuine, and SC
stamped by them with their names or
the labels. This adulteration is carried
on to such an extent that a large manu-
facturer of umbrellas and parasols in the
city informed us that he thought he die
not have a dozen really pure silk UNI
brellas in his extensive stock, and thai
he thought it next to impossible to buy
pure black silk goods The adulteratioI
is injurious to the fabric, for, while the
ramie fiber by itself makes fine, strong
lustrous cloth, it is not so soft and plia
Bile as silk fiber. Its hardness and stiff
| ness, therefore, wear the silk in the folds
and cause it to ''cutF-a complaint which
is now so generally made against blacl
silk goods. 1t is also not as strong as thu
silk fiber not being more than one-hal
or two-thirds as strong
The ramie plant has been introduced
into Mexico and the West Indies, an(
also into our Southern States, and ma,
yet become staple production will
them.-Uu1per's Bazar