Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-12-18

The Greek ionrrnls announce the death
Of Mrs Black, Byrons Maid of Athens
sac was seventy-six years Of age.
large lake has been discovered about
forty miles West of Laramie, W. T., in the
bottom of which is n thick layer of sui.
lha'c Of magnesia or epson salts in almost
Il pure state.
The castor bean is cultivated in Kansas,
and castor oil factory has been erected
at Fort Scott. Even the West is not with
ont this pleasant and exhilurating bever-
age.
The Postmaster at Oliahumka, Fla, has
pct turtle. He fed him from his hands
. few days ago. A sufficient time has eaps-
el to digest the thumb, and the turtle is
still alive,
A Dane has invented an arrangement
70 take the place OF crutches, by which
the cripple can go fast or slow and up or
down stairs without to:Ichng his feet to the
ground or working but one arm.
woman in London has discovered an
other source of occupation for members
Of her sex she is a cab proprietor, but in
addition TO that she las taken out IL
cense ms Il driver, and drives one of her cabs
herself.
They have tried the annhema on the To-
Gusts in the Swiss canton OF the Falois.
Priests and people walked i'll procession
through the blasted fields, reciting formula
of cursinE, but only such insects died as
got under foot,
An Irish Clergyman, the Rev. George
M"arcs Drought, believes tina! he has dis
covered Il remedy against plaques of flies
and very simple and pleasant ONE
namely u Window garden of geraniums
and oalccoIalias.
The new Governor of Kentucky and his
Secretary of State are Masons, rs is also
TIE Attorney General, the Lieutenant Gov
ernor, the Auditor, the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and the Register of the
LIND Office.
Custom in Massachusetts has long per-
mittrd the discovcrcr of a bee tree to cut
ii down and take the honey, and Berkshire
county is ustonishcd because a land owner
has sued n man TO recover the value Of
honey taken OF his property.
Henry Stewart, whose employment was
feeding animals in Frcnrh's Circus, had his
hands tom t. slreds by lion in Chicago.
and died from the injury. The animal
caught him a he reached into the cage for
trough Of water.
Warts may lie removed says Il celebrat-
ed physician, by rubbing them night and
morning with Il moiscned piece of muri-
ate Of ammonia. They soften and dwindle
away, leaving no such marks us follows
their dispersion with lunar caus;ic.
y cement, impcrmoablo by air and
steam, and especially we'll adapted to
Use for steam or g..s pipes, is made of
powdered graphite Cpasts, slsked lime 3
PARTS, s;lphata of linr s parts, and boiled
oil : parts. we'll l;ara1nd.
1t was Il good thing for her that slc
opened her eye She was in It coffin. ready
for burial, in Bradford, Mas. having been
for two days in II state resembling death.
a relative was astonshcd 10 see the sup
posed corpse open an eye, and then she was
revived, and is likely to recover.
Apretty young lady lawyer of Chicago,al-
ways dccl ,Aas divorce cases. Her argument
on that score is short and sweet, viz: every
woman who accepts Il husband should for
ever thereafter during life be compelled to
live With him, whether ugly. shabby, good,
bad or indifferent.
For low cunning, your country pumpkin
has no match. A party Of rustic swains
Al an Ohio country dance, jealous Of tho
city bloods, who had driven out to enjoy
the sport, quietly unscrewed tho faa.eninss
of their buggy wheels and the result was
three breuk-dowus, a runaway, and gem
cral smash mp on the road home.
The Contemporary Rerieao. referring to
the ease Of a destitute old woman dying of
cancer, asks: Ought We to kill heI2 She
is good for nothing; has no one TO care for
her; has an incur.lble mniady. Has not
the State a right 10 get her out of the wayl"
We would respectfully 4nswer-Put You're
self in her 9.a;e.
A couple of gentlemen who were retiring
for the night, in Lakesvlle, Md, found
their room occupied by at least one thous-
and swallows, and they killed by actual
count over three hundred before they could
dislodge them. The swallows were mgrat-
ing South and entered their room by the
chimney. r
The Springfield Republican argues that
many Of the ways of American women are
vulgar, one of its points being this: mo
gentleman would care to parade the streets
in such attire that one hand WAS constantly
occupied in reefng the slack of his breeches.
after the manner of holding up skirts at
the present time"