Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-05-22
EFrostb.rg. May 2.. 1878.
4 New and Important Book.


which has ever been issued from the
pen Of this distinguished author, both
because it contains the result Of his
life long labor and study, and because
it is written for the great mass OF
American citizens, giving clear, plain
and authoritative information with re-
card to those rights and duties upon
which their success and prosperity de-
pend.
The work embraces popular COM
mentarv on the constitution OF the
United Staes, section by section, ex-
planning its principles, purposes, and
TIE rights and powers it confers, and
also full and complete compendium
Of the laws and rules which pertain to
the management of property and the
transaction of all kinds Of business.
The book is a marvel of completeness,
and of its accuracy the name Of the
author is the best possible guaranty.
His language is simple throughout, and
the subjects treated are brought with
in the easy comprehension of those
unlearned in the law.
We cannot too highly commend
this volume to our readers. 1t is a
book of which every intelligent man
will feel the need as soon as he has ex-
amined it. The amount Of laundering
and litigation that would be avoided
by a general knowledge Of its con-
tents cannot we'll be over estimated,
1t should be in the hands of every
man who has any desire to understand
his rights, or any care to conduct his
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legal helps 1t will undoubtedly meet
with a very large sale.
1t will be sold only by subscription,
and any one desiring an agency should
apply to the publishers, See adver-
tisement elsewhere in this paper.
THE WASTE OF CoAL.-The recent
strike in the coal mines of Pennsyl-
vania, according to the PittsDurg
Commercial, have led to the saving
and utilizing Of the enormous amounts
Of waste which have always accumu-
lated N mining operations Of both an
thracite and bituminous Goals. 1t is
stated that already the enormous
piles of waste stock and coal dirt
which have accumulated not only at
the mines, but at such manufacturing
points as Pittsburg, are being brought
into use with great success, and have
recently come to be regarded of
great value, and it seems probable
that every bushel Of the refuse Of the
mines of Pennsylvania, Ohio and other
States will be made marketable within
the near future. when the extent of
these mining operations, the time over
which they have extended and the
percentage of waste to coal produced
are considered, it will readily be seen
that this is really discovery Of great
value, Immediately available, without
the outlay Of any capital to speak of.
1t is a new source Of wealth. This is
being already shipped to market, and
is found to be almost as good for gen
Grating steam as coarse coal, costing
but fraction of the amount and re-
quiring but slight modification of the
old apparatus for generating the
fires. ...
Reports from the wreck of the steam
ship Schiller, off the Sicily Islands
on the English coast convey nothing
further to give any hope that more
than the forty-four persons out Of the
four hundred on board have been
saved. There has been nothing so
dreadful since the wreck of the At
lantic, on the coast Of Nova Scotia,
April, /, 1878, when five hundred
and thirty-fve lives were lost out of a
total of nine hundred and fifty-two.
In several respects the fate Of the
Schiller and of the Atlantic is direct
ly traceable to the same causes-a
swift steamship kept moving at night
near dangerous coast, when her Off
GERS We're not sure Of the ship posi-
ton. In the case of the Schiller
there was the additional element of
danger, and the additional reason for
great caution-the prevalence of a
dense fog In the case Of Atlantic the
night was cloudy, but there was no
fog it had been cloudy for some days
and the captain did not know where
he was, but believed he did, and ran
his vessel on a rock
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