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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
STAY WuEE: YoC ARE.

Ore of the greatest drawbacks to South
erl prosperity is the restiye, rowing, and
unsettled spirit of the people. Each one
imagines that there is an Ell Dorado some
where, or that some section ID more pros
pcrois than his own, and that he must get
to it before he accomplish anything. Tho
idea unsettes him, anl # he does not "pull
up" and migrate at once, he is forever
thinking about it, and noglects to improve
his present home and farm. Tho delusion
has been widespread since the war, and
much indiyidu disaster has been the re-
suit. The curse of Reuben seems to rest
upon the people. The terrible Texas
fever" which SO ragged Il few years ago.
caused untold families misfortunes. and
ruined many excellent farms and good
farmers.
1t is great mistake. Contcntment is
the great secret of life. Old Horace struck
the right key when he said Happiness
depends not upon place nor climate, but
upon the state of ones mind" Rolling
stones gather no moss and the expert
ment of selling out and moving. in the
hope of bettering the condition. often ends
in bitter disappointment and lrretrievable
loss. Thousands in the South can testify,
from experience, to the truth of this as
scrtion.
Better stay whore you are. If you are
in n good community, and yeur lands have
bottom, dr.yt down your pegs and locate.
Rcmembor that "theres more in the man
than the land" as old Jones said on re-
turning from Texas. after terrible failures,
to the old worn-out homestead he had sold.
and found it blooming like garden.
Right-up the old dwelling renew the out
buildings, palings, fences, and barnsi
spend fow dollars in white paint, and
give the premises an air OF cheertulness.
Cultivate less ground, and make it richer
every year. Nuke plenty to eat and some
to soil, and let your cotton crop be clear
profit. Plant fruit trees, have your rye,
oats, hurley, wheat and clover patches, fno
horses fat cows. and rich butter. Give
your wives and daughters flower gardens.
and assist them III COliectln9 SOOu aSSorC-
ment of roots and cuttings. Do these sim
pie things and, our word for it, your homes
will take new hold upon your affections,
md, instead of the ricketty, dilapidated
establishments and solemn, hungry-look-
ins countenanccs SO common in our coun-
try, we will find comfortable and inviting
homes, where all is love, contentment, and
happiness 1t will be like Colchian en-
chantress infusing new juices into the
veins for the prolongation Of life and youth.
/ Try it. Turn over % new leaf and begin
anew. Fear God, love your nei ,hbors.
your wives and children and don't try to
/ get rich in one year. Teach your little
ones to love their homes, There is a word
/ Of mc!o!y and sentiment in that immortal
! old blllurd,
"MiI pleasures and places, whcrc'er VIC may
rU.t;u.
Bel ever ST. humble, there's no place like homc."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
A MEXICAN TOWN.

A recent letter -writ4r says that one Mexi-
can town will generally serve as q pattern
for all, though there may sometimes be in
dividual departures from the rule. The
oldest feature of Mexican houses is the
spouts which carry of the rain from the
roof. These spouts are of clay-warc. arc
cylinders, and some two or three inches in
diameter at the mouth, which projects over
the sidewalks, or where the sidewalk often
should be. With their glazed. dark-red
color. these conduits look just ike so many
cannon thrusting their muzzles out some
two or three feet from the front wall. The
stranger who first sees these spouts can
compare them to nothing SO filthy as to
cannon planted in a breastwork, and thus.
as he casts his eye along block, the latter
looks for al the world like a fort. But let
him be under them when u genuine Mexi-
can thunder shower comes on, and the dis
charge will be Of a character that will leave
no doubt in his mind either as to quality or
quantity. The roofs of houses are here
made fiat, generally of tiles, oyerlaid with
tin or asphalt or other kind Of material.
The floors are of red tiles, some two or
three inches thick, and about nine inches
square. Some Of the ceilings of the bet
ter class Of houses are formed of tiles OF
some design or figure, and some of the
floor tiles are figured i'll various patterns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
BURNING IRON.

The combustibil ty of iron is chemical
fact well known, but Berlin experiment.
er has demonstrated the phenomenon in a
manner peculiarly his own. He takes
straight bar magnet Of some power, and
sprinlilcs iron filings on one end of its
poles These filings arrange themselves
in accordance with the lines of magnetic
force, and, however, closely they may APP
pear to be packed, of course no two of the
metallic filaments are PARALLEL, and conse-
quently certain portion of air is enclosed,
as in Il metallic sponge. The flame of an
ordinary spirit lamp or gas-burner readily
ignites the finely divided iron, and it con-
tinues to burn most brilliantly for con-
siderable length of time, the combustion
being, apparently, as natural and easy as
that of an ordinary substance. If the ex-
perimenter with this operation stands on
slight elevation, and waves the magnet to
fro while burning, q most magnificent rain
of fire is said to b, produced.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

The Blt;in ;ton H,.g:eye man says, the
other night IL man who lives cut on Column
ba street was kept down town on business
until Il very Late hour, and his wife know
ing how cold he would lee when he got
home, put an iron on the stove, and when
she heard him open the front gate she
jumped up hurriedly wrapping the iron in
a piece If flannel chucked it in bed for him
to warm his feet by. The man WAS cold
and taciturn and cross. He crawled into
bed with growl, shuddeIed with cold as
he stretched himself out. Then he gave
u yell that lifted the roof off the house,
and iammed his head through the head
board, and screamed fire, and waltzed out
on the floor and around the room in the
dark, straddling rocking chairs and break
ing his shins ON bureau corners, and knock.
ing dcwn the brackets with his shoulders.
and upsotting one or two things, and filing
the darkness with weird, fantastic profani-
tv. They lit u candle and discovered q
beautiful photograph of Il tlat-iron on the
bottom of the mans foot, and and it was
found that the flannel had somehow got
off the foot-warmer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
BY THE PACIFIC.

Whom tn, tide is ont, Panama lies strand
ca-an inland town. 1t looks odd to see
vast troops Of buazarls b!atkening here
and there the sea-wocd-but they are the
scayengers Of the tropics; their lives pro-
tectol by law, lad their swift scent tor car
rion really the protection of the people from
laiasmas that else would soon be pestiience.
Panama is a dense little place, huddled up
on Il rocky peninsula juttins into the sea
from the base OF the volcanic Ancon Leav-
in, the pier. one followsa rather struggling
street, which winds among negro NUTS
grog-shops, and many curious Varieties OF
roal estate and live stock, until it delivers
him within tht wllls-uo gates are visible,
nor does any one exactly know when he gets
inside, except by a vague feeling that he Is
in-whore scmblances of paving and side
walk appear; there is an occasional corner
with its side street the houses indulge IN
verandas, sometimes of three stories; queer
looking shops including some where beef
is sold by the yard-yet thicker; mules,
donkeys, dogs, poultry, pigs pickanninnlcs,
grinnins girls and turkey buzzards abound,
and here and there an old church is seen,
until, of IL sudden, you are in the P4aza; the
cathedral, with its two towers with their
shell-ornamented, pyramidal tormini, on
whose lofty summits-as well rs in all in
fcrior crcvices, ledgcs. and all other possi-
BILE paces-grass is growing, and plants
are four;shins and blooming with the most
astonishing nonchalancc, is on your left; the
not very magnificent State House and Pal
acc of Justice is on your right and beyond
it is what is left of tho old, and what is fin
ished of the new Grand" Hotel of Panama.
The average Traveller t:n1s little beauty in
his surroundings; but there is a certain
newness about the picture which pleases
him--for the sense Of novelty is Il pleasure
in itself.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
HOW MIR. LINCOLN EORGAvE HIM.

An editor of weekly paper published in
a little village in Missouri, called at the
White House, and was admitted to Mr..
Lincoln's presence. He told Mr.. Lincoln
that he WAS the man who first suggested
his name for the Presidency. and pulling
from his pocket an old, defaced copy of his
paper, exhibited an item on the subject.
"Do you really think" said Mr.. Lincoln,
"that announcement was the cause Of my
nomination. "Csrtainly,' said the edi-
tor, "the suggestion WAS so opportunc that
it was at once tah4u up by the other
pnpers, and the result, Was your nomina-
ton
"Ah, well,' said Mr.. Lincoln with sigh,
and assuming a rather gloomy countenance,
you viii have to excuse me; | am Just 60
ing over to the War Department to see Mr..
Stanton" "Well," said the editor, 81 will
walk over with you" The President with
the apt good nature SO characteristic of
him, took up his hat and said, come
along y
When they reached the door of the Sec
retarys Office, Mr.. Lincoln turned to his
companion and said: Il shall have to see
Mr.. Stanton alone, and you must excuse
me" and taking him by the hand he con-
tinued Goodbye. l hope you will feel
perfectly easy about having nominated
me; don't be troubled about it; | forgive
you."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
A TERRIBLE DEATH.

Augustus Catwinkla, Of Salisbury, Herki-
mer county, New York, left his home last
week to look at some timber land, several
miles distant. He became lost, and while
crossing a creek, broke through. He
pulled off his boots to empty the water, and
they froze so hard he could not get tnem
on again. He then crawled for long dis
tance on his hands and knees in search Of
SOME refuge from the penetrating atmos-
phere, but death put an end to his suffer-
ings, and when found he was in that posi-
tion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

GETTING up in cold room to make fire
is like getting up in life. If you crawl tim
idly out of bed, go on sp-toe to the stove,
and allow the shivers to get control of you
before the kndlin; starts, your fire will
probably be q failure, and you will half
freeze to death in the operation. But if
you jump out bravely, hustle around, pull
on your clothes, knock over chair or two,
and pitch in the stoyewool, youwill proba-
bly, be to warm by the time the tire gets to
burning and have to opcn II window. So in
life stack it timiily and yon will fail.
Grapp,e withit, hurry up things stir around
;anlusg Fortune, sld you w..l be Il saecess,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
Christmas is Coming!

THE UNDERSIGNED DESIRES HIS
Eriends and Patrons of Frost
l. burg and vicinity to know that he is al
ready prepared for the holidays, with a fine
selection of Presents for Ladies and Gentle
men !; also with a large assortment of Dolls
and Toys for Children His stock of CON
FECTIONERIES is unequalcd in town.
Weddings, Festivals, Fairs, and Parties will
be served at short notice ON reasonable
terms. Special attention given to the prep
aration and 0ruamentation of Wedding
Cakes. A fine assortment of Cakes always
on hand, of which we name in part, Lady
Cake, Pound Cake, Fruit Cake, Mountain
Cake, Marble Cake, Jelly Cake, Sponge
Cake, &c Families daily supplied with
Fresh Bread-Rolls, Buns, &c. .Y"Ordcrs
will receive prompt attention and all goods
delivered free Of fcharg, Having thirty years
experience in the business he feels confident
of giving satisfaction in all cases, Thank
ful for past f;ivors he hopes to share your
future patronage. Remember the we'll
known old stand on Broadway, adjoining
Holes and Yungerman's and opposite the
Presbyterian Parsonage BLASSES
Nov ely Bakery and Confectionery.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

In the Kin. dom.

We are toiling up the way
Narrow way-narrow way;
We have iourncycd many a day
Toward the Kingdom
Toward the distant shining land
Happy land golden land,
Where the heavenly harpers stand
In the Kingdom.
CHORUS.
Still we sing Christ our King,
Walks with us the weary way
And the shining angels wait
Angels wait-angcls wait
To unbar the pcarly gate
OF the Kingdom.
Though the journey may he long
Hard and long-rough and long
We will cheer it with q song
Ofthe Kingdom.
We will enter by the Cross,
Blessed Crrss--prccious Cross
Gaining bliss that hath no dross
In the Kingdom.
CHORUS.
We shall know our loved ones there
Know them th,rc-know them there
When our blood washed robes we wear
In the Kingdom.
All that's purcst-holicst there
Grows more dcar-groWs nor dear,
AS the mansions we draw near
In the Kingdom.
CHORUS.
Dear ones now are safe at home
Resting thCrc-trcc from care,
Watching now for us to come
To the Kingdom.
Soon well gather one by one,
Conq'rors palmcd-conq rors crowned;
Greet them wncn the vict ry's wun
In the Kingdom
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

The duties of schoolmaster in 1861
were as follows: "l'o act as a court messen-
ger; to serve summonscs; to conduct SER
vices in the church; to lead the choir on
Sundays; to ring the bell for public wor-
ship; to dig the graves; to take charge of
the school, and to perform other occasional
duties" Hence the compound word cover
worked.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03
&. g. REAEsYZELE GO.

UNDER Journal" PRINTING OFFICE,
Main Street. Fr0stburg. Md..
SADDLE AND HARNESS-M AKERS,
WE on hand and for sale Fine and
L Coarse Harness Collars, IIamcs, Trace.
Halter, Bri ist and Butt Chains, Mems and
Side S",tdlcs, all qualities; Riding and Blind
Brides, Horse Blankets, leigh Bells, Wag-
on and Buggy Whips, and everything per
tanning to tirSt-class shop We make a
speciality of putting up FincEaarneSs,
and in this line we defy competition. Best
quality Of Mining Work always on
hand, and orders promptly filed. Work of
all descriptions mndc to order. Repairing
neatly and promptly done. Prices rcasona-
be. - Orders solicited. NOV i---v
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

A WOMAN at Oneida stepped On a rat
with her bare foot, anu Was so frightened
that she wert into spagms
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-03

A matter of .crm-Fit;ing dress.
, 1875-03-02

Tbs following Instruments wore died for rscorl
Monday, March Il:
-.... CITY PROPERTY.
Vert Harrison 1t, " ror nf Central Tatt ar,
nf. TN xl1U It, datbi Feb. .a7............$ 2,t0o
Carol ~, 100 II " Ut Wood Vi, . I, 45111J n;
also, @ u, ia5 It, " Of Southport ~, Il I,
h;197 n, dated tJall. .16,................. H,aN
Wedt toaKtess Ut, 31Dt It v Of lfoyns ~, u I,
2a11J5Iy #, dated May n, l81A.n.......... 100
ffal4te1 It, 2ls II n Of H!ateeuth At, t, 4TI1G0
II, With Du!dugn dait,1 Feb. l5............ 3,to0
Hubs 1t, &63 i-lU It, n Of Thirsy-flfth Ut, ef,
So 8-l0x125 #, dated March 1..,......... 1900
Wrtt Jackson 1t, 10 Il " nf California ~, uf
2s1l1s It, dated Feb. .97.................... 75o
West Ohio 1t, ) y cor OF DIctArttika 81, II I, 28I
u It, dated March l,............... ...... 1900
North Wells at. b7 II = of Ohm 1t, . {, t21lI9ft
dated Pcl'. u tNctfnoul rrinh!Fslle to frel ,
Il. dated re6. Is. $3.50
W1blsh av, ~ It = nf Twenty y.fourth st. E +, aye
lss 1t. with building, dated Dec. II, 1874
tl!ohrrt lterssJ aud william uollio to Ieury
A. WAfrenl..-. ....................... 21,000
soUrH or c1Tr i.1MI1s WITHIN Radius OF M1Lks
FnoM CoURT-uoCkE,
Bowen At, 1870 It VI Of ChttaEo Grovc ~, IT, 20
# TO railroad, tiae,t Fab. 31....,.+....... 1ao0
Hattie It, $50 II : Of racihn at, VT, 2b0xl24 It,
QA1eu kGR. 1.4SQ
, 1875-03-02

Lieut.. CAmeroas map and Journal which were
unaecountably delayed - Adsn, have now arrived
In this country. Tho map Of Tauganylka, In
live sheets. supplies ~ accurate deineation Of
that important lake. Tie survey hns been exc.
cu.ed with great care. Every cape aud inden-
tatioa Of the coast IL Rhown, and the mouth OF
e7ary river. The naMea arc Ill given, aud
pains havo evidently been bestowed upon OBJ
tAlutng correct renleEins Of the sounds uttered
by tho nAsiyea. All doubts about tho discovery
Of the outlet TO Lake Tangany.ka By Lisnt.
Cameron IL removed BY the arrival OF tile map.
.aso SaS Is shosn noWsos us oae ., Of a
lcko, and tbs course IL dsllueAtel for !
distance Of 4 m!oa. A range Of mountains
iutsryanes between tho outlet and tho mouth Of
G.e ltiver Nugumba Qhs I.ogumbA OF Living
stc-.s), which aows Into tha lake batweeu the
Lukuga outlet aud the Kassngo Islanda. Lieut..
Cameron observed regularly Tor the variation Of
tho compass, and Ills general direction OF the
lake agrees well With that Of Lislngstouc. Tho
dstancA from Uti to tho soush on6 OF tho lake,
according 10 Cameron a9tee4 veil With Living.
Htone's attitudes.
, 1875-03-02

Withdrawn from stora TN Saturday for clly cotl.
sumption. 2,2a3 bn wlseat, d6&y bu cor,, ay04 bu
ossH. 2,lc2 l,n 6arAy.
The following grain inspected into store un Moa.
day uiorning IT rara No. wArat, " CARS No. do,
II carr No. do CARS rejected do, grade
slo7 wheat: IL high mixed corn, 5s M.
do, rs cars rejected 10 lOb corn, Of which ii oll};
caEs whta oats n cara No. d. cass rejected do
No. barlcy, caEs No. do, tar rcJectcd do.
Tuta at7 cars or 0e 100 Lu Inspected out: 93oa bu
wheat, ll,ali hu coru 4973 bu dats s317 b,, barley
Tho rernrte packing Of this city for hs patt season
IA aiout o hea. greater tllsn for year AGO. Al.
lowing 37oU0 heal fur the d!tereueo in wctuh,s We
hsyc hogs In e1ctss Of tho work Of tbs winter
Ut 1854, We Aaya xlreatly called attention 10 tbs
fact that the spposted cuug for t!a soasou ID somo
hugs in Of tho number obtained by aut
tracssns tue shipment. from .hs receipts; hut II wc
remember rightly, discrepancy nearlY a. lArrs u
that uo.ed year aao that tbs actual sxeesa ia
probably suAl 10 lua 900 head Il least. The packing
1t other points however, iots not show anything liks
that rate uf increase The prices OF hogs hare ruled
w igh tn comparison with thb apparent magnitude
Of tho supply that Tho country psctcss fslt Ubitgrd 10
operate with great caution, aud did not hold out
Inducements 10 ,lroysra to give then. cal lIenrs u
s probable that tho rct,.,s far tbs entry Wcxt, when
,nnps up will sow s!lght falling of In the aRxreyats
Of lUa, aud rather large reduction ,u the Yield Ut
tsrl Tho seakon hero cioaes will III extraordinary
asosk nf pork on ha noderats stocxs Of n,rats and
, 1875-03-02
TIE GREAT IOWA n1lsr1so1e,
Recovery Of Ernumcnt tlint Fell
nGAr uOnl0Atbn4l,

Recovery o{ u FEnuMcnt tatRt Fell
near Homestead.
Prot. N. Il. Leonard, OF tue Chair OF Mathe-
matlcs and, Astronomy, ut tho lows State
University, has had the good fortune to secure u
portion Of = ftagtnont Of tho meteor Which fell
near Homestead. Iowa County, on Friday evon-
Ing, Fob. IL. Tue exact locality Of tts fall " a.
tts southeast quarter Of sac. &. Township 20,
Range Q voat. 1t was on the farm Of A1r.
Sherlock. Sumo mombers OF ILLS family
wero returning from spelling scliool at
tho tims of tho denccnt of tin meteor, and
saw, ~ thcy. thought, three or four fragmenta
tho family who remained at home hoard this
fragment - it went whizzing by, and thought
tlat it had passed. oyor tho house. Thoy sought
for 1t tho next day and the day following, but in
until Monday wlao,, 4 daughter Of Mr. 8. found
1t about 80 rods northeast Of their house. Prof.
Leonard has Visited tho apot and notad sucll
items ha Maro attainab1o.
beyond littlc slough that rlna through their
pasture field making very stight iudentson in
tho ground, md bounded northeaat, distance
Of 30 fsos OF IT. ofs up ,lsht dccliyity and
fouad. Il Nas Adherout to tue leo and
Bnow underneath, 40 that 1t required smart rap
to Loosen It. Prof: J.. entettaf1la tho suspicion
that tho place pointea out is not tho first place
uf striking. but that when t]lo annw COOS on ho
al,all be ab!o to find upon tho othor aide OF tbs
alouGh ,nors decided mark or impression whoro
It frat alghtoa Rnd from Which It bounded to
the spot t'rnt mentioned. Thte, Of course. IL
Nero conjecture, but it seoms that tho impress
sion mhda upon the ground where il hr1t Allaht-
cd should have boen moro decided.
The woight Of tho entire fgsg1uent WAS
pounds ounces, though we arc sorry to stato
that l,eioro Prof. L. could gain posaeaston of II
supply specimens. not to meu of science, but
simply to nolKhboTa or curiosity huntetB. This
, 1875-03-02

qnIe failing prevailed In n rattlo market yesterday.
1hr nsscnG'sao Of buycra kn,nll,r than usNa ns
also tho auonnt OF sock in Tho yards and the ro
t1ne Of Ralta limit ct. fricts waro nomLnally Tho
rains st tho close It last week. aud may 10 1uossd
Mr1ty. ... ..--.7
llUa's-Ncce7sd stucs Saturday, 5000. Tho FrnA1l-
Of Tbs supply strengthened the Views Of lnlcra
A for cl.ocs 10 r1trn uafiita advance Of loo was
lcoucts. snd without difcnlty nbtaurl. AZ the of-
fertnR> nas1ulto to meet ths wants Of ahppc4
and tins two Of thrrt packers ~ho were engaged. In:
feror and common gradeR more less neglected
and sold irtcgulariy Bales were for roor
tn coIce Light, and At {t.50a7Go for joor 10 Fancy
heavy. II. F. Mallory ro sold 30 head 1t ths latter
figure G. Il. barber, Polo, H., WINS tho owner.