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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-04-22


New York Bulletin mentions as a sign
of the times that buyers are in the
dry goods market of that city repre-
senting the markets Of Russia and
Turkey. They appear to have been
attracted thither by the extraordinary
fact of certain styles of American
cotton goods having found buyers in
Manchester Their inquiries appear
to have been directed especially to
prints; and some moderate shipments
have been made both to Smyrna and
Russia. Goods of the same kind have
also been sent to India. Prints are
cheaper in New Yorl, to-day than
they are in Manchester, and the
market here is weak, While that of
Manchester is advancing,
The Centennial Commissioners of
this State have in process of erection
"Maryland hall on the grounds at
Philadelphia 1t is beautifully locat-
ed and neat in design, and tastefully
ornamented. 1t will furnish rally
ing point and headquarters for visi-
tors from this State. Invitations to
the hospitalities of Maryland hall
have already been extended to the
Governors and other distinguished WIS.,
;+ors from the southern States.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-04-22

Senators whose wives are far away
at home, refresh their memory of the
absent dear ones by lingering around
the Treasury building, after business
hours on rainy afternoons, to offer the
female employees the protection Of
their umbrellas.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-04-22

THE number of American entries
of exhibits for the coming centennial
register ten thousand. From this the
Philadelphia papers argue that the
exhibition Will equal III number of ex-
hibits those of any previous one.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-04-22

The London Spectator says that
there is hardly town in England
which is not getting up, or thinking of
getting up its spelling bee. 1t adds
that butcher boys are spelling down
university graduates and even jour
nalists, which quite repeats American
experience.
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frisking in golden foam. Bah! The
jackass! But that's the way he'd talk.
He got my axe one day with lot of
the same fOolishness, and while he was
using it the handle broke, and the
balde went down the we'll. /
He came over right away to see if
had another axe. And when I told him
I hadn't, and that I didn't know how
Twas to get along without one, I'm
blamed if he didn't want me to- bor-
row one from some of the neighbors,
so he could finish the little job he was
at. He said there was no use Of my
buying new axe, with the crack of
doom staring us in the face. There'd
be no use of a new axe in heaven, for
there be no pain there, an no crying,
with lot of other stuff. This riled
me like thunder. But there was no
use talking to him. I was madS
though, about the axe, as mad as /
could be, and / told him if he didn t
get me a new axe I'd bust him in
pieces with the right arm of the law.
And what do you suppose he said e.
And Mr.. Cobleigh looked at us with
grim anxiety.
We were obliged to admit that we
couldn't tell.
''He said he'd 60 home and pray for
me" added our friend with sigh of
despair. ''And now what could I do
with such a chap as that ? There was
no use in getting mad, and you
couldn't reason him out of the foolish:
ness. And he wouldn't move, and the
day of judgement showed no signs Of
being in earnest. So there l was.
The only thing I could do was to get
away. and I've hired a house at the
other end of town, and Tn moving
there. And now," added our unfor-
tunate friend, steadying the looking
glass and clock under his arms while
he grasped the lamp, GIVE got where
there is jail on one side of me and a
graveyard on the other, and I don't
care darn how many Second Advents
move in on either side.''
And he stalked grimly on his way.
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How to Bottle Light.

4 Countless accidents, as every one
knows, arise from the use of matches.
TO sbtain light without employing
them, and SO without danger of setting
things on fire, an ingenious contriv-
ance is now used by che watchmens Of
Paris in all magazines where explosive
or .inflamable materials are kept. Any
one may easily make trial of it. Take
an oblong phial of the whitest and
clearest glass, and put into it a piece
PHOSPHORUS about the size Of pea.
Pour some olive oil, heated to boiling
point, upon the phosphorus ,.- fill the
phial about one.third full and then
cork it tightly. To use this novel light,
remove the cork, allow the air to enter
the phial, and then. recork it.. The
empty space in the phial will become
luminous, and the light obtained will
be equal to that of q lamp. Nv hen the
light grows dim, its power can be in.
creased by taking out the cork and al
lowing a fresh supply of air to enter
the phial. fInwinter it is:sssometimes
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them. None of his family would enter

them. None of his family would enter
the house, so Ts'ai went by himself,
opened the doors,s lit a candle and sat
down. In the middle of the night a
woman slowly approached, with red
silk handkerchief hanging to her neck,
and having saluted him, fastened a
rope to the beam of the ceiling and
put her headin the MOSS. Ts'ai did
not insthe least. change countenance.
The woman again fastened a rope and
called Ts'ai to do as she did, but he
only lifted his leg and put his foot in
the moose. The woman said, you're
wrong. Ts'ai laughed and answered.,
'0n the contrary, it was you who were
wrong long time ago, or else you
would not have come to this pass.
The ghost cried bitterly, and having
bowed to Ts'ai, departed, and from
that time the house was no longer
haunted. This Ts'ai was afterward a
very distinguished scholar, known as
the Provincial Chancellor @."s,, !.
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A New England Cabin.

In a sequestered corner of the Cen.
tennial grounds stands the New Eng
land Log Cabin. And very humble
and unpretentious cabin it is, too,
with it's bare walls and shaky roof,
contrasting strangely with the huge,
gaudily-painted edifces in the mel h-
borhood. Veritable logs compose it's
material, and they are put together
rudely enough to satisfy the most crit.
ical backwoodsman. If the building
was designed simply as a specimen of
early Colonial architecture, it would
be interesting. AS it is, the attention
of the visitor is wholly drawn from
the cabin itself, and is concentrated
upon the wonderful collection of relics
exhibited in it's interior. These COM
prise articlts of furniture. utensils, and
ornaments, none Of them less than a
century old, and are nearly all asso-
ciated with historical names and places.
TO the American mind there is pc.
culiar interest attached to relics of
old Puritan and Revolutionary days.
It is doubtful if the foreign visitors
to the Exposition will see much to ad-
mire in the pots, and kettles, and
cradles that came over in the May
flower. The Frenchman and Italians
willlaughingly point to relics that are
ten times as old, and far shapelier in
appearance. The Englishman; will
scarcely gloat over sword that was
worn by some rebel officer in the war
with Great Britain. It is to the citi-
zen. of this country that the collection
of relics appeals and that the appeal
is not fruitless may be seen in the
crowds that flock into the Log-cabin
daily.
A narrow foot-path leads up to the
door, where a maiden, whose Puritan
sgarb does not detract from the bright
ness of her eyes, is in waiting to well
come the visitor. The narrow, low
walled rooms inside are furnished
with the simple, old.fashioned chairs
and tables which were once used by
our ancestors. Old and discolored
wood had been employed in making
the rafters overhead and, looking up,
one sees the regular old garnet which
the story-book always associates with
boyhood's days,-with it's dark cor.
ners, it's dusty spinning-wheel, it's pile
of old books and magazines.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-07

THE ENORMOUS WAsTAGE Of grain, 20 i.ev;sab,.
Vh oGher styles Of ThresheEs, can bo SAVED bv TIL
improved Machine, efficient On svay job to ssoye d.
pay al ezpesses Of threshing.
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
IKE seeds arc eeparated cleaned and saved
~ easily and perfectly as Wheat 0ss Rye OF Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE IL usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by THU machine, for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875, these were substa,-
tally tho ONLY MACHINES that could run With profit
OF economy, doing tfast thogoagh and pss6oct psk
sehes oehe's utterly failed
ALL GRAIN, TINE and HONEY wasting oomplioa-
lions, such a. "Endle Aprons, "Raddes aBeaters"
"Pickers, ETC., arc entirely dpexsed srak less than
onehaf tho usual Gears, Belts, Boxes and Journals
easier managed more durable light running no cost
y repairs; dust: NOT litterngs" to clean up; not
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storm
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
In the large saving made by It will not employ info.
Iior and wasteful machines, but will fasis on this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, 8, 10 and IL Hone
Powers. Also a speciality Of SEPARAroRs, designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER.
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS. VIZ: our i'm
proved "Triple Gear" and our "Spur speed' Wood
bury Style), both " Mounted - on four wheels
IF INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising.
apply to nearest Dealer writo to us for uus1a.
ted Circular Gent feel, giving full particulars Of Size
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard d Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH
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Appearances Are Deceitful.

Boston Commercial Bulletin - "'.S .
An individual whose coat was but.
toned closely to his chin, said chin be.
ing covered with a three-day' beard,
with slight hectic flush on his bow.
spirit and appearance Of having been
so preoccupied for a few days as to
have forgotten to have taken off his
clothes at night, an individual of this
description was walking down one of
the principal streets of Boston very
early in the morning, when he sudden
ly came to a halt before dwelling.
house in the window of which was
displayed large photographic print.
This picture portrayed a solemn man
with long dark beard. In the right
was some sort of bottle, and, from
the expression of the face of the pic
ture, either the bottle smelt unpleas-
antly or the party had taken drink
from it which did not agree with his
digestion.
TO the pedestrian first described the
picture was, however, at once symbol
ical and significant, and without hest:
tation he marched up the steps and in
to the house and almost over servant,
who enquired-
'Want to see the doctor, sir q
The seedy gentleman steadied him.
self by the stair rail and answered
eyes. Doctor, Colonel, General or
whatever he calls himself; know 'em
all but forget their titles, S the 'ol
barkeep want. and he plunged in
to the front room, where the original
of the dark-bearded picture in the
window summoned by the frightened
servant presently found him examin-
ing with uncertain gaze a row of glass
jars, bottles, etc., and was promptly
saluted with:
'''On deck, ole fell; tn amt many
tn boys round yet, is there Jess
give US bout three inches whisky
straight
The person thus hilariously saluted
drew himself up in dignifed manner
and replied: ~ ..-...
''We do not deal in whisky here, sir,
we administer oxygen
Gail right, said the unabashed
caller, ''less have some minister Knox's
gin, then; I'm as dry as a dust hole n
amt particular. Jine me, won't
you %
''Sir,'' said the Intercepted one,
this is a place where inhale-"
Eyes, I don't care where in h
it is either, so long as you hist bottle
over here 'thout any more remarks -
81 tell you,' yelled the other party,
''This is not bar-room. It is a doc.
tors Office; we practice inhalation of
medicated, super.carbonated oxygen p
and he flung open the door for the ex.
it of the early and unwelcome caller,
W.. "W T1at' in Thunder (! f keep a pic.
ture in the window of fellow taking
a drink for if you don't keep bar.
room - and he meandered down the
street in search of a more hospitable
establishment.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-07
Clerical C0quettes.

"Burleigh," in a recent letter from
New York, says: One of our large
churches that is vacant was visited by
a well-known merchant, who said "a
friend of mine would like to visit this
city and preach for you Sunday
eve don't want to hear him." was the
reply. ''He is clerical coquette. He
writes to every vacant church. He
has some very marked attractions, but
he hardly gets settled before he be-
gins to flirt. He boasts of having a
pocketfull of calls. His house is full
of statuary and trinkets given him to
keep him quiet. He would set our
people by the ears. He would over
look our field, express his admiration.
and without saying word would leave
tha impression that a call would be ac-
ceptable, while he had no more inten-
tion of settling than he had of marry.
ing widow while his wife was iv-
ing" These words are severe but
just. We have a dozen churches in
New York and Brooklyn vacant-some
of them very important ones. The
committee are run down with applica-
tons, directly or through friends.
Many of these applicants for supply
are we'll settled and have no intention
of leaving: In two or three instances,
believing that a certain man. could be
obtained, churches have been can
vassed, and on the eve of a call a tele-
gram comes, saying: "Don't do it,
thus disheartening and often democrat
izing a religious society. This custom
of coquetting with parishes is more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ.
Servance.
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A Historical Quarrel.
Washington Chronicle.

Washington Chronicle.
One of the most amusing of the Con-
gressional squabbles was between two
gentlemen who were never excited by
strong, drink jefferson Davis and
Henry s. Foote. They were sitting. in
a room together at Wizards, in 1913,
and got into a discussion over a letter
written by Gen. Taylor, then a candi-
date for the Presidency. One word
brought on another, and soon the two
''grave and reverend Senators were
striking from the shoulder at each
other. The noise of the encounter
brought !neighboring inmates of the
hotel into the room, and the combat
ants were separated, and after some
entreaty, shook hands and made
friends.
''Really," said Mr.. Fcote, 81 should
not have thought of such a thing as
striking Mr.. Davis if he had not passed
the first blow Z.
''Are you not mistaken about that?''
urged Mr.. Davis apologetically.
Indeed, I am not!'' retorted the
impetuous Mr.. Foote.
at is my impression you struck
first, pleaded Mr.. Davis.
30, no 1t was you!' .:t
':No, It was you -
''But, Mr.. Davis, I will swear it was
you.''
"And I, Mr.. Foote, would swear it
WASN'T
''You did strike; first.''
81 did not strike first -
''You did!''
81 didn't!' p s......e =.
t*You did, I say!'' ~ =" -
81 say I didn't!'
':Well - exclaimed Mr.. Foote,
''there shan'ta he any dispute as to who
struck frsts this time,''- and as he
spoke he dealt. Mr.. Davis "a singing
blow on the cheek. The astonished
friends sprang between the two gen.
tlemen and prevented further HOSTILE
ties. Pledges were exacted from all
present to deny that there had been
any :''unpleasantness; but I have the
above from good Southern authority,
as the commencement of a feud not
yet settled.
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A Narrow Escape.

The Schuyler mansion was the
theatre of a romance in the summer
of l78l. General Schuyler was then
not in active military service, but at
his house at Albany or at Saratoga, he
was the vigilent eye Of the Northern
Department. His person as a prisoner
was coveted as a capital prize by his
Tory neighbors. Walter Meyer Tory
colleague of the famous Joe Beltys,
was employed to execute scheme for
the seizure and abduction of the gen.
eral. With party of his associates,
canadians and Indians, he prowled in
the woods near Albany for many days,
and ascertained the exact situation of
affairs at Schuyler's house from a
Dutchman whom he had seized at his
work. He learned that guard of six
men were there for the protection of
Schuyler's person, three of them al.
ternately on duty continually. The
Dutchman was compelled to take an
oath OF secrecy. He did so with a
mental reservation, and as soon as he
was released, he fastened to Schuyler
and warned him of his danger.
AS the twilight of a sultry day in Au-
gust was yielding to the MI ht, Schuy-
Ter and his family were sitting in the
great hall of the mansion; the servants
were about the premises; three of the
guard were asleep in the basement,
and the other three were lying on the
grass in front of the mansion. A SER
want announced that a person at the
back gate wished to speak with the
general. His errand was understood.
The doors and windows of the mansion
were Immediately closed and barred,
the family weue gathered in an upper
room and the general ran to his bed
room for his arms. Looking out of a
window he saw the house surrounded
by armed men,. To alarm the town
half a mile distant, he fired pistol
out of the window. At the same mo-
ment the intruders burst open the
front door. At that moment Mrs.
Schuyler perceived that in the confu-
sion she had left her infant in a era
die in the hall below. She was about
to run down the stairs after it, when
the general interpOsed and prevented
her. Her third daughter, Margaret
(who was afterward the wife of the
As'oo oAOOA), AAoCollIly ucW UOWn Cuc
great stairway, snatched the sleeping
babe from the cradle, and bore it up
to it's mother. One of the Indians
hurled sharp tomahawk at her. It's
keen blade just grazed the infant S
head, and was buried in the railing of
the stair. Meyer, supposing her to be
a servant, called to her as she flew up
the stairs, ''Where's your master p
With quick thought she exclaimed, as
she reached the verge of the upper
hall, "Gone to alarm the town. Her
father heard her, and with as quick
thought threw up a window and called
out, as to multitude, "Come on my
brave fellows! Surround the house,
and secure the villains - The alarm
ed maruders, who were plundering the
generals dining-room of the plate, fled
in haste, carrying away some of the
booty. That infant was the late Mrs.
Catherine Van Rensselaer, Cochran,
General Schuyler's youngest child, who
died at Oswego in the summer of 1857.
-Harper's Magazine for June.
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"A young clergyman seems to have
compressed the whole body of his SER
mon ION ''deceit'' into the following {:
''Oh, my brethren, the snowiest shirt
front may conceal an aching bosom,
and the stiffest of all FOUNDERS encircle
throat that has many a bitter pill tt
swallow" s..
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ITPAYS

SHALL capital to commence in our line Of business
RoonnE IL . Speciality. There is no one in yout
in one week by studying our instructions, which "
send to al no ask for them Any man having go.
roof THREE ordinary houses The sum realized from
sale and profit on this supply added to the regular
$3.50. An expert man could EASILY do the work T.
nine working days: Two persons Of small means e.
orEHR attends to the work: Send for our Book
Instructions (FRKE II you write At o1c1). and STUD
money present the matter the principal st0sekeepe
IN YoUK PLACE, and talk 1t over With him. He win
GLAD to furnish the stock and divide the profit Wit
you. We win guarantee the territory to the yIEs
ING CO., LIHiTID, Cedar st.. \. 7.
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necessary to heat the phial between
the hands in order to increase the
fluidity of the oil. The apparatus thus
prepared may be used for six months.
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A Prudent Proviler,

Nine. de MacMahon is much more
popular with the green.grocers of Paris
than was Nine. Theirs, who though
very wealthy-her sister and herself
being co-heireses of several large for
tunes-is said to be averse to spending
money for anything that can be pro.
cured otherwise. During NJ. Theirs
tenure of power his wife purchased
neither vegetables, fruits, or flowers, all
of which she procured gratis from the
gardens and hot-beds Of the Grand and
Petit Trianon. A confidential maid
was sent regularly every morning to
the lovely little supplementary palaces
SO dear to Marie Antoinette and under
her directions everything eatable in
the garden, with grand provision of
flowers, was sent off in light carts to
the presidential residence. In three
months the head gardenee at the Tria-
ron sent in f44 worth of green peas,
which ought to have been paid for,
but was not, besides other things in
the same proportion, to the great vex-
alton of the shopkeepers, who COM
planned that 'sthe state gave the pres
ident civil list, which he kept in his
pocket instead of spending, and was
made not only to give him large SAL
airy but also to furnish him with two
thirds of his dinner The people Of
Versailles accused the two ladies who
were then at the head of the presiden-
tial housekeeping Of wanting to get
their butter and eggs in the same way
from the Trianon ; but as the cows and
poultry of it's former days, have long
since disappeared, this part of their
programme could not be carried out.
Nine. de MacMahon, on the contrary,
purchases freely, and is generous in
various ways. In honor of her excel
lency's forty-fourth birthday, recently,
the green-grocersd decorated their shops
and otherwise celebrated the day.
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The Woman's journal claims that
women are equal to men in endurance,
but, until women can work hard all
day watching a game of base ball, and
then sit up and play billiards till two
o'clock in the morning, there dosen't
seem to be much need of arguing the
point.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-30
Notice to Creditors.
Dec. LIST, 1876.

do hereby give notice that liave been APP
pointed Ivy the Probate Court OF Skalnllll,.
County. Washington Territory. Administrator
All persons having amy claims against the said
Estate. are hereby notified to present the same
to me. accompanied by the proper vouchers, at
my place Of business in Vancouver, Clarke
County. Washington Territory, within one
year from the first publication %! thi, notice, o..
they will be barred. LOUIS SUIiNS,
Administrator of the Estate of George W,
johnson. deceased.
Dated Vancouver, W. T., December II, 1876.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-12-30
For StOmaChs out of Order.

No medicine will SO ciirctually improve the
tone of the stomach rs these Pills; they remove
all acidity occasioned either by incompetence
or improper diet. They reach the liver and re-
duce II to a healthy action; they are wonderful
ly ellicacious in cases Of spasm--n fact they
never fail in curing all disorders of the liver and
stomach.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are the best known in
the world for the following diseases: Aeue,
Asthma. Bilious complaints BIotchcs on the
skin, Bowels. Consumption, Debility, Drop-y,
Dysentcry, Ery-ipcla>, Female Irregularities,
Fcvcrs OF all kinds, Fits, Gout, llcadrche, In
digestion. Inflammation, Janndcc, Liver com
plants, LumDago, Piles, Rheumatism. Rcten-
ton of urine, Scrofula or Kings Evil, Sore
Threats, Stone and Gravel, Tic Doulonreux
Tumors, Ulcers, Worms of all kinds, Weakness
from any t.ttl-c etc.