Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-05-27

OF q close contest, Cne 1rlenQS OF mr.
Morton begging largely arrayed against
those of Blaine and Bristow. Kansas
is expected to favor Blaine, but the
candidates will not be instructed
From the Michigan Democratic Con-
vention the indications are 16 Tilden
delegates to 6 for Hendricks. Late
dispatches from the Minnesota Repub-
lican Convention indicate almost to-
tai unanimity for Blaine.
The SENSE OF SMELL-The gas
explosion in the basement Of the CAPT
tol at Washington should serve as a
warning against striking light or
carving one in a room where the odor
of gas is very strong. The late calam-
ity at the Midlothian mines Of Virgin
ia was the result of a similar cause,
In both cases the explosion took place
the moment match was struck or
lamp introduced. The sense of smell
ling was given to man as much for his
protection as any of his other senses,
and when he falls to be guided or
warned by it the consequences are of
his own seeking or his own ignorance.
Feeling called upon to serenade his
dear gazelle he borrowed an ACCORDION
and, after getting so that he could
squeeze few doleful noises out of it,
he posted himself under her window
one night and began plaintively howl
ing ooh, whisper what thou feelest +
She poked her head out of the win
dow at the third line and said, ooh,
it's you, is it? l thought it was cats
And you want me to whisper what l
feelest, hey? Well, feelest tired,
that's what. Been working a hard
running sewing machine all day. Get
me Light-Running Domestic and
then I'll know you mean business
On Wednesday evening, while the
Louisville Short Line troin was polk
ing along towards Lexington, pas
lenger stopped the brakeman as he
was going through and asked How
fast does this train 60; mile an
hour" ut goes fast enough to suit
us. If you don't like the rate of speed
get out and walk was the rejoinder
Il would repliad tie disguised pas
senger, settling back in the corner Of
his seat, but my frinds won't come to
meet me untsl the train gets in, and l
don't want to be waiting around the
depot for two or three hours" The
brakeman passed on.
If anybody doubts that this is a
large and roomy country, let him con-
slider the significance of heavy snow
storm in Wyoming to-day, and ripe
Strawberries in Baltimore, and peaches
as big as walnuts in Georgia. People
at one end of our land, with their
heads half buried in furs, struggle
through the snow drifts muttering
profanity and at the other end they
go about with palm leaf fan in one
hand and an umbrella in the other,
and idiotically ask each other as they
pass: us it hot enough for you to-
day p
The crop of Cuban" tobacco grown
in Gadsden county, Florida, continues
to increase in quantity and improve
in quality year by year. In 1876
the census reported 1929 pounds.
Last spring a writer to the depart
ment of agriculture returned 5000,
and this spring 100000 pounds for the
crop Of 1876, grown on $50 acres-an
enlargement Of fifty per cent. in the
area planted The quality is the best
of any crop since 1865, attributed to
the fact than experienced planters
have entered upon its cultivation.
\ CURIOSITY We were shown on
Monday by Mr.. Eagan, in the employ
of Sol. X. Spangler, of Berkeley Mills,
an egg which Is quite curiosity 1t
is about the ordinary size, but from
the smaller end protrudes neck or
stem, making the whole look like
small sized squash OF the bowl and
neck Of a tobacco pip pc. 1t will do for
centennial product Next.-Mey-
ersdale independent.
The Madrid government has arran-
ged to send thirty thousand soldi ers
to Cuba in few months to suppress
that interminable insurrection. Since
1869, the date Of the beginning of the
troubles. Spain has sent ahout 10S OOO