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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20

The work originally published undnr the
title of THE NEW AMERICAN CYCLIC
PEDIA was completed in S63,sincc which
time the wide circulation which it has at
tanned in all parts of the United States, and
the signalled developments which have ta-
ken place in every branch of science, litera-
ture and art, have induced the editors and
publishers to submit it to an exact and
thorough revision, and to issue Il new ed
ton entitled
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
THE AMERICAN CYCLoPEDTA

Within the last ten years the progress
of discovery in every department Of Gnowl
edge has made a new work of reference an
imperative want.
The movement of political affairs has
kept pace with the discoveries of science
and their fruitful application to the indus
trial and useful arts and the convenience
and retinemen of social life. Great wars
and consequent revolutions have occurred
involving national changes of peculiar mo
ment The civil war Of our own country,
which was at its height when the last vol
ume of the old work appeared has happily
been ended, and a new course of COmmtl-
cial and industrial activity has been COM
menceG. Large acccssions to our
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE

have been made by the indetatiSable ex-
plorcrs of Africa.
The great political revolutions Of the last
decade, with the natural result of the lapse
of time, have brought into public view Il
multitude of new men, who's names are in
every ones mouth, and whose lives every
one is curious to know the particulars.
Great battles have been fought and impor-
tant Sieges have been maintained, Of which
the details are as vet preserved only in the
newspapers or in the transient publications
of the day, but which now ought to take
their place in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
tFor the Frostburg Mining JOURNAL
Poor Economy


We must cut down expenses,
Said Hard Drive" one day;
We are making less profits
And can scarce pay our way.
I'll begin wit h young Faithful,
Whose mother s so poor;
Will not dare to leave u.s.
The wolf S at the door.
Then old Toiler the salesman,-
I'll go for him next;
He'll accept OF the pittancc,
But his soul will be vext.
For his wife is still sick,
And his taxes are due;
The rent is to pay,
And the children to shoe.
The scrlbes and the runners,
The rank and the file
We must cut down their wages s
And dash out their smile.
Yes, our profits are lighter,
Whisky toddies are dear,
Ducks and turkeys are scarce;
| must cut down, It's clear.
Yes cut down the wages
or faithful and true;
My appetite RACES,
Who cares for the crew?
| must feed and dress " ell
Whatever betide;
The poor devils working
For me, | deride!
So, down with the wages!
We won't bulge an inch;
Its been proper for ages
For poor men to pinch.
January 10, 1877.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
A Review of the Georges Creek
Coal Trade for 1876.

tom fnnginetrlnS " Mining J0RFHNi.
The financial and production exhib-
its OF this region for the year Just
c'osed is probably Worse than that of
any other bitiminous district in Amer
lea. The production in round mum
bers amounts to but about 1,S5O,OOO
tons, as against 2.342,773 tons in 1875,
2,4l0,S95 tons in 1874, and 2,6741Ol
tons, in 1878. Whereas the anthra-
cite trade, under the very injurious
policy Of the Combination, lost ia
per cent of It's business since 1873, ii
will be observed that the Cumberland
trade mas fallen off 81 per cent. 81
per cent having been lost this year.
This loss Of trade is partially due to a
failure on the part of the companies
to abandon eXtravagant management
and rates of wages which are nearly
double what they are elsewhere but
it is more particularly owing to the
exhorbitant rates of freight which the
Consolidation Coal Company has
charged on coal going over the only
outlet from the field.
* i
Inc great loss OF trade ana, the IN
aolll'y OF lhe mining comp 'hleS 10
meet the existing ana prospective com
pe'lloh' Drought ABOUT an active IN
'ere'V III securing some Io'VleF ana
more liberal ou'leI ioF 'i'e lr"""9tloH
oi 'il''V fe57I'l' A'JIcles ol IA~ot 1"-
ZION were "'o" ol' l''Nei'-'o' - -',
'he purpose Oi o'"lo'n5 " narrow
9Se Iooo 10 Oe Nho" F." "' '+'
Oe@i y o'e9N O'iN0e'I"''.' ''l.'i"'''.
anu engineers are no" al "os" sur
Feylh8 the route. ) ne eStlm3'edco5l IS
ABOUT ohe-hIth Jhe amount oL e"plf"
no" represented IN the N"mperl@nd
and Pennsylvania Railroad and
branches lhe proposed route Will
De OuC twenty miles IN length as com
pared with an average OF about TWEEN
ty-hVe miles by the Cumberland and
Pennsylvania RAILROAD. II a very
liberal addition be made to the estl-
mates, and the cost be placed at 81
100000, with trel3hts at lie. per mile,
Or onehalt OF the lowest charge nov
made for transportation by the pres
ent road, sufficient business would
be immediately guaranteed to make
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
PERMANENT AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY.

In preparing the present edition for the
press, it has accordingly been the aim of
the editors to bring down the information
to the latest possible dates, and to furnish
an accurate account of the most recent dis
coveres in science, of every fresh prOduc-
ton in literature, and of the newest invcn-
tons in the practical arts, as well as to give
a succinct and original record Of the prog
reSs of
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Dec9
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
PRINTED ON NEW TYPE,

forming in fact new Cyclopaedia, with
the same plan and compass as its predeces-
sor, but with far greater pccunlary eNpen-
diture, and with such Improvements i'll lis
composition as have been sug cstcd by
longer experience and enlarged knowledge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
LOOK OUT FOR THE
ReOi. Shoe and III :at ElnpOriM u h

IN Bank building, opposite St Michal's
1 Church, Main ST Froslburg Md.
All who want anything in the line of
SEs soeS. of the best and finest quality ;
Shoes of the best and heaviest make Shoes
for poor or rich, young or old Shoes for all
no matter what their occupation or profess
ion. Boots for Men; Boots for Ladies !;
Boots for Children Boots for all. Hats
for old and Young. TRUNKS, VALISES,
&C.,-all at fair prices, should 20 to
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Is Boots and Shoes made to order Re
pairing neatly and promptly done Leather
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS.

The work has been begun after long and
careful preliminary labor, and with the
most ample resources for carrying it on to
a successful termination.
None of the original stereotype plates
have been used, but every page has been
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
LAW and REAL ESTATEOFFICE

BRO4DTI y, FROSTBURG, MD.
| n connection with the practice of Law
L the undersigned will give special atten
,lon to the
Purchase and Sale Of Real Estate.
And shall endcayor to make i: the interest of
persons wishing to purchase, lease, or rent
property to first apply at this office, Prop
crty entrusted to him for sale or other dis
position will be advertised at his own eX-
prnse. He has at present for sale, or rent,
several d,,.laDlc house, several good bust
ness stands, aHi rooms suitable for offices.
JNO. S GROVE,
Sept ) Attorney at Law.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20
EsE OV L..

| TAKE this method of informing my
1 friends and patrons generally that |
removed my BOOT AND SHOE STORE
from Water Street to Main Street, oppo-
site DR.. Engiars office, where | will CON
tinue to manufacture Boot and Shoes to
oEder, Repairing neatly and promptly en-
ccutel. Prices to suit the times
Oct ll-3m G. SEIFK Err
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20

5000 Can't be made by every agent
eD1J Icvcry month in the business, buI
those wi ling to work can ea ily earn "A
dozen doll a day in their own localities
Have no room to aXpla II here. Busincs,
pleasant and onorahe Women, and
boys and girls do AS well As men. We Will
fur ish you complete outfit free, The
business pays better than anything else
We will bear expense of starting you
Particulars free Write and see Farm
rrs nd mech mics, their sons and dau.ht-
rrs, AID all classes in need OF paying work
at home, should write to us and learn all
about the work at once. Now is the time
Don't delay, Address, TRUE & Co., Au
gnsta, Maine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-01-20

THE new assessment in Garrett
county foots up 93,53O,795, an in
crease of $204,l54 not including the
railroad bed and other railroad prop
erty except hotels.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09

A new and fatal disease in horses has
broken out in New Jersey, and is rapid
ly spreading over that and the neigh
boring States. The disease in some re-
spects resembles the late epizootic,
which, for time, at least laid up all
the horses OF the country. This cpl
demic, however, is more serious; and
three-fourths Of the horses attacked
have already died from it. The first
systems OF the disease are chilIs, follow
ed by violent trembling Of the legs and
profuse sweating. The horse then grows
weaker and weaker, and finally falls.
Utter prostration follows and on the
third day the horse usually dies. The
disease at first was thought to be cere-
bro spinal meningitis, but dissecting
and thorough investigation has shown
that 1t Is violent form of diphtheria.
Ii is, as yet, almost wholly confined to
New Jersey, but New York livery stable
men expect 1t and are preparing for it.
The disease does not spread as rapidly
rs the late epizootic, and with little
care can be confined to the localities In
which it originated, and not spread
over the whole country. This certainly
Ia to be hoped.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1877

styled Financial Account of the United
Kingdom, gives all the salaries, annui-
ties, pensions, etc, paid by the govern
ment. Among those drawing pensions
will be found several hundred persons
who enjoy this honor and advantage on
account of some great exploit, political,
naval or military of their ancestors.
The descendants of William Penn are
first on the list, drawing 10000 yearly
for services rendered to the government
by their illustrious ancestor two CEN
turtles ago. It seems strange that the
English government should be paying
this large sum to the family of the great
Quaker, while the State which owes to
him it's name, its wealth, everything,
completely ignores and forgets his
memory.
The Duke of Marlborough of to- day gets
$4,000 yearly on account of the services
rendered by his illustrious ancestor at
Blenheim; the Duke of Wellington the
same amount, for Waterloo; Lord Mel
sons heirs get $4,000 forever; Lord
Raglan's, $4,000; Viscount st. Vim
cents. $4,000; Napier of Magdala's,
$4,000; Sir Henry Havelock's, $4,000.
There is hardly name in English
history forgotten in this roll Of honor,
in this list of England's pensioners of
to-day. And in this way those bearing
the names Of Nelson, Havelock and
Wellesley, thanks to the generosity of
the English government, can never
really suffer from poverty, as 80 many
bearing the great names of this country
have suffered.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09

The indianapolis Journal, Morton 8
organ, has been commenting the con-
siderate kindness Of Senator Mcdonald
In Offering to pair off with Morton. We
were not disposed to believe that Sem
ator Mcdonald had made any such silly
proposition. His vote belongs to his
party, and he has no right to deprive
the party Of any accidental advantage
that may arise from the absence, from
whatever cause, Of Republican Sen
ator. The indianapolis Ne,cs. however,
has interviewed Senator Mcdonald on
the subject, and gives the following YER
sion of it, which puts the rumor at rest ::
A Neus emissary waylaid Senator Melon
aid this morning and briefly interviewed him
as to his arrangement for "'pairing off, votes
with Senator Morton. Senator Mcdonald
conversation he had with his distinguished
colleague when he visited him at Richmond
AS he remembered it, that conversation was
to the following effect:
Senator Mcdonald - Governor. you can
hardly expect to attend the extra session.
Senator MortOf-No. I've ri on I'D the
hope of that, but ! expect to be present at the
reg ular session.
Senator Mcdonald = You must for your
health's sake husband all your resources.
Should you come to Washington you know
you can obtain necessary rest by pairing off
votes with me whenever you do not feel
strong enough to attend.
Senator Mcdonald says that this was all
that was said on the pairing off question.
He had suggested the arr ii cement to SEN
ator Morton. because If latter came to
Washington he did not d,sire to see him
hauled up to the Capitol when unfit to be
there, If it could be avoided
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09

Truly yours, GEORGE W. DUPRE.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 5, 1877.
Geo. w. Dunre Manager Democrat 100 Gravier
str ct. N. o.:
Dear SH-Xour favor tending me the
amount subscribed for my mission to st.
Paul, in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce
and the city of New Orleans, is in hand.
| accept the mission at this late day be-
cause several of the delegates failed to de-
part after they had been expected to GO, and
because think the mission one Of impor-
tance to the city and the State.
This is the beginning OF a concert between
the extremes of the vast river which flows
across ten States of the Union. This is the
first manifestation of common bond be-
tween the brotherhood that should be felt be-
tween the inhabitants of seventeen States that
lie in the Mississippi Valley. May the bond
grow stronger forever.
st. Paul invites New Orleans, and all the
intermediate cities and people to meet her
at the head of navigation, and concert meas
ures for an open river from it's sources to the
Gulf of Mexico.
We shall doubtless have harmonious meet
ing, and perhaps initiate measures that are
national in their scope, and which the Con-
gress OF the nation will respect from the rea-
Sonableness of the demand, and from the ex-
tent OF country, the wealth and the pOpula-
ton we shall represent.
AT great Inconvenience to myself I under
take the mission; and for your enterprise aud
energy in effecting the matter. / thank you
and the many persons who appear on this list
Faithfully yours,
G. J. FORsHEY.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09

the influences OF monarchical rule, and
while it may adapt itself to the Napo-
leonic idea or Bourbonism, or to a mill
tary dictatorship, it has not yet shown
itself capable of making citizens out of
a people that have always been SUBJ
jects.
However, Gambetta talks with great
confidence, and it is possible that Re-
publican France may yet sustain him
and achieve for herself what no man,
however exalted his genius or kindly
his purposes, can ever confer upon her
as free and unsought gratuity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09
GAMBETTA AGAIN TO BE PROSE
CUTED.

The press dispatches announce the
determination of the DeFortou ministry
to renew the prosecution OF Gambetta
on account Of the counter manifesto he
has issued in reply to the plebiscite, for
it was nothing else, Of MacMahon. In
Gambetta's address he uses the very
same words 10 speaking Of the Marshal
President-"U fam Sc soun1ettre on Sc
denaettre" which gave offense before
and for which he stands convicted. The
ministry is evidently in earnest and it
will scarcely be deferred merely by
majority. or anything less than irresis-
tible force, from carrying out its de-
signs, whatever they may be. 1t can
hardly be the perpetuation Of the Re-
public it has at heart; but IL 1t is, it is
taking the very surest and speediest way
OF destroying it. Perhaps it is best that
it should be so. At all events, we doubt if
philosophers and philanthropists can
confer upon people, totally untitled
for the blessing, either constitutional
freedom or republican self-government.
In the divine economy it seems abso-
lutely prerequisite that the people must
win these things for themselves, and
that they can be qualified to value cor
rectly the one or preserve the other only
by the baptism of blood through which
the antecedent struggle lies. It was
Macaulay, we believe. who made this
suggestion with reference to the Amer
leans, who at least inherited the glorious
traditions Of the long struggle OF their
Anglo-Saxon forefathers for these eter-
nal principles of constitutional govern
ment. But because the long and fierce
struggle through which these aspira-
tons were finally reached was not a
part Of our own national history, but
the benefits themselves merely trans
planted to the new world, the great
Englishman feared that We would not
prize aud cling to them as the English
have done, who paid for them
such treasures Of blood. His ap-
prehension seems to be in no danger
Of realization here, but as a principle
the suggestion doubtless has much
truth ia it. We have at least inherited
the temper Of our ancestors which
forced the concessions OF the crown,
aud feel pride of race in looking back
to those events quite as strong as any
national pri lie the English cherish in
regard to them. But the French are
without any such feeling. Their ma
tional character has been formed under
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-09

paper read before the late Social
Science Convention at Saratoga, by DR..
Nathan Allen, of Lowell, Massachu-
eetts. has attracted great deal of at
tention, and makes Bill Nye's inquiry,
La the Caucasian played out ?" most
serious question, at least in New Eng
land. Mr. Allen dwelt principally on
changes In the population of Maine"
He showed that, commencing with the
year 1860, the American or Yankee pop
ulation OF that State began to decrease,
and has been steadily decreasing
ever since; and that, Notwithstanding
some foreign immigration. the State Of
Maine has absolutely fallen off in
population in the past twenty years.
The decrease Is not owing, as might
be supposed, to emigration from the
State to the West, but to an unpre-
cedented anomalous birth rate-a birth
rate lower than that Of any other civil
lied country in the world. and which
would leave Maine an icy desert with
out inhabitants but for immigration
from Ireland and Canada. The truth is
that the adult population of Maine has
been increasing and the children steadi-
~ falling off during the past quarter of
. century.
The following is the comparative
showing for the years 1860 AMI 1876:
1860 children of school age, ga 900;
others, 1888 319. 1876 children Of school
age, 21s, 400; others, 100000, or a loss la
children of nearly $4,000. The emigra-
zion from the State has been almost
wholly or adults, very few children, of
course, leaving. The fact that the adults
remaining are increasing in number,
while the children are falling off, is the
proof of very low birth rate. The
showing is so extraordinary that the
State department Of Maine breaks out
out In the following inquiries:
Have we ceased to be a producing peo-
plep Formerly large fanHhes were conIlnon.
Have habits of living diet, want of ventila-
tion, increased family expenses, fashion,
Huenced to this resultp Are the vital forces
expended in brain labor and lost to physical
reproduction Are tho modern fashionable
eriminalities OF infanticidea and ftetiede creep
ing into our State community2 1t is not
within the scope OF this report to investigate
the causes of this great loss in number of
scholars. but rather To startle the statistitian
and soeiologist to inquiries and remedes."
Here are number OF serious home
questions for Mr.. Blaine to discuss,
When he explaines these. and when he
makes the necessary reforms Ia Maine,
he can turn his undivided attention to
the study Of the great Southern ques-
lion.