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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
Miners Wages VS.. Railroad
Ereights.

Mr. Editor 1T is in bad taste, in
deed for the Consolidation Coal Com
pany to insist upon their miners
working at reduced rate for digging
coal, whilst it refuses to suffer any re-
duetion Of its railroad freights, and
that, too, in defiance Of public opinion
at home and throughout the state, and
in defiance of the law of the state it.
self passed in relation thereto and
that, too to, detimeut of every interest,
local and state, public and private-ex-
eept It's own. The miner has already
suffered reduction of about 35 cents
upon the price received during the war
for his labor, whilst the road has suf-
fered not one cent reduction in it's
freights.
In answer to the reason given by it
for asking a further reduction of min
ers wages, namely, that "this region
may compete successfully with other
bltuminous coal regions and thereby
hold It's own" it may be retorted that
a reduction of freights will accomplish
that OBJECT quite as we'll
The canal has reduced its freights;
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OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Wanted-A Photograph.

Mr.. Editor - The Cumberland
-Ne1rs of the 9th inst. informs US that
our petit jury, after the arduous la
bors of the recent term, ''came togeth-
Ell and resolved to get up a souvenir.
A photograph of themselves in
group was resolved upon, and the
sseed was done.
Would it not be a good idea for the
City Council of Frostburg to procure
a photograph of that panel which tried
the horse case? Our people would
like to have it hung up in full view Of
our municipal legislators. Besides,
if this movement is the beginning of a
picture gallery in every family, in
Guiding the Judges, why not also
dedicate the Council Chamber to such
pictorial uses as the corporate inter
ests demand? Let us have the pho
tograph, with, if practicable, the S95
worth Of broken leg in the foreground
JUSTICE
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The Gospel OF Merit.

When there is 50 much rivalry as
IN the manufacture of family medj-
cines, lie who would succeed must Give
positive and convincing proof Of mcr-
1t. This Is an age Of inquiry, Peo-
pie take nothing for granted. They
must know the "'clyS and "lcheye-
.toreS' before acknowledging the supe-
riority Of one article over another.
Among the few preparations that have
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pensary, Buffalo, n, Y, have for many
years been foremost. The truth Of
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Frostburg, Feb. 6, 1877.
Good News 10 Every Family

No more loss Of Life or destruction Of
Property By the explosion Of Hero
Se1tc.
tits fearful to think that during the
short space ola year, there were over
$48, 00n,O 900 worth of property de-
stroyed in the United States, by the
explosion Of kerosene or coal-oil lamps;
yet the destruction of property is moth
ing compared to the loss of life. No
less than 1000 men, women and child
rem, came to an untimely end during
thepast year by the explosion Of lamps,
to say nothing of those persons who,
after terrible suiferings have at last re-
covered. but were dishsured for life.
No wonder then that we say
Good News 10 Every Family" when
Professor Thompsons Non Explosive
Lamp Powder is guaranteed to render
the WORST kerosene as SAFE as coLl-
mon candle aud prevents the breaking
and smoking Of lamp chimneys.
In few days the agent for this
county, Conrad Differ, will visit the
families for the purpose of introducing
this very necessary household prepar-
alton, when for the triling sum of
90 cents, d package can be procured
which may perhaps be the meanse of
saving life and property. *
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the boatmen thereupon theirs, the min
ers theirs-why not now the railroad ?
Certainly, until it is ready to make
some concession, common decency
ought to estop them from asking it at
the hands of others. CIvIs.
Frostburg, Feb. 9, 1877.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

Mr.. JOHN MORLEY SAYS :-"There
is all the difference in the world be-
tween the selfshness Of a capitalist
and the so-calle' selfshness of a great
trade society. The one means in
crease of self-indulgent luxury for one
man or a single family; the other
means an increase of decency, increase
of comfort, increase ofselfrespect, more
ease for the aged, more schooling for
the young not of one, but of thou
sand or ten thousand families, Others
may call that selfshness if they please;
l call it humanity and civilization
and the furtherance of the common
veal"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

HISTORY, says an essayist, is large
ly determined by locality.
CARLYLE does not believe that the
affairs OF this world eau be settled BY
talk
FROM the news nowadays it would
seem that mar .ages begin with a court
and end with a court.
We have now 76, $40 miles of rail
road in this country still there are
vast fertile sections with no swift run
ming outlet to market
In 1876 there were 9S2 railroad
accidents, in which 1907 persons were
injured and 328 killed. There never
was so much death on the rail in any
one year.
THE Great American Coal Sling
list" lives in Middletown New York.
He delivered ton Of coal at a man 5
house the other day in seventeen min
utes after it was ordered.
WARRENToE, Ga, has gander that
will jump over stick, answer customs
and drink whlskey. When he Is not
doing so he writes paragraphs for the
Atlanta Constitution.
Government lands in Taxo7 cost one
dollar nor acre and wbislzev two dol
lars ner bottle How many men died
land1oss who dnrino their lives have
swallowed whole townships trees and
all = HheeI''g H@y'Sfer.
Axx.por1s is ono If tho finest har-
bors IN Tho world IT ono time this
w;ntAr there Wore five hundred ves-
sells seeking refuge from the storms
without beneath the shadow Of the
great hills of We ancient canital
aer;no +ba settlers in Southern Arizo-
ma and the Govarnor believes that
soction will have TO he abandoned nm
lass military onarations aoainst the
bos+;}as ora more atl;eiantIv conducted
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General Items.

GEN. MILES, with about three hun
dred infantry, gained signal vie
tory over about eight hundred Che
yennes and Ogallallas, under Crazy
Horse, on the Sth of January, on
Tongue river, Montana, The battle
lasted for five hours, a heavy snow
storm prevailing during part of the
time. The loss Of the indians was
very severe, many of the positions
from which they We're driven being
found covered with blood, General
Miles lost four men killed and six
wounded.
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The prevailing rate throug bout the
region is SIS cents per ton. Reports
are current intimating that all the
companies have combined to place the
wages at 40 cents per ton. We hope
this is not true.
In this connection we are constrain-
ed to asks it right to take adv ant
age of any necessities the miner is sup
posed to be laboring under, to re-
duce his wages? Is it fair, honorable,
conscientious dealing, in face OF the
fact that the companies are extreme
ly anxious to get coal to the seaboard :?
What does that anxiety mean? Why
that it pays to pay SIS cents for min
ing. The work already goin. on here
in the dullest month of the year, is
proof of this. The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad may force the compan
les to "cheapened production" and
the companies may force the miner to
reduced wages, but it will be the giants
power exerted like a giant, in all
likelihood to destroy at least season S
work.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10
NeishbWing Affairs.

In consequence Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad changing their trade
from this to the Pennsylvania region,
the Hampshire and Baltimore com
pany closed their mine near Western
port, on Saturday. The miners were
discharged.-Lonoconlng Miner.
Mr.. EDWARD SIMPSON, young man
of q years, was fatally hurt in the
New Central Co. s Big Vein Mine, on
Monday morning, and died from his
injuries about noon the same day.
He was sledging at the "bresst" when
the roof gave away, and broke his arm
and hurt him inward y.-Lonaconing
Miner.
THE heaviest coal shipper last week
was the Hampshire and Baltimore
company, sending out 2,389,l4 tons;
the Georges Greek Coal and Iron
came next with 2,564.O7 tons; the
New Central third with 2,217.11 tons
and the Consolidation fourth with L.
31S.15 tons. The heaviest shipper of
the year SO far has been the Hamp-
shire and Baltimore, 300 tons, the
Atlantic next, 7,703 tons, and the
Consolidation third 6, 1917 tons
NcacS.
GETTING READY FOR SPRING.-The
Consolidation company is making ex-
tenslve preparations for lively trade
next season. Some time since we
chronicled the fact that extensive re-
pairs had been made to the Consolida-
ton wharf. This road bed of the
Cumberland and Piedmont railroad
has also been we'll renovated. and gen.
eral improvements in the small bridges
and trestle work along the line have
been made The bridge at the head of
the Narrows is being entirely renewed,
and made much more secure and sub
stantial than heretofore. The long
trestle work near the cement mill
works is being thoroughly repaired
and put in an entirely safe condition.
-ANeqanlan.
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&. Il. EKAEsTxELa a. co.

UNDER JOURNAL" PRINTING OFFICE,
fEaiEa 'Ssreet. FrOsGburg. Md,
SADDLE AND HARM ESS-MAk Frs,
II AN + on hand and for sale Fine and
L 4 Coarse Harness Collars, Hames, Trace,
Halter. Br.asi and Butt Chains, Mems and
side S">,dlcs. all qualities; Riding and Blind
Brides, Horse Blankets, sleigh Bells, Wag-
on and Buggy Whips, and everything per-
and in this line we defy competition. Best
quality Of Mining work always on
hand, and orders promptly filed, Work of
all descriptions mnde to order. Repairing
neatly and promptly done. Prices reasona
bic. Is Orders solicited. Nov 4---v
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

THE ELECTORAL CoMMIssIoN.-
The hitch at Florida continues. On
Wednesday after an exhaustive discus
sion, the commission decided to deter
mine the case of Florida on the certif-
icates laid before it by congress with
whatever evidence accompanying the
certificates may tend to determine
which one is the regular authenticated
document. This decision is claimed by
both parties as favorable. The Com
mission, at last advices, was consider
ing the case of HUMPHREYS, one of the
Florida republican electors, alleged to
have been ineligible. 1t is highly
probable that Humphreys status will
not be disturbed.
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
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Government lands in Texas cost one
dollar per acre, and whiskey two dol
lars per bottle. How many men died
landless who during their lives have
swallowed whole townships trees and
all - Wheeling Register.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-02-10

ANNAPOLIS is one of the finest har-
bors in the world at one time this
winter there We're five hundred yes
sells seeking refuge from the storms
without beneath the shadow Of the
great hills of We ancient capital.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-17
hard Times.
Philadelphia Bulletin.l

Philadelphia Bulletln.J
A mournful subject for contem-
plation is the fact that thousands
of weary human brains are now
engaged in wrestling with that
mighty question: "How shall |
make some money; how shall l get
what | want?"
If we consider merely those who
have fallen into "reduced circum-
stances" whose strivingS are not
for necessities, out for the comforts
and luxuries they have not yet
learned to do without, we shall find
a picture sufficiently pathetic to
suggest the doubt that life has
need of no fercer fires of puri6ca.
ton than our ungratified desires
may prove to us.
The child pining to possess a
yellow-haired doll; the youth whose
artistic aspirations cause him to
dream with delight of handling a
brush all day long, and daubing a
piece Of canvas; the shabby old
scholar, whose only ambition is to
forget the monotony of clerking
and the daily worries Of mercan-
tile life, to dip his feyerish mind
in some cool lakes of thought, to
live a few hours within a musty
volume in the company of Dante,
Spinoza or Milton--to these it is
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-17
MEMPHIS, TENN. SATURDAY EVENING" NOVEMBER II. 1871

and hymns are not trumpet calls to
the battlefield, but soothing melo.
dies, which give additional zest to
home comforts and luxuries, and
make the sharper demands of a
life of the highest integrity less
bearable. Nay, the case is rather
worse than this. We have little
doubt that this sentimental religion,
as we may call it, in many cases de-
ceiyes a man utterly as to his own
moral condition, and hides from
him the true character and direc-
tion Of the road he is travelling, and
furnishes his conscience with a false
bottom. The revelations of the
last few years as to its value as a
guide in the conduct of life have
certainly been plain and deplorable.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-17
The VatieRn-Exp0lsiOn of Father
Curci by the Jesutts.
Gnno;aI fn Aka Toolo-

4
Special to the London Times
ROME, October 21.-The genera
of the company of Jesus threatens
the expulsion of Father Curci from
the ranks of that militant order
Father Ourci has been for many
years the editor of the Oivitia Cat
tolica, the most renowned religion;
organ published in Italy under the
patronage of the Vatican. As a
sacred orator, as well as u writer
Father Curci was looked upon as
the brightest luminary both of the
order of Jesuits and Of the Roman
Church. What the Vatican wa:
once disposed to call a political
heresy has crept into the writings
and preaching Of the eloquent faith
er, who has not been as blindly de.
voted to the cause Of the temporal
power as the pope expects his zeal
Gus champions to be. He has in
several instances been forbidden to
preach, and his writings have been
put on the index, or are in danger
of being so dealt with.
In all probability the pope will
intimate to this new refractory dis
ciple of Loyola what he openly said
to his predecessor in apostacy,
Father Passaglia: You are a mere
stone set upon the cornice of the
temple, an ornament to its facade
so long as you abide in your place,
but the moment you fall from it
you bury yourself in the dust of
the highway, and the world ceases
to see you or to hear Of YOU"
Father Ourci is now residing at
Frascati in a convent or country
house belonging to the Jesuits. My
information leaves it doubtful
whether he is detained there, or
whether he has taken up his quar-
ters in that establishment of his
own accord.
ROME, October 24.-The general
Of the Jesuits, by the pope's per-
emptory command, has pronounced
sentence of expulsion on Father
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uoelees W predCn Jne resignation OF
their wishes. We cannot so easily
knock down our idols and set up
Others to please that "6ckle dame;"
nor is worldly wisdom justified in
pointing to those whose peculiar
qualifications make them happy
and contented in a situation infe-
rior to our own. Diogenes found
peace and serenity of soul in tub,
but all men cannot follow his ex-
ample, although tubs are cheap.
Were it otherwise, could we drop
as INTERESTINGLY from a high posi-
ton into lower, as a pebble drops
into the mud, this cry of discomfort
and bitter murmur of hard times
would cease. But not all the
preachings OF the church, from the
earliest period of her existence,
have been able to convince men of
the desirability of forsaking the
cares, hopes and fears pertaining to
this worlds welfare, and consider
ing only the enjoyment of their
souls in the next. When stocks 90
down to their lowest, when banks
fail and poverty stares one in the
face, it is indeed no time to think
that the world is at best but a fleet
ing show; the thought is suicidal
in its tendency. When {" the world"
means wife and children to be taken
care of, and bread and butter to be
obtained, the man acts most nobly
who, putting aside such reflections
that sometimes enter ones soul on
the heels of a sickening sense of
defeat and utter helplessness, braces
himself to fight his way out Of the
surrounding darkness, alone, unin-
spired by the Imagination of youth,
or even by the hope of success.
To sit down and groan, with ones
head in ones hands; to lament that
one was ever born, and to wish that
one could die on the spot, are the
natural promptings and expressions
of sudden calamity. Brave is the
man who can again pluck up cour-
age; who can go out into the world
without any bitterness of heart,
and without any sense of injury
from others, when others were not
to blame.
There is a beautiful philosophy
aud moral heroism in being able to
criticise calmly ones own actions,
to take a lesson from experience, to
triumph over circumstances by the
force Of ones will, in finding the
love of a wife and children as
sweet, aye, far sweeter, than in
prosperity.
Emerson says: "0ur strength
grows out Of our weakness. Not
until we are pricked and stung and
sorely shot at, awakens the indig-
nation which arms itself with secret
forces. A great man is always
willing to be little. While he sits
on the cushion of advantages he
goes to sleep. When he is pushed,
tormented, defeated, he has a
chance to learn something; he has
been put on his wits, on his man
hood ; he has gained facts, learns
his ignorance, is cured of the in
sanity Of conceit, has got modera-
ton and real skill. + + He
who knows that power is in the
soul, that he is weak only because
he has looked for good out of him
and elsewhere, and so perceiving,
throws himself unhesitatingly on
his thought, instantly rights him.
self, stands in the erect position,
commands his limbs, works miracles,
just as man who stands on his
feet is stronger than man who
stands on his head. So use all that
10 oo11o1 fo,t,,,,o N IT II