Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1877-03-31

ton OF the immense questions IN
volved, acted, emetic-like, and was
thrown up and over into the hands Of
an enterprising Baltimorean. And
now, when the city desires the privi-
lege of using the gem part of its
own property, the authorities have
to telegraph to Baltimore for permis-
sion. If not engaged the manager
accommodates the tax payers.
Until lately the smoke from the
Holly Water Works was two per cent
a.m cheaper than that made from
Georges Creek coal. The engineer,
being thus able to make more smoke
and less steam from keystone coal,
has been able to the same extent to
encourage home industry.
But this is the usual way Of dispens-
ing our patronage, except in the way
of office holding. Here we stick ire
mendcusly to home production.
Cumberland is populous with great
men. Time was when our rural pa
pers were edited in a single office of
this city. Our lawyers too are gener-
ally silver-tongued and aerial, We
would like to appease the public thirst
for portraitures and sketches of these
eminent men, but the scheme is obvi-
ously visionary. 1t is sufficient to
know that the gigantic intellec's
which fit in and around and out Of
G. H-g's bar, generally preserve an
equipoise, which, to say the least is
altitudilum. "If the Court knows her
self and she thinks she lo,' these are
the brightest Lights which stream
through TIE inetaphorical darkness
which envelops these Egyptian times.
And when the blue glass mania, lately
introduced, has fall course to run and
be glori6ed there's no forecasting the
untrodden heights to which our legal
fraternity will soar. Let as be con-
tent to watch any balloon which flies
off with the aeronaut it will fly as
long as the gas keep. up. And there 3
lots of gas.
Candidates for sheriff are az thick
"as ticks in Texas Every other man
you meet is so glad to see you. Cum
berland must have the sheritfalty.
Those who don't want the sheriffal-
ty have an eye single to the Post Office
The number of "speci al claims is
enormous. Widows of old official re-
lationships; orphans, with
No one to love,
No one to cheer
an editor with the nine points of law
possession y another who was non
elected Hayes and Wheeler elector,
and many others unknown to fame,
are striking for the safety of their ma
tive land, uia the Post Office. Sus-
pense, ragged edge %, how, long
The location a.so occasio IS exorbl
tant interest and debate 'Our build
ing rent free" etc. An opposition
2. O., selling STAMPS two tor five,
would be a good hit, but it wont work,
at least not until the seven spot can
take the eight"
This city is the location OF the Cum
berland Lyceum. The attendance is
usually large and exercises Interesting.
The legal splig element prelolninates
This probably accounts for many OF
the novel propositions made and the
inevitably rare and radiant" discus
sions which follow. A correspondent
of the Ciraha,a last week, however, has
gained almost universal obloquy by
suggesting as an appropriate question
for debate one which has for ages puz-
zied the acumen Of science, viz" Which
is the bottom side Of o battercake?
The thing has been turned over and
over again at the boarding-houses and
hotels, SO far without satisfactory So
luton. 1t is safe to say the exquisite
perplexities Of this intricate and
naughty problem Of semi supertces,
involving probably dissection, circular
description, and finally, mastcatlou
and digestion, will never be brought
into the Lyceum. Never, never
Rather would we think Of seeing this
congregation of intellectual forces
graphing an older, grander theorem;
one which has withstood the research
of the ante and ost-dluvian epochs
which has smitten the mouth of poetry
with the hand Of silence, and emptied
the garnersd treasures of philosophy
into the sea-"ls a ROSTERS kuowl-
edge of daybreak the result Of instinct