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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-12-21
FrOstburg, Dec. FL, 1878.

GOLD AT PARA New York dis
patch dated l2.30p. m, Dec. II, says
gold has just sold at par, the first
time it has touched that figure since
the suspension of specie payments in
1862.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-12-21

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-12-21
G. ROSS & NICKE
-MANuFAorURERs OF AND DEALERS IN
Furniture, Mattresses, Spring Beds etc

"i hi1ui % Mab1A ossos1 oPIhhS Dcus OIL
Good and staunch Furniture of every kind
flight down Mt the fine store we ever find
vi excellent make and the latest style
SO strong and so durable, all the while.
Sec here for yourselves the truth which
weaay
* lcc!: lo'T CIR goods Iaic With magic
sway.
Nor fJrce. that VIC, delighted, Can rc3t
An which Il tod Of the COMMON aud best.
Certainly iHrGs.bury has tally confessed
G4noTic..sC o! her manufactures possessed
everything iii Ecrc the fancy - tickle
A4ayisEiy aboun.s with Gross & Nickel
Fully stocked always Hai eve: so Cheap,
Usua.:y small the profits they reap.
aGenlu:1lu. atc;ctly-largG sales l,:,e the
No chance for dolars---wo must make on
IS dimes.
in 9o.clGn fiict we must this truth declare
sI,ti here none with Gross 81 Nickel COM
pare.
Useless it is to compete with work so grand
asich, cheap, goodin sober truth-made
to stand
Fen mld"moving about" from land to land.
Szust not we seek at once this well known
store,
And find the goodly things we will adore =?
Indeed, rivalry shrinks in very dread,
Now that Gross 81 Nickel stand far ahead
80 como right along-no "iIs" or "maybes" -
,s'c i}uy tor yourselves, y0ar girls, your
tabi@s.
ID, Main 7s IL s 3 s;l1 cot
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Off the Beach at Long Branch.

The sand shark is sometimes hooked
when net wanted, and, when wanted, not
hooked. He is larger than the drum fish,
and will singly fight any number of his
sturdy opponents. Fishermen declare
the sand shark as harmless to man, re-
fusing live or dead bodies as food, while
his relative, the deep water shark, pre-
fers human flesh, dead or alive, to all
other food. As, however, this sand shark
has teeth and mouth very much like his
more formidable kinfsh, i prefer to keep
out of his way. Ihave met them several
times with centre fin erect swimming
with the power and velocity of a small
steam tug. ALI sharks. when cruising,
show their upper middle fin, and some
sailors call them "battle" or warming
hags." Sailors have the highest opinions
of their fighting qualities, as they say
that frequently the ocean seems to boil
when one of these sharks, gets into
serious tussle with his less formidable
fnny neighbors, and that invariably this
monster sails off with fin erect, apparent
ly unharmed, while numerous wounded
or dead fish float in the vicinity of the
aquatic battlefield Chicago Inter
Ocean.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Portuguese COurtship.

The young men of Portugal have one
OCCUPATION more important than wearing
tight boots, and which almost, in fact,
goes with it-that Of making the very
mildest forms of love known among men.
The young gentlemen pay their address
es by simply standing in front of the
house occupied by the object OF their
affections; while the young person IN
question looks down approvingly from
an upper window, and there the matter
ends. They are not within speaking
distance, and have to content themselves
with expressive glances and dumb show,
for it would be highly unbecoming for
the young lady to allow a billetdoux to
flutter down into the street, while the
laws OF gravitation stands in the way of
the upward flight Of such document,
unweighted, at least, with stone, and
this of course, might risk giving the
young lady black eye, or breaking her
fathers window-panes. So the lovers
there remain often for hours, feeling no
doubt, very happy, but looking unutter~
ably foolish. These silent courtshlps
sometimes continue for very long periods
before the lover can ask the fatal ques-
ton, or the lady return the final answer.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Excellence of Oat-Meal.

Liebig has chemically demonstrated
that oatmeal is almost as nutritious as
the very best English beef, and that it is
richer than wheaton bread in the ele-
ments that go to form bone and muscle.
Professor Forbes, of Edinburgh, during
some twenty years, measured the breadth
and height, and also tested the strength
of both arms and loins, of the students
the University-a very numerous class
and of various nationalities, drawn to
Edinburgh by the fame OF bis teaching.
He found that in height, breadth OF chest
and shoulders, and strength of arms and
loins, the Belgians were at the bottom OF
the list; little above them, the French ;
very much higher, the English; and
highest of all, the Scotch and Scotch,
Irish, from Ulster, who, like the natives
of Scotland, are fed in their early years
at least one meal day of good oatmeal
porridge.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
A California Mining Story.

Not many miles frem Shasta City is
the gulch, of which the following mining
storyjs told: It is pretty deep ravine,
with rocks showing all the way up the
sides. Gold in paying quantities had
been found along the stream, but it
seemed to disappear few feet from the
channel. One day, while gang Of busy
men were toiling in the stream, a
stranger, evidently green at mining, came
along and leaned on ragged elbows to
watch with protruding eyes the results
of their toll. The miner nearest him
took out SIS nugget, and anxiety over
came the greenhorn. "S.a-a-y," he
asked, "where can l go to diggin' to find
it like that?' The hardy miner stopped
his work, and giving the wink to all the
boys, so that the joke should not be lost,
pointed up on the barren rocks where no
gold had ever been found. "Yesee that
rough looking place?" eyes, yes"
Salu Luo uEW uduus HClL, tAdt ~ 10
rich. Jes ye stake out claim an go ter
work, an when we finish here We'll come
up, too" Then the new hand thanked
the honest miner and the boys all grinned
appreciation of the joke. That after
noon there was solitary figure picking
away on the slope and every time the
miners looked up they roared with
laughter. But about the next day the
greenhorn struck pocket and took out
something like $4,000 in few minutes.
Then, innocent to the last, he treated all
around and thanked the miner who sent
him up there, and took his money and
went down into the valley and bought
him a farm. Their the unhappy miners
arose, leaving their old claims and dotted
the hillside for many days. But there
were no more pockets anywhere. The
whole thing reads just like traditional
fairy story. But then I saw the gulch.
Much more unbelievable things have
happened in the Mines San Francisco
Bulletin.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

Many men find plenty of tune TO 90
3 mean act, who are unable to s9are g.
to perform an act of charity.
.Servantsar are companions in Germany,
obedient in England, masters in France,
in Italy, submissive in Spain.
..Gentlemen Qoq.): " l say, waiter,
I've just cracked this egg. Look at it."
"Den't look very nice at that end, sir
must say. Try the other"
Mi dear friend, az strange az it may
seem to yu, mankind had rather see yu
fail than succeed, bekause they had rather
pity than admire Josh Billings.
The New York Herald figures up
the number of American tourists who
have gone to Europe this season 81
twenty thousand, and the season is not
over.
The college youth who graduated
last week with the expectation of start
ing out in the world and being states
man, next month will be i'll vain look-
ing for job to run a soda fountain in
second-class drug store.
There is girl in Santa Barbara
with such big mouth that the other
day, when she smiled at fellow on the
street, a kind-hearted little boy ex-
claimed with great earnestness, "Look
out, miss, your lids coming oft"
The argumentum adj" Sam, you
are not honest. Why do you put all the
good peaches on top of the measure and
the little ones below ?' "Same reason,
sab, dat makes de front Of your house all
marble, and de back gate chiefly slop
bar'l, sah."
Unknown Prevaricator: Scene in
restaurant somewhere:
"Waiter !"
"Sir?"
Your stew is horrible"
How, sir ?'
"This mutton tastes like goa" n"
And you oDlecE TO that
Certainly ! do"
"But, sir, the cook chose mutton tast>
ing like goat, because the customer can
thereby always be sure that he is not
eating dog"
1t has been ascertained that book
agent can be won by kindness. One
day recently West Hill man tried it ON
one of them. He beat him with
bludgeon and broke his arm, poured
kerosene over his clothes, and set fire to
it, shot him through thelungs and locked
him up in a room with mad dog, and
the agent, deeply affected, whispered
through the keyhole that as soon as the
dog got through with MIN, he'd let him
have copy OF "Moody's Anecdotes for
sixty. five cents, which was thirty per
cent Off Hawkeye.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Small Change in California.

The San Francisco Bulletin says
"Just now there is curious mosaic of
customs in California in respect to
change. In early times no miner or
business man expected to give or take
the exact change. Anything less than a
quarter was too Insignificant for any
Californian to recognize. A New York
newspaper was sold at two bits. A
quarter of a dollar was recognized as
change. Finally dime came to be re-
cognized as small change, although it
was very hard for the Forty.niner to
come down. He was willing to sleep in
his blanket and do his OWE cooking, but
to recognize small change was too much
for him. In time the scent piece made
its appearance. 1t was an honest silver
coin, and was gaining ground rapidly.
But after a while 6'cent nickel made
its Appearances base, bastard coin.
well calculated to excite contempt.
There are now two usages in this State
one of which is of pioneer times, and
the other of more modern date. One
discards any less sum than dime, and
on all small transactions will take fifty
per cent. additional rather than make
the exact change, The other recognizes
the fact that times have changed; that
an article sold for dime is not fifteen
cents, and that it is not honest to take
it,n
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Miscellaneous.

nonuon has seven hundred exhibitors
at Paris. - .--....
Natchez is disinfecting and cleaning
up with all her might. G.a
A pair of twelve-year-old twin girls in
Alabama weigh 1872 and 1852 pounds.
One man in North Carolina has shipped
North this season 10000 watermelons.
The western people say that lightning
has never been known to strike a slated
roof.
A few years ago Maine was the great
numbering state of the union, but now
she is the sixth on the list.
Twelve years ago poor man in Oak
land. CAL, across the bay from San
Francisco, pre>empted long stretch of
mud fats on the bay shore, erecting q
shanty there and living in it. He has
just been awarded 800, 900 gold coin for
his twelve years. guardianship and his
squatter rights"
Vickrburg Herald. The Levee Board
of Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena, and
Sharkey counties has fixed the levee tax
on cotton for this year at II cent per
pound, or 50 per bale. This in an i'm
mense tax. We believe the people of
these counties are taxed higher than any
other people on the face of the earth.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
How They Do 1t in Spain.

Twilight in dreamy Spain! The ex'
press train was bowling along between
Tarragona and Barcelona, when sud
denly it ives brought 10 a standstlll oy
the alteration of signal, and in lew
minutes twenty-six armed men TOOK
possession OF it. They did not belong
to the civil guard. They were brigands'
Some of the passengers we're then
dragged out and thoroughly searched
and all money, watches and valuaoles
forcibly taken possession of. The brig
ands then removed the cushions from
the carriages and made a minute m
spection to gee that nothing valuable
WAS concealed in them. The ladies OF
the party had their ear rings torn from
their ears. An English victim writes:
81 lost all the property / had with me-
consisting of at least $3.50 worth, which
comprised my watch and chain, money
rocket book, and also my portmanteau'
which was in the luggage van, and con-
tanned many valuable papers, Inc
br;pands even took from him his railway
+;cket and left him penniiess, with
merely the clothes he were, and those
nsrtlv torn from the rough treatment
he received.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
A Miraculous Corner at the Paris
Exhibition.

[Parts Correspondence of the Boston Journal
In corner of the immense French
section, not far from the Gallery
of Labor" is the group devoted to a
branch of industry in which the French
are masters, and which is constantly OBJ
served by laughing crowds. It is the
spot Of all others to which dyspeptic
visitor to the exhibition should first 60.
There the ingenious Gaul has shown
what he can accomplish in making toys
for children. Surely there never was no
ingenuity expended before upon such
little matters. In the room stands lit
tie theatre, on the stage of which an Or
chestra of monkeys richly costumed, per-
form q selection OF pieces of music.
These automatons are almost astonishing
enough to make one believe in the black
art. The leader gesticulates from time
to time, then addresses himself with true
artistic earnestness to his violin. and bis
musicians play with feeling and taste
which might we'll make the Tziganes en-
vious. In miniature pond near by
women, dressed in handsome bathing
costume, is swimming, Were it not
for the Liliputian proportions of tins
rival of Boynton and Webb,
it would be almost impossible to
imagine that it is not human being.
Beneath wide spreading oak are seated
half dozen pretty girls, dressed in the
ravishing costume OF Louis Fourteenth's
time. Beside them is young cavalier,
who salutes them civilly, then hands
them basket, from which they take the
provisions necessary for picnic. 1t is
magic you are inclined to say yet it is
really nothing but mechanism. Pass q
little further on and you see fragment
of the Jardin d'Acciimation. The ami.
mails are shown engaged in eating, in
nourishing their young, in soliciting
food from visitors; the toy elephant
slowly moves his trunk through the
grating, takes toy cake from a girls
hand, eats it, flaps his huge ears in token
of satisfaction, and passes out his trunk
for "more." The giraffe cranes his neck
and looks out comically upon you, A
sorcerer could do no more This
mechanical world is as natural as the
real one. And the doll-houses And
the armies marching, countermarching,
storming Notifications and firing mimic
cannons! Verify, one can not help re-
calling the remark which the satiric
Voltaire put into the mouth of his
prince of Babylon. "The French are
the children OF the good God l love to
remain here and play with them" By
no means forget the top corner at the
exhibition. Volumes might be written
about il"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Astonishing Feat of Oriental
Magic.

And now comes the most astonishing
trick of all, which has touch of tragedy
to give it more piquant favor. shall
tell it in tie quaint language of the old
chronicler, somewhat abbreviated. After
describing very vividly the basket
murder trick, which is we'll known in
India, he says: am now about to re-
late thing which surpasses all belief,
and which I should scarcely venture to
insert here had it not been witnessed BY
thousands under my own eyes. One of
the party took ball of cord, and grasp.
ing one end, threw the other up in
the air with such force that it's
extremity was beyond the reach of
our sight. He then Immediately
climbed up the cord with in
credible swiftness, and was soon out
of sight. I stood, full of establishment.
not conceiving what was to come OF this,
when, lol a leg came tumbling down out
of the air. One of the conjuring COM
pany instantly snatched it up and threw
it into a basket, A moment after a
hand came down, and Immediately on
that another leg. And in short time all
the members Of the body came thus sue
cessively tumbling from the air, and
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
THE GOLDEN GATE.
ADELAIDE A. PROCTOR.

Dim shadows gather thickly round' and up Inc
misty stair they climb,
The cloudy stair that upward leads to where the
Round which ths kneeling spirits wait the opening
of the Golden Gate
And some with eager longing go, still PRESSING Tor
ward, hand in hand,
And some with weary step and 81 tw, look back
where their Beloved stand:
Yet up the misty stair they climb, led onward by
the Angel Time.
s unseen hands roll back the DOORS the light that
foods the very air
Ia but the shadow from " itnin OF the great Story
hidden there;
And morn and eve, and soon and late, the shadows
pass within the gate.
As one by enc they enter in, and the stern portals
close once more ,
The halo seems to linger round those kneeling
closest to the door:
The joy that lightsnei from that place shines still
upon the watchers face.
The faint low echo that we hear OF iar-of music
seems to fill
The silent air with love and lear, ana tne "oFlo
eamors all grow still
Until the Dor tails close again. and leave us toiling
on in pain.
Complain not that the way is long, what road la
weary that leads there?
But let the Angel take thy hand, and lead thee up
the misty stair.
And then with beating heart await the opening Of
the Golden Gate.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

were cast together into the basket, The
last fragment of all we saw come down
was the head, and no sooner had that
touched the ground than he who had
snatched up all the limbs and put them
all out again topsy-turvy. And straight
way | saw with these eyes all those
limbs creep together again and in a
short time form a whole man, who
stood up and walked about without
showing the least damage! Never in my
life was | so astonished as when beheld
this wonderful performance, and doubt
ed now no longer that these misguided
men did it by the help of the devil.
1t is good plan, if any one has any
thing marvellous to relate, to tell first
what he has seen himself, and afterward
what may have come to him at second
hand. The old missionary Jesuits in
India and China relate with holy horror
the magic arts of the sorcerers which came
under thelr own observation, ana lament
that some credulous princes, who had
been converted to Christianity, should
still allow diabolic tricks to be played
upon them. AS for instance, goblets OF
silver to be removed from one end Of
table to another without hands, and
heavy articles Of furniture to dance
about the room as if possessed Of demons.
This was many centuries before the
development of modern spiritualism, and
these sincere and pious old monks would
be shocked at seeing tables tipped, ban
joes banged, iddles fly through the air,
and bells rung in cabinets when the evil
"spirits' were supposed to be tied hand
and foot.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
The Salaries of Circus Men.

Chow are the salaries OF the performs
ers in the equestrian profession, Mr.. Bar
num?"
"Well, I pay my best rider 800 8
day, Sunday included that is 500 a
week. The leading lady equestrian gets
$s00--they generally receive about $3.50
to 5000 from other concerns. Pad 1iders
get about-well, say from 500 to $l25
per week"
Chow are the acrobats and gy4nnasts,
and that class of performers paid %
"From $50 to 800 a week, according
to ability and the danger of their per-
formance. There are a great many of
them to be had, always plenty on the
market, but always have the BEST
"Do clowns receive-?'
"Clowns always command good sala>
ries, and really irstclass clown is worth
from $3.50 to $175 per week, and some,
such as Ted Almonte-poor Ted who
died recently, was earning more in the
season."
On advertising he was quite sane:
"Ah !" said the great Snowman, with
half sigh, advertising is heavy drain,
but then if 7 didn't advertise I wouldn't
make anything. My pictorial printing
this year has already cost me $43, 900,
but my newspaper bills in a season
amount to a great deal more. My ex-
penses. on my trip three years ago
amounted to $650,0O0, and in that year
in six months the profit was $50, 600"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
Room at the Top.

Never fear, young man; never
falter. Press forward with living
courage burning in your heart;
"there's room at the top" No. 284e,
five stories beyond the elevator, right
under the tin roof, thermometer 1922 in
in cool place, no fire escape, no bell, no
water in the pitcher, only one towel and
no soap, and the only window in the
room opening into dark hall. Yes
Young man, there is always room at the
top, and the dustier you are, and the
more weary ard travel worn ycu look, the
more absolutely certain is the clerk to
send you there Burlington Hswkeye.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
A little three.year-old girl wi

A little three-year-old girl who
volunteered to say grace at the table did
SO as follows: "Oh, Lord, bress the things
we eat bress mamma and papa and
gampa and here, casting up her eyes
to her grandfather in the next seat, and
discovering that he was smiling, the
little one closed her prayer by saying
Behave yourself, gampa-for Christ's
sake. Amen"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
WAITS AND WHiMS>
Kissing.

There's jolly Saxon proverb
That is pretty much like this:
That man is half III heaven
When he has woman g Kiss.
Bat there's danger In delaying,
And the sweetness may forsaKe II
80 tell you bashful lover,
II you want kiss, why take IT,
Never let another fellow
Steal a march on you In this
Never let laughing maiden
See you spelling for kiss;
There's royal wy OF kissing,
And the Jolly ones " no make
Have motto that is winning;
Ii you want kiss, WY take H.
Any fool may face cannon
Anybody wear crown
But man must win woman
II he'd have her for his own.
Would you have golden apple,
You must find tree and shake II;
II thing is worth the having.
And you want kiss, why take II.
Who would burn upon a desert
With forest growing by?
Who would give his sunny summer
For black and wintry sky
Oh / tell you thers Is magic,
And you cannot, cannot break
For the sweetest part OF loving
Is to want kiss and-take It.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

placed in the lions den. One Of her
scholars, who has practical turn of
mind, answered, "Good-by! I'm a
eoner !"-T Norwich Bulletin.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05

..One of these Sunday-achool teachers
who are always desirous of drawing out
the ideaso of children, asked her class what
they supposed Daniel said when he was