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Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
Women In the Surf at Coney Island.

A New York paper describes in the
following article how women behave in
the surf at Manhattan beach: The
women lined he ropes, the boldest
standing where the swells circle their
necks as they rolled in unbroken. The
next boldest stood just inside of them.
The strongest and heaviest took the full
force of the breakers as they began to
comb. Then feminine courage tapcred
gradually up to point where the sand
was alternately wet and dry. Ifa woman
cannot get hold of a rope in the surf she
will trust man, but whatever she is
obliged to trust she wants to take hold
of. She has little faith in an encircling
arm unless she grasps it with her own
hands. She always shudders when the
foamy lip Of the first wave kisses her
dry, white feet. When a breaker, even
if it is not more than two feet high,
breaks against her, she Immediately
puts her hands to her hair to feel
whether it is wet. When she sees q
wave coming after her she jumps up q
little too soon. When she comes down
the wave catches her at disadvantage,
but if she is able to resist its onslaught
she always gives two little jumps just
after it has passed. She stands facing
the rope, which she grasps with both
hands, and looks over one shoulder for
the wave. Besides jumping up she
always turns her back upon it. When
the wave throws her down she has only
one resource. She screams. She still
holds the rope, however, but finds her.
self sitting in the water facing the At
lantic ocean and the next wave. She
never ceases to scream until she is
righted. When waves passes in along
rope, there is also wave of jumping
women, who rise and fall successfully
like the letters of a recently introduced
patent sign. Some women swim grace
fully out beyond the breakers, and some
would venture out very far except that
it is discouraged by the life-saving SER
vice employed at the beach.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
Neneral l(tenls.
GREAT COLLIERIES.

The anthracite collieries Of Penn
sylvania are to-day the largest pro-
ducers of any coal mines in the
world and they offer the finest exam
Piles of energetic work that can be
found. Take, for example, three col
lieries in the Wilkes Barre District.
The No. 3, Nanticoke, with single
"breaker," which worked 247a days,
pro 1uced no less than 344, 4,246 tons
(224O) lbs.) of coal in 1879. To pro-
duce this, there were 209 actual min
ers, out Of a total number of employ
ees inside of 633, about 100 of whom
were boys, and AL outside, Of whom
1l8 were boys; total, 904. The yield
per day of the breaker 1891 tons, and
the average output per miner was
6.65 tons, and per employee, l.55 tons
per day. 1t will be remembered that
the coal is raised and the breaker run
only ten hours per day at most, and
often less than nine.
The Empire shaft of the Lehigh &
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, with a
single shaft and breaker, shipped
358,457 tons of coal during the year,
being 1882 tons of each day the break
er, was run, and 7.46 tons per day to
the miner and I.65 per day to each
employee. The number of miners
was 1876, and the total number of en-
ployess, s29.
The Nottingham shaft of the same
company shipped 352,026 tons from a
single breaker, or l543 tons for each
day worked. The average output
per miner was go, and per employee,
100 tons per day.
TIE average daily output of each
of the fifty-three breakers in this dis
trict in 1879 was 665 tons. The av-
erage tons produced per miner was
8.2S per day, and per employee, l,99'
The average time worked was 2o4
days, and there were 1897 miners,
and total of 1852 employees, with
a total production of 6,3lo,256 tons.
These figures show the enormous
growth of our coal mines. A few
yeas ago, they were deemed absurd
when proposed by engineers.
1t should be remembered also that
the above figures of production are
of merchantable coal, and represent
not over 67 per cent Of the coal raised
through the shaft, one third being
about an average amount OF waste,
which goes to the culm-bank, and is
lost.-Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
Words of Wisdom,

Every man is bound to tolerate the act
of which he himself sets the example.
Is beauty vain because it will fadeP
Then are earth's green robe and heavens
light vain.
1t ever is the marked propensity of
reckless and aspiring minds to look into
the stretch of dark futurity.
There are peculiar ways in men
which discover what they are through
the most subtle feints and close dis
guises.
None are so seldom found alone and
are so soon tired of their own company
Us those coxcombs who are on the best
terms with themselves.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

With the development of New Mexico
and the increased value OF grazing land,
the old system of ranges over which the
cattle roamed at will is rapidly being
replaced by that of individual owner
ship and fencing. 1t is claimed that the
added security of stock and the lessened
expense of herding much more than pays
for the interest on the investment, and
it is probable that five years from now
it will have become the almost universal
custom to fence all ranches.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

The Georges Creek & Cumberland
Railroad will probably be in condi-
tion to connect with the Pennsylva-
MIA system within couple of months,
STEADY progress being made despite
the strong opposition of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad and Consolidation
Coal Company. The expression of
public opinion is so strong that con-
nection with the B. & o. Railroad
and the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
can not be much longer delayed. We
notice by the local press that Presl-
dent Gorman, of the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal, has demanded of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad the right
of connection on the part of the
Georges Creek g. Cumberland Rail
road, which the latter company is en-
titled to by some agreement existing
between the railroad and canal COM
panies, but which the railroad is
strongly opposing. This connection
will also give an outlet to the canal,
and loosen the iron grip which the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has held
on the Cumberland coal trade for
years. = Engineering and Mining
Journal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

WHAT AN EDITORIAL Room LOOKS
L1KE.-He opened the door cautious
ly and poking his head in a sugges'
tive sort of way as if there was more
to follow, inquired: "Is this the edi-
torial rinktum ?"
"The what /? my friend.
as this the rinktum-sinktum-
sanctum or some such place where
the editors live?
This is the editorial room, yes, sir.
Come in"
mo, I guess I won't come in. l
wanted to see what rinktum was
like, that's all. Looks like our gar
ret, only wuas. Good day."
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
Correspondence,
TIE NEW HOTEL.

The citizens of Frostburg might as
we'll give it up for the present. The
charter providing for it connot be
availed Of.
Another Legislature meets, how
ever, in the winter of 1881 when a
new charter embracing live men as
incorporators, it is hoped and believ-
ed, will be obtained. *.*
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

A quaint story of Andrew Jackson
is told by a writer in The Nashville
Banner. He was visiting a Kentucky
town where, among the gentlemen
presented to him, was Major Lewis,
who desired to impress Jackson and
his admirers with his own independ-
ence. Taking dignifed attitude, he
said: "Well, General, I have all my
life been voting against you" Jack
son courteously bowed his head to
him and said, good humoredly
"Well, Major Lewis, I have all my
life been fighting the battles of my
country in order that you might en-
Joy that privilege"
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

MD YOR AND COUNCIL.

Mr.. EditOr:-We put it as a self
evident proposition that no man can
attend to his personal affairs or his
official duties when exhausted by 9TH
er things previously.
2. We put it it that the members
Of our city council are not entitled
to their per diem-a days work-for
meeting an hour or two once month
in the night, and then adiourning
without doing anything.
8. We put it that, as things are
going in this town, the industrious
and law-abiding citizens would be far
better off without either Mayor or
Council. ~
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

The upward movement in the coal
stocks, caused by the advance in the
price of coal, seems to have affected
by sympathy the remainder of the
list. That the improvement will be
maintained from this time forward it
would be rash to predict, though we
repeat our opinion that higher prices
will be reached within a few weeks
by all sound income yielding securi-
ties.-N. Y, Sun.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

IRoN.-Although some articles
show but little business, the aggre-
gate of trade in all departments Is
very large. There is still disin-
clination ON the part of many buyers
to pay present prices, or to believe in
still higher ones. The month of Au-
gust is usually very quiet one, so
that but little attention is paid to the
present dullness in some branches by
the makers. There is very large
consumption of all kinds of iron going
on now, and it will continue and
probably increase during the next
three months, go that an improved
demand for all kinds of iron and steel
in Europe, and the stopping of a large
number of the Scotch furnaces, with
no indications of early resumption,
will greatly check the flood of foreign
iron upon this market, and con-
sequently make higher prices here
much more probable. There is a
strong desire on the part of large
dealers and makers that prices shall
not go too high, but there is fear,
also, that it will be impossible to
check them before they have attained
a point that will encourage over pro-
duction both here and abroad with
consequent bad effects. Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

A FACT indicating the enormous
consumption of iron going on in this
country is found in the extraordinary
demand for iron bridges. 1t is said
that all of the bridge building con-
Germs are full of orders, and that the
largest are refusing to contract for
further work.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

Nearly the whole Atlantic shore from
Sandy Hook to Atlantic City is line of
hotels and summer cottages hotels
stretching out like barracks and cot
tages of fifteen or twenty rooms, with
three stories and basement.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

The autumn "boom" has fairly
commenced, as can be seen in our
stock and metal reports elsewhere.
Mining stocks are selling freely, and
generally at higher prices, while ev-
cry department of business is feeling
the incoming tide. Let us hops that
investors will not get wild as they
did last spring.-Engineering and
Mining Journal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

GLOW shall we get the young men
to 90 to church ?" is the title of an ar
ticle in religious weekly. Get the
girls to go, sainted brother, get the
girls to go l-Philadelphia Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

Little Johnny went fishing last Sun
day without consulting his parents.
Next morning neighbor's boy met him
and asked: "Did you catch anything
yesterday" "Not till / got home,"
was the rather sad response. GalvsSto,s
GtCa
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
WHOLE NUMBER, 466.

A CABLE received last week at
Montreal states that the price OF coal
has advanced, owing to strikes in the
north of England. } F
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

SAMPLES Of the coal-deposits from
the Souris mines, found in Pembina
Mountain, Manitoba, are on exhibi-
tion at Winnipeg. They are of the
Lehigh species, and excellent in quail
itv
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

IT is said that more than three mil
lions of women in England and Wales
are earning living-or trying to
earn one-in the various trades and
industries. But their wages are so
low that six years ago aociety-the
Women's Protection and Provident
League-was organized to raise them.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

A oooUETTE came out of a fancy
goods shop loaded with purchases.
"You have renewed your provision,
said rival. "Don't speak Of it, l
have quite ruined myself | have
bought a thousand things I do not
need, amongother, six tooth h-brushes. "
"Ah, one for each tocth," said the
other sMeetlY.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

A ROAD is to be built from Phillips
burg, on the Tyrone & Clearfeld Rail-
road, to Heating, on the Philadelphia
& Erie Railroad. 1t is expected that
by this route the Olearfeld region
will be enabled to increase its busi-
ness North and West.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

ScRIBNER has an article on the
subject, "How to keep the boys on
the farm" He evidently means well,
but doesn't touch the point. To
keep boys on the farm, the farm
should be we'll paved and lighted
with gas, and have a band-stand and
its own bar and race-c course. We
hope our farmers are just as anxious
as they appear to keep their boys on
the farm, but they don't seem to take
any definite action.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

Coal STOCKS. = These stocks,
though not showing any increased de-
gree of activity during the past week,
have developed remarkable strength,
and for time were the feature of
the stock market. The leading stocks
have been buoyant and advancing in
price, owing to the advance in coal
prices and the improved condition of
the iron trade, which, it is stated, will
render the resumption of dividends
extremely probable. = Engineering
and Mining Journal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

MISUNDERSTANDING this trade
can not lay claim to "boom," still
there is very much better business
doing than there was week or two
past. The inquiries are increasing,
and the sales are we'll distributed
through the manufacturing and other
industries. Prices show no change.
In fact, the competition is so great
that it is difficult even to maintain
them. : Engineering and Mining
Journal.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

The total valuation of the real estate
and personal property of New York
city is Sl,l43,765, ,727, an increase over
1879 of $40. .696, 892.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

3. We put it that, as things are
going in this town, the industrious
and law-abiding citizens would be far
better off without either Mayor or
Council. ~
A CRACKING COMMUNICATIONS.
Dear Editor :-Frostburg is getting
to be capital place for personal sac
rifice. If you read all the hand bills
distributed by our beloved merchants
there will be nothing left for them and
for their families, except probably the
old shoes and hats the customers have
left in their stores. tell you, sir,
she is cracking away. Our Arion
Band had to crack away the deserved
first prize at the Cumberland musical
contest, because a musician of the
lucky band cracked away with a
cracked horn. She is all right,
though The next contest in Cum
berland will be managed by Signor
DR.. Slate.
Some of our green grocers, instead
Of buying in Cumberland in qualities
not sufficient for DIR. Tanners appe-
tite, crack away fare and freights in
stead of joining together and buying
direct from Baltimore.
Anthracite coal seems to come in
use in Cumberland and is cracking
away our own coal. This will take
away the last bit of prestige Cumber-
land has in assuming that our bitumin-
GUS coal ought to be called "Cumber-
land coal" The balance of our lit
tie trade will be cracked away for
Cumberland as soon as the proposed
railroad branch comes in and fares
reduced, despite good selections, and
despite fair treatment. The people of
Frostburg and vicinity crack away
thousands of dollars for Cumberland
without getting cent in return. AS
soon as our good folks see circus
bill representing animals which never
have been seen since Noah's Ark was
built, they get crazy; down they go,
spending time and money, and when
they come home they only can tell
that the clown cracked away awful.
Our young men and great many
of our young and good-looking girls
crack away for little sheet of paper
printed in Cumberland every week,
good many Scent pieces. One of
our grocers hesitates to wrap Limbur-
ger cheese in it thinking the maggets
are cracked enough without reading
the sheet.
And at last she is trying to crack
away next fall the chance to get a
glass of beer, wine or whiskey, with
out going to doctor. Suppose Mr..
Hannibal, of Borden Shaft, feels like
having his stomach regulated in
butchering time. He goes for the
doctor to Frostburg to get a prescrip-
ton. The doctor gives him one, or
dering Scotch ale. But he cannot
get it in Frostburg; he has to go to
Piedmont or across the river at Cum
berland. If his stomach does not get
in order by the time he gets his med
icine, then give up. But there would
be better chance offered: Brandy
peaches instead of peach brandy.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

Douglas Grover and J. S. Donovan
had a thrilling experience with Indians
near the Little Missouri river, in Da-
kota Territory. They were surprised by
five redskins, who were concealed be-
hind bluff. Grover was shot through
the breast. Donavan cut the mules
loose from their wagon and helped his
wounded friend on one OF them. He
mounted another and race for life COM
menced. The Indians followed, firing
into them at every jump. Finally the
white men dropped into ravine and
made stand. Grover was exhausted
by loss of blood and Donavan was shot
through the leg. The mules galloped
away and left them, and the Indians
started after the mules, leaving the
men alone with their wounds. The
men were picked up by wagon-train
and taken to railroad camp on Green
river.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

The GOLD FLooD.-During the
week ending A lgust 18th. the specie
imports amou ted to $l,574,055,
including 81 1855 gold. This
brought the totol specie imports since
January lst w to !, ,63l, ,l64, of which
$4,336,o5S VS. .3,..l and $3,294.027
silver. On S =. lay last. as noted,
steamers arrived bringing 100000
gold coin. II S'll thus be seen that
the specie import movement is already
assuming i.a9ortant proportions.
Foreign barh ,rs state that there have
been started for New York from Lon
don, Havre, and Hamburg lots of spe-
Gle of the aggregate value of over
$6,0o0,000,
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

AS sample of t he past and present
in railroading, the following shows how
much more perfect is the system in 1880
than that of 1866 In the latter year it
took passenger five days to go from
New Orleans to New York, making nine
changes, and many of these changes
necessitated a long walk from depot to
depot. In 1869 it took four days, with
two or three changes; in 1873 three and
a half days, one change; in 1878 three
days, one change, and now, in 1880, you
can go in sixty hours and forty-five
minutes, one change. Quite difference
in time, not to mention the difference in
comfort also.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28
TIMELY TOPICS.

1t is never too late to acquire bad
habit. Solomon Eversull, who is 100
years old, and has lived since 1909 few
miles south of Cincinnati, has got in the
habit very recently OF sleeping for three
days at time and waking UP very
hungry. AS he is an orphan, his father
and mother both being dead, there is no
one to reprove him properly, and the
chances are that he will go on annoying
his relatives with this most uncom-
Portable habit for the rest of his natural
life.
Frostburg mining journal., 1880-08-28

Eugene Schuyler, the first representa-
tive of the United States to the now in
dependent principality of Roumania,
has been in the consular service since
1863, having held the positions success
sively of consul at Moscow, consul at
Revel, secretary at st. Petersburg, Sec
retary of legation and consul-general at
Constantinople, consul at Birmingham,
England, and consul-general at Rome,
from which post he now goes to Bu-
charest, the city of pleasure. Mr..
Schuyler is married to sister of Nine.
Waddington, the American wife of the
late French foreign minister.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-20

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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-04-02
The Art OF Blushiug.

Au aristocratic Partisan scandal is
thai of the Niconlte Paul de Aya2on,
brother of chamberlain Of Napoleon
and n member OF one of the most
honorable families OF modern French
noblesse. The Vcomte Paul, il seems,
has distinguished himself since early
youth by outrages on decency and pub
lie n,odesty which render him, IN lam
guage of medicine, an "erotic maniac.
He became, some years ago, such ter
ror in the Paris parks, that AS soon as
he appeared III one the nurse-maids
would gather up their charges and scut-
tie away, and the ladies would lower
their wells and make hasty exit Pnis-
ically, Nicomte Paul is handsome
man, with refined and intelligent face
and aristocratic manner. After having
been repeatedly arrested for violating
the ordinances in regard to public
morality, the Vicomte's brother secured
his incarceration in a lunatic asylum.
de escaped, but was soon betrayed by
his old weakness, and arrested again.
His trial was the occasion Of a singular
demonstration, to say the least. The
bulk Of the attendants at this hearing,
the nature of whose developments was
such rs to render them unfit for publ
cation, were women Of the criminals
own social rank. When the ma. istrate
found it necessary to order the court
room cleared, these modest ladies OF
the beau monde were forced before they
consented to deprive themselves Of their
anticipated treat. Perhaps, rs one o.
the French papers suggests, they ex-
perienced desire to cultivate the, t.
them, lost art of blushing, and naturally
resented any interference with so laud
able purpose"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-04-02
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The handsome depot Of the !. y. a. >
railroad, ut Newman, H., burned March
Is. Loss $2,00u; no insurance.
DURING Il thunder storm at Foxburg,
Pa, says n telegram OF the G9lh nit,'
lightning struck II l0,000-bafrel OH tank
belonging to the Fox Farm Pipe Line.
The tank was almost full, and ID total
loss.
HARVEY CLAYTON. a young man nvinG
Mt Warrington, w. Va, fell between the
cars at Wheeling, March 2Slh, and the
train passed over him, scvering the body
In two
VIM. w. PuRCELLE, n switchman EN-.
ployed in the Toledo, Peoria " Warsaw
yards Mt Peoria, H., was run over ny the
cars March 26th and almost instantly
killed. He came there from Plat coun'
ty, Kansas, two weeks ago, and lind been
working for the Toledo, Peoria y War
saw only few days.
A YOUNG man numcd Augustus i.
Lewis, aged 20, son Of Augustus Lewis,
Of Grand Rapids, Mich, was burned to
death at tho fire at Sand lake, March
9Th. He went into one of the burning
buildings TO rescue some of the contents
and could not get out His body was
burned to Il crisp. II is believed that the
Are was set by an inccndinry; in fact,
there Is no doubt about 1t.
A KANSAS Cry special Of March 27th
says that late last night the city hospital,
near that city, was burned to the ground
and It's ~ inmates escaped only by terri
bic exertions, ns they were suffering from
wounds and disease. They crawled out
into the rain storm, and were unprotect-
ed for two hours Some will certainly
die of exposure. The main building
was destroyed, and the patients were
cared for In the womcn's ward during
the night.