Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1881-01-01

without flowers, anu ike
homestead without garden.
az ASSURE you gentlemen" said
convict, upon entering the prison,
that the place has sought me, and
not the place. My own affairs real
ly demanded all my time and atten-
ton, and l may truly say that my
selection to ell this position was an
entire surprise. Had consulted my
own interests l should have peremp-
torily declined to serve, but as l am
in the hands of my frienis, l see no
other conrse but to submit"
WITHOUT AN Eft is well known
that the letter is used more than
any other letter in the English alpha
bet. Each Of the following verses
contains every letter of the alphabet
except the letter e:
"a ioviai vain should not complain
Otany buXom fair
Wfo mocks his pain and thinks it gain
To quiz his awkward air.
"Quixolic boys who look for joys,
Quixotic hazards run
A lass annoys with trivial toys,
Opposing man for fun.
"a iovial swain may rack his brain,
And tax his fancys might
To quiz is VAN. for tits most plain
That what | say is right"
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES
Under the title, Statistics of the
Jews of the United States" the Union
of American Hebrew Congregations
has published Mr.. William B. Hack
enburgs report. He has been en-
gagged some five years in collecting
and arranging the Statistics" from
which we obtain the following sum-
mary: Jewish population of the
United States about 100000; number
of congregations 276, with member
ship of about $4,000; value of real
estate and other property (synagogues,
hospitals, cemeteries, Sc, owned by
congregations and bene6cent societies
about 100000.
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TIE TENNESSEE RUdBY.-Repre-
sentative L. G. Houk. who is the
member of Congress from the district
of Tennessee in which Mr.. Tom
Hughes settlement is located, ex-
presses the opinion that the colony
will prosper. He says the land is
not very well adapted for farming,
but is good for stock and for the cul-
tivation of fruit, Being on the line
OF the Cincinnati Southern railroad,
an outlet and market could be had
for the productions of the settlement.
The sentiment Of the neighboring in
habitants is very friendly. The col
ony, he was told, had funds sufficient
to bridge the gap between the foun.
dation of settlement and its sturdy
establishment on a business basis, and
he expects, therefore, to see it aucceed.
TENNYsoN can take a worthless
sheet of paper and by writing a poem
on it make it worth $4,000. That's
genius. Mr.. Vanderbilt can write
fewer words on q similar sheet and
make it worth $50,000,000. That's
Capital. And the United States
Government can take an ounce and a
quarter of gold and stamp upon it an
"Eagle-Bird" and Twenty Dollars
That's money. The mechanic can
take the material worth $50 and
make something worth 800. That's
skill. The merchant can take an ar
ticle worth Is cents and sell it to
YOU for $l.O0. That's business. A
lady can buy a comfortable bonnet
for $40, but prefers to pay 500 for
one, because it is more stylish. That's
foolishness. The ditch.digger works
ten hours a day and shovels out
three or four tons of earth for 81.
That's labor.
SUCCESS IN PRACTICAL L1FE.-lf
you speak the right word at the right
time; if you are careful to leave pee
pie with a good impression; if you
do not treapas9 upon the right of
others; if you always think of others
as we'll as yourself; if you do not for
get the courtesies which belong to
your position, you are quite sure to
accomplish much in life which others
| with equal ability fail TO do. This
is where the race is not to The swift
nor the battle to the strong. 1t is
where you make people feel that you
are unselfsh and honorable, and
truthful and sincere. This is what
,,o;otv 10 looking for in lnnn. and it