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THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

RELIEVE AsTmIA.-Soak blotting
or tissue paper in strong saltpeter water.
Dry and burn at night in tho bedroom.
70 PREVENT CuoElNG.-Breaka an egg
luto Il cIp and give it to the person
choking, to.swallow. The white of the
egg seems to catch around the obstacle
and remove it, II one egg does no
answer the purpose try another. The
white is all that is necessary.
MUSTARD PLASTER. BY using syrup
or molassos for mustard plastels they
will keep soft and flexible, and not dry
up and become hard, rs when mixed
with water. a thin paper or fine cloth
should come between the plaster and
the skin. The strength of the plaster
is varied by the addition of more or
less flour.
SCARLET FEyER.-An eminent physi-
clan says he cures ninety-nine out Of
every hundred eases of scarlet fever by
giving the patient warm lemonade with
gum arabic dissolved in it. A cloth
wrung out in hot water and laid upon
the stomach should be removed as rap
idly as it becomes cool In cases where
physicians are not easily obtainable,
/ simple remedies are not to be despised.
APPLEs.-A more extensive use of
apples as food at our meals will do much
to diminish dyspepsia and biliousness.
They are "loosening," and therefore
tend to remove constipation-a promi-
nent cause of digestive arrangements.
The acid of this fruit--one Of the very
best known in aid of digestion acts
favorably on the liver, causing it to Sc
crete the bile, which is natures cnthar-
tic, thus preventing this constipation.
While eating them between meals must
derange the stomach like the use of
all food at that time-they are really a
very valuable food, demanded especially
in warm weather. They may be too
cooling in the coldest weather, while
the more acid berries are better in the
spring and summer.-Dr j. H. Hand-
lJltl
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"a " sA.'''' 80 w. .'''N'.s
\ recent Issue of de S,utiia (NIo
hs.oo .av-: one day during tbe past
week there arrived for Eaprr,3 Agent
I'aulhahct box about twelve by fifteen
inches in si2,, which came III from the
norm. 1t was apparently old and we'll
battered, and contained q large jelly
cake vel wrapped up in tissue paper,
on which was the following inscription:
"TLis cake was baked on January %,
1877 Pass it along"
This box was opened and Mr.. +. and
his assistants gazed in speechless
amazement at the contents. The cake
was well preserved, though as dry as
Egypt and hard as the heart of Pharaoh,
and Notwithstanding the fact that it has
been ON the road for years it had Won
derfully innocent appearance.
The box was ornamented in every
available spot with labels from different
companies through which it passed; for
each agent to whom it had been con-
signed had paid the charges fifty cents),
and, appreciating the joke, remarked
the box and sent it forward to some
other point. Thus the labels showed
conclusively that the box with its pre-
cious contents had visited every State
in the Union from Maine to Texas and
Oregon to Florida, and it is probably
doomed to be constant wanderer upon
the face Of the earth until the end OF
time, for as long as it is kept going no
one has to pay for its transportation.
Each agent upon receiving il simply
sends it on, marked .. o. d., to the
next man, who treats it in the same
manner And SO it will go until
some fellow gets disgusted, pays the
charges and kicks the parcel into the
street. Attached to the box was string
of tags ON one side, on which were the
usual directions, while on the other side
waggish fellows along the way had
made such remarks as they deemed APP
propriate. One says; "Too rich for our
blood;' another "Yum, yum;" and
others, "We pass" "Dry up, " Baked
by Eve in the Garden of Eden for
Adams Express company" "When
shall We meet again" etc.
1t was sent from Sedalia to Fort
Worth. Who started it no one knows,
and there is no way of finding out.
Could the box talk it could doubtless
tell an interesting tale of travel, but its
beginning was mystery and probably
its fate will be the same to all but the
fellow who finally "takes the cake
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TOM BROWN AGAIN.

The general impression that all the
lunatics had joined in a glorious hegira
to Washington, is controverted by the
fact that our man, Tom Brown, is still
playing Tycoon over a two-acre coal
patch down in the little State of Mary
land. Tom last attempt at "rejoin-
der" through the FRosrBURG MINING
JOURNAL, in which he tries to dance
the Black Hawk waltz, proves that
he knows how to make mastery re-
treat in most admirable and sublime
confusion.
The first evidence OF Browns pom
derous capacity appears in his Won
derful simile, in which he represents
our editorial article as an "animal
made up Of Clearf eld COAL" and dis
plays his remarkab knowledge of
anatomy by putting in something about
the "umbilicus. We rather suspect
that Browns IL mbilical cord slipped
up on him and formed moose around
the old Tycoon's s neck.
Toms next move in the line Of
smartness is an attempt to prove by
quoting the vision of crazy john, or
some other lunatic, that Cumberland
shale is almost equal to Clearfeld
coal. From this fin e dash of logic, a
good many people would conclude
that our man Brown may be fellow
of immense muscle, but totally unen-
numbered with brains. Had he lived
in the days of Moses, the Egyptian
priest Of Heliopolis, or even in the
days Of Solomon, the wiseacre, he
might have had a sItuatioaas q tramp
prophet or a private eunuch; Tut
those halcyon days are past, and i
Thomas Brown would quench his
burning ambition for notoriety, he
had better button his ears around
him, like unto an overcoat, and 90 to
the North pole in search of glitteEin g
iosbergs.
1t is Browns intention, however
to remain in his adopted country, and
continue, as in the past to cruelty
bore the FnosTBURG JOURNAL with ais
little augei, even at the risk Of having
to issue supplement to that paper.
But We an ASSURE the Brown family
In Vale 8, that there is no immediate
danger of Tom being arrested in this
country for carrying concealed in
te!lectu.al weapons. The only thing
to be feared in his case is, that in an
unguarded moment, he may haste to
Washington and, like that other
lunatic, get mixed up in a terrible
tragedy.
Tom Browns charge that Clearfeld
region is indebted to the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad for its unrivaled prosper
ity, has no weight as an argument
1t is Il OF even original, having been
put forward on recent occasion, by
! the President of a Maryland railroad
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Sun Mutual Aid Society
OF BALTIMORE CITY, MT.
Home office, No. us. GaV 81
OFFICERS:
REFERENCEs /:

Hon. ]. Tome, Banker, Port Deposit;
Hon. F. Stump, Judge, Elkton; Thomas
Mallalieu, Manufacturer, Milligton; H. G.
Vickers, Attornev-at-Law, Chesterlown;
A. r. Weldon, Attorney-at- Law, Centre
vile; Sudler & Pierce, Merchants, Sudler-
vile; Col Jas. Wallace, Attorney-at-A -Aaw,
Cambridge; Hon. o. Hammond. Attorney
at-Law, Easton; Geo NJ. Russum, Denton;
Col. T. s. Hodson, Collector of Port Girls
field: B. Everett Smith. Editor, Snow Hill;
Col. VIM. ]. Leonard, Capitalist, Salisbury;
Hon. ]. H. Price, Ex-Judee, Belair Hon.
H. Vanderford, Editor Westminster; H..
Clay Naill, Register, Frederick City;
Blackiston & Ellegood, Attorneys-at Law,
Cumberland; s. Thomas Mccullough, At
iorney-at-Law, Annapolis; ]. S. Jameson,
Educator, Bryantown; S. T. Love, Physi-
clan, St. Clement's Bay, Md; Hon. James
B Groome, U. s. Senator, Washington, d.
c.; Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Banker and
Attorney.at-Law, Washington, D. G.
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THE ILLUSTRATED SCIENTIFIC
News. The July issue cf the Illus
trated Scientific NewS teens with in
teresting illustrated articles, a few
of which are as follows; The Doblear
Telephone; Glass Grinding Machine;
Ancient Pottery from Cyprus; Me-
chanical Larynx; Pleasure Car Of the
Days OF Louis XIV, Amateur Mechan-
les; the remarkable Palmyra Palm;
Curious Fishes; Illustrations, explain
ing the bursting of Fly Wheels; a
Velocipede Carriage. In addition to
the numerous engrayings, there is a
large number of interesting, useful
and practical papers, relating to
various depai tments of popular
science, This is one Of the most ele-
gantly printed aud valuable period
icals. Sold by all newsdealers.
Published by MUM & Co., 81 Park
Row, New York.
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Correspondence.
A SUGGESTION.
FRosTBuRG. July %, 1881

FRosTBURG, July 2s, 1881.
To the MINING JOURNAL:
As the time is drawing near for the
primaries would suggest that del
egation be elected in the interest of
George W. Fisher, Esq, for the House
of Delegates. Mr.. Fisher is one of
our staunchest and frmest republi-
cans and has worked hard for the
party. l, in common with all the
young republicans, would like to see
his name go before the convention for
approval. Let me hear from those
interested in the chairman of the
District Committee.
VnTrNrc PEprrpr T1AN
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INCORPORATED 1850.
Sun Mutual Aid Society of Baltimore.


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men of well-known business and profes.
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EDWIN WILMER, MANAGER,
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P. o. Box 657. Baltimore, Md.
J.B. ODER, AGENT,
Frostburg, Md
AGENTS WANTEDi
June 18-tf
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Personnel OF Our Earlier Presidents.

Personnel OF Our Earlier Presidents.
The Presidents of the United States
were generally men of good personal
appearance. The extremes in point of
stature were Polk and Lincoln-the lat
ter of whom was six feet four, while the
former was little more than five feet
three. Van Burcn, also, was small
man. The first four were men of much
dignity. Concerning Washington moth
ing need be added on this point. He
was the bcau-ideal of manly beauty, even
in his latter days, and when Stuart I'M
dertook to paint his portrait the artist
was so overcome with the majesty OF his
patron that ut first he was unable to pro.
ceed with his task. John Adams lacked
Washington's noble stature and gran
deur of mien, but he was man of much
dignity. Jefferson was of noble person.
nel-tall, well-built and of imposinga ap-
pearnce. Madison had merely re-
spectacle look, and being dressed in
black presented much the appearance
of a clergyman. Monroe and Washing
ton were the ouly Presidents that served
in the field during the Revolution. They
were together at Trenton, where Mon.
roe was lieutenant and received bali
which he carried through life. He was
the last of the Revolutionary Presidents,
and wore the cooked het and CONT.
mental uniform, which became him to
remarkable degree. John Quincy
Adams, like his father, was stout
thick-sct and deficient in point OF
stature. jackson was tall and gaunt,
with bristling hair, and nervous but
deficient countenance. Van Buren
lacked persona! dignity, and, indeed,
was the most deficient of all our Presi-
dents in physique excepting Polk. Har-
ris0H WAS man of much personal dig
nifty. Tyler was a spare-faced man, with
broad, thin nose, which gave him
rather comical Appearance. 1t was
hi station as President that won the
hand of the rich woman, Gardiner,
rather than any personal attraction.
Polk was, as has been said, small man,
with cold, repulsive countenance, and
hard, staring rair of eyes that were
singularly free from anything like a
kindly, genial look. Taylor was a
heavy-built man with rough visage, as
might have been expected of one whose
life was passed on the frontier. He was
bred soldier, and loved the service.
His face had Il pleasant smile at times,
but was often impressed with the stern
character of military life. Fillmore had
Emphatic countenance-dull, except
when lit up by business or pleasure.
He was agreeable in society and inter-
esting in conversation to a degree much
beyond many of his predecessors. He
was of more than an average size, and
of proportions that suggested dignity ii
not elegance. Buchanan was feeble
looking old gentleman, whose white
choker suggested the clerical order.
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FROSTBURG

brilliant fool than our friend Brown.
Now, for the sake of fairness-we
never lose sight of justice-we are
willing to admit that Cumber land
coal, so.called, may possess some,
though mighty few, good qualities,
which is far more than we can say oil
Tom Brown, the Tycoon, who tries to
lord it over the Cumberland coal
patch. We made few remarks by
way of jest, concerning the coal down
ON the ragged edge Of the great APP
palstiau basin, when to our surprise,
the Welsh Tycoon Indignantly threw
himself into print, acknowledging as
true all we had said in lest. This
had the effect of turning the laugh
against Cumberland in the New
York market, which, in turn, so irat ed
one Of the corporation presidents
that he SO far forgot his dignity as to
make capital ass of himself.
There is one thing in relation to
the Clearfeld coal trade entirely lost
sight OF by the grand panjandrum of
two coal counties in Maryland. Be-
sides the 100000 tons that will be
shipped from this region over the
Tyrone & Cearfeld road in 1881, the
low grade road is a steady carrier of
Clearfeld coal to the West, and the
Bells Gap is also largely engaged in
shipping coal from this county. Tbs
Chambersburg and CIearfe | rail
road, recently chartered, is intended
to carry coal from this county, and
will dump it almost at The very doors
of Cumberland. At this rate, Tom
Brown will! soon have nothing to do
but supply his home trade with coal
lor domestic use, and we presume
there will be some trouble getting
Cumberland coal to burn, even in a
irst-class cook stove. 1t is also pro-
bable, in this state of things, that
Tom will lose his occupation as mime
inspector of two counties, but as he
knows the way to this region-he
having been here during our last
strike, presumably in the interest of
somebody-our friend may be able to
get situation in this region as stable
boss or something Of that kind.
Among scientific miners he would
certainly emulate no higher honor.
He may be reasonably good practi-
cal ick.slinger, and if so, the mo-
ment he left the pick, Marylands two
coal counties lost good miner in re-
turn for miserably inferior mine in
spectcr.
In our opinion, man totally ignor-
ant Of the first principles of English
grammar, and knowing infinitely less
Of geology or any other science, has
no business attempting to defend the
reputation Of Cumberland coal, and
until the operators in that reSion are
able to set up man Of at least some
brains, with a slight sprinkling of
intelligence and good sense, we shall
let their man Brown and his scripture
quotations pass unnoticed. Somebody
once said thai il is better to go with
out dinner than to eat skunk; and on
the same principle. we would rather
''rass" than waste time playing with
a highly self-esteemod lunatic. With
him, ignorance is bliss, and it would
be folly in us to try to make him
wise. If his masters value their trade,
they should chain up his giant mind +,
and give Maryland a rest.-Osceola
(Pa) RevcaIe.
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WHAT GREAT ARTISTS SAY.-Fiom
Madame La Blache, Prima Donna of
Her Majesty's Opera, and her already
celebrated daughter, Nina:
NENDELssoHN PIANO Co., New York
Gcntlemtn--I must say that all your Up
right Pianos upon which have played are
splendid hey have solid, powerful
tone, with a lovely siuging quality, and the
action is perfect. Hoping that you may
live long to make such beautiful pianos, /
am, dear slrs, yours truly,
LA BLACHE,
NINA LA BLACHE.
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Human nature reveals itself in the
smallest concerns Of life A lad was
Watching man boat carpet and said:
. hat mans boy must have good times.
Why, that man couldn't lick the stuiling
out Of ten-cent DOLL"
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Force of Habit.

1t is stated that there is one regiment
in the Russian army made up entirely
of American commercial drummers.
While fighting in Central Asia they met
one tribe that still clingB to the old
Chinese method OF lighting by beating
gongs. The regiment was on the run
when the gong corps came on the field.
The result was terrible surprise to the
Chinese. The drummers had not been
well led, and they hadn't hocrd gong
since they left America. Tho sudden
and desperate rush they made in the di-
rection from which the sound of gongs
came was irresistible. was such a
rush as they made for hotel dining
rooms. They swept all before them,
turning defeat into victory. But they
were awfully disappointed when they
found out why the gongs were rung.-
Boston Post.
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IN EXPLANATION.
Her lips were so near
That-what else could do2
You'll be angry, | fear,
But her lips were so near
Well, l can't make it clear,
Or explain it to You,
But-her lips were so near
That--what else could | do2
- Walter Learned. in ,Ccl.ibuer.
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J.B. ODER, AGENT,
Frostburg, Md.
AGENTS WANTEDi
June 1S-tf
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-12-10
PROGRESS of Mankind.
IFrom the New York Evening MALL


An ingenious writer on the progress of
mankind says it may reasonably be
doubted whether the population Of the
earth has doubled itself within thirty
centuries. Except among some Euro
pean and American states no certain data
exist among nations and tribes by which
the present number of mankind can be
estimated with any degree of exactness.
Avoiding extremes, the writer assumes
that IN round numbers Asia, including
Japan, contains 400,000,000 Europe
200, 200, 600, Africa 10000, 900, America
so, 900, 900, Australia and the Polynesian
Islands 100000, making total of
10000, 900 for the present population Of
the globe. Within the temperate and
torrid zones the area of habitable land
on the earth is about 100000 of
square miles, which would make the
average population of the habitable land
about eighteen to the square mile. The
population is unequally distributed,
two-thirds living upon one-tenth of the
land IN China, India and Western Eur
ope. 1t is conjectured that ten times
the present number of inhabitants could
easily obtain subsistence from the soil of
the earth. The writer calculates that by
doubling only three times in a century
the population of Great Britain and Ire
land, supposing it to have been only six
millions in 1907, would by this time
have amounted to more than /, ZOO, 000,-
00O-enough to have colonized and i'm
proved all the waste and thinly peopled
lands of the earth. War, pestilence,
luxury, useless consumers and popular
ignorance are assigned as the causes of
the slow progress of mankind.
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AMONG THE THOUSAND ISLANDS
BY EMMA LAZARUS.

The misty air hike amber seems,
Like melting gold the sky o'erhead.
atnWart the ivory gate of dreams
Surely our bark is piloted
For this is the enchanted realm,
The fairy palace reared by sleep;
Through emerald chambers glides our helm,
And in our wake 1ame-opals leap.
I need but lift my heavy eyes
To south or north, to east or west,
To see, as at my bidding, rise
A wave-charmed islands tufted crest
Here tall headland draped with fern.
Pine-crowned and honey combcd with caves:
There, Just above the rivers urn,
low, soft nest of grasses waves
Now narrowing cliffs inclose our prov.
Fantastic rocks streaked blue and rose;
The channel eddies swift,-and now
Broad as the sea the river flows
Thrilled by the waters long embrace,
The slender silver reeds stirred, ..s
And sway with slow, voluptuous grace,
Like dancers to the waltz unheard.
There where the crystal floor scarce shines,
So thick the velvet leaves unfold,
Superb the ily-queen reclines,
miracle Of snow and gold.
Here is Mi1anda's Island-look!
'Twixt tree and cloud still Ariel flies,
Behind the hill, beyond the brook,
The whelp of Sycorax yet lies.
But duke and princes, clown and seer,
Have yoyaged forth to other seas,
And fathom deep, since many year,
Are buried book and wand and keys.
No ribboned grass is floating there,
Along our smooth, pearl paven path,
But hidden faces pale green hair
OF nymphs and nereids at the bath.
OIL we shall find in sober sooth,
From some clear well-head bubbling up,
The fountain of eternal youth
To brim the thirsty pilgrims cup.
Enchanted world enchanted hourl
Hail and farewell, enchanted stream, r.-
Thou hast the unimagined power
To make the real surpass the dreaml
Century.
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