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Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
Directions for Use.

Moisten the coal slightly when
placed in the fire-room for use. The
result is more complete combustion
Of the gases liberated from the coal
when in the furnace.
One fourth Of the wood necessary
for igniting Anthracite is sufficient
to kindle Cumberland. For start
ing the fire, use the coke obtained
from cleaning the fire and furnace,
with Il few small Jumps Of fresh coal.
When thoroughly ignited, follow
with a light firing of fresh coal.
Firing should always be made by
placing the coal in the front of the
furnace, filling, or partially filling
the doorway. AS ii result, the car
bon and gases, liberated by the ac-
ton ofthe heatupon the fresh coal thus
placed in the front of the furnace,
must pass over the hot fire surface,
and will be largely consumed, in
stead Of permitted to pass off through
the stack in volume Of dense
smoke.
When the fire-bed requires sup
ply of fuel, place u light, thin iron
hoe against the upper portion of the
coal previously placed IN the front of
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
correspond
THE PoMPEY SCHOOL.

To the MINING JOURNAL.
b Your correspondent sometime since
visited the public school at Pompey,
and now that the election and recount
are over, the people may be interested
in matters of minor Importance, such
as their schools. The writer was as
tonished upon entering the school
room at seeing the walls hung with
fine pictures and notices, Il condition
of things probably existing in no other
country school in the county. However,
it is but just to say that these decora-
tions were furnished, not by the school
board, but by the indefatigable assist
ant Of the school, Miss Annie Kohl.
Under Mr.. Perdew's Jealous efforts,
intelligently directed, and the efficient
assistance of this lady the school has
gone ON increasing in numbers and
usefulness until now it stands ''head of
the class" The children are happy
little set, apparently thoroughly inter-
ested in the school and their teachers,
which is not at all surprising. In Miss
KohPs room your correspondent was
struck with an excellent map of Mary
land drawn in colored crayon on the
black board and which certainly de-
serves greater praise than the humble
pen of the present scribe can express.
If Pompey school is not a perfect sue
cess and if it does not take its place
among the factors of education in
Allegany, it will certainly not be the
fault of Mr.. Perdew or his energetic
and purposeful aide who, by tempering
mercy and love with justice, has won
the esteem of all her little followers.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
ECONOMY IN FUEL.
A Contrast Between BituminOus and
Anthracite Goals.

Cumberland coal has been properly
termed the best steam fuel in the
world. Its superiority over all
others is not only indicated by chem
ical analysis, that shows it to be
almost wholly composed of the most
valuable elements for II union, in
combustion, with the largest pro
portionate quantity of oxygen from
the air, but it has also been demon
strated by careful tests under ordi-
nary boilers, made by the United
States Government, and by the prac-
tical experience of manufacturers.
While it may be asserted that its
efficiency has been recognized where
ever used, its advantages over An
thracite have been variously estimated
at from ten to forty per cent, cor
responding to the interest manifest
cd in close determination of results
and the methods adopted in its use.
Failure to secure the better results
is, in most cases, due to Il lack OF
information as to the most effective
system Of firing and management OF
fires, and of careful observation us to
the amount Of draft and air supply
necessary to insure complete com
bustion. A proper knowledge and
application of these principles, will,
in all cases establishan extraordinary
economy in the use Of Cumberland
Coal for steam purposes, rs compared
with Anthracite, and will, at the
same time remove the objections
sometimes made to the employment
of bituminous coal by those who are
preiudiccd, or unskilled in its use
viz: want of cleanliness us compared
with Anthracite, additional Labor
attending the care of the fire, or ;
larger percentage Of waste by escape
through the CRATE into the asii-pit,
The following general and specia
directions for the proper use of Cum.
berland Goal for steam, ascertaine(
and proved by careful observation
and practical experience, will, it il
believed, enable manufacturers t,
substitute it for Anthracite Will
marked advantage, and to secure
the best results, with the creates
possible saving in the quantity ant
cost of their fuel.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
"LIBERALSv ps. FAN4TIClS,
To the MINING JOURNAL.

To the MINING JOURNAL.
see by your last issue that some
highly sensitive organization takes ex-
ception to the ''fourth- Ingersolls"
and demands their heads in charger,
because they have "vivisected" him
with uncalled-for ideas and opinions.
Well, if this harmless element is a
source of annoyance, how much more
annoyingis the mongrel crew embraced
under the generic term, religious ia
natics," and who are not confined to
any definite limits and of whom Frost
burg has its share. The crudeness of
ideas evinced by the ''free-thinkers" is
certainly not more offensive than the
cases of religion run mad we so fire.
quently see. This family of hystorical
pietists is of ancient line i'll fact, it
was established in the days of the rack
and thumbscrew it dates from the
days Of ghosts and witchcraft, from the
Inquisition and Star Chamber. The
principles of the family extend back
over two centuries when William Simp-
son felt he was ''moved of the Lord"
to disrobe and go into the streets to
preach; back to the fine when the
Pilgrim Fathers braved the dangers of
the deep for the blessed privileges of
worshipping God and prosecuting their
fellow-men. Ever since Plymouth
Rock, the "Yankee blarney-stone,'
first felt the touch of sanity feet fanat
icism has had place upon our shores.
1t was this spirit that caused the Puri-
tans to persecute inoffensive Quakers /;
to drive Roger Williams, the Baptist,
beyond their borders to burn witches
or hang them on Boston Common, or
drive poor old women through the
streets at the carts tail. When the
Church of England was supreme, the
Church of England prosecuted; when
the Church of Rome was supreme, as
under Mary, the Church of Rome re-
eiprocated the courtesies of the age !;
when the Puritans rose TO power, as
under Cromwell, the Puritans persecu-
ted. 1t made little difference who was
master-the master, ruled by bigotry,
attempted to crush all competing forces
and opposing factions. The same fa-
naticism made Robert Huntingdon
wrap himself in white sheet and go
into Carlisle church "to testify" and
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

caused Richard Sale to astonish the
people of Westchester by coming to
church at midday with a lighted can
die in a tin lantern. The identical
principle animated the self-sacrificine
philanthropy of Mrs. ,Jellyby in her
brilliant scheme of reforming the be-
nighted dwellers in Borrioboola Cha by
the gratuitous dispensation of moral
pocket handkerchiefs, while her own
children languished in rags and desti-
tuition. The dark and bloody tragedies
of Tvburn and Smithfield emanated
from the same cause, and in latter days
it furnishes Guiteaus and religious en-
thusiasts like Freeman, of Pocasset,
who immediate their children as sacri-
fees. Many renowned men have be-
longed to the ancient order of fanatics,
men who overlooked or forgot the life
and character of the Grand Exemplar,
of whom it was said:
He shall not strive nor cry aloud, neither
shall any one hear his voice in the street,
And, forgetting His Divine humility,
they had an insatiate longing for
greetings in the market-place and the
chief seats in the dress-circle. 1t was
of them that Hudibras wrote:
with more care keep holy day
The wrong than t'other's the right way;
Who cry down black pudding and disparage
Their best and dearest friend plum porrdge
Fen mined pies themselves oppose,
And baspheme custard thro' the nose.
They are the Jonahs of every church
the Jeremiahs of every grand attempt
and the Judases of every cause they
espouse. More injury is done the cause
of religion by this set than could cvei
be inflicted by its most blasphemou'
and malignant antagonists. Like the
Puritans whom Macaulay said were
Opposed to bear-baiting, not because it il
cruel to the bears, but because it furnishc
SDlllC dllluSCllitiib w tllt oltNt't'i''
In the vain hope OF meriting HEAVIER
by making earth hell they sacrifice
all the pleasure of life to an auster'
sense of self-abnegation, and, like st
Simeon Stylites, get on pillar so higl
that they are as far above the joys o
earth as they are above its vices B.
living on skim-milk they hope to b.
better able to appreciate cream here
after. Well has Whittier written
And when man can live apart
From men on theologic trust,
know the blood about his heart
Is dry rs dust,
The subject is not a pleasant one an
l will drop it. But it seems to me tina
the "liberals," whether fourth-class Q
otherwise, could not be more obnoXiou
or harmful to christianity than som
of the frst-class reformers of the day
FLAvIUs.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
The numerous "recounts" that

The numerous ''recounts" that
have taken place since the late cleo
tion suggest a want of confidence in
the present mode of "official" de-
Examinations that ought not to exist.
This want of confidence grows out of
the practice of casting up a portion
of the ballots on the night of election
day and deferring the remainder of
the count until next morning.
The law undoubtedly contemplates
full count at once. 1t provides
that immediately upon the close of
the poll on the day of election the
judges and clerks shall publicly,
and in the presence of all who may
wish to attend, ascertain, by count,
the number of ballots cast for each
candidate, etc. The term ''imme-
diately," implies that the last and
most important duty of the judges
and clerks must be discharged with
out separation and without delay.
The custody of the ballots is lodged
in all the judges-never in one or
two-until counted. Going home
to dinner, or to supper, or to sleep
until the final duty is performed,
though not expressly prohibited, is
certainly not provided for.
But, laying aside legal question
ings, it would seem that the judges
and clerks should place their action
above and beyond all inquiry, and
thus furnish no ground whatever for
any impeachment of the integrity Of
their work.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

The fellows who sneer at our "lit-
tie army and sold hulk of Il navy"
says the Chicago Mter-Oceaas forget
that there are 50,000,000 people be-
hind them. Uncle Sam can move
that old flag from the top Of the Ma
tional Capitol, or from some peak on
the Rocky Mountains, and sound
bugle call, and ships would fall in
line and 100000 men would answer
''ready." Uncle Sam is not Il boy,
and don't you forget it.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
Business Locals.

WHAT people in other States think of work
furnished from the Amick Marble and
Granite Works, Cumberland Md:
"a. II. AMIcK, Esq Dear Sir:-Thc mon
ument purchased from you for my daughters
grave has proved be just what you promised
My family are well pleased with it. The
lettering is beautiful. Competent judges have
pronounced it the best theyihave seen.
From your honorable dealing with me
would recommend your work to all wishing
anything in your line.
Yours respectfully,
$. ERMINE, Upton, Pa"
Take Good Adyice-Get Reddy for Cold
Ueather--FRANE G. BEALL, The Hardware
and Stove Man is prepared to sell you Charm
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

the furnace, and now partially cooked
and ignited, and push it over the
fire, spreading it evenly upon any
portion as required, The result is Il
constantly bright and clear fire
surface.
Immediately after the distribution
of charge of coal over the fire, put
a fresh charge in the front of the
furnace, as before for the next
firing.
Avoid stirring up the mass of
burning coal, and the use of the
slicing bar. If the fire surface
should become coated, and the
draft choked by the uniting of the
coke, simply break the coke, using an
iron poker, such as is used for the
cooking range, but proportionately
larger. The same poker should be
occasionally used from beneath, in
raking the ashes from the CRATE. A
free admission of air will thus be Sc
cured for active combustion of the
fuel, while the fire body will not be
sufficiently disturbed to allow of a
sitting of its finer particles through
the CRATE bars.
BY observing the above rules, it
will be found that the labor involved
in the care of fires is not greater than
when the purest Anthracite is used,
while the waste of coal is much less
The mass of coal in active COM
bustion should never exceed eight
inches in thickness, and six inches
will be found sufficient in most cases.
Any excess oyer eight inches is
waste.
The bulk of Cumberland Coal is
largely increased in the process of
coking; consequently, the actual
weight of coal in combustion is much
less than appearances indicate. At
the same time, superior results are
obtained from this smaller weight OF
Cumberland than from the smaller
weight of Anthracite that would be
required to make a similar fire mass.
Very little cLnker is formed be-
cause of the great purity of the coal,
and there is no necessity of cleaning
fires oftener than twice in twenty
four hours, when continuous heavy
fires are used, while one cleaning in
twenty-four hours will be found suf,
ficient with moderate fires.
The draft is an important factor in
the economy, and should be under
perfect control, and so regulated as
to give the needed intensity of fire
Cumberland will be found to require
less draft than Anthracite. A sup
ply of fresh air in finely divided
sheams can be introduced over the fir'
surface by any convenient means, witt
great advantage. Bythis means an en-
tire consumption of the smoke ant
inflamm" BILE gases can be secured anC
the economy of fuel be still furthe
and largely increased.
TO bank the fire for the night
cover the surface with the fine coal
In the morning spread the mass ant
a asteaming will be had in few min
utes.
, Georges Greek Cumberland Goa
is almost absolutely free from sui
phur. The saving attending its sub
, stitution for Anthracite is represent
ed not only in its superior heatin!
power, but also in the increased lif
of the boilers, CRATES, &C., which ar
| exposed to rapid destruction, by tn
action of the impurities contained il
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
Kofo care SIRE ThroGi. "One VIII,

10 10 Care SOre Throat. who
has tried it, communicates the follow
ing seasonable item about curing sore
throats to the New York WeroM:
Let each one of your half million readers
buy at any drug store one ounce of camphor-
ated oil and five cents worth of chlorate of
potash Whenever any soreness appears in
the throat put the potash in half u tumbler
Of water and with it garglc the throat thor
oughly with the camphoratcd oil al night
before going 10 bed, and also pin around the
throat Il small strip of woolcn flannel, This
is simple, cheap and sure remedy,
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
GENERAL ITEMS.

APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED
Judge r. II. Alvey, appointed Chief
Judge of the Maryland Court of Ap-
peals by Gov. Hamilton in place of
Judge Bartol, resigned, qualified Mon
dav and entered upon his duties.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

Lecture Mr.. G. L. Wellington, of
Cumberland, will deliver, lecture at
Paul's Opera House, Friday, Dec. "A,
1882, for the benefit Of St. Johns p. 4.
Church.. His subject will be "The
Most Illuslious Monarch of Modern
Times Those who wish TO enjoy a
rare intellectual treat should hear
him.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
The Loyal Patrons OF :.

The LOyal PairOns OF SnnIa CIaus
are requested to meet in convention at Spills
New Storerooms IN. Frostburg. Six full-day
sessions every week from now until Christmas
All are urged to attend, as business of import
ance will he transacted
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

4 rear 0id.-The Queen City
Co~iey terminated its first year with
the issue Of Thursday. We are glad
TO note that 1t is a good paper and
promises more and better things.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
ADDITIONAL EOC1L.

E'o" Hogersto'r".--The witnesses in
the Hitchins and Tiddy damage cases
have been summoned to appear in Ha-
grrstown on the 29th inst.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

Faie.-The present board of County
Commissioners will probably meet dur
ing the first week in December for the
last time. The record made is gener
ally accepted, we believe, as a good
one. Mr. Bush, the president, has
given almost undivided attention to
the interests of the county. Through
the Vaccinations Of politics, however,
he, with three Of his colleagues, was
retired. Mr.. Kolb alone, of the board,
remains, and his experience will doubt
less be valuable to the incoming adj
ministratinn.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17


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large Collars and Fichus very low prices
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Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

The Best Maga=iHe Published. Dem
orest's Monthly Kaga.iae for December
is up to the usual high standard Of
this most excellent publication. Mrs.
Champney's serial, the "Shores of
Nothing" is commenced, and promises
to prove very interesting story.
"Agathe De Valzuze" is finished, and
there are several entertaining short
er stories. 'Christmas in Bethlehem
San Ancient Legend of Provence
"Robin Hood and his Merrie Men,"
"a Philosopher of XVI Century,"
"Turgeief," and "How We Live ia
New York." by Jennie June, are all
articles pleasant to read and profitable.
In the way of household adornment
and "1litchen art" the ladies will find
this number invaluable for the plac-
teal information that it imparts. The
various departments are fully furnish
ed with information on many subjects,
the Worlds Progress" current events
are discussed in an able and instructive
manner, The art department is re-
markably good, the ffontispiece being
richly colored oil picture called '"The
Tamborine Girl which is one Of the
most attractive pictures that has APP
peared in this magazine. An en-
craving of Jacquet's celebrated paint
ing, "The Minuet,' also appears in
this number.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

The COai Trdde.-The falling off in
canal shipments is beginning to be
seen in the reduced figures of weekly
production. The polar wave of this
week will tend to hasten the end of
navigation for this year, so that we
may soon think of settling down for
several months of slow work.
Between Georges Creek and Clear
field it is nip and tuck" for the lead
this year. Up to and including last
Saturdays shipments Georges Creek
had sent out 2,lS2, $50 tons; Clearield
lilo $50 tons, the former being ahead
G,429 tons. 1t is probable, however,
that the falling off in canal work will
enable Cleariield to distance us at the
end of the year.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
New Business Locals.

Re-Opening Of Spills Store Rooms at
his Old Stand, Main Street l'rostburg, where
he invites all his patrons, old and new, TO
visit him.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17
Walter B. Spill, Santa Claus agent

in Frost burg, makes an announcement in
the advertising columns of this paper which
hc wants everybody to read once week from
this time until Christmas
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

4 Queen CITY oucen-A Cumber
land matron has found out that "a
loving heart and pleasant counte-
nance are commodities which man
should never fail to take home with
him." And the old swallow has been
turning in with the /. h. and p. G.
only since his better three-quarters
padded him with her slipper. He
"homeward flies" much earlier, too,
and has been heard to remark very
eloquently that "sense shines with a
double lustre when it is set in humility.
An able and yet humble man is a
jewel worth kingdom" All of
which shows the conservative, not to
say elevating influence of good
woman with big foot.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

ersonaf.-Robert Jack, hurt some
time ago in Borden mine. is improv
ing.
Benjamin Duffy and Joseph Moody
left this place Monday to settle i'll
Kentucky J. b. Carson and William
Cronin in Texas; William Bradley in
Wheeling, w. Va, and William Nor
gan in Pennsylvania.
Col. J. NJ. Schley, of Cumberland,
died Thursday morning, aged about
20 years.
John McCaughan, sr., of this place,
is reported quite i'll.
Reuben Anthony is again seriously
ill.
Miss May McCulloh left Tuesday to
visit her sister, the wife of Lieut..
Gatewood, stationed in Arizona.
William Burnell, formerly of this
place, was squeezed between cars near
Wheeling last week. Injuries not
| serious.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

Other Lands Than OHrS.-Our citi-
zens have treat in store for them on
Tuesday, the 9th inst. Mr.. Charles
NJ. Caughy, of Baltimore, who has ex-
tensively Travelled in Europe, is an
nounced to lecture on Italy, in Odd
Fellows Hall, and to illustrate the sub
ject by elaborate views thrown upon n
twenty-five foot square canvass. His
visit here is included in a projected
tour of Maryland. The Baltimore
Day says:
The title of the subjects will be "Other
Lands Than Ours" and they will be illus
tratcd by some of the finest views ever paint
ed, the apparatus used in presenting which is
of the most complete character All of the
places to be described have been visited by
Mr. Caughy, who has several times Travelled
through many Of the countries of Europe,
and has also seen Egypt, going up the Nile as
far as the second cataract Mr.. Caughy is n
fluent writer and scholar, and his keen OBJ
scryatons, together with the experience he
has gained by travel, will doubtless make
his lectures unusually entertaining On
returning from his prospective tour he
will give in this city lecture, entitled
"Glimpses of Italy from Genoa 10 Pompcii,
including the Art Treasures Of Rome
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We have marked down all our goods to such

low prices as
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-17

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