Frostburg mining journal., 1883-06-30

ears nor eyes nor minds for any one
or anything but ourselves and our own
interests.
FEWER OFFICES. The disinclination
of the public to have offices any longer
made the rewards of party services is
beginning to bear fruit at Washington
in the consolidation ofinternal reven-
ue districts. The President has de-
cided to reduce the number from 126
to SO, thus dispensing with A collect
tors, and four or five times that many
deputies and other subordnates
Hitherto when an office was once
created it continued to exist whether
the incumbent continued to have
duties to perform or not. But salaries
paid for political scbeming are be-
coming odious, and the Preaiden in
manfully pruning away sinecures is
engaging in bit of refsrm of prac-
tical character.
A Coop TREE WASH. The fol-
lowing recipe for washing fruit tIses
and preventive of borers has been
furnished one of our exchanges by
gentleman who has used it with great
success for number of years; The pres
ent is the best time for using it, as the
eggs are deposited at about this time.
Take four quarts of lime, two pounds
of concentrated lye, three pounds Of
sulphur, one pound of good tobacco,
two quarts ofsoot, thoroughly dissolve
each separately, and then mix tc-
getber with about sixty gallons Of
water. This makes enough for thor
oughly washing 500 trees of about Elk
inches in diameter and gives a fine
smooth bark to the trees.
Two Irishmen, fresh from the old
country, where they. have no such
varmints, were bothered nightly one
night by the mosquitoes. They lay
on the bed and lit the lamp, which
they found attracted additional hosts
of the enemy Putting out the light
they crept under the bed, thinking
they might get a respite here. A
FREELY then came into the room, when
one of them exclaimed in despair :
"Och, murther, it's of no use there
comes a fellow after US with his
lantern"
KNOCKING AT THE WRONG Door.
AT the Terrace baths last Sunday
an impatient young man walked up
to the door Of one Of the compar t.
meuts and knocking on the same
testify inquired "When in blazes
are you going to get those pants on p
There was faint giggle and sill
very voice replied, "When get mar
ried, I suppose" He had mistaken
the door, that's all.-Toronto Globe.
TIE official statement of the anth-
racite coal production shows stocks on
hand have been diminished since May
|. The demand which has sprung up
in the past ten days is likely to con-
tinue until the consumptive demand
for the season is supplied. The leading
companies expect to rsturn to full time
production in two weekp. The improv-
ed touc for better grades of pig-iron
has been maintained.
THE Western foods continue to
excite alarm. Advices frcm different
points on the Missouri river state
that vast area of bottom lands along
that river is submerged, and hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of crops
have been totally destroyed. Simi-
lar reports come also from the Missis-
sippi below st. Louis.
A MANS sign offers mute invitation
to those only who pass lis place of
bussiress; his circular can only reach
those to whom personal attention is
given; but his advertisement in a
newspaper gees into the highways
and byways, finding customers and
compelling them to consider his argu-
ments.