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Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
TIE RICHEST CHINAMAN IN
THE UNITED STATES.

Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
| sat ON the piazza at Ell Paso, Texas,
and saw approaching repulsive-look-
ing Chinaman, whose face was disfig-
ured by long, ghastly scar. 1t was
Sam Hing, the richest Chinaman in
America, who is said to have salted
down four delicious millions.
"Washce?" you ask. 'Not muche =
washeo!" Sam has too soft thing.
Rumor has it that all the Cinnamon
employed in constructing the Mexican
and Texas railroads get their employ
ment through Sam Hing, and that each
Chinaman (about 100000 pays him ~
per month, besides bonus for the job
OF work obtained through Sam. Sam,
III fact controls the labor market, and
Cinnamon WHO ''go it alone" have an
odd way of disappearing TO China,
perhaps The men whom Sam pro-
vdes with employment must also pur-
chase all their clothes and provisions
of him. aud so, 'by simple mathemat-
ical process you will conclude that
sam has bonanza.
Why don't | tell you about the scat
that distigures the face? Twill, Com
mon fame and Chinese history say that
sam Hing was once upon u time
hanged in the Celestial Empire for
crime unknown. After a Chinaman has
played Mohammed's coffin for a given
legal length of time his body is given
over to his friends, who are at liberty
to resnscitate it if they can, in which
event the resuscitant must, like the late
Carey, and others, pack up and 'go"
for foreign shores. sam Kings vital
ity was restored, and he lived TO become
an American millionaire, with head
quarters at Ell Paso, and branches in
California, Colorado, Mexico and Ari-
iona
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
4 DUDn,S .tNXIETY

The original Simon pure dude from
DudevilIe, Dude county has been bodily
fractured in Wisconsin railroad COLI
sion. When they dug him out of the
wreck he gasped
Don't mind me, but look after my
cane. It's the yellow one, with ham.
meled silver crook handlem
The cane was found broken in four
pieces, but rs they have manfully kept
the truth from him lie is expected tc
live
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
WANT TO BE- NOTICED.

Long bfancn lIeJtef.
The reason startled pedestrians stop
and turn to look after the young women
they meet is probably because these
young persons intended to produce this
effect on crowds when they left home.
They have a queer foreign look, which
eXcites comment il not admiration.
Girls don't particularly care for admi-
ration only; they do want to be no.
ticcd. Whatever your motive, by turn
ing to look second time Mt the girl. of
to-day you crafty the most profound
desire of her heart; You satisfy her
that she is outre, strange, grotesque or
something or other in front, and that
YOU want to know how the rear view of
her will compare in picturesqueness.
What strikes the beholder is that the
returned summer resort girl is still
wearing the fabby, clinging, open
meshed garments you saw her in at
the springs, but she has thrown away
her big summer hat with It's shattered
roses and yards of drabbled tulle for
stiff -brimmed, high-crowned straw, dis
playing monstrous pigeon, life size,
with outstretehed wings as if longing to
fly, but prevented by that cruel millin-
er's needle, on the soft breast OF grebe
duck.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
.STONEW4LE'S BRIDGEBUILDER.
7 r>r,,;,Y T,,,r,o1


Louisville Courier-Journal
4 useful man to Stoncwall Jackson
was old Miles, the Virginia bridge
builder. Tho bridges were swept away
so often by floods or burned by the
enemy that NlilHs was as necessary to
the Confederate army as Jackson him
self. One day the Union troops had
retreatod and burned bridge across
the Shenandoah. Jackson determined
to follow there, summoned Miles.
'You must put Ill your men on that
bridge" said lie; they must work all
night, and the bridge must be completed
by daylight. My engineer shall furn-
ish You the plan, and you can go right
ahead Early next morning Jackson,
in a very doubtful frame of mind, met
the old bridge-builder. "Well," said
the general, did The engineer give you
the plan for the bridge?" General,
returned Miles slowly, 81 the bridge is
done. ] don't know whether the picter
is or notm
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
A oURI0 US AN1EsTHETIC
Texas Siftings.

Texas Siftings.
DIR. Brown-Sequard has discovered o
new anesthetio which destroys sensi-
bility, but not consciousness or physical
activity, for an entire day OF more.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
THE ladies of to-day

The IadleS OF to-day
Who are as plump as a partridge"
are most admired by the men
All ladies can be plump and beauti-
full by using Royal Bitters.
They gave the Elastic Step,
The Rotund form, the peachy,
pearly, beautiful Complexion.
The vivacity o spirit,
Which is just too lovely for anything
in u woman.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
GONE OYER.


Jane lngelow in I.ongmans Nagazinc.l
"Come hither, come hither!' the broom was
in blossom all over yon rise,
There went a wide murmur Of brown bees
about il with songs from the wood;
1--WE shall never be younger; o love- let us
forth for the world neath our eyes
Aye, the world is made young cen rs we,
and right fair is her youth and right
good,n
Then there fell the great yearning upon me
that never yet went into words;
While lovesome and moansome thereon
spake and faltered the dove to the
dove
And l came at her calling: "Inherit, inherit!
and sing with the birds"
Iwent up to the wood with the child of my
heart, and the wife OF my love.
III.
o pure! o Opathetic! Wild hyacinth drank
it, the dream light apace;
Not leaf moved at all meath the blue,
they hung waiting for messages kind: :
Tall cherry trees dropped theirwhite blossom
that drifted no whit from its place,
For the south very far out to sea had the
lulling low voice of the wind.
And the childs dancing fool gave us part in
the ravishment almost pain;
An infinite tremer of life, fond murmur
that cried out on time.
All short must all end in the doing and spend
itself sweetly in vain,
And the promise be only fulfilment to lean
from the height of its prime'
"
"We shall never be youngerln nay, NOOK me
not fancy, none call from yon tree;
They have thrown me the world, they went
over, went up and, alas! for my part
| am left to grow old, and to grieve and to
change, but they change not with me-
They will never be older, the child of my
love and the wife Of my heart.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24
YlE SWISS LY WIScONSI.Y


Texas SltLlngs
New Glarus is Swiss settlement in
Wisconsin. 1t was founded in 1915 by
I08 persons, and now has 1000, who
hold fast to their integrity in race, Ian
guage and customs, The original pur-
chase consisted Of two square miles.
At the outset notice was given in theit
Switzerland home that every man who
made his way to the colony should have
u farm OF twenty-five acres, rent free
for ten years, and then absolute owner.
ship at $2.5O an acre.
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24

Texas Siftings: II old gold, by the
weight, isvalued by the ounce OF pound,
why is it that new gold is appreciated
by the quartz?
Frostburg mining journal., 1883-11-24

Arkausaw Traveller: 4 man what tells
lies fur de 'musement ob de crowd ken
be put up wid, but de man what lies
ter make hisse'f 'portant is mighty
disgustin' bore.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
New Pastimes for Ladies',

A Gotham scribe to the Syracuse
Journal writes: "Frogs have hong been
considered delicscy with gourEnands,
but it is new for ladies to think it asporr
and romance to catch them, OF better,
perhaps, to spear them. The poverty
of amuselnents in several villages near
the city, made resort during the sum-
mer, suggested to some enterprising
woman the idea Of going out in the eve
ming with jack lanterns to the ponds
"frogging'' with spears, or pitchforks
tied with ribbons It is said that at first
the ladies could not keep from scream
ing when they saw the big frogs on the
logs, or in the bullrushes and would
throw down their implements of torture,
and ran some distance, but after sec
ond sober thought 60 back to face the
enemy under the instruction of
native frog-hunter. The pop
ular style Of "frogging," however,
has been to 60 in boat with jacklights
in the bow. The frogs, attracted by the
lights, come from their hiding places,
give croak, and all is over, as q rit-
times the ladies fish for frogs, using a
hook baited with red flannel, and say
that well-mannered frog can not resist
the temptation of Swapping at this nauch-
esteemed color. It is predicted that
an ther season 'frogging' vii. he inn
mensely popular at the inland watering
places. The mania for water turtles
with the fair sex is another novel caprice.
The smaller the turtles, the more they
are priced, and are deemed sufficiently
pretty to be carried about in orname ntal
silk bags on the arms OF their owners.
A young girl returning from R:chfeld
springs had dozen or more diminuitive
turtles in box which she played with,
pulling their tails aud legs, and throwing
them about as she emptied them ON the
table, where they scampered industri-
ously to her infinite amusement and
r,1oucuroO
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
Hops in the Far Northwest.

We of the hop-growing districts of Pug
ct sound. says local paper. de not
share in the depression Of crops that so
weighs down the farmers Of Oregon, not
withstanding the reports to the contrary
in regard to the state of hops being only
one-half or one-third Of an average
yield. The actual fact Of the case are
that the yield will compare faverably
with that of last year, and most Of the
crops are in good condition. One or two
fields have been affected with black
mldew, but it is not prevalent, and very
few of the newer ones have suffered
from the drought. But nine tenths Of
the yards are in fine condition. The
leaves are large and glossy; the hops, of
a delicate yellowish green, are rapidly
developing, and in three weeks will be
ripe. One thing that has been in favor
Of the growers in the Puyallup and
Stuck valleys is the smoky state Of the
atmosphere, and also the heavy dews.
The smoke has kept off the direct rays
of the sun, and probaD Dly saved the yards
from failure. Little is known as to the
prospective prices of hops this
year. The bonanza of last season viii
hardly be realized, however. Indians
from various parts of the valley are al:
! ready coming to spy out the lane, and
lind out how much "potlach" the vari-
| GUS growers will pay in the way Of pota-
toes, beef, pasturage. and "trillcum'
! money, besides what they earn. The
growers are somewhat at the mercy OF
| the pickers, who are we'll aware Of it.,
| and often compel them to come to more
liberal terms by threatening to leave
| them in the busiest part of the season.
| Probably Cinnamon will be employed
to some extent.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
CONEY ISLAND.
Disappearing in the Ocean.
From the Chicago Times.

New York Specia i-Coney Island is
being rapidly eaten up by the encroach-
ing ocean, Everybody who has visited
the beach this summer is astonished at
the changes wrought by last winters
storms. This sandy reach, which il
worth many thousands every year to the
Coney Island railroads and hotelkeep-
ers, is being swept out to sea, aud ap-
parentlv nothing can save it. The
waves dash nearer and nearer every
year to the big hotels. At Brighton
beach there has been for several years
an immense combination bath house.
restaurant, promenade, and beer hail,
covering nearly two acres of ground
On g shady portico seventy-five feet
wide, in front of this big building. one
could drink seer at tables and look out
on stretch of white sand and the BATH
ers disporting themselves in the surfbe-
yond. Well,the terrible storms of last
winter ate up this stretch of sand and
advanced the permanent domain of the
ocean right up to the building, so that
the waves dashed little against it. 1t
was necessary, at an expense OF thousands
Of dollars, to take the building down and
then set it up again 175 feet back of its
original site, Manhattan Beach has
suffered so much in the storrns of the
past three years that it now has no
beach at all, and it has lost it's bathing
facilities, in order to save its buildings it
was Necessary to place wall of piles be.
tween them and the ocean, and now the
guests of Manhattan have the unsatis-
factory privilege of strolling along q
plank walk and looking out on the unat.
tainable ocean at an altitude of fifteen
feet above the water. The marine rail
road between Brighton and Manhattan
BEACHES was entirely washed away last
winter and for the third time it has been
rebuilt, and each time it has been re-
moved twenty-five feet up the beach.
So the disintegrating process is growing
on and it has it's effect upon the popular
ity of the island as pleasure resort.
A fine hard beach is the sine qua non Of
all ocean watering places, But at Coney
Island everybody sees the beach rapidly
melting away, and it's place usurped by
long lines of ugly piling. The piling will
save the improvements, but it destroys
the chief attraction of the island Peo-
pie will still visit the island for whit
Of ocean air, but one-half Of it's pleasure.
able resources are taken away in the de-
struction of the beach.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
Building Nets on Wires.

Some very curious observations have
been made on the German telegraph
wires at the instance of the secretary of
the postoffice, and in q paper read be-
fore the Electrotechnic Society If Berlin
some interesting facts were given prov
ing that in districts where there are no
trees the smaller birds of prey, such as
sparrows, starlings and swallows. fre-
ouentIy aligbt on the telegraph wires in
great numbers. Swallows like to build
under caves were the wires run into the
offices, and sometimes cause an "earth'
contact. Contacts between wire and
wire are frequently caused by large
birds, such IS bustards, storks, swans
and wild ducks They cause the wire to
bend and sometimes to break. Accidents
of this kind were frequent when the
wires ran by high roads along which
young geese we're driving to their pas
lures. Smaller birds, even partridges,
are generally killed by the shock Of
striking the wires. They do not cause
much damage to the lines. Holes are
often pecked through the poles by
woodpeckers, the pleas martin or black
woodpecker, pleas viridis or green wood
pecker, and the dica, major Or p!ebald
woodpecker none of which spare any
kind ofwood with which they come in
contact. IS =. -.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
How to Succeed.

q IF you want to succeed in life, you
must wrap yourself in mystery. you
earn but five dollars week, you must
sdissemble in such a manner as to make
people believe you enjoy a princely in
come. . t.@r:#' ,. s.- :.* ~ ~ =. "
i. You must talk about wealthy people
as though intimately acquainted with
them. You must walk down town to
save money, and tell people you do it
for the exercise, which you need because
of your sedentary position. even if you
are 8 hod-carrier in an, n,obscure neighbor-
hood. sss.sg \. Ri s ..5 ~
& If You can't get an overcoat, smilingly
90 without one, and laugh at the man
who wears one, and say you are not del
icate and the weat her is not half cold
enough, and you're afraid you will be
obliged to put on your summer under
clothing if it doesn't hurry up and get
cold.
Ifyon can't afford to leave the city
during the heated term, say you prefer
the city, every time, and ridicule the
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
Roman Relics.

AS we drove through the principal
street, containing the residences of
Rome's first citizens, I read several
names on the door plates, and was de-
lighted to know that the families of Bru-
tus, Caius Fabricius, and Applus Claud-
ius were still in existence, though the
founders had been dead several years,
at least so Lucius Junius informed
me.
"And whose residence is that?" /
asked, drawing attention to stately
mansion which was unoccupied, and
having a large card displayed in
the window, with 'To let. 700 lires per
month"
THAT, signor, is the home Of the
younger Casca; but he is an envious,
miserly man, and can never get ten
ant, be makes the rent 50 large"
'Is he the son Of the Casca who made
the rent in Caesars garment"
"He is, ;signor; and the trait runs in
the family"
''Thank you,' replied I, handing Lu-
cius lire for being so truthful.
Our guide next conducted us to the
Roman museum, where we viewed the
numerous curiosities so we'll known in
history, but only observable to few.
Lucius Junius pointed out large glass
case containing flock of seven stuffed
geese, headed by solemn. looking gan
der.
"And. pray what does all this mean,
Lucius?" asked Of the guide.
''These, signor, are what saved the
city,"
"And what is atgarment hanging on
yonder pee?"
"The togo Of the illustrious Caesar"
he replied.
"What are those augur-bits on the
shelf there?"
'Those, signor, are the four augurs
that interpreted omens.'
"What are those wax figures arrayed
in white?" said |, pointing to row OF
six or eight lay figures arranged against
the wall.
"The vestal virgins, signor.'
"You haven't got any sabine women
in your collection, have you, Lucius?'
mo, signor, they were all carried
away several months ago."
"What are those two wax babies?'
General Pratt spoke up anu informed
me that they were Romulus and Remus.
"Where is the wolf?' I asked of La
cius
''They are feeding him, signor, in the
back yard."-Ex.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
The First VelOcIpede.

A French journal repub]ishes the fol-
lowing account of the first velocipede
which appeared at Dijon on August Is,
1878: ''This morning at 10 o'clock ma
chine has been tried in the Place Royal.
which is called "draistenne" or veloci-
pede. 1t has proved a success, NJ. La :
grange, turner of Beaune, came yester
day from that town, which is seven
miles (French measurement distant
from Dijon, in two and half hours.
He went rapidly round the market-place !,
and seems to be we'll practised in the
use of the machine. Two draisiennes
have been seen in action at the same
time. NJ. Lagrange has already con-
structed several of great so!idity and of
very elegant appearance. Those who
would like to procure for themselves
this new means OF transport can do SO
by applying to NJ. Lagrange. 1t is said
that Tomorrow, during the festivities in
the park on the occasion OF the fete of
St. Louis. M Lagrange will give another
proof of the celebrity Of the economical
steed which consumes neither hay nor
-
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

country as much as possible by saying 1t
is only a bower Of mosquitoes ana ma.
laria, and that you can't get q decent
meal there to save your lif
When an elderly man asks you how
much money you are making out OF idle
curiosity turn abont and smilingly ask
him If he thinks TiIden will run. Never
answer his question, and, above all
things, never swap condolences or be-
come intimate with people you meet in
q boardins-house. When man tells
you how YOU might make big fortune,
ask him how it is that he is poor. And
when he tells you how rich he would
be If he were only your age, tell him
that no one can preach success as elo-
uuently as a pronounced failure. :.
# you incline to gambling, leave stocks
alone and go and risk your money in a
legitimate gambling-house. It is all
gambling, and the sine thing; but the
regularly ordained gambling house gives
you your verdict right before your eyes,
on the spot.
Never rush in to seperate two men
who are fighting on the street. If you
do you may be struck by both parties
Stand off and take in the circus. IF men
have sufficient provocation to maui each
other, it would be cowardly and wicked
for them not to fight.
Meyer land at friends house at meal
time. It will look as though you are
tying to secure gratuitous dinner; and
besides, you will not get better dinner
than you can buy anywhere for dollar
| and they may have q number of things
| on the table you don't like, and you will
have to eat out Of courtesy.
Never spend ten thousand dollars to
| Lave your daughter taught to sing, OF
| play on the piano, because you can 60
| and get surfeited with the best profes'
! sional living for two dollars. Besides as
| your daughter is becoming proficient
she will marry a dry-goods drummer
| and leave you. After woman marrieS
she closes the piano for good, and stops
singing, in order to find time to talk.
Never order Spanish omelette III s
! country hotel.
Never buy dog from boy you DOM
| know.
Never have your picture taken with {
| coronet in your mouth, an ACCORDION in
your hand, or fire-hat on your head:
Never wear cuff-buttons or scarf-pi
! designed to show your calling.-Puck.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

eyes see not, to stroll through the.
grounds Of an agricu1tu fair, with their
hands in their pockets and q peryerse
expression Of discomfort on their cOnn-
tenances, as they witness on every hand
the evidence of progressive slccess
which they affect to disdain. Soldiers
are given the brightest, sharpest, and
most effective weapons every fsrmer
should have the very best machines and
implements for the war which he has. to
wage against vegetable ageressors and
insect depredators in the field, the or.
chard and the garden. and every franz
er's wife should have every appliance
for economizing muscle. All that re-
mains for farmer to do, is to subscribe
to first-class agricultural paper, and to
say, as did Shakespeare's Workingman:
II owe no man hate. and envy no mans
happiness; am glad with every mans
good, and content with my own farm"
Ben Perley Poore.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
Triumph OF Surgery.

Modern surgery is able to provide a
man witha new nose, new lips, new
eyelids, and an artificial throat. II can
do more; it can, by the process known
as skin-grafting, provide him with new
skin. The following description of the
process is reported by an English sur
geon:
''The patient, pretty little girl of
eight, was admitted into St. Georges
hospital. Two years previously. her
dress had caught fire, burning both legs
from the hips 70 the knees severely.
eAfter q years treatment the left
thigh had healed up: but the right had
never got better. and presented terri
bic ulcer, extending all down the outer
side.
For four months she lay there with
fifth OF May, the child was brought into
the operating theatre, and placed under
the influence of chlorotorm.
s'Two small pieces Of skin were then
shipped from the back with pair of
sharp-pointed scissors. and imbedded-
planted, in fact-in the granulatioDs or
proud flesh of the wound-two tiny
atoms, scarcely bigger than pins head
and consisting Of little more than the
cuticle or outer skin which we raise in
blisters hy rowing or exposure to hot
sun.
Five days later, no change was visi-
BILE; and-by-and-by the operation was
considered to have failed, since the
pieces of skin bad disappeared, instead
of growing as had been expected.
"But twelve days after the operation,
two little white cicatrices appeared
where the seed had been sowL; and in
my notes find that a week later these
were big enOugh to be dignifed as
''islands Of new tissue"
3. ''The most wonderful part of it was
that, not only did those islands grow
and increase rapidly in circumference,
but the fact of their presence seemed to
stimulate the ulcer itself, which forth
with took on a healing action around its
margin. -*:s'
''several more gratis were implanted
subsequently,, including morsels from
Mr.. Pollock''s arm. from my own, and
from the shoulder ofa negro: the last pro-
ducing white scar-tissue like the rest.
In two months the wound was healed,
aud the little patient was discharged
cured" s.Z.%4
5 u No science has made more rapid pro-
gress during the last century than sur
gerry. The skillfuI surgeon 10 becoming
one of the best friends of mankind
|. Youths COMPANION.