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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1884-06-25
A DIFFERENCE.

You drink from out your Gu
The sweetest wine;
] have but bitter dregs
And Ices, in mine
Eou have the richest fruit
In oil the land;
Mine has turned TO ashes
Within my hand.
You count your conquests DER
And little dream
My love is greater far
Than all they seem.
A thousand hearts are yours,
You care for none.
I'd give my life to have
The heart of one.
Edith Sessions Tupper
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

The trade remains dull. Occasion
ally good figures are obtained from
transient steamers; but ON the other
hand, outside Goals continue to sell
as low as $3.50.
Philadslphia.-Some of the btu
minous companies report increased
inquiry for soft coal, to take the
place of anthracite, and it is prob
able that some good orders will be
secured during the next few weeks.
Boston.-There seems to have
been little more business doing in
bituminous coal of late, noting half a
dozen sales in one and two thousand
ton lots for the week. A good many
consumers are understood to have
bought rather short allowance at the
oee inning of the season. Prices con-
tinue sway down" and ranging from
$3.50@$3.S5 delivered. Against
such figures, provincial culm can not
make much Roadway, although it is
selling at the very low figure of
$3.50 delivered. Many consumers
seeLl to think that 81 a ton is not
sufficient inducement. Ifsgns do not
fail, there will be even less importa-
ton of culm next acknowledgement
Jag and Mining Journal,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
Eastern VieaCs of the Coal Trade.

New York.-The bituminous coal
market, as usual for a long time is
bad for producers or shippers.
There is an abundance of such Goals
on the market held at very low rates
although moro valuable (the best
classes of this species of fuer for
steam purposes than anthracite
Mining Record.
Bitumlnous continues quiet, and
there is the usual range of qualities.
Some concerns are offering coal at
very low prices, both here and at
Philadelphia, and there is too often
nothing accomplished by these offers,
beyond a depressing of the market.
No change for tho better can be look
ed for this year, in the opinion of the
conservative element of the trade,
although some parties are sanguine
enough to hope for a higher range
later in the season. The transient
trade is of such small moment, that
anything which may be wanted is
charged up on some blank contract.
Coal Trade Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
TEE WATER QUESTION.

FRosrBuRG, Nd, July %, 1884.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Will tho editor inform the public
through the JOURNAL why the Mayor
and Council and Water Commissioners
have not taken steps toward carrying
out the law providing for new or an
additional supply of wateri The
drouth Of this week has brought the
question fresh to our minds. We
were painfully reminded of the utter
failure of the present arrangement to
supply one drink of our pure fluid
during the hot hours of yesterday.
The writer is reader though not
subscriber Of the JOURNAL. The ed
TORS membership of both the Council
and Water Commission furnishes tho
only claim have upon him for salts
faction in the matter above asked
about. A RESIDENT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Persomal.-J. l.. Thomas, Of Cum
berland, and o. H. Rruce Of Western
port, were appointed delegates to the
National prohibition convention which
met at Pittsburg Wednesday.
Howard Hitchins, of the United
States Signal Service, is at home en-.
joying brief vacation.
Miss Lille Schwedes, an accom-
plished young lady resident Of Cum
berland, is stopping for short time
with the family Of Rev. DR.. Ruhl.
E. Wineland and wife, Of Meyers
dale, Pa, spent several days in town
this week.
Councilman Logsdon had his foot
hurt Monday in Hoffman mine by q
falling lump of coal.
Frank o. Baush, of this place, has
gone west upon trip for his health.
James and Patrick Counihan and
John Donahue are at home from
Wheeling, W. Va.
0. D. Hartzell, of Keystone, Pa,
WAS in town Thursday.
c. B. Ludwig, editor Of the Oakland
Democrat and school examiner of Gar
rett county, passed through town Tues
day and Wednesday on his way to and
from Grantsville. The JOURNAL &C.
knowledges a pleasant fraternal call.
John Kreutzburg and John Gladden.,
of Barton; Misses Kate and Grace
Hoblitzell, W. T. Hoblitzell, F. B.
Black, C. A. Miller, J. H. Black, A. L.
Miller, J. F. Dively, W. E. Ludwick,
j. z. Bowman, George w. Collins, A.
K. Allen, M. R. Dill and wife, W. H.
Dill, George H. Hooking and wife, and
johnson Collins, of Meyersdale, Pa.
J. B. and F. P. Dorsey, Of Grantsville
M. J. Livengood, n. L. Dively, G. H.
Smith, H. Loechel, NJ. H. Wagner, F.
Crisner and - Leydig, of Salisbury,
Pa. George E. Pearce and J. NJ. Mil:
Ter, of Piedmont, w. Va. NJ. J. Glot-
felty, Humboldt, New. John S. He'd
ding, A. L. Rawlings, John S. Graf
gan, Charles G.. Williams, W.. F.
Halter, Sheriff Mcmillan, ex-Sheriff
Shuck, H. w: Shuck, Walter Beall,
Andrew Spier, Col. Alfred Spates,
Col. Horace Resley, Of Cumberland
John H. Kantner, of Somerset Pa.
H. W. Schaidt, of the Homecoming
Reriew, were among the visitors to
Frostburg Tuesday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

OHIO is great State. Indeed, the
next thing to being a citizen of the
United States is to be an Ohio man.
Next to this an Ohio woman. We
are led to these patriotic remarks by
some reflections upon the example of
Mrs. Lavinia Warren, of Powhatan,
Ohio, who owns farm which a
short-route, straight-line railroad de-
sires to cut in two. To This she demurs.
Now this is not ~ crossing case
where several soulless corporations
are pitted against several others-an
instance of "Greek meet Greek
but case in which one of those I'M
palpable, irrational, unspiritual, inn
mortal creations of lava railroad
company-joins issue with woman.
More than this, the contest imperiIs
the continued supremacy Of the old
and sometimes honorable right of
eminent domain. We say ''imperils,"
for the latest intelligence from the
field indicates result favorable to
Mrs. Warren. At the outset of the
fight she declined a parley. The
next step was proclamation to
trespassers, warning them that the
first hirellng of corporate monopoly
that sets foot on her premises dies.
Backing these demonstrations OF de-
fensive hostility is force of char
acter and reputation which makes
the invaders believe she will do all
she says. In fact they well know
that not long ago she returned to her
farm after a term of service in the
penitentiary for killing man, and
that man happened to be her hus-
band! More than this, she verified
the terms of her manifesto by level
ing a shotgun at the surveying party ;
the white hat of the chief engineer
could have been afterward used for a
-four sitter. 1t is needless to add
that he precipitately retreated, his
willing minions concurring. 1t is to
be feared, however, that this is but
the Bull Run of a contest which will
finally result in her discontinue.
The odds against her will multiply
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26


inquiry is in place, we have to say
that the discussion of the new water
works proposal We have heard Is
mainly unfavorable to the establish
ment of another or additional means
of supply. So far, then, as We are
concerned, we are slow to confer ben
sits upon people evidently unwilling
to accept them.
For the most part, however, the
objections are trifing or falsely
founded. 1t is held by some that
the erection and maintenance of the
works will become acharge upon the
property Of the town. Under any
thing like prudent business control
no such contingency need ever occur.
The. income from those only who
take and pay moderate prices for the
water will be amply sufficient to pro-
vide for running expenses, interest
and sinking fund accounts. This,
we believe, can be demonstrated.
1t is held also that the feature con-
shutting the Commission self-per-
petuating body is serious objection.
Perhaps it is, but it has not so ap-
peared to the JOURNAL since it has
learned from the projectors that this
provision was designed to keep the
management out of the dominion of
politics. To this end the Act es-
pecially places each Commissioner in
the philanthrophic position of serv-
ing without pay.
1t is upon grounds of this nature
that many people oppose the measure
and declare an intention to defeat it
when, if ever, it comes before the
people for ratification. 1t is upon ar
guments of this character that they
propose to keep the town out of good
water in the face of the fact that our
wells of inferior water are giving out.
1t IS upon economical professions
that the proposition is made to pay
higher rates of insurance, to increase
the number of unacceptable risks at
any premium, and imperil the safety
of property generally. 1t is upon
complaints of this kind that it is pro-
posed to continue the practice during
summer months of planting seeds of
disease to terminate and develop
typhoids during the following winter.
In short, to save tax that will never
be imposed we must continue to keep
our property in situation of peril
which grows in magnitude every
year. To escape the horrible feature
of self-perpetuating non-paid Com
mission We must confirm and estab-
lish the continuance of drouths, dis
ease and mortality.
With due respect, therefore, to our
amiable correspondent, and speaking
for ourselves alone, we are almost op-
posed to mooting the water question
at all. With some hesitation would
we furnish an opportunity to the ma
jority of Frostburg people 70 destroy
the best hope of securing the only
but indispensable property-aaving
and sanitary element still needed to
make the place all that Providence
and nature have made available.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

THE expounders of baseball juris-
prudence have decided that the result
Of Tuesdays game should read:
Cumberland 5; Frostburg 3. The
JOURNAL is law abiding paper and
80 publishes the result. But the
conviction comes to us ''o'er and DER
again" that our really good boys
made a hospitable effort to have
themselves beaten.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

The tubs thrown the whale of
labor in the platforms of both the
great political parties are innocent
affairs no doubt-taken in a national
sense. Imam Allegany county contest,
however, candidates avowing senti-
ments even less radical must submit
to the charges of Communists, ""most
dangerous men in the county," etc.
Which goes to show that the monop-
olists of honesty, purity and I-telli-
gence of parties regard either Blaine
or Cleveland, as the case may be, in
the presidential chair harmless per-
son compared with those monsters
who aim to be sheritFs, county COM
missioners, etc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
CORRESPONDENCE
THE GREAT HAND.
Another Proposed Change of Name


CUMBERLAND, Nd, July 81, 1884.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Concurring with the able writer of
the graphic description and valuable
information about ''Dan's Rock" in
your last issue of the JouRNAL-that
the name Of this grand mountain sum-
NIT deserves to be changed, 1 would
offer the following few remarks:
Within the circumference of humid
reds of miles about us not such anoth-
err ennobling sight is to be had as the
eye commands from this rock. Nay,
we may safely assert more-that when
this beauteous spot is once better
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

The volume of coal shipped is
still growing though prices are away
down, keeping the trade unsatisfac-
tory and destructive in its tendencies.
1t will be surprising news if any
noteworthy change takes place before
next spring.-Shenadoah (Pa.,) Min
ing Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

Thu prohibition convention at
Plttsburg Thursday completed its
work by the nomination of ex-Gov.
John p. st. John, of Kansas, for
president, and Hon. William Daniel,
of Maryland, for vice-president. A
platform was adopted and the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

ONE ton of good Cumberland coal
sends we'll known coastwise steamer,
of three thousand tons freight capac-
ity, ten miles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

A New BARoMETEk.-A novel
barometer has been observed by resi-
dents of Fair Haven, Conn. A near
approach OF rain is always indicated
by many teams loaded with hay
coming toward the city. The e1-
PLANTATION given is that farmers select
this time to transport hay, as the
dampness makes 1t weigh much more.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

THE English is queer language.
In England ''pony" is five pound
note; in this country, glass of beer
in the dictionary, small horse.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

In Brazil there are two known
coal fields of considerable extent con-
tanning seams of from Is feet 70 rs
feet in thic.. ness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

In Japan the presumed coal area
is put down at about 5000 square
miles including some good anthra-
cite.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

some fellows like the Philadelphia
Record talk about foreign coal being a
good thing to lot in free Of duty SO as
to keep down the price of our own
production. You can buy Provincial
culm as low as $3.50 delivered at Bos-
ton, but the steam users thereabout
seem to think our Clearfeld is better
to use, even if it does cost 1886 de-
livered.-Coal Trade Journal.
With Georges Creek equally low,
but far superior coal to Clearfield,
there does not appear to be much
damage in store for rs from free
culm. The paragraph is copied,
however, to show that our discrimi-
mating contemporary leaves Georges
Greek coal out of the Clearfield-culm
association,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

THE Baltimore Day heads its ac-
count of the Prohibition convention
at Pittsburg with "Cold Water
Talk" That convention should
have been held in the office of the
Frostburg water company.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

The coal beds in Hungary are of
great thickness, and the coal of very
superior quality.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

In Austria the presumed area of
coal rocks is put down at 1000
square miles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

The Hooking Valley coal and iron
company now stands between the
railroad corporation and the miners !;
the miners demand the highest rate
obtainable for their labor, while the
railroad company demands and exacts
higher rates of freight for the trans
portation of their coal and iron than
is paid anywhere else in America for
like freight. While the G. H. V. &
IT. r. r. charges IS cents per ton for
hauling coal from the Hooking mines
to Columbus, other roads from COM
peting coal regions haul coal the
same and greater distances for IS
cents per ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
THE
Savings and Loan Association Of Frsstburg, Nd,

Savings and Loan Association Of Frsstburg, hd.,
An h.stitution Organized under the Laes Of
Maryland
OFFERS SPECIAL ADVANTAGES TO
Yah who desire by small deposits to invest
their savings in real estate and other absolute
ly safe securities.
To borrowers it extends the full par value
of its shares at the legal rate of per cent, re-
PAYABLE by weekly instruments.
All profits divided pro rata to stockholders
to borrowers as to those for whom the Asso-
citation does not in advance redeem shares.
Ley BY an Act of the last General Assem-.
bly, Of Maryland special powers were granted
this Association enjoyed by no similar insti-
tuition in the county.
Entry fee per share. ..o0 Genus.
Weekly dues per share. .........25
interest per share. ......15
Par value of shares. ..Sl5O.
HApply to Secretary at JOURNAL Office
for further information.
b. STERN, President.
J.RUHL, Vice-President.
J.B. ODER, Secretary.
JAMES KANE, Treasurer.
WILLIAM BRACE, Attorney.
D. ARMSTRONG, JOHN N. BENSON,
OWEN HIrcHINs, WILLIAM STAPLES,
Directors.
Ley A dividend Of per cent. was distrib-
uted to all stockholders for the years, 1882 and
1883. Feb9
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

Or Chill one reporter says "the
whole southern country is nothing
but mino of coal"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

BEAUTIFUL and durable operations ON
ID Natural Teeth.
Bad Breath cured.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH inserted without
covering the entire palate. ESA
Light, Natural and Comfort On -
able Artificial Appliances for QYD
sunken cheeks and facial deformities.
Old, Loose and Broken Sets repaired while
waiting.
t9g- Office open every night until10 o'clock
Fifteen years of practical experience and a
graduate Of the Baltimore College of Dental
Surgery. FEB lily
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

IT is said that two discoveries Of
large bodies of anthracite coal have
been made in northern Mexico.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

THR coal area of the State of Ten
nessee, is estimated as comprising
500 square miles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

DESTRUCTIVE storms prevailed in
Iowa and Wisconsin Wednesday
night.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

of her heroic but futile war of self
defense is that which takes in the
slim crowd who Glove her most for
the enemies she has made"
UNDER the heading of can Argu-
ment for Water Works." the Easton
(Md.) Ledger Of Thursday says with
reference to the provision that town
has made for protection from fire:
The fire last Monday furnished the
best possible argument for water
works. Fire engines, whether steam
or hand power, are never absolutely
trustworthy in country towns where
they are used only at long intervals.
1t is impossible that those who have
the management and understand tho
use of these engines should always be
on the spot or even be within call when
the fire alarm is given. As on last
Monday, all those who best understood
working the engine and who had here
tofore given directions to its use were
absent, and tho engine was useless.
With the proper system wator works,
fire engines are unnecessary. The
hose is attached to the fire plug and
the elevation Of the column of water
in the stand-pipe gives all the power
necessary. Mrs. Wilson's house could
have been saved in this way. Without
water works it is very necessary to
have a steam fire engine, but last
Mondays experience showed plainly
that the town might burn in spite of
the steam fire engine, fire department
and new engine house.
The sine qua non of fire protection
is water. Engines are nothing; en-
CINE houses nothing; hose and reel
nothing; plugs nothing; fire depart
ments nothing without water.
Strangely enough, this one thing,
this essential thing, this prerequisite
thing, water, Frostburg lacks. We
have the fire department, hose, reel
and plugs; in fact, we have water
company-all of which have cost
and are costing money. We "have
kept all the commandments" but
one thing lack we, and some day
soon or late we will 60 away SORROW
fnlO
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

and accumulate. The right of emf
nent domain, though crushed to
earth, will rise again. The eternities
of legislation and the verities of
judicial judgment are against her.
The word "fail" is printed in capitals
in the dingy lexicon of her elder age.
She will 60 to the grave wanting the
prestige Of ultimate triumph over
monopoly. From an Allegany county
standpoint, however, the saddest view
of her heroic but futile war Of self
defense is that which takes in the
slim crowd who Glove her most for
the enemies she has made"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26

A MYSTERIOUS FIND.-John
Smith, living on the Bevans farm,
% miles from Cumberland, was dig
ging post-hold the other day, when
he came upon stone jar containing
quantity of old gold and silver coin.
The finder was very close about the
discovery and refused to tell its
amount, SO that rumors have placed
it at various figures, some as high as
$4,000. There are a number of
theories about where the money came
from, one being that it may have been
put there by an old bachelor named
Beatty, who lived near by and who
ives found dead in the road about
ten years ago.-Cumberland Ne,ps.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
Notice to Taxpayers.

TNHE Tax Books for Districts Nos. II
L and II are now ready. l have ap-
pointed
=. B. shaafer Deputy Collector.
Office in II. B. Shafer's Store, Frostburg.
A discount of per cent will be allowed
on all taxes paid before September LIST; per
cent. on all paid before October LIST, and per
cent. on all paid before November LIST. No
discount after last named date.
A. CASEY,
July 10 Collector.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-07-26
GENERAL ITEMS.

MoElY.-We have in this country,
at the present time, eight different
kinds Of money. l. The gold dollar,
supposed to be worth, intrinsically,
100 cents. 2. The Bland silver dol
lar; worth 81 cents. 3. Two half
dollars, silver, worth SO cents. 4.
Twenty five-cent nickel coins, worth
II cents. 5. Thirty-three and one
third three. cent nickel coins, worth
16 cents. 6. One hundred copper
coins, worth Z cents. Z. The green
back legal tender dollar, worth 0
cents; and, lastly, the silver trade.
dollar, worth SO cents.
These, in spite of the difference in
the value Of the materials of which
they are made, rank exactly in pur-
chasing and debt-paying value, ex-
cept the trade-dollar, which although
it is worth SO cents as silver bullion,
will only pass for 80 cents in trade,
because, and solely because it is not
a legal-tender-is not money in le-
gal sense it lacks the fiat Of law.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-10-16

In addition to the weddings Mention
ed elsewhere, Henry Lea, OF the firm Of
William Lea and Sons Company Of this
city, was married yesterday, to Miss
Margaret p. Cummins, daughter of
David j. Cummins, of Smyrna. The
ceremony WAS performed by the Rev.
William B. Gordon, in st. Peters =. E.
church, and y as the most brilliant at.
fair ever Witnessed in Smyrna. The
guests were numerous and the event
very select. Misses Susan +. Cummins
j. Agnes Cummins, jennie Lea and
Sallie o. Hill were maids to the bride,
while William A. Lamotte, William
Lea Ferris, Henry H. DUPONT and John
X. Elliott, all of this city acted az ush-
ers. John p. II. Polk, of this city, Off
ciated as best man and James V. Roberts
played the wedding march. Breakfast
was served at 10 O. clock at the reside &c
of the brides father, Robert Graves
being the caterer. At 40 p. M. the
newly welded couple left for New
York In q special car attached to ths
regular train at Clayton, and on Sat
urday they will sail on a Guion Lin,
steamer for Europe. A large number
of persons from this city attended tn,
wedding