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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
WEDDED BLISS.

A True Story Told in Choicest Verse.
Just six months had Doripda been married to
Inc,
When the dear little pass came and sat on my
knee;
With The cunnirgest dimplcs that ever were
seen,
Whispered-"hubbv, mus. have sewing
machine"
OF course consented-whaS new hubby
wouldn't?
If it COS, me fortune deny her couldn't;
So I asked my pet bland'y what kind i
should bring her?'
And, wisely thought, suggested "a Singer"
why, hubby, how YOU she cried with
pOu,--
'Wny, its noisy and Sow, wont have it
about
And for goodness dqn'' mention the Grover
&, Baker,
tSt.e said it so cross I'd good mis,d 10 shake
her}
Nor Wheeler < Wilson; il sews good one
minute,
And the next thing you know he Old Harry
gets in it.
Now, hub, when went with mamma down
the street
l saw machine that was ieally too sweet
"rwas an eli twas spite twas a saiiy in
calrate,
With a speed" here ! asked whats It's
name? tell it quick
And she said-'the Light-Running and Sure
DOMESTIC!
As vas just saying, this dear little eli,
70 be prosy Ike YOU, is peif itself.
Il never breaks thread. never bo.es you with
skipping
Ia noisolcss and rapid, its work never rip
"Eureka"' shouted, put on your things
quick
you'll buy one for me, you dear, darling
Dick?' ~
THE sEQUEL,
The happy days pass rapidly
Since my purse-s,rings gaiiy loosing,
Dough; the machine, as you have seen,
OF my DoIinds'q happy choosing.
CHE fa,ls and .sews and braids her clothes,
And does all kinds Of work you mention
Til at last am well convinced the DorneS-
tics great invention.
Ny every doubt is put to rout,
Wife seWs while look on in wonder
In radiant grace her smiling face cony'noes
me it is no blunder
Her bright eyes CLEAN as grows the seam
my dear" this requisite little witch says,
Now try your strength the whole seams
length ~
Snap! goes the cloth, but no. the stitches.
The DOMESTIC is the best machine in the
market. 1t can't be beat for range of work
and every other desirable quality. Don't buy
until you have seen the DoMEsrIc. For sale
on very easy monthly payments.
s. NJ. JONES, Agent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
Az ENDORSEMENT.

TO the MIMIC JOURNAL.
In the last weeks Journal there ap-
pesred timely notice Of the abuses
and acts Of vandalism continually 60
ing on Allegany Cemetery, which 1
trust will awake an interest, not to DO
allsyed until the abuses cease. There
can be no doubt of the ability of the
proprietors to protect the owners Of
lots. Who can point to single in
stance occurring in Frostburg where
law has ever been subservient to mob
rule e or TO anytime when the officers
Of the law have been deHed in the en-
forcement OF their authority, OF in the
performance of their duty7 Not one.
Why is it then that these abuses exist
BeeaHse the laws protecting the rights
of lpt-o@nets have never been enforced
by the eustodlans Of their rights.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
A HAPPY slice of news comes from

A HAPPY slice of news comes from
Clearfeld region. ga great deal Of
talk about turning" that paradise
'into coke-producing region" is re-
ported, and we are profoundly glad
to learn also that at would be Wise
thing to d." and that "the matter"
besides being "tslked over, will very
likely take shape some time during
the summer or fall" 1t is believed
here with great energy that Clearfield
coal is a No. ] base for coke in
fact, that it was designed for that
sort Of development in both the his
toric and geologic plans of creation.
Certainly it would not make salt or
white lead any more than it can be
distorted into steam-generstor. No
wonted fires live even in its ashes for
fertilizing uses, and its smoke is the
bane of kitchen life in both Osceola
and Houtzdale. 1t is hoped, there
fore, that the gentlemen who are
talking about this conversion will 90
on from grace to glory without that
modesty of expression which some
times amounts to a self-suppression
Of free shouting.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

ReltGtoas.-The programme Of the
Cumberland district NJ. + Church con-
vention, as published last week, WAS
very fully carried out at the sessions
of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Sixteen ministers were present, as fol-
lows: Rev's G. W. Hobbs, presiding
elder; W. c. Griffith, c. W. Baldwin,
F. G. Porter, j. G. Stewart, J. II. n.
Lemon, Henry Baker, J. B. Hall, D.
G.. Miller, J. r. Marsh, II. S. Hilton,
Thomas Wood, S. S. Wilson, A. S,
Hank, F. ". Shriner, j. P. Wright.
Rev. D. NJ, Young, of Barton, will
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The Washington Star says "the
idea of Congress adjourning on the
30th inst. is secuted at the capitol by
members Of both houses. Every
member of the Senate committee on
appropriations is of the opinion that
it is altogether impracticable to ad-
journ on the date named. In the
Senate the prevalent opinion is that
Congress will not be ready to adjourn
before the 30th of July"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

"THBRE is 3 great deal of human
nature IN man." sometimes cropping
out in sudden and unexpected ways.
When a capitalist claims that he will
not take $144,OOO cash for his per-
sonal property and next day COM
plains to the assessors that his ASSESS
ment Of $4,000 is excessive and
ruinous it appears to the average
mind that a joint in the fitness of
things has become dislocated and
needs re-setting.
1t is the same with some cowboy
politicians who howl with great w.
hemence about their priceless value
to the party, and then sell out to the
other side for $40, Or some trifling
sum very far above an honest ASSESS
ment Of their actual worth.
A slight parallel to instances
above cited is furnished by q note
from Texas, where the cattle men
have been yelling to the authorities
that they could not afford to pay 8
cents per acre for grass on State land,
but very recently twelve Of these
vociferous individuals got on jury
and rendered verdict that the same
grass set on fire by locomotive
spark was worth 60 cents an acre.
The verdict was great surprise
to--themselves, that is, when the
State raised the price accordingly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
Eastern FiesUs of the Coal Trade.

New Fork.-The bituminous coal
trade drags along unchanged in a
state Of chronic languor. The ton
mage keeps large with low carrying
rates to all trade centres, east and
west.-Mining Record.
Bituminous offers no new features
worthy of special mention. The
trade continues much as it has done
for so many weeks-quiet and un-
even as to prices, with large ton
mage being placed. There is plenty
of coal to behad at from 1926 per ton
alongside here, down to a fraction be-
low three dollars. Standard Goals
hay bring even better figures oc-
casionally, but the bulk of the stuff
sent to be marketed from this vicinity
does not bring any more than the
range noted. So long as the carriers
are content with about half a cent a
ton per mile We may expect con-
tinuance of the low rates named. 1t
is not peculiar to the markets Of the
seaboard, but the same condition pre-.
walls everywhere that there is COM
petition for traffic in soft coal.--Coal
Trade Journal.
Continued dullness chsracterizes
tie bituminous trade. But little
new business is done, and from ap-
pearalces there will be no relief from
the present stagnation until after
Midsummer. Very low quotations
have been made where cargo lots
nave been upon the market unplaced,
though the low figures thus made
cannot be taken as fair prices for
business.
Bostc ,.--Only a few sales Of btu
minous coal are reported, but these
are said to be at bottom prices, in the
close vicinity OF $3.s0@$3.9O, de-
livered. AS high as 81 might be had
for small lots. There are no con-
tracts ii the market. It is reported
that 10000 tons of pea coal have
lately been purchased by manufac-
turing concern in close competition
with bituminous and at slightly be-
low bitu-.linous prices. The con-
sumers are said to prefer hard coal
and bought the kind which they have
used for some years. Such contract
could hardly be said to indicate the
market.
Philadelphia. --Considerabl bust
ness is done in q small way, but the
bituminous coal operators have be-
come so accustomed to long faces that
they have nothing encouraging to say
this week. There is q great deal of
talk about turning the Clearfield re-
gion into q coke-producing region,
in which Osceola mills will be q sec
ond Connelsville, according to the
predictions made. 1t is very natural
to suppose that this course will be
taken, since the demand for Clear
field coal Will be sufficient to engage
all the enormous producing capacity
| of that region, to say nothing Of the
prospective openings Of mines. 1t
| would be a wise thing to turn the
coal to coke, and ship it, if it can be
done profitabIy. The matter is talk
ed over, and will very likely take
shape some time during the simmer
or fall. Engineering and Mining
.Icurynl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
The following from the Cumber-

THB following from the Cun1ber-
land Times:
Our reporter called at the county
commissioners Office to ascertain what
was doing but found the board en-
gagged in only routine work connected
with the levy. Mayor Hebb appeared
in person to press the claim of the
city for liberal appropriation for
streets and roads in the corporate linz
its. His argument was a very forcible
one, and the commissioners gave it
close attention. He showed that
Cumberland paid one-third Of the taxes
OF the county, and her streets were for
the convenience Of all the people !;
that even when levies were made for
our streets the city paid one-third Of
that.
"One-third of the taxes of the
county" is nearly $4,000, according
to the last levy.
We will undertake to prove beyond
all question that Cumberland gets
every cent of this money back, and
more too. We can show that Cum
berland makes money upon her an
nual investment of "one-third the
taxes" and that every other town
or section Of the county is heavy
loser by the partnership.
Exclusive of corporations Frost
burg, for instance, turns in not less
than $4,000 of nearly $4,000
charged to our collector. Of the
$4,000 paid by our people last year
nearly $4,000, a liberal estimate,
was returned to them through the
schools, official fees, election ex-
penses, etc.
Where did the other $4,000 go?
If Mayor Hebb's "forcible argu-
nent" holds good after Cumberland's
dividend Of over 100 per cent. upon
her investment is realized, how much
Is Frostburg entitled to at the same
rate on account Of streets and roads?
About $4,000. Allowed with equal
force andjustice to every other portion
of the county a return to them of
over 100 per cent. Of the principal paid
in means foreordained bankruptcy.
Frostburg, however, asked the
commissioners for only 20 per cent. of
her dues based upon the Cumberland
idea, leaving 80 per cent. to be dis
bursed to Cumberland, instead Of 104,
as claimed !; or, rather, Frostburg ask
ed the return of about IL per cent. Of
the amount paid the county, leaving
80 per cent. of her own money to be
distributed generally.
Mayor Hebb is in error when he
implies that the people Of the county
feel that sort Of pride in the streets Of
Cumberland which would induce
them to add two-thirds to the one
third said to be paid by the city
itself. People do not divide their in
terests that way. If there is any
division at all, the Homecoming tax
payer would naturally reserve at least
two-thirds of his affection for his own
town, and even the third adrift might
lodge somewhere before it reached
Cumberland.
Is it not time that our commits
sioners ceased to listen to arguments
deriving their ''force" from mere
assumption and sophistry?:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

preach ct the Presbyterian church to-
morrow (the l5th) morning and even
ing.
Brectties.--In its report Of tho Tenth
Annual Commencement Of the Lewis
town Qn) High School the Netos, Of
that place, says ''the principal Of the
school, Rev. P. L. Harrison, is desarv
ing Of praise for the faithful perform
ance OF his duties, as an educator, and
the high order OF the exercises of
the graduating class, show that he has
tho skill 70 plan, and his pupils tho
ability to execute an entertaining and
instructive programme"
A strawberry and lee cream festival
will be held in Pauls Opera House,
Friday and Saturday evenings, June
Goth and 21st, under the auspices and
for the benefit Of Good Intent Lodge,
No. 203, I. 0. G.. T.
Along tho Missouri the June rise"
is q topic of anxious speculation.
Here in Frostburg the June fall Of this
week is heartily welcomed.
News of cyclones in the Far West
have given little apprehension in this
quarter. But it is noticeable that they
have steadily approached eastward
through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
and Wednesday morning one lodged
in West Virginia, nearly destroying
the town OF New Martinsville, in Mar
shall county. The next several steps
in the line OF march may land one in
Allegany county, and then-''to your
cellars, 0 Israel =
Hitchins Bros have asplendid stock
of new goods to which they invite the
special attention of the ladies'.
A drove of sheep stampeded Thurs
day and the boys in charge had hap
py time getting the runaways in limo
again.
Mr.. John Pfeiffer, of this place,
places Oh our table a bucketful Of the
first cherries of the season. They are
of his own culture and good. Thanks.
The advertised lecture of Rev. ].
Watts Shoatf is highly spoken OF by
the press Of Eastern Maryland. We
understand it is a strong plea for ED
ucationn
The people of Homecoming are debat-
ing the question Of a new and better
cemetery, while some in Frostbur2 are
discussing the eminent propriety of
new and better order in an old one.
The latest real estate transfer filed is
that of Mary P. Barchus to Elizabeth
Neff, property in Barton, $77775.
Prof. Fl. P. Lorman's elegant turn
out attracted considerable attention.
The damp weather Of the week, how
ever, has initiated against the usual
success of the evening concerts and
orations.
The attendance at the Frostburg
. Norma! has now reached 3s, and three
more are expected Monday.
Thomas Conner, Of Cincinnati, son
Of Levi Conner, of this place, narrow
ly escaped death in that city few days
ago. He was engaged at work upon a
roof and losing foothold, slipped off
and fell some distance to the ground.
The injuries sustained were not serious.
II. c. Shaw, of Barton, has returned
from France with a splendid Normandy
stallion.
B. Stern & Co. have removed into
their new store-room. Lots Of new
goods on new shelves. etc.
$l04 on the 500. Whew.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The amicable arrangement between
the manufacturers and the employees
of the iron trades causes great salts
faction among all the trades. It is
favorable to the men and is taken
as a proof Of the general solidity of
industrial business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
ADDITIONAL IOCAL.

OF the 1'rach.-A misplaced switch
derailed the engine and tender of the
c. & P. passenger train at the Frost
burg depot last Saturday morning, oc-
casioning delay of nearly one hour.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

THE Cost OF G oAL.~-~The cost Of
coal is rarely dreamt of-in life, in
labor and in money. That cost is in
increasing in some degree, even
with the improved machinery but
it is gratifying to know that ton for
ton, coal carses, from decade to de-
cade, the loss Of fewer lives. Oc-
casionally, the public is startled by
some explosion that engulfs its scores
o. n iners, and in that year the loss
of life thus and n the single fatalities
is great ; but it does not over period
advance, and as the tonnage raised is
enlarged yearly, the loss Of life in
proportion to the coal is iess. In the
past few years the loss OF life in the
mines registered under the Coal
Mines Act in Great Britain and Ire
land has been over one thousand year
y, A quarter Of these arc often
caused by EXPLOSION and nearly one
half more are lives lost by falls in
mines falls Of he roof etc. OF
tia remainder largest portions are
LOST in the mines, III ascending and
descending the shafts and on the in
clined planes, and by the trans under
ground, thu number lcst on the sur
face being comparatively small.
About 1853, 100000 tons are raised
out of the mines of Great Britain, in
addition to fireclay, etc, and this is
the return that is given for that loss.
Roughly speaking, for every 1916. 800
tons of coal that we raise from our
mines. one life is lost by accident,
and there is an amount Of non-fatal
accidents that cannot be tabulated.
Bat that cost Of life is thu toll that
the mines take yearly, and there is
an additional cost Of lost limbs and
of manning and of bodily pain.--Cas-
sell's Family Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

TIE average yearly wages Of the
anthracite coal miners in 1880 was
$3.50. This included men and boys.
Their present wages will average less
than $500 d year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

Mr.. BLAINE's MoyEMENTe.--It is
stated that Mr.. Blaine will attend
the meeting Of the republican nation
al committee in New York ON the
Goth of June, and will afterwards
join the promoters of the West Nir-
ginia railroad in an annual tour of
inspection Of that road, in which he
is largely interested.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The commissioners Of labor sta
tistics have elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Henry
A. Newman, Of Missouri, president:
Henry Luskey, of Ohio, secretary. A
committee was appointed to draft a
&c. .orial to Congress urging that
body to pass Coz census bill; also
urging the appointment Of commits
sioner of labor statistics. The next
meeting will be held in Boston.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

AT Buffalo the 'longshoremen's
troubles continue. The Italians are
armed and complaint is made of their
barges being stoned. The police de-
sire to disarm the Italians, who are
violent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

THE bitumiuous coal miners aver
aged in 1SS0S323 year. At rresent
their wages cannot exceed $2T5 q year
snd large number are unemployed,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

TIE Association of AMERICAN
seedmen has decided to petition Con-
gress to remove the duties on seeds
as now existing, and have appointed
special committee to go to Washing
ton to look after this matter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

Two IMPORTANT POLITICAL
Evss NTs.--Hon. Samuel }. Tllden
has peremptorily declined the
nomination for the presidency, and
Roscoe Conkling has joined the
democratic party.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

THE building trades are all active
along the Atlantic seaboard and in
the lake cities, In New York and
Brooklyn the workmen's demands
have all been accepted and the nom
unionists are joining the unions in
large numbers. '-'- .'.,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The report of the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor fills
four volumes, two Of which contain
nearly 1000 pages each. Mr.. BLAIR
wants to have 100000 copies printed.
Half of that number have been asked
for.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14
GENERAL ITEMS.

TIE contractors in Buffalo have
generally Welded to the demands of
the workers in the building trades
who asked for $3.50 per day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

BOARDS Of arbitration are provided
for by French law and found in daily
session in every chief town of France.
They settle labor disputes. Two
members sit daily ns rule, one being
a manufactu ei and the other a work.
man. The fees are very small and
are regulated by law. The president
and vice president of each board are
selected by the government, and the
members are chosen equally by en-
ployers and employees
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The Cumberland Itmss runs up
the flag:
For P,ssidtst--Grover Cleveland. Of
New York.
Fer Feel ,Ysa2esst--James Mcdonald.
OF Indiana.
This estimable contemporary is
quite far away off in accuracy con-
corning the Christian name Of its
candidate for vice-president.
This iapsas tickles while itreminds
us of a recent "fscetious causticism'
native to an oracular gentleman who
speaks Of the JOURNAL as "the Divine
Benjie w-ha, ha, ha. Ha, ha! Ha,
ha. Ha, ha, no! Ho, no! Ho, no,
no! Ha, ha! Ho, no! H-o no!
o, Lud!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

1HE knights Of Labor have pnr~
chased and are operating through their
executive committee several large zeal
mines in Central Illinois.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

THE death Of Henry G. Vennor,
the weather prophet, is to be regret
ted. He Was not o crank like Wig
gins or De Voc, but an enthusiastic
scientist, who made natural phenom-
ena his study. Sometimes he erred
in his deductions, and his predic-
tons consequently came to naught,
but go does the signal service, and it
is safe to say that many of his obser-
vations were OF value to the country.
He was also trained geologist and
ornithologist, and, had he not been
cut of, at such an early age, would
undoubtedly yet have been favorahly
heard Of in the scientific world.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

The New York San contends that
there is an irresistible popular desire
to right the wrong of 1876 by re-
nominating Tilden and Hendricks.
The said popular desire is gem
ius slow of wrath. Eight wears Is a
long time TO boil blood.
Some other New York paper
aflirma thny Mr.. SiuliiE,an's nasno and
that of "cipher.' sir-naned ''iis-
patches will appear in rrint lomr-
teen thousand million times daring
this campaign, implying shat winged
mud will t!arken the atmosphere.
The JOURNAL hardly ever prays
politically, but the greed OF its
righteous heart is for a contest con-
ducted with u propristv whose color
ia pink.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

GREHNBACKBRs out West are
boiling and kicking with great
alacrity over platforms and candi-
dates. risE.. ..
In New England there are stray
signs of similar agitation among re-
publicans.
In Allegany county, Maryland,
the same kindergarten eSer.ifx' has
been the chief industry ot' a lev, ra.
puted democrats for Ii decades.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

THE Welbeck tunnel, which the
late Duke Of Portland, the 'Invisible
Prince" created for his workmen to
pass through on coming to and re-
turning from work, without disturb
ing the serene repose he longed for,
is one of the wonders Of the world.
During the day it is lighted by enor-
nous plate glass bull's-eyes, super
seeded at night by hundreds of gas
jets. The floor is excellently asphal-
ted and the tunnel high and wide
enough for carriages to pass along.
Stepping into it during the hot days
of sullmer, one feels as if he had
walked into an ice-house, and the
whole length Of its interior can be
traversed without catching the
slightest glimpse Of the abbey or the
beautiful park under which it passes.
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70 my Friends and Patrons.

r HAVE REMOVED from Main street to
/ my own property on TAYLOR STREET,
Frostburg, formerly occupied by George Els
Teller, where l shall continue the same bust
ness as heretofore, and shall be glad to see my
old friends and as many new ones as will
please to call. JOHN WAMBACH.
April PPM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1884-06-14

preach at the Presbyterian church to-
morrow the 18th morning and even
ing.