Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-06-27
MISCELLANY.
GREAT SUCCESS.

NUMBER OL years many d'tohiP'' "
teach the art of journalism were made,
but the results were SO far from beng
satisfactory that with one exception
they have all been failures. This one
college, realizing the impracticabillty
of the curriculum previously adopted,
threw it aside, employed man who
had, during many years, been engaged
in active newspaper work, and intro
duced course Of study, the achieve
ments of which have proved that jour
nalism can be taught in colleges. The
following is report of the exercises
through which a graduating class was
conducted:
"What is law student ?"
ga rising young lawyer"
"What is medical student ?"
"a promising young doctor"
"What is young member OF the
leg;slature9"
"a sllver-tongued orator.
"If a man should marry an ugly wQ-
man, how would you write up the
affair.""
81 should speak of the beautiful and
accomplished bride" ..
"How would you speak Of a loafer :"
81 should refer to him as our enter
prising fellow-townsman."
"What is drummer ?"
"The handsome and popular So-and-
So"
sin writing up the commencement
exercises of the female college, what
would you say7"
81 would say that the beautiful
young girls, soon to become ornaments
of society, were charming i'll their
feathery array"
eff a countryman were to bring you
a lot of hard apples, what would you
say7"
"Our farmer friend, Colonel So-and-
So, honored us with a call yesterday.
Aside from giving us the pleasure Of
his own genial self, he laid upon the
table collection of the most choice
apples we have ever seen. Come
again, colonel, when you have longer
to stay"
Correct. How would you speak of
little girl2" ..
"Would call her fairy"
"What would you say of a boy"
"Would speak of his bright, intclli-
gent face"
"What would you say of the man
who keeps few bolts of calico ?"
81 would speak Of him as one of the
most successful merchants i'll the
state"
Yes, this school of journalism is a
success. 1t defines the true position
of the local newspaper. 1t makes the
business so clear that the student
though a fool, need not err therin. 1t
attempts no revolutions, makes no mis-
takes.
THE POLITE CAR DRIvER.-The con
duct Of some OF the drivers on the
street ears in Austin is cert ainly re
prehensible. An old lady got on the
street car and as soon as she set her
eyes on the driver she called out
"You are the very driver that refused
to stop the car aud made fun Of me-
yesterday afternoon 2" he asked
eyes yeStardav afternoon =
''On the corner Of Pecan street ~
Eyes"
son the northwest corner -
"Just about that corner
SAT o'clock -
eyes. sir, it was 3 O'clock"
"Was it a blue car with bay
mule r. ... .....
certainly; blue car and bay mule
and teller with a red pimple on his
nose and mouth like u catfish Jus t
like yours, driving it !" she excl aimed,
excitedly.
"And you craned on t your neck this
way, opened your mouth until one
could read the makers name on your
false teeth and bawled out. Stop that
carl Stop--that- car 2
"Yea,you seoundreI,@ she replied,
drawing back to ins him With her nnl-
brella."
Then it wasn't nc, for ana alu ays
polite TO ladies'. even II they are 95
years old, sport porcelain. teeth :nI
sass car drivers. Ia, ta," and he
jumped over TIE dashboard to swap
ears with the driver coming the ether
way.
The matter OF fact statistician has
gone SO far as to collect data and com
plete figures about American jokes.
For instance, he Shows that the stove
pipe joke, which brought out 80, lG9
paragraphs during the year 1860, had
in 20 years fallen to only $50 par
agraphs per year.. while for the five
monrhs Of the present year only II have
been perpetrated. Here are some of
the figures for last year: Mother-in-
law ,a1-o OQ- l..