Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-05-22
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horses whenever her husband goes on
spree.
Mrs sartoris is said not yet to have
recovered her spirits since the death of
her father.
A bill which seeks to make lobbying
an Infamous crime is now before the
Kentucky Legislature.
1t is said that in all sections of the
South the sale of snuff for dipping pur-
poses is annually increasing.
There is said to be more money in the
small hard clans now caught in Oyster
Bay, l.. l., harbors than in oysters.
There are 243 suits for divocre pending
before the Suffolk Mass County { curt.
The list is the longest ever made up in
that State, and includes several sensa-
tional cases in high life.
Mrs. Bertha I.indblad, of Chicago,
was walking aloog the sidewalk the
other day when she stepped on the edge
of an unfastened plank, which flew and
struck her on the left thigh, breaking
the limb about eight inches above the
knee.
A Presbyterian pastor at Mid dlctown,
N. j.. having declined to sign petition
against the granting of a new license to
man who had been keeping the only
hotel there. the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union have publicly prayed
for him-the clergyman.
The largest authenticated snake ever
seen was an anaconda, which had swal-
lowed horse. His length was 40 feet,
and after his feast of lunch taking, he
was indisposed. and was captured by a
uatura list who was hunting specimens
in the Amazon valley.
Speaking of extravaganza in DRESS
writes correspondent, "the most ex-
pensively dressed man | ever saw was an
African chief on the Gold Coast. His
wives had anoited him thoroughly with
palm oil and then powdered him from
head to foot with gold dust"
A remarkable custom exists among the
Roumanians living in tine westerly Car
plthians Every year at the feast of the
| Apostles Feter and Paul, market is
hell on the crest of the Gaina, from s.
900 to E, 600 feet atoye the level of the
sea, ard here all the manageable girls
of the entire district assemble with their
parents in order to be viewed and claims
ed.
The population of London new ex-
ceeds every other city, ancient or
modern, in the world. New York and
all its ad AGENT cities combined are not
equal TO two-thirds of it. Scotland,
Switzerland and the colonies each con-
taid fewer souls, while Norway, Servia,
y Il holf
so many. Yet at the beginning of this
century the population of all London did
not reach 100000.
The City of Coro was founded by
Spanish in 1897, and was for so years
the chief city and capital of Venezuela
and the neighboring islands, now be-
longing to the Dutch. Santa Fe. in
New Mexico, and San Augustin, in Flor
ida, were founded some so years later,
and these three are among the Oldest
cities in the new world, emitting the
island cities, which were built after its
discovery.
By the old laws of Wales harp was
one of three things to have to constitute
gentleman. To prevent slaves from
pretending to be gentlemen they were
net PERMITTED, to learn to play upon
! them none but the King musicians and
gent emen were allowed to have harps
in their possession, and these harps, like
lady's sewing machine today, were
not liable to seizure for debt, as the
want of it would have degraded him
| form his rank and reduced hin to that of
a slave.
Maine boys are demanding an inter-
national standard of exchange in the
CHASER" "bulls eye," crystal" or
agate" big or little, goes for ten come
moners. In Lewiston the glasser has
practically been demonetized, and only
the large sized "crystals" can be put in
for the limit of ten, while most of the
or iinary artist ocratic laws, even "blue
DUTCH" don't stand in for more than
| three to seven.
Out of SAT duels fought in France
since 1870, only one has resulted in
death and only eight in serious injury
| As Mark Twain has said, the French
duel is really healthful form of exer-
else, rs it is fought in the open air and
requires gentle use of the muscles.
Probably the Pari slams would be health
icr and live longer if they fought more
duels, for an exercise of such health
giving qualities woald doubtless do
much to repair the rava ges of excite>
mont and dissipation.
THE BLOOD MAKES THE ENTIRE CIRCUIT
OF TIE BODY EVERY SEVEN MINUTES, and
whenever this circulation is impeded, Or
any of its channels are clogged by impur-
tiles, disc lse follows-fever, or a dis
order of liver, or kidneys, or scrofula, or