Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-03-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

The are in Philadelphia female ply
sicians who have an annual practice of
about $50, 900 each There are IL whose
income average about 81, 200 each. and
there are % who earn over S., 900 year
each. /
Mrs. Langtry has become the pos
SCISSOR of one of the finest set of Russian
sablcs in the world. 1t took wears to
collect. and it is valued at 81, 200. 1t is
used as trimmings of collar and founces
to long coat of black velvet.
The Bavarian Government is negotia>
ting for the purchase Of Prof. Nicole's
recently discovered Raphael, ala Aiergo
an Seth" which ii is proposed to place
in the IIinacotheck at Munich. The
price asked for this picture is 800, 900.
Henry Thurston, a West Milton, N. H.,
farmer was caught out in the fierce
storm of last week, and got his horse fast
in snow drift. Before they were re-
leased the horses ears and side were
frozen 81 that the skin came off, and the
mans face, hands and legs were frozen
SO badly that he nearly died.
The Brooklyn papers state Chinaman
pauper was committed to the Flatbusl
Almshouse for the first time in the his,
tory of Kings county. His name is All
Quin, and he is the son of an Irishman
who Is still living in Cantor,
China. He taught each of his
81 children to speak Irish, but re-
fused to let them learn a worl of Eng
| lish An Quin will be sent back to
| China.
Two men of PASSPORT, Me-, discovered
large drove of sc Is on Chcerey's Led
ges this other day. They had been driv-
en- there by the fierce gales. When the
men tried to slaughter them with clubs
the sea's showed fight. and drove the
men to their boats. They returned with
guns and shot 30 of the largest scales.
Frank Andrews, head miller in the
Pueblo Touring mills, is man of mus
Gle. His coat caught in some machin
cry gearing, and he was on the point of
being drawn to his death when he
was stripped of his coat. vest and under
garments. His watch was ground to
] powder, and he himself was badly
bruised.
A wealthy citizen of San Francisco,
who Is forming magnificent library of
choice English BOOKS, has lately had
bound for him. through a ondon book
seller, a set of Pickcring's AL line edi
ton of the British Poets (55 vo!umes).
each volume being encased in distinct
shades Of morocco frdm the others. TIL s
has been done before in calf, but never
| before in morocco.
! The new railway route to Norfolk,
down the cas- ern shore Of the Cheasa-
peake, requires long ferriage across the
lower part o. the bay. Some time ago
h,lf dozen load,d freight cars were
lost from barge in rough weather.
and, through wrecking ex, edition has
been making diligent search, no trace
whatever has been found of either cars
or freight, viii h were, perhaps, drlftcd
out to sea by the tide.
Just before the outbreak of the war
Stonewall jackson. then a Professor in
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington,
organized sunday school for cclored
| children, which is still sustained by
| leading citizens there, This Sunday
school has now set on foot ii subscri ,tion
for monument 10 Jack on, which is
meeting with lively res, onse among
the people, black and white, of the
South.
IN the matter Of pcrluisi es in Eng and
the rules with the servants are strictly
observed. The valet gets his discount
on the tailor's and hater's and boot
makers bills; the cook on the butcher $
and tishmongers and green grocers; the
butler ON the wines; he too has the
empty bottles, so that You may not econ
omize by retain ng or returning them.
The coachmcn is entitled to tie pcruuis-
lite on forage as we'll rs on the hire of
carriages and horses, and in London most
people hire at least their horses, leaving
their own in the country.
In the dis ribution of slang American
phrases "Do tell and Il want to know
are confined to New England. . 5 that
So" n heightened indeed is to the un
refined American, what $50" is TO the
German. 1t is capable of conveying 4
dozen different meanings. 1t was also in
New Ing and that bulge was seduced
from its good, old Saxon meaning and
conveyed into synonym Of ''lntimae.
Bulge was never pretty wo:d, AMI
when it appeared in such sentence as
'She and your sister ire quite bulge.
it sounded more unwicldy than ever. II
has still another slang meaning
when gentleman is Intoxicated it is
dclicately said Of him that he is "full OF
bulge
Six gold medals have been given tc
St. Jacobs Gil at W r,d's fairs and expo
sitions for b.ns the best pain cure. II
is itself better than gold. 1t cures rhcu
matism and every o'her painful trouble.
1t never fails.
The Young women belonging to so
ciety connected with ST Peers church
in Cshk sh. have publicly promised no,
to da, ce ro"nd dances any more.
No dcpre sing effects from Rel stat
Cough Cure. 10 nausea, no danger o.
poison. Safe, slecdy, sure. only
twenty five cents.