Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-05-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Surahs and rhadames in velvet tints
continue in favor.
The first mention of free trade in print
was notice of its operations in Hum
gary in 1903.
During the past 10 years over 10, 600,
600 shad, artifcally Matched. have been
placed in the rivers of Georgia.
The first proclamation for public fast
| ing and prayer in New Hampshire pub
lished in newspaper appeared in May,
1904.
The yield of gold in Australia last
year amounted 10 7S4, 900 ounces. being
a small increase over that of the pre-
ceding year.
The census statistics indicate that the
strikes in 1880 caused the wage earners
of this country direct loss of $13, 0O0,-
900 in wages.
More elk, deer and mountain sheep
were grazing in the Yellowstone Nation
al Park during the past winter than had
/ been seen in that locality for many
years.
1t is said that in West Australia with
: in the last six months there has been a
real estate boom in operation which has
enhanced the value of land nearly 100
per cent.
1t is said that every existing Bourbon,
Braganza, Austrian Hapsburg Bavarian
Wittelsbach and Belgian and Austrian
SAKE Coburg is a direct descendant of
the ilustrious Maria Theresa.
The earliest report of the weather is
given from New York, May, s, 1904,
and is as follows: every rainy, dirty and
cold weather for the season, and so con.
tnues the wind and weather binders
our Pennsylvania Post coming in"
Proves of wild horses are reported to
be in the Mississippi river bottoms, about
100 miles above Memphis. They are
supposed to have originated from horses
lost by the Confederate General Forrest
during his campaigns.
1t must be very nice to be an Italian
blue blood. Word comes that the Duke
of Branganza and his wife will spend
their honeymoon cruising about the
Meditcr anne in the Italian man -of-war
Savvia, which is often used as royal
yacht and will be loaned to them by
King Hubert.
At recent performances in San Ber-
nord:no. Gala, such a noise was made
by large portion of the guidance eat
ing peanuts that the voices of the actors
cou d not be heard, and the star was
finally obliged to come before the cur
tian and request cessation of the gus
tatory proceeding in order to allow the
play to proceed.
A Cincinnati citizen named William
Anderson, OBJ; ected to paying hack hire
unless the hackman proved himself the
better man. Finding argument useless,
the hackman drove Mr.. Anderson to
retired spot and there wiped the ground
with him. Then, to his disgust, he
found that Mr.. Anderson hadn't a red
cent and could not pay, though he had
been well thrashcd.
At the present time in the United
States there are remaining about 2OO,-
900, 900 acres of public land for the use
of the coming generation of men. At
the rate of disposal of the last year only
ten more years of such reckless and
prodigal frittering away of the nations
domain will be necessary in order to
reach the end. During the last fiscal
year 20, 113, 6G3 acres were swept off the
list of the free lands. The waste of
peoples birthright cannot long go on at
this fearful rate of expenditure,
This story is told of Boston doctor.
In crowded church the deacon with
the contribution box made his difficult
way up the aisle and held that receptacle
for the cash of the charitable suggestive
ly before the young man. ~ am very
sorry, sir" the doctor said, to the infinite
scandal and establishment of all about
him, 'but the woman with pink
feather in her bonnet has taken my purse
and can't have her arr sted until after
service, SO you'll have to wait"
A project for freeing the slaves was
made as carly as 1901. Governor James
Moore, of South Carolina, in his report
of his expedition against the sp .niards
and Spanish Indians, published in the
Boston newspaper of 1904, saws: "The
waiting for these people (slaves) make
my marches slow, for l am willing to
bring away with me, free, as many as
can, this being the Address Of the Com
mons to your Honor to order it so; this
will make my mems part of plumber
(Which otherwise might have been e1OO
to mani but small.
Pensacola, Fla, is great fishing mart
being exceptionally well situated for the
trade AS many as $500 fishermen make
it their market. BY means of refrigera-
ter cars their catches are sent to all parts
of the country. The trade at present is
worth $500, 900 and is increasing at the
rate of so per cent. annually. The chief
varieties of fish caught embrace names
rarely heard in the North. They are
the re snapper, pompano, grouper,
sheephead, blue fish, trout, croaker,
perch, rouker, quarrel, cavallo. silver
whiting, mullet, reddish AMI bass.
AT THIRTY-FIvE THE AVERAGE AMERI-
CAN DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS AN "INFER-