Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-08-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The Princes Eeatrice is growing fat

900.
Gen. Lew Wallace says the Turk is
never drunk, always brave, ever kind to
children and good to animals.
A duck few so forcibly against the
headlight of train on the Wisconsin
Central railway, near Fon du Lac, that
the glass was broken and the light ex-
tingushc1.
A billiard player is said to have run
over ., 900 points at three ball game
in New York, an achievement which OK.
cceds the highest run ever made in
public game.
The fatal epidemic among employees at
Pottsdam, Pa, was caused Ivy putrd
copperhead snake which had been tshed
up from the bottom of the well from
which the people drank.
The defaulting treasurer of Sacrament
to, Cali bank, not only stole So, 900
from the concern by which he was en-
| ployed, but also took S25 In pennies
thar had been saved up Tor years by his
own little daughter.
The unhapplness that the possession
! of secret frequently entails on its poss-
cssor is thus illustrated by the New Or
leans Picayune IA man knows he is
great man, no one else knows it, and he
is miserable in consequence"
Glass floors are coming into very gen.
| eral use in Paris. Although they cost
more at first, they are found cheaper in
! the end. The rooms below can often
dispense With artificial light and there is
{! far less fire risk. Glass, too, will out
wear wood many times.
The reported escape of Geronimo
| across the border into the Mexican State
of chihuahua instigatcs the American
/ editors out thtt way to advise the Mexi-
can authorities to catch and execute him
for the crimes he has committed on
Amer lean soil, and then consider the
! Cutting bus ness settled
The wife of poverty stricken Paris
tenor pawncd him for $40 one day when
it was announced that the Prince of
! Wales was to attend the opera in the
evening. The manager was informed at
/ a late hour, and as he couldn't do with
/ out the tenor, he had to settle with the
pawnbroker Thus the wife was en-
, ab'ed to settle with the milliner.
| A span of small broncho mares that
was brought from Montana, to Dead
( wood, OAK, eight years ago. was re-
/ Gently lost by their owner, who. after
considerable inquiry, gave up the mares
t for lost. A few days ago he received
letter from friend in Montana saying
the bronchos were back to their old
/ feeding grounds.
~ don't want to buy your hotel" the
! ,o1
when he was told the board was s. a
Jersey. ooh, no; l understand" said
tn proprietor sadly. eff had thought
! you had wanted the hotel for the rest of
| the season l would have offered you S. a
day gladly, and throw the hotel in,
debts, wag-s, and all."-HARPEn's
BAZAAR.
If it is all the same to the Texans, the
way in which this war with Mexico
F.! should be fought is with the fist. When
! that American locomotive fireman hit
that Ell Paso general greaser in the nose
/ he did not exactly fire shot that was
I heard round the world, but he did all
that the occasion called for. A few more
such scrimmages and it is possible that
the war cloud may blow over.
| Victoria's dislike for Gladstone is said
by the ''St. Stephens Gazette" to date
, back t., the passage of the Irish Church
disestablishment bill in 1868. The
Queen expressed to Gladstone her aver
sion to the essential principle of the bill,
and lie replied but, madam, you
must sign" The Queen flushed and re-
joined with Indignation :-"Sir, do you
know WHO ana" "Yes, madam, the
Queen of England. But does your Ma
jesty know who ANA am the people
of England"
1t is a curious fact unknown to the
vast majority OF people that the first silk
hat was made about fifty years ago; that
like so many other articles which are
common and of every day use, it W Of
Chinese origin. The story runs that a
French sea captain on the cost Of China,
desiring to have his shabby beaver hat
replaced by new one, took it ashore,
and as they had not the material they
made him silk one instead. This, it
appears, happened in 1882.
F! A balilf living near Buena Vista, Ca,
who had arrested negro at midnight,
took notion that he would take a nap.
lie tied the Negroes arms bt hind him
with rope, then tied the end of the
rope to his own arm. 50 that any effort
on the part Of the negro to get away
would wake him, and then lad down to
SLEEP in his front piazza. While the
balilT was wrestling with the sleepy god
the negro walked, united his arms. tied
the arms of the ba'iif together, and then
departed. Tho officer had to call his
wife the next morning to libcrate him,
King Otto, of Bavaria, one time i'm
| ngined he was the double headed eagle
of Germany, but latterly his fancy has
taken 'ess ambit OILS range. lie now
aitcrnates between the belief that he is
n gigantic cockatoo and the conviction
that he is an unhatchcd owl, unable to
make his way out of the egg. He suf-
fers from continual headache; and 1t Is
sad when the latter dclusion comes
over him he shrieks with rage at the
failure of his attendants to break the egg
shell and let him out, and the neglect of
duty on the part Of the owl which fails
to complete the Matching process. The
maniac is the constitutional ruler Of
nearly C,0oa,O00 people, although the
functions are not exercised by him.
Some Of the philanthropic citizens OF
Brooklyn have conceived p IAN where
by the fear Of being buried alive, which