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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

] ~ tt ~ " Nv Iit''i'Ni VI NiiN ~ -
/ York .SUn Il "Mechanic," writing
memoirs of his work and earnings
since 1853 from Il period of con-
traction to expansion, and from 1868
to the present, Il period retrograding
from expansion to contraction, SAYS
Of the general experience in flush
times:
/ Laboring men were well paid, happy
and had all they could eat, drink
and wear. MONEY was p'enty and
cheap worthless "rag-money," the
banker would say-yet strange to say,
it bought the merchant, the farmer,
the professor, the tradesman, or sailor,
or mechanic, or laborer, any of the
nccessares or luXuries Of life, which
is just exactly what money is made for.
| never heard of Il merchant, mcchan
ic, or lahorrr who was unwilling 20
exchange his goods OF labor for
"rag-baby" m"ney.
Then it is plain, 10th from phiios
ophy and experience, that when
money is plentiful labor is not, and
that when money is scarce labor is
PLENTIFUL
1t is equally plain that a surfeit Of
money and an insuflicicncy Of labor
is the best condition for the masses.
And We have II before us at this
moment that Il scarcity Of money,
with its inevitable corollary-a super
abundance of laIor, is not the best
popular situation.
It's easy to see also that the scarcity
Of either money or labor enhances its
value, especially of money, because
Of the facility with which it may he
manipulated and nonopolized by one
or few individuals. Meanwhile. no
WorkingmHn commands or can com
maud more than his own labor, and
tNtu llIcil Ht tdllHbl NltltliN IL
from market, ''corncr' or ''Water" it
without earning and accommodating
injury instead Of profit
"MechanIc" goes Oh to say:
How well remember the more the
currency was contracted the more bus
mess suffered, and the more distress
there was among laboring as well as
business men. look upon that
Giabolical scheme of contracting the
currency without issuing some cir
culating medium in its stcad-as one
Of the greatest crimes ever perpetrated
upon the American people. 1t was
a preconceiVed plan to enrich few
and impoverish millions. and Was a
financial success Ihope to ljge 10 see tie
time ,rten money 1rW be as mtch Of q dl'Vg
on tie market as labor is to-day. Then
Il ings will go, because we will have
money 20 move them with. But just SO
long rs the volume of our circulating
lilttlIli IL ttullolltu ''N IL lew utdltIS
N money, just so long will the major
ity of mankind be driven to the wall.
The people who are in league with
the imperlalsts of Enrope in the
scheme to demouctize silver are
primarily at the bottom Of the causes
Of popular dhscontent. The value Of
the dollar has been magmitied steadily
for years at the expense of days work
until it is quite as hard no~ to pay
one dollar as i'll 1871 to pay three.
The demo" citation Of silver is
about the last milestone on the down
ward road from real popular indie
pendence to the complete subiection
Of the people to the money power.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

BAD as it Is, business is much bet
ter here than in Europe. Some have
ascribcd it to The protection afforded
by the tariff. but the latter not hay-
ny grown higher SO us to afford more
protection than usual Dem0red for
April accounts in part for it as fol-
,uWS:
Then since silver has been demon.
rtlzcd by the commercial world
abroad, II has so added to the pur-
chasing power OF gold that TIE price
If all commodities it measures have
been steadily declining for the last
thirteen years. No manufacturer
wishes TO produce ON a falling market,
and lcmcc the lowering rate OF wages
and the steady additions to the ranks
OF unemployed working people. The
dlscontrnt eliminated iii a riot in Lon
don, which came very near handing
nag that greatest city Of the world
over to the mercies ,f mob. The
distress in the British Islands among
the working people is universal.
There are those who claim that the
better state of affairs here is because
of the coinage OF the silver dollar.
England ciiugs to the gold unit of
value and will not tolerate silver, cx-
cept as subsidiary coinage. But
every month we transmute two mil
lions Of nert silver bullion into Il coin
that helps TO sustain prices and thus
make general business profitable.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03
FROSTBURG, MD, APRIL 3, 1886.

livered what has been considered by
many Il singular opinion. Passing
from the judicial to the speculative
he intimated a conviction that Mr.
Edison, the great electric expert and
inventor, would likely discover Il
method for preserving the spark OF
life in human beings for an indefinite
! period and thus cngrafting i'm
mortality upon the mortal plant.
He says that after all is said, life is
nothing but an electric spark. Say
what we Will, there is Il desire in,
grained in humankind to iiye-on
and on, and ii Q YES lis joy to note
tokens Of a discovery far outshming
that of Newton or Columbus. But
it is to be hoped the secret. when
found, will be guarded with due cir
cnmspectlon, for Ic number and
quality Of immortaIs should be skill
fully limited and regulated. Only a
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noction" it refers to is not "earthly,
nor heavenly.
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

''""o"s,--Last Friday Judge Hoit-
man drew the jurors for tn April term
of the Circuit Court, as follows:
Peter G. Cowden, Thomas Ford,
John II. Maccr, William Thrashcr, jr.,
Levi IL. Hamilton, William n Pierce,
,labcz J. Malen, Samuel II. Rldenour,
Peter AldCrtOn, ST., John Murray,
Dennis Bchan, James NJ. Sloan.
George Ort, David X. Smith,
Owen Dandu, Thoophilus George,
Daniel McCaughan, Lewis +. Wilson,
William B. Jones, John d. RYAN,
Nathan Trall ofJames, Amos LaShley,
iienry o Baker, {. .. Stottemycr,
Ii. W. Biochcr, james Atkinson,
Henry Porter, William Wigfcld,
Carleton 5. Jones, William Richmond,
Allied Jettres, Robert Wilson.
Robert White, James Johnson,
William Tenant, Ge~rge Rohb,
Ernest Creutzburg Thomas Rooney,
William H. Crump, Frank p. Showalter,
James McAlpine, Walter Ireland
Frederick Stevens, ,ir., James A. Mclaughlin,
James Maxwell, ST., James \. Ferguson,
T. +. Rabold, John Glenn.
a brief term is anticipated
Didrbdct Ou CcuL-Alr. McComas
was last week advised of Il suspicion
prevalent here to the effect that under
stress Of needs of coal for contract de
livery, certain Ciearlield dealers, buy
ing coal in England, were seeking to
evade the tariff laws. On Monday
last he introduced the following reso-
luton, which was referred to the COM
mittea ON ways and means:
RcSolrcd By tie HouSc IF Representatives,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be direct
ed to report at an carly day the effect and
operations of the following provision in
section of the act to reduce internal revenue
taxation, passed March 3, 1888
A drawback of IS cents per ton Shal! be al
lowed on all btuminous coal imported into
the United States, which is afterwards used
for fuel on board of vessels propelled by
steam which are engaged in the coasting
trade of the United States, or in the trade
with foreign countries, to be allowed and paid
under such regulations as the Secretary OF
the Treasury shall prescribe.
Also, to further inform the House whether
said provision is now beng evadcd by ship
mcnts of coal from Great Britain to American
dealers in any manner Also. what importa'
tiuns have been made and what drawbacks
have been allowed hereunder at the ports OF
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Balti.
more respectively.
Mr.. McComas also introduced bill
to repeal the section above quoted.
the PocahontaS region, referred to last
week, was held Friday. 1t was re,
solved not to suspend work until a
committee goes to Norfolk and investi
gate whether the region is furnishing
coal to any companies which the mines
of Pennsylvania and Maryland were
furnishing heretofore.
In Clem field the opposition to partia
resumption eliminated in the issue oi
an order by President Hughes Friday
afternoon for the total suspension OF
mining IN this and the Broadtop re-
gions.
Reports of shutting down two rolling
mills at Lancaster, Pa, for want o
coal was talked of as ind eating fue
crisis eastward.
The miners of this region were pait
during this week for the work done ii
March.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Legislative N"fcs,-Gov. Lloyd has
signed the bin requiring the coal com
panics of Allcgany and Garrett coun-
ties to pay their employees semi
monthly.
Friday Of last week Mr.. Holle OBJ
tanned leave to introduce a bill Moor
porating the Citizens gaslight com
pany of Cumberland
Mining and ventilation bill lust
passed the House of Delegates-56
Yeas, no nays SO read a dispatch
from Hon. James Dando to W. b.
Baird about two o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
The canal bill is dead. but it is IN,
sisted that the West Virginia Central
and Pittsburg railroad will be extend
ed to Cumberland anyhow.
The Ho"d.--The rain, which fell
heavily several days this week, ceased
Wednesday night, and was followed
during the day by swollen streams.
Georges Creek got on one Of the old
time rampages and carried off two
railroad bridges-one at Midland. the
other ut Barton.
Considerable damage resulted from
the Potomac rise.
orphans co"'i.-Frday of last
week George ii. Fresh, executor of
John HELLER, late of Allegany county.
deceased, settled his seventh account.
Tuesday letters testamentary were
granted to Robert Shriver. William Il.
Griffith and William c. johnson, on
the estate Of Henry j. johnson, de-
ceased.
Pubiic Sch0Ol EntcriaiHmcmt.-A
very pleasant entertainment was given
by the 9TH grade pupils of public
school No. | Thursday evening. One
of the most interesting and instructive
things Ill the programme was an ad-
dress by Prof. w. a. Deremer. of Bar
ton, on Mathematical Geography"
MISUNDERSTANDING with to-mor-
row Sunday evening services III the
English Lutheran church will negin at
n o'clock instead of z AS heretnfore
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03
Pennsy/vaniaRaNt0ao
BEDFORD DIVISION
MOnd0y. 4prU 8, 1855.
PASSENGER TRAINS will arrive and de-
i part as follows

No change OF cars between Cumberland alId
Huntington. Through cars between Hunt
ingdon and Philadelphia, New York and Pitts
burg. Passengers from points east of lIynd-
change cars at Hyndman, and arrive at Som
crset at 6:40 p N. Passengers leaving Somcr-
set at ll:l9 H. M. make close connection at
yndman for all points east.
Tickets sold and baggage checked by PETER
Noon, Agent, corner Baltimore and Liberty
streets, Cumberland and at the depot.
J. Il. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent.
X. l.. HOLIDAY,
May 16 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

SOME time ago Judge Field, of the
United States Supreme Court, de-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03
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&ss ~ K a% Ef' II u - ~ l.. l.,
I T NDER and by virtue Of q writ of Ucrj
y tacidS, issued out of the Circuit Court tuI
Aliegany county, Maryland, and to me direct
ed ut the suit Of j. G. Orrick " Son against lie
goods and chattcs, and lands and telIrmcnts
ufJohn F. Workman, have scIZcl and taken
III execution all the right, title and interest OF
John f. Workman III and to the following
properly, situated IN lrostburg, Nd, to wit:
FIRST.
AN that Lot of Ground, being Lot No.
i'll that part of i'rosrburg known as the
Frostburg Goa Company Second Addition
to the Town of FrostbuTg.'
SECOND.
"All that l4ot of Ground lying on the south
side of the National Road and adjoining
thereto and situated in the west end Of the
Town Of Fro>tbUrg, ~
The interest Of the said John +. Workman
being one undivided e-tOuitil interest III
and to the above property, described NOR,
particularly III deed from Anna NOTkmal,
To John r. Workman and others, said deco
being recorded in Liber +. L., No. 53, folio
l97, one ol the Land Records of AlcgmIy
county, Maryland, and | hereby give nouc,
that ON
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

T,co Rcporis.- Somebody telegraph
ed from Piedmont. w. Va, that the
companies would terminate the sus-
pension by introducing foreign labor
Then it has been said the companies.
having dis hargrd everybody. will re-
employ only u number of men suf-
ticient to ,Ir 'N. vnr; .euuirpd
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

Perso"di.-The Baltimore .Ame,ican
has been sketching the Senate and
House Of Delegates. OF Mr.. McKag
Last week it spoke in terms deserved V
complimentary. This week it says:
Allegany has one of the best delegations in
the lloust ever sent from that county. Dr.
Gaskill, one Of the delegates is well-known
III Baltimore, having served III the Custom
house years ago. He is a hustler When he
has bill up for final passage, his rotund
form may he seen hurrying along the a,sles
hunting votes. And he rarely fails to obtain
them. Mcssrs Hose and Dando, the other
two republicans, represent the labor element
The miners need have no fear to trust their
business to these men. They arc looking out
for them. Mr.. HOLE is the only democrat in
the delegation. Like DR.. GaskilI, he pushes
legislation when his county is affected. lie
wants the State House enlarged
Judge Thomas johnson, of the Or
phans' Count, was in town Thursday
evening.
Harry K. Wingert has been home
during the week from the Oxford (Md.)
military school,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

ORDINARILY d good Mayor and six
COED Councilmcn mean Il coed BailtT
a"d Night Police. Let us not only
hope but vote for the best.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

The Coai Tr"de.-Wc dispense with
the great portion of our tabulated
statement, the out2ut If his region to
March - being about the same as last
reported-:}69 ,G;}3 tons, or 3D., $50 tons
for the Maryland side of the Potomac.
The Clrartield output to above date
is 1859, tons in excess of Georges
Creek including the Beech Creek por-
ton, 353 ,065 tons.
Our calculations, all given in gross
tons, show for competing regions to
date above Given as below:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

Music, Musical Instruments, Picture Frames
IiouIdlngs, Oh Paintings Engravings, Arto-
types, Chromos, Stationery and Pcrodicals-
come and see new stock and store
MTNN II .IONEs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

MISUNDERSTANDING with to-mor-
row Sunday evening services III the
English Lutheran church will oegin at
u o'clock instead of 7, as heretofore.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

GUESTS at the "NiaItby House" Balti-
molc. have a choice of either American or
European plans, as may best suit their con-
vcnicnce, and rates are surprisingly low.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-04-03

No end of Wall Papers, Borders and Ceiling
Decorations. Price OF white back Wall Paper
reduced to 20 cents, and other goods in pro
portion. Don't make the mistake" now, of
buying elsewhere. DOUGLAS q. Percy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31
No Place for Poor Men.

Anumber of prospcctors and miners
have returned to Juneau from the low
er coast Of Alaska, having been unable
u obtain employment. Not having
the means To support themselves they
ara seeking transportation to more hos
pitable shores. The Alaskan, publish
ed at Juneau, says; mo man should
come to this country without the
means to sustain himself for SEINE time.
There is work to do, and a good deal
oft, but there Is no great demand for
labor, outside of that which is already
employed. The companies aud indi-
viduals doing business are generally
supplied with all the help they need.
and in most cases have supernumera-
ries from whom to draw their extra la
Dor when required. Prospecting 10 la
berious and expensive, and a man
should come with sure situation, or
the means to invest in something that
will pay.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31
Fence Posts That VIII IILast.

discovered many years ago, says a
writer, that wood conld be made to
last lenger than iron in ground, but
thought the process so sim lr that it
was not well to make a STIR about it.
would as soon have poplar. eastwood
or ash as any other kind of timber for
renee posts. | have taken out bass
wood posts after having been set out
seven years, that were as sound when
"a. taken out as when put in the ground.
lime and weather seemed to have no
enect upon them. The posts can be
preserved for less than 2 cents apiece.
ms is the receipt: Take bciled linseed
Oil and stir in pulverized coal to the
consistency of paint. Put a coat of
uis over the timber and there is no
man who will live to see it rot.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

The London Sunday Times says:
apa;ufnl news comes from the lovely
cs.dwich Islands in the intelligence
that the leprosy has at length attacked
ra,her Damen. Some years ago
vonug. cultured, and with the iairest
prospects , before him--Fatbsr Damen
,nrnsd his back upon all that makes
life sweet and dear and voluntarily iso-
lated himself among the awful com
munity of lepers at Moloka. No
nobler or more heroic act of self.ab-
neoation has been witnessed by the
world. and the full measure, by the
sacrifice has been inexorably deman-
ded by pitiless fate. For some time
the Father could visit the outside
wsrld. but now he writes with pathetic
resignation: at is impossible for me
10 90 any more to Honolulu on ae.
count of the leprosy breaking cut on
me. The microbes have settled them
selves in my left leg aud my ear, and
one eyebrow begins To fall. | expect
to have nv face soon distgured. Hay-
Ing no doubt myself ef the true char
acter of my disease feel calm, resign
ed and happy among my people. A
church which can lift ilte 10 the noble
dignity of renunciatian so complete ms
this may we'll be proud Of IT. children,
whatever be the shibboleth of its
creed
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

A dispatch from topeka says the
present drought in Kansas is the sever
est known since 1878. Unless rain
falls during the present week the corn
prospect will be ruined. Corn is just
beginning to tassel, and is in condi-
tion where rain is most needed. The
last general rain was in the latter part
of June. Since then the weather has
been intensely hot. There have been
local showers, but not enough to be of
any service. The oats and wheat, how
ever, have exceeded the estimates Of
the State Board of Agriculture, but
from the present outlook, the corn
crop will be greatly reduced.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31
ABOUT MARRIAGE.
Advice TO Those About 10 Slip On the
Matrimonial Moose.
IToIado Rlade 4

Toledo Blade.l
Seine marry for the fun of the thing
and never see where it comes IN.
This is discouraging.
Some marry for the sake of good
companion and never discover their
mistake. This is lucky.
Man is a fickle "critter." Even
Adam, who had his wife made to order,
found more or less fault with her.
Don't marry q man for his reputa-
ton. 1t is liable to be only seconL-
hand affair, borrowed from his ances-
tors.
Many women have married men for
their fine exterior. But that's all there
Is to an ancient egg worth mentioning.
Many marry to spite some one else
only to learn that they got the butt
end of the transaction, and its worst
end at that.
Marriage is lottery full of chances.
That's what gives il flavor. All like
to chance it, because everybody thinks
to win prize.
Wedlock, in its original state, was
as pure as sweet milk fresh from the
COW, but man couldn't rest until he
stripped il of much of its rich cream.
say when you are ready to get mar
ried, get married. However, il ism t
SO much trouble to get married as to
know when you want to get married.
The hot-headed youth marries in
hurry because he fears marrisgeable
females vii be scarce next year. and
lives to wonder how the supply holds
out.
Marriage resulting from love at first
sight is not generally welded bliss on
par with sour milk One or the
other gets swindled, and often both.
Many man has married for beauty,
only to learn that he paid $40 for
what can be purchased for twenty-five
cents at all druggists. This is hard.
The most attsctionate people before
marriage seldom hold OUT in the same
proportion after tire knot is tied. 1t
Is better philosophy To commence only
as You would live afterward.
From the matrimonial market the
saints of both sexes were cuiled out
long ago. Don't expect To marry one
You must guess at some things and
take chances for the future ON this
basis.
Woman is sometimes the real cause
of unhappiness IN the married relations
of life, bur in the majority of instances
the boot is on the other foot and she is
really the true comfort there is in il.
Don't marry woman for her taper
fingers and lily hands alone, for mar
ried life and its rugged experiences
call for n wife that knows how to
make pot boil and can spank babies
Systematically.
But few people marry for pure love,
and they in after years suspicion that
what were at the time promptings of
the tender passion were, in all proba-
bility but the first symptoms of cholera
morbus.
The man who marries a woman sim
ply because she is handy arrange
.nent to- have about the house does SO
from purely business standpoint,
and in the end, if not compelled to
support him. she has done better than
many women | know of.
Many man WHO has married for
money has never f,a.ized dividend
upon the Investment; and many
women w,u nave daae the same thing
have left unrl for their posterity thats
although lair transaction upon the
face of it, set it is just as liable to be
a put-up job.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

II Florida hds many more boys like
mortimer and Roland Bunting, of
madison, her future is assured. These
httle fellows-they are 10 and II
years old-have this year rented
Twelve acres of land and planted it
win corn and cotton, have worked the
crops carefully, and have good pros
poets OF an abundant yield. This, be-
sues raising enough vegetables to sup
ply the large family of their father,
who is an invalid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

Richard Jones, IS years of age, shot
himself in Prove Canyon, Utah, on the
Goth. He was holding two guns, when
one slipped and struck the hammer of
the other, discharging it, the contents
penetrating Jones head, killing him
instantly.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

q. There are seventy-five prisoners in
s ne Idaho penitentiary. lacking only
A'eot the capacity of that institutio u
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31
WHITE PINE NEWS
puhlished every Saturday morning Dy
W. :. DAVIS.
Terms OF subscription:

A.. amy. one year. By mail. ,......''...S3 40 40
Vns SUT1 sony. six months, by mail. ..'.." 90 90
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

vur NEWS Office Is supplied with every
u facility for executing all kinds Of Job
Printing in neat manner and at living
,stes. Any Job from 3 lady's visiting
ard TO full-sheet poster turned at short
notioe. Orders Solicited.