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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

THE growing disposition to speak Of our
coal as Georges Creek" indicates very plainly
that Cumberland is slowly but surely losing
its grip on valuable part Of the earth
Frostburg JOURNAL.
A constant dripping wears away the stone,
and the continued hammering Of the jour,
NAL seems to be changing the location of
places on the earth. Now that the Cumber-
land basin has been transverted to the
Georges Creek basin, may We hope that our
neighhor will stop there and not want the
earth ?-Cumberland Independent.
Certainly you may, and we extend
this permission cheerfully. IN fact,
wicked as the JOURNAL may be, no.
body can truthfully charge it with
having ever denied to any creature
the privileges, pleasures, comforts or
consultations Of "hope."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

THE St. Paul Pioneer Press has been
discussing the merits of various kinds
OF pavement, not to discover which IS
the most desirable, but to find one
upon which people can travel during
the winter months without falling
down every twenty-five feet. In
Homecoming, according to the Review,
it is not so much pavement that will
best prevent people from upsetting
as one that will prevent them from
falling clear through.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

OUTSIDE of the strike the region has
done we'll this year. The men, there
fore, who are we'll prepared for winter,
will gain a good start in the spring,
for the outlook favors still better work
over there.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

1.-THE land-grabber must CO." says
the Shenandoah Pa.) Mining Herald,
land it is the duty of Congress
to drive him out" Coming from the
Herald, this edict is all right, but from
Henry George all wrong.
The land-grabber, however, is a
very old Individuals species of
Wandering jew" His operations
and travels began away back, and he
was generally one of the pioneers Of
great adventures. He came over with
John Smith and in the Mayao.cer. In
time he worked his way westward, and
is still working.
But why he is so avaricious of land,
or waits to be despoiled, We don't
know.
Henry George wants to tax land
and nothing else, and many people
think, therefore, that land as magnet
monopolizing all taxation will not be
worth owning.
But if anybody can show us that all
taxation does not already come out of
land, and land only, we will put down
the men who want the earth as un.
desirable residents anywhere within
reach of a planet.
PROF. DAVID SWING is of opinion
that
There is not now living in America single
great prose writer like Macaulay, or Victor
Hugo, or Lamartine, and that none Of our
magazines rest upon q name and that no
amazing minds are visible at this time.
The professor will doubtless revise
the latter portion of his remark so
soon as he has read "Vistas' in yester-
days Homecoming Reriesc.
But irony aside, it is pity that
some peoples brains need bandaging
to keep their heads from flying open,
A course Of cross-examination on the
witness-stand has cured sufferers from
clean conscience, pure heart and big
head.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

THE Presidents contempt for the
press is not altogether misplaced.
And nobody knows it better than the
intelligent, conscientious newspaper
man, who has had the'best opportunity
to measure and number the weaknesses
of the brethren.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-04

r. T. SEMMEs voiced q quiet,
earnest, extensive sentiment when he
objected to system which appears
to mobilize the jury establishment Of
this county. And Judge Hoffman's
prompt showing of willingness to en-
tertain suggestions of improvement
are creditahla to his Office and himself.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
sfpw They Go. Their Money Back.

lie half.clad citizens of the Bermudas
ave an idea of the eternal fitness OF
) nss, for they, it is said, import fol
/, ~ own use largely potatoes from the.
af.ted States at Sc barrel, and send US
.-toes Of their own growth at from
= % SO per barrel.-Chicago Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Poisonous Dust Ill the Throat.

Recent experiments have determined
the existence of veins in connection with
the bronchial glands. 1t is, therefore,
easy to conjecture how foreign particles
may be carried into the general circula-
ton and set up disease in remote organs.
Another reason is thus furnished, if any
other were necessary, for insisting on
the thorough cleansing and watering of
the streets. The dust of city streets
abounds in animal life, and the molecu-
lar activity of these organisms varies &C
cording to the height at which the dust
is collected. Unfortunately, five feet is
the height at which they are most active,
about ON level with an ordinary foot
passengers mouth. Thus these moving
organisms are always in waiting to be
devomed before our very faces. In this
manner many diseases doubtless propa-
gate themselves, and the history of
plaques and pestilences in cities seems
Invested of some of its mysteries.-Chi-
cago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Virtues of the Horseback Cure.

There is saying among the Russians
that man who is fond of his horses will
not grow old early. The Arab and the
Cossack are examples of the truth of the
proverb. They generally live long, en-
JOY robust health, and have no use for
liver pads and blue pills. That vigorous
octogenarian, David Dudley Field, tells
us that he attributes his remarkable
vitality to the habit of horseback riding,
and If the truth were known, it
would doubtless appear that our
sturdiest old men are those who have
been fond of the saddle. The taste for
equestrian sports and exercise which has
lately made such progress in Brooklyn is
therefore hopeful and healthful sign.
It is not mere freak of fashion, but a
development in the direction of rational
enjoyment and an assurance that the ris-
ing generation well be less of an indoor
and more of an outdoor people. 1t mean
less headache hereafter, better appetites,
stronger lungs, roster cheeks, brighter
eyes, sounder sleep, happier spirits, and
a total Oblivion of that organ which, ac-
cording to Sidney Smith, keeps men a
good deal lower than the angels-she
liver.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
CITIZEN GEORGE FRANCIS rRAir.
somethins Aren't the Oaeer Old n1an
who Talks oaIy TO Children

somethins Aren't the 0nesr Old Han
who Talks oaiy to Children
UP among the spring greenery OF
Madison Square park, where the flowers
and the birds and the children glow
best, white-haired man has made his
home in the open air. The children all
know him and come to him for stories of
fai-yland and for candy, and all the
birds, from the aggressive little fighter,
the brown sparrow, down to the ti;nid
bluejay, come fearlessly up to his seat to
peck up the crumbs that they find scat-
tered about for them. had almost ;said
even the flowers know him for being
with them so much and for the interest
he takes in them. But here his circle of
friends stops, Beyond the children and
birds and flowers he knows no one to
speak to, though all the town knows the
still handsome enthusiast of the park
Citizen George Francis Train.
Eleven years ago, after travelling all
over the world and crossing the ocean
forty times, he came into Madison Square
one bright spring morning and said he
would make it his home. On every side
about the little block of green freshness
the full tide of city life swirled and
roared. The tumult of Broadway came
to him, softened to murmur through
the trees, and the hustle of Twenty third
street and Fifth avenue beat against the
wall of verdure and lost itself in the
tinkle Of the fountainwithout disturbing
the bronzed philosopher.
At first he allowed himself to talk to
men for two minutes at time, but soon
he gave this up, and closed his lips to all
who.had grown old enough to think of
self. "Cmldren and fools speak the
truth" he said, and so his communica-
tions would thereafter be with only those
who were instinctively innocent. Speak
to him as you pass and ask an interest
ing question, and if this citizen of the
world likes your address out comes lit
tie pad of paper and a lead pencil, blue
at one end and red at the other. With
this he answers pertinent inquiries,
writing in kind of illuminated text,
somewhat after the fashion of the old
Bibles people read when Luther was a
boy. The chances are about even that
the reply will be in psyche" verse, and
that one out of every three words will be
understood. But the writing will touch
at the root of the matter, and will show
keen knowledge of human nature.
So the daily life of this man runs
away-talking to children, feeding BIRDS,
reading newspapers and telegraphing
two columns day of wonderful
psyche" news to The Tacoma puget
Sound) Ledger. NJ man in America
keeps more thoroughly abreast of the
news of the day or is a closer reader of
the conntry's newspapers. The casual
stroller through the park and the aver
age New Yorker knows little more of the
genius of this man than the birds and
children about him do.-New York
World. ~'E
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
The Peculiar Properties of Ozone.

1t is a colorless gas, having a rather
,ungent odor and possesses the peculiari-
les of oxygen, but in more marked de-
rec. So powerful is it, indeed, that it
-sill perform many of the feats of fire
without the phenomenon of fame. As
bleaching agent it is very effective. 1t
is especially made use of in this connec-
ton by dealers in pictures as a means of
erasing the yellow "time stains" that are
found on old engravings and prints.
This is accomplished by bending the
picture around in the form of cylinder
so that the two ends meet with the face
inside, and suspending piece of white
phosphorus within it. The phosphorus
oxidizes slowly, and as this is one of the
chemical reactions that is attended with
the production of ozone, sufficient is
formed to completely renovate the most
time-defaced picture. Since, however,
a very little friction causes the phos-
phorus to ignite, great care must be
taken in performing this operation
Detroit Free Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
One Explanation of Decimal Counting.

Many use decimals instead of octonals
to-day, because in the progress from the
filmed fish to the fur-imbed amphibian
the number of fin-rays on each limb
happened to be reduced from eight or
ten to five only. Hence most of the
higher animals have five fingers or five
toes ON each extremity; and man in this
respect conforms strictly to his pre-
human arboreal ancestor.
If that ancestor had had only four
toes, like SO many quadrupeds, we might
now count by Fights or by sixteens; but
the accident of his possessing five digits
on each limb has saddled us forever with
the foolish custom of reckoning every
thing either by tens or by twenties. Our
most advanced mathematics bear obvi-
ously OH their face the marks of their
irrational and savage origin, and more
remotely recall the evolution of the race
from many rayed mud-haunting am
phibious Observation-Disclosures Maya
zine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01

IA connection with the labor sauabbles
which appear to be the rage just now in
almost every trade, it is singular that no
one has suggested a trial of the English
system, which requires notice on both
sides OF the termination of an engage
ment. The period of the notice varies
from seven days to a month. Under no
circumstances can man leave his en-
ploy without giving notice, except by mu-
tual consent, with regard to which there
is seldom any difficulty in cases of emer.
gency.. If he leaves without notice he liz
liable to be proceeded against summary
in the local police court, and the dam:
ages sustained by his late employer are
assessed by the stipenliary magistrate,
the amount, with costs, being recover
| able by distress, with imprisonment in
default.
On the other hand,a "boss" can not
discharge hand without notice except
for gross misconduct, immortality. or the
like, and it has even been held that gross
insolence does not proride adequate
grounds for summary dismissal. TO
evade this law the boss must pay the dis
charged m,an for the period of notice.
Contractors engaged on heavy jobs usn-
ally protect themselves by special agree
ments with their men, but without these
the custom of the trade" is taken as
sufficient evidence of implied contract.
1t will be readily seen what an enormous
advantage this gives in case of strike.
1t is true that in actual practice employ
crs seldom care to enforce the law
against ahsentees, but as to quit work
without notice is .il!egal.-Ens!isa In
vestcr in Globe Democrat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Vibrations from a Steam Ma, I

MN. Fouque End Michael Levy have
made experiments recently with the
steam hammer at the Creusot works to
determine the velocity of propagation
Of vibrations through the ground. The
blow of the 1e9-.on hammer is not felt
by the senses beyond LEGO meters, but
it is perceptible by proper apparatus, such
as the padiral apparatus OF astronomers.
In the Permian rocks of Creusot the
speed Of the wave is about 1900 meters
Der second parallel to the strata, and
1850 metefs per second perpendicular tc
them. In the sands of Meudon, on tho
other hand, the speed of shock was
found to be about 320 to $50 meters osf
second; but the wave was longer in this
use, that is to sag,i Il lasted longer
Cleveland Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
The Rising and Sinking of Balloons.


How slight an influence will move
spherical balloons floating in space is
known by the fact that the addition or
subtraction of but few pounds will
cause a considerable rising or sinking.
NJ. Lefevre, the president of the British
Saloon society, has stated that from his
personal experience he knew the release
of but one pigeon to have caused small
balloon to rise 100 feet, and Mr.. Sim
mons, in the interesting account of his
attempt to cross the channel in March,
1852, says that when oyer Shakespeare's
cliff, at an altitude of 500 feet he rose TO
1900 by merely throwing overheard ten
pounds Of ballast. Hence it is reasonable
to believe that with conoidically ended,
long, cylindrical navigable, great speed
could be obtained without using much
orse-power--Blackwood's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Putting Niagara Falls to Work.

lee plan is a simple one. A great pipe
> snaft is to be cut through the rock
$50 by and parallel With the Niagara
'sr. 100 feet deep and running half a
lls or more back from the falls. The
1en end of this little shaft or tunnel is
empty out of the rock at the falls a
ut or two above the level of the water
low the cascade.
ETaeneyer a company wants water
'@'*sr it may sink a vertical shaft from
te surface almost down to this hori-
,ata shaft. In the bottom of this ver-
IA shaft q turbine wheel is to be
aced, and below this a smaller shaft,
: i tai race, will carry the water from
> wheel to the great horizontal shaft,
A!eh will then work as a waste-pipe to
Try off the water. In order to get the
@aded water to drive the wleel it will
2ly be necessary to build a short pier
. The river shore to catch the eage of
"a s7-ifuy-howing current and divert a
Cr'a of it Ivy means of ditch or pipe,
10 he vertical shaft, and so past Iae
--ct and through the great subterra-
- shaft and back into the river again
e,oyv the falls. These vertical shafts
go 90 be big enough to admit one or
W # the workmen, wle MUST place
ae tsrbine ip position and afterward at
nj 70 it. 1t is said that a wheel as big
. a mans hat will supply eco horse
yer, though this was said carelessly
y lie reporters informant, who ac-
uncertainty as to the pre-
@E amount.-New York Sun.
IAStiticial Propagation of HOLSTERS.
The United States fish commission has
soanHy issued an interesting paper upon
.o subject of Holsters. The lover of lob
81 Salad will regret to iesrn that the
nniy, as well as the size. Of this sea fruit
"a oidly decreasing, and the iish COM
son is devotiEg its energies toarfifi-
:, !ropagation. The Matching Of large
utilities of lobster eggs is now being
, red on at the stations II the fish COM
son, and then the young lobster is
s,ached in such localities as are consid-
I'D most favorable to their growth.
- eggs of a lobster are comparatively
.rga, being about one-twelfth of an inch
! diameter, and each lobster carries
.on about $4,000 to 2i,009 according to
S size. The decrease in the crop has
ssn serious loss to many fisherman
"a dealers Curtis in Inter Ocean.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01

DR. L. G. WEsT's NERVE AsD RRkIS TREAT-
ssFyT. q euarsntectl specific Cor Hysteria. Dizzi-
ness. ConTEisions. Fits. Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Pr ostraticn cscsed by the 1se
of alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De-
PRESTON. Softering OF tie Brain resulting IN In
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age. Barrenness. Loss of power
orrhcea caused bycver-exsrticn OF the brain- self
abuse or oyca.indulgenco. Each boz contains
one months treatment, St.n0 a box. or six boxes
EE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
20 cr,re any case. With each order received byns
for SIX boxes accompanied with $500. we VIII
send The purchaser our written guarantee to re.
fund the money if the treatment docs net eneca
acuro. Guarantees Issued only hy
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Bridal Dowry Among the Roumanians.

The Pail Mall Gazette tells Of remark
able custom existing among the Rouman-
ians living in the westerly Carpathians.
Every year, at the feast of the Apostles
Peter and Paul, a market is held on the
crest of the Gaina, from 5000 to 6,000
feet above the level of the sea, and here
the manageable girls of tue district as
semble with their parents il order to be
viewed aad claimed. Mothers, aunts,
grandmothers, and various female friends
contribute to the dowry, and this COM
pleted it is carried 20 the market. Cattle,
bees. and other household requisites are
added to the dowry. On the Gaina
every family occupies distinct tent, in
which the dowry is exhibited, and in
which the bride-viewers are expected.
The bachelors, too, are accompanied by
parents or relatives. The young men
bring the best they possess, and each
must particularly come with girdle of
gold or silver. After the brides are
chosen the public betrothal takes place
The mark of betrothal is not ring, bu
a beautifully embroidered handkerchief.
London Correspondence.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-01
Dead Birds Not i'm Good Taste.

We submit that dead bird is not
good decoration for hat. 1t is not in
good taste, to say the least, and, save
that the present fashion blinds the eyes
of many, no one would think for an in
put stuffed songster on bonnet. 1t
ought to make any decently sensitive per-
SON ashamed of his race to consider this
illustration of how far the vanity of
fashion can make respectable people for
get their own primitive instincts of hu-
manity.-New Haven News.