Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-08-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The handsomest grenadines are beaded
Belts will be much worn with summer
dresses.
Artists of all sorts ar, abundantly re-
presented in Paris. There 32,626 of
them.
There are about 10000 Chidamen in
San Francisco about 1000 of whom are
women.
Heavy tea drinkers, says that Iancent,
first became wildly excltable.' and
then their sense of hearing goes"
Samson, tie French executioner be.
headed I, l43 people in his official career,
being 217 year-rather busy life.
A Brooklyn night Waterman limbs
1,SsS stairs every night, or over $40 duro
ing each of the IL hours he is on duty.
Art in Taris is f. st recovering from its
late depression. The Salon which re-
Gently closed was most successful and
brought in a neat profit of $4,000.
lightning struck hou>e in Winona,
MIMI, last week and after the excite
ment had subsi led it was found that
several empty cigar Loxes ON shelf had
all been united 50 firmly together that it
was Dosoi'lC ~ tpSiutO
An old miner i'll Carroll county, Ca,
literally starved himself 10 DEATH He
lived alone. having abandoned his wife.
The neighbors found $4,000 sticking
in cracks in the house, and he owned
land, yet he was too penurious to buy
food.
A New York Snowman has received
from Brazil an anacond, described rs
20 ieet long, or as long as three fence
rails and il is us big r.und as a water
pal. 1t is supposed to be $50 years old,
and there IS said to be snakes in the
forests of the Amazon that are $50 wears
old.
Some one with a mathematical mind
has figured it out that all the gold on
earth to-day, in whatever shupe-that
is mined gold, or, to put it palmer, the
gold in use in ali nations and the pro-
duct of all ages-if welded in one mass,
would be contained in cube of less
than 20 feet.
snakes that eat poisonous snakes by
choice always catch them by the nose
so they cannot O. en- their mouths Then
they swallow them, nose and head first
and the reptile never has chance to
bite. King snakes, the black snakes
with white marks. do that way. There
is another 81 Ike, of q dull red color, in
the West Indies, that does the same
way.
In Cincinnati, on Sunday, Sam Jones
and sam mall went to church. and on
their arrival found a good congregation,
but no preacher. When the two Sans
entered they were recognized anil Sam
Jones was Immediately introduced to
the pulpit. from which he delivered one
of his forcible sermons from the text,
If ye love me, keep my command
ments.'
1t is said of John L. Sullivan, Jr.,
who is now 81 months old, that when
but six months old he would seize hold
of kitchen chair with one hand and
hold it at arms length. One day, when
HI was about nine months old, he was
put ulon his feet near coal hod two
thirds full, when he seizid and lifted it
from the floor. Now. when playing in
the open air. he handles heavy stones
that it would trouble lads of 10 or 10
years to manage.
Ex-senator Spencer made his first bus.
mess start at Des Moiues, Iowa, by
overhearing the two commissioners who
| had charge of the location of the State
Capitol discussing the site they had
determsned on and land ad ioining they
intended to first purchase. Spencer had
| just SO. and went and made contract
to purchase the land for $1,000 pay ment
to he made in 30 days, and $50 to be
paid down to lind the bargain. He
cleared $4,000 on the transaction.
Gen. Grants trophies. ETC., presented
to the Government, are not in the
National Museum, but, instead, still in
the boxes in which they were shipped
to Washington, n year and a half ago,
stored in one of the store rooms of the
War Department. 1t is explained that
a gift cannot he officially received ex-
cept by a ton of Congress, and that
the boxes were stored by Secretary Endi-
colt until Congress took action. The
Senate acted promptly. but the bill IS
sway out of sight on the House caen-
dar.
The continued and unusual and I'M
looked for scaI city of bluet'sh and the
menhaden is worrying the fish dealers
and fish eaters of New York great
deal. The Fulton market dealers com
pain that the bluetish boats 90 down
the harbor daily, traverse the usual fish
ing or unds, and even take long runs
out to sea, but come back empty. The
old fl hermen have come to the conclu-
sion that both buefish and menhaden
arc being driven from the ad accent
waters in consequence of the continual
slaughter and hara>sing Of the men
baden, which h lie been the most pro-
ltic fish food in that vicinity.
One among tn many eminent church di.ni-
tar es who have giveh their public endorse
ment the wonderful efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil,
ments, is the Right Rev. Bishop Gilmour,
Cleveland. Ohio.
Vel ow and he iirops are the leading Lon
DO colorS this sunin-"
The only cough mixture before the people
that contains no Op'ates or narcotics is Red
Star Cough Care. Price. TWENTY-FIVE cents.
SBowballs make :. lovely trimmil g fer a
tulle bonnet.
Tucks and plaits are superseding fiounces
and frills.
The boiiccs of thin wooden materials are
lin d with silk.
| somebody's Child.
| Somebody's child is dyins-dying with the
| hGs! OF hope on his Young face ard somct3;iy's
mother thihk ng of the inc waen that dear