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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

A well-known local author came out
of the Office of publishing firm look
ing black as thunder.
whats the treble, old man ?" asked
friend. You look as if your mother
in-law had just arrived for six months
visit"
"Troublvw echoed tho gloomy au-
thor. why, what do you think? Here
I've worked night and day for three
months on 300-page story-a good,
lively yarn, with an interesting plot and
innumerable exciting incidents-just
such a story as the depraved tastes Of
the times demand and get. I took it to
that wretch in there pointing scorn-
fully toward the publishers office he
read the manuscript, pronounced it ex-
cellent and timely, and asked what I'd
sell it for l am little hard up for
ready cash, so L thought I would be
easy with the fellow and replied $780,
How much 2 he screamed.
"'Three hundred dollars, repeated.
My dear sir, responded the heart
less scoundrel, you have extravagant
IDEAS as to the value Of literary work.
Why, that is a preposterous figure.
You must step down little before !
deal with you
well, make me an Offer I said,
desperately, and be as liberal as you
cam
I'll give you $75 for tho story he
said, coolly drawing his checkbook
toward him.
"'Seventy-fve dollars I cried in
amaZement.
"'Yes, that's very liberal these times.
"'Of course you will allow royalty
rs we'll.
Mary ROYALTY said the publisher
Seventy five is for an out-and-out sale.
Il grabbed the manuscript indig-
nantly, and asked him how he could ex-
pect American literature to thrive under
such beggarly rates.
My dear sir, he said blandly, I am
not thu conservator or promoter of
American literature. print and pub
fish books to make living. You turn up
your nose at $75. Why, can get the
plates of works by popular English au-
thors all ready for the press for $3.50,
and those books command ready sale
at cheap prices. SO you see I'm really
dealing literally with you. Come, you'd
better take check
"Of course you spurned the money"
THAT'S where you arc wrong" an
swcrod the disconsolate scribbler of fic-
tion. II owed two months board and
wanted money. Besides l knew what
he said about those foreign works is
truc-that publishers get the plates for
mere song and are callous to the
claims of native authors. He's got the
manus ,ript, and I'm going to acquire &
Milesian accent, join the hod-carriers
union, and shoulder bricks and mortar
for the rest of my natural life. CHI
cadO Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

said, II, too, am rather solitary and
friendless individual, and if you and
Charlie want me for a friend, can't
tell you how glad am"
While going around the corner, Mr..
Kent learned enough of Mildred's his
tory to guess at the rest. She begged
that he would let her have Charlie for
. little time on Christmas Day, and Mr..
Kent promised to take him to her the
next morning.
The boarders at Mrs. Raster's won.
dered that night what good news had
come to the sadfaced Miss Manson.
At supper she talked pore than ever
before, and she seemed to have lost the
dull, tired look from her eyes.
Later, Mrs. Raster asked her to go
out and have look ut the shops, and,
to that worthy lady's surprise, Mildred
eagerly accepted. She had decided to
buy Christmas present for Charlie.
Life once more offered the pleasure of
doing something for one she loved
The winsome touch of Charles baby
ish fingers had already twined itself
about her heart.
In the morning she waited impa-
tiently for him to come. When he APP
peared, in one small mittened hand
was q Christmas rose, and in the other
a note. Charlie, the rose, and the note
being safely landed in her room, Mil
dred was happy enough to cry. The
note said:
MY DEAR MISS MANSON: Charlie brings
you the rose as thank offering for the safe
return of Dick. A long time since | prom
iscd my boy sleigh-ride on Christmas
Day. The weather being fine, am going to-
fulfil! my promise this afternoon. Would
you think me impertincnt if we should ask
you to join us? Charlie would be made
happy by your acceptance, and we both
should be grateful to you for going.
Earnestly hoping for favorable answer.
l am. with respect. ) ours truly.
Rich RID KENT.
Charlie, when he won't home to din
ner, enthusiastic over She pretty lady
and the nice things she could do, had
in his hands Favorable answer"
At the end of tie Christmas HOLIDAYS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

"Dicky, Dicky, where is 90? % tum
straight in! Gore a bad, bad pussy.
Please tum in, Dicky."
The child's shrill voice was audible
to the solitary watcher in Mrs. Rasters
back room, and quick look of interest
came over Mildred's face. The picture
framed by the window was hOnelike
and comfortable. A bright, warm
looking room was its background, as
the baby, with tumbled yellow hair.
leaned out into the night to call with
eager tones for his playmate.
The lonely watcher thought: "Oh,
dear, why doesn't the baby's mother
come? He will certainly fall out. Il
he only wouldn't lean out so far!"
just as her excitement was getting
intense, and she had raised the sash to
speak to the child, door in line with
the window was quickly opened and q
tall man fastened forward, and in a
moment had the child in his arms, say
ing as he closed the window:
How could papa's Charlie be so
naughty? I'm afraid Santa Claus won't
come tonight. Hasn't papa told you
mover w oItI Iuc NluuOW
This was all. The sash was lowered
and the shade pulled down, shutting
rom the Watchers view the picture of
Jnll dark man claspinS in his arms
WITH loving care golden-headed child.
What would not the lonely girl have
given to clasp that babyish figure in
her arms?
Presently she heard . soft, scratching
noise There on her window-sill was
large gray cat, with collar and blue
ribbon, having evidently climbed to the
window from neighboring shed. In
moment Mildred had drawn the cat
within and had read "Dick" scratched
On the collar.
This must be Charles playfellow,"
was lGldred's instant thought. With
a little pink spot of excitement on
either chee.I, a shawl was hastily pnt
on, and the girl, with Dick in her
| arms. ran down Mrs. Rastcr's two
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22
Shad That Are Musical.

TIL singing shad has been seen and
heard il lower Delaware Bay this
spring, says the Baltimore american
1t hasn't been seen in large quantitie.
OF course, for the appearance of this
odd fish in these waters is rare oc-
currence. But few of the singing shad
have enchanted the fishermen since the
season began. They come from the
south, and only when the wind has
died down and the water is quiet. They
come in schools, emitting musical notes
rs they swim along. The sounds they
make are soft and something like those
Of an :colian harp. 1t is hard to ex-
press, or rather to initiate, on paper,
the melody they sing. 1t runs some
thing like this:
Wc9 10, he hi do d wee ho, lie di dunn
This sound cannot be male with any
effect except when the shad travel in
schools. The singing of single shad
is too feeble to be heard above the rip
pie of the water. THIS year has been
The first probably for decade that the
singing shad has favored the fishermen
IF Delaware Bay. Captain Arnold,
)nc of the oldest and most truthful of
South Jersey fishermen, said the other
lay that he had heard the singing shad
number of times in his piscatorial
,areer. "They are rare, of course,
50 far north as this. Even when
hey do come only old fishers are apt to
hear and distinguish them. We know
about them and are more or less on the
lookout for their occasional arrival
They really belong off the coasts of
Bolivia and Chilli. There they are
quite common. All sorts of fairy tales
are narrated about them by South
American fishermen. The singing shad
also breed in japanese waters. The
fishermen of Japan are delighted when
they strike a school of singing shad.
They follow them up reverently, be.
cause they believe the fish are inspired.
They throw them food and never catch
or eat them"
The singing shad is different from the
COMMONPLACE or roe shad. 1t is not SC
large and there is slight difference in
the formation OF the mouth. Only an
expert fisherman can tell when he has
caught one of the finny songsters
Old fishermen regard the musical shad
as prizes and do not send them to mar
ket unless they are paid very high
pr.c, for them. 1t is estimated that
they travel in schools of about five hun.
bred. The singing is pleasing at first,
but soon grows monotonous, owing tc
fact thai it is a constant repetition OF
the same few sounds. Whether many
of these peculiar fish ever go on up the
Delaware or move on to New York and
mingle with the plain everyday Hudson
River shad is not known. They lose
their identity when they get in with
other fish, and it is doubtful il they
eyes sing alone,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

Kisses ralned upon her bright sweet
face.
"Tell your pupils, tomorrow" said
her lover, "that you are going to be
married next week" He went on, in
answer to a slight gasp from the trem.
bling, rosy lips: "No, won't hear OF
any objection. I'll be around to-mor.
row morning, and we'll go to walk TO-
gether, ard get it all planned. How
can you object, dearest, whan You know
Charlie wants you. OF course my
wanting you isn't of any account. You
must be thinking dear, of what you
will require done to our home. Charlie
and L neal to be as happy as kings the
rest of our lives. You are coming to
be our good angel, my love-"
In the morning Charlie, resplendont
in his Sunday clothes, and with excite
ment and JOY beaming all over HE
small countenance, appeared at Mil
dred's door. His congratulations were
expressed in this manner:
"Oors my new mamma, and please
tum home DIES as twick's 90 tan, tos
love 90 orfuller."
Mildred, the orphan teacher, no longer
sits, Dire airy and alone, in Mrs. Raster's
third-story back room. But over, with
in the lighted window, where on Chris
mas Eve she saw home picture, her
form fits about, followed by loving
eyes. And Dick, the cat, is privileged
member of the Kent family.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

Mrs. EaNEsTINE L. Ross, who was
one of the first to advocate the cause of
women's rights. is still an interesting
figure in the American colony of Lon
don. She lived in Michigan, and as
early as 1886 addressed tho State
Legislature in person on the subject of
women's reimbursement. As long as
she remained in this country she was
foremost in the movement, and even
now, when too feeble to move from her
home, sends letters of encouragement
across the water to the women who are
in the van here.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

AT the National Convention Ct the
Christian Endeavor Societies, at Chi
cago, the Connecticut delegation pre-
sented to Illinois magnificent floral
ltandard, which, when its full 81 ynif-
canoe was understood by the cor VEN
ton, was received with the heartiest
cheers and applause. The upper por-
ton of the standard is disk of white
flowers about two feet in diameter. A
wreath of green surrounds the words.
"One Cent" picked out in red. Be-
meath this representative of the small
est American coin is a cross-bar in
scribed Connecticut to Illinois" At
the Saratoga Convention year ago
subscriptions were called for to carry
on the work of the united societies,
Connecticut pledged herself to furnish
$500 for tho work. Illinois event her
one better" by subscribing $780, OF.
The one cent wal PLATED with gold and
sent forward to the treasury. Now,
Connecticut was not to DO outdoue BY
illinois. and returned tho cent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

One night John R. Mclean, editor OF
The Cincinnati Enquirer, was seated
at his desk up to his eyes in business
when a bumptious young reporter
strolled in from the city editors room.
and seating himself Familiarity near the
editorin-ch:ef, inquired in an off-hand
way: well, Mac, how does the news
pan out tonight" Not in the least
disconnected by the extraordinary con-
duct of his subordinate, who, by the
way, was newcomer on the paper, and
hardly known to him, Mr.. Mclean re-
sponded in an apparently pleasant way :
Don't Call me Mac it seems too stiff;
call me Johnnie"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

PHILADELPHIA brewers say their
business has increased 90 per cent. since
the high-license law that abolished
nearly four fifths of the saloons went
into effect. They explain that the
great increase is due to the demand
for bottled beer. There is also a great
increase of the sale in large quantities,
saying nothing of demand that is
made for small kegs of lager, called
sechtels, and holding one-sixth of a
barrel. One feature of the license law
provides that the license shall expire
with the death of the owner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

PEARLS have been discovered, it Is
just announced, in several of the Irish
rivers, and gentleman who is Chair
man of the Omagh Town Commission
ers has arrived in London within the
past Gay or two. bringing with him a
packet of the gems which have been
found in fresh-water mussels of County
Tyrone. Some of these pearls are said
to be of fair size, measuring over a
quarter of an inch in diameter, while
others range downward to the size of a
small gun-shot. They are asserted,
moreover, TO be of fine quality, and to
abound in the stretches of water where
the pcarl-bearing mussels have now
been discovered.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

A WATCH dial now being made at the
Waltham Works has, it is said, instead
Of the twelve Roman numerals on the
dial, twelve small silhouette figures.
One o'clock is represented by young
woman with a babe in her arms. At
two o'clock the child is larger, at three
it is in short clothes, and SO goes on
until Mt eight o'clock the babe is n
schoolboy and the woman disappears.
At nine he wears college gown and
mortar board, and ut ten no is parting
from tho woman ct her deathbed. At
eleven he is middlc-aged man, and ut
twelve he is old and decrepi..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

TIE Dominion of Canada, in order to
stimulate the development of its iron
deposits, offers n bounty OF 81 pei ton
on all pig mado in Canada. In the
coming session of the Dominion Parlia.
ment, an effort will be made by the
companies owning Canadian copper &C.
posits to secure similar legislation for
tho encouragement of copper smelling
in Canada. 1t is intended to ask for u
bounty on every ton of copper matte
produced assaying fifty per ccnf. cop
per or less, an increased bounty fur
higher grade MATES, and still more IN
bar copper, with subsidy par mi.
for any railway built to connect cope,
mines with shelters or tide water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

A YOUNG woman on her way home
from church in Mentone, Ind, the 9TH
er night, was caught in thunder show
er and struck by lightning. 1t is re-
ported that, though terribly frightened,
she managed to reach home. On exam
nation she found that the fluid had
bent two of the hairpins on her head
and actually melted one, but the skin
was not abraded and she was not in
jurcd a particle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

Upon land of Tyson Reynolds, in
Lancaster County, Pa, stands black
heart cherry tree planted in 1916, and
now bearing fruit for the sixty-eighth
time, which has, on big fork eight feet
above the ground, healthy cedar five
feet high and three inches across that
has grown there for the last twenty-five
veors
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

APRoPos to the recent Communication
of Chiara Cignarale's sentence, the New
York Sun publishes an interview with
Roscoe Conkling at the time the ver-
dict was rendered many months ago.
In the course of this interview, which,
in accordance with Mr.. Conklings
wishes, has been suppressed lest at
might have some influence in deciding
Cignarale's fate" the eminent jurist
said: "At no time should q woman's
life be legally put in danger. Our civ
ilization is surely too far advanced to
permit the killing of woman by pro-
cess of law. II is bad enough, God
knows, to hang a man. A womans life
life should never be taken, even though
she has been found guilty of the awful
crime Of murder. The fastening to
eternal judgment of woman's soul by
order of civilized judge, in civilized
court of civilized country, is blot
upon the manhood of this nation"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

ACCORDING to statistics compiled
from the records of the Internal Reve-
nue. Department, more than 1000, 000,-
600 cigarettes were sold in the United
States during the year 1857. If the
remainder of the present year fulfils
the promise of the first six months, the
record of the year 1888 will exceed that
of the previous twelvemonth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22
THE DEPOsED PRIEST.


AT close OF day wandered to this church,
Whose crosses high tower upward toward the sky.
Within is silent peace. On each side hang
The prints which show to faithful ones the marks
OF Jesus fe to Calvary. And here
And there, beside dusky column, stands
An image which, upon the walls or DER
The pews, its deeper shadow casts. SO dark
il 1t that angels i'll the stained glass
Have disappeared beneath the great worlds
night.
Tis evening darkness when ono loves to pray.
And, far above, the long ribbed arches bind
The holy stiffness in. Away beyond,
The same still darkness holds the chancel deep.
lonely place! And yet the red light clear
Which hangs, star-lke, beneath the altar arch,
Gives tokens of the Presence with Which none
Can lonely be.
And l. priest, yet not
A priest, meath cover of the dusk slip in
TO gaze upon that gentle light and kneel
Before that altar at which, years ago,
l stoo with unbound priestly powers-God's
To elevate the Body Of my Lord
For men to kneel and vcnerate.
"The power
Is with me still, for I, deposcd, nm still
"riest. But use it that may not now.
And So when all tho church Is dim at eve,
Sip II at the open door to kneel
Were olce l s.oodl
~The darkness doepens. None
Will sc me now. The dust upon the floor
Is fitting token of my humbleness
The priest before his God! The priest deposed
Christie eiciSOn, KYrie elciSOn-wll
He hear? o, Jesus! Loose these bands which
bnl
And grant that onco before die, SOM act
AS priest be allowed to do. For prizes,
In Thy sight know that | nm tho man
And church have aid their ban upon mo.
"Harkl
What sound is that? Another supplicant?
The door was opened while prayed and one
loor, DECREE it begsar-has come in
He falls beside mo, and he says: Father,
The pri st is gone, and am near to death
shrive mo OF my Sin!
/ hasten to
Tho sacri5ty The priest is truly gone.
hasten back. The man will soon be dead
! see And is his soul all stained with sin,
Unfit TO meet its God?
Is not mine own?
must rot think OF that Is he repaired
To meet his Judge2 That only must | ask.
None SO is near. Shall this soul pass away
Without the peace which only Holy Church
Can give? My duty must do
Here rest thy heal upon my arm and toll
my grief, o lonely man, for am poor
And lonely, too Yet can help thee Tell
Me all that burdens thy poor heart, and
Will help tlee.
Prone upon the dusty floor,
Eencath the clear red light, he lay, an | told
His tale OF ii nnl BORROW and when done
rose and gave hun absolution, and
He died.
What WIS my prayer? To die priest!
l am priest, and God has given me what
! sought. 'ChristG eteiS0n eleiS0n Christ"
when m 1rninc came Two corpses lay within
The chancel gate. The one the beggar and
Beside him lay the priest-a priest deposed.
But God had heard his prayer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

A New YORK man missed $45, in.
Guiding his lrch-penny, and told his
roommate, who offered to take care Of
him while he had cent left. The
roommate, in the generosity of his
heart, bought the drinks, and, when he
pulled out handful of change, 10, the
luck-penny! He went to Jail.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

1T is estimated at the Postoffice De,
partment that the deficiency in the
revenues of the postal service for the
last fiscal year will be about $4,000, OOO
Last year the deficiency WAS something
over $5,5O0,000. Owing to the cheap
rates of postage, especially for news
papers, the bulk of mail matter has in
creased at such rate that the cost of
the service has grown immensely. The
force of employees, especially in the
large offices, is taxed to handle the
quantity of matter that daily comes
pouring in. In some instances the
newspapers ere not sent to the post
Office at all, but are weighed and
stamped at the Office of publication by
some one authorized to do the work,
and the bags are sent directly to the
railroad depots. If this were not done
it is stated that some of the large post
offices would be overwhelmed, and
that it would be impossible to handle
all the matter with any dispatch or
accuracy. 1t is thought by the post
Office officials that the statistics for the
year just ended will show large in
crease in the number of letters mailed.
At present England is the greatest let
ter-writing nation in the world. The
annual ratio of increase in this class OF
mail matter in this country is much
greater in this country than in England,
and, if the present rate continues, in
few years the United States will stand
at the head as writing more letters per
capita than any other nation. The
bulk of mail matter, or the number of
pieces handled by the United States
postal service, is now greater than any
other country, b"t this is mainly due to
the extensive circulation of the news
papers, -... -.,......
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

A PARTISAN Duchess has bettered
Sarah Bernhard's tiger cub by adopt
real panther as pet. She keeps it
in long cage, and gives it sun and air
on the veranda, where she feeds it her.
self, stroking it through the bars of the
cage as she does so.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

BELvA ANN LOCKWOOD has begun to
take UP campaign collections. She has
learned that in running for office the
candidate needs q check rain.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-09-22

POPE LEO is said to be OF loss how
to dispose of 100000 bottles of wine
and 10000 pairs of slippers which he
received as jubilee offerings.