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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

to he let out, at the same time giving
fearful yels to apprisc Their friends Of
their designs, which were seconded by
repeated strokes with heavy stones upon
the door. In its ovcrpowcring terror the
guard mustered its whole strength,
opened the door slightly and permitted
their savage charge to go scot free. OF
course, they were never seen more.
Nor is TIE McXican's dread of the In
dian in any measure without cause. The
onslaught upon their people is simply
app. ling. The Ara he is brought up to
regard the Mexican as his natural enemy,
and to rob and kill such enemy is an
honorable achievement. His feelings
are early cmbittercd against all the
vilized race. lie is taught that the
chief excellence of man is to outwlt his
fellows That the highest honors are
due the greatest rascal.
Again, the Apache of to day is not the
Apache Of three quarters of Il century
ago. That he has learned nothing from
cXperence-is a bipcd brute, without
Judgment, skill, strategy or reflection
is where many err in their conception of
Apache character. On the contrary, he
possesses all of these in an eminent de
gree. lie has also adopted our improved
weapons, beside retaining that silent,
death dealing engine Of his ancestor,
the bow and arrow. Though seldom
given credit for it, they know what is
right and proper as well as their pale
face brother. In all their talks with
our military officers they urge justice
and propriety, and profess to be guided
by those virtues. Nevertheless, to rob
and not be robbed, to kill and not he
killed, to take captive and not be cap,
turcd, form the sum and substance Of
their education and life ambition. The
Apache who can perform these acts with
the greatest success is the greatest man
in the tribe In fine, to lie prominent
Apache is to be prominent scoundrcl.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

terror with when these people are
stricken upon movie sc of the near
approach OF the dreaded Alachc.
1 he Ma or was dispatched, with two
others, to d scovcr fronticg town AID
ascertain whether It could be reached
with wagons After ride Of some
length they reached the town, bat cou,d
perceive no inhubi ants about the houses
on the plain. Raising their eyes to the
hill, however, they perceived the entire
poEula ion, of some nine hundred souls,
luddlcd t. gcther in evident alarm. They
had taken them for Araches, and fled in
disnfay to the protect on of the preside,
which was held by four hundred SOL
dicrs.
Another and still more striking in,
cidcnt may lie cited Eere to show how
completely the Arachcs have control
over'thc NeXicans on the frontier. At
one time five Apache Indians--two war
riors and three women were brought
into town under a st:o g guard of Of
d:ers and lodged in Jail to await their
ultimate destination. Night came on
exec, dinghy dark and stormy and the
ram descended IN torrents. Zeal after
zeal of thunder shook the alobean walls
of the ancient village and vivid fla, hes
of lightning struck terror to the hearts
OF its inhabitants. The Mexican guards
o7er the prison left their posts of duty
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
An ObitIIar; pOntcSS,

One of the very QueercSt ways of earn
ing living among the endless eccen-
tr cities of ingenious ncccs sites in this
city, says the New York WORTH, is that
of Il woman who lives in Little flat on
Nineteenth street. and who writes obitu
airy poerv, thereby avoiding the nccessi-
ty of an obituary for her own tombstone.
She is a genial pcrs on on ordinary occa-
sions and pos iscs u notable facility for
RHYMES. When she is interviewing Gus
toners tbs gen;ality subsidies into del
icate and dramatic sympathy which is
very soothing to the bercaved. she says
of herself: ~ on see am not a poet. The
newspapers and magazines wont bay my
poetry, and | don't wonder 1t it; but at
The same time have a genius for rhymes.
! have found rhymes for window and
silver even the two unrhymab'e words
and qu OK rs flash | can find word
in aSSOnance tn any name, Christian or
surname. | am Il ghtning rhymer, in
short. can make Verses, too, of a GER
ia II sort with the same facility, and hap
ply the people who come to zee me don't
demand poetry up TO tn level OF In
Mcmoram. and I.ycidas' There's my
Hoods Hhyrnsler, Roget's 'Thcsaurus
and rabies 'ynonymns They arc
my tools, and by their aid |
make a living. The most curious
people come to lie all the way
from III. Il II ctcd wa h2rwOman la
ment,ng the lite bibllous Patrick, to
cd gentlemen who have lost their grand
children. Bereavement, like love, seems
to loosen the intcllc tull fibre, and when
People are in the trst throes of grief theJ
find comfort il tie stranGcst things.
They like my verses more than you
wolld lelicvc poss bic, and make me
read them over again and again, the
feeble Tyres and hating lines evidently
soothing them more than volumes Of the
NEST c.oqucnt prose. My prices: on.
they are in n Siding scale. For cclc-
bra,ing The martial virtues of the late
Mr.. O'Donovan in six tOur-linc stanzaS
| charge S, but rs | rise i'll the social
scale, and the measure used is more com
pleX, why ask all the way from $ to So.
On one OCCASION | asked and was pa q
$50 for memorial ode to the dead bride
Of Il sorrowng widowcr. 1t was some
thing like two hundred lines, and if do
say 1t myself, it was very nice poetry
and fully worth the money The widowcr
is married again, but he didn't seem to
think any cpithalamium was required,
or at least | wa MT asked to write 1t.
Poetry about dead child en- is the sort
uftcnoSt askci for, and yet | don't like
to write it lccausc | really throw more
| feeling into it than any other. Over
some of my best ones lye wept myself,
| Eut mothers will take anything, They
! don't seem to know whether it's GOOD
! or bad.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Women Wood Workers.

Talking about employing women in
factories, " said Manistce, Mich, lum
herman to the TimJerman, brings about
the fact that the hoop factory at Manis
tee employs women feeding the planers
and other light work of that nature, and
indq that they do the work well; and at
the dairy salt factories all the sacking
and such work is done by girls, who work
on piece work and earn about 81 to 81. p
a DAY, and seem to like the employment.
The only size sacks they seem to oh, Get
to is the ten pound size, which they say
are a little heavy to handle Mt arms
length. AS they work in pairs, though,
they can change off and rest themselves
in that way.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
APACHE CHIEF.

These mushroom civilizations that
haze gathered around 'fnd" of the
prec Gus metals the rough, raw materials
of new mining America, made memorial
by the literature Of Bret Harte and his
followers, IS, with the rapid advance of
population and conventional ideas, dis
appearing from sight as absolutely as
the dodo Of tradition. Still, the Indian
remains, his fiendl>h cunning unaltcred,
his inordinate treachery unchanged.
The yuma Indian, as that band on
whose habtations the fort looks down is
designated, arc not Apaches, though
possibly olTsprings of that tribe. They
are Tathcr more picturesque than the
Apache, wear little clothing, and none
Of that European.
1t was AT the close of the recent Indian
disturbance, says a Yuma letter in the
San Francisco CIrOHjcla that we first
made a visit to the scene of war between
dreaded Apache Our first view of these
savagCs was, the. efore, of double i'm.
portancc. Since the construction of the
galway through this interesting territory
they are to lie seen in numbers by the
casual passenger on the trains. Though
years have c'apscd since the roads
construction, its working is still a novelty
TO them. Their curiosity seems still
unsatcd, and with their friends who
may be visiting them from remote
quarters, they visit the draw bridge at
Yuma, explain how it swings, how the
trains are switched from one track to an
other, etc,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
Fine Weather.

lie came in the door with 42-calibrt
Colt at full cock, a bludgcon the sic Of
cart-stake under his arm, and cX
claimed, IN that quick, nervous way
that has become proyerb:al in callers Of
his class:
(Which do you prefer for the first
course, shootin' or hammerin'H'
The editor made no reply, but reached
under his desk, produced 4i-calibrt
Eerringer, with double hartriggcr
and balanced it cleverly over the hollow
OF his left elbow.
rs your'n loaded!" asked the visitor
".'or keeps" was the laconic answer.
"Mine amt. Fine weather were
havln'. Good day" And he went dowl
the steps in a manner which kept TIT
s'air-treads between himself and tn,
danger he had run up again. It'd
II
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

1Ieliogabalus is said to have been the
first to wear robe of pure silk. This
Emperor, one of the most unworthy of
rulers, who made his horse consul, had
a senate of women, over whom his
mother pres ded, which prescribed all
the modes and fashions. The Emperor
Aurelian is said to have refused his wife
Il robe of pure silk, on account OF its cx-
cessive cost. Indeed It was not until
more than five centuries after the Christ
ian era that silkworms were brought
from the East, and introduced into Con-
stantinop!c by some monks, in the time
Cf Justinian.
Purple was always much admired by
the ancicntS, the dye coming from the
murcx, as is we'll known. The color was
thought finer the darker it was. Under
Augustus violet and bright red became
fashionable colors, as well as scarlet and
were soon worn by all who could afford
to do so-but Nero and Caesar aftcrward
reserved amethyst and purp'c for I'M
perial use exclusively.
Bright cclors were disused in mourn
'n@ - when the Romlns wore black, or Il
dark gray, and matrons, especially, APP
peared in pablo in dark clothes, dis
hcvelcd hair and without ornaments. In
the autumn respectable ladies who were
at al religious dressed themselves upon
a certain day in robes of "murrey," or
dead-!eaf color, in which they made eX-
platory sacrifices, the clothing beng af-
tcrward scrupuously destroyed the idea
Icing that any evil which impended upon
the wcarcr might pass into her tunic and
thus be carried off in fame This cx-
piation, if fully carried out, was most
comfortably supposed to be sufficient for
a whole year of pcccadloes. 90 ieJ's.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
A DTesSy Queen.

An occasional Rome correspondent in
forms me that Queen Margherta of
Italy has recently appeared IN public in
some really remarkable pretty dresses.
At a court ceremony which took place
a short time back she wore black velvet,
with beautiful old lace, while found her
neck were her famous "ropes of pearls. "
At ball given q. the Spanish Embassy
her ma. esty wore dress made by
Worth, which was universally admired.
1t was a combination of lilac aud blush
silk, and was profusely embroidered with
silver, as well as with many punches of
lilac. In her hair she wore blush pink
feather, fastened by diamond butterfly.
A magnificent diamond spray also
decorated her hair. At some races the
Queen appeared in yellow, covered with
Oriental embroidery, a gorgeous dolman
also made of Eastern work, and plain
straw bonnet of light bronze COLOR
81. Stephea'S Rlciec.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

The huge palm trees on the Saunders
place en- San Pedro street have long been
Il source of admiration 10 thousands Of
people. They were there long before the
present occupant to TX possession, and
re estimated to be from sixty five to
'v,nty, five years old. The diameter of
e largest is fully four feet and the
ght over SIXTY feet, while the bodies
all rise like wcll-rounded pillars sym
mctrically fo:mel for forty feet or more
to the weli-proportioned but not wide
Spreading tops. Recently Mr.. Saunders
disposed of three OF them TO the South
en- PatiEc Com pany for Ornamcntation
of their spacious grounds surrounding
the Wolfskil station The work of re-
moving the first Of these stltclv trees has
cen successfully accomplished, rcluir-
ing the carrying along of body of earth
ten feet square and six feet deep, at
tached to aud surrounding the roots. The
apparatus for removal is similar to that
used in transferring buildings, and when
the tree was properly placed upon it in
an upright post on it was moved along
without the use Of guy ropes to steady it,
until its pla of deposit was reached, \
well is situated between &c this tee
sood and two Others Krrwn us the
twins, and the roots of the trees penc'
tratcd the well at depth of twenty feet
o: more. los 1Hg les Geo ErpreSi.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS,
Newspapers in the Kitchen.

Any properly conducted household
has an abundance of old newspapers.
Many uses can be found for them, but
none more important thar in the kitchen.
Nothing is better for cleaning lamp
chimneys. Instead of backing the stove
every day, take newspaper and rub of
the covers and top of the stove while still
warm. If grease is spilled on a cover,
turn it over and let it burn off before
attempting to clean. Brighten up the
tea kettle and coffee pot 10y the same
means. If you have greasy skillet OF
pan, wipe out with p'cce of news
paper before washing. The paper will
absorb most of the grease, and hot water
with n little sal soda or washing soda
will complete the cleaning with less
detriment to the hands than usually ex.
pc fenced. - Farm, FieN an3 lStoekmaA.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
Gloss for Collars.

To starch and iron collars so as to have
a coed gloss requires the skill that come;
from practice. Add little cold water
totwo tablespoonfuls of good starch and
rub to a smooth paste with a spoon :;
pour boiling water slowly upon the
starch, stirring briskly to prevent lump
ing. When mixed smooth add a little
salt and piece of mutton tallow OF
white wax the size Of hazel nut. Many
good laundresses add also, tablespoonful
gum arabic solution made by pouring
water upon white gum arabic and letting
it stand till clear. Boil the starch
twenty minutes and strain through three
minutes Use starch scaldlng hot and
rub it thoroughly through the linen so
that no Jumps are left on the surface
After drying the collars, dip them, an
hour or 80 before iron ng, into cold
starch made by dissolving a tablespoon
full of starch in a pint of water, warm,
but not hot enough to scald the starch.
Roll them up in a clean towel and before
ironing rub over W tn fine damp cloth.
Iron quickly aud polish with polishing
iron On bosom board. N 10 Y0rG
W0rlH
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\
During our stay we had abundant
opportunity for obscrvat OH and rchcc-
ton upon the operation and traits of
character OF several tribes that infest
these regions, and we finally came to
realize that orr rude impressions, found
ed upon the works of Fcnimole Cooper
aud Others, must be considerably modi-
ticl.
On our Ie ervations there are 260, 900
of these inlIuman, unciYililed, unro-
mantle abogigincs whom we treat with
diplomacy, whose outrages are regarded
as the doings of foreign nation. From
ella Bend to Paso del Norte is little bet
ter than 4 continuous graveyard. The
blood runs cold at recollection of the
town after town, rancho after rancho,
that las been devastated by these blood
thirsty Apaches airing the last decade.
The more ignorant C asses of Mexican
settlers We found were pcrvadcd with a
most alb cct dread and horror OF the
Apache. In earlier years and in some
instances ut the present time, children
from .heir earliest infancy were brought
mp to regard the Apache as some terrible
ogre, against whom, even with odds in
their favor, it would folly be to combat.
a wcll-known Major of certain Cali
fornia ountccr cavalry, operating in
Arizona some years ago, relates an in
stance in point which goes to show the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
lust What He Wanted.

beautiful Girl cat dog fancicr's)-
"Why, papa, there are no nice English
pugs here"
Tathec-"I see guess we have got into
the wrong pace. But what magnificent
watch dogs they have here! What breed
is that hand some animal, Mr.. De Brutc?"
ericntcd calcr-"lIc is cross
between a bulldog aid tiger. That
dog, SIR, if given the word w3u d
swallow a dude at one gulp."
Father (quickly)-'Tll take him, -
Ni!ad lpiiu lie 0r,L
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

The usual mourning periods for near
relatives observed in Philadelphia, and
they are very rigidly observed there.
cr,: For mother, father. grandpar-
ents, wife or husband, twelve months,
six months black with Grape, four
months black without Grape, and two
months half-mourning for a sister,
brother, aunt or uncle, six months,
black with Grape three months, black
without Grape two months, and half
monrnin@ one month.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
Why Uncookcd Meat SpoiIs.

For some hours after an animal is
killed the muscular fiLers are soft, and
consequently tender: it is only after all
vital heat has passed away that the flesh
becomes hard from the gradual stilfcn.
ing of its muscular portions. Once that
tense condition of the tissue is cstab-
l.shcd it remains until the relaxation sets
in which prcccdcs decomposition; with
this relaxation the flesh softens; and it
becomes tcndercr as it progresses until
the meat is upon the verge of putrcfac
ton. Until the meat taints it is suitable
for food. When meat is upon the verge
of putrcfactiOn the color becomes very
dark, the odor gradually offensive, and
the tibcrs moist and oft; as putrefaction
advances peculiar grcenish, damp mould
forms upon the exposed surfaces, and
the odor grows intocrablc lIelt
and moisture favor this destruc.
ton of animal tissue, which is
commonly called ta;nting. In damp
summer weather meat which has been
preserved by the agency of ice spots
quickly after it is exposed to norma
summer temperature, probably because
this generally combines heat and moist.
urc. When freshly killed meat is sub
jcctcd to a dry summer heat it is rapidly
converted into the wcll-known "Jcrkcd
beef" of the plains; this method OF
preservation is as widely known a3 it is
primitive Meat dried by the action OF
sun and air, after being cut in strips, is
subsequently powdered and mixed with
fat in the form of pemmican. Hunters
and explorers prefer this prcservatioH
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
Ia Shion Notes.

Ribbon four to eight inches wide ap-
pears on the newest hats.
Cherries and SINH ar small fruits, in
wax, figure in fashionable millinery
trimmings for the sca:on.
A Partisan costume is made of soft
amethyst lampas, the front drapcd, and
the side, open to SLOW petticoat OF
silver embroidery.
Gau,y cream bond combined with
moiie or brocadc and lightly trimmed
with gold or silver is much worn by
youthful matrons.
Honey suckle, lilac in white, and corn
flowers are appropriate for bridesmaid
aud arc somewhat newer than daisies,
forget me notS and roses.
Scarlet and yellow peoples are the
favoritc flowers on black la"c hats and
large bonnets, but the small black lace
bonnet dcmands the use of snail
flowers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

Young Mr. Hooking (at Cine matt
soiree musicale -'Profes cor Beirstadt
seems to be at his best tonight, Miss
Overtherinc."
Miss O,crthernc Gle is divine,
adorablc?'
Mr.. Hooking are fond of
music"
Miss Overthcrine- oassionately, Mr.
Hooking, | have sat- here in Il perfect
trance of dreamy CT, oymcnt until my
sausage is quite cold.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
THE APACHE.
SHREWDNESS OF THE TREACH.
EROUS ARIZONA INDIAN.
His Cunning and Cruelty-How
the Mexican Fears the Willy
Savage, and His Rea.
sons for So Doing.

In the hot, dusty towns, in the less
frequent stage coach, in the declining
mining camps, the tourist of to day finds
but faint survival of the hustle which
once reigned in Arizona before the day
of the railroad, when The route of the
Southern Over and mail was hither, and
long trains of immigrant and freight
wagons, carrying water in casks for two
and three days supply, passed continu-
ally over these wastes, East and West.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

Dull, heavy headache obstruction Of the
nasal passages, discharges falling from the
head into the throat, sometimes profuse, wa
terry. and aCrid, at Others, thick, tenacious
mucous, purulcnt bloody and putrd; the eyes
are wca k, Watery, and nilamcd; there is ring
ing in the cars, deafness, hacking or coughing
to clear the throat, cNpCcturatiUn of offensive
matter, together with scabS from ulcers; the
voice is changed and has IA nasal twaug: the
breath is offensive; smell and taste are inn
paired; there is II sensation of dizziness, with
mental depression, Il hacking cough and gen.
cral debility. II you have all, or any consider
able number of these symptoms, you are suf-
fering from Nasal Catarlh. The more compli-
Gated your disease has become, the greater the
number and diversity of symptoms. Thousands
of cases annually, without manifcsting Ealf OF
the above symptoms, result i'll consumption,
and end in the grave. No disease is 50 com
mon, more deceptive and dangerous, or less
undcrStOOd or more unSuCCcSSfully treat ed, by
physicians. Five hundred dollars reward is
offered by the manufacturers of DIR. Sag IS Ca
tarrh Remedy for Il case of Catarrh which they
cannot cure. Remedy sold by dlugs stI, at
bnly 20 cents
I'll G English nobility b'gal til use of sur
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

The pioneers were strong, rugged,
healthy. Warmers Log Cabin Cough
and Consumption Remedy is a reproduce
ton OF one Of the lest of the old time
roots anil herbs remedies, which kept
them we'll Everybody pra scs "Tippe-
canoe" asa stomach tonic.
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Expected Too Much.

Indignant Customer-'I sent my little
girl to your sore an hour ago, sir, for
twenty-five cents worth of carbolic acid,
diluted four-liiths with water, and here
is what You have sent me. There isn't
five cents worth of acid in this MIXTURE
Druggist-"Did you want twenty five
cents worth of carbol;c acid itself, sir,
with four times its bulk in water added"
Customcr-"That is exactly what
wanted, sir"
Druggist-"Thcn you should have
sent 1925. Do you suppo | get my
water for nothing J. Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20

When Lawyer ITcnklc, of Washington,
had first to reply to Lawyer Belva Lock
wood in the district court, he referred to
her as 'my learned sister-in-law."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-20
How TO Overcome the Dangers of Eek


Francis O'Reilly, the well known livery man
of No. IS Prince street, New York, says of ALL
COCKS Porous PLASTERS:
For the last forty-two years l have been en-
gagged in the livery and hacking business. |
am greatly aided by my four boys We are
much exposed to the weather, and we have
found ALLCoCK's PLAsTERs Of very great SER
vice. We use them as chest protectors, placing
one on the chest and one on the pit of the stom-
ach They not only ward off the cold, but act
as Il tonic.
We are frequently affected with rheuma-
tism, kinks in the back, and pairs in the side;
but one or twoUf ALLCoCK'S PLAsTERS quickly
cure US. My wife and daughter have been
using ALLCoCK'S PLAsTERs for weak back and
think the world of them. | have now been
using them for twenty years, and always have
| O box in the house"
No.,