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The sun., 1888-02-12
EARLY BARNsroRMzNa DAYA
When Travelling aaa Theatrss were nst
what They are At the Present Tine.

what They ars At the Prsseat Tine.
From the ST. Loss elobe, Democrat
Ability in acting. rather than magnifl.
cence sIis ot scenery and costume was the rule By
Wha tss
was a struggle such as Is seldom Witnessed 70;
than those recountins its dificuities. "''' '~s
~ Tra,y;ielliGg then was not as It is now and
Thsrs
companies !ustd d as there T were In the earlier
The appearance Of the Old caravans. as then hen a
sr nYHds TGIa hs xas
very much tie appearance POI Of the present circus
ferently, inside. but there was no outward dii-
erence between them and the circus wagons.
lived see and sayed ns
that tho ends and sides would lei down. % form. n
ing a temporary theatre. When the company
nosdn ha sy wSua erm H snSh
and oyer e., IN, these e. WAS stretched canvas: floor
sa sery snd sfs
ire. provided, with seats similar to those now now
The number q the wagons depended on the
size and financial condition OF the company.
The bmsine5s was largely conducted on the
there were few managers who employed sipHHH pay.
srs r. and became responsible ior ali Obligations
to fifteen people, WITH one 10 half a dozen or
SnnS "le %aGons So each drayn by four six horses
character !Hrer q r. Macbeth" and Hamlet" while
,hnH hnienard n. IL. was z great favorite. These
th"y tna WOULD present without any scenic or me-
Snnt sSnnmient assistance, but with marked ability
oupe oui ei , ,no brs, actors ever Known started
Brooke. Edmund Kesn. and Campbell
,n nnere was another grade below even the
poorest booth-the transformer; not that class
known by the same name to-day. but men and
%omsa @ who tramped from town to town. carry
Ink their proporties and scenery and costumes
on a, their backs These companies would, erect
or shed anything that affected an snciosurs.
TIth door at which admission could Do taken:
an ny, who later obtained recognition The
Iii.s Chnrl,, f'unkrtt, one ~ tIr Oldest Of Eng
ilrh hlHn2Eors. WAS the authority for the state
meht that "'yn uusnAus inm jirooke travelled
,vti on Loot hea1ing u load OF cnsiumes that would
AZ alike played In the Legitimate and blood and
psvs ha st5ss bss ss oSS 2 sasL
vel. and the Murder Of Maria Isrti
The sun., 1888-02-12
Ev.ngel'sss shot Whiie Stealing Hos..
FroDa the Chtcddo Inter. Ocean

NEBRASKA CITY. Iowa, Feb. 6.-At an early
hour yesterday morning Charles Tierson, iiy-
ing on the Iowa side of the river. near Ham
burg, ln Frem9nt county. found two men steal
gun with him. and unloaded both barrels of the
gun into one OF the thieves, q man named II olt,
slot the other man, whoeo nnme IL Ianiric,
tMtte inGe'!ng wounds ,," nd from watch Lo has
systematically raidiIg hog pens in ili,.t section.
Ti9rsQn will probably not be- arrested. and his
Both Holt apd RamBls. who lssye large fsml-
lies. on the day previous were taking promI.
nsnt parts n revival meetings at Hamburg.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
A DAKOTA SOD"HOCSE.

other purposes, The roof is of boards,
instead of earth soddcd over. With in
genuity, taste, and few hundred feet of
pine boards, an enterprising settler and
his wife will soon build themselves a
habitation from the prairie sod which
will be far superior to the "auld clay
biggin" which sheltered Scotland's plow-
man bard, or the adobe dwellings Of the
Mexicans. But the sod shanty is fast
disappearing as feature of the prairie
region. 1t was never built with view
of more than Temporary occupation, Civ
ing way to more commodious and stylish
dwellings as soon as the circumstances
of the settler warranted the change
There presence has hitherto marked the
crest of the advancing wave of civiliza-
ton. In few years they will have dis
appeared like the Indian ''wickyups"
and 'tepees," and Their places will be
occupied by substantial farm houses,
with spacious barns and outbuildidgs,
and various other improvements. -4mer-
ian Aqrtrculturist
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The Home of the Prairie Pioneer.

The ''little sod shanty" which is such
q characteristic feature of the newer
prairie regions, is better, as temporary
habitation, than it looks. Its dun earth
walls and shapeless outline has c nothing
to crafty the artistic sense. But il
posses, es qualities of far more practical
importance than mere beauty of form OF
color. 1t is warm in winter and cool in
summer. No other dwelling affords
more secure protection against storms
like those of last January, which swept
across the country from the extreme north
to the Gulf of Mexico. Though rude
and primitive in external appearance,
many sod cabins are finished inside in a
style which renders them more than com
Portable. Narrow strips of board are SET
against the inside of the walls and nailed
to the floor, as well as to horizontal strips
built into the walls for the purpose, one
at the top and one midway from top to
bottom. Thin cheap cotton cloth OF
building paper is tackled to these strips
all around the room, and wallpaper is
then applied in the usual way with paste.
An inside finish is thus given equal to
that of any frame house. The sod cabin
shown in the accompanying illustration
is of somewhat better type than ordin.
airy; sort of "annex" serves as cook
room, leaving the main structure free for
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
A Beggar Of Taste.

In pleasant, airy, uphill country,
it was my fortune when was young to
make the acquaintance of a certain
beggar. call him beggar, though he
usually allowed his coat and his shoes
(Which were open-mouthed, indeed) to
beg for him. He was the wreck of an
athletic man, tall, gaunt and bronzed ;
far gone in consumption, with that dis
quieting smile of the mortality stricken
on his face; but still active 2foot, still
with the brisk military carriage, the
ready military salute. Three ways led
through this piece of country, and as L
was inconstant in my choice, 1 believe
he must often have awaited me in vain.
But often enough he caught me; often
enough, from some place of ambush by
the roadside, he would spring suddenly
forth in the regulation attitude, and
launching at once into his inconse-
quential talk, fall into step with me
upon my further course. "A fine morn
ing, sir, though perhaps trife inclin-
ing to rain. l hope see you we'll, sir.
Why, no, sir, don't feel as hearty my
self as I could wish, but L am keeping
about my ordinary. l am pleased to
meet you on the road, sir. 1 assure
you quite look forward to one of our
little conversations. He loved the
sound of his own voice Unfortunately,
and though with something too Off
hand to call servility) he would always
hasten to agree with any thing you said,
yet he could never suffer you to say it
to an end. BY what transition he slid
to his favorite sub ..ect have no mem
DRY; but we had never been long to-
gether on the way before he was deal
ing, in o very military manner, with
the English poets. SHELLY was fine
poet, sir, though trife atheistical in
his opinions. His Queen Nab, sir, is
quite an atheistical work. Scott, is not
so poetical writer. With the works
of Shakespeare | am not so we'll ac-
quainted. but he was very fine poet.
keats-John Keats, sir-he was a very
fine poet" With such references, such
trivial criticism, such loving parade of
his own knowledge, he would beguile
the road, striding forward up hill, his
staff now clapped to til ribs of his
deep, resonant chest, no. swinging in
the air with the remembered iauntiness
of the private soldier; and all the
while his toes looking out of his boots,
and his shirt looking out of his elbows,
and death looking out of his smile, and
his big, crazy frame shaken by excuses
of cough.
He would often go the whole way
home with me; often to borrow book,
and that book always a poet. Off he
would march, to continue his mendicant
rounds, with the volume slipped into
the pocket of his ragged coat; and al
though he would keep it quite while,
yet it came always back again at last,
not much the worse of its travels into
beggardom. And in this way, doubt
less, his knowledge grew. and his glib,
random criticism took wider range.
Robert Louis Stevenson. IN Serb.
7ler's MAGAZINE.
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THE HANDIEsT THING OUT.

system. About a third of per cent of
the population require artificial legs,
making in all about 200, 900 persons who
have to be supplied with new limbs once
in every five to eight years. The per-
lection to which limbs have been
brought is wonderful and very interest
ing. A person wearing two artificial
limbs can walk so as to avoid detection,
and with single amputation, and par
ticularly when below the knee, several
of our patrons have been enabled to re-
sumo the pastimes of youth, from which
they supposed they were forever barred,
and can now walk, run, dance, and even
execute difficult evolutions on roller
skates. - CHica1O Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
Costly Fuel,

Very few people have ever estimated
the value of the fuel which feeds the
sawmill furnace in the form of saw
dust, which moves directly from the
saw to the fiery gulf into which it is
dropped by the automatic sawdust
feeders in the mills. Rating it at the
price it would bring, provided it could
be saved in the form of inch lumber,
one would stand appalled, at the fig
ures.
For every million feet of lumber
piled on the docks, coming from the
circular saw, about 200,000 feet of the
best portion OF the timber passes into
the fiery furnace" as fuel, in the form
of sawdust. Or, to make it more COM
prehensible, in the year 1882 the mills
on the Saginaw River cut over ], 000,-
100000 feet of white pine lumber,
which was the turning point in the out.
put.
During that year 200, 900, 900 feet OF
pine timber passed into the seethine
receptacles which produce steam, and
was consumed for fuel. Suppose we
estimate the cost, 200,000,00O feet al
$14 per thousand straight measure, "
and we have the enormous sum OF
$2,e00,000! This looks like pretty
expensive fuel account for the mills on
the Saginaw River; but that is what il
would amount to in the form of lumber
instead of sawdust.
AS before stated, it is no great won
der that the lumber manufacturers Of
the country are looking anxiously fol
relief, at least partially, in the direc,
ton alluded to. Even if 20 per cent
of this could be saved, it would amount
to over half a million dollars, and this
would be the actual saving between
one billion feet of lumber cut by az
ordinary kerr circular saw and thir
band saw, and it looks as though il
would be worth saving when pine
stumpage is as high even as $40 pei
thousand in some instances. Tim Der.
man
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Tipping Dogs.

A correspondent writes: II have
known many dogs that would readily
drink beer or porter, and seemingly
thoroughly enjoy it. knew two ter
riers belonging to men in a dragoon
guard regiment who would absolutely
get helplessly drunk, and have to be
carried home from the canteen. One
of the dogs in particular was fond Of
fighting when in his cups; bat in his
sober senses was very good-tempered.
we'll remember one night this dog was
bitten in fight by another, and his
owner said it was not fair, as his dog
was too drunk to fight. This state
ment seemed almost Incredible, but
having been in the regiment I can
vouch for the facts. Indeed, it was
scarcely safe to put your can of beer
out OF your hand while in the canteen;
some dog would be sure to help him.
self to drink out of it."
Another correspondent says that the
well-known bull-terrier Victor was q
beer-drinker. 81 knew" he says, "the
dogs drinking propensities when he
was the property of Mr.. C. Chorley.
who at that time kept a public house
at Bowness- on-Windermere. Possibly
it was here the champion took to his
dissipated habits, for as matter of
fact, he would drink beer until he be-
came quite intoxicated, when falling
asleep, and keeping so until morning,
he would awake and appear quite I'M
easy until his master brought him
round with a glass of mild and bitter
Mr.. Chorley, however, then told me
that Victor preferred the bitter for
choice. While under the influence of
liquor the old dog became quite docile
and amiable, which he certainly was
not when out of his cups. "-London
Eicn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

LOOKS NATURAL. motion; one for the
posterior and two for the lateral motion.
A few years ago decided improve
ment was made, by which natural
movement was closely countcrfeted. A
leg was made that accommodates itself
to any irregularities in the sidewalk or
uneven surfaces and does not jar the
stump. The material used is English
willow. This is covered with rawhide,
and over that is laid flesh-tinted en-
amel. Instead of a metal bolt JOINT
there is a ball and socket covered with
rubber, the rubber covering replacing
the lost muscles and permitting all Che
natural movements. The artificial mus.
Gle takes the place of the old fashioned
cords and springs. The mechanism is
such that the external appearance is a
near approach to nature.
1T is delicate business" said Ran
dolph street dealer ''to measure, manu-
facture and ad ,ust an artificial limb.
Careful fitting and proper ad justment
are essential, for the leg must set just
So"
'What does leg costa
ga long one suitable for rich man is
made for 800. We can make them cost
more by putting in gold or silver plate
JOINTS and an extra finish on the outside
The modern artificial leg is Il beauty.
There is no oiling or greasing the springs,
no overlapping in the joints"
What does counterfeit leg for poor
man cost?"
1.-THE lowest figure is $50. A white
wood leg, however, cd style, with or
binary steel bolt ankle joint, with poorly
finished enamel and plain workmanship is
furnished for $50. The difference in cost
comes in the mechanism of the knee and
ankle. Some manufacturers use four
cords in the ankle joint; some put one in
the ankle and one in the toe. Others
employ rotary motion by means of
bolt running through the foot, front and
back. Others make an entire solid rub
Der ankle joint. The leg most in de-
mand has wooden ball and socket
covered with rubber, the rubber taking
the place of springs and cords and acting
as artificial muscles. There are four
patents issued on artificial legs"
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terest in the business, and there are now
racnrda in the Pafant Office In this cniln.

terest in the business, and there are now
records in the Patent Office in this coun-
try showing as many as 100 patents
granted since then. The civil war, which
caused the mutilation of so many soldiers
and sailors, and the liberality of the gov
eminent in supplying their losses with
artificial limbs, naturally stimulated the
efforts of inventors in producing such
substitutes as would be accepted. The
soldiers and sailors are supplied once in
every five years, and to this demand is
added those who have lost limbs from
disease or accident.
'Strange as it may appear, the ratio
of lost limbs is greater now than imme-
diate!y after the war, having increased
rather than decreased, owing to the in
crease in population, the extension of the
railroad system, the introduction of new
machinery, and the adoption of the cable
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From an Eriles Sketch in the June Century.
built to accommodate 500, where, at the time
of Mr.. Remnants visit, 174l men and women
were imprisoned. In rooms built to accom-
modate forty men, 100 wers sleeping. Il
breathed as little as l could while I was
there" says Mr.. KEENAN,, "but every respir-
alton seemed to pollute my very SOUL and
became faint from nausea and lack of oxy-
sen. 1t was like trying to breathe in an
underground hospital-drain."
Mr.. Remnants articles are torn out Of the
copies of The Centuru which enter Russia;
they, as well as Mr.. KEENAN, himself, being
now on the Russian blacklist. But other
countries are reading what Mr.. KEENAN,
Polish, and they are appearing also in the
organ of the Russian liberals at Geneva
Even a Dutch newspaper published on the
Island Of Java is reprinting them in four
page supplements.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

In the illustration of the side elevation
of an artificial foot A indicates the foot
portion. Back of the instep and extend,
ing toward the heel from a shoulder (a)
is an extension. The action counter
feiting nature is obtained along the lines
II, d, and a. The interior mechanism is
shown by the picture of the central yer.
teal section of the same fcot and ankle.
A description of it, according to the
papers filed in the Patent OGice, would
fill half column. The cord shown is
only employed for the purpose of limit
ing the forward movement of the leg and
supporting the joint or connection be
tween the members. This is brought
into play more particularly in climbing
stairs or like exercises, in which case the
entire weight of the wcarer is apt to be
thrown upon the toe and too severely
strain the joint. The cord may be dis
pensed with if desired and the rubber
cushion made sufficiently stiff to with
stand all strains.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

Among the cases tried at a London pos
lice court was that of woman who
would snatch up any very young child
whom she saw in the street, ana hurry
with it to minister to get it christened.
She did this on the chance of getting a
meal or money as starving woman in
these circumstances was pretty sure to
be considered deserving object and
then she took the child back to where
she had found it,
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their manning of men
there would be hardly
business enough in
Chicago for two firms
in the sale of artificial
limbs. To-day there
are six large houses.
The war made the
artificial limb business
a recognized industry
in this country. The
material first used was
pine or white wood.
There was a knee rest
of leather with a
"peg" below it. The
first advance was a
socket for the stump,
and this was followed
by the knee motion.
Two lateral bars were
jointed at the knee.
Later came a crude
form of ankle joint
based on a system of
four cords; one to
regulate the anterior
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

INTERIOR MECHANISM OF THE FOOT.
Dealers in artificial arms do not make
much of a claim for the artificial arm
with mechanical fingers. Mechanical
fingers" they say, ''are an insult to
nature" Art has never Appropriated
nature in so far as substituting her
handiwork for the exquisite anatomy of
the human hand. Any amount of
machinery will not accomplish it, and
the more complication there is the
further the wearer gets from the ad-
vantages of the most useful substitute
An illustration represents the manner in
which the hand may be attached to the
forearm and the attachment in the palm
of the hand for holding various useful
articles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
He Had Seen n Man.

Wife returning from lecture halD--
''Well, John, how did you like the
speaker?"
Every much, indeed"
''That's strange
"Why"
swell, from the number Of times you
went out l imagined you found the en-.
tertainment very dry. "-NeJraSka State
Journal.
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PLEA SAINT
"A PLEA SAINT
HOME.
FULL STAFF OF
EXPERIENCED PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.
Many CHRONIC DISEASES Sue.
cessfully Treated without a
Personal Consultation.

WE obtain our knowledge of the patients dis
W ease by the application to the practice Of
medicine, Of well-established principles of modern
science. The most ample resources for treating
lingering or chronic diseases, and the greatest
skill, are thus placed within the easy reach of
invalids, however distant they may reside. Write
and describe your symptoms, inclosng ten cents
in stamps, and complete treatise, on your par
ticular disease, will be sent you, with our 'opn-
ion as to its nature and durability.
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An improvement on the artificial leg
was patented by William Selpho, who
was the first manufacturer of note in
New York. where he established himself
in 1889. Since that time other inventors
and manufacturers have taken great in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

Harper's Magazine for June is an ex-
ample of what a magazine for early sum.
mer ought to be. 1t contains judicious
mixture of the best things in literature,
and is thus suited to all the moo Is of a
June day. Fiction is provided for lazy
hours by W. d. Howells, Henry James,
aud William Black, and there is much
charming poetry, Neither are solid
articles for serious reading lacking, and
the artistic features of the number are
most delightful. Reinhart, Abbey,
Charles Graham, E. P. Sanguinetti, Al
fred Parsons, W. H. Hyde, and F. Bars
nard, all contributed specimens of their
best work. The frontispiece is an ex-
cellent portrait of the late Mrs. Craik,
and belongs to the article on London
as Literary Centre. which abounds in
good likenesses of English novelists.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
SOME INTERESTING POINTS ON
A QUEER INDUSTRY.
The Manufacture of Counterfeit
Limbs-Material Used and
the Demand for Them
Their Cost.

The first artificial limb was called a
''peg leg" and was made of pine. The
proportion of people who wear artificial
limbs to-day is two per cent; the pro-
portion of grown men is five cent. The
demand for artificial limbs is increasing,
because of the multiplication of rail
roads, If the railroads sbould ceasa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

About seven years ago George w.
MITCHELL of Palatka, Fla, was travel.
ing in Mexico, and while out walking
one day he saw something on the ground
that excited his curiosity, and stopped
down to pick it up. While thus stoop-
ing or sitting on one knee he lost his
balance aud fell over against cactus,
running one of the horns into the calf of
his leg. He tried to pull it out but did
not succeed, and when he got up, as it
had stuck into muscle, it had firm
hold, and was drawn in through the
skin and disappeared. For week after
that the only inconvenience was little
soreness in the wound, and two or three
years after Mr.. Mitchell said that he felt
as if he had rheumatism in that leg. The
other day sore place was felt on his
chin-something like boil, though not
quite SO painful, still it was enough to
annoy him, and he kept working at the
place, as one will, until he Felt sharp
point protruding. He tried several
ways of ascertaining what it was, and
finally resoited to the old fashioned way
of squeezing the place until the point
came out and about three quarters of an
inch of the old cactus thorn. After
several years of travel over his body,
entering the calf of his leg, it finally
finished its journey on the end Of his
chin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

Thirty women make living by spec
ulating on the open Board of Trade in
Chicago, and half that number do BUSH
ness through commission firms on the
regular board.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07

A lady who died at Marseilles desired
by her will that her heart might be
placed in the tomb of her second hus-
band, but her body in her first hus'
bands tomb in America
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-07
If You Feel Tired

Weak and weary, worn out. or run down from hard
work. by impoverished condition of the blood or low
state of the system, you should take Hools Sarsa.
parilla The peculiar tonlng. purifying and vitliz
ing qualit es OF this successful medicine arc soon
felt throughout the ent re system. pelling disease
and giving quick. healthy action to every organ IL
tones the stomach, creates appetite, and rouses
the liver and kidneys Thousands who have taken
It with benent, stify that Hood Sarsaparia
makes the weak strong"