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But Few of the Leaders Left.

An illustration of the ravages OF
time is furnished in paragraph now
going the rounds to the effect that the
Confederate Constitution was signed
by forty-nine delegates, thirty seven of
whom are dead. OF Generals in the
army Johnston and Beauregard alone
survive. OF Lieutenant Generals IL
are dead. There were 100 Major Gen
erals; 50 are dead. There were $50
Brigadier Generals, over half of whom
are said to be dead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

human bud. But all the posies arc not
what they seem. SO perfect DO arti-
fetal flowers come this season, that the
stores have them bewilder ngly on sale.
Shoppers can't get away from the
counter where they can buy splendid
punches of lack" roses, and the per-
lection of pinks, if not the pinks of
perfection. A huge, splendid bouquet
can be bought for a dollar that will
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

or directly behind
you, and your Golf
fure may he very
pretty at the back
and extremely be-
coming to y our
full face, and yet
leave a great deal
to be desired. Tho
principal use of a
hand glass is to give
you three quarter
and profile views of
your face, and if you
don't use it in this
way you might al
most as well be,
w
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

be mora trying
Gus, but her foot is
perfect. Half = low
shoes are usel a
good deal in place of,
slippers, trimmed
with big bows of
ribbon or leather,
and, it goes without
cayin g, buckles. !
Buckles of silver
gold, jet, and ali;
sorts of stones areI
everywh ere thi s:
year, and especially
on low shoes andl
slippers. P a tent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
Glass Eyes by the Thousand.

A German paper makes the state,
lnent that more tn N two million glass
eyes are made every year in Germany
and Switzerland, while one French
house manufactures three hundred
thousand of them annually. The pupil
is made of colored glass, and some
times red lines are painted on the in
ner surface to simulate the veins. The
largest number of these eyes are bought
by laborers who are exposed to fire
and are consequently liable to lose an
eye. The expression of the eye is al
most solely due to the movements of
the upper eyelids, and this is the rea-
son that we may see q man with glass
eye hundred times before we discover
his infirmity. -LoHd0n Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
A New Manure.

Basig Stag, the refuse of steel FORKS,
when freed from iron and reduced to
a powder proves to be valuable fc4',
tilizcr, principally on account of the
PHOSPHORUS it contains. Mountains
of black Stag have accumulated about
the iron and steel works in England,
and much in this country, all of which
can be proitably worked over and made
into valuable manure lick'S Mag.
dztlc.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

leather slippers with Rhine stone
buckles, and bronze ones with tiny
buckles of amber, yellow topaz, or
PINK coral are particularly swell.
,Gommon-sense' slippers won't be worn
this winter. To be ordinarily sensible
about the cut of your walking boots is
now considered sufficient; in the house
your toes may be as pointed and your
heels as high as you like"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

The ten commandments of the Bur
meso religion are these: / From the
meanest insect to the man thou shalt
kill no animal whatever. ,. Thou
shalt not steal. 3. Thou shalt not
commit adultery. 4. Thou shalt utter
no inlsehood. ). Thou shat drink
neither wine nor anything that will
intoXicato, nor eat opium or any other in
ebriating drug, nor shalt thou quarrel.
L. Thou shalt not use harsh or indie
cent language. 7. Thou shalt not use
idle or superfuous talk. s. Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbours goods.
.. Thou shalt not envy thy neighbor,
his wife or his concubine, nor desire
his death or misfortune. 20. Thou
shalt not follow the doctrine of any
false gods. And he WHO abstains from
these sins will continually increase in
virtue, till at length he will become
worthy of beholding GoI and hearing
His great voice,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
] he lest o. EIrrnily.

"Will your work stand the test OF
time, my friend?" asked the minister,
Il { ink it will, replied young Sweet
note, who had published a volume of
lovey-dovey poems; 1T has been on the
market four years, and the publishers
report six copies sold, and they are
copies l bought myself 1 am only
afraid it will have to stand the test of
"-Burdette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
The Rusty Cricket.

A little 3-year-old girl, when her
mother was trying to get her to sleep
one summer evening. began to ask
questions about anoise outside. When
told that it was caused by cricket.
she wisely remarked Mamma. |
think it ought to be oiled. "-I'ohiapd
IrdnSciDt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

THE FRENCH CUT. showed me sixteen
different shades of tan-colored suedes
the other day. Short-fngered gloves
are now thought bad style, and the
French cut is the proper thing. French
gloves, you know, have long fingers,
and that makes our hand look long
and slender. | think u moderately
short sleeve and an eight or ten but
toned glove is much more 'stylefur-
to use the latest word--than u long
sleeve and four-buttoned glove,
though some people prefer the latter.
Have you heard of the new left hand
shake? L am sure it must have been
invented by some woman with pretty
hand and arm and an unlim ted com
mand of fresh gloves. 1t is accom-
plished high i'll the air, and woe be
unto you, therefore, if your gloves are
not perfect fit or are the least bit
soled, for they become for the moment
the observed of all Observers The
hand is grasped warmly, raised to
good height, and then suddenly quit
ted. Yes, exactly the action we con
meet with the common-pump. The eff.
feet upon ncophyte is very startling,
something like an electric shock. At
LenoN this fall all the girls were wear
ing with their tailor gowns those heavy
dressed-kid English gloves, with Tapped
drawn seams sewed as harness is
sewed, to show one light edge of the
leather. Then, for neglige, they had
sac gloves, cut very fu !, without a
slit at the wrist, and ma lie OF soft, dark
kid. Undressed KID are always worn
in the evening, and very long; but it's
no longer the thing to let them wrinkle
on the arm a la Bernhardt. To keep
them smooth it is good plan to slit
them near the top, and pass an elastic
band through tho slit and around the
arm, turning down the top of the glove
little bit to hide the elastic You can
buy extra skins now in all the evening
tan shades for making slippers, which
must exactly match your gloves.
Boots with light silk tops and straps
across the front are a good deal worn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

without it, Women FILE.
with sharp features should never in.
dulge in high, pointed coitfures. They
should dress their hair low, and aim at
rounded effe is. Yes, French twists
are still good deal worn, and many
women cling to the col on top of the
head, but / think, on the whole, hair is
descending, and | hear that in Ger
many it has already arrived at the
nape of the neck.
Can | tell you anything about
gloves? We'll, this much; that the eff
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

women wear them
now, and to nineteen
out of the twenty
they are appallingly
unbecoming. The
t W en- tie t h lucky
creature 10 o k g
charming. She has
the peculiar style OF
face and head, some
thing like Mary An
derson's you know,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
Mr.. BOwser Speaks Again.

o come right up
stairs and see
the furnishings
of the nursery, 3"
said Mrs. Bow
ser, as she met
me in the vesti-
bule one rainy
Ie We n in g last
week and helped
me off with my
great coat.
l put my arm
about her waist
and hurried up
the stairs with
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

APAPER once asked as there a wife
in the city to-day who makes her husbands
shirts?" The following answer was re-
ceived by return OF post y do, but he
won't wear them"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

fort to send tan-col-
ored gloves out was
quite unsuccessful.
and they will be
worn as much as
sever this winter. The
NBalesmnn at Blanks
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

Beige-colored sill k
galoched with pat
ent leather are pref
ty, and the black
galoche makes the
foot look S m all.
lark colors, of
course, always make
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

l know girl on the South Side
who in the evening always wears
black-silk stock 'ngs and white-kid
slippers! OF course, nothing could
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

but only those with
ell-shaped feet. OF
course, if a girl has
a small, pretty foot,
without any bumps
or Jumps on it, she
wants To show If off
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
StcWed Wool for Fool.

We have all had our svmpathies
aroused by statements that these peo-
pie (the natives of Northern Siberia
are often during famines compelled to
resort to wood for food. Now, the
fact is that careless observers have
SIMPLY been imposed upon, or they
have jumped at conclusions without
caring, or perhaps being able, to make
inquiries, and because they thought
that statement of these views would
make q hcartrending page for their
books, and by inference show what Il
distressing time they themselves must
have hud among such surroundings
Wood i'll certain form Is a most COM
mon and constant article of diet on
the Lena River, all along the north
coast, and in the immediate neighbor-
hood OF 1akutsk, in fact, wherever the
lakit resides. North of Ncrchoyansk,
except IN few sheltered valleys, it
may be said there is no other wood
than the larch, and for miles south of
lhe free limit absolutely no other. I he
natives eat it beca,se they like it.
Even when fish are plentiful it usually
forms part of the evening NEAL as the
many clearly stripped larch logs near
every hut testify. They know by ex-
pcrience that the fact of their eating
wood arouses the sympathies of stran-
gers, and shrewdly use it to excite pity
and to obtain gift of tea and tobacco.
They scrape off the thick layers imme-
diately under the log, and, chopping it
fine, mix it with snDw. 1t Is then
boiled in kettle: Sometimes n little
tish-roe is mixed with it, and further
south cows milk or butter. l have
often seen it eaten without anything
additional, though, as in the present
instan e, there was apparently enough
other food on hand. SchultgCS
/ H6 Della CcDOrt
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

the teet look more sILK-TorPED BooTs
shapely, and light ones accentuate any
irregularit es, which is the reason why
the fashion of having evening shoes
made to match ones gowns died so
quickly. Some girls still cline to it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
Railroad Schedules, tic.
Cumberland e. Pennsylvania Railroad.
WESTWARD

All trains on the schedule stop at Hay street
station, Cumberland. p. H. BURWELI,
General Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28
MOraNial Customs.

The MoraYlans have Sett ementS not
only in Germany but also in England,
Switzerland and America. they hold
nearly all the doctrines of Luther.
Their largest settlement, Herrnhut, is
in SaXony, and the Morayians in many
parts of Germany bear the name OF
Herrnhuters. In each community there
are two houses set apatt-bne for the
unmarried men, called the "Brothers'
house., and the other for all unmar-
ried sisters or widows who wish to en-
ter it. The Moravians cannot marry
without the consent of the elders of
their church. and in some cases the
bridegroom has been chosen for the
bride. They seldom marry outside OF
the community, and their engagements
are nearly rs solemn as the mar
riage. The weddings arc very simple,
the sister wearing but black dress
with a white lace handkerchief, and
her pretty cap with its pale pink rib
bon, which is changed afterward for a
pale blue ribbon when the ceremony
is finished. There are always two rings
at wedding In Germany, as there a
married man always wears one which
he receives from his bride in exchange
for his. The Moravians wear no Grape
or mourning for their dead, and they
speak of them as blessed, and of the
dying as going home" They call the
graveyard "Gods acre" and they take
The greatest care of the graves. But
there also is the division as in TIE
church, for the men are buried on one
side of the cemetery and the women
on the other. The Moravians are al.
well educated, and the pc rer brethren
among them enjoy the same privileg s
in their excellent schools as do the
richer brethren. Life among the United
Brethren is simple and unartiicial,
love to God and man being their first
principle; and MANY who have lived
among them bear in their hearts low
ing memory of their goodness and Of
the pretty Little village of Neudieten-
dorf.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-01-28

"Peoplc are not always, or even most
of the time, either directly IN front OF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18


CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. -Cattle-Recelpts
5000; shipments 5uOCi market steady and strong;
fancy s. IS; steers So l065 co.; stOckers and
feeders s. 1913 65; COVE, bulls and mixed
Receipts l2,t00; market lower; mixed IS Ga
3 IS heavy s. S0S5 60 light 81 S5G5 % Sheep
Receipts 1000; shipments 1000; market steady
natives 81 50G5 50; western 81 75G5 so, Texans
s. SOFA IS; lambs s. C0G6 0
KANSAS CITY, MO. Fec T.-Cattle-Recelpts
300; shipments 100; market gteady to strong
for good to choice beef steers; Icommon weak ,
cows steady; stockers and feeders strong, az
tive; good TO choice COrnfed 81 3OG4 So
common to medium So 2094 20 s,ockers 81 SEQ
20; feeding steers g 606S %; cows 81 300
90. Hogs Receipts 7500i shipments 1900;
quality OF offerings 60 nmOn; generally choice
strong and a shade higher, others steady 10
weak; ranging from 50 C0G5 IS. Sheep
Receipts 545; shipments none; market strong
and active; good choice mUttons 81 25G4 IS;
common to medium 81 364 90.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-BeeVes-Receipts-
Thirty three carloads for the market, twenty
six carloads for expectation and twenty ono
dull but all Oh nged hands Very common to
very choice steers sold at 81 OOG5 so, low extra
steers st 50 IS and pair Of premium cattle at
S6 Is. Exports to-day and Tomorrow $50
beeves and 1880 quarters of beef. Sheep-Re-
ceipts 9409, ana as many more were for sale
that hadiaccumulated in the pens from previous
srriya :. me market .i. was aall and oepressea
and closed weak with more to carry over than
re sold. Common to best sheep sold at 81 %
as 70 and common to choice lambs at 50 5O9
l21z.
SOC; shlpmentE 1900; market steady; choice
heavy native steers 81 40G5 20; fair to good
native steers s. sU94 As; butchers steers, me-
dunn 10 choice, s. 1904 2O; stocke[s
%; rangers, ordinary to good, g 1904 90.
Hoas-ReceiptsI 2s0O; shipments 22o0; market
easier, ranging from 81 7oS5 40. Sheep-Re-
celpts 100; shipments 500; market firm fair to
choice 81 60H5 30
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
L CALIFORNIA BOGUsReOM.
How u Purely agricultural II sGion 4.
Aruhcially snRds a Crown"
Boston Herald.


Boston Herald.
The method of creating s real estate
boom and founding 8 city ou5 here is
novel in the extreme. A company of gen.
tlemsn purchase, or contract 10 purchase,
q large tract OF land of in the wilderness
where even jack rabbit is forced to
struggle for 8 subsistence. A surveyor is
employed to plot it of in lots and drive
the stakes at each corner. The
services OF 8 lsborer and pair Of
mules are secured to run few burrows
with pillow to indicate the streets. Glow
ing advertisements are inserted in the
newspapers, and flaming posters pasted
10 ev.ry available spot. a great auction
ssle is arranged for, sn excursion train
secured to csIry passengers TO the near
est station, brass band hired &c dis
course shriIl mlsic, caterer paid TO deal
cut stale sandwiches and black deccc-
ton called coffee to the assembled crowd,
andEghen the sale goes on. Very little
money is p1ld down, and in most CAGES
the purchases are II SIDE by interested par
ties.
The newspapers contain highly Colore6
reports of the sale end the announcement
that q few choice lots remaia, which may
be secured If Immediately applied for at
q slight advance over the auction prices.
A few simple souls catch at this bsit. In
few weeks comes an announcement
that the prices OF the lots have been still
further advanced, and SO the free goes
on. They have stsked out enough build
ing lots IN this country to accommodate
the millions Of prospective population.
As l drove over the mountains back Of
San Diego few days ego 1 saw stakes
driven in the walls OF precipices and
streets blazed across table lands where
reboits irisk by day and coyotes howl by
night. Lots along these "beautiful bou-
levards" are more valuable, in the esti
mation of their owners, than they would
be if situated in the center Of thrifty
New Englsnd villsge.
But this is not by any mesns the whole
story; end it is unfortunate for Caliior-
mis-, and will Terard her true development,
that such G spirit of reckless speculation
pervades the country. believe southern
California has grand future before her
and the clements Of permanent prosperity,
and on every hand you see the genuine
development by the side of the spurious.
By and by the bubbles will burst, and the
fictitious: values will melt into the air.
Then the people' will find time to cultivate
the neglected lots and will tie their grape
vines to the stakes which now mark the
sites of village lots. So high has the
fever OF speculation run that vineyards
and fruit orchards have been neglected
and are slowly dying out.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
Ss 80; best prairis hay, So OO09 so per ton,
baled; alfalfa, retail, lac per b; special prise,
Wholesale, l2C,

g 80; best praifte hay, So 0O09 90 per ton,
baled; alfalfa, retail, lac per Is special prize,
Wholesale, nc.
Alfalfa-IRc ger pound.
Johnson grass .eed-Sl 1892 % per 2sA
bushel.
dried peaches, &c; indigo, 75c per ; blulng
50c6si 90 per dozen ;OolemsN's mustard. 81 800
l 20 dozen; macSroni, imported, 15c per .
American 75c per box: buckets. two hoop,
5bls. Csc; do, 2-5 cases, S. lei brilliant {
cases, g 10; do. l2-l cases, s. IS; baking pow
dere, bulk, llcj ID cans, 81 3d. mac&ropir
small box. csc; Yermiceli, small box, Sic !;
catsup IN bulk, per gallon, s5c; worcester
lauee IN 6u!E, per gallon Il %. Mixed pickles,
per u Dbl, 81 90.
bb!s, SC; cnt Loaf, bbls, Sxc; DO nslf bbls 9c
standard grsnQlatedr bbls, SIIc; Louisiana
graduated, bbls, s}5o; standard A,5zc; choice
white, 7He; Louisiana J. c., choice, 6Hai do
fancy 6HSTc.
9Rice-Prime exc; choice exc.
HORSES AND MULES-in car or train !csG
lots: Mexican mares. IN &c leA hands high
unbooEsn, Sis 008ls 90 per head; Mexican
mares, 15& to IA hands nigh, unbrokan. SIS OCE
p co per heSdi MeIIcsn mares, X 20 10 hands
high, unbZohon, So OoS25 CO yer nesi; TexJg
mares. Is 70 IA hands high. unbrokeD. 500 0oG
81 % per hssoi IeIas mares, Il - 10 nancs
high. unbTokenr $50 O0d40 90 her hasd; Texas
mares, 10 to Is hands high, unbroKG1. $40 Goa
60 co per head Texas hor6ss, is 20 hands
high uDbroken, p25 Goose 90 per mead; Texas
horses, Is to Is hands high, unGr0ksn, $50 COS
50 90 per head Mexican horses, Is TO "A hands
high, unbroken, SIS 00S925 90 per head; AeSi-
can borses. II to 10 hands high, anbIoken. s25 0U
$50 90 Per head; Mexican mUlss. l2H 10 IA
nands high, uubrokeHi S25 00550 90 per head;
Texas mules, Is to 16& hands high, broke, $50 90
Sl5O 90; American draft horses, 10 to lex hands
hiSr, broke. SI0Gse]7J co. From 81 to IS al
ditionsl for thoroughly broke stooR.
HIDES AND sRINS-Ec. ! noSVy D hidos
l2c per D; No. heavy &c. Gd. light 90
No. 9 light &c.
Dry saIted 7asci bull hideS Sc; glue SC;
green sailed Co. butcherL' green 5S4koi shear
llngs DOC; pelts 40575c.
A0LASsES-New Louisiana syrup 4sc; new
choice Louisiana molssses, o X, Soc; new
prime do SIC; new fair do 4Sc; choice centrifu-
gals 43c; prime do 4oci prime reboiIed 35c fair
do $50.
NUTS = Peanuts. 6KH7Hci pecans. &c;
almonds, zoo; Brazil nuts, loo per u nlbeGt.I
l5c Der ; English Walnuts, lSc per n
NAILs--SS 70 per Eeg, pS1ls lOdi burden
horzsshos per keg S5i Perkins, same, S. 90I
Walker, came, S. So burden mule IS; north
western horseshoe mills, No. 4, 5Ooi No s, 26c;
No, 6, 23c; No. I, 2lc; No. s, 2Co; "Lskes" No. l.
45c No. 5, 26c; No. g. PC; No, T. 29c; No. S, 19c;
Aussble same, No. 4, AGO. No. 6, 2&ci No. Q, 2lci
No. 7, 1876; No. s, lsc.
POULTRY-Wequ0te: Young frying chickens
g C082 20 per doEi old hens 81 . psTi dos. /;
turkeys 75C6 Sl 90 each.
WHIsKY-kectlhed 81 gel 60, ~ per proc. .
sour- mash, two years old, 81 60BI 10; three
years old 81 90@2 20i fancy extra old whisky
81 0O85 90.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
LOADED OPERA-GLASSRS.
No Need 70 Go Out Between the Acts With
Whisky Before Your Eyes.
Detroit Tribune

Two men and a woman visited Cor
mans minstrels at Detroit last week, en-
tering the theatre when the programme
was about half over. ThA trio were
very fsahly dressed. The elder man were 8
sealskin coat, and the other g magnificent
Inverness. They stood up and removed
them with greSt ostentation. Finally
they became settled down, and stared
through big opsra-glssaes at the per-
forusnce.
The persistence with which they leveIed
their glasses at the stage excited COM
ment. The glasses were almost as large
ss those used for field purposes. The
woman, with IN insipid smile, sst idly
strokIng the handle of her lorghette. The
elder man became uneasy. He began
talking in monotone Sud spplauded up
rOarCusly every situation on the 'stsge.
Finally he joined IN with E. IL. Hsl on s
banio solo. The younger man tried to
suppress mis- Companions exubersuce,
with partial success. Then the woman
commenced to whistle. The party were
undeniably intoxicated. Manager Wright
finally silepced their hilariouseess by
threatening to remove them.
Il WIS aiTelu Oh EDoSe people E1e mo-
ment they entered" he said.
"Why so?"
"Well, you can tell by their OPERA
glasses that they meant trouble. Those
are the latest fad. No more going out
between acts. You see, there are three
cylinders. The center one and the ouler
part of the two others are false. Four
whisky glasses Of liquor can be placed in
this glass. A little tin tube extends into
the center cylinder. When drawn partly
out it opens the valve at its inner end.
As many persons hold an opers-glass
with both hands, the deception IS perfect,
and the contents Of the cylinder can be
drank to the last drop. An inventive
genius In Washington got up the ides
only this fall and he is making s good
thing out OF 1t, although lognette handles
that will hold liquor or perfume are by
no means new thing"