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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14
HUMOK:

OUT on the frst-bill collectors
Teras Colonel.
The handler the appointments of
tavern the greater its inn-conveni-
ences:
A BUILDER il, this city erects houses
as he trains his children. he slaps
them up.-BoSton Gazette.
Ii one were his own dentist he
might have teeth extracted without
payin'. detroit Free Press.
The man who wants new clothes this
spring can be easily suited-if he only
has the money Boston Post
TEy Georgia clergyman who has
lust preached his own funeral sermon
should now contest his will.-Boston
Herald.
MANY q man who gets caught in the
matrimonial knot regrets that he mon
KEYED with the ass-so.-Binghd mton
Leader.
He Goking): "You rnnst not believe
what l saw" She conscious of her
beauty: Tell me you don't love me-"
It'd Bits.
BRowN-Does your wife keep her
temper very well? Jones-Um-um-
err some, but L get the most of it
Washington Critic.
A CONTEMPORARY has an article on
"Wild- cat Insurance Companies. Who,
for mercv's sake, wants to insure Wild
cats ?-BOston Courier.
MAUD (before the laughing hyena's
cage): How mean! Here we've been
twenty minutes and the hyena hasn't
laughed once!" Ella: Strange, and
he's been eying your new spring hat,
too !"-Iid- Bits.
"NoNE of your sauce to me, miss, !"
said the man who must have his little
Joke, with an assumption of Drusque-
ness, as the waiter-girl was about to
place dish of marmalade beside his
plate at supper.--Detrot Free Press.
"Now," said old Borewell, after he
had given an exhaustive criticism on
American authors, what, in brief, Is
your opinion of Howells aud James %
"Sick of one and half a-dozing of the
other" answered his friend, as he fell
down stairs in his eagerness to escape.
III whiskers OF the billy goat,
Since spring has come around,
| Have grown very long that they
Are sprouting in the ground.
The whiskers of the funny man,
They sprouted months agone
| They now resemble chestnut trees
With walnuts grown upon.
-Ne,c York Press
CURIOUS typographical errors and
verbal combinations often occur ever
in church papers. The New York
Churchman of last week reports thai
"at st. Thomas's Church, Homestead
Maryland, the Rev. VIM. Brayshaw
rector, is at once to be reshingled ant
otherw,se repaired, and bids are nov
in hand; the cost W IL be some $500.
MRs. Conservative were just try
ing to recall your first husbands name
Mrs. Maryall. Can you enlighten us
Lucie was his wife for several months
you know, before he married you, bu
she can't remember whether it wa
Richard or Harry. Mrs. Marryall-
My first husband? Let me see? Yol
must mean Dick Lillingpop-or, no;
beg your pardon-Harry Loverill.
know it began with an L.-1id- Bits.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14

grdceIuI as possible, and III these mat
ters it is that the real art of the de-
signer is exemplitiel. Dress is simple
for the street and for travel said a
competent authority, "but you will find
plenty of gorgeousness at the private
receptions, dinners and ba Is. Take
the indications altogether, | predict a
summer of more elaborate and p:ctur-
eslue dressing, by those who can af-
ford it, than has been known in pre-
vious generation. "-ChicagO Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14
THE LITTLE FOLKS,


How many bones in the human facet
Fourteen, whom the y're ell in place.
How many bones in the human heads
Eight, my child, as I've often said,
How man bones in the human ears
Three in each, ard they help 70 hear.
How many bones iu the human spineS
Twenty six, like climbing vine.
How many bones in the human chest5
Iwenty-four ribs, and two OF the rest
How many bones tho shoulders bind2
Two in each; one before, one behind.
How many bones in the human armp
In each arm one two in etch forearm.
How many bones in the human wrists
Eight in each, If none are missed.
How many bones in the palm of the handp
Nive in each, with many band.
How m any bones in the fingers temp
Iwenty-eight, and by joints they bond.
How many bonos in the human hip?
Une in each; like dish they dip.
How many bones in tho human thighp
One in each, and deep they lie.
How many bones In the hum IN kneesp
One in each, the knee pan, please.
How many bones in the leg from the kneei
Two in each, We can plainly sec,
How many bones in the ankle strongP
Seven in each, but none are long
How many bones in the ball Of tho foot?
Five in each, as in tho palms were put.
How many bones In the toes half score?
Iwepty-eight and there are no more.
And now, all together, these many bones fix
And they count in the body two hundred ant
six.
And then We have in the human mouth
or upper and under, thirty two teeth
And We now and then have a bone, I shout,
think,
That forms on joint or to fill up pbink.
sesamoid bone, or a WORKMAN we call
AMI now We may rest for we've tod them all
Mother TRUTHS Melodies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14
Gates AJar.

Principal Deacon-Now, BIudder
Johnsing, does yo' bilieve in open OF
close communyun, sahp
Candidate (diplomaticaliy, not know
ing deacon's views)-Woll. some likes
it open, an some closed, but TO- me,
says leave it ajar. Harper's Ba=ar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14

1t is indeed an ill wind that blows no
good. Last week the policy shops OF
Evansville, Ind. lost $780, 900 by the
working of the same combination by q
pool of players. and forthwith closed
their doors.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14

At st. Augustine, Fla. Thursday, the
workmen, in excavating at the corner o.
King and Cordova streets. discovered
the cpquina foundation OF an old forti.
ficatIon that once stood a, this point,
commanding the bridge across the Maria
Sanchez.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14

The largest railroad system in the
world is the Atchison, Topeka and San
ia Fe, which operates about 5000 miles
of road.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-07-14

BISHOP POTTER is one Of the best
dressed men in New York.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
CHAPTER XXXV.

| He did not see her the next day. He
called twice; the second time she sent
word that she would rather not see h m
until tomorrow. She was not i'll; she
would only rather be left alone. So In a
curious, indescrbable state of mind Mr..
Carruthers spent the day in wandering
| about Munich.
On the morrow he called and was adj
mitted. He found Beatrice alone. She
| looked pale. but very beautiful. lie no.
ticed at once a change in her manner. A
certain graceful timidlty and shynesss
seemed to have fallen upon her, which
added a new charm to the girl lie had
hitherto found so calm and self-possessed.
Beatrice, it may be, also noticed a change
in Carruthers' bearing.
Tell me all, " she said in low tones,
as after quiet greeting he took a chair
near her.
He told her al. Bea rice heard him
without interruption. When his recital
was finished she sat in deep thought
Frank watched her in lence
How did he come there on the rail
road, mean she asked at last.
Frank shook his head. at might have
been accident, it might have been suicide
From the position in which he was found
| the authorities incline to the latter. But
he had plenty of money in his pocket. ]
don't know how much, for in these cases
the exact amount is never stated. N
short. no one knoA how it happened.
"What brought him to Munich F" aske |
Beatrice. ''llow did he know was here ~
Frank could only shake his head again.
''Ile must have seen Sarah, she con-
! tinued, answering h T own question.
All l.
was. Why did she not write and tell me?
Some harm may have befallen her.
wish she was back.
"WOuld yoI like t. see his grave?"
asked Frank after pause. Beatrice
shivered.
No" she said. II think not-unless
you would cali itulwomanly not to do so. ~
mo" said Frank, " l can see no rea-
son for it.
what could | do at his grave, asked
Beatrice softly and dreamily. zone goes
to grave to weep. | could not weep.
After a load, which one has carried for
years day and night is lifted from the
mind, one does not weep one rejoices.
Frank, l dare not stand over grave and
| feel like that. Let me say ! forgive him.
| can do no more.
NO one who knew all could ask more.
Speak nothing but good of the dead, "
she continued n the same dreary way.
Frank, | cannot recall any good of which
to speak. For a few weeks loved HIM,
or thought loved him; but that was years,
years ago. All. me- tnos, years! All !
can now do is to say will speak no evil
of him. He is dead. | forgive him. AMI
will try and forget him."
For the first ii re the tears rose to her
eyes. There was long pause. Beatrice
and Frank were now standing. lie took
her hands in his and held them.
Beatrice darling, he whispered.
'Do you remember the words you said a
few days ago-said in this very room?
When there seemed no chance of happi-
ness for you and me. Dearest, all is now
changel. We are in new world. Bea-
| trice, will yoI say once more In oar new
world what you said in the old?'
TCnN-r, I
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
The Light of Home.

When every star that gems the sky
In darkness hides its silvery ray
And midnight shadows thickly lie,
Like sable curtains on the way,
One light remains to pierce the gloom,
One ray-lt is the light OF home.
That light where DER undimmed 10 shines
Unnumbcred blessings sheds around;
Where fall It's soft and tender lines
There truest happiness is found.
There Is no light beneath the dome
So precious as the light Of home.
Within its sacred circle blend
The purest virtues, true and strong;
II ere friend deserves the name of friend,
Aud love resides, nor fears a wrong;
And when the heart meets pain and Ill
That friendly beacon cheers 1t still.
For one afsr its radiance streams
The proof OF JOY and hope aud cheer,
And draws him with its welcome beams
To all he holds most priced and dear.
His heart is glad, his eve grows bright
AS he beholds its faithful light,
And thus as we, with weary feet,
Lies dark aud tangled mazes tread,
Let us take heart, for, pure and sweet,
There is light that shines ahead,
That leads us onward, while we roam,
To find IN heaven the light OF home.
= Boston Journal.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

A man who'd lead happy life
Must hand his earnings to his wife,
And let her, with a woman's sense,
Pay out and plan the homes expense.
He'll save himself world Of care;
He'll have far more to eat and wear;
so will his wife, who'll also lay
BY something for rainy day.
The pennies, man will never prize,
Are big as dollars in her eyes;
She weighs esch well before it's spent,
And when they're gone, knows where they
went.
A woman asks, chow much!" before
She buye, and not fraction more
Than what she orders will she take;
And always counts the change they make.
A man, afraid of seeming mean,
And vainly hidi--g that he's green,
Won't ask the price at all, and buys
Whatever meets his eager eyes.
Then, grandly throwing down bill,
He, victim of the BRIDESMAIDS skill,
And paying twice the right amount,
Pockets the change he fears TO count
The money that husband earns,
Kept in his pocket, always burns,
And till it's squandered, lost or lent,
He, somehow, never feels content.
Mans forte's to earn, but not to spend;
His wife's ambition, too, will end
If she sees money slip away
With debts increasing day by day.
So he who'll wisely lead a life
OF perfect bliss will let his wife
Be treasurer, as nature meant,
And owe no man a single cent.
H. G. Dodge, in Godall's Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
Clinging to the Past.

Ecuador is country in which the
past still reigns. The buildings are
never repaired; the Indians, remember
ing the ancient glory of their ances-
tors. have no songs and no amuse-
ments. and the Spanish inhabitants are
too poor and too proud to get much
active pleasure from the present One
popularity of the Indian, showing his
attachments to custom, lies in the fact
that he will only trade in the market
place in Quito, where his ancestors
have for centuries sold their produce.
A traveller upon the highways may
meet whole armies OF Indians bearing
loads of supplies. but he can obtain
nothing from them until they have
reached their accustomed place for
barter.
The Indian will even carry goods ten
miles. and sell them for less than he
was offered at home.
The author of The Capitals OF
Spanish America says that he once
met, an old woman trudging along with
a basket of fruit, and though he offered
ten cents for pineapples, which would
only bring her two and half in the
market, she preferred taking the dusty
journey of two leagues to being re-
lieved of her burden Mt once.
A gentleman living some distance
from town says that. for four years, he
tried to induce the natives who pass
ed every morning with packs of alfalfa
(clover) to sell him at his gate; he was
invariably compelled to go into town
to buy it.
Nor will the natives sell at wholesale.
They will give you gourdful of pota-
toes for penny MS often as you choose
to buy, but they will not sell their
stock in lump They will sell you a
dozen eggs for a real (ten cents), but
they will not sell five dozen for dol
lar
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

dress. the thickly folded turban. usu-
ally white. white drawers reaching but
half down the thigh. leaving the knees
and the legs bare. and white jacket. A
few don long blue robes and wear a
colored head dress. These are baba.
gees priests. All the men look tall;
they are 1.-THE. very slender. small
boned. but the limbs are we'll turned.
They are grave. talk in low tones and
seldom smile. Those you see with
very heavy full boards are Mussulmans;
they have their mosques and the cry Of
the muezzin sounds thrice daily over
the vast cane fields. Some shave
Bnddhists or followers of Hindooism--
but the children Of Islam never. Very
comely some of the women arc. in
their close clinging. soft, brief robes
and tantalizing wells, a costume leav-
ing shoulders, arms and ankles bare.
The dark arm is always tapered and
rounded. the silver circled ankle al
ways elegantly knit to the light, straight
foot. Many Of these slim girls, wheth-
or standing or walking. or in repose,
their attitude when erect, always sug-
gest lightness and suppleness, like the
poise of perfect dancer.
A coolie mother passes, carrying at
her hip pretty naked baby. 1t has
exquisite delicacy of limb; its tiny
ankles are circled by thin bright silver
rings; it looks like little bronze stat
uette. a statue of Kama, the Indian
Eros" The mothers arms are cover
ed from elbow to rist with silver Brace
lets some flat and decorated. others
coarse, round, smooth. with ends ham
mered into the form of viper heads.
She has large flowers of gold in her
ears, small gold flower in her very
delicate little nose. This nose ora
ment does not seem absurd; on these
dark skins the effect is. on the con-
trary. pleasing, although bizarre. All
this jewelry is pure metal; it is thus
the coolies carry their savings; they do
not learn to trust the banks until they
become rich.
There is a woman 60 ng to market,
a very odd little woman; is she a
Chinablanco--a coolie. or q Malay
half-breed? do not know. She rep
resents a type L have never seen be-
fore. She wears one loose. soft white
garment leaving arms, ankles and part
of back and bosom exposed. like n low
cut, sleeveless chemise. but less long.
Her whole figure is rounded. compact.
admirably knit and her walk is indie :
scribably light. supple. graceful. But
her face is queer; it is IN Oriental gro
tesque, Chinese dream, oblique eyes
and blue-black brows and hair. very
high and broad cheek bones. Sngu-
lar as it is. this face has the veritable
beause du dia6'e; it is very young and
very fresh face. and the uncommonly
long, black. silky lashes give her gazo
a very pleasing, velvety expression.
Still, the most remarkable popularity
she has is her color. clear and strange.
almost exactly the color of a fine ripe
lemon. -L'JcodiO Hsarn' in Harper's
Magazine.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

stroye to SPEAK, gave a sharp cry and fell
senseless on the stones. CarrutheTs lifted
her and bore her to the FUcc. He babe
the man drive home at once.
Peatrice revived. She looked az Frank
i'm dazed way. al dreamed lit was a
dream" she said In q whisper.
1T was no dream answered Carruthers
in hoarse, choked voice. Not another
word was exchanged until they reached
Beatrice home. Here Frank wanted to
accompany her 10 her rooms. She shook
her head.
500 back, go back" she whispered.
"fou will see to ALL learn all, will you
not o."
He nodded re-entered the carriage and
drove back TO the cemetery.
There was no mistake. lie gained access
to the room. He saw the body uncovered,
saw the sling which had been removed
from the broken arm. And as he stood
and gazed at he dead man he seemed to
hear the voice of the strange servant beg
ging him in wild accents to wait for Bea-
trice. Her prophecy had come true; her
strange faith had not deceived her.
He had to answer many cues lions; see
sundry officials. He said he identified the
man as Maurice Hervey, an artist. lie
C ud say nothing more about him
nothing about his friends. He had ex-
changed very few words with him. Then
he left money for the rpse to be removed
to another ga 1>d7 and decently laid out.
Also money for funeral expenses, and for
a stone with ii. NJ. on II to be put over tie
grave. They told him the funeral must
take place on the morrow. Then he went
back to Beatrice.
She would not see him; so Ire left note
saying that all was done. The next day he
stood over Maurice Ilervey S grave.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
CHAPTER XXXIv.
1T WAS NO DREAx.

II WAS NO DREAM.
Carruthers, as was his custom called
for Beatrice early one morning. This
morning Beatrice left her boy in charge
of the smiling avarian servant and went
for a walk with Frank. 1t was a fair May
morning fairer perhaps elsewhere than
in Munich, which is dry, dusty, barren
land. For some time they walked in
silence, and apparently without any set.
tied destination. By and by Carruthers
spoke
when do you think you will he ready
to return to England" he asked. Her
eyes were cast down. She did not
answer his question.
beatrice, you will take my advice in
this?r he spoke gravely and tenderly.
eyes | will take your advice. j will
do all you visible guided entirely by
you. Heaven knows / have guided my
self long enough. See where it has led
me-
Her O. es filled with tears as she spoke.
Frank clinched his hand behind his back.
He felt so powerless to help her. After
all he could aid her so little.
''What do you propose? What do you
think should do2'' she asked.
.'l think we should go straight back to
England; straight to Oakbury. i will
and Herbert everything"
''What will they say? What will they
do? should think they would at once
turn me out of their house"
Frank smiled sad little smile. Dear
Beatrice, f" he said, can you fancy either
Horace or Herbert turning dog out who
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
A Blessing in a Woman.

The late William r. Travers, a number
Of years ago, took fatherly interest in a
man who is now Wall street banker, and
who was formerly clothing-store clerk.
He forsook the counter and made start
in the street under the wing of the noted
wit. The % ng man married a charming
Brooklyn girl. ON the return from the
wedding trip Mr. Ira ers congratulated
him:
The t-t-tel me- Cha-Cha- Charley,
that you III. unmarried cha-char-m-m-
ming woman.
"Ye'," replied the young man. ''She
is beautiful and accomplished, but she has
one misfortune.
"Ah, an, W-w-wnat's that, Cha. Cha.
Charley
''She shutters"
''She ut-t-t-ters, does she? And you
c-c-c-call that MN -mis-f-fortune? Why,
d-d-damit. Cha-Cha-Charley, that's
BIB blessing in wo-wo-woman.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
Scenes of Sensuous Beauty.

Hindoos. coolies, men. women and
misunderstanding, walking or sitting
in the sun, under the shadowing of the
palms. Men squatting. with hands
clasped over their black knees. teadily
observe you from under their white
turbans-vcry steadily, with slight
scowl All these Indian faces have tho
same set stern expression. the same
knitting of the brows and the keen
strong gaze Is not altogether pleasant
1t borders upon hostility; it is the look
OF Observation-Disclosures physi-
cal and moral In the mighty swarm
ing of India these have learned the
full meaning and force OF life's law as
we occidentals rarely learn Il. Under
the dark forehead with its fixed frown
tho eye glitters like serpents.
Nearly all wear the same Indian
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
Trousers Ave.

Tom Bigbee (ferociously Hang it,
Glib II, can't see why you have adopted
that III otto way of carrying your umbrella
lowell ibbOn-You cawn't see, Ell?
Why, it's absolutely necessary. I'd get
the blawsted thing tangled in the skirts Of
my new English trousers II didn't carwy
It in a horizontal position. Puck.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
One Execution.

Veneraje Spinster: There Is not a
married woman in my acquaintance who
does not have her life made miserable by
her husbands constant talk about how
much better his mother cooked"
Young Wife well, here's an excep-
ton. My husband never makes remark
of that kind
V. s.. 'fIe's the first man l ever heard
OF that did not. You must he a marvel
lous cook.
Y. W.: mo, it's not that. You see, he
was brought up in an orphan asylum"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
An Awful Danger.

A-''rhis country can't risk anoth.
err war"
Why, we could put two OF
three million men into the field"
That's just 1t, and If the war lasted
long there would be such crop Of
veterans wanting pensions that the
treasury would be bankrupt - Tera,
SJtings,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

Borrowed garments seldom fit well, nor
do bogus remedies cure successfully. The
real cure for coughs and colds is DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup.
Why sit doubled up like an old man, my
boyl What's rheumatism2 Take the good
the gods provide thee, and send twenty five
cents around the corner for a bottle of Sal
walton Oil and you'll ride your bicycle to-
marrow
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

Deserving of Confidence.-There is no
article which so richly deserves the entire
confidence of the community as Browns
Bronchial Troches. Those suffering from
Asthmatic and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs
and Colds, should try them. Price % cents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15
A Fortune for IS.

An opportunity for every Lady and Gen
tlemsn TO secure an independent fortune
by the investment of only S.. Address,
with stamp, The Montana Investment Com
pany, Helena, Mont.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

Itching and irritation of the skin and
scalp, burns, scalds, piles, ulcers, poisons,
ly cured by Coles Carbolisalve, the great
skin remedy. 20 and so cents, at druggists.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

1t is powerful hard thing for woman
TO wear six-button kids when her husband
wears q seven-button pocketbook.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

Don't bet, but, if you must bet, bet to
win plump Thanksgiving turkey, with a
Diquant New Jersey cranberry in its bill.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

Cremation rates have been advanced. 1t
cannot be possible that there is to be Gre
nation trust also.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-15

When writing to Advertisers please say
you saw the advertisement I'm this Paper.