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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

avoiding her former associates as far
as was possible i'll country commu-
nifty.
Mrs. Maxwell died and was laid be
side her dead boy under the Cumber-
land pines.
A few weeks later Rollins returned
to Loves Valley. He was pale and
haggard, and his face was distigured
by a dark, struggling beard. His most
intimate acquaintance hardly knew
him for the rol!icking, handsome, rosy
checked young man who had been the
life of the valley only half a year be
fore.
He went straight to see Dix. She
was making her home with the Widow
Dodd. What conversation passed be
tween the lovers at that mournful
meeting was never known; but as the
dusk crept mp the Cumberland height,
he babe her goodby. and galloped off
to the Valley store where Bob Wilkin-
son made his headquarters.
Throwing his bride over a post, he
went in.
Bob was sitting by the store, his feet
cooked up on the back of a chair, n
cigar in his mouth, and Il newspaper
spread open on his knees
A brace of young mountain boys
were sitting on the counter, chewing
tobacco and swapping smut.
Bob Wilkinson" said Rollins, strid-
ing straight up to the rutiian, "Iunder-
stand that YOU insulted Miss Maxwell
in my absence"
Il low that you refer to the night l
rode up thar on my nag an tot her Il
few little faces" replied Bob, coolly
laying down his paper, AN eff faces is
insults I low | insultcd her"
DRAW, curse your shouted Rollins
leveling his revolver at Bob. DRAW,
you cowardly dog"
go, thct's the kind o circus hits to
be, is hit?" responded Bob, turning a
handspring over the counter. "Wull,
I'll be ready fer v in fash
With that he drew pistol from the
desk, and the two men fred at the SAME
| second.
Rollins bounded in the air and drop
ped dead on the floor, with bullet
through his heart.
Bob surveyed the bleeding body fol
moment, then, placing his pistol ii
his hip pocket and taking roll o,
money from his drawer. he hurried out
Of the house, sprang on the horse that
Rollins had ridden, and vanished from
Loves Valley forever.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Mn. HowELLs, the novelist, says: Il
fcmembcr very distinctly the first story
l attempted to write. got along very
well until | wanted to draw it to a
close, and in my efforts to do so l got
into most horrible condition of affairs.
Returning to story after l have left
it for only few hours, l find it ex-
ceedingly difficult to resume work. SO
many new ideas will have come to me
during the interim that it is impossi-
bic to know for some time in what way
TO use the material. With me, at the
best, composition is slow and laborious."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Or StenoGrapher. if not taken in inc rdinatG
quantities. He believes that In Il literary
work inspiration passes through the two
fingers and thumb. He is glad to notice
also that the antique finger nail, trimmed
with edging of moss agate, is no longer Il
proof of great literary excellence.
Richard Watson Glider feels very much
the same way. He resents the put up Job"
appearance of typewriter manuscripts,
and yet he likes il because Of its clcaru cS-.
Mr.. Glider is tho editor OF the Cent,0y mag
aZinc. Mr.. Glider does his own literary
work by means OF pen and writes IL strong
running hand. He can return rejected
manuscript in such a gentle caressing way
that disappointed scribblcrs come to him
from hundreds of miles to thank him for
his kindness and stay to dinner with him.
Amclie Riycs writes with trenchant pen.
and never dictates except to Mr.. CHAMBER.
her husband. She uses q Spencerian pen
and writes Il beautiful copy. as symmetri-
cal as Edgar A. POcs and as fast as the
pen gets so hot that it burns holes in the
paper and misses when she sticks it into the
ink bottle she pulls it out by means of u
pair of tong3 and puts in new one.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox writes with a pen,
and her MS. is quite plain in ono way. That
Is. it is not pretty. She is quite pleasant
and genial unless one treads on the tail OF
her coat. She then writes or speaks with
flashing eye and diStended nostrilin clarion
ZONES. At such times. il she were to use
tno IypoWIltoI'l IL NOulu Sounu ulOlo lho
xylophone trying to convince lawn m over
OF the error of its way.
Rose Terry Cooke SAYS she has written
with gold pen on lined paper. holding the
clip on her knee all through her literary
career. and she has been writing for forty
years. She says SO herself. How few OF us
authors are willing to come out and state
over our own signature that we have been
on the road so long.
Adirondack Murray dictates to type
writer. and has for fifteen " avs. lie die
tatcs from twenty to thirty words per min
ute when he is feeling well and his thinker
is frolicsome. lie docs not require
stenographcr, but Pours his soul INTO the
front teeth OF n typewriter and receives his
copy ripe for the printer.
Edgar Saltu, says that the critics accuse
him of writing ly means of Il lexicon, but
he claims that such Is not the case. He
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
VI.

The miracle touch of spring wa
resurrecting the dead world to a new
aud beautiful life. The stony slopes
Of the Cumberland Mountains Were
Garlandcd with green. The sunligh
through the budding trees was sitting
down like silver rain. The songs o
the black pcasantry rang from planta
ton to plantation down the greer
sweep of Loves Valley, in grand
weird slaves, while over all there huns
n sky of violet splendor as vivid as eve
bent above the glorified gardens o
Italy.
And through the light and color ant
melody of the waking world, funera
procession wound its way to the mount
ain churchyard, and Dix Maxwell wal
left forever with her dead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

THIS is what one woman can do g..
Maria M. Dean is homeopathic ply
stefan who took little Office and hung
out her sign three years ago, in Hele,
ma, Mont, which has population OF
$4,000 souls. Miss Dean never prac.
ticed anywhere else. Her income last
year was between $l1 200 and SO, 900.
She was born in Madison, Wis, and
graduated from the Wisconsin Univer,
sity. She is pleasant, agreeable lit.
tie woman, respected by all. She has
never been married and, what is more,
won't be, if she can help it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

n. c. CURTIS, farmer on Grand
Island, Cal, is using steam in his work
with good success. He ran his plows
attached to a traction wagon, and
working night and day plowed over
fifty acres in twenty-four hours. He
has also another smaller engine that
draws eight sixhorse harrows, doing
the work of large number of men
and horses in short time and at a
small expense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Nothing has recently occurred moro
startling than the unwilling of the
statue of Giordano Bruno at Rome.
This man was in the dungeons of the
lnquisition for seven years, and was
then burned alive for heresy. Now,
after three centuries, the rulers OF
Rome, with students and 10000 citi-
zcns, march with great enthusiasm to
do honor to the martyr The doctrine
taught by Bruno was singularly like
that to which science leads the ablcst
thinkers of the present day-that OF
an omniprcscnt universe soul - the
eternal life soul. Long live the prin,
ciple of free thought! The soul OF
Bruno is marching on.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

EMPEROR WILLIAM has commissioned
Koch to paint a picture representing
the scene at the moment when he led
the foot guards past his father at Char,
lottenburg on May Is, 1883. This was
the only occasion upon which Freder.
eek inspected the troops rs Emperor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Mas. ALLEN G.. THURMAN SAYS OF
the late Mrs. Hayes: "The White
House was never presided over with
more grace than b. Lucy Hayes, and
never contained a noblcr woman. Hel
death will be mourned by every true
woman in the land
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

THE weight of whale is said to be
about ninety tons, but the weight of a
citizen of Chicago since that place has
been increased in population to POO.
600 by annexation is past finding out,
as scales of sufficient power have not
been found to bear him up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

NOSSIBLY q brisl
.resume Of the var
ious writers anC
authors OF this coun.
try and Europe as tc
the methods of reducing
thoughts to manuscript
form may be Of Interest
to both young and old
and so | venture at this
time TO treat the subject
referred to briefly. hav-
ing noticed that it has
been given considerable
attention. | therefore
add some little persona,
observation. and ven E
ture. as | say. to speak
briefly of these methods
and manuscripts. witt
many OF which / am
somewhat familiar. | do
so also as n sort OF ad.
Ipnln a. 1np p1iUlt SuV
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

TULAEE LAKE, in California, which
was formerly twenty by thirty miles
in extent, is now only fifteen by TWEEN
ty. Although the water is strongly
imprcgnated with borax and alkali, the
lake is full of fish.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
Cn,y n Newspaper Phrase.

Husband-What does the paper say
about the big fire of last night?
Wife (reading the morning paper
1t says the boiler burst, and then the
scene that followed baffled description.
Husbands that all?
Wife-No; two columns of descrip-
ton follow that.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

ENGLAND has over 81, 900, 900 invest.
ed in the manufacture of idols for hea-
then countries, and yet the churches
of that country are continually calling
for more money and more missionaries
to suppress idolatry.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Mrs. Henpcck-My dear, You win
make a sad mistake if you marry Mr..
Meak. He has no beard, and he wears
wig.
naughter-What difference does that
make?
Huh You try managing husband
with no hair Of his OWE, and you'll find
out"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

AN ingenious young girl, of Louis
vile, with an eye to information and
an autograph, recently wrote to Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes and asked him
to tell her his favoritc verse of all his
poetical writings. A few days ago she
received card on which was written,
over the poets signature, the following
lines, which his admirers will readily
recall:
few can touch the magic string,
= And noisy Fame is proud to win them
Alas, for those who never sing.
But die with all their music i'll Them
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

The cultivation of the tobacco plant
shows no signs of falling off. On the
contrary, the worlds output is con-
Stantly growing. The acreage in this
country is increasing every year, and
in Cuba the planters are abandoning
sugar and turning their attention to
tobacco, finding the latter far more
profitable. In the East Indies this in
dustry has lately been making i'm
mense strides, and the stock of the
corporations who control the great to-
bacco plantations in Sumatra and Ba-
tayia has advanced nearly 100 points
in the last three months. This seems
to show that the number Of people in
the world who find solace in the weed
are multiplying quite as rapidly as is
tho human race in general.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

She said, in high, falsctto voice, to q
girl who sat sewing in the shadow of o
Virginia crceror on the gallery with
out. Powerful long. He said hed
he back by one o'clock, an hits nigh
onto five"
Retiring into the house, she returned
Il moment later with black SUM- bon
net folded lcngthwisc and laid turban
like on her thick, silvery hair.
"Whory y steppin', mother?"
Dix dropped her work in her lay
and pushed back her curls as she put
the question.
"Steppin' down to see Wildly Dodd
Her son Dave went with John, an per
haps she kin tell what's a-keepin' EN-.
Put the kittle on fer supper, an keep
things tidy till come back"
The old woman went her way with
long, quick, ungraccful steps, while
Dix rolled up her sleeves and bounded
into the house.
a few moments later lad came
painting down the road his face hus he'd
and his eyes flashing with excitement -
Il handsome lad withal, though rude in
dialect and rough in dress.
DIX. oh, Dix ! niX-ec" he Shouted,
throwing back his head ard testing his
lungs to their utmost limit.
is that YOU, Jeems," answered the
girl, appearing on the gallery holding
a brick on which she was scdulously
sharpening tableknife.
"Nes; and fer Gods sake come yurr !"
whats up, Jecms?'
Come yur-r-r | say"
Dix laid the brick and knife on the
gallery rail and flew down the path to
the gate.
"Hain't We heerd tho news bout
jChn:" queIied the boy, turning his
face uncasily away from the searching
look of the girl.
what bout John, Jccms? What is
hit:" She spoke in short, quick gasps
beginning to twist and untwist her
fingers in an agony of apprehension.
"Why-er-you see, John an his
hands wus-Oh, Dix! | c-a-i-n'-t tell =
"Jeems!'
The girl caught the lad by the
shoulder with grip that made him
shrink and made him throw up his
hand toloosen her hold. A look of un.
uttcrable horror crcpt into her deep,
dusky eyes. Her face was dashed a
deadly white. She slivercd and stag,
gercd back CRYING:
"Oh, tell me tell me!-tell me-"
I'll tell We, Dix, but don't take on
that'n way. John an his hands WIS
down ter TIL still, an passed. O them
rcv'noo men run in on EN-, an they
he'd II sklimmagc, an John was shot"
80, oor John! O, my buddy! my
Toor buddy" And the girl sank moan
ing on the grass. is he dead, Jccms ?
Is he dead
"I-cr-don't know, Dix" hcsitatod
the boy, his eyes wet with unshed
tears, bat he was cr-shot three
times, an thar, Dix! Looky thar.
They's atotin' him home now. Iooky
Don't y sce?" And he pointed mp the
road, where, over the rise of low hill,
appeared party of hardy mountain
crs, bearing the body of man on n
strctchcr made of twisted boughs.
Dix rose TO her feet, and with low,
i,iful wall tottered forward TO meet
the men. They laid their burden down
in the grass and shadow by the road
side as she approached, and Dix,
throwing her bare, white arms around
the corpse, printed passionate kisses
on the brow of the brother she had
loved SO well.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

WHEN MaXimilian, one of the earl,
German cmperors, returned with his
victorious troops from foreign war he
was greeted in Augsburg with salute
which was intended to be of hundred
5hoss. The master of artillery, how
ever, became confused, and when the
one hundredth shot had been fired he
was uncertain whether it was the hun
dredth or only the ninety-ninth. Pre-
fcrring to err on the safe side, he or
dered another shot to be fired. When
the Emperor reached Nurcmburg the
people of that city, determined not TIC
be outdone by the Augsburgers, also
saluted him with n hundred and one
shots. This is said to be the origin OF
the royal salute of a hundred and one
guns"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
IL.

Mrs. Maxwell found the Widow
Dodd in her best dress and stiiliy
starchcd cap with flying frills.
THAR" cried the widow, triumph
antly, as Mrs. Maxwell strobe in !;
thar! / told Mandy Ann Marian tibet
we'ups Il hev caller fore chicken
roost, fer l let the dish-rag drap cz l
WIS a-wipiu' breakfuss things, an |
never knowed tibet ar sign TO fail VT.
But, bless mel ] hain't said howdy,
Mis- MaXwell-an' how's yer darter,
Dix?
"Tollable, jis' tollable, Miss Dodd;
and how's you'uns?"
"We'uns is all we'll, 'cept me. I've
bee a-feelin sort O puny sence mornin'.
l upset the salt-cillar at breakfuss, an
I've been a-pinin' an a-trim'lin' all day
bout hit, fer hits Il certain sign o
death er trouble o some kind er
mother"
With tLat she brought out a snuff
bottle, aIW after passing it to Mrs.
Maxwell, she helped herself, and the
conversation proceeded.
Il lowed I'd stop by" said Mrs.
Maxwell, "an' see il yo' knowcd what
wus a-detaiuin' o the boys. John, he
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
NYE'S LITERARY PALS.
AND now THEY REDUCE THEII
THOUGHTS TO WRITING.

Growing Popularity of the StenoCraphs
and Typewriter Those Who Use tho Per
Writing ON Train, IL Fad ana ~
Empty Stomach.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

IHE MINISTER'S charge: Two dol.
lars, and as much more as the bride
groom will give.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

up and stay with we 'uns TIL to-morrv.
Dix 5 lonesome like, an she'll be ire
MENUS tickled t see yc."
Half an hour later, after inviting the
widow to Sunday dinner and bidding
her, with sly wink, to 'perk up with
an eXtry feather, fer Deacon Tracy Il
be thar" Mrs. Maxwell started for
home, accompanied by Amanda.
what WIS hit tibet Bob Wilkinson
seed - ventured Mrs. Maxwell Us soon
as they We're out of hearing.
~ won't tell nary one?"
NO"
"Hope-y'-mNy- die-y-wont?'
"Ycs."
40, wall, he seed Bert Rollins t
Bloomington las week, a-talkin' with
the rev'noo man; an he an an officer
went to Leb'non on the stage together,
an the officer come back yistiddv, an
he n passed. o his men started off fer
Dekalb County t s'arch fer stills; and
Bob lows that Bert done gwine direct
ed 'em ter go { Loves Valley
Il don't blievc nary word O hit, >"
exclaimed Mrs. Maxwell, emphatically.
Mary word. Bob's the illest dog in
these mornings. My gal give him the
mitten, an he's jealous cause he thinks
Bert an Dix II make a match o hit,
al | b1ievc he'd do anythin' t ruin us,
he's tibet hongry fer revenge"
Ill.
The dead boy had been borne to his
grave in the glim businesses of the
mountains.
Mrs. Maxwell sat by his vacant
chair, paralyzed and dumb, in the
presence of the calamity that had
fallen upon her house.
Dix pursued the daily rounds of her
home life, and Judging from her calm
and passionlesS manner, she had be.
come reconciled to her brothers death
and Bert's desertion, for her lover
had left the valley at the same hour
that the corpse of John was being
carried over the mountains to the
home that he had left in the flush and
vigor and beauty of young manhood
a few brief hours before.
Dix had found letter in the pocket
of her dead brother-a letter which he
Vile on the day he was shot and had
not had the time to mail. In this let
ter was the following passage:
81 think that Bob Wilkinsonis up to some
dcvilmcnt. lie has been at Bloomington
with tho officers. He hates Dix now as
much rs he once pretended to love her. and
IL he can swamp us all, | believe he will
tty it,"
Dix had read this. and had heard
from the Widow Dodd herself of the
remarks that Bob Wilkinson had made
concerning Bert, but while her faith in
the latter was shaken, she was con-
WINGED Of the pertidy of her former
lover.
".
1t was a wet and windy night in No
vember, 1879, full three months after
the tragedy at the still.
Dix was knitting before the fire.
Mrs. Maxwell lay in dull stupor on
the bed. She seldom spoke now-sel-
dom seemed to comprehend what was
said or done i'll her presence.
There came a rap at the door-a
sharp, quick rap-and Dix opened it to
find herself confronted by Bob Wilkin-
son.
"Howdy, Dix? Iwus a passin' on
hossback, an ez hits pow'ful dark,
lowed I'd stop by an borry lantern,
ef-
Bob Wilkinson" cried Dix, "leave
this house, an if y ever come nigh hit
agin l won't answer fer what hap
pensw
She looked magnificent as she stood
there in the red freight, her raven
tresses falling in Grip curls over her
shoulders, her large, liquid eyes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

Il S. NJ A y w f l. I
stood in her doorway
looking down the
highroad that winds
through Loves Val
ley to the waters OF
Cancy Fork.
" Pears to me Iii
John WIS stavin
powerful long, Dix
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Railroad Schedules, eto.
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad.


station, Cumberland p. L. BORWMlL,
General Supe1tntendAa3
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07
MOONSIIlNERS
In the Cumberland Mountains.

BY WILL HUBBARD HERMAN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-07

The days went on, and Dix was sell
dom seen. She lived in the strictest
retirement - returning no calls and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-08
Morrice.

Friday afternoon last the high school il
this place organized itself into lyceum
with officers as follows: President, Arthur
Benson; vice president Clyde S. Bugbee
secretary and treasurer. Miss Allie Waters
executive committee, Prin. w. j. MckOne,
Misses Carrie Purdy and Susie Tyler. This
is only one of the many improvements made
of late i'm the school work here. That Prin.
MckOne makes things ''gee," ELI?
During the fore part of this week, Mr.. b.
Pratt, of Chesaning, was the guest of Mr..
Arthur Benson of this place.
On Monday evening Mr.. Cameron and
wife returned to their home i'm Lansing, af-
ter having spent several days visiting their
daughter, Mrs. DR.. Darby.
Miss Maytie Thorpe, of Bennington, is
visiting among her friends here.
l.. ID. Goss was in Lansing Wednesday.
The Misses Benson spent Saturday and
Sunday with their parents.
On Wednesday evening Nov. 6, Lieut.. l..
B. Baker, of Lansing, lectured at the M. f..
church on 1.-THE pursuit, capture, death and
burial of j. Wilkes Booth" Lieut.. Baker
was in command of the capturing party;
was the first to strike his trail as he crossed
the Rappahanock; to demand his surrender
at the barn; to reach him as he fell, pierced
by Corbett's bullett, amidst the flames of
the burning barn; to receive his dying mes
sage to his mother, and to have personal
charge oyer thebody until il was turned over
to the war department.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-08
Byron.

Theo. Barnum has nearly recovered from
his recent illness.
Miss Church left Monday for Medina,
Lenawee county, where she will teach schOo
this winter.
Mrs. Magoffin, of Owosso, visited friends
here last week.
Prof. Packer was in our village the first
of the week.
There seems to be an increase in the
number of pupils enrolled in our school.
George Benton, son of Rev. G. Benton, is
visiting his many friends here.
Indications are that the M. E. church is
too small for its congregations.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-08

Mrs. David Parsons, OF Detroit, is guest
at c. Haughtons this week.
Mr.. j. N. Mcbride visited our school
Tuesday.
Vacation begins this week.
Miss Stroup, of Macomb county, is visit
ing at her uncle's, Mr.. l.. Stroup.
Wedding bells-Miss Alice Fitzpatrick
and Jim COnley. The best wishes of their
many friends are extended to them.
The musical social given by the Y. p. G.
E. at Mr.. f. Bush's takes place tomorrow
evening.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-08
Henderson.

Frank Convis has purchased half
interest in the grocery business of Samuel
Henderson at Oakley. We are sorry to see
Frank leave, but wish him success in his
new business.
A happy crowd gathered at the home Of
Lewis Ball on Tuesday evening to witness
the marriage of his daughter Emma to
Louis +. Bunting. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Henry King, hearty
congratulations following. The couple
have good start i'm life aud their friends
all wish them abundant happiness.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-11-08

Before buying ready-made overcoat,
come and see my line of overcoatings and
get prices. You will be convinced that L
can save you money. PAUL M. RoTH,
The Tailor.