Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-04-06

iarmerS stuffed rom the house to the
barn. IN IS ID it, IN were found frozen
to death not tw 'Ltv feet from shelter.
Per ons have wandered miles away
and persisted miserablv in attempting
to cross Il tfty-foCt street. These in
stances would lie incred bic were they
not attest Il by mounta n OF proof
1t is almost impossible to keep the
interior % a house warm during n biz
zard. The intense cold and the fearful
wind seem to extract every particle OF
warmth, and there is danger of freezing
il the same room with red-hot stove.
All business is suspended, and tho
only care is to preserve lie. There is
no use searching for The lost ones; no
one knows in what direction they are,
or if they did, it wo I'D be impossible
to reach them, Cries for help are in
audible siv + ct away
Railroad hands are the greatest suf-
ferers from Billiards. A train NAV be
caught on the open prairie and held
for r.y- eight hours.
Hunger is added to cold, and death
not infrequently ensues among the pas
sengers. On freight t!ains the men are
exposed to dreadful exl osure, and it is
harl to See how any one en- stand it.
GOideH DAYS.
s'Runnins' ihr PIebeS nj AnnapO'iS.
Scene A room in the hotel. Half q
dozen candidate s discovered, busy over
their books. 4 loud knock on the dool
Is heard. Enter two very small cadets,
in blue uniforms bright with bras, but
tons. Candidates all rise and anxiously
await developments. One of the cadets
says, loftily Coed afternoon, young
gentlemen"
Candidates reply in chorus Good
afternoon.
Small Cadet (sternly to Marryat) -
What's your name?
Marryat Enormously Brown.
Small Cadet severely Brown
what?
Marryat CAT IL gtess) - Marryat
Brown.
Small Cadet Cscowling) Marryat
Brown what?
One of the candidates has evidently
been larty to some previous int, r
view, for he whispers something to
Marryat, who replies with more conf
dence Brown, sir.
Small Cadet - ALI. : that's much
better. And how d. you spell it. Mr..
Brown?
Marrylt Brown, s,r.
Small Cadet-Try it again, Mr..
Brown.
Mariyat (alter II second prompting
by the knowing candidate b sir; +,
sir; o. sr; W, sir; II, sir; Brown, sir.
Small Cadet You spell well. Ever
lone any math? In English Have YOU'D
ever studied mathematics
Marryat thesitating )-le-ye-ves sir
Small cadet Nv tn lightning like IA
pidity) ii n herring and Il half cost a
cent and half. whatll half a herring
cost? Quick. CNTarryat ponders.J ooh,
youll bilge" Which latter remark,
being translated, means that Marryat is
sure t. fail at the examination and be
rejected
Thus the nonsense goes on. Other
candidates are called in and made to
cut droll capers. Reciting children's
rhymes, singing songs, playing circus,
initiating animals, and hundred other
absurdities are gone through with.
The cadets never smile. They move
among the Others like superior beings,
demanding homage which is freely
given. The admiring candidates, abash-
ed at finding themselves so green, long
for the time when they too can swag-
ger and exact the dcferential sir, and
fill their conversation with nautical
phrases. But even running" is now
consid. red as another form of hazing,
and is fast taking its place among the
lost art John H. Gibbons, L. 5. ",
iH 81 Ni..LnI'.
THE only color" says a scientific
note, that can he determined by the