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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

boarding place. y little episode like
this would cause considerable GOODNESS
between MS, but in time j. would nj.
ways disappear. fcuhi 1t Necessary
not t" he too intimate with him
In order to be master OF the
situation in school hours Indeed.
| went to the stho5i-room every morn
ing with fear and trembling, d, ] had
over sixty names on the roll. Some 81
me pupils bah been soldiers in the
arihy. Many of them were older than
l. This has nothing TO do with the
story, however
Welt, ti:t hou,e where ! boarded
had large Fireplace The old man
and his son Jim would make n big log
heap in the fireplace, and that carpet
less room was a most cheerful place a
an evening The light from the fire
place was generally the only light wo
had. | was very much inclncl to
read every evening, but the old folk,
retired at s o'clock, and they slept in
the Only room that had fire. There
was nothing for jim and me to do hut
to 90 upstairs t. bed nj that carly
lrur.
How about the cat:" interrupted
some one,
"Oh' dot confuse me. 7 am get
ling TO that ] wanted to get my
hearings first As we sat around the
hig open fire, each one had his place.
The old man sat in orc cOrurr. mkt to
the window. The old lady sat on the
opposite side of the fireplace. Jim and
! set between thu two | usually sat
next to the old man. The cat was a
great pet. He was fine, large animal
one that would attract attention any
whhrc. His regular place was before
the fire. Whenever he got tired Of
lying there he would jump on som"
ones lap, H" va generally wei
yoinc visitor, but ! did not encourage
him to be specially intimate with me.
Once when we were in the midst Of
the morning devotions and the old mau
was pouring forth feftent prayer, Jim
gave me nudge, implying that ne
wanted me to look at something. |
turned my face toward him. and he
then pointed toward his father. nat
urally turned my eyes in that dircr-
li'il ' '''' 'l't ''t''il wa ''Ii HIS Nit Is
praying. as | have said, and the old cat
sat on his back as quietly rs if it were
her accustomed place.
The whole scene was very amusing
to me, but dared not laugh / had
the utmost respect for the old man 5
religion, and l would not have mani
Tested the least levity for anything in
the world. Besides, | was the teacher,
one of the important personages of the
community, and it became me to be
model of propriety everywhere.
81 got my head down next to the back
of my chair and my handkerchief to
my mouth aud tried to be as devout as
circumstances would permit. To all
outward appearances | WAS succeeding
fairly we'll. If nothing else had hap
pcned would have escaped disgrace.
Without any warning the old cat mndp
spriuG and lighted ON my back This
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
Russian restaurant

Opposition grounds. together with music
and kiln-driei Iret@el with its tail in its
mouth. You can get good s'ass OF beer
for thirty confines, or say six cents u
American money. At first you will FOOLISH
" try to drink the water Of Paris. Then
$50 -iil he SICK week or so. and will have
moro SENSE. The wa, "f Paris has not
improved with age as it should. l. has not
made such strides as it might have made
with the opportunities it has had.
The city Is now very much crowded. 1t
did not seem 20 when | first came, but after
l had arrived and ! could not conceal my
identity any longer people began to flock 10
Paris in huge numbers Special trains
came IRON Trash and Point Isabel. Sab
bath-sebOol excursions came in from Jasper
cnd rokeberry Confer Europe. and the
Towtr pitt on gala appearance which
made the display at tho urard Priy early in
the summer pale into ins iGnitcdnce. Rooms
are very high indeed. / know that min6 isi
1t seems especially so at a late hour when
| elm up to it, and yet am very fortunate.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

eight years OF age. The neighhors did no
want the tower built. They felt certain il
would fall and strike most anywhere within
quarter of u mile, and they thought il
would he Encouraging TO trade. They
were also afraid that boarding. houses ncal
Icy would lose money and have 10 put tn'
price Of uUU iNhmcnt M To where it would
harmoaiZe with he tower.
1t i, u Tact. as the. reader knows, that 1
is n,nc hundred and eighty oar icct high,
and made OF iron. Those who have helted
il say that it weighs scV"MiV-Ihrce hundred
tons, uGt | wouii put 1t Il little below thAt.
II i Just as we'll to be honest about these
matters and not seek 10 etaltlc people all
the time.
The base rests on four l.gs with concrete
aud stone foundations. These 10 IN four
arches, which are about two hundred 'eet
hi h, which AT night are beautifully lighted.
In fact. tho tower is moe beautiful at
night than in tho daytime. The top swGys
TO and fro about a I, d. but il still continues
erect. The top of the tower affords fine
sight for "a rising young bridge jumper 10
display his brains, such as they are, among
the other exhibits.
The structu Q is painted red. The artist
who painted the Eifcl Tower red will no
doubt MI Il drunkards grave.
There is a constant roar perNhding the
structure, caused by the rising and falling
OF the lifts. rs they are called. They are
really large cars with a capacity Of 100 peo-
pie each. These are the lifts to the first
platform, and are of two varieties, viz, the
Ois system. which is used in the northern
and southern limbs, and the RouX and
Combaluzier systems, which are in the
eastern and western limbs. They do not
work perpendicularly, but are inclined
planes, two ears at "A pop, and they make a
noise like the elevated trains. | should have
said that the cars are not of the same size
in the styles of Hits, the Otis carrying fifty
people each, while the others can carry zOJ
each, ii the trucEing doesn't break
The large cars go up at the rate of ono
metre per second. You can come down in
shorter meter than that il tho tail gate OF
the ear falls out. one meteor per second is
equal 10 ZpJ feet pet minute, SO a man told
ne to-day.
The first platform is occupied by four
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

vas too much for me. Jim and ] eX-
! possible to restrain the fit of laughter
! that took possession of Us.
Il felt deeply disgraced, but could
not control myself The two old per
sons We're not disturbed in the least.
do not think they even smiled. The
old man continued his PRAYER as if
nothing had happened"
Veil, that is fair cat story but is
there no sequel to it," asked one of tho
listeners.
None that know of, replied C;rnut.
After that | was always more or less
uneasy and was careful that my hnrk
was as nearly perpendicular rs posi-
bic during the hour of the devojionS. 81
81 emit give YOU n sequel to tic
story remarked Collins. but | can
tell another incident that happened in
the Younger days of the cat.
Let us hear it, several cried
well, | was teaching in the same
district year or two before this time
and was boarding at the same place. |
was preaching then occasionally and
the old man always insisted that |
should lead the devotionS at night and
he i'll the morning. This order was oh.
served without variation all winter 1t
was III the early spring and my school
was almost ont. The weather was 50
warm and balmv that we could kecr
the doors open even in the morning.
I'VE were in the midst of our devo-
tons one morning. and the old man
was PRAYING earnestly. This time the
cat came around in front of the old
man, who had his ewes closed, IS a
matter of course, and did not sec the
festive feline. cannot tell Just what
thoughts We're passing through the
cats mind. He probably saw the old
! mans tongue moving, and thaUght il
was a mouse At all events he made a
spring at the old mans face and actin,
ally clawcd his tongue There was
nothing funny in this, assure you.
| The old man knocked the eat clean
across the room, and with the blood
streaming ont of his mor, : lie cy.
! slammed:
scat! scat! You beast! Brolhcr
Collins. pray"
DO You think | PRAYED II wa, the
last thing in the World ! coald have
done. ! could not say word. My
first impulse was to get out of that
room. did not seem able 10 get on
my ieni. Just Went ont Of doors on
all foars into the ward before | gained
my feet. The whole scene was 50 in
tenNeiv ludicrouS that | wOnld have
laughed if it had killed me"
y peal of laughter greeted the speak
err at the close Of his story, and one Of
the bystanders remarked, as he walked
away:
a preacher can tell about as big a
story as amy one when he applies him
self to the task
"Puitc cat a-strorhc as | actually
heard Il preacher once say. in describ.
ing the work of 81 tornado remarked
another listener.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

that is, they are noted when they come
there from Galena. The young men
are promising, according to the tailors,
and many have been known to make
their mark on the municipal rock-pile.
The streets are kept in good repair
for the convenience of farmers who
wish to let their teams run away. This
is daily spectacle on Main street, and
is believed to attract trade
Nothing historical has ever happened
in Dubuque, except the arrival of Sen
ator Allison from Ohio.
The only remaining objects of inter
ests are the hotels, of which a full de-
scription will be found in that enter,
tanning work, Ruins of the Mississippi
Valley "-PlIrk
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

AFTER Mind Reader Bishop died his
mother and the wife whom he had late
~ married engaged in wrangle over
his effects, and the question as to their
respective rights is still unsettled by
the courts. Just at this iuncture, wife
Ne. ], from whom he had procured a
divorce, appears and produces Il will
which was made in London, in due
form, before their marriage, and which
leaves everything to her. She is in
s'ructed by her lawyers that subse-
quent marriages cannot invalidate the
document, and proposes TO assert her
claims. 1t need not take mind-reader
Of amy special skill to tell with accm.
acy Just what each of those three wom-
gn thinks of the others.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

Is
died. and was buried somewhere else.
Dubuque lies on the banks of the
Mississippi, and the Inhabitants lie on
the banks and wonder how they can
fix the census man to keep up with
Des Mgincs. it is called the Key City,
and standing reward to discover the
reason still remains unclaimed,
1t is handsome city and much re-
semtjles Dublin and Berlin in its city
government. The Mayor is either q
Murphy or Dinkelspie1, and the City
Council is equally divided between Ire-
land and Germany. Americans are
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
4 Long Wet Spell.

Special umbrella makers TO the
Queen, read Mrs. Phunnyman. There
it is again. Ridiculous. That's the
way all prominent London merchants
conclude their advertisements"
Mr.. Pmmnyman But it's all right
for an umbrella maker 10 use that IA
miliar expression.
Mr., Phunnl e.. How do You make
that ont?
Mr.. fhnnyman Why. ever since
Victoria assembled the throne she has
enjoyed an uninterrupted reign Of ff-
ty-twO years,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

APACHE COUNTY, Arizona. is larger
than the State of Massachusetts. and
vet it hasn't got single doctor within
Us borders. So says a floating item.
How the courts manage to get along
without expert testimony in murder
vases IS unknown.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
Not Entire Strangers.

Silas Greenleaf, the eminent jurist
who fourteen years previous to his APP
pointment as a professor in the Harvard
Law School was a practicing lawyer
in Portland, had charming daughter
A foppish Young man named Darrell
meeting her at social gathering in
this city one evening in early spring,
remarked to her that he had that day
seen in behring's woods something
that reminded him of her.
When asked what it was, he said
a green leaf"
And | saw something this morning
from my window that reminded me OF
you, returned Miss Greenleaf.
May l ask what it was?' said the
youth.
""An empty barrel - Portland
TRANSCRIPT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

Tur Egyptians have always been
rccognil,d for their ability in the man
iacture OF perfumes. but due credit
was never given them before vase
containing some Egyptian ointment
Wa opened at the museum at Ain
wick. The perfume still contained its
pungcnt oIor, although it was more
than 5000 wears old.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

DrNHtIA's foreign egg trade has
grown 20 tremendous size, mainly with
England Twenty wears ago the an
uuM Danish export of eggs was $780,
coo, now it is reckoned at Ill 900. 900.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

n 1870, or thereabOut,
a Frehchmsr named
Julien Du Buquc dis
covered the town that
bears his name, and,
after giving directions
that his name should
be unh ing ed and
together to
make it look like al
~ - -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

TUE income of professional rat
catcher averages $500 per year, and
there are only ten of them in the
United States. The average income of
LAWYERS is only 500 per year, and the
ranks are ovcrcrow
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

\ GREENLAND expedition has been
tanned for next summer. Seven men,
under the commend of an officer of the
Danish royal navy. will leave Copen-
Is"cu IN the spring, taking with them
... i.apt sufficient for two and half
heir destination will be the
n.c Of Greenland, and they will
.., i, between the degrees of 81
g.. - 9Th latitude.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

lrj is NOW claimed that the actual
ica. of sending portrait of the per.
son using the telephone wire has been
accomplish Il abroad. The portrait
appears as Il shadow on ground glass
rs in the Photographic camera. Edison
i working ont the idea in this country,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

TUiT ,inccrc and admirable end-of,
The world crank. Rev. Mr.. Baxter, of
England, has revised the date for the
great amashup. He now declares it
viii occur ON April II, 1891, with no
rostl oncment on account of the
weather,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

HE exposition, |
think 1 may safely
say, beats the rec
ord aud tho next
one W il have t. be
extremely immense
IN order TO main
tain its place in the
procession, writes
bin Nre irnnn rgris
TO the Chicago nH'
aid. In tho first
place, Paris is no
provincial t ow Il
herself. II the sec-
ond place, she has
t h g advantage of
p a 5 I experience,
and u Trcnchman
IS ne h" tHn old to
learn. That Is what
| liEH about { h c
French and Ameri
can heopie Feneri
ALLY. They arc re-
Lccptiyo and ready
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

iNNErTA and Miriam Boggs, maiden
sisters, who committed suicide the other
,lay in Jackson County, West Virginia,
left q letter bearing both their sigma
lures in which they stated that they
were tired OF life. as there was nothing
in it for old maids that was worth the
living.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

n been computed that the av-
with Of the finger nail is one
. oud Of an inch per week, or a
tn. more than one and one-half inches
L-.--- -.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

\ PuILluELrHrA wholesale druggist
pay - a gallon for dandelion wine,
which j. made from the plant growing
r..I uu 20 many farms.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

THr English Government threatens
90 run the telephone since the business
has been left to one company. France
has already done 50.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

large restaurants; a
faces Paris, a Flem-
lsh RESTAURANT faces
the Trocadero. on the
Exhibition side is a
French restaurant of
the time Of Louis
XIV. and on the 9th
err side IS in English
restaurant aud a II
Anglo American bar.
The American drink
cawss high, but it
arrives al It's asstina-
ton Just the same.
Book beer is rapidly
retailed all over the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

\ CENTENNGhL to commemorate the
lighting of the world will be the cele-
bratiou of the sinking of the first pc
troleum well in Pennsylvania. The
oil regions of that State, New York
and Ohio viii take part. There will
be TO difficulty about the illumina-
tom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

The Nhah's English escort during
his stay couldn't quite understand why
his own suite took such elaborate
trouble whom waking him if he hap
penel to be asleep when approaching
his railway destination. The cause
was net the dread of royalty, but the
Persian idea that during sleep the soul
wanders away from the body, and if a
sleeper be 30 suddenly aroused that
the soul cannot return in time to its
accustomed home, death will be the
result.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

NAlE members of the Amish sect OF
Somerset Pa. are not permitted to
wear ~usrcndels or own a buggy with
folding top, but if the top is station
"ry it Is all right. All members wear
hooks and eyes" instead of buttons in
their clothes, This is strictly adhered
to by both sexes. No female member
Is allowed to wear hat or have ruff
hcS on.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

Iris an Ohio man who now makes a
curious discovery. He says if You go
out to feed flock of chickens and keep
them waiting they will first flock about
You and then begin circuit around
YOU from right to left, and that no
amount of interruption or maneuvcring
will confuse or turn them in another
dircc ION
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
BILL NiE VISITS PARIS.
VIEWS THE ENPOSITIOS AND THINKS
IT BEATS TIE RECORD.

Witnesses an Algerian Concert ana ~t"'n'
nch Dance, Whcrcpt He Is Very Much
Shocked, and Climbs to the Top of the
bihSl Tovsr 10 Cool His Feyered Brow.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

ta. .oap weed is now being utilized
10" mailing soap for market A factory
ha, been started at Guthrie and
Wichita, Nan, where the weed grows
PlentituIiv. The pioneers of the plains
discovered its use forty years ago. The
root, without any manipulation, is an
excellent substitute for bar of soap.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
TRL KEY CITY.

Dubuque and It's Principal Industries
gin of the Name.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

man in Atlanta, Ga.. dreamed three
consecutive nights of finding Il big pile
OF money under large stone lie was
so Impressed that lie wea. L. the spot,
found the stone and turned it over. lie
found only Lick bugs under it,, and has
os: his faith in dreams,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21

Az Oregon girl wrote to Anna Dick,
inson once, asking How to get hus-
band!' and Anna replied, by the
hair"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
THE PREACHERS STORY;
The Tale OF a Pet Cat,


M glad to see yon
after your vacation. -
Il trust vou cnioN"i
the holid"t recess to
the fullest" was the
reply.
L hes G salutations
passed between two
college students as they
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-21
Railroad Schedules, eto.
Cumberland & PENNSYLVANIA Railroad.
EASTWARD.

All trains on the schedule stop at Hay stres
statipn, Cumbeslsnd p. L. BCRwELL
General SuperIaSendezs
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ploded simultaneously, and ii was inn
possible to restrain the fit of laughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-14
GEN. BEALE RESIDENCE.
His Right to Vote in Prince George
County to be Tested.

Considerable interest is taken in the contest
between Gen. Edward F. Feale and the regis
tration officers at Bladensburg over the right
Of the former to register as voter in Prince
George county, Md. Gen. Beale, who resides
on Lafayette Square at the corner Of H street,
Is the republican candidate for the state sena-
tor from Prince Georges county. About a
week ago he applied for registration at Bladens-
burg but was not permitted to register, the
refusal being based upon the asser ton that he
was not a resident Of that county.
General Beale made an appeal to the courts,
and the case wac heard at Upper Marlboro
Saturday. In support of his claim to citizen
ship General Beale was put upon the stand.
He said he was born in 1922 on Capitol Hill, in
the District. He attended the Georgetown
college from the age of nine to fourteen years.
He then entered the navy, serving for many
years. In 1875 he determined to take up his
residence in Maryland, and he bought the Clark
farm near Bladensburg, for $4,000. He had
the house fitted up and furnished for occu-
pancy by himself and family and had spent
most OF his time there since, except during the
time be was minister to Austria, but had not
slept there. for the reason that his wife had to
be in Washington for medical attention, being
an invalid. Since 1875, he said he had not
claimed or sought citizenship elsewhere than
In Prince Georges county, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-14
A TROTTING WONDER.
Axtell, the Great Three-Year-Old Stall
lion, Sold for $1O6,OOO

The great stallion Axtell, which lowered
the three-year-old record ~ seconds to 212,
has been sold by Mr.. Williams for s105, 600 to a
syndicate composed Of W. p. Ijams of Terre
Haute, A. E. Brush and F. T. Moran of Detroit,
and Col. j. w. Conley of Chicago.
The New York Herald says: Axtell's great
performance at Terre Haute on Friday stamps
him the most marvellous trotting horse known
to the world. We do not forget that his mile
there in 2.l2 has been surpassed by four other
trotters-Maud g., 2.0Ssl; Jay-Eye-See, 21O;
Guy, 2.10sz. and st. Julien, AK. These
were the achievements of matured animals and
veteran campaigner:-onea marc and three
geldings-all in their prime. To understand
the greatness of Axtelrs work ii must be re-
membered that he is but q three-year-oId- "A
trotter at that age Is far from his prime as is
boy of fifteen. At the beginning Of this season
the fastest mile ever made by three-year-old
was in 218. Two months ago Axtell lowered
that record to Gals, and more recently to 2:14.
Then the honor was carried Of by Senator
Stanford's Ally Sunol in 2lSs<. That was won-
derful performance, but now the phenomenal
colt eclipses it BY Q second and three-quarters
Again, the son Of William l.. is stallion, and
no horse of that kind has Q yer shown the speed
attained by the fastest mare or gelding The
lowest time made by stallion Of any age be-
fore Friday was 2:lS4. That 10 the record Of
Maxey Cobb, scored when he was at his best.
Yet Axtel has surpassed i BY second and .
old has far eclipsed all three-year.o old records
and all stallion records. Moreover, he does il
lats in the season, after trotting many heats
below fifteen, and when he was driven mot BY
q professional driver but by Q plain farmer.
Such IN animal II simply phenomenon.