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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
RecOrd vouches for the wonderful ctti-
cacy of the common cat-tail as n rem
cdy for burns. He says: Take tho
down, and with Just enough lard to
hold it together make a plaster and lay
upon any burn, and it soothes and
heals so soon that it seems miracle.
Put upon fresh burn, andin less than
half an hour the smart is gone if it is
an old burn, the healing will commence
in twenty-four hours. "Cat-tail" is
also the Indian remedy for scrofulous
sores or ulcers. Age does not destroy
its healing virtues. 1t can be laid away
and kept for years without losing any
Of its remedial properties,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
A Toys Ingenuity.

Grolor, Conn, can boast of n boy
who is full of pure Yankee ingenuity.
In the past he has been obliged to rise
in the morning about five o'clock and
feed horse which is kept in the barn
near his place of residence. Find
ing this little too monotonous and
irksome, he invented way in which
he could fulfill his mission and enjoy
blissful rest simultaneously. He ar
ranged small box in the UPPER part
Of the barn directly over the manager
in such way that by pulling a cold
the box was tipped or dumped, de
posting the grain in the feed box. The
other end of the cod was carried
through the window of his room aud
attached to the bcdstead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

MANY tests have been suggested to
determine whether or not life is extinct
where death has appeared to occur.
One of the most recent, and held to be
one of the most reliable, is called the
neutrality-suspicious. test. In using
this test the operator injccts one hypo,
dermic syringeful of strong solution OF
ammonia under the skin of the arm OF
. some other convenient PORTION of the
body. If the body be not dead, if there
be the faintest circulation, the ammo,
mia will produce on the skin, over the
point whore it was injected, bright
red patch, on the surface of which
raised red spots will appear; bat il
there he absolute death there will be
produced a brown dark blotch, which
is definitely conclusive against any
possible vitality.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
What Is Courage!

~. hleh' no I,"'tef now brave 'hcS
may "e' G'iieraitE experiences lear IL
,h9 presence OF danger win Wh'ct
''iHif ".H i'"t I""'il'tt' a Soi"lcf' WIG
VIII WITHOUT l'"i' a''oh ii'arch up TO
cannon mouth Is frightened when
some contagious "l'e"Se makes us up
p'aF"nc' IN the garrison or camp, "hl!e
',ie PhESI'iah' VINO Walks among ms
choiera ana YllluS t'Ecf patients dally'
,'hmoNea nE me "llEn,e"t lear lof ms
hc"lln OF ne would nkcly W9Ver II
'he lace OF Il p"!ohet charge iamllt
"'i'H Ill 'i'iS' "S III l'LnIN o'iiGf lnii''erS
nre'dS contempt Inc soldier learns
10 nurse ms SICK coinrade WhhouI
lrcl"n!ihG Tor I'lS own SAFETY ana many
MILITARY surgeon mas loSt rs li1e OF
hc'il SfleNo"SiN "ouhaG" WhlAe laclne
"ca'll on !hP ha'uehelo III the Gus
charH' Oh MS h"'F'
MOI ohiN Is courage l"fGe'N matter
Oh eNP'fl'hc" ana ed,'catioh' but II Is
10 great TN'emt under IN" control o;
'he WILL II l'le TO llllhScll' ana with
o't any ii%her iio'lNe TO actuate nm
IMAM inc "eSiEe Tor ms own SAFETY
man Nlll Sohe'"'ly GO MS utmost &c
escape from an impending uahGcr, bu'
Whcn move" ny some 1eehnS which
Ior 'ile 'lhc Doing, l" paramount VIII
hiln' Sucn' l1r instance as patriotism
vi l"N' ioi y n.y. 81 ti'e lt" al "l Pu,'lSli
hleI't Oh u rl,'ic"!e' ne VIII stahd ny
an" pe Eiio' at or incur any other Use
Ia'iier 'han eVllce 'he Sll6htest tear
cllldpS tIlc strongest OF all these
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

deacon's house Mrs. Trotwood sat by
the open window. 1t was her siXtieth
birthday.
Dear mel" she sighed "How old l
am getting-sixty- the deacon
Is five years older; time to be.
gin to think of passing away.
If the Lord calls the deacon
irst, L shall he left alone-alone"
And the woman bent her head in sor
row. IF Hetty had only married to
suit me-aud yet Dick seems to be a
clever fellow, after all. How cruel ]
have been, after all these years! Will
Hetty forgive me now? Yet she
blighted my fondest hopes" she muir.
INJURED, while the old stern look stole
over her face.
Suddenly the pattcr of little feet was
heard, and Mrs. Trotwood saw stand.
ing in the open doorway little child,
a lovely, laughing baby, with hair like
spun gold and eyes as blue as blue
hyacinths-eyes that she had seen tho
counterpart of many time. and which
left no room for doubling that before
her stood Hctty's baby.
is you Grandma?' asked the child
in a sweet, lisping tone.
"Grandma." The word was like
magic to the childless heart. Then
Hcpsy Trotwood did what she had not
lone for ycars-cricd as if her heart
would break. One cannot close the
doorway of his heart against the plead
ngs of little child. Hcpsy TIotwood
had Il heart, after all.
Five years have passed. The dca
cons family and Hctty are reunited.
Prosperity has come to the young folks
Dicks hopes are realized. On the front
lOor of one of the most substantial
dwellings, of the town is Gli7teuiug
loor-platc hearing the name, Richard
Barry, NJ. ID.
Mrs. Trotwood has made new will.
~ which she will leave her entire for
.nnc to Hctty's baby.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE Magazine of american History
presents historic ard incontrovertible
reasons for believing that the Declare
ton of Independence was not signed
by any one on the 4th of July, 1776,
except by John Hancock as President,
and by Charles Thompson as Secre,
tary; that the engrosscd copy which
had been made on the 4th of July
was, by happy aftcrthought, signed
generally August 2; that the approx.
ing vote was not unanimous on July 4,
but was approved by several; that one
of those who was present July and
approved is not among the signers en-,
rolled; that at least one eighth of the
signers were not even members OF
Congress on July 4, 1776. So history
gets pulled to pieces and facts dis,
place some very pleasant and TO
mantle fictions.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
Maternal Counsel.

"Micky. phwat in the worruld is
Dinny Dolan dom with a black oye?"
Has he been over here, MOTHER"
"Indade he has; him an his father
an his mother, and the whole family
af thin, barrin the goat"
"Wcll, Oh hit i'm cause he said that
Oh was so ignorant that Oh couldn't
read anything but the red paint on a
circus bill, and Oh couldn't even read
them if Oh didn't learn them off by
heart beforehand.
mo difference. SO We arc ignorant
and ye'd no business striIlin' the by fun
tellin' the troot on yez."
But he said Oi TUX afthcr me
mother"
Did he say that? An was it only
wan af his eyes that ye blacked!"-
Merchant Trdreier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

There are four organs in the human hoGy
which are vitali their funC ions and delicate
in their structure, and which gives us an inn
meuSN amount of trouble. These IRE tho
Heart Stomach, Kidneys and Liver II they
give vs. troubl it is because we neglect or
abuse them, and If course We must take tho
consequences. Tee diseases Of those organs
arc very numerous and often dangerous.
Luckily sc have nov a remedy which has
proved Just TIVE thing for this class OF diseases.
IL $ Ic-Tn-na, pure v vegetable compound,
that strikes right at tho root Of the whole
trouble. This preparation WIS used Ivy Dr..
Hartman most suCC.l Siuily i'll his general
prJCtiCo for yCIrs before il was placed before
the cncral public; and it as It's rCmarn abe
success in his pirate practice that led him TO
llRCe II before the public tor the benefit OF
mankind cVcrywh ire. A Tonic it il uucX-
c, He'd, bull int up the system weakened by
constant toll either mental or physiCa!. AS a
remedy for Lang Troubles. such rs Consum =
tIon, it has accomplished v0.. icrs. Its action
on the Kidneys is mid ana en- ct We. it, usc
will keep Inc blood pure. Regulate the Bow
els, If ncr' 'sary, with Man = !II, / IIcc Il VI
bottle, 4 for 8.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
| Pages, 81 Ful-Page Maps
Coopd Maps Of each State and Territory in the United States
Also Maps Of every Country In the World
T. n 4 80

The press gives the miles Of each State time OF
settlements population cities average temperatures salary
of officials and the principal the State number OF
farms productions and the value thereof d1nerent
manufactures number of employees etc. ETC. Also the area
of each Foreign Country form of government population Pn
cpa products their money value amount OF trade regon
size of army miles of railroad and telegraph number OF hose
cattle sheep and vast information valuable to all
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
a SERMON IN RHYME.

II you have friend worth loving,
Love him yes. aud lot him know
Tha. YOU love him, ere lifc's evening
Tingc his brow with sunset glow.
why should good words ne'er be said
OF friend tin he IS dead?
II you hear n song that thrills you,
Sung by any child OF song.
Prnise il do not let the singer
Wait deserved praises long.
WHY should one who thrills your hcart
Lack the joys you may impurt?
Scatter thus your sccls of kindness,
All cnriching you go
Leave them trust the harvest Givcr,
He " i'll make each seed to grow.
So, until it- happy end.
Your life shall never lack friend.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE Italian Government is agitatea
at the alarming and increasing exodus
of its sons to this country. 1t is to be
hoped that this agitation will be pro-
ductive of beneficial results to both
countries If the criminal class of It.
aly's population who annually come
here can only be kept Mt home or CON
scripted and shipped off to Abyssinia,
tits country will be profusely grateful
until such time rs the strong bars of
an effective immigrant law can be
put up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24


pcct to do next March | will have tho
honor to be the first Chiuaman to prac-
tee medicine in this country according
to the English methods. OF course
the system of medicine pursued in the
western hemisphere is far superior to
that which prevails in China, and the
more intelligent part of my country
men freely confess this fact, and are
now willing to employ the practition-
crs of the modern school in preference
to the followers of the ancient Chinese
method. In some respects, however.
the old method contains the element of
common sense: in the case of q fever,
FOR instance, they give the patient
Iecoction made ont of certain kinds Of
herbs. This causes him to pcrspiro
freely, and the fever will be quickly di-
minishcd
The system Of medicine If it can ho
called a SYSTEM practiccd by the Chi
nesc must seem very curious to- the in
haltitunts of the western hemisphere.
1t is somewhat startling to learn, for
instance, that in China any man can
pursue the profession of physician;
TO special education or diploma is nee
cssary. Any man that think, he is cs
lccially empowered TO cure diseases,
hangs his sign out and waits for pa
TENTS. If he is successful and has
plenty of patients and makes cures, no.
body questions that he is learned
man in his profession. The medicines
Of the Chinese have been handed down
for many generations back. a largo
number of their medicines are taken
from animals, not less than 81 kinds;
from fowls and birds, "a kinds; from
bugs, worms, snakes shcll-iish, tur
ties, fics, etc, 80 kinds; fruits, 40
kind; OF the cabbage, turnip and mel
on families, 81 kinds. Chinese drug
giSts generally have on their shelves
from COO TO 600 different kinds of
medicine.
The Chinese medical writers do not
know of IIarvcIs theory OF the circu-
lation of the blood; they make no dis
tinction between venoCs and artcrial
blood.
They do rot believe in the existence
If stomach. They think that the in
tcrnal NiSccra is Il sort of tree, the root
If the tree being situated in the pelvic
region. According to their theory tho
seat of intelligence is not in the brain,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE Spanish Government states tina,
proposals for the purchase of Cuba
will not be entertained at any price.
And depend upon it, the United States
will make no advance in that direction.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
ANNALS OF TANGLETON.


JUMPER PLACE, June 81, 80.
.s1iT.a.zxraaaaO the publick: Let's
NINsA go back to Church
FGSsSs street, which was
HpN# i2S5hE bilt mp with all
ssaASf<, ybE.n> sorts of houses, sum
vI11ASfs little an mcen lookin,
EsssstSw an sum was big an
~s finished off to look
nice. Rite on the corner of Main street
was a good enuf house, but | CESS the
man that Eilt it run out of mummy an
had to dcprnd on weather stninin.
But around it was a p,itty green lawn,
SO it waqcnt scch bad lGokin place.
Oprosit to it was big square house
bclongin to Mr.. Fred Roberts, who
cum from nciLolin city sum ycers
after the war an settled down in Tan.
glcton. The Robert es was ruthei
stiIish, but Mr.. Roberts was so clever
an accommodatin that he soon maid
trends with evrvboddy. His wife was
large, tinc-lookin woman. an folks
thawt she was hauty. When once tina
GOT acaraintcd with her tina didcnt
notiss her manner. She was very
devoted mother, an had nice children
Mcbbe [ awt not to tell Il little cpl
sodc that Mrs. Roberts told me about
her oldest girl, Belle. She was a
smart child, allus rcddy to pick mp an
to mimic an full of FRANKS. Well one
Sunday afternoon when her ma was
rcedin out loud to her pa Miss Belle
slippcd out an turned the KEYS on the
outside of the doors. Then 81 put on
her mas watch an Chain an fixed her.
self prittv grand an went fer walk,
carrvin the best parasol in the house.
When Mrs. Roberts finished recdin
she found ont tina was prisoners, an
Mr.. Roberts scd he'd get ont of a
windo an open a door. But his brother.
in-law cum along lest then an set them
free.
When Belle cot home she told the
folks she had bin down town bum.
min" Mrs. Roberts was likely too
much shocked an disI leased to laff
about it then, but I've herd her laff
enuf over it since. Belle is a proper
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

GRACIOUS powers! Buckwhcat cakes
are of French origin, are they? Good
Americans must fall back on pumpkin
pie. That Wand, at least, shall not be
denationalizcd, if we know it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

WHEN some one asked Susan B. An.
thony if it did not tire her to shake
hands, she remarked: "Ics, it does ;
but not half so much rs it did twenty
vcarH ago to stand all alone with no
hands to shake at all"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

SURGEON PARRY, of the East Indian
Medical Department., says that he saw
the jct-black hair of Il rebel Scpoy turn
gray in half an hour wlile he was un.
der examination and half mad with
Tear.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24


county offices led it to resolve upon
revenge. Matters eliminated in the
arrest, trial and conviction of the
frank and fearless boy for criminal
libel, and he was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for one year. After the usual
prcliminaries to which prisoners are
subjected he was ordered to work by
the officer having him in charge-a
rude, stalwart, hcartlcss rullian, by the
way.
Hal, rs | will call the prisoner, folded
his arms, looked the fellow square in
the ewes, and said:
Il shall not work, sir. | was con-
victcd by packed jury, Tcrjured wit
nesscs AID a purchased Judge, and l
shall not work"
He was Condemned forthwith to soil
tary confinement in n damp, dark cell
and fed on bread and water:
Every morning the officer in his
rounds would roar out:
will YOU work."
Never! by the thuuders of God,
never" was the unfailing answer.
As the days lapsed into weeks the
responses came in lower and lower
tones, but always the same always
firm, intense, unWavcrinG.
At last they brought him out and
placed him in contrivance where he
must pump water or drown in the con-
stantly rising flood.
"pump!" commanded the officer.
"Never! and if you permit mo to
perish my blood shall stain your soul
forever"
The water rose higher and higher.
but he stood unmovcd higher and
higher till it was over his head. The
warden was notified. He rushed to
the scene, and nv friend was dragged
out limp and seemingly lifclcas, being
rcsusrtatcd with much difficulty.
Send him to the hospital, cried the
warden, "and hen We have him back
in hearty health ] rather think | will
find a way to reduce his will"
So a week later Hal was brought be-
fore the warden.
"Will Won work 2"
"Ncver, sir am no criminal. Yon
NAV kill me, but, by Heaven, YOU shall
not connucr mel"
"Strip him, tie him by the thumbs,
and bring the cat o'-niue tails" howlcJ
the warden.
1t was done. The poor, daring boy
strung up till his whole weight rested
On his toes, and he was dashed on the
bare back till his blood formed in hor-
.ible pools on the floor But not a cry,
not an appeal, not tear.
About this time the plaintiff in the
libel suit fled to Canada with $50 900
of the public money. and everything
that my friend had said concerning
him and his comrades in crime was
proven 10 be true.
Post haste the Governor of the State
sent him a full, free pardon.
On receiving it Hal drew himself
proudly up and said:
"Ncvcr! | have done nothing for
which to be rardoned. | must be re-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

In Leavcnworth, Kan, man mus,
sign a certificate setting forth that he
is sick before he can get a drink in a
drug store. The highest record OF
sickness in any one month Was reached
IN June, 1856, and the number of sick
,uen was 22.C0O.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE picturesque bandanas tina,
co,ored women wear in the South serve
another purpose than that of merely
covering their heads; they hide the
eelskins that these women wear to tau,
ten and stretch their kinky hair. For,
us long as white men have known the
colored race, the latter has been imbucd
wi a hopeless envy of long, straight
hair, such as white persons are adorn-
ed with. Generations try to pull the
kinks out of their woolly pates and
fail but other generations step into
their places and try on and on to get
long hair. White skins the colored
folks don't care so much about, because
they see that white folks, like Italians
,Ed SI,aniards, are often darker than
nulattoes, but they do envy the rest OF
reation its I,ng locks
A HARTFORD man, when asked to
give his consent to the marriage of one
Of his daughters, turned with beam
ing face to the applicant, and answered
frankly, "Yes, yes; and don't you know
some likely young man who would take
the otherY"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

A LONDON physician of eminenct
maintains that the most potent cause
of the dissemination of disease is kiss.
ing. Dear, dear, is love disease?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE two Connecticut men who have
gone to Constantinople to buy wives
should not be allowed TO bring their
purchases into the country. Women
are so plentiful in New England that
first-class wives can be had for the ask
ing, SO that the notion of going abroad
to buy them is highly reprehensible,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN, of New York,
is fond of walking, ard rarely uses q
carriage. He is the youngest bishop
IN the United States.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

Five cents saved On soap; dvedullars lost on
rottcl clothes. is td' cCohOnHf T.ere il not
5 cents difference between the cost Of n bar nt
the poor. 81 soap made and the best, which is as
all know, DobbiusS Electro.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE Potomac shad is the fish which
most thoroughly pleases the Presiden-
tial palate.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

In France they have applied electricity to
the playing Of organs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
HE CARRIED HIS POINT
BY WILL II. HERMAN.
HILE in Dakota I

HILE in Dakota I
formed the friendship of
the bravest young man
l ever met. He was
hardly twenty-five, a
slight, boyish GLOW,
with n world of will in
his fine and flashing
eyes. When twenty
years of age he entered
journalism in one of
our Western States.
The viIilc way in which
;he wrote of a robber ring
that held control of the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

Mr.. Bayards wedding to Miss Clymer has
been postponed till August 5.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24
THE PHYSICIANS OF CHINA.
Their Curious Mode of Healing.

0 r twelve OF
thirteen years l
have been q resi-
d c II t of t h {
United States
Some years ago J
d e t e rmined tC
study the profess
sion Of medicine,
and when l grad
IL Il tie from tho
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

THE st. Louis justice who decided
the other day that gambler who e
establishment had been raided by the
police was entitled to have his gam,
bling implements returned to him has
rather eccentric notion of the func-
tons of law. Suppose, for instance,
that a burglar were brought before
him, by the same logic he would have
to decide that the burglars kit of tools
should be returned to him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

For Constipation or Sick Headache. use Or.
Picrcc's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. Otlc dose.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

GoLD dollars are said to command a
premium, as they have almost disap.
peared ION view. 1t is puzzle what
they We're ever made for, rs they were
always inconyeniont and getting mixed
with small coin. Their scarcity is at
tributed TO their use for bangles and
other articles of ornament,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-08-24

70 The publick Lets
60 back to Church
street, which was
bilt mp with all
sorts of houses, sum
Little an mcen lookin,
an sum was big an
finished off to look