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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02


the cOmmittal of crime 1t causes tho
poor to become poorer, the rich, richer;
it j. not Il disgrace, but it often brings
disgrace to the unfortunate debtor.
Debt causes crime, disaster, sorrow,
and hundred evils. Many are the
crimes committed by men to free
themselves from the horrible monster.
Soci, ty is everywhere divided into
two classes -- debtors and creditors.
Both classes are composed of men
with different dispositions and n due
mixture of different qualities. The
good and evil are combined in both,
but not in such vast proportions that
we cannot decide upon the merits OF
each In both are men of talent and
learning; men of religious and irrellg-
ions turn of mind, and men of ambi-
t.ous, :. fish and honest motives But
III spite of this similarity between
the two classes, public opinion has
given one q great ascendency over the
| other.
The successful man is he who never
contracts an unnecessary debt. 1t is
| so the world over. Take the Leading
merchants, bankers, and farmers in
any city or town, and you will find
them to be men freed from all obliga-
tons toply "at sight" or at any specl-
! fed time.
OF course there always will be rich
and poor class, but if fewer debts
were contracted, there would not be
that disparity bctw, en- the two classes
viii III is now so prevalent. BY the
! contracting Of debts AMI also by other
M ans, Il single individual has amassed
! in lifetime, the enormous sum OF two
! hundred millions of dollars. The con
Ceatration of so much wealth III q sin
! Gle individual is not wholly due to
q bit, but debt fayors it to great ex-
! tent.
Although the creditor is in some
cases cruel and parsimonious, yet he is
more universally respected than his
contemporary, the debtor He is a
man who has the respect and conf
! dcnce of his fellow mcn-of men who
! know him t. be honest and trustwor-
thy, and that his note il as good as
gold. The debtor, on the other hand,
is regarded rs n man Just on the eve of
bankruptcy Everybody is suspicious
of HIM; he is constantly watched lest
! he escape his creditors; everybody in
quir2s after him; his office hours are
disturbed by clamoring creditors; che
| is n man of note-ot promissory note. y
Pay as you go" is good maxim, and
if strictly adhered to will ultimately
lead to success. Upon it is based the
success of our leading business men.
Instead of contracting new debts, pay
off the old ones, live within your
means, payyour debts when contracted.
BY 50 doing any man in any position is
sure of success.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
HIRAM HAYR1cK ON LIGHTNING RODS


Wall. tibet Teller with the lgltnin' rods Il never
como az in.
Fer tolc i'm, Tidy, then an thar. thought it
sim
stlckin up pinted rod as Of ea'yin' the powers
tibet be,
Which. not bein emmy heather, goes agin the
grain with me.
Ell the lightnin is to strek US It'll do it, never
fear,
An we needn't be invitin' it nor tryin fer to
steer
What the calls the 1ectid fuar when it's max
1..-t it's goin' to RIP and tear up things as
cavcn hes design d.
No. never yit hey b1ieyed the stuff them Iectid
An told the agnt Jest as much when no was
Theirs the Pet r5es ez hei one an it scard 'em
nigh to deHth
When the lisltun KEN within down an
knocked EN- outer breath.
Ye kin bet they wished they never he'd bought
the blamed machine;
An aforo the storm was over Peters downed it
slick an clean
How he cussed an tore around to think OF them
good dolla b. spent
But he trudilly so. oler it, an now kin rest con
tent,
While the tn nil rod is restn over half mile
away:
An he swore he d never tech it an he hasn't &c
So think it isn't peasin to the Father over al
Who will watch us an purtcct us ef on Him We
alters call.
Now We ntcdn AK me, Tidy, fer to git ye ono
| shant
But the biggest reason, mebbe, ia bekase think
l can't.
Fl we hadn't bought the carriage we'd n hel the
mortgee paid,
An the tarniI thing is on'y used whom Lizy
goes to trade
Wall it amt ms bad as lghtnin rods-say Tidy,
wonder why
Daddy arkins doesn't git n rod p'int.n' to the
sky?
It'd TO Just like i'm fer to git tho slickcst sort
kind,
Jest to hev the good of KNOWN thot the Hay
rick war behind-
He hes order one Now, Tidy, dear do tell
IL tibet fIyk2
Then my id-cs air knocked endwnys, an I'll hev
to take EN- ia *
Fer of LarkiIs gits lightnin' rod now, Tidy,
will fin
Thet Il order one to-morrcr-of the agint doesn t
mini
Bout he talkin to gIv i'm. But in course lie
do 'sn
He Kin ca. me holer talkin an hev plenty VT
to spare.
Noble he'll bc here to see me- sayin' MS how tho
iGhb rim farm
Hel bin pure. sin Il lightnin rod to keep EN-
frun all harm
Ei he "opens round when amt here just tell
1het lie i'll one to cost i'm moro II Daddy
LnrkinS dii
Mclba {: be leetlo safe. an as I've hceri EN-
tell,
Thet the ! o.d helps Them as help themselves, -
may mean rod as W IL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
Like Other Men.

He stood with one foot on the hub OF
his wagon wheel, talking to his wife,
who sat in the wagon holding the
lines.
How much did you say, Nary" he
aske |.
"A dollar"
"What a hull dollar fur two pairs OF
stockings"
yes"
1--WE can't afford it. That's perfectly
reckless"
"But | want EN-"
ayes, l suppose so, but You can't
have EN-. Look. here. I've got to
have a necktie, new Lat, n pair of sus-
penlers, pair OF buckskin gloves,
some socks, a plug of tobacco and II
jack knife, and thatll take all the
money we can spare"
Cant | G t one pair
We'll, mebbe, but you'd better look
fur cotton, and sunthin' at about twenty
cents. Well never git r.ch in the world
if we don't keep expresses down. -
Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
Solved.

In the opera of tn Lady CT tn
niger: IN" my st"iN Is 50 V 1T. 1t has
Lrcn" lu|. Ing surprise, throrgi ont The
speaking Worli, whether the
lady or tn tiger would have come out,
nut the question need no longer puzzle
any one. In the o vera the lady comes
oat, and with goo rCa on, too, for the
tlg has been o son Il.
One NIGHT, some tlme before the
opera had solved the p"rpl@YinG qucs-
ton, Mr. Frank Ii. Sto 'kton was re
tur !ng, N Washington, from late
dim T.. H. had lcen merry during the
evening, AMI, tha' he might enjoy the
Ire h air, he refused to take acab. The
streets were deserted. Not even 20
Il ,enan was to he sen under the flick
erln& gas lamps. SuCdenl Mr.. Stock
ton was lIcd from behind. y sack,
winch wa mm'd at l. throw n over
his head. r'nGered Ii s struggles use,
les He WAS lifted into II hack and
rapidly dr,o n AVA. He knew that
he was sitting between two persons.
once he SAID
w ny am treated thus"
de p Nol' answered, Hush.
The hack stopped. Mr.. Stockton was
lifted out, carried up fight of stairs
and INTO room. He was placed in .
chAlr AND tn" sack was removed. He
uh him'|If confronted by two deS-
ptrate-looklng men. Both OF them
were armed with :lstoIS.
DO not str, sad one of them.
Are You going to murder me-" Mr..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

New YORK is the mo.her of Vice
Presidents 1t has had Aaron Burr
one term, George Clinton two terms
Daniel d. Tompkins two terms, Martin
Van Barren, Millarl Fillmore, William
A. Wheeler, Chester A. Arthur and
Levi 7. Morton, elected for one term
each, though Fillmore and Arthur sue
cecded to the Presidency in c)nse
quence OF vaca cies in tina Office Out
of enc hundred years since the first
election of Pres dent and Vice Pre>i-
dent, the Vi c Pre- 9ilent has been Sc
lected from New York for forty years
of that time. In the last six Pr si,len-
tial elections-1S6S to 1888 inclusi,
the Democratic can ida e FOR the Chief
Magiotracy has in every case be, n Sc
lcct I'd from New YORK.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
The Evil Of Novel Reading.

The michel OF voracious novel read
ing is really much more like the mis-
chief of dramdrinking than appears
at first sight. 1t tends to make all
other literary nourishment intolerablc,
and to supcr5cde food by drink. Th
yorl ions nOvel-reader to-day, rs we
have said, rejects Scott, because Scots
novels contain so much that is not
mere story telling. The genuine novel
reader detests what he calls tame
stor e3-stories in which the interest is
not exaggt rated and piled up ten times
rs high aS the interests of ordinary
life. He wants to b. feeling thrill of
exc.t hment running through his nerves,
always to be living in imagination
through the concentrated essence of
III, peril1 of hundred adventurous
lives, instead of toilinG calmly through
the ordinary hopes and fears of one.
No state of mind can be more unwholc-
some, because nom ia more calculated
to divert the energies from the sort of
quiet tasks to whi,h they should be
habitually applied, and to keep them
stretched ON the tcntCrhooks of eNpec-
tat on, waiting for sort of strain
which is never likely to occur, and if it
did occur would certainly not find IL
mans energies any the better prepared
for il for hlving ben worn out pre-
YOU 'ly with long series of imaginary
cXcitcmeutS.-LOitd Spectator.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

unglovcd, the ladies' complained that
their gloves and waists of their party
dresses were RUNE by the perspiration
from their partners hands. Then all
the gentlemen wore gloves. An Incl
dent will show how percmptory the
fashion became. A well-knoWn society
lady was dancing, and in the all-hands-
round figure declined the hand of n
certain gentleman Mt each round during
the evening. Naturally the gentleman
was much chagrined until he learned
that it was his unglovod hand she re-
fused
II remember dancing mt school
party many years ago, SAID an elderly
lady. and any father, who was an Fps
copIl Clergyman, was present. 1t was
in the good old days when couple
would waltz all the evening on five
cent piece, round and round. l had
danced six or eight times with one
gentleman, when my father touched
me on the should + and reminded me
that had dan, ed enough. | felt very
much YeXcd, but | now wonder how L
would feel to Sc my little daughter at
the same age, whirling about in the
arms of IL stranger. The slow and gen
tie motion of the waltz as it is now
taught, and the decorous manner in
which it is now danced, is n great i'm
proven mt upon the mad whirl of my
Young days. 1t would not be tolerated
i'll good society now"
\ young lady who his returned from
Il visit to the Pacific Coast SAYS that
the popular dance known as the Var
sovipnnc has just reached California
and that it i hummed by all the So
ciety girls with an accompaniment of
words
DO you soc do you sec. my new shoasT
Apropos of dancing, a small boy who
is taking his as premier at dancing
school aid to his mother recentl|:
Il danced with Mamie W to-day,
mamma and l could have kissed her
Just as easy as anything, but | didn't, "
with sigh over his lost opportunity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

A WRITER in the IVjde AWaLe relates
beng present AT III house of Pars e
merchant when tn IL evening rvice
took pla e; and, to my great surprise,
it was the simple act of lighting their
evening lamp. Just at sunset, the
doors and windows are closed, and the
family asSembl around the large hoarth
lamp. Thn moth repair to an inner
chamber, light her tap.r at II red
light, kept ever burning in most Parse Q
houses, ningles her breath with it by
lightly blowing on it, then returns to
the family room, and lights each one of
the SEVEN wicks of the hearth
lamp: while tn family stand around
and, with hands crossed N their brea ,ts
murmur their evening PRAYER"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

A SAMPLE of the terribly difficult
questions which are likely to be brought
into legal cases by the present revival
of mesmerism and allied forces is az
forded by case which came up in AL
geria. A young man is accused Of
having mesmerized respectable wom-
an, enticing her by that means to his
his own house, where he shot her He
claims thai he did so by her own re-
quest, and proof of the mesmeric the
DRY seems impossible. The case is not
only interesting in itself but the posi-
bilities upon which it throws light are
appalling.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

! William Henerv lie he'd Jest set his heart
( on it and SEES he to me, "Hester Ann.
| they amt not another purson here to
| the Corners tibet kin write a letter emmy
WAYS near YOU, fur you always know
,vervthiug that's agoin on, an then you
! IL it so well, an the schOolmarm she
sas that's what.
Our schOolmarm is a dretful proper
spoken gal / must say. An that's what
| tole Angelina Biles the other day,
| but Angelina she ups and ses. mis-
| Scooper, l don't reprove of ennybudy n
usin slang languish," seq she, IAN
| YOU know Jest as well as | do, Mis-
Scooper, that that gal do use an awful
| site of slang"
"Now, see here, Angelina" SIS |, I'd
| Jest like to know what you know
| about it. SEES l. Now, tibet dear blessed
lamb of gal hes bin stayin at my
| house nigh onto year, an | guess |
| know more about it than you do. An
| must say tibet she is a smart gal an
noes what's what. Why, Angelina, !"
ses |, cher granmother come from Bos
ting, an you know the Bosting folks
noes q thing or too" scs l "some of
my forefathers come from there, an l
reckon | ought to know if ennybOdy
does" An | Jest give her to under
| stan that | want a goin to listen to
ennything retrOdental to the school
marin, an not take it up, an Angelina
she went off in a huff; but, law me,
she'll be as frenzy as pie next time l
see her.
] was over to Jonathan Blodgers'
/ L., T. l..
you'd think they WIS the fust an the
last twins tibet was ever agoin to be
created, Jonathan is that tickled over
EN-. Sairy Jane she is ,'onathan's
wifc-her maiden name WIS Sairy Jane
Timkins, an a rite likely gal shel WIS,
| too, an she makes rite good wifc-my
| boy, John James, he used to think
Sairy was all the gal in the world, but
he found olt different when he met
MarthI Raymon, so he married her
; stel Cf Sairy. But as / WIS q sayin,
| Mr.. Editur, Sary Jane is a gittin along
| rite peart, an thinks shell be up doin
! her own work in week more.
| Well, an while | WIS over to Sairy
James, Susanner Hopper she comes in,
an she tole us tibet Susan Roper, she
"" ""' ',"'"' I,'io' an i''' " wa
p'' lur llVln II sue married squire
10. erS son IeNer' an now slie lS so
me Sil1 Keeps II iiiIeu S'i an 'hG 'liile
" 90 tne "o'h ur her' P''' "S Wus
9oin 10 say HuSaiiiler she SEA thAt
MIS- hopeF nau 8ot i'erSeli Splch an
span n" o'acN RUN Sot'' an now
w Eol'"t' Wh"' III 'he "or!1 aoeS
SUSAN ""ilV WIN +" So'o 10 Il"" L
5SpoSS She mas nero 'h'y was the SUI,
p''t laws 'Het Sot' was never horned
'he' cot,'" car o"Snii on MS ptck.
! ,, All sue; ! mean "hS"hh'r' toie US
IN u one [eNe '"cNS0n WAS " hlaklii a
fortune "ut "a some kiho "l l'ru ti'et
,,.,,'' III ~ ,,,.'., '''57
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

Miss WIDEAwAKE Ito young agricul-
turist from Nermont--I fancy, Mr..
Sidehill, that you are very fond of
husbandry? Mr. SideLill with an I'M
uterable expression)-I s'pose would
be, Miss Wideawake, if / could find
the right kind of gal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
Following Il Bad Example.

Mamma (to Bobby who wants more
pic)-You ought no. to eat any more
pie, Bobby, and | ought not t. give it
to You, but l Will this time.
Bobby-Well, ii boys ma is willing
to do things she ought not to, why
shouldn't the boy himself?
And Bobby ate the pie with a clear
conSc: EDOrh
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
4 MARITAL FAILURE,

If had lived bachelaire
And of my money taken care
/ might have been millionaire.
Instead | wed n dalnsel fair
And purchased various jewels rare,
To ornament her arms and hair,
The former often left quite bare
TO be admired beneath the glare
OF an electric cha II lelaire.
We prove an ill-as sorted pair
And now, with little cash To spare,
That little 1 with her must share,
And look for more, the Lord knows
where.
-NelV York SuDL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

POTTER COUNTY, Pa. has ALWAYS
been Temperance county, and at the
same time HIS always had more drunk
en- men thin any other county in the
Stat. They are going to analyze the
atmosphere now and s,e what's the
matter. 1t hssl't occurred to anybody
t. analyze the bottles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

BISHOP VLADIMIR, of the Greek
Church in America, has the largest
diocese in the world. 1t includes al
of North America to Buero3 Ayres, in
South America. The Bishow lives in
Sitka, but spends a good deal of his
time in San Francisco. He is now vis-
iting his North American diocese.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

TRACINGs of the curious hieroglyph-
les found upon certain slate rocks of
Nova Scotia have Eeen obtained by the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing
ton. The characters are cut to a depth
Of sixteenth of an inch, and seem to
be very old.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

The Lincoln history is now appear.
ing in the century Magazine costa
Mr.. Roswell Smith, the proprietor of
that periodical, $4,000. The way in
which he came to pay this extraordinary
price is thus described: Mr. Smith
found the "War Series" APP reaching
m end, and naturally wanted some
thing to take its place. In his anxiety
he declared he would give $50, 900 for
n substitute or successor to the articles
which had been so prominent. At tn )
juncture, Col. John Hay CHANGED to
present himself at the Century office
with his manuscript. Mr.. Glider, the
Principal editor, read few chapters,
and was convinced they would take.
a council of war was held of editors
AID publisher, and on the strength of
Mr. elders Judgment it was decided
to accept the history. Mr.. Smith
thought he had secured the prize of
which he was in search-th. material
that was to take the place of the great
"War Series" Hay meanwhile had
gone back to Washington, and Glider
now wrote for Nicolay and him to re-
turn. They came. AMI to their amaze
ment and delight wer, offered $4,000
for the manuscript, for which they would
doubtless have been GID to receive q
much smaller sum.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
DEBT AND IT'S EFFECTS.
BY 9. J. POPE.


EBT is of the very
Ii i G h e st antiquity.
The first debt in the
history of man is the
debt of nature, and
the first instinct Of
man is to put off its
payment until the last
moment. Debt is not
n crime, but it is q
mean instrument for
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
Dailcing.


Fl + custom Of
wearing gloves Mt
dancing parties is
not az arbitrary as
it once was, and
& en- IL e m en- can
study their own
convenience in this
matter, says n writ
err in the Detroit
Free Press. When
it was fashionable
for ladies to wear
white kids and
gentlemen to go
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
LETTER FROM THE CORNERS.
from the Chicago Ledger
NECK OR NoTHIN' HALL,
Kilkenny Corners.

X. EDITUR: The school
marin lowed as how you'd
be proper glad to here
frum the Corners. SO [
take my pen in hand 10
drop YOU Il few lines. I
thought l couldn't, but
the schoolmarm she SEES:
Why, Mis- Scooper, ]
Jest think yon kin write
letters too perfectly lovely
for ennvthing." an thcn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

York literary and journalistic circles,
says the New York Star, know any
thing about "The Box Syndicate
Press" a bureau from which emanate
many of the best and most striking lit
erary articles by famous authors found
IN the modern newspaper. 1t is owned
and managed by two brothers, Edward
w. and William J. Box, both young
brooklyn mel. The combined ages OF
these two young publishers do not
make the figure fifty, and yet within
their control rests one of the most re-
markable literary infucrces of to-day
They control the literar.; work of some
fo:ty-tivo of the most famous men and
women of the day, which they supply
f. newspapers simultaneously all over
this country AMI in Canada and En-
gland. Edward Box holds a RESPONSE
BILE position in one of the big New York
publishing houses, and his name is
withheld from the enterprise. William
dcvotes all his time to the work, and
under his name the business is con-
Quoted. While Edward makes all the
contracts with authors, William stands
at the helm and carries out the IDEAS
81 his younger brother. A better
matched couple of brothers it would be
difficult to find. Edward has a won
derfully extensive acquaintance among
famous people. He is well read, has
good literary judgm mt ald knows pre-,
cisely what the people wan;. William
is OF untiring energy, and doubtful
literary venture bee ones a success in
his hands. The brothers are very pop
u,ar in society, and ons is almost sure
to meet them at any prominent literary
or social event. Both are good takers,
have pleasant manners, and what the
one lacks the other supplies. They
have built up their business from moth
ing. Henry Ward Beecher stared
Edward by making HIM his literary
manager, and in this way the bureau
began. Now, almost every author of
note writes for the two brothers. They
have no difficulty in securing writer's,
for they pay promptly AMI manage ex-
cellently. Their principal writer's in
Glade Craze Greenwood, Wilkie Col
Inns, Marion Harland, Lew Wallace,
Ella Wheeler, viii Carleton, Max
ORel and a score of Others They
work quietly, the general p, b ic hears
bat little of them, yet it i doubtful
whether any two young mrn in New
York have so bright a future before
them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02
railroad Schedules, eto.
Cumberland G. Pennsylvania Railroad.

All trains on the schedule stop at Hay strSt
staten, Cum bsslAAA p. L. BURWELL,
GsosSAl suDertutendsR
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

I'VE therefore commit her holy to the
grave, in the hope of glorious reSurrec-
tlon;" but all through the Lur;al service
rang those words, Ina much as We did it
mott was a-hnngeiel and We gave me 10
meat. And the answer of the town,
Sealed prop oSnls for the keeping of the
town poor, the contract to be awarded to
tn lowest bidder"
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-06-20
A Telephone Dialogue
ODER THE CLOTHIER
A "JOurnal" News Cleaner.
The Jawing Commences in the Editorial
Room Of the journal.
JUST LISTEN To IT:

News Glcancr-IIelo Central office!
Central Oice--lIelo yourself
News Gleaner-Give ODE, please
Central Oce-Obe, Obe what Globe Who earth do you
News Gleaner-Why. the only ODER, clothing dealer
Santa Fc avenue, sometimes call him ODE for short.
Central Ofoc-An right my boy and next time don't try
any hand stenographc abcvatons Nov keep
your widest the transmttcr
Obcr, the Clothier-lIeo Well, what is h2
News Gcamer---C Can Of the Journals attaches speak
with Mr. Obcr HIMSELF
Ober the Clother-- Certainly. Of course only glad
Here right here ready talk the legs of boiled lobster
a ccntiPede.
News Cleaner What is the Of the big crowd around
your all day9
Ober the Cothier Nothing UNUSUAL tragic event and
nothing OF comica BIZ quite lively full Of
and the clerks hopping about like animated eas
News Glcane-I have heard that there great jam
around your windows and didn't know but ] could gain
particulars for a local item.
Ober the Coihe You can, and will be good too.
Make my business the subject and the clothing store the spot
Say that have