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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16

In France the government runs the tobac-
CO and match business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16
strict.

u wives are bound to be obcdient,
husbands are certainly bound to be
reasonable. But, as the apostle said
All men have not faith"
A neighbor found herself unexpect.
edlv straitened in the midst of hel
pastry baking, and ran over to the
house OF Mrs. Hooper, who kept more
than hundred hens, to ask if shs
could spare a single egg.
well, I'll see," answered Mrs
Hooper, and putting on her sunbon
net, she went ont 10 distant field il
which her husband was blowing. Or
her return she said:
"Yes, Gideon gays you eau have it
He never allows Inc TO lend anything
without asking him first
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16
Caught in the Current.

Hello, John! Been tishing?'
"Yes."
What did You get? No whoppers
now !"
mo, indeed; Ill tell you, on the
strict quiet, that got something out
Of the usual run. Look"
Why, that's an ordinary river cat
6sh."
II know it,
"But you said it Was out of the usual
run
at wGe-the river. - Wdsp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16
LETTERS FROM THE CORNERS.

NECK OR NOTHIN' HAL,
KILKENNY CpRSEHS, 1889.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16
Fish have been caught in the Gulf Of Cali
fornia al depth of 400 feet.

Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way;
But to act that each tomorrow
Find us farther than to-day
The sentiment so aptly expressed by the poet
ought to sound like a trumpet TO every sluggish
soul, and animate them TO new and vigorous
efforts to improve their condition. Toall those
who have the desire to press forward, but who
are not sure of the way, VIC say, write to Is. I:
johnson 4 Co., Richmond, Va, and they Will
be of service TO you.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16

Kansas boasts a city where there was
corn field three years ago.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16

DID you ever go within a milo OF a soap fac
tory? II so you know what material they make
soap of. Dobbins's Electric Soap factory s as
free from odor a chair factory. Try il once.
Ask your grocer for it. Take no imitation
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16

No stranger should visit the city without
smoking "'fau-iil'a Punch" be. Cigar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16
Hark. the sound OF many voices
Jubilant in elaGcst lnr,
And full many e heart reJoices
AS the chorus floats along:
" Hail the Favori c Prescription"

Tho worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter Of how
long standing, Is permanently cured by Dr.
Snge'5 Catarrh Remedy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-11-16

The German Emperor has given his po.-
trait 10 Lord Salisbury
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23

that quarter, but they are not SO un-
sophisticated, Judging by the art
fulness of their costume, as to
be wondering what on earth this
world can be-" In the case of the
younger ones, of course, it may be the
skill and taste of mothers that control
the picturesqueness of attire, but In
the cases of those who are not much
Gnder eighteen the knowledge of dress
is personal. Nowhere within the bounds
of civilization are little girls
more attractively adorned by means
of their raiment than here in
New York. The accompanying pict-
ures are sketches made by an
artist as he sat in q clubhouse window
and saw the juvenile daughters of
wealth go past to school. The minia-
ture bellies were often accompanied by
very smart nursemaids, or governesses,
and in other cases by older sisters, who
were also going to get instruction in
music, painting, or some other special
accomplishment. Artistic picturesque
ness was aimed at, and generally
reached, in the get-up of the young
sters. Not only was this true of the
little girls, but the boy whose portrait
is given was hardly less snowy in his
Tam o Shanter cap and loosely capped
overcoat. The two little girls in the
striped cloaks, bordered with white
fur, had jluntiness thai characterizes
the styles that have taken the place of
Kate Greenway ideas in dressing chill
dren. Both of the garments. it will
be seen, were shapelier than the loose
Greenway articles, for they fitted the
shoulders and waists with tolerable
clOseness.
Much of the stylish dash impaired to
the juvenile figures came of the hair,
which in every instance was lett fow-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23
The Greatest American Crop.

The corn crop of the United States
for 1888 is the greatest ever known. 1t
is the great American tillage crop.
There is no other of half its area.
Wheat has nearly half, and cotton a
quarter, of its breadth. 1t is sufficient
to cover Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,
with slice of Iowa in addition. It's
area last year, though reduced by
drouth, was 81 per cent. of that of all
cereals together, and its product was
% per cent. 1t was grown by the In
dams before the white man appeared
on the continent 1t is now grown in
every State and Territory in the Union,
though sparingly in those of high ele-
vations in the Rocky Mountain region.
The supply as population increases is
enlarged rather than diminished. 1t
was 25.5 bushels per head in 1850; 26. 6
in 1860; 29.7 in 1870; and 30 in 1880.
The crop, large as it is, is exported
in small proportion. Only 4 per cent.
of the production of seventeen years
have gone abroad for market The
home market is 90 per cent. of all, and
its relative abundance or scarcity makes
the price. If scarce, the price is high,
and foreigners decline TO buy; if low
enough 10 compete with foreign feed
Ing stuffs, larger quantity is exported.
Neither Liverpool nor Chicago makes
the price, but the farmers and country
feeders, who use five-siXths of all. 1t
is crop of which railways carry but a
small part. Less than one-fifth crosses
State lines. Half is used for feeding
for milk or flesh, one-tenth for human
food and four-tenths for the food of
working animals. For spirits scarcely
l per cent. is used, and yet we hear
demagogues, not to say statesmen, who
insist that prices would go down if the
farmer was deprived of the distillery
demand.
The uses of corn it would be difficult
to limit, in food, in drink, in clothing,
in bedding, in meat, milk and wool,
starch and sugar. The past year saw
the largest area ever grown of this dis
tinctively American crop. Aside from
the area intended for grain, there were
millions of acres drilled for forage, the
silo and the summer dairy. No other
plant will produce so much nutritious
feed on a given area. No other is worth
so much for American tillage.
can Exporter.
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and the state, for none but the residents
of Petersburg are ,tisfied with the loca-
ton of the Government there, and still
regard Moscow as the capital OF the en-
pire, which it legally is. There is scarcely
foot of ground that is Lot historic and
holy, for Moscow is more than thousand
years old as it staads, and there was an
other city on its site whose origin is lost in
the msts of fable.
The present Moscow was founded in
the year $50 by Oleg, the brother-in- law
OF Rurik, the Emperor of the North, but
fires and decay have caused most of the
original structures to be replaced from
time to time by new ones, so there is really
very little OF the old town left. The orig
inal Kremlin was built by Daniel, Duke of
Moscow, the son of the famous Alexander
Nevski the most conspicuous saint in the
Russian calendar, but it was not recog-
niZed rs the seat of the Government till
the time of Ivan l.. who brought his
throne there from Kiev In 1928. Fifty
years after the holy city was captured by
the Golden Horde, and remained during
the fourteenth and fit enth centuries I'M
der the rule Of the Tartar khans, who have
left their impress upon everything-the
customs, the architecture, the methods of
the place, and particularly in the gorgeous
colors and barbaric splendor of the pal
aces and the ceremonials that take place in
them.
Moscow is as different from Petersburg
as Constantinople or Cairo from Chicago
or New York or a mining town in the
mountains of Colorado from country
village in England. Four hundred years
ago the Ambassador sent by the Emperor
Macmillan TO negotiate for the opening
of trade with Moscow. wrote description
of the city which still holds good to-day.
] lie buildings. the streets, and the Gus
toms have suffered little change by tho
advance of time There is more of Asia
there than of Europe, and while Peters
burg was built in imitation OF Paris and
Berlin, Moscow still retains its likeness to
the Asiatic towns of the time OF Christ.
In the central portions there has absolute
| " been no change, and everything stands
as it did in the time of Ivan the Terrible,
but in the outskirts since the invasion OF
Napoleon, there has been n great deal of
| improvement and it is now the largest
manufacturing center in Russia, and one
of the largest in Europe.
Moscow has population OF between
seven hundred thousand aud eight hundred
thousand people. The belt railroad which
encircles the city is twenty-four miles
| long, and the shortest route by tramway,
from one side of it 20 the other. is nine
miles. Within this radius are to be found
nine cathedrals, four hundred and eighty
four churches, and twenty-five monas-
teries and converts. From the top of
| Sparrow hills, where Napoleon caught
his first view of the place-and it is one
of the grandest and most fascinating
spectacles in the world-five hundred and
twenty nine domes can be counted, every
one of them glistening in the sun. Pious
people often leave legacies to pay the
cost of .regilding tho dome of their favor
lite church. Besides these gilded domes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23
Die and Save Money.

By dying now n man can save money.
Never in the history of our distinguish
ed profession has it been possible to
secure a respectable interment for so
small an amount of money as at pres
ent. The inventions and improvements
which always cheaper commodities
have, in our business, kept apace with
the times. A decade ago there was, not
much difference in prices and methods.
Ten years ago any funeral would aver
age $50; now there is no average. A
man can spend profitably 50, 900 in get
ting planted, or he can have the thing
done in pretty good shape for weeks
salary, and he'll feel Just as satisfied as
though he were investing fortune in
it. Some people are very apprehensive
concerning their funeral. and others
don't think about it at all. III man
wants to have the thing done properly
and go without hitch, $50 will make
a pleasant display in his neighborhcod.
There has been cut in rates among
undertakers of late, and prices are at
bottom rock. After a little the trouble
will be adjusted and the old scale re-
stored. But our inducements at pres
sent should not be overlooked. Now is
the time TO die.-St. Louis Gtobe-De
nf.ruf
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23
BY WILLIAM L. CURTIS.

The present system of government in
Russia is the same that was created by
Peter tho Great toward the close OF the
eighteenth century. There have been few
changes since. 1t is an absolute, heredi-
tary despotism, the whole executive, leg
islative, judicial and religious authority
resting in single man, whose will alone
Us law, and who receives his power, ac-
,cording to the theory of the empire, from
the Almighty himself, whose vicegerent
on earth he is. The Gar, therefore,
combines in one the power and the Juris-
diction of the Pope and the King.
The administrative system comprises
-four boards or councils, possessing sepa-
rate functions, whose acts are those of the
Gear, but must be approved by him. First,
there is what is known as the Privy Coun-
Gil, sort of kitchen cabinet. Second,
there is the Council of the Empire, COM
posed of as many aud such persons as the
Gear shall select, whose duty is to exercise
81 sort of general supervision over the
affairs of the empire, frame laws for the
government of the people, direct the collec-
ton and expenditure of the revenues and
confer concerning the foreign as we'll as
domestic policy of the Government. Next
comes the ministry body similar to the
Cabinet in the United States, or the Min
istry of England, divided into eleven de-
partments, as follows: The ministry of
the imperial household, of foreign affairs,
of war, of marine, of internal affairs, OF
public instruction, of finance, of justice,
of the imperial domain, of public works,
and the comptroller and auditor general
These several ministries arc subdivided
into bureaus, as in the United States.
The empire is divided into general gov
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ing free, but by no means unkempt,
for the seeming carelessless was a re-
suit of skillful care. The original and
peculiar caps and hoods shown in the
drawing were only general representa-
tives of a multitudinous variety. 1t
seemed as though every mother had
tried to put upon her daughter head
gear that would find no duplicate at
the school. Naturally, such success in
embellishing the pr5ttiness of young
heads has led TO imitation by adults,
and the consequence is that we see in
Broadway many young women with
flowing hair and extravagant hats or
caps, modelled after those of children.
but far less becoming. although potent
enough in commanding n desired at
tention. So far as this is departure
however, from the prevailing mode of
hair dressing it is hard to with
hold commentator. There is not
a good word to say for the fashion of
wearing the hair pulled up on the top
of the head, and almost covered by q
hat, so that " the browning glory of
woman is concealed from view. 1t is
pleasant to see, if not so Haunting a
hirsute style as long, flowing hair in
the street, at least those coiffures
which do display something more tnan
a frizZled bang IN front and smoothly
brushed up hair at the back. There is
q serious attempt to revive the queue,
and there are other methods of hair
dressing coming into vogue that will
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23

rising from an ocean of green and blue
rooted houses. grotesque cupolas and
minarets, all forming bewildering mass
OF Oriental and barbaric splendors which
cannot be seen elsewhere.
The Sparrow hills, from which this all
can best be seen, are group that rise just
beyond the limits of the city, and are
separated therefrom by the Volga River.
At the summit, and the crest of the bank,
which rises abruptly from the river bod to
n height of five hundred and fifty or six
hundred feet, is hotel and pavilion much
resorted to by the people of Moscow. 1t
is called the Hill of Salutation, aud il was
here that the advance guard Of the French
army in 1872 got their FIRST glimpse OF the
metropolis they had come TO loot. Mos
COW! Moscow" they cried, and the shout
was carried along through the entire army
of 700, 000 mon, worn and weary with their
long march over the desolate plains.
When the French approached the city
the people fled, leaving nothing behind
them that they could carry, and one man
in nearly every house with orders to set it
on fire before he came away. Thus began
one OF the most serious conhagrations of
modern times, which was fastened and
aggravated by the release of 3, 600 prison.
ers, maddened by the liquor they found
in the deserted homes. In the public
buildings bombs and barrels of powder
were deposited to complete the destruction
of the place. so that the French army
when it fin ,lly reached the destination il
had marched and fought so long for, was
turned into n monstrous fire corps. en-
deavoring to save what it had come to
destroy.
who would have thought that n nation
would ruin its own capital, said Napole-
on, when he viewed the debris.
The temporary prisons for Russian ex-
lies are on the Sparrow Hills. Here those
who are condemned to punishment and
Imprisonment in the mines are kept until
the trains are organized for Siberia. 1t is
the rendezvous for the condemned from
oil the western provinces, and it is from
these SUBMITS that they have their last
view of the holy city. They go on foot,
carrying four pounds weight on each foot
as they march-murderers, patriots,
thieves, ond conspirators chained together
1t is said that $4,000 leave Moscow every
year, and -. 900 die on the road of hunger,
disease, and exhaustion. If an exile is
rich enough he may pay the expense of the
transportation of himself and his four
guards by post-carriage, and many of
them go that way with comparative COM
fort
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supreme control both civil and military,
and lie has council of regency or cab
met, similar to the ministry at Peters
burg, but subordinate to him and TO them.
Then theirs is the Senate, an organiza-
ton Of mobiles, also appointed by the Gar,
whose duties are those OF a supreme court,
with extraordinary powers.
1hs completes the civil establishment,
sbut in addition is the holy synod, in charge
of ecclesiastical affairs, which l have re-
ferred 10 elsewhere.
In European Russia the people are di-
vided into communes, or Mrs, which elect
an executive known as the starchina, or
elder, and he has charge of village affairs,
The cOmmuEes, or Mrs, are combined in
ito districts and controlled by the Zem-
stoves, or assemblies, composed of mobiles,
whose duties are similar to those of County
Commissioners in the United States. They
collect the taxes, see TO the repair and con-
struction of roads and other public works,
and have q general supervision over the
district affairs.
There are about six hundred thousand
mobiles in Russia, composing what is
known as the tshin. They are the great
land owners and formerly held the serfs.
The landowners who are not mobiles are
known as boyars, and hold large estates
which they have acquired by purchase or
by descent from their ancestors who OBJ
tanned them from the crown in early
times as rewards for military service or
gifts of money.
The base of the Russian system is patri-
sarchal government. The father of fam
ily is little car, while the Car is the
father of all. Those who are interested
in the communal organization of Russia,
which is one OF the most curious in ex-
dstence, may read the admirable work of
Mackenzie Wallace, which has been ac-
'cepted as authority in Russia and all parts
of Europe.
1t is rather remarkable that the first of
all republics was Crganized and existed
where the greatest despotism In the world
now remains. Before the republics of
Italy, away back in the centuries, long
before America was discovered or demo-
cratic ideas prevailed elsewhere in Eu-
rope, there was republic at Norvgorod
the Great that resisted the encroachments
of the Taitars and the Mongols, and
stood alone, an ideal government "of the
people, by the people, for the people,
but it persisted from the earth. Wallace
tells the fascinating story in his book.
The Russians who are usually the last
of all the peoples of Europe to adopt the
improvements of modern civilization,
were, however one of the first TO adopt
rthe mode or communication Dy railway,
which was owing in great degree TO the
smilitary necessity of having means of easy
and rapid communication from one part
of the vast empire TO another, for the
movement of troops; aud otherwise to the
cheapness and superiority of their iron,
which, as oil know, is the best that is pro-
yduced in the world. But twenty-five years
ago il required from ninety 10 hundred
hours 10 make the journey from Peters
burg TO Moscow, a thousand carts known
as kbitkas, drawn by two. three, four, OF
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-01-23
Fashion FriDJeries.

This is emphatically fur winter.
AND now they call it the Hading
veil.
ACCoRDIoN-PLEATED cloaks are COM
ing i'll vogue.
The bead and bamboo portiere is as
popular as ever.
A DIRECToIRE redingote is as diff
cult to make fit as a tailor gown.
DOUBLE sleeves have become the
leading feature in long mantles.
THE short jacket with fur collar
and cuffs and lapels lined with fur
thrown back from the waistcoat is af-
fected by stylish young women, mar
ried and single.
FASHIONABLE women assert their
taste for walking in wool attire instead
of silk by wearing felt hats trimmed
with wool braids and pinked cloth
bands and rosettes.
A FAvoRITE combination for a tea
gown is velvet of two colors. say black
and emerald green, or gray and coral
red, with rich gold passementeries for
the collar, yoke, cuffs, and pockets.
DEEP yokes of passementeries are
the only trimmings seen on the new
accordion-pleated cloaks. Over this
is worn in the coolest weather pointed
shoulder cape OF collar of some rich
fur.
THE shopper is in her glory a. the
moment, for shopkeepers are begin
ming to take stock inventories prepare
tory to the opening OF new goods, and,
consequently everything is marked
down" so as to make sales as rapid and
cleaning" as possible.
GREEN is frequently combined with
blue, but to do this successfully there
must be decided difference in the
depth of the two colors. If the blue
is pale the green must be deep, and
vice versa, and, in fact, this rule holds
good for all inharmonious color COM
binations.
BLACK armure, MORE and Sicilienne
are the silks that are worn for second
or light mourning by those ladies who
go to receptions and receive at home.
The correct neckwear with such dresses
is pleated black crepe lisse or plain
black net and black repped or MORE
ribbons.
ONE of the latest uses to which
ostrich plumes are applied is to form
two long ones into berthe around the
V neck of an evening gown. A hand
some diamond or Partisan novelty"
jeweled pin or brooch is used to fasten
thu two feathers at the bottom of the
V u front of the bodice.
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slowly and cautiously, making not moro
than fifteen or eighteen miles an hour,
and stopping every few moments at sta
tions, or section houses, and sometimes mt
bridges, for the Russian engineers know
there is danger everywhere, and if a fatal
accident occurs they are punished without
mercy. 1t was beautiful night, the sun
did not set till nearly nine o'clock, and
the twilight lasted nearly two hours
longer. At ten o'clock we could easily see
to read by the car windows, and there was
no chance for the darkness 10 gather. as a
brilliant moon came up that showed us
very plainly the face of the landscape.
The country is desolate, like all other
portions of Northern Russia, either sandy
or swampy, with clumps of fir alder, and
willow trees. Sometimes there were thick
and extensive forests, aud, as we drew
nearer to Moscow, great plains that
seemed more fertile than the northern