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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

NJ the practice ri industry himself but h aC
TIE thebr- all right and could find openings
for other folks bully: fIe got mo the job NJ
the Palace. He then began to fest. Ee did
most OF his resting in the bar-room OF the
Palace. He said once that he had read in II
paper somewhere that the earth was tie
Lords and the iulinesS Thereof. He didn';
want The earth, he said. hu, ii there was any
tullnes5 lett over he would be glad 10 get
"nurth fer grown PEI -on.
Where l. your father now
He i busy Just now filling a drunkard's
grave. II is the first opening he ever filed
with any Kind Of satisfaction, If my father
had put the talent into most anything cl u
that he did into his bowlin' up he would
have been a I ch fiian. and could have got
ont in the grass ana played and had fun in
stead OF getting kncc-sprung here in Il hot
hotel, brcathinSgas leaks and sewer gas,
while other ftpye are chasing squirrels"
What do you think OF tipping in Amer
ica7'
We'll, think it's just getting on its feet
aad getting tc he self-supporting. But it
emit what it ought to be. In the old coun-
tries everybody tips Il | tile. but here it il
only the liberal folks that does it, and so
they are overwOrkcd. We would rather get
a nickel head all day than get a quarter
from one or two. out side of the big cities
tips are mighty seldom. you bet. Here in
New York it il getting to be pretty goo |,
I've made a dollar a day quite often outside
OF my regular pay. which pay Is pretty
blamed small. Be!l-boys watch the Office
mighty close and Some rooms we night
over, while others get mighty slow sorr-
ice"
What was your best tip."
We'll. it was a dollaI. believe. We had
d temperance lecturer in No. 80. He was a
reformed temperance lecturer. That is. he
had been n roundcr and so finally he had
braccd tip, it seems, and went onto the
platform. He done we'll IA lecturer, all
allowed, ana great crowds came to hear the
man who La been -erkcd out of the gutter
was sent 10 answer his bell. Ile looked
at me kind Of skittish. and then he walked
tho floor quite Il spell and looked out of the
wndcr, Finally he wanted to know il |
wac to be relied on TO transact business
without too much CONVERSATION, | said yes.
aud that had the secrets OF great men and
great actresses locked up in my breast. and
that had tine lock on it an that the
world wouldn't know anything about it till
Gabriel said SO, and then the re'OrmCd lect-
urur tol me 10 bring up All Apollinaris bot
tie full of common cooking whisky and a
high gldss. | done so. and people that
went TO the lecture said it just laid over
anything they ever neard IA regards be-
seechin' tenderness and ali that kind OF
business. He was wet-eyed lecturer with
II wahLle in his voice. and he could gather
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
Didn't Mind His Having Fits.

\ gang Of men We're at work on .
city street when slight. beardless
youth laid down his pick and, approach
ing the foreman. said to him:
Can | take n fit, sir?"
Take what - asked the foreman.
a fit feel one coming on" re.
oiled the young man, without emotion.
why, certainly" said the foreman.
Sothe young man walked over to a
bit Of grass under II leafy tree--it was
new street III the suburbs--and had
fit.
Then he went and washed his face,
came back to his place in the line, took
MP bis pick and struck into work. After
the days work was over the Young Imam
SAID to the foreman: "You don't mind
my having iits?"
NO / guess not, ii Nou doa fair
days work.
well, You see, used TO work br n
hatcher, an he wouldn't let me iake
fits SAID it interfcrcd with business
an | Thought You might feel the Same
way about it,
And that Young man works hard
with pick and shovel and takes b fit
once in awhile rs you or might take
drink Of water. Pjustttrg Dis
pdtch. a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28


l"okeu III there ana iound man. Inc
mnther W"s 50 overwhelmed with joy
Whcn she sa" the two strong men
holding the game she had been after
50 long that she ordered him bound
hands and feet and carried in the bot
tom Of Their springless wagon to Jail.
Dots right, missus, shouted Susan :;
.hab dc no count rascal toted off to de
dungeon,
W h"n they bot The culprit bound
iand foot they laid him down on his
back III the snow, while they hitched
M the team that Wos ia cart him off
Tho Who'll, ,o,,I, a.. c. $50, =,
""'A' nanny -AHh' P'Sali ana All,
looked on from the porch and when
the t,;t .,,,,,,.. .,,,,,, ,:.,,t l. L.. t. A
Wv '"' H'''i' Hi'h 'oNS'u MN i'll the
wagon IKE sack OF rOtatOoS. ard
n,oy. o,vov with L,,, ,h, ho,,.tI l
iiii''' me iiouNthol'i
congratulated themselves on being
we'll rid of q troublesome rascal
A. .I ,lt .,I A.
NE y '"h!"i' 'hp't '"e next
''i!' i.''.S 'iic 'n'cheh- 'iliel was the
n1oi ~ "u' ".ie' breakfast was
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
Such Good Friends.

Two ladies met in one of our fashion.
able dry goods stores the other day and
sat down to have fashionable chat.
One of the ladies in the course of con.
yersation said:
II saw Mr. Blank when was home
last month, and he inquired very par
ticularly after You" -
Did he? How strange that he should
remember me. ] haven't seen him
since | was married"
so he told me. He said it was
twenty-five wears since he had seen
YOU" $500
Dear, dear. Is it possible it is so
long as that?"
yes. And he said he would go
long way Just to look at won again"
Did he? How nice of him. And
what did You say"
"Oh, [ told him you were not as well
worth looking Mt now as YOU were
twenty-five years ago. It's true, isn't
it, DEAR"
Eyes, love" said the other woman,
swectly. "Do you know you remind me
of Tennyson?"
"How so?" asked the friend, with a
pleased expression.
"Why, you know where he says It'll
better TO have loved and lost than
never to have loved at all. Do you
see the application? Good morning
dearest" And she sailed away.
Her friend saw the application
Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
nIIn-I Like the lialMc.

Uncle Pete went TO see ball gam.
las: Saturday. 1t was his first view ol
such a contest in ten years. and lie
looked somewhat di appointed As the
innings rolled off with machine like
promptness, but he said nothing until
he was ON board homeward bound
car. Then his nephew addressed him :
what do yon think OF it, uncle?"
"That was baseball game. was
ito"
"Of course it was. Why do YOU ask
that?"
And they call that playing"
"Certainly."
Nobody punched nobody else from
one end to the other?"
"No, indeed
"And the umpire wa, not kicked off
the tield?"
That is a rare diversion nowadavs.s
And the whole eighteen men didn't
huddle together III II BUNCH and jaw
every time man was called ont 2"
"Oh, no.
And nobody didn't steal the best
ha.s and make off with the spare
bfll?"
That is impossible under the pres,
ent arrangement"
And the whole thing didn't wind mp
in free fight
you saw that it didn't"
Il know that | saw that it didn't,
and l also know It game of real base,
ball hen | see it. and that confoanded
croquet party that we paid - to look
at is no more like the real game they
used to play .han an amateur minstrel
show il like genuine fun. Let's get off
here and moisten. = Charleston Enter,
DriSe
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

An lfislman, waving eloquent upon
he glories Of the old country declared
that Il certain noblcman's palace. not
far from where he used 10 live. had
three hundred and twinty-five win
ders, one wimder for liver, day in the
year
Another man. who wa, always COM
planning of the hard work he had to do,
broke out one day: Well, now, | wish
| was home again in me fathers foine
old castle"
Your fathers foine old castle, i it?
said one OF his companions. Sure
and it was a foine old castle and no
mistake. ie could stand on the roof
of yer fathers castle, put yer arm down
the chimney and open tn front door"
-PhidieIDhia Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

matter Of time when would go calling
ana find the mother in the parlor play.
ing Home. Sweet Home" Rn,l tie
daughter well, tine daughters where
abonts varied. Sometimes it was busj
ness. sometimes sickness, or oat oi
town, or something which signilcd all
sence from where ! thought she ought
to be.
When ] look back on some of those
evenings now they seem very dull
but then they were interesting, be
cause couldn't quite make the matte,
out.
The mother would say ii few words
then she would thrum Il chord OF Home
Sweet Home" then would sny some.
thing and she would say Yes" then
she would say Excuse me. please"
During the ten minutes of her all
sence | would work my poor head 10,
all 1t was worth, and get Il set Of uucS,
tons and answers Gll arranged for rs.
but when size came back and | set my
dialogue III motion. somehow or Other
what l conceived to be funny would
fall flat and what | thought real smart
and serious, she would laugh at. Just
as if il was funny. OF course didn't
want to be rude aud rush right ont ui
the house while everything was In
dead calm, nor did | feel like going
when she was laughing at something
that wasn't funny. The fact is. it wa.
hard to stay. and there didn't seem to
be any proper time to go. When did
get away, | would blame the poor girl
for having such an unintercstiue
mother
Then 1 would get another girl or,
rather, try 10 GET another sill'S mother.
My success would run right along in
the same channel Of its predecessor,
and then tl" mother would spring tn.
old formula -iu-chief on me, with such
variations as the changed conditions
seemed 10 warrant finally got tired
of that variety which had such Il same
ness to 1t, and made bold one dav 10
tell mother So. She didn't say il in
so many words. but she made me nm
derstand that. as | didn't like her
STYLE, the next time she caught me on
the place, she would sic" the dogs
on me. The three dogs were NOT
particularly large or vicious. bat
they had big banks. and when
left the mother still talking and gcs-
tlculating, | thought about that, and
made mp my mind the bloody nose
had got with the girls former beau
wasn't in vain, I'll just quit the old
lady aud cultivate the ueglo cook and
the dogs.
Nov, iookee we're. Marser II. -" the
cook said to me shortly after the fracas
with the mother, "cf yer wants to cum
IN lie kitchun to see de young missus.
cause YOU an de ole missus don't
'zackly git along, Susan amt or carin'.
an bein' as how de ole missus done
tole us you're name want gwine to be
talked about yere, isn't gwine to tell
nobody when you is here, les so long
you don't bodder Susan, and dat's me.
De young missus is in de kitchm
waitn. fur you now, an you jes' go in
while gifts some wood an watches out
for dem niggers what's or prowlin'
erbout yere for ter hook de CHICKENS"
Now that we have got to the chick
ems, just leave me in the kitchen with
Aunt Susan and the young missus."
while we take look at the "olc missus."
upstairs.
It is dark up in the hall, but Won can
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

see her LAYING" for the chicken thief
Shes got the two hired men down
stairs trained 10 run out at a signal.
and no doubt the GH, gentleman will
e%chonsc his paper for gun when she
gives the word. It's awful lonesome
work watching for chicken thief-hc
comes when you don't expect him.
Won h"or tht chickens cnckle ihcse
that he hasn't gotl. and hcforc you're
ready he is off. NY lady, though.
knew the way Of the chicken thief. nni
SHE made 1t iierbusiuess to pace up aud
down the hall, peeping ont o. the front
Ioor occasionally, then ont of the back
door. and then ont of dark room
which looked right down IN - ia,
trees wbHre the chickens were made 10
roost, expressly to trap the chicken
.hicf.
You may be sure the old lad had a
lonesome Job pacing around to her
lookouts. aud it is not strange that she
fell wondering why the "vounG
missns" took such sudden interest II
cooking and ironing: IT Is not strange
either. that she 'smclt mouse the
frat pop. and sneakcd down stairs 10
see how hrr daughter looked cooking
or ironing
Wpll. w won't follow the mother
down into the kitchen: Just suffice it
10 say that the visitor had seat near
the kitchen window. convenient to the
ground. He's all hight. the cid lady
can't catch him in the kitchen, because
there's line between the door md
Tint window, and TN that line is d
big sheet. Just never mind him let's
go ont and see what the chickens are
cackling about
The mother rushed tu the back
porch at the first cnckle, turned out
the dogs and hired men. all of which
set up such racket that the last hen
on the place fell to squawking From
tho porch the mother directed tn,
hunt for the thief, ordering the men il
the shrubbery, the dogs somewher,
else, until the air was so thick Will
orders and counter-or,lers that a resu
lar betlam was there. When they al
got tired of yelling and running abou
TO no purpose they settled down seri
ously to look for the thief. The dog
would run up to little bunch o
shrubberv and stop, Thcu they woul,
seem to give up the hunt until ordered
on again, when they would go right t,
that same bush and stop. This at
tracted the attention of the hiret
men. and, alas for the fugitive, the,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

THE average European finds it i'm
possible to overcome feeling of awe
in the presence of ROYALTY, and cannot
understand the average Americans in.
difference on the subject. A charming
American girl, while soiourning with
relatives i'll hotel near Lake Geneva
used to play on the piano in the re.
ception-room every evening, and being
an accomplished musician delighted all
who heard her. One night, while she
sat at the piano, an elderly man APP
preached, leaned on the piano, compli,
mented her playing, and asked if he
might stay and listen She willingly
consented, and they passed very
pleasant evening. When the music
lover took his leave, a foreign woman
approached the girl and said, with evil
dent envy, He must be going crazy!"
What do you mean? ?" inquired the as
tonished American girl. do Won
know who that is?" asked the lady.
No He is the King of Holland,
travelling incognito, and he would new
er have condescended to address a
stranger if he had been in his right
senses" The American girl laughed,
and replied: "We are all kings and
queens at home" And the foreign
woman withdrew, perfectly speechlcss
At such audacity
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things Young man needs didn't bother
me much, neither did the horse and
buggy, hut the girls made the trouble.
| can't say that | wanted to marry
all the girls | waited on; indeed, the
girls mothers used 10 give it out among
themselves that | didn't want to marry
any of them, and this innocent fact
disturbed me, because | used to think
Il girls mother ought to be satisfied
when she found | was not going to
take her daughter away and keep her.
I couldn't understand it, but inst as
/ would begin to get along nicely with
girl, the mother would come on the
scene and make all sorts of limitations
that I couldn't comprehend. l would
smile and laugh, and try in ali sorts of
ways to make the mother think l
thought her smart and funny But it
wouldn't work. IT was always only q
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
A SIII,i'c,

4 Young doctor, wishing 10 make 4
good impression upon German farm
er, mentioned the fact that he had re-
ceived double education, as it were.
He had studied homeopathy, and was
also graduate OF regular medical
school
ooh. dot vas n0ding, said the farm,
er; 81 had voncc calf not sucked two
cows, and ne made noiing but com
mon schteer after all. "-Americdu
Dle0icdi JOuJndl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

A NEW band of petty thieves. armed
with scissors, is now said to frequent
all great crowds in London and Other
large European cities in which ladies
are numerous. The members of the
band are as dcft a. their scissors are
sharp, and they are too often able tc
successfully cut the NANTES, etc, Of
fashionably dressed ladies in order tc
secure the valuable ornaments, pieces
of embroidered trimmings, and even
expensive buttons which they wear
In Paris this Scissors gang hai
worked terrible havoc in the more
crowded parts of the Exhibition build
ings and grounds.
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som a ain. The old man also invited other
friends to al. he said he was I'm the sero
and yellow Leaf as on" might say, but yet
would strive to interest each and all who
might drop in on him, and il they would
Just take him as they found him, they would
| g welcome"
At this point the bell boy looked at his
Waterbury and said he must 90. Thanking
him for his information, and dividing my
scanty store with him, We shook hands.
md the next moment he La shot down the
stairway like fat scientist engaged in fall
ing from the tail gate Of a big balloon.
BILL NYE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

In 1888 board of young women uf
Washington who had been engaged in
charitable work conceived the idea of
furnishing a suburban home for those
who otherwise could not get out Of the
city, and place near Tennallytown
was secured. The home is in a flour
ishing condition, and upward of one
hundred children are taken there every
summer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

The prosecution of a woman as !,
common scold, in Jersey City, is Bit
of nonsense that the people had as
we'll not indulge in. The next step i,
the prosecution of some one as witch
The worst scolds are generally of the
masculine sex, and no one thinks OF
bringing them sfore courts of Justice
The ducking stool went ont with the
plllory and stocks and the whipping
post, and other methods of disgracinc
people by making public exhibitions OF
them. But Jersey and Delaware are
queer little States, that hold on to old
practices with more tenacity than the
rest of the world. They indict people
Tor disappearing who deny the inspira,
ton of the Scriptures in Delaware,
and they duck an old woman in JERSEY
Tor giving her neighbors a piece of her
mind. But the world moves, and
Jersey moves after.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

THE will of Hannah Lightfoot ,
colored woman, was admitted to pro
bate in Memphis, short tire ago. ane
revives the memory of an -bellun
incident. She was born free, and ha(
some little property. She loved ans
was beloved by colored man, a slave
With great industry, she added to hel
savings sufficient money to enable heI
TO purchase her lovers freedom, anc
married him, receiving bill of sale
with him, which she carefully pre-
served. 1t is pleasant to know tha'
'hH prospered i'll the worldly way, a,
she deserved, and left considerabl,
property to her children.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
summer.

J Their is not near so much British
money going into American brewcries
as might be supposed The object of
the whole thing is trap to draw in
American capital. Our foreign neigh
bors in game OF this kind are quite
as shrewd as the heather Chinese in a
game of cards. Let them alone and
Americans will beat them all the time
in the beer business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

him If he wou!l mind being interviewed for
publication. He said he would not. but
would have TO wait until six O'Clock, at
which time his days work closed. and no
would he at leisure. At that hour he APP
Feared at my door. Ilo is mcdium~ sized
boy, hut older than | thought at FIRST. He
might he anyway from five to twenty years
old. Sometimes he looked one way and
sometimes the other He said he had been
in the business all his life. The first day
he worked he cried n good deal for his
mother and still felt kind Of hungry for the
boyhood he never had
Would YOU mind telling me your name,
my SOM" queried. iii superior actontsi
my horne name Is Henry Clay Williams.
Here my name Is Front"
What would you do II you had your tune
for year,"
Il would play. Never played day In nv
life that | can remember. jest Polish my
trousers on settee and wait til the office
hcllers Front, and therIvc got to run up
five or six flights knock on the dohr, an l
find that some old postilencc OF Teller has
forgot what it was he run. for. That
what puts the gray hairs into II boys head. :
How did You come to take hold Of the
hotel husiness?"
We'll. my notner died lust rs got out
OF skirts and m = father he vas Il roar hand
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
WHILE tearing down an old chime,

WHILE tearing down an old chimney
in Nyack, n. Y, last week the work
men were astonished to find imbedded
in the mortar toad in a somewhat in
active condition, but still alive. 1t had
been confined in that spot, hidden from
light and air, for fully forty years
Half an hour after he had been brought
out he hoped around in as lively q
manner as if he had been born the
present wear.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

THE Austrian Archbishops are prob
ably the most highly paid in the world.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna
has only about 10000 year, but the
Cardinal Archbishop Of Olmutz has
$40, 900, the Cardinal Archbishop of
Prague has G35,000, and the Arch
bishop Of Eriru has 100000. And the
primate of Hungary, the Cardinal
Archbishop of Grau, has GS0,O00 a
year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

EmploYer-ire you watchful ana
prudent in looking after business inter-
csts?
Applicant for Position-I'ye carried
the same umbrella over two years with
ont losing il or having it stolen.
Employer--Then You may
tire control Of my extern
and name your oNp So
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rynIA =


avs eyes are blue celestia, bright,
they flash With radiant .ufous light,
So love-llt and so genial kind
Like windows 20 her brilliant mind.
Ted's eyes are brown--a wontis Gus tint;
They fash and glow and glance and CLINT:
Their beams So bright. they seem to burn,
And from their fires you wisely turn,
Maud's eyes are crey-l ecrrtiye she de;
No danger makes them tuln afraid
Deuntlesk and calm, with modest air,
They nlay be trEe-yrt still, bewarei
Jess eyes are hezei iuli Of Gre;
They glow with love or fash with ire;
Thcir light uncertain. waI1n or cold
Their secrets are too freely told.
Pearfs eyes are hlnch, with fnr.o1 Ign;
bunlike, they are s1rpassing bright
The flame vi genius seems to shine
In her eyes with light divine,
MOHENCE, III.
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-. me wife OF the Tacoma

,r, who created such Il sensa-
in Paris, has returned to the Pa
rife coast. She Indignantly denies
that she hit off her husbands nose in
that famous scrimmage. Mr.. Ferry
sAys she did, and it is to I've presumed
ha knows
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
4 Sudden Rise.

How much i cannel-coal Mr.. Lit
tleton?'
81 think it, SIX. Just wait II min.
ute.
He goc. over /" lir Looh keeper.
Has Eikins paid ms hill yet z"
NO sir
All, Mr. Eikiu>. frd camel coal
has gone mp 10 ST - HdrperS BGsDr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28
THE CHICKEN THIEF.
A Humorous Sketch.
BY BLACKSTONE.

HEN | was much
younger than | am
now, and used a
different set Of
thoughts to work
with. it seemed to
me that the chief
end of young man
hood was to have
4 girl or two and q
horse and buggy.
The other innocent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-09-28

The greatest snuff taking country
in the world is rance, though it shows
IL decline in the habit. In 1868 the con-
sumption was 10000 00 pounds, or
seven ounces per head, Now it is live
ounces.