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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

IT is we'll as the year closes, especial
ly if we are disposed to murmur at our
lot, to think of what might have been.
Those who have had disappointments,
losses and sorrows might have had
more, and perhaps heavier ones. Those
who are rejoicing in prosperity might
have been plunged in depths of woe.
How many through Divine help have
Decn victorious over temptation! And
others who have known great trials
would have sunk under them if tho
"God of all comfort" had failed to give
them support AS Israel of old ex-
claimed: If it had not been the Lord
who was on our side" SO wo may we'll
think of what might have been if His
fatherly care and love were not eXer-
cised in our behalf.-Christian Inquirer.
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BE JOYFUL.
Can We Not Find Time to Rejoice at
Least Once n Year?

Least Once "a Year?
Tho intensity of modern life and the
deepening of cons iousness through in
telligencc breeds sadness. We think too
much and work too hard to have time
for enjoyment, and if we suddenly dis
cover that we have need of it, we take
it in inordinate quantities, rather than
in simple and natural ways; we go out
and buy pleasure at so much an hour
instead of somehow contriving to live
amirthful life. Close observers of mod
ern society, like Walter Besant, have
discovered that Il main lack in the lives
of the poor is that of cheer, and he urges
that philanthropic plans should embrace
measures for daily frightening the
lives of the people by some simple ex-
perience of plcasurable sort. 1t would
be a Somber fact if the number of those
who live through day without a laugh
or even smilo could be ascertained-a
strange miscarriage of nature, since
man is the only being within her do
main who is capable of that action.
Christmas has rendered the world this
good service, that now for many centu.
ries it has called men to sympathetic
cheerfulness. 1t comes, indeed, but
onco year, but for some days the
cloud on the brow of humanity lifts
little and the wall dies out of its dice.
At times it has been too obstreperous in
its mirth and called for puritant check,
but for the most it has been true to it's
origin and stirred the human heart to
sympathetic gladness and hope. We
shall soon hear the growls of the pessi-
mistic critic over the wastefulness of
Christmas gifts and the irrationality of
Christmas mirth. Heed him not; he does
not know that the keynote of the uni
verse is joy, and that Christmas laugh
ter is only a stray echo of an eternal
hymn, and nearly the only one that has
reached us, and that it is we'll worthy of
being caught if we would ever hear the
whole. Therefore, fathers, give gifts
to your children, even if you have tc
lessen tho daily portion, remembering
the wisdom of Mahomet, who said that
if "he had two loaves of bread he would
sell ono and buy hyacinths, for they
would feed his soul" And, We children,
stir up your fathers to mirth; Christmas
comes but once a year, and the years
left to them may not be many.-The
Cnnturv
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

that my lot is quite as pleasant as that
of many mortals, who are nodded from
a fairer and better quality of clay.
YES, am fully contented and happy.
1t is true that l am mere chattel.
bought and paid for bymy present own
or, Master Tommy Brown. But what OF
that. l have no tasks to perform, and
no hardships to bear. My function is
simply to sit here on the mantel-piece
and smile unintcrruptedly. To some it
might be found irksome to wear per-
petual smile. But it comes natural to
me.
Master Tommy is the kindest and
best-hcarted boy in the world. l love
thing of me. How well he understands
my fondness for metallic food, and how
unremittingly he ministers to my appe'
tite! Every piece of copper, nickel and
even gold he can obtain he runs to drop
tenderly into my grateful mouth; al
though, at the same time, his own
stomach is hungering for the CONNECTIONS
cry that he might buy with them.
Noble, generous, self-sacrificing soul
where will the world find his like!
"When night comes he is never easy
unless l am at his side. He carries mo
regularly to bed with him, notwith-
standing the great weight 1 am getting
to possess. He hugs mo tightly in his
arms, and seems to fear lest robbers
should come to take me from him.
Foolish boy! If l were at all super
stitious 1 might feel that such idolatry
BODIED harm to me.
"Ah! here comes Tommy nowl Is ii
this time to tickle my palate with a
precious tid-bit, or to feast his eyes on
my loved self? l wonder why he has
that hammer in his hand. He is now
reaching for me. How joyous he looksl
Perhaps he has a surprise in store for
me. Why!-what!-Oh! Help! MURDER!
HELP"
Smash! Smash! A stifed cry, jingle
of coin on the hearthstone, and all is
over. The boy gathers up the money,
and hastcns off to purchase his Christ
mas presents. A servant sweeps away
the fragments of tho poor money jug,
and our story is ended.-George G.
Elder, in Puck.
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friendship with very angry man;
will not look upon the wine when it is glow
ing red,
% may my evening hat sit loose upon my morn
ing head.
will not loaf with sinners at the corner of the
street,
Nor will talk about myself to every one Inject
I'll be the good boy of the school and study all
the day,
Nor prod my seatmate with q pin to see him
laugh and play.
When Wisdom crieth at the gates I'll know that
she means me;
And when she puttcth forth her voice I'll an
swer: Here l be-
When slugger men affront me 1 will give the
answer soft,
nut the little man who tries it may venture once
too oft.
I will not lie about my age, my salary or weight;
Ts help in decd the friend in need 1 will not
hesitate;
Z will not scoff at feeble things not even at the
poor;
And fractured toys and broken hearts I'll try to
mend and cure.
TN so to see no gray haired sire pose as the
Preacher Boy"
Nor go to hear a sucking babe play Little
Fauntleroy."
I will not whistle in the cars the airs do not
| know,
Nor hold high revel in my room while others
| sleep below.
I will not wear my dress-coat when the sun is in
| the sky;
I will not wear a collar more than seven inches
| high;
I will be so good and sensible that people in the
| street
Will lift their hats to nc and say: "Ah, Ga
/ briel' when we meet
Good night, dear mother, sweet goodnight; nay,
do not weep for me,
I Am SO good tonight l fear the morn 1 ne er
| may see,
But II l do live through it, when tomorrow dis
| appears
You'll likely think your precious boy will live a
hundred years.
-Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
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Deep in my heart, so crushed and sad!
ANI I.amnh We iinnlaI Nnnr iasls e dnnn-
? ,
I'm mad I'm mad"


Ay Laugh, ye tcnds! your task is done
I'm mad I'm madr'
This fairly made the sparkling lights
Of Merry Christmas" CULVER with de-
light, and another encore followed.
This was description of man lost at
sea, clinging to spar, and drowning as
he sings Rock of Ages" The last
gurgling, choking gasp of the man as
he went down made a physician near
mo close his watch with subducd snap
and shake his head. knew then there
was no hope for the man. And there
wasn't. He drowned, and the Christmas
revelries were about over.
10. Santa Claus, in furs and bells, big
cap and pipe came in. He had forgot
ten his piece, however, and after hys-
terically gasping, "Well, I'm here" was
struck dumb, and remained specchless.
From time to time, however, he jinglcd
the bells, which pleased the children
quite as well as his best speech could
have done.
Perhaps the most cold bloodcd deed of
the evening, however, was perpctrated
by the superintendent of the Sunday
school, who got up to remark that as he
had nothing to do with arranging the
entertainments didn't blame him for
clearing his own skirts-he could con-
scientiously say that the committee on
entertainment" had indeed given us a
most enjoyable evening, and deserved
alike the thanks of all, young and old,
for the great pleasure they had given
US.
Now, this is no fancy SIX etch. 1t is
written from notes, taken on the spot.
Tho Sunday-school that arranged this
entertainment" will recognize the
sketch, and possibly some one may write
me a savage letter, but will never tell
any more than | have told here | only
desire to show people how mistaken
well-meaning people may be in their
ideas of entertainment" christmas"
is birthday, not a funeral anniversary.
And to entertain people we are to sing
and recito not the things we like to
sing and say, but the things to which
people enjoy listening. The object of
entertainment is not to "show Off the
ontertainers-that is advertisement
but to entertain tho audience.-Robert
J. Burdctte, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

HAT strange ideas
some people have in
regard to the enter
t a i II m e mt of chill
dren. One Christmas
time | attended a
Christmas entertain
ment in a church; a
live, active, intelli-
gent membership
it had, too, and no
C on n try church it
was, n G i t h er. 1t
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sewing-machine by big plate-glass
window, and the dear old irc-place had
been supplanted by an ugly steam
heater; but, Notwithstanding these pro-
sale surroundings, Dorothy, or Dora,
was as charming as ever, and this
opinion was evidently shared by gems
tleman who at this moment was ushercd
into the room, and, hurrying to her side,
took both her little white hands in his
gentle grasp and raised them-but in q
second she had them free. Her Boston
visitor had suddenly entered, and the
tableau between De Lancey Dyke and
Dorothy-the tableau which somehow
seemed so familiar to me-was ruthless
ly shattered.
But this train of thought was inter
rupted by the entrance of a man who
went to work on my more or less sacred
exterior. While going through the op
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14
HOLIDAY HINTS.

No STOCKING is SO small that Santa
Clause will overlook it.
WHAT though your purse is empty,
pray, if hearts are full of joy to-day!
If you received any presents last
Christmas that you did not fancy, this
is good time of year to dispose of them.
Puck.
PEOPLE are so good-natured Just be-
fore Christmas that one may be par
doned for expressing the wish that the
holiday season might last all the year
round.-Philadclphia Call.
''LooK up or down the street, breth-
rem, there is your neighbor. If you
love him, Christmas is success; if you
are Indifferent to him, it is failure; if
you hate him, so far as concerns you it
is catastrophe"
IN sending friend Christmas or
New Years card don't write your name
on it, because it spoils it for resembling.
Remember that your friend may be
owing somebody card of this kind, and
yours will come in handy.
"MEN and women who consider them
selves good, and are so considered by
others, are going to enjoy the celebra-
ton of the anniversary of the birth of
Him who came to bring peace on earth
and goodwill to men in spite of the
fact that many about them, other good
men and women-judged by the same
standard as thcmsclves-are suffering
from cold and hunger, shivering in rags
in the street."
THE OLD AND THE NEW.
o where is the poet who has not sung
or the ring of the Christmas bell,
Those precious chimes of mcrriment
Ringing out that all is well?
But the ring of the modern Christmas belle
Is more precious than that OF old,
With its two-carat tawless diamond stone
In its eight-carat hoop of gold.
Judge.
CHRISTMAS is what we make it. We
know many homes where the gifts would
seem poor enough if it were not for the
love that goes with them. Trifling toys
would seem almost valueless; but look
at the love and sacrifice they represent,
and all Gould's ill-gottcn wealth could
not buy them. The poorer the givcr the
greater the gift-have we not read now
the widows mite Outweighed the whole
treasury?-Rural New Yorker.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

KNOW perfectly
well that l am
not a thing OF
beauty. l am
squat of figure,
and my mouth is
wide and immo-
bile. My com
plexion has that
undesirable soup
con of burnt
sienna character
lStlc OF tho terra
Gotta family, to
which l belong.
But, taking it all
in all, l am in
clined to think
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14
THE MONEY JUG.

He Talks About Himself and Ends Life
of IdleneSs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-14

A POET sings: "Oh, what will the
Christmas bring?" Bills, sir, bills
Rochester post-EXpress.
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SWEARING OFF.

: YOU'RE waking call
me early, call me
early, mother dear;
For I've a heap to reso-
lutte upon this glad
New Year;
There's lots OF things
I'm going to say
that I'm a going to
do,
And I kind of hope in q
thousand things I'll
manage TO keep o
few.
I'm going TO do the
very best that ever
a fellow can,
gHN N
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THE OLD LOVE-LETTER.
A Timely Tale of Two Christmas
Festivals.


toned, it is true,
but no one can
accuse m o o f
b Elm g behind
time, with the
h ours marked
so clearly on my
Tace. But we
will not dialate
on t h i S now.
Talk o f work
ing eight hours
aday-w h y,
look at mo! /
work eight days
a week, strike
regularly, too;
of course by the
eighth day | am
pretty well run
dozen.
What changes,
what contrasts |
h a v G expert
g n C cd in my
time! How this
holiday season
b rim gs it all
back. In t h g
old. old days |
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A CHRISTMAS "REMINISCENCES.

Queer Ideas of Some People in Regard to
Entertainments.
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old, old days L
never tired of timing Dorothy as she sat,
artistically draped in soft, clinging
gown, in a high-backcd chair, at her
spinning wheel by the latticed window
with a big, cheerful fireplace fillod
with green boughs and flowers for a
background.
Who could deny her beauty after one
gaze into the bronze depths of her ever
varying eyes, the pupils of which di-
lated at every change of expression on
her piquant face. And when her
grabbed old guardian aroused her ire,
which, alas! was no unusual occurrence,
her mild orbs would change to inky
blackness, which was the signal for her
worthy relative to seek the quiet seclu-
sion of some distant room.
On this day, he having gone on a long
ride, she was looking particularly sweet,
as her happiness always increased with
his distance from home. A shadow was
suddenly thrown on the floor, and
Ernest De Lancey's stalwart form dark
ened the doorway, but his handsome
presence frightened the room-so Dor
othy thought. His calls had been fire.
quent of late, and were always followed
by storm from her guardian, who
seemed to cherish special dislike for
this attractive young man.
But what shadow fell on poor
Dorothys face when she learned that
this was his farewell call, it having
suddenly become necessary for him to
start on journey which would take
him away for months, perhaps years.
The first shock being over, she made
him explain all about the trip, and with
numerous questions unconsciously pre-
vented him from speaking on a subject
much nearer and dearer to him than his
unwelcome absence. Finally, at the
first pause, he impulsively took both
her little white hands in his gentle
grasp and raised them-but in a second
she had them free. Her guardian had
suddenly appeared, and, for Dorothy's
sake, De Lancey at once withdrew, his
last words abiding to future letter.
Months passed. Dorothy, with look
of patient waiting in her bronze eyes
now so often dimmed by sad mist
sat spinning, as usual, day after day by
the latticed window. The holiday sea-
son was now upon us, and her old
guardian, one of those charming char
acters who of course never exist outside
of fiction, man who delighted in ex-
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HAN STRANGE ideas
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10

pupils alike were industrious and pains
taking.
The health Of the pupils during the
wear was much better than during the
two previous years, and the general de-
pertinent of the pupils in all the grades
was never better
The scholars in the A Grammar and
first year High School are asked TO pur-
chase no new or secondhand Algepras'
Physical Biographies or U. 5. Histories
as the Board contemplates making a
change both in place and textbook in
some or all of these studies. Pupils Will
be notified in time to get the proper books
before the end Of vacation.
In concluding this my tenth annual
report congratulate the Board OF Edu
cation, the teachers and the patrons Of the
schools upon the continued harmony anc
prosperity Of our mutual work, and. thank
them for their cheerful cooperation will
me in my endeavors to promote the high
est interests OF the schools Especially dt
gratefully remember the sympathy ant
encouragement given me during m,
recent sickness, which for several week
took me from the active work of th'
schools.
Respectfully submitted,
R.H. KINNIsoN, Supt
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10

THE affairs at JOhnstown, Pa, have
aken a different turn than was even sur
nised by the wisest. 1t would seem a
number of the former leading and most
influential citizens have become complete
" discouraged in losing their property and
riends, and have turned in an evil direc-
ion, Their Immediate wants are supplied
md the wholesale business men in Pitts
ourgh and Philadelphia have rendered
hem unlimited credit to proceed in busi-
iess, but they appear to have lost all taste
or business and good citizenship. The
Christian workers are on the ground doing
III in their power to redeem the fallen
mes and hope to learn Of radical changes
being brought about at very early date
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10
Real Estate Transfers.

John Moyses TO J. L. streator, Lorain. pt.
lots. tract1, $3.50.
Sheriff to II. W. Garfield, Elyria, rs acres.
Sl,eis.
r. Gowings to Z. Burtknecht, Eyria. lot 500
and pit. lot $40. blk. e5, S675.
AL. Breckenridge TO II. s. Card, Lorain, lot
!, blk. 10. II. All add, 500.
+. Hancox to Geo. Hudson, Grafton, pit. lot
s, $50.
Geo. Ludwig ct al. to /. and A, Roe, Amherst,
n acre, lot %, 500.
s. Chamberlain, trustee. to II. Frederick. Lo-
rain, lot 13, blk. Z. 800.
Lester Mclean to F,iA. Beckwith, Lorain, pt.
sub lot 6. Cornell's add, s2,4OO
x. Wilmot to G. II. Glenn, 0berlin, lot 2Ol,
$3.50
e. Jackson to ]. r. Jackson, Penheld, ei
acres, $3.50.
K. jackson to c. L. Jackson. Penheld, q
acres, S3,22S.
Mary Minch to Geo. Kelley, Amherst,
lO-lOo acres, $500.
Martin West ct al. to +. II. Foster, Carlisle
81 acres, 5000.
John @. Baus to Caroline Refert, North Am
herst, lot 526, $40
D. W. Hyland to N. strander, Carlisle, q
acres, $500.
s. q. Humphrey to Washington White. La
Grange, 6 acres, s6O6.
W. s. Eastman to o. cannan, Camden, Il
acres, s7o0.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10
Washington Letter.
tFrOm our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July 5, 1889

WASHINGTON, July s, 1880.
Senator Ingalls, paid Washington a fly
ing visit this week. He says the people
in Kansas are too busy with their crops to
bother their heads about politics, and
that the administration is popular out
here, same as here.
Secretary Rusk has appointed Mrs.
Mary Ann Dougherty to a subordinate
position in the Department OF Agricult-
ure. Mrs. Dougherty will be remembered
by many on account of the personal abuse
Cleveland put upon her In message to
Congress Fetoing bill tn give her
pension.
Government circles have been very
quiet since Tuesday. On that day the
President and Secretaries Tracy and
Noble started for Woodstock, Connecti-
cut, where they spent the Fourth. Secre-
tary Blaine left for Bar Harbor and Secre.
tary Proctor for his home in Vermont. The
next day Poslmaste General Wanamaker
went away. First Assistant Clarkson has
been down on Chesapeake Bay for week
With party Of friends cruseing around In
Mr. Wanamaker's yacht, the "Restless'.
80 that Il may be truthiully said that
Washington is free from office-seekers.
will say it now, for the Lord only knows
ghen can do so again without lying.
Before going away the President an
,ounced quite batch Of more or less I'm
ortant diplomatic appointments. Among
.aem we're the following; A. Loudon
inowden, Of Pennsylvania, to be Minister
o., Roumania, seryia, and Greece; W. H.
dwards, Of Ohio, to be Consul general at
serlin; A, o. Brown, Of Rhode Island, to
o Consul-general at Rome; Eugene
chuyler, Of New York, TO be Consul
General at Carlo, and the following Con-
uls: Wallace Brice, Of New York, al
Leith: W. H. Brady, Of Illinois, at Nice
I.B. Fairfield, Of Michigan, at Lyons
i.J. Marnitt, Of Nebraska, at Athens
William Bowmem, Of Kentucky, at Tier
rsin; A. G. Studer, Of Iowa, at Barmen
E.J. Smithers, Of Delaware, at Oska ant
logo; A. 9. Moore, Of West Virginia, a
Il. Thomas; Chas p. Johnson, Of Ohio, a
hamburg, and s. G. Halsey, Of New Jer
ey, at Sonneburg.
Mrs. Harrison did not accomptry tn
President 10 Connecticut, but she left tn
White House the same day for Deer PARK
dd., where she, her father and grand
,hildren will remtin during July and Au
;ust.
Public Printer Palmer has rendered tn
appointment Of chief clerk Of the govern
nent printing Office TO A. w. Swain, o
)scaloola. He has not yet accepted.
Secretary Noble has instructed Com
missioner Of Pensions Tanner that NJ
,ension case must be taken up out OF II
erular order except in cases Of absolute
lestitution or when the applicant Is lynn
the point of death. He Is further in
-.ructed that agents or attorneys or other
srslsting in aslkingto have applications
.ther than those mentioned, made specia
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-10

will be disbarred from practice before the
department.
The ex.confederate Marshal OF TINS
District has been succeeded by one
armed Union veteran, D. B. Ransdell, OF
Indiana. Mr.. Ransdell is not widely
known here, but the fact that he has a
good army record and is an old personal
friend of the President Is enough to pre1u-
dice all Republicans in his favor.
Hon. Fred Douglas, the new Minister TO
Hayti, will be given reception by his
friends next Sunday.
$16,OOO,OOO was sent out to pension
agents by the treasury department Tues
day
Capt. Meredith, the new Superintendent
of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
took charge this week.