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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

The people are hospitable and FREUD
ly and make one feel at home at once
by their kindness and courtesy.
The other night we were rendered
serenade which pleased the folks high
ly, but as your correspondent sat en-
deShabWe and listeneed to the sweet
strains of popular songs, he thought of
his own efforts in the same line. and of
other days when he had joined in the
genial chorus of "razzle dazzle" with
in the limits of old Frostburg. Long
ing thoughts of the old town agitated
within HIM like bean soup in u
poor dog, and the vision of an empty
freight car, homeward bound, present
ed attractions that none but the home
sick know.
| attended coIored church last Sur
day, Il always was fond of colored
| churches) when a good brother chal
lenged Deacon Sims communion on
the ground that the deacon had pur-
Joined a goose the day previous.
En- whut eff has? was the good
deacon's rejoinder; docs you tink
is gwine to let little thing like a
goose stand between me and my Lud ,"
me and my thoughts of home.
The many schools and seminaries in
this part of Alabama have closed for
the summer vacation, and many of
our young ladies are now home. The
young ladies f.om the Huntsville Fee
male Academy are conspicuous among
them by their cadet uniform of pretty
talIor-made, steel-gray dresses, trim
med with blue and gold, and iauntv
little fatigue caps. would not mind
being "a soldier could | command II
regiment like this. For with their sol
dler-liIe uniforms and pretty faces,
they make Il conjunction of Mars and
Venus such as is seldom seen. They
have already captured the town and
each have as many beauX as a Mt
Savage maiden on a summer Sunday
(when the walking is good between
there and Frostburg.) For their pres
ence intnses u military ardor IN the
most peaceful breast. AT least it is SO
with me, Tor have met the enemy and
| am her'n. And now believe that
When the battle-cloud has whole land hid,
And the drums beat on to duty,
| could meet the foe dixie the Home Guard
did
And strike tor home and beauty
And pension.
J. j. Hobitzell has been expected
here since June 1st, as he had init
mated that he would be here at that
time. He has large interests here.
and We hope he may be soon amongst
us. The Friedrich Works he estab-
lished here at the founding of this city
are in a most tlourishng condition.
They speak we'll for his foresight and
enterprise. Mr.. Hoblitzell is as well
and as favorably known here IN the
distant South as at his own home. or
III Allegany county, Md, numbering
hosts Of friends in all classes and sta
tions, whom he has won by his genial
kindness of manner and the sterling
integrity of his business connections.
like Besscmer very much, but as
my future lot will b" east in Bir,ninr-
ham this may be probably my last COM
munlcatlon from The giant young ster
Of the South.'
Bespeaking the kind remembran
of all old friends, am we'll anyway.
REX
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
CORRESPONDENTS.


Letter from the Giant Youn@ster."
BEssEMER, ALA. June I, 1890.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
had intended to write letter for
the JOURNAL as soon as | got settled
here. twas good intention. DR..
johnson once said that Hell is paved
with good Intentions" and this one of
mine has added another brick to the
boulevard. For | kept putting it off
and putting it off until a month has
passed land the letter that was longed
for never came" The only apology
| can offer Cor being remiss is that |
have to earn my own living now and
have no time to write brilliant thoughts
for the newspapers. To many of the
JOURNAL $ readers who do not admire
the vivid descriptive power and lola
realism of this trenchant pen this
apology may seem like Chinee in
heayen-out of place. For they prob
ably think, and with justice, that do
right when | don't write, and may be
they are right about it.
Well, anyway, Bessemer-beaulifu
bustling, booming Bessemer, is on the
tiptop of expectancy just now, for the
deals for the erection of new pipe
works and ear shops, have been con
summated, one to employ a thousand
hands and the other double the mum
Der, and Bessemers population of
5000 expects to be $4,000 by this time
next year. A factory of mineral wool
which is made by new process from
furnace Stag, and is substance to take
the place of asbestos as a covering for
boilers, etc.-is ready to commence
operations. Two new banks are chart
cred. The new opera house is nearly
completed. The contracts for the
street railway have been let, a new
dummy line Ella Powderly from Biz
mingham now completes with the old
established Bessemer Il Birmingham
dummy line. Two dagoes ere running
a hokey-pokey route; in short, the town
is "siflcating," rs they say in Pompev
Smash. For what was three years ago
wilderness is to-day city-a city
with a fine city hail, and jail, finer
hotel than any in Cumberland, except
ing of course. the "Quecn City,
which we pilgrims from AIlegany coun-
ty hold 10 be the finest IN the world.
And beside we have Il fine park here
with pretty fountain.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Pay for the Decoration.

Mr.. Jandorf's change of base on the
night policeman's salary cost the
town $50.
This on the unique plea that the
applicant wanted the place because
he understood the pay was to be I'M
changed.
From whom did he understand this !?
From the holdovers
If so, there were only two to extend
this assurance-tWO who had no right
to say what would or would not be.
The exact reason why majority of
the Council is elected each year is to
correct the errors and level the in
capabilities of the preceding year.
For instance, the amount paid for
street repairs and improvements last
year-the only item of expense where
IN people can see they are getting
some of their money back-was
1,676.35.
On the other hand, the amount paid
III salaries and police expenses was
$1,601.25.
The Council just saved itself by the
narrow margin Of 1910 from paying
themselves and their retainers as
much as they expended upon the
prime object for which taxes are lev
led.
The same policy this year will very
nearl y make the two items equal, for
the attorney will cost $40 more than
last, and so on.
Great hopes were laid on the new
assessments to be brought in. The
assessors squeezed in all they could
possibly find No mercy to those who
have to pay. The penalty for acquir-
ing property is more taxes.
What for?
Mr.. Jandorf answers-because re-
trenchment is a sore disappointment
to the victim.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Advices from Homecoming go to
show that the new council chamber, po-
lice headquarters and lookup are a
combination affair. That is, all three
are in one-a trinity in unity. The
advantages of the arrangement are
the night policeman and his company
can sleep by the stove while the Coun-
Gil is in session, and the prisoners, if
any, can participate IN the discussions,
and occasionally cast vote against
Objectionable proposals.
The system promises results that
will differ from ours-perhaps to our
disadvantage, for it is an open ques-
ton whether town council fares
worse under the rule of its prisoners
or the dictation Of its police force.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
MINING JOURNAL
FRoSTBURG, MD, JUNE "A, 1880.
A New Phase of states Rights.


The Keyser Tribune and New York
WorM are quite uncomplimentary tc
the teachers. From the way they and
other "sweetly mawkish and smooth
ly dull debaters of the corporal pun
ishment topic write, their readers can
hardly avoid the impression that the
teacher is monster with blood in his
eye for every etfeminate boy and a
ferule in his grip for every sweet little
curly-head of the other sex.
The teacher is, in fact, more likely to
be the other way. AS a teacher he
has had some experience, even when a
pupil. Likely he has also some educa-
cation, some training, all of which tend
to conserve rather than embitter his
native temper. In short, the more he
is a teacher, the less likely he is to be
the hero of ban barOus relic.
But the papers named see in black
sheep here and there savage type of
the whole guild. Whereat Mar to pre-
vent his incursions upon the lambs is
talked of, and disputes over rights en-
sue, Just as if Keyser had found it
necessary to enact an ordinance to
prohibit Piedmont roughs from thresh-
ing the straw out Of the gay and guilt
less pigeons of New Creek.
Our goody-goody contemporaries
never see the breathing statues of orig
inal sin with whom the patient, per
haps long suffering teacher mnst con-
tend for the mastery. They never see
the devils with whom he must fight for
his life as teacher-in a contest
which he necer provokes, which he
neger wages except as defender of his
manhood and the integrity of his rule.
They never consider that the spirit of
anarchy is more or less abroad in erery
schoolroom that it must be met and
fought and crushed on his own ground.
They never think that the instinct of
rebellion threatens all human advance
ment, nowhere so distinctly as in the
speak-easy conspiracies of the class.
Nor do they in their innocence and
ignorance imagine that a man would
be less than man who would sur
render his dignity as a teacher by
piling line upon line, precept upon
precept, when nothing but good lick
ing, placed upon the latest part of
the little DEVILS constitution, will ac-
complish the object desired.
Now, Mr.. Tribune, these are not
"wild ravings;" they are ''the words
of truth and soberness." If you want
to refute them come down to some
thing practical, and stop debating
what is not disputed.
Unless you want to explain in plain
terms your idea that the State must
run everything in connection with the
schools except the discipline that it
may select savages as its tutors, and
then punish them at every Tom, Dick
and Harry's behest for the exercise OF
alleged native. brutal instincts.
Explain this, we repeat, for youl
theory is to the last degree discredit
able to the State. 1t is a system il
which the cruelest fatalism grinds the
teacher between the upper and neither
millstones.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

The Frostburg Le1ger should now
make the Council poll its votes.
The ayes and noes in the raise of
salary bus; ness were very indistinct,
so much so that nobody knows infalli-
bly, how many convictions had chang
ed since last month.
The Ledger should have its converts
place themselves on record, especially
when economies are to be defeated and
extravagancies promoted.
The JOURNAL prefers to publish
ayes and noes on important economic
questions to listing a lot of bills read
and passed by totals only.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
GENERAL NEWS,


The Winchester (Va.) Ners indicates
u reform III that town, which we copy
The absence Of the ubiquitous COW from
our streets is pleasant innovation. That
tyrannical animal used to wander at her own
sweet will over all our streets, and seemed
especially careful to leave traces of her pres
ence on the sidewalks. Her reign in this
respect approaches an end, permanently we
hope. She is a most useful quadruped-much
more so than some bipeds. but like the latter
needs to be kept under some sort of control.
And the following ''notis," posted
on fence i'll Kentucky, goes straightel
to the point than a graveyard edi-
toral
ltany mans or womans COWS or oxen
gifts in these here oats, his or her tail will be
cut of as the case may be. | am a Christian
man and pay my taxes, but d-m mar
who lets his critters run loose, say |.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
4 Homeless Case.

The best faith of the infdel is a
world without Il God, and his best
hope a grave without Il resurrection.
Concerning specially the restora-
ton of the canal similar theory is
held by the receivers.
But let us hope that the Court will
still encompass it like a wall of fire
until every good interest is subserved
and every vicious design thwarted.
Preserve it for Western Maryland
DEVELOPMENT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Where Two Roads Meet.

The topic uppermost in the Cumber
land mind is the Baltimore and Ohio
$3.50, 900 Bond Proposal.
The argument bearing on the case
is one-sided; so is the sophistry. The
one tries the patience of the progress
I've element; the other taxes the in,
genuity Of the fogy contingent.
After all that has been written and
spoken in its behalf to an outsider
there appears little to add. Those
who favor the scheme have exhausted
the topic of direct advantages !; only
the consequential benehts:in the very
nature Of the ease lie beyond the most
sanguine prophet ken.
1t concerns us only, therefore, to
deal with the fallacies of those who
oppose it. These are embodied in an
objection which typifes all, namely
that the introduction of new popula
ton will raise rents.
1t would be strange should such a
result not follow.
IT would be stranger should the in
creased demand for houses not be met
by an increased supply Of houses.
The logic of cause and effect in city
growth, as in all other development,
never fails. ''Multiply the means and
the results will multiply" is d maxim
worthy of Solomon. The very force
that raises rent is the force that aug
ments individual and collective ability
to pay rent.
To affirm otherwise is to contend
against the history of progress every
where it is to talk against Cumber-
lands own experience. 1t is to insist
that in the general estimate of the
public welfare the Cumberland of
1910 was greater and better than the
Cumberland of to-day. 1t is to argue
that the canal and railroad should
not have been built that the rolling
mill and great hotel should not have
reared their giant proportions high
enough for the slow descending sun
to cast their colossal shadows against
the engirdling hills.
Such talk might do for dreamy
Athens and drowsy Greeks, but not
for Cumberland, populated by a peo-
pie gifted with the Anglo-SaXon' S
sleight of thrift and inhamed by his
pride of growth not for Cumberland
when all the adjacent world is boom
ing, and the land teeming with a
resurrection of developments which
bid fair to outnumber and outshine
i, the splendors of the great civilizations
Of Ancient Egypt.
The vital question, then, is-shall
all the country go forward, and Cum
berland, with natural endowments
and environment almost equal to any,
and superior to many, flag supertlu-
Gus on the stage ~ Shall Cumber-
land indulge the gloomy slumber of a
stagnant mart, and play the monde
script among the cities
In contemplating possible answer
to these queries we almost shudder as
we reflect that AN issue so vital, a
crisis so pregnant with veal or woe
to the city, should be lodged for de-
termination in the caprice of the pop
ular suffrage, where one vote may
drive the last nail in the coffin and
throw the last clod upon prospectus
otherwise glowing with municipal
health and metropolitan beauty.
Voters, by all means vote for the
ordinance
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Last week the Baltimore critic
closed its second year. In some mat
tiers the JOURNAL fatty disagrees with
the Critic, but altogether it is q paper
to be admired Hence, the JOURNAL
hopes it will yet develop as "a NINE
of wealth" and "a bowling joy to
call whom it may concern.o
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
\ Prize Falls into McritoriouS Hands

The appointment of George l..
WELLINGTON to the Baltimore sub
Treasurership is one that chimes in
with the fitness of things.
AS a party man none have been
more loyal and industrious. Through
evil and good report his allegiance
has never wavered, and when others
have sulked in their tents he has
braved the tropic heats and polar
frosts of the field.
But it is as one who has forged his
way to the highest commercial schol-
ship, to say nothing of his selfacquir-
ed accomplishments i'll other ranges of
study, that the JOURNAL commends
his advancement. 1t is the example
and success of such as he that furnish
incentive to everyone; that all over
this country, this free domain of midi
vidual effort, inspires the hope of pro
motion and the expectation that merit
will be rewarded.
That he will make safe custodian
of the public money goes without
saving.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Soft Snap.

The night policeman was put on
mainly to watch for fires, yet there is
no case, absolutely authenticated,
where he ever saw fire before any
body else did,
AS to work, real work, he doesn' t
do as much as the clerk
But for an overseeing Providence,
serving without pay, the town would
be in a bad way,-Latter half of Psalm
cyyvil,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
The PoliCeman'S Lot.

Nobody complains of the balI1tt 5
salary. If he performs his multifari-
Gus duties he earns every cent of it.
Let us see how.
He is the eyes and ears of the town
by day. He must watch all that is
going on; keep an eye on strangers to
see that none violate the license laws
of the town. watch the roughs and
DRINKS: keep the boys straight and the
streets clear: count the loose boards
and bricks in sidewalks; be every
where at the same time; serve all the
notices; collect the taxes, and take all
the blames and curses for the fancied
expressions and burdens of town GOV
eminent: discriminate against the
tender sex in dogs: give bond i'll the
penal sum of $1,000 for the faithful
performance of his duties, and get T45
per month for the privilege of eXecut-
ing all this disagreeable work, with
everybody watching and criticising
his manners and accomplishments.
The night policeman loses his sleep
and does police travel by night and
watches for fire and suspicious char
acters. That is all. None Of the
other duties of the bailiff fall to his
lot, and the little he does is performed
when nobody is looking.
No wonder the plea of disappoint-
ment was made instead Of claim of
equal pay for equal work. If there
had been anybody in the Council with
comprehension, strength and courage
enough to draw the parallel, the latter
could not have stood long enough to
be knocked down.
The baiitf's lot is not altogether q
happy one but the policeman's life is
indented with numerous inches for
Dresden-C China loating.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
MODS AND SOLDIERS.
Troublesome Times in Merry
Old England.
A Great Labor Riot Occurs at
Southampton.
Striking Dock LabOrers Interfere
With Railroad Traffic.
Troops Called Out and Bloody Conflict
Ensues-Many of the Mob
Bayonetted.
Associated Press Dispatches I

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept. g.
Strikers made riotous demonstrations
tonight and were only dispersed at the
point of the bayonet. The trouble be-
gan with the dock laborers preventing
the departure of several trains. Two
companies of infantry arrived and drove
the mob away from the rails. The dock
men made desperate attempt to break
the line formed by the troops. Some of
them took horses from the cabs and
charged furiously upon the soldiers.
The troops, however, stood firm and re-
peatedly repulsed the strikers. A
number of horses were bayoneted and
some of the riders seriously wounded.
Volley after volley of stones was thrown
at the troops, and several soldiers were
severely injured. The mayor read the
riot act, and this only added to the fury
of the mob, which stormed the mayors
business premises, and smashed every
window in the place. The troops were
now supplied with ball cartridges and
ordered to charge. For moment the
rioters made resistance, but seeing many
of their number fall, pierced by the bay
onets OF the soldiers, the mob broke and
fled in wild disorder. Excitement
throughout tonight is intense, and fur
ther trouble is feared.
Midnight-No trains have passed into
the docks excepting those carrying mails
The strikers have telegraphed Davitt
and Cunningham, and asking as
sistance.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
DUAL SITE ADOPTED.
The Worlds Fair Finally
Located.
The Directors Meet and Settle
the Matter.
The Lake Front and Jackson Park
Joint Site Approved.
Commissioner Mark Mcdonald Says Cali
fornia Will Get All She Asks
For Her Exhibit.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-The directors of
the worlds fair, at meeting this after
noon, reaffirmed their choice of some
months ago, and selected the dual site
of the lake front and Jackson park as
the place for the location of the great
exposition. The lake front is long
grass covered common on lake Michigan,
and bordering the business centre of
Chicago. 1t contains at present about
ninety acres. 1t is the design to place
thereon the grand entrance to the
exposition and buildings for
the fine arts and kindred
displays. Jackson Park is also on the
lake shore about five miles from the
court house, and is to have the agricul-
tural, live stock and other exhibits of
that nature, besides others of general
interest. Four hundred acres are avail
able III Jackson park, and the wide
approaches thereto which were recently
added to the original tender. The two
sites are to be so connected by rail and
water accommodations, that but few
minutes will be spent in passing from
one locality to the other.
The final and decisive vote on the site
question resulted: Lake front and
Jackson park, 23; northside. 4. The
west side choice or the dual site, was
then made unanimous.
No action was taken regarding the ap-
pointment of director general. A
committee of three was named to con-
fer with the secretary of war, touching
the proposed filling in of portion of the
Chicago harbor at the lake front.
Hon. Mark L. Mcdonald, of Cali
fornia, and commissioner-at.lar upon
the worlds fair commission, reached
Chicago last night to attend the second
meeting of the worlds Columbian COM
mission, as also the meetings of the
committee on permanent organization,
of which he is member. To an Asso-
GATED Press representative Mcdonald
said tonight that in so far az the Pacific
coast was interested in world's
fair matters, the people are enthusi-
astic and very anxious concerning the
site question; that they were emphatic
in the expressions of the opinion that
the site for the fair should not be q
divided site, but that the exposition
should be kept together, and that Cali
fornia demands that she have the privi-
lege of the exhibition of all her products
in one single portion of space to be allot
ted for California exhibits.
Col. Mcdonald, after the conference
today, is much encouraged, and believes
California will obtain all she desires,
and if such proves not to be the case,
it will not be for any lack of effort on his
part