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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
SWEET SYNONYMS FOR MOTHER.
Children of Culture Taught Love Max
ing Instead of Veneration.

Children OF Culture Taught Love MAX
ing Instead of veneration.
Mother, that dear sweet matchless
name, a synonym for the tenderest,
truest love man ever knows, has been
eliminated from the fashionable vocab-
ulary. In the revised edition of the gilt
edged lexicon it is bracketed obsolete.
Only few years ago war was made
on the common pronunciation of the
word mamma and in spite of usage the
French method was carried, that is, with
the accent on the last syllable. Now,
mother, mamma, and old as1ioned
ina" have been set aside as common
place, and various terms of endearment
substituted. One of the wealthiest
ladies in New York has taught her two
little sons to call her precious. Dear
one" is the favorite address i'll the home
of rich and distinguished politician,
and the scions of the largest estate in the
country call the young mother "love OF
mine" and the proud father prince
Charming" But the most common
term of endearment among the children
of the upper class is "sweetheart
Coming from the little folks, scarcely
able to utter the sounds of the letters, 1t
is very pretty, especially at the table or
in the nursery, when the small child has
a grievance or heartache. 1t is not,
however, a convenient callable name at
the foot of the stairs when the imme-
diate presence or audience of gentle
woman is needed. Since the abrogation
of dearest, which had as long a run as
the Fauntleroy sash-and collar, "dearie"
has enjoyed considerable popularity, but
of late intrenchments have been made
upon the lovers territory, and all their
tender appellations appropriated.
Sweet one, my own, lovely,
"heart's ease, )" dear heart, "queen,"
darling" and Sweetness" are some of
the pet names to which loving and low
able mothers respond. And after all
there is something very tender and very
sweet in this love making of parents and
children, albeit the dignity implied by
plain mother" may appear to be lack
ing. 1t is just possible that there is too
much severity in our relations with the
little ones, and that a better, truer,
frmer friendship may accrue from this
child worship. One thing is certain that
there can be no estrangement between
the real lovers of home. 1t is the sweet
privilege of every mother to be the idol
of her daughters and the sweetheart OF
her sons, and she has only herself to
blame if the child lover tires of her and
in the MONDAY of life forgets the glory
that frightened his morning. Mother"
may do for the daughter and son that
the marriage ties will bring to the roof
tree, but if sweeter dearer name can
be invented, by all means let us have it
to use, to hear, and to love.-[St Louis
Post Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
To Cure Drunkenness.

The habitual drunkard in Sweden and
Norway is treated as a criminal in this
sense, that his inordinate love of strong
drink renders him liable to imprison-
ment, and while in confinement it ap-
pears he is cured of his bad propensities
on plan which, though simple enough,
is said to produce marvellous effects.
From the day the confirmed drunkard is
incarcerated no nourislment is served
to him or her bu bread and wine The
bread, however, it should be said can
not be eaten apart from the wine, hut is
stepped in bowl of it and left thus to
soak an hour or more before the meal is
served to the delinquent, The first day
the habitual topper takes his food in this
shape without the slightest rop gnance;
the second day he fl ds it les agreeable
to his pllate and very quickly he nvinc@s
a positive aversion to 1t. G'Hcr :ly, tie
doctor states, eight or ten day of this
regimen is more than sutlici mt to make
u man loathe The very SIGHT Of wine.--
IPhilairlphil Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Cheese Is Thickly Populated,

Mr.. Adametz has just made some mi
croscopic researches upon the micro
scopic organisms that inhabit cheese.
From an examination of Emmenthal, a
soft variety of Gruyere cheese, he has
obtained the follow ing results. In each
gramme of the cheese, when fresh, from
10000 to 1000 microbes were found.
This number increases with time. Thus,
cheese II days old contains 800, 900 bac-
terra per gramme. The population of a
soft cheese 25 days old and much denser
than the preceding is /, 100000, and that
of cheese As days old is 100000 mi
crobes per gramme. But the population
of cheese is not everywhere equally
distributed in it. The center is but mod
erately inhabited with respect to the ex-
terror portion. The population of a soft
cheese near the periphery is from 3, $780,
600 to 5000, 900 microbes. According to
the mean of these two figures, there are
as many living organisms in $50
grammes of such cheese as there arc
people upon the earth.-[La Nature.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Coral and Its Finders.

At the present day coral is most largely
exported to such countries as Abyssinia,
the Congo, the Cape, India and Ceylon,
Siberia, China, and Japan. The choicest
pieces are used for the buttons of Chi
nese mandarins or for ornamenting the
turbans of rich Mussulmans, while the
inferior qualities sent to less civilized
countries are employed for various pur-
poses. Coral has been often used as
money in some quarters, but that use of
it is now declining. Barbarous and semi
civilized people employ it largely for Or
namenting arrows, lances, and pixies, and
also for decorating corpses before inter-
ment. Prices have varied much of late
years, rapid decline in value having
taken place owing to the scarcity of good,
and the comparative abundance of infe-
rior qualities.
Besides the loss accruing to the fisher
men the present state of things is very
seriously affecting the large number of
people employed in preparing the coral
for use. There has been great decline
in the number of women thus engaged
at Leghorn, and the same thing is taking
place at Naples and Genoa, the other
principal seats of the industry. Nova
days the proportion of inferior quality
is so much larger that fewer persons can
manipulate the same quantity. No ma
chinery or mechanical process is en-
ployed, but the workwoman takes the
pieces into her hands one after another,
and, according to their thickness, quail
ity, and defects, works them into certain
forms. Their wages run from It'd to Is.
3D.. per ay.-[Chambers Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
A CITY ON Stills.
Over a Hundred Houses in a Salt Water
Bay of Ola Virginia.

Bay of Ola Virginia.
Away over in the extreme northeast
corner of the State of Virginia is the
most curious city ever seen. That entire
corner of the State has for time out of
mind been owned by the Franklin
family. The land was absolutely of
no use, but that part of the estate under
water was good for oysters, the flavor of
which made them famous.
For nearly so years every one and any
one who wanted to helped themselves
to the bivalves. 1t was not, in fact, un-
til after the death of the original owner
that any effort was made to make any
money out of the only product of the
property.
From that time on the boom in Frank
lin City was on, until to-day there are a
hundred odd houses. Every house stands
on piles, and is from three to four feet
above the surface of the ground. The
best and most pretentious structure of
the city is huge frame hotel, at which
the rates are seven cents a day, with a
liberal reduction for permanent boarders
and families.
One of the most curious things are the
wells. Most of these were covered with
water at all times, and there is not one
of them that at some time during the
day is not surrounded by water. Itseems
quite strange to be drawing pure fresh
spring water from the bottom of the salt
water bay.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
The Foods of the Future.

One of the savants has discovered that
there is less danger than is popularity
supposed of the supply of food running
short, for the reason that when our coun-
try becomes densely populated we shall
be able to get our fat food from trees.
AS for our flour foods the outlook is
still better. Land that gives 100 pounds
of potatoes, he says, will yield more
than 4, 900 pounds of bananas, and three
acres of bananas will supply 20 men. "
This statement ought to attract the at
tention of our farmers and set them to
raising bananas They would need boat
houses, of course, and the culture would
be costly as compared with the culture
in lands to which the banana is native,
but with a sufficiently heavy duty the
foreign grown banana could be shut out
and the home market secured for the
American producer. Just where the
consumer would get the money to pay
for the home grown banana is question
of some difficulty, but the protective
theory does not concern itself with such
problems Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

The Singular Appearance of u Terraced
Mountains.

Mountains.
During the recent visit of Jesse r
Grant and CharlesJ. Whimple to Sonora,
Mexico, on business they We're uch
struck with the sight of a terraccd noun
tain. 1t is located about SO IN les south
west of Magdalena. The mountain is
circular in form, about three quarters of
mile in diameter at the base, and is
terraced from base to peak. The height
of the terrace is from 10 to IL feet, and
in many places is built of solid masonry.
At many other places it is cut out of the
solid rock. The roadway is from 10 to
90 feet in width, starting at the base of
the mountain and coiling itself spiral
like to the peak of the mountain, which
is not less than 1900 feet higher than
the base The cost of this terraced road
must have been enormous. The re-
markable feature of this wonder is the
state of It's preservation. Here and there
the masonry has yielded to the influences
of time, but these are exceptions.
At the base of this terraced mountain
is mighty door, which has the appear
ance of having been hewn out of a solid
rock, and weighs 100 tons or more. 1t is
placed at the mouth of what appears to
be the entrance to this terraced noun
tain. Here another query is suggested.
Does this door to the mountain open the
way to mineral treasure or to the shrine
of ancient religious devotees P Tucson
Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
The Nihilist Girl.

The Nihilist young woman is the most
inexplicable of her sex and sect Other
young women learn to make bonnets and
dr sses or amuse themselves by making
cake, but the you9g feminine Nihilist
gives her whole mind during leisure mo-
ments to preparing dynamite explosives.
When she has Lear d her daily lessons
on anatomy or physiology she springs up
with a light heart, puts on her apron,
and exclaims: Nov I'll just run into
the laboratory and make up a batch of
bombs!' The three young women who
were arrested here the other day do not
appear to have been making bombs for
use in any particular emperor's house.
hold, or for sale on racecourses OF else
where. Obviously their motive must
have been the same which induces the
ordinary young woman to go into the
kitchen at intervals and make cake with
her own hands. That dynamite bombs
and amateur cake are dangerous and
deadly does not in the least disturb these
light hearted maidens. They will have
their little amusements, no matter who
may suffer from them. Il Paris Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
THE PARTRIDGE.

AS h'rts the sun from the mountain crest,
With pretty, pretty"
Cometh he partr dgc from her nest;
The flowers threw sweet kisses to her
dor all the flowers that bloomcd knew her)
Yet hasteneth she to mine and me
All! pretty, pretty!
All dear little PARTRIDGE
And when hear the partridge cry
So pretty, so pretty,
Upon the house-top breakfast /;
She comes a-chirpiug far and wid',
And swinging from the mountain sido-
l see and hear the dainty dear!
Ali pretty, pretty!
Ah! dear little PARTRIDGE
Thy nests inlad with posies rare
And pretty, pretty,
Bloom violet, rose, and lily there;
The place is full of balmy dew
CThe tears of flowers in love with you y,
And one and all impasSioned call:
80 Opretty, pretty
Odear little PARTRIDGE"
Thy feathers they are soft and sleek
So pretty, pretty!
Long is thy neck and small thy beak;
The color of thy plumai-c far
More bright than rainbow cOlors are!
Sweeter than dove is she love
My pretty, pretty
My dear little partridge!
When comes the partridge from the tree,
So pretty, pretty,
And sing her little hymn to me,
Why, all the world is cheered thereby
The heart leaps up into the eye,
And Echo then gives back again
Our "Pretty, pretty"
Our Dear little partridge"I
Admitting thee most blest of all
And pretty, city,
The birds come with thee at thy call;
In tlocks they come and round thce play,
And this is what they "cm to say
They say and sing, eac fcathcred thing:
'Ah! pretty, rctty;
All. dear little partridge!'
Il Eupann Eirl6
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Are there many wooden shoes sold in
Cincinnati ?" was the query the reporter
addressed to dealer in the article.
There are 10000 pairs sold annually,
at an average price of 35 cents per pair.
"Where are they made?"
"In Indiana, chiefly. A solid block of
poplar wood is shaped on the outside with
drawing knives, and the cavity for tho
foot is goused out with peculiarly shaped
Instruments.
Are they warm and light?"
"Yes; more so than leather. man
with wooden sho1s on his feet appears
clumsy, but he is wise, and feels COM
Portable"
"Who buys most of them?"
"Dairymen, gardeners, street car driv-
ers, and actors. For wear where tho
feet will be subjected to damp. nothing
is better, and there is nothing on earth
that can equal them for making racket
when containing the nimble feet of
skilled clog dancer o., polished stage
uoor
when is the trade in them at its best?"
Just at the opening of winter, when
slush and mud bee me common.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
The CallustrO Company.

The Callustro Company is a California
corporation formed exclusively cf
women, one of whom found ledge Of
rock on a Napa county, California, ranch.
detected its valuable properties as a pol
fishing agent, invented variety of forms
for putting it on the market as well as
score of ingenious ways for advertising
it, and finally built up an extensive bust
ness.
Mrs. Emma P. Eells, the widow of
Rev. Dr. Eells, who owned a ranch in
Napa county, was having some improve
ments made, in the course of which it
was necessary to pull up a big fir stump.
Under this stump was gray rock,
piece of which Mrs. Eells happened to
pick up. Finding it remarkably light,
she began examining it and chipping off
pieces with knife. The substance was
soft and powdery. After dusting the
ash like particles off her hands, Mrs
Eell noticed the peculiar sparkle of her
rings, and it occurred to her that the
stone possessed remarkable polishing
qualities. Trying it on her watch, she
was still more surprised at the effect In
course of time it was decided that the
discovery was valuable, and it was de-
termined to develop it. A year ago last
November the company of Oakland
women organized. They Lad carload
of the rock dug out, shipped to San
Francisco, and ground up, and then sent
to Oakland, where an establishment was
opened. Before the product could be
properly put on the market name for
it was necessary, and Mrs. Eells made
one by taking the first syllable of the
name of the State and adding the word
lustro, thus making Callustro.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

In one of the negro churches of Char
lotte, N. c., there is movement for a
division of the membership ON the color
line. The pure blacks favor congrega-
ton composed of themselves, and the
mulattoes express similar desire on their
part. At recent meeting the proposed
division was agreed to, but the terms
could not be settled. The minister be-
ing black, the blacks naturally claimed
him, and also the church and furniture.
Some of the black men have mulatto
wives, and some of the black women
have mulatto husbands. The difficulties
seem insurmountable
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Boston has metaphysical college un-
der the presidency of Mrs. Eddy, a black
haired, interesting, intense woman. This
institute turns out, after "a thoroughly
directed course of instruction of three
weeks and a minimum of three scholastic
years of practical and evangelical heal
ing" graduates termed "metaphysi-
clans. These represent the latest de-
velopment of the mind curers, though
somewhat distinct from them. They
give no medicine, but sit with you quietly
for few minutes. Then they dismiss
you with the assurance that you arc
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
The Quebec Horse.

A movement is on foot in Quebec to
preserve from decay the old breed of
horses peculiar to that province. We
presume that the animal indicated is
that which has long been known by the
name of the French Canadian pony.
Whatever differences there may be on
other points, all will agree that the
French Canadian pony is Quebec insti-
tuition which should be maintained.
His quality of endurance, his tractability,
and his power of adapting himself to
circumstances mark this pony as thor
oughly useful animal and one whose de-
generation ought not to be encouraged
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
WHOLE NUMBER, 992.
"CONING THRO' THE RYE"
Burns Meant n River In Scotland and Not
Grain Field.

burns Meant n River In Scotland ana NOT
Grain Field.
The Atlanta Journal has received tho
following inquiry:
Did Burns mean n river called RYE" or a
field Of the grain of that name when he wrote
his song of Coming Thro' the Rye?"
Burns found this old song, replies tho
Journal, as he did the song of Aud
lang Syne" and others, floating in the
mind of the common people of Scot
land, and gave to it the brillance and
grace of his own genius. The poem is
founded upon singular custom in con.
nection with the crossing of the little
river Rye. This is a shallow stream,
crossed by means of steppings stones.
IF laddie met lassie coming through
the Rye" and he kissed her, it was
plainly nobody's business but theirs, and
the custom permitted it,
The lassie in crossing was not in po-
sitlon to resist such little passages of love,
as she had to use her hands to hold up
0er skirts. Hence the lines in the song:
Draggled all her petIicoatie,
Coming through the Rye.
Clearly it was stream that was meant,
rs any reading of the poem and little
knowledge of Scotland will show.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Nr. jason with an air u triumph
These funny mcn hold the mirror up to
nature very sacc' fully. One can hardly
p.ck up a pap without finding SONS
ioke. about = nt.n being bullied by his
Nsfe but there Is very little said about
the other side II the question
Mns Jaspa--No; th7t Is too common
to H. fannY. 4 : RE Ilaute Express
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

The Snake Charmer-Humph! ] sup
pose you think you are great curiosity.
The Tattooed LADY, guess there amt
any one in this side show that attracts
more attention than me.
The Snake Charmer-There amt, eh2
Why even the drummer over there in
the band can beat tattoo.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Senator Eyarts owns Il hunting lodge,
q comfortable log cabin, on the banks f
the Potomac, in Maryland, furnished
r'ady for instant use, with acolor, d man
and his " ifc in readiness la +, c"iEe the
S,.natnr aud his friends. but it has not
been cd except by the c"l'rcd mnE
and his wife daring t'c several years
Senator E\arts has owned il.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Kinetite.

A new explosive, known as "kinetite, !"
is at present being studied in Germany.
1t consists it is said, of mixture of oils
and gun cotton and is superior to dyna-
mite, as its manufacture and manipula-
ton are osolutely without danger; it
will detonate only under certain peculiar
and well defined conditions of shock.
Only the part exposed to conclusion ex-
plodes, and when fired it burns quietly
with brilliant light. The true compo-
sition is being carefully kept secret.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
For " niteiaw Keid;s New Homo.

One hundred granite columns of enor-
nous size from New England quarrie5
and highly polished were recently re-
ceived at the Ophir Farm, the home of
Whitelaw Reid. They are to be used in
the construction of 100000 portico en-
circling his granite mansion which is in
the course of erection. 1t is said that
Mr.. Reid's residence will be almost as
handsome as that of the Rockefeller man.
sion on the Hudson. The building is
modelled after the ancient German cas-
ties of the fourteenth century. From
the castle tower Greenwich Harbor,
Long Island Sound, Staten Island, and
B-onklvn RriIOa can ha saan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

The Pennsylvania L i,cp he's III
tr..i arrive ut and the sane E.mJcr
ccplrt ( um the Er | street at;.,iol,
Pi.la','l .'ua, o. Sn1 'ays. ca week
G.ys - tr. arrive aml 2-j depart
frum III. IL, N.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

1t costs the English government S9,-
0G2 900 annually to support Queen Vic
toria and her immediate family. When
ever the Queen visits Balmoral Castle it
takes $1,000 to defray the railroad ex-
penses of the Journey.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
TWENTIETH YEAR-NO. 4.
THE BABY AT THE GATE.

I've heard unpleasant stories
OF our neighbor cross the way.
Those ugly little rumors,
Of the things that people say.
That he's very fond of pleasure,
That his hours are very late;
But rather like to see him
Meet his baby at the gate.
like to see the toddler
Keeping watch each afternoon,
And to note his eager glances
When the mother says real soon."
Tho it stirs chord within me
AS sit and ruminate;
Still ! like to watch my neighbor
Greet the baby at the gate.
know not what his faults may be,
This neighbor cross the way,
But am sure his hearts all right,
He proves that day by day.
And while it always pains me,
Il lost my child and mate,)
love to see my neighbor
Kiss his baby at the gate.
IF o. Nice.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Some of the Chicago school principals
want a manual training annex to each
of the city high schools.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

a j1-uFr vii ra her a,I,c.l q black
man al a white one.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-03-11
Railroad Taxes.

SAN FRANCISCO, March I0-In the
action begun by the State of California
against the Central snd Southern Pacific
companies and other branches of the
Southero Pacific company to recover
taxes amounting to about $500, 600,
delinquent since 1856. the Supreme
Court has decided in favor of the rail-
roads, holding that the complaint of the
State was defective and that the sections
of the political code which desig-
nate the mode of collection of railroad
taxes, and under which the suits we're
brought. are unconstitutional.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1890-03-11
An Aristocra,ic Druakarsl.

LONDON, March l0.--Lsdy Campbell,
wife of Major General Sir John William
Campbell, Bart. is a drunken vagrant
and was committed with her daughter to
the workhouse for a week, but has been
released on Sir John promising that he
would send her to their country home.