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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
AS MARQUETTE REMEMBERED 1T.

encs of the belief that it was painted
image. Marqut ties idea of it was that
it had the head of bear, the horns of an
elk, the body of a fish or Il dragon, or
something with scales, and bears legs,
with e, gle's claws. The tail was fifty
feet long, coiled several times round the
body, and terminated in spearhead.
The parallelism to the chimera is
marked, and perhaps Mr.. Miles may have
been mistaken in supposing that the tail
was the bona fide tail of lion. The
error is on p, into which almost every one
fell who saw the painting of the chimera
on the famous Hamilton vase, which was
found near Naples during the Napoleonic
war; 1t is here given according to an ac-
curate copy made for the Museo Borbon-
leo before Sir William Hamilton, the
English Ambassador at Naples. sent it tc
England. 1t never reached its destina-
tion, for the vessel foundered, and the
famous vase reposes in some dark I'M
fathomed cave of the Mediterranean. At
first it was supposed that the lions tail
was simply drawn with an exaggeration of
its sinuousness, but some one who mis-
trustel this view carefully examined
what was thought to be the knot of the
lions tail and found that scale of dirt
covered the eye of the snake. Very
dainty washing revealed the mouth also,
and it became apparent that the dragon
part of the chimera was not formidable,
and did not offer any special danger to
the hero Bellerophon upon his prancing
Pegasus.
The discoveries of Gen. Di Cesnola in
Cyprus gave to the world another repre-.
sanitation of the chimera in which the
serpentine character of the lions tail is
absolutely unmistakable, as will lie seen
hv the drawing. The coil is somt thing
which could not b, round in q genuine
caudal appendage of a lion, and the
snakiness of the eni is obvious. This
finding of genuine chmera was sad
blow to school of thinkers who have
been endeavoring TO explain everything
by references to natural objects, and who
claimed that the polyform monster was
only an exaggerativu of special kind of
Ion that once exis ed in Asia Minor
Human beings have goitre. horrible
swelling in the neck, and if lion had
goitre then the swelling might have been
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Family Sleigh-Riding Party,

All four, Robin and Rosebud and Rachel and
When they heard it sugges ed, were ready to go,
With their chirrup and chatter, their glee and
galore
This rollicking, frolicking, jolly wee four,
On q family sleigh riding party.
The muffs and the tippets, the shawls and the
The mittens and ieggins the ear pads and caps
Were gathered together in manner not slow,
To protect from the wind and the new-fallen
This family Safeguarding party.
But where are the horses ?' one little one said,
When grandpa appeared with sled after sled
Fastened each TO another, in tandem array,
That without much ado were soon under way,
On family slsigh-riding party.
Both driver AID team were grandpa that day,
As Young the youngest, the gayest as gay;
Like St. Nick, at the sound of Robins pert
whistle
away they all flew like the down of q thistle
This family sleigh-ridng party.
"Oh, who will look after our dear baby Joe?"
Three voices excitedly wanted to know;
But footman was ready, who came without
call,
Little mother was there to guard one and all
OF this family sleigh-riding party.
What matter that Rachel rolled into tho snow7
Or that Rob lost his hold, while chrping to Joe z
tor laughter a i'd pra5le kept good time and
we'll
With the creai of the snow and the jingling bell
At this family sleigh-ridng party.
Jack Frost took delight in tickling their toes,
And gave bright glow to the end of each nose !;
Bright sun and crisp air promised cheer and
good health,
And OF childish delight, mines of unmeasured
wealth.
To this family slaigh-riding party.
Light hearts, rosy checks, ruby lips and bright
eyes
Returned from the ride locking happy anG
wise;
Glib tongues told the story in different strain,
But in harmony chorused, Let's all go again
On family sleigh-riding party.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

taken by the unsophistlcate1 shepherds
of Lycia for supplementary goats
head. But the serpent, instead of tail,
did not admit of any naturalistic expla
nation, and the chimera is now admitted
to have been national symbol. In the
treasury at Curium, Di Cesnola found
earrings, rings, and bracelets of gold
fashioned like the chimera, only that the
form of the lion disappeared entirely
and the body was purely serpentine, to
suit the requ rements of the objects.
These jewels were of Ph9nician manu-
facture, in the opinion of all experts.
Tiffany of New York declared that in
them all the processes known to modern
working were employed, and with
exquisite dexterity.
1t is to be remarked that the legends of
the Indian tribes dwelling on the Missis-
sippt about the piasa bird were exactly
the same as the legends of the Greeks
concerning the chimera. Until Beller-
ophon put stop to its evil career, the
latter monster behaved prec sely as the
piasa is reported to have done, sometimes
carrying off fat COW, sometimes a tough
agriculturist, sometimes condescending to
triie with its appetite by boiling baby
The Greeks, too. ascribed to the sphinx
a most reprehensible fondness for human
flesh, which she gratifed in polite and
cultured fashion. She invited people to
call upon her, and asked them conun-
drums, and if they could not answer cor
rectly she ate them up. Gdipus, the
Turanian, paid visit to her cave, and
answered her questions correctly, where
upon she fell into his power, and he slew
her with his darts, all of which was made
the subject of a noble picture by the
French painter, Ingres. Notwithstand-
ing the weight of Greek tradition, there
can be no doubt that with the Egyptians
the sphinx was the symbol of royalty,
and with the Etruliens 1t was faithful
guardian of the tomb. Nor is there any
adequate reason for doubling that all
pol, forms were symbolical, and that no
representation was intended of any mon
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
Poppy's Mistake.


Mrs. Littlejohn was making Chill
sauce, while four-year-old Poppy
rocked her dolly to sleep, and dressed
up the cat in her own nightgown.
Poppy" said mamma, as she set the
Chili-sauce off the stove, "you may
carry little pitcher of this to Aunty
Bangs, and you may stay an hour"
Now, Poppy loved to go there, for
Aunty Bangs kept basket of apples
on the table for you to help yourself,
and she was always giving Poppy a
cooky or turnover.
So Poppy felt very happy as she
battered up the long sidewalk. She
found another little girl, not much
larger than herself, with her mother,
visiting Aunty Bangs.
The two little girls put their fingers
in their mouths and looked at each
other shvlv at first, but by and by they
got acquainted, and romped with the
kittens and had lovely time.
When the hour was out and Poppy
was uniting on her hat to go home, she
heard the lady saying to Aunty Bangs !:
Il should like to spend the whole
day with you, but l must really 20 and
take tea with Aunt Mary this after
noon"
Poppy pricked up her little ears.
Aunt Nary" That was what her
little cousins called her mother. So
this lady and little girl We're coming to
Ter house that afternoon!
She hurried home as fast as she
could go.
Mammal she cried, bursting into
the house. "There's lady and lit
tie girl most as little as I am, at Aunty
Bangs"
eyes. It's Mrs. Rusk, from Maine
I used to know her when she was a
girl"
"She's coming here to tea this after
noon; she said So"
why, Poppy, I haven't invited her :;
you must be mistaken"
No. persisted Poppy, 81 heard her
say So"
well, perhaps she is, and Aunty
Bangs with her."
"Oh, goody! goody!" cried Poppy,
dancing up and down till the windows
ratified.
Mrs. Iictlejohn went into the kitchen,
and made gold and silver cake and
custard
After dinner she rubbed the spoons,
and put on the best damask table-cloth
and china dishes.
Then she put on her second-best
dress, and dressed Poppy all dean and
nice, and then they waited and waited
for Mrs. Rusk and her little girl to
come.
Just as the clock struck five, Auntv
Bangs came in on an GRAND, not dressed
up at all.
Where is Mrs. Rusk ?" asked Mrs.
Littlejohn.
"she has gone to Mrs. Clark's this
afternoon.
why, Poppy said she was coming
here"
"she did" cried Poppy. "she said
she was coming to Aunt Mary's to tea. !"
Dear child" said Aunty Bangs,
catching Poppy up and kissing her.
"You didn't think there more than one
Aunt Mary in the world, did you?
Mrs. Clark is Mrs. Rusk's Aunt
Mary"
well" said m-mma, well make
Aunty Bangs stay to tea; won't we,
Poppy?'
So they did, and that was as good
for Poppy as though Mrs. Rusk and
her little girl had both come.-Youth's
Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08


traces of Phmnician inspiration, but there
is nothing from Greenland to the Hermit
of Cape Horn which the widest conject-
ure can attribute to the Phpnicians save
the piasa bird. This remarkable object,
says the Chicago Times, was sculptured
on bluff of the Mississippi, near Alton,
and was destroyed either wholly or in
part by superstitious Yankee comman-
der of tn-clad, who made it the tar
get for his parrots and columbiads. be-
lieving it to be what tradition declared a
memorial of a deyilish flying creature
that carried off bisons aud human beings
with ease and devoured them in its bone
bestrewn lair II is to be hoped that
enough remains of this sculptured form
to repay the Investigation cf some trained
archaologist, for there can be but little
doubt that it was one of those polyform
symbols which the Phonicians left among
the peoples whom they visited. 1t be-
longs 10 the same order as the chimera Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
Carried Millions in a Sachel.

at cost only 50, but it saved the
Government lot of money" This
was what Tom Cavanaugh, the re-
Gently appointed ASST tant Sergeant
alarms of the House, said to O friend,
on showing him cheap leather sachel.
When Bristow was Secretary of the
Treasury he had disagreement with
the Adams Express Company about
the rates to be charged for conveying
cash to and from the Treasury. Cav
anaugh at that time was a special
agent of the Treasury, and Bristow
conceived the bold plan of sending all
the money to New York by him. 1t
was risky thing to do There were
days when Cavanaugh left the depart
ment with his sachel stuffed full of
greenbacks, and, if he had taken it
into his head to light out to Canada OF
anywhere else, Secretary Bristow
would have been confronted by deficit
of more than million dollars. But
the messenger was faithful to his trust,
and the department did rot lose sin
gle cent. 1t was a terrible mental
strain on Cavanaugh, however. In
less than month he ran down from
215 pounds to 119, and when finally
relieved he was so nervous that he had
to take long rest. 1t is wonderful that
no attempt was ever made to rob him.
He used to leave the Treasury Depart
ment in the afternoon and drive to the
depot unaccompanied and armed with
only revolver. On reaching the col
he would go to his berth, but not to
sleep. He remained awake all night
with tenacious grip on that priceless
sachel. Arriving in New York he would
drive at once to the Sub-Treasury and
deposit his treasure, and then for the
first time he would feel easy After a
sleep he was ready for another job Of
the same kind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
SIZE Would Like to BE Wicked just for
Once

There is an inherent desire in the
breast of nearly every woman of life
and spnit to be at times just the least
bit wicked. She wants to don the I'M
mentionables occasionally. tiguratively
speaking, and so out and have time.
As young married lady remarked the
other day to an intimate female friend !:
"How would like to go'sut on 'toot'
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husband to show me the elephant to
a mixed extent, and have offered to
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and 1 don't think it would be much
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propose to get ont of the old rut some
night and, while 1 don't intend to be
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enough to enjoy myself" And there
is no doubt bat that she will. Her
ideas may be condemned, but in how
many feminine hearts will you find a
reflex of her desires !-Sacrament0
Bee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
Nothing Good Enough.

Managing Editor-H'm! I under
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: Applicant-Yes, sir. I have a di-
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course with high honors.
Managing Editor-H'm! Yes, I'm
sorry, but we haven't any position on
this paper quite good enough for you.
---SomeruiAe Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

HE State of Illinois
poss d, until
within a few years.
the sole frail memoA
rial in existence that
the famous Phpni-.
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] here are many OBJ
iects made by the
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leans prior to the
arrival of the Span
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

In january when Pe-ru-na fails to keep 20,
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
The Old, Old Story.

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

Co-EDucATIoN in college is success,
but it isn't so much of success as it
would be if most of the girls who arc
co-educated in college were better
looking.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

Dobblns's Electric Soap does not chap the
hands, bel e perfectly pure. Many people af.
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use. Preserves and whitens clothes. Have
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
THEY LEFT A RECORD.
THE PIASA BIRD PRESENTED TO
THIS COUNTRY CENTURIES AGO.

Odd Outlines of the Animal Craven on
Stone by PhGnicians Who Preceded tho
Spaniards - Resemblance Between the
Famous "Man-Eater" and tho Chimera
OF Cyprus and A STA Minor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

ster whatsoever. Norris there single poly
form that is not found upon objects
known to be Phnnician, although they
are also found in the most diverse places
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

Thousands of cures follow the use Of DIR.
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

1t is said that Barnum wantsto buy Patti S
castle in Wales
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
What it Costs

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

told friends, but dcov
the little darling whose spoke her
horn thar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, la
Lucas COUNTY,

LUCAS COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner Of the firm Of f. j. CHENEY @
Co., doing businc in TIC City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
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FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
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l'l A. w. GLEASON.
1sEAI Notary Public.
(~l
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

Mr. Gladstone thinks that Beethoven is
the greatest composer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08
F. ]. CHENEY e Co., ToIedo, q.
~ Sold by Druggists. &c.

Pension attorneys only got 81 800, 90
last year out of the soldiers.
A box wind matches free to smokers of
" Tansll's Punch" &c. Cigar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-03-08

The clock has been stolen from Strouchs-
burg (Pa.) church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-19

IL &c II as.f @Gczsa man sta5ding
IL ]-.5s 81 : -saoy.n eal9on SestsEdeg
sas nan knowa 20 h. feataEpi!y as :
''i0clsy oaen u aper.iag cass, BE had
in Ioc,ats yesra rabel in peoy jscS-pot 10
81. ilui6, au6 Ias OPS - he fsw who oe-
esua rich bT gambling. Spsebing OF !ho
city before gamhliug Ha5 broken up, The
man recently returned, eaid:
"Lst me tsll you good story ci--(you
s!l know Iho I mean). Well, ior nina
years we were partners. Every trick he
turned I was in with, and If mnde win
ming be shared it. never could tell what
! broke our combination, but one morning
sitter we had counted 5000, after on all-night
play, hs said: Il have played my last card
and turned my last trick. Suckers are
plenty and money seems to come easy. j
have few dollars and with 1t 1 am going
to Iced new life."
81 was shocked and thought was being
guyed, but not 80. He meant just what he
said and reformed, but before wa parted my
partner said TO me: we may both live
many years apd I will never forget the good
times we have had together. l am going to
quit gambling; you are not, but whether
you DO or not, If you ever play stack of
blues think of me. and II you win bury half
Of them 10 live oD.'
"That wes nearly five years ago. Now,
then, comes my story. Oaly five years ago
I heard OF my former partner conducting
religious meeting in tho town where | was,
and quit good game just to go aud soc
him He die not know that was In thou
sand miles OF hin. Before going to the ohurh
I took 8 blue chip snd marked not only bis
initials but mine on it. went to church and
was seated about half way down the aisle.
There were singing and several shor. speech
es bat began to feel that l was Ia the wrong
pew, because did not see. NY former part
ner. The choir Gang Hold ths Fort and
just as was about to leave, my former part
ner appeared and made fsw remarks and
then asked the congregation tc contribute as
The choir Gang. Two men whom knew
very well and have beaten out of many
dollar, passed the baskets. When one came
to ma threw In my blue check and smiled
in roy sleeve when l thought of whst my
former partner would think when he saw
it. l will never go again where he lie, for
when the money was poured ont on the
table 10 stepped to the edge of the pulpit
apd said
"'I hold in my hand blus chip. It's
worth $50. lie az good as gold, for the
man who put it in has endorsed 1t With his
name. I've held many one with him, and
ne has owed ne large sums OF money, and I
know that this check vii be redeemed
That was sill he said. TOOK my hat and
went 10 the 5oUr ard found an usher. l
gere him two tens and FIVE for good meas
c;Te and tol5 hin 10 give ny kind regards
TO my feiead and former partner. I don't
play a0y more jokes CT reformed gamblers"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-19
DERRY's HARNESS OIL SOAP.

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-08-19

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