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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
Toothsome Corn Fed Oysters.

Most people, when they hear of corn
fed oysters, laugh at what they take to
be little extravaganza intended to con-
vey the idea of fairness, the association
of ideas with extreme fairness and corn
fed hogs being natural. But corn fed
oysters are as much fact as corn fed
hogs. Oyster cultivation in all the bays
and sounds of the East is conducted with
as much science as the cultivation of
agricultural products, and in many
places on the Chesapeake Bay the oyster
farmer every morning strews with a
liberal hand upon the surface of the
water covering his beds of the bivalves,
quantities of finely ground corn meal,
which rapidly sinks to the bottom and is
devoured Or absorbed by the gaping
shell fish, the result being an especially
fat and luscious oyster.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
Washington and Paris.

Mr.. Max Leclerc, of Paris, an editorial
writer on the journal dcs Debats, the
leading newspaper of the French cap
ital, who is on visit to this country,
says:
washington comes fully up to my
anticipations as a beautiful city. Your
streets are of splendid width, and some
of the public buildings-those after the
Greek order of architecture-are very
handsome. How es Washington COM
pare with Paris? A better likeness
Washington is much the larger of the
two. Paris is great center of trade, as
we'll as of politics. fashion, and fine arts,
and here there seems to be a quictude
and leisure that are absent in CONNER
cial centers.
Our newspapers do not hurry to get
the news or spend a fraction of the
money for telegraphic service that the
papers of America do; nor is there with
us anything like the amount of advertis-
ing done in this country. Here there
seems to be something new all the while
to divert the minds of the people, and a
great many of your newspaper writers
travel over the country describing spe-
cial scenes or exciting occurrences for
their papers. 1t is different in France
professional journalists there congregate
at Paris and do not move about as in
this country.
Il was especially pleased with what l
saw at Middlesborough, the new indus
trial and manufacturing town in Ken
lucky, and think it must be typical of
American push and enterprise, and it is
growing at wonderful rate, and | pre-
dict will become an imp rtant city.
POLITICALLY France is very quiet Bou-
langerism is only a recollection. There
is a general revival of industries and
commerce, and the people are prosperous
and cOutented
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
Out of the Mouths of Babes.

Children are often capital judges of
human nature. They lay their fingers
by instinct ON persons most character
istic trait. The Spectator had very
charming friend whose great fault was
that he was never in earnest; he treated
life as great piece of humor, and his
entire conversation was made up OF
satire, irony, and badinage The Spec
tator had another friend, aged five, who
was in the constant habit of hearing this
gentleman's conversation, and who was
one day asked by the gentleman what
his ambition in life was. well, said
the little fellow, Il do not mean to be
fooling gentleman. No more acute crit
icism could have been made by the most
discriminating adult mind. The Spectd-
tor has another friend, a clergyman of
great repute and many sided usefulness,
who in former times fell into the way of
rather large talking. He used sounding
phrases which meant more to the ear
than to the mind. This clergyman had
q very bright boy whose fifth birthday
fell upon a Sunday, and in the morning
the boy was told by his father that he
WOulu DE dSkeu W say RlttIc d' uiLioi'
Accordingly after the morning service,
at the dinner table, the little fellow was
requested to ask blessing He pro-
ceeded Immediately to screw up his eyes
and, initiating exactly his fathers tone,
said: 20 Thou Power and Glory, we
thank Thee for the Evil Spirit. Amen.
The clergyman in question Immediately
withdrew from the table, perceiving at
first only the humor of the situation, but
perceiving later, with great clearness,
the acuteness and point of the uncon-
scious criticism of his own style. Per-
haps, if parents realized more thor
oughly how keen the eyes of children
are and how rententive their memories,
they would receive new incentive to
self control Il Christian Union.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
The Gold In a Gold DuIIar.

director Leach, of the Mint, thus
writes to the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can: "The amount of pure silver in the
standard silver dollar has not been
changed since we first began coming.
The quantity of pure gold to the dollar,
as fixed by the act of 1893, was 247
grains, the ratio in coinage being Is to l..
BY the act of June 2S, 1884, the pure
gold was reduced from "a. 70 to 1920
grains to the dollar, the ratio between
gold and silver coinage being to 6.O02.
By the act of January IS, 1887, the fine
ness of the gold coins was increased about
three-fourths of one thousandth by
changing from the standard of 699225 to
300, which increased the pure gold in
dollar from 80 20 to 1922 grains, at
which it has remained up to the present
time. The ratio between the two metals
in coinage was fixed by this act at 1 to
49, 9S9, at which it still renA.dns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
A Tall Man Settles Down.

J. w. Patterson, the tallest man known
in the world excepting the Chinese giant,
Chang, will make Oklahoma City his
home. Mr.. Patterson stands feet 7
inches in his stocking feet, and is 81
years old. He has travelled with num-
Der of the best shows in the country for
the past eight or ten years, and is well
fixed in this worlds goods. About
year ago he married, and has decided to
settle down and take life easy. He owns
considerable property in this city, and,
as soon as he returns from the East, will
begin the erection of fine residence. A
couple of months ago his wife presented
him with pair of strapping boys, of
which Mr.. Patterson is immensely boast
full. Mrs. Patterson is larger than the
average woman, being nearly feet high
and weighing over 200 pounds. Okla
homa CITY Chief.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
BE Careful About Signing Papers.

Don't sign any paper for any one ex-
cept those with whom you are acquainted
and know to be honest. A new swindle
is being carried on in Connecticut by
means of double fountain pen, one end
of which is filled with good substantial
ink, the other with ink that fades away in
a day or two The sharper writes his
agreement contract, or whatever partic-
ular lay he may have chosen with the
ink that fades and his victim signs with
the other end of the pen in the ink that
lasts. In few days he has slip of paper
with nothing on it but good signature,
over which he writes any sort of a note
that he can most easily turn into cash..
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
EARLY IMPRESSIONS.
jean Ingeiow Recalls Some That She Had
az "a Tot

jean Ingelow Recalls Some That She Had
Tot
was about 4 years old, and sometimes,
without any special cause. a strange
cc,tac. of wonder and delight used tc
come over me. Sometimes it was a
beautiful toy or flower that caused it,
someim 5 IA new gown of my mothers
or the mu &c hat she used to play to us.
The last used to make me cry for Joy
occasionally.
| am sure the joy in color aud any
thing that thought splendid was quite
as strong to me, if seen in diapers
window or the colored vases in chem
lists shop, as in sunset or a convul-
vulus.
l think l never admired anything
more than a ruby colored satin pelisse
that my mother had. She wore a hat OF
bonnet of the same color with it,
loved to see her walk about in this cos
tune. | even remember that the name
of the miliiner who made it was Mrs.
utledge.
Wonder and admiration about this
time grew in my infant mind. recol-
lect my dehght III porlng over Watts
cradle song, Hush my dear, lie still
and slumber."
There are good many sweet and
musical lines in it, and liked the ca
dence, then no doubt met with for the
first time. No doubt the words were ex-
planned to rue, for | think l understood
them. This was poetry. | knew even
then what poetry was, though | had
never heard its name, and | hat great
delight-I should have called it poetic
delight If | had known the words-in
various noises and sights and SCENTS
lJean Ingelow
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
THE "sPoONEY" COUPLE.

II doesn't matter where you stray,
Go where you will by night or day,
Sly cupid's ever making hay;"
lie doesn't waste minute.
Between the daylight and the dark,
in railway train, hotel, and park,
There's not a spot but you can mark
Aspooney couple in it.
At church or play, there, too, one spies
Some couple making honeYed eyes,
With sweetest smiles and softest sighs-
They're certain to begin it.
Until at length you gravely doubt
If you should search the world about
That you could find spot without
A spooney couple in it.
And who would have it changed? Would
you?
] love to hear the lovers coo,
And in their softest lispings WOO
Some gentle heart and win it.
In all of life there should not be
From Eden to eternity,
A place without--it seems to me
Aspooney couple in it.
-[Chcago Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
TIT FOR TAT.

81 ost or stolen, or W tthu. led away,
A heart that was light a. Il tcath' r,
Buoyant and free, and bright rs the lay,
No matter what kind was the weather.
Hello. little maid, | won't be rash
If Won are II thief you don't loot IL;
But as my heart went of uNc Il ash,
I-sort of--imagined VI u took 1t.
"Now ! hate to believe that face
The angels might covet for he 'utv.
W ould he linked with 50 deep dis rIce,
And yet to believe is my duty.
Fact is, my heart went st as YOU came;
A moment before il vas sleeping
Own up at once your art in this game
I'm certain the things in your keeping
'You won't give it back? Well, now ats
cool
Some folks would mako quite a case of it!
But tit for tat ; n very cool rule
And I'll take your, IN ii gcc of it."
He did and the end -ut hard to tell
Twas an cas-, way uu, of lie bother.
They tramp through nt' now hdrpl and well,
While each keeps the Ie.t of the otter,
" lillian Lyle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
LIFE ON TIE OCEAN.
The Death Rate There Is Less Than
Among Those VIII" Live on Land.

Among Those who Live on Liant.
1t may be a surprise to learn that sta
tistics prove the sea to he safer to live on
than the land. The late Thomas Gray,
of the board of trade marine depart
ment, London, said, in a letter to the
New York Ledger:
Il have always contended, and am
more than ever confirmed of it, that a
man is safer at sea than anywhere else,
in fairly cool ship, properly manned,
and carefully navigated, as the very
great majority of British merchant ships
are"
The death rate of sailors is under 10
per 1000; the loss of life by shipwreck
is about quarter of this; in fact, there
are more lives lost among miners by
accident than among sailors, and many
more among railroad employees. With
regard to the general death rate, the
fact that sailors, as a rule. are healthy
when they begin their trade, and retire
from it before old age incapactates them
from other work, must have a consid-
cradle, and probably misleading intlu-
ence on the figures.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
TIE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF CAPRI.
They Are 'Fnrd Workers and Ntrnng, but
hive WomanlY WAYS.

They Are 'fnrd workers and strong but
Have Wonanly Ways.
The Capri women work very hard in
the fields as aids to builders, and es-
peciaIly as carriers. They transport ev
crvthing. from a handkerchief full of
figs to a Saratoga trunk, on their heads
But more astonishing still is the ease
with which they carry glass biretto
full of Wine oil. or water down the steep
ard slippery goat paths which do duty,
with two really good exceptions, for
roads at Capri. The woman first makes
a round pad of a handkerchief, which
she places on her head; on this the biretto
in shape something like very large
decanter-is poised, and off goes the fair
facchina (pOrtress) at good pace. She
does not think of using her hands to
steady the bottle unless it is very huge,
or if she turns her head, or in going up
or down a particularly high step; then
she will touch the base of it with her
fingers The grace with which they
manage this, to us impossible feat, is
charming. | have often stopped to watch
them in delighted establishment, and to
ask if there is no fear of the whole thing
tumbling down. The mere idea of such
catastrophe provokes much amusement.
And now we come to the Capri girls.
Well, of course, they alone would fur
ni-h material for an article. There is
something peculiarly winning about
them. l do not think it is their beauty
half so much as their frank natural
ways that please one. l have observed
in them simple tact, sweet courtesy
of manner, which would not disgrace
Duchess. Yet there is nothing studied,
no effort; the attraction lies in their being
SO entirely unaffected:
"And being natural, naturally please"
This is made obvious by the fact that
when a Capri girl is taken out of her
original sphere she loses many of the
winning qualities which so become her.
Ladies do not always perceive how
taking these girls are. Il can not under
stand how men, gentlemen by birth and
education, are attracted by those COM
mon girls, is a very general remark.
Why is it that ladies see no charm where
men find so much? Can it be that
simplicity and other of natures graces
have a certain mawkish flavor to our
feminine palates? hope not
These girls can assume wonderful
amount of dignity when necessary. They
have also an abundant supply of mother
wit, which have heard used advantage
ollsly to check the too ardent attentions
of youthful forestieri.
One of the prettiest sights | know is to
meet a band of Capri girls, aged from 10
to IS, returning from their days toll.
Here they come, with their skirts tucked
up on one side, the red kerchief care
lessy tied at the back of their shapely
heads, from under which the dark wavy
hair escapes-cheeks flushed after hard
work, eyes shining, tongues chattering.
As they pass they look you straight in
the face, smile merrily, and wish you
"Buona sera, with audible comments
on your personal appearance. But they
are not dflicult to please, and as long as
you have an agreeable expression, the
general verdict will be that you are una
bella signora. ~ The Cornhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
A NEW P.aNACIEA.


Water Gluttony said to BE II Sure Cure
for Consumption
DR.. w. II. Burt, of Chicago, has adj
vanccd a new theory in the cure of con-
SUM ton. Eight months AGO when
reading of the wonderful change brought
about in the obesity of Prince Ri marck
through rcfraininS ON the use of water
and carbo-hydrat, 5, it occurred to him
that an opposite treatment ought 10 re-
suit in the cure of all Wasting Il! eases.
His experiments since have justified him
in the statement that excessive eating
and the excessive use of water Will cure
80 per cent of all coI,sumptive cases i'll
their first and second stages. He eX-
planned at length the tonic iniuenc IS and
power in building up tissue possessed by
water, which forms three -fourths of the
human body. and stated that even IN
health six pints a day We're necessary to
meet the water waste and i'll disease
twelve pints charged with carbonic acid.
The doctor claimed it would give the
very life to the system and tissues de-
manded in consumption. He pronounced
the bacteria theory, 50 popular of late, as
pure nonsense. In de ,all his treatment
consisted of the free use of water every
hour in the day, nine hours sleep regu-
larIy, and if possible the sea or mountain
air Above all the patient must look
upon the drinking of water for all time
as his life. Heredity was the great
danger and DIR. Burt advocated the pass
ing by Congress of law forbidding the
marriage of consumptives. With this in
force 100 years from now consumption
could not exist in the United States.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
Boiling Eggs by Electricity.

The novel experiment of boiling eggs
by electricity was tried recently in the
office of the Electric Supply Company,
in the Masonic Temple, on Third street.
OF course they We're boiled in water, but
electricity was the heating agent Luke
Lilley, the city's assistant electrician,
was chief cook. Charley Marshall, the
underwriters agent, ate the first egg
boiled by the agency of the subtle cur
rent. 1t required six ampere Quantity
of electricity and 96 volts pressure or
force to accomplish the operation, with
about two quarts of water in huge tin
cup, the electrical current being con-
nected through the handle of the cup.
The news of the egg boiling spread
quickly, and, as it was about lunch time,
brokers, bulls and bears, bankers, in
surance men, and lawyers, crowded the
office. About 10 dozen eggs were con
sumed, the only disappointment being
that drink did not go with each egg
cincinnati Times-Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
A BACHELoR's LAST soLILoQUY.

The happy day is SET at last,
Bohemia, adieul
And o my careless. prec Gus past,
must not dream of you'll
And yet before for aye We part
A loving draught drain;
Just for to- night am at heart
Bohemia n aSain.
Here's to the coy attic nook
That smelt Of wort and mint;
Here's to my first poor paltry book
That never got in print;
Here's to the songs we used to sing,
Tho pipes we used to smoke,
To Bob's guitar that lacked a string,
To dear Eds thread bare jokes.
Here's to the merry loves of yore-
But soft--1 quite forgot
Here's to the house III haunt no more,
Tho tiny garden plot,
Where one slant sunbeam In the spring
A nook Arcadian made,
And two bold robins came to sing
Their bird-love unafraid.
Shall regretp All! who can say
A shade does not sometimes,
Eclipsing, fall across the day
Within the happiest chimes?
Yet pledge with felicity
A tender cup and true;
Here's to my bride that Is to be-
Bohemia, adieul
-.[Bissell Clinton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
A Vacation Afoot.


D,scoursing on healthful ways of
spending a vacation, DR.. Lucy NJ. Hall
SAYS in the Christian Union: There is
nothing better for mind and body than
well organized walking trip. A dozen,
more or less, of both sexes: the young
ladies having fathc"s OF brothers in the
party should carefully plan the trip and
arrange details before the start is made.
The ladies should provide themselves
with light weight flannel dresses, simply
made, with hens or facings Of mackin-
tosh cloth or leather. They should be of
easy walking length, and with an ar
rangement of loops so that they may be
shortened for mountain climbing or for
very wet days. A divided underskirt,
also of light weight material, of the same
color as the dress, would be desirable.
The shoes should be well broken, low
heeled, and broad soled. The hat must
be easy to the head, and of very light
weight. A little cap easily carried in
the pocket) would often be of service.
A warm jacket for chilly days or even
ings, an umbrella, which can also be
used as parasol, and a pair of rubber
overshoes, are the only extras needed.
Everything of this kind should be of the
lightest possible material and make.
Sometimes a stout serving man is added
to a party with advantage, especially
where the route necesstates the carry
ing of midday lunches as well as the
wraps of the women. A small trunk or
valise containing changes of underwear,
ETC., can be expressed from point to
point at convenient distances along the
route. Such trip, resolutely carried
out, extending over three or four weeks,
with few intervals of rest if need be,
is valuable test and promoter of endur-
ance, and yields a tremendous per-
centage of health to those who partici"
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11

Issued 800 Years Before Europe Knew
what Paper Money Was


Within the last few days the trustees
of the British Museum have become pos
sessed of Chinese hank note which was
issued from the imperial mint just 300
years before the circulation of the first
paper money in Europe. Whatever
doubts may attach to the priority of GER
tain other inventions claimed by the
Chinese, it is impossible to deny that
they were acquainted with tine art of
printing many years before the days of
Gutenberg.
According to native records the art of
printing was in Use in China 1913 A. D.,
but it does not appear to have been EN-
ployed in the preparation of bank notes
until the ninth century. From that date
notes were periodically issued until the
middle of the fifteenth century, when
the practice fell into disuse, AMI was
only revived 40 or so years ago New
castle Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-11
HOW THEY LIGHT CIGARS.
international Comparisons Made in a
Cunard Smokers Room.

international Comparisons Made In q
Cunard Smokers Room.
"Did you ever notice, said Dr. Hamil-
ton, of the Cunarder Scythia, just before
her last departure for the other side,
"the peculiarities in cigar lighting prac-
ticed by men of different nationalities !?
"No? Well, there is no better place in
the world to note these little oddities
than in the smoking room of an ocean
steamer.
"Now, for instance. take Frenchman.
If party are sitting down for a smoke
he will scratch match, wait till the
birthstone has exhausted itself, and with
smile and gracious bow will pass it to
his nearest neighbor before lighting his
own weed
"The German, after igniting the match,
will first light his own cigar and then
offer the match to his friend. But che
oldest character of all is the Engli shman.
His weed ready for use, he will inflame
his match, light his cigar, and, without
a thought of the others, will deliberately
drop the lucifer into the nearest recep-
tacle. y Pittsburg Dispatch.