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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

one of the judges. She did not pass
upon the merits of the pretty canine
pets like the black and fans, the pugs,
or the spaniels. Miss Whitney was
surrounded by the great big. smooth
the respective merits of such famous
canine heavy-weights as Nevis, Nigel,
Beauchamp and Hector.
But while lovers of the dog were no
doubt interested in this little impro-
vised tableau of Beauty and the
Beast" there were many other features
of the show that were specially attrac-
tive. All the leading kennels of tie
country We're represented, majority
of them by larger exhibits than in for
NOR years. Prominent among the en-
tries were the Sears kennel of Melrose,
Mass. =; the Belmont kennels of Hemp
stead, l.. L.; the Erminic kennels Of
Mt. Vernon, n. Y; and those at Con
tocook, n. j.; South birmingham,
Mass. Arlington, N. j.; Whitestone,
L. l.; EnglcWoo.!, n. j.; Lancaster,
Mass. : Lexington, Ky; Philadelphia !;
the Elm kennels at Forest Lake,
Mimi; Kildare kennels at Pittsburgh,
Pa; Item kennels at Bethlehem, Pa. !;
the Retnor kcnnels, New York; the
Rochelle kennels, New York, and the
Eberhart pug kennels of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Foremost among the features of in
terest at the bench show was the dis
play of settlers and pointers. Among
the notable prize winners was Monk,
of Furness; famous English setter,
by Sir Allistcr, out OF Belle of Fur,
ness.
In pointers the Notwithstanding
principal kennel club in the United
States led.
Among the ST. Demands the most
notable entries were Plinlimmon, Jr.,
and Lady Wellington, both from the
Sears kennel. at Metro g, Mass, and
champion Hcsper, Prince Regent and
Hector the four latter being all i'm
ported stock, with fine markings.
Beaufort, the champion mastiff of En-
gland, who has won all the honors on
the bench III that country that he very
we'll could was a great attraction. He
is noble animal, valued at $1,000.
His ownc, 8. Mes8rs Taunton and
Winchcll, took the first prize of the
open class with him. Hesper is a
magnificent specimen Of the canine
race, and is valued at $4,000. He is
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mon, a son of Plinlimmon, the famous
$1,000 st. Bernard, Saffron and Lady
Miles (also from Mr.. Moore's kcnneD
were among the entries. In the mas.
tiff classes there were several famous
entries.
In Newfoundlands the native show
ing was notably weak. Indeed, it was
probably the weakest point in the en-.
tire exhibition.
The finest collie kennel in the world
is that of Mr. Hanson, of Philadelphia,
and the showing in this class was large
and attractive.
In fox-terriers the Belmont kennels
at Hampstead, i. L., made the largest
showing, including such unequaled
dogs as Rachel, Lucifor and Bacchanal.
In bench show good deal of in
tercst always attaches to the bulldogs.
This year there was a capital showing
of these thickset, looking
CANNES. Foremost among them in all
the qualities that experts admire were
Portswood Tiger and Britomartis in
the challenge class, and Monarch VI.
in the open class. All three are beau
ties, as BULLDOGS 90. and have front
that would INSPIRE terror IN the breast
of the boldcst burglar.
The showing of field and cocker span
iels was somewhat slender. There were
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

mis- business, but the documents car,
ried by the preacher were a puzzle.
They were sermons. The Spectator
was tied to tree and whipped with
wythes most numerically, after which
his hands were tied and he was seated
on a log while the gang tried to Olsen.
tangle the preachers documents. They
were written in miserable hand al
best, as the preacher afterward admit
ted. The only thing either of the gang
could make ont was the title to one OF
the sermons, Saved from the Wreck"
After porting over it for some time
the leader said to the preacher:
Say, mister, was it steamboat OF
train you was bowed up on?"
The preacher then told the men that
he was II man of God and that he was
merely going through the mountains to
North Carolina, where he was going to
take charge of a church. After talking
the matter over for some time they gave
the preacher his horse and other prop.
crty and told him he might go on, but
advised him to go back, as he would
be more apt to find the devil than God
In these mountains. The Spectator
was cleaned out and started back afoot
and advised never to attempt to come
into that country again, and don't be-
lieve he ever did.
This is the character of the country
wild, mountainous and almost i'm
penetrable, and thinly populated by
people who are hundred years be-
bird the times and who to-day are liv-
ing over again in a somewhat modified
form the lives of their ancestors of
century ago. Is it any wonder, then,
that the Hattields and McCoys, the
Tollivers, Underwoods, and others of
like ilk can and do defy the laws and
laugh at the efforts of courts, backed
as they often are by companies of sol
diers and even batteries of arti lcry?
Nothing but greater civilization can
or will remedy these troubles, but that
seems now i'll a fair way of accomplish
mcnt, as several railroads are projected
and more than one commenced through
the hills and valleys of this rich but at
present almost valucless country.
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a rel ort that we were spies. Fortu-
natcly We got wind of the fact that a
crowd" was coming after us. Three
horses We're never naddlcd moro quickly
and three men never made better time
for over forty miles than did We, and
we made it'nore too soon, as a couple
Of bulletholcs through the ovcrccat of
the man IN the rear as we flew down
the mountain told Us that Big Sandy
Sharpshootcrs with WinchcStcrs at 500
yards We're dangerous creatures when
riled.
Across the State of Kentucky,
through the northwestern | art, is
long range Of mountainous country
filled with forests and lined by dense
growth of underbrush. Through this
dense forest there are passes which are
known like every trail and road to its
citizens. Many Of these passes are
narrow detiles, whore two or three men
with Nlnchcsters can keep back n
regiment and it is through these
passes that the many escapes from the
officers are made. 1t is n wcll-known
fact that for many years Il large land
people of Kentucky, Indiana, Tonnes
see, and even Illinois, and that hey
have been trailcd to the mountains OF
Kentucky and into the ncighborhocd of
some one or more of those passes
say "CraCkcr'S Neck" near the West
Virginia line but very few of the
thieves were ever captured, or the
stock recovered. After the band sue
ccods in getting through into the
mountains, it considers Nsclf safe rom
pursuit.
Crackers Neck IS fair sample of
many of these mountain passes. 1t is
a narrow detile between the overhang-
ing rocks of a mountain, which by
some CONFUSION of nature must have
split i'll twain. Great, rough stones,
covered and wreathed with liurel from
the bottom of the pass to the apex,
afford impenetrable hidipgplaces from
which the riders can be plainly seen,
while the bushwhacker is as much out
of sight as though he had never ex-
listed. Land spectators at one time
some years ago were as badly hated as
were the officers of the law, and they
Jared roughly when caught, although
that fact has changed considerably of
late. Some years ago land specula-
tor, whom will call Brown as the story
Is still "reminiscences to that gentle
man, and Baptist preacher started
through the mountains toward Cum.
berland Gap. They were riding splen,
did horses, and, of course, carried the
old-time saddle-bags with them. They
had not gotten into Crackers Neck fifty
yards before they We're halted by sew
eral armed men, whom they did not see
at all until the guns We're stuck almost in
their faces. They were dismounted in
jiffy, and while one of the men went
through their clothing and saddle.
bags the others stood guard over them.
The -sreculator's papers soon BETRAYED
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ted, was rs common as its more legiti-
mate brother from the mint at Wash
lngton or New Orleans along the Ohio
valley, and it was claimed openly, and
| believe frequently admitted to this
dav by the older people, that the Big
Sandy dollar" contained as much sill
yer and was as handsome u piece of
money as the genuine. Even long after
the discovery of the coniackers den in
the mountain the bogus dollar re-
manned in circulation. To account for
this the writer has been often told that
the counterfeiters had discovered q
vein or mine of silver in the mountain,
and that they were "using pure silver
and more of it" than was contained in
the genuine. Be that as it may, the ira
dition still exists that silver mine
existed and was long worked at some
point on the Sandy.
| believe none of the countcrfeiters
were ever arrested, and the reason
given is that there was Il code of ethics
among the inhabitants which granted
every one the privilege of using his
raw material rs he saw fit. The same
code prevails to this day in another
branch OF illegal trade that of moon
shining, or making illicit whisky for
it is well known fact that although
tho article can be gotten at almost
every hamlet no one has vet been fool
hardy enough to bctray the maker and
then remain III the country.
The traveller, if he is not n spy or
marshal, has no difficulty in getting as
much of the clear, limpid, but terribly
strong stuff called "pinetop" OF" moon
shine" as he wants. 1t would be little
Or no use, certainly very unsafe, to I'M
dertake to hunt down and capture the
moonshiner, for every tree, or gulch,
Or mountain side would be very apt to
be the hiding place of sharpshooter,
and these men can shoot, and that they
are overly and uncomfortable fond of
it the recent terrible vcndettaS fully
prove.
With all these strange characteristics
and backed by a pedigree somewhat
unsavory these people are kind and
hospitable i'll the extreme to any one
who may come among them. The
writer at one time. and that during
one of their bloodicst wars, spent sew
eral weeks in the mountains and val
.eys, ate and drank, rode and walked,
and slept with them and he never met
with an unkind word, until after the
expiration of several weeks time " ich
he and his guides had spent alternately
between the factions some one started
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hideous looking animal than the poor,
shivering creature, whose eyes are I'M
like and whose spots are most nasty to
look upon.
Ivan Romanoff, a superb Siberian
wolf-hound, was one of the features of
the show. He was bred by the Gar
of Russia. He is the first of the breed
exhibited in this country.
i. II. Moorc's champion Ben Lo-
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tonnage 3,053 net In the construction
of this big ship 700 tons of Virginia
oak and 100000 feet of Virginia pine
timber were used. The frame is of oak
and well seasoned when put up, and
the first quality of Georgia pine was
used in the ceiling deck frames and
planking. The Happahanrock is the
heaviest spared ship that ever i'oatcd
the stars and stripes. Her mainmast
is 50 feet long and 3Si inches in diam
eter; the foremost is IS feet long and
So inches in diameter; the main top
mast, IS feet; main-top- gallart-mast,
II feet; main ymd, % feet; fore yard,
95 feet; loN er main-top-sail yard, 81
feet; upper maintop- -yard,S7 feet;
lower main-top gal ant-yard, 20 feet;
upper main-top-gallant-yard, "a feet;
main ai-yard IS feet; main sky
sail-yard 43 feet. The lower masts
are of Georgia pine and the o. her spars
of Oregon pine. Her spread Of canvas
is $1,000 yards. When loaded she
draws twenty eight feet of water. The
Rappahannock took on her first cargo
at Philadelphia, consisting of l, 200, 600
gallons of oil in cases for japan, tho
largest cargo of the kind ever eX.
OOrtcd
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many good ones entered in the spaniel
classes.
There was perfect swarm of black
andtan terriers and funny-looking lit
tie pugs to challenge the endearments
of the ladies, who never fail to hover
around them at bench show. Many
women sat before their pets cages and
at intervals brought them forth and
com6ed and brushed their silky locks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
ALonS-ueIaycd Wedding Fec.

Three years ago, said wcllknown
San Francisco journalistic clergyman
to our reporter, ] was called on to
unite a young couple in marriage. L
received no fee at the time, but the
groom, with whom | was acquainted,
promised that he would not forget me.
| saw him several times afferward, but
he never REQUIRED to the subject of the
fee, and the matter passed from my
mind, but this week | received $40
bill from him, with this brief but sig
nifcant explanation:
"DEAR SIR-During the three years
of my married life the extravaganza
and wastefulness of my wife, to whom
you so kindly united me, was such
that | was kept constantly in debt. A
month ago l obtained divorce from
her, and am now able for the first
time to fulfill my promise regarding
the wedding fee. With thanks and
excuses, l remain faithfully yours,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

The Empress Augusta, at the age Of
81, once figured in tho uniform of a
lieutenant of artillery in the streets
of Berlin. When her husband was
about to leave for England during
the rios in 1913, she brought some
very valuable documents from the
Prince of Prussia's residence into the
royal palace clothed in the manner
described. This was on March 10. and
so excellent was her disguise that no
one recognized her.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

MISS WHITNEY MD TIE ST. BEKNAKDS.
dog that attracted great deal Of
attention was the wolfhound Rival,
bred by the late Emperor William, and
his fayorite dog, the one seen often in
the pictures of the Kaiser lie is a
little bigger than a greyhound, and
Curored with the most beautiful silky
wEite hair. He is n naughty animal,
and does not allow any liberties taken
with him. Probably the smallest dog
among the fourteen hundred on exhi-
hition was II toy terrier named Mousey,
and not much BIGGER than the creature
from which it is named.
A hairless Chinese dog received a
prize for being the very ugliest pup at
the show. One cannot fancy more
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

AN English militia Captain, recently
asked TO resign on account of his age
and to make room for younger man,
replied to the authorities that if they
would send on a dozen of their strong
est men he would walk them for forty
miles, and then lead them to the top
of the highest and steepcst hill in the
neighborhood. The authorities declined
the challenge. and did not press for
the resignation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

A RESIDENT of Massachusetts cam.
near going through life with name
that would have made him miserable.
The name was Lynn G. Doyle, and,
strange to say, no one present at his
baptism noticed the strange sound it
made when pronounced
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

THE development of Texas has but
Just begun, yet there are ., 106 postof-
fees in the State, the receipts are more
than million of dollars annually, and
the length of the mail routes is more
than $1,000 miles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

A WRITER in Kate Fields Wdshing-
ton wants law passed providing that
no one, however clever, shall address
an audience if he talks through his
nose. Great land, how that wonld
thin out the ranks of our leading
statesmen and orators!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

RUNAWAY marriages are so common
in Georgia, an exchange reports, that
many parents deposit injunctions with
the licensing officials forbidding the
issuing of marriage licenses to their
children.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

THE smallest salaried men in Gov
.rment employ are Postofficc Inspect
ors Comstock of New York, McAfee OF
st. Louis, and Bennett of San Fran
cisco. They are down on the payroll
of the Postoltice Department for 81 o
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
IN A WILD COU MIR Y,
Where FeudS Do Most Prevail
s6 HE mountainous

HE mountaineers
who live along
the Big S an d Y
li"er, hich forms
the dividing line
b e t ween West
Virginia and Ken
lucky, and their
II c i & h b ors of
n ort h e a S t ern
kentucky, who
have b G @ n SO
prom in g II t for
many years III
fcuds. vendettas,
and bloody bat
ties, are q most
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

THE question rs there coal under
London?" is extensively discussed.
Biologists say that the lay of the strata
there iustities the belief that coal can
be found at practicable depth. The
development of mines there would
mean an enormous saving in the cost
of coal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
Who Is n Model Wife!

whom the heart of
her husband doth
safely trust.
She is the woman
who looks after his
h o II s G h oil d, and
makes her hospi-
tality q delight to
h m, an d n o t q
burden.
Who has learned
that a soft answer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

THE Empress of Austria is the best
housekeeper among the European roy
alties. She employs fifty cooks -
twenty five men and twenty five
women. She pays strict attention
when in Vienna to the details of her
huge household, and is a very clever
manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

A RECENT decision of the Supreme
Court in California will give lew tri.
ais to at least dozen sentenced muir
derers, as the decision places the bur-
den of proof even in murder, on the
State, whereas the old decision. which
has been followed for thirty years, in
sists upon the defendant rebutting
the charge of malice.
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rough-coatcd st. Bernard, and
weighs over two hundred pounds. His
coat is deep orange, rich and tawny,
and he is beautifully marked. He was
born in 1855. He was shown four
times in England last year-at the
Olympic Kennel Club shows ard at
Manchester, Colchester and Alexandra
Palace Kennel Club shows -and won
first Prize at all.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

York, few DAYS ago, such a yeIplng,
bowling, growing and barking surely
never was heard before. 1t was the
largest bench show ever given in
America, and, with the exception of
the English Kennel Clubs jubilee
show, the largest in the world. 1t
presented, in addition to remarkably
fine canine display, Al least one novelty
never before heard of in connection
with dog shows in this country. Eor
tho first time lady was selected as
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

REV. Y. DEWITT TALMAGE has made
his contribution toward the building of
his new tabernacle He has announced
to his congregation that he will give
his whole years salary to the building
fund. The salary amounts to $4,000
His total income from all sources
amounts to not less than $4,000 a
year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

Yellowly- Whitley is very intelti-
gent fellow, isn't he?
Brownly-He pretonds to be.
Y.-He knows lots.
B.-There's one thing he doesn't
know.
What is that?
Bile doesn't know that he doesn't
know everything.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

OUR practice fleet in the Mediterra.
mean has good deal of trouble with
foreign regulations. Spain forbade
the landing of crews anywhere on her
shores for land practice, and Italy has
law that more than three war ships
of any foreign power shall not be in
any one Of her ports at the same time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

In Maine spruce gum now brings TO
the men who gather it flom $l5O to
$3.50 barrel, according to quality. A
:5arrel weighs about one hundred and
seventy pounds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

A NEWSPAPER man of Pennington,
de, visited remarkable family The
other day. Calling at the home of
Jonathan Scott Ellis, he found Mr..
Ellis, who is sc years old, seated by
tho stove and reading n newspaper
without glasses. His wife's sister,
Miss Lydia Ballard, who will be 81
years old in April, was seated in a
rocking chair near by and knitting
vigorously. Another sister in law,
Miss Hannah Ballard, 81 years old
next October, was cleaning up the
dinner table and washing the dishes.
Mrs. Ellis died three years ago at the
age of So. The old folks prefer to live
by themselves and do all their own
work. and Father Ellis yet refers to his
sisters-in law as "the girls"
Gen. SHERMAN occupied box in
thcater the other evening, and when
hs WAS recognized the audience broke
ont into loud applause, and before it
ended loud cries came from all over
the house for Sherman Sherman!'
The hero of Atlanta rose to his feet,
placed his hand on his breast, and made
n profound military bow. The cries
and braves continued, and Gen. Sher-
man kept bowling, and smiling, and
shaking his head. Finally, raising his
hand peremptorily, he commanded 81
lence, and not till then did the APP
plause stop. Its wonder" said the
General, as he left the theater, chat
the band didn't play Marching
Through Georgia Everywhere I go
they play that tune when they know
I'm in the crowd, and l coafess ] like
it,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

A FRENCH physician has been sue,
cessful with much larger percentage
IF vaccinations on the leg than on the
arm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

LION" that had been ravaging the
barnyards around Nevada City, New,
causing great fright among the farmers,
on being traced to its lair by party OF
hunters proved TO be large NesfouLd-
land dog, whose headquarters we're III
an old abandoned cabin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

EVERY Governor of Pennsylvania
since the war has been q volunteer
boldier
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
AN ADVENTURE WITH WOLVES.
A True Sketch of Border Lite.

WENTY years ago,
W hen | was q child
of twelve, my par
ents moved to a
wild part of the
Rocky Mountains
of Colorado. He
built a small but
comfortable house
eon the mountain
side in thn midst
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
DOGS OF HIGH DEGREE.
EXHIBITS AT THE RECENT NEW YORK
BENCH SHOW.

Some Canine Beauties-A Lady Acted as
Judge of the st. Bernardo and
Native Bred Champions A Famous
$4,000 Dog.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
STREET MASKING IN GOTHAM.
Tho perils that Bcset Young Women.

WELL women OF
New York are just
now discuss ng tho
question whether
it is not more dan
gerous for a pretty
woman to go on the
streets alone dur
ing the day time
than Mt n i & h t.
From personal OBJ
servations, o II o
matron declared
that the time will
como ere long
when New York
parents will adopt
the rule of the
French, and never
permit n young
woman to go on
the street alone
without an attend
ant. | do not know
whether the adj
vent of so many
fore gncrs h e r o
has brought about
tb, rrocant ranra
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03
The Biggest Ship AnOat.

HE new ship Rap
,pa hammock, recently
completed at Bath,
Nc, at q cost OF
$l25, 000,is the larg-
est wooden vessel
ever launched. Her
dimensions are 2S7
feet long, Asa feet
beam, and her total
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year.