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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

I should call it catching them on the fly.
And the story went down on the min
ntes. You can tell your story now,
Frank, suggested the President, as soon
as order had been restored. Frank is one
of the younger members, and his tale was
as follows
Some years ago was in British Co.
lumbia at Chinook camp on one of the
rivers there. Tns Chinooks are tribe
of Indians there who live by hunting and
fishing, and so plentiful is the supply OF
fish and game that they do not have to
work very hard. They are clean Indians
for Indans-rnd l had pleasant visit
of several weeks among them. In the
rivers there, when the salmon are run
ming, it is really an ;ndisputablo fact that
the water rises eight or ten feet in height
to make room for the salmon to ascend
the river, and when they are returning
down stream after spawning they push q
solid wall of water in front of them.
know tn is true, because l have seen il
my self To catch these salmon, many OF
them weighing thirty to forty pounds, al
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
DREAMING
BY c. LowATER,

Purple mists upon the hills
In the distance culver
Noislessly the bubbling rlis
Glide on to the river
In the breeze the pie trees
Flaunt their Bliase gay;
AL tire ss'sctrum S t1eeting tints,
SitSff shades and golden hints
Give Of distant May.
Lazily l lie and dream
OF the winter coming,
Mingling faec'es with the stream
And the Wild bees humming.
VIII 1T be SO blest for me
AS the year now past?
Will it-ah me-will 1t ~
Quickly, quickly, quickly by
Leaving wos At last?
Sumner Brought me hopes so bright,
nu,umn sees them flying;
Summer came with life and light,
Now the light is dying
But lie while moments fly,
Dreaming what twill te
When the winter days Ore here,
And once mote W e white New Year
Bids ms en:er free.
PLUM CIEr, Wis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

very low man, his name was Mick Dodge,
And afterwards BliVins and Blivius, they say,
Died at last in VERY MYSTERIOUS WAY.
Now, all of sudden rumble was heard,
The ground underneath them seemed to be
stirred;
broad flash of light q big cloud of smoke,
And into the midst of the gossips of Poke,
Der the tall, the short, Der the fat, the lean,
Hoped the ugliest goblin ever was seen;
His face was black. his eyes were red,
And horn curled over the top of his head.
The gossips of Poke they screamed, they ran,
And last came Flipps with the Japanese fan;
The imp laughed loud and clanked his chains,
Then grabbed their sashes and trod on their
trains
And seemed to be having, the brimstony elf.
nice little circus, all planned by himself
They few over field, they few over brier
They passed the depot, they passed the spire,
And when the clock in the church struck Ave.
They reached their homes more dead than alive.
And this is the end-you may think it's u joke
OF the story of Old Mrs. Blivins of Poke.
Chicago Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

The schoolma ANS of st. Paul not
long ago were instructed to give occa-
sional instruction in plain and fancy
sewing to the girls under their charge,
and the horrible fact came out that
few if any of the teachers could do any
kind of sewing whatever.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

steamer picked rer up and towed her
into port. If ever vessel was put to the
test, the Pimlico was. l hold that the
one thing that saved her was ner bluff
hull. She would mount the hedvy seas
as they come along, instead of having
them jump and spend their force against
her sides, as in the case of the deep
draft vessels. A shoal vessel will make
better weather in d gale of wind and a
he wv sea, and will show tip with com;
poratvely dry decks alongside a vessel
of the same size drawing eighteen Or
twenty feet Of water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

CABINET officers receive many strange
requests, but one of the oldest was
that contained in q letter from a man
IN Pennsylvania to Secretary Tracy.
He wanted, he said, six gold quarter
pieces for Christmas presents to his
friends. He inclosed 2-cent stamp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

A LONDON workman experimental
apon the speaking doll for nine years
before it said papa" and mamma" in
. natural way. Since then other me-
chanical dolls have been invented,
very attractive in their novelty, but
beyond the means of ordinary pur-
chasers. There are no less than forty
doll manufactures in London and al,
most as many in New York and the
New England States. There are Sec
ondary industries in the trade, such as
the manufacture of dolls gloves, gait
ers, costumes, fans. psrasols, carriages,
hammocks, etc, all Of which must be
kept in stock.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

A BRIGHT young fellow in London
earns his living by writing speeches
for wedding breakfasts. In England
speeches are still expected from the
bridegroom, and they ore generally
very Dungling affairs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
Picturesque Persian Bazaars.

Nothing could be more picturesque
than the bazaars in Persia. Around the
square are open booths, generally filled
with fruits and vegetables arranged in
masses to produce brilliant color effects.
Here and there is group of horses or
camcls, whose drivers are lying on the
ground smoking Or sleeping. In another
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

AT the recent fire in Boston one firm
was entirely cleaned out, not even a
penholder left, and added to this the
papers in their safe were also destroyed.
Since the great Boston fire many firms
have duplicate of their monthly trial
balance kept at the residence of some
member of the firm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

THE Presbyterian Synod of West
Florida and Alabama has been in ses-
sion at Pensacola. The Rev. DR..
Shearer, President of Davidson Col
lege, North Carolina, in his address,
created profound sensation by de-
nouncing the common school system OF
the country, alleging that it's nom
sectarianism prevented the education
of youths in the religion of their ia
theirs. He advocated strongly the adj
visibility of having the children of
Presbyterians educated in schools fos-
tered by the church.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

Old Mrs. Blivins grave was green,
The hour twelve, the night was serene,
The moonbeams danced in the April air,
When the aossips of Poke, each bearing chaifs
To the rendezvous came. And down they Gil sat-
To have a.delightful neehborly chat.
They talked the choice bits over and over,
Sometimes stopping their brenuh to recover:
And then they'd sigh, and say Poor dear
Oh, how she'd enjoy this tale about Spear
And this awful sad thing about Rosa Key:
How she'd like it, along with mullins and tea
And now and again they'd stop and theyd
squeal.
~Dear good Mrs. Blivins, oh, how do you feel9'
You'd have thought, with such q harvest to
reap,
They'd have let Mrs Blivins eternally sleep.
But no. AS time flew and scandals gave out,
They pitched into the dead, though twas pain
full, no doubt,
As Miss Flipps told the party and then they
began.
Flipps sat next the angel, and as her tongue
ran
She prodded his legs with her Japanese FAM
-She married fret. Did you know 1t, MISS
Hodge?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

When d survey was held on the PIN
liro, 10 ascertain what strain ard we6r
she had sustained in her six-weeks' ordeal,
she showed up as sound and as tight as
she was the day she was launched. A
regular ocean sailor, l warrant, would
never have weathered that storm as she
did
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

SENATOR EDMuNDs, of Vermont, has
served longer in the United States
Senate than any of his colleagues. On
April 5, 1890, he will have been in the
Senate without single break for
twenty four years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

A LITTLE Auburn, Me-, baby's pa
ternal great-grandfather, his grand
father, grandmother, and his father
were all born within stones throw of
each other.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

II Z m a r i IL Q
architecture of
the great lakes
Is distinctive.
Z Ii . / . is as
much difference
b e t W c Q II a
freig liter on the
inland seas and
the carriers on
.salt and ii d e
water as there
between a steam
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

EXPLORER STANLEY once said to O
friend: II dread each fresh return to
Europe because each friend asks me as
soon as the first talk is over, Well,
when nre you going back to Africa p
This question always operates upon
me like red rag shown to wild
buJ1 "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

THREE years ago Archibald Claver
ing Gunter was unknown as o novel
list. Now his books are read every
where. and he is 100000 ahead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
nerve,

HENRY NJ. STANLEY is now almost so
years old. He was born in Wales and
his name was originally John Row
lands. 1t was changed on his being
adopted by New Orleans merchant,
who found him, at the age of Is, a
cabin boy in sailing vessel and took
fancy to him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

Dom PEDRO stands right up on hi,
dignity. He does not want any solace
In the shape of a Brazilian pension as
retired Emperor, bat will demand
that his regular salary be kept up just
the same as if he hadn't been exiled.
This is what may be called imperial
nerve.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

The flooding of Fiji plantation by
an unusually high tide lately resulted
in the important discovery that disease
of bananas may be prevented, and q
healthy growth secured in Young
plants, by the application OF sea water
to the ground.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
and d h6rss car.

and nUrSe CIT.
But the difference in the construction
of lake craft, as against the steamers ply
ing the ocean and deeper rivers, lies most
ly, in fact almost wholly, beneath the
water line. The rakish build of the hull
and upper works of the Atlantic merchant
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
MERCANTILE MARINE,
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAKE AND
OCEAN ARCHITECTURE.

Opinions at Variance as to the ketativs
Merits Of the Two-Bdth Sides of the
Question-The Laker tho Best Carrier
The Change from Wood to Metal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

NORTH CAROLINA has $780, 900 acres
of swamp land to sell for the benefit
of her education fund,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22
TALL FISHING STORIES
AS TOLD at A MEETING or THE DEN
YER FISH CLUB.

Some Historical Ftscts from Sketch Book,
Describing Experiences hi the Forest
Graphing for Salmon %f6Hs tY the FL,
-Tackling a Grizzly Bear,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

'OW that the season
Of the year which is
marked by long even
ings hes arrived, the
Denver Fish Clab, O
very exclusive organ.
izstion, has resumed
its usual weekly meet
,ings. Last night, says
the Ne,cs, the Secre-
tatt was called to the
platform to give the
first experiences
well. gentlemen
he began, I am quite
unprepared for the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

A 11-year-old son of Lawyer Flint, Oh
San Francisco, shot himself because he
thought he was going to get whipping
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

THAT is very nice butter, Johnny"
said Punxsutawney Pa.) grocery
man, as he took the roll out of the
basket and laid it on the counter
"Tell your mother to send all her but
ter here, and we will pay her good
price for it. "Yes," said the little
fellow, candidly, Il s'pose you would
The only reason you got this was
cause the cat fell inter the cream
crock and got drowned, and ma'am
didn't want ter sell it till er regular
customers"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

The latest definition of gentleman
comes from an etiquette book'-'a man
who, when he goes into saloon, takes
his drink and gets OUT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

transportation OF that mineral between
the mines of the Lake Superior region
aud the Lake Erie furnaces, may proper
ly be called the representative steamers
of the lakes. They represent an outlay
covering upward of 60 per cent. of the en-
tire value OF floating property on the
likes, and carry more than half of the
merchandise transported.
AS to the relative merits in general
build of the lake freighter as against the
salt water steamers. opinion appears TO
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

SNAILs sometimes sleep for four
year at n time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

The cannon used at Columbia, S.
c., in firing the Davis memorial salute
exploded. The cannon was that used in
firing the salute when South Carolina
seeded from the Union. It was fished
out of the river some years ago, where
it had been thrown when Sherman's
army was about to enter the city.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

Pale with terror, she was led to the
hay-stack. where she was compelled to
witness one of the red devils wrenc ch
off the reeking scalp of her poor de ad
father and that of the. other victim of
the brutal murder. How the second
neighbor escaped from the mea dow
the unfortunate child could never tell,
her own mental suffering was so
awful. To add to her misery, she saw
the two Indians who were at first on
foot go into the timber and presently
emerge mounted, one of them riding
the very horse on which her brother
Sherman had started for the village
that morning!
After a short pow-wow, the savages
rode off south, forcing the terrified
girl to accompany them. And there
we will leave her for the present, in-
viting the reader to return with us to
the cabin and learn how things were
there.
Night came on, but, of course,
neither Katy, Sherman or Mr.. Camp
bell arrived.
Early the next morning, after Mrs.
Campbell and Grant had passed the
long, weary hours in horrible mental
torture, the neighbor who had some-
how mysteriously escaped murder in
the bayfield, came to tell her the
dreadful fate of her husband, son and
daughter, which he broke to her as
gently as his rough, honest nature per-
mitted.
The ';ext day there was a sad burial
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
what To Do with the Hands.

My dear fellow. " said a society
woman of great candor to an awk-
ward. timid Young Harvard graduate
whom she was To present, You have
any amount of talent. YOU have posi-
tion, you have noney, buL vou will
never be at your ease never show at
your best, until YOU know what to do
with your hands and feet. You must
lose them, forget them. be unconscious
of them.''
This is easier said than done; and
yet it is possible by the persistent use
of few simple exercises which bring
relaxation and freedom from stiffness,
and others which encourage fiexibility
and strength of muscle Cultivate the
habit of letting the arms fall and place
themselves as they will hen standing
or sitting without occupation. Learn
to swing them. one at Il time back aud
forth, like a pendulum hanging from
the shoulder, the elbow-ioint straight
and easy, but not taut. Lift the length
OF the arm as a weight from the
shoulder very quietly and slowly as
high as it will go, aud bring it down
In the same manner. The muscles
across the back are wakened to a won
derful degree. Try this movement
siugly, ana again with both arms
fifty or hundred times IA dav. With
the arms hanging at full length. ele-
vate the shoulders slowly. and turn
them in rotary motion toward the
back.
A daily practice of such simple
movements calls ones attention to the
varied actions and Use of i int and
muscle; the idea of using the arm from
the shoulder is UNDERSTOOD and the
habit of bringing different sets of mus
cles into play i'll alienation and sue
cession becomes second nature. This
is the numbering of ones forces. and
training them To do each its own part.
1t is kind of personal massage. the
virtue of which lies in the minute
search for weakness. GlabbinesS. and
lack of development in the smallest
muscle. and the daily gentle manipu-
lation which strengthens it by action.
No WOMAN wants that closr-knit sinew
and knotty, woody fibre that many
men seek to obtain from athletics. it
is entirely opposed To the offices of
life to which nature calls her; she does
want firmness with fiexibiliIy, staving
power aud endurance.-Em Emma Mofe1
Tying, IN Harper's Bazar
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
A Bold Project.

The bold project of ship railway to
connect the waters of Lake Huron with
those of Lake Ontario is now being
agitated, in lien of the long proposed
ship canal. The distance between
these two great lakes is only sixty
seven miles by the proposed route from
Georgian bay to the mouth of the Hum
Der river. west of Toronto. and it has
been figured that IA railway, with three
tracks of the standard gauge, but with
rails weighing from 100 to ITO pounds
per yard could be built for $12, 200. 600.
or about half the cost of ship canal of
the same capacity. The land along
the route reaches height of 664 feet
above Lake Huron. so that there would
be some very heavy grades or else
some tremendously expensive work
necessary.
The proposed route it is said, would
save 42S miles of lake navigation and
twenty-eight miles of canal between
Chicago and Montreal and would en-
able II propeller TO reach Montreal from
Quebec in less time than it can reach
Buffalo. The expected saving of three
days in the time between Chicago and
the seaboard is certainly a consideration
which would warrant large expendi-
ture If the project is feasible from an
engineering standpoint. Rails0ay Age.
A mulatlo girl has Charge of the
Nashua. n. H.. telegraph Office.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26

.HtEsff
-4sstSn itii esignn& M
which time fort, sriiigs. Grknt
the dutiful SON he was, suddenly
became man. iwere. 80 fnithfulls
and earnestly did sse do the duty The
care Of the farm demanded. and eater
to the every want of his widowed
mother.
The afternoon of the twenty-fourth
OF December came. three mouths and
a half since the dreadful tragedy that
had made the once happy home deso-
late; and Mrs. Campbell was deplor-
ing the fact that she had no turkey for
the morrow's Christmas dinner.
Grant wished he could gratify her,
but he had no turkey and no gun.
just before sundown. rs was his wont.
he mounted his horse aud went ont
after the cows. As he was riding
slowly along, his animal stumbled in
TO an abandoned coyote hole, throwing
him headlong-but without hurting
him-into the tall ''blue-stemr with
which the prairie was covered. Strange
as it may appear, he fell right on top
of an immense wild turkey hiding in
the grass; his hands instinctively
clutched it when he tumbled. to save
himself. With great presence of mind
aud delight he clung to it, rose, drew
his jack-knife. cut off its head and tied
it behind his saddle, mounted. hurried
after the cows, brought them home.
shut them in the corral. and then
rushed into the house to his mot her
and showed her his prize.
The sun had not fairly risen next
morning before mother and son were
both up. Grant picked the turkey,
and Mrs Campbell cooked it.
BY noon everything was ready, and
just as Mrs. Campbell was going to
place the turkey on the table, old
Cyrus, the dog. who was living In the
shade of one of the big trees. suddenly
set up most terrible barking. which,
OF course, caused both Grant and his
mother to go to the door. as Cyrus
never made any fuss unless some one
was coming.
Imagine their surprise 10 see coming
up the trail through the woods mis-
erably thin-looking horse. on which
sat young woman. hatless, bare
footed, her dress mass of rags.
Mrs. Campbell stood with dish-cloth
in hand. watching the strange appari-
tion as it slowly approached. wonder
ing who it could be. while Grant was
equally puzzled. Presently. as the
visitor drew nearer, she cried out:
Mother. oh. mother. don't you
know meP"
At the sound of her child's voice
which mother never forgets-Mrs.
Campbell dropped her dish-cloth.
tainted away, and would have fallen
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-12-26
A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS STORY.

In log cabin on Thompson Greek,
in Central Kansas, lived a widow
named Campbell and her only SON
Grant.
Mrs. Campbell. her husband, two
boys-Grant aud Sherman--and daugh-
ter Katy, aged fourteen. Just at the
close of the Civil War had moved from
Connecticut and, like thousands of
others, taken up a Government claim
of one hundred and sixty acres in the
New West"
The Indians had not yet been placed
on Reservations, and they were
surly, defiant and murderous. because
of this intrusion by the whites into the
country they claimed as their own.
For three or four years they made
raids on the sparsely-settled region,
butehering and carrying into captivity
hundreds of inoffensive homestead
ers."
Only a few months after the Camp
bells had arrived. built their rude but
comfortable cabin, and begun TO feel
happy in their new and strange sur
roundings. the Cheyennes made raid
through the State; but. fortunately.
the Campbells received news of their
coming in time to reach Fort Els
worth, thus escaping the fury and
vengeance of the Indians.
When the Indians were driven back
the Campbells returned, and remained
IN sort of faneied security on their
farm ali that winter. adding little by
little to their comforts through hard
work and economy until the next fall.
when Mr.. Campbell and the bows had
harvested their small crops One beau
tiful September morning the father
had gone into the meadow of Wild
grass with . couple of neighIDors to
stack the hay cured the day before;
Sherman had left home early for the
village, twelve miles away, TO make
some purchases for the family. while
Grant, who was only twelve years old.
remained ut home TO cut wood and
help his mother.
just before noon, Grant having been
sent TO the field for potatoes KATY
mounted her little bay pony "Bartyh
with her fathers dinner, and started
for the meadow. two miles away.
The meadow was about three hundred
yards wide. flanked on both sides bv a
heavy growth of timber.
Katy was an expert and dashing
young horsewoman. Her pony pos
sessed a wonderful amount of endnr-
anee. He was one of that small spe-
cies bred in Texas on the Rio Granle,
famous for their hardy nature and abil-
ity to make long, wearisome Journeys
on prairie-grass alone.
When the happy girl reached the
meadow she saw. at its upper end, her
father on stack. and the two neigh
bors pitching the freshly-made hay up
TO him. She rode up. and had gotten
within couple of hundred Yards of
where they were, when, to her horror,
she saw her father fall head first from
the stack. and the neighbor nearest to
him also tumble to the ground. At
the same instant the report of two
rifles rang out.
Before she could utter a single cry,
ten Indians rushed out of their am
bush, all but two mounted Regaining
her dazed senses, but dumb with fear,
she turned Barty's head, and fairly
flew down the level 'bottom'' towards
her home. She had not been quick
enough. however, and in a few mo-
ments found herself surrounded by the
painted fiends