Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-08-30
PASSING EVENTS.

place in the crematory at Cincinnati.
The crematory has been built only two
years.
A cat at Tombstone, Arizona, is rear
ing three young wildcat kittens that
were captured in the woods by her mas
ter. She takes the best of care of them.
John Charvous, a reformed cannibal
from the FIJI Islands, is lecturing. He
says he never did anything in his life
that he regrets SO keenly as the eating
of his fellow men.
The largest single dock in the world
was opened on March 12 last to the
waters of Port Jackson in Sydney har-
Dor. New South Wales. 1t has taken in
one steamer of 6, 900 tons and had room
TO spare.
Next summer, says the Toronto Tele-
graph, when the new Canadian Pacific
Railway steamships are on the Pacific, a
passenger may go around the world by
way of that line and the Suez Canal in
So days.
The King of Sweden recently received
letter from a young farmer who had
been drafted for military service, beg
ging his majesty to release him and let
him Join his relatives in America, who
had Just sent him passage ticket. The
king did so.
The late Herr Sigg, of Zurich, was in
early life an acrobat. His performances
so pleased the King of Siam that that
monarch appointed him lord high somer-
sault turner-or something of that sort
and afterward lord high chancellor of
the kingdom.
The Apache Indian, when he gets a
new plug hat, cuts out the top and let's
his raven locks float out and dangle all
around. At this the paleface cachin-
mates and makes many funny remarks.
But did any paleface ever see a bald
headed Apache?
A prominent Southern man recently
confessed that he was never afraid of but
two things. "One," he said, "was the
Yankee army and the other is my wife.
The army is disbanded, but he has his
wife with him yet, so there is no fear of
his being rebel.
1t is a fact that within a few years
there has been a very notable increase
in the number and varieties of song
birds in the parts of New Jersey which
are adjacent to Philadelphia. The fact
is ascribed to the more strict enforcement
of the game laws.
The sand along the banks of the Co
lumbia River, in Oregon, is an obstacle
to railway traffic, almost as difficult to
| overcome as the snow blockades during
the winter. Nearly every train is de-
layed on account of the ever shifting
sand hills covering the track.
Postage stamp dealers are in all large
cities on the earth. j. B. Moeus, of
| Brussels, Belgium, is acknowledged to
be the leading dealer and philatelist of
| the day. He has an immense establish
ment in the Galerie Bortlere of the Ar
| cadc Madelaine, and his Investment in
| the business must be upward of mil
| lion francs.
A number of women at Washington,
at the suggestion of Susan B. Anthony,
have formed an organization called the
| Wimodaughsis, with a capital stock of
$25, 900 in $5 shares Its object is the
education of women in political science,
in art, literature, and physical culture.
A building is to be procured for the use
of the association.
Thirty thousand pounds for a clock
has just been paid by one of the Roths.
childs. The clock was beautiful speci-
men of the Louis XIV period, which had
been given as wedding present to the
Countess Fitzwilliam many generations
ago, and had been kept as an heirloom
at one of the family seats, Milton Hall,
Northamptonshire.
J. H. Youngclas, of Duncombe, Iowa
has lost four young horses from hydro
phobia within short time. The ami.
mails seemed to suffer intensely, biting
themselves and tearing their flesh in g
terrible manner. One of the horses was
bitten by mad dog about month ago
and had succeeded in biting the Other
three before the nature of the malady
was discovered. The rabid canine was
killed by COW which he attacked but
did not succeed in biting.
While fishing at Ormond, Fla, fish
erman hooked 2-foot shark. Upon
pulling him in he found that on the up
per hook was the head of small shovel
nosed shark, and on the lower hook the
aforesaid 2-footer. 1t appears that the
larger shark found the smaller one
hooked, devoured him up to the head
and then, taking the bait of the Other
hook, was in turn caught. The opening
of the larger shark disclosed the above
fact. The small one was about 16inche.
long