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The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
Matching Crows for Bounty.

An ingenious agricultural person who lives not very from Boston has hit upon 8 new and decidedly profitable in- dustry There has recently arisen a demand for crows' heads, hitherto deemed valueless, and it is his purpose to supply it. Ten cents apiece the county authorities have offered for the crania of these interesting birds from whose destructive propensities the farmers crops have been suffaring ser iously of late years. Under ordinary circumstances this bounty would not leave very large margin of profit for tho recipient 1t costs something. you see, to kill crow The e IS the am- munition, in the first place, which is expensive, and one can not count upon staying even a single inky-feathered fowl for each charge of shot and pow der. Besides. the sportman's time must be reckoned in the account But the epterprising speculator above re- ferred to has devised a scheme by which maximum percentage of gain is to be secured without any risk worth speaking of. He has set up chicken incubator of the most approved pattern, in which is placed as fast as laid the product of about one hundred hen crows that have been trapped and confined, in company with perhaps dozen cock crows. Within fifteen days the little creatures are matched, and fortnight later they are ready to be decapitated. For be it under stood that the head of crow chick is worth just as much as that of an adult of the species. At the uniform rate of ten for a dollar, dead, they pay the producer.-Albany (N. Y Argus.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
Wisdom in Proverbs.

Pleasures steal away the mind. - Dutch Proverb
 A grain of prudence Is worth 9 pound of craft. .-Asiatic Proverb.
 Envy shooteth at others and wounds himself Russian Proverb
 Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. r.-German Prove"L-
 A blow from a frying pan<..nuts if it does not hurt. Spanish Proverb.
 When there is room in the heart there is room in the house. e.-Danish Proverb.
 A mouse will scare thief.-Italian Proverb.
 Intemperance is the doctors wet nurse.-German Proverb.
 The envious may die, but envy. nev- er.-French Proverb.
 Children virtues bring new wealth to the parents. Tamil Frove.I&.
 A hired horse and ones own spurs mako short miles. Dutch Prd orb.
 When the bee sucks it makes honey; when the spider, poison. Spanish Proverb.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
Stepping-Stones to Success.

Learn your business thoroughly Keep at one thing; in nowise change Always be in haste, but never in : hurry. Observe system in all you q and undertake. Whatever i5 wort doing at all is worth doing well. Or. to-day is worth two to-morrows. B. seIf-reliant; do not take too much ao vice, but rather depend on yourself Never fail to keep your appointment, nor to be puEctual to the minute Never be idle, but keep your hands c mind usefully employed, except whe. sleeping. Use charity with all; beeve generous In thought and deed; hel others along life's thorny paths. Max. no haste to be rich; remember the small and steady gains give competenc. and tranquility of mind. He tha1 ascends ladder must take the loves round. All who arc above were orc, below.-N. Y. Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
REMARKABLE OLD MEN.
An Addition to the Paragraphs Published
 in the Daily Papers.


 Jasper Sorethumb, of Jo Daviess County, H., will be one hundred and five years old thirty years from next Fourth of July. He is still hale and hearty; and he sat cheerfully on a fence a. few days ago while his wife chopped a cord of wood. Old Jasper after ward said that he felt no fatigue what ever.
 One of the most prominent cases of old age in the country is that of Deacon Ananias Whopper, of Macon, Ga. The deacon claims to be one hundred and twelve years of age. and he is so well preserved that he does not look day over sixty. The deacon is also noted as a liar.
 Deacon Phineas R. Shinbone, known as the Sage of Greenpeas County, Mass, died last week at the ripe age of one hundred and thirty-seven years. The deacon was strong and healthy up to the hour of his death, which was caused by buzz-saw. MP. Shinbone did not vote for all the Presidents of the United States, and he never saw Washington; this is where he was par ticularly remarkable.
 'Pomp" Cadwallader, an old negro in Tennessee, is probably the oldest man in America. He says he guesses he is "'most free hundred" While he does not look so old as that, he must be at least fifty-eight. He was a body-servant to General Washington.
 Elder Bobea Snagg, of Salt Lake City. is one hundred and twenty-one years of age He attributes his re- markable health and advanced age to the incessant use of whisky and to- bacco. He is very powerful man, and recently dug a we'll with his own hands. Why he did lo0 use shovel is not stated.
 Rev. Samuel Cotton (colored), pas tor of the Bethel M. E. Church, Rome, Ga, is said to be one hundred and thirty years old. He is still hale and hearty, and recently walked to the nearest grocery, with his own hands, and bought a quart of kerosene to aid in lighting the fire His demise may be expected at any time.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
HUMOROUS.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox, though lover of cats. has never devoted one ( her impassioned poems 60 Tabitha ( Thomas
 -''Is the baby strong?' ''Wel rather. You know what a tremerdo. voice he has?" ''Yes." Well, ] lifts that i've or six times an hour."- Harper's Bazaar.
 --"Cld Mir. Skinner is very char table man, isn't he?" "Oa. yes; |, course. But if he ever casts his bre> upon the waters you bet he expects to come back sardine sandwich. "- l The Ratchet.
 Managing Editor-''I think W can stand another minion editorial Writing EditCr-"What, mini0n ye. We'll, I'll write you daisy" Mana ing Editor (faintly)-''No bouquet please. '-Washington Critic.
 -Farmer-'I didn't have any none for the pape', so thought l VOL bring you in load of turnips." | itor-''Yes; that s as good to me as u money. Er-before you go, Mir. Ha seed, there's little matter I'd like' speak to you about" Farmer-''We what is it?" Editor-''You don t wa, to buy a lead of turnips, do you?" Judge.
 Mrs. Bullion-"T'm afraid, Mar Ann, that you are inclined to be e. travagant. |" Mary Anr-'Me, extrav agant, is itP Sure yez are mistaken. Mrs. Bullion-''You burn too man candles" Mary Ann-''Mo, burnir candlesP Divil wanr' Mrs. Bullio, That's very odd. As I passed tn kitchen door, when the butcher young man was here last night, 1 a |. sure I heard him speak to you abou your taper waste. "-America.
 -Napier's famous dispatch iron India announced his victory in OF word: "Peccavi which is, by inter pretation, ''Ihavc Scinde." Very muc of the same kind was General de Bour mont's message to the French NG, Minister in 1850, when tho Dcy Of A giers escaped him after being talEeI ''Perdidi Diem" "-''I have lost 8 Dey. It is said that Drake, when the ship Of the Armada turned their sails, ser to Elizabeth the wo d ''Cantharides' that is, ''The Spanish fly" This last is probably a fable. Temple Bar.
 -Clara-''Oh, mother, we had suci fun at the party! Young Smith pro posed that he and 1 should go througl a mock marriage ce emony-just i fun, you know; and it was too funny for any thing. Afterward, some of tn, older people who heard of it said we were really married; but we're not. are we?" Doting Mother-''Of course not. Besides. young Smith couldn' support wife if he had one." 'FOh it wasn't that Smith. It was the othei Smith, from Gold City. the one vii, owns @ bonanza mine. you know. "Eh? That Smith! My dear, mar riage like that before witnesses i binding. "-N, '. Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
He Disappointed His Friends.

There were 8 dozen men on the cal who saw MT. Blank waiting on the crossing ahead, and one of them re- marked:
 Now you see if he don't lead right off by saying what an open winter this is."
 Blank stepped aboard, entered and greeted half dozen people, and, while all were holding their breaths, he said:
 Gentlemen, what a cool summer we had last yearr' r'-Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
CHARACTER IN TONES.
The Power for Good or Evil That Resides
 in the Human Voice.

The Power for Good or Evil That Resides
 in the Human Voice.
 Few of us are there wR fail to rec. ognize the power for goo br evil that resides in tone. There is she tone ot authority that insures obe .ence; there is the tone of anger which ,xasperates there are the querulous, the msinuat- ing, the expostulating. the supplica- . tory tones. There is the tone of happy childhood, clear. sweet, careless; the tone of neglected childhood, so moving, so pitiful.
 There is nothing when one is under a high state of excitement so difficult to control as the voice, and probably there is no one indicator of character so accurate and trustSs ny as the voice. In the prevailing to.les of the voice in conversation discriminating listener can readily detect the various qualities of the mind and heart which go to make up the character of the speaker; and this is to a large exten: true whether he speaks in language intelligible to the nearer or in one un- known to him. Culture shows itself in the tones of the voice almost as exactly as in the language articu!ated, or in the expression of the face. Decision, indecision, dissimulatiOn, habitual good nature. merriment, melancholy, ill-temper--all leave their record as in- effaceably in the tones of the voice as they do on the lineaments O the face.
 The cultivation of one's voice thus resolves itself into the cultivation of one's character Where the voice is hGbitually soft, clear, sweet, uniform. the character will be found to cor respond with it. Where the voice is full of dissonance, harshness, cold ness, negativeness, the character will be found to correspond with it.
 The vocal organs are exceedingly mobile and sensitive, or they could not so exactly reproduce in tone the con dition of ones miud and the form of one's character Being thus mobile, they are capable of indefinite cultiva- ton in the richness, variety, depth and meditation of the tones they pro- duce; but no amount of cultivation will impa.'t to the voice those peculiar tones and qualities which indicate sweetness of temper, eharitab!eness of disposition or refinement .Of taste. These traits must be in the character or they will not appear peig gmanently and habitually in the voice.
 The mother who can repress in her. self and in her children irritable, angry and impatient tones does much to insure harmony and peace within the circle of which she is the center There are those whose voices bring gladness, light, cheer, wherever they penetrate, for they give assurance of balmy presence. genial sympathy, in- fectious merriment. Benefactors in- deed are the owners of these voices, and their memories are precious to the hearts of all who listen to the melody of their utterances. N. Y. Advocate.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05

AZTEC LAND AND CATTLE co
 (LIMITED.) Post office, HolbrOOk. Arizona. Range, Apache ard YavaI ai counties, Old cattle branded ~ t:I Also in various other onleft side and hip .- ..zzs 1- brands and marks. .-stT on both sides kept mp. Horse Brands: Sl3 Eszl ri@ht or left shoulder. HS
 ssEg right thigh.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05
In domestic life there are faitbf

In domestic life there are faithfu and intelligent women who discrimi nate between the benefcent purposes C. the home and it's mere trivialities, anc who devote their lives to the former and only their odd moments to th, latte; there are others so wrapped uI in showy furnishings. luxuriant sur roundings and general appearances that they lose sight of the truth that the home exists for the welfare and happiness of the inmates. g Week
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05

A very simple Life of Jesus," in the Italian tongue by Signor Bonghi, based solely on the gospel narrative, Las secured q large circulation.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05

Father (the son using the falnii hammer)-"John, don't swear th; way. especially at your own awkwar ness: Give me that hammer. (Iw blows later.) -!-!i-!!!' Jchn--"t that's the way you want me 10 swear is ii9"-Tc.,re Haute Expres@
The St. Johns herald., 1890-06-05

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Miscellaneous AdYeruSements-
1910. 1889.
Cunard Steamship Co.,
LIMITED.

BETWEEN New York and Liverpool,
- calling at Queenstown each way.
Prepaid Stcerage Rates to New York
From Liverpool, Queenstown elias
gov, Belfast or Londonder-
rN.,,..... ............ SZU
L" Dublin (pia LiverpooD. ..s. q
" London Bristol or Cardll'(oja
LIVERPOOL ...........>. %
&" Hamburg, Rotterdam, Am
sterdam, Antwerp or Havrc ~
/" Chrstiania, Christlansand-
Stavanger, Bergen, Gothen-
burg Malmo, Copenhagen,
or FrOudhe m. ............ 23
6 Stockholm, iIShjerg or Stettin IS
Children betwt en- and II years. Half FaIe
Infants under wear. So
Outward Steerage Rates from Kew York
To all points above named same rates except
as follows
Infants under year. Free
intermediate Passage Prepaid
From Liverpool or Queenstown to
New Ork. S35
Children between | and y years. Hal; are
Infants. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS
Outward from New York
To Liverpool or Queenstown..., $50
Children between and ~ years. Half Fare
Infants .................... Free
For further particulars apply to or address
THOMAS G. PORTER,
June 26-y Frostburg Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
OBITUARY.
JOHN w. H4NSEL.


Tendcrly and atlectionately dedicated to
his memory
When forced to part from those we love,
Though sure to meet again,
We still painful anguish prove
Yet still we feel an inward pain.
But who can e'er describe the tears
We shed when thus we sever?
If to part for months on years
Perhaps to part forever?
Yet if our aims are fixed Alright
A sacred hope is given
Though here our prospects end IN night,
We will meet again III heaven.
He bids the storms of life to cease,
The troubled breast to calm,
And in the wounded heart he
POurs religious, healing balm.
His halowed influence cheers lite's course
OF saddess and of gloom;
1t guides us through this vale OF tears
To Joys beyond the tomb.
He's gone, but not forever
Away from loving friends;
He'll come to us-no, never!
But we shall 90 to him.
He lived awhile to cherish
The love of those who were dear;
His memory cannot perish;
To us he was so dear.
His kindred dear all miss him
About their happy home;
Erelong they hope to meet him,
When all their toll is done.
Outlines their hearts are lonely;
Strange providence they see;
But when they think of meeting,
How happy they will he.
. cheer up, all ye loved ones
Your sainted friend is gone
Your father lives with JESUS
Nnu'n find him, fp al home
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

Eupepsy.-This is what you ought to
have. in fact, you must have it, to fully en-
Joy life. Thousands are searching for it dali
ly, and mourning because they find it not.
Thousands upon thousands of dollars are
spent annually by our people in the hope
that they may attain this boon. And yet it
may be had by all. We guarantee that Elec-
trio Bitters. if used according to directions,
and the use persisted in, will bring you good
digestion and Gust the demon Dyspepsia and
install instead Eupepsy. We recommend
Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and all of Liv-
er Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at soc and
Sl,per bottle by r. 6. Colborn, Druggist.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
a Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life

!
was just an ordinary scrap of wrapping paper,
stages of consumption, told by physicians
that she was incurable and could live only
short time; she weighed less than seventy
younds. On a piece of wrapping paper she
read of Dr. Kings New Discovery, and got
sample bottle; it helped her; She bought a
other and grew better fast, continued its use
and is now slrong, healthy rosy, plump,
weighing 40 pounds. For fuller particulars
send stamp to w II. Cole, Druggist, Fort
Smith. Trial bottles of this wonderful DIS
coverv free at r. G. Colborn's drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

Piedmont. ..1O24 S29 II 05 619 $40
Cumberland. III % 9 40 II 80 4.55
Tickets are good 10 days and will be sold at
correspondingy low rates from other stations.
For tickets and other information call upon
or address Agents b. & O. r. II.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
New Business Locals.

Worth its Weight in Gold.-If you
feel depressed, your appetite is poor and are
troubled with dizziness of the head, Bilious
Hess or Dyspepsia, DR., Lees Liver Regulator
will cure you. Trial size bottles free.
a well known physician in New York adj
vises all his patients that suffer with Coughs
and Colds to use Puritan Cough and Con
sumption Cure. At r. &. Colborn's drug
Dfn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Business Locals,

Bucklcn's Arnica Salve.-The Best
Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises Sores,
Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded,
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by |. c.
lambert.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

Life's Mistakes Somebody has con-
densed the mistakes Of life and arrived at the
conclusion that there are fourteen of them.
The greatest of all mistakes is to allow sim
Pile Cough or Cold to take its course which
always ends in death check it in time and
save life by use of Puritan Cough and Con-
sumption Cure. Price 25 cents, at X. G. Col
bOrns drug store
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

a National Disease.--Americans, as a
rule, suffer more than any other Nation with
Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Indigestion. Our
readers are assured that nothing equals Red
Cloud Liver Berries for these ailments. Trial
package free at Colborn'S drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Death of Lutheran Minister.-Rev

Death of a Lutheran Minister.-Rev
Frederick Benedict, pastor of st. Paul's
Lutheran church of Frostburg a number Of
years ago, died of pneumonia in Bedford, Pa.
Monday, aged II years. A week before Mr.
Benedict buried his only son, grief over whom
so Frustrated him as to result in his death
From his pastoratein Frostburg Mr.. Benedict
went to Bedford, taking charge Of the church
there but for the last fifteen years had lived a
retired life, contributing by his means to the
cause of the church when called upon. He
was a scholarly and eloquent preacher, and
highly esteemed throughout Pennsylvania
and this section of Maryland.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Thc Voice off the People ON Wine.-I,

L IIC VVICC VT 0IIV I CUVIO vi W IIIC.-II
is a well known fact that wines above all
other liquors are grossly adulterated, but
when pure article is placed upon the mar
ket and people find it out to be pure, they all
with one voice recommend it, The Port
Grape Wine from the vineyards of Alfred
Speer of Passaic, N. j., has received the nm
and of thousands of invalids who have been
won back to health by its use. For sale by
druggists
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
GENERAL ITEMS.

Personal.-The Fairmont CIV. Va. IN
der of last week says "Dr Dorsey P. Fitch
was quite seriously i'll for several days this
week, but was able to walk to his offic,
yesterday. He is still very weak and it will
be some time before he will be able to attend
to his practice
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Last Excursion to Washington

Last Excursion to WaShingtOn.-Ihe
last of the series of monthly excursions via
the Baltimore e. Ohio X. r. to the National
Capital is announced for Thursday, April
18th, and those who have not done so, should
take advantage Of the low rates offered, to
visit Washington during the present session
of Congress The rates are extremely low
and the time limit long enough to allow ex-
eursionists the opportunity Of visiting the
various places ofinterest within easy reach
the Capital-Baltimore Annapolis, Rich
mond, Old Point and Mount Vernon. We
give below a list of stations showing rates Of
fare and time of trains:
TINE. RATE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

Every Home Should Have It.-Itis not
always convenient to call a physician for
every little ailment. Having Red Flag Oil
in the house you have physician always at
hand. 1t kills rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Burns, Bruises and all Aches and Pains. Price
% cents. There are few things in this life of
which we may be certain, but this is one of
them, Puritan Cough and Consumption Cure
has no equal for Coughs, Colds and Consump-
ton. Price 25 cents. At |. c. Lam bert's Drug
Store
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

Sensible Advice.-Are you Dyspeptic
or a sufferer with Biliousness, Sick or Ner-
vous Headache, and have failed to get relief?
If SO, try Red Cloud Liver Beans. Trial
package free at Colborn's drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

WHEN you visit Baltimore stop at the
Maltby House, where will be found first
class accommodations at very low rates.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

WHY do you have that cough when it can
he so easily cured by the.use of Foley's Honey
and Tar, sold by RObt. G.. Colborn ?
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
The 1.ois in the Wall.

A gentleman who has recently returned
from quite a long trip through ''the land of
the Aztccs" has been giving some interest
ing details of his experiences to his friends.
Among ctacr THINGS he said that when he
was in ,hc City of Mexico he was shown
through, some ancient bui:dings converts
and laiis that were erected by tho Span
iards several Centuries ago. In the wall of
enc Of these ancient edificcs he saw o srlmll
opening; SO inc naturally inqu I'd of his
:lcxican GUIDE what purpose it tved. dc
was told that it WAS one Of tho buildings
in whiah criminals were wall. . hp alive.
s.Eut what was the use of tho hole in tho
wal.." he asked. "Wcll. eenor," replied
the guide, s'as long as the prisoner lived his
food WIS handed to lin on plate and he
handed buck the empty piutc through the
hole; but when the prisoner handed back
the plate with the food OH il untouched then
the i.iler knew that he was dead already
and didn't give him any more"
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-04-25
Your most humble Servant
G. WASHINGTON
Tho Isnrli,l, Isrcakfn

Breakfast is adelightful hour in England
for it is informal. Servants are often dis
pensed with altogether; people come !,
when they choose, no one waiting fo,
another, and YOU may select your neighbo.
il you are il time. Tho women are fresh
and simplcin toilet, the sportsmcn in lsnicA
erbccLers and shooting suits ready for the
occupation of the day. In some houses Ill,
host and hostess sit at opposite suds of III
lorg table, and one pours tsa and the ot,,
coffee. In other mansions neither thcl O.
nor hostess is visible before lunch time
The Table is spread only with fruit anis
bread, and possibly cold sweets, jcilies an.
marmaladc. Perhaps u young lady Of th,
family sits behind an egg boiler and cool:s
eggs for her friends, but the substantin
meats. hot and cold, are on tho sidcboar.:
ana tho men get up and forage for tt.
ladies and themselves. The v,ands, o,
cour. jare abundant aud delectable. Al
English breakfast is always substantial. Ii
Scotland, oatmeal po fridge is never absent