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Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
The Belt Should Come In.
FROSTBURG, Mp, July 10, /

FRoSTBURG, Mp, July 10, 1890.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
So many cities in the country are
not satisfied with the result of the cen
sus taken in regard to their popula
ton, so that the question seems to be
settled-the more population the
more credit is due to the com
munity. We here in Frostburg
have added considerably in population
and property since the corporation
line was drawn. The people of the
Belt" enjoy The same benefits from
the improvements made within the
boundaries. Our streetlighting our
water works, soon to be extended,
are within the reach of those adjoining
us. Our fire protection is guaranteed
to them likewise. By bringing in the
belt" taxation would not be so high as
to be Il burden to them considering
the benefits they will thereby obtain.
1t has to be done sooner or later, and
if done in the near future, the laying
of water pipes. etc, could be arranged
with more care and system. What is
your opinion about it CITIZEN.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
CORRIISPONDENCE.
Condemned at Home.
KEYsER, W. VA, June 27,

KEYsER, W. VA, June 27, 1880.
TO the MINING Journal.
The resolution below was adopted
last Friday by the teachers Of Mineral
county in institute assembled at this
place.
RcSoiped, That we, the teachers Of Mineral
county, do hereby express our disapprova of
the editorials printed III the New Domj~io",
the Keyser Tiibmne and other papers con-
cerning corporal punishment i'll school; and,
further we do hereby commend the -nOun-
tai" Echo and other papers for defending
our views of the same.
There was not u dissenting voice
when the vote was taken.
Thinking that it would interest you
to know this, | send it.
| am in hearty sympathy with this
resolution. | believe in corporal pun
ishment as the last resort. 1t is the
PRONUNCIATION of such views as are set
forth by the Tribune which makes our
schools less efficient
You may make any use of this you
may see fit. S. j. kREEMER,
lst Assistant High School Department,
keYser Graded School.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
n Lenicnt ReDuke,

The JOURNAL enjoys its old luck.
1t never comes out second best.
The teachers of Mineral county, re-
senting the glossness which classes
them with brutes, announce their con
demnation of those editorial articles
which disfavor corporal punishment
as the ultima ratio of discipline in pub
lie schools.
1t is true the JOURNAL is not special
ly named in that part of the resolu-
ton commendatory of those papers
which have defended the "Bible view"
Of dealing with ''the old boy" yet the
facts that we have Mr.. Kreemer's let
ter, elsewhere published, and private
one besides, imply plainly that this
paper was in full view when the action
referred to was taken.
AS to the resolution.
The provocation was sufficient to
evoke an indignant response. 1t is
no small insult to any legitimate pro-
feSsion or trade to be held up before
the public as a guild of brutes and a
fraternity of beasts. Much greater is
it to class of workers whose prime
aim it is to be patient, long suffering
and kind.
Hence, the resolution is in keeping
with the character of the mass of
teachers. 1t has in it no resent
ment for the stigma of brutality
placed upon them, but ''disapproves"
of the ill-advised articles as encour-
aging a fancy which, as Mr.. Kreemer
states, ''makes our schools less eff
fcient." In other terms, they say
''for ourselves we care nothing, but
keep your hands off our work.
Loter-The Keyser Echo of this week
says:
We are informed that the name of the Frost
burg JOURNAL would have been inserted with
that of the Echo if the drawer of the resolu-
ton had been able to recall it at the time.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
DiScOurtcsy Discouraged.

1t is to be hoped nobody gave any
serious attention to the leading edi-
torial last week in the Frostburg
Le7ger. 1t was unwiscly inspired and
very impolitic as an expression of
either private or public sentiment.
We will reproduce few samples:
In the first place the council committee
made a mistake in having conference with
the c. & p. officials. There was no necessity
for 1t. x x They ask nothing from the
c. & p. We say the committee
made a mistake when they conferred with
the c. e p. people. As for asking
the c. & P. to come into town and give us
the many other accommodations we might
need we may as well ask for the moon.
We might admit that all the Ledger
alleges is true, yet what is the use Of
intensifying latent hostility and arous-
ing new animosities ? The C. and P
has its friends here. More than that,
any road coming into town has got to
come over good deal of C. & P. land.
SO that if the people of Frostburg
had become too lordly to confer with
the c.. & P. on amicable terms at first,
it is certain they would have to treat
with that company on other, perhaps
more unfavorable conditions, sooner
or later. 1t was and is in the power
of the G.. Il p. to give the people
great deal of trouble in the matter of
bringing in the G. C. & c. branch,
and our point is that that power need
not be provoked to last resorts.
The committee did not, therefore,
make a mistake in comforting with
the C. & p.
They would have committed an un-
pardonable, perhaps fatal error, had
they failed to extend equal and i'm
partial courtesy to the competing
companies.
Taking into full view, therefore,
all the circumstances, conditions and
considerations involved in this very
important matter, strict courtesy to
and impartial treatment of the COM
panies should mark popular conduct.
This for policy's sake, if not for the
supreme satisfaction of having acted
as gentlemen.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
\ Reason Wanted.

The Mayor and Council of this town
will be very remiss if they do not
Monday evening make searching
investigation into the notification Of
paragraph ,, Chapter t, Of the Code of
Ordinances during the evening and
night of July +. The paragraph is as
follows:
1t shall be unlawful to discharge any can
non, gun, pistol or fire arm, or rockets,
crackers, squibs or fire works at any time
during the night or day within the Corporate
limits, except by permission of the Mayor
and majority of the Town Council, in
writing, under penalty of not less than one
nor more than twenty dollars.
There is an impression out that the
permission above described was not
given in the instance named.
At the same time the fact is widely
known that the prohibition of ex-
plosives was unlawfully relaxed by
somebody, or that the police con-
nived, if not co-operated with those
who have no respect for this and
perhaps for any other ordinance of
the town.
In one field or the other there is a
mine to be explored, and the proper
authorities owe it to themselves to let
the people know what an ordinance is
worth that can ba cot ncilo of will
either by the Mayor or police.
Or if even the Mayor and four
Councilmen sin writing" can give per
mission to regard the law as tempor-
arily nil, what was there extraordinary
about the late Fourth to warrant an
almost all-night torture to old men,
weak women, timid children and the
seriously i'll ?
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Green-Eyed Newspapers.

To seek responsible and important office
is an honorable ambition, of which we are
not ashamed.-Cumberlan -Ne~S.
But as newspapers multiply in Allie
gany county this will not be always
thus.
That is, not with the editors.
Like mules, some of them, with ap-
parently no pride of ancestry nor hope
of posteritv, and entertaining no
visible ambitions for themselves, are,
worse than the mules, envious and
jealous of those whom they imagine
want popular preferment.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
MINING JOURNAL
FROSTBURG, MD, JULY u, 1890.
Not Enough of Business"

The committee whose duty it was to
ascertain the financial status of Cum
berland came out Tuesday with a very
ineligible statement.
They find that city life is expensive,
the more so when politics, not busi-
ness runs the machine.
If we mistake not, it was few
weeks before Cumberland set out upon
her unknown sea of debt that the
finances of Frostburg were found to
be in "a wobbly condition of indefinite
uncertainty" Our system is not so
extensive or unwieldy as the city's,
yet, with a running start, we have
been unable to learn the status of our
affairs. 1t was said at the time,
though, that the riddle would be easily
and quickly solved. Hence, it was
expected by oversanguine people that
we would be long out of the under
brush of doubt before Cumberland
would tackle the impenetrable forest
VI uncertainty.
But Cumberland, behind at first, is
before at last. Her people know al
most to dot absolutely conservative
where they stand, while ours do not
even know whether the inquiry has
ever been begun or, if so, whether it
proved too much for our fnanciering
sacants, and, in that event, did they
fight and run away
To live to fight another day?
To us it appears important that this
matter should be no longer delayed.
The Council needs starting point and
basis for operations. The floating
debt should be paid, and this Council
ought to formulate and begin plan
to gradually and Systematically wipe
it out of existence. This they cannot
do until they are able to "take
its measure" so they may "cut their
CLOTH accordingly.
A few considerations strictly pollt-
ical will afford time enough for the
Council to take an inventory of the
towns liabilities.
Some people, too, are in debt only
in whatever they owe through the
town. Most of them are republicans
and their curiosity ought to be graf
flied for the party's sake.
Nevertheless, "give us more busi
ness and less politics"
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12

The kevser Tribune dies hard.

The Kevser Tribune dies hard.
1t says:
Corporal punishment should be tolerated
"the iuvenescent Tribune spells fanaticism
phcuatjcjSm.'
That WAS one rcaSon-only one,
and it holds just as good against the
7ribune's ''compositor" as against the
Iribune itself.
No fanatic antagonist of corporal
punishment in public schools, once
licked for such a depression, would
ever again spell his disease "phanat-
iciSm.''
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12

There is no telling in what religious
state of mind the school-teachers of the
land will return from st. Paul, where
some of them went to participate in the
Teachers national association. Prof.
Winchell has been there preaching to
them on the question-''Is Evolution
Godless?" The JOURNAL Lanswers-No
but those newspapers who advocate
anarchy in the schoolroom are.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
DO They See Anything Green in Our

If the latest water works report be
true, it is not likely the people will
repudiate their own investment to
keep up system more alien than ever.
New York in competition with
Frostburg for Frostburg's patronage
of Frostburg's pocket is a scheme that
wont pay cent on the 800.
The report must be a canard
Go ahead, Water Board you ''are
the people -
And ''the people are the fright
men in the right place"
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
HI.eViticS.

Thoughtful Titus A. Brick says the
man who sits down and waits for his
ship to come in will find that it is like
the MINING JOURNAL-that it will
come a great deal sooner if he does not
keep looking for it.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Errors Worsted by Correction.

In the letter OF J. w. Evans in this paper
last week it was stated that the "big vein" of
this region would not be exhausted for sixty
six years. 1t should have read twenty-six.
The error was made in this ottice.-Lonacon-
ing Reyie~.
1t is a big mistake to write such
letters, bigger one to print them,
and the biggest of all is to recall at
tentiOn to them.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Some CONDENSATION.

We are crushed.-Keyser Ttibune.
Yea, verify mashed fiat DIS pam
cake.
Twas ever thus with those who en-
deavor to hold the right of way
against Il locomotive.
Hence, you are badly disfgured,
but you know good deal more.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12

Watterson and Douglas sitting on Il
hotel porch. A drove of mules ar.
proaches.
"Hello, C0Wjer-.JouWal. here comes a
lot of your subscribers
eyes, coolly answered the great
C.-J.; ; they have come over into West
Virginia to teach SCHOOL,
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Where Charity Begins.

Several contested election cases in
Congress are yet to be decided-con-
tests in which the party majority cuts
more Of swath than the law and
the facts. Thaddeus Stevens, the
great commoner, stated it about this
way:
of course, we must stand by our own
id rascal. Which is he?
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
COUNTY NEWS.
Ordinary Occurrence.

TtSitor-Your contemporary is un-
usually interesting to-day.
Eddor-Well, never saw it when it
was not un, n,news-ually interesting.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Married.

In Homecoming, July /, 1890. by
Rev. J. P. Wilson, Mr.. William Fair
grieve, of Barton, and Miss Annie
Hitchins, daughter of James Hitchns.
National mine.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
CONTRADICTION

TNHE "NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION" dated
l. "March If, 1880" of the firm of WOLFE
BROS, dealing 'in the Hardware, Tinware,
Stove and Farm Implement business" WAS
PREMATURE, said announced dissolution
never having been consummated.
l.. =. WOLFE,
July 5-3t Senior Partner.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
GENERAL NEWS.


Rev. S. V. Leech. d. D., of the New
York conference, has been assigned to
the pastorate of the leading Methodist
church in San Francisco, Cal. He is
Il brother of the director of the L. S.
Mint at Philadelphia, and of Rev. G..
V. Leech, ID. D.. of Frostburg
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Miscellaneous Advertisements
VTfE

Power of tn" Dollar never be known until visit FRANK
G. BEAIIS Hardware and Stove Store and nvcst few of
them
You will there find that you have the
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
Look on this Picture-Then on That.

Look on this Picture-Then on That.
There are only five states in the Union in
which schoomaster can legally fog pupil.
Indiana is one of them. Hence it is an as
sured fact that Hoosierdom will continue to
produce great men for some years to come.
Terre Haute Mail
And the context is--that in those
States where the rod is prohibited by
law and the Keyser Tribune, the
propagation Of little men and brutes
will go on with growing energy.
In such States it would be for better
if "School never Kept"
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12
\ Dusty AblutiOn.

The Westminster Adr0cate has be-
come rash.
Commenting on some criticisms of
the Baltimore Sun of Mayor David
sons action concerning electric light
ing in the city it says:
The Baltimore SIM is fast becoming a COM
mon scOld.
Again:
The SIN, in fact, has become common
scold, and its dyspeptic and vain editor
ought to be ducked
Very well.
But it is the editors turn to select
the Jordan Of baptism.
And all the JOURNAL wants to do in
the ceremony is to intimate to him
that the Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
the helpless victim of ring rule and
food, is mighty fine stream for Il
dry-shod plunge.
Frostburg mining journal., 1890-07-12

bargains that will give you thrill Of pesule make YOU
feel good with merchants the world in GENERAL and
FRANK G. BEALL in particular.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-18
Look After the Little Ones.

S. S. S. is the remedy for children
because it i S simple vegetable com
pound, prepared from the roots
gathered from the forests, and con-
tains no mineral at all nor any poison
of any kind. 1t cures by eliminating
the impurities of the blood, thus as
sisting nature.
If there is or has been any con-
sumption in your family, you should
give your children S. S. S. 1t will
gently stimulate the action of the
lungs, and enable nature to properly
develop the child. If there is scro-
fula, you should not fail to give S. S.
S. 1t is the only remedy which hi s
ever cured this disease. For boils.
pimples, blotches, etc, on children
S. S. S. is superior to all other medi-
cines. 1t acts gently, it forces out
the impurities and builds up the
child from the first dose.
We will mail treatise on Blood
and Skin Diseases to all who will
send their address to us.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-18

Rev. F. NJ. Shrout, Pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound, Kan.
says: 81 feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery
has done for me. My lungs were
badly diseased, and my parishioners
thought | could live only few weeks
i took five bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery and am sound and well.
Arthur Love, Manager Loves Fun
ny Folks Combination, writes; "Af-
ter a thorough trial and convincing
evidence, / am confident DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption beats
'em all, and cures when everything
else fails. The greatest kindness l
can do my many thousand friends is
to urge them to try it. Free trial bot
ties at II. B. Gamers Drug Store.
Regular prices SOC and $10O.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-18
HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.
A Kansas Grangcr's Disheartenlng Elk
perlence with Cipher Dispatches.

| A Kansas Grangcr's Dlsheartening Ex-
perIence with Cipher Dispatches.
To prevent mistakes in transmitting,
the grain and commission men have a
well-established cipher in which words
that are not liable to be mistaken by
the telegraph operator are used in place
of the quotation figures. Some Of the
Kansas City firms use the cipher in cor
responding with their out-of-town GUS
toners. and others do not, as the gem
eral run of customers arc not familiar
with the cipher.
A Kansas man was in Kansas City
last year and made large purchase of
wheat with leading commission house
on four per cent. margin. He request
ed the firm to telegraph him the quota
tons next day, and clerk of the firm
was instructed to present him with a
cipher key, but neglected to do so.
The Kansas man now tells the story
OF his speculation with great gusto.
The next morning he received tele-
gram:
Opened disgust"
He was somewhat surprised, and failed
to make any sense out of the message.
A little later he received another mes
sage.
"Disgusted."
He did not know what 1t meant, but 1t
was signed. So he telegraphed back to
the commission firm:
$50 am l."
A little later came telegram;
Disgusting"
BY this time he was getting mad, and
sent back another message:
Il should say it was disgusting,
What do you meanY'
Before he had fairly got his answer
on the wires there came another mos
sage:
"Disheartened."
So was the Kansas man; SO he waited
and did not answer. But when an
other message came in Dishonest" he
sent back word:
~ won't dispute 1t, and ] think you
are crazy also. Sell all my wheat at
once"
A little later he received message:
"Sold Just in timo. Now disgorge."
To say that the Kansas man was mad
would be putting it mildly. lie took the
train that night for Kansas City to see
what it meant, and when he found out
he treated all around.
Disgust translated Is 90& cents, dis
gusted, 00G cents; disgusting, 100 cents;
disheartened, 1905 cents; dishonest,
1904 cents, and disgorge, 99A kansas
CITY Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-18
Good Position.

To ladies and gentlemen who de-
sire to make money rapidly we offer a
splendid opportunity. We have a
large number of agents making from
four to eight dollars per day selling
pictures of Jefferson Davis for which
there is great demand everywhere
If you are already an agent, no matter
what you are selling you should carry
our pictures. You will be surprised
to see how rapidly they sell. Our
outfit consists Of four different styles
of pictures, three of Mr.. Davis and
one of Henry w. Grady, size 1lx14
inches and sell for fifty cents each.
We have the finest steel engravings
which Mrs. Davis says is the best like
ness she has seen of her late lamented
husband, size l4xlS inches price $3.50.
Outfit complete consists of all the
above mentioned pictures worth $500
but will be sent to those only who
mean business for g. This includes
the finest steel engraving with frame
and glass. We also have outfit for
500 but it will pay you to have the
best. This is great opportunity to
make money and you should order at
once or write for particulars.
We pay agents 60 per cent, com
mission and allow them to collect be-
fore returning our money on regular
orders for pictures.
P.S. Picture of either Jefferson
Davis or Henry W. Grady, album size
8 cents, both sent to any address for
names of two agents and silver dime
or postage stamps. All questions
cheerfully answered.
DAVIS MEMORIAL CO,
9O7 Main street, Dallas, Texas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-04-18
Hopkinsuillr Rrntufkian.
APRIL Is, 1890.
FRIDAY,
AN OBSERVING BOY.

What Ills Eyes Soc and How They Spy
out Reasons for It.
The boy OF whom write is never at q
loss to find something to observe. Last
year heavy shower caught him while
he was fishing. From his retreat he
kept his eye out TO see whatever there
was to be seen, and shortly observed the
dragon flies, great and little, settling in
the tall brook grass for shelter from the
rain. Before the shower was fairly over
he saw the cedar birds come and drive
the dragon flies from their covert, hunt
ing them down in all their lace-winged
finery. The great threo-inch dragon
flies, painted with black and yellow,
were too strong for tho birds, but the
little slender fellows done up in fancy
colors-brown, green, blue and dusky-
became meat for the hunters.
This fall, when padding up Caucom-
gomac stream, we saw cedar birds sit
ting out on the rush beds near the mid
die OF the stream. This was Just after
shower. Had they been catching
dragon hies7 The boy was not there to
tell us.
Some time ago ! demonstrated with
him for throwing stones at kingbird,
but was told that he was doing 1t only
to please the bird. Truo enough II did
please the bird. From his perch on
high troo the kingbird calculated the
curve Of each stone, chattering his def
ance Us the missile whizzed by, rising 0
O. D. ,.,l.a 10 hat u mn too
near, only to settle again in the same
place.
As it amused both bird and boy / al
lowed it to continue, and for several
days the kingbird returned daily to en-
joy the sport.
One could not DO even the best of boys
and not sometimes enjoy hectoring
other creatures, but frequently the most
distress is caused by the most innocent
intentions The boy is always bring
ing home 'chippies" and young robins,
leaving the distracted parents to mourn
until their offspring is returned. One
poor song sparrow doubtless denounced
him as o murderer because he choked
one of her yellow-mouthed nestlings by
feeding it with strawberries against her
expressed wishes, although the jury
impaneled on the case gave in an ac-
quittal.
Once I knew him to catch in his
hands full-grown yearling common
tern, perfectly able TO fly. From baby
hood this boys cry has been for SUM
sin live to play wiv." No matter what
the creature was--a dog, kitten (any
stray kitten was treated by him like a
Princess in disguise), bird, young
mouse, or even q toad.-Forest and
Straam