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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

The champion pug of England weighs
but five pounds.
Australia is sending Il thousand hogs
heads q vine to Amsterdam.
Frances National l. ague of Physical
Education is exerting great influence
upon the French youth at school. All
sorts of sports and pastimes, such as foot
ball and rowing, are now in vogue i'll tho
College of Paris.
By the thrtyeighth annual report of
the Ragged School Shoeblack Society Of
England it appears that the weekly
average earnings of each boy is 81. 30.
OF this sum, according to the system of
division, 50 is paid to the boy as wages,
81. 16 saved up for him i'll his bank, and
81. IS retained by the society, which pro-
vides a comfortable home and an even
ing school.
A committee is now investigating at
Ravenna the precise locality where the
urn containing the bones of Dante was
in 1910. Previously the same committee
discovered i'll a convent Il painting by
Giotto, containing portrait Of Dante,
the only authentic portrait of him known
1t is soon to be reproduced, and will
change the accepted notion of Dante's
looks decidedly.
Scotch manners can occasionally be
odd A Glasgow gentleman in escorting
some ladies from a dance found dia-
mond hairpin in the bottom of the cab
and handed it to one of the ladies. The
owner advertised. and the young woman
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
A Very Old Battle.

AS 7. w. Singer and Ovid Scul!y, of
Laughinstown, were on their way home
interesting scene presented itself at Il
point on the turnpike near the brick
house. 1t was a mink and blacksnake
fighting. The mink would pounce upon
,he snake and sink its sharp teeth into
its body every time. The snake would
Coil itself up and strike at the mink, but
its strokes were like those of a drunken
man. When its blow was sp,nt the
mink was not there, but in return dealt
the snake pounce that brought blood
from its length The mink became
frightened at the spectators and fled,
when the snake was dispatched,-
II,iwonier Echo
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
The Sahara Desert.

The extension of French power over
the western i.ort.On Of the Sahara desert
is likely to lead to very important re-
suits. The region stretches from the
southern boundary of Al 5eria to the
shores Of Lake Tchad and the banks of
the upper Niger. a railroad is to be
constructed to uni.e the most southern
portion f tn 5 territory with a port on
the Mediterranean Sea. 1t is believed
that most of the ira lie of Central Africa
will pass over this road France also
eXnects to make what has been regarded
as a d sprt land source Of great agri.
cultural and horticultural wealth. 1t
has been a~certaine,I lhut it is not vast
expanse of drifting sand, like the LIB
yam Desert and the eastern portion of
the Sahara. 1t produces vegetation
enough to support many grazing ami
mails and in most places there is suffi-
cent rainfi II to insure the production of
all the small grains. The barley pro-
duced here is of the most excellent quail
ity. In some regions where there is
much moisture two crops of grain can
be produced in a season. The fig tree
and date p; In make a large growth and
are very productive. Grapevines,
planted As an experiment, have done eX-
ceedingly well. 1t is now believed that
the new ly; cqured territory Will hecome
great wine producing district. 1t also
seems certain that enormous quantities
Of raisins " iii be produc d there. A
few years ago a Chicago gentleman
made purney across this country and
expressed the opinion that it was the
land Of promise. lie and his Arab COM
panion found no difficulty in securing
food for themselves and their camels.
The inhabitants, who were by no means
few, were the only farmers he ever met
who were not grumbling about their lot.
They appeared to be happy and con-
tented. They called their country "a
garden Obviously there is great deal
to find out about this earth. The Great
A American Desert" that was so cOnspic-
uous on the maps that accompanied the
Biographies which many of us studied
in childhood has disappeared from mod
ern maps. A large portion of the Sahara
may cease before long to be called des-
ert for the reason that it will become Il
garden. i Chicago Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Among these % watch "the sig is of
tive ii ines" from va.u l. view points, the
RELIGIOUS future o Palestine naturally
becomes a ml;tAr Of increasing interest.
VII il BE- Moiawuei ian or Chris in ?
II Chri tiap, i'll he Protestant Greek,
or Roman Catholic? \ glance at its
present co dition may prove interesting,
though failing to warrant any reply to
these questions While Professionalism by
the agency of the Presby terrain college
at Beirut, and printing presses at the
same place sending over the country
millions of pages of Christian literature,
and the entire Scriptures in the Arabic
language. and the Presby terian schools
of various grades, and by other and
perhaps minor means. is unquestion-
ably doing an efficient work for the re-
ligious and social regeneration of Pales-
tine by the overthrow of Mohammedan-
ism, other and opposing forces are each
contendng. undera religious banner, for
Palestine as prize. The Latin or Ro-
man Catholic Church, with her usual
pelsistency, is antagonizing all other
Christian agencies, and establishing
schools, pilgrim houses, and converts
throughout the cpunIry, and her mis-
sionarirs boast that within less than
score of wears Professionalism will have
little or no fopthoId in Palestine The
Greek Church. sure of liberal financial
support from the Russian government,
with zeal which Professionals can but
take knowledge of, erects its churches
and affiliated institutions, and is evil
DENLY making preparation for perma-
ncnt stay in Palestine, and, if possible,
a dominating influence over its affairs.
And it would be hardly prudent to posi-
lively deny that the Greek Church may
succeed with Russian influence, and
perhaps Il Russian army behind her or
before her-aud, if need be, both be-
hind and before. But Northumberland
will Weld to neit her of these struggling
and antagonizrd influences without
81 arp and desperate efforts to hold pos
session of what are also its sacred land
and city. 1t sees its danger, and will
be prompt to resist, either by peaceable
or by forCible means, the loss of both or
ether Just now it is reported to be
busiIy engaged III establishing its schools
all over Palestine, and very recently it
manifested wisdom enough to allow it
self to be taught by its opponents, and
actually estabIi,hed a hospital! Prot
estant Christianity is badly deluded if
it really suppos 5, as it seems to do, that
it is to redeem Palestine from her spirit
uaI bondage without larger forces and
more liberal supp!is for the warfare
than she has hitherto furnished. = New
York Evangelist
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Professor \. 5. Shaler, i'll his ethnO-
graphic researches, Dught the record of
a body of troops whose ancestors had
been for many generations upon Ameri-
can soil. and he found it in the first
brigade of Kentucky troops (Confeder-
ate( In ,Scribners he says: son May Z,
1864, this brigade, then i'll the army Of
General Joseph Johnston, marched out
of Dalton 1, $40 strong, at the beginning of
the great retreat upon Atlanta before
the army of Sherman. In the subse-
quent hundred days, or until September
l, the brigade was almost continuously
in action or on the march. In this
period the men of the command received
l,S60 death or hospital wounds, the
dead counted as wounds, and but one
wound being counted for each visitation
of the hospital. At the end Of this time
there were less than so men who had
not been wounded during the hundred
days. There were 240 men left for duty,
and less than 10 men deserted. A search
into the history of warlke exploits has
failed to show me any endurance of the
worst trials of war surprising this.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Recently pi per pri ltej Il nu llbn' of
extracts from very old pluers. \ Inng
the notices was brief one r.gardin. Il
tr,.l trip Of a stcamb oat in 1891. Tmo las
Nc Audrew. a Nashville attorney, went
90 St. Louis recently carrying plp,rs
Which established beyond doubt that
Edward West, at LeXing on, Ky, in 1887,
invented and put in operations steamboat
some six Years before Fulton. lie pro-
duced Il copy Of the Western Spy and
hamilton Gazette, bearing date Of Au-
gust H. 1901, which gives an account of
this pioneer steamboat.
TIE article, after speaking of tho
presence here Of the boat and the Won
drrful revolution it would create, goes
on to give the history of thr inventor.
1t SAYS that West. who was the father
OF the famous painter. came t. lrX'nG-
tom from Virginia in l1S5. He MAS an
educated watc'mail and spent all his
time in working on steam machines lie
invent ed the first M cutting machine
ever made, and s,id t for $4,000 1t
tells of the trial trip Of Vests new boat
ON Fix horn c eek 1T LnXipgtpr in 1893.
\ pa ent wa@ ojtailrI. but the boat was
not heard of again until 1871, when it
was lro1Tht to Cine matt and created Il
sonatiou NJ Andrews next pro Iucel
c'pv of the Lexington Gd:efte Of APP il
q, 1916. in witch the following i en-
appears:
~ s,eam' cat owned by a com any
Of gentlemen of thi5 town Q.exi 2 Oh
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

The chief "a d. at Laulerbrunnen in
SwitZorIlld iv..s each Al pine climber
before lie sets f,r,h on his periIous
Journey AN ;.pelatocil and half dozen
words of warI u
May not 1h" Companion give to its
boy and girI 'uissi few practical hints
to use on their p.Tard journey!
Six thing W ..ch boy ought to know:
First. That It quiet voice, courtesy,
and kind acts are a essential to the part
in the world Of Il gentleman as of a
gentlewoman.
Second. That r,ughness, clustering,
and even fooliIarliue5s arr not manli-
ness. The mos firm and courageous
men have usually cen the most gentle.
Third. That muscular strength is not
health
Fourth That brain crammed only
with facts is not uece ,sarily a wise one.
Fifth. That the labor impossible to the
boy of IA will be easy to the man of 20.
Sixth. That the best cap tai for boy
is not money, but love of work, simple
tastes, and heart loyal to his friends
and his God.
Six things which girl ought to know:
First. That drawing tones, languish-
ing eyes, or an affected manner Will
never deceive any one into the belief
that she has a gentle natur'.
Second That while the best unguentS,
dnpalatories, and cosmetics may fail in
affecting hr beauty, e"ery secret
thought and hidden emotion will leave
E, Ill,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
A Pretty Girl Passes the Plate.

Seeing that there was no man present
to pass the plate in Brooklyn church
the other day styIishly dressed young
woman, with pink in her cheeks, volun-
teered to do it. Her success surprised
her. Coin fell thick and fast and crisp
bills fluttered like leaves from every
quarter. Among the pews where queer
old ladies in funny bead bonnets and
silk mits say their prayers half dozen
blessings were spoken on her curly head.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

An official estimate sets d pwn the
number of wolves in Russia at 40, 600;
it is further stated that the loss caused
by the destruction of sheep and swine
by wolves is so great that it can not be
even approximately estimated. The re-
ward paid for each wolf that is killed is
10 roubles. The number killed in 1880
in the single government of Wologea
was $4,000, and in the government of
Kasan 81, 600 The number of human
beings killed by wolves during the year
was 203
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
Promising,

In book lately published, "To Europe
on Stretcher. the author SAYS that on
board the Italian steamship, plying be-
tween New York and MarseilIes, a white
OK was kept as a supply of fresh meat;
but the sailors grew too fond of it to give
it up, and it went to the end Of tie
voyage unframed
Among the passengers was poor little
Polish lady, sailing with sick child,
which needed for its health daily
supply of fresh milk. "Oh, madam,
said this woman to the author, 81 was so
happy to see the face of that OK.
thought now my boy will have what he
neels-plenty Of fresh milk"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
Paris to Talk to London.

A new telephone cable, the joint prop
erty of France and Great Britain, will
be laid during this year between the
Kent coast and San Gate. There will
be two metallic circuits between Paris
and London. The cable across the
channel will be four wire cables.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
Salaries of College Professors.

The salaries Of college professors in
the United States do not average high.
The highest are those of the professors
of Columbia College, which range from
81, 500 to $3.50 Harvard pays her staff
at rates varying from So 900 to 50, 500
for full professorships Next come the
University of California, 50, 600 Prince
ton and Yale, $3.50; Brown University
from So 900 to 50 500; the University of
Pennsylvania, $1,000; Amherst, 50 500;
Washington University of Missouri,
s., 25o; Cornell, 50 200; Illinois, $1,000.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Mr.. William II. Treadway, of the firm
of r. G. Dun 6 Company, New York,
began collecting sermons in 1856, and
has now 10000 by actual count. They
are by ministers of all religious denomi-
nations
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Profe ;spr Domino, of Berne, at the
recent Interna .ionaI Alcohol Congress at
Christiana. presented an interesting r.
port of an investigation which he had
made a. to the iufl fence of ale hol upon
children Having UNUSUAL opportuni-
ties for this study rom hi position as
superiutendcnt Of a hospital for chill
drcn. he selected two groups of 10 fam
HES EACH under similar ext rnal envi-
ronmenl. Oie Group of 81 was mani
frstly affected more or less by alcohol;
tie other of 81 was unaffected, or at
least very little affected. OF the - who
exhibited thu effects of alcoholism, 20
had inebriate fathers, the mothers and
grandparents being moderate drinkers.
Only 45 per cent OF those 90 had health
constitutions; 81 had inejriate fathers
and grandfathers, but temperate moth
cr5 and grand others. Only two of
these, or little over per cent, were
healthy. Six children had parents and
grandparents intemperate. One of these
survives, a sufferer from epileptic seiz-
ureS
In remarkable contrast is the state of
the 81 children belonging to temperate
families, 50 per cent of whom enjoy
good health, three have died. and eight
are in bad health Professor Demme
also reported the results of an expert
ment on several children, from whom
all intoXicants We're kept during eight
months and to whom the usual allow
ance of wine and water was given dur
ing the remaining four months of the
year. These children are reported to
have slept more soundly and longer, and
to have appeared in better spirits and
more active during the non-alcoholic
eight months than during the alcoholic
four months. : British Medical Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
SoiselesS Carriages.

\ large number Of carriages of New
York are now equipped with rubber tires
nearly two ches thick and composed
of many layers of rubber of various de =
grees Of springiness. Carriages thus
equipped are able to roll over the stones
without the dcafening clatter and jerk
ness which result when iron ties are
used In tie attention which people
pay to Their private stables New York
is making rapid strides in an upward
way. There is more interest now taken
in the horse show than there is in the
opera, and the breeding and training of
carriage horses has been taken up by en-
thusastic millionaires without number.
The assertion that we go to England for
snowy trap ings for private stables is no
longer true. American carriages have
all taken prizes in European fairs, and
the crack coaches in the coaching club,
as well as the most widely admired dog
carts and broughams, are of native man
ufacture. They have taken up the
American buggy in England and France,
just as we have adopted the dog carts
and tilbury here. : Richmond Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

A. Ito his chance room mate)-Do you
think then that | am thief that you
put your pocketbool under your pillow?
"Oh, no; but | like my head a little
higher. y Fliegende Blatter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

Optimist-Hasn't fortune ever smiled
on you? Observation-Disclosures; she always
laughs at me.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

The tombs of George Sand and her son
offer spectacle of forgetfuness. The
graves are i'll kept and withered flowers
Ito on tbn gIobC
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

A soldier with artificial limbs may be
forgotten by his country, but will always
be Remembered by his limb maker
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
Gold Hoards.

Few people know that the United
and subsidiary, a greater amount of the
precious metals, gold and silver, than
any other nation in the world Accord
ing to recent official figures our Govern
ment is the direct custodian of 1925, :
600, 900 in gold, in coin and bars, and of
S3lS,000 900 in silver. Add to this the
sums of each in circulation or held in
banks or private boards, the aggregate
of which it is impossible to ascertain,
but known to be immense, and it will be
seen we have more of the great standards
of value than any other people in the
world. The associated banks of New
York-those holding membership in the
clearing house-have in their keeping
SIS, 200 900 in gold, and other American
banks &c. 800, 600 gold and 1900, 900
silver. OF G, Ill in the British institu-
tons the Bank of E gland holds $780,
600, 600, the Scottish banks of issue S25,-
000,0 900, the Irish banks of issue $40 600, .
900. and other banks in the United
Kingdom $40 600 900. making a total Of
$40, 900, 600. The German government
treasure amounts to $50. 900, 900 in gold,
while the banks of the Empire hold $780,
600 600 in gold ard 500 ,000,O 900 in silver.
In France the banks hold 1913 500, 900 in
gold and 5000, 400 900 in silver. Italy's
government treasure amounts to $50, :
600, OOc gold and s., 100000 silver, while
the banks have in keeping 500, 200, 900
gold and S12, 800, 900 silver Russia has
a comparatively large amount of the
precious metals, viz: government treas
ure, $20,6)0,000 gold and 50 400, 900
silver; Bank of Russia, S1GS, 200, 600 gold,
$500, 600 silver.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06

st. Petersburg is the only capital of
Europe in which the population is
steadily diminishing, During the last
seven years the inhabitants of that city
have decreased by IS, 600.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-06
&C he Rochester. -

And with it there is no smoke. smell,
no b otaH chlD'EcS no tlIckerlng. no sweeting,
no climbing up of the flame, no = tantrums
nor annoyance of any kind and It never
needs tr mining. Its fouhts t2l rese:voITsj
beng tough rolled seamless brass, with CEN
trail draft, it is absolutely unbrea ISabie,
and as re u t.ilp.J am ne.
Only five years old, and ear n fDHior end a
lat in 2S'. 1t must be q GOOD lamp to
make such telling success indeed 1t IS,
for lamps may come and lamps my go, but
the Rochester shines on tor~vcri We
make over 600 artis.c varieties, Hanging
and Table Lamps, Banquet, Study, Vase aAd
Piano Lamps,-every Kind, III Bronze. Pr
cel4n, Brass, Nickel and Black Wrong hit Iron.
Askthe lamp dealer forIt. Look for the trace
mark stamp. " HE ROCHESTER, II he hasn't
thu .fHHins Rochester ana the style you want,
or # lam p-store is near. send to US Tor
f. : illustrated catalogue (and reduced
yrice-lst, and will box and send you any
lamp safely by eXpr SIS, right to your doo:
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-04
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
SCOTCH RECITAL.


Next Thursday evening Miss Lizzie H.
Soule, the popular instructor in elocution,
and her pupils, will give a Scotch Recital"
assisted by Miss Nellie Parker, soprano, of
Boston. and Miss Emma Flint, pianist and
accompanist. blanche of Devan' will be
given by Miss Soule, and the combat scene
by Mr.. Carl Warren and Miss May Edith
Perry There should be large attendance
Tickets can be obtained at Pearson G. Lambs
225 Middle street.
THE PATTI-TAMAGNo SEASON.
The approaching Patti season set down for
the week of March II will bring together the
greatest array Of artists probably ever seen
in Boston. Besides Mme Adelina Patti and
the famous tenor. Sig. Commentators Fran
cesco Tamagno, there is the following list of
renowned artists in tho corps:
Soprani and c0ntralti, Mme Emma Albani
and Mile. Lillian Nordica, Nine. Giulia VAL
da, Guerrina Fabbri and Mile Hortense SYN
nerberg; tenori, Sig. Luigi Ravelli, Sig.
Eugenio N1cini and Sig. Giovanni Perugini;
oaritoni, Sig Giuseppe del Puen.e and Sig.
Arturo Marescalchi, Sig. Napoleoni Zardo
and Sig. Agostino Carsone; bassi, Sig. Et-
tore Macassa and Sig. Franco NovarO, Sig
Armaneo Customary.
Sigs. Luigi Arditi and Romualdo Sapio will
be the musical directors. The list Of operas
for the eight performances includes "Othel-
10" (Verdi's). "Semiramide," "Fanst, ""Il Tro
vatore," "William Tell" martha" Thurs
day matinee), and "Lakme," with only one
repetition.
NOTES.
The Haydn concert will be given March
IL, not March IL
Madame Modjeska attended the opera in
New York Thursday, leaving her room for
the hrst time since she sprained her ankle a
few weeks ago. She rejoined the Booth Nj Cd
]eska company In Baltimore Friday, but will
not act until next week.
Lawrence Barrett and his wife are at Nice.
Mr.. Barrett writes that his health is improy-
Ing and that he is better than he has been
before In several years.
Stuart Robson In IAN Arrant Knave" and
The Henrietta" comes to the Hollis Street,
Boston, next week. The remainder of the
season at that house will be given over to
Augustin Days company, Julia Marlowe,
Elsie Leslie IN Prince and Pauper," Mary
shan :, avn IN cal "A Drop of Poison" and J. R. Polk
1t Is said that Cora Edsall's real name is
Cora Deane. Edsall certainly sounds like an
assumed stage name, and It was as Miss
Deane that the young lady appeared on the
programmes Of the Madison Square School
of Acting,several years:ago. She is but q
years Of age. Though this is her debut as a
star, she made her initial appearance upon
the professional stage in New York little
quette," that dramatization of Rhoda
Brouehton's Goodbye, Sweetheart, which
Estelle Clayton wrote and played In for the
benefit of Sara Jewett.