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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
A Military Bicycle Corps.

The growing popularity of bicycling
in this country and the large number of
those who have become expert wheel
men have induced Captain Thomas
Miller, Jr., commanding the Seventeenth
Separate Company, Second Brigade, N.
G. S. N. Y, to form cycle corps from
the men of his company. He has been
fortunate in already getting together a
good nucleus to start with, each of them
already an expert wheelman and thor
oughly enthusiastic over the idea. These
pioneers of cyclist infantry corp of this
country, besides Captain Miller, already
mentioned, are Corporals Joseph d. Bur-
It's and Thomas L. Proctor; Privates AL
fred Watkins, Joseph McFadden, Henry
Ryder, George NJ. Nisbet, George H.
Stott, William Hydecker, Charles Shul-
tas, f. j. Shriver, G. T. Sexton, and E.
S. Terry, nearly all whom are members
of the New York Bicycle Club, and it is
expected that members of other clubs
will join as soon as the State authority
is procured for founding the corps. The
cycle intended to be used will be similar
to the one now in use in England, and is
expected to cost about S135.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
THE PILLAR AND THE CLOUD.

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom
Lead thou me on;
The night is dark, and am far from home;
Lead thou me IN;
Keep thou my feet do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.
Twas not ever thus nor prayed that thou
Should'st lead me on;
flowed to choose and see my path but now
Lead thou me on
] loved the garish day, and spite of fears
Pride ruled my will Remember not past
yearsl
So long thy power has blest me- sure it still
Will lead me on
Der moor and fen, DER crag and torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn thos angel-faces smile
Which have loved long since and lost awhile!
--fJOhn Henry Newman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Wyoming Once More.

The admission of Wyoming into the
Union as a State serves to recall remilil
cences of tho pioneer days, when it was
first made a Territory and woman suf-
frage was introduced, as an initial expert
ment, into its affairs. In July, 1868,
Wyoming was constituted a Territory,
and at the close of the first Legislative
assembly a bill was introduced provid-
ING that women be allowed to vote at all
elections. The bill passed without de-
bate, and almost unanimously. 1t was
said at the time that it was done partly
as a joke and partly to advertise the Ter
ritory, hoping by it to induce larger
immigration of women. The bill was
introduced by the Democrats, but the
Republicans voted for it and a Repub-
Iican Governor signed it. As the women
generally voted the Republican ticket,
because it then reprcs euted law and order,
their votes changed the politics of the
State, consequently the Democrats tried
to disfranchise them.
Women in Wyoming have from the
first manifested much public spirit, and
accepted the duties suffrage put upon
them with dignity and earnestness. AS
jurors they are spoken Of as reasonable
and conscientious, holding their senti-
ments and emotions in allegiance to the
evidence. The first woman appointed
as justice of the peace was Mrs. Hester
Morris, of Wyoming, who presided for
two years in those rough pioneer times,
when the bowie knife and the pistol
oftener settled disputes than did a court
Of justice. Mrs, Morris was tall woman
with strong features and brusque man
ner. Her first case in Wyoming court
concerned a quarrel between two young
men who We're brought before her armed
to the teeth. She had known them
from boyhood, and instead of the scene
that had been expected the case was
quietly conducted and settled.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Mind how you walk, says an authority
on the subject. Square your shoulders,
expand your chest, and look out foryour
chin. That is the pivot upon which de-
ponds the poise of the machine. Step
out easily and firmly, letting the ball of
the foot strike the ground first, so that
you get the benefit of that beneiicent
little spring which Dame Nature built
into your instep to save the rattle and
jar to the whole system, which people
who will walk on their heels inilict ON
their anatomy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS RETIRED.


Fancy Boxes and Folding Frames the
Popular Receptacle for Prints.
The pIu h covered and leather bound
photograph album las been banished,
1ot only from use, but from the house.
There was a good deal of romance about
the book and some of us may lay it
aside with regret, but the fact remains
that it has had its day, and that settles
the matter In the bonbonniere in the
enamel brooch, in the card case, and in
the back of the tablet there is a space
for the sweet face and the memories it
calls up, while the man with sentiment
in his soul and secret locked up in his
heart can get leather case with room
for the wife, mother, or child.
For The card and cabinet pictures of
the men and women who come and 90,
leaving their influence on our lives,
there are folding cases bound in leather
or artists silks, with capacity of from
two to thirty photographs. These book
frames can be hung up, used as panels
along a door or fire place, or put on
shelf or table. The most popular recep-
tacle, however, is box. You can get
chest mad after the style of cigar box
of any size desired, and decorate it to
suit your taste or the surrounding room.
A lining of satin or velvet is easily APP
piled with mucilage, and if at all skilled
in handling the brush, some wild flowers
or a mask of folly will enhance its
beauty. A tin box, such as water crack
ers come in, is not bad, smeared with
luster paints, but an oak box is better,
since it serves as a seat when not open,
and a palm or malacca hoX is best If a
sweet odor is desired These are for the
floor For the table something more
ornamental is required, and after the
one-hundred- dollar Dresden chinas there
are tile boxes. porcelain boxes, and still
others made of Limoges.
Then there are little bamboo stands,
something like lady'a work table, with
several compartments in which views of
scenery, statuary, cathedrals, or castles
may be kept. Still another way to show
photographs is to spread them over a
small table two, three, or four deep for
general inspection. This is an easy way
to get at them. To be sure they will be-
come soIed and dust worn, but that Is
the fate of all things material.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

While in Mexico on my last journey |
had my breath taken away when l saw
the most magnificently constructed rail
road in the world l refer to the Next
can Gulf Road, where the ties are made
out of the finest mahogany and the
bridges built of marble. The waste
seems criminal, but the builders are
actuated by motives of economy, as
they find the mahogany and marble
along the track side The road hasn't
really cost much to construct, but if the
materials We're appraised at st. Louis or
New York standards of prices the total
would mount up INTO millions. = Inter-
view with Commercial Traveller.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Could Have Saved Lincoln's Life.

The one man in the world who could
have prevented the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln is dead. John Frederick
Parker, born in Winchester, Va, came
to Washington some time before the
firing upon Fort Sumter and soon found
employment upon the metropolitan police
force. When in 1862 it was decided to
strengthen the regular force of door
keepers and watchmen at the White
House with squad of policemen, Parker
was one of those selected. 1t thus hap
pened that when President Lincoln and
party entered the old Ford Theater on
the night of Good Friday, 1865, they
were accompanied by Parker as guard.
He took his position at the door to the
private box from which President Lin
coin watched the performance, where he
he was expected to remain and prevent
the entrance of every one except the
members of the party. AS the play pro-
ceeded Parker from his post could hear
Just enough of what was said on the
stage to arouse his curiosity, and it was
not long before he left the door and
edged his way toward the auditorium.
He finally took seat in the orchestra,
or pit as it was then called, where he
had scarcely settled himself when the
whole audience was surprised by the re-
port of a pistol shot The assassin,
Booth, had stealthily approached the
door of the Presidents private box,
where, finding no one to challenge him,
he entered unannounced and fired the
fatal shot. There is no question in the
minds of those who are familiar with the
details that had Parker remained at his
post Booth could never have taken Presi-
dent Lincoln unawares.- Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

First Newsboy-Say, Jimmy, have you
seen me brudder?
Second Newabpy--Naw!
First Newsboy-Y' oughter see him.
He's got de boss sore finger of dis town.
Second Newsboy-Go long. Wots a
sore finger? Y'oughter see my brudder.
First Newsboy-Huh! Wot's he got!
Second Newsboy - Got de consum.
shun.
First Newsboy-Dat amt nottin'.
Second Newsboy-Taint, hey? Wait
till yer hear him cough. Hy, Mickey!
Come and cough once fer dis kid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
What Is an Orchid?

All orchids are not AIR plants, so
called. Our native species, without eX-
ception, grow in the ground, although
many of those which flourish in the
tropics and which are cultivated in tenn
perate countries under glass receive their
nourishment from the moisture in the
air. Plants of the orchid family differ
from all others i'll the arrangement of
their organs of reproduction. which are
united into column composed of a sim
gle OF, i'll case of the lady slipper, of two
stamens coherent with or borne on the
style or thick fieshy stigma. The peri
anth of the flower is composed of six
divisions, arranged i'll two sets, each of
three. The three outer divisions are
called sepals, and often resemble in text
ure and color those of the inner set,
called petals. OAe of the inner sets of
these divisions differs from the others in
shape and direction and is called the lip
the sack Of the lady's slipper. This is
really the upper peal that is, the one
next to the axis % thc tlower-but by a
half twist Of the uvary it is made to APP
pear as if ii We're the lowest. These ele-
ments-scpals. petals, lir. and column
varied almost without limit in form and
color-comhine TO produce the almost
infinite number of widely differing
forms WATCH a,e So fascinating in their
oddity, qna'ntncss and beauty. Orchids
are found in al. warm and temperate
parts of tho Grid although they are
more abuTGaAt in the tropics than else
where. They are perennial plants, often
with tub L earring roots, and the pecu-
liar stluc' NE Of their flowers renders
impossible their 'inaided fertilization, for
which they depend on the visits of in
sects. Il Garden and Forest
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

A nut pick, pointed ice clipper, and
other instruments of the sort sometimes
inflict ugly wounds. A bit of tobacco
works wonders for small flesh wounds
of this sort. Thoroughly wet and bound
on directly it charms away soreness, pre-
vents all annoyance and saves thumb or
finger even from needing to be done up
in the usual bit of white rag longer than
oyor niL.ht..-[BostOn Transcript.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
The Word "Nigger."

"Nigger" is not, as generally supposed,
a corruption of "negro," but it is regu-
larly developed from the earlier form of
"neger, which is derived through the
French from the Spanish-Portugueso
negro" from which the English
NEGRO" is taken directly. "Nigger" is
more English in form than negro, and
was formerly and to some extent is still
used without opprobrious intent; but its
use is now confined to colloquial or
illiterate speech, in which it generally
conveys more or less of contempt
Century Dictionary,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Great Publisher-Ha! l see De Writer
is dead. Haven't we a manuscript of
his? Assistant Cooking over the records)
Yes, sir; here is one accepted and paid
for years ago. Publisher-Good. Get
it ready for publication at once, with a
sketch of his life, and. \ sistant-
But-but, wait. My! my! I'm afraid
this has been kept too long. 1t is en-
titled: 1.-THE Comforts of the Modern
Horse Cars. Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Does Massachusetts Lead in Education?

1t is a common impression that in edu-
cational matters Massachusetts leads the
Union. Yet, according to DR.. Eliot, the
actual state of things there is far enough
yet from being what it should be. He
says: "Only nine Massachusetts high
schools (out of $500 send pupils to Har-
ward College every year. In 1889, out
of 352 persons who were admitted to
Harvard College as candidates for the
degree of bachelor of arts, 81 (or 27i per
cent? were prepared at free public
schools; but these schools numbered only
80, and all New England furnished but
20 of them. The plain fact is in Massa-
chusetts that not one-tenth of the schools
called high habitually maintain course
of study which enables the pupil to pre-
pare himself for admission to Harvard
College, or to any other college in the
State which enforces its requirements
for admission as stated in its catalogue.
If this is the condition of things in what
may be called an urban State, what must
it be in rural oneT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
She Was Barred Out.

Ella-Why, Maude, aren't you coming
in to-day?
Maude-No. That little wretch of an
Elsie dressed her doll in my bathing suit
this morning and has gone out for a
drive with mamma, and l haven't an
other fit to wear Boston Beacon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
Longfellow Used His Thunder.

Moncure d. Conway, vino is at work
on a life of Hawthorne, says that Haw'
thorne originally heard the story of
Evangeline related by an Arcadan exile,
ard intended to weave it into romance.
But he iucautiously told the substance
Of it to one Connolly, who impaired it to
LongfelIow, with the intimation that
the material had come from Hawthorne
as a gift.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

Waterville, Pa, is proud of severa.
things, among them l"lies' orchestra,
in which the little fiddle, the big fiddle,
and the horn are all manipulated har-
moniously by maidens young and fair.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18

One of New Yorll's well known watch
case manufacturers has reproduced Mil
let's famous picture, "LAnGelus, on a
watch case.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-18
&C The Rochester. -

And with it there is smoke, 40 smell,
no broken ehimneys. no Pickering n sweating,
no climbing up of the flame, no rantrumsb
nor annoyance of any Kind and It never
needs trimming. Its founts (oll rese;voirs)
being tough rolled seamless brass, with CEN
trail draft, il is absolutely umbreakubIe,
and as /e as ta.OiO ne.
Only five years old, and eur million and a
hat in use. 1t must be GOOD lamp to
make such a telling success. indeed 1t Is,
for lamps may come and lamps may go, but
the CHICHESTER" shines on for-vcTl We
make over ? 900 artistic varieties, Hanging
and Table Lamps, Banquet, Study, Vase and
Piano Lamps,-every Kind. III Bronze. Pr
celain, Brass, Nickel and Black Wrong hi Iron.
Ask the lamp dealer forit look for the traae-
mark stamp. "lHE ROCHESTER" If he hasn't
the genuine Rochester and the style you want,
or If no lamp-store is near, send to US for
free illustrated catalogue (and reduced
price-listl, and we will bo and S nd you any
lamp safely by eXpr, SIS, right to your doo:.
ROCHESTER, LAMP CO..
az Park Place, New York.
? , .Lo
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
Unlimited Credit.

A country school mistress had much
trouble with her pupils and 10 avoid
it made her examples placed before
them Of an explanatory character or
illustrative. The effect was often UNI
expected. In going over their usual
reading lesson "a line was chosen by
the lady upon which to test the merits
of the scholars. the line read:
And he was "A man of unlimited
credit in business"
Nov, joan. can you tell me wha:
is meant by the word credit when used
as in this lcsson."
Thus She addressed one of the stun
bling blucRs OF the school.
Il dunno, marm," said Johnny.
looking sneepishly.
You don't know said the mis-
tress. We'll. look here. Suppose
your mother was 10 come short Of
money at the latter part of the week
and needed provisions, ETC.. now what
would she dor
She was satisfied that her illustra-
ton was plain and awaited the correct
reply and it came thus:
"Well, marn," replied Johnny, II
dunno what she would do unless she
pawned dads Sunday coat"
The subject was instantly dropped
and the teacher has lost all faith in
that style of illustration Young La,
dies journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
Friday. April Is. lsso.

TARDy %justlr- WIS lar mated
late w, dnesday Afternoon 10y the seat
ing # Mes-r-. Sanders aud Power as
senators from Montana. The result
has ie-n forecast So long that there il
no call for display of exuberanl
enthusiasm, and the anuounc ment
cnnies n the statement If an expected
anu fully discour,ed fact. From the
day when The democratic legislative
contestants from Silver Bow refused
to ~adjudIcate their claims before IN
legally constituted. legislature, there
cea-td to be any doubt ~ to VIII ch
party would represent the state OF
Montana In the senate OF the United
Sta'es, and the farce II going through
the formality Of -lec'ing Messr- Clark
aod Mag,onis for the purpose Of ma n
tain NJ a contest for the U. =. senate
WA everywhere known to bc sub b.
fore disco ed by S-na'or Vests Liter.
The question now being settled, 1t |
70 he hoped that the Democratic PARTY
in Mont ana, including his excellrncy
Gov. 7, ole, will accept the situst'oD
aud pr pare for aud permit neediul
legisla' ION ut an esrly dav.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
An Automatic Rabbit.

B. II. Worrall, proprietor Of QueenS
Park, Morley, has invented an asto.
matte rabbit" which, it is said, meets
almost all the requirements of the
sport of coursing, IL fits in IA socket
attached To an endless wire running in
cutters below ground. only "A narrow
slot showing on the surface. The
contrivance is worked by machinery
erected in n small tower. The motive
power is "A heavy stone weighing about
half a ton, working like Il cloch
weight, the speed at which the ''rab
Bit travels being controlled by a man
at a crank handle. The cutters are
laid diamond shape, and the length Of
the curse is about goo yards, the
rabbit doubling twelve times on the
journey, the angles being very acute.
Ia ease the dogs are unable TO capture
the rabbit before the whole ground
aas been traversed the quarry runs
into II boX. an inclined plane in which
lifts it cut If the socket, the dogs los
ing it--New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
:ilnin. EkinoN.

When =. Ii. Laid settled on the
Machado ranch, ne.r San Diego, and
began To build Elsinore, then un.
named, he WAS puzzled aboutthe chris.
iening What should he call the com.
ing city by the lake and springs. Fl
nally he chose lake something or other
- long compound-but the postofiice
authorities would not have it. They
wrote MIR. Head that one word was
enough and sent him a list to choose
from. He took Elslnore, and a few
days afterward announced the fact to
old Senior Machado. The aged doh
was for a moment nonplused. 'El
Senior" he said, which senior do you
mean, yourself or myselfi' your.
srif, Of course" replied the diplomatic
rieald. And to this day the Machados
believe that the name Elsinore Is but
. gringo corruption of LEI Senior, "the
senior who owned the original prop
ertv.-Ssn Francisco Argonaut
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
A Wonderful Electrical Plant.

India, the land Of poisonous serpents,
immense jungles, fabulous wealth,
~fevers, choss.a and mysticism. has
again come TO tie front through the
recs;:. discovery Of a strange plant
with magnetic powers equal t0a brush
dynamo. To attempt TO pull a leaf
from this marvellous plant is Ia invite
an electric shock equal to that pro-
duced by an induction coil. IL a COM
pass be held within six meters of this
lightning charged vegetable the needle
acts as strangely as if it were being
held above the true magnetic pole. Its
electrical qualities, however, do not
cause more amazement than the won
derful variation Of its magnetic pow
ers, which are most manifest at 2
o'clock i'm the afternoon, gradually
diminishing until at midnight or be-
tween midnight and a. m, when il
can hardly be noticed.
Day after day these wonderful
changes take place, the plant gradu-
ally losing its magnetism as the dark
ness becomes more intense only to have
the current renewed with seeming in
creased vigor as the sun mounts the
tropical skies. A thunder storp aug
ments its peculiar qualities a dozen
fold and, even though sheltered, il
drops its leaves and branches as il in
the last commissions OF death. Birds
and insects shun the plant as do the
natives Of Java the deadly upas tree.
One would naturally suppose that the
plant would he found growing in a re-
gion Astounding in magnetic metals;
the contrary is the case. There u
neither iron, cobalt nor nickel found in
tie home OF the wonderful magnetic
plant.-St. Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-18
An African snrrrriIiInn.

In the country at the back Of Luko-
leila there are some powerful but
peaceable tribes, at the head of whom
is a chief who has rather a unique u
perstition, which is that he must not
see the river Congo. He is now an
old man. close on TO 20 years: but
neither himself nor his father before
him has ever seen the river. He has
the impression that the day he e e the
river will decide the day Of his tuner.
al. He will go down within a few
miles Of il. but never runs the slight.
est risk Of catching a glimpse. Among
these people there 10 q custom that .
big chief in q district, ON having
proved 10 the satisfaction OF the q
lDmbled chiefs thst he Is the wealth.