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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
THE ESCAPE.

| Sanderson will preach. Powerful
| glad to see you. Why, brother, I
| hope you ant sick, air you?"
Unjust have looked bad at that mo-
ment; indeed my hair must have begun
to rise on the top of my head. Preach
Il couldn't have said six words.
Would it do to undeceive the old fell
low? No. He was comical in some re-
! spects, but his eyes said "Don't You
fool with me-"
The woman entered: Eur pity sake,
Dick, air you still trying ter eat the
brother up? A pusson would think that
you never hurt nobody in your life you
air so lovin', but Sam Belts wouldn't
| think So"
wall, he told me lie, Puss, an
won't stand that frum nobody. don't
mind man cheatin' me outen dime
once in while, but it won't do fur
pusson ter lie ter me about nothin' u
tall"
"Come on, brother, an eat bite"
said the woman.
1 had been exceedingly hungry, but
my appetite was gone. The life of
the Dominecker hen might have been
spared.
Il expect a powerful sermon from
you tc.morrer, bro her," my affection
ate host remarked "We ant had our
feelin's stirred up in some time an we
want EN- stirred. Jest want you ter
pile doctrine up on that pulpit till you'd
think it was fodder-stack. That's the
only way to please our folks"
We returned to the sitting room.
Something had to be done.
"Now, brother" said the host, "jest
step right up thar and go to bed, fur
yoa'll need little sleep"
Thank you, but let me go out and
see about my horse"
"Oh, no; I've fixed him all right
But I'd rather look after him
again.
Wall, I'll go out and see to him.
You iist must sleep, fur we want q
powerful sermon telmorrer. Take off
yo' shoes right down here by the fire."
NO, I'll take them off upstairs"
The room above was reached by
means of ladder. babe them good
night and climbed up. My intention
was to escape before daylight. could
not help bat groan when L glanced
about the loom. There was no window
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
A Lucky Find.

"Shine yer boots sir? I'll shine 'em
SO as yer can see yer face in EN-"
The speaker was a boy of about
twelve years of age. He was thinly
clad, with scarce enough clothing to
keep off the cruel blasts of winter.
Walking down Fulton street he was
hailed by richly dressed man, who
addressed him thus:
"How is business to day, my son ?"
little thinking he was addressing his
son.
"'Taint very obligin', sir, when it
amt got Teller his breakfas' this
mornin'," said our hero.
what" said the broker (for such
he was), NEARLY noon and no breakfast
yet? That is too bad"
Our hero finished backing the shoes;
the man paid him and went his way.
AS our hero turned to go he kicked
something, which he saw was wallet.
Opening it, he saw to his surprise his
own name inside, but the address was
No. -, Wall street. Thinking he
might get reward, he took the wallet
to the owner, who asked him his name
and many other thirgs.
my name," said our hero, lis Edwin
Carlton"
Found at last!" said the broker,
who was no one else than our hero's
father 1t happened that about eight
years before my story commences our
hero was kidnapped.
SO Edwin Carlton had indeed made
"a lucky find"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

THE Je,oish Chronicle tells this
story of some of its coreligionists ::
Profe isor Bilroth, the famous Viennese
surgeon, some time ago received let
ter from certain Jew in small Rus
sian town to come Immediately and
perform an operation. The Professor
in his answer stipulated for five thou
sand marks, which was promised him.
The Professor then repaired to the
Russian town, and upon his arrival he
was received by number of Jews, who
sorrowfully informed him that the gen
tleman that was to be operated upon
had died, and had been buried already.
And seeing that the Professor felt per-
picked aud regretted the journey which
he had made in vain, the Jews COM
forted him, saying: "There is yet
some chance for you to make some
money here. There are several sick
men in our hospital who would require
your services, for which each of them
would willingly pay you one thousand
marks" The Professor gladly ac-
copied the offer, and, after having per-
formed about five operations, the stipu-
lated amount was handed to him. But
a few minutes before starting for home
the Professor learned that no had
~ TT
worthy gentleman had been among the
hospital patients cured for one thou
sand marks
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Indian Honesty.

One of the Indian boys at Hampton,
Virginia, did not like to take his medi-
cine, and his nurse agreed to pay him
SO much every time he took it. AT first
he was pleased with this arrangement,
but one evening the nurse found that
he had made no marks on the card
where he kept record of the number
of times he had taken medicine. Shn
asked what it meant, and received an
explanation from which many a white
boy might learn lesson, aud spare
his mother much trouble and annoy
ance:
me lay here all day doing nothing
you pay me for it--not right. Me take
medicine: me not take money"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
lie Got Away with but One Armrul.

Last summer ] was up at Port Sar-
MIA, Ontario, and there met sad
looking but affable gentleman from
the States who had lost an arm He
Intercepted my glance toward his
empty coat sleeve, and explained: II
lost it at Gettysburg, and then added
with some bitterness, "and yet 1 am
an exile"
was unfeignedly sorry for him and
told him so, but, though decidedly GU
rious to know what misfortune had
compelled him to leave the beloved
country he had laid down so large n
fraction of his life to save, an innate
delicacy restrained me from question
ing him.
He was disposed to be communica-
tive, however, and proceeded: Il could
bear my sad lot with greater resigna
ton but that now, upon the Threshold
of old age, my means are nearly eX
hausted, pecuniary strait that is di-
rectly due to the loss of my arm. You
see, | had filled two valises with mon
ey, negotiable bonds, etc, in pre- ara
ton for my departure. But in the
hurry attendant upon that I was com
PEELED to leave one of them behind,
and by some fatal mischance / picked
up the less valuable one. All, sirl"
and the tears tlickled down his wan
cheeks, Am L not the most unfortunate
of unfortunates? Could l but have
had my other arm at that supreme mo-
ment you would not have found me in
this dismal place with starvation star
ing me in the face, YEARLY waiting my
end, for | would now be living at the
top of the pot with the :est of the
bows at Montreal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

so dc"se that they seem the very bot
tomless its of blacllness. A ray of
yellowish light, trembling its way
through the gloom, comes down from a
hill where dogs are barking. The
traveller is gladdened and. riding up to
q log cabin, shouts: "Halloa!" Some
one orenS the door.
81 would like TO stay over night with
you. I am cold, hungry, and tired,
and don't believe l can go another
step"
wall, we KANT take in no pusson,
Gaze we ant got no place for pusson
ter sleep: but eff You'll GO right down
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
THE LOST EHILn
BY MRS, NApot sON B. MoRANGi

Lost Lost in the bewildcring throng,
Baked by tho human current, surging strong
Amid the savage roar its voice ie dfowhed,
No ear has caught the feeble, plaintive sound;
Mamma mamma |" ttcalls, then glances shy
Betraying dreAl u' every passer-by.
Its eyes nre tear blind and it's feet
Arc, o, SO weary wandering tie street;
Mamma mammal" II calls and calls again,
Adding eaeh tine a keener note of pain;
1t runs, then pauses, overwhelmed with fears
For OILY strangers cross its mist OF teers
The traces of mothers care
still linger in the curled ard sunny hair;
The Lying Children tempt it not to stop,
Though in its hand is clutched striped top
And MS il hurries through the alien town,
One little sto, king slips unheeded down.
At last the IN Mt appeal is heard
And sleeping ht arts of sympathy are stirred;
Some bend to ask its name its motheft
nPmc-
On all the world it seem@ to have no claim,
II starcs at every one in blank amaze,
While DER face u tangled ringlet strays.
ARE stcd on its errnnt course,
The very tears are scared back to their source;
One chubby hand is lifted to its brow
II s. head droops like n broken flower now;
To nsk. suggest, or coax, alike are vain,
No hint of home or mother can they gain.
But suddenly from out tho crowd
presence dawns, like sunshine from n cloud
sob of gietlness heaves the little breastl
BystandC rs need no more, they know the rest.
Mammal mamma y it shouts with ringing joy
And TO her heart the mother clasps her boy.
NEW YORK CITY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
A Boys Eyes.

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it's ~ my hao sui ahnmaes w o h;',,
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az az 'o ott liz ~ taI hsooI oross fo,
H. teu'it fne Al th ho % "ai ioJ Pofnra tba
.sLeo n. fa;,I,, o1.a,. 10 son, ~
:sn1o Ma' oo, " :nd T dr;va tha droann
ta;os frono +be;r covert bnn,ing tbsm
l,ies rom 1neit co1elS' n ;t 3 .nem
NV AZ a. ,d ,,or s;os na;nt
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pioM4 &C.. Ien' I prte, "'i>' ''''
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49, no hou uos not thorn 70 foil nc
Soma INA AGO 7 ramonstrated with
l.; Gov. .Lnnv;no stonas o. I;nn1,;rd
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, nLu WI" ~ h;rd Trno onpnrb ;td;d
pi,i o" +bo lird From his ne,ch On n
hioh +rno no Iinalird coicnIotod tho
nn sn w. nf eoc .e stnne hattarinn b;s de.
fnnoo M tho ,nis,;In wbiyvcd hy ,;s;nr
fow faat wLon no cow hot l. oome
foo noor on1r 10 settle oaa;n TO tho
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
Gy,terS OF POrtIy Size.

The biggest edible oysters in the
void ale found at Port Lincoln, in
South Australia. They are as large as
a dinner-plate, and the same shape.
hey are sometimes more than foot
across the shell, and the oyster fits his
shell so well he does not leave much
MAJ gin. 1t is new sensation, when q
fiend asks you to lunch at Adelaide
to have one oyster set before you fried
in butter or eggs and bread-crumbs.
But it is very pleasant sensation. for
the flavor and delicacy Of the Port Lin
coin mammoths are proverbial in that
land of luxuries.-Pittshura Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

yam ter Jim Mason's he'll keep You in
the finest sorter shape. Lives right
down thar at the foot of the hill"
The traveller turns away disappoint-
ed, of course, but he has placed q
wreath of faith upon Jim Mason who
lives night down thar" and onward
he goes through the darkness. His
horse stumbles, aud sometimes he has
to stop and feel his way. Mile after
! mile is passed it seems, but no beam
of light comes trembling out to meet
him. He curses the man who has lied
to him, and in his anger he thinks of
finding his way back and choking the
scoundrcl, whom suddenly light down
the valley warns his heart. He rides
mp to cabin. "Halloa" Door l.,
opened: mau okcs his head out.
",Iim Mason live here?"
What do yol want with him?"
81 want to stay all night"
"Oh, lowed mebbe yer wanted tel
snatch him up befo' the Gran Jury.
Yes. l live here
well, | was told away back yonder,
| don't know how far, that YOU would
accommodate me for the night"
Red headed Teller was it that told
you?" he asked, still standing with his
head roked out.
Il doa't know; it was loo dark to
see."
wal, if it was a red-headed Teller
it was my son-in-law, an l reckon he's
the biggest liar in East Tennessy."
Il don't know who it was, but the
question is, can l stay?'
Questions mighty easy answered.
You KANT"
But, my dear sir, I can not 60 any
fur her."
"Bleeged to you for calm me dear
sar, but l L, exon you'll halter go
furder. Sam Mayhem lives right down
thar, an think he'd be glad to take
YOU. Jest tell Sam that you air from
Texas an know his folks that went out
thar three years ago. Tell him you
knowd ALI, and lobe, and the rest of
'em. Ny brother Pete went out thar
with them. Community lost good
man when Pete left, L tell you. Tall.
rawboned Teller that could lift one side
of a steer"
| was the traveller, and l saw my
chance. No casuistry could stand up
against such inducements to tell lie
yea, so great necessity of it. l
would deceive him.
"My dear sir. am from Texas. sure
enough, ana L do know MS peorle,
though, of course, not intimately"
know Alf?"
"Yes."
"An' Tobe?"
lido"
Look here, you mout know my
brother Pete, that lives out there in
Calhoon County"
Il am acquainted with him. Out
there he is known as LoAg Pete"
WAL, l dcclar, stranger, you air
gettin' interestin'."
Shall l get down and come imp
"Yes. but wait n hit. Now you Gir
a truthful man, air you?"
II have always been regarded as
such"
"Ah, bah, an don't like ter doubt
you, bat thar's just one thing, an
Only one, that looks little sus-
picious."
Tell me what it is, and 1 will en-
deavor to explain"
"Wush you would explain. You see,
| ant got no brother Pete an never
did have none. I'm Pete myself
knowd you was rascal soon as
heard you speak, Goodnight"
He shat the dooy and / turned away
My horse stumbled, 20 Tough was the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

way, and ut one time fell to his knees
1t must have been twelve o'clock when
l saw another light. When l yelled
man opened the door,
"Who's that"
Ano her lie might be successful. ]
would take desperate chance.
IL am q preacher" l answered,
cold, hungry, tired, and lost in this
awful night of darkness. Can you take
me in ?"
what sort of a preacher?"
Methodist.
"Wall, l reckon he KEN" woman's
voice answered. "Jest get right down
an come in, an Dick, you take tho
brothers boss. Bless my life; tho
idea of a preacher bein' lost SIGH a
night as this. Walk right in, brother.
They had been to bed, but great
log fire burned in the immense fire.
lace. The man took my horse and
the woman busted herself with putting
her house in order, and, during the
time, deplorcd the hardships to which
/ had been subjected. The man, a
comical old fellow with dead grass
whiskers, soon returned and shook
hands with me time and again.
mighty glad ter see you, brother.
Han't been a preacher at my house fur
powerful long time. Powerful glad
ter see you. Stranger come along in
the arly part of the night an wanted
to stay with us, an although we've got
tirst-rate bed upstairs l sent him on
down ter Sam Mason's, cause l lowed
su!hin' mout happen. Powerful glad
ter see you"
He leaned over, and, placing his hand
on my knee, gazed affectionately into
my face.
Dick" exclaimed his wife, "don't
eat the brother up, fur mussy sake"
mo, Puss," he reioined, al love you
too well ter deprive you of that air
pleasure. Brother, what is yo' name 2"
"Sanderson," answered.
wall, I am powerful glad to see
you. Puss, slip out thar an snatch the
feathers often the Dominecker hen and
cook her fur Brother Sanderson. Wake
up Sim an tell him thar's er preached
in the hou,e. Wush you could met
my daughter Polly, but she married
Nat Buckley last week. AS good a
worker at the mourner's bench as you
ever seed. Drawed the Pettygast boys
in when nobody else could teach 'em.
I'm powerful glad ter see you. What
sort of boss air you ridin'?"
"a pretty fair animal"
wall, | reckon we ken strike up a
trade termorrow before church time. "
"Bcfore church timer"
"Yis; the meetin' house is right down
thar in the boiler; so you didn't miss
it so mighty fur after all. Don't pay
no 'tcntlon to that noise It's only the
Dominccker hen a squawlin'. Better
s1uawl, too, fur when that wife of mine
spreads the palms of her hands out on
hen, why the hens life ends pretty
soon afterwards. if not right thar.
Mighty good thing they sent you, fur
our regular preacher is sick an kahn t
fill the pulpit, an the folks don't know
it, but l reckon you hearn of it an
come to take his place. Wall, I'll git
up arly an build fire in the meetin'
house, an my boy ken Tide all aroun'
an tell the folks that have hearn of
Brother Rice's sickness that Brother
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

FIFTEEN years ago Henry Hill, OF
Council Bluffs, swore that he would
not shave until Susan B. Anthony was
elected President. The other day his
whiskers, which were three feet long.
became entangled in some machinery
and were mostly pulled out by the
roots, and he is probably pretty well
cured of his foolishness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
THE LITTLE FOLKS
Tie Little Soldier.

"When I'm big III be q soldier
That's what | will be;
Fight for father, fight for mother.
Over land and seal"
And before him on the table
Stood in bright array
All his little wooden soldiers,
Rsrdy for the fray.
Then he charged his little cannon,
Singing out with glee;
when I'm big l II be n soldier
That's what will be|
By the freight sat the mother;
Tears were in her heart,
Thinking of the swift time coming
When the two must part.
Soon the shadows fell between them,
Soon the years few by;
He has left his little mother,
Left her-perhaps to die.
All the laughter goiie forever,
All the sunshine fled
Only little mother praying
By his empty bed
Then there came dreadful battle.
And upon tine plain
Csept the little mother, seeking
Some one mid the slain.
But she never found her darling
In the white moon gle AM,
For the little cannon firing
Woke her from her dream.
All a dream! He stood beside nor.
Singing out with glee,
"When I'm big l IL be soldier
That's what l will bel'
j. L. Molloy, in Temple Bar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05
TIL E Y TOOK HIN IN,

o be overtaken by
night in the lone.
lest pat of East
Tennessee is to the
traveller a condition
to be lamented,
writes Opie P.Read,
in the Chicago
Times. The road
is rough and the
deep valleys have
gathered a darkness
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

FRED HAuN, q Collinwood (Ohio)
man, was taken prisoner at Kingston,
Ga, in "a, and was stripped of ac-
couterments, among which was cap
box with his name stenciled upon it.
He escaped and thought no more of
the cap box until it was found by q
Miss Kerns in coal shed near Collin
wood last week. How it gravitated to
its owner during twenty-five years
wandering is mystery.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

SAN PEDRO MARTIN, in Lower Cali
fornia, it has been ascertained, is not
as has been generally supposed chain
of mountains, but a single one. 1t is
about 100 miles in length and from ten
to thirty in width, containing about
100000 acres of land, one-half of
which is covered with fine timber.
Many of the trees are giants. The
scenery in the mountain is grand. Its
average hight is $500 feet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

COLONEL NoRTH's dog-house, at Lon
don, is perfect canine palace, filled
with costly animals. The best dog
cost 1850. There is dressing room,
and cloak-room filled with dogs coats,
and fresh shoulders of mutton make
the dogs daily dinner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

A REMARKABLE poised rock, famous
throughout South America as "the
moving stone" may be seen on Tandil
mountain, in Buenos Ayers. 1t is TWEEN
four feet high, thirty feet long, and
eighteen feet wide, containing over
5000 cubic feet, and weighing some 25
tons. 1t is irregularly conical in shape,
and rests upon conical support with
a bearing surface some ten inches in
diameter. The power of single man
is sufficient to oscillate the enormous
mass, which, indeed is often swayed by
the wind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

IT is becoming the custom for busy
and wealthy women to have young
ladies for private secretaries. The
feminine private secretary keeps the
run of the visiting list, answers notes,
and makes engagements and excuses.
Her duties re iuire an excellent educa-
ton, high bred manners, and the great
est tact and delicacy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

CHINA, with population in th>
vicinity of 3sO,0OO,OO0, has only three
newspapers at present. Considering
that an editors head is chopped off on
the slightest provocation the wonder is
shat there are even three.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

A CITIZEN of Taunton, Mass, says
that he knows woman who, for several
years, made from 1000 to 1900 pies
year for family of three persons, and
one member has eaten more than two
thirds of them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

is called "the German Nastiff or Great
Dan. Club" The breed is becoming
quite popu'ar in c NADIA and the States;
The Great Duuo is tho most elegant 4
the large. short iaiiod dos, aud he has
many good qualities which, III conIunc-
ton with his size and strength, make him
n DIES rable and useful animal. He
reaches the weight of $50 pounds, and
dogs have been known nearly three feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

SOMETHING of an expert: Patient
Doctor, I don't believe that medicine
is doing me any good. Doctor-You
haven't tried it long enough to see the
effect yet. "What effect ought it to
have?" Um-ah-well-er | haven't
tried it long enough On you to know just
yet"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

NJ. Mosso, OF Turn, has found thu
the fresh blood of fishes acts as power,
full POISON when injected into the circu-
property exists in the serum, is de-
stroyed by the putrefJ ing process. by
heating to some 1000 degrees Fahen-
heit, by alkalies, and by mineral ard
organic acids, except carbonic acid,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

HERE is something new in journal
ism. A New York paper offers prize
of $3.50 for every person found dead
with copy of the latest issue of the
paper on his person, thus guarantee
ing to amuse and instruct man while
he lives and provide for his family when
he is taken away. For novelty and
originality in schemes to build up q
circulation this one seems to deserve
early recognition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

THE hangman in New South Wales
is looked upon with such horror that
he recently found himself completely
boycotted on reaching Wagga Wagga
to perform an execution. The cabmen
refused unanimously to drive him from
the railway station. the rorter5 also
declined to carry his luggage, and the
unlucky executioner was obliged to
trudge of Oh foot. struggling with his
various traps.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

G. LoNGFELLow, druggist at Ma
chias, Me-, inserted an advertisement
of his business in the first issue of the
local paper forty years ago and has
kept it in ever since.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

SOME remarkable caves have been
discovered in West Australia. Two of
them are said to be large enough to
afford accommodation for 100000 mon
each
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

+ the Numerous va.
rieties into which the
breed of do s is di-
vided none has been
the subject of greater
Misrepresentation in
the Popular mind,
nor of more exag-
gerated ideas as to
his powers and char
acteristics, than the
bloodhound. There is
something in the very
name that suggests a
"cre py" feeling to
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-04-05

PHILADELPHIA ladies are boycotting
merchants who refuse to regard the
comfort and health of their sales
women. A very good argument it is.
too