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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-09
Tho stowe Of tho Future.

That looks ncn,. WINS thergNa't
TO tho stove man. What y 4
IL is tho new gas stove. The tGI
will come WHEN ali the world sho "a
get Mt It will want TO do it, sursn
cooking by gns. and maybe Is -
ter cooking Ne we'll This siove. ~
see, has burners for nll the ssea
holes and two ovens. II admits Z
lntu tf" gas nt the point 81 como
tinu and makes bunspn tans \
rnrh. We ran nlI the burners -
bInst for two hours the other ~.
having the meter taken before ~
after, md 1t cost exactly tNes
cents, We can raise kettle offps
water to boiling in seven minuas
ana all You hive 10 do i toata
match To the gins md your Ore !
going Handsome, too. isn't I
Looks like q stylish fancy rang,
lewiston journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-09
How to tell a Saxon from ! CO.,

The Celt and the Saxon may DO
distinguished by the simplest of pru.
DENTAL tests. Will the man spena
ten minutes on Monday TO mend :
gate, ma so save five minutes eyerv
Day niter2 Or will he spend m. AZ,
i every day for twenty yenrs
because he will not spare lie tor
minutes nut. to effect the needed repnir@
IN the former case he Is a Saxon. /,
Cobbe in Forum. "'"oi
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
Where the Money Goes.

Very few people interested in Colorado
mines ever stop to think what becomes
of the money taken from them Who
gets the benefit of the millions taken an
nually from the rich producers of the
State? The Tin Cup Times says: 1t is
estimated that from an investment of
Sc, 900, 900 there has been ST, 1000, 900 re-
turned to the already plethoric purses of
ST. Louis capitalists. The results of the
lead and iron mines of Missouri are not
included in the above estimates. The
Granite Mountain mine in Montana re-
turns to its owners steady income of
5000, 900 per month. The Bi-Metallic is
developed property, having begun the
reduction of ore, and will prove as lucra-
tive as the Granite Mountain mine. OF
the Colorado mines, the Kikado, of Lead
Vile, has yielded $500, 900 to her st. Louis
owners. The American and Nettie, of
Ouray, the dividends are not ascertained
by the writer. The Silver Age, the Mary
Murphy, of st. Elmo, the Gold King Of
Ophir, the Mickey Breen, of Ouray, and
the G. z, of Tin Cup, are the promising
mines of the future. Mr.. Lewis, of Gun
nison, who is interested in the great strike
at this place, is also st. Louis man. The
fact is that back of her capital st. Louis
has trained mining intelligence, and
this makes its presence doubly welcomed
in o,1r oit
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25

81 never put my hand in my husbands
pocket in my life" said little woman
who had been married only five years.
81 am afraid that if | would do that my
boy might do the same thing, and Idon't
think wife ought to do with her hus-
bands pockets what her son would be
considered criminal for doing"
This terrific example for a moment
staggers the female community, but
finally one incorrigible dame who has
been married nearly 80 years ventures
to meet the indictment with demurrer,
says Life.
to take out of my husbands pocket all
the change he has over after treating
those men for over two hours and half.
He doesn't know what he has spent with
the men. and the next morning he
doesn't know anything about anything
whatever l merely transfer the pile
from one side to the other. l have got
it when you may be sure he would have
spent it. "
Up speaks the abused wife, who has a
line of grievances as long as the Decla-
ration of Independence and with as
much Pathology in them. Says she: IL
used to take the change out of my hus-
bands pocket at night when he came
home with any in it. But among his
other heartless offenses, he has of late
got into the habit of hiding his money
Just before he comes into the room and
he never has anything in his pockets. ="
A dread silence follows this statement
from her who would have robbed had
there been anything to rob. At last the
unmarried female of the group, who has
tremendous rod in pickle for man
if she ever gets him-observed:
swell, didn't know that men could
be as mean as that. l had heard of
every other kind of meanness they had,
but that beats all. ~ Brooklyn Citizen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
Range of Hearing.

Some curious experiments are reported
concerning the range of hearing of the
human ear. The ears of the subject of
the tests are believed to have been nor
NAL and to represent pretty accurately
what is usually found in health. Imag-
inc horizontal line drawn through the
ears of the subject, at right angles to the
head On the prolongation of this line,
the subject could hear distinctly the
ticking of watch at a distance of 10
feet. When the watch was moved for
ward to situation Is degrees in front of
the line, he could hear the watch tick IA
feet away; while at an angle of 40 de-
grees the sound could be caught only at
six feet, and at an angle of So degrees
at only three feet. Moving the watch
back of the line, it was found that it
could be heard only six feet away when
the angle was 25 degrees. The total
range of hearing was found to be about
95 degrees, the position of greatest acute
ness of hearing being Is degrees in front
of the line. Vertically, the acuteness
increased downward from the horizon
tai line from distance of 10 feet to a
maximum of IL feet at an angle of 30
degrees, after which it decreased till it
was three feet and less at so degrees.
Going upward, the acuteness decreased
steadily, till at an angle of 60 degrees
the ticking of the watch was not heard
at a distance of three feet Illustrated
American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
The Worlds Stock of Diamonds

The worlds stock of diamonds has in
creased enormously in the last 10 years.
In 1876 the output of the African mines
was over 1000, 900, and the great trust"
which controls all the principal mines
assert that they have 100000 carats
Sin sight" at the present time. Mean
time the demand for diamonds has Won
derfully increased, and they are higher
to-day-partly because of the trust, !"
but also because of increased demands
than they We're year or two ago. In
one respect the diamond industry is diff
ferent from almost all others. Its prod
uct-that is, of gems-is never "con-
sumed." Of gold and silver much
larger amount than most people would
believe is literally consumed in the arts
past recovery, but a diamond once cut
goes into the worlds great stock, and is
liable to come upon the market at any
time. Hence the worlds annual taking
of diamonds, which appears to be stead
lily increasing, even at advancing prices,
is an index of how much of its surplus
earnings it can afford to eXpend yearly
in this particular form of luxury. The
romance of diamond mining is all gone.
1t is now matter of excavating vast
beds of blue clay by machinery, washing
it and sitting out the diamonds, which,
after being roughly sorted for size, are
sold in bulk by weight. The men who
do the actual work are mere laborers,
and their pay is proportionately small. -
boston Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25

According to a legend a peasant was
travelling through forest on horseback,
bound toward the village, when he was
stopped by an old woman.
"Give me a ride behind your" said she.
"Who are your" asked the peasant.
81 am the Plague.
The peasant said not word, but put
his whip to his horse, which gave a big
jump.
stop! Stopl" said the old woman,
running after him; "do you think | shall
not get to your village just the same.
whether you give me ride or not?
shall be there a little later on, never fear
Be reasonable, then, and give me lift.
In return promise you that l will not
touch you nor any of yours.
SECT on" said the peasant, bringing
his horse to standstll.
The Plague mounted behind him, and
they rode on. Presently the peasant,
growing bold, stopped and said to the old
woman:
"If you want to make me happy, you
will spare Johnny Smith at the village,
and Billy Weaver and Tom Joiner.
"Very we'll, said the old woman, 81
will spare them.
The man whipped up his horse again
but had not gone more that quartel
of a mile farther before he begged tho
Plague to spare such an one, and sucl.
an one, and such an one.
II will spare them, said she.
And this went on until there were no
more than ten people in the village whom
the Plague had not agreed to spare.
They arrived in the village. On tn
following day great many people wer
taken ill with the plague. and within
day OF two 30 of the villagers were dead
The peasant ran to the Plague in grea
indignation.
Look here!" he exclaimed; "you al
a wicked wretch. You don't keep yor
promises. Thirty people are dead
ready"
Ihave kept my promise faithfully
said the old woman. at is true that !
are dead, but only 10 died of the plagu
All of the rest died of fright. i"
The moral of the story is that, duri
an epidemic, people should live and
prudently, but should not be in st;
of fear
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25


If there were any disposition among
people in general to deny that labor Is
honorable, it would be unlikely to man
fest itself conspicuously in such days as
these. For labor, whatever may have
been it's timidity in the past now is
holding up its head boldly, and is claim
ing its full share of respect and honor.
Its time of ditidence passed long ago
and forever, and probably every wise
man rejoices thereat The Christian
dignity of labor, however, is not in
sisted upon so earnestly, or even under
stood so generally. Honest faithful
work, it ought 10 be remembered, is
noble, not only because of its inherent
merit, but becausa it is inevitably neces-
sarv to the fulilIment of the divine
rlans for the world. God has Endorsed
and also commanded it. He has made
it necessary to most people. In GER
tain real sense, and without irreverence,
it even may lie declared that he works
himself, continually sustaining all the
manifold members of His great universe
in all their varied and countless move
meuts and operations. Our sense of the
dignity of labor needs to be broad and
enlightened. How often are men who
work with their hands overheard to
sheer at others, who seem oilers, yet
who may be intellectual toilers of the
first rank? The pen is mightier than
the sword" not only, but also than the
spade or the troweL Much of the most
difficult and widely beneficial labor
never would be accomplished if God had
not made it possible for some men to
live without having to earn their own
support. and to give themselves to in
vestigation, study, experiment, and
authorship. Mere oilers are contempti-
bic, but it is an open question whether
they are not more numerous among the
hard workers than among others, even
including the many who have Inherited
fortunes. Let every true laborer recog-
nize cheerfully the fact that God wishes
all sorts of work to be done, and that
the spirit of Christ is that which honols
every faithful workman. A true sense
of the Christian dignity of labor goes
far toward enabling employers and en-
plovees to see with the same eyes, and
thus toward preventing many disagree
ments 1t teaches that labor is too seri-
Gus and too honorable thing to be at
the mercy of professional agitators,
"walking delegates, and the like, as so
often has been the fact 1t may retain
belief in the principle of the strike, but
in the application of that principle it
exercises a conscientious caution. 1t
sees the ultimate and only satisfactory
solution of the vexing problems of mod
ern society to be in the general accept
ance of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and
it ever seeks to remove the misunder-
standings of Christianity which prevail
among laboring men. 1t means peace,
prosperity, and comfort as well as con-
secration 1.-The Congregationalist.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
The MONDAY Rest.

The business women and girls of
Indianapolis are enjoying unique and
pleasant benefit called the "Noon Rest, :"
established in central portion of the
city by the Young Women's Christian
Temperance Union. The institution is
sort of woman's club, and the "plant"
consists of number of rooms open each
week day from 10 a. m. to 3p. m., where
all young women who work in stores
and shops are invited to spend their
noon hours. Tables are provided for
lunches, and milk, tea, coffee, and
chocolate are served at cents per cup.
The new institution does not come
under the head of charity" in any
sense, and the details of it's manage
ment are the free offering of those who are
sensitive enough to realize the instinct
of women for the gateful seclusion
which exclusive surroundings can give.
The idea is certainly an admirable one,
and ought to be copied in other cities.
And it would not be bad idea if a
similar incoming resort could be provided
for men who are obliged to carry their
dinners or lunches with them.
A plain hall, neatly furnished, where
women or men could sit to eat their
lunches apart from the sights and smells
of the shops, and spend few moments
in reading or conversation under orderly
regulations, would be appreciated in
any busy community.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25

Comedy is the salt and life of fiction,
as the pathos which is the highe It tri-
umph of the artist, evoking natural
emotion without sensible effort may be
said to be fc;ion's soul. When pnthos
degenerates into vap;d sentiment, it is
sometimes an opiate, though more often
an irrtant. Soporific5 are very well in
their way, but on the whole the pat ons
of the circulating libraries prefer to be
excited and interested. Hence the pop
ularity of the sensational novel, taking
horrors for its subjects and criminals for
its heroes, and leading the reader on
ward from surprise to surprise to the
dramatic denouement Which s,:ould be
enveloped in mystery. The range of the
criminal romance is wide enough in all
conscience. At the best it may be the
subtle masterpiece of the analy teal
genius of Bazac; at the lowest, though
not invariably at the worst, it Ilay be
dashed off in blood and thunder for the
penny dreadfuls" and the shilling
shockers. Much d ponds, Of course on
the public for whom the romance is in
tended; and the blood besmeared story
which has grand success in the New
Cut would possibly not go down in Bel
gravian drawing rooms. Hetwe venture
to affirm that the criminal romance pure
and simple, although it may be dcvi ed
with the practical instincts of a Ganoriau
or toned down with the literary taste of
a Bulwer, has one unrailing Cha actcr-
istic-it leaves an unpleasant and UNI
wholesome flavor behind. Like the
garlic in provencal cookery, the SAVIOR
may seem to be smOthered for the time,
but there is an arriere govt that comes
out sooner or later. There are fascinat-
ing novels which are as edifying in their
way as Thomas a Kempis or the Pill
grim's Progress. Like the plays of
Shakespeare OF the poems of Milton,
they raise us for the time on the wings
of heaven born genius toward the noble
ideals of the highest life. After we have
smiled and wept-the weeping is a
figure of speech-we feel morally better
and much the happier. But after tale
of crime, however talented it may be,
some faint of the disreputable company
we have been keeping clings to us; we
feel as if we had been conniving at their
guilt, if not actually accomplices in it.
There are worthy folks, as we are given
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25

There are now 942 submarine cables,
exclusive of the seven Atlantic cables,
with an aggregate of 112, TAO nautical
miles. The overland telegraph is
already a world wide institution, in
which there is total of 1885, 900 miles
of wire-enough of the attenuated metal
to go around the equatorial belt of the
globe just 80 times. The United States
has TIC, 800 miles of wire, and in 1899 had
no less than 56,OOO,O 900 messages travel
ing the country. France has 22O, $3.50
miles of wire, on which in 1889 were
transmitted 30, $50, 900 dispatches. Great
Britain has hung up 100000 miles of
metal line, and in 1889 sent $4,000, 900
messages on their silent flight. Age Of
Steal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
ENVOY.
The Fall of Man and AnthropOlogy.

Ever since the beginning of mans
effective thinking upon the great prob
lens around him, two views have eX-
listed regarding the life of the human
race upon earth, each utterly opposed to
the other. The first of these is the be-
lief that man was created In the begin
ming, Il perfect being, endowed with
the highest moral and intcllec ual
powers, but that there came Il fall, as
the result of which came into the world
evil toll, sorrow, and death. Nothing
could be more natural than such an eX-
PLANTATION of the existence Of evil, in
times when men saw everywhere miracle
and nowhere law. 1t is, under such
circumstances, by far the more easy ex-
planation, for it is in accordance with
the appearance of things: men adopted
it Just as naturally as they adopted the
theory that the Almighty hangs up the
ars as light in the solid armament
above the earth, or trundles the sun be-
hind high mountain at night, or wheels
the planets around the earth, or filings
comets as signs and wonders" to scare
a wicked world, or allows evil spirits to
and to cause diseases of body and mind,
or that he opens the "windows of
heaven" to let down "the waters that be
above the heavens, and thus give rain
upon the earth. A belief, then, in a
primeval period of innocence, physical
perfection, and intellectual strength,
from which men for some fault fell, is
perfectly in accordance with what we
should expect On the other hand, APP
peared at an early period the opposite
view-that mankind, instead of having
fallen from a high intellectual, moral,
and religious condition, has slowly risen
from low and brutal beginnings Among
all the statements of this theory one is
especially noteworthy-that given by
Lucretius in his great poem on 1.-The
Nature of Things" Despite its errors.
it remains among the most remarkable
examples of prophetic insight in the
history of our race. The Investigations
of the last 40 years have shown that
Lucretius and Horace We're inspired
prophets; what they saw by the exercise
of reason illumined by poetic genius has
been now thoroughly based upon facts
carefully ascertained and arranged, until
Thomson and Nilsson, the northern
psychologists, have brought these proph-
ecies to evident fullillment, by present
ing scientific classification dividing the
age of prehistoric man in various parts
of the world between an old stone
period, new stone period, a period of
beaten copper, period of bronze, and a
period of iron; and arraying vast masses
of facts from all parts of the world, fit
ting thoroughly into each. other, strength
ening each other, and showing beyond a
doubt that, instead of fall, there has
been rise of man from the earliest in
dications in the Quaternary or even, pos
sibly, in the Tertiary period. i Popular
Science Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
A Home In a Log.

There is a negro living in Scriven
county, Georgia, whose home is a huge log.
This log is 20 feet long and five feet in
diameter. 1t is divided into three apart
ments, one of which is occupied by the
proprietor's three hogs. The negro oc-
cupies another, and the third is filled
with hunting and fishing apparatus.
The negro makes his livelihood by hunt
ing and fishing. His clothes are of skins
of wild beasts, and he lives alone by
himself. His two dogs are the fiercest to
be found anywhere. He procures his
ammunition by bartering game with the
employees aboard the Savannah River
boats. and the passengers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25

Minister-Not one sparrow falls to the
ground without heavenly cognizance.
believe there is beneficent Providence
continually watching over dumb ami
mails
Deacon Jackwood-Me, too. You
know that thar ole boss of mine that's
got three spavins on one leg an ring
bone on another, an amt with his
keep? Wal, I've ben turnin' him into
the railroad right-of-way for about a
month now, hopin' he'd git killed by the
cars, SOS could collect about $3.50 often
the company. an dad switched if he'll
git in 40 feet of the track within half a
-. - train TIM.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
She Wanted That Hat.

On Western and Atlantic train that
pulled out of Atlanta recently was a
negro woman who had paid her fare to
Chattanooga. When on the outskirts of
the city her 20 cent straw hat was blown
through window. She jumped up and
pulled the bell cord. The train stopped,
and when the conductor rushed into the
coach he saw the woman disappearing
through the opposite door. While the
woman was chasing her straw hat over
the meadows the train pulled out and
eft her behind
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-10-25
TALE OF A BROKEN HEART.

Beautiful,
Dutiful,
Grand
And roll cking queen of Bohemia,
With Il cheek that was
Roster,
Cozier,
As soft as a lily, and creamier.
She was always COM
Polling me,
Selling me;
Was her slave; but she treated me
Shamefully.
She went on the
Stage, was
Rage as a
Why,
AS page, and they spoke of her
Blamefully.
And then in the
Papers her
CaperS were
Writ.
1 love her no longer, swear it.
But oft spend
Dollar and
Holler and
Sit
Through her antics, Oh, how can bear it?
--[Tom Hall in Munsey's Magazine.