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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

A WICKED Frenchman says tina
women have such an innate vanity for
dress that if you were to tell one that
she was to be hanged in the presence
of 10000 persons she would at once
exclaim: Great heavensl I've CO.
nothing to wear"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

first taking front and profile photograph
of his face, proceeded to measure first his
height. then the distance between tho
points of the middle fingers of the hands
with the arms outstretchod; tho height Of
the trunk. tho length and width of tho
heal. the right ear, the lett foot. the loft
middle finger, and tho left forearm.
You will see. said the operator, that the
instruments are SO designed and the pris-
oner is compelled to assume such positions
while the measurements are being taken
that only tho length OF the bones is Sc
cured" Il should think" said the news
paper man. that the mans natural growth
and any muscular change due to a special
line of physical work would render the
measurements of no value after n year or
two had elapsed" 1T is a weIl-known
fact, replied the chief. that the bones Of
tho body attain their full development at %
years OF age. At that time their length is
determined for life. While measurements
are frequently taken at younger age.
still we are not inclined to class such cases
as professional Grim nails.
This system is now in use in Boston,
Philadelphia Columbus, and Joliet, as in
Chicago and lie rapidly commenting itself
for adoption to the authorities of other
cities. AS soon as the measurements of a
criminal are taken In any one Of these
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

THE latest museum freak is South
ern gill who is utterly insensible to
pain, and whose skin can be cut and
punctured without any annoyance to
her. She is the most unfeeling
creature on record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

fronting the police force o. large city Ike
Chicago" sail Chief Hubbard o. an Inter
Ocean re porter, is the control of rha' = IsS
OF men known rs 'hahitu8l rrf |s' Ii
Is ma lie up OF men. wpmeu. large
number of children, vi On are o. lruIurt Of
Inherited criminal tendencies through Sow
eral generations. AMI on whom the ordinary
methods are emit els { r1wn away. N u
stream can never rise higher than its
source, it is useless to expect that man
whose ancestors were criminals. and WHO
was born into and has always lived u life
of crime, can como TO anything but GRIM
inal end. Our State prisons were originally
intended for reformatory as we'll az COR
receive institutions. Owing to the difficulty
that has ALWAYS existed o. separating the
older and moro hardened criminals from
those who have committed their first o.
fenso, perhaps through some momcntary
thoughtl"ssncss or lapse from virtue. MANY
ii man who. If lie 10 his own remorse and
sclf-commuaing. would leave its walls re-
solved to regain and main'an his lost
manhood, comes forth TO be Il menace to
society and n continual expense to tho
State through association with the des-
perate characters that arc numerous
there.
If tho police, on tho arrest CT an i1d-
vidual on suspicion, Or for the commission
Of any crime, can know for Il ce tainty
whether that individual has ever e'ore
been guilty of any criminal proceeding,
whether he has ever undergone sentence,
where that sentence was served, his char
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

board another vertical strlp OF Wood, and
to the left about tn Same dist nee is what
seems like blackboard with an infinite
number Of fine lines crossing its surface in
a vertical direction. In one corner stands
Photographic camera. in another are two
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

OWN at the Armory Po-
lice Station in Chicago
there is a little room, the
|contcnts OF which are OF
great in crest to any in
'dividua! who may be in
vited to enter it. A small.
square tIble: a low W,
square foot stool; an up
right board, eight feet
high. fastened to the
wall, with a horizontally
graduated scale marked
upon it. About three
feet to the right of this
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

A LITTLE Auburn, Me-, baby's pa,
ternal great-grandfather his grand
father, grandmother, and his father
were all born within a stones throw of
each other.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

not possibly please
e v cry one. The
plumber reioices
when the weather
is freezing, while
the ice dealer is
joyous only in the
hot summer time.
Greed iness is
sometimes its own
reward, especially
when the greedy
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
BY YoN LONE GROVE.

Ry yon lone grove | found grave
Over which tho daisies wave,
In the sad voiced autumn gales,
Sweeping down secluded dales.
Where the RI bbit's tread Is heard,
And tho trill of woodland Bird
There the wild vines climb and creep,
Where is kept that dreamless sleep.
Underneath the falling leaves,
Free from all that vexes, grieves;
Rid of this worlds mad strife
And NIL the ills of human life.
Who 10th there l cannot tell,
Sleeping in that quiet dell;
No name is on the low, gray stone
At the mounds head, vine-o ergrown.
Is TINT grave by all forgot?
Does no one visit that lone spot
In mcmCry of the one once here,
Who reveled in this lffe's brief sphere7
IT is MS well. The spirit fled,
Only the ashes remain there dead.
STAR VALLEY, Kan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

THREE years ago Archibald Claver,
ing Gunter was unknown as a novel
ist. Now his books are read every
where, and he is 100000 ahead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Baby.

I see a tangle Of silky rings
Look-how the dancing sunlight filings
Bright little torches here and there
Bless my heart It's the baby's hair.
Two little twinkling stars l see
Roguishly peeping out at me,
Fresh as the morning, blue as the skies,
Would you believe they are baby's eyes.
Two little roses blooming there,
None in the garden half so fair.
Little ones, can you guess-who speaks
To say they are baby's dimpled cheeks2
Two little mischievous, meddling things,
Quick as a butterfiys restless wings
g-snatching-everyo one stands
In wholesome awe of the baby's hands.
Working away at the tiny boot;
Jerking the sock from the dainty foot
Ten little pigs in two little rows
Don't you tell-they are baby's toes.
Only bundle OF ruffles white
Tied around with n ribbon tight;
Laughing, crying, troublesome elf,
Babys bonniest, sweetest self.
Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
SNALs sometimes sleep for four
years ut a time.

NORTH CAROLINA has 100000 acres
of swamp land to sell for the benefit
of her education fund.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
SOME GENTLE SAVAGES.
BY L, D. MURPHY.

ITUATED at the
foot of the Green
h o l. n Mountain,
in the State of
Colorado, lies the
beautiful Apache
valley.
A small stream
bearing the same
+ anne, after max
ing its way down
( through gloomy,
rock bOunQ c q n
vons, into whose
silent depths the
bright sun never
$ h i IL es, flow s
away to the east
to ming le it's
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
THE BERTILLON SYSTEM.
now THE FRENCH IDENTIFY AND
DETECT CRIMINALS.

Chicago and Elsewhere-HOw the Meas
urements Arc Takcn-The Instruments
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

But Wherein" asked the reporter. is the
Bertillon method better than the old?"
You must understand" continued the
chief, 9Th at when criminal is captured in
any OF the cities where this system Is In
vogue he is subjected to n series Of
measurements such as will be shown as we
proceed"
Ordering ono OF the operators to strip
to his trousers. two OF the others. aftor
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15
COrnfleId Philosophy.

b HE weather can.
III /~ not possibly please
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age heart was full of hatred for this
daughter of the Blackfeet, and tho
light that shone in her dusky eyes
hnded no GOOD to the hanny nair
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-15

note, went with six warriors up the Ar
kansas River, and, coming in contact
with superior force of Blackfcet, his
men were all killed, and himself taken
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19

shrew, and was the father Of eleven NOISY,
ill-dispositioned brats - where was the
equality?
again, wherever the Family existed
there lowered, ever cOntending. the angels
of joy and sorrow; and in world where JOY
and sorrow are known equality cannot live.
One man and woman, In the night, stand
weeping beside little bed. On the other
side of the lath and plaster fair young
couple. hand in hand, stand laughing at the
silly antics of a graye-faeed, gurgiing Dapy.
What is poor Equality doing?
'Such things could not be allowed. All
Love, we saw, was our enemy at every turn
He made equality impossible. He brought
pain and suffering in his train. He dis
turbed mems beliefs and Imperfect the dcs-
tiny OF humanity, SO we abolished nm ana
all his works
Now, there are no marriages, and, there
fore, no domestic troubles; no making Of
love, and, therefore, 40 Jealousles and
heartaches; no loving, therefore no sorrow
ing; no kisses and no tears.
1--WE all live together in equality, free
from trouble ana pain and care"
| said, - 1t must be very peaceful; but.
tell mel ask the question merely from a
scientific standardization do you keep up
the supply of men and womenP
He said: "Oh. that's simple enough. How
did you, in your day, keep up the supply OF
horses and cows? In the spring 50 many
children, according as the State requires,
are arranged for and carefully bred, under
medical supervision. When they are born
they are taken away from their mothers
(who else might grow to love them) and
brought up in the public nurseries and
schools until they are fourteen. They are
then examined by State-apl ointed inspect
ors, who decide what calling they shall be
brought up TO, and to such calling they are
thereupon apprenticed. At twenty they take
their rank as citizens, and are entitled to
vote No difference whatever is made be-
tween men and women. Both sexes enjoy
equal privileges.
| said, what are the privileges? ?"
He said. why, all that Eve been telling
YOU"
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=HAD spent an extremely interesting
\ ( evening. | had dined with some very
advanced friends at the National
\ ! Socialist Club. We had had an eX-
cellent dinner; the pheasant, stuffed
Z with truffles was poem, and when
l say that the 40 Chateau Latte was worth
the price we had to pay for it, l do not see
what more can add to its favor.
After dinner, and over the cigars q must
say they do know now to stock good cigars
at the National Socialist Club. we had
very instructive discussion about the com
ing equality of man and the naturalization
of capital
| was notsab to take much part in the
argument myself, because, having been left,
when 4 boy, in a position which rendered 1t
necessary for me to earn my own living, L
have never enjoyed the time and Oppor-
tunity to study these sorts Of questions.
But listened very attenuyely while my
friends explained how, for the thousands of
centuries during which it had been in exist
ence and before they came, the world bad
been going on all wrong, and how, in the
course of the next few years or so, they
meant 10 put it right.
Equality of all mankind was their watch
word-pcrfent equality i'll all things-equa!ity
III possessions, and equality in position and
influence, and equality in duties, resulting
in equality in happiness and conteniment.
The world belonged to all alike, and must
be equally divided. Each mans labor was
the property not of himself but Of the State
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19

frame by red light: then it should be ex-
posed TO gas-jet or lamp for several seconds,
the exposure varying with the strength of Il
negative. From this point on the treatment
is the same as that given negative. When
properly used bromide paper gives splendid
results, especially for marine work.
Albumen and silver paper should be
treated in the manner prescribed in the in
structions which accompany the paper, but
they have to be put through such long,
careful and delicate process that not more
than one-half the amateurs in the country
print their own photos. This fact becoming
known TO the manufacturers, they set to
work to invent a new paper, and, as result,
one house has brought out a new emulsion
paper which can be fixed and toned in one
bath, and which gives as satisfactory results
as any of those above mentioned.
Most amateurs are DESTROYS of possessing
an album containing specimens of their
work with the camera, and this can easily
be made by mounting the photographs in an
ordinary scrap-book with especially pre-
pared glue, which can be obtained of re-
taile:s Of Photographic goods.11Boston
Herald
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19
PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY.

This man was found asleep In house In Lon
don after the great social revolution of 1899.
From the account given by the landlady Of the
house, 1t would appear that he had already. when
discovered, been asleep for over ten years tshe
having forgotten TO call hlm). Ii was decided,
for scientific purposes mol to awake him, but TO
Just see BOW long lie would sleep on, and he was
accordingly brought and deposited in the Muse
um OF Curosites on February H. 800.
Visitors are requested not 10 squirt water
through the aiT-holes.
An int ligent-looking old gentleman, who
had been arranging some stuffed lizards in an
adjoining case, came over and took the cover
off me.
What's the matter?" he asked; any
thing disturbed you?"
90 No." | said, " always wake mp like
this when l feel I've had enough sleep.
What century is this?"
This" he said, :" is the twenty ninth
century. You have been asleep just 1000
years"
"Ah, we'll feel all the better for it." 1
replied. getting down off the table.
There's nothing like having ones sleep
out"
81 take it you are going to do the usual
thing" said the old gentleman to me, as
proceeded to put on my clothes, which had
been lying beside me in the case. You'll
want me to walk round the city with you.
and explain all the changes to you while you
ask questions and make silly remarks?"
Yes, replied, Il suppose that's what
ought 10 do
" l suppose So" be muttered. "Come on
and let's get it over" and he led the way
from the room.
As we went downstairs said, swell, is
1t all right nOw?"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19
"Do They Miss Mo a, uon,. o.,

Mrs, Caroline A Mason, author of ssDo
They Miss Me at Home ?" wrote that song
in 1869 when pupil in Bradford Academy.
says the Post Dispatch. AT the time she
was young lady, heartsick and signing for
her Marblehead home. Her father was DIR.
Briggs. an esteemed and able physician of
Marblehead
One OF her sisters Harriet married Rev.
David Stoddard. missionary of the Ameri-
can Board, and died in foreign land.
Az tne time the sweet song was written
Harriet was teacher in the academy. and
1t was OF this motherly sister teacher
That the younger sister asked MANY times.
DO they miss me at homer"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19
Cinnamon Cannot Raise Beard.

The Chinaman covets hair on his face, be-
cause it is regarded as symbol of authority
and power.
Some four centuries ago 100000 Manchoo
Tartars swept into China and conquered
100000 Cinnamon. The Tariars, coming
from colder climate than that of China,
had a greater capacity for raising boards.
The Tartars were quickly assimilated by the
swarming Chinese, and with the assimilation
came a slightly increased capacity for rails
ing hair.
This tendency has been fostered through
all the succeeding ages, until, by assiduous
cultivation, the big chiefs are now able to
raise a lead-pencil mustache. This privi-
lege. however, is only enjoyed by men of high
caste.
1t would be as impossible for an ordinary
Chinese laundryman to raise mustache like
that of Bowery dime museum woman as it
would be Tor cow to handle a musket-
EY.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19
We wandered on for few more miles, but


shOns or stores in this town !"
NO" lie replied; hat do we want with
shops and stores? The State feeds US.
clothes us, houses US, doctors US, washes
and dresses us, cuts our corns and buries
us. What could we do with shOps?"
l began to feel tired with our walk. |
said. "Can we go in anywhere and have
drink?"
He said, "a drink What's drink p
We have half pint of cocoa with our din
ner Do you mean that?"
| did not feel equal to explaining the mat
ter to him, and he evidently would no. have
understood it if had; so L said, Yes, l
meant that
We passed very tine-looking man little
further on, and | noticed that he only had
one arm. l had noticed two or three rather
big-lOOking men with only one arm in the
course of the morning. and it struck me as
curious. ! remarked about it to my guide.
He said, Yes, when man is much above
the average size and strength, we cut one
of bis legs or arms OFF. so as to make things
more equal; we lop him down bit. as it
were. Nature, you see, is somewhat be-
hind the times. but we do what we can to
put her straight"
| said, u suppose you can't abolish herr"
only wish we could. But" he added after
ward, with pardonable pride, we've done
a good deal"
| said, "How about an exceptionally
clever man. What do you do with him?'
well, we are not much troubled III that
way nOW,' lie answered. I'VE have not
come across anything dangerous in the shape
of brain power for some very considerable
time now. When we do we perform a sur
gical operation upon the head, which
SoftenS the brain down TO the average level"
"i have sometimes thought" unused the
old gentleman, that it was pity we could
not level up sometimes. instead of always
leyelng down; but, of course, that is im-
possible"
/ said, 'Do you think it right of you to
cut these people up, and tone them down in
this manner?"
He SAID, ''Of course it is right"
Cd seem very cock-sure about the mat
ter" | retorted. why is it of course
right ~
. Because it is done by the majority"
How does that make it right@ ~ | asked.
y majority can do no wrong" lie an
swered.
"On, and is that what the people who are
Topped thnk?"
"They?" he replied, evidently astonished
at the question. "Oh, they are in the minor
ity, you know"
Yes, but even the minority has right
to its arms and legs and heads, hasn't it?'
"A minority has NO rights" he answered,
| after pause.
said, It's just as well to belong to the
majority, If you're thinking of living here,
isn't it %
TIL e s s%iu, f eS' - most Oh our people do'
iTey eeel f W ntiu ~ a'ote uoilSenient,
;,tor maG Tuu,S aIe 'Gwn sonl '1IS ul-
mt ~, u anu rrA fo we coulu hot ~
o'S M oJ,i tLe In :. y, hoi e'"
| did not think l should care much for it.
I'll u ~ ~ USE, W ~ 80 peautilui III the
gTun.iS ulseu, pel t meh wen 10 oeu
,d VI, $50 Lien d iil. I siassS'
1910 ~ anu i''ie io9e-
g oh 49, anu 81,
a Ia ganta,, :: a." - 'H"'' sI upte e'a
sno III, oit ,dor @ 49,, - ali one huse
an1 7,t -, ,'Ia W iJauS Lnu
Tnnre is M basntv in tSo W 1"on ot,en
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" Is what all right?" he replied.
why, the world" l answered. "a few
friends Of mine were arranging, just before
went to bed, to take it to pieces and fix il
up again properly. Have they got it all
right by this time? Is everybody equal
now, and sin and sorrow and all that sort of
thing done away witn?"
oh, yes replied my guide, you'll find
everything all right now. We've been work
ing away pretty hard ut things while you've
been asleep. We've just got this world about
perfect now, should say. NOBODY is al
lowed TO do anything wrong OF silly; and as
for equality, tadDoles amt in it with u.s."
He talked in rather a vulgar manner, l
thought, but did not like TO reprove him
We walked out into the city. it was very
clean and very quiet. the streets, which
were designated by numbers. ran out from
each other at right angles, and ali presented
exactly the same appearance There were
no horses or carriages about. All the peo-
pie that we met wore n quiet, grave ex-
preston. and were SO much like each other
as to give one the idea that they were all
members of the same family. Every one
was dressed, as was also my guide, in a pair
of gray trousers and gray tunic, buttoning
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19
SLEEPING TWO In A BED.
Young Girls Should Not Bunk With
Their Grandmoihers.

Young Girls Should Not Bunk With
Their Grandma Tiers.
The custom of sleeping in double beds is
one which is going-and rightly going-out
of fashion, says the Sheffield Telegraph.
OF course, every one knows, theoretically,
that it is far more healthy to sleep alone.
But of what avail has this theoretic knowl-
edge been.
The child has been first allowed to sleep
with its nurse-a most perniciOus customer
its elder sister, or its mother the growing
girl sleeps with her roommate at school;
the young lady with her aunts and her
cousins and her girl friends Unfortunately.
People who would have hesitated to allow
q bunch of roses to remain in the room over
night, or a growing plant, have never had
their own bed to themselves year In and
year out The plant-which did not con-
sumo the oxygen of which their lungs stood
in need, but precisely the effete gases thrown
off by their own System-was thought very
injurious.
Another pair of lungs breathing up the
breathable air and injecting the remainder
with the respiratory refuse OF those physi-
cal processes that are most active during
sleep was not thought of with any objection
at all.
Yet what simple law of hygiene would
not do, fashion. notion as to what Is cor
rect" is beginning to achieve. From fash
ionable furniture establishments there comes
Tue ANNOUNCEMENT tLidl eho oiheiV oCuS1S"uS
are always called for at present with each
chamber suit furnished for what is known
as swell patronage"
How many fatal diseases, how many cases
of slow undermining aud poisoning of the
system are due to this custom CT promis-
cuous sharing Of double beds on the part of
young girls, who will ever know?
The fact will never be fully realized till
people grow sensible enough to know that
bed linen takes the insensible reflections of
the pores as well as body linen, and who
would care to wear another body's linen?
Have your single bed, then, if possible; if
not possible, do not sleep with person
much older than yourself. Young girls oc-
casionally sleep with their grandmolherS.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-19

JOTlIy over 10 their views, anu SO all a1nuSe-
ments are prohibited now"
/ said, g Are you allowed to read books?'
well" he answered, "there are not
many written. You see, owing to our all
living such perfect lives, and there being no
wrong or sorrow or joy or hope or love or
grief in the world, and everything going SO
regular and so proper. there is really moth
ing much TO write about-except, of course,
the destiny of humanity"
"True!' said. 81 see that. But what Of
the old works-the classics You had
Shakespeare and Scotland Thackeray, and
there were one or two little things of my
own that were not half bad; what have you
done with all those?"
"Oh, we have burned all those old works, :"
he said. They were full of the old wrong
notions OF the old wrong, wicked times,
when men were merely slaves and beasts OF
burden"
He said all the oil paintings and sculptures
had been likewise destroyed, partly for that
same reason, and partly because they were
considered improper by the White Ribbon
Vigilance Society, which was a great power
now; while all new art and literature was