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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25
THI -SUIVkS vi WHICH,
literary or pictorial,

ro's answer, 'who when he is an infant,
crawls upon his hands and knees; when he
is grown h" walks up lightly, and when he
is old no totters with stick. In the days
OF Pliny the stem of the giant fenncl was
used for a walking stick. the tough light
ness or the Wool rendering 1t especially
fitted as support to aged persons.
Walking sticks or waking canes wheth
Ell as the condition of the pilgrims burden
or the oriental symbol of authority, were
certainly common in the hau.s of the gal
lents OF the fifteenth century Fortunate
ly we are able to what kinds of canes
were carrleI then, ana strangely enough
the elaho ately ''garnishei" affair of today
Is found to have Ueen the correct thlng'
more than 40 years ago. The Harlem
MANI crypt due contains an invcn tory
of the contents of the royal palace of
Greenwich, in viii h, among the hcloug-
incs, is the following: "a cane garui>hed
with golie, havaingo perfume in the
topne, Inder that dial, with n pair o :
twitchers and pair of compasses of golde
ard foot rule Of gold =, knife and a
file, the haft of golde, with MILESTONE
tipped with Golde" There is also "a cane
garnished with silver and gi|te, with as
tronomie upon it. six waikyng slaves
ono covered with silke AMI golle. -
In the portraits of many OF the eminent
personages of English history, painted in
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that q birds body is not completely
covered by feathers. There are places
about the shoulders. under the wings
and on the thighs where the skin is
about bare, and fits the cavities or
rounds out with great nicely. Usually
these parts are stuffed full, the result
being marring Of the symmetry and
proportion. Waterton gave particu
lar care TO such points, trying to get
them exact to nature.
The best way OF preserving a birds
skin demands careful attention from
the moment it is killed to the time Of
mounting. The wounds should be
filed with cotton, ana feathers discol-
oled by blood should be softly wiped
with wet sponge. In hot weather
the skin should he taken off at once
brit in autumn or winter the bird can
be allowed to get cold. Beginning at
the breast bone, the skin is slowly
separated by forcing blunt instru-
ment between it ard the flesh The
bones Of the wings arc cut ut the
shoulder joints, and when getting the
skin from the skull the Nctcbric can he
unioiutcd Then remove the brains
and eyes. The lie Il is taken from the
under bill, using care not to mutilate
ihe openings of the ears or eyclids.
The skin should then be Rubbed with
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Story of Three.

A giant clock near the chimney swung
Its ponderous pendulum to and fro;
A Pickering carldelght vaguely flung
Fantastic forms DER the rafters low.
The ghostly shadows seemed to tlaunt
Long meager fingers reaching gaunt,
To grasp at an old dame, spinning alone,
Grooming in tremulous undertone,
Whose peaked chin and hooked nose,
High pointed cap, with its nodding bows,
Were quantity portrayed on the whitewashed
wall,
An awful witch face, weird and tall.
The little brown house at the forests edge,
Nestled down, like bird in the night,
Among the tree branches and tall grass sedge
AS II to doze till morning light.
No sound but wind fays rnstling leaves,
Or fiutter of birds meath the cottage caves,
Disturb the awesome calm that broods
Ger the depths of the Woodland solitudes:
For the three tall forms that stealthily wait
In the dense dark shadows beside the gate,
Are still as the dead in their graves could be,
Bold, bad robbers are those sly three.
A rough hand thrusts the vines apart
From the latticed window, and into tho room,
Dark as the thoughts of his evil heart,
Peereth a face from the nights drear gloom.
Turning her wheel mid the shadows alone,
Mumbles and murmurs the aged crone;
Bony fingers tremblingly spreG1
Like eagles claws DER her spinning thread.
AS she yawns with her voice at IN eldrich
pitch,
As che cries. That's one!" and noddeth queer,
He crosses himself as he flies i'll fear.
A second crapt to the window ledge.
With muttered oath to the comrnde flown
But while he leans on its crumbling edge
To view the face of the aged crone,
He can hear the thumr of his beating heart,
AS she loudly yawns with horrible start,
And mods and motions till, dark and tall,
Her ghostly shadow climbs up the wall,
And il seemed to him that her wicked old face
Leered in his own from that frightful place
AS she soemnly cried, That's two@ But here
The second robber fled in fear.
The third stole up, full of deadly ire.
Cursing the comrades flying far;
With his vengeful heart in an angry fire,
Pulled at the crazy window bar;
But he saw, and staggered in wild alarm,
witch, with lifted, hony arm,
Shaking it madly in fiendish glee
And wildly yawnipg, "Ho that's three!"
Then seemed to leap like a cat from her chair
AS she chuckled the number of robbers there.
Away like the wind he flew in fear
To the welcome depths of the forest near.
Now the little old dame. while good md wise,
And never to arts of witchcraft wed,
When thrice she had yawned at night, would
rise,
Cease her spinning, and seek her bed.
And thus she had numbered one twol threei
Yawning and notding in harmony
Sleep on little dame, in the wee house lone,
Unconscious OF foes who are wildly flown,
Three who had meant to plumber DER
Thy little boarded spinning store.
Sleep on while the old clock, solemn and slow,
Swings its pendulum to and fro
And angel children. gone before,
Keep holy spirit vigil DER.
C. NJ. Antbermdn.
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passed away and were succeeded by an
American named Ward, who to-day

supplies the largest museums with
stuffed specimens. His American
headquarters are at Rochester, n. Y,
where there are thousands of birds,
mammals, fishes, and reptiles stuffed.
or ready to be, if wanted. He has
agents il; all sections of the world
looking for rare specimens and collect
ing others as the general stock needs
replenishing.
Among taxidermal curiosities is q
collection made by the late Henry
Bcrgh to emphasize his stand against
cruelty to animals. By stuffed speci-
mems, the sufferings of the dumb
brute from various forms of mans bru-
tality is reproduced. A number of
celebrated horses have had their skins
made subjects of the ataxidermist's
art. Rienzi, ridden by Sheridan to-
Winchester, twenty miles away" had
his hide stuffed, and it is now at Gov
ernor's Island. Sherman's Tecumseh,
that carried the General from Atlanta
to the sea, can be seen at the Madison
University. Robert Z. Lees war
horse, Traveller, is in the Lee Univor-
sity, of Virginia, while famous trotting
and running horses have in several in
stances also been thus honored.
Il am called on good deal, said
the taxidermist Intercepted, "to stuff
dead canaries. They have been house
hold pets, but gone the way of all
flesh, and the women of the family
think it would bs nice TO keep some
thing that looks as they did when alive.
I always ask for deposit in advance
for such jobs, as it is tedious bit of
work, and often by the time it is done
the loss of the bird has been partially
forgotten. There is parrot on the
shelf there woman cried over when
she left the body, but got over her
mourning so much in week as to re-
fuse to pay for the job"
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as hickory poles, or else with yard or
two OF varpished cane scraped taper, tip.
ped with an ivory head"
In tho early half of the present cent-ry
the old REPOSITORY cane doomed into
fashion again. In the London exhibition
of lS1l there was shown a medical walk
ing stick which contained an assortment Of
Instruments and medicines; and the Same
principle has been applied for the porta-
BILE conveyance of telescopes, instantane-
Gus light apparatus, and many other
important articles.
The trade with the orient has brought
various articles of bamboo into common
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

AN American orator, at dinner al
the Grand Hotel in London, recently
made use of the following metaphor in
his speech: "Let the Russian bear
put his paw upon the fair land of Aus
tralia and the British lion, the Ameri
can eagle, and the Australian kangaroo
will rise up as one man and drive hin
ignominiously to his lair" This is o.
most equal to Sir Boyle Roche's best
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

A Paris shop-keeper, when he adver-
tises goods lat cost" is promptly called
upon by a Government official, whose
business it is to see that the merchant is
doing what he advcrtises, and if he is
detected in fraud of any kind, speedy
punishment is inflicted. In other words,
they will permit him to sell his own
goods, which he has paid for, 'at cost, "
but if he is lying in his advertisement, or
defrauding his creditors, they expose
him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

A CoRsICAN doctor, NJ. de Snsini,
has made n sulphuric ether engine OF
twenty horse power, which is expected
to realize n saving of sixty-fve pei
cent. in fuel Scientific men in Paris
W no have witnessed its working ara
said TO have reserved their opinion as
to its merits until further tests have
leen made.
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of the following century tho most fashion
able kinds were made of fine marbles and
agates, exhibiting either a fine variety of
color or semi-opaque tint, which was
most expressively described by the word
clouded. These sticks were of slender
proportions, bat often richly mounted
with gold, silver, amber, or precious
stones. Such were tho ''clouded canes' OF
the time of Pope. which were so greatly
valued as often to be preserved III cases of
sha green or sheaths eff the lear,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25
THE MORNING BREAKS.
BY GRACE APPLETON.

The morning breaks, and with 1t brings
The first faint breath OF spring,
And heart, like happy birds on wings,
For JOY are carolingl
A thrill runs thro' the frozen earth,
A trill pervatles the air;
Presaging punishment of dearth,
Fortelltng all things fair
Each shivering bough enwreathed shall glow
With wealth of summer bloom,
Unmindful Of the blasts that blow,
Forgetful of the gloomi
And hearts bowed down by weight OF wo,
Souls shivcring in IIife's blast
Beneath Gods smile shall radiant grow
In summer land at IHstl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

HE DUDE OF THE
day is gradually
growing cold in his
alteration for the
walking stick fashion,
eli after the English
riding-whip, with the
buck horn ha II d | o,
anu is bestowlng his
ilecting favor ON n
still moro fnuciful
article. Accurdin Z
to an unqueationed
authority on such
matters the organ of
the haber dashery
trade, walking sticks
,,, ,. In;rpr p,oIA
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

The old saying that the man who
minds his own business will make
money is not true. Charles Cochrane.
q Canadian has remained on his farm
for fourteen straight years without
leaving it and has not spoken to a
stranger in all that time, and yet h
is poorer than when he began.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

THE importation of American game
into Austria has proved big success,
On the Danubian meadow forests OF
Count Bremen 100 wild turkeys and
thirty wapiki are marked for destruc,
ton at the next big battue, On Prince
Huniady's estates the American gam'
has increased so per cent.
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Arizona, which yields a very peculiar
stick The Geshy sui stance of the stem is
rotted Off leaving a hard, lattice work
frame, which is quite vegetable Curl
osity. Tho English buckthorn affair
never found much favor in this country,
and it Is equally likely that the ''roposi
tory" contrivauces will not make very
great Roadway into general use.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

GEORGE JENNINGS, of New Portage,
Ohio. was fishing in Wolf Creek, and
had set a line aud went further up the
stream. When he returned he found
a duck had swallowed the minnow and
swan away with the pole and line.
He followed it up and captured it
This is new way to get ducks.
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are no" beIHS
that are ''useful rs we'll as ornamental"
From one a silk umbrella can be drawn
and screwed to the stick; another has q re-
ceptacle for nic<els and cents and is con-
venient for those who ride on street cars;
another contains n measure for the height
of horses, and has Il spirit-levcl attach
ment and still another has a watch set in
the handle.
The contrivanCe of making n repository
in the hollow of a walking stick, accorti-
ing to the San Francisco Chronicle, is
very ancient. The bourbon or pilgrims
staff of the middle ages was a strong and
stout stick about five feet in length, armed
at the lower end with ain iron spike, and
evidently intended az a balance and sup
port to the body when climbing up steep
activities In It may to seen the proto-
type of the alpenstock. About twelve
inches from the top OF the staff was gem
orally large protuberance, on which the
hand of the pilgrim rested without danger
of sliding do onward. The upper part of
the staff was hollow and capable of
holding small articles, but the lower
portion was entirely solid 1t is very prob
able that in the cavity of the upper part
the pilgrims originally kept relics of saints,
which were sold at the tombs to which the
pilgrims Travelled, and which were c. nsd-
cred as satisfactory proofs that the pill
grims had been to the spot indicated. In
| the latter ages of pilgrimage, however,
| this part OF the staff was converted into q
kind of pipe or musical instrument.
| Above the tube the staff was Surmounted
| by a small! hollow globe, and it was als)
| furnished near the top with q kind OF
| crook for carrying a gourd of water. 1t
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

The largest owner of cas- in tie
worl is Il lady, Mrs. Kite, who So ,,plies
the Great Eastern Raj way a'oue with
bundled We l>cquipped vehicles dai y.
Cab-owning is mJst luo:c,ive bushes
each cab earning 81 los ID 81 weet
clear. after paying expensss,
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tho sixteenth century,
there are TO lie per-
ceived numerous in
stances of the richne IS
of the walking sticks
carried at that time,
all appearing TO have
been tall, stout, and
mounted or adorned
with gold.
|. From the middle of
tho seventeenth CEN
tury walking sti ks
appear to have in
creased in luxury,
both in respect to the
mounting and mate
rial, the improve
ments being mainly
derived from France.
In the early portion
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A PLAN which has been most success.
full in London, where gardens on house
tops are not unusual, has been mooted
in New York in connection with new
school buildings in the crowded tcne-
ment district of the East Side. In these
regions space is limited and dear, and
the play-rooms are usually in dark and
damp easements. Now it is proposed
to try the experiment of having play
grounds on the roof 1t wet weather u
canvas top would be spread over tho
room, but at all other times the chill
dren would have the full benefit of the
air and sun. On one of the London
buildings glass forming "crys-
tai room"-was set up, to the great de-
light and comfort of the little ones
This aerial experiment is worth trying
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is, however, un lues"
tjonable that the re-
ceptacIe at the top of
n pilgrims staff was
frequently used for
secular purposes. Two
OF these occasions, and
very remarkable ones
they were, are on rec
ord. The first is found
in the Chronicles of
Honshed, where he
states that in the hol-
low OF n pilgrims
staff the first head of
saffron crocus was So
cretly brought from
France at u time when
1t was a CAPITAL crime
to take the living
plant out of the coun-
try. Tho other refers
to the introdu ction of
the silk worm into
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

THERE is great enthusiasm in Haytl
over the installation of Gen. Hippolyte
MS President of the black republic.
The 1000 soldiers of the President
stationed in Port au Prince gave their
successful leader grand ovation. A
fountain with three Jets, each supply
ing a favorite drink, was erected, that
all might rejoice over the selection OF
tho President.
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use, those that are
covered with cary
ings and inlaid
ivory work being
9 $ t e e IN e d great
ri&es by eastern
visitors. There is a
kind OF ca tus, too,
found in the south
ern countries and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

was SIMPLY used as n
support for old age.
Jacob leaning on his
staff is Il familiar
figure, whiie it must
have been known in
the heroic period,
since 1t was referred
to in the enigma pro-
pouu led b y t h e
Sphinx and solved by
tkdipus. There is a
being said the ques-
TONER, (Which has
four feet. and it has
also three feet, but it's
feet vary, and when
it has the most It is
the weakest. - THAT
is man, - was the he
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walking stick which
was generally used by
old women. They
were between five
and six feet in length,
of n ia per and slender
make, shaped at the
upper end in tho
manner of a shep-
herd $ crook and
twisted througho II t
the entire ngth Of
the wand. The ma
terials were either
ivory, wood, or whale
bone and mounted
with silver or gold.
The men carried long
sticks also, their
length calling forth
the following satire
from the London
Chronicle of 1862:
"Do not some of us
strut about with
walking-sticks rs Ion g
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L Is not n business
calculated to bring
its followers into pub
lie prominence. The
busy world bustling
up and down the
streets does not care
a straw for taxidermy.
The ordinary man
has something else to
think of. Yet there
are those who are
deeply interested in
the preservation of
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In the following reign an ugly and gro
4 = IL i,1.tlu of nd hn

tesque walking-stlc
censure and riClicule
of the puhlic press.
The Universal Spec
tator of 1870 OBJ
serves: 1.-THE wear.
ing of swords at the
the court end of the
town is by many
polite young gentle
men laid aside, and
Instead thereof, they
carry large oak
sticks, with great
heads and ugly ia ces
carved thereon. In
the London Evenin 6
Post of / ecenher,
1888, n writer under
the iiame of Miss
Townley expresses
her surprise and dis
gust at tho dress of
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THE ART OF TAXIDERMY.
HOW THE FORMS OF BIRDS AND
ANIMALS ARE PRESERVED.

Difficulty in Retaining tho Natural Limos
A Big Business in Stuffed SliCs-
IT Is Now II Fine Art in the Way O
Preservation.
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OLD STYLES IN STICKS,
THE wAiKiSG-EAN OF FORMER
GENERATIONS.

STATS Carried by the Dudiahly Inclined as
Far Back as tho Fifteenth Century
They Woe Expensive and Did Not Ma
tcrialIy Differ from FancifLl Create ns OF
To- day,
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IT is dangerous to let man die in q
hotel in Paris. A queer French law
enables the landlord to present his bill
to the relatives for the death. Seven
hundred francs was the item recently
demanded from an American family for
the decease of one of its members in q
well-known hotel. This extortion
would have been three times as great
if the person had died of contagious
disease, and doubled if the deceased
was prince or member of any rich
old aristocratic family, The allow
ances by the Judges, however, are gen
orally much less than the claims of the
landlords.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

Friends OF jeff Davis have organize a
company to syndicate and sell a tract of
wiid land in Arkansas, to pay Il 80, 0Or
debt for him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

THE King of Siam is about to seno
five Siamese boys to the United States
to be educated at his expense. The
boys are to be placed in charge of an
American missionary and will probably
be sent to school in Pennsylvania. 1t
is the Kings custom to educate the
sons of the noblemen and the princes
of his domain in various countries, and
when they return to Siam appoint them
to high Government positions.
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Europe in tho hollow of a pilgrims staff.
Two monks who resided in China as mis-
sionaries were the heroes of the incident,
bringing the eggs in triumph to Conjtan-
tinople.
The earliest walking sticks OF which
thera is any record literary or plctor. al,
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the men in the boxes Of the Haymarke OF
theater, some of whom "wore scanty
frocks, little shabby hats put on one side,
and clubs in their hands. {" The pecu.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

THREE years ago Providence. r.
L., factory girl, who was exceedingly
pretty and courted by many, was mar
ried to mill owner who was 20 years
old and wealthy. Lately there was a
suit for divorce brought by the still
fascinating young lady, who said thai
her husband was stingy and that he
had made life unbearable by his mean
ness. She did not want alimony,
strange to say, and the court granted
her divorce and the right to assume
her maiden name. The rich old men
do not make good husbands unless
they die soon.
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liarity of these CLUBS or sti ks consisted in
an ingenious adaptation of the excrescences
of .the wood into curious and humorous
heads and faces.
During the sec nd half of tho last CEN
fury there was che particular kind Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-01-25

AN old farmer IN the Granite State
one Sunday morning started to wind
up his great silver watch, and found
that the key was filled with dirt. Be-
ing unable to dig the matter out with
pin, the farmer drilled hole in the
key, and with single breath blew all
the dust out. Then Ire sat down to
think, and within a month had patent
ed that hole. To day in Lebanon, n.
H., there is a large factory running by
electric power wherein are manufac-
tured daily thousands and thousands
OF watch-keys of every possible size
shape and design Each one of these
keys contains the hole which has been
patented by the farmer The latter
has already made fortune.
THERE is no immediate danger of the
United States becoming overcrowded,
for Joseph Nimmo, Jr., shows in Frank
Leslies paper that since independence
was achieved the United States Gov
eminent has been the largest owner of
arabic land on the earth. The total
area of the public domain" sold and
unsold, amounts to 1,S49, 072, 5S7 acres
and constitutes 70 per cent of the total
area Of the United States, including
Alaska. About O0,O0O,O 900 acres of
land have been sold and donated, and
about 1,l50, 900, 600 acres remain I'M
sold. AS the area of Alaska is 369,-
$4,000 acres, the area unsold exclu,
sive of that territory is about 7SO, 900,
600 acres.
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NUI ms Z MD.
The moon beams calmly siftcd down
Upon two tender things
Matilda Martha Robinson
And William Henry Bings.
The youth was smitten by her charms
And closer to her leant,
And having dared to kiss her, cried,
at was an accidents"
"For shame young man!' exclaimed the
maid
Withhold your compliments,
For we'll you know I'm not insured
Against these accidentsl"
Hap sand MisltapS.