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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
UNCLE SAG;'s SEEDS.



All the seeds given away by the Agri-
cultural Department at Washington are
I, Stcl before being sent ont, and the way
in which it is done j. very curious in
deed. Shallow lin pans half full of water
are employed. arI anrrsS these parallel
are lad thick wires in pairs, Each two
wires have Il strip muslin sewed be-
tween them. so that when they are laid
together across tie pan II fold > inches
deep hangs into the water. In this fold
all along from one side of the pan to the
other seeds are put, and the water rising
by capillary attraC ion. sOaks the muslin
and causes the sCt,lS to terminate. The
forming ROOFS poke their way in every
direction through the muslin and the
plants grow famousIy. One tin pan ,
feet log will hold a wonderful number
of spr, ut5. and it is a simple matter to
count and find out what percentage of
those put in terminate. one fold of mus
lin being devoted to each kind of seed.
ANY seeds that do not prove entirely
satisfactory are sent to the gardner of
tie department to he tried in earth.
Thus Uncle Sam Is able to guarantee all
the seeds he distributes; the tin pan idea
is il new one. Tie tin pans are attended
to altogether by Il pretty enthusiast in
petticoats, who thinks it great fun to
have whole botanical garden within
half a dozen square feet Of room. She
does the whole business on window
ledge, and simply in the water that way
she has grown beans big enough to eat.
And she a'e them. Try it for yourself.
Use good sized tin pan from the kitchen
and fix wires and muslin IN the way de-
scribed. Write TO the department for
the seeds you want, and you are all
ready to go into business. Own your own
kitchen garden: every city family should
have one on the window ledge. Flowers
do as well. Chicago Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
GONE TO BALTIMORE,
o. Wis merrily the p pers play

o, tits merrily the pcrs play
And there's dancing on the moonlit shore,
But how can ] be glad without my Irish lad?
For he's gone away to Baltimore.
Does he think of me- wonder, in the far-off
foreign town,
With the pretty lasses round him, and the
starlight shining down?
Does he think of what he asked me by the old
Killarney shore,
When told him that | loved him, forever,
evermore?
o, tits merrily the pipers play.
And there's dancing on the moonlit shore,
But how can be glad without my Irish lad?
For he's gone away to Baltimore.
All, then, Thady, darling, list to me and never
mind the gold,
It's only you I'm wanting in the home you
loved of old.
Do you think want palace? ah! the smallest
hut will do.
If you only love me, Thady, and will take mo
there with you.
o, tits mcrrily the pipers play,
md there's dancing on the moOnlit shore,
But how can | be glad without my Irish lad?
For he's gone away to Baltimore.
So if fortune fail you Thady, and the gold you
never find,
Come back to dear old Ireland, and the girl
you left behind;
Shes waiting for you, darling, as she's waited
evermorc,
Since we parted in the moonlight by the old
Killarney shore.
And It's mcrrily the pipes shall play,
And We'll dance upon the happy shore,
When you sail across the sea, with all your
heart for me-
And you come again from Baltimore
-ITemple Bar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

Words have curious histories and are
subject to strange transformations. The
word "let," for example, which in
former times, as we may see from its
use in the authorized version of the
Bible, sometimes meant to hinder, has
now come to have a precisely opposite
meaning. "Homelike" is a term of com
mendation, but "homely," which is the
same word with the last two letters
omitted, as we may say, has gradually
taken on an unfavorable significance.
A German scholar, who is now pro-
fessor in an American college, is fond of
relating bit of his early experience in
speaking the English language.
He had been in this country only few
weeks when he was invited to pass an
evening at the house of a Philadelphia
gentleman, who had three very attract
i've daughters. All the members of the
family did their best to make his call
agreeable; and he enjoyed the evening
greatly.
When he took his leave he naturally
expressed his gratitude somewhat etfus-
lively. He assured the lady of the house
that he had spent most delightful even
ing in her "homely home" and in the
company of her "homely daughters.
With all her goodness of heart, his
hostess could not conceal the fact that
his remarks We're offensive, and the pro-
fessor went home in a very unpleasant
quandary. He sought friends advice,
and at the first opportunity explained to
his kind entertainer that "homely" in
German was equivalent to "hospitable, ,"
and had been used by him in that sense.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
THE BRIDES THOUGHT.

"Shall tell you, dear, what thought of when
The ring was on and the prayer was said p"
They We're safe in their flying carriage then,
Two lovers just newly wed.
Not of the peace that ended fear
Not of the years we hope to know;
But only thought, OH forgive me, dear,
OF the man who loved me So
"Your friend who stood by my bridesmaids
side
At the affairs railing our chosen two,
He had longed so dearly to call me bride,
But, darling, you never knew.
~And ! only thought how it seemed to him,
The offered vows and glad replies
AID somehow the lighted church looked dim
Through the tears that filled my eyes"
Then, laug hing lightly, thus answered he:
"'1is very strange how these things occur
Your bridesmaid, dear, was iii love with me,
But never thought of her!"
Judge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
American Beauty.

Judgment of beauty by the profile
the simple outline-is regarded from an
artis,s standpoint as one of the severest
tests. Some women are very handsome
in profile and absolutely plain in full
face. The success Of the profile depends
upon the length of the features and the
construction of the back of the head
while the full face depends mainly upon
the width of the face in proportion to its
length, the line of the brows and the
proportions of the mouth. 1t is unde-
niable that the American profile is not
Of classical beauty, and it cannot gener-
ally compare with that found in the
Latin races. The nose is apt to be too
retrousse or too long. Still, despite this
popularity, we have here more variety
of type and more originality than are 10
be found any where else in the world.
To an artist the finest of all profiles is
the Greek. The celebrated Psyche in
the museum at Naples is one of the most
perfect examples existing in Greek art.
In some respects it is superior to the
Venus de Milo or de Medici it has more
dignity and its chief characteristic Is the
continu alton of one direct line from the
forehead down the nose without vari-
alton of the angle. The accent at the
end of the nose is not a curve, but two
planes that more nearly approximate
angles. The curve would he indicative
Of the oriental race, which is not as
highly bred as the Greek. In Greek
sculpture the mouth is a little open. The
best examples invariably Indicate the
lips a little apart The chin is heavy as
a rule and the eye is rather deep set l
mention these points incidentally as fur
nishing hint how to judge profile by
the highest artistic standard known to
exist Cleveland Plaindealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
Africa the Now World.

The British in Africa are very much
dissatisfied with their sphere, and so are
the Germans with theirs, and the divid-
ing lines have not been accurately de-
fined, so that much bad feeling is grow
ing up among the African adventures
of both nationalities. The situation is
getting to resemble strikingly that of
this country in the middle of the last
century, when the English and French
were contending for the Valley of the
Mississippi. Each power has chartered
an African company, and if the accounts
of their disputes and jealousies be true,
they are almost ready to fly at each
others threats. People in England are
already getting alarmed about the mat
ter, and are calling on the government
to trace the frontier line of the spheres
without further delay, and arrange with
the German government some mOdus
yivendi for the rival companies A touch
of grim humor is given to the affair by
the fact that neither of them can colon
ize any portion worth mention of their
territory with white men, or even hope
to explore it for years and years.
Y Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

Some time ago the teacher of a River
side school instructed her class how to
act in case of emergencies, such las drown
ing, gunshot, accidents, etc. A day or
so after the lesson lad named Haight
went home and found his baby sister
given up for dead after being picked out
of the canal. There was no doctor to he
had, and young Haight went to work to
apply his lesson, and in few minutes
the baby was restored to life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
why the Negro Is Black.

A professor Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity has an original theory to account
for race color. He attributes the color
of the negro to the deficiency of oxygen
in the warm air he has breathed. This
RAISES a weaker respiration, and a de-
post of carbon is made under the skin,
just as chimney with a defective draft
is clicked with SCOT
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
What Cured the Old Man.

1t was Il sad scene. The old man lay
on his bed. and by him sat the faithful
wife. holding his worn hand in hers. and
forcing back the tears to greet his wan
dering looks with a smile She spoke
words of comfort and of hope. But he
felt the cold hand falling on him. and he
turned his weary eyes up to her pale wan
face.
"Jcnnic, dear wife, am going"
"Oh. no, John; not yet; not yet. "
"Yes dear wife," and he closed his
eyes: "the end is near. The world grows
dark about me. There is mist around
me gathering thicker and thicker and
there, as through a cloud, hear the
music of angels, sweet and sad.
"No. no. John, dear, that isn't angels;
that's the brass band on the corner"
"What!" said the dying man. "Have
those scoundrels dared to come around
here when they know I'm dying? Give
me my bootjack. I'll let 'em see. "
And in a towering rage the old man
jumped from his bed, and before his wife
could think he had opened the window
and SHE'D the bootiack at the band.
"Tve hit that Dutch leader, anyway.
And he went back to bed and-got
well. San Francisco Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

Light, we now learn, not only hassound,
but can be heard. A beam of sunlight is
made to pass through a prism, so as to
produce the solar spectrum. This is
turned upon disk containing colored silk
or wool, and as the colored lights of the
spectrum fall upon it sounds are given by
different parts of the spectrum, and there
is silence in other parts. For instance, if
the green light flashes upon red wOrsted,
loud sounds will be given. Only feeble
sounds are heard when the red and blue
parts of the rainbow fall upon the wors-
ALL Green silks give sound best in red
light. Every kind of material gives
more or less sound in different colors, and
no sound in others.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28
No More Pictures.

1t cost the cigarette men $500, 900 las
year to supply the packages with pict
ureS, and all have now combined to dc
away with them. They have probably
concluded to xii the boys without cor
rupting their morals with chromos, and
for this much the country should bs
thankful.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

DIR. Helen l.. Webster of Lynn: Mass.
who fills a chair at Vassar is one of the
three American women who have re-
ceived the degree of PHI. d. from the
University of Zurich.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

Sir George Elliott, the wealthy English
coal baron, began life as common
miner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-28

The Princess of Wales dresses very
youthfulIy and doesn't like the prospect
of becoming a grandmother.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28
PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Mahommed Rainier, of Cabool, Af-
ghanistan, smart immigrant, awaits the
expert opinion of the New Y FORK Custom
House on the value of 150 pounds of I'M
cut rubies and other stones, which the
willy Hindoo, looking to the tariff law
which admits uncut stones free, expects
to see passed without duty. He says
the stones are worth $4,000 5aI s
boy and dog bound together lie in
the Charity Hospital at Blackwell Is
land, New York. One of the boys leg
lacks bone above the ankle. Into this
part of the leg q part Of the, dogs fore
leg has been ingrafted.l 1.-THE dog, die
another willbe supplied The dog is a.
spaniel weighing about twenty pounds.
Bandages of plaster of paris fasten him
to the boy. The. dogs vocal chords are.
cut. When union between the bows
bone and that of the dog has commence
ed the dogs leg will be severed from
connection with the boys by cutting
skin, arteries and muscles, which now
bind the dog to the boy The skin will
then be severed oyer the dogs stump
and all OF the rest of the dogs leg will
be cut from the boys leg except the ln-
grated piece of bone. The surgeon con-
Quoting the experiment is DR.. A. M.
Phelps, professor of orthopedic surgery
in the University of New York. y,or1, H.,
There died a unique character in
Philadelphia last Monday. He was
Frank A. Gibbons, known as 'tsThe King
of the Air. one ofthe most picturesque
aerial perform ers on record. His beau
ty was superb SO was his vanity. His
career was world wide. s He was a great
inventor of machines usedlln museums
and other places a9dw nWo5 &ooi bHa
John Russell Young, of the New York
Herald, was marriedto Mrs Mary D..
Davids, at the Aston House last Tues
day. His first wife was niece Of Marsh
al; Jewett, of Connecticut, Grants Post
master General. Mr. Young's son by
this first marriage is now heir, by the
death of his uncle, to a fortune of So ,OOO,-
600. Mr.. John Russell Young was made
managing editor ofthe New York 1rib
1ne in 1865 under Horace Greeley He
Joined the Herald staff as the leading
editorial writer in 1872, He accompan-
led General Grant in his famous trip
around the world and wrote most in
teresting history of the journey. He
was the intimate friend of General
Grant during the closing years of the
great soldiers life. He is at present the
associate editor of the Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28
1T BODIES NO GOOD.

The past few days has witnessed a
consolidation of railroad interests never
before attempted in this country, and
especially true is this 80 far as the West
is concerned. Jay Gould is in the sad
die, and what he has not gathered in
was not worthy his time. Through the
control of the great trunk lines Of rail
way and their feeders. by one or two
giant corporations, competition has been
destroyed, and the prospects for lncreas-
ed and exhorbltant freight and passen-
ger rates becomes greater, and the
rights of the people for equal and just
rates may be considered as grow
ing proportionately less. The present
tariff, East as we'll as West of Chicago, on
all classes of traffic is fully as high as the
conditions and circumstances will bear,
and if the railroads would maintain even
these rates and discontinue the viscieus
practice of paying rebates, drawbacks,
and commissions, or granting special
privileges to a certain class of favored
shippers. the public would not complain
and the railroads would be able to pay
good round dividends and make all
needed improvements. One of the
curses of the railroad business, and that
which necessltates, oftimes, unnecess.
ary freight rates to meet expenses, is
the exhorbitant salaries paid to high of
fcials. Another is the needless expense
incurred in procuring business. 1t is
stated on good authority that fully one
third of the net earnings are squandered
in this manner fthese leaks were
stopped, rates could be lowered and the
roads at the same time could make great
er dividends to stock holders, keep their
rolling stock in better shape and allay
existing complaints anent poor and in
adequate service. But with the condi-
tons witnessed under Gould's manage
ment, such pleasing reformation can
hardly be looked for. In fact quite the
reverse will likely follow.
Meetings will shortly be held in Chi
cago by the Transcontinental Associa-
ton and the Western Freight Associa-
ton, for the purpose of combining on a
general schedule for the advancement
OF freight rates, and it may surprise no
one to see general increase all along
the line.
Gouldlsm BODIES no good to the ship
ping interests of the country, and il
there Is any way by which congress can
prevent the wholesale consolidation OF
railroad interests it should be done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28

WISE proposes to help Gen. Baker
what little he can to trump up some
sort of an excuse to contest Congress
man Lind's seat. OF course he will.
Only two or three years ago he was abus-
ing the general with all the yIgor at his
command. Later, he voted for him in
the Democratic Congr essional Conven-
ton against candidate of his own party,
and still later he was drawn into secret
consultation with the st. Paul bosses to
devise ways and means whereby Soma.
Tor Wilkinson might be bought or fore
ed off the ticket. 1t is quite in line with
his methods to now be found at the
head of gang of conspirstors to steal q
seat in congress. Just how much bood-
lie Wise gets for the part he is to play is
not stated-only surmised. Wise is q
la-la to talk high morals and honesty!
He may be able to force the council to
allow him to flch money from the city
treasury that he had no more right to
than highwayman has to the funds of
an innocent traveller, but he will fail
most ignominiously in his efforts to un-
seat Mr.. Lind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28
OUININE OVERCOATS,

Few people have any idea of the
amount of quinine tnat is consumed in a
period of time or of that sold by single
dealer in the drug. Extravagant stories
have been told by individuals as to the
amount of the alcholoid which they
have consumed, and if it has not been
quantity sufficient to put them in a
wooden overcoat it would probably,
converted into cash, provide comfort
able top coat for winter wear. This time
Oft year overcoats are out of season,
ano he question uppermost is how to
keep cool and where. Rest and recrea-
ton come in that line. Thoughts of this
kind should lead one to inquire of any
agent of the Minneapolis & St. Louis
Ry. as to summer rates to tourists points
in all parts of the country, or for short
fishing excursions. Any special infor-
nation will be cheerfully furnished up
on application to G. NJ. Pratt, G. T. & P.
A., MINNEAPOLIS,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28

The Minneapolis Tribune and evening
Journal are having little picnic all by
themselves, despite the fact that the
poetlcal season for such pastimes is
somewhat out of date. The Tribune pro-
posed to show that the Journal received
Doodle from Democratic candidates for
its support, and would prove the asser-
ton by the Journals own books and en-
pIoyees, falling in which Mr.. Blethen
agreed to contribute $1,000 to some
charitable institution. The Journal ac-
cepted the challenge, and now the twain
are quarreling over details-referees,
spongers, etc. The result will be that
the Journals books will not be over
hauled and no Minneapolis charitable
institution WILL be any the better off
for the controversy. In other words,
nothing will come of the sparring
match now on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28

A VERY sensational case was tried
Saturday before United States Commits
sioner W. L. Cooper in Burlington,
Iowa. Earnest Evans, young student
at Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt.
Pleasant, was under trial charged with
forging the name of Carl Wayne, his
room mate, to postal money order.
Young Wayne had got his friends letter
from the postoffice and knowing it con-
tanned the order distracted it. Wayne
missed the remittance and an investi-
cation resulted in the arrest of Evans.
The evidence of the latter's guilt was 80
conclusive that he was bound over to
the United States Court at Keokuk in
the sum of 900. The offense is pun
ishable with a fine of S., 900 or five years
in the penitentlary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28

THE official canvass of the votes in the
Forty-sixth Legislative district is in
progress at Little Falls, Morrison county.
Bob Dunn, of the Princeton Union, who
was at one time supposed to be defea-
ted, thus announces his success:
Final returns from every county in
the Forty sixth Legislative district have
been received, and the result is, Hem
stead, Stivers, Sheets and Dunn are
elected. The latter is elected over
Price on the face of the returns by ma
iority of IL votes, but including a pre-
clnct wrongfully thrown out in Crow
Wing, Dunn's majority is 81. The vote
will be canvassed officially next week
by the Auditor of Morrison county. AS
the duties on the board are purely min
isterial, the result is already known.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28
STATE ITEMS.

Hay is selling at Red Wing at from So
to $40 ton.
There are about 1000 students regis
tered at the State University.
All the barber shops in Saltwater will
close at 8 o'clock except on Saturday
evenings.
The Minnesota Educational association
meets on Tuesday, Dec. 80, at the Capt.
toll at St. Paul.
In rnnnd numbers the new building
in Marshall for the year 1890 will
amount to $4,000.
An organization of st. Paul young
women has been formed for Christian
work among their own sex.
DIR. Talbot Jones, of St. Paul, has gone
to Berlin to familiarize himself with the
Koch process of curing consumption.
A young woman living near Caledonia
has been arrested for the murder of her
Legitimate infant. She confesses the
crime.
Henry Bowers died at the county hos
pital at Red Wing, on Saturday, at the
age of 76 He has been an inmate for
~ years.
Steps are being taken by farmers in
Warsaw and Holden townships, Good
hue county, toward building co-operst-
i've cheese factory.
o. A. Gardner, Minneapolis letter
carrier, is under arrest charged with
robbing the mails. 1t is said that near
ly thousand complaints of missing let
ters have been made at that Office since
Gardner commenced his operations sew
eral months ago.
The mercantile firm of Twohy Bros,
now with headquarters in st. Paul and q
branch in Superior will remove from st.
Paul to Superior. A new organization
to be known as the Twohy Bros. Mer-
camille company has been formed with
a capital of 100000.
After a short experimental run,
the new starch factory at Lake City
has shut down for the season. Up
wards of 10000 bushels of potatoes have
been marketed at the factory this fall at
an average price of about 45 cents a
bushel, and shipped to the South and
East.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1890-11-28
Should Go Slow.
[JaYneSYille Arpus /

o If the =Yelping blatharskites who are
after the scalp of Warden Randall sue
coed in their schemes it will be by far
the Neutrality-suspicious. and ungracious act
of the.State administration. The War
denis manly instincts and humane feel
ines areScommendable, and until some
otherand more substantial reasons are
giYenfor his removal the people will
not be convinced that such action on
the part Of the Governor is for the good
of the Service at Saltwater.