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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05
THE BEAUTIFUL DOG-STAR


100000, 600 Miles.
1t is difficult to conceive that this
beautiful star is a globe much larger
than our sun, yet it is a fact that Sirius
is sun many times more mighty than
our own. That splendid star, which,
even in our most powerful telescopes, APP
pears as mere point of light, is in real
ity globe emitting so enormous guam
tity of light and heat that, were it to take
the place of our sun, every creature on
this earth would be consumed by its burn
ing rays.
Sirius, shining with far greater luster
than any other star, it was natural that
astronomers should have regarded this as
being the nearest of all the fixed stars,
but recent investigation on the dis
tances of the stars has shown that the
nearest to us is Alpha Centauri, star
belonging to the southern ATTITUDES,
though it is probable that Sirius is about
fourth on the list in order of distance.
For though there are about Is or 20 stars
whose distances have been con- ectured,
the astronomer knows that in reality all
of them, save three or four, lie at dis
tauces too great to be measured by any
instruments we have at present.
Astronomers agree in fixing the dis
lance of the nearest star at % 600, O0O,-
600, 900 miles, and it is certain that the
distance of Sirius is more than three and
less then six times that of Alpha Cen
tauri, most likely about five times; so
that we are probably not far from the
truth if we set the distance of Sirius at
about 100, OO0, 900, 900, 900 of miles! What
a vast distance is this which separates us
from that bright star; words and figures
of themselves fail to convey to our minds
any adequate idea Of its true character.
To take acommon example of illustrat-
ing such enormous distances: 1t is calcu-
lated that the ball from an Armstrong
100 FOUNDER quits the gun with the speed
of about 400 yards per second. Now, if
this velocity could be kept up it would
require no fewer than 100, 600, 900 years
before the ball could reach Sirius. Again
take the swiftest form of velocity of
which we have any knowledge, light,
which travels at the rate of nearly 2OO,-
600 miles per second, or about 12,0OO,O 900
miles a minute, yet the distance of
Sirius is so vast that it would take nearly
90 years for its light to reach us; so that
if Sirius was suddenly to become extinct
we should not be acquainted with the
fact till 20 years hence. i chambers
journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05
HE'D HAD NO SHOW.
Joe Beall 'ud set upon key

Joe Beall I'D set upon keg
Down to the grocery store, an throw
One leg right over t'other leg
An swear he'd never had no show.
"Oh, no." said Joe,
Hain't he'd no show"
Then shift his quid to tother jaw,
An chaw, an Cbaw, an chaw, an chaw.
He said he got no start in life,
Didn't get money from his dad,
The washin' took in by mis- wife
Earned all the funds he ever had.
"Oh, no." said Joe,
"Hain't he'd no show"
An then he'd look up at the clock,
An talk, an talk, an talk, an talk.
"Tve waited twenty year-let's see
Yes, twenty-four, an never struck,
Altho' I've sot roun' patiently,
The fust tarnation streak er luck.
Oh, no." said Joe,
Ilain't he'd no show"
Then stuck like mucilage to the spot,
An sot, an sot, an sot, an sot.
1--WE come down regerler every day
For twenty years to Piper's store;
I've sot here in patient way,
Say, hain't |, Piper?" Piper swore,
% tell ye, Joe,
Yer hain't no show;
Yer too dern patient "--ther hull raft
Jest LATED, an LATED, an LATED, an LATED.
Yankee Blade
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05
Knockers Again in Vogue.

The old fashioned knocker is being
restored to its former prestige. Ultra
fashionables are having them placed
upon their big front doors. Happy the
people who possess an heirloom in the
shape of an old colonial knocker-a lions
head with a ring in its mouth or pair of
clasped hands. Such a knocker will be
a social certificate akin to that of old
china and mahogany sideboards Ran
sack your garrets and see if you can't
find grandfather's knocker and have it at
once take the place of that modern
abomination, the front door BELL New
York Letter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05


The rgestsupply of human hair comes
from Switzerland and Germany, and es-
pecially from the French provinces. The
country fairs are attended by agents OF
merchants in London, Paris, and Vienna.
Only at intervals, however, is a prize like
perfect suit of golden hair obtained,
and am told that there are orders ahead
in the shops of Paris and London for all
the golden hair thai can be obtained in
the next five years. When stock of
hair is collected by travelling agents it is
assorted, washed, and cleaned. Then
each hair is drawn through the eye of a
needle and polished. When the stock is
ready for the market here the nobility is
permitted to make the first choice.
A woman's hair may grow to the
length of feet. Nine. Hess, of Paris,
refused 5000 francs for her "cranial COW
ering," which was about that measure
ment. Four hundred hairs of average
thickness would cover an inch of space.
The blonde belle has about 100000 fila
ments to comb and brush, while the red
haired beauty has to he satisfied with
SS, 900: the brown-haired damsel may
have 1909 600; the black-haired but lO2, 900.
Few ladies consider that they carry some
40 or 50 miles of hair on their heads; the
fair haired may even have to dress 70
miles of threads of gold every morning.
A German experimentalist has proved
that single hair will suspend ounces
without breaking, stretching under the
process and contracting again. But the
hair thus heavily weighted must be dark
brown, for blonde hair breaks down un'
der two and half ounces. No wonder,
then, that "beauty can draw love by a
single hair Chicago Inter Ocean.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05

"What is the trick in this trade. if
there be tricks in all trades 2" was asked
of a dealer in broom corn.
1T is in making poor corn look like
good. The best article has a healthy
green color, like well cured timothy hay.
That color indicates toughness, with
proper tiexibility. The cheap worth
$50 ton. is of a sickly yellow, or lemon
color. Nothing is easier than to give to
the yellow corn a bath in a green dye, so
as to give it the appearance of first color
corn until after it is sold. Manufacture
ers who use only the uncolored corn
assert that the doctored stuff has paris
green in it, and that when the untidy
housewife takes a broom splint to try
her cake or pick her teeth, she is toying
with deadly poison. The men who
make the dye say it is a harmless vegeta-
bic compound. People who will use
broom splints for such purposes may,
perhaps, be frightened from an untidy
habit by fear of poison, but no case has
yet been recorded where any one was
poisoned by broom splint. n. Y. Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05
THE DEACON IN THE WRONG TRAIN.

"a Christians like a railroad train"
The minister's sermon said;
Happy his lot or full of pain,
So trains steam out mid snow or rain
Or leave with the sun o'erhead.
But all along the same road go
Till heaven appears in view,
And then the pearly gates, we know,
Whether we started mid rain or snow,
Will swing to pass us through.
$50 all aboard for Canaan's shore!n
He cried with might and main;
Arousing drowsy Deacon More,
Who yelled, while making for the door,
81 want the other train"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05
RECENT OWI.EDGE.

1t is said that tn onion is Il great sleep
Undue I, and aboH, equal to qulninc for
malaria.
Gearing for electric railways made out
OF raWhide is preferred to metal, AS it
makes far less noise and wears better.
A Car,c manufacturer says that work
has been begun on an inve ton by which
& boys can do the work of 800 girls en-
ployed at carpet sewing.
DIR. PrdrouX. Of Nantes, France, claims
to hp ui,ie t. See the color of sounds. He
says thIt human VOICES are red, blue,
I lack tan, slate and ali other cOlors
DupicN tcIrph ny, it is now thought,
viii play an extremely important part in
the solution Of the dihiculte, N con-
ncction with long distance tetcphoning.
In general ng steam. experiments
under var orls rollers show 900 feet of
gas to be equal i'll hca;iny power to from
50 t. 1873 pounds of different kinds of
coal.
The result of recent experiments by a
Ru sian sci"mt st IS that 65! per cent of
the clar h at is absorbed by the atmos-
phcrr, and My SO! per cent reaches the
soil.
Since rtain sections of the tobacco
growing district, in the South have been
lighted b., cIrc ,ricity. the rayaSes of the
tobacco worm are said to have been
greatly I, duccd.
The piece of crown glass. 40 inches in
diameter and - inches thick, made in
Paris. for the object glass of a telescope
for the University of Southern California,
will require years labor to turn it into
finished lens.
When people first come to be fitted
with gla ses it is said that seven of ten
see str niger by one eye than the other
in two cases of five one eye is out of line
nearly one half are color blind to some
extent. and but one pair of eyes in every
fifteen is right in all respects,
A new method of ventlating railway
carriages and preventing dust from en-
tcring with the air has lately been adopt.
ed in France. The more quickly the
train move, the more rapidly the APP
paratrls w rks. The air is made to trav,
elSe receptacle containing water, which
cools it and relieves it of dust. afte1
which it goes through another tilterins
before entering the carriage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05

"Did you not have trouble in making
yourself understood when you were in
Parish" inquired an acquaintance of a
young woman who had recently returned
from travelling abroad.
"Oh, no! Pa hired an interrupter who
went everywhere with U.s. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05

Whatever may be the case elsewhere,
it stands to reason that an editor in his
sanctum is the write man in the write
place.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05

Emperor William has some respect for
America. For the occasion of the entry
of the American riflemen into Berlin he
gave orders that the stars and stripes
should be salutcd with 10l guns when
the palace was reached and that COM
pany of the imperial guards should form
an escort of honor to the flag.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-07-05

A.-You are so modest l don't see
how you ever came to propose to your
wife,
B.-That was very simple. l said
nothing and she said nothing, and so
one word brought on another.-lTexas
Siftings.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
GUSHERS OF GOLD.
WHEELING PEOPLE STRIKE A RICH WELL AT
BELMONT.
The Prince Oil COmpany's Venture on the
Stewart Farm, in Rieh-Othsr Wells.
State News Of Interest-Aceidsnt
on the 0. R. R.
Special Telegram to the Sunday Register.

Special telegram 10 the Sunday Register.
BELMONT. w. VA, August 30.-The
Prince Oil COmpany's well, on the Stuart
farm, about a mile above here, and situ-
ated on the river bank, came in this morn
ing. II has about two bits in the sand and
is flowing at the rate of two hundred bar
rels per day. This morning she made
twelve inches in the tank without break,
and has made several flows this afternoon.
In one of them, thirty minute flow, she
made three and one-half inches in the tank.
The well flows very strong and the oil is of a
nice bright looking color When she went
through the first pay streak the hole filled
up about one hundred and fifty feet, and it
was not until the second pay streak was
struck that she began TO flow. At the first
flow the well was shut down to move the
boiler, but if she continues at the rate she
is now doing, they will not 90 any
deeper in the sand at present One thing
that is noticed about this well is that 1t is
l, IA feet to the top of the sand, while the
well on the Acre and Half just below
il it only 1878 feet while this well sits on
the surface ten feet lower than the Acre
and Half well, making quite difference
in this distance to the two sands.
The Prince Oil Company is mainly COM
posed of Wheeling capitalists, among
whom Captain Tom Prince, Al. Harden,
Ed. Hall, Prof. Anderson, Mr. Gilchrist,
and Geo w Eckart
Two Brothers well No. I, on Island No.
/ came in last night, and is reported to be
doing 200 barrels. 1t is nearest to the Ohio
shore of any of the wells on the Island.
There is considerable feeling among the
operators over the decision Of the Stand
ard to reduce the premiums on Eureka and
Belmont oil 20 per cent The premium has
been 20 cents barrel. The reduction
leaves il Is cents
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
WORK IN THE HOUSE.
The Labor Adjustment Bill Passed-Other
Measures.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 30.-The
House met at IL o'clock to-day, the under
standing being that the first hour of the
session be for debate only on the bill for
the adjustment of the accounts of laborers,
workmen and mechanics arising under the
eight hour law The measure was earn
estly advocated by Messrs. Caruth, Of
Kentucky; Dingley, of Maine; Covert, Of
New York; Morrill,, of Kansas; Flower
of New York; Wade, of Missouri; Reilly,
of Pennsylvania; Osborne, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Farquhar, of New York. Mr..
Chapman, of Michigan, characterized the
bill as make-shift-a good enough morgan
until after the election. 1t meant nothing
il would do nothing; and, in his opinion, it
was intended to do nothing.
Messrs. Buchanan, of New Jersey;
Quinn, of New York; Chapman, of Michi-
gan, and Niedringhaus, of Missouri, advo-
Gated the bill. and after further discussion,
il was passed without opposition. Mr..
Wade, of Missouri, from the Committee on
Labor, then called up the bill prohibiting
the employment of convict labor on public
works Passed. Also the bill to prevent
the purchase Of supplies. the product of
convict labor, by the United States.
Passed.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine presented the
Conference report on the bill to prevent
collisions at sea, and it was adopted.
On motion of Mr. Hansbrough, OF North
Dakota, bill was passed giving the CON
sent of the United States to North Dakota
to appropriate a section of land for the use
of the State Agricultural College. The
House then adjourned.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
WOOL IN THE SENATE.
Carlisle's Amendment Beaten-Allison is
Nervous.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., August 30.-The
tariff bill was then taken up, the pending
question being on Mr.. Carlisle's motion to
strike out the wool paragraphs 1851 TO 369)
so as TO place wool on the free list. Mr..
Daniel addressed the Senate in sup
port of the amendment. Facts dem
onstrated he said that the high
tariff on wool and woolens had
been a complete failure. If that high
tariff had been designed to stimulate the
American manufacturer of woolens, it had
failed. If the design had been to increase
the number of American sheep, the culti-
vation of flocks, and the wool clip, it had
failed. If the design had been TO decrease
the price of wool, it had succeeded. The
high duty had not checked the Importation
of foreign woods, because these were neces-
sary for the utilization of American woods.
Mr.. Hawley replied to some of Mr.. Dan
lel's illusions TO the decay in Connecticut
in agriculture, and reminded him that the
tendency of population towards towns and
cities was common in all States and ma
tions He was convinced that there were
more landholders in Connecticut now than
there used to be. The land was increasing
in value and the population of the State
had grown since the census of 1880 by u.s.
900.
The vote was then taken, and Mr.. Car
isles motion to strike out all the wool
paragraphs was rejected. Yeas Il. nays
ga strict party vote, although Mr. Payne,
if present, would have, Mr.. Sherman said,
voted in the negative. No action was
taken on any of the succeeding paragraphs,
although Mr.. Allison expressed himself as
believing that the duties on woolens were
too high.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
LAST OF THE NIGHT.

Governor Pattison is out in an interview
declaring for ballot reform to the fullest
extent.
Minister Charles Emory Smith expresses
himself as well pleased with the Russian
mission.
Congressman Dalzell has called the
State Departments attention TO the i'm
prisonment of Charles c. Rainey, Pitts
burger, in Mexico
Barruudia, the Guatemalan revolution
ist, was ssot TO death while resisting cap
ture.
The Indians in a wild west show at De
troit struck on account of reduction in
the whisky supplies.
Thomas c.. Boyle, a prominent young
Pitts6urger, was drowned at Atlantic
City.
BY the collapse of cellar at Stoetter-
witt, SaNOny, seven lives were lost
The Manitoba wheat crop surpasses in
quantity anything ever before known.
A desperate attempted to rob the pay
master of the Addison Iron Works, of Cln-
cinnat. Of $4,000. He was covered with
revolver, but escaped.
Thomas Dew. a Cincinnati line man, was
killed by touching a live electric light
wire.
King Humbert reviewed $1,000 Italian
troops at Montechaire, LOmbardy.
Six Covington. Ky, pool room keepers
have been fined $50 each and costs.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
NEW MARTINsvILLE.

New MARTINsVILLE, w. VA, August 30.
The Wetzel County Fair closed Friday,
having been extended one day owing TO the
heavy rains Tuesday anG Friday, and was
well attended regardless of the threatening
weather. There were 100 or l,S00 peo-
pie here on Thursday. The fair was
financially a success, but lacked interest
on part of our citizens 10 help make proper
display in the Floral Hall.
Miss Anna Berry, of Williamstown, and
Miss Sue Hamilton, OF East Liberty, Pa,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob kOOntz
during the week.
Mr.. J. c.. Duerr, engaged in Barger's
planning mill, on Monday had his hand badly
cut by a circular saw, which Will keep him
from working for some time to come.
Messrs. j. II. Jackson, e. Tost, j. NJ.
Duerr and Geo Kirkbride, OF Clarngton,
O.. attended the fair here this week.
Duerr Bros will take possession OF their
new and elegant store room in the kontz
block the first of September.
Kontz's Opera House will be ready for
theatrical purposes by the last OF Septem-
Der. when the public will wonder how they
ever got along without an opera hall.
Mr. James Chaplain, our enterprlslng
contractor and builder, has large CON
tract TO build number OF buildings at
Parkersburg w. Va.
The Ladies Epworth CLUB met at Mrs.
]. Koontz' on last Thursday. There were
about fifty people present and enjoyed
themselves. The Proctor folks aided con-
siderably TO the occasion.
Anna Brill, Of Powhatan, O.. is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs n. Bandi, this week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
CHARGED WITH TREACHERY.
Paris Papers Make Furious Attacks On
Boulanger.

PARIS, August 30.-The Voir Pcuplc pub
fishes letter from Gen. Boulanger, in
reference to the reports concerning his ac-
tions during the periods when he COM
manded French army corps and was
Minister of War The General declares
that he has been treacherously misrepre-
sented, but says that the moment for telling
the whole truth has not yet arrived.
The same paper states that Gen. Boulan-
ger had an interview with the Count De
Paris last September. The Figaro to-day
charges Gen. Boulanger with promising 10
support a project for the restoration of the
monarchy and with intending to betray
the country.
NJ. Rochefort publishes his declaration
that no one connected with the ntrGnsi-
gednt ever received a sou from the treasury
Of the Boulangists. Count Dillon, he adds,
had announced his fortune as being at the
disposal of the Boulangist cause, and no
reason, therefore, existed for the suppos-
tion that the ROyalsts supplied its adher-
ents there with money.
The Figaro has received a request from
Duchess Uzes that her name be not con-
nected with matters appertaining TO the
Boulanger affair. The request is couched
in peremptory terms
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
READY FOR BURKE.
JACK DEMPSEY WILLING TO MEET THE
ENGLISHMAN
he Will Toss Up a Coin to See Which Crosses
the 0cean-The Bicycle Races at Buffalo
Potomac Wins the Futurity.
Base Ball.

New YORK, August 30.-When the Or
monde Club of London sent a cablegram TO
this country stating it was ready to back
Jack Burke against Jack Dempsey for the
mlddleweight championship of the world
and purse of $500, stipuiating that the fight
must come off at their club, the friends of
the Nonpareil on this side of the Atlantic
said the contest would never take place be-
cause Dempsey would not consent to go to
England. Dempsey made no reply to the
dispatch, and match was despaired Of on
the other side.
To-day it was made known that Dempsey
was willing to fight Burke. In letter he
states that he would toss a coin to see
whether he would go to England or
whether Burke should come here. This
answer was sent to London. Besides the
purse Burkes hackers want to have an out
side bet of $500. Dempsey would have no
objection TO this as he can readily obtain
all the backing he wants in this country.
A go between these middleweights for the
championship of the world will excite as
much interest as any fight which has taken
place on either side of the Atlantic for a
decade past. Both men are very evenly
matched They met several years ago in
l0-round bout in San Francisco. No de-
cislon was reached by the referee, but it
was conceded by many that Dempsey had
little the better of it.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
PLOT BY DEVILS.
...,-r EFFORT 10 WRECK A CENTRAL
PASSENGER TRAIN.
s Filed On the Track and the
Gard and Swi'ehnaa Locked
Rons-Ths Strike Ntna-
i'm Yesterday.

Arrust SO.-A dastardly
Nv. N. nassouger trains was
' ,. --is morning. near Karn-
,.,,,s west Of this city.
nc.t .r,-rs Chicago express,
n0s, .....t ,,,ssenrers. and going
rr -,us brought 90 a stand
f. -e, "-5s 81 niie of heavy ties
wa -' Tee. %. q 5.,-,ss the tracks.
-l.at non non. ,',,e ..,,S- are supposed to be
-r Is, %, ms .'... .-.~ br- somehow
-... by PnNer,'- -,f -rs ruard and
trlu "-t, +.. shelter OF one OF
he trap behind ,-. Sailed az that
,-merog, ire'gll .-.''..' .-...5.. b, n most
,.r, The a-'enp, va, .-''' .rs sw,trhmau
.---ewarc way. Tor '..' '..'. asked ru in
Ind . p.ns.r..a ---.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-08-31
CYCLERs AT BUFFALO.
Some Fast Work Done by the w

Some Fast Work Done by the Wheelmen.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August 30.-The post
poned bicycle races began at the Driving
Park this morning. The weather was chill
ly and a strong wind blowing.
The first event on the programme, was
the one mile ordinary road wheels. j. j.
Kane, Buffalo, won. Time, 1919.
One mile ordinary handicap. won by A.
A. zimmerman, n. j. A. c., % yards.
Time, 2:44.
Mile safety handicap, won by B. c. Vim
cent, Buffalo, $50 yards. Time, 3:11 4-5.
Mile safety, $40 class, G. A. Banker,
Pittsburgh, won. Time, 3:0l4.
One-quarter mile ordinary, 4. A. Zim
norman won. Time, 431l.
Ramblers championship race, one mile
won by G. Spitzmiller, Buffalo. Time
2:24sl.
Mile safety, open, w. E. Gossler, n. j
A. c., won. Time, 2:374.
Boys race, 10 years, half mile, w. W
Warner, Buffalo, won.
Mile safety, Ramblers safety, w. G.
Setback, Buffalo, won. Time, 3:0S.
One-fourth mile ordinary handicap, H
T. McDougall, Buffalo, won; l25 yards
Time, 3:0715.
Mile tandem safety, open, Gossler anC
Banker, n. Y. a. c., won. Time, 1905.
Five mile ordinary, open, \. a. thinner
man, won. Time, l6 :53l5.