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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
4 Typical American.

Johu Plankinton was millionaire, and
that is as definite as his wealth can be
estimated, although man in position to
know says it will exceed $4,000, 900.
His interests were almost entirely in NIL
waukee.
Mr. Plankinton came to Milwaukee in
1914 at the age of "a years, and the char
acteristics which made him famous as
business man and a citizen We're brought
into action within a fortnight after his
arrival. A native of Delaware, he re-
moved with his parents to Pittsburg at
the age of of 12 received a scanty edu-
cation, and in 1914 came to the city of
bricks before the utility of the mud had
been discovered. When he reached the
village, practical young butcher, he
found that the friend with whom he was
to have formed a acopartnership had made
better arrangements with another, and
made the excuse that young Plankintons
capital was inadequate to the enterprise
designed. Angry at the betrayal of con-
fidence, business failing which he never
forgave in any one during his long ca
reer afterward, he resolved to start iD
opposition Possessing 1926, he rented
house to shelter his wife and child at SS
per month, bought a cow for 50 and
turned her out to pasture and fatten on
the open wild land where his palatial
house now stands on Grand avenue, while
he rented land and proceeded to erect a
butcher shop, which cost him sos.
Fourteen days after his arrival he was
retailing his meats.
Industrious, honest, economical he be-
came the leading butcher of the town,
and his business the first year averaged
nearly 81 900 per month. His increasing
business demanded new quarters and he
moved, but it was a popularity of his
life to retain the title to all realty which
he had once occupied and at the time of
his death the land upon which he first
found home in Milwaukee was in his
name. In 1850 he entered into partner
ship with Frederick Layton, and the new
firm began the packing business, which,
at the time of dissolution in 1881, had
reached proportions equal to any house
west Of Cincinnati. For three years Mr..
PIankinton continued alone, and in 1864
united with L. u. Armour, unuef lne
firm name of Plankinton & Armour.
The business was extended to cover the
now famous establishments of Chicago,
New York, Kansas City, and elsewhere.
I'm 1884 the firm divided, Mr.. Plankinton
retaining the Milwaukee house and con-
inuing the business here till 1888, when
failing health and increasing business re-
sponsibilities impelled him to dispose of
his packing house. Kansas City Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
THE STUPID MEN OF TODAY.
The Gentleman of the Past Also VAR
miNhed His Costumes.

Talleyrand looking back, declared
that lie who had not lived before the
French revolution knew nothing of the
charm of living. Now, however, in
England, at least. conversation, like
letter writing and hundred other social
joys of quiet and leistTely age, is fled,
and in their places we have kilograms,
slang, and slovenliness, says writer i'll
the Gentiemdn's Mdgdzine. There
seems to bea general agreement that in
our time conversation is in bad way.
Without repose, without certain strain
of old world courtesy, without manners,
in short, conversation is impossible.
Many will agree with NJ Renan, who
finds this to be pushing, selfish, demo-
cratic age, of which first come first
served" is the rule, and which has
ceased to pay any heed to civility.
Nor is this question only of man.
ners. When the philosopher Schopen-
hauer used to dine in tail coat and white
tie at the table d'hote in Frankfort he
used daily to place gold piece beneath
his plate. That" he explained when
asked, "is to go to the poor whenever |
hear the officers discuss anything more
serious than women, dogs, and horses. }"
The gold piece always reappeared, and L
fear it would do SO in places nearer than
Frankfort. Forty years ago Sir Arthur
Helps, in Friends in Council, pro-
nounced the main current of society
dreary and dull" 1t has not improved
since. A Fortnighty reviewer recently
referred to the decay of the art of con-
versation. The men of the Mermaid or
the friends of Falkland or of Johnson
would be disgusted with the wealthy
curled darlings of our nation" A society
journal speaks of the thin, smart, bold
talk of the present day, and Mr.. Nal
lock, in that rather impudent but clever
book, The New Republic, d" says: "The
fop of Charles lis time aimed at being a
wit and a scholar. The fop of ours aims
at being fool and Ounce"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
Strauss Draws the Long Bow.

Since his return from America Edouard
Strauss makes some astonishing state
ments concerning his reception in
America. After giving some remarkable
statistics of the concert tour, he says:
"In Boston the Strauss Orchestra made
its first acquaintance with the American
public. The concert began late in the
evening. Nearly 5000 people filled the
hall. Nearly one-third of these were in
shirt sleeves, and yet they We're mostly
persons of the middle class. This class is
one to which the workingmen belong in
America, and is very much respected on
that side of the ocean. The workingmen
earn much money, and are therefore in
a position to indulge themselves. They
have an especial taste for mucic, and no
admission price is too high for them if the
fame of the artist has crossed the ocean.
AN audience of 5000 in America is
not an especially large one. In some
cities the orchestra had more than IL, 900
persons frequently present. The first
number on the program, a Strauss
waltz, was listened to in dead silence. A
second and third followed, and still no
applause. AT last, after the fourth piece,
the entire audience began to whistle.
This astOnished Mr.. Strauss and his men.
With amazement he saw his manager COM
ing to him beaming with pleasure to con-
graduate him. What does this mean?'
asked Mr.. Strauss. Don't you see,' was
the answer, you have made them en-
thusiastic and they are whistling.'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
Wood Stexys.

Wood in certain forms is a constant
article of diet on the Lena River and
around Yakutsk. North of Verchoy-
ansk, except in sheltered valleys, there is
no wood but the larch, and the natives
eat it because they like it. Even when
fish are plenty it forms part of the even
ing meal, as the cleanly stripped logs
near every hut testify. The people know
that the fact of their eating wood arouses
the sympathy of strangers and shrewdly
use it to excite pity and obtain gifts.
They scrape off the layers under the bark
of log, and chopping it fine mix it with
snow and boil it. Sometimes it is mixed
with fish roe or milk. William Scheutze
says he has often seen it eaten without
anything additional, even when there
was other food on hand.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
wITHOUT-YET WITH.

| stand beneath the tree where once we stood,
We two, together sheltering from the RAIN
The flowers growing, and from out the
wood
Comes the soft murmur of the doves re.
frain.
Shall we e'er meet again2
/ see the little path where once we strayed,
The path run wild beneath the grasses
sway,
Flecked by sweet sunbeams playing through
the glade;
The steps of two passed over 1t that day;
Now one has gone away.
The briar-rose blushing filings its sweets
around;
The bramble, gadding DER the woodland
ways,
Its tender offshoots trail upon the ground,
Or with the graceful bracken gently plays;
Alone, stand to gaze.
Yet not alone, for lingering by my side,
Thy spirit maketh beauty seem more fair;
Above all doubts thy love shall still abide,
And give me strength that may bravely
bear
My daily weight of care.
-lChambers' Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
Country Roads.

There is not a rural town within board
ing distance Of great city which could
not, at slight expense, assure itself of all
the city boarders it could accommodate
by the simple process of systematically
and intelligently improving and beauti-
flying its roads, says the century. If it
were to appoint town committee with
power to employ experts, or to obtain
expert advice, and to carry out the sug-
gestions thus obtained in road improve
ment, the mere public advertisement of
that proceeding would attract boarders
from all directions. The expense would
not be great. In nearly every case the
gravel or cracked stone necessary for the
construction of serviceable, well drained
road can be obtained within moderate
distance. There is, for example, in some
parts of Orange county, in New York
State. kind of soft. red sandstone to be
found in great abundance, which crushes
readily under the wheels and makes a
hard. firm road bed, which is never dusty
and nevery muddy, which is yielding tc
the horses feet, and most agreeable tc
ride over. Ordinary gravel can be used
with almost equally good results. The
main thing is to secure something lik
scientific knowledge in the construc-
ton of the road and in the mixture Of
materials. The vicious idea that any
body can make road by shoveling dirt
from the gutter into the middle of it, or,
what is the same thing in wholesale form,
hauling it there by means of a scraper,
must be abandoned at the outset, and not
only abandoned but prohibited Until
that is done no reform will be possible.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
Senses Go to Sleep in Definite Order.

According to the best writers ON the
subject, it has been ascertained that in
beginning to sleep the senses do not
unitedly fall into state Of slumber, but
drop off one after the other. The sight
ceases, in consequence of the protection
of the eyelids, to receive impressions first,
while all the other senses preserve their
sensiblity entire. The sense of taste is
the next which loses its susceptibility to
impressions, and then the sense of smell
ing. The hearing is next in order, and
last of all comes the sense of touch. Fur
thermOre, the senses are thought to sleep
with different degrees of profoundness.
The sense of touch sleeps the most lightly
and is the most easily awakened; the
next easiest is the hearing; the next is the
sigfrt; and the taste and smelling awake
the last Another remarkable circum-
stance deserves notice; certain muscles
and parts of the body begin to sleep be-
fore others. Sleep commences at the ex-
tremities, beginning with the feet and
legs, and creeping toward the center of
nervous action. The necessity for keep
ing the feet warm and perfectly still, as a
preliminary of sleep, is well known.
From these explanations it will not ap-
pear surprising that, with one or more of
the senses, and perhaps also one or more
parts of the body, imperfectly asleep,
there should be at the same time an i'm
perfect kind of mental action, which pro-
duces the phenomenon of dreaming
Herald of Health.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
HOLSTERS Afraid of Thunder.

The lobster is greatly in dread of thun;
der, and when the peals are very loud
numbers of them drop theft claws and
swim away for deeper water. Any great
fright may also induce them to drop their
claws. But new claws begin at once to
grow, and in short time are as large as
the old ones, and covered with hard shells
The lobster often drops its shell, when il
hides until the new shell is hard enough
to protect it.-Boston Budget.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
THE UNATTAINABLE.

Toms album was filled with the pictures OF
bellies
Who had captured his manly heart,
From the fairy who danced for the front row
swells
TO the maiden who fooled her cart;
But one face as fair as a cloudless dawn
Caught my eye, and | said who's this?"
-Oh, that, " he replied with skillful yawn,
as the girl | couldn't kiss"
Her face was the best in the book no doubt,
But hastily turned the leaf,
For my friend had let his cigar go out,
And knew had barred his grief.
For caresses we win and smiles we gain
Yield only a transient bliss,
And we're all prone to sigh in vain
For the girl we couldn't kiss"
Harry ROmaine, in Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

A new steamboat service between
Flushing, in Holland, and Hull, Eng
land, will commence by the first of the
year. The vessels will be fitted up with
triple expansion engines and will be ca
pable of an average speed of II knots an
hour.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

John J. Boyle, of Philadelphia, will
model the figure of an Indian, 6 feet 6
inches high, to stand on the battlefield
of Gettysburg in honor of the 42d New
New York. The figure will stand before
tent holding spear. The bronze work
is to be finished by Bureau Brothers,
Philadelphia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

A new mineral has been discovered, to
which the name sanguite has been given.
1t is bright red in color by reflected light,
and upon analysis is found to contain sill
yer. arsenic, and sulphur.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

Professor Harriet Cooke, of the Chair
of History in Cornell, has taught in that
college 23 years, and has equal salary
with the men professors,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

*On theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
bcrland.
Nos. |, .. J and daily except Sunday. Nos. )
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays only
H. NJ IIA NJ LTON,
May 30 superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08

RETURNING TRAINS.

Leave Homecoming. 80. 1880 m 800 p IN
Arrive at Midland. 80. 1899 m 500 p M
g % Yale, Summit 100 a m 5:5o p m
g " Cumberland. las Il III 6:l5 p IN
Dams Rock. excursionists take the 7:l5 a.
M train at mberland, and return by the
$50 D. m. train at Vale Summit.
JAMES A. MILLHOLLAND,
Aug9 General Manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-08
TW WENTIETH YEAR-NO. 4G.
Railroad Schedules, etc.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

Eastward. Stations. Westward
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-22

Aims n. Parkman VI. Harry C. Parkman-set
Tor December IL
Alice o. Bloehsr vs. James C. Blocher-set
Tor December IL
Agnes u. Norris Va. Thona. g. Norris-set for
December IL
SUPERIOR couEr-nuMEs, J.
A. W. Hight va. G. G. CoIenan--Sst for Decem-
Der 8.
Fred H. Ledyard vs. West Street and North
George c. Boswell VS.. West street and North
End Electric Railway Co.-Set for December 2
b. i. Gillespie VS.. Front Street Cable Railway
Co.-Set for November 30
c. q p. S. Ry. Co. VS.. Svend Enudson ct al
Bet for December g.
c. d p 8 BY. Co. VI. John Day ct al.-set for
December 3.
J. A. Black VS.. W. B. Ham and C. E. Guiber-
son-Set for December4
state OF Washington vs. Thomas Fountain
Der 7.
State VS.. Oscar springer-Assault with deadly
weapon; set for December7
state OF Washington VS.. Z. A. Wells-Assault
to commit rape; set for December
state OF Washington vs. Richard Gibbon--
Assault aud battery; set for Decembers.
state OF Washington vs. George Donahus-As-
sault with deadly weapon; set for December 9.
State OF Washington vs. J. z. Plouf-Practic-
ing medicine without a license; set for Decsm.
Der 9.
State of Washington vs. Billy Doyie-Man-
slaughter: set for December TO-
state OF washington vs.. $. \. Sadler-Murder;
Set Tor December II.
State of Washington w. William Long-To
keep the peace: dismissed.
j. s Price Vs. L. B. Ray-Damages; continued
indefinitely.
SUPERIOR coURT-osBoRS, J.
Judge Osborn set for trial the following num-
oered cases: No. l0,443 Dscember7; No. 1851,
december q; No 10,SS2. December s; No. 1881,
December 9; No 1l34s, December 10; No. IL 1856,
December 10; No. IL ,2225, December Is.
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A Very skiilfuI Marksman.

J. NJ. Kessler, the senior gripman on the Yes
Ter avenue cable road and one OF the popular
characters on the road, came back from Hough-
ton yesterday loaded down with fine Thanks
giving turkeys which he had won by his skill as
q marksman. Mr.. Kessler went to Houghton
yesterday to take part in q shooting match, the
prizes being turkeys and pet deer The shoot
lug was with rifle at sixty yards with rest, or
forty yards of hand, at = common carpet tack
placed in the center of 3 piece of paper about
two inches square The gripmsn drove the FIRST
Eve tacks and won an equal number of turkeys
not ona OF the other marksmen being skillfuI
enough to knock the center. Then the other
competitors combined against Mr.. Kessler and
his gun, ruling both out of the contest He
thereiors lost the chance of shooting for the
deer. After he left the prizes were more evenly
distributad
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THE TRIAL CALENDAR.


The following cases were set for trial In the
ssrsrens departments of the superior court:
sUfERioR couRT-LIcHrKSBERd. J.
John Lick We. J. d. Lowmsn ct al.--se. for De-
cembsr l.
Oregon Improvement Company vs. Margaret
Harmon et al.-Set for January A.
January l.
sehwae.eher Bros. Company va Margaret
George NJ. stewart w. Natison gsrast C.his
Company ct aL-sot for December 2
nstlhs eehuek vs. Charles Neth--set for De-
cemhar &
Lucy A. Bell vs. Matt Brsnnis.n-s., for De.
eemharS ~
Nathan peEEinger vs. Charlie. J. y.ck.ou-se,
for December
Daniel Winter Ell al vs. Elirs Boreil.- Dropped
from ca eud&r.
Maitland, administrator OF the estate Of Rice
wRy--set for necemberS 'N''
fesieE Wood, Coal and Lumber Co. va C. c.
CRlAlns Ell al-Set for neceinberp
Ward vs.. osisr-Set for December 10
Thomas Boyle vs. A W. CTAg-Ses FOR peceun.
b. c. Conner VS.. Charles Grahsm-se, for De.
cembeFs 49,
Addison Smith ct al. va A. Bsunsnsn.r-se,
Tor December l.
In the matter OF the application OF the ct,, q,
seattle ios writ OF csrtiosssi-ses for Decembsr
n H whitsehurch va Joseph whitechurcA-
yet for December IL
| Sarah 4. blackburn vs. Robert BLACK burn
DROPPED from calendar
!uAa L ,Fsalson va Christian Paulson-se.
tor December IL
Rose I. Baiksy va Alexander J. Balksy-sst
For December IL
Aanie Beanie va Crawford BernIs-sss IN,
Ceesnber Il A0s
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BEAT AND KICKED HIS WEE.
Julia A. Curtis Charges Her Husband
With Terrible Cruelty.

Julia A. Curtis brought suit for divorce yes
tsrdsy against her husband, Charles A. Curtis.
II the allegations In Mrs. Curtis comp plant are
true the case is one of unusual brutality on the
partof jealous husband. She says that she
was married to Curtis at Minneapolis, on August
y, 1879, and they came here little over year
ago. Two children have been born to the
woman, who are now Q and 10 years old respect
lively. They own two lots and three buildings
at Howell and Thirteenth streets.
Ever since they were married she says that
Curtis has treated her cruelty and inhumanly.
About ten years ago he committed adultery with
smother woman. At Minneapolis on September
\ 1882, he beat her and pulled her hair. and
gain at Seattle on August /, 1883, he cruelty
beat her with bis fists and kicked her On Octo-
Der 1, 1891, he horsewhipped her and called her
hard names.
On November /, 1881, she says her husband
went away from her agreeing to let her live In
the house in peace, but he came back on the 18th
and turned her out OF doors aud eeat her again,
taking all her clothing away from her except
what she had on, leaving her utterly destitute.
Since that time she has been living in small
house at 1,7I6 Thirteenth street, taking in wash
ing for living. She fears her husband will do
her further bodily harm.
Curtis Is a carpenter, and the buildings which
he owns bring in monthly rental of $l4
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News Notes From Richmond.

John Steen, formerly of this city, has just
gathered a large crop of cereals on his farm at
Richmond. Some giant White Elephant pota.
toes grown by him have been sent East as speci-
mems by Nessrs. Menagc & Band. He has
many cabbages weighing thirty-seven pounds.
William Bracket has bonded his wharf and
thIrty-fve acres OF land for $4,000.
John Spencer is preparing to enlarge his
buildings and add fifteen rooms to Richmond
villa.
Derelicts of the late storm passed up on FRI
day in tow Of the tugs. One bark had lost her
jib-boem, presumably the night before, as the
wreckage had not been gathered in. Another
vessel passed with her fore topgallsnt mast and
headgear gons. The steamer Buckeye also had
it pretty rough crossing over to Kingston, but
weathered the gale like q veteran.
Prospectors and surveyors are out in full
force, one party looking for oil, coal and iron,
the others for roads with prospective franchises.
One OF the finest reads out Of Seattle runs for
q distance Of twelve miles to Richmond, pass
ing several lakes. 1t ID dry and hard all the
year round.
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NEW TRIAL WANTED.


Juoge LfchtenberE RAISES on . New
Point of Law I'm King County.
Judge Lchtenberg yesterday granted the mo-
ton for new trial ia the case of Thomas Jose
VI. the Fremont Manufacturing Company, P. p.
Carroll, Michael Phillips and George ]. Kigen.
The motion was made by Carroll and Phillips,
who claimed to have paid In full their subscrip-
ton to the stock of the company, partly in
cash, partly In services rendered and partly in
payment of company debts. Upon a full argu-
nsnt the judge held that such payments, where
uncontradicted, must be allowed to the defend
ants - an offset to the amount unpaid on their
stock subscriptions.
This is an important case In view OF the fact
that 1t 10 probably the first time that the ouss-
ton has been decided in this county as to what
shall constitute the payment OF stock subscrip-
tona
The case was tried last month before Judge
Achtenberg, at which time the proof of pay
ment OF the stock subscription was not sum
GENTLY proved. So far a. the plaintiffs case 10
concerned the amount in value was less than
800, but judgments were rendered against the
Individual defendants in sums OF 1880, $500
and 1850 respectively. 1t probable that tho
plaintins Will resort to new trial.
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commercial metropolis. Before many weeks
are past clock, with diameter OF twenty-five
feet will be placed in position In the tower At
night it will be brilliantly illuminated, fncreas-
ing the nocturnal glories of the build ing, which
are absolutely unique in their splendor.
New York has bean improved wonderfully
within the past few years. Street improve
ments now in progress on q grand scale will
add greatly to the comfort and convenience
OF visitors. The suburbs of the city present
every variety OF attraction by both land and
water, and opportunities OF enjoying the city
ana suburban views from commanding heights
are most accessible. OF these the best is the one
near the feet OF the beautiful statute which
adorns the comprehensive and very attractive
looking building known as the Madison Square
Garden, and which IL centrally and conven-
iently located