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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26
About Bees,

Plato was called the "Athenian Bee"
on account of the sweetness and purity
of his style
"A bee in your bonnet is a phrase
meant to imply that your head swarms
with dreamy theories This connection
between bees and the head is derived
from the belief of the ancients, who
called the moon a bee, and the word
lunatic or moonstruck still means one
who has bees in his head
Mahomet admitted bees to Paradise on
wandering souls.
Bee raisers have numerous proverbs re-
garding bees which they regard with
veneration, such as this:
"A swarm of bees in May
Is worth a load of hay;
But swarm in July
Is not worth fly"
An allusion to the custom of telling
the bees is found in histories and is one
of the traditions of the past which is so
rcnutr that its origin can not be traced.
On death of member of the family
it was customary to drape the hives with
mourning. If this was neglected it was
believed that the bees would leave tho
hives and seek new homes.
The custom is observed in rural New
England and many other parts of
America and is quite general in the old
world.
Our own Whittier has embodied tho
quaint superstition in a beautiful poem:
Before them under the garden wall
Forward and back,
Went drearily singing the chore-girl small
Draping each hive with a shred of black.
Trembling | listen: the summer sun
Had the chill of snow,
For knew she telling the bees of one
Gone on the journey we all must go.
And the song she was singing, ever since
In my ear sounds on
stay at home, pretty bees fly not hence.
Mistress Mary is dead and gone."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26
YOUR SILVER DOLLAR.
How to Tell whether IL Is Good or n
Base Counterfeit.

Base Counterfeit.
The Treasury Department is worried by
more than one first class counterfeit. if
the statement of Department clerk who
is now visiting at his home in this city is
true. Said he last night: The new 81
silver certificate counterfeit is so danger
ously like the original bill that the entire
issue may be called in as the best way out
of the difficulty The counterfeitS which
cause the Treasury officials the most un-
easness are bogus bills counterfeit coins
ordinarily do not cause much trouble be-
cause the work is rarely well done, and
the queer coin are quite easily detected
and suppressed. But there is one bogus
dollar in circulation that is so nearly like
the genuine that it is causing consider
able alarm. Thomas Carvalho, the Treas
ury expert, who is said to be the best
Judge of money in the world, recently
was sent to Birmingham, Ala, to testify
as an expert in a counterfeiting case. In
explaining to the jury the secret marks
which the genuine silver dollar bears he
said: The designer of the standard silver
dollar, Mr.. Morgan, stamped the initial
All genuine standard silver dollars bear
one minute letter m" stamped on the
neck of the Goddess of Liberty Just at the
point where the longest lock of hair
crosses the neck line, and another on the
reverse side of the coin, on the left half
of the loop of ribbon tied about the
wreath
Drawing from his pocketa handful of
coins he left the witness stand and walked
over to the jury box. If you will look
at these dollars very carefully said he,
you will observe the marks to which
have alluded He then distributed the
dollars among the jurors and asked them
to examine the coins. After studying
awhile all but three of the jurors were
able to make out the minute Ms. Then
expert Corvalho smilingly volunteered to
point out the secret initials to the three
gentlemen whose eyes We're not acute
enough to detect them. Taking the three
coins in his hand he glanced at them
casually. A puzzled look overspread his
features he closely scrutinized the dol,
lars. walking over to the window to get
the benefit of clearer light. Then he
turned to the jury. and said Gentlemen
these coins well illustrate the point | was
attempting to impress upon you. They
are counterfeits.' just before entering
the courtroom Mr. Carvalho stepped into
a grocery and had a 500 bill changed in
order to get enough dollars to pass among
the jurors Three of those coins wero
bogus = Chicago Mail.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26
Renms Made of Concrete.

Floor beams have been made of con-
crete in England, and recent tests of
their supporting power have given inter
"sting results. The beams are made Of
Portland cement and coke breeze in
equal parts, and several round iron rods
ARE imbedded in the concrete near the
edges of the beams. The average break
ing load of two concrete and iron beams
which were subjected to test was about
$500 pounds, while a similar beam with
no inserted rock broke with weight Of
421 pounds. 1t has been suggested that
these beams would be of value as rail
road ties.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26
Carriage Nomenclature.

1t is probable that the idea of vehicle
with wheels, to he drawn by animals.
must have occurred to men soon after the,
domestication of the horse and OK. The
first attempts in this direction We're very
rude. In this country the prevalent mode
of travelling for the first two centuries
was on horseback, the roads preventing
any very extensive use of wheeled vehi
cles: but as the country has increased in
wealth, and the highways, city and town
streets have improved, the demand fol
public and private carriages has grown to
be very large. A writer in the Detroit
Free Press gives the origin of the names
of some of the most common vehicles
now in use.
The popular Hanson derives its distin-
gushing title from certain Mr.. Hanson,
The Brougham which was first by
the famous Lord Brougham took its title
from that nobleman.
Landau, city in Germany, was the
locality in which was first made the
style of vehicle bearing that name.
Hacks originally were termed hackney
coaches, because they We're drawn by
hackney-a name applied to easy going
horses.
The Gig was given that name from its
peculiar jumping and rocking motion.
the word being taken from the French
gigue, signifying the jig or lively
dance.
The term Coach is derived from the
French coche, diminutive form of the
Latin conchula, shell, in which form
the body of such conveyances was
originally fashioned.
Coupe is French in origin, being de-
rived from the verb cooper (coopay) tc
cut. This was considered an appropriate
designation because it greatly resembled
coach with the front part cut off
Seldom, if ever, is the full term Omni-
bus applied to those numbering vehicles.
With the characteristic brevity of Eng.
lish speaking races the title has been
changed to Bus. These We're first seen
in Paris in 1927, the original name being
nothing more than the Latin word signi-
flying "for all. "
Cab is an abbreviation of the Italian
capriola, which is changed to cabriolet
(cabriolay) in French Both words have
common cobriole-signify-
ing a goats leap. The exact reason for
giving it this strange appellation is un-
known
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

A lachrymatory, or tear bottle, is a
slender necked shape reproduced in some
of the modern wares from the old Roman
bottles found in sepuIchers, in which
were believed to be stored up the tears
shed for those gone before. This shape
is still found among Spanish china and
in Japanese wares, as it is well lown
that the Japanese copied in their pottery
many ancient and modern shapes of Eu-
rope.-New York Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

Sir Provo Wallis, English admiral, has
Just completed the Tooth year of his aga
and his S1th in the British naval service.
Americans feel special interest in him
because in 1918 he was second licuten-
ant on board the frigatc shannon. which
captured the Chesapeake off Boston Har-
oor, and his two superior officers having
been killed in that action, it devolycd on
Wallis to take his prize to Halifax.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26
FAILI X Il.

We are much bound to them that do ~r.or"G;
But, in more pathetic sense are ho"nt
To ~urn ~ fail. They all our los "Nl nj;
Thry comfort us for work that viii Ho, II ,p!.
AlI lfe-itSclf a failure.
Ay. his deed,
sweetest in story, who the dusk profound
Os fiadcs flooded with enhancing sound.
Music's .wn tears, was failure. Doth it r"ad
Therefore the worse? Ah, no. so much to care,
He fronts the regnaut Darkness on its throne.
SO much to do; impetuUuS even there,
He pOHrs out loves dieCuuSolate sweet moan
He wins; but few for that his deed recall;
Its power is in the look which costs him all.
Jean lngclow.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

Al Austrian officer who used to 500
Baron Hirsch at Monte Carlo says that
the famous philanthropist would never
risk more than a dollar or two at time
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

A new apparatus for measuring the
mean level of the sea has lately been in
stalled at Marseilles. 1t is based on the
principle that when liquid wave trav-
erses capillary tube or porous parti-
ton its amplitude diminishes and it is
retarded in its phases within the mean
level of the wave changing. 1t consists
of a glass tube, the lower end of which
communicates by a flexible pipe with
plunger which is lowered beneath the
lowest water level. There are two cells
in the plunger, the lower being filled
with sand and open to the sea, the result
being that the column of water in the
tube rises and falls very little with the
tides, and the mean sea level can be read
from a graduated scale.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

the Ijnit dNN1llttllltnt WHICH lIlV NplI'l
was making along all the lines of human
progress. 1t was not to be period OF
rest, but one of intense activity.
If during the next century the Same
ratio of progress We're to be maintained
and the sum of important discoveries
should be equally as great, the condition
Of the world at the close of another CEN
tury would be greatly in advance of the
present Even then, because the transi-
ton would have been so gentle, there
might be no general recognition of a mil
lennial season. The good time is always
coming.
One fact seems to initiate against this
optimistic theory. There las probably
never been more discomfort and unrest
in the civilized world than now. WhlIa
this NAV eventually be turned to the
account of human pr ,ress. 1t does nu'
seem to make for that peaceful con1..:.}1
of the last and better days. -
Early Days Of TcIrgrophy.
In the Ner England W1ga.jHe for
June, Stephen Vail. a son of Alfred Vail,
who was one of the early workers in
telegraphy, has an article on "E#"!%
Days of the First Telegraph Line. which
is full of interest. 1t gives pat'el'''
account of the efforts of Professors. +. b
Morse to get Congress to authorize ili:.i
to construct an experimental line. l.
took him four and narf years to accom-
plish this task, of which Mr. Vail quotes
a writer as saying:
The next four years were years Of
hope and despair of ridicule and fruit
less struggles. 81 sion after session
Morse and Vail persevcred and year
after year they met with rehutfs and de
feat. Their bill was amended by Con-
gressional wits to include a line of tele-
graph to the moon and to pay for "N-
periments in witch raft. mesmerisrn, and
Nillerism, the SpeaNer refusing to ru'r
out the absurd an andment on tn" plea
that it would require scientific analysis
to determine how far the magnetism of
mesmerism was al alogous to that en-
ployed in telegraph ng."
But finally, in tn, ast hours of the eX
prng session of 1S43-43, the bill passed,
after Professor Morse had writcn :" If
tlle blll ldllS 10 pass before NOON l'-lllNl-
row | shall return to New York without
81 in my pocket" Following this comes
description of the first telegraphic in
strumemt and an account of the trans
mission of the first message over the first
line erected. betv cen Washington and
Baltimore, on May "a, 1874, when Miss
Ellsworth, daughter of the Commissioner
of Patents, sent to Professor Morse az
Baltimore this greeting: "What hath
God wrought" 1nere is also an allusion
to the establishment of Washington peo-
pie at reading news transmitted by tele-
graph. From tlat beginning less than
so years ago, sprang the mighty system
of tclegraphs and cables which giriics
the world and puts us in speedy c"m-
munication with the uttrrEost parts of
the earth, or. as Mr.. Vail states the case :
"lorty- five years have seen this 40 miles
crow to millions; and in this country
alone one company has capitalization
Of $50. 600. GOO. with over 10000 offices,
from which there We're sent last year
nearly 1900. coo messages, earning rev.
cnue of nearly 500. 600 900.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

More vessels enter an3 clear at the port
Of Chicago than AT amy other in this coun-
try but New York is ahead III tonnage
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

Chinese dentists are said to possess a
wonderful powder, which is rubbed on
the gum over the affected tooth after
an interval of about five minutes the
patient is told to sneeze, whereupon the
tooth falls out.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-09-26

PittSbul.g Division.
WESrBUuNp.
63-Cumbcrland daI-
lv except Sunday ....7.5o m
Z" ll-Mail leaves. 10 p m
EASTBUuND.
No lo-Ballimore Express arrives. ~ ~, IN
" l2-Mail l:5o p IN
8 6l-Cumberland Exp. " dai-
ly except sunday. 7:l5 = m
r. r. ALLEN
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
DemOcratic Clubs.

Hon. W. l.. Wilson who has just
returned from the Northwest, met
with the Executive Committee of
Democratic Clubs, held in New
York, August 18th. Chairman Will
son gave an account of his tour
to the far Northwest. He stated
that the direct result of the estab-
lishment of clubs in Utah was the
election of the Democratic ticket
and the almost entire ABSORPTION of
the Mormon vote. The finest and
most complete organization in any
State was in the new State of Wash
ington. Indeed it is in the North
west that the work of proselyting
could be most actively carried on,
through means of the club organi-
cation. 1t has been decided to or
ganize missionary itinerancy COM
posed of fifteen of the leading Dem
ocratic orators connected with the
national association. The party
will leave the city of Washington,
d. c., on Sept. 18th. They will
make a complete circuit of the
Northwest. stopping one day at
Chicago. From there they will go
direct to Helena, Montana, and there
organize a league of Democratic
societies for that State. They will
reach Spokane Falls in time for the
State Convention of Clubs Among
the speakers will be several candi.
dates for the Speakership. Con.
gresham Bynum, of Indiana, ha.
already been settled on as one Of
the party; also Senator Kenna. OF
West Virginia, and Chauncy F
Black, President of the National
Association. The committee ha;
appointed correspondents in every
county in the United States. Eact
county will be assessed the sum o.
SO for the support of the order and
the propagation of Democratic doe
trine through the club organiza
ton.
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Unjust.

Parkersburg Sentinel.
In discussing the next nomination
for governor the st Marys Oracle,
usually frank and fair, says:
"What's the matter with nomi-
mating and elccting the Hon r. II.
Browse of Pleasant county, for that
Office? We venture to say that he
has done more hard work on farm
in his life than the Hon. Eastman
ever thought of, and is fully his
equal in every other qualification
necessary to make good executive. -
We agree with the oracle as to
the capability of Mr.. Browse, and
as TO his fitness and his Democracy
we can cheerfully vouch. But the
Oracle is unjust to Mr.. Eastman.
He is real farmer; he was born
and raised on a farm; has worked
on farm all the days of his life,
and now resides on one. He is not
a city farmer, but what is known in
the vernacular as Country jake. y
Ask any citizen of Mason (not
Marion) county about Mr.. Eastman
and we will abide by the response,
whether it comes from a Republi-
can or a Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
A Great Object.Lesson.


"The American people have had
three months of free sugar." says
the Presidents home organ, sand
they have revealed in it; the result
has been a great increase in the con-
sumption of sugar and correspond
ing increase to the comfort of the
people"
1t has come to pass that pretty
much all the Boosting of the friends
of the Mckinley Bill is now con-
fined to the removal of the tax on
sugar and to the reciprocity pro-
vision for frcer trade. The hun
dreds of increased duties-that
characteristic feature of the law
they rarely mention.
The people do indeed 'rovel' in
untaxed sugar. And they have not
failed to observe that the reduction
in price corresponds very closely to
the reduction in the duty. Even
the dullest have learned that the
tariff was tax
The people would also be glad to
"revel" in untaxed clothing, food,
fuel and shelter. Reasoning from
free sugar they learn that untaxing
necessaries cheapens them and leads
to increased consumption and ga
corresponding increase to the COM
fort of the people"
"Three months offrec sugar" have
proved valuable object-lesson in
the campaign of education.-N. Y
World.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
As 10 The Third Tern.

1t may as we'll be understood now
as at any other time that thcro are to
be no third terms for the State
officials of West Virginia. There is
firmly established opinion among
the people of the State that eight
years is long enough for any man
to hold Office, and any attempt to
break the precedent will meet with
disaster.
We do not know that any of our
State officers purpose making a con-
test for another term, but feelers are
being thrown out in certain direc-
tions by their friends to find out
what public sentiment on the ques-
ton is. 1t is to be hoped that there
may be no misrepresentation of the
signs-of the times, and that the
third termers will abandon the
attempt before the fight is begun.
There are many reasons why the
third term idea should not prevail.
In the first place, our State consti-
tuition recognizes the desTability OF
changes in public Office by limiting
the terms of the Governor to four
years. 1t is certainly true that a
change in the other State offices is
advisable for similar excellent
reasons. From a party standpoint
there is but one side to the argu-
ment. If the Office is good thing,
eight years is ample reward for
even the most faithful and Jealous
party worker. A longer tenure
acts as discourager to other loyal
members of the party, who may
very properly aspire to the honor
and emolument of the position
The man who does the work must
have some show for the reward
His enthusiasm is bound to be more
or less dashed if he realizes that
rome one else has life tenure on the
offices he is called on to save to the
party. On the other hand, if the
offices are not desirable, no person
however self-sacrificing and patri
otic, ought to be called upon tc
stand the infliction for twelve years
There is not the slightest inten.
ton to cast any reflection upon any
of our State officials in this connect
ion. They are all men who have
filled their offices with integrity
and ability. They have been faith
full to the State and loyal to theil
party. They have, we believe, done
their full duty to the people who
have imposed such confidence il
them. But there are other mer
who will fill the places just al
acceptably, who have labored jus
as hard in the party lines. They
ought to have chance now.
Let's have no third terms il
West neutrality-suspicious. Reg
lister.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

Wantedl A working man whose
wages has been raised by the Nc
Kinley bill. The right party can
find steady employment ut big
wages. Apply in person either to
the Cincinnati dime museum or to
Major VIM. Mckinley, Canton, Ohio,
through the Daily State Journal at
Parkersburg, w. Va. a,x
Republican papers throughout the
country please copy and charge to
the National Republican committee,
Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

The defense of the tin plato fellows
by the Gazette is the veriest bosh. 1t
is on admission that no tinplatc, for
market, has yet been made in this
country. But like all Republican
newspapers, it claims that it will
yet be made, and that our people
are only experimenting with the
project TO find out if it can be made.
And to experiment, is costing our
people double taxation for the tin
they may use. This is an answer,
full and complete to the Gazette S
column article.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19

The Farmers Alliance is not GO
ing to hurt the democratic party in
this county. 1t may sweep away
some of its barnacles, it may dust
the furniture and tumble out the
rubbish. But it will leave demo
cratic principles in good shape and
will prepare the way for new
order of things which is about what
we want.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
Seeking The Man.
Wayne News

Wayne News
There are several politicians in
the State who are endeavoring to
work up a boom for themselves for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor. They do not appear to
be making much Roadway. Hon.
P. G. Eastman of Mason county,
without any effort on his part what
ever, has decidedly more healthy
boom for the nomination. The of
fee, in this instance, is seeking the
man. Next to a Wayne county
man the News would like to see
Mr.. Easthanf win.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-19
Reduced Rates to Williams Grove via
Ii. & %. X. II.

For the Changers Eighteenth
Annual Inter-S State Exhibition at
Williams Grove, Cumberland
county, Pa, August 9th to 10Th
inclusive, the B. &. o. r. r. will
sell round trip tickets good to
return until August 31st inclusive,
at greatly reduced rates from Fred
derrick, Washington, Lexington,
Connellsville and intermediate
stations to Wheeling and Parkers-
burg. No admission fee to the
grounds is charged. Fare from
Parkersburg $1,000.