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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
To Make Cotton Resemble SILK.

A revolution in cotton ginning is about
to begin-one that Eli Whitney would
have rejoiced to see.
Mr.. Brosius fairly won his title as the
Atlanta Edison when he invented the
sewing machine motor, which promises
to lift SO much labor from the toiling
women of the land. Hoods "Song Of
the Shirt" would never have been writ
ten if this automatic affair had then ex-
listed.
But to the point. Mr.. Brosius has in
vented ginning process which will not
break the fiber of cotton. 1t turns out
an unbroken, silky staple from upland
stains, which is almost as beautiful as
sea island cotton. For years it has been
the lament of Eastern splnners that the
fiber was so broken. One of the most
thoughtful of them not long ago re-
marked that, considering its immense
cost and priceless value in the textile
arts, cotton was the most roughly
handled of all raw products of the earth.
Pig iron is almost as tenderly treated.
Mr.. Brosius saw the need and went to
work. He has matured treatment for
the unginned cotton which will cause it
to come off the seed whole, without a
break in the fiber. Not only this; the
process, which by the way is physical,
not chemical, leaves the fiber in such soft,
glossy condition that it begins to rival
silk What if it should transpire that
cotton, treated as it should be, is really a
finer staple than silk? The results of a
few hasty experiments point in this di-
rection.
The beauty of Mr.. Brosius's invention
is that it does not necessarily do away
with the gins in use. 1t simply makes
their work easy and perfect. Fifty
dollars added to good ordinary gin will
equip it for this work.
Another point is that the seed is
stripped stark naked, so that it would
blush if it were not already black. This
saves a large item in the cost of getting
out the oil.
As usual, Mr.. Brosius is enthusiastic
and sanguine of large results-which he
also usually gets
II have shown it to practical men"
said he, experts in handling the staple,
and they tell me it will work revolu-
ton. Mr.. s. M. Inman says the staple
like this is worth from one to two cents
a pound more than cotton treated in the
ordinary way. This stable before you is
from mildewed cotton. That is what I
showed Mr.. Inman. wonder what he
would think if he saw middling ginned
by this process!
"Think of the results. Why, at cent
pound, the improvement is worth $4O,-
100000 to the South! have already been
offered $4,000 for an interest in the
process, but l refused it. Governor
Northen suggested that let about 40 of
the leading Alliance men get together and
make a company to run it. think we
will make that arrangement Iwant the
South to get the benefit of this invention.
i Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
Daudet's Poverty,

When the unknown Daudet, now
Daudet the rich and famous, first came
up to Paris from Lyons, he was so poor
that he wore pair of rubber boots With
out slippers or stockings under them,
and ragged suit of summer clothes,
while he made his cold journey in a
freight car, eating nothing for two days
to save expense. By chance the empress
saw copy of his poems, and directed
the Due de Morny to send for him. With
the greatest difficulty the poor fellow
persuaded tailor to trust him for a suit
of clothes in which he might answer the
dukes summons to the Tuilleries. But
when De Morny offered him the secre-
taryship, with salary of 5000 francs,
his hardships were over forever.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
A NOVEL EVENING.
How a Woman OF Original Mind EA.
tertained Her Friends.

How a Woman OF Original Mind EA.
tertained Her Friends.
A woman in the West End, New York
city, who has proper appreciation Of
character study, lately arranged an even
ing of peculiar interest for some friends.
Everything was slipping along much as
usual, and nobody had any suspicion Of
anything out Of the common order.
though some of the guests felt tempted tc
a little vexation at the time devoted by the
hostess to demure little old Irishwoman.
white haired and shrinking from observa'
ton, who had chair in dim, secluded
corner between screen and portiere.
The lady of the house had allowed her
to come in. from the the servants quar-.
ters apparently, for peep at the gay
doings, and now fingered beside her,
chatting kindly, until two or three, then
half dozen, and then a dozen guests
drew near to claim her attention. Mrs.
- is telling me, said the hostess, in a
simple and natural manner, "of her
young days, and how she got Dinny' out
of the prison pen; Mrs. -, won't you
go on?"
The little old white haired serving
woman had not the least suspicion that
she was the victim of design. There
she sat in her surpliced gown, twirling
and twisting huge handkerchief in an
embarrassed way, yet not unapprecia-
tive-what story teller ever is!-of the
chance to lay her life history before SO
good an audience.
Cautiously the lights were lowered, and
slowly, while she smoothed the folds of a
black nix apron, the words began to
come A mirror at the far end of the
room reflected dimly and weirdly the
scene. Every head was bent forward to
catch the quaint brogue, as her voice rose
and fell in soft, low cadence, while the
invited party pressed about to hear the
story of "Dinny."
"Dinny" was neighbor who went to
prison long years ago for manslaughter.
"Dinny" had wife who lay down and
died, and there were children who were
left to the narrators care. For the chill.
dren's sake she moved mountains to win
"Dinny's" pardon, and when he was once
more free man he showed his gratitude
by doing second murder and running
away. There was pathos and there was
humor in the recital, and there were
tears on more cheeks than those of the
old woman, as she told of her joy at get
ting the "darlint childer" into her own
hands again.
When she had rung the curtain down
on the homely little drama the prettiest
lady in the room stood by her smoothing
the silver hair. There was fair young
girl who knelt and stroked the horny
hands, and the old woman bent and
kissed the girls white fingers. Then the
host of the evening brought ices and
cakes to her first of all as the honored
guest of the occasion, and the quaint lit
tie body in the surpliced dress made .
quaint courtesy as she rose to retire be-
low stairs. Her personal triumph was
complete and SO was that of the hostess.
So much for originality.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
steamtng the Complexisn,

Frequenters Of the popular afternoon
tea are remarking the extraordinary
pains pretty girls who pour the amber
beverage are at to direct the taperin
spout of the kettle in the direction OF
their rosy cheeks or white brow and chin.
1t appears that some one has assured
them that the warm, fragrant steam
arising from the sleeping leaves is most
beneficial for softening and purifying the
complexion. True, the heated vapor
does bring deep pink flush and caus,
dampened locks to curl tendril like abou
fair foreheads, but these amateur wait
resses are laboring under grevious error
when they imagine that this treatment
beauties the skin. 1t is harmful in the
extreme, and unless the suffusion is inn
mediately followed by brisk towelling
a chapped and roughened complexion
will be the result. All through the
orange growing country, where that ex-
quisite fruit is eaten from the time it's
rind shows the faintest gliding, girls
always peel the oranges at arms length,
being fully convinced, because soma
negro nanny has told them SO, that tho
pungent oil springing from the skin will
leave freckle wherever it touches.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
EnglaMI,& Five Queena,

From the earliest time on record Eng
land has had but five queens who ruled
in their own right. They are Mary Tudor,
Elizabeth, Mary, wife of William III;
Anne, and the present occupant of the
throne, Victoria. The first queen, Mary
Tudor, was daughter of Henry VIII
and Catharine of Aragon. She was born
in 1916 and died in 1863 On the death
of Henry vi, in 1858, she succeeded him.
The next year she married Philip of Spain,
but was neglected later by him. She left
no children, and recognized Elizabeth,
her sister, as her successor.
Elizabeth proved more queen. She
was the daughter of Henry VIII and
Anne Boleyn, born in 1888, crowned in
1868, and died in 1903. She greeted the
announcement of her sovereignty with
the words: 1T is the Lords doings; it is
marvellous in our eyes" Her youth was
as variously affected by the smiles and
frowns Of tyrannical father as her Sis
ter's, and at the very moment almost Of
her coming to the throne her life was in
danger from the Vaccinations of Gar
diner. But when that danger vanished
her life became one of prosperity. 1t has
been told of her that "she was very ma
jestic, her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled
her eyes small yet black and pleasant;
her hands were small, her
fingers long, and her stature neither tall
nor low: her air was stately; her manner
of speaking mild and obliging"
Her reign is written and considered one
of the most important England has
known. The "Elizabethan age" is
brilliant period in English history, and
the numerous statesmen, soldiers, schol-
ars, and others who then existed achieved
for the country place that has not been
surpassed.
Mary. daughter of James II, next as
cended the throne. Macaulay says: "Her
face was handsome and her port majes-
tic" She was born in 1862 and died in
1894. She married William, Prince of
Orange, in 1877. The coronation was in
1889, when she was inaugurated like
king. An act which much endeared her
to the people was the conversion of Green
wich Palace into a retreat for seamen
disabled in their country's service. She
died of small pox and was buried with
great pomp in Westminster Abbey.
Anne, her sister and successor, was the
last member of the house of Stuart to
occupy the thorne. She was born in 1864
and died in TIA. In 1858 she married
Prince George, brother of Christian V,
king of Denmark. She bore II children,
but only one, the Duke of Glocester sur
vived infancy. Her reign was distin-
guished by successful wars, conspicuous
among which was the conquest of Glib
raltar. The great political event of her
time was the union of England and Scot
land in 1907. Her reign has been termed
the Augustan period of English itera-
ture, it being adorned by the writings Of
Addison, Pope, Steele, Swift, and Defoe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
Marriage In Japan.

"Your marriage laws are loose, but I
don't think the question is of such grave
import as the magazines make it out to
be. Your people marry in too much of a
hurry. They mix business principles
with their love affairs. In Japan the
principle underlying our marital relation
is that the affection which makes mar.
riage happy is not the love which pre-
cedes the union, but the respect, esteem,
and sense of mutual helpfulness which
arises afterward. But this way of trying
to secure a good wife by first testing her
sometimes fails. Some men marry 30 or
40 girls in trying to get the right one.
When wife doesn't suit the husband,
he just sends her back to her mother with
a kiss and his blessing. Then he marries
another. - From an interview with
Prince Yanasi.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
PROSPICE.

Fear death 2-to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face,
Wilcn the SHOWS begin and the blasts denote
am nearing the place.
The power of the night, the press of the storm
The post of the foe,
Where he stands the Arch Fear in vlsip
form?
Yet the strong man must go;
For the Journey is done and the summit as
taned
And the barriers fall.
Though battle to fight ere the guerdon be
gained,
The reward of it all!
] was ever fighter, so-one fight more,
The best and the last
l would hate that death bandaged my eyes and
forebore,
And bade me creep past.
No let taste the whole of it, fare like my
peers,
The heroes of old,
Bear the brunt. in a minute pay glad life's ar
OF pain, darkness, and cold,
For sudden the worst turns the best to tho
brave
The black minutes at end,
And the elements rage, the tiend voices that
rave
Shall dwindle and blend
Shall change, shall become first peace out Of
pain,
Then a light, then thy breast
o thou soul of my soul / shall clasp thee
again,
And with God be the rest
-[Robert Browning. y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
BEGINNING WITH A LUNGE.
A japanese Sword Cut for Which mn
Ordinary Man Is Unprepared.

Japanese Sword Cut for Which an
Ordinary Man Is Unprepared.
The pictures and carvings of Japan, as
rule, present the warriors armed with
two swords-one on each side, says
writer in the Kansas City Star. This two
sword matter is more a part of ceremony
and state than anything else.
When Japanese means business he
only needs one sword. They are not so
skillful of fence as the Europeans, but
nevertheless have a number of cuts and
slashes, which, being in their nature so
many surprises, would give swordsman
unused to their methods some little
trouble
The first move Jap makes in sword
fight is fraught with danger to his oppo-
nent There are no preliminaries with
a Jap, The fight begins with him while
his blade is yet in its scabbard and as he
draws his weapon wisdom will give him
about 40 feet of room
Grasping the scabbard near the center
he slightly tits it so that the point of the
sword as it hangs by his side is, if any
thing a little higher than the hilt The
sword itself is curved, very heavy, and
with its single edge as keen as 20 razors.
When he draws it streams from the
scabbard like beam of light, and as it
comes he makes prodigious step for
ward with his right foot, accompanying
the whole with a rapid circular slash
upward of the back handed sort. The
whole performance is one motion, and
rapid in its execution as thought.
Your Jap will reach man a dozen
feet away, and the keen blade, starting
its work low, will split an opponent like
a mackerel. A japanese swordsman al
ways makes this upward sweep on draw
ing his weapon, whether an enemy is in
sight or not.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
THE WARRINGTON MONUMENT.

Have you seen by Potomac that shaft In the
skies.
From the meadows exulting to mate with the
sum-
Now misty and gray as the clouds It defies,
Now bright in the splendor its daring has
wonl
The winds are its comrades, the hghtnings, the
storm;
The first flush of dawn ON its summit shines
fair;
And the last ray Of evening illumines its form
Towering grand and alone in the limitless
air.
By Nile rise the Pyramids. wrapped in tho
OF ages that passed as the waves on the
shore;
And Karnak, majestic, whose vast colonnades
god might have fashioned for man to
adore;
And Baalbec uplifts like vision divine
Its wonder of beauty by Lebanons wall;
But captive and slave reared in sorrow the
shrine,
The palace, the temple, the pyramid tall.
To Freedom Potomac's proud obelisk towers,
And Karnak and Baalbec in beauty outvies,
For Washington's glory its grandeur empow.
And freemen with Joy piled its stones to the
skies!
Symbol of Liberty, matchless. sublime,
Still soar from the meadows to mate with the
sun,
And see thy Republic to uttermost time,
AThe noble, the peerless, the Many In Onei
-[Edna Dean Proctor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
We All Ride I'm America.

Last year the 110 street railways in
the State of New York carried over $780,
900, 900 passengers, or 100 times the total
population. In New York city alone the
surface and the elevated roads carried
together about 400,0O0,0OO In Boston
100, ,0OO, 900, and in Philadelphia $50, ,0O0,-
600 passengers were carried.-[The Car.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25

A careless cook never learns the i'm
portant art of simmerinG but either boils
food at gallop or puts 1t where 1t really
does not cook at all. The surest way Is
to use double kettle; then If the water
in the outer vessel Is boiling the heat Of
the inner one will be exactly right.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25

Little Girl Qimidly)-Please, Mr.. Store
keeper, want to get some shoestrings.
Storekeeper-How long do you want
them? Little Girl want them to keep,
sir, if you please.-[Journal of Educa-
ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
Have You a House

I + so, you want to place policy ON it to-
l. day or tomorrow before you dine
You want the risk taken too, by standard
such as d. z. MILLER, of Cumber-
land, represents. ANY policy is good until
fire occurs, but then it is you want pledge
of indemnity worth its face in gold
Rates not quite as low as wildcat figures,
but the lowest consistent with certain and
perfect Indemnity i'll event of loss. Apply to
J. b. ODER,
Dec IA Journal Office, Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25

The following written definition of the
word bachelor" was handed in by a 5th
grade boy: "A bachelor is a man who
has no wife, nor wants no wife, nor can't
get no wife,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25

"This is tropical climb" said the
monkey as he started after the cocoanut.
Washington Post,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-09
How &c Esca pc Ma Iaria.

"You people who are afraid of malaria
and it is good complaint to be afraid
of-have some strange ideas about the
disease, said physician. "You think
that if you climb mountain and build
there, or that if you live on the slope of
hill where the drainage is perfect, you
are safe. Then counting on this. you
sit around in the evening air with no
covering on your head, or you sleep
with window SO near the head of your
bed that current Of damp air blows
over you all night. Finest way in the
world to catch malaria. Personally, l
believe that if had only two chances
one living in the center of salt marsh
and the other of living one mile from the
edge of the marsh on sloping ground-I
should take the marsh every time.
admit, however, that there are very
many people who do not agree with this
opinion. But to come back to our first
proposltlon-covery your head when you
are out of doors after dark, no matter
how mild the air seems. Young girls
who at summer resorts rush from hot
ballroom to open verandas take their
lives in their hands. Most of them are
so wildly reckless that it is o wonder
they live through one season. "-Ex.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-09
COMMISSIONERS pRoUEEo1,Gs.

The Board of County Commissioners
held their regular monthly meeting last
Monday, the full board being present
and transacted business as follows.
A petition from Virgin township in
the Muddy Valley was presented, asking
the appointment of Robert Logan to the
Office of Justice of the Peace for that
township. 1t was laid over until next
month on account of the small number Of
sgners, some of whom are not known to
be residents there. and the south end of
the valley not being represented at all.
The clerk Of the board was ordered to
collect from the State Controller the
1888. 80 allowed this County by the last
legislature on account of the expenses of
the special election held 10 1889. The
official bond of c. c. Ronnow Apo.
inted Justice of the Peace of Panaca
township at the March meeting was pre-.
sented and approved.
The monthly and quarterly statements
of the several county officers were exami.
ned and approved, and list of claims
against the county as shown in another
column was allowed. OF the funds in
the Treasury the sum of $l39 was order.
ed transferred from tie General County
to the Salary Fund
Considerable discussion was had about
publishing the quarterly receipts and
disbursements of the several county
funds under the order made at the Janu.
airy meeting. 1t wasn't thought desire
able by some to do it but as the law is
clear on the matter and allows the Com.
missioners no discretion, the opposition
was withdrawn and the receipts and dis
bursements for the past quarter year will
appear in our next issue.
Several were anxious to know what
the board intended to do about the town
government question, but though the
matter has been noticed by us several
times in the past month, nobody took
any trouble in regard to it and on Mon.
day there was nothing before the board
to act upon.
The money in the County Treasury, as
by law required was counted and found
correct, upon which the board adjourn
ed.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-09
Notice for Publication
LAND OFFICE AT EUREKA. NEVADA
March "a. 1891.

LAND OFFICE AT EUREKA. Ne vADA,l
March "a, 1891.
NOTICE rs HER EBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following-na med settler has Aled notice
OF his intention to make final proof In sup
port Of his claim, and that said proof will be
made before the District Court Of the state Of
Nevada. in and for Lincoln county. Nevada,
ct Pioche, Nevada, ON Monday. May
%. 1891. viz Napoleon Dupont Home
stead Entry No. 237. for the southeast guar.
Of the southeast quarter section "a; the
southwest quarter OF southwest quarter, eco
ton IS; and the west half OF northwest quar-
East, M. D. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residenec upon, and cultiva-
tion Of, said land, via;
Peter Edwards. Of Lake Valley, Nevada.
James Parish, Of Lake Valley, Nevada.
John Roeder, Of Phoebe, Nevada.
Daniel Roeder, OF Royal City. Nevada.
J.P. DUNKLE. Register
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-04-09
A Bottle of Trib should be in every
household. y
District Court.

The District court convened last Mon
day at 10 a. NJ, Judge G. F. Talbot pre-.
siding. The principal business of the
day was the empaneling of grand jury,
the calendar being previously set in Feb,
ruary
The following named citizens were se-
lected by the court and sworn in as
grand jurors, viz: John Roeder, A. G..
Thompson, Max Shaefer, James Nc
Fadden, Henry Wedge, c. c. Ronnow
Stewart McAnish, David Boreland,
Charles Lytle, A. o. Lee, Alex veitch,
7. E. Edwards, S. T. Godbe, John R.
Cook, Mike Cohn, William Lloyd and
George Moody. The jury was regu-
larly charged by the court and retired to
transact business.
In the matter of the estate of John
Gustin, deceased, letters of administra-
ton were granted to Jam es McFadden,
administrator.
On Tuesday the grand jury made a
partial report and presented an indict-
ment against A. T. Page on charge of
grand larceny in stealing calf about
he 2lst of January last. The defendant
appeared for arraignment and pleaded
not guilty to the charge, and the case
was set for trial on Monday next at 10
o'clock a. m.
The case of Frank Passini against
Joseph Delmue for damages resulting
from an assault and battery was set for
trial by jury on Tuesday next, the l4th