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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24


sonable and just.
We have dog shows; VIII" not CIT
s1,nv4o The cat has been domesIicated
qur:e rs long rs the dog and is in SO G
rysept.ts a more remarkable animal, as
the folk lore of many nation AMI the
CD IT ations of modern savants testify.
Although, too, owing to tn nocturnal
habits # the feline race, it is bard to
prevent crossing, and there ar, there
fore. fewer distinct breeds of the do
nestle cat in given country THAI OF
the domesticated dog, it would still he
ro~sitle to compass much Interesting
variety in a cat exhibition. To say
nothing of the best known type, the ia
miliar tabby, which often reaches Il
noteworthy size, there is the admired
Angoria, whose long silky hair is of
duslv white; the Siberian breed, whose
hair is red the Chartreu5e, or Maltese,
which is of blush gray tint, and the
Spanish, or so called tortoise shell, whose
hair displays a mixture of black, white,
and yellow.
1t is not, however, in color only that
do ne5tcated cats differ widely. There,
for instance, is the gloved cat, of Nubla,
tie Chinese cat with ears turned down
instead of up, the twisted tail cat of the
Madagascar, the short, trunclted tail OF
the Malay Archipelago, and the entirely
taiIess cat of the Isle of Man.
AS regards the remoteness of the
period at which the dog and the cat
were domesticated it is true that re-
mains of the former animal are found
in the lake dwellings of central Europe.
On the other hand, we read of the cat
in Sanskrt wri ing5 older than the be-
ginning of our era, and we find it pict-
ured on Egyptian monuments of Pha-
raohic times. Moreover, the cat being
sacred to Isis, was often mummltiad,
and some OF the cat mummies date
frotr 1000 years ago. In our day cats
are distinguished for attachment to
localities rather than to persons, but it
may be doubled W hether this was so in
ancient Egypt, where for ages they were
treated with unvarying kindness and
even with veneration.
In one particular feline intelligence
surpasses anything exhibited by dogs.
Repeated experiments have verified the
almost incredible fact that cats con-
viewed in bags or baskets to distant
MACS can find their way back to the
point of departure Acc riding to the
we'll known naturalist, Mr.. \, r Wal
lace, this marvellous achievement is due
to an extraordin ny development of
the sense of S nell, which enables the
cat to take note Of the successive odors
encountered on the way, and to follow
them back in their proper inverse ORDER
1t is doubtful W ether even this by
pothesis will explain all the recorded
examples Of cats faculty for IDENTIFY
ing localities traversed blindfolde l.
New York lie lger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
Leper Marriages.

Marriages between lepers are allowed
in the island near Maracaibo, which
serves as the leper colony of Venezuela.
State sanction for these marriages was
given after much discussion many years
ago, in the belief that there could be no
offspring from such unions For long
time this theory remained uncontra-
dicted by experience, but in the last IA
or 10 years it appears that there have
been two births among the lepers.
Neither child has shown any symptom
of the dreadful malady of the parents,
and recently, according to the United
States consul at Venezuela, one of these
children having lived to the age of IA in
the leper island, has been allowed 10
leave and to enter society on the certifi-
cate of a competent hoard of inspectors
that lie is perfectly healthy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
National Greeting s,

allow is your stomach? Have you
eaten your rice?" That's Chinese.
BE under the guard of God. That's
the Ottoman's.
"How do you do?" That's English
and American.
How do you carry yourself" That's
French.
"OIay thy shadow never grow less. !"
That's Persian.
"Thank God, how are you?" That's
Arabian.
How do you find yourself? That's
German.
How do you have yourself?" That's
Polish.
How do you perspire?" That's
Egyptian.
How do you live on?" That's Rus
sian.
$50 with God, senor!" That's Span ,
ish.
How do you stand2" That's italian.
"How do you fare?" That's Dutch
slow can you?" That's Swedish.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

NJ. Muntz, Pro e5sor at the Institute
Agronomiquc, las recently published a
highly favorable report on the Worms
and Bale process Of tanning by cleo
tricity. Al The hides 50 tanned had,
says NJ. Muntz, the appearance of hides
tanned by the or linary process. Tests
with acetic acid showed that the hides
We're thoroug ~ we'll tanned after q
maximum OF four days in the watts
Further chemical tests showed that the
tanuin WAS a. wei combined with the
leather as in the ordinary method. We
may mention III this connection that a
large firm Of tanners in Paris are send
ing out with every consignment of hides
Il certain proportion of electrically
tanned ones, intimatmg that amy OF the
electrically tanned skins which are rot
found up to the mark will he immedi-
ately exchanged for some tanned by the
ordinary process. No electrically tanned
ssins II IKE as yet been returned.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

The deliberately dressed woman, on the
street especially, is destined to be
rarity. Flashy styles will be given over
to the marked women who seek for at
tention-attention SO far as the criti-
cisms of their own sex and the sneers of
the men are concerned. That the time
is ripe for a material change in the
fashions is conceded by all women of
taste and intelligence. Styles lave run
to the extreme, until only Ii tie dis
lance remained to the point of the eX.
ceedingly ridiculous The strain on the
purse has been severely felt Changes,
and of radical nature, became so fire.
quent that even the wealthiest found
difficulty in keeping pace with them.
The reaction which has set in is both
timely and healthy. Women on every
hand are welcoming the dawn of the
simple in dress, while man will have eX-
tended to him the honor he has ALWAYS
esteemed the greatest could he conferred
upon him-to walk The street with Il
woman in neat, but sinpe attire. -
TT ,rJiec' - T ,-"r, ~
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Mr. B!aine's face is heavily scanned,
and he has Of late allowed his beard to
grow in rather a bushy fashion. 1t is
not SO trim and close ciipp ID as in earlier
days, and there is slight stoop in the
statesman's shoulders. lis eyes are full
Of expression and life, however, and
they belle the somewhat aged look which
has of late come over him. II is noted
by men who know him well that the
secretary has of late years lost some-
thing of the directness and briskness of
speech which once characterized him.
He is not only very SLOW and deliberate
in diction, but he has adopted manner
which might be described in general
way of being indicative of gentle
Ioughtfunes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

GREAT SPEED FOR A NEW MAIL
SERVICE.

\ E'i,n 20 Use Pneumatic Tubes I..-t al
of Rr lroadS-A Great Sch"m" Tor
Cnnnrcting New York and Phila lei
pi,I,.
fhra is project under way to re-
due thu mail service between New
York and Philadelphia to 25 minutes.
double pneumatic tube line Is to be
built between these two cities, through
which mail matter will be shot at the
rate of four miles a minute This is 10y
no means new idea. There is now
under Broadway, not far from the post
Office a stionec, of a pneumatic tube laid
many years ago, that was to be the
beginning of a complete system of
rapid delivery extending throughout
the city. Several essential details in the
system were lacking, however, and the
work was practically abandoned Mr..
S. +. Leake, of Philadelphia, now claims
that ne has solved the difficult es that
have proved fatal to other systems of
pneumatic tubes, and he proposes to
organize company with a stock capi-
tai Of SO, O00,0 900 to build line in ac-
cordance with his patents between Ne V
York and Philadelphia. In order TO
test the practcability of Mr. LeaI;e's
patents double pneumatic tube line
will shortly be laid between Jersey
City u, Neo ark, on the route which
has been selected for the through line
This line will be fully equipped, and
the business possibilities of the enter
prise can be approximately guaged by
the number of letters, newspapers, and
small packages transmitted between
the two points
Mr. Lake says that these Pneumatic
tub IS for mail matter are but the begin
ming of great reform i'll rapid transit
and if they prove to be successful the
time will come when passenger cars
can be run through monster tubes by
the same system
The la ing of pneumatic tubes be-
tween Philadelphia and New York seems
now to be assured. A number of Phil
adplphians are interested in the pro nct,
and among them are Joseph Trainer,
james SW eeny, I'm Bradley, aud Fe-
lix Bradley. 1t Was orig mally int ded
to sell share, i'll this company at % cents
apiece, III order to make it popular. This
idea was abandoned ana recently 1t was
cat;mated that there WAS enough business
between New Ao'k ana lhl,a4e'pH'a OF
Il kind that could be handed 10y
tables TO acc are IL a''iuena Oh 10 per
COZ upon capital stock OF olo'ooo' VOo.
The tubes through which the carriers
will be sent are to he two feet III iii M
eter and made of copper They viii re
lad underground IL nearly direct i'l'e
between ti'e Two cries. Inc c.lIr'er3
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
About This Time His Patience Gave Out.

A rosy checked young lrislman came
dressed in his best and was evidently
out for holiday. just before he
reached the corner he met three rosy
checked girls. They, too We're dressed
in their best and We're evidently bent on
enjoying themselves.
Hello, Jim!" said tie three girls, all
together.
Hello, girls!' replied the young fell
low cordially, Il am glad to see you,
Mary. How are you, Sarah? YOU'RE
looking better, Maggie. Aud he shook
hands warmly all round.
After they had conversed for some
minutes about the affairs of sundry
aunts and cousins Maggie, with a sly
wink at her female companions, re-
marked:
AN wernt we just goin' into the sa-
loon on the corner to hay" cream! Won't
you come with Us, Jm?"
well, don't mind replied Jim in
q good natured tone, though it's gittin'
little cold for crea - Jin's rosy
cheeks became slightly roster, probably
at the thought of the ease with which
Maggie had inveigled him into treating.
They went in and jim ordered "cream, y"
the members of the party selecting fla
vors to their taste. All went we'll until
Maggie took a sip of the water that was
served with the cream.
"This waters warm" said she, and
then, with another wink at her female
Ia fl,
cream.
"Yes, let's have Soda" aid Jim.
"Waiter, bring soda" lie lad plainly
made up his mind chat now he was i'll
the tolls he would not falter.
When they had about tinis,ed their
Scream, but had not yet made much of
an inroad on the Soda Maggie winkcd
at the other two girls again, and gave
utterance to g'eeful giggle that she
was unable to suppress, as she remarked:
81 always like to eat cake with soda. "
"Yes, let's have cake" said Jim.
"Waiter, bring us cake Jim's face
had now begun to glow with an unusual
ruddine5s, but his manner remained as
cheerful as ever His determination not
to falter still remained unbroken
AT last they had finished jim paid
the bill and they emerged from the
store. Jim had promised to go with
them to take part in Gus warming at
the home of some relative, and the pros
pect of approaching fun rather cheered
him up and made him feel somewhat
repaid for the expense to which he had
bee put But his good humor and his
stoicsm both received a fatal blow at
last when Mag gie coyly remarked:
"There's a horse car that runs right
past the door Pm awfully tired walk
in" His rosy cheeks grew fiery now
and the slightest shadow of indignation
spread itself over his features.
AN so you're tired walkin', Maggie?"
he asked.
"Yes, said Maggie, Il am.
"Then. Maggie" said he you kin
run. - New York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Horace Greeley once refused an in
or ase of salary upon the ground that
lie did not think his paper could afford
to pay it.
Mr.. Bliss, resident of the Boston and
a bany Railroad, has just declined an
inc ease of his salary from $12, 900 to
$4,000, with the singular explanation
/ AZ 81 do not believe my services are
w rth any more than am now receiv-
Ing"
T.. Powderly succeeded lately, with
difficulty, in persuading the Knights of
Labor to reduce his salary from $1,000
to So, 500.
There are great many peculiar men
in this world. -[Cincnnat Enquirer.
John Dillon's father escaped from the
Irish police in 1S4S, in the disguise of a
priest, and on the way to New York was
much bothered by a runaway couple
who wanted to get married.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24

Eastern Man lin Kansas)-You wrote
to me that Dugoutville was to be the
county seat; but see that Sodroofville
has got it. How did that happe9:
Dugoutville Man (sadly)-We ran out
of ammunition. New York Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-01-24
EINOIE.S RICIlEaT MY.
Heir of the Cn .arS and His mp Ways
L

IF Life.
The Emperor IF Austria is m ich less
tliked of nowadays than The young
kaiser of Northern Germanland, but he
j. one of the most noticeable figures i'll
tn great panorama of European roy
ally.
He is often said to be the richest man
in Europe, and certainly the Hapsburg
family is one of the wealthie,t, as well
as one of the Oldest, in the world.
In charity he is muuilcent Only re-
Gently he gave a sum equal to $780,
600 from his private purse for the relief
of the sufferers from the foods i'll his
country.
His many trials have made him
quiet, reserved, intensely laborious,
manly man. He has IA tender heart, and
breads the nf1icton of the least pain on
any of his subjects.
the emperor is strongly OPP osed to
capital punishment. He was called
upon the other day to sign death war
rant and began signing his name, but
tear falling on the ink blotted the let
tiers, and lIe turned to the minister i'll at
tendance, saying: "See, my tears oblit-
crate my name. | can not sign it.
And he tore it up.
When he went to meet Emperor Will
lam at Rohnstock while ago he " as
the observed of all observers. Dressed
in Il splendid Prussian uniform he looked
grand seigneur in the highest sense of
the term.
The two emperors are very fond OF all
modern inventions, and have filled their
palaces with electric lights, telephones,
and other inventions.
While they We're at Rohnstock they
were enabled to listen through the tele-
phone, especially installed for them, to
the opera of Carmen, performed on the
stage Of the Berlin Opera House, 215
miles away.
Rohnstock, the scene of this meeting,
stands on the confines of the province
which Prussian Frederick the Great
stole from Austrian Maria Theresa. But
neither of the emperors appear to have
been at all distressed by any remem-
brance of this his ORIG wrong.
The Emperor of Austria lives very
simply in his grand old palace of the
Hofburg, in Vienna. At ceremonials he
can be very grand, but he is happiest
when seated at his work table in his
private study, with one # the long Nir-
ginia cigars, of which both he and King
uumbert of Italy are very fond.
He is extremely sober in meat and
drink, Iaborious in everything PERTAIN
ing to state affairs and sincerely
ambitious of political eminence for his
country.
His great sorrows have left deep
marks upon his face, but in court dress
he is still a dazz ing figure.
AS a sportsman he is still able to hold
his own with the youngest member Of
his court = Pittsburg Press.
, 1891-09-05
BekjendtgoTe

DEr bokiendtgj5res herved, at undcrtegnedo
III Gouvorneur efter min TiIbagekomst fra
Europa after har ovcrtaget Gouyernementet
og at den under min Frav@relso fungerende
Vico-Gouverneur. Ovcrdommer II. A. JURS,
r. af D., paany har overtaget sit Embode som
Overdommer / den Kongeligo Vestindisko
Landsoycrret.
G-ouverucmcntet for de dmsk vestindisko
Der, ST. Thomas den 2ldo August 1881.
CHI ARENDRUP.
, 1891-09-05
AnsHttGise.

YTNDER 25de August d. A. har Commencement
u ct for de dansk vestindiske Ger beskikke
Herr Forvalter II. PETERSEN, Annaly, til
Nei-inspecteur j Nordside A Kvartcr istedetfor
HerrJ j. CHRISTENSEN.
, 1891-09-05
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
WONDERFUL AUSTRIAN BOYS.

A Remarkable Revelation Of Juvenile
Talent at the Auditorium-They Play a
Very Varied Programme With Musi-
cianly Finish and Unusual Enthusiasm.
The Austrian Juvenile Band is not
merely novelty and phenomenon as an
organization composed of boys ranging from
II to Is wears of age. but wonderful corps
of musicians, the like of which, all things
being considered, we have not in this coun-
try. They played last night before q small
audience in the new Auditorium on Penn
avenue, and their performance of the first
number showed what precision, dash and
musicianly feeling might be expected of
them In spite of the positive
frigidity of the atmosphere the young
bandsmcn wrought up the audience to an
unusual pitch of enthusiasm and won en-
core after encore. The band contains 40
members, and they are all under 20, ma
jortv under 15 They wear verv bright,
dashing uniforms-presumably of an Aus
trian cavalry regiment-of blue with gold
faclngs, and hussar caps with single
feather. Their faces are pleasant and often
handsome, and they trooped on and off the
stage with military air. Herr Lambert
Steiner, the conductor, is a man of middle
age, and beyond doubt an accom-
phshed musician. The boys are gradu-
stes from Government school in
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25

Austria, in which, we understand,
Mr.. Steiner prepares them for the military
bands The training must be of unexampIed
thoroughness, for there was not a sign of
hesitancv or a ragged edge in all their work.
and the smallest motion, the uplifting of an
elbow or the slightest turn of the baton,
and Mr.. Steiner is q very undemonstratiye
conductor, is enough TO bring every instru-
ment into right proportion, to change time,
or to carry crescendo movement without a
flaw, step by step to a climax. Such delicate
shading and quick yet easy trans
ition through all the moods
of potpourri, such magnetic
treatment of fine melody, such swing and
bold accentuation in the marches, as these
lads from over the sea command without
apparent effort, are things that a Gilmore
or Strauss in their several fashions might
be proud to produce with their veterans.
There was any amount of variety in the
performance last night; and it was long,
for it contained IL numbers, to which a
third more must be added for encores. In
the overture to 'Iodoiska, by Cherubim,
with which the concert began, the unusual
softness of tone in band of wind instru-
ments only struck one, and il proceeds par
tally from the absence of the cornet and the
presence of more than tine usual proportion
of clarionets. This rich vet mellow
effect is partly thus accounted for but
almost as much is it the result of refined
methods that unhappily do not usually pre-
vail in band composed as this is When
they passed on to waltz of Ivanovici, the
cadence of the measure was as we'll and
smoothly marked as could be desired: and
they dashed into a wild Hungarian Czardas
in such characteristic racv fashion that any,
body could tell without glance at the pro-
gramme the nationality of the dance. In
the rendering of the Viennese sketches, waltz
and march, graphically realistic with their
scraps of vocal melody and whistling, the
boys were beybnd the reach of competition.
A couple of marches by Schild given as
encores went like wildfre. The marches
were 'Le Fiacre" and "Vienna Chic" and
a third one given as an encore to the anus
ing waltz, "The jolly Brothers, Fl" with its
whistling episode and cock-crows, was the
"Gigle" march The duet for fiugel-horns,
and another for piccolos showed that indi- !
vidual talent was not wanting. Altogether
the performance was great artistic success,
and it is to be hoped that music-lovers will
see to it that large audiences attend the
matinee and evening concerts to-day. Miss
Glover sang a song-waltz of Gumbert's with
much feeling, and in response to an encore
gave "The Last Rose of Summer" Mana
ger jerks promises to have the auditorium
perfectly heated for to-day's concerts, the
hurried preparation of the hall having in
terfered with this highly important detail
last night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
The snowden Officials vindicated.

The Colored Voters League, of Allegheny
County met last night in Florence Hall,
Arthur street. The object of the meeting
was to hear the report of the committee that
went to Snowden to investigate the condi-
tion o: the colored miners at that point.
The report was read by the Chairman of the
committee, and was to the effect that there
might have been some misunderstanding
and indiscretions among the miners re-
Gently brought there, but as rule the COM
mitree found that the people were contented
and satisfied.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
MAX O'RELL IN sEWICKLEY.
The Talented Author Will Lecture There
on Thanksgiving Night.

The Talented Author Will Lecture There
on Thanksgiving Night.
The first lecture in the course whiah has
been arranged by an enterprising committee
for their fellow citizen, in Sewickley will
take place on Thanksgiving night, at the
Presbyterian Church. and it promises to be
a delightful entertainment as well as a
brilliant social event. The lecturer will
be Mr.. Paul Blouet, who is known
all over the world as Max O'Rell, the
author of the wittiest and most clear
sighted sketches of nationality that this
generation has seen. Unlike many writers
thi,, brilliant Frenchman has delightful
style in speech, and his lectures have added
to his fame. Las year he lectured with
great success in Pittsburg. but this will be
his first visss to Sewickley, and it is eX-
pected that practically the whole popula-
tion of that pretty suburb will be out to
hear him tomorrow night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
The Little Austrians To-Day.

The matinee of the Austrian Juvenile
Band to-day will be a treat for the school
children, the price of admission for them
being placed at 10 cents. The principals of
the different schools have been asked to
grant half holiday to their pupils, and
most of them will comply