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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

There are not many offices that seek the
men, but q good many of them are looking
for pretty stenographers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Minister: Have you ever cast your bread
upon the waters? Mrs. S. (proudly): Never,
since my first batch.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Wun Man is the name of a Chinese high
binder and general terror in Denver. All
TUT and Hood Lum are generally sources of
annoyance in American cities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

TIE good die young. The others be-
come Oldest inhabitants and lie about
the weather. their ages. and everything
else
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

'sWhat do you sell a pound of tobacco
for?' "Cash," was the laconic answer.
GLOW much for a pound" sixteen
ounces"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

It must have been head-wind that blew
through the mans whiskers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Jack Frost will call around promptly to
settle the mosquitoes bills.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

The Wife: My dear, there's burglar in
the room. The Editor: 1 know it. Just
keep still. He's doubtless got money on his
person, and I'll make big haul
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

They Didn't Chatter.-Doctor: Did you
have heavy chiil?-Fair Patient: 1t seemed
so. Doctor; Did your teeth chatter? Far
Patient: No: they were in my dressing-case.
New York Weekly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

A great many of the European peasants
think that it's pretty rocky for them to be
cut of from their rye.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

The pickrocket is living example of the
truth that In order to succeed in life one
should keep in touch with his fellows.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Now that she has her monument Vermont
is no doubt Mollie-fied.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Have you = Dog? Pamphlet free "DOl
Diseases" Spratt's Patent. New York City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

''They do say that he's drinking himself to
death on her account" ''Indeed2 And at
what bar is her account keptP'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

NEVER ask an idle man TO do any
thing for you It is only the busy man
Ebo esH and tims to do enythipg more.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

It doesn't seem to have occurred TO the es-
sayists in abstract topics that woman's fear
is q mouse.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

To Become Successful in Business Life
you need good business education, such as may be
acquired BY mail; Bryant's College Buffalo, N T.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Cincinnati has a Coheney Island summer
resort place of amusement.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

G'Hanson's Magic Corn SaIWs."
Warranted to cure, money refunded ASK
your druggist for IL. Price Is cents.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

The biggest vegetable on record Is the
British drum-beat which encircles the world.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10
unfsrmenteA Communien WING.

The hand shaker is one of the biggest
trials that prominence encounters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Money which is coming to you does not al
ways arrive.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

'FYour wife is in the country on her vaca-
ton, is she not?'' ''My vacation, you mean, p"
answered the man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

''This is my hour of knead. !" said the cook
as she began to work the dOhgh.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Everyoue's sweetheart sometimes gets up
in arms against him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

A contemporary has the effrontery to ask:
Is the horse race dying out? No, but it's go
ing fast.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Majors Cement Repairs Broken Articles
lse and 25e. Majors Best LIQUID Glue loe
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

When young man first meets an expert
enced coquette he is apt to think how artless
she is; before she gets through with him he
is pretty sure to think how heartless she is.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Wheat cakes may be looked upon as luxu-
ries now.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

When Baby was sick, We gave her castoria,
When she was Child. she cried for castoria,
When she became Miss. she chung to cAstoria,
When she had Children, she gave them castOriA.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Many young hearts have been set on fire
this summer by tennis matches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

"a printer does not necessarily put the
form to press when he goes to see his best
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Send wOlcOtt ten cents and try SOC
,aclraOa vou1sself
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10
NUMEROUS WEAPON.

1.-THE ESD.l
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-10

Cut this ticket off and return it to me with ::
ten cents. and 1 will send you q fifty cent !:
trial package of the Pain Paint Powders by I:
mail as a test. Il. L. WoLooTT, 20 Centre /:
Street. New York City. {:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
The Women of India.

The age at which marriage may be
legally consummated in India is 10 years.
The physical, mental, and moral objec-
tions to marriage at such an early age re-
quire no explanations; they are patent
to all. That child is in no sense fit to
become wife and mother, that her own
health often pays the penalty, and that
the race that springs from her is likely to
lose in physical and mental vigor, are
facts which do not admit of contradiction.
Marriage, however, will always take
place in India much earlier than in Euro
pean countries, and that it should be
postponed for two or three years is all
that the most ardent reformer can hope
or expect at present. 1t is calculated that
in India one woman in five is a widow :;
of these very large proportion must be
women who, having been betrothed at
any time between the cradle and 10 years
of age, have become widows without ever
having been wives. To understand the
full misery of their condition one must
realize that marriage is the very Alpha
and Omega of an Indian woman's exist
ence, and that the whole bent and train
ing of her mind points to husband as
the end and object of life. Heis, in fact,
her only raison d'etre: and when, there
fore, she either altogether misses the full
fillment of her destiny, or loses her hus-
band early, she is, both in her own and
in public estimation, most unhappy
being. The shorn head, the plain clothes,
the absence of ornament, the abandon
ment of all luxury, are not gratuitous
cruelties they are but the symbols of an
overwhelming misfortune, and seem to
be accepted as the natural expression of
a hopeless grief. 1t is not plain to see
how this sentiment with regard to widow
hood is to be modified by any reforms
that we can suggest 1t is only by tn
education and elevation of women tina
any change can come over the feeling o
the people with regard to marriage, and
it is only when public opinion ceases to
regard her as chattel, and begins to
recognize her as helpmate, that a
woman's condition, whether as wife or
widow, can become more honorable and
more worthy of respect.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
California Reyiaifed,

The old miner, full of cherished mem
ories of that wonderful past, on revisiting
the scenes of his early labors sees no wind
ing line of miners by the river marge,
with their rattling rockers or long toms !;
no smoke from camp fire or chimney
arises from the depths of the gorges !;
cabins are gone; no laughter or CHEEKY
voice comes up from the canyons; no
ounce a day is dried by the supper fire.
Gone are most of the oaks and pines from
the mountain sides; the beds of the riv-
ers are covered deep with the accumu-
lated debris of years, over which the wa
ter, once clear and cold from the melting
SHOWS of the Sierra, goes sluggishly, laden
with mud, in serpentine windings from
bank to bank. On the table land above,
in the chasms made by hydraulic power
in the pleiocene drift, the hollow columns
of iron that once compressed the water
stand rushing away in captured fort
ress. All is silence and desolation where
once was the roar of water and the noise
of busy life. The same red and brown
soil is beneath your feet, the same alter
nation of ridges and gorges is here, the
same skies unlocked by clouds from May
to November are overhead; the same
pure air is left to breathe in spite of
courts and monopolies; a considerable
portion of the soil is cultivated; scattered
here and there over the mountain slopes
are flowers and fruits-but the early
miner sees it all with the sad belief that
the glory is gone.-[E. G. Waite, in
Century,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
What 1t Costs to Smoke.

DR.. F. B. Nofsinger, Kansas City's
postmaster, does not smoke very much,
but he has nevertheless sent number of
greenbacks up in clouds during the past
80 years. The doctor is comfortable
sort of man and likes to enjoy the good
things going, He does not smoke more
than five cigars a day-he thinks more
might be injurious to his health. This
makes total of $50 per month, or 800
in year, which number multiplied by
80, the number of years the doctor has
been given to the weed, gives a grand
total of $4,000. These cigars retail at
10 cents apiece, but DR.. Nofsinger buys
them by the hundred and in that way the
expense is but z cents to the unit. At Z
cents apiece the "a 200 cigars smoked in
80 years would cost $780, Had these
been purchased at 10 cents apiece, the ex-
pense would have been $5,4OO. And in
consideration of the fact that the post
master is a pretty good kind of fellow,
he must have given away about $1,000
worth. Rather snug sum of money,
the moderate smokers cigar bill for 80
years. Kansas City Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
BIG FACTS IN LITTLE SPACE.

Blonde hair is the finest and red the
coarsest.
Only one person in thousand dies Of
old age.
One-half the people that are born die
before the age of 16.
An inch of rain means 100 tons of
water on every acre.
There are at least 100000 nerve
fibers in the human body.
Three and half millions of people are
always on the seas of the world.
The receipts of the French treasury
are larger than those of any other civil
lied nation.
The thickness of the human hair varies
from the two-hundredth and fiftieth to
the six-hundreth part of an inch.
A luminous buoy has been invented,
the light of which is produced by phos-
phuret of calcium, and is visible two and
a half miles away.
1t takes about three seconds for a mes
sage to go from one end of the Atlantic
cable to the other. This is about 700
miles a second.
A recent survey has established the
number of glaciers in the Alps at 1855,
OF which 249 have length of more than
four and three-quarter miles.
A grain of carmine or half grain of
aniline will tinge a hogshead of water 80
that strong microscope will detect
coloring matter in every drop.
About 45O B. G. the Ionians first in
troduced the present system of writing
from left to right; previous to the above
date, from right to left prevailed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18

Catarrh is an inflammation of the mu
cous membrane. AS the membrane lines
every cavity of the body that has an out
let, there may be as many different forms
of catarrh as there are such cavities.
The closed cavities are lined, not with
mucous membrane, but with one that
secretes a thinner fluid-serum-for lubri-
eating purposes, which is readily absorbed
after doing its normal work. Still, the
serous membrane also may be infiamed,
and its secretion abnormally increased.
Thus we may have pericarditis, with
its water" around the heart, from in
fiammaton of the membrane that lines the
heart bag, or pericardium pleurisy, with
its fluid crowding against the lungs, and
sometimes causing their complete col
lapse, from Inflammation of the men,
brane that lines the chest; peritonitis, so
painful and dangerous from inflammation
of the membrane that lines the cavity Of
the abdomen synovitis, with its painful
and puffed out joints, from inflammation
of their similar lining membrane.
A common "cold" is an Inflammation of
the air passages. When it is confined
manly 10 Jlle uOSIIllS, IL 10 populdIly
known as a cold in the head, but medically
as coryza.
When it is confined mainly to the
bronchial tubes, it is called bronchitis,
which, when it has gained a permanent
hold, greatly resembles consumption, "
and is often mistaken for it by the people.
Catarrh of the ears and catarrh of the
Eustachian tubes often cause deafness.
Catarrh of the stomach loads the stomach
with tough phlegm and interferes with
digestion. Catarrh of the gall bladder
obstructs the outflow of the bile, which is
absorbed into the circulation, and thus
gives rise to jaundice. Catarrh of the
bladder is dangerous disease, from the
difficulty of getting rid of the mucus.
Two forms of catarrh are due to pollen; |;
one, in summer, known as "rose cold" or
shay fever" the other, in autumn,
known as "autumnal catarrh.
The word catarrh, as popularly used,
means either nasal catarrh or bronchitis.
Nasal catarrh is often helped by snuffing
up, so as to carry it into the mouth, a
weak solution of salt and water, repeat
ing the operation several times day.
Where the disease is very persistent, it is
well, when possible, to try change of
climate. In bronchitis the case should
be attended by physician.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
GUTTA PERCHA IS DISAPPEARING.
The Malayans XIII Tree In Order to
X4old


Secure One Yield of Sap.
1t appears that there exists a serious
risk of the determination of the plant or
tree from which gutta percha is obtained.
This gum is used in many industries,
largely in the manufacture of submarine
cables, as it is capable of sustaining its
insulating qualities when submerged
under water at great Depths in fact,
the insulation of gutta percha actually
improves with age when kept continually
under water. The disappearance of the
curious tree from which gutta percha is
obtained would, therefore, be calamity
of worldwide Importance, yet it would
appear from report recently made to
the French Academy of Sciences that
we are actually threatened with such a
calamity.
The French government, recognizing
the Importance of possessing an intimate
knowledge of the source of supply of this
precious material, intrusted to M. Serul-
las, distinguished scientist, the task of
exploring the Malayan Archipelago,
which is the home of the isonandra gutta,
with view to studying the peculiarities
of the tree and methods employed in
cultivating it and extracting the gum.
M. Serullas spent three years in Malay,
and studied the isonandra in all periods
of its existence, acquiring a complete
knowledge of its natural history and
physiology, but he reports that there is
absolutely no method in the manner en-
ployed by the natives in robbing the tree
of its sap, and that no effort is made to
cultivate and propagate so valuable
member of the plant world. The natives
adopt the wholly barbarous custom of
cutting tree at the roots in order to ex-
tract the gum; thus each tree only gives
one yield, and is then dead forever. No
wonder gutta percha is rapidly getting
to be worth its weight in silver.-[Elec-
trical Review.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
WHOLE NUMBER, 1 1,O31.
HORSES WHO BATHE.
Blue BI oded Aristocrats in the Surf at
Coney Island.

Blue BI o oded Aristocrats in the Surf at
Coney Island.
The most aristocratic of Coney Islands
many visitors, the first to come and the
last to go, are the blue blooded racers
from the Gravesend stables. There can
be no doubt of their pretensions to noble
ancestry, and their fame is known to all
the world. These distinguished visitors
inaugurate the bathing season and give
an air of life and vivacity to the beaches
long before summer fairly comes.
go soak your feet, they are told, and
instead of taking the suggestion as an in
suit, as human aristocrats would take 1t,
they wade out into the breakers and seem
to enjoy softening their hoofs.
The best time to see the race horses
bathe is between and 6 o'clock. They
come trooping down to the beach in all
sorts of picturesque costumes. Some are
swathed from head to tail in blanket suits
of gigantic plaids or gaudy reds and yell
lows. Others affect low cut busters OF
modest colors, and few come stripped,
with nothing on but their light shoes.
The beauties step daintily down to the
very edge of the water, and then, like
fashionable human bathers, they hesi-
tate. The waves look cold and wet. Sir
Knight rises, as if to leap the ocean, and
then plunges in with great splutter and
splash that vets the bare legs Of the col
ored boy on his back. He churns the wa
ter into foam about him and whirls sud-
denly, as if for true start. My Lady
goes in, step at time, and draws back
coyly from each threatening wave. She
knows better than to plunge, and is
coaxed, not driven. If she is only timid
she hangs her head and shivers, with the
feet all punched up beneath her. If she
is very brave she goes out into deep wa
1t is great sport for the crowd in the
pavilion when the water is full of horses.
The spectators applaud when groom, in
spite of his shouting and yanking, is car
ried out upon dry land, and if rider
gets bucketful of water in his face they
howl with delight. When the bath is
over and the wet clothes are stripped of
the flyers roll and wallow in the dry
sand. They shake themselves, leap play
fully to the end of their bride reins, and
roll again. Twenty roll at once, and
when they spring up they send the sand
flying in every direction. They are ath-
letes, every one of them, and as graceful
as kittens in their horse play. When
they are finally ridden off to the stables
they don't need bracer to keep them
from catching cold.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
The German. and Partisan Society,

French feeling against Germany runs
very high at the present moment. A
member of the German Embassy in
Paris, who was recently over here, COM
planned bitterly of the social ostracism to
which he and his colleagues are sub
jected at the hands of the most polite
nation of Europe. No section Of Paris
ian society asked them out except to
purely official entertainments they be-
long to no clubs, and would certainly be
black balled if they ventured to put up
for any. The events connected with the
unfortunate visit Of the Empress Fred
erick and the part the German Embassy
played In her ill advised expedition to
Versailles, have Of course embittered the
social relations of French and Germans
in Paris not a Gttle.-[Psll Mall Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
au.rrying Slate by Machine.

In the quarrying Of slate, which forms
one Of the great industries of the Lehigh
Valley, there is heavy item of loss by
the breakage Of blocks of slate in blast.
ing. To obviate this difficulty there has
recently been devised a channelins
machine, by means of which large blocks,
of slate can be cut without blasting. One
of these machines has been In operation
at one of the large quarries at Wind Gap,
in Northampton county, and the results
are said to have been very successful.
The use of such machines will result In
the saving of thousands of dollars an
nually at every quarry.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18

Elsie Chase, daughter of Charles and
Clara Chase, of Yarmouth, has more
grandfathers and grandmothers than any
child in Massachusetts, all of whom are
now living. give below the names:
Edward and Mary Chase, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and Emma Ellis, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and Jane Ellis, great grand
father and great grandmother.
jerry and Cordelia Chase, great grand
father and great grandmother.
Matthews and Ruth. B. Gray, great
grandfather and great grandmother.
Adeline Nickerson, great great grand
mother.
jerry Walker, great great grandfather.
This is very remarkable; six grand
fathers and six grand mothers, and all
living, making collection that has no
equal in this country.-[Cape Cod Item.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
A MARRIED MAN.
Vain things farewell. you must delight n.

Vain things farewell, you must delight no
more;
Old pipe, adieu; you scent the curtata So
'Tis strange she never noticed 1t before
A few more puffs, old friend, and you must go.
No little game Of draw" Well, that's all
right;
The boys can visit Charley now, or Ned.
No moro sweet songs to while summers
night
Though we sang oharmtngly, she often said.
No "pocula aurata. the, 20 tabooed
must keep early hours must cut the boys
In fact, must be very, very good
And give up all menage de garcon Joys,
SO the old order passeth; these must go.
These photographs, I'll toss them In the CRATE.
Clarisse, Ma Belle, Pepita, Bonnie. no;
III keep them; but I'll hide them though
from Kate.
Pipe, pictures, pocula, all under ban;
Vana valete I'm married man.
Il Eugene Field.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
FROsTBURG, MD, SATURDAY, july 1S, 1891.

drawn. In front of the door a placard
was placed, bearing the words: "To
Let"
l inquired of the former residents
from neighbor.
"They have been gone a month and
more" she replied. ats great pity,
for they were very nice people"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18

The principle that discretion Is the
better part of valor" is sometimes com
pretended quite early. A, gentleman
heard young visitor in his house ask his
own son, aged 8:
(which would you rather be-a walk
Ing policeman or mounted Policeman"
"A mounted polioemt /, of course,
said the boy.
"Why?" asked the other.
1'Cause if the robbers came could get
away quicker"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
How Can That Be !

Over the mantlepiece Of an old inn, In
Lincolnshire. England, may be found
this droll quiz:
A man without eyes saw plums on tree
Neither took plums nor left plums.
Pray how can that be2
The answer just below the riddle ia
this:
The man hadn't eyes. but he had just one eye.
With which on the tree two plums he could
SPY.
He neither took plums. nor plums did he leave,
But took one and left one, as we may conceive.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
FOR SALE.

THE BRICK RESIDENCE belonging to
i Mrs. f. B: Taylor, adjoining property of
Mr.. James Kane, Main street. For terms
apply to DR.. C. c. JACOBS,
May 16-3m Frostburg, Nd
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-18
ESTRA AY-

A COW came to my place, in Blen Avon
IA hollow, Monday, May IS. Owner re-
quested to come, prove property, pay charges
and take her away. VIM. WHITEHEAD.
Nav 70
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-07-20
10" SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Fundado en- l845.
Ediciones en- espanol Y en- ingl6s.
Las suscripciones pueden empezar en- to-
da 6poca.
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