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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
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The West Virginia railroad people
have the amendment they wanted.
All they lack now is modern rain
maker of the deluge type.
In other words, they want flood
just big enough to destroy the canal
as canal, but not big enough to wash
it away as railroad bed.
In short, they want just enough of a
food now to justify them in saying
81 ted you the canal would never
pay
For they are prophets as well as
martyrs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Painful Tendency.

The practice Of caricaturing unlucky
and unhappy brothers, though rare, is
not entirely new in this county.
Hence, the JOURNAL regards it as
an innovation which, permanently es-
tablished, will work great harm to the
entente cordiale which should obtain
among the high priests of the tripod.
In the classic language, therefore,
of Mr.. Virginius Murillo, we ask
Whittier are we drifting?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
SEN1I-LOCAL NEWS.
Big Men of Small Staturs.

Hon. Z. w. Morris, editor of the
Ritcbie (W. Va Gazette, discoursed
recently upon the bigness of small
men.
In support whereof he cities Napo-
leon, Wellington, Woolsey, Won
Moltke, Gladstone, Wesley, Watts,
Holmes, etc., as instances.
He proves by citations also that
some big men are big, for instance,
Webster, johnson, Leibnitz, Brooks,
Gray, Bismarck, etc., and draws this
conclusion:
The only moral of such collections is that
great men are of all Sizes from Little King
Pepin to Peter the Great.
And then he says:
Among the great men of West Virginia the
same paradox exists.
Here are some samples described in
West Virginia newspaper lingo:
Col. Robert McEldownev, of the Wetzel
Democrat, is about the size of an elephant with
its trunk packed.
Dominion, is sweet, smart and small.
Meekins Dawson. late of the Preston Coun.
ty Journal, and the Hon. Albert B. White, of
the Parkersburg State Journal, are slender
snappy and superb The former is a noblesse
oblige brunette. and the latter a bewitching
blonde with fair complexion and auburn
hair.
JnIf nFf tn ltrnFt kanf t,,1I
weighs probably ten pounds more than an
eighth of a ton. He is bald, beautiful and
postmaster.
Stuart F. Reed, of the Clarksburg Telegram,
is about half and half in size. Although
married several times in the newspapers, he
has no wife. Youth, innocence, integrity
and ability shine all over his massive brow.
Major Barb, of the State Journal, is tall and
unmarried. Kent Loomis is of the same
paper, and he would make one rather unusu-
ally tall man. From this it may be inferred
and correctly, that LOOMS would be a very
short lightning rod so far as length is con-
cerned. However, he must weigh eighty or
ninety pounds.
Fleming of the Buckhannon Banner, is
Sllldll III illdl VI Hio age anu cAptlicHCS.
Miller, of the Putnam Democrat, is weird,
witty and way up.
Slidell Brown, of the Kingwood 4ryus, is
under medium size, and will commit matri-
mony with an unfortunate Preston county
girl before long.
Miss Liva Simpson, of the PIT. Pleasant
State Gazette, is not great man, but certain
correspondent of the Wheeling Register,
claims that her tongue alone weighs ton.
Reber, of the Charleston Tribune, is about
the size Of Napoleon the First, and has the
same military appearance. Napoleon is
dead, Reber is not
The list OF short men is longer than
above given.
And the number of little men bigger
And the census of physical dwarfage
is overborne only by the directory of
West Virginia. intellectual colossi.
The JOURNAL has scanned the list
''as hart panteth after the water
BROOKS" and in sorrow, diluted with
tears, rises from the search without
having found the one magic name.
Senator Morris, where is Platten-
burg-he of the Castilian straw hat he
of the South Sea king necktie, and
Panhandle pantaloons
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
GENERAL ITEMS.
The Subtle Old Mans Bluff

An eccentric old gentleman placed
in Il field on his estate board with
the following generous offer painted
thereon:
Il will give this field to any man
who is contented."
1t was not long before he had an
applicant.
well, my man, ye are contented
fellow ,"
Yes, sir, very"
"Then why do you want my field ?"
The applicant did not wait TO reply
Argonant,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Precocious Crowd.

James A. Cunningham, miner,
appears to be government inspector
of cattle at Baltimore.
Which is very good offset to the
notion that selects a farmer for in
spector of mines.
The republican party is learning
democratic politics mighty fast.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
MINING JOURNAL.
FROsTBURG MD, NOVEMBER I, 1891.
Wholesale Voting.

The principal objection to the Aus
tralan system of elections furnishes a
poor testimonial to the efficiency of
the public schools as popular educa-
tors.
The citizen who cannot read well
enough to distinguish the names of
those he desires to vote for is a poor
advertisement of the adequacy of the
school system-an unhappy result of
the only experiment of applied pater-
nal government we are undergoing.
Over one thousand registered voters
of Allegany county staid at home last
Tuesday-one-half of whom, it is safe
to assume, did so to hide their igno-
rance in a bushel.
And of the many who did vote a
large number refrained from cutting
the ticket as desired through fear of
in some way invalidating it.
The Australian ballot, therefore, is
a good thing for the majority-for the
republicans IN republican counties,
and the democrats in democratic coun-
ties.
SO that all the republicans of this
county have to do is to keep public
education down to the current level,
continue the misrepresentation prl-
mary system, perpetuate the unit rule,
and thus put up in all campaigns any
sort of a ticket and it will be elected.
Democrats may shout themselves
hoarse over life tenures and other
evils of local administration, but as
long as vote for the "emblem"
carries with it vote for the whole
hog so long will a democrat in Allie
gany never smell the appetizing
aroma of an official fleshpot.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
The Trip.


Election day was cool and undemo-
cratic.
Hence the ticket of the unwashed
was left"
Wednesday skiff came up the creek
and reported at point near the Driv-
ing Park Association S wharf, supposed
to have been sent by Cumberland
friends cio Westernport.
On reaching Frostburg Naval Officer
John w. Avirett asked for pilot to
steer the boat past the lighthouse,
known in Homecoming as the Sta,
building.
A well known democrat was en-
gagged, and the boat moved off with
flag at half mast. AS the famous old
packet cleared the wharf, the only
McNulty in the list of passengers sang
to the air of The Jolly Mariner :"
Come, brethren, and join the mystic crew
That mans this packet painted blue,
And sail with us to Salin lake
For bit of recreation
CHORUS.
We're bound to get them thar
Well try another day,
And knock 'em higher than the STIR
That yanked us out to-day
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Persons and Pigs.

Some people object to newspaper comment
on local subjects because they say it lacks
propriety. When, the fact is, taste has much
to do with ideas of propriety. pigs idea
of parlor doubtless, is that it has mud
puddle in the center of it.-Hyndman (Pa.)
Bulletin.
Or, fit has not, thatit ought to have
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
BreVities.

The JOURNAL stood on the bridge
at midday-at Homecoming recently.
From clear, hustling stream, some
times bullying over its banks, the creek
always the overflow of the Frostburg
water supply, has declined to a ripple,
thick as soup and yellow as mud. 1t is
as full of fish as fog, and as diaphan-
Gus a dilution of sulphur and sewage
as ever swept by the Mosques of Cairo.
1t passes by many habitations and alb
serbs many vicious ingredients after 1t
overhows our reservoirs. Cum perland
should, therefore, exchange its source
of water supply for something more
wholesome.
Titus A. Brick says that August s.,
1861, was probably the hottest day the
people of Aliegany ever experienced !,
and j. j. Robinson, who is also very
old settler, contends that Tuesday, Now
ember 3, 1891, was the coolest.
The popular idea of heaven at Lon
aconing is place where there is a
baseball game all the year round and
a county election twice day.
The election is over, and it will be
some time before the average citizen
will be able to draw the imaginary
line that distinguishes the stump orator
from the auctioneer.
James A. Milholand, of Cumber-
land, the manager of the Georges
Geek and Cumberland railroad, re-
Gently had his pocket picked of purse
containing $40. On Monday the thiev
es were arrested on Baltimore and
Ohio train, near Washington, by the
railroad detectives. Four men were
arrested. They are New Workers and
expert pickpockets who have commit
ted many thefts among passengers on
the Baltimore anG Ohio trains. The
men gave their names as Lawrence,
Robinson, Wilton and Martin.
The meteor season, which usually
begins Noy. Is, has already set In at
Pompey Smash.
In some portions of Missouri the
roads are given out as political rewards
aud are generally worked by super
visor old enough to draw a pension, a
dozen lazy men and jug.
Mr.. Pink Whiskers of Pocahontas
may be right in his opinion that ga
younger rival of Cumberland will
eventually rob the Queen city of its as
cendancy." Evidently Mr.. Whiskers
is thinking of Frostburg, for Iona
coming is ruled out by the environ
ment. 1t is older than Cumberland
and in no sense rival.
The ants get into the sugar at Mt.
Savage, but it is the country cousins
that are really annoying to the aris-
tocracy everywhere.
The melancholy days have come
The saddest of the year;
! Just days since election day,
And victory isn't here.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07

With all due respect to ''Pro Bono
Publico," it may be remarked en- PEASANT
that his observations on the water
question are worth perhaps nearly two
cents on the dollar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Business Locals.

Every Home Should Have It.-ltls not
always convenient to call a physician for
every little ailment. Having Red Flag Oil
in the house you have physician always at
hand 1t kills Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Burns, Bruises and all Aches and Pains. Price
25 cents There are few things in this life of
which we may be certain, but this is one of
them Pan Tina Cough and Consumption Cure
has no equal for Coughs, Colds and Consump-
ton. Price % cents. At X. G. Colborn's Drug
Store
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07

my little boy, sir, died when he
was only , months old, just after he
had been vaccinated.'
"How very sad Had he been bap-
tized p
Eyes, sir; but it was the vaccination
as carried him of, sir -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Come Unand See.

Now let us get down to work again. and
make the second town in the county BOOM
Homecoming Star.
Great judges, old man, it is BOOM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Settlements.

The New York Evening Sun quotes
the following from distinguished
authors:
The worlds fair question is settled.-J.
.Sloat Fassen.
My brother Abel is settled.-CaW.
The war of independence is settled.-Ben-
edict Armold.
The blocks-of-tive question is settled--W.
w Dudley.
The census enumeration is settled.--R. Z.
Porter.
The quarantine ring is settled Thomas G.
Plat.
Der bloke wild de watch is settled-BiUy
the Kid.
The Sixth national bank is settled.-Bank-
rrecker Simmons.
The treasury deficit is settled. -Monrnt'ul
Bardsley.
To which the JOURNAL begs to add ::
The States attorneyship is settIed.-Lona-
coming Star.
The democratic ticket is settled-Cumber-
land Times.
The republican State ticket is setted.-F. j.
Mc1Mahon.
But for the comfort of the fallen
and the disquiet of the triumphant the
JOURNAL will quote in conclusion from
a great, wise and good man:
Nothing is settled that is not settled right
Abrohom Lincoln.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07

Complicated Watch and Clock Repairing IA
specially. Boettinger u Walter, 2O5 West
Lexington street, Baltimore, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07

the finest remedy in the world. 1t absolutely
cures Caarrh. 1t cures Neuralgia and
Rheumatism. Cures Piles like magic. Cures
Salt Rheum III the most soothing manner.
Cures Inhamed and Granulated Eyelids.
Cures Coughs and Colds. Can be taken in
ternally. Cuts, bruises, chilblains, sores of
long standing corns and bunions are cured
quickly; different from all else; superior to
all else it has no equal; % and 5Oc boxes
large size cheapest. Sold at Robt. &.
Coborn's drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Dr Ha,e,s Household Ointment.-

Diamonds and other precious stones set in
the latest patterns of Jewelry by Boettinger u
Walter, POS w. Lexington St.. Baltimore, Md
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Lesson from Cumberland

The Cumberland Ne,cs tells of COW
belonging to city councilm n caught
browsing on the vegetation in the front
yard of a Washington street residence
one night last week. She was taken
to the pen, held until next morning,
when a fine of 81 was imposed. This
paid, it is said that later in the day
the owner
Sent her miles away from town and had
her enclosed in thirty acre field where she
can Craze to her hearts content and be safe
from the eagle eye and strong arm of the
law.
This is what we want in Frostburg-
'the eagle eye and strong arm of the
law"
But first an ordinance endowing the
police with the vision of an eagle and
the puissance of the peoples will.
For prevention is better than cure.
Another Strike "DccIared or"
1t has been apparent for weeks that
the Pittsburg coal miners strike, in
volving body Of men four times as
large as the mining population of
Georges Greek, for an advance of 10
cents a ton, was a hopeless enterprise.
SO it has turned out to be.
At a convention of the leaders
Tuesday it was unanimously decided
to declare the strike off," and the dis
patch from which we quote further
states that
The action Of the convention has ocCa-
stoned general rejoicing throughout the dis
trct.
All this humiliation after nearly
fifteen hundred thousand dollars in
wages have been lost, and innocent
families suffered for the necessaries of
life.
But the wages of organization under
ignorant leadership is hunger and
nakedness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Probably a New School Era.


The election of judge Stake probably
means a new deal in school affairs.
1t is likely either Mr.. Shepherd or
Mr.. Jameson will have to give place
to some gentleman of Mr.. Stakes
political faith.
If not, there is disappointment ahead
for some of his warm supporters.
If he does, then the democratic
Legislature will undoubtedly take the
appointment of school commissioners
out of judicial hands and place it in
the governors.
The democratic Legislature will dc
this anyhow.
Not later than two years hence,
then, the same power, as stated by a
writer in the Homecoming Star last
week, that names our magistrates
registrars, and election officers vii
appoint school commissioners, ex
aminer, trustees and teachers-al
of one political color, and all of one
fractional complexion.
1t will be close corporation o.
meum and tenn, especially held by al
hands in the interestof meum.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07
Gents Furnishing Goods!

Remember We have old stock We do nislepresen
any goods effect sale People who deal with vii
call again Why Because they always get good
bargain.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-07

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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-09

appointment. A man who had had a
conversation with them states that tho
Lummis are possessed of a great amount
Of patriotism, and hate to lose an OPP
portunity to manifest the same.
Five irrigation companies we're organ
lied inside of two weeks at Pendleton.
It will not be many years before that
entire section is vast garden, and the
days when it would produce nothing
but bunchgrass and sagecrush will be
memory only.
The amount due the Umitilla Indians
for improvements they have made on the
lands recently sold, will amount to about
$4,000 This, the Pendleton Tribune
SAYS. will be paid to them individually
through the commissioner of the Indian
affairs.
The Wilbur Register states that Spo-
kane parties are contemplating the cree
ton of another Touring mill at that
point. Situated as it is in the heart of
vast grain producing country, it
would not be strange if Wilbur became
a great milling center.
The citizens of both Davenport and
Wilbur are confident that the Great
Northern will ultimately reach their
town, and on the strength Of this con-
real estate has chan ged hands
in the first named town.
Aumgville has about completed ar
for the establishment of
cannery.
Ground has been broken for the first
brick building to be erected in Kettle
Falls.
Labor day was celebrated at Whatcom
by grand procession, athletic contests
for prizes and ball in the evening.
Coulee citizens are making extensive
for the reception of the
Spokanites who will go on the Big Bend
excursion next Wednesday.
Travel has not yet been commenced
on the Nonum trail between Ellenburgh
and Wenatchee. 1t is reported that five
feet of SNOW covers a portion of it.
Bellingham bay citizens are much in
terested in the proposed Presbyterian
they hope to have located
near by, and will hold public meeting
during the week to arrange for dona-
lions of land and other matters.
The Iowa Flat and Wenas Ditch Com
pany are going to work at once to build
five miles of ditch with carrying ca
pacity of 1000 cubic inches OF water. 1t
is estimated that this additional supply |
Of water will be sufficient to irrigate the
major portion of the Wenas country.
At Kettle Falls the Columbia river is
rising at the rate of q feet every twenty
four hours. The recent warm weather
has had it's effect on the snow in the
British Columbia mountains, and it is
coming down in foods. The rising
waters have compelled suspension of
the work of surveying the river, and the
engineers will do nothing
further until the volume of water sub
sides.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-09

Deputy sheriff Spencer was dis
patched to Asotin county last Saturday,
says the Commoner, with warrant for
the arrest of one D. Mohler, fruit
farmer on Snake river, which was issued
out of the justice court at Uniontown,
upon complaint of one Skeels, who
charges Mohler with the theft of horse.
1t is learned that Skeels, who lives
near Uniontown, found a missing horse
which he had kept up all winter, upon
the range about Mothers place, with the
latter's brand upon him.
The warrant was served, and at pre-
l1minary trial at Uniontown, the defea-
dant was placed under bonds of $500 to
reappear for trial next Saturday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-09
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between
Henry Sewer and John I. Henry is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, H.
Sewer retiring from the firm. The bus
mess will hereafter be conducted by J.
t. Henry and Murray Henry, who will
collect all bills made between March Is,
1891. and April Z, 1891.
Dated April It'll, 1891.
HENRY SEWER,
24w4 J. t. HENRY.
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Ed. GROSS, Register.

WANTED:-Good reliable firms or
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Companies OF the best financial standing
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good reie ence. MARTIN Bios. stat
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HENRY W Mnap1s

Ed. 1867 for the NJ, W 4, See. "a, tp. Ism,
R 45 z. He names the following witnesses to
prove bis continuous residence upon and cult
walton Of, said land, viz: Wm. H. KitzmilIer.
E, N. Eurnham, c. Q. Morrell, George D
Harris, all Of Pullman Wash.
IN 4 spoo., r.-l
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-09

MILLINERY. DRESSMAKING
Mrs. G. L. Jackson, millinery and
dressmaking, first house south of Rice's
blacksmith shop. 23tf
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Full information concerning rates, tin. Of
Trans, routes and othe detsi!s furnished On an
plication TO any agent, or
q. D. CHARLTON,
Asst Gent Passenger Agt.
Portland, Oregon.
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table on Main st, Pullman, Wash.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Walla Walla, Wash.
April 18th, 1881. Notice is hereby given that
the following settler las fled notice OF
his intention to make commuted homestead proof
in support of his claim, and that said proof will
be made before the clerk q the County Court Of
Whitman county, at Colfax, wash, Oh, May g,
1891, viz:
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-26
THE ACTORS FUNERAL.
Last Services Performed Over the Re.
mains of Lawrence RaereSt

Last Services Performed Over the Re-
mains of Lawrence Barrett,
NEW YORK, March 24.-The funeral
services of Lawrence Barrett took place
in the parlors Of the Windsor hotel, con-
Quoted by the Rev. Thomas Sherman,
and were of the simplest character pos
sible, only the prayers for the dead be-
ing said. The casket was of rosewood,
covered with black cloth. Two floral
gifts lay on its lid. One was cross Of
white lilies from Mary Anderson, and
the other wreath of roses from Gen.
w. w. Blackman, of Boston. About
fifty people were present during the
services. Among them were Mrs. Bar
rett, Edwin Booth, Mrs. Marshall Will
jams Barrett's daughter) and her hus-
band, Louis Barrett, A. M. Palmer,
Augustin DAILY, Minnie Gale, Lewis
Aldrich, John Russell Young, John W.
Mackay, Mrs. Rachel Sherman, Daniel
Jarrett, Theodore Bromley, Joseph b.
Levy, Judge DAILY and J. w. Conner,
The services lasted just ten minutes and
at the close the body was taken to the
Grand Central depot and placed in
WeodlaWp funeral car Of the II a. m.
train for Boston,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-03-26
A CHICAGO STORY.

Italians Raising an Army of $4,000 to
Avenge the Malta Lynchings.
CHICAGO, March GA special to The
Inter-Ocean from Ottawa, Ont, says:
The Inter-Ocean correspondent met
Antonio Scarpelli,a contractor and lead
ing light among the Italians in this dis
trict, in the railway ticket Office here,
inquiring the fare to New Orleans. He
made no secret of the fact that he had
just received letter from a prominent
Italian residing in the State of Pennsyl-
vania asking if he would endeavor to Sc
cure all the Italians possible to join in a
movement which is being organized to
avenge the recent murder of their coun-
trymen at New Orleans next month.
The name of his correspondent or the
city in which he resides he positively re-
fused to disclose.
The letter informed Scarpeli that it
was proposed to raise an army of II, 900
Italians, promises having been received
from Italy that IA 600 stand of arms
would be sent to them if that number of
men were raised in the United States
and Canada to march against the Cres-
cent city.