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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
GENERAL ITEMS.
Excursion to Lexington, Va.

For this occasion the B. & O. r. r.
announces the sale of tickets on July
10Th and Goth at rate of one fare for the
round t,ip at Baltimore, Washington
and at all stations on its lines west of
these two cities i'll Maryland, Virginia
Il West Virginia. The unwilling
ceremonies will be the occasion of the
reunion of many veterans of the North
and South and of the assembling of a
large number of Confederate Veteran
Camps. Tickets will be valid for 1e-
turn passage until Jul y Both inclusive.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Arrested i'm Texas.

Sheriff Walker and States attorney
Sloan apprehended S. M. Trenton and
Frank Kerns in Texas last week and
they are now in the county Jail. They
are under indictment for larceny in
Westernport March II, 1890.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11

A correspondent of the Elk Garden
CIV. Na.) Ne,cs says they have some
dirty magistrates and constables over
there. just now when store eggs are
cheap and generally under suspicion,
there ought to be a way to make it I'M
pleasant for a local judiciary and
constabulary that make themselves
nuisances.
There is great deal in the mining
outlook to discourage the Knights of
Labor and the fight between Gompers
and Powderly is not likely to have an
unfavorable bearing on the crop of
coal this year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Easy Sailing.

1t looks very much like Frank
Brown will get the nomination fol
governor.
In which event the republicans will
have a fine show for success.
Almost any man they can put in the
field will keep Brown off the stump or
drive him from if.
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"DiSmatcrial" IS.

If, as the Le7ger idiotically suggests,
the presence of Frank Brown made
the JOURNAL i'll. the Ledger ought to
keep "the farmers brother and "the
miners friend here all the time.
But it wouldn't work.
The JOURNAL, well or i'll, is more
than match for both Hartman and
Brown
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11

Put this in your pe.-Lonaconing Star.
The material presented is entitled to
burning, but thanks the JOURNAL
has no pipe and does not befuddle its
grammar with smoke.
The above remarks refer to a genius
Sin the west who has decided that
the JOURNAL is 'pitiably ignorant of
grammar" an opinion easily formed
by fools satisfied with er-parte tes-
timony.
The Western bloke reads only the
Star, of course, and the Star quotes
from the JOURNAL only what does
not hurt it in the estimation of class
of readers, taking the occidental
galoot as sample, who must be very
fresh, and breezy with their freshness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
SENII-LOCAL NEWS.


In Baltimore Wednesday, July s.
1891, by Rev. j. Watts Shoaff, Mr..
Albert c.. Lewis and Miss Fanny Fern
Tenant. daughter of A. w. Tenant,
formerly of Frostburg. The occasion
was a very happy one.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Midsummer Excursion to Atlantic
City via IL. q o.

Thursday, July 10th, has been
selected by the B. Il 0. R. r., as the
date of its second excursion to Atlantic
City from stations on all lines of its
system east of the Ohio river as far as
Washington junction. The date will
be most Opportunely mid summer and
the most desirable time for change
from the mountains and valleys
traversed by the b. Il 0. to the sea,
shore. 1t will be essentially season
of outings and at no paroid of the
summer is Atlantic City as attractive
or the surf better adapted for bathing.
passengers by day trains can spend
the night in Philadel phia and take any
regular train of the Reading route the
following day, Friday. for the sea-
shore. Tickets will he good for return
passage on any tran until July 18th
inclusive, and will permit holder on
return journey to stop off at Washing
ton, the Mecca of all tourists. Be
sides this opportunity of inspecting
the public buildings, museums and art
galleries of the capital, all free of
charge. Mt. Vernon, the tomb of
Washington, can be visited.
Consult appended table for time of
trains and rates of fare:
a. M. an a. NJ. pm.
Cumberland. : IS 800 II 30 ll2O 7.N
Trains leave Cumberland also at 1859 a. IN.
and l:5O p. M.
Correspondingly low rates from
other stations.
Pullman Parlor Cars on day trains
and Pullman Sleeping Cars on night
trains.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Died,

At the residence of his father, Eek
hart, Md, of typhoid fever, Saturday
morning, July 4, 1891, Frank Rourke,
aged 26 years. son of Michael Rourke.
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Half Rates to the Northwest via Ii. &
o. R.R.

On account of the Convention of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor at Minneapolis, Mimi, July
9th to 18th, the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will sell round trip
tickets to that City from all stations
on its lines from July to s inclusive,
at the low rate of one fare for the
round trip. These cheap rates are not
restricted to delegates, but are open to
the general public Tickets will be
valid for return journey on trains leav-
ing Minnear oils July 18th to 18th in
elusive. Those desiring to remain
longer can do so by depositing their
tickets for safe keeping with the Agent
of the terminal railroad at MINNEAPOLIS
until they wish to begin their return
journey, such date not to be later than
August Goth, 1891.
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COUNTY NEWS.


1t is believed both Robinson and
Sample fought very shy of Homecoming
lemonade on the 4th
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
The People Will Not Always Endorse
Enough to he Thank f'ul For,

Homecoming has lost the county ad-
vertising, but retains the Star, j. Joker
Robinson and the proud distinction
Of being Allegany's one and only gen
uine third place.
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n New Bank,

We have received circulars announc-
IN the establishment of the Citizens
National Bank, of Seattle, Washing
ton, with Mr.. r. H. Van Horn, presi-
dent, Mr.. Guy c. Phinny, vice presi-
dent and Mr.. E. w. Price, cashier.
The capital stock of the bank is
$3OO,OOO. AS the president is former
Homecoming gentleman. we wish the
institution success.-Lonaconing Star.
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Attorney Bell.

Mr.. W. r. Bell. of this place,
brother to Commissioner J. J. Bell,
was on Friday last, admitted to the
Allegany county bar, as practitioner.
Mr.. Bell has recently graduated from
the Columbia Law College, ut New
York City, and is a capable and
promising young man. He passed the
examination in Cumberland in a very
creditable manner, and was con-
graduated by Judge Hoffman and the
members of the bar. Mr.. Bell has not
yet gone into active practice. He
will rest during the warm weather and
make his arrangements later in the
season.-Lonaconing Star.
The County Sunday School Convention.
The Allegany County S. S. Con-
vention, which will meet at Lonacon-
ing Saturday July Is, at 10 o'clock, is
likely to be largely attended and a
most interesting occasion. Among
the subjects which will be discussed
are the following:
The Work and Worth of Sunday School
Conventions.
The True Basis of Sunday School Work.
The Teachers Theme.
The Teachers Lifa.
Condition of Sunday school Work in
Allegany County.
Systematic Giving.
The Relation of the Sunday School to the
Temperance Movement.
Incidental subjects will be presented
through the Question Box. Rev. W.
w. Van Arsdale, of our town, has
been invited to address the Conyen-
| ton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
About an Oversight.

In printing the following paragraph
last week the JOURNAL was in error:
As newspaper the Homecoming star is a
failure.
The salary of postmaster Dixon was last
week increased from 81 LOO to 81 200, but the
Star does not record the raise.
An extra copy of the Star, since re-
ceived, shows the following marked
notice:
Postmaster Dixon's salary has been in
creased from 81, 100 to $1,000 per year. This
is due to increased business.
Very modest and retiring, this little
statement was hidden in a collection
of brac, entitled "Local Drift. :"
The JOURNAL did not see it.
The big headlines which the Stu" in
dulges on bumptious occasions We're
critically surveyed, but in vain. The
figures, as compared with Frostburg's
81 800, did not justify any famboyant
gushings over Homecoming as second
place.
Hence, the JOURNALS oversight.
And hence the JOURNALS disap-
pointment.
The proofs of Frostburg's supremacy
in the field of population outside of
Cumberland are thus beginning to
appear in supplementary forms.
By and by, the last appendix will
contain the confession of the star.
There was no second-place blowing
Thursday, and the end Of that case of
bumptiousness may be nearer than we
imagine.
Then "roll around We wheels of
time"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Fraternal COnundrum.

With "a farmer" for governor and
"a farmer for mine inspector, there
is no reason why the miners should
not be supremacy happy.
By the way, when he gets to be
governor what is farmer Broecn going
to do with farmer Brooning9
The People Will Not Always Endorse
Mediocrity.
The "boys' think Frank Brown is
sure Of the nomination for governor.
Perhaps he is.
But such foolishness invites defeat.
And it is game that will be play
ed once too often.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11

Say, Rsrie~, and JOURNAL, yon are over
looking the fact that you each owe the county
the price Of the levy list fer 1887, which you
got paid for but which you never printed.
How about it ?-Lonaconing Star.
Just this:
The arrangement thus brought
about cost the JOURNAL 1888 for that
year, and three times that amount
since-in all $233.32
This amount was the JOURNALS CON
tribution to the fund with which the
commissioners endowed the Star.
Now, if the Star will refund the
$233.32 which its existence has cost the
JOURNAL, the JOURNAL will turn $ll5
of it into the county treasury.
This is a frstclass chance for the
Star to put up or shut up.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
Needs Watching.

The LeC1ger speaks of the JOURNAL
as ga disappointed office-seeker."
The JOURNAL has not only held more
offices than the Ledger man will ever
be named in connection with, but it
has declined more than the entire
Ledger company will ever win on their
merits.
Should Frank Brown be elected gov
ernor, however, there is no telling what
funny freaks executive lightning will
play around here, and being a reputed
stakeholder in the Ledger company,
the Cumberland Times will do well to
look a little to windward for his in
huence in the disposition of the States
advertising.
For without the county's and States
patronage, the Times will be the dead
est duck in all quackdom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-11
MINING JOURNAL
Music ON the North Side

But this Frostburg Rothschid makes a
point that the taxpayers should notice.
II claims that s33333 was not enough money
for the county advertising. And yet this
paper did the work for 1915. Why, if
s333.33 was not enough, did not this paper
refuse the work ?-Frostburg Ledgc1',
When William X. Barnard repre-
scented Garrett county in the House of
Delegates he was a redhot advocate Of
McHenrv's Gate for county-seat. he
was not long ut Annapolis before this
became known. 1t was also under
stood that he had great speech pre-
pared for delivery at the proper time
a period which came when his bill
reached third reading. In anticipa-
ton few members concocted scheme
to have some fun as the speech pro-
ceeded, and it developed about this
way:
Barnard began his speech in
measured words, warming up as he
passed on toward conclusions. AT
length, when wrought up to high
point. a member arose and asked:
Mr.. Speaker if the gentleman will permit
me, may inquire where is McHenry's Gate =?
Mr.. Misunderstanding, sir.
Pointing to his map he showed plain
ly the location of the Gate.
At the next warm place another
member wanted to learn
If the gentleman please where is Grants
vile?
This was also pointed out very cheer
fully and particularly.
The speech went on with growing
power and fervor until a third member
arose and asked
Where is Sang Run?
At this Barnard smelt a rat. and
quickly becoming sure of the scent,
the House was convulsed with the
following reply:
None Of your id business
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-12

minds one of Gudrin and her son Snorre, the
first European baby born in America. This
carries the history of the Dighton Rock in
scriptions back to the early part of the
eleventh century.
Antiquarians will probably have to con :
cede that there is very great similarity be-
tween these rude carvings, one found on the
rlght bank of the Taunton river, in Massa-
chusetts, the other on the right bank of the
Allegheny, in Pennsylvania. If the Morse
men are responsible for one they must also
be for the other. IF the Norsemen, then
they must have been
The DISCOVERIES of Petroleum.
In the explorations for oil on Oil Creek,
are found rude pits which are thought to
ante-date the Indians in this section, and
which are supposed to have been constructed
to collect the oil that exuded from the
ground or hoated down on the surface of
the water. If the Norsemen were around
here in the eleventh century they may have
been the builders of these pits, and the first
producers of petroleum.
The earliest mention Of "the Indian God"
and its Inscription, of which there is record,
was in 1149. In this year De Celoron. sent
by Louis XIV. of France, explored the
region between Lake Erie and the Ohio
river. During this exploration he buried
several leaden plates, one of which was
found near Lake Chautauqua. The purpose
of these plates seemed to be to establish
the claim of the French to the
territory adjacent The first public
mention Of these plates was in a letter
addressed BY Governor George Clinton to
the Board of Trades in London, dated New
York, December 1s, 1850. In this letter he
states that in two or three weeks he would
serd them plate of lead, full of writing,
hieh some of the upper nation Of Indians
stole from Jean Coear (Joncaire), the French
interpreter at Niagara, on his way to the
river Ohio, which river, and all the lands
Whereabouts. the French claim, as will ap-
pear bs said writing" Governor Clinton
further says that the lead plate gave the In
disns 90 much unessiness that they imme-
diately dispatched some of the chiefs to him
with il, saying that their only reliance was
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"Riviere Aux Boeufs," and in De Celoron's
journal is this passage:
Buried plate on the south bank of the Ohio
(Allegheny) river, four leagues below the
Riviere Aux Boeufs, opposite bald mountain
and near large stone, on which are many fig
ures rudely engraved.
This plainly identifies the location as
"The Indian God" rock. and numerous ex-
peditions from Oil City, Franklin and
neighboring towns have visited the place
with view to finding the plate. Diligent
search has been made, but without success.
The locality at which it was buried is pretty
accurately described in the manuscript, but
the high water and ice gor.es have no doubt
carried it away. The whole 'Indian God"
is submerged during the floods in the river.
and the current here is very swift. The In
dians are known to have held this rock in
superstitlous reverence, which they would
not, perhaps, have attached to it had the
carving upon it been the work of indians.
The Last Searching Party.
The last expedition to search for the plate
lows: The late Judge John Turnkey, the
late DIR. Eaton, r. L. Cochran, Esq, J. n.
Newton, Charles Heydrick and Jacob
Shirk, formerly wellknown oil producer.
Several laborers were engaged and an entire
day spent in removing earth and stones near
the rock, but no plate was found. The sur
roundings of the rock indicate that the
earth may have been washed considerably
during the period of time that has elapsed
since the plate was deposited, and it may
have been carried down the river beyond re-
covery.
Prior to the discussion concerning the
Dighton Rock the inscriptions on the
"Indian God" have been regarded solely as
curious specimens of Indian art, but thus
closely identifying it with the early Morse
men gives it new interest During the
early days of the oil business. when steam
boats ran on the Allegheny. it was rule to
always slacken the speed of passenger boats
at this point and announce ''the Indian
God" to give the people on board an oppor-
tunity to see the great curiosity.
r. w. CRIsWELL.
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THE DIGHToN ROCK CARVINGS.

pretty girls angels and adore them as god
desses. The japanese, on the contrary,
compare men with heaven and women with
earth. Probably no foreigner" knows the
japanese as thoroughly as Mr.. Basil Hall
Chamberlain, who has been Professor OF
PhilologY at the University of Toxic.
'Most japanese men," be says, 'even in
this very year of grace 1890, make no secret
of their disdain for the female sex. The
way in which they are treated bv the men
has hitherto been such as might cause a
pang to any generous European heart.
This contempt for women is shown in the
minutest details of life, as for example in
mourning etiquette, which prescribes that
animal food should be abstained from and
mourning garments worn for 15O days in
case of paternal grandfather but only 30
in case of maternal grandfather, 80 days
for paternal uncle, but only 30 days for
one on the maternal side, etc. According
to the "Greater Learning for Women" there
are five feminine vices which four women OF
every five possess-disobedience malice, SIAN
der, jealousy and stupidity-whence arises
their inferiority to man. Even woman s four
possible virtues are such as chiefly benefit
man-gentle obedience, chastity, mercy and
quietness. A Japanese Buddhist text says
that "a woman's exterior is that of o saint,
but her heart is that of a demon"
Every tourist who has visited Japan will
agree as to the malicious falseness Of these
ungallant remarks on the gentle, courteous,
sweet and graceful little women Of the isl
and empire. 1t is not easy to observe these
women in their homes, because it is not the
custom among the Japanese to invite friends.
least Of all foreigners, to their houses to
dinner, teahouses being always chosen for
such purpose; but in these same teahouses
o. Ia
cover and resent the untruthfulness of the
charge that "these low and ageravating
girls have had no proper education; they are
stupid, obstinate and vulgar in their
Speech" which is brought against the poor
bandmaidens, whom he. on the contrary,
always finds ready to serve him, ever smil-
ing, and even willing to fan him on sultry
summer afternoon. Imagine an American
waiter girl doing such thing
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God, and the carving on the side of it, re-
mained in my portfolio until I read in the
St Louis Globe Democrat of Sunday, March
27 last, OF the Dighton rock and the inscrip-
tions found upon it. The similarity of the
Dighton rock inscriptions and those of 1.-THE
Indian God" is SO striking that they are
presented herewith for comparison.
The Inscription on Dishton Rock.
Antiquarians attribute the Dighton Rock
inscriptions to Norsemen, and, comparing
them with the Photographic representation
OF those on ''the Indian God" they seem to
be very much of the same character; SO
much, indeed, that the same hand might
have made both. Fred B. Stevenson, in his
account of the Dighton Rock, says that
Prof Rafu. who interpreted the inscriptions
on it, and also Prof. Anderson, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, believe that the
Runic lettering was the work of early
Norsemen. Prof. Anderson, as late as 1891,
says that if Prof. Rafu's plates and inter-
pretations can be relied upon, all doubts
concerning the presence of Thorfnn
Karlsefne, who came to America in 1907,
at Taunton river, are removed.
Ine Dlgnton Rock IS SITUATED on the
right bank of the Taunton river, in Bristol
county, near the village of Taunton, Mass,
in the very region where the Norsemen fire.
quented. The inscriptions on it were
copied by DR.. Danforth in 1880, by Cotton
hather in 1712 by DR.. Greenwood in 1870.
by Stephen, Sewell In 176S, by James Win
throp in 1778, and by at least four others In
the last century. Quoting from the same
description of the rock we have thisi
Translating the Inscription.
Near the center of the inscription, in
Roman characters, may be seen: "CxxxI.,"
which is 151-the Icelsnders reckoning 12
decades, or 120 to the hundred, calling it
great hundred-the exact number of Thor
fms party. Then comes an n, boat and
the Runic character for NJ, which some an
tiquarians interpret an Nlorse) seafaring
M(en)." Then there is the word NAM,
which means "took possession" and all of
Thortnn's name except the first letter. The
following combination is thus made,
oRFIN, CXXXI.,
N (Picture of boat) N
NAM.
This Prof Rafu interprets: 'Thorfnn
with 151 Morse seataring men took possess
sion of this land Qandnam)."
There is figure of a woman and a child
in the lower leIt-hand corner, with a letter
8 near the latter, which, it is suggested, re-
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in him, and earnestly begged that he would
communicate the, contents thereof to them,
which he had done, much to their relief and
the interests Of the English. The Indians
who brought the plate to Governor Clinton
referred to it as devils writing"
Purport of the Writing.
The writing was in French and the sub
stance of it was that the plate had been
buried July %, 1749. and it should be
known thereby that the French laid claim to
the Ohio (Allegheny) river, all the rivers
emptying into it, and all the lands and
country adjacent thereto, "as enjoyed, or
ought to have been enjoyed by the Kings
of France preceding, as they have main
tanned themselves by arms and by treaties,
especially those of Ryswick. Utrecht and
Aix-la- Chapelle.
These leaden plates were about II inches
long by inches wide and 1s inch thick.
On the reverse side of all that have been
found was the name of Paul de Brosse, the
artist or engraver. From a manuscript left
by De Celeron, from which the facts OF this
expedition have been obtained, the name of
stream is spelled Kanaaiagu, and on one
of the plates it is spelled Chauougon, This
is Conewango, that receives the Chautauqua
outlet and empties into the Allegheny above
Warren, Pa. Throughout De Celoron's
manuscript he refers to the Allegheny as
the Ohio or "La Belle REVERE" A
plate was buried on the bank of the ALLIE
royal arms affixed to a tree in the vicinity.
A Plate at the Indian God.
French creek, that empties into the ALE
eheny at Franklin, seven miles below Oil
City, was called by these Frenchmen