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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-22
Brevities.

A box of plums, the largest ever
chronicled by the great paper, was left
or this table Monday by our townsman,
Owen Hitchins. Ripe and luscious,
they were grateful to the taste of the
JOURNAL as were the fruits of Capua
to the hungriest of Hannibal's vet
Grams.
The JOURNAL thanks Miss Jessie
McCardell for recent copies of Bes-
semer (Ala.) papers and the New York
San. In the former her father, Maj.
7. F. McCardell, is named as one of
J. J. Hoblitzell's right-hand Alabama
men, and in the latter are marked
samples of the product of her brother
Roy's humorous and exuberant pen.
Mr.. Hayerstick appears to think
that an evil, if an evil, cannot be
corrected by duplicating it.
Miss Ada Preston sent the JOURNAL
Il lot of big, delicious plums Thursday.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-22

TO visit their store, they nquesonab have the Largest
L and Best Stock of Goods in their line in all
Mayn If you want to be economical here is the place to
money If heretofore you have had trouble to get Shoes
to fit, here is the place to and get a perfect fit.
Here you Get all grades of Shoes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-22


corrected by duplicating it.
Miss Ada Preston sent the JOURNAL
Il lot of big, delicious plums Thursday.
Personal.
J. l.. Marx. of the firm of Marx q Field
stein, has just returned from the east,
where he has been for the past two
weeks buying complete stock of fall
and winter goods. Look for their
advertisement next week.
John Wenk, of Mahoningtown, Pa,
is in Frostburg among relatives and
friends for short while. He is an
excellent young man and prospers
where he lives.
Judge John Douglas, of Homecoming,
was the guest of Owen Hitchins Mon
day.
Miss Mollie A. Thomas, recent grad
uate of the State normal school, has
been appointed principal of the Sand
Spring school. She is a daughter of
ex-Mayor William Thomas and well
qualified to fill the position.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. j. Moat returned
Monday-the former from Florida, the
latter from Montgomery county.
Mrs. G. Unruh and little daughter,
Mary, of Baltimore Misses n.
Webster, of Washington, d. c., and
Bertha Somerkamp, of Cumberland,
are guests of Miss Bessie Coyner.
Misses Annie Campbell and Lola
Gaitley, of Baltimore. spent this week
with Miss Mary E. Mcclure.
Misses Annie and Emma Mayer and
Jennie Haberlein have returned from
a delightful visit to friends in Meyers
dale and Salisbury, Pa.
B. Mahanna, of Chicago, was in
town Saturday talking creamery to
our leading people. He will be back
again.
A most delightful birthday ball was
given by Miss Bertha Somerkamp at
her home in Cumberland Tuesday
evening. Those present from Frost
burg were Miss Bessie Coyner and
Messrs. l.. w. Wood, A. R Croft,
M. w. Curran and Charles Hitsel-
berger.
Misses Alice Ways, Agnes McKenna
and Agnes Hartman, of Cumberland,
are visiting Miss Katie Mclaughlin.
Mrs. Josiah Fl. Gordon, of Balti.
more, spent yesterday at Mont Vue
Cottages.
Miss Ogilby, of Cumberland, was in
town yesterday.
John 7. Walsh, of Homecoming, paid
the JOURNAL a welcome cali yesterday
He is a candidate for the Clerkship OF
the Circuit Court.
Otto Frey, went home to Pittsburg
Pa, after a delightful recreation O
ten days here.
Miss Nellie Coppard, of Akron
Ohio, is visiting friends here.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-22

Central Passenger Agent,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Between the cuticle-the epidermis.
that is, or scarfskin-and the true skin
is layer Of cells which secrete from the
blood dark coloring matter. The
black races have this feature most fully
developed, but even the ightest are not
wholly destitute of it, Z
Its complete absence chAracterizes the
ainino- giving Gs~occasi 5nally a chalk
white negro, the hair, Of course, partici-
pating in the defect. AS this pigment
is also wanting in the albino's choroid
coat of the eye-normally dark back
ground for the retina, and essential to
clear vision-he is nearly blind except at
night.
There is often local absence of pig
ment, causing white patches on the
limbs and different parts of the body.
Such patch on the head may give rise
to a solitary white lock amid a full head
of dark hair
Some parts of the skin are naturally
darker than the rest, and the darker
color may extend far beyond the usual
limit and still be purely physiological,
but dark colOred spots often appear on
the body as a result of some diseased
condition or Of exciting causes.
The simplest and commonest Of such
spots are known as freckles. Their re-
mote cause is a peculiarly sensitive skin;
their direct cause is the light and heat
of the sun. Persons with fair skin and
hair are most subject to them. The pig
ment, which in others is uniformly dis
tributed, seems to gather into small
rounded Youths Companion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

Careful observations ard comparisons
made by scientific Americans prove that
the hottest region on the earth is on the
southwestern coast Of Persia, where Per
STA borders the gulf Of the same name.
For forty consecutive days in the
months of July and August the Their
mometer has been known not to fall
lower than 100 degs. night or day, and
to often run up as high as 1913 dogs. in
the afternoon.
At Bahrin, in the center of the torrid
part of the torrid belt, as though it were
natures intention to make the region as
unbearable as possible, no water can
be obtained from digging wells 100, 200
or even 500 feet deep, yet a comparative
ly numerous population contrive to live
there, thanks to copious springs which
break forth from the bottom of the gulf.
more than a mile from shore. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

In the long procession that passes be-
fore the cashier Of q savings bank are
many odd characters. The man behind
the counter does not receive the de-
posits, little and great, without retain
ing also a good many amusing recollec-
tons. The other day pleasant faced
woman handed her book to the cashier
in a Boston savings bank, and said, with
a good deal Of what the French call EN-
pressement, Next week | wish to draw
the full amount Of my deposit"
Every we'll madam" answered the
cashier, looking at the book.
Il thought | would mention it today,
and then it would not cause any incon-
venience." she continued, with bright
smile
THANK you very much" replied the
cashier Come in any time next week
and you shall have it. Or you can draw
it today if you like. We have the
amount on hand" and he smiled upon
his customer as if he took a personal
interest in her plans.
mo, will come in next Wednesday,
tIldIh gu, anu SIG UIlppCu dftppl4y
away with her precious book.
The full amount Of her deposit was
5000.
Not long ago an Irishman explained to
the cashier that he wished to draw a
certain amount from the deposit of
friend, whose book he presented.
VERY we'll, said the cashier, hand
ing him a printed blank You must
have your friend sign this order. Let
him put his name here, and write Pay
to Bearer here, and we will give you the
money"
Not many hours later Mr.. Riley ap
peared again He pointed to his friends
name properly signed to the order, and
also an inscription after the printed
words, pay to -.
Il don't know what We wanted that
name there for" he said, but | wrote it
in as We told me-"
The name he had written in was
'Pater Barrier.
There being no rule of the bank
against phonetic spelling, Mr.. Riley re
ceived his money forthwith.-Youth's
Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Work of the Associated Press.

mo" said William Henry Smith to a
reporter, you are mistaken when you
say there is less news in summer than in
winter. The quantity of news. as demon
strated by our association, is about the
same the year around. But there is this
distinction, that in the summer there is
more sporting news, naturally enough,
while i'll the winter you have your con-
gress, your parliament and your reich
stag. All in all, however, we handle
about the same amount of news the year
around
1.-The daily average amount of tele-
graphic matter received in our New
York office is fully 100, 900 words. This
lie Transcribed and edited by our corps of
$50 men, who prepare it in circuits, to
be distributed to our subscribers all over
the United States. We strive to select
news with reference to its adaptability
to the district in which our subscriber
lives.
"All this fund of news is collected by
our local correspondents. Our aim is to
have a man in every place of importance
throughout the Union, with special men
constantly on the call for emergency
work. Thus at the time of the Louis.
vile cyclone we at once sent out a corps
Of men from indianapolis. They had
their special car hurried to the scene Of
disaster, and in few hours compare
lively had prepared many columns Of in
tensely interesting matter. Such is an
Illustration Of the workings of our sys-
TEN. Detroit Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Honest.

No man can pursue an honest policy
for long course Of years without gain
ing a reputation more to be valued than
great riches. It does one good, heart
and soul, to remember that there are
men who are like pillars Of fire by night
to more wavering cOnsciences, men who
can reject a bride with the haughtiness
due an insult. The late w. II. Y. Hack
EFT, of Portsmouth, was an exception
ally honest man, one of those lawyers
who, like Abraham Lincoln, would not
undertake case which did not seem to
him just one, and wherever he was
known his influence over a jury was
naturally great.
One day, after the termination of a
certain case, Mr.. Hackett met an old
farmer who had been one Of the jury,
and who felt that too much time had
been consumed in reaching verdict.
1.-THE fact is, squire" he said, eve
shouldn't ha' been so long a-givin' you
that case, but somehow or other there
happened to be couple o men on there
who didn't know you at all. Waal, the
rest of us, we just told EN- what kind Of
a man we knowed Squire Hackett to be.
An we kind of insisted upon it that we
could depend exactly on what you said.
An so, after that, we all came round
together. Youths Companion.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
An Interesting Reunion.

A family reunion was held at Lancas-
ter, Mass, Aug. 16which was somewhat
remarkable. Mr.. and Mrs. John W
Barnes We're married there in May, 1885,
and have been blessed with eight chill
dren, four girls and four boys. The en-
tire family were gathered under the
parental roof on the above date for the
first time in eighteen years. Instances
OF tifty-hve years Of married life, with
out break in so large a number of chill
dren, are certainly very rare, and the
Barnes family Of Lancaster ought to be
desirable risks for life insurance com
panies. The average age of the whole
family was found to be sos years, rang
ing from s. to 80, and the average
weight was 1878 pounds, ranging from
223! pounds (the weight of the baby to
1870 pounds, the weight of the oldest
child-BostOn journal.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Choice in Pictures.

A woman who lives in the heart of
the city said to me once as | was adj
miring a small sea view which hung
near her dressing table: Isn't that a
rest2 You see l gather here only quiet
landscapes. Let the people in the
country have the figure pieces, the
grand situations and the activities on
canvas. | need the breath Of quiet. s"
She had followed her thought; all
about her walls were hung suggestive
sketches; bits of green fields country
lanes, FIR away hills, flying birds and
evening Nights across stretches of snow.
The choice of pictures therefore re
solves itself into a question of circum-
stance and relation. Edmund Rus
sell, in his art lectures given with much
success in London, and also with favor
in New York, speaking of the decora-
ton Of our rooms, says: ''The color of
our wall we dwell in; it surrounds us,
as sunlight and atmosphere; it EN-
braces us and is as subtle in its effect
as the spiritual. Pictures we study
and feel; they are teachers; tell
story; we go to them to be interested,
and are led away to other thoughts and
new associations. Housewife
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
The Saxon Hentarchv.

Heptarchy, or government of seven
rulers, was gradually formed in Eng
land from ASS, when Hengist became
king of Kent. 1t terminated in 828,
when Egbert became sole monarch Of
England. There were at first nine or
ten Saxon kingdoms, but Middlesex
soon ceased to exist, and Bernicia and
Deira were generally governed by one
ruleras Northumbria.- Boston Budget.
Of the entire human race 5OO,OOO,OOO
are well clothed, that is, they wear gar
ments of some kind; 250, 100000 habltu-
ally go naked, and O0,00O,O 900 only cover
parts of the body; 500,0O0,0OO live In
houses, 700 900, 900 in huts and caves and
$50. 0O0, 600 virtually have no shelter.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Locusts Easily Dicesteh-

The people Of Zanzibar should stand
high for the comprehensive character of
their cuisine. Among other delicacies
are small monkey and fruit eating bats.
Locusts are relished by the Bedouin Of
MesOpotamia and some other eastern
tribes. They are placed on strings and
eaten on journeys with bitter and I'M
leavened bread. The Hebrews. who
We're prohibited eating many kinds of
food which our larger experience teaches
us are palatable and wholesome, as well
as some that we do not venture to touch.
were permitted to have their fill of To-
Gusts.
The locust is an article Of diet TO this
day, but only of the very poor; it is
thrown into boiling water and eaten
with salt. To live on locusts and wild
honey conveys a more accurate picture
OF extreme poverty and frugality to a
traveller i'll the east than to any one else.
LOcusts, however, are not always cooked.
sometimes they are eaten fresh. They
are said to have a strong vegetable taste,
the flavor largely depending, as might
be expected, on the plants on which
they have been feeding. DIR. Living
stone, who showed his common sense by
not being fastidious, considered them
palatable when roasted.-Scottish Re-
view.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
improved Dress of Englishmen.

The universal verdict of strangers
who have been regular visitors to
London for a number of years is that
the English dress so per cent. better
than they used to. Time honored ira
ditions of patronizing ones grand
fathers tailor, or leaving ones measure
with the standing order to send home
so many suits and so many pairs of
trousers each quarter have given place
to common sense. Young dandies who
would once have felt like lackeys in a
waistcoat not from Poole or Smallpage,
now find consolation in the lower prices
and not at all bad fit given by Kino
of the Strand or Young Of Holborn.
-Clothier and Furnisher.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Two Ingenioms Panners Canrht-

Sympathetic spectators gathered one
afternoon around young man who fell
down i'll front Of the Louvre in what ap-
peared to be an epileptic seizure. One
OF the bystanders stepped forward and
proposed to carry the invalid to a
chemist S shop not far off, and another
offered to assist, The one who spoke
first took up the epileptic's hat, and
throwing SlXpenCe into it said to the
crowd, 81 am poor man myself, but if
each one Of you did as | do this I'M
fortunate creature would have some
thing to help to relieve his sufferings."
Impelled by this generous example the
crowd showered coppers and small silver
into the hat until over ten shillings was
collected.
Great was their establishment when
two constables walked up and seized
both the benevolent originator of the
aims collection and the epileptic suffer
er. The latter, as soon as he opened his
eyes and saw the policeman, forgot that
he was an invalid and attempted to es-
cape. They were both taken to the lock-
up and We're itjontsG>sd sas t>s,e, wei
known lazy mendicants, named Garnet
and Desmarets They had enacted the
same dodge successfully in the Rue Saint
Honore duI 4 he forenoon, the epilep-
tic and his sgue on that occasion
fleeing the ch@Nrable to the extent Of
IS. The chemists assistant who re
ieved the pretended sufferer in the Rue
Saint Honore happened to pass the
Louvre while his second performance
was going on. Suspecting a fraud, he
told the police. Hence their arrest
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
BADLY CripDled.

A party Of Americans, including three
or four boys and girls, were not long
ago visiting an ancient church in a
French provincial city. An aged beadle
showed them the objects of interest.
Whose portrait is this?" asked one of
the girls, indicating an ancient canvas
upon which the face and form of a man
in armor could barely be made out.
"That, said the beadle, after stopping
to take pinch Of snuff, sis the celebrat-
ed Grand Duke Anatole, the founder of
the church"
WAS he a great SOLDIER"
Eyes; but he had the misfortune to
lose a leg or an arm in every battle in
which he took part"
GLOW many battles did he take part
in?" asked one Of the boys
The beadle, who was expecting a
sneeze, looked skyward a minute, then
sneezed violently, used his handker-
chief, and answered:
Twenty FOUR Youths Companion
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
A CLEVER TRICK EXPOSED.
High Priced Suits That Are Made t,
Show and Not to BE Sold.

High Priced Suits That Are Made to
Show and Not to BE Sold.
| have noticed in the windows Of a
certain ready made clothing establish
ment that advertises literally and well,
and works the bargain sale racket upon
a scale of fairness well out of the beaten
rut, upon several occasions one or more
overcOats or suits Of clothes made up in
distinctly custom made material, and
finished with all the laborious care that
is bestowed upon the high class made to
order garment. have out of curiosity
frequently gone into this store on rush
days to note the quality of the goods
offered for the money, and it must be
said that the prices quoted were gener-
ally away down below the rock bottom
cost of manufacture.
Inside the store | encounter several
more Of these handsomely made suits.
even went so far upon one occasion as to
try on one Of the coats thereof, but it
did not fit, and the obliging clerk in
formed me that they We're all sold out of
my size. The price quoted was $12 and
as matter Of fact such a suit could not
have been manufactured for double that
sum. The size was small one-34
chest, and while ! fingered for further
information a small and slender man
came along looking over the counters.
He picked up the fine suit and awaited
developments. He asked the price, felt
the cloth and tried It on
The man was Of peculiar shape, and
to the horror Of the clerk it fitted him
exactly. Let me show you something
else" NO, was the decisive answer;
81 will take this, and the twelve dollars
was counted out When he left the store
with is prize there was "wailing and
crashing Of teeth"
Gould you not see he was a bad shape
and it might fit him?" queried the man
ager
well, l thought they were made, "
answered the clerk 80 that they
wouldn't fit anybody"
The secret was out And a clever
catch trade device it is. remember
distinctly the seraphic smile of the little
lOp sided man as he strobe out of the
door in that, on him. perfect fitting gray
cashmere ten strike. The decoy suit
that will not fit anybody is the latest
trick Of the trade. and its protector is
certainly genius in his way.-Clothier
and Furnishor
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
Didn't Accord.

It is remarkable to what extent refine
ment may be carried. There is in this
city young man who eats crused violets
and wears a searzueck tie every time he
feels an attack of the blues approaching
The other evening he awoke in the mid
die of the night, and, rousing his room
mate, said:
This is simply agonizing.'
what is the natter
''Those two mosquitoes that are sing
ing in the room.
swell. what do you care SO long as
they don't bite your
"They are not singing in harmony. >
Washington Post,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03

There is a story told of a young ply
stefan Of this city who was connected
at one time with the Emergency hos
pital, which has caused many a smile
at his expense. He had not long been
stationed at the hospital when a woman
was brought in suffering from a severe
scalp wound The blood was yelling
out in great jets and was fast dyeing
her golden curIs a rusty red, and the
doctor was engaged in hastily clipping
her hair, when his patient exclaimed,
"Oh, doctor don'tT Thinking he
might have hurt her, he said, "Oh,
never mind; that's all right" ''No,
it's not, !" responded the lady with some
warmth, for you are cutting my wig"
And so he was Washington Post.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-01-03
How to Eat Peaches.

1.-The art of eating peach" is, it APP
pears, one Of the questions Of the day
According to one authority ON the Ell
quette of the dinner table peach should
be picked with the fork, quartered.
peeled and eaten piecemeal. But as so
much manipulation would evidently
leave all the juice of the fruit on the
plate this method, to be palatable, re-
quires the courage of the young lady in
the story who, at her first appearance at
a dinner party, raised her dessert plate
with her two hands and calmly drank
the sweet juice of the nectarines. The
French rule of eating peaches will, there
fore, be accepted with much favor, and
that rule is, by mordre a pleines
dents Pail Mall Budget.