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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

The pose plastique is the present craze
with those who enter tain eXtravagantly.
1t is a form of amusement that diverts
both old and young and is so simple in
its accounterments that it is within tho
reach of any young woman of artistic
tastAs who delights in gathering occa-
sional cong nnial company. To present
statue poses a temporary stage is erected
in the parlor or the drawing room and
is hung severely in folds of black cam
brio With the exception of small
lantern to illuminate the stage, the lights
are all tHrMeI out, thus bringing into
sharp relief the pose IT or poscurr, as the
case may be.
Much attention is given by the poser
to the dress and make up, which are
quite as important in producing effects
as attitudes. OF course it is taken for
granted that the poser Is Dalsartian and
accomplished in all 1.-the supple turns
of the oily and facial EXPRESSIONS. If
the poser be of feminine gender her
costume mnsr be a gown Of white cIsh-
mere or cheese cloth, cut in Parthenia
like fashion, falling loose from the low
neck and drawn in lightly ut the waist
with knotted ute cord. The wig
must be white and .he hair caught in a
genuine Psyche knot at the back.
Or if a more sim he and classic gown
is preferred tax I linen sheets, sew
the sides to her ltllil a half Yard of
the wid, hem at top. Through this
hem run tape s! rstring, sufficient in
length to fit snug over the chest. Slip
the arms throu the side openings,
arrange the gathe in folds, and confine
waist LOOSELY witt white cotton cord.
This long sk rt vi, allow graceful drap-
ing around the feet, especially if the
poser is on a ped 'st;l or other elevation.
The hair is coi,ed fit on the top of the
head and comp) ely covered with a
tight fitting cap of canton flannel. The
cap is made in five sections and finished
with an inch broad aid made of three
strands Of the fan Il. Neck, arms, and
face must be white. ed and the toilet is
com .'n)e. A man must wear sort of
Ro .; II toga, white tights, and buskins,
and White wig.
There are a number Of pretty poses
that may lie doe by two persons,
namely, Paul and Virginia" The
Storm, " and Cupid and Psyche" "The
Dying Gladiator, "Galatea," The
Quot Thrower" Ajax Defying Q
Lightning, and N rcury" are all suit
able subjects for one person, or if group
ings are desired, Apollo Wooing
Psyche" Faith, Hope, and CHAIR y, ="
"Clio Recording History" "The Nine
Muses." and "Dana at the Chase" all
make interesting subjects.
Soft low music accompanies the pos
ing, changing from grave to gay ac-
cording to the illustration.
Faithful representations of Rogers's
statuary are produced by dressing the
subjects in brown linen. The subdued
light against the dark background
gives the linen the exact coloring of the
famous ware.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
His Text.

A rising young minister, very absent
minded, very earnest, and very sensitive,
hurrying to church one Sunday morn
ing and going into the pulpit late, was
Mortified to discover that he had not his
carefully written sermon with him.
The service had begun by the singing of
the anthem, but he called up one of his
neighbor's boys, and gave him hurried
directions about his study and the proba-
BILE location of the sermon, and sent him
post haste to get it and return as fast as
possible The service proceeded, and
still the boy did not appear,
The young preacher was in agony.
He had never preached without notes,
and the perspiration stood in great beads
on his forehead, us he wondered what
he would do if the sermon did not
come. Finally, just as the last stanza
of the hymn Which preceded the SER
mon WAS being sung the boy appeared,
rushed up the aisle conspicuously, and
handed the minister his manuscript.
The clergyman tonk the package nerv-
ously, opened il, lad during profound
stiffness announced the text. Not until
he had spoken it, did the meaning of it
fash over him. 1t was this;
Rejoice with me; for have found
the piece which was lostl"
This was too much for the audience.
The people laughed outright. But the
lesson was good one for the minister,
who never forgot his sermon again while
i'll tnat parish
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

r ,u. Il anderc"I ont in th"c 81
Hviug ,!vi r&Cr 20 .'utrnnn'o b!ats,
To- in IJl s,a',in; your L al "a: -
lair.
Cut mid Tia una ,iet brecZas thee.
Ii t. t;tttcttd peHnant, On s"ayia IA 80 ~.
Eel and ye'lpw and white d ii..>,
Smooth and jagged, quiet a"d gr,;
y lat are you saying ~ y,'u are lay ng.
DIucin. and bowing, nd ling an. aWa! ing,
To a d fro on this autumn day
You motley crowd in harlequin rarh,
Y,u stla.c:cr, i.nll, with sricy breath,
Y 40 cuunr at the end of the long process
Il Gatirnt victims wi huut trausgre~siDn),
or Blossoms MAJ hing on to their Lcatr.
What are you calling out tp the wind,
As L. fl t, Oh his course past your t,;gdrn
places,
That m Ike hi stop on his blu tcrins way,
An,;, half N earnest, half il pay.
Stril WI rough hand ynur saucy faces?
Yor are hardy and strong, oh, Au umn
flowers
As yo1 clreicasly laugh to the wind and the
sky,
But stronger THAI s. ou or !le wind, the
rain
Is th" law, the b ginn ~ f II ortal pain
20 matter how beautiful, all must die.
tHobrlta Kerr Elliot.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
GATHERINGS Cruelty.

Thesyeritzins were mobiles of enormous
wealth and power Paul held high
office in court One night glittering
with jewels and orders, the young prince,
who was one of the handsomest men in
Russia, danced in a Guadrille opposite
the empress.
AS she passed hiIn in the dance she
fancied that his eyes scanned her gross
figure with covert amusement. After
the quadrille she beclloned to him, and
with a smile handed him her tiny ivory
tablets, containing seven pages, one for
each day in the week. On the first was
written
"The imperial ball room, st. Peters
burg"
On the last -
"The mines, Siberia
He read it slowly; his face grew gray
rs that of corpse; he bowed low, kissed
her hand, and withdrew, "taking, says
the old chronicle, his wife, the beauti-
full Princess of Novgorol, with him. He
was heard to say as he left Tie ball
room:
MY minutes are numbered; let us not
lose one
Flight or resistance was impossible.
The hold of Catherine on her victim was
inexorable as death. Prince Veritzin
was forced to remain pa slve in his
palace while each day the power, tho
wealth, ana the happiness that life had
given him were striped from him.
First he was degraded from all his
offices at court; next his estates were
confiscated by the crown; his friends
We're forbidden to hold any commune
cation with him; his very name, one Of
the noblest in Russia, was taken from
him, and he was given that Of serf
Then his wife and children were driven
out of the palace to herd with beggars
"The last day" says the record, Paul
Veritzin, in rags and barefoot, chained
to II convict, babe an eternal farewell to
his home and departed to the dark and
10y North. He was seen Of men no
more,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
LeprOsy.


Leprosy is most common in warm eli
mates-in India, China, Africa, NADIA
gascar, the West Indies, and SOM isl
ands of the Pacific. But it is not confined
to warm regions 1t is found in some
northern countries.
The disease, though slow in its prog
ress, is generally fatal 1t assumes one
of three varieties. The first is charac-
terized by tubercles in the skin and the
mucous membrane, which at length
ulcerate, while other ulcers are inde-
pendently formed. In the second vari-
ETY. of the disease the surface of the
body becomes numb and insensible,
while severe neuralgia pains prevail in
wardly. In the third variety, the joints
are specially affected, and the limbs may
be Topped off, though without pain, at
the ankle, knee, wrist, or elbow.
Leprosy is infectious, and its microbe
has been discovered. The microbe has
great vitality, as it has been found in
bodies which had long been dead The
germs may be introduced into tbs sys-
tenn by incubation, by inhalation, or
with the food, Every case, therefore,
may become center of contagion.
Until within a few years no concern
has been felt about leprosy in the United
States But physicians now rightly
sound an alarm. The disease has OBJ
tanned foothold in New Burnsw wick on
the north, in Mexico and Trinidad on
the south, in California and British
Columbia on the west, and in Minnesota
in the very heart Of our country, while
an increasing intercourse with the
Sandwich Islands, and our vast and
indiscriminate immigration are remov-
ing us further and further from our
former safe isolation,
Thus far few persons of Anglo Saxon
origin have been attacked. In Canada
and Louisiana it is the French who have
suffered; in Minnesota, the Norwegians;
in California, the Chinese. This ex-
emption is probably not due to any pc
culiarity of race, but to better living;
and with the present strong tendency
to the multiplication and enlargement
of cities, and with a national growth
that may swell our population to bill
lion within a century, it will be no light
thing to allow this hideous disease to be-
come established among us. Within
the last 10 years it is said to have in
creased fivefold. Youths Companion.
Clara-Jack intends to have every
thing his own way when we are mar
ried.
Clara's Mamma-Then, why do you
marry him?
Clara-To reIive his mind of false
impression.-[L;fe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

A New York man has u valuable An
CORA cal, and SO fine specimen of her
kind that she is famous in a large
circle of fashio: able folk. She is not
rugged in health yet she can not be
persuaded to take physic 1t has been
put in her milk. it Las been mixed with
her meat, it has been rudcly and vio-
lently rubbed in her mouth, but never
las she been deluded or forced into
swallowing any OF it. Recently an
Irish girl appeared among the house
hold servants, Size heard about the
failure to treat the cat "Shure," said
size, "give me the medicine and some
lard, and I'll warrant she'll be ating all
l give her, s mixed the powder
and the grease. and smeared it on the
cats sides. Pussy at once licked both
sides clean and swallowed all the physic.
Faith" said the servant girl, "every-
body in Ireland does know how to give
medicine to Il cat. >"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
SINCE SHE WENT HOME.
Since she went home

Since she went home
The evening shadows longer lugCr here,
The winter days fill So much of the year,
And even summer winds are chill and drear
Since she went home.
Since she went home
The robins note has touched Il minor strain,
The old, glad songs breathe but a .ad refrain,
And laughter sobs with hidden, bitter pain
Since she went home.
Since she went home
How still the empty room her presence
bles ed.
Untouched the pillow that her dear head
pressed,
My lonely heart hath no where for its rest
Since she went home.
Since she went home
The long days have or, t away like years,
The sunligh; has been dimmed with doubts
and fears,
And the dark nights have rained in nelly
tears
Since she went home
1.-THE Round Table.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
Beisry's Cooking.

DUR 6 { e war of 1912, the inhabit-
ants of ,he southern art of Maine were
kept iii state of greater or less anxiety
by frequent reports of the arrival of
British vessels off the coast The
militia were called out at such times to
meet the invaders. who, after all, never
made their appe; !9nce. A correspond
ent, whose grandfather was captain of
one of the militia companies, sends us
story of the war.
AT one time the militia was called out
in fol- force, and went into camp for
several days on an island near Wiscasset.
In the absence of anything like a COM
mis~ary department, each nan looked
out for himself, bringing from home
such a supply of provisions as seemed
to him necessary.
One man, who bore the honorable but
inappropriate name of Peter Goodfel-
low, was especially well provided for.
His wife, it was plain to see, was not
only a superior cook, but liberal
minded woman. She had fllel her
husbands big leat ern bag with most
tempting assortment of goodies; dough.
nuts, spiced cakes, flaliy caraway cook
les, apple and mince meat turnovers,
gingerbread-no of the common sort,
but enriched with spices and chopped
ralsIns-and many other deiectable COM
pounds
But this was not ALL Within Il day or
two Peers VT. came over to tine
island, bringing fresh supply of these
and similar daintles. The eathern bag
was near to bursting, and Peter HIM
self was soon i'll a somewhat similar
condition.
For in spite of his name, Peter was
greedy. Not once dill he invite any of
his less favored comraies in arms to
share his good fortune, even to the ex-
tent of a twisted doughnut; and when
hungry soul offered him "a days work
after the war was over" in return for
piece of cold mince pie, the offer was
promptly declined. What assurance
had Peter that the would be purchaser
might not be killed in the very first
battle?
A day or two afterward, however,
there came report, to al appearance
t'o'hSiieiS, lii'tu DIlJloll man Ol NdE
was actually coming up the Sheepscott
River. The grea est excitement pre-
vailed in camp All hands were hurry
ing hither and thither-all except Peter
Goodfelow. He, it was noticed, was
simply thrown into state of profound
meditation. Then he was seen to take
his bag upon his shoulder and retire to
the shade of a neighhoring tree.
With an air of determination he began
to eat, nor did he give over till he had
verified the familiar axiom that the lie IS
Can never contain the greater.
When his natural limitations had put
an end to his feas ing he fell again into
a meditative mood But the time was
short; something must be done. His
mind was made up. lie seized the bag,
carried it to group of his comrades,
took it by its two lower corners, and
poured its remaining contents upon the
grass before item. Pies, cookies, and
doughnuts role in every direction,
while the less nimjle g,n gerbread and
turnovers lay more in a heap.
= "There, boys said Peter, "eat the
hull on it. 1t shan't be said that any o
Betsey's cookin' went dowF the threat
of Britisher. Eat yer fill! Probably
we shall all he in etarnity afore to mur-
rer mornin'. "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
The Blast of n POet.

Swinhurne's recent "Russia; an Ode"
has greatly comforted the Anarchists
and las created CONSERVATION among
conservatives at home. a memb of
parliament recently started the inquiry
whether Swinburne and his Ole could
not lie suppressed. The Speaker said in
substance that he knew of no way by
which poet could be silenced. Tho
poet advocates the assassination of the
czar Poetic liccns, has rarely gone so
far. Dante could picture the Inferno;
but he never located it above ground.
Swinhurne declares that earth is hell,
and hell bows down befor the ear
Pity mad with FASHION, anguish mad with
shame,
Call loud on justice by her darker name;
Love grows hate for loves sake life takes
death for guide.
Night hath none but red star-Tyran-
nicide
God of man, be swift; hope sicke 5 with de-
Smite and send him howling down his fathers
way.
FALL fire of heaven, and smite as fire from
hell,
Halls wherein mems torturers, crowned and
covering dwell
These that crouch and shrink and shudder,
girt with power
These that reign, and dlre not trust one trem-
bling hour
These omnipotent, whom terror curbs and
drives
These whose life reflects i. fear their victims
lives
These whose breath sheds poi on worse than
plaques thick breath
These whose reign is ruin, these whose word is
death,
These whose will turns heaven to hell, and
day to night,
These, if Gods hand smite not, how shall
mans not smite?"
So from hearts by horror withered as by fire
Surge the strains of unappeasabe desire;
Sounds that bid the darkness tighten, lit for
death;
Bid the lips whose breath was doom yield up
their breathe
Down the way of Czars, while in vain de-
ferred,
Bid the Second Alexander light the Third
How for shame shall men rebuke them' how
Blame, whose father died, and slew, to leave
free!
We, though all the world cry out upon them,
know,
Were our strife as theirs we could not strike
but SO;
Could not cover and could not kiss the hands
that smite;
Could not meet them armed in sunlit battles
light.
Dark as fear and red as hate though morning
rise,
Life it is that conquers; death it is that dies.
There is rhetoric and rhapsody here
But the poem shocks the moral sense
when it cOunsels murder. Nothing " as
gained by the assassination of the pre-
cedlng car The reaction was a posi-
tive loss 1t is more than bad art to EN-
ploy poetry to inspire murder, Swim
burne has given many shocks to the pub
lie by his exaggerated statements. But
for this one no justification can be found
One may detest the tyranny of the Rus
sian ruler and dele,t even more tho
means suggested in this poem to rid that
country of tyranny. If SWinburne
ever had any chance to win the dis
tinction of poet laureate" he has lost
it. That is probably a matter Of no
concern to him. He has gained one
point. He has added something to his
notoriety even it he has not greatly dis
turbed the czar Exchange
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
WHOLE NUMBER, 1909.
A Hundred Years,

Monsieur De Solavi!le II scientific
writer. saws that i'll Europe one out Of
every G3 900 of the inhabitants reaches
the age of 100. In Great Britain, nine
out of every hundred deaths are re-
ported to be of persons who have
passed the age of 80. The period of
life is shown to be extending rather
than lessening As rule the centen-
arian is rather feeble and helpless but
cases are sometimes found where
persons of this great age are active and
vigorous
Rev. Joseph Hudson, NJ A, vicar of
the parish of Chillingham, England,
still reads prayers and breaches at the
age of 80 He was ordained in 1917,
and has pre@ched more than 73 years.
The secretary of the London open air
mission reports thus Of u recent visit to
this venerable Episcopal clergyman:
ON Sunday morning l walked with
him from the vicara5e to the church.
lie showed me to Il seat, and having
rohed he read the service and lessons
without glasses, and without a mistake
His grandson, who is his curate,
preached the sermon; but | was told
that this venerable man breaches about
once i'll six weeks.
A physician of San Diago, Cal, las
been inquiring into the cases of some of
the Indian centenarians of that region,
WHO have become quite famous. At ore
of the stations on the Southern Pacific
Railroad the traveller sees, on the plat
form, shrivelled up old Indian, whose
leathery skin lies in folds, bearing upon
his breast Il picard which informs the
traveller that the man is 125 years old.
An enterprising descendant makes tho
old mans great age Il source of revenue.
The San Diego physician referred to,
DR.. Remondino, thinks that the ex-
traordinary age of these Mission Indians
. is well authenticated. They have lived
in the same spot all their lives, and the
Mission records in many cases have the
entry of the date of their birth, made
at the tine. Their are living at Captain
Grande some Indian women whose age
is estimated at more than 1870 years
A physician conn ctcd with he Smitl-
sonian Institution at Washington, >, en-
gagged in scientific work in southern
California, found an Indian woman
whose ag was said 10 be 1876 He saw
her put SIX Natermelons into basket,
tie it up, and carry it on her back two
miles to market, not once stopping to
ret.
Knowiug we'll the history of the mis-
sion to which the y man belonged, the
man OF science qn 'Aed her closely as
to her recollection facts in IT; and he
was satisfied that she was as old a, was
rerre~ented
Doctor RemondiHo avs: "Down on
the coast OF Lower California, some dis
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

All ordinary china or earthenware is
porous, and the fine pores will fill up
with grease or fatty substance, which in
time becoming rancid will give an
offensive odor and taste to any food put
into such vessels. Soap should not be
used for washing such ordinary china or
earthen vessels (tne solution of soda is
better) and all vessels should be after
ward well rnsed with Clean hot water,
free of any fatty sub tance. Soda forms
with any grease on the vessels a soapy
compound, but, acting stronger than
soap, it will remove the grease more
thoroughly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

Scad'ey weak? l should Ike to
know where -
In his not being able to resist TIE
tom tation to drink"
ooh, | thought Won meant bodily. I
was rcing to say Fvo seen him rarry-
ing the hirgcst lo,ds Of any man
ever knew
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14
LOOK HERE.

dor Rock Drills, Well BOrers and
Il PrOspectors, run by Hand. Horse or
Steam Power, send for circulars, etc, to the
MINING JOURNAL,
Nov 20 Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-14

An Ottawa, Kan, doctor has sent
bill to widow for "doctoring your hus-
band until he died.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-13
TIE EUROPEAN MONEY MARKETS.

London, Nov. I2, p. m.-Consols, 90 316 for
money and 05 IA for the account United states per
cent bonds 100; New,Yo:k, Pennsylvania and Ohio
fIs-morgage bonds, SO rs Canadian Pacific, 50 IL
Illinois Central, 1o4 81; st. Paul common q "a !;
Pennsylvania, So "a: Reading, 10 1-2; spanish Is,
CD IL. The rate Of discount in the open market for
both short and thIee-moQths' bills is lisa Ia per
cent. The amount OF Bullion withdrawn from the
Bank Of England balance day is 1000
London, Nov. ia cheerful feeling prevailed in
the stock market to-day, and prices advanced, with
the exception Of those Of foreign securities, in which
little business done Spanish and Russian Sc
curitics were depressed aud there was a fractional
decline In prices. Brazilian securities steady.
Paris. Nov lion the bourse to-day foreign Sc
curitee were WAX. Owing to "a rumOr of Cabinet
CRISIS In Madrid, Spanish securities dropped 34e
Russian securities fell 3-4c under report of sell
ing in Berlin and fall In roubles. Three per
cent rentes weaker and fell 10 centimes for the
account, and centimss for money.
Berlin, Nov. 1.-THE feeling on the Bourse here
to-day was unfavorable. Russian securities declined
per cent; noohumer per cent and Credit Austalt,
per cent The quotation for roubles fell 3.
Frankfort, Nov. 1.-THE Bourso to-day was de-
pressed, In sympathy with the Berlin market. The
greatest weakness was in Spanish and Russian So
curdes
Vienna, Nov. 12.-sympathzlng with the unfavor-
aba feeling shown on the Berlin Bourse TO day the
BOurse in this city depressed The greatest weak
ness was shown In the securities of Spain and Russia.