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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

In the concluding one of his Interest,"
ing papers on Man and Nature in
America. iii ScTibner's Magazine. Pro-
fessor $. Smaller sums up the effect Of
the climatic condition in this part of the
world on the development of the human
race People from all the nations of
Europe have found lodgment here, and
though it is yet too soon for them to be
welded into a homogeneous mass, yet as
far as they have got they show some
marked features which are evidently Il
result of our climate.
North America is dryer, has more sun
shine, and hotter and colder seasons than
the regions in the corresponding lnti-
tudes of Europe. How have these in
tluenced the American man? The pop
ular belief is that he is thinner; lays on
less adipose than his European brother;
though the fat specimens one encounters
among both men and women in the
older cities of the Union seem to con-
tradIct this notion.
The typical American is tough and
wiry. has no end of endurance, like a
wild mustang of the plains. 1t is in evil
dence that during our war; larger per-
centage of soldiers slitf ring from
dangerous gunshot wounds recovered
than is the case with E ropean soldiers
wounded in battle. DR.. Bro n-Scqtlaru
declares that it is harder to kill an
American rabbit than those Of Europe.
lie found this out in the course of his
eNl erlment' i'll vivlsection. Pr, ,.;sor
,JAaser might H;ve menti' ned, though
lie does not, the stoicism and ilsensi-
b~ltty to suffering of those oldest speci-
mems of pure Americans, the Indians.
May NOT ages OF our peculiar climate
have toughened the Indians, and
rendered their nervous system less
liable to shock?
The professor finds that with all our
reckless exposure of life, our overworll
and liability to accidental death in this
new land, we live as long as the people
OF Europe do, and our descendants are
going to live still longer. The Ameri-
can racehorse is the equal of any any
where. In the ordinary field sports that
determine so largely the physi con-
struction and native vim of a people,
we are i'll no way behind the old country
nations. During the war the United
States sanitary commission took accur-
ate measurements of about $50, 900
Union soldiers The measurements
show that our men. notably those from
certain parts of Kentucky and Tennessee,
are as splendidIy developed physically
as any in civilization.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
AN ISNOCATION. .

From binding task and daily care set free.
From our own selves desiring III at release,
o kindly Nature, we have com" to thee!
Give us thy peace!
From empty shows that have no power to
bless,
From the sweet, lost Illusion of our youth,
We come to learn of thee thy steadfastnesS-
Thy changeless truth.
Each spring thy shining buttercups unfold
Through all the years they vary not in hu'
Thy olrts have their fragrance as of old -
Their faithful blue.
Still are thy cowslip blossoms meekly bowed;
Thy will ling rose displays its golden heart
Thy clnging wcodbine grows not ~tif and
proud
10 stand apart
Still do thy b, ,eches and thine oaks spread
Their new-clad giant branches to the sky;
Thy birds repeat each we'll known song of
mitth
Or plantve Cry.
Such were thy beauties in creations prime,
And still, though all unchanging they arc
new.
May We o Nature, simple or sublime,
Like thee, be true
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
The Cat of ANTIQUITY.

1t is generally iaaght that the domas-
tic cat was first dumesticated in Egypt,
the Greeks and Romans not possessing
if, and that the cat was not known to
lave lived i'll Italy earlier than about
nine centuries before the Crusades.
Rolleston claimed that the domestic cat
of the Greeks and Romans was a mar
ten Virchow, having examined the
mummies of Egyptian cats, fin that
they had nothing i'll common with our
household PIT, and that the Egyptian
cat was Simply a tame creature, or dos
me sticatrd savage like the monkey or
gazelle. A contrary opinion to that of
Virchow has been expressed hy Signor
Saglio, q distiu -uished Italian scholar,
engaged on the Dictionary of Greek and
Roman Antiquities. In n memoir read
before the French Academy of Inscrip-
tions, he maintained that the cat OF the
ancients was Identical with our domps-
tic animal,
On Etruscan tombs he hes found
paintings, said the London Lancet,
which represent the cat as a regular
inmate of the house of the deceased,
one of these ] ;cturcs showing us a COM
pany at dinner and the cat toy ing under
the table with bones of chicken or part.
ridge. Signor S"gio further refers Pro-
feSsor Virchow to tie British Museum,
where, on two water jars belonging to
the fifth century B, c., domestic cats
are represented in "Scuola di Musca. Z"
Of these cats one of them is held by a
string and another one stands upright
on a footstool while boy offers it a
dainty. There are other pictures which,
according to Saglio, prove that the cat
was cherished in antiquity as one Of the
most useful, as well as graceful, domcs-
tic animals.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

Ny fatNe" was no pessimist: he loved the
things of earth,
It's cheerfuness and sunshine, its music and
its mirth;
He never sighed or moped around whenever
things went wrong;
warrant me he'd Knocked at fate with some
defiant song.
Eut, being he warn't much on tune, whenever
times blue.
He'd whistle softly to himself the only tune
he knew.
Now, mother, when she learned that tn @
which father whistied so,
Would say "There's something wrong to-day
with Ephrain, | know,
lie never les to make believe he's happy that
ere way,
But that I'm certain as can be some trouble is
to pay!'
And so, betimes, quite natural like, to US OBJ
servant youth,
There seemed suggestion in that tune Of deep
pathetic truth.
When Brother William Joined the war a lot
of us went down
To see the gallant soldier boys right gayly out
of town;
A-conin lone, pc or mother cried as il her
heart would break,
And all us children, too, for hers and not for
But father, trudgin' on ahead, his hands be-
Kept whstlin' to himself, so sort of solemn
like and low.
And when my eldest sister Sue was married
and went west
Sc med like it took the tuck right out of
mother and the rest
She was the sunlight in our home; why, father
used to say
1t wouldn't seem like home at all if Sue should
go away.
Yet, wien he went a-leaven us ali sorrow
and all tears,
Poor father whstl"d lonesome ike, and went
H. feed the steers.
When crops were bad, anl ,ther ills befcll
our Lonely lot,
He'd sci around and try oact as if he minded
not
And when came death and bore away the one
he worshipped SO,
How vainly did his lips belle the heart be-
numbed with woe!
You the tell tale whistle told u mood he'd
not admit;
He'd always quit his VIII stlin when he thought
we noticed it.
I'd like to see tliat STOPPING form and hoary
head again,
To see the honest, heary smile that checici
his fellow men;
Oh, could kiss the kindly lips that spake NJ
creature wrong,
And share the rapture of that heart that over
flowed with song;
Oh, could hear the little tune he whstled
long ago,
When he did battle with the griefs he would
not have us know.
Eugene Field, in Chic go News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
an Indian Fighters Surprise.

Soldiers advancing against Indians;
often march for days without seeing =
red man. but the veterans know that if
the Indians want to find them they Will
be heard from when least expected. A
story told i'll "Warpath and Bivouac"
illustrates how suddenly I"dians an
nonnce their presence,
General Crooks command was camped
on Crazy Woman's Fork, and not an
Indian had disturbed t. EN- for several
nights. 1t was very cold, and all We're
impatient for some sort of excitement
One night some officers said: Lets go
up to Bourke's tent, and they all went.
The lieutenant, o member of Crook ;
staff, was found studying military
map by the light of candle.
"Hello, Bourke" said one of the
visitors. Aren't you afraid the Indians
will ventilate your tent if you keep thai
light burning?"
"Oh, no." replied Bourke. "Thc
Indians that have been firing into us
are a small flying party. You may rely
on it that you won't hear anything
more from them this side of Tongue
River. The distance is too great from
their villages and the weather is too
cold. Mr.. Indian doesn't care to be
frozen. Now I'll show You on this mrp
the point where they will most Likely
make their first real at-'
Whizz! pop! bang! zip! cane vollcy
from the bluffs above the camp A
bullet struck the candle and put it out
Another made large sized hole in the
map The officers scattered. and
Bourke was left alone to mediate on
the instability of Indian character
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

"Bright Days Make Bright Color>"
Stick II I'm in This.

"Bright Days Make Bright Color> " 70
Stick I'm in This.
Some years ago :,n T. Igiish nl;nlif;s<s.-
urer of carninp, v Ilp WAS aware OF tt.
superiority Of the French Color, Went to
Lyons fer the luri' of improving la,
proce S, and bargnnied WITH tn IN n,t
celebrated manufacturer i'll that city
the acquis toA OF h, secret, for wi,ic..
lie was to pay 50, 600
He wa, shown all the process, and
saw most beautiful color produced;
but he fou 2l not the least difference in
the French mode o. fHbr C nj III and that
which ha been con.taut y adopted by
himself. He miI.utely examined the
water and the nu. !Iais, whIch We're i'll
every respect similar to his own, and,
very much surprised, said: II have l. st
both my labor and my money, for the
air of England does not admit us to
make good carmine
"Stay!" said the Frenchman, I'd nit
deceive yourself; what kind of weather
is it now?"
"a bright sunny day." replied the
Englishman.
"And such are the days" said the
Frenchman. ION which make my color.
Were to attempt to manufacture it on
a dark and cloudy day my results would
be the same as yours. LIT me advi,'
you, my friend, only to maize " eur car
mine on bright sunny days.
The moral of this will apply quite ;s
we'll to the making OF many other color,
used in manufactures and also in the
fine arts. for it illustrates, in Il practical
way, the chemical influence of light
upon certain coloring compounds or
mixtures Goods Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
For Headache.

External applications are rarely bene-
Gcial. Frequent foot baths in hot water
will never fail to lessen the quantity of
blood in and about the head, and it is
also a good plan to exercise the muscles
by systematic breathing through the
nose, taking in and exhaling the air in
quick succession.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

with attentions, and then they did some.
thing that settled it that the Blanks
would continue in Bay Grove. They
played their trump card. They gave
Mrs. Blank dinner, and Mr.. Blanks
determination to depart gave way. He
and his wife are the pride of Bay Grove
now.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
Is A GOLDEN AGE COMING?
Koch and Pasteur as Hcralds of Grand
Humanity

Koch and Pasteur as Hcralds of a Grand
Humanity.
We can foresee the day when thou
sands of lives will he preserved from
cholera and tuberculosis, when mothers
will cease to weep over the bodies of
their children who have been carried off
by the deadly germ of diphtheria.
Man will then be master of death.
And when, thanks to an evolution on
parallel lines, progress shall have
marched ahead in the direction of moral
ity as well as in the direction of biology,
and when one of the gates of death
shall have been closed by medical sci
ence-then, thanks to the progress of
social science, another gate - blood
stained, too-the gate of fratricidal
woes, will be closed in its turn; new
race will necessarily be evolved. and a
new golden age will appear, and such
will be the heritage which we shall be
enabled to baqueath to posterity. Paul
Gibier, NJ. d., in Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

Rev. DIR. Hermann Adler, recently
chosen chief rabbi in London, traces
his descent from Aaron, and his an
cestors have immemorially claimed and
been allowed certain privileges in tho
synagogue which are only allowed to
descendants from the first high priest
of Israel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21
LOOK HERE.

UNOR Rock Drills, Well Borers and
II 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, 1891-02-21
Java Coffee Scarce.

The failure of the Java coffee crop, as
shown by the official report of the Dutch
government, IS even more serious than
had been supposed. The total yield of
the government plantations last year is
put down at 95, AGO piculs, whereas the
average annual yield is not much less
than million. The most discouraging
feature of this failure of the Java coffee
crop, however, is the fact that it is
chiefly due to a destructive disease of
the leaf which has already ravaged the
coffee plant in Ceylon and southern
India. This means that, until science
shall provide some remedy, the coffee
plantations of Java can not hope to re-
gain their former prestige, and that the
reduction will be felt year after year.
Manchester Union.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-21

The average salaries of the mistresses
in the London board schools is $3.50.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Another Use For Glyoerine.

DIR. Soper in the Lancet, recon.
mends the use Of mixture of eoual
parts of glycerine and castor oil, slight.
~ favored with oil o. almonds or lam.
on, as an agreeable substitute for castor
OIL He states that of this mixture a
teaspoonful is an effective dose, and in
cases of chronic constipation, hemmor.
rhoids ana annmia. It has proved most
useful. Tablespoonful doses have al.
SO been found useful in the early stage,
OF bronchitis, in which it seems to pro-
mote emulation from the bronchial
tubes and is certainly expectorant. By
first pouring the glycerine into = NOR.
tar. and adding the castor oil very grad.
ually, triturating thoroughly mean.
while, perfectly homogeneous iellv.
ike emulsion is the result
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

The South Fork Fishing Club has
been sued for 100000 by John Strayer,
of Johnstown, Pa, who had a planning
mill, lumber yard. and other valuable
property swept away by the great flood
two years ago. This will be ali interest
ing suit if it ever comes to trial, and it
will demonstrate whether club or COR
poration can be held responsible for
great catastrophe which was possible
only through the maintenance of great
dam in an insecure condition. The
South Fork dam held back the waters
TO the Conemaugh River for years and
the people complained that it was not
secure. The club still maintained it
until the continuous rains sent down
such volume of water from the great
water shed that the dam was swept out
and Johnstown was destroyed. The
stockholders of the club represent
wealth amounting to $100,OOO.OOO, and
should Mr.. Strayer be successful in his
suit it will open the way for no end of
litigation in that region Of Pennsyl-
yania,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

ScHwE1NFuRTH, the self-al]eged Christ,
is very angry about the way he was
treated in Kansas City. He says:
kansas City can i'll afford to incur my
anger. 1t is for what they hoped to do
that will send the floods from Heaven
to harrass and overwhelm them. There
shall be weeping and wailing in Kansas
City because of the insults offered the
perfect man." This alone stamps
Schweinfurth as blasphemous fraud.
The man whom he thinks he apes was
also insulted. and when his disciples
wanted to call down fire from Heaven
and consume the insulters he rebuked
their spirit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

The adoption of the new Constitution
in Brazil has been shorn of its present
effectiveness by the failure of the Con-
stituent Congress. before adjournment,
to pass laws putting it into execution
Thus, the new instrument provides for
the complete separation of church and
state, yet the administration has just
refused to admit that ecclesiastical
property is subject to the common law.
1t takes the position that the pre-exist-
ing body OF laws was not annulled, ipso
.facto, by the adoption Of the Constitu.
ton. and that, until they are specifically
repealed and others enacted in their
places, they must remain in force. The
popular opinion was wholly to the con.
trary, and it is q matter OF much public
complaint and Indignation that the
executive is not putting the Constitu.
ton in force. in like manner the Mu.
nicipal Government of Rio is in sin.
gular condition OF legal uncertainty. II
derived all its power from the Provis.
ional Government, which is now extinct,
and has never been recognized by the
Constitutional Government. It also
maintained that the very members o.
the Cabinet are illegally in Office, since
they We're put i'll Office, most of them
before the adoption Of The Constitution
and have not been subsequently CON
tirmed. Whatever may be said OF the
Governments contention that the Con
stitution does not execute itself with
out sup. Elementary laws, it certainly
seems absurd for it to say thai
old laws directly opposed to the Con
stitution are in force until repealed. L
unconstitutional they are as if they
never were. At any rate. the unsatis
factoriness Of The whole situation is sure
to make the Government trouble wher
the next Congress meets.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

In order to economic expenses the
Italian Government has decided not to
take an official part in the Chicago
Worlds Fair, and has also withdrawn
the offer of Government aid to the pro-
posed Columbian celebration at Genoa.
There can be no doubt of the urgent
necessity of economy on the part of the
italian Government. Perhaps it would
aid the country in getting out of debt if
it would put a stop to Italian euigra'
ton to the United States. If it would
help Italy any to keep her people at
home this country would try and get
along without them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

BLANKETS are loaned to the poor our
Ing the winter months, free OF cost par -
kind-heartel citizen in BrunswlcN' W.
many.
A SERVICE of carrier pigeons IS ~ ,t ~
established between Zanzibar anu hlh ha
Nyassa, in Africa. The stations VIII
thirty miles apart.
FISHERMEN over large part OF ,s H."
rope always kill the fish as soon IL ~ 'n 30
take them out of the water. any -, me
upon the ground that it is better 81 ID At
flesh of the fish that it be KILL"
once.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

TIE New York San, which is very
critical i'll regard to the use OF language,
ana generally very correct, says:
Various comments are made by vari-
Gus varieties OF the press" II wild
We ,:era paper were to speak OF "vari-
s'u, varieties Of the press" the Sun
wv<&la bc pretty sure to have something
ta say about it. The San ought to
ss:Ai:ie for AL e ike and not stand in its
s..ara LIGHT
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07
Potrole um In the United States.

Following is statement of the total
production of petroleum in the United
States in 1889, by States:
Pennsylvania and New York, 1885,.
403 barrels; Ohio, 12,471, 1865; West
Virginia, 1858, 269; Colorado. 316,476;
California, 147.027; Indiana, 32,75s;
Kentucky, $500; Illinois, 1850: Kan
sas, 500; Texas, 4s. Total, 1880, 3Od
barrels.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

,EaE late Count Won Moltke was once
asked ta name the books which -exer-
risesa the greatest influence upon his
lIfe~ In reply he mentioned the follow
iss- The Bible, Humer's "Iiiad," Lit
'tsou's " Wonders CT the Heavens" Lie
a&g's Letter ON Chemistry" and
e. ause wliz'"On War" The works of
&x:'Si.ler, Goethe, Shakespeare, Waiter
;;sS;ss.>stis iianke, Car;ynle and he gave as
.tase' g which he never tired of reading.
fIhs HAD" in translation, ne read
when 8 years Old.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

TRE German laiser's good horse
-nnauship leads him to demand most
dangerous msneuvres from his officers.
WhiIe i'll Bonn other day he suddenly
<arsered TIE officers corpse of hussars
70 ride st full gallop to where he was
standing and to halt in line. A young
Lieutenant lost control over his animal
~ he was checking him Immediately in
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

IN East Indian Prince has recently
lad A bed made for him in Paris, the
mattress Of which is huge music box
Ia view OF the fact that an East Indian
z r1uce never knows when the throne is
goiug to be sanlled out from under him
and he be reduced to beggary. it is wise
foretiaougkt for such man to provide
himself while he may with the means
ss:aerewith to garner in the pennies of
the charitable tarers UPON the high
"Eay
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

BELyA LOCKWOOD, despite her man
risla procliyities, shows the spirit CT a
sSossau IN angrily denying the pub
,ashed statement that she is II years
old and displays the unfeminine charac-
tsrjstic Of revealing the fact that she is
50. But what boots dozen years more
,or less, Belva, with one who expects to
live always?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

TIE Long Island bachelor who
bought wife from her father for $1O,-
coo ind lost both should remember the
old f1roverb that you can lead horse to
water but you can not make him drink.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

Fine feathers do not make fine
birds" and "the fool and his money are
saosa parted as certain Long Islanders
Scanned recently after they had bought
of a woman lot Of Australian warblers
at 81 apiece, which turned out to be
painted English sparrows. "a bird in
the hand is worth two in the BUSH
sometimes, not always.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

front of his majesty and was thrown,
He fell, sword in hand, almost under
the feet of the kaiser's horse, and only
by hairs breadth missed piercing the
body of the imperial charger his majesty
was riding.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

THERE is great excitement when a
bride begins to wear dresses of her hus-
bands buying. People are curious to
know if he will do as we'll by her as her
father did
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

FonsYrH County, in Georgia, has de-
velop,d an infantile prodigy, who at
S years OF age can read difficult music
correctly at sight. His voice is soft
aud tuneful and he bids fair to become
f.,1,,oryS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-07

4 FARMER near Bloomfield, Conn.,.
awo!le one morning last week to find
ehat a hill twelve feet high on his land
had suuk during the night several
inches Since then the mound has en-
firely disappeared.