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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

The Indians on the coast of Wash
ington hunt the sea-otter from long ca
hoes, in which they go out through the
surf and, cruising along mile or two,
shoot or spear the animal as he lies
!ccping in the water with only hi;
lead in sight Owing to his extrem
wariucss, it is hard to approach and
difficult to hit the animal after it is
found. 1t is only after long practice
that au Indian, accustomed as he is
to the use of canoe, is able to meet
with any success at all, for it takes
Great skill to shoot or spear float
ing object in choppy sea from an
uncertain canoe. Very often a hunte:
remains out five or six days without re-
suit. 1t is not however, the Indians who
secure the most seaotters, for there are
not many natives left, and the pursuit
i, Il hazardous one. 1t is the white
hunter or Boston man., as the In
Gians call him, who has devised way
of getting the coveted fur without risk
ing his life in a canoe at sea-
Along the stretch of beach from
Gray's Harbor to Point Granville are
seven or eight three legged towers that
look from distance like huge skele.
ton pile drivers, with rude box at the
top of each These towers are called
sra-otter derricks and they are erected
rs far ont toward the breakers as
practical without danger of being
washed away. The beach is smooth,
and so nearly level that at distance
of one thousand feet from shore the
water is only two or three feet deep.
From the top of these derricks the hunt.
ers pick off the wary sea otter; and it
is not an unusual thing for one 10
shoot and kill his game ut distance
of a thousand yards. But, though
these hunters are excellent rihemen
and their weapons are the very best,
they may shoot hundred times with
out killing one otter 50 that. in addi
ton to being good shots, they mus,
possess unusual patience.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
The Lyre Bird.

In the vast forests of New South
Wales, broken up and intersectN with
rock aud ravine, stream and plain, yo,:
may still meet with one of the mos
beautiful birds known to naturaIists,
that is, the Tyre bird.
The form and structure of the tail re.
scmbles an ancient Greek Tyre, hence
the birds name. The size of this bird
is about that of the common hen the
eyes are dark hazel, large, mild in ex.
preston, and very beautiful the wings
short and concave, rendering great as
sistance in running, but of little use in
flight The birds running powers are
extraordinary, and it is not easily over.
taken the legs are rather long the
color of the body is reddish brown.
and the general appearance is exceed
ingly graceful. The bird is of gentle
disposition, and altogether harmless.
1t is painful to know that the con.
slant destruction of rare and beautiful.
birds, as well as animals, is going OF
even to determination. An English
writer is authority for the statement
that the Tyre bird will soon be lost to
us forever. He says that the tail feath
ers were formerly sold in Sydney Mt a
low price, but now that the beautiful
creatures are nearly exterminated the
price has risen greatly. Upon fashion
and sport, even more than the ignorant
savages, he places the blame of their
destruction, adding that the birds might
eusily have been domesticated and thus
preserved.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
RUSSlA'S SAVING HAMSTERS.


Tributes on the Avaricious Animals Dur
ing the Famine.
As the squirrel was said by the old
Nor eman 10 bring all the news to Thor,
because he was the merriest and most
sociabe of beasts, so in the talk of the
Russian peasants the hamster is the
synonym for all that is sullen, avari
cious. solitary and morose. Even in
color, says the Spectator, he is unlike
any other animal, being light above
and dark below.
This gives the hamster somewhat the
same homogeneous appearance that
pair of black trousers and light coat
lend to man; in other respects he is
like a large, shaggy guinea pig, with
very large teeth and puffy cheeks, into
which he can cram vast quantity OF
rye or beans for transport.
Each hamster lives in a large,
roomv burrow all by himself, in defense
of which he will fight like badger
against any other hamster who may try
to enter. Family life he wholly avoids,
never allowing a female inside his bur
row, but Keeping her at good dis.
lance and making her find her own
living for herself and family. The last
burden is. however, not a serious one.
for by the time the young ones are
three weeks old each discovers that
family life is great mistake and sets
off to make bachelor burrow for itself
and save up beans for the winter.
For in addition to its other amiable
qualities, the hamster has that of
avarice i'll a marked degree, and heaps
up treasures of corn, rye and horse
leans far in excess of his own private
wants for the winter His favorite
plan is to dig a number OF treasure
chambers, all communicating with
central guard room. in which the owner
eats and grows fat until the hardest
irosts begin when he curls himself up
to sleep until the spring.
But this life of leisure does not be.
en- until the harvest has been gathered.
While the harvests are ripening the
iIamstcrs work necessarily to increase
their boards, and as much as three hun
drcd weight of grain and beans have
been taken from hamster's burrow.
After harvest the peasants often search
with probes for the treasure chambers
of the robbers and exact heavy trib-
ute from the hamsters stores.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
Charm of Availability.

When asked how she managed to re
tain her youthful appearance, Madame
Patti brightly answers, Il have kept my
temper. No woman can remain young
who often loses her temper" The wom-
an who is constantly flying in rage
soon has her reward. a deep-graven
line stretches from each corner of the
mouth up toward the nostrils. Tho
mouth becomes poutingly fabby OF
shrewishly compressed. Between the
eyebrows appears the fretful, petulant
frown, and no amount of dress, no
powdenng, rouging or face-steaming
will bring back the lost beauty. Hand
some is Il, handsome does, said our
grandmothers. An amiable face can
never he plain. Bright eyes and smil-
ing lips have their own beauty. The
ugly faced damsel should cultivate pla-
cjdity of temper, human sympathy and
generosity. Let her assume a virtue, if
she has it not, for even the assumption
of womanly sweetness will lead to its
possession, for its own charm, and the
naturally plain face will be TRANSPORTED
by its light
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
First in Style!
Best in Quality!
Lowest in Price!

Under these circumstances the seed of dull trade cannot
terminate i'll garden for popularity the flower that blooms
there i'll pIofIsion Is rich as those which alorn
LADIES' DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED HATS!
With heaNe at the root of high prices with the dross refined
and none but the pure gold of uemost perfection in all
lines is it any wonder that the Mecca of fashion,
hunting pilgrims! Is any surprise that all who properly APP
peciate solid goods and minimum prices should flock
establishment did the people of old to the glitterin" market
places of the ORIENT
One suggestion, however, those who DELAYING
ber it Just as sensible and important to be time to be in
STYLE Come at and see our new goods
B. STERN 81 CO..
. FROSTBURG, MD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
9El q. RANCH.


and Sent to Market.
The wise man from the East, ON first
visiting ranch comprising six on seven
hundred thousands of acres, can not un.
derstand how the cattle wandering at
large over the range are ever collected
together. He sees a dozen or more
steers here. a bunch of horses there and
single steer or two a mile off and even
as he looks at them they disappear i'll
the brush. and as far as his chance Of
finding them again would be, they
might as we'll stand forty miles away at
the other end of the ranch. But this is
a very simple problem to the ranchman.
The superintendent of the ranch per-
haps receives an order calling for one
thousand head of cattle. The breed OF
cattle the firm wants is grazing in
corner of the range fenced in by barbed
wire, and marked pale blue for con
vcniencc on a beautiful map blocked
ont in colors. like patchwork quilt,
which hangs in the superintendent
office When the order is received he
sends Il Mexican on pony to tell the
men near that particular pale blue pas
tire to round up thousand head OF
cattle and at the same time directs his
superintendent to send in a few days as
many cowboys to that pasture as are
needed to hold a thousand head of
cattle on the way to the railroad sta
ton. The boys on the pasture, which,
We will suppose, is ten miles square,
will take ten of their number and five
extra ponies apiece, which one man
leads and from one to another OF
which they shift their saddles as men
do in polo, and go directly to the water
tanks in the ten square miles of land.
A COW will not often wander more than
two and half miles from water, and so
with the water tank or a damned
canon full of rain water as rendcZ-
vous, the finding of the cattle is COM
paratiyely easy and ten men can round
up thousand head in a day
or two. When they have them
altogether the COW boys who are to
drive them to the station have ar
rived and taken them off. AT the sta
ton the agent of the firm and the
superintendent of the ranch ride
through the herd together and if they
disagree as to the fitness of any one or
more of the cattle an outsider is called
in and his decision is final The cattle
are then driven on to the cars and the
superintendent responsibility is at an
end
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

The English throne, used in the colo.
nation ceremonies of the kings and
queens of Great Britain, is simply an
old oakcn chair of curious pattern and
great antiquity. Ages of use lit is
known to have been used in its present
capacity for more than seven hundred
years. have made the old frame as hard
and as tough as iron. The magic
power attributed to the old relic lies III
the seat, which is large, rough sand
stone. Ages before it was trimmed in
velvcts and gold for the use of the
Stuarts and the Tudors it served as a
seat for the early kings of Scotland;
tradition even asserts that it is the
identical stone upon which the patri-
arch Jacob rested his head the night he
hal his wonderful dream.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

\ lemon diamond is the exact shade
of the outside peel of lemon. 1t Is
the fashionable stone of the day. and it
l. sold as high as five hundred dollars
u .arat being a little more rare than the
blue diamond. Thirty years ago blue
or lemon diamond was rejected as of
color 10y diamond merchants and dis
posed of as inferior stock at the rate of
fifteen or twenty dollars carat. To
day they rank as high as white stones.
though they do not approach the latter
il b,auty. 1t is popular fallacy,
said jeWeller, that the size of the
diamond counts most. 1t doesn't. |
can sell you a diamond weighing one
,arat for thirty, thirty five, forty dol
lars, and at five dollars advance on
those prices all the way up to five hun
bred dollars a carat. | once owned Il
Stone weighing IL carat and quarter
that | bought in London for five hun
dred and fifty dollars. The big stones
Of the common sort are worth only the
same price as the small ones. Thus Il
twenty carat stone of the thirty dollar
per carat variety will be worth onl Y six
hundred dollars. But twenty carat
stone of the kind that is valued at five
hundred dollars for the single carat
would be sold for one hundred thou.
sand dollars, The reason for this is
that there is an abundance of the poorer
stones. They come from the African
mines, which are inexhaustible, and
which will supply the world with all
the diamonds it needs for thousand
years or more. But the more valuable
stones are not found in such large num-
bcrs, because they come from the East
indies, where the supply is exhausted,
and from Brazil, where there are few
good diamonds left.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
Ingenuity in Sign Painting.

Sic" nointars nnwaaava naad not
show much knowledge of drawing fig
ures, but very much skill and experience
are necessary before one can space let
ters properly. A poorly spaced sign
is a spoiled one, and perhaps the per.
centage of good "spacers' would not
amount to more than one in ten among
sign painters.
The plain lettered sign is now most in
vogue here, but it offers considerable
scope for the exercise of ingenuity and
taste in evolving new ideas, fine or
quaint forms of lettering, proper back
grounds 10 the letters, appropriateness
Of appearance to the business adyer-
tisrd and what not besides.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

Janao', theology has eight bells.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17
\ Rare Chance =!
FURNITURE:
& -. 1 g. 60 - !, g

nWING to the calamity which recently
~ betc my store building, destroying the
roof and third story, and not being able to
get place to remove my stock to keep 1t out
Of the weather, am compelled to dispose of
same at almost any price in order to save it
from ruin by rain or snow either of which
is likely to occur at any time at this season
OF the year.
The stock comprises Walnut, Oak aud Pop
lar Bed Room Suits; at least 20 Parlor Suits
of the latest stvlc> and upholstered in all
kinds of Pushes, Brocutcls, Tapestries, ETC.,
ranging i'll price from So to $i2;, also II
very fine lot of I phoIstcrel and Rattan Easy
Chairs, especially sele led tor the hollaay
trade. and a fine lot of Lounges, Bed Lounges,
Side Boards, taIl Racks, Wardrohc-, Extern
sion Tables, all kinds of Mattresses, Springs,
and, in fact, everything pertaining to a first
class Furniture store. some Of tins Funi-
ture has been slightly damaged, but the bulk
is yet uninJurcd, and that which has been
damaged in any way Will be sold exceeding
ly low. This is an opportunity to get
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

If the whole volume of money in cir
.ulation was doubled, prices would
dorr,le. If it was increased one-fourth,
uriscs would rise one-fourth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-12-17

The virtue of man ought to be
measured not by extraordinary exer-
tions, but by his everyday conduct.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
Pension InYestigation.

The committee appointed by
Speaker Crisp to investigate
the alleged irregularities and
crookedness in the Pension Bu-
reau, Is composed entirely of
members from Northern States,
and is SAID to be a very able and
efficient committee. Chairman
H. H. Wheeler, of Michigan,
says: 81 shall enter upon this
investigation in a spirit of en-
tire fairness, l never set foot
within the pension Office but
once, and on that occasion did
not meet Gen. Raum. | never
asked a favor from one in the
Office for myself or for a friend.
What the investigation may
develop l cannot say. l have
no knowledge of the investiga-
tion made in the last Congress.
/ have not read the evidence
that was taken there, and for
that reason l am in the position
of a juror who sits in a case
without any bias from having
formed a previous opinion
about it,"
This shows that Mr.. Wheeler
is the right man in the right
place. He does not begin this
work with prejudice or precen-
ceived opinions. If lac were de-
Gliding a case in court, no lawyer
would say he was not a compe-
tent juror. All any good citi-
zen wants is a fair, impartial
investigation.
1t is said that under a resolu-
ton of the House, the pension
list, which has for some reason
been kept secret, will be pub
lished. This is a good idea.
We are opposed to public mat
ters, and especially matters in
which the pockets of the people
are concerned, being transacted
under the cover of secrecy.
When the people furnish the
money, they have a right to
know what disposition is
made of it. Then again, to
publish the pension list with
the company and regiment in
which they served. would bring
about an inquiry into all doubt
full cases that would result in
great good. Let the pension
list be published by all means.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
IielInble cure.

J. 4. McMannen has o formular,
which has been copyrighted, for
what be calls American Tar Mix
ture. One Of the ingredients is pure
tar rectified and made in a potable
form, This receipt was used during
the war among the soldiers and eff
fectcd some astonishing cures Of colds
and hoarseness. Mr.. McMannen is
going to manufacture it. lie already
has ,nany calls and first class certi.
ticatcs In regard to its qualities. IL
is the very thing for Ia grii 'e.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02

The spot on the sun is attract.
ing wide spread attention. 1t
is said by astronomers to be the
largest that has been seen for q
scuro or more years.
By throwing the telescope
image Of the King Of day upon
while paper. the dimensions Of
the spot have been estimated to
be about one hundred thousand
miles long by fifty thousand
miles wide. Observed with the
naked eye through n piece OF
smoked glass it appears to be
not much larger than an inch
| in diameter.
Sun spots are not new phen-
omena. but 1t is seldom that
! they can be seen as plainly as
| the one now to be seen on the
photosphere ee the sun.
J. m naturally arises
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02

DR.. TALMAGE says fifty pei
cent. Of the criminals in the
jails and penitentiarics in the
United States today are under
twenty-one years of age. Bad
books, bad newspapers be
witched them as soon as they
got out of the cradle. Beware
of all those stories which end
Wrong. Teach our young peo-
pie that if they go down into
the swamps and marshes to
watch the jack-o-lanterns
dance on the decay and rotten
ness they will catch the malaria
and death.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02

The action of the New York
Democratic Convention in in
structing the delegation to the
Chicago Convention TO present
the name Of Senator ID. B. Hill
for the Presidency, will have
the effect Of removing ex- Presi-
dent Cleveland from the list
of Presidential possibilities,
whatever the ultimate result
of Mr.. Hills candidacy may be.
The Democrats OF the country
would not think Of nominating
a man who Was not the first
choice OF the party i'm his own
State. We fear, however, that
there is trouble Brewing in the
Democratic ranks in the Empire
State.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact
that the grain exports from the
United States have been very
heavy recently, gold has again
commenced 10 be sent abroad,
a million dollars having been
forwarded from New York to
European moneyod centres last
week. The movement has
caused considerable comment,
but q prominent banker Of Wall
street states that il has no sig
nificance--that money, which
Is unlendable In New York, Ii
needed in Europe. As the
financial disturbances which
caused the present stagnation
in business had their origin on
the other side Of the water, it Is
To be hoped that the demand
for money there which betokens
a revival Of business will be O,
speedily felt in this country O,
were the bad results Of the fail,
ure Of the Earrings.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02

WHEY there are three parties
struggling for the mastery in a
State, the natural tendency OF
the two weaker ones is towards
q fusion against the strongest,
and that is about what will
probably happen . in Minnesota
this year, where there is q move.
ment en- foot to unite the Demo
Gratis and Alliance people
against the Republicans. Should
It succeed another Of the form.
or Republican strongholds si
the Northwest will be placed in
the doubtful column, il it doe:
net turn It's back upon the g
o. y.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
NO.'49

what is a sun spot?" Wilson
and Herschel proved it to be a
depression in the photosphere
of the sun. If it is seen at the
edge of the disc it has the shape
of an eclipse and looks like a
notch.
The revolving of the sun on
its axis carries the spot farther
on to the disc, making it more
circular in shape. 1t is gsner-
ally supposed by astronomers
to be caused by violent action
of the forces at work In or on
the sun.
1t is not generally known
that sun spots brought about
the discovery of the rotation of
the sun. Daily and hourly OBJ
servation of a spot established
the fact that it moved steadily
from east to west, taking about
twelve or thirteen days to cross
from edge to edge of the disc.
After a like period of about
twelve or thirteen days the
same spot has been seen in the
eastern edge of the disc again,
proving that the sun revolves on
its own axis.
Spots on the sun are general
ly, if not always, accompanied
by magnetic disturbances of
the earth and very frequently
also by severe atmospheric dis
turbances, which gave rise to
the familiar saying, "When the
sun has measels, look out for
plaques on earth.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
Have You Learned

To look ahead?
To avoid personalities in con-
versation:
That it pays to study variety
in cookery?
That the proud man knows
little of himself
That many Of your mistakes
are not noticed until YOU under.
take to correct them:
That il pays loo per cent. to
be polite to every one. from TIC
garbage gatherer to the Gov.
ernor Good Housekeeping.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
The American Commission of

Inc American Commission OF
Education says: "Women,
think, as a rule succeed better
than men in getting work out
Of pupils of all kinds. The in
tellectual training which they
give is, therefore, better up to a a
certain point than that given
by men. They also maintain
better discipline than men and
with less corporal punishment "
RuSkin says in one of his
essays: eve are foolish, and
without excuse foolish, in
speaking of the superiority of
one Sex to the other, as if they
could be compared in similar
things. Each has what the
other has not; each completes
the other, and is completed by
the other; they are in nothing
alike, and the happiness and
perfection of both depends on
each asking and receiving from
the other what the ether only
can give"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
The Poor We have with You.

Gases of extreme 'destitution
among the people of the larger
cities are SO frequent as TO ex-
cite NO comment from those
who are appealed to for aid be-
yond a passing thought that in
q country like this where man
ual labor is not considered de r.
grading, no one need be all OBJ
ject of charity, unless in cases
of sickness, or enforced idle
ness. There is indeed no rea-
sonable excuse whatever for an
able bodied man to ask for assis-
tance ; when such demands are
made, the cause can in nine
times out of ten be traced to
their own improvident manner
of living-never looking beyond
the present, and in this he is
usually ably seconded by his
better half who never learned
nor practiced the art Of econo-
my in household affairs
But it occasionally. happens
even in the smaller towns there
are cases of destitution brought
about by varied misfortunes
that appeal strongly to our be-
nevolence, and the exercise of
christian charity in relieving
the wants of the distressed,
among those who rather than
make their wants known would
suffer the pangs of hunger and
the rigors of winter uncom-
plainingly.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-02
To Keep Potatoes,

A prize of 1000 francs was
not long ago offered by a French
association for a method of keep
ing potatoes and other vegeta-
bles, Some isolatingsubst
such as wood ashes, sawdust or
rye straw, with sand, was used
by four or five of the competi-
tors, The plan of one who gained
the prize is to put the potatoes
for ten hours in II per cent. So
luton of commercial sulphuric
acid, when, after being thoro-
oughly dried, they will keep
without alteration more than a
year. The same solution may
be used many times.