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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
sTR ENNS OF JUCN.
Fortunes That Have Been Made h
ACcldrnt.

One O'Relly, trader. in casually
stopping at the house of B"cr n.;,r
Pmeil, Griqunland West, saw SONS
children playing with number of cx-
,eedingly pretty pebbles, and on asAin,
MS Dutch host whether he could taio
one. he was promptly told that h" cu,;ld
DO so, MS "tls children had plenty moro
Of them"
OReilly took the stone to Graham
Town and sold it for 81, 900; it was rrsold
for $25, ,o00.
y Dutchman named De Beer had built
himself the usual waffle and daub huusn
ON his farm, but it had been erected for
quite long period before some lnquir-
,ng prospectors found that the rous! cast
used for the walls actually contained
diamonds. The farm speedily changed
hands for $4,000. 1t now, with its
neighboring mines produces over Sl5,-
300, 900 of diamonds annually, Tie total
wealth from this discovery to date being
probably over $3.50, 900, 900
At Wesse!ton, a Boer riding out at
,undown to bring in his horses from the
veldt, here they had been running all
1dy, Sa" d sIldll animal Caii'u IL
'meercat" Gt somewhat resembles :. wet
sel, and burrows in colonies like rabbits
indusiriousIy scrapiug some earth from
It's hold. Some popularity Of the ground
50 thrown up led the Dutchman to fill
his handkerchief with it, and after he
had stabbed his horses, by the dismal
light of a small lamp he examined the
nature of the earth. To his astonishm"nt
and delight he found tllree-quarter
carat diamond in the sands.
Further search at the meercat's hole
revealed other diamonds, and six month.
ago no less than $2,550, 900 was refused
for the farm. Since the accidental dis
covery over 900 carats of fine white
diamonds have been extracted from tho
mine.-Tit Bits.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
Little IOhnny Tells n story,

One time there was young cote wich
felt butty, and there was ole ram wich
lay in the road, half sleep, chune his
cud. The cote he had been shet up in a
paster oil his life, an had never saw a
ram. an he sed to his sister, the cote did /:
"You jest stan still an SO me whipo
that freak off the face of the erth."
So the cote he went up before the ram
an stomp his feets an shuke his he'd real
frteful, but the ram he didn't git u2,
but only jes KEEP chune his cud and
wotched out between his laslos. Bime
by the cote he backed off an tuke run,
an then arose up in the air an com.
down with his he'd on the rams he'd
whack The gote's he'd was busted, but
the ole ram he never wank his eve.
Then the ole ram he smiled with his
mowth, an sed to the butte gote's sister
Pears to me. miss, that kangaroo OF
yourn is nifty careless where he ites, he
come gum dasted near making me swol.
ler my cud. San Francisco Examiner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
The Roman NIatron.


That august and forbidding prrsou,
the Roman matron, is pleasantly pic
tured in the paper on private Life in
Ancient Rome" by Harriet Waters
Preston and Louise Dodge, which appears
in the atlantic Monthly. The passage
runs:
The union thus formed and sanctioned
by the divine blessing was at first, and
indeed for long while, regarded as in
dissoluble. 1t assured to the Roman ma
tron very noble position. She was
subordinate to her husband in their rela-
tions with the world, but her sway
within the home was undisputed. Her
spouse, no less than her children and
servants, addressed her with Difference
rs domind, or lady. No servile work
was expected of her, but, so far from be-
ing confined to one quarter of the dwell.
ing, like the Greek woman she moved
freely through it, overseeing all its activ-
tiles and arrangements, the preparations
of meals, the spinning of her maidcns,
the lessons of her children. She received
her husbands guests AID sat with them
at table, while the children, and some
| times even fayorIte slaves who had been
| born and reared in the house, wer,
served at a sort of side table in the same
room.
1t was not thought seemly for ma
tron to go out Without her husband,
knowledge OF unattended; but, upon
these conditions, she was free to walk
abroad; place was deferentally made for
her in the public ways, and the stola
nationals, or peculiar outside garment
which she wore, was supposed to be
protection from all discourtesy. She at
tended public games aud theatrical rep
rcsentations; her testimony was received
in the courts she ight even plead for
an accused relative. If she came of :.
very noble race, she was entitled to u
funeral sermon, or public Grafton OF
rulogy after her death.
Such was the ideal wifehood of the
good old Roman times, and there is a
sense i'll which it may be said always to
have remained the IDEAL Everybody
knows that the mother of the Gracchi ami
the wife of Marcus Brutus were ladies of
nustcre fashion and immaculate mind.
Nay, late in the fourth century, even,
we find st. Jerome endeavoring to shame
some of the more lawless lambs of his
flock by examples of personal rectituue
and dignity in the first pagan families.
But long ere that time the standard Of
manners had fatally deterioratcd The
enormous increase of wealth, and tho
habits of eastern luxury which came in
with the Macedonian and other wars Of
foreign conquest, were prolific sources OF
corruption; while the study Of Greek
philosophy, which was affected by clever
women equally with their lords, pro-
NOTED the growth of new ideas. which
rendered the daily round and common
task" of the older time particularly irk-
some.
Marriage with manus and religious
rites went more and more out of fashion
except for the priestly caste marriage
upon any terms was avoided by very
many. Divorce, on the other hand, be-
came of daily occurrence, and could be
had on the most frivolous pretexts, as
the lives of the Romans whom we know
most intimately, Caesar, Pompey and
their great contemporaries. only too
plainly show.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

Everywhere.
No one in Cuba. except the foreigner.
ever smokes pipe, but cigars and cigar
cites are universal, says the Boston
Giobe:
OF necessity there is great demand
for cheap cigar, and some of tho cigaI5
that fill that demand emit smoke
which will float straw hat and wither
tho vegetation for rods around.
The cigarette, however, is tho main re-
lance OF the workingman. No remarks
are passed in Cuba when man lights "A
cigarette, nor is there anything effemi-
nate in the article itself. Five cents pays
for a big bunch as long as an ordinary
cigar
1t is not easy fer the visitor to get a
good cigar at the tobacconist's. The
ten and fifteen cent grades seem coarse
and heavy, and 4 headache goes with
every one. But visit to a factory near
Havana makes the old smokers moutli
water.
There one can buy cigars all the way
from $35 thousand up to $3.50. Eight
hundred and fifty dollars for thousand
clsars Who buys them?" Oh, lots OF
people in different parts of the world
mainly wealthy Spaniards and Portu-
suese.
Very few of these cigars are sold to the
United States. The Yankee is allowed
to bring just forty v-nine cigars home With
him without paying duty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

During n recent session of West Vir
ginia court darky was tried for cutting
a white man with razor. His counsel
wished to prove that the white man was
the aggressor, and that the darky was
physically unable to defend himself with
out weapon. Being duly sworn,
"Uncle Jim" was asked whether he had
ever been injured in any way,
"Yes, sah."
"Tell the jury all about it"
well, sab, it was down in Chat'noogy
Ia a-wukkin' down dah, an done fell
off'n derrick-fell sixty feet. broke
dis hyah laig, an l fractured dis hyah
ahm in two places, an l knocked out
dem two teef, an my collah-bone was
broke, an had three ribs busted; dis
hyah yeah was tore off, an halter be
sewed on agin: an de fac is, gent'men,
ef it hadn't been for pile o bricks dat
sort O. broke my fall, I'd "a been liza BILE
to he hurt serious"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

One "livins jewel, as the poet calls u
baby, "drops unstained from Heaven al:
every heart beat. They take wing and
ly back from whence they came one for
zach minute of the day. From January
first to December thirty first between
thirty-eight and forty million living
jewels are dropped into this cold world
There are more baby girls than boy
babies. The proportion Of female births
to male births is as one hundred to
ninety. So that between two and three
million more girls are born into the
world each year than boys. There is al
ways surplus OF women, and the extra
number of girl babies keeps up the sup
ply. IL you are good at figures, get out
your paper and pencil and try this sum.
Here is a simple problem in arithmetic: :
A baby is born to day Qs92) Now, sup
pose its ancestors had married at the age
,f twenty one from the time of our Lord
-fifty-six generations - how many
srandfathcrs has that baby had? The
answer, in round numbers, will be three
figures, followed by fifteen ciphers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
The Value of Competition.

Merchant wish to transport soma
goods to Altoona and--
Railroad Official Grascibly)-W Well. why
in thunder don't you go to the freight
department.
Merchant-Its a large quantity OF
goods, and wish to inquire about rates.
Official-Go to the freight department,
I say. Whatever the rates are you'll pay
'em or keep your goods at homo. No re.
ductions to you or any one else. Hear
that. Clear out now.
Merchant-The Altoona mean is not
in this State, but the Altoona of Iowa.
There is a rival road running there, you
know. and | can easily
Oflical-Sit down, my dear sir, sii
down and let's talk it over. James.
bring the gentleman cigar. Henry.
bring the gentleman glass of cham,
pagne. George, te,! the president one OF
our most valued patrons is here.-New
York Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
GULF w EED9.

Whore the gulf weeds go. drifting, drifting
In the straight path of the seas.
Caught by the swirling eddy
Tossed by the madcap breeze,
A my riad tiny creatures
Go sailing away with these.
On pod, and frond. and steamer,
On rosy and purple spray,
In the mesh of the lovely seaweeds
Sailing and drifting away
To the shores of they know not whither,
In the happy far away.
Bnruacle prawn and scallop,
M"llasks with pearls and rings.
CraNfsh clicking their music,
lining. unnamed things.
And the Argonaut, brave sailor,
With the old-time myths il brings,
They know what the waves are saying.
They hear the sea birds scream:
And the white ships loom and vanish
In tho wonderful tr"pc stream;
And they sing and chatter together
Like voices in Il dream.
And IL we were mermaids or mermen,
We, too. would sail at our ease.
On the raft of the lovely seaweeds
Drifting away with these.
With the tiny creatures about us,
Through the strange path of the seas.
While barnacle, prawn and scallop
Would chatter and sing and play.
Argunaut. mollusk and crayfish
As we went drifting away
TO the shores OF we-know- w-not- whittier
In the happy far-away.
-Emil,e A. Braddock. New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
Have You a House

THAT IS NOT lNSUREpa
I + so you want to place policy on it to-
/ day or tomorrow before you dine.
You want the risk taken, too, by standard
company, such as ID. Z. MILLER, of Cumber
land, represents. Any policy is good until a
fire occurs, but then it is you want pledge
of indemnity worth its face in gold.
Rates not quite as low as wildcat figures,
but the lowest consistent with certain and
perfect Indemnity i'll event of loss. Apply to
]. b. ODER,
Dec IA JOURNAL Office, Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

Jay Gould carries in his purse ten
cent piece which he declares at one time
VAS all that stood between him and q
dead BROKE condition.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

scnaIor yoke, Of texas never wears Ii
ucc., 10 or cravat, but he can get away
= ith II paper of lin" cut quicker than any
oG his colleagues
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
GEORGES GREEK X CUMBERLAND

NY II I ~ =.
JlAILY, sundays excepted, from Genital
l).5tatium, Cumberland.
UUTWAED-BOUND TRAINS.
Leave Cuuibcrand..... 7:l5 Il III l:45 p m
Arrive at Vale Summit. 500 Il HI 30 = III
Midland..... So a IN 252 = III
- Homecoming $50 a IN 500 = IL
RETURNING TRAINS.
Leave Homecoming. w 1880 a III 800 p m
Arrive at Midland ... 1898 a M 500 p IN
" Vale Summit HOO ii m $50 IN
" Cumberland Has IA m 6l5 p IN
Dams Rock excursionists take the 7:l5 Il.
m. train at Cumberland, and return by the
$50 p. IN. train at Vale summit.
JAMES A. MlILHDLLhNp,
Aug9 General Manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30

Good gloves are made Of antelope skin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-07-30
Railroad Schedules, etc.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

*On theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
OF performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
bcrldnd.
Nos. l. ,. Baud idailv except sunday. Nos.
and Tuesdays, FhurN,liNs ana HttilItNS Ohly.
l.. NJ. HAMILTON.
July SupcIintcndent.Aa
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-02
A GIRL OF THE LONG AGO.

An old man sits at eventide when the summers
sun is low.
His thoughts. like birds Of beauteous wing. &C
back to the long ago.
He looks upon a golden tress which like sun
beam lies
In his wrinkled palm, and tears will start un-
hidden to his eyes.
through his tears;
"A merry voice rings out from where are
grouped the vanished years;
Yes, from the past two eyes look forth with
lovelight all aglow,
And now before hIm stands once more girl of
the long ago.
You'd smile tt see her standing 'mong the
maidens of today.
Her garments of quaint old st.a.e forever
passed away,
And In the attic. hid away-a secret It's, you
know
L. an old. old dress, the wedding gown Of girl
Of long ag6.
srere are silver buckles on her shoes, a dainty
little pair:
The old. old man looks down and smiles, as If
they're really there:
He saw them trip the Money Musk" when the
harvest moon was low.
What said he Oh the homeward ride to that
girl of the long ago?
no matter what; the wedding bells rang JOY
=. ously one morn
When o'er the clover came the wind to kiss the
silken corn,
And he who oft with beating heart had played
the boyish beau
Blood up and bushed beside his bride-the'girl
of the long ago.
Aethinks that while he sits and rocks, with
life at its decline,
Still for his eyes and his aiene her silver buckles
shine;
cannot tell you when she died: this only do
know
She Is his bride today as when he won her long
a little miss steals forth sometimes and climbs
upon his knee;
Her fingers smooth his snowy locks, her eyes
are fair to see:
No kisses her with youthful zest, his own eyes
all aglow,
Because she is the image of girl of the long
ago.
It. @. Harbaugh in Good Housekeeping.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-02
A wARNING-DoNT USE BIG WORD j

In promulgating esoteric cogtatlons er
articulating superficial sentimentalit,es aid
philosophical or psychological observati, ,ns,
beware of platitudinous ponderosity. Eet
your statements POSSESS clarified con else
ness, compaoted prehensibleness, :oele-
scent consistency ard a concentrated cog
ency. Eschew all corg glomerations oftis !tbsent
garrulity, jejune baLblement and ASH iie af-
fectations. In trying tc impress upor Others
the superiority of the Wisconsin Central
Lines, and why you and so many OF hers use
this thoroughfare from St. Paul a ,d Min
neapolis and Duluth and Ashland to Mil
waukee. Chicago and points east nd south,
it is not necessary to use jawbreal ;ers. Let
your extemporaneous descantings AID un-
premeditated exp ti,tions have in teIlisibil-
ity and veracious vivacity. witbo' 1t rhodo-
montale or thras' nical bombast s lelulously
avoid all polysyll' bic profundity. psittace-
oas vacuity, ventliloqual yerbosit y and van
prurient jocosity and pestiferous profanity,
obscurent or apparent. In o. ;her words,
talk plainly, naturally, sensiblJ ,, and truth
fully say the Wisconsin Centr al Lines is
THE route, and that ends it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-02
GRASS SEED
Tested and will grow.

The sower has no second chance, common sense
says make the most of the first. All seeds
tested and warranted reliable and pure. IF your
dealer does keep seeds, send to If he does
handle our seeds HE HAS THE PROOF, ask for it.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-02

This office has been favored 18th COM
plete catalogue and price list of the Ever
green Nurseries, of Evergreen, Wis. This
nursery is well known througho ut the west,
having been many years estab) istled The
proprietor, Mr. Geo. Pinney, h as probably
distributed more evergreens anti forest trees
through this state than. any OF her man in
the country. Although he rails es and sells
millions of forest trees annual IL, his spe-
cialty is evergreens. He plants hundreds of
pounds of the seeds every yea r.. and now
has nearly three hundred vari etses ON his
lists, fplly equalling the larg. sst nurseries
in Europe, which supply the Il nrscries aud
parks Of royalty. Of course, ! laving such a
large trade and growing them ia such large
quantities, he is able to give better prices
for the same quality of trees til an any other
nurseryman in the country. 1t is well
worth the while of any person to sead for
his lists.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-09-02
Nail T,air, Daily EXCEPT Sunday.
tt r ugh Tickets to All
Points East and South.

w. tickets an! fu, information regarding
ra ~s, na ps etc., call on company's agent at
C,~vallIs.
EP ROGERS. Asst. G. f. &P Agent
r. KOEHLER Manager. Portland Oregon.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22

portant witnesses for the State. A
local afternoon paper of the date OF
the killing contained a statement to
the effect that telegram had been
sent to Sheriff Robbins, OF DeSOto
county, instructing him to take Fos-
ter, who was then in custody of JUS
tice Holiday, and place him in the
county Jail at fernando, because
Holiday was II friend of Foster and
had been such in the trouble between
him and Morgan.
"This publication was unjust to
Holiday, who is regarded by the
friends Of Judge Morgan and those
who know him best as a fair and i'm
partial officer of the law, and it is not
believed that his personal friendship
for either side would influence his Of
fetal acts. He has for many years
been a personal friend OF Morgan, and
has also been regarded as n good
friend Of Foster.
''Ira d. Oglesby, who occupied the
seat on the train with Judge Morgan
when he was murdered, will not APP.
pear as counsel on either side, as he
will be used as witness in the case"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
ALARGE PURCHASE.
Cahaba Coal Fields Acquired by the Ten.
nessee Coal, Iron 81 Railway 90,

At a meeting Of the directors of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron d Railway Com
pany in New York last Friday, says
the Banner, it was announced that
the company had secured the posses
sion of the Cahaba Coal Mining Com
pany. The property contains 45,000
acres of coal lands, with seven mines
and yearly output of 100000 tons.
1t also embraces sixteen miles Of rail
road, all necessary buildings. miners
houses and other property. This adj
dition, together with the recent pur-
chase of the Debardeleben interests,
make the Tennessee Coal, Iron &
Railroad Company the practical own
ers of the Cahaba coal-field in Ala
bama.
Rumors that an injunction was to
be taken out against the Debardele-
ben purchase, Mr.. Nat Baxter, Jr.,
states are entirely without foundation
and were started in the interest of q
bear movement.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
------------------------- =-~-
To Attend the Wedding.

e. r. Pearce and wife went to
Nashville this morning to be present
at the marriage there to-day of his
brother, Albert r. Pearce. The lat
ter will bring his bride to GAINESVILLE
and spend some of the honeymoon
with his brother. The LEAF CHRON-
IoLE is pleased thus to record the last
act of rather romantic love affair
of one of its former compositions. His
marvellous patience and loyalty to
the lady of his first love have at last
been rewarded, and now that his
work has been consummated Cupid
laughs VIGOROUSLY and fades from
view. Long life and happy one,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearce.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
HEAv1 RAfN STORM.
Easements Flooded and Streets Turned
Into Rivers.

Special to the Leaf-Chroniclel
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, June o.
A rain storm, almost unprecedented
in its results, struck the city yester-
day afternoon. The two-inch gauge
at the Signal Service was soon full
and running over and the fall could
not be measured. Scores of base
ments on the business streets were
flooded, and for several blocks on
Market street the water ran from
curb to curb in a stream several
inches deep.
The loss is estimated at sc, 900. An
electric wire was struck by lightning
and burned out, and thelife ola negro,
Immediately underneath, was saved
by rubber overcoat he wore. The
press room of the Evening Press was
inundated and had to be pumped out
before the paper could be issued.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22

Mr.. G. Shaver, WeIlsville, Kan,
says: at is with pleasure that /
speak of the good Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and DiarrhHa Remedy
has done my family during the last
fourteen years. In the most Obsti.
nate cases of summer complaint ana
diarrh9a among my children, it act,
ed as a charm, making it never nee
essary to call in physician. / can
truthfully say that in my judgment,
based on years of experience, there is
not medicine in the market that is
its equal" For sale by Owen &
Moore,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
The Death Record.

Edward, son Of j. A. Bird, of the
Twenty.frst district, aged sixteen
years, died at his fathers residence
last night after a brief illness. The
young man was in usual health the
middle of last week, but on Friday
was taken sick. Congestion of the
stomach followed and death occurred
az stated above. He was an unusu-
ally sprightly boy and was the pride
of his mother and father, who have
the sympathy OF their friends. The
interment took place nj Liberty
church this afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
Henry E. Bryan's Card.

Mr.. Henry Il, Bryan has card in
this issue in which he declares that
he did not authorize any one to sign
his name to the call for the Buchan-
an meeting here next Saturday. He
further states that he is emphaticalIy
not Buchanan man, and wants to
know who assumed the authority OF
signing his name to the call. The
LEAF-CIIRoNICLE knows nothing
about this part of The business. We
were requested TO call the meeting,
or rather to publish the list that is re-
ferred to by Mr.. Bryan, and had
nothing to do with signing his name
to the same. The responsibility rests
elsewhere. The LEAF-CHRoNIOLE
is reliably informed, Moreover, that
there are quite number of Others
who say their names were put to the
call unauthorized by them.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-22
ELECTRIC Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well
known and popular as to need no spe-
cial mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex-
ist and it is guaranteed TO do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
all diseases of the silver and kidneys,
will remove pimples, boils, salt rheum
and other affections caused by impure
blood. Will drive malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cure all
malarial fevers. For cure of headache,
constipation and indigestion try Elec-
trio Bitters. Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded. Price so
cents and $i.00 per bottle at Owen d
Moore's drugstore.