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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
HowelIs and the Venettsuy,

When Mr.. w. d Howells was consul
at Venice an attempted burglary in tho
palace occupied by him gave occasion
for the following suggestive incident:
In my account of this affair TO the
commissary of police l said that the
burglary occurred one morning abour
daylight, when l saw the head Of ti.a
burglar peerng above the window s.!
aud his hand extended to prey upon my
wardrobe
Excuse me, Signor Console, inter.
'Grted the commissary, "how could you
see him."
Why, there was nothing in the world
tc prevent me, The window was cpen
THE window was OPEN" gasped tho
ccmmssary. Do you mean that you
sleep with your window open?"
Most certainly"
Pardon" said the commssary sus.
I'c'cusIy, do all Americans sleep with
their windows open?"
Il may venture to say they all Do IL
summer, l answered. AT least It is
the general CUSTOM"
Such thing as this indulgence il freaii
air seemed altogether foreign to tn,
tcmmlssary's experience and but fer ny
t!ficial dignity am sure | should hae"
leen eilectually browbeaten by hum A.
1t was he threw himself back in his arm
chair and stared at me fxedly for some
moments Then he recovered himself
with another "Pardon!" and turning to
his clerk said:
Write down that, according to tn,
American custom, they were sleeping
with their windows open"
But know that for all his poltenes,
lie considered this habit relic of thu
time when we Americans abode in wig.
wams.-Youth's Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
auicKENING TnE NATIONAL PULSE

Things Seen Abroad Which Make True
Americans Feel Des~rvedly Proud.
The American consuls abroad. except
those located in the large commercial.
ports are for the most part of limited ad-
vantage to the American people EN- masse.
They do make reports to the home govern
ment, but these generally are of interest
only to the few Americans trading with
the port at which the consul is situated.
Occasionally, however, one of these pub
lie servants develops knack of using his
eyes, and the results are apt to be graft
flying to ones pride and patriotism. Cou-
sui Bedloe, of Annoy, in the course of his
Oriental travels, mentions several facts
that quicken the pulse of true Ameri.
can.
In Japan the Pullman car conveys the
brown-eyed people of the Mikado to every
part of the empire.
At Hong Kong steamer called Amer
ica was conveying Baldwin locomotive
to Australia.
In Sumatra he says he saw a Georgia
Yankee working Pennsylvania oil der
rick.
Shanghai uses Edison's telephone, and
long distance telephones connect the
Sphinx and the Pyramids with the bar
rooms of the Cairo hotels. American
beef and mutton dominate the market.
In the interior of Formosa savage
chief sports Waterbury watch and eats
ashcake made from California flour.
In Cairo he found native story teller
passing his shell about for contributions
after recitng one Of Longfellow's Tales
of a Nayside Inn"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
LABOR BEFORE THE LAW.
EesIslation of the Inst Two Years Has
Been Favorable to the Laborer.

EeslsIation of the Inst Two Years Has
Been Favorable to the Laborer.
A summary of the acts of the differ
cnt States during the past two years
shows that the tendency of the time is to
project the interests of labor by all prac-
tirable laws. During the time mentioned
something has been done in the way of
establishing arbitration, as the State o.
California has established board of az
btration to settle labor difficulties. Ar
kansas, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Wy
oming. and New Mexico, have enacted
laws prohibiting non-residents from serv-
ins as peace officers during labor Difficult
ties.
The consecutive service that may be re-
quired of railway employees in Minnesota
and Colorado has been reduced. A coal
miners day in Wyoming is now eight
hours, which is also the time fixed for la
borers on municipal and State works in
Kansas and Idaho. In Nebraska eight
hours constitutes days work for all Ia
bOrers, servants, and mechanics, farmers
and domestic help alone being excepted
from the operation of the act.
Illinois and Rhode Island compel cor
porations to pay their help once a week,
there being no exception in the case of
railway organizations, as may be seen in
New York. In Indiana and Ohio, pay
ment can not be delayed longer than
two weeks, while this provision applies
to mines alone in Wyoming and Mis-
souri,. The last named State also for.
bids with penalty the blacklisting of
employees. The keeping of all general
store supplies is denied to all mining and
manufacturing corporations in Pennsyl.
vania. This, it is hoped, will result in
abolishing the we'll known and odious
company store system which has been the
cause of so much contention in the min
ing regions.
In the same time one State recorded an
enactment which, while it directly affects
labor, can hardly be classed among what
are generally regarded as labor laws.
Oregon placed upon its statute book an
anti-boycott law, making threats and vio-
lence in case Of labor difficulties penal Of
fenses.-Industrial World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
A Lake a Mile Deem,

The deepest lake in the world is Lake
Baikal, in Siberia. Though the super
fetal area is almost the same as Lake
Erie, its enormous depth, 1000 to 5000
feet, enables it to hold almost as much
water as Lake Superior. Its level is $50
feet above that of the Pacific Ocean, but,
Notwithstanding, it's bottom is more than
5000 feet below it. There are many
other deep lakes in the world, but so far
Baikal takes the palm. Lake Maggiore
is 1900 feet deep, Lake Como, 1000, and
Lego-di-Garda, another Italian lake,
nearly 1900 feet in depth. Lake Con.
stance averages about 1000 feet, and
Lakes Superior and Michigan about 800
feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
The True Irish Shamrock,

In Ireland only one shamrock is
known. 1t is an indigenous species Of
clover, which trails along the ground
among the grass in meadows. The tre-
foil leaves are not more than one-fourth
the size of the smallest clover have seen
in America, and are pure green in color
without any Of the brown shading of
white and pink clovers. The creeping
stem is hard and fibrous, and is quite diff
ficult to dislodge from the earth. On ST.
Patrick's day the true shamrock has to
he searched out among the grass, for
though comparatively plentiful at that
season, it grows close to the ground.
Later it bears tiny "whitey brown"
blossom. The information that sham
rakh is the Arabic word for trefoil may
be of service to those interested in the
origin of the Irish race. The word could
have been introduced by the Milesians,
or it may furnish an argument in sup
port of the contention that one of the
lost 10 tribes of Israel settled in Ireland,
which has been revived by tho pubica-
tion Of a recent book.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

The word "Catholc" was first used in
the Apostles Greed when it says: And
one holy, catholic, apostolic church.
Its next use was by Ignatius. who is
said to have been an apostle of ST.. John.
1gnatius succeeded Evodius as Bishop of
Antioch and suffered martyrdom in the
year 107 A. d. lie used the word in this
sentence: wherever Jesus Christ is,
there is the Catholic Church." St. An.
gustne, A. d. 400, says; The very name
Of Catholic holds me in the Church.
The word is from kata, in or through,
and olous, the WHOLE Louis Repub'
lie
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

Mr. Bradley Smyth in passing under
the rear window of his house receives
the contents of pail of water on his
head.
Mrs. Bradley Smyth - Oh, Bradley,
dear, I'm so sorry! Believe me, it was
an accident. l did not throw it at you
Mr.. Bradley Smyth-I know you did
not, dear. 3.
Mrs. Bradley Smyth-How, love?
Mr.. Bradley Smy yth-Because you hi;
me.-Judge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
ON THE HOMEwhRD WAY.

The children from the schoolhouss,
Have come forth free and gay.
And. with merry song and laughter.
Are ON the homeward way.
The evening shades have fallen;
The toilers of the day
TO rest them from their labOrs-
Are on the homeward way.
Sailors on the deep blue sea.
Where storms and sunshine play.
Have turned about their ships to 90
Upon the homeward way.
Grim soldiers after battle.
With saddened hearts. yet gay.
Have sheathed their swords. and joyful,
Are on the homeward way.
The pilgrims in life's journey
Will leave their cares some day,
And be ready then to GO
Along the homeward way.
MAMIE FRANK WILSON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
Right Living and Old Age.

Palmerston, Pitt, Lord Brougham,
Gladstone-what galaxy of illustrious
Englishmen who did famous service for
their country after the allotted span of
mans life! There is no alchemy in the
processes that keep such men young.
Obeying the laws of healthful living even
in the most exacting of public stations
brings vigorous and useful old age as
the natural reward. Chicago News. .
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
Steamship Schedules.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS.

TNHE most direct and cheapest route for
L STEERAGE PASSENGERS from the
South and West wishing TO visit their native
country.
The most convenient line for parties wish
ing to send for relatives and friends left be-
hinC in the old country.
Steamship Carthaginian. Capt. J. FRANCE
Steamship Polynesian.C Capt. a. MCDoUGALL
Steamship Circassian.. Capt. r. p. MOORE
Steamship Sandman Capt. w. RICHARDSON
Baltimore to LiUerpoOI ana
Queenstown. cdtkjR0 at
HaLifdT each 1Cdy.
These first-class screw Steamships will run
regularly between the above points as follows
From Baltimore and Liverpool
EVERY OTHER WEEK.
Steerage PaSSa
To or from Liverpool, Queenstown Belfast
Londonderry Bristol, Cardiff, or Glasgow
Scandinavian and Continental points, at low
est rates.
Very Best Accommodations for Steerageand
intermediate Passengers.
An experienced Surgeon is attached to each
vessel. .
intermediate and Seerage Stewardesses car
ried by each Steamer for the purpose of at
tending to the wants of females and children.
For further particulars or Passage Tickets
apply to A. SCHUMACHER d CO.,
No. South Gay street, Baltimore
Or in Frostburg to A V. X. DICKENS,
At the office of the Consolidation Coal Co,
Or in Mt. Savage to f. S. DEEKENS,
At the office Of Union Mining Co.
Nov 2l
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
Strong Drink No Re.pector persons.

The awful temptation to drink did nos
assail only the ignorant and the base.
The splendor of conquest did not save
Alexander the Great; the most splendid
genius did not save Robert Burns; tho
most refined and beautiful natural char.
acter did not save Charles Lamb or Hart.
ley Coleridge; patriotism and eloquence
did not save WaIpole or Colngboke.
Drink shortened the valuable life of Pull
teney; it clouded the brilliant intellect
of Carteret. Charles Stuart, Of whom it
was sung, "Wha wadna dee for thee,
Bonnie Prince Charlie ?" had better have
died among the carnage OF Culoden than
have lived to become besotted old man
at Rome. me.-Archdeacon Farrar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
Always Short of Money.

Chauncey NJ. Depew says that rich
men keep neither money nor securities
in their offices. Mr.. Clews says that the
rich men conduct their business down to
81 transaction by checks. Sidney Dillon
says that he never carries more than 50
cents in his pocket
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

| recently performed four marriage
ceremonies in 20 minutes" remarked
Rev DR. Thirdly. THAT was at thu
tate Of l2 knots an hour" added Mis-,
Fypp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

We must regret we cannot use
The articles you offer. This rejection
Implies upon their merit no reflection.
For. white they do not meet our views.
We often must reject what others use.
Your style may not be ours, yoa understand,
Or we have similar articles on hand
There may be many reasons undetailable
But at this time the articles are not avail.
able"
j. Edmund " Cooks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

Three years later we meet our friends
in the little church on the hill, which is
heavily draped in mourning. They stand
around the casket that contains all that
10 mortal of dear Aunt Evy.
Maize, leaning on Harold's arms, gaze,
tenderly at the pale face under the glass.
and clasps a little Evy close to her, While
EIo,se holds her boy up for last look al
the dead, smiling face of Aunt Evy, whom
he loved SO well.
NAIVE FRANK WILSON.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,O69.
HE LOVED AN EDITRESS.

"Tis hard enough, in any case to win wo.
mans Yes.
Eut ply me, o gods and men: l loved an edit
ress,
With fervor implored her 70 accept my hear;
and hand
With gentle care. che answered me in accents
soft and bland:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09
Cumberland ana Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.


son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of pcrIu .mlnce.
Al trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
bcrland.
Nos |, ., 3 and tdaily except sunday. Nos. )
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturd4ys only
H. NJ. HAMILTON.
Jan 30 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

No lO-Baltimore Express arrives. 2:30 a N
l2-Mail " =. lbs pm
6l-Cumberland Exp. " dali
ly except sunday. 7:25 p IN
- 6-ENprpSS leaves. l2:25 y IN
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

No. 9-Batimore Express leaves ..l.3J a III
" 63-Cumberlaud - . dali
lv except Sunday 80 a IN
1l-Mail leaves. .33:25 p Ill
5-EXpreSS leaves 400 p IN
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-04-09

No. / is locG train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No T. from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. ,o's 5aud6 make 3 stops each way.
7. r. ALLEN,
Nov y Acting Agent
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
SHOOTING AFPRAY.
One Negro Shoots Another With Intent to Kill
Woman in the Case.

One Negro Shoots Another With Intent to Kill
AWOman in the Case.
On Saturday evening at about seven
o'clock shooting ARRAY occurred at a
house just North of this city, in what
is called Negro Lane" that came
near causing the death of one Negro
at the hand OF another. Hezekiah
Nash, who lives alone in little house
in that neighborhood, was engaged in
preparing his evening meal, when he
heard the voice of one Wesley Lewis,
alias Hogs Head" who called to him
to come out Nash refused to go, and
Lewis entered, calling out /: ''Hez,
you -, you are messing with
my business" and drawing revolver
fired, striking Nash full in the breast.
Nash ran out of the room, followed by
1 Lewis, who sent another bullet after
him, but without effect. Drs. Morri-
son and Henshaw were summoned and
rendered surgical aid, 1t was found
that the ball had struck the breast
bone and glanced, lodging in the back
near the right shoulder blade. The
wound is very painful one, though
not serious. Nash is doing very well
The difficulty grew out Of some trouble
over woman, and Lewis sought re-
venge in this way. Lewis is behind
the bars, and will receive the full pen
! atty of the law.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
THE WILLIAMSPORT FAIR.

A Most Successful Fair Being Held by the Knights
of Pythias-0ther Lodges Visit.
Thursday night was gala evening
at the Knights of Pythias fair in Will
Transport, held by Potomac Lodge No.
&c. A big crowd was present and
Washington Lodge, of Martinsburg,
presented handsome silver pitcher to
the fair with an eloquent speech made
by Mr. Dewitt Gerhardt, of Martins
burg, and an able response by T. A.
George, of Williamsport. The Hag-
erstown Lodge K. of P, presented a
beautiful cathedral clock, and hand
some silver cake basket came from the
Westminster Lodge. The receipts are
80 per cent. better than anticipated.
This week the Hagerstown, Martins
burg and Westminster Lodges will be
present each in body and speeches
of presentation and reception will be
made.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
APPOINTMENTS.

Sheriff Elect Gerling Appoints His Deputies-They
are all Good Men.
Sheriff L. C. Gerling has appointed
his Deputies, Mr.. Robert Gold for Mill
Creek and Arden, Mr.. Alex Clohan for
Gerardstown and Hedgesville, and
Mr.. Elijah Vanmetre for Opequon and
Falling Waters. They are good men
and will help to make a successful adj
ministration for the sheriff's Office.
AS must be the case there are more
good aspirants than places, some very
capable and deserving applicants are
left out, but we hope as the County is
Republican their merits will be recog-
nized in some way in the near future.
Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
rHsouaHour THE COUNTRY.

Millionaire ]. W. Doane is being
prosecuted at Chicago because his
hostler locked his horses tails.
Indian bucks are dancing and the
women starvingin Western oklahoma,
and an uprising is feared.
BY an oil pipe breaking, William
kohler was cooked alive at r. p. S!%$s
u Go. S factory, at Springfield. O.
Assenieal poisoning earsed the death
Of the Helena Ark conviets, but how
administered is unknown, Six are
now dead,
Cora, white man who secured a
Judgment against a Creek Indian for
unpaid wages, was hanged by the In.
dams friends.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
DEATH OF An AaED CITIZEN,
A Prominent and Generous Man Passes Away
Very Suddenly.


A Prominent and Generous Man Passes Away
Very Suddenly,
Sunday afternoon the sudden news
was spread of the death Of an aged and
respected citizen-Mr. VIM. II. Showers.
Occurring on Christmas day, 1t spread
a gloomy shadow over homes that were
in the midst of the festive season. Ii
was another striking illustration Of the
bible teaching that "In the midst Of
life we are in death" For years past
Mr.. Showers was Il great sufferer with
inhammatory rheumatism, and at times
was entirely helpless. He spent Christ
mas eve enjoyably and was in good
spirits.
Mr.. Henry Wilen, his brother-in-
law, notified Mrs. Showers on Christ
mas eve not to prepare any dinner for
Christmas, as he would send it. Sun
day noon a colored servant was sent
with nicely prepared meal for both.
Mrs. Showers then asked the colored
woman to go down street and have a
prescription tilled that the Doctor had
left there in the morning.
While the servant was gone Mrs.
Showers set about preparing the din
ner for her husband. She placed q
small table by his side. and had hardly
placed the meal ON it, when he ex
claimed, 81 feel so sickn These words
had hardly passed his lips, when Mrs.
Showers noticed him fall back in his
chair-dead. Paralysis of the heart
was the cause, and life passed away
without struggle and very Suddenly
Mr.. Showers was well known through
this section, and was q liberal ano
generous citizen. He was member
of several orders here. and was held il
the highest esteem by all. He wa.
born in this city September ., 1877
and died December %, 1892, making
his age rs years, 3 months. and q
days. The funeral will take place from
Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow
morning at IL o'clock, with Masonic
rites. Interment will be made in Greer
Hill Cemetery.
He leaves widow, and was a broth
err to Mrs. Henry Wilen, and Mrs. NJ
A. Logan. He has a large relation
ship, together with hosts of warn
friends, who will learn of his sudden
death with much regret.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
AN UNTRUE STORY.
The Cumberland Times Knows Something of Jack
sons Coat.

The Cumberland Times Knows Something of Jack
sons Coat,
Yesterday THE WORLD printed an
item about a Maine man having a
piece of cloth one inch square, cut
from the coat that "Stonewall' Jack
son had on when he was killed at
Charlottesville. and it has on it two
spots made by the life blood of the
Fighting parson" of the Confederacy.
''This story" says the Cumberland
Times, "can't possibly be true as the
Southern minister referred to must
be either Rev. James Battle Avirett,
well known in this city, who was
chaplain of Ashby's brigade and who
was at Charlottesville as bearer Of
dispatches to Gen. jackson, or Rev.
DR.. Dabney, his own chaplain.
Neither of these gentlemen ever had
the care of Gen. Jackson's clothing as
it was tenderly taken from him after
he was carried from the field by his
surgeon, Dir. Hunter Mcclure, of Win
chester, and Major Hawks. and by
them given to his widow in whose
custody blood stained and bullet
pierced, but absolutely intact, it was
once seen by an attache of this paper"
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
GOSSIP ABOUT WEST v1RaINrANs.


Washington Pays Little Attention to Reports of a
Movement against Senator Faulkners Reelection,
The following is Washington chat
about West Virginians
Reports III New York papers of n
movement against the reelection Of
Senator Faulkner, do not excite much
interest here. West Virginians do not
seem to think there is anything in
them.
Representative Anderson, started for
home to spend the holidays yesterday
He expects to find his stockings filed
on Christmas morning with the same
sort of articles that have filed his mail
for weeks; applications for Offices. But
Mr.. Anderson does not complain. He
thinks it an inalienable right Of all
Democrats to aspire to office.
Representative Pendleton has not
yet decided when he will go home. He
may find it necessary to stay here dur
ing the holiday recess.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-12-30
WILL INCREASE THEIR POWER.
The Edison Electric Light Company TO Mako I'M
provements in Their Plant,

Tho Edison Electric Light Company TO Make I'm.
provements in Their Plant,
Mr.. D. w. Shaffer, president OF the
Edison Electric Illuminating Co, of
this city, informs us that arrangements
are being made, MS fast MS possible, to
increase the power of their plant. A
$50 horsepower Corliss engine has
been ordered and will be placed in
very short while. Two heavy mean
descent dynamos, of capacity sufii-
cient to furnish the proper voltage for
800 thirty-two candle power lights, will
be added; also an arc dynamo Of 80
lamps capacity.
An expert from New York, is expect
ed to arrive the first Of next week and
work will begin at once on the wiring.
The present wires, which are far too
light, will be replaced by heavier ones
which will be of sufficient capacity to
carry the increased voltage.
The company will place 800 mean
descent lamps in the Kilbourn knitting
mills, and as soon as the spinning mill
is completed, it will be wired for 200
additional, making total Of $50 lights
used in the two mills of the Kiibourn
company.
This increase in the power will be
hailed with delight by our citizens, as
the lights will be far better than here
tofore. For some time past the lights
have not been the very best. owing to
the heavy strain on the machinery.
The increase in power will not only
obvate this difficulty, but give the
company a chance to increase the
number Of lights.