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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
Base bali Thirty Years Ago.

The game of baseball as it was played
thirty years ago might provoke a smile
now, but it afforded as much amusement
to the boys of that time as does thehighly
scientific game of to-day. There wer0
few rules and these altered to suit the oc.
casion. There was no umpire to serve as
target for ill-natured "kickipg." Tho
playing was governed by the popular
sense of justice, and was rarely other.
wise than good-humored.
How anxiously the boys waited fol
recess to come as the hours dragged
along in the hot, dry school-room.
What pleasure it was to hurry outside
and breathe in the cold. pure air and
send it out in yells that would awake
the echoes a mile away. But those
yells indicated good lungs and happy,
careless hearts such as school boys
ought to have.
Then for game of baseball. Two Of
the boys would choose sides, and then,
after it had been decided who should have
the innings, the game would begin. 1t
did not matter how many there were on
= side. There must be a pitcher and
catcher, and there might be from one
to twenty tielders. Now and then three
Of four of the best players would
stand" the crowd and successfully play
against several times their own number.
There were four or five bases, or moro
if it was thought desirable. They were
arranged in circle in front Of the home
base, each marked by stick from the
oil tIa
ter of the circle was the pitchers "box, )"
though that term was not used nor even
heard of by many who played the game.
The pitcher was not hampered by rules,
and his aim was to toss the ball SO that il
could be hit, which is quite different FROM
the game to-day.
Every thing being in readiness the "ins "
would take their places at the home base,
the "outs" would place themselves over
the field and the fun would begin. The
ball would be tossed for the boy at the
bat till he either hit it or at least tried
three times, after which he would
run the bases. If the catcher succeeded
in catching the three balls that the bat
ter struck at, or if batted ball was
caught either on the fly or the first bound,
or if the ball was thrown so as to hit a
base runner while he was between bases,
the man was "out, and when one man
| was out the side was out.
And 50 the game went on. There
were no scores to be kept, but each side
played for the fun there was in it. The
boys of to-day may laugh at the unsci-
entitic game; but perhaps their fathers
had as much real enjoyment out Of it as
they do now with all the rules and cum.
bersome equipments Of the modern
game.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
NEW MODE Or yENIiLt.rIDy.


dangerous DranShts Avoided ~ Is,l-
ing ths Walls.
'i'h" great hall of the new Sugi,, mn in
Paris, is ventilated by new syst~:.. lAo
principle used being that Of ma ntaitina
the walls at a higher Temperature than
the air which they enclose. The means
by which this is accomplished is v"ry in
genious. A mixing chamber is situated
beneath the auditorium, and hot and cold
air are mixed to the temperature do
sired. The air is forced into the audi
torium through "A great number of small
holes in the floor and in front Of the
seats, the openings being covered by a
wire netting. Before the entrance of an
audience, the walls are thoroughly
warmed by forcing air heated to 300 de-
grees into a conduit which delivers the
air into a space behind a mouitlng and
close to the floor. The wall is thus
heated to a temperature OF 100 de
grees, a temperature which by ra-
diation will keep the audience comfort-
able while veutilating the hall with air
Mt SO degrees from the mixing cham
ber All downward cold draughts arc
thus prevented, as the currents of air
will all be upward, owing to the heated
surface,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
Lishtning-Proof Ships.

1t is curious fact that the iron ships
# the present time are not damaged
nearly so frequently as are wooden ships.
The German government has been col
iecting some statistics relating to the ef-
feet of lightning on ships and the reasons
given by the commission appointed to
collect the figures for the immunity Of
iron ship from damage is. that wire rope
is used for rigging purposes and that
the vcss Is are constructed either of iron
or steel. In this way it is believed t'iat
the whole ship becomes Il continn -
conductor. leading the lightning to the SEA
before it can do much damage. Tho
commission reports that no case has
been recorded of IA ship rugged with
wire rigging sustaining damage from
!ightning. except III ii few Instances where
a ,ultiuIous CO injection had not been
n. l,;,, " it'll the hull.
N,'n'len ships, on the contrary, still
C'."a -" same proentaSe Of casualties rs
form rIy, when they are not fitted With
- i,il.iIg rods
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
How the Babies Are Nam e Il .

In some countries curious customs pre-
vail in regard to selecting name for
the baby.
A Hindoo baby is named when it is Il
days old, and usually by the mother.
Sometimes the father wishes for another
name than that selected by the mother;
in that case two lamps are placed over
the two names, and the name over which
the lamp burns the brightest is the one
given to the child.
In the Egyptian family the parents
choose name for their baby by lighting
three wax candles; to each of these they
give a name, one of the three always be.
longing to some deitied parsonage. The
candle that burns the longest bestows
the name upon the baby.
The Mohammedans sometimes write
desirable names on five slips of paper,
and these they place in the Koran. Tho
name upon the first slip drawn out is
given to the child.
The children of the Amos, a people
living in northern Japan, do not receive
their names until they are years Old.
1t is the father who then chooses tbs
name by which the child is afterwarl to
be called.
The Chinese give their boy babies o
name in addition to their surnames, and
they must call themselves by these names.
until they are 20 years old. At that age
the father gives his son new name.
The Chinese care so little for their girl
babies that they don't give them a baby
rame, but just call them Number One,
Number Two, Number Three, Numbc,
Four, and so on, according to their birth.
Boys are thought so much more of in
China than girls are, that if yen ask !;
Chinese father who has both boy and a
girl how many children he h; S, he will
Always lrry:
"Only o, child
German parents sometimes change the
name Of their baby if it is i'll; and the
Japanese are said to change the names o
their children four times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21

In 1889, IN consequence of the upset
ling Of vessel containing kitchen salt,
a workman. in order to ounceai the elects
of the accident, brushed up some of the
spilled salt into his whitewash pail. The
result was the production of a wash as
hard as cement, and which couli not be
removed by scrubbing, This was due to
the hygrQscopio action of the salt, which
ahsorbs water and permits Of the speedy
combination of the lime with the car.
bonlc acid OF the atmosphere. A trial Of
this composition upon the brick wall of
we'll hole or shaft for iight--n which
case it was applied with syringe to save
s"atfolling-stood extremely we'll and
after the lapse of four years the coating
was as good as ever. The use of three
parts of quiczlime to one Of common
salt is recommended,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
CyztcrR on I'.e~s.

The other DAY heard sonl"tn.iy >n"r';
Of ""vsters hanging upon the h:''r'' -
of trees on the borders Of C.na. >. as
Bay"
THAT sounds like fairy tale, Though.
l t, myself
determined to investigate. SO s"jl: !:
II always supposed that oysters grew
under water. l never knew they huns, i'll
clusters on tree branches like apples.
Curious sort of oysters those must he
which grow on trees along the banks Of
tie Chesapeake!"
"Chesapcakc Bay has the finest kind of
oysters" said the Talking Man. The
re.,sun they are sometimes found grow
ius on tree branches is this: The spawn
of the oyster floats about in the water,
tossed by wind and waves. 1t has the
quality of attaching itself firmly to any
solid substance it touches. Sometimes it
might be the bottom OF ship, a rock, or
a tree branch. You know the bottom of
ship often needs scrapng on account Of
the shell fish alhering to it.
"Now the branches of trees often droop
into the water. They do it along the
borders of the Chesapeake the same rs
the bank of any river or bay. At high
tide such branches will be covered with
water and when the tide goes back, tho
branches come to the surface again.
"The spawn sticks on those boughs
when they are beneath the waves. In a
few days the tiny oysters begin to de-
velop, and before long. at every low tide,
a. l. 1, = =,
little oysters hanging all over it.
Sometimes branch which is often un.
der water will be nearly covered with
small oysters. 1t looks very odd, but it's
a common enough sight down there.
"Grow? They don't grow very largo
to be sure. To attain perfection an oyster
must be always under water, and these
hang half the time out of it. When they
are exposed too long to the hot sun, they
die Their weight often causes them to
fall off.
Little oysters are sometimes trans.
planted. Not off tree branches, but from
the beds at the bottom Of the bay.
They are planted in oyster beds in other
places, where, in couple of years, they
grow to maturity"
at sounds funny to talk of pickini;
oysters off trees" said l, "or even of see.
ing them grow there
Funny enough. But they do grow
there I've seen it lots of times, said
the Talking Man. That's the way queer
stories get about. Somebody hears q
thing and does not understand the sense
of it. And most people never stop to ask
what it means. They either repeat the
story for marvel, or say they don't be-
lava y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
RICE VARI1USLY SEA .OtL3.
It Is the ONly GOOD t'itso hr Il ten II,
Tr0p!cal Chimney.

II Is thc Only EOOO t'it to Ise IL ten ki3
Tropical Climates.
In a book intended to guide other ii"rse-
men who may desire to initiate him,
Lieutenant Varges, of the Austro- Hun
carian army has made public the details
Of his recent ride across India. He rode
l2OO miles in ninety-four days, and
crossed 1874 rivers, only three of which
were bridged. His expenses were little
less than $3.50, of which only SIS was for
food for himself, his servant and his
horse. The total cost of his trip from
his home and back was $3.50
This inexpensiveness of his trip, as well
as the soundness of his health through
out it, Lieutenant Varges attributes to
his habit of eating only rice during his
journey on horseback. During his ride
he ate 10 pounds of rice, his servant 10
pounds, and his horse 80 pounds.
For the first fourteen days Lieutenant
Varges ate peppered rice; then for three
weeks curried rice. Between the fifth
and the ninth week he ate sugared rice.
In the tenth week the rice was salted: in
the eleventh, unseasoned in the twelfth,
salted, peppered, curried, and sugared.
For tourists in hot climates Lieutenant
Varges concludes, rice is the only proper
food which can be relied upon safely to
keep man and beast strong and active.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
rHE WATCHES OF THE NIGHT.

D the waiting in the watches of the night.
u the darkness, desolation and contrition aud
alright;
The awful hush that holds us Shut away from
all delight:
The ever weary fancy that forever weary
goes
Recountine ever over every aching loss IL
The ever weary eyelids Gasping ever for re-
In the drearv, weary watches OF the night.
Dark-stihing dark the watches OF the night!
With tinging nerves at tension, how the black
flashes white
With spectral visitation smitten past the inner
sight.
What shudering sense of wrongs we've
wrought that may not be redressed-
OF tears did not brush away-of lips we
left impressed.
Aud hands that we let fall, with all their
LOYALTY unguessed!
All! the empty, empty watches of tho
night
What solace in the watches of the night
What frailest staff Of hope to stay-what faint
est shaft of light?
Do we dream and dare believe it, that by never
weight of right
OF our poor weak deservings. we shall
win the dawn at last
Our famished souls find freedom from this
penance for the past,
In a faith that leaps and lightens from the
gloom that fees aghast-
Shall we survive the watches of the night?
Dne leads us through the watches of tho
night
By the ceaseless intercession Of our loved ones
lost to sight,
lie is with us through all trials, in His mercy
and His might
With our mothers there about Him. all our
sorrow disappears.
Till the silence Of our sobbing is the prayer
the Master hears,
And His hand is laid upon US with the ten
derness of tears
In the waning of the watches of the night.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
Steamship Schedules.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS.

T1HE most direct and cheapest route for
L STEER AGE 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-
hind in the old country.
Steamship Carthaginian. Capt J. FRANCE
Steamship Polynesian.Ca Capt. A. McDouGALL
Steamship Circassian.. Capt. R. P. MOORE
Steamship Sandman Capt. w. RICHARDSON
Baltimore to LiUerpOOt ana
Qmeeast0ar3a. calling at
HdtifUI each Cdy.
These trst-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 Steerage Stewardesses car
riad 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 e. CO.,
No. South Gay street Baltimore,
Or in Erostburg to A V. X. DEEKENS,
At the Office of the Consolidation toal Co.,
Or in Mt. Savage L. S. DEEKENS.
At the office of Union Mining Co,
Nov 81
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
College Colors.

New York University, violet.
Yale, blue.
Dartmouth, dark green.
Rutgers. scarlet.
Harvard, crimson.
Brown, brown and white.
Williams, royal purple.
Bowdoin, white.
Wesleyan, cardinal and black,
Hamilton, rose pink.
Kenyon, mauve.
Michigan, blue and maize.
California, blue and gold.
University of Virginia, cardinal and
gray.
Swarthmore, garnet.
Madison, orange and maroon.
University of Vermont, old gold and
green.
College Of the City of New York, Law,
ender.
Wooster, old gold.
University of the South, red and blue.
Vassar, pink and gray.
Bates, garnet.
Union, garnet,
Colby, silver gray.
Columbia, blue and white.
Trinity, white and green.
Princeton, orange and black.
Amherst, white and purple.
Cornell. carnelian and white.
Boston University, scarlet and white.
Syracuse, blue and pink.
Rochester. blue and gray.
Tufts. blue and brown.
University of Pennsylvania, blue and
red.
Dickinson. red and white.
University of South Carolina, red and
blue.
Rensselaer, Polytechnic, cherry.
Ohio University, blue.
Allegheny. cadet blue and old gold.
Adelbert, Bsmark brown and purple
Hobart, orange and purple.
Bucknell, orange and blue.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21

"What shall get you to remind you
of me while am away" asked New
York dude of the young lady to whom
he is goiug to be married, on the occa-
sion of his taking the steamer for Eu-
rope.
DO you want to get me something
that will always make ME think of you
when l look at it?"
"Yes, darling"
"Then buy me monkey op!ay with. ,
Texas Siftings.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21

A document envelope, which works
like telescope, adjusting itself to one
paper on tifty, is rscent invention.
Gold is SO very tenacious that a piece
of it drawn into the ope,twentieth of an
inch il diameter will sustain weight Of
$40 rounds without breaking.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-05-21
Cumberland an fean&yiFail;a
RAILROAD.
SCHEi,tIlgI.

*On theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
OF prrto nance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, tuhl-
bcriund.
Nos |, 3, 3 and 4daily except sunday. Nos. )
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays only.
l.. NJ. HAMILTON.
Jan 80 superintendent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

"ISDIGo" AND BOHEMIAN GIRL There will
be grand double bill at Albaugh's Grand
Opera House next week, when the Carleton
Opera Company will present Johann Strauss
Indigo" and Balfe's Bohemian Girl The
latter opera is put on at the request of a number
of people who did not see it when the company
produced it here a week or so ago Indigo
did not have much opportunity TO show its best
points when it was presented here at the first
of the season. but Mr.. Carleton has thoroughly
overhauied it and it will be given in splendid
style. The casts of both operas will be mate
rally the same as before. "Cyrene's' dancing
is creating a wonderful furore She receives
three and four encores nightly. Society looks
upon it as fad and they come to see .'Cyrene''
dance. "Cyrene" will dance every night next
week.
DAMON AND PYTHIAs.-The performance of
Damon and Pythias," under the auspices OF
the Woman's Relief Corps, will take place at the
National Theater tomorrow night. The cast
will include some very good people, among
whom will be Mr.. William Boag. who will as
sumo the part of Pythias. and of whom an ex-
eellent performance is predicted by his friends
There have been several careful rehearsals. and
a good entertainment may be anticipated Seats
may now be secured at the box Office Of the
theater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08
BASE BALL.
The Washingtons Fall Upon the Reds with
Awful Effect.
The standing of the clubs to date follows:
BASE BALL.


|
the home club revenged itself upon the Cincin-
natis yesterday in a manner which fairly set the
1000 spectators wild with joy. Such hitting
was never seen here before. Mullane and Cham
berlain were pounded from the box, and Holli-
day came in from right field and finished the
game. The home team made thirty-two safe
hits for total of forty-ive bases, earning
seventeen of the twenty runs scored. Larkin
made six hits. Hoy and Milligan FIVE each and
Dowd and Radford four each. Duffee was the
only one who failed to hit safely. In the face
of this terrific batting the Cincinnatis played a
fine game in the field. Foreman kept the hits
of the visitors well scattered Score 20 to2
st. Louis scored five runs in the first two
innings of Carsey's pitching and defeated
Philadelphia by score of to 6. after the lat
ter club had won nine straight games.
After failing to score for seven innings Brook
lyn made two runs In the eighth inning on two
three-base hits by Kinslow and Hart and a wild
pitch by Davies. Cleveland made one run in
the last inning.
Louisville won from New York by the score
OF to 3. errors by Lyons and Fields being re-
sponsible.
Pittsburg turned the tables on Boston and
won an exciting game by the score of tot.
TIE Orioles punched their errors and the
Chicagos their hits and Arson consequently
won by 5 to 2.
Larkin made new record yesterday. Out Of
seven times at the bat he had five singles and
one three-bagger.
Mr.. Irwin has used good judgment in chang
ing the batting order and putting Radford in
the field. While Robinson does not cover the
ground that Radford does. vet he has greatly
improved and the nine is strengthened by put
ting Donovan on the bench for awhile. 1t took
MIR. Irwin about two months to reach the de-
cision Barnie came to in less than a week re-
garding Donovan. BARNES judgment is being
indicated.
Today the St. Louis club plays at Baltimore,
Chicago at Boston, Pittsburg at Brooklyn. Gin
cinnati at New York, Cleveland at Philadelphia,
Louisville at Washington.
Healy will not sign with Louisville at present
He has gone home to rest, but will give the
home team the first chance at him. Unless
Pfeffer improves in a few days he will be sent
home to recuperate. Taylor is improving and
will play in a few days.
Fitzgerald has been ordered to report at
Washington for duty. His arm has entirely re-
covered and he is ready to pitch. He says he
Is better than ever. and the letter received by
him from Chapman was in response to one from
him requesting to be put in the box again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08

Rev. George W. Moore, who has been for the
past nine years the pastor of Lincoln Memorial
Congregational Church, has accepted posi-
don In the field missionary work of the Ameri-
can Missionary Society. His resignation will
take effect in September. During his pastorate
there have been go additions to the church.
There were only sixteen resident members
when he took charge Of the church There is
now a Sunday school, with a membership of
100; the \. p ). c. E Of IS members the first Or
gained in the city, and junior society of 20;
. sewing school. in which more than 400 girls
have been given instruction and kindergar-
tens. in which 800 children have been taught,
have been sustained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08
THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Questions which the Congressional Com
mitfee Propose to Submit.

questions Which the Congressional Com
mittee Propose to Submit.
In the hearing yesterday afternoon Of the
congressional committee appointed to invcsti-
gate tax assessments in the District before the
board Of assessors at the District building Mr.
johnson announced to the board that the COM
mittee would submit the following questions to
! it in writing:
First. Has the committee appointed to inves-
tigate the tax assessments Of the District the
right to complain to the board Of equalization
and review that the assessment just completed
is too low and ask that it be raised?
Second. Has an individual member of such
committee such right?
Third Has an individual member of Congress
such right?
Fourth Has citizen the right to SO COM
plain OF property not his own?
Firth. What decision will the board make in
the matter Of the request of Mr. johnson of
OHIO, herewith made, that the two-third rate
OF assessment be increased so per cent?
Sixth. How will the board interpret that
law which commands them to hear all Just COM
plants?
Mr.. johnson said the question woulc be sub
mltted as soon as practicable, and that an
early answer was desired. He said the commit
tee desired to know how they stood-what
wish to appear before the board, not through
courtesy, but as matter of right.
The meeting then adjourned, not however,
until Mr.. N. j. Weller informed the board that
ne would not only probably be heard respecting
his property, but that if he should discover
what he might consider notorious UNDERWRITERS
respecting other property than his own he
would insist that he had the right to appear be-
fore the board and ask that such undertakes
be raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08
A Successful Washington Teacher

Miss Mary E. Rowe, native of Washington
and so long and favorably known as the teacher
Of leading girls grammar school in the second
division and principal of the Seaton building,
resigned her place here two years ago to as
eept the position OF principal of the City
Normal School OF Wichita, Kan. The second
commencement of her school has Just taken
place and the Wichita papers speak in the
most fsttering terms of her great success in
her new field of labor. Miss Rowe has been
engaged TO take charge of the School of
Methods at the Winfield Chautauqua during her
summer vacation.