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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
Old Clothes.

The cry of "Ogh clo," which is said
to have so irritated Coleridge on one
occasion that he demonstrated with the
Jew who was giving it, is often heard
in parts of London. 1t heralds the APP
proach of the buyers of these cast-otf
articles, which are furnished up, scour-
ed, cleaned, pressed and then sold
again. The travels of old clothes are
very curious.
The persons who prepare them for
sale are called in England by the
strange names of "clc5Derers," "revi-
vers' and "translators." The duty of
the "clo1Derer" is, by patching and
sewing up, to restore the garment to it's
original appearance.
'Revivers" try to make black cloth
garments look as good as new again,
and succeed quite we'll, although the
gloss they put on soon passes off. The
"translator's" work Is of higher
kind; he has to change one garment in
to another; for instance, to make waist
coats or tunics for children out of the
skirts of a mans coat, which are the
least worn part.
Black cloth clothes that are too far
gone to be 'clobbered" or revived" are
sent to France, Russia and Poland to
ing people Of these countries wear.
The cast-off red coats of the British
soldiers almost all 60 to Holland, for
in that damp country the people have
a notion that red cloth keeps off rheu-
matism; therefore all careful Dutch
men Of the laboring classes wear red
cloth waistcoats next their skin. These
are made by cutting off the sleeves of
the British soldiers red coats and al
tering the shape a little, though the
Dutchmen, presumably, do not know
this.
The snowy uniforms of the guards,
the full-dress liveries of the Lord
Mayors footmen, or of the royal SER
wants, even the laced coats and cooked
hats of beadles, come into the hands of
the old clothes dealers, and go chiefly
to the south coast Of Africa, where
they are sold to the native chiefs.
English travellers are sometimes
amused at being received in full state
by swarthy chief on his throne, dress
ed out in footman's livery or rifle
mans uniform.
The gray greatcoats of the infantry
find their way to the agricultural dis
tricts; the more valuable cloaks of the
artillery are sent to Holland; and that
Country anu iIeituu dUSorD the caSt-oU
clothing of the police.
Old clothes that can neither be "clob-
bered," revived" nor translated" go
to Dewsbury and Leeds, where they
are torn into 'shoddy" by huge toothed
wheels, and after being mixed with
some fresh wool they come out as
pilots" beavers" "mohairs'' or other
fabrics which happen to be fashionable
1t Is said that "Shoddy" and "munpo''
supply the materials for a third Of the
woollen manufactures Of the country.
Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
An Early start

you did not run fast enough" said
the station agent to the passenger who
missed his train. II ran fast enough,
but l did not start soon enough said
the passenger, as soon as he could get
breath enough to reply. When we see
a farmer drawing out manure while
other farmers are planting, planting
while others are hoeing, and killing
weeds when his grass is drying up in
the field, or harvesting unripe corn
after the frost has killed the slower,
we think that, no matter how hard he
may have worked, or how busy he has
kept since he began the spring work,
the trouble is that he did not start soon
enough. He should have had part
of his land fall-plowed, he should have
had his manure drawn to the field dur
ing the fall and winter; he should have
had seed and fertilizer at home before
the ground thawed, and the team and
tools should have been in shape to
work right on without breakage or hin.
drance from the first Then he would
not have been in a position to Tealize
quite so fully the truth of the old
proverb regarding the length and al
most hopelessness of the stern chase"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
UNDERFED AND OVERFED.
Poor Mon Suffer from Hunger, Rich Men
from Gout and Both Die EARLY.

from Gout and Both Die EARLY.
1t may seem hard for the man who,
in his youth, has known the pinch of
poverty, who remembers how the cut
of mutton, with a supply of potatoes
and greens, scarcely sufticed for a Wig
orous appetite, should find that in the
prosperity of later life an eight course
dinner of delicacies fails to tempt him,
and that, nevertheless, his physician
warns him that the attack of govt from
which he is suffering means that he is
eating too much, and that his diet must
be lowered. Is life, then, never to give
satisfaction? Must youth know hunger
and old age safety? Must the poor
muscle-worker never have enough food
to give energy to his frame, and must
the rich idler have so much to eat that
disease is the consequence?
To find the happy mean, to live ac-
cording to sweet reaSonableness and
knowledge, is the aim of the teachings
of science, and IL to these are added
the principles of Christian communism,
the wealth of later life will not lead
to self-indulgence, but to the mitigation
of the sufferings of those who want the
means Of life. One of many splendid
examples, says the London Hospital, is
that of a gentleman, now in possession
VI IL very WIN, III Ills
youth, lived on salary Of ten shillings
a week. He early made up his mind
that to eat little and drink less would
be his rule in life.
To this resolution he has adhered,
though fortune has come to him. Near
ly an octogenarian, he is still man Of
untiring vigor of body and mind. Sim
pie in life, he dispenses his great for
tune as a custodian for his Master,
while living amid the refinement and
cultured surroundings Of an English
gentleman.
Sir George Humphrey has investi-
gated the life histories of centenarians
in England with the view of ascertain
ing the causes and circumstances of
longevity. AS one reads of the habits
and life of these men and women who
attained to the age of one hundred
years and more, one is struck by the
fact that they were almost invariably
lean people, Of spare habit and Of great
moderation in eating and drinking.
OF thirty-seven three took no animal
food, four took very little, twenty a
little, ten moderate amount and only
one acknowledged taking much meat.
With regard to alcohol the returns
are much the same, and abstemious-
ness is found to be the rule Of these
centenarians.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
SNUBBED BY GEORGE BANCROFT.

Experience of Young Man who Went
to Show Him a Patent Index.
Along in 1873 a Michigan man named
Dennison, who has since won financial
success from various ingenious devices,
says the Detroit Free Press, had q
good thing in the way Of a patent in.
deX, which he exhibited to several liter.
airy men in Washington, who received
1t with SO much favor that he deter.
mined that George Bancroft, the his.
torlan, should no longer remain in igno.
rance of the virtues of his contrivance.
Some evil-dispOsed person represented
to him that Mr.. Bancroft was an affa.
bic gentleman, hail fellow well met"
with everybody, especially with am.
bilious young men with patent rights
to dispose of. The result was that Mr..
ID. hied him at once to the stately man.
sion of the great historian, sent up his
card and was admitted to the presence
without delay. AS he entered the room
the great man was busy writing let
tiers.
Without saying a word or scarcely
looking up, he motioned to Mr.. d. to
take seat. Mr.. Dennison hung him
self on the edge of a chair and watched
the literary giant with breathless inter.
NS', SOlhlilS, ultdu Wuile, tup speech
which he had prepared for the occa-
sion.
After Mr. B. had finished his morning
mail, apd Mr.. D. was nearly exhausted
from sitting in his constrained position,
the great man suddenly turned his
head, glared savagely at his visitor, and
In an awful voice eXclaimed:
what do you want?'
MIR. Dennison jumped nearly out of
his boots at this and shrivellcd up to
about half his normal size, and passing
a book to the historian, said:
why, I've got a-that is, I've got an
index
AN index. What do you mean?"
Numbered the eminent historian. TAX
ing the book and glancing over 1t as
though it might be gunpowder plot
or an Internal machine which he might
be called upon to throttle.
mean, said poor D., who was now
vlslbly fading away, II mean-that is
to say, that book is a patent right, or.
rather, that index is a book-no, that
patent is an index which has been high
ly recommended by many persons of
distinction and L thought maybe you
might be anxious to see it, You see
by the index you will be able to find
your way III the darkest night, or,
rather, you can find anything you want
without looking for it-that is, you can
find your place when you do not want
to-
That's enough" yelled Mr. B.
Certainly" said Mr.. D., clutching his
book and backing out of the room, as
rapidly as a man could whose arms
had suddenly grown to be seven feet
In length and his whole body had set
tied down in his boots
Once out of the room Dennison
skipped downstairs, crawled out of the
keyhole and went to his hotel and
soaked himself for two hours in hot
water before he resumed his normal
size and shape. 1t is needless to say
that Mr.. d. regards Bancrofts His
tory of the United States" as totally
unreliable and sadly lacking in literary
merit.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Wanted Statesmen

TNO sell our choice and hardy Nursery
L Stock. MANY special varieties to offer
both in fruits and ornamentals, and controll-
ed only by us. We pay commission or
salary, give exclusive territory and pay
weekly. Write us at once and secure choice
of territory. MAY BROTHERS,
NurSerymen,
July 15-tNOv % Rochester n. Y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
A Rare Chance !!
FURNITURE
-AAG Cost 2

nWlNG to the calamity which recently
~ betel my store building, destroying the
ROOT and third story, and not being able to
Eet place to remove my stock to keep it out
"t 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.
he stock comprises Walnut, Oak and Pom
lar Bed Room Suits; at least % Parlor Suits
OF the latest styles and upholstered in all
Kinds of Plushes, BrOcatels, Tapestries, etc,
ranging in price from So to Sis; also !,
very fine lot of Upholstered and Rattan Easy
Chars especially selected for The holiday
trade. and a fine lot of Lounges Bed Lounges
side Boal's, Hall Racks, Wardrobcs Exten-
SION fables, all kinds OF Mattresses Springs
ana, ~ TACT, everything pertaining to Il first
class turnltur@sture. Some of tins Furni-
ture has been slightly damaged. but the bulk
Is YET unl!Jur'd, and that which has been
damaged III any way will be sold eycredinr-
ly low. This is an opportunity to get
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
First in Style !
Best in Quality!
Lowest in Price!

Under these circumstances the seed of dull trade
terminate i'll garden for popularity the flower that blooms
there in profusion, rich those which adorn our
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16

With heaxe at the root of high prices with the doss refined
and but the pure gold of utennost perfection in all our
lines it any wonder that Mecca of fashion
hunting pilgrims? Is any surprise that all who properly APP
peciate solid goods and minimum prices should flock our
establishment did the people of old to the geng market
places of the Orient!
One suggestion however, to those who dcaying-reme
be it just sensible and important be time be
style Come at and see our new goods.
. FRO5TBURG,M MD
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-09-16
Admitted TRAIN,

1915 a. M, arriving at Denver in the after
noon of the next day, earlier than any of its
competitors. II is
A LIMITED TRAIN,
and best of all, no extra charge is made over
the usual ticket rate; its running time speedy,
and equipment will consist of but one bag
gage car, one chair car, two sleeping cars and
a dining car.
Tourists en- ro~tc for Pueblo and Colorado
Springs can bv this train go direct in sleeper
from Chicago without change. Travellers will
note the fact that this train leaves Chicago
after the arrival of all fast trains over trunk
lines from the east. The train is vestibuled.
Its equipment has been built especially for it.
The cars are lighted by gas and heated by
steam from the locomotive.
The popularity of the "Rock LIand'
DINING CAR SERVICE
is another guarantee that this train will Sc
cure patronage, and all passengers en- route
have this luxury through to destination over
the "Grcot Rock Lsland." No money is spared
to make its service what our patrons always
say-''the best"
The travelling public are advised that our
"Bg 5" will continue to run as usual, leaving
Chicago at 10 p m. daily, and arrive at Den
yer, Colorado Springs and Pueblo the second
morning, being but one day out and our
No. ii will leave at & p. III. daily, and rin
Kansas City will reach Denver at same hour
as the big s."
Tourists should remember that this is the
direct line to Manitou and other important
summer resorts, and by taking the
GREAT ROCK ISLAND"
time is saved and through sleeping cars Sc
cured.
The Colorado service of the "Rock kland'
is now made perfect by this new Limited
Train and the big 5, land gives to travellers
two flyers daily each way.
JOHN SEBASTIAN,
General Ticket and Passenger Agent,
Z. ST. JOIN, Chicago, Ill.
General Manager,
Chicago, III. [April Slot
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

commanders who will be dined by our
commander-in-chief during the week.
The junior officers of our ships will
also entertain the other junior officers
this evening at dinner. Colonel Frank
soon after 10 o'clock returned the call
Of the commander of the Holland fri
gate Johan Speyk and was received
with the customary salute from the
rapid fire guns. After leaving the Ho-
lander he called unoficially upon all
the British ships except the Blake.
where he had yesterday been received
by vice-Admiral Hopkins. The salutes
which followed Colonel Franks call
was the only occasion for the firing oil
of gunpowder during the morning.
At 3 o'clock barge crews from the
Chicago and Philadelphia will race
over three mile course for the suprem-
acy of the home station, and later the
officers of the Newark will give re-
ception and dance to the ladies of the
Hy9cia.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18
The Gazette.

A subscriber in San Francisco in a
letter to this office, inclosing money
order for two years subscription to the
tri-weekly GAZETTE, says:
"Your bright familiar face comes 10
me quite regularly three times week
and has been doing so for more than
twenty-five years in this State, and for
many years prior to that was a well
come visitor at my old home in Prince
William county, Va. Your news items
(of which you are usually as full as an
egg is of meat and your spicy editor
ials have been source of great pleas
ure, not only to myself and wife, but
also to numerous friends who drop into
NV office nearly every day to peruse
YOUR interesting columns. l have be-
come so attached to you, that if by
chance you get lost or delayed in trans
it, l feel s.though had missed seeing
or hearing from some dear old Virginia
friend"
1.-THE GAZETTE is thus valued wher-
ever it is read. 1t is in constant re-
ceipt of letters to the effect of the above
and the one referred to is only printed
because it comes from point so far
from home,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18
iStration.

THE latest intelligence from Homo
lulu like the earliest from the same
place, that was reliable, is to the effect
that the natives of the Sandwich ISL
ands, to man, are opposed to annexa-
ton, that all the foreigners there except
Americans agree with them, that
many Americans do likewise. and that
the only anneXationists there are the
American Minister and some disnatur-
allied American adventures who are
engaged in sugar planting and want to
receive the bounty that is paid on sugar
produced within the jurisdiction of the
United States. The President, for his
own sake and that of the country OF
which he is the chief magistrate, should
not let another day pass without re-
calling Minister Stevens, and having
him tried for high crime and INSIDE
meanor in conspiring TO depose the legi-
innate government of Il foreign country
with which the United States are at
peace. and to install in its place that
of the brazen faced adventures re-
ferred to.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

HELD BY THE PoLICE.-James H.
Keith, a salesman, and Ella Cousins,
both of Baltimore, were arrested at the
Belvidere Hotel, in Washington yester-
day, by Detective Geo. Boyd. The cou-
pie came from Baltimore to Washing
ton Sunday evening, intending, they
said, to get married. As the girl IS not
more than sixteenyears ofage they were
held at police headquarters until yes
terday afternoon, when Miss Cousins
parents arrived. The latter objected
strongly to the proposed marriage, and
after some consultation with the au-
thorities swore out warrant for Keith.
He was >locked up and will be given 4
hearing on Wednesday. The girl was
taken to Baltimore by her parents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

AT THE Emancipation celebration in
Washington yesterday, one OF the
speakers berated eN-President Harri-
son for not appointing negro to seat
on the new U. s. Circuit Court OF APP
peals, and said the fact that the ex-
President had disregarded the request
for such an appointment had set the
negroes against him, aud induced those
in New York, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Connecticut to vote against him.
If this be so their presumption is ex-
cused by reason of its good though un-
intentional effect.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18
The Naval Review.

FORT MONROE, Va, April 1S.-The
roads are beginning to fill up with the
daily arrival of steamers carrying thou
sands OF excursionists from Baltimore,
Richmond and Norfolk, and numbers
of small steam craft decorated with
bunting and the flags Of the foreigners,
and loaded with passengers who show
their appreciation of the ships, as they
sail down one long line of American
vessels and then back by the British,
Russian and French ships, by waving
handkerchiefs, parasols and small ban
ners. The harbor this morning was
dotted with every imaginable descrip-
ton of vessel.
This was the first morning since the
arrival of the Russian feet last week
that there has not been a great firing
off of guns in the fleet and at the fort
to welcome some new arrival. The
French flagship Arethuse is expected
some time during the afternoon, and
the fast Argentine cruiser now on her
way will probably drop in about the
same time. Admiral Ghetardi begins to
entertain the visitors at dinner this
evening on board the dispatch boat
Dolphin, which has been especially
fitted out for the proper accommoda-
ton of the distinguished admirals and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

The HOWARD CAssARD.-The steam
er Howard Cassard made run yester-
dav afternoon to Seven-Foot Knoll and
back under Captain Craig. These on
board were pleased with the Cassard's
performance and particularly elated
with the success of the experiment in
turning the steamer around in four
hundred feet, which is about twice the
length of the boat. She is said to have
responded to her helm beautifully. A
Delamater propeller wheel is expected
Wednesday and will be placed on the
Cassard. The directors say the chang
ing of the wheel does not mean that the
Fryer wheel will be abandoned, but
the new wheel will be used for expert
menting with the boat for speed, from
which comparisons of merit will he
made. The Cassard will be taken 10
Hampton Roads during the presence OF
the war-ships there if everything can
be brought down to perfect working
order by Saturday. If her actions are
encouraging after reaching there she
will be taken to New York, so as to
show off at the naval review. The run
yesterday was the first the boat has.
made since February %, during which
time some changes have been made in
machinery and new cylinder put in
Baltimore Sun.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

THE REPUBLICAN protectionists say
the Mckinley bill rebounds to the in
terest of the farmers of this country.
1t may be so, but the people most in
terested have no evidence to that effect.
On the contrary, they know that the
exports Of breadstufis during the nine
months of the current fiscal year have
been nearly ninety million less than
for the like period last year. But wide
awake people don't place much conf
dence in the public utterances ofrepubli-
cans nowadays.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18
A BIC ORpER,-The first step in the

A BIG ORDER.-The first step in the
formation of the American Railway
Union was completed in Chicago on
Sunday when the men interested in the
enterprise issued a lengthy document
setting forth the outline of one of the
greatest labor organizations the world
has ever seen. The union proposes to
enlist as far as possible all railway en-
ployes of every description, and its
avowed object is the adjustment of the
strike and boycott as means of settling
difficulties, and the eradication of the
heavy taxes and dues which members
of the various organizations are now
compelled to pay. Besides the main
point, the regulation of labor troubles,
the organization contemplates several
side issues, as an employment bureau,
an insurance department and other
features.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

THE secretary of the American lega-
ton at Constantinople telegraphs to
the effect that there is no truth in the
reported i'll treatment of Americans by
the Turks in Cesarea, but that on the
contrary the persons arrested were
guilty of attempting by sedilious writ
ings to incite disorder and rebellion
in peaceful community, and that in
stead of being unjustly punished, they
didn't get what they deserved. There
is a provincial and ignorant impression
prevalent in this country that foreign
nations are cruel and have little or no
regard for the rights Of Americans liv-
ing among them. If Americans were
better informed they would know that
their own people are just as well treated
abroad as foreigners are here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

AT Mons, Belgium, yesterday, the
communists and anarchists attempted
to blow up a Catholic Church. 1t is
always this way. The Catholic, is a
conservative church, and is therefore
Objectionable to the upturners and sub
verters of governments. 1t was SO In
Scotland during the revolution there,
and in Paris during the Commune, and
has been the case almost every where
else. The church is the first object of
attack. The red flag and atheism so
hand in hand. And yet Mr.. 1ngersoll
saws Christianity is a sham and a delu-
sion, and is therefore prejudicial TO the
human race!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-04-18

Mr.. ABBOT, president of the Wash
ington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon
Electric Railroad Company, realizing
the just grounds of objection the people
of Alexandria had to his late order in
respect of the running of the cars
through the streets of their city, has
very wisely revoked it. and the cars
are now running as formerly.