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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24

A man who did not keep in mind
that in boyhood he ate his food with o
better sauce than any cook ever invent.
ed was in the habit of making his wife
uncomfortable by too frequent refer
ence to his mothers culinary skill.
Once, however. he was put to silence
for few days at least.
John" said his wife, Il wish you
would tell me just how your mother
made her plum pudding. Then per-
haps I could suit YOU"
why, she took some raisins and
stirred 'em up with the pudding and
baked it. That's all"
But. John, real plum pudding is
boiled"
"Oh, of course. Mother always
boiled it after she baked it."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24
As in Il Mirror,

Many pleasing optical delusions may
be furnished by a judicious use of the
mirror 1t doubles the size of room,
and enhances the brilliancy of the
lamp. Properly placed, it will catch
CLEAN of color, and throw bit of
scenery in unexpected corners. l re-
member pleasant little experience OF
my own when dining with country
friend. During the repast 1 enjoyed
the delightful impression of looking
through an open window directly oppo
site, and of gazing upon a cool expanso
of green meadow and Towering apple
trees. Not until afterward did l dis
cover that I had been placidly looking
into mirror placed so as to reflect the
one window in the little dining room.
Always so manage that mirror reflects
something pleasing and complete.
Never place it where it will catch the
full blaze of the sun. A mirror is akin
to a deep lake that seeks the quiet ant!
seclusion of the forest. Hang Cooking"
glasses low and ornamental mirl ors
in such a manner that they will not
give one the disagreeable impression OF
being decapitated. Long, narrow mir
rors, framed in either rosewood OR ebony,
are used in halls, and must be placed
where they can be seen, and serve tho
purpose of a hat-rack, if necessary.
The study of self in the mirror is to bo
commended. We do not half appreci-
ate its usefulness in this direction.
When we awaken to the fact that a GER
tain ugly scowl between the eyebrows
is the result of bad temper, we arc
forced to reflect !; moreover, we have
acquired valuable bit of information.
I we'll remember the sudden look of
horror that fell upon the face of child,
when, on the occasion of passionate
out-burst of temper, she was placed be-
fore mirror and hidden to look at her.
self. In that moments shock, caused
by the sight of her distorted visage,
the child received lesson which could
not fail to be profitable. In France
the mirror is potent aid in the edu-
cation of youth it corrects bad habits
in the school-room teaches grace in
the conservatory, and to the woman
aiming at self-improvement it incul-
Gates an art so subtle and gracious that
it rises to the sublimity of nature. 1t
is faithful, untiring little friend, and
it is but an act of poetic justice that it
be given place of honor in our homes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24
Make Him Speak "a LeedIe Oud

The views Of the stately editor,
Finan, of the independent, on the pro-
posed composite commissioners ticket
are now in order.-Cumberland Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24

Woman is the perfection of humani-
ty-but a bad woman, or effeminate
man, is first cousin to 'holy terror"
Cumberland Courier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24
A Nugget.

Talk is cheap" but example is
economy. Cumberland Courier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-06-24

What is the Matter in FrOstburg?
The leaders of the Democratic party
in this county have lost the confidence
of the people, because they refused to
let the people into their confidence.
Queenstown tDel.) Ners.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
POSTMASTER WHO TUMBLED
PrO6ted by the Fate of Those Who Had
Gone Before

PrOhted by the Fate of Those Who Had
Gone Before
1t was in a far West village of
about 500 people, and the postmaster
was so bland and courteous when the
mail came in that l felt it my duty to
give him few words Of praise,
81 hev to do it-hev to do It," he
whispered in reply. Come to the
door with me. Dye see them three
graves over thar"
"Yes."
"Them's my predecessors in Office
three of EN-"
"PoStHasterS who have died, chi"
"Postmasters who hev been killed,
Sir-wiped out right here because
they didn't tumble to human natur'
around a postoficem
"YOu must have a special brand OF
human nature in this town." |
queried.
Exactly, sir. Mebby you noticed
old Bill Wheeler? He's never got
letter in his life and probably never
will, but when he asks for mail 60
over the whole grist and do it mighty
careful, too If l jest said: 'Nuthin'
for you, Bill, he'd out with his gun
and blaze away. Did ye take notice
of that one-eyed Teller, Jim Hastings?
Of course know thar amt no letter
fur him, but l hev to run 'em over
and inquire about his health and keep
him goOd-natured. He shot the first
postmaster here. P'aps you observed
the little old woman with a bundle
under her arm-John Dawson's wifea
Her husband shot the second postmas-
ter because he wouldn't open the Of
flee Sunday afternoon.
"And what was the third one shot
for?"
"Got too heightened. Uncle Tom
Wallace tried to git him out of bed
at midnight to see if there was let
ter fur him, but he bucked. Uncle
Tom kinder hated to shoot, but felt
that he orter do it fur an example.
"And do you get up nights?"
81 don't hev to. leave the mail
out here in basket, keep a light
burnin' and the door open, and if any
one wants to paw the grist over he's
at liberty to do it. It's the same on
Sundays and | guess the folks are
purity well satisfied with the way
things is runnin'. Leastwise hain't
been shot at in the four months I've
had the place, and | take that as a
sign"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
Feats of Penmanshlp.

Some time ago a Paris paper Of
fered a prize for the best specimen OF
OF microscopic hand writing, and sew.
eral wonderful examples of skill with
the pen were sent in by competitors.
The winner of the prize was a man
who had copied out in full on a post
card the contents of the first two
pages OF a big newspaper. Another
candidate, ingeniously abiding to the
famous incident, wrote on an egg an
account OF the career OF Columbus
A third submitted the $4,000 words Of
Francois Coppee's novel of Henri
etta," written on the back of a cab.
met photograph. The doors of such
feats seem to have small regard for
their eyesight.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
THE SAIS OF CAIRO.
A Peculiar Fashion INDUCED by the
Rich and Fashionable.

A Peculiar Fashion INDUCED by the
Rich and Fashionable.
The sails is runner who keeps in
front of a carriage and warns COM
mon people out Of the way, and who
beats them with stick if they do
not hurry up about it. He is a relic
of the days when the traffic in all Of
the streets were so congested that he
was an absolute necessity; now he
makes it possible for a carriage to
move forward at trot, which with
out his aid it could not do 1t is
obvious that to do this he must run
swiftly. Most men when they run
bend their bodies forward and keep
their mouths closed in order to save
their wind. The sails runs with his
shoulders thrown back and trumpet
ing like an enraged elephant, says a
writer in Harper's Weekly. He
holds his long wand at his side like
a musket, and not trailing in his
hand like walking-stick, and he
wears a soft shirt of white stuff, and
sleeveless coat buried in gold lace.
His breeches are white, and as
voluminOus as a woman's skirts; they
fall to few inches above his knee,
the rest of his brown leg is bare and
rigid with muscle. On his head he
has fez, with long black tassel,
and magnificent silk scarf of many
colors is bound tightly around his
waist.
He is perfect ideal of color and
movement, and as he runs he bellows
like bull, or roars as you have
heard a lion roar at feeding time in
menagerie. 1t is not human cry at
all. and you never hear it, even to
the last day of your stay in Cairo,
without start, as though it was a
cry of 'help" at night or the quick
changing bell of fire engine. There
is nothing else in Cairo which is SO
satisfying. There are sometimes two
of them running abreast, dressed
exactly alike, and with the upper
part of their bodies as rigid as the
wands pressed against their side, and
with the ends of their scarf and the
tassel streaming out behind.
As they yell and below, donkeys
and carriages and people scramble
out of their way until the carriage
they precede has rolled rapidly by.
Only princesses of the royal harem
and cOnsul-generals and the heads Of
the army of occupation and the
Egyptian army are allowed two sails;
other people may have one. They
appeal to me as much more auto
cratic appendageS than troop Of
safeguards. The rastequaire who first
introduces them in Paris will make
his name known in day. and a lord
mayors show or a box seat on four
finland will be modest and middle
class distinction in comparison.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
Probably Haunted.

Mrs, Slimpurse-Did you inquire
about that house we liked so much
Mr.. Slimpurse-Y-e-s. That house
is haunted, or something.
Goodness! Did the landlord say
so:"
NO, not exactly; but he seemed
to be sure we'd move out inside Of
a week"
Horrors! Did he say he thought
we would"
"Well, no, not IN so many words. :"
Then what did be say?"
'He said he wanted months rent
in advance"
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
Chicago, Rock klall & Pacific RT!

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa,
Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island, in ILLINOIS;
davenport huseatne, 0tumwa, 0skaloosa, Des
Moine', Winterset, Audubon Harlan and Council
Bluns, In IOWA; Minneapolis and 81. Paul. in MIN
NESOTAi WsiertoWn and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA;
Cameron, 81. Joseph and Kansas City. In MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury and Nelson, In NEBRASKA;
Aichison, LavenUorth, Horton, Topeka Hutchinson,
Wichita, Besville Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell in
KANSAS; Kingfsher, Fl Reno and Mineo. In INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
In COLORADO. Trayerses new areas Of rich farming
and grazing lands aordng the best facilities Of inter-
communication TO all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest Of Chicago and 70 Pacific and
trans-oceanlc seaperts
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08

mans room He turned the knob,
but the door was closed, and queer
feeling, an intensified return of that
he had experienced in the thester,
came over him. He threw his weight
against the door quickly, and the
lock gave way.
Upon the bed, with his eyes open
and staring at the ceiling, as they
had done for the last FIVE minutes,
lay the Man With a Conscience
dead. The ArgOnaut.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
Animal Heat.

One singular property of ell ami
NAL bodies is that OF maintaining with.
in themselves an equable tempera-
ture. The blood of the Arctic
explorer remains at a normal tenn
perature though he breathes air that
will freeze mercury, and in India,
where the temperature OF the air is
ll5 to 10 above zero, the tempera
ture OF the blood is still SO degrees
Fahrenheit.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS-RoCRY MOUNTAIN ROUTE

STANDARD GAUGE
TRANS-RoCRY MOUNTAIN ROUTE
Over which mperbly-equipped trains run daily
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE to and from Sal.
Lake City, Ogden and San Francisco. THE ROCK
ISLAND is also the Direct and Fsvorte Line to and
from Manitou, Pixies Peak and all other sanitary and
scenic resorts and cities and mining districts in Colorado
DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS
Prom st. Joseph and Kansas City TO anil from all i'm.
portan towns ctes and sections In Southern Nebraska
Kansas and the IndIsn Territory. Also via ALBERT
LEA ROUTE from Kansas City and Chicago to Water.
town, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST PAUL,
connecting for all points north and nOrhEes between
the lakes and the Pacific Coast
For Tickets Maps, Folders or desired information
apply to any Coupon Ticket Office in the United States
or Canada, or address
E. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
D Gent Manager. Gent Tkt & Pass. AT,
srrcLGo ILL.,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
A Natural Ice Hama

There is a point near the famous
Stony cave. in the Catskill mount
aims, where ice may be found on any
day in the year. This locality is
locally known as the Notch, and is
walled in on all sides by steep
mountains, some OF which are more
than 5000 feet high.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
y MY LOVE OF LONG AGO:
i met a woman wan and old

i met woman wan and old,
Bent meath the weight Of grief and years;
Her hair was robbed Of all its gold,
Her eyes were dimmed by ott-shed tears;
Her hands were roughened, hard and brown,
Those hands that once we're white as snow
] stopped and kissed her-do not irown-
loved her, loved her long ago.
The faded and the withered flower,
Sure hath not beauty for its part;
Yet who can say it lacks the power
To wake fond echoes of the helrt?
Twas thus that on that summer day
Istopped 10 press and kiss her so,
All. her, the woman old and gray,
My rose. my love of long O.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08

We are prepared to do good COM
mercial printing Of all kinds, and re-
specially ask the business public to
give us a trial. We try to please.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08

Clara-Why are you so bitter
against him. just because he pro-
posed and you refused him.
Maude-The wretch! He said he
would never ask me again. Vogue.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-08
MAGNIFICENT
vEST15ULE EXPRESS TRAINS

Leading oil competitors In splendor Of equipment,
between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL
BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO. via
KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH.
First-Clnss Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR
CARS AM Palace seepers. with Dining Car Service.
Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with
diverging railway lines, now forming the new and
picturesque
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
CENTRAL'S RELATIONS WITH THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC.

Milwaukee, Sept. 2S.-In reply to the
question What effect, if any, will the
receivership of the Wisconsin Central
lines have upon the Chicago & North
ern Pacific cOrnpany?' President Alb
bot of the Wisconsin Central companies
gave today the following summary Of
the situation:
The Chicago & Northern Pacific is
merely the Northern Pacific railroad
company in disguise. The Chicago &
Northern Pacific lease was made with
the sole purpose Of having the North
ern Pacific railroad company as tenant.
The Wisconsin Central companies never
had a particle Of beneficial interest in
the Chicago & Northern Pacific property
either as owner or tenant. This lease
shows on it's face how completely it
was a Northern Pacific arrangement.
1.-The interpOsition of the Wisconsin
Central company as original lessee
technically was intended to protect the
Wisconsin Central companies against
the Northern Pacific Railroad company
making its own line to Chicago and
diverting it's traffic from the Wisconsin
Central lines This was the sole pur
pose Of making the possession Of the
Northern Pacific railroad of these ter
minals subject to the Wisconsin Cen
trail right to enter if the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company broke the COW
enants of the Wisconsin Central lease"
Mr.. Abbot showed in a quite cOnclu-
sive manner that the Wisconsin Cen
tral companies are under no obliga-
tons to relieve the Northern Pacific
Railroad company Of its burdens. The
Wisconsin Central receiverShip secures
for the benefit of Wisconsin Central
bonds and creditors the entire earnings
of the Wisconsin Central lines. 1t is
certain that the great earnings of the
Wisconsin Central lines, which were
the very cream of the whole Northern
Pacific system, will be amply sufficient
to prevent any default upon Wisconsin
Central bonds and will be quite ade-
quate to pay in full at an early date,
all other Wisconsin Central obligations.
The appointment of receivers for
the Wisconsin Central companies is
the one topic discussed today in rail-
way and financial circles. 1t is not so
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05

much a matter of surprise that the
load has gone into the hands of re-
ceivers us that the action should be-
taken so soon after the companies had
obtained control of their lines
lac receivers have already taken for
NAL possession OF the ROAD and an order
that Will be formally issued tomorrow
WAS promulgated today TO ali employ
rs notlfylng them that they would bs
retained in their present positions.
Receiver Whitcomb stated this morn,
ing that no definite action would bs
taken in matters pertaining to the road
until the return OF Mr.. Morris from St
Paul.
The following appointments have
been made:
w. L. Hancock, general paymaster
and cashier.
William Shimwen, general auditor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
SIX DAYS FOR PRINTERS.
Union Vetoes the Five
Day System.

Typographical Union VetOes the Five
Day System.
Chicago, Sept. 27.-The siX-day rule
has been readdopted by Chicago Ty-
biographical union, No. 16. Some time
of the hard times, certain members
should work five days only, SO that the
unemployed might be afforded an op-
pOrtunity to earn livelihood. The
scheme, however, worked poorly. Print,
erS from all over the United States be-
gan crowding into town. Many OF the
newcomers were incompetent; many
others We're too lazy to work, ~
course the worthy and capable worked
when thay had a chance. But they
were in the minority. The majority
preferred to draw an allowance Of SS
per week from the unions treasury.
The five-day plan would have been
continued in operation for some time,
doubtless, despite it's unsatisfactory
results. were it not for the fact that the
international Typographical union, OH
appeal, decided that the local union
transcribed its powers in limiting
weekly hands to five days a week
And so the whole scheme has fallen
to the ground.
Secretary McAvoy says that the
money collected from members who
worked six days while the limit was
five w. not be returned. Those who
were assessed and who paid in the
wages of the extra day will be forced
TO pocket the loss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
DAY OF STRIKES OVER.

London, Sept. 25.-John Burns, the
labor leader, speaking at Battersea,
said that at the Belfast trades union
congress all sections of the congress
agreed that the day of strikes was
over. The money of the unions, he
stated, must not be spent in strikes.
Mr. Burns denounced the starting OK
public works as help for the unem-
ployed, claiming that the remedies were
the abolition of over time, eight hours
for a days work, the abolition of the
contract system and forbidding the en-
plOyment of children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
EMPEROR BACK HOME.

Berlin, Sept. 2.-Emperor William
returned from his visit to the Austrian
army manea1vers today, having trav-
eled direct from Helsendorf in north
ern Austria, where he spent the great
er part of the day yesterday in deer
hunting on the Austrian emperor's
estate at that place. The German en-
press met the emperor at the station.
They affectionately embraced and
kissed each other.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05

wrongs done the colored race in a
way that earned for her the enthusi-
aSm of a large audience.
Music and Morals was a subject
POLITICALLY and practically presented TO
the congress by the noted English
preacher, Rev. II. r. Haweis. Chris
tianity and Literature" had as its dis
tinguished and learned exponent Prof.
George 2. Fisher, of Yale, and Chris
danity and Litera ture" was an equally
fascinating subject, treated by no -eS
an authority than Rev Theodore L
Munger, Of New Haven. Conn. Ar
bitration' and The Duty of America
to China We're other practical sub
jects comprehensively presented.
A Swedenborgian, a member of the
Paulist convent, of New York. and the
celebrated revivaliSt. Rev. B. Fay
Mills, We're also among the speakers
OF the great Cosmopolitan religious
parliament. Prof. Max Muller, the bril-
liant philologist, and Lady Henry
Somerset the representative of highest
and nobltSt womanhood, sent letters
that were read before the congress.
In addition to the main congress
there have been and are still in SEES
sion many UNCONVENTIONAL congresses.
one of the most notable of which was
the conference of the TheoSophists,
which was attended by VIM. Q. Judge.
Anna Besant and other astral lumin-
aries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
DEN OF COUNTERFEITERS.
Staten Island Police Secure $1OOO,OOO
in Bogus Bills.

staten Island Police Secure $1,OOO,OOO
in Bogus Bills.
New York, Sept. 27.-An extensive
counterfeiting plant was raided at Liv
ingston, Staten Island, and Angelic
Delnoco and his alleged wife were ar
rested. The police secured over ST.
10000 in counterfeit bills.
There were four in the gang alto
gether, two men and two women Be
fore State Commissioner Bellows, of
Brooklyn, today, Delnoco was held in
$1,000, and the woman in $500 bail.
1t seems Delnoco is an expert en-
graver and had charge Of an extensive
plant in the Argentine Republic. He
entered into an arrangement with a
man named Perrin to make counter
feits of Argentine currency, and Perrin
feits Of Argentine currency, and Perrin
for good American specie and bills.
Perrin weakened and gave informa-
ton to the police which led to the raid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
HAYTI STIRRED UP.
Again Excited Over Rumors from the
United States.

New York, Sept. pa special to the
Herald from Port au Prince, Hayti,
says: The news that the United States
government intended to renew its eff
forts to secure Mole st. Nicholas for. a
coaling station, and that the north
Atlantic squadron would likely stop
here on its way to southern waters.
has created a sensation. The widest
rumors are afoat in the city and
throughout the republic. Government
officials are guarded in their comments
upon the information.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
FARMERS GOOD LUCK.
Gold Vein Twelve Feet Thick Found OF
J. Strom'S Farm.

Appleton, Wis, Sept. 29.-W. Potter,
of Penokee, Il mining expert represent
ing the La Pointe Iron company. Of
Cleveland, has been examining the re-
cent find of gold and iron on the farm
of j. Strom, near Hortonville
The gold quartz deposit is twelve
feet thick and lies twenty-four feet be-
low the surface and shows $40 worth
of gold to the ton. The vein of iron
is at depth of 80 feet, is "A feet thick
and shows 81 percent. of iron.
Potter estimates that it can be mined
for $125 ton, which is so cents less
than the average mine on the Gogebic
range. The find is thought to be very
rich. An offer to purchase has been
made by the La Pointe Company to
Strom but he has not yet accepted.
If the deal is closed a shaft will be
opened at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-10-05
CHIEF SWENIE BADLY HURT.

Chicago, Sept 27.-Chief d. J.
Swenie, of the Chicago fire department.,
was badly injured last night while s1h
perintending the fight against frT
in John Otis planning mill. A heaYy
timber fell On him, breaking his right
leg and badly bruising him about the
body. Chief Swenie is one Of the best
known freInen in the country.