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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Bird COurtship,

Sentimentality and love- making is
not confined to human beings, as is
shown in this diagnosis of bird court.
ship.
There is something about the match
making of birds that is not easily pen
etrated. The jealousies and rivalres
OF the males and the females are easily
understood-it is quite human but
those sudden rushes of several males,
some of them already mated, after one
female, with squeals and screams, and
great clatter of wings-what does it
mean
There is nothing human about that,
unless it be illustrative of trait that
has at times cropped out in the earlier
races, and which is still seen among
the Esquimaux, where the male car.
ries off the female by force But in
these sudden sallies among the birds
the female, as far as l have observed,
is never carried Off
One may see half dozen sparrows
engaged in what appears at first glance
to be general melee in the gutter or
on the pavement ; but if you look more
closely you will see single female in
the midst of the mass, beating off the
males. who, with plumage pulled out
and screaming and chattering at the
top of their squeaky voices, are all
making set at her.
She strikes right and left, and seems
to be equally displeased with them all.
But her anger may all be put on, and
she may be giving the wink, all the
time, to her favorite. The Esquimaux
woman Is said by DIR. Nansen to resist
stoutly being carried off even by the
man she is desperately in love with.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Water Clocks in China.

In the history of the Tang dynasty
it is stated that in Persia at the same
period there was q clepsydra on ter
race near the palace, formed of bal.
ance containing twelve metal balls, ono
Of which fell every hour on bell and
thus struck the hours correctly. 1t is
de ,med not unlikely that this instru.
ment was identical with the celebrated
one which the King of Persia sent in
SO7 to Charlemagne.
In 999 the astronomer Tsiang pro-
duced an improvement on all former
instrumental machine arranged on n
sort of miniature terrace ten feet high
and divided into three stories, tho
works being in the middle Twelve
images of men, one for every hour, ap-
peared in turn before IN opening in the
terrace. Another set of automata
struck the hours and eighths of hours.
These figures occupied the lowest story.
The upper story was devoted to'astron.
omy, containing an orrery in motion.
Very complex machinery must have
been required AS to the nature of tho
mechanism nothing is known except
that it was kept going by falling water
In as much MS the Arabs had reached
China by sea at the close of the eighth
century, some assistance may have
been derived from them in the con-
struction of this complicated instru-
ment, but in all probability it was
wholly Chinese.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Uncle Sam Reaps IL Large Profit Through
the Calelessness of the People

Uncle Sam Reaps Large Profit Through
the Calelessness of the People.
Tt is estimated that one per cent. Of
the money issued by the United States
Government is lost or destroyed by ac-
cident. Pigs, COWS and goats seem to
swallow considerable amount of mon
ey during the course of year. Mice
are particularly fond of chewing it up
and making their nests with it. Babies
are addicted to eating it. With them
the case is more hopeless than with the
goat or COW, because it is not usually
practicable to cut the infant open and
recover the sum swallowed. lntoxica-
ted men often light their cigars with
five or ten dollar notes for no other pur-
pose than to exhibit their indifference
to wealth. Subsequently they try to
get the remains redeemed, if there be
any. Cash in this shape is oft-times
buried under the cellar floor, whore it
rots away. However, the most effect
i've agent for the destruction of small
hoards OF money is the parlor stove.
Many people who have no faith in
banks consider their cash secure when
it is slowed away in this household APP
purtenance for the summer. Autumn
comes, the fire is lighted, and up goes
the family wad in smoke. Just about
hundred such cases are reported to
the United States Treasury every fall
by victims of this peculiar form of i'm
prudence. Usually they have nothing
left to show for the amount lost but u
few ashes. Much of the paper money
destroyed is burned during transmits
sion by rail. Fire almost invariably
follows collision; the express car is
involved in the confagration and the
safe which it carries suffers Express
safes are commonly of the portable
kind and not fire proof. Under such
circumstances they are sent unopened
to Washington, where their contents
are examined. Accidents of this sort
occur almost every day. AS a rule,
but a small portion of the charred mass
can be identified and redeemed. Cop
per coins are lost in such enormous
numbers that the government is oblig-
ed to keep on coming cents at the rate
of several millions of them every month.
They change hands so often as to be
subject to multitude of accidents, and
owing to their small value, they are
not taken care of. Many are no doubt
in the hands of numismatists. All lost
money, whether metal or paper, enters
importantly into the financial calcula-
tions of the government. A few years
ago it was reckoned by congressional
committee that of the unredeemed
fractional currency outstanding, eight
million dollars worth has been lost OF
destroyed. 1t is now believed by
Treasury experts that not more than
an eighth part of that amount has per-
manently disappeared. The balance is
in the hands of the people who hold
the notes rs curiosities. Many are
owned by collectors, but there are hun
dreds OF thousands of individuals who
have retained specimens lust for fun. B"
However, onl y few dollars worth of
them are handed in to the Treasury
every year, and Uncle Sam will doubt
less remain just so far ahead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Prison Poetry.

Probably the mass of prison poetry
which has been written on stools and
bed-posts and scratched on prison
walls far exceeds that which has found
expression on paper, and many mute,
lnglorious Milton" has begun and fin
ished his poetical career with the lost
to-sight" productions.
There is in existence q short poom.
said to have been scratched by maniac
on the wall of his cell, which runs thus:
Could with ink the ocean fill,
Were all the world of parchment made.
Were every reed on earth quill,
And every man scribe by trade;
To write the love OF God alone
Would drain that ocean dry.
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky.
The authenticity of this being tie
work of maniac has often been cues.
toned, because of the beauty of its ex-
preston and its sound reason, but the
story stands.-All the Year Rou nd.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Origin of "Gettinc the Mitten."

An old-time New England express
sion. getting the mitten," meaning
getting your offer of marriage rel
by your "best girl, has an origin in the
customs of the earlier days. One hun.
dred years ago gloves were unknown
in the country towns. NIittens were
knitted and worn in all families. If q
young man, going home from singing
school with the girl of his choice, was
holding her mittened hand to keep it
from getting cold, and took that oppor-
tunity to urge his suit, il the offer
proved acceptable the hand would re-
main. If taken by surprise, an effort
to withdraw the hand would leave the
mitten. So the suitor would "get the
mitten," but would not get the hand.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
PROSAlC FACT.
n Lo ged-for Event Proves A Dissapoint-
ment When Witnessed.

ment When Witnessed.
SO much has been written of the no.
BILE Russian who, through no fault of
his own, is cruelty prosecuted and torn
from home and friends, that travellers
in Siberia desire to see something of
the unhappy exiles. When, therefore,
l was informed that detachment was
on its way from Tomsk, l took a con.
veyance and drove out to meet it, We
had driven a considerable distance with
out seeing the slightest signs of life on
the deserted highway, when suddenly
on the crisp, frosty air l distinguished
a faint, distant sound, so peculiar and
weird that it at once attracted
my attention, as it was evident
ly approaching us. 1t was not
unlike the noise which would be
produced by hundreds of small
birds singing all at once, yet I could
see nothing of any sort anywhere on
the vast plain. As we'll as 1 could, with
my limited Russian vocabulary, drew
my drivers attention to it. To him it
was neither novel nor interesting; he
knew what it was at once. 1.-The pris-
oners are coming" he remarked briefly;
and soon after, on ascending rise in
the road which had concealed them
from our view, there came in sight
big body of men coming slowly along,
and | discovered that the strange noise
which had so impressed me was made
by the heavy chains they wore. But
then, alas all preconceived illusions
vanished, for it was a loathsome and
depressing sight, rendered doubly so
by the bright sunshine. There was
about it absolutely nothing of the po-
etic, such as l had been led to expect.
1t was simply huge crowd of what
looked like-and probably was-the
very scum of the earth. for all races
seemed to be represented, making as
villanous, and evil-looking lot of men
as one could possibly see.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
BrcViticS.

One strong evidence of the entire
unrcaSonabIene>s of the public in tunes
OF panlc or Seml-panlc Is the fact that
in the recent slump caused by the
decline Of silver the stocks of gold
mining companies Went down sharply
III price and to almost the same extent
of those of the silver mines. A little
calm consideration would show tn t
there is every reason why gold mining
stocks should appreciate III value as
the silEerstocks deprecated. but no
one seems 10 have stopped to think
about the matter.-Englneering and
Mining .LOu1M0L.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
A Child's Philosophy.

Spell toes" said the mother who
was teaching her little daughter, seven
years old, to spell.
"To-z-e," answered the child.
mo, dear, that's not right. Toes
spells toes
but it sounds like t-o-z-e."
Il know it, but you cannot 60 by the
sound"
Then, in order to enforce this prop
osition the mother called on her daugh-
ter to spell froze.
"Fr-o-e-s," said the child.
No, you're wrong again. This time
We do use the and spell the word
f-r-oz-e."
Huh y grunted the child.
"Now, spell rose" said the mother.
The child hesitated. Finally she
said, Il don't know whether to say
r-o-z-e or r.o-e-s, and really 1 don't
know that either way would be right. "
Spell it r-o-s-e," said the mother,
though there is another word pro-
nounced just like it that's spelled
r-o-e-s. That word is the name of the
spawn of fishes
The poor little girl looked very mis-.
erable.
Just one more word" said the
mother Tell me how you spell blows. {"
WELL" said the child, who had had
quite enough nonsense, as she viewed
it, from her mother, and had suddenly
made up her mind to pay back in kind,
Il spell it three ways. I spell it
b-l for breakfast, bio e-s for din
ner, and b-l-o-z-e for supper"
II spell it blows all the time" 4"
said the mother
The child said nothing for minute
or two. Then, looking up, she solemn.
ly remarked:
Il think, mamma, that the English
language was made for persons very,
very we'll educated"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
FROSTBURG, Md, SATURDAY. AGJUST 5, 1898.
MY PHILOSOPHY.

amt ner don't p'tend to be
Much posted on philosophy;
But there Is times when, all alone,
I work out ideas Of my own,
And of these same there Is a few
I'd like to jest refer to you,
Pervidin' that you don't object
To listen cloe't and rickollect.
alus argy that a man
Who does about the best he can
Is plenty good enough to suit
This lower mundane institute;
No matter ef his daily walk
Is subject for his neighbours talk.
And critic minds of ev'fy whim
Jest all get up and 60 for him.
Iknowed fellsr onc't that had
The yaller japders mighty bad,
And each and ev'ry friend he'd meet
Would stop and give him some receet
For curin' of 'em. But he'd say
He kind O. thought they'd go away
Without no medicine, and boast
That'd get we'll without one doste.
He kept a yallern' on, and they
Predictin' that he'd die some day
Before he knowed It'll Tuck his bed
The Teller did, and lost his head,
And wandered in his mind spell
Then rallied, and at last got well;
But ev'ry friend that said he'd die
Went back on him eternally.
It's nachural enough, guess,
When some gifts more and some gifts less
For them 'uns on the slimmist side
To claim it amt fair divide;
And I've knowed some to lay and walt
And get up soon and set up late,
To ketch some fellow they could hate
Fer goin' at a faster gait.
The signs is bad when folks commence
A flndin' fault with Providence,
And balkin' cause the world don't shake
At ev'ry prancin' step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Eff stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out anywhere.
My docteren Is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied
Jest do your best, and praise or blame
That foilers that count just the same.
I've allus noticed great success
Is mixed with troubles, more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest
JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
GENERAL ITEMS.


The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Co. will run a series OF special eX-
cursionS to the Worlds Fair for which
excursion tickets to Chicago will b"
sold at rate of one fare for he round
trip from Baltimore and all stations
west of there as far as the Ohio River.
The dates selected are Aug. lSt, Sth
and l7rh. The special trains Will con
SiSt of tirst-clas> day coaches. equipped
with lavatorirS and othprtollpt convrn-
fences, and an experienced Tourist
Agent and IL tram porter VIII accom-
pany each train, TO look after the com
fort OF passengers. Stops for meals
will be made at meal stations en- route.
The tickets will be valld for the out
Journey on the special trains only, eX-
ceptlng that from way points they will
he honored on local trains to the
nearest station ut which the special
trains are scheduled to stop. They
will be valid for return journey in day
coaches on all trains leaving Chicago
within ten days. including date of sale
Following is schedule of the special
trains and rates from principal stations
IN this vicinity:
Lcarp Dm Rate.
Cumberland. ...................3:I5 $500
Piedmont. 14.50
Arrive Chicago next day at l:l5 D. m.
Remember the dates: August lst,
Sth and l1th.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Final Arrangements for the Sale OF
Tickets VIA the Ii. & o.. BR.

For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Worlds Fair the Baltimore
Il Ohio Railroad will sell Excursion
tickets to Chicago and return, at all
stations on its line, at low rates.
Tickets will be on sale until November
lst, and will be valid for return jour
ney until November 18th, 1893. They
proylde for reduction of 20 per cent.
below regular rates. These tickets
will be valid only for continuous jour
ney. Tickets at higher rates will be
sold that will permit holders one stop
over privilege going and returning.
Pullman accommodations may be
reserved in advance of journey.
For rates and information apply to
nearest B. d o. Ticket Agent. or Chas.
o. Scull, General Passenger Agent,
Baltimore. Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Mere Words.

Few men can impress their wives
with the false idea of their own impor-
tance. MY dear, look down below, 1"
said Mr.. Grandiose, as he stood on the
bridge with his wife, and gazed at tug
hauling long line of barges. Such
is life /; the tug is like the man, work
ing and toiling, while the barges, like
women, are" II know, interrupted
Mrs Grandiose, acridly, 1.-The tug does
all the blowing, and the barges bear all
the burden"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
VERSE MAKING.
Some Contrary Words which Refuse to BE
Happily Mated.

Happily Mated.
There are many problems which the
rhyming dictionary has failed to solve
for versiiiers. Did you ever try to find
rhyme for window, silver, chimney,
Mephistopheles or Timbuctoo, for ex-
ample No poet has yet succeeded in
unearthing a perfect, and at the same
time reasonable, rhyme for the word
orange or the word month | empha-
size the perfect and reasonable, for at
tempts have certainly been made to get
these words mated. But if there is
rhyme in the following, there is assur-
edly very little reason:
From the Indus to the Blorenge
Came the Rajah in month;
Eating now and then an orange.
Coming al the day his Grunth."
1T Is not very intelligent, is it 3? No it
is pretty far fetched, for the Blorenge
is Il hill in Abergavenny, and the
Grunth, l believe, is the Bible of the
Slkhs. Mr.. Skeat, the famous philolo.
gist, has tried his hand on both words,
with what result let the readers Judge.
Here is the outcome of his struggle
'''iA VIZ WIN illOhph.
Search through the works of Thackeray-
you'll find a rhyme to month;
He tells us of Phil Fogarty-of the fighting
onety-oneth."
But this rhyme must be put out of
court as not being sanctioned by the
dictionary. With the word orange he
does rather better, but the difficulty of
rhyming certainly vanishes to some OK
tent if one is allowed to use compound
words, as here:
:" gave my darling child a lemon,
That lately grew its fragrant stem on;
And next, to give her pleasure more range.
offered her a juicy orange
And nuts-she cracked them in the door
hinge"
This can hardly be accepted as salts.
factory but it is probably the best
that can be done for the crusty bach.
elor of word. 1t is at least as good
as Byrons:
But, oh! ye lords and ladies intellectual,
Come, tell the truth - have they not hen
pecked you al?"
Pope was tolerably successful in rhym.
ing the names of his contemporaries il
sarcastic attacks upon them. When
Swift sought to do the same to Bettes-
worth, the latter boasted it would he
impossible to find rhyme for his
name. But accident was kind in sup.
plying the dean with what he wanted.
An Irish porter, disguised at the remu-
neration offered him by Swift for car
rying heavy parcel, exclaimed: Sure,
your reverence, my s,Ceat is aco,M moro
than that" 1T is" cried the satirist,
delighted, for he had found his rhyme.
Names were perpetual worry to the
old epitaph rhymester. On the tomb.
stone of a Newcastle architect were in
scribed the lines:
Here lies Edward Trollop,
Who made yon stones roll up"
In other cases the Gordian knot was
cut entirely, as In the following effort
of doggerel skill:
Here lies John Bum, who was killed by u
gun;
His anne wasn't Bum, his real name was
Wood;
But Wood didn't rhyme with gun.
thought Bum would"
Some amusing effects are obtained by
rhyming to the eye rs we'll as to the
ear, as in this example
''Ihere was an old witch of Malacca,
Who smoked such atrocous tabacca
When tigers came near
They trembled with fear
And didn't attempt to attacca"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Twill BE Ever Thus,

The Brooklyn politicians are making
fools of themselves. Boss McLnuyhin
has ordered the ward division of the
Kings county democratic committee
to b"ycot one Of the New York papers
which has been exposing the rasralites
of the Brooklyn machine. This is a
decoration of honor. The Baltimore
ring tried to throttle the Nears and fail
ed, Us will every attempt by the
enemies of the people to curtail the
liberty Of the press.-B Baltimore Neecs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Cautious.

Alpine tourists are more daring than
wise. An American in Switzerland was
invited by an enthusiastic Englishmau
who was everlastingly climbing noun
tain peaks, to accompany him on one
OF these foolhardy trips. No, l thank
you, was the reply, e stay away from
places that a donkey can't climb"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
" I-O-w way"

No resident of the state of Iowa accents
the second syllable of its name, which
should be pronounced "G-o-way." the
first syllable accented. In fact. the
name was sometimes spelled "Ioway "
on old maps, noticeably one accompa-
nying a report of Lewis and Clarke's
expedition, published in 1914. In the
body of the report the name is also
spelled Ayauway, French spelling of
the same sound.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Call NaIlap nno

The intense heat of the last few DAYS
has melted the telegraph wires between
here and Sang Run, and as con-
sequence we have noinformation from
The Paralyzer man.-Leager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05

A wise man should have money in his
head, but not in his heart.-Swift.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCiIfI,UI.
Eastward.

son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. |, :, Band 4daily except Sunday Nos.
and 6 Tuesdays THURSDAYS ana SATURDAYS only
No baggage vii! be haulcd en- trains Nos
sand q. H. NJ HAMILTON,
May21 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
A Present Duty.

Subscribe for the JOURNAL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-08-05
FittSburg Division.

WESTBOUND.
No. 9-Baltimore Express leaves ...l:;O m
:. 63-Cumberland d" Fl" dali
" except Sunday 7:4O a m
" ll-Mall leaves. 300 p m
e 5-Ohicago Limited. leaves .4:3O y m
EASTBOUND.
No, 10-Baltmore Express arrives 2:3O a m
l2-Mall . l:45 pm
6l-Cumberland Exp, L" dai-
ly except sunday. 7:35 p m
90 6-Limited leaves. 2.35 n II,
No. II is Il local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No, - from Pittsburg to Cum
berland 'o's 5and make stops each way
4. T. ALLEN,
May Y Acting Agent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-09
SMALL TALK
Minor Matters OF Interest Briefly and
PithlIy Told.


Minor Matters of Interest Briefly and
PithIIy Told.
THE autumn leaf" season is now at
its height.
TIE police are looking for q watch
stolen from No. 1888 McCulloch street,
last Friday.
WILLIAM SCHELLEY was arrested by
Officer Desmond, yesterday evening, en-
a charge of disorderly conduct.
THE Teutonia Singing Society will
give a grand ball Wednesday evening
in their hall, on Thirty.third street.
TIE Alert Club, Of the South Side,
will give their monthly dance Tuesday
evening In their hall, on South Jacob
street, with music by Killmyer.
THE REGISTER was the only paper
printing the correct details Of the Nc
C%lellan-Priddy race. The start was at
500, aud the time was 27:03H, as this
paper stated.
YESTERDAY morning q bright little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Nc
Gully, died after a long illness. The
bereaved parents have the sincere SYM
patty Of their many friends.
JOHN RoTHERMIER was dlsorderly at
Susan Hennegan's. yesterday, and was
arrested by officer Moran. Charles
Warddell called at the City Hall to see
him, and being Identified as also having
had a hand in the muss, was locked up
on q disorderly charge.
The representatives OF the city and
suhurhan hands met at Trades and
Labor Hall last evening to further con-
slider the question OF forming a musical
union. Articles Of agreement were read
and discussed, and the organization will
almost certainly be effected.