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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
A WlFE'S RUSE.
A Crooked Mirror and a Mans Conscience
Did the work.

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Did the work.
A St. Louis lady made temperate
man of her husband in a novel way,
says the St. Paul Globe For two or
three years he was good deal of q
lark Night after night he came home
saturated. At length one night he
reached home so drunk that he went to
bed with his boots on. She resolved
now to cure him at any cost, and soon
had her plans laid. The next night he
arrived home very drunk. The follow
ing morning he arose and looked in
the large mirror in his room. His
mouth was drawn out of shape, one
cheek was good deal higher than the
other and both were swollen; one eye
was popping out of his head and the
other was sunken and drawn to twice
its natural length; one ear sat on his
neck and the other was split and stood
almost on the top of his head.
Such tiendish picture as that I
never saw before" muttered he.
Then he looked at the mirror to see
that it was the same he had always
was built in the wall, it could not have
been changed. He called his wife into
the room.
For Gods sake, Mary, what's the
matter with the mirror?" he said.
"Why. nothing that know of, dear. "
Just look in it! See"
She looked in it and declared that
she didn't see anything the matter with
it.
I've got emil" shouted he. Send
for q doctor"
The doctor arrived, pronounced it a
clear case and prescribed. The hus-
band was placed in his wife's bed in an.
other room and lay there day or two.
Before the physician permitted him to
be out again he pledged her he would
never drink again.
This was five years ago and he has
kept his pledge faithfully. But it is
doubtful if he knows that the mirror
which frightened him so was an imper-
feet glass which had been put in the
frame in place of the plate glass and
that while he was lying in his wife's
bedroom the plate was restored to its
place
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
What Grandma Used.


The bellies of the seventeenth con
tury slept with their hands in chicken
skin gloves to give the skin dolicacy
and whiteness.
To keep the complexion peachy aud
pink the old time beauties bclieve,.
there was nothing equal to the juice Of
Strawberries, either fresh or preserved.
Madame Recamier Is said to have
bathed her face, neck and arms in
fresh buttermilk once day.
April snow water, bottle and vel!
corked, was and is used by many
soft skinned woman for the presecva-
tion of her loveliness.
To make the waist slender it was The
custom of early English ladies % sleop
in stays tightly clasped aud corded.
But this is not to be recommended for
beauties nowadays.
When a society belle of our grand.
mothers day happened to be afflicted
with a foot too long for beauty, size
shortened its apparent length by wear
ing very high heels. Sometimes tho
heels were so high that grandmamma
could scarcely walk upon them
To remove skin blemishes that were
too pronounced to serve as beauty
marks the unlucky old time beauties
used to bind salt pork upon the often.
sive spots, and sometimes even col.
skins and chopped frogs legs were en-.
ployed.
Sitting the skin at the outer edge O.:
the eye to give greater size to that orb
was not an uncommon thing in tho
good old days.
If a girl happened to be afflicto;
with STOPPING shoulders her devoto.
mother would bind flat piece q
board upon her back to keep the erring
shoulders straight.
But there were some very dainty
things which were employed by grand.
mamma and her friends to keep them
selves lovely. For example grand
mamma dipped her laces in lavende'
water to make them smell sweet. She
sprinkled her locks with oil of rose
mary. Her finger tips were touched
with rose paste and so were her lips,
while her skin was fragrant with attar
of roses which old nurse poured into
her bath.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
Instances Where 1t Has Resulted from
Sudden Mental Shock

Sir William Dalby, consulting aural
surgeon to st. Georges Hospital, has
been noting down some strange Incl.
dents in practice that is to say, GER
tain cases within his own experience as
" medical ractitioner-which he con-
fesses himself unable to account for by
any course of cause and effect with
which the profession can be said to be
at all accurately familiar, says the Lon
don NeVS.
The most curious have reference to
the effects of emotion on the various
senses. One is that of lady who was
standing before her toilet table and
looking through an open door into her
husbands dressing room, when she saw
in a mirror the reflection of her hus.
band in the act of cutting his throat.
From that moment she was absolutely
deaf
similarly sudden and complete loss
OF hearing happened some years later
to young married lady who was sud-
denly brought face to face with her
dead husband at time when she be.
lieved him to be quite we'll and when
she was going to meet him after long
absence.
On various occasions Sir Willia,a
Dalby has noted the remarkable effects
produced upon the hearing by emo.
tional influences, not only by great
mental shocks, but by mental strain.
He has known not only sudden grief,
but also overwhelming JOY instantly to
make person quite deaf Sir William
Dalby has known the sense of smell!
to be lost by very strong emotional in.
fluence, and with this the sense Of
taste.
A remarkable instance of loss of a
faculty is that of brother physician
who in boyhood found himself sudden.
ly deprived of the power of speech.
He was man of middle age and ro.
bust appearance. His hearing was
perfect and he could understand ali
that was said, but his replies were al.
ways communicated by pencil and pa
per. One day this physician announced
, that the power of speech had returned
as suddenly as it had originally left
him. He added that he was entirely
unable to ascribA> the recovery to any
cause, and Sir William Dalby confesses
that his experience does not enable
him to offer any explanation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
Taken at His Word.

A lawyer who was cross questioning
some witnesses, and had done every
thing in his power to confuse them.
brusquely asked them, when other
methods failed, to speak up louder
The last man called, burly
countryman, decided that he would
take the lawyer at his word, so in re-
sponse to the first question, what his
name was, he replied in voice that re-
verberated through the building:
John Brown, sir-r-r-r.
Il guess you've been drinking this
morning" said the irate lawyer, stern
ly.
Yes, sir-r-r-r," replied the witness,
as though calling to neighbor two
miles distant.
Il thought SO, said the lawyer tri-
umphantly. What did you take?"
Coffee. sir-r-r-r," shouted the wit
ness.
A burst of laughter from the court
room disconnected the lawyer for a
time, but when the merriment had sub
sided he inquired, nothing daunted:
Il guess you had little something
else in your coffee, didn't your
"Yes, sir-r-r.r," still came the reply.
"Ah. now we're coming to it, said
the lawyer. rubbing his hands and
winking to the jury. Now, my gool
man, don't be afraid, but speak right
out and tell the jury just what you
had in your coffee"
The witness filed his lungs for q
tremendous effort, and thundered:
"A spo-o Don, sir-r-r-r."
The court room, bench and bar were
"onvulsed with laughter, and the
b 'gering lawyer lost his case.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
The Dromedary Parcel Post,

The Dromedary parcel post service
in the German territories Of southwest,
ern Africa has given results better than
were expected. The dromedaries are
adapted to the climate, are not affected
by the prevalent cattle diseases, and
are not made footsore in stony regions
and do not suffer extreme thirst when
deprived of water for week. They
travel, each carrying a weight of two
hundred and fifty pounds. as fast as an
OK team.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15
State Names Translated.

Alabama Here we rest Mus
cogee).
Arkansas-"Bow Gndians) on the
Smoke Water
Arizona-"S Hills
California-"Hot Furnace"
Colorado-"Rudy" (river).
Connecticut-"Long River.
Dakota-"AlIied" Indian tribes.
Delaware = In honor of Thomas
West, Lord De La Ware, Governor of
Virginia, 1910. The estate La Ware
(Warwick) was in Gloucestcrshire.
England.
District of Columbia-Feminine of
Columbus Dove).
Florida -" Flowers" Spanish for
Easter Sunday the day that Ponce de
Leon discovered the land.
Georgia-Feminine of George Farm
err, in honor of George H., who estah.
lished the colony in 1882.
Idaho-"Mountain sheen of the
morning sun.
Illinois Tribe of men,"
Indiana-"Indian land" from Indus,
Sanscrit, Sindhu, River"
Iowa-"Drowsy Ones Indian tribe).
Enthusiastically Water"
Kentucky "At the head of the
river"
Louisiana-In honor of Louis XIV.
of France, Ludovicus, Bold Warrior"
Maine The mainland. as distin-
guished from neighboring insular
parts.
Maryland-In honor of Henrietta
Maria (bitter), daughter of Henry ".
of France, and queen of Charles l. of
England.
Massachusetts-'The Place of the
Great Hills"
Michigan-"A Weir of Fish"-the
lake resembling fish trap
Minnesota-"Muddy Water" Indian
name of st. Peters river.
Mississippi-"The Father of Waters.
MissouEi-"Great Muddy" (river).
Montana-"Hilly Country" "a noun
tain.
Nebraska Shallow Water" (The
Platte River).
Nevada -"Saw-toothed" (mountain
range Sierra Nevada).
New ampshire-From Hampshire
(Hants), England, by John Mason,
Governor of Plymouth, in Hampshire
New Jersey-From the Isle of Jer-
sey, Caesarea Caesar, Latin "Hairy'D,
one of the channel islands, defended bs
Sir George Cartaret against the Long
Parliament
New Mexico-From the Aztec god
Mexitli, god of war.
New York-From the Duke of York
afterward James II. of England.
North Carolina-From Caroius Lit
tie Darling) Charles TX. of France, in
whose reign the Huguenots planted the
first colony.
Ohio-"Beautiful" (river).
Oklahoma-'Red People" (Choctaw).
Oregon-From Oregano, Spanish
name for wild sage-artemisia grows
on the shores of the Columbia river
Pennsylvania-"Penn's Woods" in
honor of William Penn.
Rhode Island-From Isle of Rhodes
(roses) in the Mediterranean
South Carolina-separated from
North Carolina in 1929.
Tennessee "River of the Great
Bend"
Texas-"Friendly" Qndian triho).
Utah-"Dwellers in the mountains"
tribe of Indians).
Vermont-"Green Mountain"
Virginia-From Queen Elizabeth, in
honor of her unmarried state.
Washington-in honor OF George
Washington, from Wessyngton, Dur
ham, England.
Wisconsin-"Wild Rushing Channel"
Giiyer).
Wyoming-"Br Plains"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15

Making any money these days ?"
asked Hicks of the mill owner.
Hardly any," said the other. I'VE
are beginning to realize the truth of the
old saying that it takes ten mills to
make cent. "-Harpers Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15

son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. |, 2, 3 and 4daily except Sunday. Nos. 5
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
No baggage car will be hauled en- trains Nos
8 land 8. L. NJ. HAMILTON,
May21 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15

We are plants, not of earth, but of
heaven, and from the same source
whence the first soul arose, divine ma
ture directs our whole bodily Frame
Plato.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15

The women spies of Russia generally
belong to the educated classes, and are
especially useful because of this. They
are recruited in the simple and ingen-
ious manner peculiar to that country.
An official dies-ninety nine out of
hundred Russians are officials-before
he has served long enough to entitla
him to a pension. His young wife pe-
titions the ministry for an allowance,
and she receives q sum VARYING from
one hundred to five hundred roubles.
After the lapse of some months she pc.
titions again, and is told to call at the
police office, where about one fifth of
the former sum is given to her, and she
is encouraged to hope that in two
months time something may be done
for her again. When she next returns she
is informed that as her husband did not
earn pension she can not expect to re.
ceive any further assistance; that the
authorities, in fact, possess no funds
for the purpose, but that they are will
ing to give her little light employ
ment which will entitle her to monthly
allowance, sufficient to save her from
social shipwreck. She usually catches
at this straw, and seldom has leisure or
calmness enough to discover that it is
not even q straw, but golden chain
that drags her down to unfathomahle
depths. She is then introduced into
various families, visits the semi public
halls and places Of amusement, and
forwards regular reports to the third
section, and visits the department peri
odically to answer questions and take
fresh orders
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-07-15

The story comes from England that
besotted Irishman was lolling in one
of the apartment carriages, and every
time the train stopped, out would come
a string of oaths. At last the lady op-
posite could stand it no longer, and
hesitatingly reproved the son of Erin.
Don't you know, sir. that it is impolite
to swear before lady ?" The Irishman
looked dazed for moment and then re-
piled "Sure, mum, I beg yer pardon.
But Oh didn't know ye wanted to
shwear first
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
Highest of all in Leavening Powe-Laest U Govt Report @!a':'!:!! Q! BsM5ssz Bski9s
 ABSOLUTELY pUpE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

It was child's composition on posts that contained the brilliant thought that only could have ema- mated from mind unpolluted with political pestilence. It reads as fol- lows: Among the different kinds of posts in the west are what is called military posts. It is used for kicking post and is also used to give the successful bidders chance to work off their last years crop of hay at loss to the government. They have soldiers in them that look like our little tin ones and an- swer the same purpose. They carry guns like mine and Bob's soldiers carry, only they are bigger and never go of. They ride real live horses though, and when they get too fast for the soldiers they put I. c. on them and sell them to faster people. The soldiers have an ob- ject in life as we'll az common peo- pie. The object is called pay day. It means much to the soldier; much beer, more suffering the next day, The beer idea was a scheme of MT. Harrison's, who was president and is a temperance man. This is the reason the beer is furnished at cost. The soldiers used to buy their beer at saloon, but these places were not what they should be and now they get their beer at canteen. These might properly be called temperance saloons" Soldiers are used to scare Indians just as papa's stuffed man used to scare crows out of the corn field, The Indians are a great deal like crows; they light on the stuffed man with impunity. Indians in Arizona die of old age. The soldiers have an idea that it brings bad luck to kill an Indian. My brother Bobby is going to be 8 soldier, because he says they do not have to depend on the price of sil- yer for their pay.-Graham County Bulletin.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

THE latest news with reference to the building of the Bowie & Globe railroad does not sound so encour- aging, says the Wilcox Stockman. Apparently the amount required to purchase the right of way from cer- tain individuals along the route, which was only $3, ,500-an insignif- icant amountwhen taken in connec- ton with a railroad enterprise-was not forthcoming and a resurvey was ordered to run a route away from the inhabited portion of the valley. A chief engineer was engaged and with a corps of men commenced work, but at the end of two days, a telegram was received from the
 promoters, directing the discontin- uance of all work, and the discharge of the corps, which was promptly done. What this means we leave our readers to judge, but it is prob able the tightness of the money sit uation made it obligatory to aban- don the idea at least for the present.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

the royal wedding. The Duke of York and Princess May of Teck, took upon themselves the multifa- rious duties attendant upon the marital relations. Many and cost ly were the presents. To be short, Old England did herself proud, in honor of her future king and queen.
 Parliament comes in for ite share of attention. This could we'll be styled the fighting Parliament. It has been, and is still, one continued round of obstruction, and will so continue, unless the Old Man makes use of precedent set by the Con- servatives in 1887. They do not take their medicine philosophically they continue to cry gag, gag ard shame. But the premier holds strictly to the closure, wherein Q certain number of clauses are pass ed every Thursday, debate or no de- bate. They indulged themselves last night in calling each other Ju- das and Herod, until their right eous souls filled with indignation. when they engaged in free and easy, go as you please, knock down and drag out. Black eyes, broken glasses and badly dilapidated cloth ing. was the result of this little es- capade. To which the whole world will join in one grand chorus shame. All eyes are turned toward MT. Gladstone, to see what will be his next move, should the House of Lords throw his pet measure out, which the Conservatives confident ly expect them to do. His friends say that if he was twenty years younger he would make the Lords swallow it, as he did his Irish church bill in 1868. But we shall see what we shall see.
 ONE YcU ALL KNOW.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

Phillip Askins, Gila county's suc- cessful nimrod, made another kill- ing of three lions on the night of the 23d ,and had the paternal branch of that feline family been in the viz cinity of where the slaughter occur red, he, too, would not now be prowling the hills and killing ranch ers' stock ad libitum. Askins hunts by moonlight alone, and when his hounds strike trail he is absolute ly certain of killing a monarch of the forest. His notch stick, which cannot lie, counts over one hum dred dead lions, and one leopard, whose skin, so beautifully mottled, sold in Globe to resident of Cleve- land, Ohio, for thirty-five dollars, and is now a parlor ornament in that city.-Silver Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

Gov. HUGHES pardoned J. J. Smith, one of the four men who were accused of holding up and robbing the Atlantic and Pacific passenger train, near Canyon Dia- bio, in March, 1889. He was con- victed in November, 1889, and sen- fenced to thirty years imprison. ment in the Territorial penitentiary. The prison physician, Dr. Golfer, says galloping consumption has a firm hold on him, and he cannot live long, and his supposed confed- crates now come forward and swear that Smith was not with them when the robbery was committed.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

SENATOR TELLER says: The un- conditional repeal of the Sherman law is impossible. All the claims made by eastern men opposed to silver that enough votes will be mus tered in the Senate to repeal the act is not true. The silver men will not be able, perhaps, to secure the en- actment of a law that will be en. tirely satisfactory, but they are in a position to force the opposition to a compromise. The situation is even better than anticipated a few days ago."
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

SAYS the Baltimore Sun: Let our friends have just little patience All things come to him that waits Just give the Democratic party little time and the Republican fnan- cial law, which has paralyzed the finances of the country, and the Republican tariff law, under which the mills are closing and the fur mace fires are going out and wheat is selling below cost, both these will be duly repealed. The Democratic party is pledged to it. The people voted for it and it will be done.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

Good reports come from the John- son mine, which is supposed to be the mother vein of the famous Rich Hill placer ground, where, perhaps, more pure gold has been picked up on top of the ground than any oth- CT place known to mining men. The Johnson is a true and strong Assure vein of free milling ore, which is reported to run from $50 up. The location of the mine is favorable for all marketable and working pur- poses.-Prescott Courier.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

From almost every section of the range in Gila county come reports of copious rains and reviving vege- tation. Pine and Payson, in the extreme north, have been especially favored, and crops of all kinds show marked improvement. On Tonto the grass has got good start. On Salt river several good showers have fallen and feed is good in the surrounding hills. About McMill- en in every direction the grass is from six inches to a foot high. Since our last issue Globe has re- ceived two drenching rains. On Saturday, commencing about eight o'clock in the evening, the fall was almost incessant through the night, and on Sunday afternoon the pre- cipitation was equally copious. On both occasions Pinta creek ran al- most bankfull. The hills all about us have put on a livery of green, garnished with fowera.-Belt.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

THE Journal-Miner says: Major G. W. Vaughn, vice president and chief engineer of the Santa Fe Prescott and Phoenix railway, and George W. Tickers, of the Congress mine left this morning for Chapar. ral and Big Bug. The Major will examine into the resources of that prosperous district, it being the in tention of his company to build a branch railroad into that country just as soon as sufficient induce. ments can be offered to justify such an undertaking.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

THE Hartford bank at Phoenix closed it's doors a few days ago. Ii is the first and only bank in Ari. zona so far that has suspended There was no excitement over it The level headed people of Phoenix went about their business as usual, satisfied with the notice posted on the door that depositors would be paid in full.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24
THE New York Herald thus sizel

THE New York Herald thus sizes up McKinleyism:
 McKinleyism is illustrated and embodied in the tariff for which the present Governor of Ohio stood sponsor in the fifty-frst Congress.
 It imposes an average duty or tax of nearly half their value upon sev- eral thousand important articles. This is fully fifty per cent above the average rate of the first war tariff, passed in 1861.
 It taxes the necessaries of the people highest and the luxuries lowest.
 It burdens manufacturers, robs consumers and handicaps American commerce by taxing raw materials. No other manufacturing nation commits such an act of barbarism.
 It taxes the many for the sake of the few. Several of it's schedules were admittedly written by rich manufacturers and passed in return for contributions to the Republican campaign fund.
 It coddles with protection four times as much as was deemed ade- quate sixty years ago, Infant in- dustries" that have grown hoarY, rich and impudent on tribute wrung from the people.
 It hurts labor by increasing the
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

Sunday night Billy Morris shot and killed Ed Jones in a quarrel at Baldy, in this county. Morris has the reputation of being a bad man, having served a term in the peni- tentiary. Jones is young man of fair reputation, about 9 years of age. They had both been drinking and the affair is supposed to have been a drunken quarrel. Morris skipped out after the shooting Raton Range.
The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-24

THERE are in Arizona a few frauds that are taking in money under false pretenses, and it will very like ly become the duty of the Gazette to expose some of them before long. Phoenix Gazette.
 Why put it off, Brother Dunbar? It is uselets to lock the stable after the horse is stolen. No use to ex- pose fraud after the victims have been heeced. Out with it.