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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-10-27

Yo@ cai, save piles Of money il YOU
buy your goods of Whiddan
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-10-27

DR.. johnson, the jamestown dentist,
has opened branch office at Valley
City. The Valley City people can rest
assured that all work given to Mr..
johnson will be executed IN a careful
and reliable manner-and that wins.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-10-27

el49f4 DR.. Featherston, the painless,
dentist, will be at Cooperstown Tues
day and Wednesday, Nov. 7th and 6th..
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1893-10-27

The friends and promoters of the
temperance education movement are
to be congratulated upon The recent
testimony 10 the correctness Of the ap-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
jealousy.

A mean and barren passion is jeal-
ousy, and yet so common that its in
fluence can not be ignored. In the
household it is productive of constan;
misery. Jealous men and women are
tyrants, their victims slaves. Husbands
who do not really distrust their wives
demand from them the lettering of
opinion, the cloaking of the glances of
the eyes. They are not satisfied un-
less it is evident to their small world
that in them all the wifes thoughts
are focused; they can not bear the idea
of her believing any man is handsomer,
wiser or better than they; they must
be all in all to the woman whom they
have chosen as a companion. They
are unhappy and resentful if she adj
mires an actor or popular speaker
men who are trained to please, and
are esteemed only for what they appear
to be. 1t is about as absurd to be
jealous of man of this type as it is to
be of picture. But the exacting
husbands of whom we write do not
grasp this truth. Their self-esteem is
wounded; and yet why should it be
They are certainly not the handsomest
of men; so why should they wish their
wives to think it They are not the
wisest; and she can hardly fail to know
it. They are not the noblest in mental
constitution-their jealousy proves it.
1t should suffice for them if the woman
whom they love loves them best, III
spite of their faults and although she
is well aware of their weaknesses and
their inferiority in separate points to
many men. This curbing of thought
itself in those we love. in the hope Of
self aggrandizement, is the meanest of
all forms of egotism, says Fuajy
Herald. Its extreme is reached when
some weak minded, conceited youth
threatens the very life of another human
being because it can not center itself on
his miserable existence. Jealousy at
its worst is always species of insanity.
1t lives on fancies and suspicious. half
of which it knows to be false; it mag
nifies and distorts trifes until all sense
Of perspective is lost; and it can never
satisfy itself, for it itsprings from chronic
doubt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22

One evening a one armed convict in
the South, whose duty it was to couple
cars on the railroad, was standing on
the end of the first flat car, pin in
hand, ready to make a coupling when
the engine should approach closely
enough. He was holding some oranges,
and his attention was somewhat divided
between his duty and the safety of his
fruit The engine was not backing in,
but coming pilot first, and when the
coupling bar struck the socket the
shock threw the man off his feot. He
fell between the two, and before the
engine could be stopped it struck him,
doubled him together, and ran over his
body, lifting the truck wheels quite off
the track. There he was, wedged into
ball sustaining the whole enormous
weight, and the pilot was canted over
him at an angle of forty-fve degrees.
The captain of the gang supposed the
man to be dead, and it was with no
hope of saving him that he shouted to
the convicts to pry up the engine at
once. They ran at the word. Beams
We're thrust under, the great mass of
metal was raised by main force, and the
man was pulled out. To the amaze
ment of every one, he stretched him
self, felt his limbs and body, slowly
regained his feet, and said
"Whar's my oranges ?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
Queer Forms OF Mania,

One of the most extraordinary forins
Of insanity is mania for stealing
women's shoes; it is more common
among men than with the other sex.
There is one case on record of a young
man whose sisters lost their left shoes
as fast as they could buy them. 1t
was always the left one of each pair
that was taken. For long time the
thefts remained mystery, until one
day the brother caught young woman
IN the street, threw her down, tore off
her left shoe, and ran away with it.
Tie was captured, and thus the secret
was discovered. Another strange
mental complaint is called the 'insnnity
of doubt, the patient being unable to
make up his or her mind to do or not
to do the simplest thing Mysophobia
is a species of brain disease which
renders the unfortunate fearful of i'm
agined uncleanliness in everything Yet
another form of monomania is dread
of being shut in. The patient has Il
horror of being in any enclosed space,
like room, particularly with the
doors closed. A similar complaint is
the dread of heights. All of those
curious forms of mania come under the
general head of "parauoia, " or partia!
insanity, the patient being apparently
we'll in mind, save as to the particular
weakness or delusion suffered from.
We observe that society women who
become mentally diseased are usually
afflicted with that form of insanity
which is termed melancholia, though
why this is so nobody knows.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
How Launching is Made EASY.

When ship Is built her keel is laid
on blocks placed at short intervals
down the centre of the building berth.
AS she grows her shape is steadied by
shores and spurs-stout spars or tim
bers whose upper ends press against
the vessels plates and whose lower ends
rest on the floor of the building slip.
When ready for launching two broad.
solidly braced timber ways are laid
parallel at an incline, extending from
the ships bow beyond her stern CON
siderable distance into the water below
the surface These are the launching
ways and they are usually about one
third the ships greatest beam apart
Over the ways is built framework
of timbers, shaped to the curves of the
ship between the launching ways This
framework, known as the launching
cradle, is supported by timbers, which
rest on the ways. 1t is lashed together
by chains to give it the necessary
strength to bear the weight of the ship,
At Its extreme shore end large timbers
belonging to the cradle are firmly an
chored IN the stem-post of the launch
ing slip. These pieces are called the
sole pieces and the cradle is kept by
them from sliding down the ways.
Heavy chains also are attached to the
cradle so that when it shall have slipped
wholly off the ways the chains will
check its further movement with the
ship.
When all is ready an immense num-
Der of wedges are inserted between the
cradle and the bilgeways and are driven
IN until the cradle is pressed against
the bottom of the ship and its weight is
taken off the keel blocks. The keel
blocks, shores and spurs are then re.
moved. The launching ways have
previously been coated with grease to
depth of about two inches so as to
make the bilgeways slide easily on the
launching ways.
The last step saving through the
sole pieces, leaves the ship resting in
its cradle on the creased ways, with
nothing to hold her from sliding
down. If she does not at once start, a
wedge driven under her forefoot will
generally overcome her inertia, and she
6ldes down the ways with constantly
increasing speed until her hull has gone
far enough to be water borne. Then
the chains attached to the cradle hold
it fast, and the ship continues in the
direction of her original movement
until she is clear of the cradle. The
latter is sometimes crushed by the
weight and strain just as the ship gets
rid of it, and the rending and cracking
of heavy timbers is plainly heard by
the people close by.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22

After considerable solicitation from
the natives, the conjurer, who at first
appeared reluctant to give his consent
to an exhibition Of his powers before
me, writes Professor kellar, took ii
knob kerry or club and fastened it at
the end of thong of rawhide about
two feet long. A young native tall and
athletic, whose eyes appeared TO be
fixed on those of the coniurer with AN
apprehensive steadfastness, took his
own knob kerry aud fastened it ut The
end of a similar thong Of hide. The
two then stood about six feet apart, in
the full glare of the fire, and began, all
the while in silence, to whirl their kuoh
kerrys about their heads.
[ noticed that when the clubs seemed
i'll their swift flight almost to como III
contact spark or flame passed OF ap-
peared to pass from one of them to the
other. The third time this happered
there was an explosion, the spark APP
peared to burst, the young mans knob
kerry was shattered to pieces and
he fell to the ground apparently life
less
The witch doctor turned to the high
grass few feet behind us and gath
cred Il handful of stalks about three
feet long. Standing in the shadow
and away from the fire, he waived,
with a swift motion exactly similar tc
that of the clubs few minutes DO
fore the bunch of grass around the
head of the young Zulu, who lay as ii
dead in the firelight.
In moment or two the grass seemed
to ignite in its flight, although the
witch doctor was not standing within
twenty feet of the fire, and burned
slowly, cracking audibly. Approach.
ing more closely the form of the ma,
tive in the trance the conjurer waived
the flaming grass gently over his fig
ure, about a foot from the flesh. To
my great amaZement the recumbent
body slowly rose from the ground
and foated upward in the air to Il
height of about three feet, remaining
in suspension and moving up and
down according as the passes of burn
ing grass were slower or faster. As
the grass burned out and dropped to
the ground the body returned to its
position on the ground, and after
few passes from the hands of the
witch doctor, the young Zulu leaped
to his feet apparently none the worse
for his wonderful experience.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
Sanitary "Don'ts."

Don't put any money in your mouth.
1t is literally filthy lucre A doctor
who is in the habit of disinfecting the
money that comes to her, calls it one of
her charities. Yet the coin or green
back that at best is far from immacu-
late, and may be foul with disease, is
held between her lips by some girl
while she searches for Il nickle to pay
her Car fare with, or struggles with her
bundles. If she could see what it is
she has placed in her mouth, she would
be cured of the habit once for all.
Don't often put candy in your mouth
Investigations in dentistry show that de
cayed teeth are the work of micro
organism that breeds and fourishes in
just that particular acid which the dis
integration of sugar produces. In
proportion as foods contain starch and
sugar are they likely to affect the teeth,
and in candy the proportion of sugar is
at the maximum. A prominent dentist
cites the case of a working confec-
toner, who, by the time he reached
middle life, had not tooth left. His
teeth were fragile to begin with, and
he had been living in an atmosphere
most favorable to their decay.
Don't put your bare hand i'll The
straps furnished in street cars for the
overflow of passengers, Turn one of
these straps inside out, in any car not
fresh from the shops, and the reason
will be plain. Handled as they are by
all sorts and conditions of men, they
are ready carriers of disease. The
abraded skin of your finger may touch
an infected spot, or dangerous bacteria
may be transferred, at the next motion
of the hand, to the delicate tissues Of
the mouth or eyes. =
Don't use public drinking vessels.
Don't use the towels provided for
general use in public lavatories, men $
restaurants, and sometimes in schools.
1t is not generally known that blind
ness is increasing in this country four
times as fast as the population, and
that the increase is due largely to a
contagious disease of the eyes which is
spread by just such means.
Simple precautions, such as these,
may be the means of averting serious
disease.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
Novel Threat to Preserve Order.

In the Royal Navy sailors are often in
the same ship for three or four or even
more years. During this time their
craft is their home, and they speak of
it as such, and with an affection as if it
We're living thing. By means of the
ship the men may be wonderfully in
fiuenced. The late Captain Hall was in
command of remarkably fine frigate
on the South American station, of
which he and his crew were justly
proud. The handsome bust of her
beautiful tigurehead was brightly gilt,
and great care was taken of it. The
harmony which had generally prevailed
on board was somehow disturbed. But,
instead of resorting to corporal punish
ment, the captain summoned the men
aft, and in a simple, manly speech
pointed out the improperly of their
conduct, and concluded thus a:
80, now, my lads, if this be not put
an end to, and hearty good will re-
stored, I'll blacken your figurehead and
put the ship in mourning"
Had bombshell fallen at their feet
the men could not have been more as
tonished. To have their tigurehead
blackened No; anything rather than
that And in this way order and har-
mony were restored.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
THE MURMUR OF THE RIVER.

O the springing of the river
From the crystal woodland well,
Where the whispering aspens tell
My site tales with leafy shiver,
To the shadows in the dell
o the murmur of the river
As it makes its gentle moan,
In Il ceaseless monotone,
Tu the leaflets as they shiver,
To the spring flowers nearly blown.
} the fragrance of the river
When the banks with violets bloom,
And the subtle, sweet perfume
Grrcts the sense with dainty shivcr
From the green and purple gloom
} the rippling of the river
When the tiny wavelcts tinkle
Past the ferns and periwinkle,
AS the water-lilies shiver,
As the dancing suubeams twinkle!
q the stiffness of the river
When it spreads in sluggish broad,
Where the fishers ply their rods,
And the tall green ruShcs shiver,
And the tassellated haggcr mods.
} the rolling of the river
When ii meets the swelling tide
Like a half unwilling bride
And the swart waves leap and shivur
AS they climb the great ships side,
o the whelming Of the river
As it dies out in the sea,
Midst the waves, so fresh and free,
And with one convul>iVe shiver
Mingles with eternity!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
NO ENCE.
A Curious and Amusing story From BE
yond the Sea.

A Curious and Amusing Story From Be
yond the Sea.
A French gentleman who visited Dali
malta in Austro- Hungary tells how he
unconsciously posed as native digni-
tary. He visited the police court of
Zara, the capital of the country, one
day to take some sketches of the Dal
matian peasants who had been sum-
moned from neighboring villages as
witnesses in a case that was being tried.
Among others he sketched two fine
looking women.
Each wore on her head large, snow
white turban trimmed with red ribbons,
and great braids of false hair, tied with
green ribbons. Their broad silver
girdles We're ornamented with uncut
jewels. They stood with their hands
clasped, motionless, and apparently
frightened about something, | could
not tell what
Later the judge called me to him.
and told me that the two old peasants
who had posed for me an hour, with
such apparent good will, had come to
him to make complaint.
They had solemnly stated how "a man
had kept them standing an hour look
ing at them sternly and writing all the
time, and that finally he had given
them each a form, but had not passed
sentence on them"
The two poor old women had thought
that was judge and that while 1
was studying them to catch the express
sion of their faces and the pose of their
heads | was trying to read their hearts
and discover if there were any guilt in
their consciences.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS A POET.
How He Played CornstaIk Fiddle aud
Sang While Others Danced.

How He Played CornstaIk Fiddle aud
Sang While Others Danced.
II noticed some time ago an article in
the Giobe-Democrm in regard to some
doggerel rhyme written by Lincoln
when he was boy" said Major Charles
Crabshaw to St. Louis Globe Demor,,,i
man II knew Lincoln very we'll in
his flat boating days. He was always
writing doggerel, and his acquaintances
supposed that he would ultimately go
for poet, as Will Carleton would say
II remember once spending an even
ing at the house of farmer in Sanga-
mon County named Hicks. old man
Hicks, as he was called, had three ol
four buxom daughters, and the future
President was great favorite with
them. He came in during the evening,
accompanied by two other young men
almost as ungainly as himself. We had
apples and cider, gingerbread and
honey.
"'Now, said old man Hicks, if we
had fiddle we could have Il dance.
Abe suggested that one of the girls
might furnish the music by whistlmg;
but this did not meet with her appro-
val. Pretty soon we missed Abe, as
they called him. In few minutes he
returned with two big cornstalks.
Everybody was on the qui vive, but
not word could they get out of Abe.
He sat down by the fireplace, took out
his jack knife and went to work In
ten minutes he had 'cornstalk fiddle
constructed and he called out: Choose
your partners
I'VE were soon on the floor and Abe
played the squeaky instrument and
sang while we danced He sang what
ever CHANGED to come into his mind,
lmprovising a number of verses of a
personal character, much to the amuse-
ment OF the party. One verse | re
member was this:
There's life on the ocean wave,
And home on the rolling deep,
Where the pollywogs wiggle their tails
And the tears roll down my check.
"Old man Hicks beat time on the
hearthstone with the tongs, and we had
a really delightful dance. After it was
over old man Hicks called OUT Them
as dances must pay the fiddler. Gals,
you all owes Abe kiss Abe dropped
his fiddle as though it had become
suddenly hot, crossed his long legs,
put his bow on his knee, his chin in his
hand, and drawled: Mr.. Hicks, what
did | ever do to you ?''
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
AN ENGAGEMENT.

She does not wear my little ring
Upon her hand,
wonder why?
Is it because it tells something.
The simple band,
And she is shy2
Yet one could see ribbon peep
Above the lace
Gf one should try)
About her throat; but let it keep
Its hiding place
From every eye.
The secret is too new, too dear
No one must know,
No one must spy;
1t is so sweet to be so near.
She wants 1t so;
And |, and |.
Domestic Monthly
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22

- Perhaps the Master knows what .
capital ploughman you are, and SO he
never means you to become a reaper,
because you do the ploughing SO we'll.
--Spurgeon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22

The sense of shame is of great import
ance. When one is ashamed of having
been without shame she will not after
ward have occasion for shame. Mem
cius.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
Masks.

In the seventeenth century masks
were commonly worn. Ladies who had
red lips preferred them short, as was
natural. For others, the mask WAS
completed by chinpiece of linen,
which afterward passed under the chin
and over the ears. In 1852 new mask
called the mimi" from the Italian
''minies," was all the rage and threat
ened to usurp the place of the black
one; it was even the cause of violent
quarrels between the ladies who held
the latter and those who preferred the
latest novelty. Some years later it be-
came the fashion to trim the upper part
of the mask with a ruche of lace, to
lengthen it with beard of the same
material, and even to cover it more ~
less with lace to the borders of the eye
holes. Young ladies of this period,
however, frequently contented them
selves with covering the face with a
piece of black Grape for coquetry's sake
and to appear the fairer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
For Wearing Pearls.

In 1541 the Venetian Senate made il
penal offence to wear more than one
string of pearls, and that had to be OF
not higher value than two hundred
ducats. Even this did not satisfy them.
In 1862 they gave the law a corollary
that no woman except the doge's wife
and daughters were to wear any pearls
after the tenth year of their marriage ;
nor were even young wives to wear
more than single necklace of an out
side value of four hundred ducats, tile
same to be duly stamped and appraised
by the authorities.
The Venetian women revoltel against
certain other restrictions about dress
materials. They were so angry that
they formed an alliance, and petitioned
the pope on the subject. 1t was tho
best thing they could do; for his holi-
ness, ever anxious to assert himself in
Nonice, annulled the obnoxious decree,
which had emanated from the Venetian
Patriarch Anon, however, they got TO
despise the various sumptuary laws
which came upon them thick as
autumnal leaves. Nearly every one
diSrc9arded them.
True, the executive employed spies,
whose business it was to go about
taking stock" of the people, measur-
ing with their eyes the ladies dresses,
and guessing at their value. Now and
again a prosecution occurred. If the
gown was at fault for its sumptuous-
ness, both the owner and its maker
were fined. If lady was found with
more pearls on her person than was
permissible, she was liable to a penalty
of no less than two hundred ducats, of
which half went to the informer.
But it was by no means light and
easy worl1-this of professional spy.
The times had got SO much out of joint
that there was, on an average, homi-
eide daily in the city-without mention
of the various disappearances which
often had sanguinary significance. A
patrician might submit to pay the fine
for extravaganza, but it would after
ward be excusable in the young bloods
of the patricians family if they waylaid
the informer and either perforated him
with their rapiers or knocked him on
the head and tumbled him into a canal,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22

japan has one woman lawyer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-04-22
Pittsburg Division.

PittSburg Division.
WESTBOUND.
No. 9-Baltmore Express leaves ..1:3o a IN
I" 63-Cumberland g '' dali
" except Sunday. $40 a III
" il-Mail leaves ;,:25 I'm
5-EXpress leaves s....4:O5 p M
EASTBOUND.
No, lO-Baltimore Express arrives. 2:30 Il m
" l2-Mail . 1.25 pm
6i-Cumberland Exp % (ai
ly except sunday. 7;}o pm
" 6-Express leaves 1920 p I'M
No II is a local train from Cum bprand to
Pittsburg and No. Il from pttsburg to Cum
herland. SOS sand 6 mu:e3 stops each way.
T. T. ALIEN,
june is Acting Agent.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-09
Alcohol a Deadly Poison.

Contrary to all preconceived ideas,
and contrary to the dealers assurance
of purity, scientists now tell us that
alcohol in its effects on the human
stomach is an acrid, virulent, deadly
poisOn-that there is in it not particle
of nutriment nor any principle of a
negative quality. Therefore there can
be no such thing as moderation in the
use of alcohol beverages However
deceptively prepared or diluted, alcohol
is always poison; and when it enters
the system it is always on its mission OF
death. Its only effect is to produce a
delirium of unnatural excitement OF
the nerves, corrosion of the mucous
membranes and the tissues, and a
bunting and deadening of the moral
sense. Incipient paralysis or stupor
follows, with congestion and derange-
ment of all the vital organs, and, final
ly, death. Magazine.