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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
Are Women Resnonsibia2

1t was Marguerite of Valois who
said, with unusual severity for wo-
man. that the less one sees and knows
men the higher one esteems them"
1t is obvious that the cynical Mar
garct really meant to say that the bet
ter one knows men the greater is ones
contempt for them.
These sharp-tongued assaults are in
tcrcsting and diverting as specimens OF
SatiliCal raillery, but to the analytical
mind they present nothing worth while
The simple truth is, women do not
hold such sentiments towards men,:
though every one knows that to Il con-
siderable extent they would be juSti-
fled in so holding. The general atti-
tude of women is one of seeming wor-
shipful admiration. This is bad, espe-
cally for very young men, who are
thus puffed up by conceit and made
unspcakably disagreeable, whereas
We're they let alone they might disclose
Il becoming measure of modcsty and
Self-distrust. 1t is about time for wo-
men to face the fact that they are d.
rcctly chargable with most of the un-
pleasing characteristics of man. They
constantly feed his vanity; they habitu-
ally practice duplicity and in their in
tcrcourse with him the note of SINGER
ity is seldom heard. Naturally the
man desires the ''clinging trust of the
woman. but he is too duh ll-headed to
perceive that what he takes for cling
ing trust is clever diplomacy, and it
is an axiom that the only way to be-
come clever diplomat is TO cultivate
a.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
A Social Misstep,

An amusing story was told some
years ago of a certain Nine. de s., Il
French woman of high social ambi-
tionS. She was anxious to become ac-
Quainted with and to be known as the
friend of persons high in rank, and
she left no stone unturncd to further
her interests in that direction. Return
ing from the country to Paris one day
in Il railway carriage, as the story runs,
she fell into conversation with re-
markably well-dressed but quiet and
reserved man who sat on the seat op-
poSitc After Il while she CHANGED to
mention impreSsively that she had OBJ
served that the Countess LemOine was
Il passenger in the next carriage, and,
to her satisfaction, she found that the
gentleman to whom she had been talk
ing was intimately acquainted with her.
OF the Countess establishment and
circle of friends he told her a great
many Interesting particulars. so
pleased was she with the talk on this
Sllhicct-proving her acquaintance, she
thought, to be II man of decidedly high
position in Partisan society-that she
venturcd to make what was even for
her Il bold stroke, and asking him for
his card, politely requested his COM
pany ut her next sOiree. The train ar
rived, Nine. de S. alighted on the
same platform with the Countess. She
looked then to see the familiar recog-
milton she expected between the lady
of rank and her new friend. But what
was her surprise when the Countess,
holding up her finger, beckoned unccre-
moniously to him, and said, John, see
to the baggage.' Her distinguished
friend was the Countess man-servant.
-IIarpcrS' Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

Just before the review began we saw
several officers in gorgeous uniforms
ascend the stairS, one of whom, whose
helmet seemed entirely of gold, was
Eugene de Beauharnais. A few min
utcS afterwards there was Il rush of
officers down the stairs, and among
them | saw a short, pale man, with his
hat in his hand, who resembled Lord
Ersliine in profile. But, though my
friend whispered, "C'est lui," | did not
comprehend that l behcld Bonaparte
till l saw him stand alone at the gate.
In another moment he was on his
horse, while l. trembling with emotion.
gaZcd on him intently, endoavoring to
commit each expressive, sharply chls-
eled feature to memory, contrasting
also with admiratio his small, simple
hat, adorned with nothing but a little
tri-colored cockadc, and his blue coat,
guiltless of gold embroidery, with the
splendid adornmcnts of the officers
who followed him.
At length the review cndcd-too soon
for me. The First Consul sprang from
his horse. We threw open our door
again, and, as he slowly rcaSccnded
the stairs, we saw him very near us.
and in full face, while his bright, rest
less. expressive and, as we fancicd,
dark blue eyes beaming from under
long black eyelashes, glanced over us
with scrutiniZing but cOmplaccnt
look.-Mrs. Opie, in Tait's Magazine,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

A little thistle bird in Monmouth
owes its life to its perseverance and
habit of singing while in trouble. \
man i'll that village had heard the small
SOngStcrS persistent notes near his Win
dow for nearly Il month"; and at last
called the attention of a friend, who
makes a study of birds and their ways,
to its song. This friend soon made the
discovery that the bird was Il prisoner
i'll its nest. A ladder was brought. and
the bird and nest were taken down ana
examined. one leg of the little sufferer
had become cnsnarlcd in the wool with
which the nest was lined, and it was
only after twenty minutes of pamStak-
ing efforts with sharp Instruments that
the limb was loOScd from the Snarl;
this done, the spectators We're Surpris-
ed to see birdie fly away, apparently as
well as though never tied. to a nearby
apple tree. The birds parents or some
other of its feathcred friends had kent
it supplied with food during its inn
prisonment-New York Recorder
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
THE FERRIS WHEEL.


L said: precisely what does the great
wheel represent in mechanics?'
Well Mr.. Ferris replied, IL suppose
you might consider it as typifying the
present progress, the latest develop
mcnt of mechanical engineering. You
know there are really two wheels, one
built thirty feet within the other. These
are joined by truss work, such as is
used in our finest bridge construction.
Beyond all that the wheel develops to
degree hitherto never realized the
capacities of Il tension stroke. You
know the wheel is not only Il perfect
piEion wheel. but Il tension wheel as
well, and these. | suppose, may be re-
Sardrd as its chief points. | do not
know whether you have stopped to
consider, but it is as perfect Il pinion
wheel as the little wheel that goes
Ticking back and forth in your watch.
In all that immense diameter there is
less DETECTION proportionately from II
true circle, than from the pinion wheel
of the most perfect watch made.
This is due to the fact that it has.
instead of stiff spokes, the tension of
juintod spoics. When | first proposed
Ia build tcuSiOn wheel of this diane
ter the feat was regarded as impoSSi-
bic 1t was held that the spoke rods
on the upper side of the wheel at any
given moment instead of sustaining
the weight of the upper part of the
wheel, would, from their own weight
as they hung vertically, pull down that
arc of the wheel which they bore upon,
and thus cause the wheel to become
elliptic. As a matter of fact, they do
nothing of the kind. There is abso-
lutcly no detection from the perfect
circle.
considering some of the mechanical
difficulties in the construction of the
wheel, you will note that it stands
directly east and west; thus the south
crn side of the wheel receives the en-
tire hrunt of the suns rays. whereas
the northern side is not only shaded
by the southern, but by the cars as
well, causing a difference in expansion
varying from the heat to which it is
subjected of from three to six inches.
All these little problems had, of course,
to be me-, for even this slight vara-
tion of five or six inches in the total
diameter of $50 feet would be sufficient
unless properly dealt with to cause II
disturbance in the working gear.'-Re-
view of Reviews.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
"Haye One with Me-"

A party of ladies We're talking about
how their husbands had proposed, says
the Detroit Free Press, when one
whose present husband was the third
laughed.
Il think" she said, that HcnryS
proposal was about the funniest | ever
heard of. You know Henry was Il
bachelor, and his weakness was drink
ing with the boys, which, by the way"
she added proudly, Il cured him of
completely; and one night he came to
see me, as he usually did every week
and we were talking along very scnSi-
bly,, though Henry had evidently taken
a drink or two before he called You
see, liked him immensely and he liked
me, but somehow we had never talked
matrimOny to each other, although we
often talked it as applying to other pco-
pie. On this evening Henry had said
something or other criticising mar
riagcs, and | put right in:
"'Wcll,' | said, I think it the only
way to be happy. I've been married
twice and
"Have one with me- interrupted
Henry perSuasivcly, and | accepted
him on the spot, and we've been happy
as two bees in honeysuclle ever
since"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
THE MAN WHO BRINGS THE ICE.

The man with the melon is welcome still,
And the man with the cream is nice;
But the mellow fellow who fills the bill
Is the man who brings the Ice.
Who drops it there,
In a ten-cent slice,
And coolS the air
AS he holers: "Icer'
His rumbling wagon the children know;
And Isn't he good and nice!'
They cry. as Scampering out they go
For Il chat with the man with ice!
Each outstretched hand
Gets little slice;
Oh. it's fairyand
When the man brings Ice!
The horse that he drives looks wet and cool; :;
His wagon, of rude device,
The heat divides with it's freezing sides
A-drip from the blocks of ice!
And here and there,
As he saws slice,
He cools the air
With his ice! Ice! Ice.'
SO, the man with the melon is welcome still,
And the man with the cream is nice:
But the mellow fellow who fills the bill
Is the man with the daily ice.
Who drops it there,
In ten-cent slice,
And cooIs the air
AS he hollers: "Icen'
AS he hollers: 'Ice!--
Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
The Plum and Its Uses.

Our plum is the cultivated plum of
the garden, whose parent is a native
of Asia and southern Europe, but
which has taken so kindly to the con-
ditions of soil and climate in our newer
world that many of the choicest varie-
ties seem almost spontaneously pro-
duced here, varieties surprising in
beauty and flavor the most noted plums
Of France and England.
The most important form of the plum
i'll commerce is that of prunes, as they
are exported from France, Turkey and
our own California to every part of the
world The finer class of pruneS pass
eS through Il very careful course of
treatment before being put into the
market. The plumS are gathered when
just ripe enough to fall from the trees
on being slightly shaken. They are all
picked by hand, care being taken not
to gather them until the sun has en-
tircIy dried off the dew. They are then
spread in shallow baskets, and kept
in cool dry place until they become
very soft, when they are shut in il
spent oven for tWenty-four hours, then
taken out, carefully turned. and, the
oven being reheated, slightly warmer
than before, returned to it.
This operation is again repeated,
when they are taken out and left to get
quite cold. The next step in the process
is rounding" an operation consisting
of turning the stone in the plum with
out breaking the skin and pressing the
two ends together between thumb and
finger. Twice more are they then sub
milted to heat, after which they are
packed in jars or boxes for sale.
In southern France a spirit is obtain
ed by fermcnting the bruised pulp and
kernels of the plum with honey and
flour, and distilling the mass.-Harpers'
BaZar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
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40 TIaye WINNIE IPeUn,

4 good way to keep teeth clean is to
dip the brush in water, rub it over
genuine CASTLE soap, then dip it in pre-
pared chalk. A lady says: Il have
been complimented upon the white
ness of my teeth, which were original
ly anything but white. l have used
the soap constantly for two or three
years, and the chalk for the last year.
There is no danger of scratching the
teeth, as the chalk is prepared; but
with a good stiff brush and the soap
is as effectual as soap and sand on
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

A number of Baltimore small boys
were seen going toward the river with
Il yellow dog.
"Wherc did you get that pup ask
cd the policeman.
He's mine," replied a member of
the group"
What are you going to do with
him.
"Wcn, yer see, early this season,
when we was all enthusiastic, we
tuck this dog, an we dedicated i'm
to the Baltimore baseball nine for Il
mascot. Now, we're goin' ter put i'm
out of is misery"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

Susie Tin stockyard)-Oh, Johnnie,
look at that big COW a-sleepin' over
there.
Johnnie with a show of superior
knowledge Now, you be careful,
Susie; he's not sleeping, he's only bull
dozing.-Truth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

The best compound for painting
bright machinery previous TO photo,
graphing is light lead color A good
plan for photographing bright silver
vessels is to fill them with lr"d water,
when the deposition of 'irw on III"
outside will take off the Houblos ma
high lights.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
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Needless Advice.

Mrs. Essey-1f you drink brandy
without putting water In it you will
ruin the coat of your stomach.
Hen Essey (absently)-Never mind; i;
it's an old coat.-Puck.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21

son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station Cum
herand.
Nos. l. ,, 3 and daily except Sunday. Nos. 5
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
No baggage car will be hauled en- trains Nos
sand 8. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
May2. Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-10-21
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
East

SCHEDULE.
aStward Stations. Westward
LenLtr 1 L.l.iLD
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
THE oDoRLEss ExcAvAroR.

To THE EDITOR OF THE TINES: A
prominent city official In an interview
stated that he could do nothing in re-
gard to the ordinance requiring scav-
engers to use an odorless excavator-
that an "odorless" would cost Ave hun
dred dollars (S500). The ordinance was
passed last December. and all scav-
engers have had ample time to comply
with the law. 1t is true that each night
some place requires the services OF the
scavenger, and that urgently, but, in
view of the lapse Of time since the pas
sage of the ordinance, can that be &C.
copied as q valid excuse for non COM
pliance? Are we citizens and taxpayers
to be nightly subjected to n nuisance
and menace to the health of our
families that one or two individuals
may continue to reap benefit at the
least possible expense? Is our city to
be conducted for the benefit of the few
at the expense OF the whole?
Instances have occurred where an in
dividual has received from $500 to ST.
500 for the loss of one limb. Is life so
cheap or health so valueless that $500
is too much to pay for protection to 49,
600 souls That this open cart system
or any other sort OF the ordorless eXca-
vator,
WHICH DOES NOT POISON THE AIR AT THE
SEAT OF OPERATIONS,
is allowed to exist is an injustice to the
community.
II is said that Mr.. i; having new
tight wagons buit. Ii he or anyone
else be allowed to use anything other
than that prescribed by law it will be
an outrage upon the C om nunity.
Continue your good work in egitating
this matter, and for the good of the COM
munity beg of you that you will not
lay pen aside in this cause until
the desired end is desired. Yours for
health, c. LANGDoN.
Roanoke, May It
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
DISCUSSING HOME RULE.
Ex-Secretary Balfour and Others Suggest
Amendments Without Result.

Ex-Secretary Balfour and Others Suggest
Amendments Without Result.
LONDON, May 1.-THE house of COM
mons resumed the consideration of the
Irish home rule bill in committee to-
day. The Hon. st. John Brodrick
moved to amend the bill so as to en-
power the crown to diminish and re-
strain the powers granted to the Irish
parliament. Prime Minister Gladstone
opposed the amendment
The eX chief secretary, Balfour, ad-
mitted that the Irish legislature might
to a certain ex tent be controlled through
the viceroy, but there was nothing in
the bill which enabled parliament to
interfere with the action of the Irish ex-
ecutive. Machinery ought 10 be pro-
yided whereby the vagaries of the ex-
ecutive council should be restrained.
Mr.. Balfour suggested that the final de-
cision of the point be deferred until a
later stage in the bill.
Mr.. Gladstone day declined to agree
to an adjournment of tho house over
Derby day, in order to enable the mem
bers to witness the great race, which
will take place at the end of this month
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
SIR CHARLES, ARGUMENT.
He Continues the British Case Before th
Court OF Arbitration.


PARIS, May 17.-Sir Charles Russell
resumed his argument to day in behalf
of the British case before the Boring
sea tribunal OF arbitration. Sir Charles
argued that the seizares made of British
vessels in Boring sea were not justifia.
BILE, and he pointed out that the rights
derived from Russia by the United
States were merely the ordinary prop.
erty rights in the soil and not in the
seals.
In the afternoon he discussed the
treaties concluded in the years 1s24.'25
between Russia, England and the United
States, and endeavored to prove from
thu treaties that Great Britain had never
departed from her objection to Russia's
claim OF exclusive jurisdiction in Boring
Sea, and that Bering Sea was not q
mareclaueum, but that all nations had
right to free navigation in that sea.
Incidentally he required to the forged
interpretations in Russian documents to
sustain the American case. He said
that he was sorry, but he would have to
make further allusion to the for2eries,
as not until the forgeries were dis
covered was the claim of property in the
seals elaborated.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
ENFORCED REST FOR rRA1NMEN

Florida Prohibits Them from Working
More Than Thirteen Hours Daily.
TALLAHAssE, Fla, May ia bill
has passed the senate forbidding rail-
road companies to make runs" Of train
men longer than thirteen hours each,
and compelling at least eight hours to
elapse between runs. 1t is alleged that
several recent accidents were due to
engineers and conductors being physi-
cally exhausted from continued train
work. In one instance they were on
duty twenty four hours without sleep
Or rest.
The bill has raised much Indignation
among railway officials, who threaten,
if the bill becomes law, to cut down
trainmen's wages and reduce train
service.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
MINISTER THUnsToN NOW.
He Succeeds j. Mott Smith ut washing.
ton.

He Succeeds j. Mott Smith at Washing
SAN FRANCE co, May 1.-THE steamer
Oceanic arrived from Hong Kong and
Yokohama via Honolulu this morning.
She brings the latest advices from the
Hawaiian Islands dated May 10. Lor-
rim A. Thurston was appointed minister
to Washington May to succeed j. Mott
Smith. Mr.. Stevens has definitely an
nounced that he will leave for his home
in United States May "a. Mr.. Stevens
has been quoted as feeling very bitter
toward Mr.. Blount, on account of the
latter's action in hauling down the
American flag, but rs Mr.. Stevens last
Sunday gave an elaborate dinner to Mr..
and Mrs. Blount, at which all present
seemed to enjoy themselves Thoroughly,
that feeling has apparently changed
AS regards the situation both sides are
playing waiting.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
MhIskey Trust Bonds.

CHICAGO, May 1.-THE directors of
the Dietillers' and Cattle Feeders Com
pany mot again to day to consider the
prosposed issue OF bonds. They con-
sidered lhe question all the morning
and adjourned for lunch without deciding
further than the issue is to be Sc, 900, GOO
of per cent, in tho nature of de ben.
lures, over half to be held to secure
rebate; tho remainder to be used as
collateral in case it is decided to go into
the distributing business.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
baseball Game Yesterday.

A gam OF baseball was played yes
terday afternoon on tho old baseball
grounds on jefferson street between tho
Diamond Rex baseball team, Of this
city, and the RoaDok College club, of
Salem, which resulted iu victory for
the former by score Of II to l. The
feature OF the game was the battery
work of Settles and Riley, only two
hits being made off S4ttles, one of them
being a scratch
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Roanoke viii be Well Represented.

The seventh annual meeting of the
Virginia Firemen's Association will
convene at Stauntou June :. Twenty
five men will go from the Junior Hose
Company, thirty five from the Friend
ship Company and quite number from
the Vigilants. Roanoke will no doubt
be creditably represented at Staunton.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Killed ina Pan Handle Wreck.

HANEsvuLE, Ohio, May 17.-An axle
on freight train ON the Pan Handle
railroad near Frasersburg, Ohio, broke
just IS the train entered the bridge over
the canal this morning. The bridge
was dragged down and fifteen cars were
piled up in tho canal. The trainmen
escaped by jumping, but two tramps
who were stealing ride, and whose
names were unknown, were killed.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18

Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Bolts, OF Fred
ericksburg, are in the city visiting their
son, James B. Bolts, OF the Noatolk and
Western railroad. Mr.. Bolts is treas.
urer Of the State council of the ROYAL
Arcanum, and while here will visit the
councils OF that order in Roanoke,
Salem aad Pulaski.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Glass workers Escnpe.

BRIDGEToN, N. j., May 17-The jury
in the conspiracy case of President Ar.
rington, Vice President Trath and Sec
rotary Marshall, Of the Green Glass
Workers National Organization, was
discharged by Judge Hoagland last
night. The jury was unable to reach a
verdict
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Conn err Parker.

Miss Berta Parker, the beautiful and
popular daughter OF James Parker, was
married last evening at S o'clock at tho
residence of Mrs. Robert Ingram, near
tho Grocer Furnace, 10 Edward Z. Con-
ner. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. c. ii Buchanan and was witnessed
By q large mum Der of invited guests.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Morris Case Continued.

Robert Morris was tried yesterday
before Police Justice Turner on a
charge of shooting at another colored
man at Mount Zion Church last Sunday,
but owing to the absence Of witnesses
il was continued. He was fined So for
beating an Italian fakir last month.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
The scroath Liquor License Case.

The entire day was occupied in the
circuit court yesterday in the consider
alton of the application for barroom
license of j. L. Scroath in East Roa-
noke. The evidence is all in and the
argument has been made by counsel.
Judge DupuY will probably render his
decision this morning.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-18
Epworth League Entertainment.

The Epworth League Of Lee Street
Methodist Church will give a nice en-
tertainment next Friday evening at 6
o'clock. The literary department of
the league will have an entertainment
in the auditorium of the church and re-
freshments Will be served in tho base
ment.