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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-23
Impure Drinking Water.

Comparatively few people know
what a large amount of water the
human body consists of. A man
weighing POO pounds is made up of
l20 pounds of water and 50 pounds of
solids. The latter includes bone,
muscle, &c. Even the fat of the body
contains 10 per cent. of water (; the liver
is made up of SO per cent. and the blood
of So. The skin contains Y per cent.
the brain Is, and muscle IS.
1t may be naturally supposed that a
fluid so universally distributed through
out the body must constitute q very
important article of its existence.
Recent experiments have shown that
on water alone life may be sustained
as long as ffty-fve days, whereas if
dry food only were given death would
ensue in quarter of that time, and
this in most agonizing way. The
terrible agony that shipwrecked
mariners sometimes suffer in this way
will induce them to drink sea water,
and this adds hundredfold to the in
comfortable thirst that induces
delirium and death.
With regard to drinking waters, the
purest is that which comes from deep
springs or deep wells, where the access
of surface water isguarded against, or
from lakes at high attitudes. These
waters, as rule, are very palatable.
The most dangerous waters to drink
are those that are stored in the form
of rain water, or surface water run
ming over cultivated lands, as these
absorb all the impurities that they
come in contact with. River water is
always dangerous, as it invariably be-
comes contaminated with sewage.
Water from shallow wells absorbs sur
face drainage, and may be always con-
sidered utterly unfit for drinking pur-
poses. The Gentleman's Magasine.
A Prosperous Institution.
The annual report of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company for the
year ending June 30th, 1898, contains
a synopsis of the operations of the
Relief Department of that Company,
which shows it to be in most pros
porous condition.
The Department had membership
of - ,637 persons the receipts of the
Relief Feature for the year were
T420, 0OS.3 and the disbursements
$4l5, 800. 80, and the benefits paid to
its members since May LIST, 1880,
aggregate the enormous sum of
1888, 940.17.
In the Savings Feature of the De.
partment, at the close of the fiscal year
there was due depositors $3.50, 1856, O6, as
against $602, 547.05 at the close Of the
previous year; the deposits during the
year were 1926. 049,7 II, the Withdrawals
$lSS, 2l0.76. and the amount due from
employees on account of loans made for
the purpose of securing homes was
$6O1 ,2239 .26. An extra dividend of one
per cent. was declared on all deposits
drawing interest at the close OF the
year, thus making the interest for the
year equivalent to five per cent. per
annum.
At the close of the year there were
30 names on the Pension list, and the
disbursements on this account for the
year have been $31 ,9j4,35, and for the
whole period, $2Ol ,OS4 III.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-23
M1N1No5#a$e., JOURNAL
FROsTBURG, MD. DECEMBER %, 1898.
Christmas.

Christmas Observation-Disclosures it be
the sequel to some old heather festival,
birthday Of Jupiter, or some other
survival Of pagan holiday that
modern research" has discovered, it
is sufficient for us to belieye that it was
born in Judea on the morning when
the star stood over Bethlehem, and to
knoo that it lives, perennial, like the
evergreens that welcome and signalize
its coming.
To 6noo this is happiness, because
Christmas has come down to us along
a pathway beset by prosecutions of
blood and fire. Like everything good,
it has seen its dark days. 1t was once
almost blotted from the calendar and
excluded from the churches. To the
old heather contentious, based upon
the crude ASTRONOMERS of the Messianic
era, even Christians added pious pro-
scriptions founded upon the same
skeptical talk of shepherds and winter
and stars and pagans.
But the lights now, as long afore
time, burn again in all the churches
and there are flowers and garlands,
even where there are no affairs. All
the cathedrals and chapels of the
world are ablaze on Christmas morn
ing. Even the priestless Shakers sing
the songs Of redemptive JOY away
through the night.
With Reproduction or protest no
longer hindering or marring the
religious observance of the great
festival, we have in Christmas the
pioneer prognostic of the unity which
shall some day command the loyalty
and love of every subject of Christen-
dom.
SO that as the world grows older and
and wiser. and men and religions are
coming together in the faith that the
globe is not the offspring Of chance
nor the sport of evil spirits, but is
piloted through that portion Of eternity
we call time by Divine Maker and
Ruler to a better day, Christmas grows
in our affections, its significance
deepens its impress upon the human
intellect, and its observance spreads
into newer and larger domains.
Turning this thought in another di-
rection-every Christmas is in itself
prophecy. 1t must be so. Just as we
see that the preparations for its en-
joyment grow annually more beauti-
full and bountiful, so must each happy
Christmas pledge a still happier one
next year, and so on to the end of
days.
If We should wake next Monday
morning and see no lights in the
churches and no faces of women and
children illuminated by joy, we may
know that the end has come.
Happy, then, is he 10 whom Christ
mas is all it purports to be; who
puts aside his work and his worry,
his tolls and ambitions, and is
happy with his children and all of
Gods creatures whom he may meet.
He is happiest, of course, who APP
preciates the spiritual significance of
the day and feels its gracious in
tiucnces.
To the wording it is necessary
to enjoin temperance, Justice will be
done. He who celebrates wisely will,
looking back on Tuesday, do SO with
JOY and not with grief. He who com
memorates indiscreetly will be left to
the remorsc Of guilty stomach and
the penances of an avenging headache.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-23
The Coal Trade,

Shipments of coal from the mines of
the Georges Creek coal region were
in long tons
For week ending Dec. l6, 1893. 75,29S
" year to same date. ..............4,0 l3, ga
Increase compared with last year,, 3l9,559
The latest news from the markets is
CLEANED as follows:
Soft coal shippers are evidently not without
tonnage which is being done, but at the same
time there is the continued cry of dullness
with some of them.-Coal Trade Journol.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-12-23
ThesJuIy.

The appended list of names was
drawn by judges Boyd and Hoffman
last Saturday for jury service at the
approaching January term of the
Circuit court:
Michael p. Cannon, Ross X. Snyder,
Patrick Barrett Josiah Eyler,
Charles Forrest, Michael Murphy,
John Stakem, c. ID. Warlield
VIM. FL. Booth, f. l.. Fisher,
r. II. McCleavc, Morton Wampe,
Harry t. koerner, VIM. Dudley,
VIM. Harper, Fuller Barnard,
l.. S. Hirsch, Geo. Ternent,
J. S. Lewis. James A. Dixon,
Conrad Zimmerman, John Saurbaugh,
Hugh Trail, Adam Seibert,
}. }. Winter, VIM. III. Straub,
Sigmond Tanner Geo. elise,
George Reuschlein, VIM. Orr, ST.,
Peter Lammert, Eli Hartsock,
j. NJ. Mattingly, John f. Gehauf,
VIM. T. Allen, August Keifer,
John Dundon, Geo. w. Spanger,
Geo. Noghtman, Charles Tonry,
Christian Spitznos, Joseph H. Schilling,
James Dando Henry Rephorn.
A. R. Blasse, Elmer g. Long.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
AssAIc CRY NEW JERSEY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER p 1893

man First. tell him to figure up
his deposits and learn whether he
is entitled to any favors. / will
venture to state that nine out of
ten such cases will have to report
that the Bank has lost money
in caring for their deposits. The
second answer is, to tell such a
man to open Bank for himself.
If the day should come when a
third Bank opens in our city, |
hope it will be Bank of deposit
only. A Bank in which deposi-
tor puts his money and pays for
the privilege. He then can go to
the Bank and see it any time. He
can draw it out when he pleases,
invest it in some fool enterprise,
loose it, and then look in the glass,
and see an idiot
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
MANUAL TRAINING.

While it is not the purpose of
the public schools to furnish edu-
cation to fit pupils for any special
profession or trade, we rely upon
them to afford the best training
possible for the thorough prepara-
zion of pupils for the varied re-
spunsibilities of citizenship What
ever tends to the proper develop
ment of their faculties, to physical
health and strength, to manual
dexterity. has legitimate place in
our school system Upon these
grounds, manual training is now
one Of the subjects widely intro
duced and constantly increasing in
popularity.
Recognizing that mechanical oc-
cupations are equally as important
as the professional or as mercan-
tile pursuits, boys and girls will
consider it no less honorable to find
employment in fields, mines and
workshops than in stores and Off
ces When the pupil learns in
public schools that it is no less
creditable to produce commodities
than to exchange them, one of the
most difficult phases of the labor
question is already solved.
And when American boys will
ingly and earnestly devote their
early life to learning trades, instead
of rushing into overcrowded stores
and counting rooms, our manufac-
turing industries will receive a
fresh impetus through the COM
bined influence of an educated and
enthusiastic body of intelligent
young workmen.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

through the car windows The run of
523 miles from Buffalo to Chicago is one
of the charming features OF a trip 10 the
windy city. Here. toe. the passenger
department of the Nickel Plate line is
alert to the interests of the traveller Mr.
b. r. Horrer, the General Passenger
Agent at Cleveland. and Mr. F Moore
the General Agent at Buffalo, are men
of unquestioned ability and efficiency as
railroad managers. and under their
supervision the Nickel Plate Road has
come to the front as the most popular
route to Chicago. In previous letter /
des 1ribed some of the attractions along
this lire. but the panorama is ever chang
ing and always new.
Forty miles west of Buffalo lies the en-
terprising city of Dunkirk; the centre Of
the famous Chautauqua grape belt.
About forty miles farther Is Erie, Pa.
which stands on bluff 10 feet above the
lake. Still farther along the lake We
find the irving cities of Conneaut. Ash
tabula and Painesville After leaving
the latter place we enter the greatest
grape growing region east Of the Rocky
Mountains. extending as it does for near
ly 200 miles along the shore Of Lake
Erie. The train is scarcely out of the
vineyards before it enters the city Of
Cleveland; one Of the weaIthiesf cities ia
America as well a. one of the most beau
tIful As we enter the city, and within
stones throw of rhe Euclid asenue
crossing. and in full view from the train.
stands the Garfield Mounmenf-a shrine
which no patriotic American should
neglect to visit II stands on a lofty
eminence overlooking the city and lake.
The three great viaducts over the valley
Of the Cuyahoga are tIiumphs Of engi-
neering skill. and the wonder Of visitors.
Green Springs a popular health resort
Fostoria, O. and Fort Wayne, Ind both
important railway centres. are places Of
interest to the tourist At Continental,
Ohio. connection is made with the Tole-
do. ST. Louis & Kansas City Railroad
the most direct and popular line between
Toledo and St Louis
Leaving Fort Wayne the train WhIr1s
along for more than hundred miles
portion of the State of Indiana Val
praise is the next place Of Importance,
and rs miles farther on we enter the ont
skirts OF Chicago. though still 20 miles
from the terminus of our journey. Cross
ings now become numerous. for scores Of
railroads find an entrance to the city IN
close proximity to each other On past
the stock yards. round houses and NUM-
erous machine shops our train pulls up
in the handsome new station at Clark
and Twelfth streets. from which access
is easy to all the principal hotels and
cable and elevated railroads direct to the
World Fair JAY.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
What They Would Do.

sIf / had my life to live over
again, said a well known Passaic
lawyer, yesterday, I'D be plum
Der, and I'd be rich before | was
80 years DID,"
"And r." broke in police officer,
s'would be a lawyer if | had brains
enough"
"Brains does not fill the bill.
There must also be honesty" ad-
ded second lawyer.
Honesty is needed for success
in any business, said the real es-
tate man, and the first speaker
contributed:
mot in plumbing In such an
unusual condition he would fail
Still the RECORD believes there
are many honest plumbers who
get along fairly well in life.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
,R THE CITY, COUNTY, AND S
A SCARCITY OF CLOVER.

Last fall the Democrats were
singing a campaign song about
-four years more of Grover, and
then we'll be in clover. Yes,
everybody heard that song from
Maine to the opposite extremity of
the country. Here is the refrain:
Groyerl Grover.
Four more years of Grover.
In he goes,
Out they go.
Then we II be in clover.
But the clover has not made its
appearance. Grover answered to
the call of his name at the inau-
guration, sure enough, and some
Of his followers entered into clover
pastures, but the bulk of the people
were shut out from participating
in the glorious reaping of the pro-
missed clover.
The Greensburg, Ind, ReSTep
details another missing link from
Growers golden chain of prosperity
That paper says: During the last
campaign the Democrats of this
city displayed banner in their
procession bearing the inscription:
Vote for Grover Cleveland
and get
SIPS bushel
for your wheat
"a liberal reward will be paid
for that banner at this Office and
no questions asked.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
She Was Right Up to the Times

The scene was not mile from
Alfred Speer's warehouse They
sat in the stern of low row boat
and he claimed the right to kiss
for every shooting star. She wasn't
a Passaic girl. yet she demurred as
becomes modest maiden, but FIN
ally yielded as usual. She was
so accommodating as to call his
attention to the flying meteors
that were about to escape his OBJ
servation, and got to calling" him
on lightning bugs and the signals
on the river boats, but she finally
got down to steady work on the
light of a switchman's lantern that
he was swinging about up at the
Anderson Lumber Company's
switch as mixed freight train was
being sorted and cars of lumber and
cement were switched. No, she
wasn't Passaic girl. but she was
right TO the times
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Pay Up Your Little Bills.

The financial stringency may be
relieved materially by keeping
money in circulation by the prompt
payment of 'slittle bills To
sspay as you GO is always best,
but some persons are occasionally
compelled by force of circumstan-
ces to ask for credit 1t is wise to
pay bills at short intervals for many
reasons. The creditor may have a
great number of small bills out
standing and may be seriously en-
barrassed by their non payment.
The longer bill remains unpaid
the harder it is to pay To the
man in receipt of an income which
is no more than his necessary ex-
penses require it may be added
the aggregate will be a serious
burden By prompt payments a
small sum of money can be made
to cancel large sum of indebted
ness. A ten-dollar bill, by passing
from hand to hand, probably often
pays debts amounting to hundred
dollars inside week The most
frequent excuse heard for the
non payment of bills by persons
who are asked to make payment is
that they can collect no money In
most instances this excuse is prob
ably an honest one, aud little re-
Election will convince any man OF
the wisdom of thus keeping money
in circulation.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

The Nsw Psf<vs0R for September is ID
many respect the very best number vet
illustrated articleslof specialmention. both
from literary and artistic point Of view
are New england NoQks, Mem
cries OF Augsburg, and az exceedingly
interesting accoaut OF "Old England
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

The popular Nickel Plate fast exprcas
trains through sleeping cars from B0stsn
and New York to Chicago. elegant dining
cars. low rates, and polite attention, makes
this the most popular line between the
East and West For all rmformatio j call
on nearest ticket agent; or address r. j
Moore. General Agent. Buffalo, N "
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
$1,000 for Dinner for Two.
coyy<sbond<see to fh< Record.

CHICAGO, Aug 2o.
THE biggest, the cleveTest, and
the most unscrupulous band of
thieves that were ever inside an
enclosure are here at the Fair. :"
says an exhibitor. You ask who
they are The walters in all the
restaurants. Some of the slickest
walters in the world are here. In
odd Vienna the other night /
paid $Io.o for dinner for two with
two bottles of wine. The waiter
stole $6. He did it by ordering
for two and charging for four.
The Exposition company lost its
2s per cent. on that So. In the
German village / paid a dinner bill
with $Io note and the waiter
gave me the change in small silver.
They always do that He held
$I.5o out of that $Io. My restaur-
ant experience is not much differ
ent from that of the director-gen-
eral, but he dimes la table d'hotc
now. He did that after paying
$Is2.oo for small dinner for ten.
The restaurant system is all wrong.
1t ought never to be tolerated
The walters are thieves. The
owners of the restaurants know it,
or they would not make the wait
ers pay in advance of getting their
orders"
Rolling chair concessioners have
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Necessary to a Cheerful Home.

III you haven't put in your
winters stock of coal yet tryC Camp
bell. Morrell & Co. Their Office
is at7eIMain avenue and their yard
contains coal of all kinds, which
is free from dirt and slate as is
possible to make it. Besides fuel
they keep in stock the best grades
of lime, cement, brick, crushed stone
etc.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
Brief Matters Of Record.

v
Vacation time is almost gone
The time to advertise-all the
time
1t will soon be time to discuss
politics
The Council will meet Monday
evening.
The Summer boarder's cash is
running low.
Stop spreading rumors; they do
great harm to business.
Grabbing parties are quite num-
erous, but crabs are not.
Mr.. F. A. Marsellus, is home
from his annual vacation.
What is an adv? The s'limited
express" on the road to success
Next Tuesday the children will
be trudging off to school again.
See that your advertisement is
in the RECORD for the fall and
winter.
| 1t is a gratifying indication that
some Of the factories are starting
up again.
One Dollar paid now will secure
to you the RECORD until January
Ist, 1895.
The P. A. C.'s lawn party Tues
day evening was, as usual, de-
lightful affair.
There are too many people who
like to tell bad news Why don't
they tell that which is good?
Mr.. w. H. Anglemans new
house OH Bloomfield avenue will
soon be ready for the plasterers.
Banks and Banking" is the title
of an instructive article in another
column by ex-Councilman George
F. Swain.
DR.. w. A. Dixon will preside
over the Prayer meeting at the
Presbyterian Church next We'd
nesday evening.
The order of Knights of Pythias
in New Jersey, are preparing for
the annual Field Day to be held at
Freehold, on Sept. 5th. Reduced
rates will be given on all railroads.
The national colors are profuse
in the neighborhood of Bloomfield
avenue and Prospect street
"Otto's" FIVE patriotic poles have
taken the shine off the post-ofice
flag.
The thirty fifth annual exhibi-
tion of the State Agricultural So
ciety will be held at Waverly Park,
on the line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. between Newark and
Elizabeth, on Monday, September
4th, and will be continued for five
days.
! Mr.. George DeHaven, the once
popular General Passenger Agent
| of the Erie and now General Pas
senger Agent of the Chicago &
West Michigan Railroad, contri-
butes an interesting article to the
current issue of Printers Ink, en-
| titled Sugar-C Coated Advertise
ments. =
The grape crop this year is like
| " to be unusually prolific. A
| glance at the extensive vineyards
of Alfred Speer near Passaic will
show anyone that the long dry
season has not been detrimental
to the perfection of the luscious
clusters. The occasional rains of
the past few days has of course had
| tendency to improve them. That
| N. 7. Worlds Fair commissioner
who didn't know there was wine
indutry in his State ought to come
to Passaic after the Fair and his
stock of knowledge will be increas-
ed
| To those persons who contem-
plate ordering their postmaster to
notify newpaper publisher that
their papers are refused, and to
erase their names from the sub
scription list, we would advise a
careful investigation as to whether
thei- subscription is paid up or not.
Certain laws recently passed, for
the protection of newspaper pub
fishers allow the latter to refuse to
stop any paper until the full amount
| Of the subscription is paid. The
subscribers will be liable for every
paper sent even after the post
masters notification. whether
taken from the Office or not.
|" - ~,
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02
THE SCENIC ROUTE TO THE FAIR.
PERFECT SERVICE. SPEED AND
COMFORT THROUGH EN-
CHANTING SCENERY.

Through the Coal and Iron Regions
and the Cities along the Lake.
Passaic City record., 1893-09-02

Through the Coal and Iron Regions
and the Cities along the Lake
Spinning through the forests,
Rafting over ridges,
Shooting under arches.
Rumbllng over bridges
Whizzing through the mountains.
Buzzing DER the vale
Bless me this is pleasant
Riding on the rail-
|EoMH /HERE are numerous ways
s&sgV of reaching the Worlds
a@tk Fair city from New York and
E1 its many suburbs some of me-
w cessity are better than others.
AZ but BY careful comparison
have become convinced that
Arizona republican., 1893-10-11
OLD DAYS IN WALL STREET.
Terms That Were Familiar to the Men on
Change Fifty Years Ago.

Terms That Were Familiar to the Men on
Change Fifty Years Ago.
An old Wall street man, long since
retired, speaking of the numerous
changes in the manners and customs
of the stock exchange, according to the
New York Tribune, said to the writer:
s'The lambs that we have in the street
in these days were called funkies when
was on change, some forty or fifty
years ago. A f1unlzy we regarded as a
man who, deceived by appearances,
went into the market without any
knowledge Of it and generally lost all
he had.
'We have had bulls and bears ever
since l can remember, but the familiar
terms bull-backers and bear-traps
have not heard in good many years.
They were the moneyed men, the big
spectators who combined with each
other for the purpose of cornering the
market; men such as Keene and Gould,
Drew, Commodore Vanderbilt and
Jacob Little. In those DAYS the brok-
ers used to play lovingly among
themselves for the purpose of keep
ing up appearances. When they had
no customers on whom to practice
they would make large transactions,
which, by mutual understanding, were
not to be fulfilled, and when the game
was out the securities were thrown
back on the market. These traRsac-
tions, often published in the CONNER
cial newspaper, went forth to the
world as the evidences of value and the
condition of the money market to de-
ceive the unwary. The present man
agement of the stock market renders
such transactions impossible. Besides,
the papers of to-day would refuse to
publish them"
Arizona republican., 1893-10-11

THE New YORK Times summarizes the
news that we shaIl be getting from the
leading colleges during the next two
months. We shall learn that center
rush has lost thirty pounds in three
days and is going into a decline; that
right guards ears have been sewed on
just for this occasion, and are likely to
fall off at any moment, leaving him un-
unable to hear the signals; that
left tackle is PLAYING with a wooden
leg; that right end has heart disease
that quarter backs arms have both
been broken, and have not knit yet
that one OF the half-backs cannot see,
and that full-back has water on his
kicking knee cap. Nevertheless, when
the game is called. we shall behold
these utterly demolished young men
stagger upon the field and play foot
ball.