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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31

a man apparently laborinG under
strong excitement stepped into an in
Surancc office on la Sale street re
Gently and asked
"no YOU give away calendars f"i'
1854 hcre%'
Yes. Slr.' answered the agent.
"prinlrd in big black letters. with
red letters for sundays"
Yes"
with Il string tied 10 them 81 they
can be hung up in front of YOU
Yes"
Got plenty of them"
Nv" have any quantity of them. sir.
Want one
"MnttocS at the bottom telling You
about watching out for fires and where
To get insured and all that
"Ccrtainly."
How many companies do you rcpr,'-
sent
"SiN or eight. There's the old rrli-
ab'c''
Never mind. u" all of them send
oul ral"ndarS:
Yes. sir: all except one. hui
An except one: Have You one that
doesn't issue any"
Yes"
Then, that's the one I'm looking
FOR" exclaimed the other fcvcrishly.
"I'halS all | want to know about it.
| want 10 insure S1O,mO worth of prop.
crty in that company. I've had TWEEN
ty-Scvcn calendars for 1894 from TWEEN
ty->rvcn different insurance companies
stuck on my desk since the first of
- 'crmbcr. and the worm has turned.
sir the worm has turned. = Chicago
Tribune
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31
4 tOnsi,Ieratr Boy,

Mothcr-Back already: Well. I'm
glad its over Did the tooth hurt
much when ii was pulled:
Small Son didn't have il ont.
What: Didn't you go To the den
tist:"
"Yes'm. but there was two people
ahead of me"
why didn't you watt"
II WAS 'fraid they'd feel 'shumnh
If | stayed and heard them h"llrr.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31

John u. Rockefeller has given in al
four and Il quarter millions TO the Uni
vcrSty of Chicago, and sells Kerosene
oil cheaper than ever before We
hardly think it appropriate to call him
Il "robbcr baron. Troy Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31

Worlds Fair cXtorionAir IS now know
how it is themselves. They have been
made to accept $215,21G for claims of
S63S, IO1.-C Chicago Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
Eastward. Stations. Westward.

son theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station. Cum
berland.
Nos; l., =, and 4daiy except Sunday. Nos.5
ana tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Baggage car will be hauled ON trains Nos
D ana d. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Now Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31

Mammon does only cash business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31

No. II is a local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. II from Pttsburg to Cum
berland. SOS 5and6 make stops each way
Through tickets for all points east and
and west for sale at Cumberland.
r. Il. ALLEN,
NJ. &. CLARKE, General Acting Agent.
Ticket Agent. TIan l3I
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-03-31
PittSburg Division.

No. 1O-Baltimore Express arrives. 2:30 M
1l-Mail " . 2:l5pm
6i-Cumberland Exp. I" dali
ly except Sunday. 7::35 p m
6-Limitei leaves I:l5 d m
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
INDIANS As SLAVES.
Dr. BERNARD On steiher's Historical PA
per AG6at CnnnectIcae


DIR. Bernard c. Steiner, librarian Of
the Enoch Pratt Free library, in Bal
Iimore. has completed monograph on
Slavery in Connecticut" which will
be published in the John Hopkins
university studies in historical and
political science.
Among the interesting facts in the
work Is the statement that the frst
slaves in Connecticut were not ne
Kroes, but Indians. being of the Pc
quot tribe, which was overthrown by
the settlers in 1898 The first law
against the slave trade, too, was
passed in 1715 against the Importation
of the Tuscarora Indians, who had
been captured by the Carolinians in
war. The first idea of slavery in Con-
necticut was then that captives in war
were slaves Sooa after the found1-
ton of the colony negroes were intro
duced, a few at a time, chiefly from
the West Indies and not from Africa.
They were owned for the most part
as household servants, and the Con-
necticut notion of slavery was the
patriarchal one, that slaves belonging
TO the family of the master differed
from apprentices only in being bound
TO service for life.
Slavery was tolerated everywhere in
Connecticut throughout the colonial
period, but with the coming of the
revolution came the idea that it was
unrighteous to hold men in bondage
This feeling led to the act of 1774, pro
hibiting the foreign slave trade, and
that of 1854, providing that all there
after born as slaves should be free on
reaching their twenty fifth year.
This age was afterward lessened to
81. Connecticut is remarkable as be-
ing a state which succeeded in gradual
emancipation. When slavery was fin
ally abolished there, In 1S4s, fewer
than twenty slaves were in the state,
aone of whom were under "a years Of
age.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
EHOur Follows"

young Canadian who has been in
this country just five years, was Ii tely
naturalized and made an American
citizen in all that the term imp les
He was jubIlant, of course, and he in
vited couple of friends to drink to
his health. There hangs on the wall
of the drinking place that crayon Of
scenes in Andersonville prison, with
which almost everybody is familiar.
The new citizen studied it carefully,
and after reading some of the sta.is-
tics which are printed on the side of
the picture. turned to his friends and
said: "How did it come that those
Southerners got so many of our fell
lows down there?" "Our fellowsI"
said an old soldier, who was standing
near by, land he's been an American
citizen for about fifteen minutesW
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
POISONOUS sNUFR.
0ATOnns Yellow WAs Employed TO Give Hs
Ow1or.

Chrome Yellow WAS Employed TO Give Ks
An old New Yorker who takes snuff
regularly wrote to Sanitary Conmis-
sioner EGlsou a few days ago to com
plain that kome snuff which he had
been using had caused indammatory
symptoms which suggested poison
DR.. Edison examined the sample Oh
suuF which was sent with the COM
plant and discovered that chromate Of
lead, known in the trade as chrome
yellow" had been mixed with the snuff
10 brighten it. He next ascertained
where the snuff was manufactured In
the city and called on the manufao-
eurer for an explanation. Subsequent
ly the manufacturer declared that he
Rad used the poisonous color In the
snuff by mistake, supposinR he was
using . harmless means of improving
the appearance of the article. He
promised 10 stop using chrome yell
low," and also consented TO destroy
some of his stock which had been col
pred with it. Several years ago DR.
Edison destroyed large quantities Of
sandy which had been colored With
.'chrome yellow" and compelled tha
anndY-makers 20 stop using tAo poiSoM
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
Tickets to be sold Dec. 10, 20, 1921, '9S
GOOD FOR RETURN
WITHIN 20 DAYS.

Special Train consisting of Free Reclining
Chair Cars, Palace Day Coaches and Smoking
ing of December 10th for New Orleans via
Rosenberg and Southern Pacific Railway, with
ont change, making close connection for all
Southeastern points.
A Pullman Palace Sleeper will be attached
to this train at Rosenberg.
In addition to above route, tickets will be on
sale via all lines through Fort Worth and
Shreveport or Memphis.
For detailed information as to rates, r0uteeS
time or connections, apply to l. R. Mason,
ticket agent, Santa F. route, Ardmore, 1. T..
or write to
w. A. TULEY, W. s. KEENAN,,
TraV. Pass. Agt., Gen1 Pass. Agt.,
Dallas, Texas. GalvestoR1 Texas
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
LOTS OF FISHING.

Bat the Name of the Place Was Not
sugGsstIve of Sport.
When one goes to the mountains he
thinks of fishing and hunting, even 4:
ne does not indulge in those pursuits
Are there any fish about here?"
said 1 to the gentlemanly and urbans
hotel clerk.
"Yes, plenty out there in the ice
box" said he with laugh that made
his large and elegant diamond rattle
In its cash until the putty almost
loosened.
Don't get gay" said I. hurting .
look of intense scorn at him. rs thers
any fishing about here?'
Plenty down in the Bull Pasture
raid he.
what do you catch thereP" said I,
Dull cats and buffaloes or cattle and
clover blossoms?" Then 1 laughed q
bovine laugh.
NO" said he, "trout and bass"
Come off," said l, whoever heard
OF trout and bass living in a bull pas,
ture?"
1t was now his turn to laugh again.
and he called it.
II reckon you don't know geog-
raphy," he said; "that pleasant little
river you see winding like stream Of
light through the valley ana past
Goshen is the Bull Pasture river"
''Ye gods" l cried, whats in a
Aame?' and the clerk said there werc
two words in this one.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
LrFE ON PITCAIRN mlANp.
Descendants OF the MctIneers OF eh@
Bounty Prolific and %aOng-LAved.

Descendants OF the MctIneers OF cha
Bounty Prolific and %LOng-Llved.
Probably no community in the
world of two hundred and fifty odd
souls can show such mortality record
as that of the Pitcairn islanders In re-
cent years. For six years, ending in
February, 1892. only one death had
occurred. and that was the result OF
an accident They are a prolific peo'
pie. 1t is only 1o4 years since the nine
mutineers and the brown women they
stole away from Tahiti landed on
Pitcairn. Their descendants now
number 500 most of whom live on
Norfolk island, which some of them
colonIzed in 1857. It will not be very
long before the rock of Pit
cairn, with an of only about
m le square, will again become
too crowded for comfort Then a
second exodus from the home it's den
liens love so well will become neces-
sity. 1t was forty odd years ago that
the community thought IL for the
common good to send one of their
women to America to perfect herself
in the arts of sewing and housewifery.
They know more of the world now,
though they have lost little of their
charming simplicity. They are ad-
mltting more strangers and intermar-
rying more freely with them The
names of the mutineers are still most
prominent in the two colonies, but at
last they are in the minority. The
islanders have been seen in San Fran
CISCO opd in CUdnau Sov0 in soma
physical peculiarities, they show
hardly trace of their half Polynesian
origin, and they seem destined to be-
come more and moro closely identiti ed
with the superior race of their fathers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
BOOTED OUT OF THE ROOM

The Fate Of q Young Society Man Who
Gave Way to Curiosity.
The curiosity of a Pittsburg society
young man prompted him to imper
senate waiter at a private dinner
given to two footlight favorites in a
hotel recently. The curious young
men who were giving the dinner, and
upon seeing the preparations for a
royal feast was anxious to see who
the lady guests might be. He thought
he'd have joke, so he persuaded the
pro oprietor to allow him to act as
waiter to the party. After donning
the usual attire of a table servant he
entered the room carrying a bottle OF
wine in one hand and napkin thrown
over his arm. He was recog-
nized by his friends, but no sign
of recognition passed He i'm
mediately, without the least
expression on his face, began to serve
the fluid. In filing one of the hosts
glasses he split some wine on thu
table. This caused an apparent burst
of anger from the gentleman at the
head of the merry board lie arose
and, with language none to mild, com
menced to abuse the shamming waiter
for his care!essness, imputing drunk
enness. The waiter never smiled, and
all the while the ladies were becom-
ing more and more terrified at the i'm
pending fight Finally. amid the
shrieks of the fair ones, the host took
the counterfeit by the back of the col
lar. causing him to make an ignomn.
ious exit with the assistance of boot.
The men then sat down and had q
good luugh, and an explanation soon
quieted the terrified guests
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
Largest silver ana Gold Coins.

The late proposition to put a dollars
worth of silver in the coin of that
denomination reminds me that An
nam, French protectorate in Asia,
has a silver coin that weighs as much
as fifteen United States "buzzard"
dollars The largest gold coin in cir.
culation is the LOOT" which also be-
longs to the Oriental French colony
mentioned above. This monster gold
disk will weigh as much as 325 Ameri,
can gold dollars, and. although
weighty and awkwardly large, arr
considered valuable property. Tho
gold piece which comes next in size to
the 'loof' is the ''obang" of Japan, a
coin containing about $47 worth Of
Oure gold
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
JOHN ALIENS STORY.
1t Relates TO Josiah Quincy and His
LSbcrs.

Labors.
Apropos of his (Josiah Quincy's.
keen scent for places Congressman
Allen tells this story: "a young man
desired a position in the postoffice de-
partment and applied to his congress
man. He was told he could get. no
place until vacancy should arise
He waited for several weeks, and one
day, when his money was nearly ex-
hausted. he went down to the Poto
mac beach. He found there many
bathers and among them a young IN 4n
whom he recognized as a clerk in the
division where he had sought place
The clerk ventured beyond his depth
and was drowned. When his b odJ
was brought to the shore the appli
cant lost not a moments time in mast
ening to the congressman.
Now he SAID, L can have place
There is vacancy
"'Where?' asked the congressman
Why. cl3rk n the division mann
ing aim was drowned this afternoon.
''T22e congressman looked at hi,a sud
ly. l regret to inform vou,' he said
that you are too late; the place ht4E
bcnn filled
"'How can that be?' shouted the ap
Plica 1T, in despair. The man has just
beef drowned
Yes, l know replied the congress-
msp, but the place has been filled
1t was obtained by Massachuset tt4
f':end Of Mr.. Quincy. who saw tha
erik goin and guessed correctly that
he could not SWIM"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
A >ubnar;ne Bridge.

"a submarine bridget" Did you
ever hear tell of such a marvel or the
engineers work, or stop to fgute out
the conditions that would make s1ch
an architectural monstrosity neces-
sary? The Oresund is a narr ow strait
between Denmark and Sweden, which
is constantly filed with all kinds of
shipping. There is ferry. but it is
always being impeded ID its operations
by the sea vessels. To obviate this
Rudolph Lilljequist. the Swedish en-
glneer, proposes the submarine bridge
"a structure half tunnel and half
bridge. The whole affair will be a
gigantic tube, resting on piles sunk
sut OF reach of the bottom of the
largest vessels, the diameter sufficient
for two railway tracks and one drive
way. 1t will be Eve miles long, and
will probably be finished bv 1896
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
AN important one.

A New York clergyman, who was
preaching in a neighboring village,
astonished the congregation by say
ing: Il wish to return to New York
by the first train. as have a wife and
five children there, and have never
seen one of them" This d declaration
excited the most painful curiosity
among the good people, which was
allayed, however. when it became
known that the lone" which the
clergyman had never seen was one
that had been born since he left home
the day before
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
Higher Pay Than the Judges.

1t seems hardly credible that a de-
signer of ladies' dresses should be re-
ceiving bigger income than one of
her majesty's judges. 1t is stated,
however, on good authority. that a
fashionable dress designer in the west
end of London makes, ON an average
between $50, 600 and $50, 900 year.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-05
The Enomr of AIoles.

The mole plague in the southern
counties of Scotland, which for time
proved terrible scourge TO farmers.
has now all but disappeared This is
due to the fact that owls were pre-
served by She gamekeepers and b~-
@mnam extraordinarily Dl@ufiewI
The Delta independent., 1894-07-18
DEBS A DEpseMSStsC.

Tho following may account for PreSi-
dent Debs' insane action:
New York July 9.-The Advertiser this
morning says: DIR. T. B. Robertson is
one Of the few New Yorkors who know
something OF the antecedents of Eugene
V. Debs. DR.. Robertson is specialist
Of nervous diseases, and treated Dehs i'll
April, 1892, for a serious case of dipso-
mania. At this timo Dobs was promi-
nent in labor agitation, and the editor of
a labor paper in Terre Haute, Ind. His
system broke down completely under
constant alcoholic excuses. and he be-
came a mental and physical wreck.
With letter of introduction from Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll he came to New
York and was treated by DR.. Robertson,
who restored him to something like
health again.
Dr. Robertson sent telegram to Debs
Thursday night warning him that bo
was In no condition to enter upon such
an undertaking as the management OF
the great A. r. U. strike.
II consider him to be almost, IL not
fully irresponsible" said DR.. Robertron,
"and told him so in my telegram. His
physical condition is not good, and the
effects of dipsomania may effect his in
telIect | have received no answer to
my telegram, and the supposition Is that
Mr.. Debs considers himself inEultod by
being called irresponsible. He will
break down physically, and probably
mentally, as soon as this strain is over,
if not before, and will probably relapse
into his former dissipated habits"
The Delta independent., 1894-07-18
A SPRINKLE OF SPICE.

SuE-"So, you're fully determined TO
marry her, are you?" He-"Absolute-
ly." She-"H'n! Don't you ever feel
sorry for her?"-Detroit Tribune.
MISS CLICKEH (the new stenographer)
You dictate better than any person
I ever heard" Joblots (the clothier)
You ought to hear my wife. -
Clothiers' and Haberdashcrs' Weekly.
YOUNG MANI wish your opinion,
3ir, rs to whether your daughter would
make me good wife?" Lawyer-"No,
ir. She would not. Five dollars,
please. e."-Boston Commercial Bulletin.
DAaLEY-"Thcre goes 4 man who
nee cut a big figure with me-"
rubbs-"Hc did? In what way?"
)agley-''Reduced my salary five hun
ired dollars year, blast him. m."-Buf-
talo Courier.
"To THINK that my Ethel should
have spoken SO impertinently to papa
at dinner. She never hears mamma,
talk that way to him" Ethel (stout-
ly)-'Well, but you choosed him and 1
didn't. ."-Tid-Bits
The Delta independent., 1894-07-18

The constitution gave the power TO
congress to ''coin money and regulate
the value thereof" Congress adopted
silver and gold as money. 1t then pro-
ceedcd to fix the unit. That is, it then
fixed what should constitute ono dol.
lar, the same thing that the mathc-
matician did when he fixed one figure
from which all others should be count
cd Congress fixed the monetary unit
to consist of 3Ti4 grains OF pure silver.
and provided for certain amount OF
alloy (bascr metals) to be mixed with
it TO give it greater hardness and duru-
bility. This was in 1902, in the days of
Washington and jefferson and our
revolutionary forcfathcrs, who had n
hatred of England and nn intimate
knowledge of her designs on this coun-
try. They had fought seven long
years for their independence from
British domination in this country, and
when they had seen the last rcd-coat
leave our shores, they settled down TO
cstablishs permanent government, and
among the first things they did was to
make 37lj4 grains of silver the unit OF
values. That much silver was to con-
constitute dollar. And each dollar
was u unit They then provided for
all other money to be counted from
this unit of II silver dollar Hence,
dimes, quarters and half-dollars were
exact fractional parts OF the dollar SO
fixed.
Gold was made money, but its value
was counted from these silver units or
dollars. The ratio between silver and
gold was fixed mt 10 to and afterwards
at 1G to |. So that in making gold
coins their weight was regulated by
this ratio.
This continued TO be the law up 10
1888 During that long time it was
never changed as the unit OF values,
and always contained 3714 grains OF
pure silver While that was the law IL
was impossible for any one TO say that
tho silver In n silver dollar was only
worth 81 cents or any number of cents
less than 100 cents or n dollar For IL
was itsclf the unit Of values.
When the ratio was changed from Is
to to 1G to tho silver dollar or unit
was left the same size and the Eold dol
lar was made smaller. The latter was
changed from "a grains to % 9 grains
of pure gold thus making IL smaller
This occurred in 1884. Tho silver d oil
lar still remained tho unit and con.
tinued so until 1873.
Both were legal tender in tho pay
mcnt of all debts, and the mints wcrc
opened TO the coinage of nll that cario
SO that up To 1873, we We're on what
was known as n bimctallc basis, but
was in fact n silver basis, with gold us
companion metal enjoying tho same
Ill I.
fixed the unit, and the value of gold
was regulated by IT. This was bimctal.
lisn.
Our fore fathers showed much wisd ON
In selecting silvcr, of the two metals,
out of which to mako the unit Much
depended on this decision. For the one
selected to represent the unit, would
thereafter DO Interchangeable in value,