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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
SHADES OF BLACK.


How the Human Race Graduates frDm
Black to White.
\ familiar human example will make.
this general muddlinrSS and uncertain
ty of nature rraliH1hlc to every ont.
If we see Il negro in the streets of
London we immediately recognize tn"
broad difference" that marks him OF
from the common mass of white mrn
by whom he is surrounded. But THAT
of COURSE. is only because we take ln
individual instance. We say quite deg.
matically: This man is black. thicl-
Tipped. t'at-noSrd: | call him Il nrg.',.
These other men are white thin ippH,!,
SharpnuScd: | c;ill them Europeans.
Quit" so: that is true. relatively, ~
III" small area aud restricted number
of eases You haN" then and there oN.
Hmln"d. But now suppose You go ON
t" lh" SclIlan-a rather difficult thing
t" nanAG" Just ut present, Mr.. Cook
through bookings Ia khartoum being
temporarily suspended and start from
theme" down the Nil" through Nuh,,
1" Alexandria. At first on your WHY
you would see few but thoroughly
n"gr"l fac"S-back skins, thick lips,
HAT noses. etc. according to sample.
As YOU moved nurthward into Egypt,
however. You would soon begin to find
that, while the skin remained us black
or l"arly as black us ever, the fcH-
lures were tending slowly. on the aver
age, To EuropcaniZc.
Yet there would be nowhere II spot
Wh"r" YOU could say definitely: Here
| leave behind me the Nubian type
and arrir" at the Egyptian" Never
even could YOU pick out three or four
men quit" certainly from a group or
some riverside wharf, ovcrshaduWri
by doum palms, and say on the cvi-
d"nrr of skin and features alone:
These men are SoudancSc, and the
remainder are NubianS.'
Then, if you went on still through
Sinai and palcStinc-lhe regular East
"rn tour-you would find at each step
the tintS getting lighter and the faces
more Semitic Passing further through
ConStantinoplc. Athens. South Italy.
You would observe at each change IL
lighter complexion and more European
style, till at last. as You crossed Prov
"nce and approached central France,
You would arrive pretty well 1T the
familiar English type of face and fca-
Iurc.-The Cornhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
GENERAL ITEMS.



There is a man in Washington WHO
has a most uncommon name. His
mother was on the lookout for some
thing original, and one day before his
christening she noticed on the door OF
i, building the word "Nosmo." This
struck her fancy. Now for Il middle
name. Later coming along by the
same building she saw the name King.
That was the very thing. ''Nosmo
King Jones he shall be" she said, and
he was so christened. After the
christening she passed the building
once more. The doors We're shut to-
gether. and on them she beheld. not
"Nosmo King, but mo Smoking.'
There are coal lands in abundance
in Missouri which sell for IS an acre.
The talk about universal strike in
May does not seem to be as loud as it
iLg appear to have been accepted very
generally as in the natural order of
things.
Missouri lead ores have been mined
for over l7O years and the output is
now larger than ever before.
A Kansas school teacher has been
discharged for changing her name
from Mary to Mae. No other cause is
assigned. but this seems amply suf-
ficient.-Chicago Tribune.
Being asked the name of the world s
greatest composer, a smart university
young man said, ''chloroform."
A Kentucky mau by the name of
Youmans has for his ''front" name f.
Pluribus. He is known to his init
mates as BUS Youmans. In the
same state Mr.. Rose named his
daughter Wild That was a very
pretty conceit, but when she married
IA man by the name of Bull the com
bination was not so satisfactory.
Many miners are now daily leaving
the kanawha valley for the Flat Top
coal region of the n. Il w. road.
These are for the most part the young
er men who are without families and
family connections-the t1otsam and
jetsam of the coal mining world.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
I'rci1htS Reduced.

The railroads hauling soft coal to
tide water points have made the fol-
lowing reductions in freight rates.
To Philadelphia and Baltimore. 10
cents (maklng the new rate $l.3W:
JERSEY City and New York harbor. lJ
cents; to South Amboy, 20 cents.
These changes. together with the re-
duction in miners wages of from 10 to
l3 cents. leaves the profit of operators
Just about where it was before the
price was reduced - cents Il ton.
These rates apply only to such coal as
Is shipped there for transhipment to
J0u,ual.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
The Russian Snow shoe.

The Russian snow shoe is long thin
strip of Wcll-S"ASourl birch wood.
about seven feet long by four inches
wide, curving upward like a skate in
front, and with Il slight Longitudinal
groove along the centre of the under
surface, which gives Il grip on tIH
snow when going up hill. IT is fa>-
tened to the foot by Il leather strap
passing over the toe, and n birch bark
Witty around the heel. On these shoes
the OlonctZ peasant almost lives auT-
ing the Wintcr-ShOoting down th
>tccprst hills. scaling the most diff
cult slopes. and travcrSin% the thick
est and most broken forest with an
ease that seems Wcll-nigh mrar'uluu>
Running, or rather skating. ON snow
shoes i'll an open and hilly country.
with II slight crust on the SNOW. is ON
of the most cXhilarating forms of "N-
"rciSc possible. The shoe is not lifted
from the ground, but allowed to work
freely from the bail of the foot. over
the fiat four or five vcrStS IN hour is
considered good going for Il long dis
tancr. though on Il squirt considerably
more can be done The double Shuttl
which old Feodor used to develop uI
occasion filled us with envy and ;ld-
Illli tlllll SHOW -SiltbtlHS tlbN II lllll,
however, is the "crcam' of the sport
\ few quick steps launch You into
space. and. bringing your shoes p1raI.
lei, leaning slightly forward. >WayinE
your body to meet the inequalities %.
the ground, and guiding yourself with
Il long Stick-providcd with II knob at
one end for propulsion against the
snow, and a hook at the other end with
which You may hang on I" amy
handy Tree when ascending II hin
down You shoot with evcr-inrrrlsiilG
velocity, and Il delightful feeling of th.'
absence of all effort, till Your mnnirlt-
tum dies gradually away on the plllI
below. But going back again ali. tla,
is different matter, and on Il %lin.
perry slope an awful conviction of i'm
potence comes OVER the beginner when
he pants about half way up, "blown'
with his cXertonS. and feels thai just
at the critical point his shoes are be
ginning to slip from under him. ana
he will be carried down again in an
ignominious squatting position at the
bottom of the hill.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Let the Day Soon Come.

Senator Henderson. of Nebraska.
takes the position in an address upon
1.-The Good Citizen in Municipal At
fairs" which he delivered at the
annual meeting of the Washington
Congregational club, that private cor
pordtions have no right to furnish light,
water or transportation for municipal
purposes. Said he:
If there is a profit in conducting these
enterprises, the municipality ought to reap
the benefits, andi is the duty of good citizens
to see that this is brought about.
There is no doubt that the strong
drift of public opinion is IN the direc-
tion of cities controlling their natural
monopolies, and the advance of the
non-pa rtis IN idea local government
is rapidly fastening forward the day
when that will be the rule in America,
as it now is in Europe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
The Bear and Boat.

Four men in Il boat had an "N. il:n4
Srrimmagc with an enormous bear un
Lake Whitcom. They We're on Il fish
ing trip. and were armed only With an
aN and Il pistol. They SAW il swim
ming in the water and opened fire.
The bear made straight for tn" huW
of the boat. with its eyes like >n,II
balls of fire and its mouth wide up n.
|, seized the boat. tearing II piece ui
wood off the glnWalc several inches il.
length: then. ,lodging the blows Of lit,
aN thai We're directed ut hin.. Hrui,
gave the side of The boat Il >W.pr Wit,
his foot. nearly "vcrtulnn@ it. Hu
Just then the pistol and aN =@i in thti
work. and the bear gave up The li@A
and the ghost. The carcass WAS InWr,
ashore and weighed nearly 3nn pound.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
What Is Electririt,

Prof. Galilcu FrrrlriS. the gcnia
Italian scientist. whose name is know.
I" all electricians, WaS recently aSkr,
what electricity waS, but. unlike IN ~
others when asked that question. h,
venlIr"d To answer it, and. according
to Cosmos. he wrote in French i'm II"
autograph book the fnllowin@ of whic
W" venture To rive Il translation. rv
though the English langrayr hardly
does Justice To the original in French:
"MaNWrll has demonstrated THAI
luminous vibration can he nujh Ig ri-,
than periodic variations of l"ctr,,
magnetic forces. lierl>. IN proving hl
experiments that electromagnetic .,--
cillationS are prupagAt"d like light. h,>
given an experimental basis tr thr II -
ory of Maxwell. This gave birlh to ln,
idea that the luminifcrou> ether a!jc
the seat of electric and nlnynr,ij.
forces are one and the same Thing
This being established. can np,y.
my dear young lady. reply /" the ull,,>-
ton that You put to me: What is ci"p-
tricity:'
at is not only the formoabIr agent
which now and then ShnttrrS and tears
the alno>ph"rr, terrifying You with
its thunder. but il is also The civ
ing agent which sends from heaven
/" earth. with tn" light and the heat.
the magic of colorS and the breath Of
life. 1t is that which makes your
heart beat To the palpitalinnS Of tE,,
out>id" world: it is that which has The
power 10 transmit to your soul the
rnchantmcnt of look and the grace
of Il smile"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14

There is probably no government in
the world to day as stable as that of
the United States The chief advant-
age of democratic government is, in II
country like this, the enormous force
it can command on an emergency.
By "emergency' ! mean the suopres
sion of an inSurrection in the conduct
of Il foreign war. But it is not equal.
ly strong in the ordinary work Of adj
ministration. A good many govern
ments, by far inferior to it in strength
fill the offices, collect the taxes or ad
minister justice. and do the work of
legislation with much greater eff
fciency.-F0rnm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
An Electrical Typewriter.

An electrically operated typewriter
has been for some time in use in Roa
ton, which is so arranged that il may
not only be used in the ordinary man
ncr for office correspondence and copy
ing, but may be electrically connected
with similar instrument at a dis
lance. so that copy of the work may
be automatically reproduced thereon
even in the absence of an attendant
Such machine apparently possesses
great possibilities of future usefulness,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
The StumDcP StuniDcd.

Mrs. Spo"ter- Where are you going
tonight. John?
Mr.. iSpouter-I am due, my dear, to
address the Consolidated Cohort of
the Home Industries of Hohokus.
Mrs. Spouter-lf you would stop your
talking and do more walking several
home indu tries | know of would
prosper better. Hustle down. now.
and bring mp the coal ,-Pnch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Correct.

The two great societies just now are
the Colonial DANES and the Sons of
the Revolution. Our Cumb rland So
ciety people are considerably fad
some ancestor who fought in the
American Revolution. or You are mot
in it," 1t is not ''Fraternal," but a
Revolutionary" circle. and that is
what a circle should be. e.-Cumherland
Courier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Ihe Boy Was DcnOScl.

Papa" asked Tommy Goodman,
"who was Gains wife ,"
"Caroline." said the Rev. DR.. Good
man, after an ominous pause, address
ing his wife, "will you please hand me
my heaviest slipper and leave the
room! There is gong to be Il
trial for heresy right here and right
now Chicago Tribune
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Millions of Dollars Paid in Pensison
for Trivial Injuries.

Does the loss of one eye or partial
deafness, the loss of thumb and finger
or of finger and one toe, destroy all
capacity for manual labor? The pen
sion Office answers in the affirmative,
and such has been the orders and
practice of that bureau under which
millions of dollars of the peoples
money has been paid out, and claims
for other millions to be paid in the
future have been established. Repre-
sentatire 1drsney.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
The Sun Never Sets on American Soil.

1t is the proud boast of the Briton
that the sun never sells on Her
Majesty's empire. S ,meone of
geographical turn of mind has said
the same of the United States poses
sions. putting it in this way: sit is
fact known to but few tn It the sun
never sets on American soil. When
it is p. m. at Alto island. Alaska, it
is 9:36 Il. M. the next day on the coast
of Maine.-St. Louis R~pubiir.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
HIaXnI.OnniI Talk

We also desire to inform tn. JOUR.
NAL that the miners whom the htriem
represents are no blatherSkiteS. as it
insinuates them to be. That paper
should not compare others with itself
in this respect. ct.-Lnnaconing Rericr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
1 Dog Story from .Iannn.

An English sportsman, ont for II few
days shooting in the interior of .iapal.
amused tn" natives upon the evenings
of his arrival 10y putting his w"lltrH,il-
ed cocker spaniel through Il series t.!
clever tricks. The Jap name for ,t,,g
is Come here probably because t.Nj
is Just what the native curS won't Il"
when 80 hidden. Japanese dogs are a
degenerate race, unfit for the purposes
for which other dogs are used, and un-
controlled by their masters. Their
home is in the streets and fields The
Japanese, therefore. look with wonder
upon the docilr canine compani"iS for
ri@ncrS bring to their country The
performances of the EnyliShmnn'> doc
amazed the unSophiSticatcd .lapS. T.ls
WAS shown when the guest retired lo
his room for the night. There WIS his
bed duly made on the floor. .IapHn"Sr
fashion. with the wooden hoN-,i!lpw
at the head. But beside ii WAS an
other very diminutivc couch The
EngliShman could not make oul What
til" second little bed meant. He called
the host The latter explained m:,ttcrS
AT once. The second bed WAS for 'thc
wise little foreign como here.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
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About National Airs,

The national airs of great countries
are short, while those of little coun-
l'irS are long. God Save the Queen"
is fourteen bars. the Russian hymn is
sixteen bars. and Hail Columbia"
lH< tWrnty-cight bars. Slams nation
Il hymn has Scvrnty-SiX bars and that
If Uruguay seventy, thili'S forty six,
md so on San Marino has the long
ST national hymn, except thinaS
which is so long that people take half
4 day off to listen to it
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Which Will be Bad.

\ Massachusetts paper says: If
the various leaks about what the Senate
proposes to do with the tariff bill are
founded on fact the New Englander
will have to pay duties on his coal,
iron, sugar and be left IA prey to ont
side competitors in regard to all that
it has to sell. Coal Trade Journnl.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
\ GeoTraDhical Answer.

A Pittsburg damsei, whose eyes had
been opened by her father to her low
er's faiihlessness, was asked by the
young man "who has taken your loye
from me - The fair girl opened an
atlas. She put her rosy finger on
Rhode Island. and the affrlehted youth
read his answer in the word "Paw
tucket" :"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
He is Tired.

There is IA world Of significance in
the ason assigned by Representative
Harter of Ohio for his decision to quit
Congress at the close of his present
term. He says:
am tired of being nine enths oiiice-bro
and one-tenth legislator.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Electricity Worse than E,rec Trade.

Mr.. Edison thinks we shall yet be
able to get electricity direct from coal
"a discovery compared with which
the philosophers stone is IA bauble.
Then our steamships will need only
"a snug little bin for 80 tons Of coal
instead of one for $500 tons. Coal
Trade J0UlUai
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14

Industry is always comm"u,lahlv. bHl
We hav" no word of crn>urc il these
times against the laZinc~> tina keeps
a man from shoveilng off his own Side
walk and impels him to pay some poor
man, who needs the money much more
than he does, for doing the job,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE
East

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, =, 3 and 4daily except Sunday. Nos.5
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Baggage car will be hauled ON trains Nos
Sand q. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nov - Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
PittSbulg Division.

WESTBOUND.
No. 9-i'aItilnore Express leaves =. .l:3O Il III
" 63-Cumberlan " dali
lv except Sunday ....7:3o a III
11-Mail leaves ...3.0O IN
5-Chicago Limited. leaves 4:25 p m
EASTBuUND.
No. l0-Baltimore Express arrives. 2::30 a III
" 14-Mail " :. 2:l5 p III
64-Cum berland Exp. " dai-
ly except Sunday. 7:35 p m
6-Limitcd leaves. 4:l5 p m
No. l. is a local train from Cumberland to
Pttsburg and No. II from Pittsburg to Cum
berland ,o's 5and6 maze 3stops each way.
Through tickets for all points east and
and west for sale at Cumberland.
7. 7. ALLEN,
NJ. C. CLARKE, General Acting Agent
Ticket Agent. Jan l3l
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
GENERAL ITEMS.
So il Is.

It's right hard to write we'll when
you don't feel right well.-Cumberland
C0urier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14
FAST'BOUND,

Arrive EAsTBoUND. Leave
No. 10 Express. 2:45 Il m
go a m ....No. s Express -. $40 IA m
LOO p m No. IA Accom- odation $50 IN
1:353 a III ....No. , EXpress.... 1:52 d III
mo. 6 Express. 5;25 p III
mo. Is Passenger. $40 m
$40 y m No. ~ Accom- odation
1875 p m mo. 4 Express ... l0:45 a m
Arrive wEsTBoUND. Leave
12:5S m ....No. Express. 1905 p III
Loo m mo. 8 Express.
6:25 m ....No. $ Express. 6:45 a III
No. II Accom- odation 7:15 M
1l:15 M No. l3 Accom- odation
4:l5 pm No Express.
mo. Is Passenger. 4:25 p m
7:44 pm No. Is Grafton & Way S:o4 p m
200 p m .....No. II WAY. -.
All trains daily except No.'s 16, II, II and -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-04-14

"Oh. dear. no; it's not So simple as
that When there are more things
than can possibly spare hands, chairs
and strings for | have to writ" them
down on memorandum blanks. \
whole lot of 'cm together Then sim
ply put Il lot of loose paper scraps iE
my hat.
when take it off in the o!!ice they
huttcr down all over me. Aha. Then
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-07
THE WEEK I'M CONGRESS
Changes in the Tariff Bill said to be Nu-
morouB.

Changes In the Tariff Bill said TO bs Nu-
morous.
WASHINGTON, May THE week will in
all probability witness some interesting
developments in the tariff discussion The
armistice arranged on Friday will end to-
morrow, If not continued by agreement
and the debate will be resumed If the com
promise shall prove to have progressed so
far as to admit of the introduction of the
amendments proposed.
No definite idea of the amendments
could be conveyed without giving all
the amendments, and they will not be
given TO the press until presented in the
senate. There will be few startling
changes but a great many of them. In
deed, it is known that the amendments
when incorporated in the bill will show
as many, II not more, alterations than
were made In the house by the finance
committee when reported to the senate.
1t may be said without prejudice that
the report when made will fully Justify
the assertions made by the Republicans
| as to their number on the floor Of the SEN
| ate. The amendments will be found most
numerous on the chemical, iron and steel,
| agricultural and sugar schedules, but
they will affect the entire bill, including
wool, cotton goods, metals and many
other articles In almost every instance
where there have been changes increases
have been made, and there has been a
Wholesale slaughtering Of ad valorem for
specific rates. The sugar schedule is to-
tally changed and iron manufacturers
will show an interesting transformation
II reports be correct.
The week in the house promises to give
| opportunity for another effort to admit
| New Mexico to statehood, for a sharp CON
test over purchasing a new site for the
government printing office, and then for a
consideration of the remaining appropria-
tion bills on the calendar-naval, Indian
and agricultural 1t is expected that the
naval appropriation bill will be reached
on Wednesday. There Is a chance that an
animated controversy may arise over re-
cent naval armor plate frauds.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-07

men on at this rate would require exactly
100000, and 100000 men, tl92OO,OOO
There were 249,OO original claims pending
July Z, 1898, but an unknown number Of
these were OF persons who have died since
filing their claims.
Taking the claims for increase and
everything, it is entirely probable that
every pending claim could be settled,
with fair show Of justice and liberality
for less than s3OOOO,OOO, or but little more
than the sum which it is reported that the
Commissioner intends to Save Of the
present appropriation"
Think what an amount Of misery and
want this would relieve, how far it would
go toward redeeming the Nations honor
by the ful6llment Of its promises, and
what a world Of good it would do the
country by aiding the restoration of
business prosperity. The people need
more money in circulation, as a weak man
needs nourshment To give the veterans
t25 ,OOO, 600 or s3O,OOO 600 would be the most
helpful thing possible toward stimulating
the long-waited-for revival of business.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-05-07
An italian neannrndn R.cnntnreh.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, May 7-Angelo
Matz, the Italian outlaw, who escaped
from the sheriff at Hazleton, three weeks
ago, while on the way to the penitentiary,
was arrested yesterday at Luzerne bor-
ough, by a sheriff's posse. He was cap
tured while playing cards in the garret Of
the house of one of his countrymen, and
did not get a chance to use his pistol.
When he escaped at Hazleton he and a
companion held an armed posse at bay all
afternoon, and finally escaped to the noun
tain He will now be taken to the East
ern penitentiary to serve five year SEN
tence for shooting and wounding a citi-
zen of Hazleton. His two brothers, who
were convicted at the same time he was,
are in the penitentiary.