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Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
NEEDED NO LAWYER.
Because He Did Not Want to Take Ad-
vantage of the State.

Because He Did Not Want to Take Ad-
vantage of the State.
Judge Jim Griggs was reminded of a
story by the passing of an electric car
and began:
Zone of the funniest things that ever
happened during my connection with
the Georgia Judiciary was when was
first elected solicitor.
"The demands of my position fire.
quently put me in the attitude of prose-
cutting friend. 1t was hard, but did
it.
"An ex-sheriff of county in my cir
cuit-a fellow that I had known and
liked for long while-was prosecuted
for making away with some money. 1t
was an ugly charge. The evidence was
conclusive against him.
"When went down to court, he came
staggering into my room about two
thirds drunk. Jim, he said, these in
fernal scoundrels are trying to prosecute
me---perfect outrage. | told 'em just
wait till l saw Jim Griggs, and we'd
fix it-I told 'em we'd let em know
who to prosecute And we will. Won't
we, Jim?'
II looked at him very gravely, and
said: Tom, I've got a dead case against
you, I'm going to prosecute you, convict
you and send you to the penitentiary.
You are guilty. You got the money, and
I've got the evidence to prove it.
HE looked at me in perfect amaze
ment. He was dumfounded He said
didn't mean it. I told him 1 did. He
Strengthened himself up and marched
out without word.
His case was the first one called aft
er dinner. The judge asked him if he
had any counsel. He said no and didn t
want any. He spoke in half drunken
fashion. But, said the judge, you are
charged here with serious otfense, and
if you have no money to employ law
yer I'll appoint one for you.
''The defendant didn't like it. He
arose with difficulty. He steadied him
self against q table, and speaking in
maudlin fashion said:
eyer honor, said don't want no
counsel, and l don t want none 1 meant
what l said. I don't -hic-take
no vantage of re state. State amt got
no counsel - what der l want with
any?' "-Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
A SHIPWRECK RECORD.
she spanish Have Been Particularly I'm
fortunate With Their Ships.

The loss Of the Reina Regente recall
cd the fact that Spain, once the greatest
naval power of the world, has lost not
less than GEO men-of war in shipwrecl1
since the beginning Of the sixteenth cen
tury. There is ample documentary cvi-
dence to this effect, and the greatest dis
astcrs to the Spanish fleets arc here re-
counted i'll their chronolrgi order
OF the fleet sent against Algiers in
1918, under Admiral Don Hugo dc Mon
cada, 30 vessels founGered i'll stornl
with 1000 men on board
Another expedition against Algiors
sent by Emperor Charles V in 1911, lost
40 vessels Oh the rocks of Marocco,
$500 men losing their lives
Of the fleet that sailed i'll 1869, under
General Mendoza, to deliver Oran from
the Mussulnlans, 20 ships, including
the flagship, with the above named gen
tral on board, never returned.
A year later, in the fall of 1868, a
cyclone in the bay of CadiZ sent IL of
the government best caravcls to the
bottom.
In 1888 the famous armada, believed
to be invincible, net her doom in the
English channel, 81 out of 1870 vessels
sinking with most of their crews. The
loss of men is estimated at ii 1000.
Fourteen of Admiral Don Antonio
Navarro's vessels foundcred in % storm
off the Mexican coast near San Juan Ge
Ulloa III 1890.
Six years l. ter fearful storm in tie
Biscayan bay caused the loss of Al YES
sells belonging to the fleet of Admiral
Martin de Padilla.
Not long after this Admiral Marquis
de Santa Cruz lost 10 vessels, with 2, 300
men, ON tie Corsican coast
After Il long pause General Jose Pi-
zarro lost five men-of-war in an engage
ment with the English in 1741
Within the last 1875 years the records
are much easier of access, and the fig
ures can be given absolutely correct. In
this time the Spaniards lost 12 large
battleships under steam and 2l first
class sailers, with 1870 guns; 23 frig-
ates, with 800 guns, and more than
100 gunboats, torpedo boats, briggs,
galeotes, etc. The loss of Efo in this
period is conscrvatively estimated at &c.
800 men.
Thus the worst enemy of Spanish su-
premacy on tho seas seems to be other
than man. More than double tho num-
Der of ships have been lost by the in
clemency Of the elements than were lost
in battle. le.-Philadelphia Record.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
FASHION IN OLD JERUSALEM,
The Jewesses of Ancient Times Were Cor
geously Arrnyed Indeed.

AS far back as seven centuries before
the Christian era there We're very gayly
dressed women in Jerusalem. The
Prophet Ezekiel tells Of them. They had
garments of silk adorned with broidered
work. Their bodies We're swathed in fine
linen. They had shoes of badger skin.
They wore ornaments Of gold and sill
yer, rings i'll the ears, bracelets on the
wrists, u chain around the neck, o jewel
over the brow and a crown upon the
head.
The prophet speaks of the earrings
which were worn by the women Of Je-
rusalem, but these ornaments were worn
by Jewesses ages before the time of
Ezekiel, even i'll the days of Moses and
earlier yet. There were earrings among
the other gifts in the oblation given to
Moses, as described in the book of Num-
bers. The first Biblical reference to
them is in the part of Genesis which
tells how Rebekah obtained as a gift
golden earring of half shekel weight"
from Abraham's servant, who "put it
upon her face" At later period the
patriarch Jacob procured all the ear
rings which belonged to his household
and hid them under an oak tree. Sub
sequently to that time earrings are fre-
quently spoken Of in the Bible Even
Job, the patient man of Uz, must have
owned a lot Of them in the latter part of
his life, for when all his brethren and
all his sisters and all his acquaintance
came to comfort him under his afflic-
tions "every ono of them gave him an
earring of gold.
In the very early periods of Jewish
history women seem to have been as
fond of dress and decorations as they
are i'll modern times When the daugh-
ters of Jerusalem were appareled and
bejeweled in the way described by
Ezekiel, their garments and ornaments
must have been nearly as expensive as
those of the grand danes who now shine
in society. The wearing of divers col
ors, " however, does not seem to have
been mark of honor.-New York Sun
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
When Two Generals Kissed.

The two allied commanders in chief,
Simpson and Pelissier, were men of very
different character and appearance The
one was II tall, thin Scotchman; the
other u short, stout, thickset Norman.
The first time they met after the capture
of the city, Pelissier rushed up to the
English general and embraced him with
great fervor, having almost to climb up
to reach his cheek. The English staff
were amused at this demonstration and
said to Simpson, "Why, general, Pelis-
sier kissed you!' And his reply, with a
strong national dialect, was, "Well, it
was great occasion, and 1 could ma
resist him. 80 Recollections of Mill
tary Life" by General Sir John Adye.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
Feeds His Horse by Clockwork.

George W. Belt of Auburn has invent
ed an ingenious device for feeding his
horse, and he does it with one of the or
dinary little alarm clocks. The horse
gets its feed of grain VIXEN the alarm
goes off. For instance, if Mr.. Belt wants
the horse to have its morning feed of
grain at 5 O'Clock, and he himself does
not care to turn out until o'clock, he
sets his alarm for o'clock, and when
the morning comes the horse gets it's
breakfast an hour before its owners
eyes are open. 1t is so arranged that the
alarm pulls the slide, letting the grain
run through s,uico to tho manger. -
Lewiston Journal
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
A Bit of Black.

Nothing is complete without its bit Of
black. 1t is bit of cunning the French
have taught us and is most valuable,
for it Immediately adds the touch we
have strived for. No matter what the
color Or material if not pointelle or strip
ed with black, a bunchy black chou,
bands of ribbon or pipings Of satin are
used. There are no end of means of deco
ration, and all most effective too. So
universal has this fashion become that
neither frock nor bonnet escapes it.
Boston Traveller.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
WE ARE GREAT LlTIGANTS.
More Civil Lawsuits Here Than In Any
Other Country In the World.

A man of ingenious mind and appar
emily ample leisure has gone to the
trouble of figuring out the number of
lawsuits brought i'll each country i'll u
year, and he has reached the conclusion
that the United States is a better coun-
try for attorneys and counselors than any
other civilized land under the sun. He
figures as lawsuits civil actions only,
taking into no account proceedings of a
criminal character brought by the pub
lie authorities against individuals. He
has ascertaincd that, taking the figures
for the last ten years us fair average,
there are 1, $50, 600 lawsuits brought in
England every year, 750, 900 in France,
100000 i'll Italy, 3,300,000 i'll Ger
many and 100000 i'll the United
States.
1t is not to be inferred from this that
the people of one country are much more
prone to litigation than are the people
of another, but the explanation is to be
found i'll the fact that the conditions of
litigation vary exceedingly. Going to
law i'll England is very expensive bust
ness, for it entails outlays i'll the form
Of costs and expenses so large that many
of the courts are practically closed to
persons of modest means, and a long
litigation unsuccessfully pursued ends
often i'll bankruptcy. In France the
number of lawsuits is kept down through
the general practice of "arbitration,
as many as 100, 900 cases in Il year,
especially those arising FROM disputes
over wages, being settled by this agency
without onerous cost to either party. In
Germany q great majority of cases are
petty ones, involving small amount Of
money and due, many of them, to Gus
toms or usages which are not sufficiently
defined to be, i'll all cases, similarly un
derstood by both parties to an agree
ment. This is especially the case in the
farming districts of Germany, and there
are many legal disputes in the manu-
featuring districts too.
The number of cases credited to the
United States seems enormous, but it
is probably accurate. There are, for eX
ample, / district courts for the disposal
of civil cases in New York city. In one
of these courts, by recent report, the
number Of actions brought i'll year
was shown to be 9,100. These courts
have before them each year, on the
average, IS, 900 cases. The cases brought
in the state courts Of New York amount
in year to about 100, 900, and of those
brought in the federal courts New York
furnishes n very large number. Taking
the whole country through, it is seen
that the average number of cases per
thousand of population is i'll the neigh
borhood of rs to So. The number of
lawyers in the United States is material
ly larger than in any other country in
the world, and the amounts in dispute
here are much greater than elsewhere.
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
BUENOS AYRES.
Argentinc's Capital Is the Queen of the
Southern Hemisphere.

Argentinc's Capital Is the Queen of the
Southern Hemisphere.
The omniscient Whitaker, under the
heading "British Possessions In Aus
tralasia," states that Melbourne, with
it's suburbs, contained on Dec. 81, 1894,
an estimated population of 444, ,S32 in
habitants, being the most populous
city in the southern hemisphere We
have always understood Rio de Janeiro
and Buenos Ayres to be also in the
southern hemisphere, and, oddly enough,
Whitaker himself gives larger figures
for both of these cities than for Mel
bourne. The remark is probably one
that has been at some time true and has
been carried on from year to year.
In any case, the results of the census
establish incontestably the claim of
Buenos Ayres to be the greatest city Of
South America and of the southern
hemisphere. With allowance for imper-
fections in the execution of the census,
inseparable from the way in which it
was carried out, the figure 655, ,6SS may
be taken as practically correct, and no
other city in this half of the world can
lay claim to possessing within 100, 900
of this number of inhabitants
The population of Buenos Ayres is
thus larger than that of any city of the
United Kingdom, except London and
Glasgow. 1t is considerably larger than
that of Liverpool or Birmingham, and
it is only about $4,000 less than the
combined populations Of Manchester and
Stafford. Of the great cities of Europe
only Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Peters,
burg, Constantinople and Moscow sur
pass Buenos Ayres, and in North Amer
lea only New York, Brooklyn, Chicago
and Philadelphia. Our city is the second
city of the Latin world, surprising Mad
rid, Naples and Rome i'll Europe and
Rio Janeiro, Santiago, Lima and Mex
leo i'll the new world. The rate of
growth is no less remarkable than the
actual size, for in the last eight years
Buenos Ayres has increased about so
per cent.-Buenos Ayres Review.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
Mrs. Carlisle on Finance.

Apropos of woman's editions, here is
pretty little story of Mrs. John G.
Carlisle which is now going the rounds
of the Washington press: 1t seems she
was asked to contribute to one Of the re-
cent numbers of woman s editions issued
for the benefit Of charity. When the re-
quest was rendered the secrctary's wife,
it was asked that she should write upon
finance Mrs. Carlisle replied, with
charming franllneSs and tho soul of wit,
"The only thing l know upon tho sub
ject of finance with sufficient clearness
to write authoritativcly is that So will
go farther than 81"
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21

There is II big hole under North river.
Some day it will be tunnel connect
ing this city and Hoboken. No work
has been done for four years, but the
owners of the hole are now trying to
raise money in London to complete their
tunnel before Il bridge can be built over
North river. Only 1890 feet remain to
connect the two holes bored from either
shore, each of which is now full of wa
ter. This water has simply soaked
through since work was abandoned ON
the death of the principal hacker. So
far $3, 900, 900 has been poured into tho
hole, and only $500, 600 will be required
to complete it.-New York Letter.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
A CHILD OF EARTH.
] come to claim my heritage,

come to claim my heritage,
o Mother Earth, Of thee,
Thou mother strong from toll and age
And rich in majesty!
] claim those faroff cedar boughs,
The tresses on thy mountain brows.
For me against the evening sky
Those somber trees rise dim and high,
Yet think not by my hand shall fall
A single trunk among them all.
claim this quiet, lonely lake,
Some Titan's only ar,
Where crushing down the fern and brake
Stoops low the drinking deer.
Yet never shall my noisy oar
Push out from its untrodden shore;
Here, hidden close in natures eye,
Serene, unhaunted. let it lie
Here may the heron plash and scream,
And here the redbird's plumage CLEAN.
claim the forest and the gales
That swing their ponderous scythes,
The sea when flecked with swanlike sails,
Or when it foams and writhes.
claim the heather purpled hills,
The silvery tongues of snow fed rills-
All, all are mine. need but roll
The curtain from before my soul,
More richly blest, that all may share
My sacred rights in earth and air.
Curtis May in Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
Bewitching.

Dear me-" he petulantly exclaimed,
"what a dreadfully muddy crossing, and
there's horrid woman watching me
too! Well, just don't care.
With contemptuous toss of his head
the now man raised his garment to the
top Of his boots and went his way.
He made very pretty picture in his
confusion. Detroit Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21

Never mail a letter written at night
until it has been rercad in the morning.
You may materially reduce the number
of your correspondents by persisting i'll
this course, but you will gain in reputa
ton for prudence and common sense,
What seems philosophy by candlelight
is but folly by day, and the brilliancy of
night lacks sparkle in the morning
Exchange
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
Heavy Sermon,

Mason-Why does Jason prefer taking
awalk on Fifth avenue on Sunday morn
ing to going to church?
Payson-He says he likes to read SER
mons in stones rather than to listen to
sermons from sticks New York Her
aid.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
A sure Sign.

Her Enthusiastically bad news, SIS
ter.
The Sister-What?
Her Brother-That count of yours is
bogus one.
The Sister-Bow did you find that
out?
Her Brother-I was telling him to-
day how hard up was, and he actually
offered to lend me 500. Syracuse Post.
At supper recently given to some
vagrant sandwich men in London out
of II guests had been ordained clergy
men of the Church of England
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
FROsTBURG Md, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1895

their clothing and dress. think it is
more than balanced by many of their
unclean habits - smoking, chewing,
drinking ana the like. In fact, l think
men are internally lees clean and ex-
ternally cleaner than women Ella
Mhceler Wilcox in ON. 20 Record
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21
At the boarding House.

Boarder-What's that noise out there?
Somebody beating carpet?
Landlady's Husband-No, it's Jones
trying to beat his board bill, and my
wife is onto hiln.-Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21

The publication of a telegraphic
weather bulletin, together with predic-
tions, began III 1857 in this country
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21

Alcohol was first distinguished as an
elementary substance by Albucasis, in
the twelfth century.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-09-21

The Indians called Lake Canandaigua
Gan a-dar-que. "chosen spot.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
TREE WITH A HAnoiNG RECORD.
Furnished the Gniiows for Ten Men In
MaclA.


| Down in our town we have an old
tree that has quite history" said
| John Z. Hale, of Seymour, Ind, to u
,hlcago Inter Ocean man recently. AT
! least it used to bc a tree, but the relic
hunters have so dishgured it that it can
scarcely lay claim to that name now.
~ was Of the birch variety, and has =
history that is equaled by but few other
trees in the world. Upon its spreading
limbs danglcd the forms of ten men in
less than week. That tree aided in
Its feeble way in wipiur out one of the
worst gangs OF law-brcakcrs that sec
ton has ever had. The tree is only Il
| SLort distance from the city. and the
pace to this day bears the name of
'hangman's Cross Roads.
This tree became famous early in
ae GC.e, when the country round about
seymour was infested with a gang of
lDld highwaymen, who did not he5i-
tte to murder n man to obtain his
nancy if necessary. The first murder
sllS Lat Of q man by the name OF
: SToo5finansee tn- s,ioS Or, Eader s-ias,ssts
lie had some twenty-seven hundred
dollars on his person. His body was
carried from the hotel, and an effort
pade to wash away all trace of the
crime. The murderer of this man was
never convicted.
Several murders followed, always
committed with the object of robbery.
AT last this grew too comnonplacc and
the gang sought bigger game. Onc
night late in the fall of 1867 the Ohio
& Mississippi express was boarded at
MT
about five miles. 1t is estimated that
at least four hundred thousand dollars
were taken. AL evidence tented to
prove that the robbery was committed
by what was aftcrward known as thc
Reno gang, who lived Mt Seymour ind
operated all the way from Omaha to
Cincinnati. The gang consisted OF ten
persons. The cXpre-5 train robbery
was too much for the better element Of
Seymour and vigilance committee
was organized, and one night in July,
1868, this company, all masked, took
Roscbcrry. Clifton and Elliott, three o.
the Reno gang, from custody and
hanged them to this birch tran. o..
the following Monday Gerald. Sparkle
and Moore, three more, wore tHcgtel IL
a similar manner on this saIIn tree.
The following Tuesday tlis vigilance
committee visited the Jail at New A.
bany, whcrc tour more OF the Reno
gang were confined, and by morning
Frank Reno, Simeon Reno and Il man
by the name of Andersen were dangling
from the same old beech tree. This
wiped out the Reno gang THAT old
tree is landmark at Seymour, and it
has been badly dislggrcd by relic
hunters ~
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
A NOTED OLD HOUSE.

One of the Residences la Goorf:e own anu
There is house IN tiCorrcToyT-u
which from its foundation had 4 for
cign influence about it. II is 4 lar~C.
substantial though unPrctcutious Iuarl-
sion. minus low windows, turrCts and
other accessories which mark the mod
crn dwelling. II stands at the corner
of Twcnty-ninth and \ streets. 1t was
planned, says the Washi ngton Star, by
the owner, n man of fine attainmcuts.
literary tastes and a great liaEJist. lie
held Office under the government. and.
not having surplus of the "uecdiHl." ="
was compelled to mortgage the house,
The money was loaned from the estate
of the celebrated Polish patriot, Gcu.
Thaddcus Ko5ciuslso, by Col. George
Bomford, the owner at that time OF
beautiful Kalorlma.
The owner did not live long to enjoy
his comfortable home, and his widow
was compelled to rent it in order to pay
off the mortgage. The GrsJ fore. =.
tenant WIS Count MUuthsion, who.
father was cEilod with Napoleon Bona
partc. His wife was Victoria. G4urltcE
of Gen. Gratiot The coaut WAS n
charming man, and most agreeable il
all his business dealings with her, waa.a
he termed his "amiaJle laallaay."
The minister from Mexico was the
next foreign tenant, but he died short
ly after taking the house.
Baron Gcrolt lived eight years in the
house, and was SO pleased with it that
he made a proposition to purchase it.
Chevalier dc Potestud, of the Spanish
legation, whose wife was the beautiful
Miss Chapman, granddaughter Of the
celebrated DIR. Chapman. of rki!adcl-
phia, was tenant during the war, and
when there was scare here on account
of the southern troops being near the
capital promised to hoist the Spanish
flag should the place be invaded.
The house did not lack for distin-
guishcd American tenants. L. Barn
well Rhett. of South Carolina, noted
secessionist, succeeded Count Mon
tholon. and purchased from him his
elegant Partisan furniture; Mr.. Allen.
an editor from St. Louis; Gov. Fulton,
senator from Arkansas; Col. Charles
Eilet, the great engineer; Mr.. Worth
ingtoD, q gentleman of wealth, whose
daughter married Col. William IL.
Philips, lawyer of note in Washing
ton, and others.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
The wabash Railroad.

Commencing Sunday, September Sth,
Wabash trains No. / and between St.
Louis and Kansas City, will have the
following sleeping car equipments:
No. 4, Kansas City to st. Louis, will
have one compartment sleeper to St.
Louis, and the Denver st. Louis
through sleeper.
No. 3, st. Louis to Kansas City, will
have one compartment sleeper to Kansas
City, and the CinciunatI-Kansas City
through sleeper.
The Denver-St. Louis sleeper, west
bound, is carried on Wabash train No.
|, leaving st. Louis at 1901 midnight,
arriving in Denver at 1:25 on the second
morning.
The Kansas City-Cincinnati through
sleeper, east bond, runs on Wabash
train 6, leaving Kansas City at $40 p.
m, arriving at st. Louis Mt $50 II. m,
thence via b. Il Q. S. W. train No. 4,
arriving at Cincinnati at 1880 a. m.
c. S. CRANE, G. p. & I. A.,
st. Louis, Mo.
G. NJ. UAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent,
1885 18th St. Denver, Colo.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Many merchants are well aware that
their customers are their best friends
and take pleasure in supplying them
with the best goods obtainable. AS an
instance we mention Perry & Cameron,
prominent druggists of Flushing, Mich.
They say 1--WE have no hesitation in
recommending Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to our customers, as it is the
best cough medicine we have ever sold,
and always gives satisfaction" For sale
at 25 and 80 cents per bottle by JoHant-
gen Il Kelly.