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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Metatarsalgia.

Motatarsalgia, or fourth toe disease,
has been the subject of much scientific
discussion. Many patients have been
operated on, the operation consisting of
the removal of portion of the bone of
the toe, which had become highly in
famed. A new form of treatment is
that of shaping the shoe that the weight
will not como directly upon the ball of
the foot, but slightly back of tho ball,
and this is secured by making the ankle
and instep close fitting and the toe and
ball very broad and easy. One physician
advises that depression be made in
the sole of the shoe just beneath the
fourth toe, so that there shall be no
pressure from any direction. This works
we'll i'll some cases, but in others the
surgical remedy is the only successful
one.-New York Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
A MISCHlEvOUS CROW.
Not Afraid of q Gun and Liked Being
Pelted by Boys.

Pelted by Boys.
Strangely enough, there was nothing
of which this crow stood so much i'll
fear as crows themselves. Often they
would come perilously near and 'caw"
at him. Helter skelter he would fly to
the house, and his relief was painfully
manifested when he was safe inside the
kitchen. Their wild life evidently had
no charm for him. He was in terror of
large snakes, too, but small ones he COB
bled up as fast as he could. 1t was "a
most effectual way of preventing them
from frightening him when they grew
bigger.
No attention was given to his educa-
ton, but at last we discovered that he
could repeat word or phrase of con-
versation ho had just heard. He could
laugh like human being and initiate
the cackling of hen. "Stop!" Hell
lol' "Hold on!' were favorite express
sions of his, and generally his use Of
them was intelligent He liked to perch
on top of the barn and shout out
"Stopr' at the farmers that went by in
their wagons. If they reined in their
horses, thinking 1t was some person that
had called them, the success of his lit
tie joke would cause Jim to burst into
immoderate laughter.
He actually enjoyed being SNOWFALL
ed. He would stand upon an old tree
stump and look saucily at the boys, as
much as to say: "Come, now, here's a
good shot! Why don't you hit me?"
But Jim was always too quick for them.
No boy ever could hit him. He would
dodge like lightning laughing hoarsely
as the ball flew harmlessly past or broke
in pieces on the other side of the stump
Then up he would hop again, with an
other challenge, ready for the next SNOW
ball.
He was'not afraid of q gun. He would
stand close by while one was being load
ed, and it might be fired off a number
of times without having any perceptible
effect on him. But he was keenly alive
to its danger, and the very moment the
muzzle was pointed at him he lost no
time i'll getting out of the way.
jim was very mischievous crow In
deed. When Grace, the baby, was learn
ing to walk, he would seize her slyly
by the dress and cause her to fall. He
would peck at the toes of the barefooted
children that came for water and laugh
heartily as he drove them dismayed
from the yard. Sometimes he would
steal unnoticed down into the cellar.
The blows he could give with his beak
had the force of of a small hammer, so
that it was very easy matter for him
to turn the spigot of barrel. One was
pretty apt to discover after such a visit
that all the vinegar had run out on the
floor. Douglas in St. Nicho-
las.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
MASSAGE FOR BLACK EYES.
Better Than Paint and Becfsteak For OBJ
litcrating Evidence of Fistic Encounters.

litcrating Evidence of Fistic Encounters.
Those who mako a business of oblit-
Grating evidence of tiStic encounters in
the shape of black eyes by painting the
damaged optics no longer enjoy a mo-
nopoly of such business This was told
by pugilistic acquaintance whose OK
pericnce entities him to be regarded as
an authority on the subject.
Massage treatment of the region af
fectcd," he said, will beat paint and
raw beefStcak all hollow. But it should
be applied Immediately after the injury
is received in order to prove thoroughly
efficacious 1t does not require an eN-
pert to do it. All that is necessary is to
move the fingers rapidly and firmly over
the bruised surface and to keep it up
until tho last vcstigo of diaColoration has
disappeared. Tho explanation is easy.
Where the blow has been received tho
blood becomes congcstcd. 1t is the clots
os blood showing through the transpar-
ent skin that produces tho black effect.
The pressure of the fingers gradually
loosens tho clotted blood, which passes
off into the general currents of circula-
tion, and fresh and properly colored
blood takes its place.
However, as a rule, the professional
pug does not bother himself about
accelerating the disappearance of a black
eye. 1t is a sign which proclaims the
fact that its proprietor has recently fill
ed an engagement, and as such he Is an
object of envy to his less fortunate
brethren. 1t is the man about town,
whose overindulgence occasionally
causes him to forget that discretion is
the better part of valor, who is apt to
profit most by the knowledge that mas
sage, promptly applied will remove the
signs of mourning from an eye that has
been in violent contact with some other
fellows fist, and thus obviate the neces-
sity of invc:iting a story to account for
it, which, however ingenious, will be
snoered at by skeptical and incredulous
acquaintance, somo of whom may have
"been there themselves. New York
Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Doctor Galapius,

Set up on the corner of house, at the
juncture of two streets at tho old north
end of Boston, is bust of Esculapius.
For many, many years it has been tho
visible sign that there is drug store
below.
Some time ago two visitors to the
city went prowling about this ancient
and historic ground once so ariStocratic
and now SO squalid, and they came upon
the time worn bust, for the presence of
which they were not prepared. Still it
seemed to them noteworthy, and they
went into shop to ask about it,
The clerk was most obliging and cour-
teous.
"Oh, thatf' he said. "That's old DR..
Galapius. l don't rightly know who he
was but I've an idea he used to prac-
tice down herep'-Youth's S Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
A SMART CAT.
How He Convinced Himself That 1t Was
His Own Image.

His Own Image.
The late Dr. Romanes, in his "Ani-
NAL Intelligence" gives two stories Of
cats, which, on seeing their own reflec-
tion in a looking glass, convinced them-
selves that the reflection was an illu-
sion. In the case of a very intelligent
cat of mine. ne went, l think, a step
beyond this-namely, he satisfied him.
self that it was i'll some way his own
image. Even if my deduction is wrong,
the first part of his proceedings was so
singularly like those in DIR. Romanes'
accounts that it seems as though it
were uniform law of cat nature to act
in this way. and so far it may not be al
together uninteresting.
l put the cat on table in front of a
small toilet mirror. After looking at his
reflection for q short while he went be-
hind tho glass. Then he returned to his
seat in front and again watched it at
tentively. After a few moments he rap
idly dashed behind it. He again return
ed to his seat in front of tho glass, and
while retaining his seat and keeping
his eyes fixed on the image he struck
about behind the glass with his paw in
different directions.
His next action was, fancy, suggest
ed by seeing the image apparently strike
with its paw also. Keeping his seat and
retaining his eye fixed on tho image, he
proceeded to Gf l may use the word)
posture in front of the glass. He raised
his paws alternately, licked them,
touched the glass, moved his head, etc.
Ihave tried to simply describe the facts
and rs far as possible avoid drawing
conclusions Science Gossip.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
CalyiniZed.

One very hot day tho late DR.. George
e. Ellis, tho historian. going to an in
formal dinner with friend, Wore a
very comfortable but questionable thin
coat and manila hat A notoriously
orthodox clergyman began to banter the
Unitarian divine regarding his big
straw hat, whereupon DR.. Ellis replied
that he would not have a word said
against that article of apparel, mas
much as it had been good friend of
his for four years. Why" exclaimed
his friend, show could it have lasted so
long?" because it has been Calvin
ized, replied DR.. Ellis. The host, mis-
understanding the word, inquired with
amazemont how the hat could be gal
vanized. But DR.. Ellis, with a sly
twinkle in his eye, looked straight at
the orthodox minister as he replied: Il
did not say galvanized. l said the hat
had been Calvanized-dipped in brim-
stone. San Francisco Argonaut.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
SOME INTERESTING LAMPS.
Very Many Incandescent Lights That Are
Real Wonders.


Electric lamps are made of all sizes,
from 100 candle power and over down
to one-half candle, but the small ones
are decidedly the most interesting and
picturesque. AT q large factory there is
q special department devoted to decora-
tive and miniature lamps of all shapes
and colors, curious and beautiful. There
are "Candelabra" lamps, much used for
lighting private residences, and which
are generally ten candle power Some
of them are pear shaped, while others
are long and tapering and of an extreme
ly graceful form. They are often fitted
to receptacles concealed in imitation
candles, and while they have all the
warmth and elegance of the old fashion
ed WAX tapers they give far steadier
and brighter light One of the most
striking styles is the "flamo' lamp,
which is narrow cone of glass, twisted
spirally and frosted. 1t has the beauties
of a brightly burning flame, with none
of the draw backs.
There is the eight candle power
'kinetoscope" lamp, which illuminates
the photographs on the rapidly moving
celluloid strip i'll Edison's remarkable
picture gallery. A one candle power
lamp is used for night work in tele-
phone exchanges One is placed in each
panel of the switchboard and lights up
whenever call comes to its territory
and stays lighted until tho call is an
swered, so that one or two operators can
easily manage all the night business
wherever it is not very heavy.
Many varieties of lamps are arranged
to take their current from batteries.
Among these is the one candle power
miners lamp, of fiat shape, with
metal loops at top and bottom, so that
it can be hooked upon springs in the
miners lantern and held steady. The
lamp and the battery together are not
heavy. Then there are bicycle lamps,
microscope lamps, and lamps for medical
and dental work. Some of the lamps
used for Illuminating the interior of tho
mouth, throat and nose are extremely
small, generally cylindrical In shape,
quarter inch or less i'll diameter and
from half an inch to an inch long. But
the tiniest of all is the pea" lamp, a
glass sphere one quarter of an inch i'll
diameter. r.-Cassicr' Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Irony of Fate.

1t was the irony of fate that both DIR.
Loomis, the celebrated New York spe-
cialist in pulmonary diseases, and his
first wife should dio of pneumonia. DIR.
Loomis was one of the first prominent
New York physicians to send his pa
tients to tho Adirondacks to try the cura-
tive properties of the air there, and
nearly 80 years ago he built cottage
of his own in the North Woods, then
only half explored and boast!ng only
one hotel where now there are scores.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Quotation Marks.

"Quotation marks are not infrequent-
ly misused in signs,' said stroller,
"the marks being placed about names,
as, for instance, the name of a place,
or about some descriptive phrase i'll a
sign, though the word or the phrase
may really not be a quotation at all,
but l am never surprised at any misuse
of quotation marks, for | cannot forget
very singular idea concerning them
that | had myself i'll my earlier days. l
used to think that single quotation
marks about anything meant that the
words inclosed were sort of partly quot
ed, more or less, whatever that may
mean. Perhaps that isn't II very distinct
statement, but | remember we'll that l
was quite tickled when later | learned
that quotation marks were not signs to
be used at the fancy of the writer, but
might properly be used only to indicate
actual quotations. New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Dislikes the Bicycle.

The latest opposition to the bicycle
comes from an utterly unexpected quar-
ter - tho Thames boatmen. "Shiver
them bicycles; they've ruined my bust
ness! Instead of hundred boats out
on fine Sunday, each with young
lass in the stern sheets and her beau at
the oars, not 90 put out from the float
My old customers wheel over the bridges
instead of running under them.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11

"How do you like that cigar?" asked
the man who had just presented his
friend with weed.
Excellent. One of the best l have
smoked in long time"
at was presented to me by friend.
'Yes. thought it must have been. ;"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Gently Said.

Really, Mr.. Stalate," she per-
sisted, you have given me four hours of
your time this evening""
"Why-er-upon my word! So I
have. Tho hours pass like minutes
when am with you"
You were telling me that since
.-our promotion your time is valuable. I"
"Yes'
We'll, papa doesn't allow me to re-
ceive expensive presents from young
mon. Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont at s: Is il. m. ; arrives at Frostburg at
l0:;S5 il. m, and Train No s. leaving Frostburg
ut l:i5 p. m, reaches Piedmont at 2:3s p. m.,
both trains stopping at all intermediate
stations.
son theatre nights, when admission tickets
arc sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, and Sdaily except Sunday
Nos. 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
5 and d. L. NJ HAMI LTON
Jan II Superintendent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
QUEEN AND PAUPER.

I have gold a-plenty, and rich adorning.
l order all things to my wish, 1t seems.
And yet am but creature mourning
A broken life and vanished dreams.
Ihave friends and lovers and kindred tender.
They watch and ward each hair Of my head.
And yet in the midst of all my splendor
envy a woman who asks for bread.
That bcggar who walks with her rosy baby
Claspcd tight in arms that are worn and
lean
She covcts my comfort and wealth, 1t may be.
Yet am n pauper, and she is a queen.
Ruth Hall In Good Housekeeping.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11

Rector (going his rounds)-Fine pig
that, Mr.. Dihbles, uncommonly fine!
Contemplative Villager-Ah, yes, sir,
if we was only all of us as fit to die as
him, sir!-London Tit Bits
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11

Tcssa lives in her San Luis Obispo cot
tage, with orange trees over it, and La
Marque roses on the porch, and she
thinns herself the happiest woman in
California. .-Belford' Magazine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Store to Rent.

CTORE and DWELLING of ROOMS
- Best location for business in Frostburg
Suitable for Barber Shop, etc, etc Apply to
JOSEPH BEAR,
Feb 16 Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11

Needles mtedate history. They were
first made in America in 1850.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11

TNO sell NOn-NicOtine Midget Cigars.
i Salary or commission. Good eide line.
Samples free. Address lands Il CO.,
March Is Shippensburg, Pa,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
PittSburg Division.

46 and AZ still carry passengers
No II is local train from Cumberland to
Pttsburg and No ii from Pittsburg to Cum
berand. Nos. 5 and 6 make 3 stops each way.
T. T. ALLEN,
Jan II Agent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-05-11
Statesmen Wanted

2 doors west of Shannou's store.
March %
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-08
THAT "ULTIMATUM."

The famous dispatch OF Secretary Oh
new to Ambassador Bayari anent the
Venezuelan matter now turns out to
have been an extremely mild document,
Which has been treated with contemptu-
Gus silence by the British government.
Rumor In Washington diplomatic circles
rs 10 tdre effect that Sir Julian Pauncefote
advised his government that the dispatch
was sent for political effect on the pend
ing elections, and meant nothing.
The dispatch was sent on August 3
three months nearly. Lord Salisbury
asll, vouchsafed no reply, but the AFRO
CANT demand in Venezuela for damages
consequent on the Uruan incident may
be taken ais the answer. Great Britain
proposes, If possible, to steal territory
from Venezuela to which she has no
shadow OF right, and tacItly dares US
to interfere.
What Is our government doing In the
face Of this decided snub? Mr.. Stealey,
vhe well-informed Washington corre-
spondent OF the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal, says the Venezuelan matter is not
worrying the president and his official
advisers to any great extent. Indeed,
50 far as can be ascertained, they are
but little concerned, AMI the opinion pre-
walls in administration circles that the
u,lttor will right itself without any un-
rieasantnes5 transporting between this
country and England. This is as much
to say that the administration proposes
to do nothing. A dispute Of that char
acter does not right itself.
Washington gossip has it that Cleveland
proposes to play on the voters of the
country through a bit of bluff. 1t is
thought that by the time congress meets
affairs may assume a shape to aus
Mr.. Cleveland to send in a ringing Mon
roe message, vigorous and even jingolsh
in it's tone. A perhaps shrewder con-
lecture. and one altogether more likely,
is that he VIII hold off his hands from
foreign complications until next spring
and then explode a number OF lingo
bombs THAT will have the effect of again
renominatlng him for president. This
may be In the Venezuelan matter, or
Tho Cuban struggle, or both; but the i'm
precision of those best qualified to Judge
Is that Cleveland will do absolutely
nothing in either case except on paper,
and for political blum. Fortunately, ii
Is only a year until the American people
have ar opportunity to record at their
polls their opinion OF Cleveland and OF
The party OF which he is the head.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-08
ECONOMY IN FUEL.


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entihca. preparation which augme1ts the
intensity OF coal and wood neat In the
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If the direction printed on each pack
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The Eureka Fuel Econonizer prevents
the shoots, the cinders and the formation
Of smoke, which may spoil, in an apart
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apartments and factories in which 1t Is
used are consequently more healthy and
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one can obtain a very brisk fire which
viii last thirty hours without being stfrr-
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coal. Hence an economy Of coal, work
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We receive 100 frequently applications
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-08

the Blind School. was granted for per-
mission to purchase the necessary APP
paratus for a gymnasium, and the board
authorized him to expend $50 for that
purpose" Tue pupils OF the Blind School
will wax strong and fat IN $50 worth OF
apparatus.
"Foung Chief, Charlie ,Ciaplcss and
other Indians were in town today pre-
pairing for tho biggest pow-Tow they
ave ever planned. They propose to
gst[ler aN the members Of three tribes on
the Uniatilla reservation-the Umatllas,
Walla Walla and the CayNH5es-and, after
making some eloquent speeches, ask some
white ma to draft a formal protest to
congress- against being held in the rela-
tion Of citizens of the United States gov
ernfnent. In the protest Chiefs PEG and
No Shirt will join, and the delegates
who were In town today asse-t frat every
ndian on me reserve will unite with thsir
led1ec5. Congress, In the memorial. will
be Informed that citizenship has demoral-
lied the Indians, giving them the privi-
lege OF buying whisky, and that this
privilege 70 being abused to an alarming
extent. They will assert That dozens
OF Indians 'Wtho were formerly sober end
respectable are nov habitual drunkards.
and re f. 1iNent,y found in the police
cou1l's of d1e towns near the -eserve,
and have Ines imposed which they are
unable to "a They tien must work
on trhe streets On tine chain gang. While
they have no protest to offer against
any indian going back on the race by
departing from the ranks of gentlemen
of leisure, they do object to any aborigine
spelling his escutcheon by raklng rocks
I'M dead leaves on the public HIGHWAYS.
under the lash OF some guard who may
be appointed by the street superintend-
ent. A tremendous demonstration will
be made and oraton5 will sing the past
glories of the Siwash, when, unhampered
by the civilizing influences Of the whites.
they owned this country and roamed
over ut In rude race and exciting chase.
In This strain the Indians talked ex-
cftedly, and they appeared to feel that
a crisis HAD come in their affairs of state.
NJ ChapleeIs Is not a chief, but he is
the Secretary Olney Of the Umatilla re-
serve Tribes, and will have much influ-
ence In conducting the negotiations with
the federal government. The pow-wow
VIII be held in a few weeks, when many
whites will attend Pendleton."-East Ore
gonian.