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The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07

The Boston Journal gives various
theories rs to tho meaning Of the wore
"dingbats. - One writer who spent hi.
boyhood in Maine thinks it means It
spank, because his mother when getting
ready to use the slipper threatened tC
put the "dinghats" ON him. From vii
barham academy comes tho explanation
that it means the breakfast biscuit,
which the students dispose of by stick.
ing it to the under side of the table,
throwing it at tho heads of other stu
dents or eating it, A Connecticut pupl
states that to receive punishment ut the
hands Of the teacher is known rs get.
ting the dinghats - Two PHldel
phians agreed chat it means money. ii,
III the scntsnee, I've got tho dlusbat.
for it - lat New Hampshire azroe.
with Maine taat it means spanking,
and So ;ho majority appears to SIDE viii
the matot.nd slipper 1t is from sael
little aca.ns tlat tn tail tree Of eli
almost cosmopolitan language has
grown We got blizzard tram tn,
west, 'kuktuX" from the south, boom
from the ambitious cities, crank
from tio eccentric minds II every lalt
Of the country, 'pautata trwn Italy,
"challtM' from Russia. Dinsbata /,
going to ba a great convenience.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
The AlbionS.

Skowhegan people had rare musical
tleat on Tuesday evening, at the concert
of the Albion Male Quartettc, of Boston,
Mass, }. c. Bartlett, and Geo. W. Want,
tenors; G. II. Remele, baritone; DIR. G.
Il. Clark, Bass. The selections were of
a high order and We're rendered with eX-
quiste taste and TO the high satisfaction
of the audience, AS evidence of which we
cite the fact that an encore was insisted
upon in every number, but the two last,
including the rccitations. Miss Ethel
llornick, the recitationist, was received
with favor equal to that of the vocaists
which is very complimentary to her.
Our people We're glad to again hear Mr..
Bartlett, always popular here, and greet
ed him warmly aud enjoyed his singing
As we'll As ever. His voice loses nothing
in quality or volume by the lapse of
years.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
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The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
Job Printing.

The Job Printing Establishment connected
vith the SOMERSET RERoRTER is prepared to
do all classes OF work, the richest as well as the
most common Jobs. Competent aud expert
enced workmen are employed and large
afock of paper, envelopes, advertising, wed
ding and business cards in great variety.
orders of dances, bills of fare, programs etc,
etc printed in great variety of styles on short
notice. Commercial printing a specially.
orders by mail will receive careful attention
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
HE HAD NO HARD FEELINGS.

You see that woman coming, jack, dressed ~
in pink and gray?
Well, thats woman whom | loved in time.
now passed away.
| used to visit her each night and write he,
every day,
And words of burning, eager love to her 10
often say
I'd take her out to parties and to many mat
inee,
Would send her every week a costly biz
bouquet
Large SUMS out of my salary cheerful.
would ray
For buggy rtdes and such like things to MAXI
our coartship gay.
We'll. after all I'd done for her this sam,
Young maid. Miss May.
Although her parents stern mad said to such !
marriage MY,
Packed up her clothes together and skippet
lightly cut one day
And welded n young fellow down at Nara
Eau~ott Bay.
We'll, paudhv. luck, she = coming, and with hen
| mu-t stray
You say that yeu re astonished that II word Il
her Il SAY.
Tint should ealaly snuh md sroru such de
eeiUG ~
But don IN seer nin thu man with whon
she ran away.
Charles j Cotton IN New York sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
MAR RED

Skowhegan-Feb s. by Rev V Hanson
Bert l. Bowman, and Miss Sadie f. Judkins
both of Cornville
Madison--Jan 20, by Rev J II Mathews Al
bert Jack of Skowhcgan to Miss Fannie Il
Sawyer of Madison
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
BORN

st. Stephen,N. B.-Feb. 3, to the wife of
Frank / Ross, a son
skoWhegan-Jan d, to the wife of Chas y
Bragg, son
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07

ELAN, pineapple and Neufchatel cheese
at Bartlett & Cairns.
Every lady should sec those new pat
terms of lace curtains, at W. H. Wildes'
Good sweet butter, ID. bricks, wrap
ped with butter paper, as good as you
have been getting at % to "a cents, our
price until further notice, 20 cents, Bart
lett & Cairns.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Notice-A II Davis
Notice-Selectmen
Wanted Chick Bros
For Sale--lra Norton
Notice H w Sedgeley
Sneriff's Sale-E Viles
save Money-Paul d Spear
Legal Notice-N " Brainerd
Freedom Notice-L IL Lurvey
Messengers Notice. Viles
Legislative Notice-John Hill
Legislative Notice-W II Wildes
Legislative Notice-W j Knowlton
Legislative Notice-Albert Cole
British America ASS Cox { Gray
When in Doubt-Gardner & Barnard
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07

Never in the history of the dry goods
business were domestics sold so low, as
they are now selling, at w. Fl. Wildes.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-02-07

Celery, sweet potatoes, squash, spin
ach and cranberries, at Bartlett &
Cairns
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
Fearless NcNNSnancrS.

A newspaper subservient to any
interest other than the general veal is
a dangerous enemy in the midst of
trusting friends. Every newspaper is
of Il quasi public nature. Though Il
private enterprise, it is nevertheless n
public servant. In fact its success de-
peEds upon its faithful devotion to the
public cause. 1t is the bold, out
spoken, impartial sheet which enjoys
the confidence Of the public at large.
even of those who may not agree with
Its expressions i'll general. 1t is the
mission of the newspaper to assist in
moldlng Il correct public sentiment,
not cowardly remain nt utral for fear
of committing otfense, An open.
manly, intrepid contention against
what it has reason to think is inimica
to the public good not only gains for
it merited friends, but it commands
the respect even of its most inveterate
enemies. AS long as the country is
defended by the watchful care of indie
pendent newspapers it is in a position
to correct many of the evils which
might otherwise fastem themselves
upon 1t. Every newspaper, therefore,
whether it be leading daily or IL live
and conscientious local sheet, should
devote its columns to promoting what
it feels would be best for the general
welfare. (Md.) Observer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
GENERAL NEWS.
The Public Schools

On general principles the He'"M has
never failed 10 acknowledge the high
estimate that ought always to be
placed on the editorial utferarcrS Of
the FROSTBURG MINING JOURNAL.
1t concedcs special prominence to
the article on the school question last
week under the captlou, "Don't Elect
Them
We do not thoroughly endorse the
editorial. but for excellence of genera
tenor, and for having Init the nail on
the head in more than one particular.
We give the palm.
The article in question certainly
shows the reversed order of what ought
to be the points of cale IN the whole
school system.
Seemingly the trouble is. "some one
imaglnes that the ownership is lodged
III some few who manage OF care for
the institution.n
The very reverse of this is the case.
Ills the peoples concern solely. They
are the proprietorS. The ITO be-
beneticiaries are the chil n-all the
children. What will better serve
them are the things wanted.
- hS o'oh-NAh "piiy PulS II "ich l.
first Every school open ten
mouths of the scholastic year" Mark
you-eeery school open. That is right.
SO with the other points enumerated.
Stop the overcrowdlng of certain
rooms. Common sense ought to teach
that money ought to have nothing to
do with it.
The next thought advanced by the
JOURNAL ought i'll IL measure to have
had even more promlnence-''mo
male teachers" Assuredly yes, yes,
yes. But how will you get them under
less than ten months work in the ear.
and II corresponding reduction of
possible income?
Every other consideration named in
the article we have called attention to
Is OF the Importance assigned each by
the JOURNAL, and in that exact ratio.
too.
The UeraM' and the JOURNAL agree
on another point. too. That is, that
whenever the public has been appealed
to III aid of the public school system
and its just support there has always
come that hearty response that shows
how deeply seated is the determination
to make the best use cf what Is con
ceded to be the corner stone of our
national prosperity. The people want
the schools. They wan, good and
sufficient ones though. They want
them all Of en- the full scholastic year,
too. Give these things. The bills
will be paid.-Piedmont CIV. Va.)
JIruld
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
SOME CID TRADE TRICKS.
How They Were Punished Five OF Six
Hundred Years Ago.

Cheating in trade is no new thing. 1t
was practiCed i'll the fourteenth century
as well as il the nineteenth. Our town
records contain many cases of summary
jurisdiction i'll matters affecting the
price, weight and quality of food, cloth
ing and other things
! Gull Il few from the archives of the
city of London. In 1913 proceedings
were taken against butcher for selling
putrid meat. Three reasons were alleged
against this conduct at his trial before
the mayor and aldermen. 1t was deceit
full and dishonest; dangerous to the pub
lie health; it brought scandal and dis
grace upon the mayor, corporation, and
all the inhabitants of the city that
L,ondoner should behave so. After the
investigation he was found guilty, and
condemned to be taken, with his bad
meat carried in front of him, to the pill
lory in Cornhill, and while he stood
therein the carriOn he had tried to sell
was burned under his nose.
1t is well known that the pillory
was an instrument III which the culprit
was fixed, incapable of movement, ex-
posed to the contempt of the people.
The offense of the culprit was always
publicly proclaimed, and, according to
the views of the spectators, the punish
ment might be severe or otherwise. If
they disiled the otfense of the offender,
their contempt would take the proven
bial and forcible form of rotten eggs
and dead cats, and the trader would
1-n ,1p ~. L.,
own wares, both raw and cooked. than
he might find pleasant.
A publican, convicted of selling un
sound and unwholesome red wine, was
sentenced to drink draft of the same
stuff which he sold to the common peo-
pie, the remainder being poured on his
head, and compelled to forswear the call
ing of vintncr in the city of London
forever unless he could obtain the favor
of the king. A note OH the record states
that he was readmitted five years later.
About the same time we find a wom-
an charged with selling ale in short
measure quart pot, the bottom of which
she had thickened with pitch and COW
cred with rosemary, to look like bush in
the sight Of her customers 1t was
common practice to put some sort of
evergreen leaves in the bottom of tank
ards-hence the proverb, Good wine
needs no bush. Her sentence was to
stand in the "thew," or female pillory,
with half of the pot attached to it. As
far as possible, the cause of the otfense
was always exhibited along with the
person punished.
Severe punishment was meted out for
endeavOring to raise the standard mar
ket price of corn and other articles. In
1347 a merchant was imprisoned for 40
days for enhancing the price of his own
property. He secretly employed man
to bring certain of his own (the mer-
chant's) wheat to the market, where
upon he bought his own at twopence more
per bushel than the market price, of
course taking care to mako the Same
well known, forgetting, however, to
state what he knew about the seller
Chicago Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
A Small BOYS Good Memory.

One of the dentists of this city has a
precocious child of about summers.
The bright little fellow keeps his father
and mother wide awake during the
whole day by his wit and keeuness.
When the child was about years of age,
his parents visited Niagara falls. Baby
went along. The other day Il friend of
the family was at the house, and she
spoke of Niagara. The 4-year-old quick
ly spoke up that he had been there His
mother told him that he certainly could
not remember it, but the child said that
he could. His mother asking him what
it looked like, Johnnie replied, "It
looks like a great big ocean going awful
fast. ALBANY Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
New Treatment Tor Burns.

A Paris medical man of resources and
alternatives had in hand case of severe
and extensive burning, caused by boil
ing water. SO deep was the injury that
the healing process was greatly delayed.
The patients family objected to skin
grating, which seemed to be the only
way to accelerate the process of rccov
cry, and the doctor, as an experiment,
applied the internal membrane of the
hens egg-the white film with which
everybody is familiar The injury must
have progressed beyond the suppurative
stage and shown signs of healthy heal
ing, A freshly laid egg is broken and
the membrane Immediately cut into
narrow strips and laid carefully across
the raw surface, then antiseptic dress
ings are applied with carbolic solutions,
and the whole is covered by tin foil In
a number Of cases this procedure has
been eminently satisfactory. New York
Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
DAY OF THE DEAD IN PARIS.
Curious Scenes During the Pilgrimage to
the Gravcyards.

Curious Scenes During the Pilgrimage tn
the Gravcyards.
Paris, it is said, thinks once q year of
those whom she has lost The truth is
she thinks very much oftencr of them.
fGi their touching devotion to the men,
DRY of the dead is one of the finest sides
of the French character.
The day after All Saints is the "day
of the dead the jour des morris.
Then Parisians visit the great ceme-
teries - Pere Lachaise, Montmartre,
Montparnasse, Passy, Vanguard and
Saint Ouen. 1t is a curious sight to see
the crowds sweeping like torrent along
the boulevards of Bellevue and Menil-
montant between the two rows Of booths
piled up with emblems of grief and
piety.
About half the number are simple
ightseers-badaubs, who are attracted
by any crowd, and who can be readily
recognized by their indifferent and gap
ing air and empty hands.
The others, i'll mourning habits, carry
i'll their hands wreaths of everlasting
flowers, sprlgs of lockwood and yew, bou-
quets, medallions under glass, with
weeping willow and some artless in
scrlptlon a ma mcIe, a notrc pere, etc
The cemeteries themselves present an
unaccustomed spectacle. The entrances
are guarded by mounted guartles de Pa
ris i'll full uniform; policemen are sta
toned to regulate the circu lation in the
interior, and around the cemetery hawk
ers of all sorts spread out their wares in
tempting array-immortelles for the
dead, cakes and petit bleu-cheap wine
for the living
The exterior boulevards are too small
for the crowd of mourners, and the inns
and wineshops too small for the Gus
tom.
Side by side with the sellers of SON
venirs eterna you find the camolo, who
offers his collection of 300 jokes for
cent; the open air lotteries with their
grating and rattling wheels and an
asthmatic hurdy gurdy playing the eter-
nal "Boulanger March. - This is the
first act of the tragi-comedy.
Each proceeds to the tomb that inter
ests him or her. The old wreaths are re-
moved, and the glass covered medallion
of the most approved design is hung up
i'll their stead. Louis Demo-
Crat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
The Quarter Came Back,

Excuse me, sir, " said Woodward
avenue car conductor toa passenger rid
ing on the platform with him the other
morning, "but can you change quar-
ter?''
"Is it Il plugged quartcr?" cautiously
asked the passenger.
eyes, sir; plugged i'll two places"
"Get it about week ago?"
eyes, sir -
"From mc:'
eyes, sir ~
"No, can't change it. Icarricd that
old coin around about three months and
offered it to ut least 90 conductors be-
fore you took it, and having finally
worked it off | can't take it back If
you want to borrow two tens and five,
all right, hut | can't take plugged quar-
ters-can't possibly do it, even to
oblige "-Detroit Elee Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
NAPoLEON'S ORIENTAL DREAMS.
He Longed to Follow In the Footsteps of
Alexander the Great.

Bonaparte was q child of the Mediter-
ranean. The light Of its sparkling wa
ters was ever in his eyes, and the fasci-
nation of its ancient civilizations was
never absent from his dreams of glory.
His proclamations ring with classic al
lusions; his festivals were adorned with
classic ceremony. In infancy he had
known Of Genoa, the tyrant of his is
land, as strong in the splendid CONNER
cial enterprises which stretched east
ward through the Levant and beyond
into the farther orient In childhood he
had fed his imagination on the histories
of Alexander the Great and his conquest
of oriental empires. In youth he had
thought to find an open door for his am
bition when all others seemed closed by
taking service with England to share
the renown of those who were building
up her eastern empire Disappointed in
this, he turned with the same lack of
success to Russia, already England s ri
val on the continent of Asia.
1t is perfectly comprehensive that
throughout his early manhood his mind
should have occasionally reverted to tho
same ideals. The conqueror of Italy and
Austria might hope to realize them.
Was he not master of the two great
maritime commonwealth which had
once shared all eastern trade between
them? England's intrusion upon the
Mediterranean basin was never ceasing
irritation to all the Latin powers. Her
commercial prosperity and her mastery
OF the seas aggravated the evaporation
Of France as threatening even her equali-
ty i'll their ancient rivalry. From the
days of the first crusade all Frenchmen
had felt that leadership in the recon-
struction of Asia belonged to them by
virtue of preoccupation. Ardent repub-
licans, moreover, saw Frances mission
incomplete in the liberalizing of the
continent, and the department of marine
under the directory stamped its paper
with the motto, Liberty of the Seas. "
Imaginative forces, the revolution
ary system and the national ambition
all combined to create ubiquitous en-
thusiasm for the conquest of the Med
iterranoan. To this the temperament
and training of Bonaparte were us tho
spark to the tinder. 1t was with willing
ears that the directory heard his first
suggestions about the Venetian isles and
subsequently his plans for the capture
of Malta, which was to be followed by
a death blow to England S supremacy in
the seizure of Egypt and the dismem-
berment of Turkey.-W. M Sloane's
Life of Napoleon" in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
A Floral Detective of Long Ago

In early times the Dutch farmers of
the up river farms of New York had an
ingenious way of recovering pocket
knives that might have been dropped or
mislaid while plowing Or gardening was
going on. Cutlery was not as cheap then
and abundant as in these days; so the
farmers took the thrifty precaution of
keeping two or three sunfower seeds in
their knife handles. Then if the knives
fell upon broken ground and could not
be readily found, the owners would wait
until the seeds sprouted, and an isolated
sunfower stalk or blossom in field or
patch would signalize the possibility of
a missing articles being at its root.
True, the owner did not always realize
the result of the scheme, because a pass
ing boy who understood the token often
"got there" before the planter. New
York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
Perfection of the Bicycle.

The mechanical strength of cycle
needs little comment when a 30 inch
wheel weighing 20 ounces sustains with.
out permanent distortion the weight of
four men standing on its side, with sup
ports at four points only under the rim
and nothing under the hub, A cycle
weighing less than nine pounds will
carry man weighing 100 to l75
pounds, and even "a pound machine
carries greater load with safety than
any other vehicle
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
Castles In the Air.

Castles i'll the air." to Indicate
dreaming projects, is an expression
which first occurs i'll the writings of
Sidney. 1t is believed, however, to be
much older than his time. In the form
"castles in Spain" it is found in the
French literature, while the Latins had
an expression castles III Asia, and the
Hindoos rcHdercd it as "castles i'll tie
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
The Correct Thing.

She (from the newspaper)-Colorado
makes failure to support wife mis-
demeanor.
He (soriouslyrI should think it
would be mrsdemeanor. Detroit Free
Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
Always Cool at the Scashore.

If you want to spend ii delightful
week and get new set of nerves, go
to Atlantic City, August Sth, via B. &
O. The best train service. The
tickets are good going on all trains of
August Sth, and valid for return trip
II days, including day of sale, with the
privilege of stopping off at Washing
ton on the return journey.
We give below a list of stations in
this vicinity, showing time of trains
and rates of fare:
Time. Tine Rate
Cumberland. 1850 p. m. 205 a. m. $3.50
Pullman Parlor Cars will be attached
to the morning train and Sleeping
Cars to the night train.
Tickets will be sold from other sta
tions at corresponding y low rates.
For more detailed information apply
to nearest b. d o. agent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
When Coal was Wicked Innovation.


When coal was first introduced into
London as a fuel very serious objec.
tion was taken to its use. In the be-
ginning of the Fourteenth Century the
brewers and smiths Of the city. finding
the high price of wood pressing hardly
upon their returns, resolved to expert
with coal but Immediately an outcry
was raised against them by persons
living near the breweries and forges,
the King was petltioned, and law
passed prohibiting the burning of coal
within the city. Those who tried it.
however, found the new fuel so much
superior to wood that they persisted in
its use. But so determined was the
government to suppress what was
thought to be an intolcrable nuisance
that law was passed making the
burning OF coal IL capital offense, and
at least one man was executed under
that law. The ladies were bitterly
opposed to the use of coal for domestic
purposes. They considered the smoke
to be rulnous to their complexlons and
would not attend parties at houses in
which the Objectionable fuel was used.
Some persons would not eat food of
any kind that had been cooked on a
coal fire. Chu1rhman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-08-10
WHOLE NUMBER, 1912.
LAMENT OF TIE LAST LEPReCHAuN

For the rcd shoon of the Shce,
For the falling o. the leaf,
For the wind among the reeds,
My gricfl
For the sorrow of the sea,
For the songs unquickoned seeds,
For the sleeping of the Shcc,
My grief
For Gishonorc whitcthorn tree,
For the runcS that no man reads
Where the gray stones face tho sea-
My grief!
LissakColC, that use ! to be
Filled with music night and noon,
For their ancient revclry,
My grief!
For the empty fairy shoon,
Hollow rath and yellow leaf,
Hands unllisscd to sun or moon,
My grief, my grief!
Nora Hopper.