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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

had ever been young. He appeared to
be 60 years old when people first began
to call him Miser Jones, and the passage
of time did not appear to affect him.
He was wrinkled and skinny and white
haired, and men said he would have
been dim of sight but for the greed of
gain which burned in his eyes till they
shone like VOLTS.
MiSer Jones had relatives, but for
fear they might want money he cut
loose from them. He owned several
houses, but that he might not take from
the rent he lived in miserable room
and Jared little better than dog He
had money to lend, and he exacted usu-
ry. There were no days of grace for one
i'll his debt. Prompt payment must be
made, and to the last penny, and nei.
ther words nor tears would move him.
No charity, no church, no beggar, ever
extracted one cent from Miser Jones.
He cared nothing for the trials and mis-
fortunes of others, and he was never af-
fected by what men said of him except
when some one observed that he could
not take his money beyond the grave
That idea alone upset him and detract-
ed from his happiness. He spent hours
in wondering if it could not be done,
and sometimes he was on the point of
asking lawyer to SO arrange matters
that his money should at least be buried
with him.
The New Year dawned bleak and cold
and dreary. There was a high wind,
and the air was full of whirling snow,
and even had it not been a holiday few
people would have moved away from
their firesides unless forced to.
"It is good day for me-a fine
day!" chuckled Miser Jones as he look
ed out on the deserted streets and up at
the leaden sky. "No one will disturb
me today, and may sit down and
count up my wealth. am richer than
a year ago today, much richer, but 1
want to know the figures to shilling
to penny. They call me Miser Jones,
but | can laugh at their sarcasm and
abuse. Now we will figure"
Miser Jones had bonds and mortgages
and notes and bank account. He knew
the sum total within dollar, but it
was keen delight for him to sit down
and cast up interest again and add it to
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

SOME ONE CRIED OUT THAT MISER JONES WAS
DEAD.
Let us SEQ what is to your credit in
heaven. There is no money beyond the
grave. The souls of the dead are judged
by past deeds and not by the amount of
gold and silver left behind Take the
pencil, Miser Jones. 1t shall be left to
you to make the record. Have you had
sympathy for the ragged and shivering
and hungry fellow men who passed your
door,"
''But all of them were impostorsp'
"Men and women have appealed to
you i'll sickness and misfortune as one
fellow man has the right to appeal to an
other. How have you responded to those
appeals?"
II can't always be giving and CIV
ingr'
without religion earth would be a
desert and man a savage. All that is
good and noble and beautiful comes
from our faith in God. What have you
done to aid the cause?'
'It costs great lot of money to keep
up so many churchesp' sighed the old
man.
''There are destitute widows, father
less children and grieving orphans,
whom it is our duty to assist. Even a
kind word to such is placed to or rec
ord in heaven. Write down your credit,
Miser Jones'"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
A NEW YEARS PRAYER.

Thou art our God, Redeemer and Creator;
Thou art "Our Father, " dearest name of all
Great in thy power and wisdom, in love
greater,
Therefore we fear not on thy name to call.
Hear us, o Father as we come confessing
The sins and follies of the bygone year.
Grant us forgiveness and with that thy bless
ing
Our faith to strengthen and our hearts t"
cheer.
Sweeten for each bitter cup of duty
Or strengthen us their bitterness to quaff.
Give us to see the King in all his beauty
And to behold the land which is far off
We thank thee for our being and well being
Give us uplifting and upholding grace
To serve thee here until, earth's shadow fes.
ing,
We evermoru shall see thee face to face.
Buffalo News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

Stuffer-The Gadsbys have an ele-
giant New Years lunch, old man.
Dashaway-Have you been there?
Stuffer-Oh, yes
Dashaway-Then I'll get something
to eat before 60.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

FROsTBURG Md, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5. 1895.


Jo1 es. closing the account of the old
year and opening with the new?'
The old man leaped from his chair
with shout of surprise. No one had
knocked at the door. He was alone in
the room. The voice had come from one
seated on the opposite side of the table,
but he looked and rubbed his eyes and
saw only vacancy.
''Sit down, Miser Jones. Sit down
ued the voice as the windows ratified in
the storm and skurry of snow blew
into the room under the door and reach
ed almost to the old mans feet.
He looked all about him in a dazed
and wondering way and sat down.
1.-The old year has ended, the new
begun, Miser Jones. Human life is
counted by days and weeks and months
and years. On the tombstones of the
dead you may read that they who sleep
beneath lived SO many years, months
and days. 1t is meant that each and ev-
cry man should sit down at the begin
ming Of a new year and write the record
of the old. You are an old man. You
have lived beyond the time allotted to
man. Your hand shakes as your fingers
guide the pencil. You have been max
ing figures. Let me take the pencil and
help you.
but want no help" protested the
old man. "You have no right here!
You were not asked to come! Leave me,
or will call for help!'
"You are figuring on dollars and
cents, " said the voice. "There is a long
column of figures, and will look them
over with you and help you to find the
sum total. You have first recorded the
sum Of $500. That is money you loan
ed to hardworking mechanic and took
mortgage on his home Misfortune
had come to him and still pursues him.
You hoped that more trouble would
come to him, and it has. You figured
from the first that you would get pos
session of his home for half its value,
and yesterday, when he came to you
with trembling lips and pleaded misfor
tune, your heart was like stone. Today
you are figuring on your profit. ;"
'But he came to me to borrow and was
willing to pay the INTEREST,"" protested
Miser Jones.
Here is the sum of $780," contin-
ued the voice. "You lent widow $500
on a mortgage and foreclosed it and
drove her out of her home. You figure
that you made $3.50 on that deal. She
came to you and wept and prayed, but
you rubbed your wrinkled hands in sat
isfaction. -
Zone must have profit when he
lends money" replied Miser Jones as
he looked at the figures with satisfac-
tion.
''Here is the sum of 5000. You loan
ed money to the owner of a small facto-
ry to help start him again after he had
been crippled by fire, but what the
flames left you soon took possession of.
Yes, you made clean 5000 ON that
transaction. 1 find the sum of 5000 and
1915 and $500, long column of fig
ures here to show the profits of the year
just ended and add to your fortune. Mi
ser Jones, you are rich man.
eyes, yes-a rich man! like to hear
you say am rich!'
"But you are an old man. You can
not hope to live great while longer. -
''But shall live for years and years.
l am not so old as you think. Don't
talk to me of DEATH
"You are an old man, and your time
has almost come" continued the voice.
"You have laid up treasure on earth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
To Get the Best H usband.

A very pretty custom was that Of
tasting the "cream of the WELL" the
first drink from spring or well on New
Years morn. The first pail of water
drawn, ''the flower of the WELL" in
sured positively the best husband i'll the
parish to the water drawer.
Twall struck-two neebour hizzies raise
An liltin gaed sad gate.
The flower o. the well to our house gaes.
An III hae the bonniest lad yet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
A MISER'S NEW YEAR.
BY NJ. QUAD.

copyright, 1894, by American Press Associa-
toni
"Miser Jones"-that was what ev-
erybody called him, and the title did
not displease him. Indeed it rather fiat
tered him. To be miser meant the
possession of money. and money was his
god. There were people who could re-
member him as young man and a
spendthrift, but they were very few.
To look at him one would wonder if he
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
Miscellaneous Advertisements


A LII persons are hereby warned against
IA shooting, or trespassing for the purpose
of shooting, on the meadows, pastures or
cleared lands of the Consolidation Coal Com
panv. except the rifle range of the Frostburg
Rifle Association.
Persons disregarding this notice will be
prosecuted. b. s. RANDOLPH,
March 81 Mining Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

''He was wonderfully careful in fix
ing himself up before he called on Miss
Lordly New Years day"
"Why didn t he do as the storekeepers
do-displsy the sign, Holiday pres
enoe?'''
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
WITH A PROVISO.

am resolved in ninety five
To swear off cigarettes,
And on the track, as have done.
III make no racing bets.
With poker chips I'll play no moro.
I've had enough of that.
I'll take no girl to see the play
Who wears too large hat.
shall not look upon the wine
When it is deeply red,
But quite persistently I'll take
My Adam s ale instead.
In ninety-five am resolved
To save goodly sum,
And when it comes to good hard work
I'm going to make things hum.
But these resolves for ninety-five
Are made conditionally,
And that is that the girl l love
Does not 60 back on me.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont at S:i5 a. M. arrives at Frostburg at
1885 a. M, and Train No. 8. leaving Frostburg
at LAS p. m, reaches Piedmont at 2:3S p. m.
both trains stopping at all intermediate
stations.
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, 2, g. 4, land daily except Sunday
Nos. 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
and s.. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nov2f Superintendent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
Mining by Hog Power.

IT was riding through the mountains
In Trinity county few days ago." said
q prominent mining man yesterday
when happened to take trail that
led by old Burlap johnson g cabin. You
know he has always been called Burlap
johnson because he was never known
to wear pair of boots, but always kept
his feet sewed up in burlaps like can.
vas packed hams. / took dinner-cold
corn bread and bacon-with him, and
then sat down for a smoke.
Wouldn't you jest as soon do your
smokin outside, podner?' he asked.
Certainly said I, but you don't
object to the smoke Of cigar, do your
was naturally surprised, for he was
already putting away at an old corncob
pipe.
mo, course not, seein as I've smok-
ed nigh ON to 90 years, but I keep my
hogs at work.
my curiosity was aroused, but said
nothing. He took down double bar
relied muzzle loading shotgun and his
powder horn. Then he went out to a
shed and got pan of shelled corn. He
sat down on bench at the cabin door,
rammed down couple of charges of
powder and poured handful of corn
into each barrel. He put ON percussion
cap, pressed 1t down with the hammer,
cooked both barrels and blazed away at
the side hill across the little gulcn.
The roar had not died away till drove
Of hogs came running, grunting and
squealing. and commenced to root the
sidehill for the corn. Whenever they
Stacked mp in their work, the old man
fired another charge Of corn.
That's mean trick, I said. why
don't you feed it to them in q troughr
Feed 1t to emp he repeated In
amazement. Then they wouldn 7 work
Besides, they don't need it.
"'What do you want to make them
work for, and why do you waste corn
ON them IL they don't need itp'
why, man alivei They do as much
work as four men would. They root up
the dirt, and when the rain comes !
sluioe 1t.
"Then I understood that he was us
ing the hogs to help him mine. San
Francisco Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04

One Of the leading young lawyers OF
Washington went away from home re-
Gently in hurry and forgot to give all
instructions to his clerk. He had an Of
flee in ono of the large buildings of the
city, where IA lock postoffice box is sup
piled for mail. The lawyer particularly
wanted some letters forwarded to him
that he was expecting, and so instructed
his clerk in letter. He addressed it in
his own care so as to insure delivery at
his Office early. He inclosed his postof-
flee box key No letters were forwarded,
and he was in something of quandary
until he returned and found that the box
could not be unlocked, and he had shut
himself and his clerk out by having his
key mailed in his care. A locksmith was
called in, but the joke on the lawyer got
out and cost him several rounds. -
Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04

1t may be fanciful to attempt to trace
a connection between the rarity Of the
meditatiye mood among readers and
the prevalence Of short poems among
writers, but certainly there is falling
off in long poems on the aspects Of ma
ture. IL would be brave Wordsworth
who today would write an excursion
and expect to have il read in the mo-
ments of leisure accorded to the normal
man or woman. Somebody would read
II in order to write a review of it,
short review that one could read while
waiting to start on an expedition for en-
joying nature, but very few other peo-
pie would. We are so used to the tran
sient and the various, we can go so
quickly from one aspect to another, that
we demand that our poets shall give us
an impression, not description, OF we
have so completely ushered into the
quietest scenes the presence Of contest,
effort and attainment that we insist ON
some human suggestion or some dramat-
10 contrast within the limits of so call
ed poetry of nature. Our poets have
realized that there is scant time for ad-
dresses and odes to tho mighty mani
festations of creative force, and content
themselves with the reflection Of a fleet
ing mood caught in a dozen lines and
fixed on the page Of magazine. Phil
adelphia Citizen.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
Ono of the Wonders of Physics.

An experienced mechanic who was
asked what he regarded as the most
wonderful thing for general utility re-
piled: 1.-THE tracking Of car wheel is
the most wonderful thing to me in the
whole range of science and invention.
Here are two rails, up hill and down
hill, round the sharp curves and along
false tangents, and upon them fly at
more than a mile minute, without jar
or jostle, dozen heavy cars drawn by
an engine weighing go tons. Passengers
realize no danger, yet there is only the
little fange of wheel between them
and eternity. An inch and half of
steel turned up on the inner side of the
wheel holds up the whole train as Sc
curely to the rails as if it were bolted
there in grooves ALBANY Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
THE HAUNTED KITCHEN.
Terrible Fright OF Belated Cook and
Her Precipitnte Flight.

Out in the neighborhood of Iowa cir
Gle lives a government clerk who has
grown gray in the services of his coun-
try, and with his gray hairs have grad
ually crept up In him several ills that
flesh is heir TO, among others nn occa-
sionnl touch of insomnia. Insomnia
breeds irritability, and his irritability
had been stirred to its lowest depths by
inability to get satisfactory hired girl,
but month or so ago he was fortunate
enough to get "settled woman" who
was pretty near perfection. She was a
good cook, staid in nights except when
her "s'ciety" met, and in other ways
was model. About once "a month the
oblong piece Of buff colored paper that
was slipped under the basement door
by the gasman would bring frown to
Mr.. IS brow, but he would only
caution the hired girl to turn down the
gas when not using IL. A few nights
ago "s'ciety" meeting had called the
girl out before she finished washing the
dinner dishes, and she hadn' returned
when the family retired for the night.
Mr.. - had protracted interview
with his enemy, the sleep killer, the
same night and could find no rest. In
vain he thought over all his misdeeds
and counted 100 backward and forward
several times. Sleep wouldn't come, so,
after tossing about until long after mid
night, he finally got up and sat at the
window. Happening to look down in
to the yard, he saw streak Of light
glinting from the basement shutters,
and he thought Of burglars. Creeping
stealthily down the stairs. he heard
dishes, so he went back up to his room.
Then he got mad at this wanton waste
of gas, and going to the speaking tube
yelled, "Put out that gas and go to
bedr 1t was the first time there had
been an occasion to use the tube since
the new girl came, and she hadn't been
introduced to it before.
A smothered exclamation In the kitch-
en-, the noise of chair knocked over and
pans rattling to the floor were followed
by scurrying up stairs, three steps at a
time, and the badly scared colored wo-
man gathered her few belongings in her
room and made rush for the front door.
Mr.. - tried to intercept her, but she
was thoroughly frightened and wouldn't
stop. "Lemme go, boss; lemme go.
wouldn't work heah any mo- fer all the
money in the treasury. l was washin
the dishes down stairs jes' now and q
loud voice come right through the tin
pan was jes' hangin up, and it said,
Put out dat gas and go to h-r I
know this house is haunted, and I
wouldn't work heah any mo- for muffin. I"
And she wouldn't. The next evening in
the want" column of The Star was an
ad. for settled colored woman to do
housework up at some hundred and
something Thirteenth street. Washing
ton Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
TIDE WAVE FORTY FEET HIGH.
Awful Bore That Sweeps Everything Be-
fore It on n Chinese River.

Twice yenr-at each equinox---the
famous tides Of the Tsien Tang river,
that flows from the borders of Kiangsi,
Fuhkien and Chekiang to Hangchow
bay, attain their greatest height, and
bore of sometimes over 40 feet in height
sweeps irresistibly up its shallow and
funnel shaped estuary, often producing
tremendous havoc to the surrounding
country; hence its name, "money dixie, "
from the amount expended in successive
centuries on its embankments.
1t is seen at its best at Hangchow,
the prefectural city not far from its
mouth. Twelve or Ii minutes before il
is visible u dull, distant roar il heard,
momentarily swelling, until the wall
of muddy water, tall rs the bulwark of
the biggest liner, us overwhelming as a
glacier, sweeps into sight round the
bend mile away.
Not boat is to be seen ON the lately
crowded river. All are hauled up on to
the huge embankment and moored fore
and aft with dozen rattan cables, for
none but ocean going steamers could
stem the current, and even they would
need skillful navigation.
As the eagre nears the roar becomes
deafening as storm at sea, drowning
the excited shouts of the thousands who
line the walls, until finally it foams
past in turbid majesty, hurrying toward
the heart of China.
The Chinese annals tell how, 900
years ago, Prince WI Shu made 500
daring" archers shoot half dozen
arrows each at the advancing flood, and
then, after praying to WI Tsz-si (the
tutelary deity of the stream, and origi-
nally an upright minister, whose body
was cast into the rivo0 after WI had
committed suicide), put the key of the
dixie water gate into an envelope and
threw it into the stream, whereupon the
waters retired.
But as by that time they would have
flowed back in any case, even the Chi
nese did not regard the experiment as
very miraculous.
A couple of hundred years later the
emperor, Kan Tsung, had ten iron plates,
each weighing about 100 pounds, sunk
in the river by way of propitiating the
spirits, but the water promptly carried
away both charms and embankments.
Only last century Hang Chow tea
merchant leaped into the river, like an
other Marcus Curtius, to avert the an
nual disaster. and White.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
why People Like Dogs.

And why do people keep such lots Of
dogs themselves and 40 in such numbers
to see other peoples dogsf Because the
dog is at once the sincerest flatterer and
the most successful cheerer that the hu-
man race ever had. A good dog always
gives us the feeling that we men and
women are sort of gods. No other ami
NAL does anything of the kind The cat
treats us as an inferior, and the horse
will treat us as dear friend, not di-
vinity. The dog, moreover, imparts
something of his peculiar gayety to us
in u way that is irresistible. He mingles
his suggestions of gayety with his flat
terry, for he not only leaves his dinner
untasted to walk with us, but the mere
fact that we are apparently giving our
selves the pleasure of walk raises him
into such delirium Of delight that the
sight Of 1t puts all our dumps and blues
to such reproach that we shake them Off
in very shame And when we don't
walk, but sit modify at home, the dog
curls up lovingly at our feet and looks
up now and then into our eyes and
"glides into our darker musings with a
wild and healing sympathy" Yes. there
is solid reason for the fondness of men
for dogs, and it will never come TO an
end until either men or dogs become
very different beings from what they are
now.-Boston Transcript.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
ENGLISH AND ZUlUS.
Count Toistoi Says They Are the Two
Most Brutal Nations.

Count Tolstoi Says They Are the Two
Most Brutal Nations.
Count Tolstoi says the English and
Zulus should both be bracketed together
as the two most brutal nations on earth.
Both worship their muscle, and while
the Zulus go about naked all day long,
English women strip themselves half
naked before they dine.
The count wishes he had time to write
book about them and their brutality.
Apropos, some one has found time to
write book about the count, and it
promises revelations. This person is q
lady who lived for ten years as govern
ess in the Tolstoi family.
The following story is told about the
pretended vegetarianism 1.-THE old
count always demanded that vegetarian
dishes should be brought to the table for
him, while his wifo and the rest of the
family ate beofsteaks and other flesh
foods.
"It often happened that the countess
would put little chicken on her hus-
bands plate, but he, with indignant
looks, would push it back, murmuring
mo, will not eat meat. Absolutely, l
will not. But have often surprised him
going to the sideboard for q piece of roast
beef which tho evening before he had
solemnly refused at table, The carnivo-
rous instinct having been awakened, the
enormous piece Of meat would be swal-
lowed in one bite by this apostle of veg
etarianism. New York World Letter.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-12-04
A Naught Of Soda.

The little girl came into the drug
store.
"Pleath, thir," she said, "mother
thayth have you a naught of soda?"
"a whatf" repeated the clerk.
"a naught of soda," reiterated the
little girl.
"Do you want a glass of soda wateri"
asked the clerk.
"No, thir. Mother thayth I can't
have that till evenin. She thayth have
you naught Of soda?"
"What can she mean?" muttered the
puzzled clerk. The child grew inpatient
"a naught of soda," she said sharp
ly. "Why, it ith funny bottle wifi a
thquirter to it, and it goeth sig when
you work it,"
"Ohl You mean siphon of soda,
exclaimed the clerk.
ooh Thiphen? Thiphen? Yeth, thir,
it wath thiphen. But thiphens and
naught ith the thame amt it?''
And the clerk said that ciphers and
naughts were the same. .-Philadelphi
American.