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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
SPEED OF WILD DUCKS AND GEESE.


Ihe DucES make over SiXty-SiX Miles
Hour and Outny the Geese.
OF all the migratory birds the Ameri-
can wild pigeon and black duck are well
up toward the front rs regard long and
rapid flight The speed Of the pigeons
can only be estimated, while that of the
ducks can be established by observation.
Some years ago the writer and L scien-
titic friend measured off on tho shore of
large western river n line exactly three
miles long, and each took & station at
opposite ends Of the line The object
was to note, by means of preconcerted
signals, the time a flock of wild ducks
took i'll passing up or down the river,
near the stations.
During three hours on the morning
of bright October day, obcorvations
We're noted of the times of passing the
stations of nine different flocks. Upon
comparing watches it was found that
the average time was minutes and 40
seconds, thrs showing the speed per
hour to be GG p miles, or one mile in "a
seconds. As showing how uniform was
their flight, a difference was found of
oi'J HNc HcCChuS pVtWetH INC SreaIeSG
and the least intervals of time
AS numerous focks of wild geese
We're daily flying in the samo noighbor-
hood observations were also taken to test
their hourly speed. Two points twenty
nine and Oue-third miles apart were Sc
lected, both of which We're connected by
telegraph. We succeeded in identifying
four out Of seven tlocks which passed
over both places during the four days
we were on the watch. The mean hour
ly speed was found to be Il fraction over
"a miles. The wild goose has been long
supposed to be the swiftcst of all water
fowl, but this experiment. shows that he
is far behind the wild duck. New
York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
WHERE PARIS is AHEAD.
Her Wonderful System of Pneumatic Tubes
and Telephones.

N Paris the pneumatic tubes used in
the dispatch of card tclagran.s and let
ter kilograms froil one portion of tho
city to the other are placed i'll the sew
Crs. Tho excellent sewer system has
helped the development of this handy
means Of communication in way which
would not have bccn possible otherwise.
1t is quicker th"n the telegraph for mes
sagos within the city and would be per-
feet if the slow Parisian facteur were
rcplaC ed by tie slIalt London boy mes
senger. AS Wa stand below the tube we
can hear tho Whiz OF the "chase" dis
tinctly. Thoro goes at lightning speed,
bearing, most probably, somo tender
message from loycaick Jean at his office
at the bCarsC to pretty Jeanette, who is
toiling somewhere near the Bon Marche,
and fixing Il rendezvous for the evening
after the days laGoI3 t.2o over Wonder
fully convenient these tolo5rams for cor
GSpondCnCC--mCco secret than the tele-
gram proper, making no awkward mis-
takes i'll times and placo5--,a:ld, best of
all, preserving tho oalioraphy of the
sender
More serioas t.. ..:uGs are doubtless pass
ing across the coils which cover the re-
mainder of the roof Of the tunnel These
are the telegraph and telephone wires,
thousands CT miles of thoH, connecting
tho 2l0 postJ.icca ard pIAoim; hundreds
of Subscribers il tho city within ear
shot, Overhead wires ""u prohibited in
Paris, SO G@3 Ky Sis, and how much
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
TEe Misc rahIa NInors.

The lives lived by the Moors are,
without perhaps any exception, the
most prccarious and miserable that can
be imagined. The poor man is thrown
into prison for sums he never possessed
and can never pay, the rich to be
squeezed Of all he possesses, while those
only can hope to escape who are men,
bers of families sufficiently powerful to
arouse the fears of the local governor
should he attempt eXtorrion and not
sufficiently powerful to stir up the jeal-
ousy and aVarice OF the sultan
Even the governors of the provinces
suffer themselves as they mako others
suffer, for just as they squeeze tho agri-
culturist and the peasant so are they in
turn squeezed by the sultan and his
vi2iers, and should they fail by constant
presents to maintain good opinion at
the court they can expect only impris-
onment and often death. BlackWood' s
Magazine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
THE PLAY.

Loi It's gala night
Within the lonesome latter yearsi
An angel throng, bewinged, bedight
In wells and drowned in tears,
Sit in a theater to see
A play of hopes and fears,
While the orchestra breathcs itfully
The music of the spheres
Mines, in the form of God on high.
Mutter and humble low
And hlther and thither fly.
Mere puppets they, who come and 60
At bidding of vast, formlcss things
That shift the scenery to and fro,
Flapping from out their condor wings
Invisible woel
That motley dramal Oh, be sure
1t shall not be forgot
With its phantom chased fOrevermore
By crowd that s@lze it not,
Through circle that ever returneth in
To the sclfsame spot,
And much of madness and more of sin
And horror, the soul of the plot.
But see, amid the mimic rout,
a crawling shape lntrude!
4 blood red thing that wrlthes from out
The scCnlc solltudul
Il writhC4-it wrlthcs with mortal pangsl
The mines become its food,
And the scraphs sob at vermin fangs
In human gore lmbrued
Out out are the lights. out ALI
And over each qulverlng form
The curtain, funeral pail,
Comes down with the rush of storm.
And the angels, all pallid and wan.
Uprising, unvcIllng, affirm
That the play Is the tragedy "Man,"
And its hero the conqueror, worm.
Edgar Allan Poe
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
klCDtOnlania,

To believe French writer, there are
no fewer than 4, ,0o0 women caught ev-
cry year in stealing during their shop
ping expeditions, a habit euphoniously
styled kleptomania The number of
titled ladies seized with this strange
malady while examining the fashions of
Paris, he tells Us, is almost incredi-
BILE. Among the most recent culprits
were a Russian princess, a French count
ess, an English duchess and the daugh-
ter of reigning sovereign. AS rule,
these more distinguished offenders are
let off on the payment Of round sum
for the relief of the poor, and when the
shoplifter is known to be rich tho sum
exacted rises to as much as 10000
francs. The police authorities consent
to this sort of condonation. Baltimore
Sun
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
Where the Eest Horses Are Found.

The best driving and carriage horses
come, think, from Maine and Ver-
mont, being tougher, as rule, than tho
Kentucky horses and no less Intelligent
High stoppers for tho most part are ma
tives of Maine or of Canada Western
horses, especially those from Indiana,
Iowa and Ohio, are corn fed and soft,
and they often lack that equality"
which the Kentucky horses derive from
the thoroughbred strain in their blood.
The best hunters, perhaps tho best COM
bination saddle and harness horses,
come from the Genesee valley, where
there is great deal of good blood, and
where real fox hunting is pursued.
Century
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
CCEC,CA rs a E-pULLlC.


and -, Constitution s.:l ligos.
During the tenth CO. tllg:- Corsica was
tho p-cy Of cyHtondi"" D.yoEs, who in
their struggles for t,riro.y rayagod the
island and uss;.olipd tie people
At last, i'll the first year Of the
eleventh ccntar.r, tho l~rd Of the Cinar-
ca, to the northeast Of Ajaccio, a baron
moro powerful than the rest, sought to
make himself ruigr Of the island under
the title Of count Cf Corsica.
He had tgiU:nphed over his brother
barons, bat he had not rtcl,oned with
tho democracy Of tho island. That long
suffering body arose, and i'll ono deci-
sive battle swept away the lord of the
Cinarca and proclaimed that the land of
Corsica belonged to tho people of Cor
sica.
Sambucuccio and tho island assembly
founded III 1891 what is known as LA
Terra di ConmUue" and gave it pop
ular constitution, which has ever since
been held sacred. Under this constitu-
tion tho various hamlcts Of valley
were formed into a pievc or parish,
presided over by u podosta, or mayor,
and two or more communal fathers, !"
who nominated cap0raIc, a sort of
tribune OF the people,
The various podest@s or mayors of
different parishes assembled and elected
supreme council consisting of 12 men.
Scottish Geographical Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

grew i'll hcr, she thought how much
better looking he was than Pietro, and
how tired she was of the streets, and
how she longed to see the blue sea and
sky again Would Pietro give her
share of the savings and let her 90?
But no. that would not be "l1ugh for
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
Extra Professional.

Traveller Gin railway carriage to fcl-
low passengcr)--Sir, what do you mean?
This is the third time you have put ont
my match.
Fellow PassenSer-Force of habit.
I'm mcmbcr Of volunteer fire bri-
gade -TeG9s Siftings.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

eyes" remarked the guest, "that
dinner did fill the bill.
"Glad to hear it," said the hotel
keeper,
cit surely dill fill the bill. only
wish it had the same effect ON me"
This time the boniface spake not
Indianapolis Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

Dipped candles-that is, candles
whose wioFs were dipped in melted
grease time after time until they took
up enough to form cylinder of respect
able size-were made in Germany A.
ID. 1900
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
Looking Forward to the Chase.

lyon ought to take some rest" said
tho sympathetic friend. Cant you go
fishing on something like that?'
well, " replied Mr.. Weary. "I'm 60
ing duck hunting pretty soon."
"Whe-e!'
Cup on f street My wife has seon
duck of II bonnet that have to go in
pursuit Of Washington Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
Economy.

'"There's no use talking, M'ri, we've
got to economizo, Times are SO hard
you'll have to do without girl"
"All right, hubby, and You take
lunch from homo to your office, and
SOL
"Er-on second thought, | guess
we'll rub along rs we are for awhile,
M ri. New York Recorder
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

Las success has probably attended
mans cfIolt to looB uucmcemed after
treading upon a lady's dIess than any
other line of human endeavor. New
York Mail and Express.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

Several kinds of birds are known to
follow COWS, horses and other stock
about the pasture for the pnrpose Of
feeding ON the insects disturbed by the
feet of these animals.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

At the end of lifowc discover that we
hnvo passed nearly onc-half Of ii in be-
ing happy without realizing it, and tho
other i'll imagining that we We're miser-
able.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

Scott in the "1Icart Of Midlothian, ,"
recommended tho Laird O Dumbiediltes
to plant trees, who remarked that "they
wad aye be CROWN whilst t. as sleep.
ing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

In addition to above Train No. + leaves
Piedmont at S:t5 H. m; arrives at Frostblirg at
lO3) il. m., and Train No. $, 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
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
A II trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berand.
Nos. /, 2, g. 4, and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled trains Nos
5and i. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nav Is SnnoriniC nient.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11

tIteen years you have been al
idiot ~
He was fairly caught, and for {
minute he made no reply. Then ht
suddenly remembered that there
was loophole for escape, and he
walked over 20 the bed and lowered
above her and said;
"Woman were you silly enough
to believe | didn't see through your
perfidious scheme?"
"Never you mind! 1t was as
clear to me as daylight, and ]
would have been an idiot to fall
into the trap! This is the last hair
that breaks the camel's back, Mrs
Bowser Tomorrow your lawyer
can call upon my lawyer :"
"But what for? 2"
"TO see about the divorce and al
imOny! | have reached the limit
That's all. Any further discussion
can be confined to our respective at.
tOrneys ~
And having silenccd and crushed
Mrs. BOwser after the usual fashion
he smoked three cigars in success.
sion ard tumbled back into bed with
his good nature fully restored and a
wish that it were morning, so he
could keep right on smoking all
daV.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
The MikadO's Daily Life.

The Emperor of Japan, according
to the people most closely connected
with him at Toxic, has by no means
an easy office to fill. Japan now
contains more than 40, 900, 900 peo-
pie, and there are bakers dozen of
political factions, many of which
are anxious to create trouble. The
changing condition of the people
makes plenty of work. You can
never tell who is going to fly off on
"A tangent, and the newspapers have
to be carefully watched. The EN-
peror keeps his eyes on everything.
At least, | am told so. He rises
early and breakfasts about O'Clock.
He uses a knife and fork whepever
he takes foreign food, but he pre-
ters the chopsticks at his japanese
dinners. He eats both kinds Of food,
and is very fond of rice, taking it
with every meal. He likes meats,
and is by no means averse to sweets.
He usually eats his breakfast alone
and also his lunch. His dinner is
served in table d'hOte style, and with
all the European accompaniment.
Contrary to the regular practice IN
Japanese families, his wife often sits
down at the table with him, and also
the Crown Prince.
His work begins as soon as his
breakfast Is over. From 8 O'Clock
until II he receives his ministers and
discusses matters of State. After
this he takes his lunch and then
spends little time in reading news
papers. He watches closely the
japanese press, keeps track of pub
lie opinion, and, / venture, changes
his actions somewhat to suit it. All
the papers are looked over for him
and the passages which he should
see are marked. Ordinary misstate
ments or criticisms ne passes over
but if newspaper becomes at al
dangerous he gives an order to hi.
censors, and the newspaper |:
stopped, while its editors are liable
to be thrown into prison. He alst
has the leading foreign papers, anC
the articles of these which treat or
Japan are translated for him, ant
} he keeps track of public opinion al
over the world. He takes illustrated
papers, and the articles relating Il
the pictures in them are sometime
translated. He does a great dea
of work in the afternoon, but to
ward evening goes out for exercise
He is good horseback rider, and i
fond of horses. He has about 80
in his stables, and these are Of al
} kinds, including number Of fin
: hunters. The Emperor is fond O
, hunting, and he has large game pre-
: serves, where there are deer an,
wild pig. There are plenty of pheas
ants, and his Majesty is said to be
very good shot.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
Hand Wrestling.
A NEW FAD THAT Is NOW POPULAI
WITH STUDENTS.

An athletic fad of recent birth but
very remarkable growth in popular
ity has replaced football in the affec-
tions of a host ofUniversity of Penn
sylvania students. 1t is indiffer-
emily classed under whole diction-
ary of titles, such as hand, India and
Malay wrestling; but no one seems
to know just exactly what is the
proper word by which to designate
the sport. 1t was first introduced
to the college boys few months ago
by an eX-Amherst student in the
Engineering school. and in very
few days there was hardly a single
undergraduate who had not tried his
hand at the game.
Not satisfied with the capture of
the affections of the students, the
handwrestling fad has made its in.
roads into the ranks of the faculty
itself. Those professors who are
too old or too dignified to take part
in the fun content themselves with
being very much interested but
passive spectators. But many of
the younger instructors are not
proof against the destinations of the
new game, and almost daily contests
bet tween the younger and more ac-
tive members of the teaching corps
and the students are held in the va
rious halls and class s-rooms.
1t does not take many words to
describe this apparently irresistible
sport, says the Philadelphia Record.
The two contestants take tight grip
with their right hands, each adj
vances his right foot to meet the
right foot of his opponent, and then
they brace themselves hard with the
left leg. At given signal the
struggle begins, the object being to
prevent your opponent from NOV.
ing you from your feet, and at the
same time compel him to shift from
his position. The man who moves
either foot first is the loser.
The rules allow one to move the
foot up and down on the toe or heel
but not to slide, roll or lift it from
the floor. The right hand is allowed
to touch the floor, but not the left
as that would serve to steady one
contestant at the expense of the
other. Neither contestant is al
lowed to use the body or head tt
assist in the overthrow of his oppo
nent.
From the description it might b,
imagined that the game allowed {
very slight development of skill blu
that is not the case. The presen
university champion is small fel
low, but the way he can topple owe
heavy opponents is lesson. III,
has a number of very clever tricks
one of which throws his rival of
his feet and down on his shoulder
with thud ever after to be remem
bered.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
NUMBER 46.

THOSE HORRID VERBS. - The
verb to get is one of our much mis-
used words; it means to acquire,
win, obtain; and primarily, it sig
nifies the putting forth of effort to
attain something. Consequently it
is not only superfluous, but incor-
rect, to speak Of a man as "getting
drowned" or "getting sick :" and
you may, unfortunately, "have a
cold" but it is impossible that you
"have got q cold" At this moment
no exceptions occur to the writer to
the rule that got should never be
used in connection with have, which
alone, sufficiently expresses possess
sion. Say 81 have the picture" not
81 have got the picture :" "The dog
has broken Leg" not "The dog
has got broken leg"
The irregular verbs lay and lie
are frequently confOunded. Lay Is
an active, or transitive verb, and lie
is passive, or intransitive. We lay
things down, or have laid them
down but we and things lie at rest.
You lie down, have lain down, will
lie down, or are lying down; she
lay down yesterday and is going to
lie down this afternoon. A fre-
quent error is to confound the past
lenses of these verbs. One should
say, "Mary laid the book on the ta-
bic, and lay down herself;" but the
book lies on the table.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
Gems From Sam Jones.

Sam Jones preached from the
text 'The wages of sin is death, but
the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ, our Lord"
or course the eloquent Georgian
dropped some of the epigrammatic
gems for which he is famous:
81 was i'm Jefferson City yester-
day." he said, land l saw 2,2OO men
in stripes. There would be $4,000
Fall were there who should he. The
biggest rascals never saw the inside
of the penitentiary.
1.-The question nowadays is not
what man does, but what they can
prove on him.
eff fellow has plenty of money
and no poor kin how are you going
to provo anything on him. He is
either crazy or innocent, sure.
"a man ought to be we'll paid for
serving the devil, but what does he
get | wish some of you old gray
headed sinners would tell us what
you have got for the most servile
bondage which ever cursed mortal
man.
"a man will serve the devil for
nothing and board himself, or get
his wife to board him, or some of
his kinfOlks.
"Sin not only makes rascal of a
man, but fool besides.
"If a railroad cuts wages 5 cents
a day men will hire o hall and you
can agitate until you have a strike
from Maine TO California ifyou only
pull the right string. am Knight
Of Labor for the gospel. / have
been going around for years, and 7
can't get one in hundred to strike
against the devil.
~ worked for the devil like was
getting big wages for it. But
found out how he run things, any,
way.
"The young men who go in the
gilded door of the saloon, few
years later are kicked out of the
back door of the lowest dive in
town. The devil never lets a man
come out the same hole that he went
in at. He fixes another hole and
you've got to come through it, Bud.
"The prodigal son went off in a
chariot, having great time. He
came back without shoes, and stub
bed all his toe nails off, l expect.
"a fattening hog does not know
what he is being fattened for. Ifhe
did he wouldn't eat another grain.
He'd stay poor all his life.
GA man told me he didn't like
the slang l used. say hog and
dog l told him that was scrip
tural language. The Scripture calls
men harder names. 1t says "wal-
lowing hog' and 'puking dog l
leave off the wallowing and puk-
ing and still they don't like it.
ga man says if want to take a
drink it's no ones business. You
lie like dog trotting. It's your
pale-taced wife's business. If you
go into saloon my Innocent boy
may follow you.
elbow would you like your wife
to get drunk then say it was no one's
business You'd go to the court
house in 10 minutes and want n di-
vorce. Yet you get drunk and
want your wife to live with you,you
ScOundrel.
"My language may not he parlia-
mentary, but it gets there, and that's
what we want. ! am not hunting
Latin words, but word to cut a
dogs head off with.
"a man says Il object to Sam
Jones because he uses so much
slang That man will use more
slang in > minutes than | will in 10
years. 1t is like skunk telling a
'p0sSum his breath don't smell
good"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
POETRY
A COUNTRY MAID.

Her eyes the sun-kssed violets mate,
And fearless is their gaze;
She moves with graceful, careless gait
Along the country ways.
The roses blushing in her cheek
That ne 'er decay nor fade,
Her laughter gay, her words bespeak
"A simple, country maid.
No flashing gems adOrn her hair,
Nor clasp her lily neck,
No jeweled cirCletS, rich and rare,
Her sun-1rOwned hands bedeck
But pearly teeth through lips as red
AS reddest ru0Ies gleam
The tresses DER her shoulders spread
"A golden mantle seem.
Her looks are kind, and sweet the smile
That sparkles in her eyes;
Her mind, her heart, are free from
guile;
She is not learned or wise.
No worldly art, no craft has she
Acquired, her charms to aid
And yet she stole my heart from me,
This simple country maid.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11

SENATORIAL COURTESY IN MIS-
soURI.-A press special from Jeffer-
son City, Mo-, says: If an official
report of the Senate had been accu-
rately kept this afternoon, among
other things, the journal would have
contained what follows:
Senator Walker-Mr. President,
rise to question of personal privi-
lege.
The President-TheS Senator from
Stoddard will proceed.
Senator Walker-The President is
smoking, and it is very offensive to
the Senator from Stoddard, unless
the President has an extra cigar,
which will permit the Senator from
Stoddard to be sociable.
The President summoned his page.
The President-The chair always
endeavOrs to treat Senators with due
courtesy, and now presents his COM
pliments to the Senator from Stod-
dard.
The Senator from Stoddard lights
his cigar, and the Senate proceeds to
a discussion Of legislative appropria-
tions.