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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
KEEP A STIFF LOWER LIP.
1t Is the Telltale One, and the Upper Lip
Can Take Care of Itself.

Can Take care OF Itself.
IT can't understand" said young
lady of observation, "why you men,
who see so much and know so much,
persist in the phrase Keep stiff up
per lip You use it as "a sort of pictur-
esque synonym for firmness of purpose
and demeanor, but it has no value as
such. Tho upper lip is not the weak
member of the two 1t is the under lip
that wants stiffening. The upper lip is
practically expresSionless. 1t usually
lies fat on the teeth, it is nearly always
covered with a mustache-I refer, of
course, to the male upper lip-and in
conversation, especially in correctly
languid conversation, it does not move
at all. Like the Chinese joss, it's a
harmless creature and can be safely let
alone.
"It is the neither lip that has to be
watched and controlled. 1 can always
tell when a man is going to propose to
me by the way in which he vets his
under lip and presses it against the up
per for companionship and support,
just the very things he is seeking for.
And l can always tell if man is lying
by peculiar fluctuation and pulsation
in this same lower lip. He will look
you right straight in the eye, grow
fierce and drop his voice into his boots
through the weight of his emotion, but
if there is that twitch about the lower
lip don't believe him, and I've never
been wrong yet. If man feels deeply,
L ,f
in the tremulousness of the under lip
that he shows it. The sensitive mans
lower lip is seldom still, and there is
sometimes about it a positive pulsation
that takes i'll the whole curve of the
chin. The pout begins i'll the lower lip
and is really confined to it, for the upper
lip is only pushed out by pressure from
below. You can't pout with your upper
lip alone.
''In fact, you can't assume or affect
any expression with the upper lip alone.
Just try it, Hold the lower lip firm
with the finger and look in the glass
there. The mouth has become simply a
hole in the face, you see, and so far as
tho expressionful character of the lip
goes it is as if you had lost feature.
"If you want to keep back smile,
it's the lower lip that you must look
after. Weakness begins there, whether
of character, health or age 1t is not
the weak upper lip that tells of down
fall. 1t is the dropping, pendulous lower
lip that shows it. And let me tell you
something. please, for the benefit of my
sisters who have not had the advan-I
mean the experience that have. Tell
them that whenever they see the lower
lip of their male companions turn out
and over thicIly that it's danger sig
nal. It's the red flag of mischief, and
they had better say goodby. Keep stiff
lower lip, young man. New York
Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
WHERE TEAK WOOD GROWS.
The Coming of the White Man Meant
Nations Fall.

The Coming of the White Man Meant q
Nations Fall.
In the heart of untrodden iungles, ON
thick wooded hillsides, leaning over the
Drinks of precipices, where tropical
creepers twist like snakes choking the
life out of younger growths, where Or
chids flaunt aloft and strange vines
bloom, there the teak wood grows
Against its corrugated bark tigers and
leopards sharpen their claws, and under
its thick shade strange beasts rest by
day.
That atom of animate destruction, the
white ant, has passed it by. Other
growths have reared their heads out of
the jungle around it, have grown, have
lived their day, died and rotted back to
the roots which supplied them with life
In comparison man has been midget,
n mote i'll the sun, hunting his fellow
animals with flint headed arrows and
stone axes, fitting, passing, gone, but
the great oaks have grown, have spread
their arms benignantly over the dust of
tiny shapes beneath, and planted in
dignity have stood as emblems of
strength and power in meditations last
ing one two three, five and six hun
dred years They have secreted the
units of time i'll their hearts as maiden
hides the thoughts of her first love. Days
have come as thick as the SHOWS that
fall on kunchinjunga or as the waves
crowding one another to the shores of
the Bengal sea. And then, as if to give
color to the superstition of the hill
man long since gone with his tribe to
the land where shadows fall deeper than
those cast by the teak tree in the jungle,
out of these emblems of strength has
grown weakness that has overthrown
a nation.
The first oak of Burma to be felled
by white man was symbolic of the
nations fall, and when the visitor to
Mandalay is shown the kings palace
and reads the inscription ON one side of
q bungalowlike veranda, liking The
baw sat i'll this opening with his two
queens and the queen mother when he
gave himself up to General Prendergast
on the 30th day of November, 1885" if
he cares to continue the fancy, he will
notice that on each side of this opening
the oaken carvings are broken and de-
faced, as if the events which changed
n dynasty had leaned upon the teak
wood and it had fallen beneath the
weight.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
Some of the Evils of Tight Shoes and How
to Cure Them.

Some of the Evils of Tight Shoes and How
to Cure Them.
A man who has made the human foot
All object of research and study declares
that short stockings are very nearly as
injurious as short shoes. Hose of insult
ficient length press the knuckles of the
toes upward, and when the shoe forces
them down the natural result is pain
full eYcrescence that vulgar folks desig-
nate as corn.
''But surely you don't consider an ill
fitting stocking the cause of bunions, do
your 1 inquired.
Zone of them," he replied. "Corns
are the result of pressure. You see, the
blood is forced from the sebaceous
glands; therefore an excessive or unnat-
ural quantity of Oil is thrown off. This
diseases the blood, and the oil forces it's
way to the surface of the toe AS it
reaches the cuticle it evaporates, leav-
ing the top layer hard. Layer upon lay
er of oil forms downward and deepens
until it presses on the nerves. Corns
have no roots. That idea is fallacious.
But they cannot be cured until an in
strument goes beneath all those layers
of diseased oil and removes them. A
soft corn is more easily treated and is
largely the result of acid in the blood.
'After a corn has been removed find
out literally where the shoe pinches,
then bathe the feet in cold water every
morning upon arising and rub the part
with prepared chalk.
My informant added that for dry feet
always use ice cold water; for moist
feet inclined to perspire freely, the wa
ter as hot as the skin can stand it, and
bathe just before retiring. If the feet
swell after much walking, put little
vinegar i'll the hot water; if they ache,
use few drops of ammonia or borax
Rest the feet often. To do this change
the shoes as frequently as possible. Even
from an old to a new shoe is rest.
The muscles of the foot tire Of one DO
sition, no matter how easy the leather
or last may be. Four or five times
day, if it is convenient, are none too Of
ten to take this trouble, and its benefits
are astonishing.
Ingrowing nails are the result of the
corners being cut too close, allowing the
shoe to press against them. This again
requires skilled treatment. The pedi.
cures patronage is becoming as exten-
sive as that of the manicure, for, apart
from the treatment of painful excres-
cences, beautifying the foot is greatly
i'll vogue. Preparations to whiten the
skin are in use, and all the art of the
manicure is called upon to assist that of
the pedicure. Some society women can
now present as well kept foot as hand,
the nails rounded and polished with
equal daintiness New York Recorder
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
RUN TO EARTH.
How the Great Detectives Easily Seize
Upon the Evildoers.

Upon the Evildoers.
"Of1icer Sleuth," said the great chief
Of the western city, what report have
you to make on your murder oase?'
Sleuth-Arrested a woman and locked
her up, sir
"Ah, good. Amy clews?"
Took file of officers in and told her
her husband had given the whole thing
away
"Ah, ha! Did she show any confu-
sion?"
eyes, indeed. Said she was confused
to know what he gave away, whom he
gave it to, and why the fool man didn't
sell it,
And did she show any concern"
Eyes, sir. She said she had only 81
in her pocket, but if we wanted that
Anything further?"
''Then we ran her husband down in
his place of business -
"Was he startled?"
VERY much. Wanted to know what
it meant"
"Well?"
"We locked him up and told him his
wife had given the whole thing away
"Was he confused?"
mot bit. Said we lied; that his
wife was too blank stingy to give any
thing away"
"Well?'
''We told him she had confessed that
he murdered the mani
"Hah! Then he confesscd?"
eyes! Said he was ready to confess
that
Good! Good! Go on, sir -
"We We're the most disgusting and
pigheaded lot of idiots he had ever
met
"And you learned nothing from either
about the murder?'
Nothing"
'Not the faintest clew?"
Absolutely nothing"
''And what are you doing now?'
"We have imprisoned both of them
on suspicion.
Good! Keep close watch on them.
We are on the right track. Make them
confess if possible. -
And the sun, piercing the shadows of
the prairie bunch grass, was not moro
vigilant than was the march of Sleuth,
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
THE CITY OF NIZAM.
Where Turk, Hindoo and Afghan Jostle
the Mohammetlan and Hadji.

Where Turk, Hindoo and Afghan JOstle
the Mohammedan and Hadji.
In the densely thronged streets of
Nizam the scantily clad negro, with
scarlet 'tarboosh" perched on his woolly
locks, jostles the dignifed Mohamme-
dan, true lord of the soil, in snowy tur-
ban and flowing robes; the long haired,
eagle featured Afghan strides alongside
of the fanatical Hadji, whose green
headgear shows that he has accomplish
ed the sacred pilgrimage to distant Nee
ca, and martial Rajputs dash past on
fiery chargers, dispensing gossiping
group of Sidis leaning like ebony statues
against the marble basin of the great
fountain which faces the Char Minar
A devout son of the prophet laves his
face i'll the silver spray before spreading
out his prayer carpet for the MONDAY
prisons, as the turbaned head of the
muezzin appears on the gallery of every
minaret, and the cry La Allah il AL
lah'' rings across the city. A Rohilla
chieftain, with jeweled dagger thrust
through da1k blue caftan, swings tho
heavy blunderbuss described i'll native
parlance as ''the tigers child" and
pushes aside q barbaric looking Pathan,
with leather shield apparently sport
ed as the insignia of full dress, like Il
sword III Il ballroom.
Olive skinned Hinduos glide stealth
lily through the crowd as though
shrinking from contact with the motley
assemblage, Solemn Turks sit cross
legged beside their coffee stalls, and
keen faced Parsees with sloping oilskin
hats, are engrossed with the arithmet-
Observation-Disclosures successfully mastered
by these astute descendants of the au-
cient Persians, in their modern charac-
ter of ''the Jews of India
A few Parsee ladies, with silkcn
"saris' Of cherry color lilac or apple
green, thrown back from white head
bands inscribed with sacred texts, drive
through the baZaars, but the absence of
women from the crowded thoroughfares
results from the cloistered seclusion Of
the "purdah," which imprisons the
majority of the fair sex.-All the Year
Round.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
A QUEER DISTINCTION.
1t Is That of a Man Who Was Once Swal-
lowed by an Alligator.

1t Is That of a Man Who Was Once Swal-
lowed by an Alligator.
Edward Rowland enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the only person living who
was swallowed by an alligator. The
saurian swallows his prey whole and
digests it at leisure. and it is to this
characteristic that Rowland owes his
life
When 4 boy, his parents owned Win
near Dunn's creek, where there are still
more alligators than can be found in
any place else in Florida.
At the time mentioned, it was liter
ally swarming with the huge reptiles,
and the largest ever killed were secured
here, one measuring over Is feet in
length.
Young Rowland had gone with his
parents to point on the st. Johns riv-
er, near the mouth of Dunn S creek, and
had wandered away from them. Sud
denly a huge gator emerged from u
small lake and started toward a creek,
coming Immediately past the place
where the boy was seated on the bank,
kicking pebbles. The child started to
run, but stumbling fell head first i'm
mediately in front of the reptile, which
swallowed him at once.
Young Rowland S screams We're heard,
and the parents reached the scene jusG
i'll time to see the disappearance of their
son down the huge throat of the sauri-
an, The father, never dreaming that
the boy was not killed, shot the alliga-
tor, the ball, fortunately, striking him
in the eye and penetrating the brain.
The feet of the boy were protruding
from the mouth of the dead alligator,
and with the thought of only obtaining
his remains for burial the reptile was
cut open. There were signs of life, and
after several hours of hard work the IA
ther succeeded in resuscitating the boy,
the only serious injury being to his am-
kles, which had been crushed by the
reptiles teeth when he was in the throes
of death.
Since that time Rowland has been
cripple, but only to the extent of having
to wear steel braces on his ankles
Rome Hustler.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
WHAT THE MOON SAW.

= little blue eyed innocent
Out in the yards at play
Had chased, without a thought of wrong,
A mother hen away.
Ter father spoke in earnest tones,
And grave the words he said,
While Sic, sad for her thoughtlcssness,
Went to her little bed.
AGAIN at night she sought the yards,
Fearless of ghosts or owls,
Where, upon L rch or nest or tree,
Slunbcrcd the precious fowls.
When thcy with terrifying noise
Flew o::t an OF, all wild,
The nl&;t : souGEt to lI-,ow the cause
And rlct lis l;:ntins - Id.
1Fathcr, l ca;nc to kiss the hen,"
She said in her sweet way,
HAnd eli her 1 w;:.' sorry cause
scared her yesterday"
The father claspel her in his arms
In E@Dpicst embrace.
"And l, too, "sSid the gentle moon,
81 kissed The dear, sweet face"
Agnes L. Mitchell.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
"WHAT 1T ALL MEANS"
Each eve she meets me at the gate.

Each eve she meets me at the gate.
Her brow has roses ON it,
And for one kiss she gives me eight
CThat means summer bounet.)
Each dish that most delights my eyes
Tho table has upon it,
And Dear, try this, and this" she cries.
(That means n summer bonnet.)
Ny slippers always are i'll sight.
Ny smoking cap, don it.
She strokes my hair, you're tired to-
night"
Chat means summer bonnct.)
Such kind attentionsl Never saw
The like! Heavens blessing on it!
God bless both wife and motherinlaw.
(That means a summer bOnnet.)
Ethel Kerr in Home and Country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

Treat the onion coarsely, writes Mrs.
r. l.. Stevenson, and he will be coarse
with you in turn, but handle him with
tact, with consideration, as if You
loved him, and you will be repaid a
thousandfold. With neither garlic nor
saffron nor the onion where would be
the glories of southern France, the bou-
illabaisse and the brandade?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
ComicaI Names of Great Men.

Calderon de la Barca has quite an
imposing sound, yet literally translat-
ed it reads Ships Copper; Torquato
Tasso means Chained Badger; Dante
stands for Stays Hide; Giovanni Boccac,
clio. Jack Bigmouth; Bramante, the IA
nous architect, despite his melodious
appellation, appears in the character of
a Wilmer, and Max Piccolomini is moth
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

In England there are ia widows to ev-
cry 54 widowers. In Italy their relative
numbers (per 1000 women and /, 900
mem are 1876 and 60, in France 1870 and
73, in Germany 13O. 8 and so, in Aus
tralia l2l and A
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
Have You a House
THAT is NOT INSURED?

THAT is NOT INSURED?
F. so, you want to place policy on it to-
l. day or tomorrow before you dine.
You want the risk taken, too, by a standard
company, such as d. p MILLER, of Cumber
land. represents. ANY policy is good until
fire occurs, but then it is you want pledge
of indemnity worth its lace in gold
Rates not quite as low as wildcat figures,
but the lowest consistent with certain and
perfect indemnity in event of loss. Apply to
j. B. ODER,
Dec IA JOURNAL Office. Frostburg, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

anagram:
A old woman with - intent
Put on her - and to market went.
-" said she, "give me- l pray,
The wherewithal to - this day
Each of the blanks is to be filled with
word of four letters, and the same let
ters occur in each of the five different
words. These words are consecutively
"vile, - "evil," well" Levi" and
"live. " We repeat that we are curious
to learn the name of the author of this
ingenious anagram puzzle. Chicago
Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

A Chicago photographer has eloped
with another mans wife. He can lard
ly expect the abandoned husband to
look pleasant. Washington Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

Neversink, the name of New York
river, is a corruption of Ne, wa sink, an
Indian word meaning Mad river.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont at S:i5 a. M : arrives at FrOStburg at
10:3i H. IN, and Train No s. leaving Frostburs
at ]: 10 p. M, reaches Piedmont at LBS p. m.
both trains stopping at all intermediate
stations.
son theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance ut theatre
leave Cumberland at close of performance
A II trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berand.
Nos. |, :, B. (, . and sdaily except Sunday
Nos. . and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satui-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
5and6 l.. NJ. HAMILTON.
Jan II Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
PittSbul.y Division.

PittSbu1g Division.
WESrBOUND.
No. 9-Pitlsburg Express leaves lib Il H.
63-Cumberland b" g dali
lv except Sunday $50 NJ
ll-Mail leaves .2:30 p n
g. 5-Chicago Limited. 9 m 400 p IN
EASTBOUND.
No. ln-Baltimore Express arrives. 2l5 Il n
6-Limited ..122O y m
l4-Mail " l25O u n,
64-Cumberland Exp. " dai-
ly except Sunday. 7:40 p n
46 and Al still cary passengers.
No. II is a local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No IA from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. Nos and 6 make 3stops each way
r. IT. ALLEN,
Jan II Agent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
Railroad Schedules, etc.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.

SCHEDULE
Eastward Stations Westward
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-02-02
Who Made This Neat Puzzlec

We should like to know the name of
the author Of the following puzzle and
anapram.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-23

Just as The Recorder expec-
ted-the supreme court, as 8
matter Of course, has affirmed
the decision of both the lower
courts In the case of the United
States against the Sugar Trust,
denying the constitutionality
and validity of the Sherman
antitrust act Of 1890. The
tariff act Of that year was fran
ed expressly to encourage and
promote the combination of 50
gar rsffnsTs kuvwn as the Eyuea.
Trust. II could have had and
was meant to have no other eff
feet. At the same time coner 81
passed a so called antitrust act.
which could have had and wa
meant to have no effect what
ever. Il was a mere blank cart.
ridge, intended to give the ap.
pearance Of opposition to mo
nopo'is, while congress was,
with the oil er hand, dispensing
bouniies for their support
Every time that an attempt hat
been made 10 put this anti Trust
act in force the courts have
knocked II out, and the public
has by this time learned that in
spite Of oil pretence TO the con-
trary the Sugar Trust owes liz
power 10 the mckinley act and
the congress Of 1890.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-23
csnesssratisn d wealth.

Speaking Of the concentration
of wealth in the hand sof a few
the Boston Herald says /; "Thit
Is not q national problem in
fact, II is international in IT,
character, and is one which men
all over the world are endeayor
ing to solve. So far as we can
see now, the best way TO place
limits would be to impose an in
heritance tax Of sufficient mag
nitude TO prevent the perpetua-
ton Of these estates--ihat Is %
adopt the Australian, or, better,
tie New Zealand method of q
progressive inheritance tax.
Which would fall with such re
verify upon those who died DOS.
scssed Of estates worth $4,000
or 100000 600 that II would 20
far toward eliminating them
IL Is true, the tar in these Aus
tralian colonies does not, we be-
lieve, exceed is per cent. Of The
sum total Of the estate, but then
The colonist have not had 10
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-01-23

The RECORDER cannot at pres
ent give much about the doings
Of the Legislature. Agreat many
bills have been introduced; in til,
Senate bills have been introduced
to abolish the geological survey
to regulate the rate of interest; t
make the fee for marriage licens'
$3.50; TO amend the constitution
Of North Carolina, reducing tn,
homestead exemptions, on rea'
property from $1,000 to $500, anC
personal property exemption,
from $500 to 5000. We hope t.
be able to give more next week
II is stated that the bill to reduc,
the legal rate of interest to 6 pei
cent. was introduced BY Demo
Gratis.
II is strange, free silver was the
cry in the last campaign, but last
week, the Populists voted down a
resolution instructing Congress tc
pass a free coinage bill.