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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
Both Averse to Interference.

At the corner Of Fourth avenue and
Smithtield street a lady from Glenwood
entered a crowded outgoing Car. The
conductor knew who she was, and that
she resided in Glenwood. He suspected
that she had made mistake, and that
she thought she was on Second avenue
car, so he crowded up the aisle and po-
itoly inquired
"Whero are you going, LADY,"
THAT S my business she tartly re-
piled.
The conductor said nothing more, and
the car sped along through the dark,
crossing the Monongahela through the
covered Tenth street bridge and rapidly
putting space between it and Glenwood.
When it entered the big Knoxville in
cline elevator and stopped, nobody said
word. After minutes wait up the
prccipice it started, leaving the spar
king electric lights far below.
My goodness, " screamed the Glen
wood woman to the conductor, "where
is this car going?"
''That s my business,' dryly replied
the conductor. r.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

nalstic friend II must see the prince.
It's absolutely necessary to my future.
I am determined to talk to him. There
is no one else i'll this part Of the car but
ourselves. Suppose you forced an unwel-
come attention on me-what should l
be most likely to do?'
"You'd run away, wouldn't you?'
hazardcd.
"Run where?" she gasped. "Where
should run to:''
Into the next car, by Jove," an
swered, catching the daring idea.
"That S it" And the girl from Frisco
literally danced i'll her seat with delight.
"Don't you understandable prince is
young, he is chivalrous-even hot head
ed, they say If you will pursue me in
to the next car l will be your friend for
life, Will you do it?'
She sat there with both hands extend
ed toward Inc i'll an attitude of suppli-
cation. l saw Parkin coming down tho
aisle from the smoker i'll the rear end
and witnessed the astonishment on his
face. He ducked out again as silently as
ghost
1t was risky business this chasing
women into princes caravans, but still
it was business. Lord, if l could only
get that royal Austrian to punch my
head, that and the story leading up to it
would sell like new Yankee toy in the
Strand 1t was a good enough thing to
take chance ON.
~, cnil GOO M,
Like lightning she was off down the
aisle, past the smoking compartment,
where my Winnipeg friends We're await
ing my arrival, and into the rear coach
Three piercing shrieks uttered as she
disappeared brought Il crowd of foreign
nOtables to her rescue, and | was uncer-
enormously hustled off the platform by
one of the biggest of the lot. The next
instant was struggling desperately in
the arms Of those three engineers from
Winnipeg, who swore l had suddenly
gone insane and wanted to telegraph my
friends 1t took me half an hour to ex-
plain matters to them and to the con-
ductor, whose Indignation passed all
understanding. Then Miss Stanford
emerged, leaning Oh lne arm OF Stlll
backed dignitary Of the Austrian court,
who bowed her into our car with pro-
found ceremony.
"Shake hands," she cried, her face
flushed with excitement and satisfac-
ton, "shaIe both hands, kiss me if you
want to. I've got 1.-THE best story that
ever was printed. "
Somehow l always thought that Miss
Stanford forgot to print the best part of
the story. And this is the whole truth
about that interview with Ferdinand. -
Arthur James Peglar in st. Louis Re
public.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
How Bored Irishman Silenced a Crowd
of Self Admitted Genials.

There We're four of them, as genial,
good natured, whole souled retailers of
old wives tales as ever got together in
the smoking compartment Of a sleeping
car. They bad all fed we'll in the diner
and settled down with the anticipation
of enjoying II long evening of yarn
swapping. They spread themselves over
m many Of the seats of the smoker as
they could cover and crowded into a
corner large, round faced, jolly look
ing lrishman, who was enjoying his
after dinner cigar. Somehow he wasn't
amused by the stories. The narrators
spread themselves, but they couldn't
fcaze him, and the bored expression on
his face grew i'll intensity as the stories
went on. The stories We're not funny.
Once in awhile there was CLEAN of
humor, but for the most part they were
just commonplace or vulgar. But they
seemed irresistibly humorous to the
four, who pelted their thighs and
wheezed and chorttled and roared as
each i'll turn finished his yarn.
AT last the big Irishman could endure
it no longer, and he broke in:
THAT reminds me of the farmer who
caught three boys stealing apples in his
orchard ~
The original four turned toward him
with a look Of expectant triumph, ready
to yell at the first sign of conclusion.
He chased them, went on the Irish
man, "and they all ran up tree.
Come down, said the farmer, but they
wouldn't.
"'Will ye come down for once?'
asked the farmer.
"'Wc will not, answered the boys.
Will ye come down for twice.
"'We will not.
"'Will ye come down for three
times?'
$50 they all came down
And with that the big Irishman wink
ed at the only other man in the COM
Iartment who was not of the story tell
ing crowd. The yarn spinners laughed
uiroariously for second or two, and
then light went up, as the Germans
say, and they stopped suddenly They
Hooked at one another for u minute
seurching for the point, and then one
@fsd, with yawn and Il stretch: "Well
guess it's bedtime. Good night" " And
t.se party broke up, wondering. New
York SIM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
AN EXPRESSMAN'S HARVEST.
Queer Things the Northern Soldiers Sent
Homo From the Var

The greatest harvest rcaped by the
prlnclpal express companies was during
the late war Of the rebellion, when ,ev-
erything WIS sent and received by cx-
press, 10 matter what the cost. The
writer CT this sketch had a varied and
somewhat tedious experience in the bust :
ness during that prCtracted disturbance,
and was witness to many scenes of SOM
bcr and many Of q humorous character
FhCso were mostly seen in the returns
from the seat of war just after battle
Sometimes after victorious Federal
action, or the capture of a rebel town,
the officers, as we'll as the men, made a
practice Of sending home trophies they
had captured. These often were house
hold effects Of comparatively little val
ne, and cost the recipients at homo a
large tax for express transportation.
Sometimes Evc stock was sent, consist
ing largely Of dogs and donkeys, some-
times singing bird, or fowls of pecul-
lar breed. On Cne occasion a stalwart
negro fellow was received at the Boston
Office, sent by an officer who found he
could do nothing else with him and
thought he might be Of use on his farm
at homo. The grinning darky had card
firmly fastened about his neck, giving
the address whore to land him, with this
direction: Feed and grub this nigger
all that he needs"
1t was sad, however, to see the
rough boxes often piled up outside the
Office containing the remains of the
boys in blue sent home for burial among
tho scenes which they had left short
time before for the southern battlefelds.
These relics often proved a burdensome
cost to their bereavcd families at home.
We were always glad to forward remit
tances of money to the oftentimes dis
treSacd ones at home. The business
transacted by some of the big expresses,
Adams & Co., for instance, was Of enor-
nous proportions, and added largely to
the wealth of many proprictors, the ter
riblo war proving Il godsend to them at
least.-BOston Transcript
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
THE CITY.

The lilacs in my garden blow.
Wide meadows ring my garden round
In that green wood wild violets grow
And pale frail cuckoo flowers are found.
For all you see and all you hear
The city might be miles away,
And yet you feel the city near
Through all the quiet of the day.
Sweet smells the earth, new washed with rain.
Wet leaves CLEAN in the moonlight pale,
And in the wood behind the lane
hear the hidden nightingale.
Though field and wood about me lie,
Soft hushed in dewy deep delight,
Yet | can hear the city sigh
Through all the silence of the night.
For me the skylark nests and sings;
For me the vine her garland weaves;
The swallow folds her glossy wings
To build beneath my cottage caves.
But | can feel the giant near,
Can hear all day his sad slaves weep
And when at last the night is here
hear him moving in his sleep.
Oh for a little space of ground,
Though never flower should make it gay
Where miles of meadow Tapped me round
And leagues and leagues of silence layi
Oh for wind lashed, trcelcss down,
a black night and lonely way,
silence deep enough to drown
The voice that mocks me night and dayI
New York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
To Supplant Tin Cans.

Cans made of paper pulp are being in
troduced to take the place of tin cans
for containing all kinds of preserved
products says the New York sun. The
occasional cases of poisoning from can
ned goods are due to tho contents be-
coming tainted through the cans not be-
ing alright. Many millions of tin cans
are used annually by canned goods fac
tories in this country, and such cases of
injury from tainted goods are compara-
lively rare, but because it is possible,
through slight defects in the solder or
minute breaks in the cans, for such dan
ger to result, the Gamers have been
looking for Il satisfactory substitute for
tin. 1t is believed that this has at last
been found i'll the paper pulp cans, They
are oilproof as we'll us waterproof, will
not expand or contract, and will stand
as much rough usage i'll shipment as tin
cans, and PEI haps more
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
CHINESE GORDON.


The Famous Englishman's Resignation and
Prophetic Message to the Khedive.
A correspondent writing to The Scot
tish American says: One chilly morn
ing at Suez, in the winter of 1S79-SO,
| received Il message from Colonel Cor
don. He had just landed from Suakin,
and wished to see me. | found him seat
ed in room at the old Suez hotel, with
his black secretary and trusty factotum,
MChammed Ell Tohamy, and q few
friends, including the governor of the
town.
Poor Mohammed Ell Tohamy, who was
destined to see his master fall at Khar-
tum and probably shared his fate, was
looking cold and miserable, and no.
ticed he was slipping some hot mixture
of which the aroma did not seem fam
iliar.
On my entering Gordon exclaimed:
81 have resigned the governor gem
eralship Of the Sudan and am return
ing to England The khedive's ministers
dared to send me instructions, and so I
have resigned Now, tell me honestly,
what will the world say of my work
in the Sudan after the years l have
spent there? What is the apparent re-
sult?"
| said something to the effect that his
namo would live and be remembered.
aye, he rejoined, 'but what visible
trace remains of my exile and labor? It
is now God s will that should abandon
my task, and there is absolutely moth
ing to show-nothing for the world to
gaze at except'--he added this with a
curious smile and pointing to the shiv-
ering son of the tropics at the other side
of the except, perhaps, that I
have taught my Mohammedan secretary
to drink hot toddy at 10 in the morn
ing"
Certainly Gordon's work was not in
tended for show. At Alexandria he had
an audience with the late khedive,
Tcwfk Pasha, at which he rendered his
resignation, and then, removing his fez,
the badge of allegiance, addressed some
words of stirring advice to his highness,
''as from an independent English gen.
tlcman. Before embarking for Europe
Gordon wrote famous telegram to the
khcdive-"M Meme, Meme, Tekel, Uphar-
sin"-which was shown to me and to
the correspondent of great London
newspaper but it is question whether
it was ever dispatched from Malta. In
any case, it was curiously prophetic.
Within two years the Sudan was in
open revolt and Egypt under foreign
pfIltTn1
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
A Erc- With Eour Wings,

Tho curiosity Of tropical Africa is tho
wonderful fly ng frog, first described by
Biz ho1f OF the equatorial African eXpe
dttion, which returned to Europe in the
fall Of 1894. This oddity of the reptile
family is about the size Of common
bulIfrCg and resembles other members
of tho order Of batrachians in every
thing but it's feet, each of which is
webbed and enormously enlarged, so
much so as TO form splendid substitutes
for true wings. The creature has five
toes On each of the other two, which
makes four separate membranes Gu each
Of its hind feet and three on each fore
foot, or II i'll all. In his description of
it Bishoff says, each leg terminates
i'll Il sort of fan, and with these the lit
tie reptile paddles the air like a locust,
or like a partially fiedged bird testing
it's pinions for the first time
Although somewhat awkward in its
flight, tho winged frog can dart through
the air at a speed of about ten yards per
second and can keep itself going for
ward at that rate for from 10 to Is sec
onds. The average distance covered by
these spurts of grasshopperlille flight is
from rs to 125 yards, but Bishoff men
sions instances where the flying frog
cleared sandy stretches 200 yards in
width. st. Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
THINNING FRUIT.
1t Makes a More Profitable Crop and savei
the Trees.


Tho mex; essential thing after YOU
have got your fruit started says Mr.. J.
II. Hale, the Connecticut fruit grower,
is a judicious tltinning of it. | believe
the thinning Of apples should begin
when they first begin to bear. A we'll
planted and we'll fed tree will begin to
bear early. Only let it bear little. AL
low some of the strength to go into the
development Of the fruit buds for next
year. Next year thin pretty closely then
by and by you will huilh up an orchard
that viii have no off years in it, There
isn't an off year. 1t is because the ap-
pies are in the hands of an off man.
Thinning constantly would bring it into
constant bearing.
1t is seed growing that exhausts the
vitality. There are no more seeds i'll
large fruit than i'll a small one, and a
large one doesn take any more vitality
out of tree If kcitfer pear tree has
on ii q Thousand pears, and you take off
400 of thcm, tic balance will weigh as
much as the whole of them and bring
more money, weakening the tree only
half as E,uch. Our rule for thin
ming peaches is not to leave one within
four inches Of another. This covers the
ground with green fruit and looks like
destruction, but at the end of the season
there are more bushels than there would
have been.
Thin by hand. Put stcpladdcrs under
the trees and put boys on them whose
bump Of destructivCncss is large, and
tell them to go ahead. We begin when
tho peaches are threc-quarter ers of an inch
i'll diameter, and take every. hing that is
curculio stang and diseased These we
cart away and burn. The rest that are
taken OFF are dropped on the ground and
left there. II future our three or four
year old peach trees shall not bear over
250 peaches; our four or five year old
trees not over 300, and full grown trees
not over 800. That means six inches
apart; 800 peaches on Il tree will make
six to eight baskets of fancy fruit Three
thousand peaches to tree won't make
more nor sell for more money, and the
trees ere ruined. Hartford Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
Early Use of Gunpowder.

War destroys, and at the same time is
the incentive for the creation of new
things War and iron are inseparably
linked together. The discovery of gun
powder caused a complete revolution i'll
the manufacture of iron. The mixing of
sulphur, saltpeter and coal as toy had
been known tor long time. Hence, to
speak of the discovery of gunpowder in
the fourteenth century only refers to
the application of powder during that
century for the purposes of war. To
credit the Monk Bertold Schwarz, or
Black, with the discovery Of gunpow der
is incorrect. However, his investiga-
tions into the nature of powder and its
constituents for use as an applicable
fOrco i'll guns produced a radical change
i'll the then customary warfare, and
from that standpoint Bertold Schwarz
deserves to lie recognized as the pro-
mOter of modern warfare.
Hundreds Of years before Schwarz' S
time the Chinese used gunpowder.
The invention Of field guns is credited
to the Chinese Emperor Vit:y, or Wut-i,
who lived 40 years before Christ. Dur
ing the eleventh century the Tartars
learned the use of gunpoWder from the
Chinese. The Arabs acquired the knowl
edge Of gunpowdcr from the Tartars
and are sad to have used cannon at the
siege of Lisbon i'll 1147. The Greek fire
was invented i'll GGS A. D., and besides
setting fire to the enemies ships and
cities was used to shoot leaden balls
out CT metal cannon. Marcus Graccus,
who lived a. d. 1204-l2G1, describes
gunpOwder as IL mixture of two pounds
Of coal, pound of sulphur and six
pounds Of saltpeter. Age.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895.
THE STRAYED REVELER.

As she fees up the mountain side
Tho valley is astir
With gay companions racing wide
In win pursuit of h"r.
In every tangled copsC they seem
To see her streaming hair,
And where the wild white lilies CLEAN
Her face a lily there.
But, laughing, hand to side to still
The beating of her heart,
Tiptoc upon the lonely hill
She stands, with lips apart.
The gay rout pas es, and there falls
A silence in the place.
Again the cuckoo softly calls,
The watchful squirrels race.
Then, like sigh among the trees,
y wind is softly heard,
And, like leaf blown down the breeze,
There darts songless bird.
For one swift moment then she slips
Into a world apart.
She thinks Of mold upon her lips
And dust about her heart.
Frank Tooker in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

The cantain turncd nala.

The captain turned pale.
SIS there no hope?' he asked in a
trembling voica,
"Nono, answered tho executive Off
Ger sOlennly
The commander raised his trumpet to
his lips.
"Man tho Iifcboatl" he shouted
through the tempest
A monent later hn lvft tho shin.
No, sho was not sinking She was
four hours late, and the captain pre-
ferred to t2;o his chances with the
storm to remaining on board and get
ting his picture in tho newspapers. -
Detroit Wriu.u4.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
Doubtful Sympathy.

Pat Regain had a face on him that, as
he had once remarked himself, was an
"oflinse to the landscape" " Next to his
LONELINESS his poverty was the most
conspicuous part of him. An Irish neigh
Dor met him recently, when the follow
ing colloquy ensued:
AN how are ye, Pat?"
Moighty bad, intoirely. It's shtarva-
tion that's shtarin me in the face
Is that so? Sure, an it can't be very
pleasant for ayther Of yez Montana
Columbian.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
Easy.

"Nirvana, said the business man s
wife, who has taken to occult subjects,
"is place where we see, feel and hear
nothing, How to reach this peaceful
condition is the great question "
Huh y replied her husband, eff you
had been i'll business as long as have,
you would know that it's easy"
'How would you go about it?'
I'D simply quit advertising. -
Washington Star
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
East twar,l

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont ut $40 Il. M; arrives at Frosthurg ut
l0:35 Il. m, and Train No. s, leaving FroStburg
at LIS p. m, reaches Piedmont ut 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
berland.
Nos. |, 2, 3, 4, and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos. . and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sutur
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
5 and 6. l.. NJ. HAMI LION
May Is Superintcndcnt
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
The Modern Daughter.

81 wish to ask your permission to
pay my addresses to your daughter, -
said the old fashioned young man.
"All right, " said the old gentleman.
eff can get her permission to give you
my permission, go ahead "--lndiauapo-
lis JOnlnnl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23
Some Pcculiarities. Of Icebergs.

Derclicts and icebergs are among the
dangers to which vessels are constantly
exposed, the latter being perhaps the
more formidable of the two, because
there are more of them at certain sea-
sOnS. and there is 10 telling VIXEN one
Of these monsters may heave in sight.
An ordinary iceberg shows one ninth of
its bulk above water. During the pres
ent season a number of these masses of
iee-at least 100 feet high-have been
encountered by steamships. 1t is scarcely
possible to imagine an iceberg with 900
feet OF its bulk below water. One cap
tain reports having seen an enormous
field Of ice at least 300 feet high and
1900 feet long 1t had evidently but
just turned over, as the upper portion
was full of sharp angles and points, and
the water was trickling down its side.
One Of the greatest dangers from ice
bergs is being i'll their vicinity when
they turn ovor. Tho sea currents wash
and melt them into all sorts of fantastic
figures and points. They melt below so
much more rapidly than above that the
center Of gravity becomes disturbed, and
they turn with tremendous force. Some
times the disturbance is almost equal to
a tidal wave and is sufficient to upset
any small craft that may be III its way
New York Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

When the common carthworm Is cut
in two to the tail, there grows head,
and to the head there grows a tail, and
two animals are formed. AS the wound
heals a small white button is formed,
Which afterward develops into rings and
q perfect extremity
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Mrs, Emma Smith Dc Voc lately Or
ganized an equal suffrage club at BOISE
City, with the chief JUSTICES wife as
president, and the wifo of the con-
gresham elect aasecrotary, Many WON.
en- of high moral and social standing arc
members.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Visitor Ito attendant friar in the re-
fectory of a convent)-Are we allowed
to smoke here?
Friar-No, sir
Visitor-Then where do all those
stumps Of cigars come from that l see
lying about?
Friar-From those gentlemen who
didn't ask. --Taglichc Rundschau.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Ehc largest wine cask in the world is
IN the Paris establishment called the
''Hallo aux Wins. Its capacity is S,710
gallons
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Some one says that, although it is sad
to see family relics sold at auction, the
most painful thing under the hammer is
generally ones thumb u..il
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Tho amount Of wealth invested in our
manufactures is iIcrcaaiuS in larger
proportion than that put into amy other
form of producticn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

A shell which has lain under water
for 200 years may explode if brought to
the surface.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

The sHr throws vertical rays on tho
earth enrfacc only upon an area equal
to about 30 square miles at any one
time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

In 1870 the Thames frozo solid and
fair was held ON the ice. 1t was kept
opGn for n!ue weeks
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-23

Mrs. GrCcne-It is SO discouraging!
My husband finds fault with almost ev-
srything I set before him.
Mrs. Stalemato-You don't mean to
Say your husband takes his meals at
homol Well, | never Boston Tran
script.