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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-01
Right Arm Paralyzed!
Saved from St. Vitus Dance.

"Our daughter, Blanche, now flf-
teen years of age, had been terribly
afflicted with nervousness, and had
lost the entire use of her right arm.
We feared ST. Vitus dance, and tried
the best physicians, with no benefit.
She has taken three bottles of DR..
Miles Nervine and has gained 81
pounds. Her nervousness and symp-
toms of st. Vitus dance are entirely
gone, she attends school regularly,
and has recovered complete use of
her arm, her appetite is splendid"
MRS Il. X. BULLOCK, Brighton. N, Y.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-01
The Heady Pin,

What's that you say, my boy?
The teacher says you are as sharp as
needle?
Well, probably she meant to compli-
ment you, my boy. have no doubt she
did, but remember that needles always
60 into things with their eyes closed.
You don't wan: to be like that.
Now, there's the pin. The pin has a
head, you will notice, which prevents
it going in too far.
Be like the pin, my boy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-01
WANTED.

A GENTS to sell our new book, Diction.
"a airy of United States History, by
Prof j. Franklin Jameson. Needed by every
teacher pupil and family; Endorsed by press
week, Successful agents will be made gen.
eral agents. Big Pay
PURITAN PUBLISHING CO.,
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-01
Moses KimbaII.

The late Moses Kimbali Of Boston,
who made his money rs a theatrical
manager in that city, was an interesting
character. For many years his ambi-
ton was to BIO mayor, but the politi-
clans never took kindly to his aspira-
ton. When he was an alderman, be-
fore the war, he voted and spoke against
allowing Daniel Webster the use of
Faneuil hall to refute the abolition ar
guments of Wendell Phillips. Boston
Letter.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12

Bible MOneu.

One often hears free silver speakers
refer to silver as the money of the peo-
pie during biblical days. This is done
with a great deal of gusto and consid-
cradle flourish of trumpets.
Any one who has read anything of
the old testament can readily figure
out that silver was mere token money
in biblical days. When Abraham pur-
chased burning place for Sarah he
had to give 400 sheckles in silver for it,
or in our money $4,000.
The old testiment is particular when
using the word sheckle to designate it
as gold or silver. The reason for this
is very plain when it is known that a
sheckle of silver was only worth SAX
cents and sheckle of gold was worth
Ss.75. This is what King James Ok
ford Bible says:
This proves beyond the cavil of
doubt that there must have been coin
age at the ratio OF '14 to l" not quite
sixteen to one, but near it. 1t takes
IA 1927 silver sheckles to equal in
value gold sheckle. 1t becomes ap-
parent to the most casual observer
that all values were based on sheckles
of gold, for they are 7more frequently
mentioned than silver. 1t can be seen
from the relative values OF the sheckles
of the two metals that it took too
much silver to complete an ordinary
transaction. If il took 400 pieces to
buy small burying lot it would have
taken two horse wagon load to have
purchased little farm, therefore most
of the transactions of those days must
have been done with gold, as that was
before the days of the certified check.
Along in this connection it might be
we'll to note that from that day to this
the Hebrews have stood for sound
money. This was transmitted to them
as part of their belief.
The News maintains that the ancient
people of God knew as well as we do
, the relative value of the two metals
! hence we see such a great disparity
in the value of the two metals.
There may have been some of those
: ancient politicians who were candi-
dates for the Sanhedran who took the
stump and made plea for the coinage
/ of silver sheckle at ratio of is to
/" who can tell; but the record of
, those people brings it clearly to the
. fore that gold was the great fxer of
values, or in other words the standard.
Another thing is brought out and
| that is that those ancient people had
cattle on a thousand hills and were
very prosperous people-Jackson News
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12

Hon. II. M. Street, a delegate from
Mississippi to the national Democratic
convention which nominated Cleve-
land and Stevenson for president and
vice-president at Chicago in 1899. and
who helped to make the national Demo
cratic platform, in card over his own
signature writes as follows;
Certain newspapers advocating the
silver plank of the populite plat
form. use the term "goldbug" so gibly
that am constrained to ask ifa Demo
crat must get on the populite platform
with both feet to save himself from
classification as a gold monometaI-
list? Having taken part in making
the unational Democratic platform,
have always believed it was the place
for Democrats to stand. Why not
stand ON it and contend for the coinage
of both gold aud silver without dis-
crimination in favor or against either
metal? Why coutend that populists
are right in demanding that the owner
ot so cents worth of silver bullion
shall have the same right to have II
coined free into a dollar, that the
owner of a dollars worth of gold has9
ybv not stand by the democratic doc
trine of equality and let both mets IS
be coined on their merits and at their
real value?"
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12
ETCErERA.

In 1893 the Thames and all other riv.
ers of England and Scotland froze
over. The Seine, Rhine and Danube
were closed to navifiation early in De-
cember. The Dardanelles and Helles-
pont froze, as did many bays and in
let's of the Mediterranean. Ice formed
in Algiers and the Strait of Gibralter
was almost inpassable from drift ice.
The hands of female mummies found
in the tombs of Egypt are literally COW
cred with rings, in many instances
there being from two to six on every
finger. In some cases these orna-
ments are composed wholly of gold.
but in others, which probably repre-
sents all that is left of some poor man IS
wife or daughter. the rings are brass,
glass or pottery ware.
DR.. Moffatt, the distinguished mis-
sionary and father-in-law of DR.. Liv-
ingstone, once preached . long sermon
to tribe in the interior of Africa.
Shortly after he had finished he saw
that the crowds were gathering around
very common looking savage. To
his surprise, however, the lad mount
ed stone and repeated every word of
the sermon that had just been fin
ished.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12

If there is one good quality above
another in man or woman that we ad-
mire it is positiveness of character,
One of these wishy -washy fellows who
sit continually with leg on either
side of the fence afraid toAcome down
until the matter is perfectly safe and
thoroughly settled. is donkey for
which we have the greatest pity. No
one ever lost the friendship of a man,
whose friendship was worth darn,
by taking Il decided stand on every
question. A man with no opinion OF
his own, or one afraid to express an
idea If he has one, is just an automa,
ton. "a piece of human machinery
that's all. We admire a man with
honest convictions ard nerve enough
to express them, even though he is
honestly wrong. .-Yazoo Sentinel.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12

The sword that Byron used in mis-
brief campaign for the Independence
of Greece now hangs in a Chicago din
ing-room. 1t was brought home from
Greece by Colonel Miller, of Mont
pelier, VT. 1t is an interesting souve-
uir of warfare, but it is doubtful if it
shed as much blood as the lancet with
which the doctors tapped the veins of
the unlncky fever-stricken poet a few
hours before he died.-Daily Picayune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12
WHERE THEY CAME FROM,
Origin OF Some Familiar House
hold Articles.

Goblets with stems and stands like
those we use to-day were employed in
Troy 900 B. c. Among the valuable
objects found by DR.. Schliemann was a
golden goblet. Vessels of this metal
were commonly employed in the SER
vice OF the tenn les. A curious goblet
with three stems has been found at
Pompeii. Its use is conjectural, but
the supposition is that it was used to
pour libations to the gods.
.Saltcellars first came into use in me-
dieval times; there was only one on the
table, and it held from two to three
quarts. The salt was placed about the
middle of the tables length. At the
upper end sat the lord of the castle or
palace and his intimates, and the salt
cellar marked the dividing line be-
tween the associates of the noblemen
and dependents, SO that to "sit below
the salt" meant social inferiority.
Among the Arabs practice from time
immemorial has prevailed of churning
by placing the milk in leather skins
which were shaken or beaten until the
butter came. The Huns did their chur-
ming by tying bag of milk to short
lariat. the other end of which was fas-
tened to the saddle. The horse was
put at a brisk gallop, and after round
of some miles the churning was con-
| sid arad to he accom- Mi iShad
Smoothing irons were first used in
France. and are supposed to have been
French invention, being introduced
in the sixteenth century. After the
introduction of starch linens were first
made smooth by pressure, being starch.
ed and placed between two boards.
This being found not to give the best
results resort was next had to pressure
with cold fatiron, and finally the
iron was heated to impart the polish
now considered Indispensable.
Teapots were the invention of either
the indians or the Chinese, and are OF
uncertain antiquity. They came tC
Europe with tea in 1910.
Dishes of gold aud silver used in
ia hle service in 900 B. c. were found al
Troy by DR.. Sehliemann. One of these
was about the size now employed.
| Outer blinds for windows were un
known until the fourteenth century
The Venetian or interior blinds are sc
called because they were first used in
| Venice.
| Pepper casters were used by the
Athenians, pepper being a common con
diment. They were placed on the
table with the salt in England in the
sixteenth century.
The first patent for sewing machine
was issued in England in 1890. Thi'
early invention was not successful, ant
other patents were issued in 1904, ISL
and scores of times since.
Rocking cradles for babies were uset
by the Egyptians many centuries be
fore Christ. Among the pictures
| copied by Belzoni is one of an Egyp
tian mother at work with her foot OF
the cradle.
Tumblers of nearly the same shape
and dimensions as those employed to
day have been found in great mum ber'
in Pompeii. They were of gold, silver
glass, agate, marble and other sem
precious stones.-People's Journal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-04-12

The following. under the caption of
"Your Vote" from the Commercial
Appeal, is being widely reproduced in
Mississippi, which elects officers this
year from governor to constable:
"You may say your vote is your own,
to do with it as You please. But it is
not so. 1t is true thai no man and no
power can control you as to how or for
whom you shall cast it. That is be-
cause the law trusts you to use it as a
means of promoting the general well
fare. You hold it in. trust for this
purpose. Your vote will count for or
against every man, woman or child in
the community. You are under a
moral obligation to so cast it as to ad-
vance the public good. In good con-
science you have no right to cast it
lightly, for personal ends, or without
!, reference to the merits of candidates
You have no more right by your vote
to put bad man, a dangerous man, or
incompetent nan in Office than you
have to destroy the property, to dis.
turb the peace of your neighbors. 1t
is just as true of the elective franchise
as it is of public trust. Every elector
is public servant charged with a
public duty. The man who imagines
that his vote is his personal property in
the sense that he has a right to bestow
il as favor just as he would give u
cigar or a dinner to a pleasant COM
panion, does not understand the obli-
cations OF good citizenship. When
you vote II is your duty to vote for
good government for an honest, clean
and cap ible administration of public
affails; for the conservation of public
morals; for fearless and impartial en-
forcement of the law. See that every
candidate you vote for will stand this
test and you will have discharged your
duty as citizen"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
rock ISLAND TRAIN HELD tP
FIVE MASKED MEN 9on THE PASSENGERS AND
SHOOT THE EMPRESS MESSENGER

FIVE MASKED MEN 9OB THE PASSENGERS AND
SHOOT THE EMPRESS MESSENGER
oklahoma city Okla. April Five men stopped
a Rock Island train near Dover. l. T., at a late
hour last night. and made a desperate attempt
T., SECURE tho contents OF the safe in the express
car The express messenger. Jones. refused TO open
IN. door and was shot througI crack
I'm the door, sustaining serious wound Ihe
robbers went through the ears. whi,h were well
nIlcJ with passengers and compelled them TO empty
their pockets. securing In this way about $50 SIX
watches. two diamond rings and other articles OF
value Conductor James Mack tells the following
story OF the robbery
.After taking water at Dover, Two robbers ran
out from between the water tank and the coal tank
climbed upon the engine. and held the engineer ana
urclneu under their revolvers. ordering them 10
stop AZ "A gate quarter OF "A mile beyond Dover
They made the engineer bring the engine 10 a
s,op and one OF them eveled his pistol at me
and told me to hold up my hands and get on the
engine. which did He took 81 from me- and then
wont through the pockets OF the lorter, but got
uoth.rg They then ordered us all to get OH the
engine and get In the baggage ear Inc door OF
the ear was locked. They ordered the messenger.
on penalty of death, to open he door OF the car
bu, could get no answer. They then shot the mes
senrer through the crack In the door. The mes
seneer got out on the opposite side OF the car and
found two more robbers lying In wait for him
They rushed at him. but on his saying mat he was
wound with his handkerchief Then they ordered
the fireman to break open the bagSagecar door
lie worked at Il until exhausted ana the engineer
was then compelled To finish the JOB. Iney could
not however, get the safe open. so they aDahdoLeu
the iob and devoted themselves to the thoroughly
terrified passengers After getting all the passengers
had they apoogized with the remark that S umeS
were hard. and made their escape They neglected
TO 20 through the sleeper. 49, ,,,.,
As soon the train reached klngiisner, oneriI
pn,chott and United States Marshal Madsen, OF
Ei Reno were informed OF the crime and specal
rain carried them to the scene OF the hold-up.
They soon found the trail OF the robbers across
the Clmmaron River and followed In pursuit OF the
bandits who are supposed to be led by Dick
WAGER an outlaw whose headquarters are In
Chevenne County. \ carload OF officers and horses
was sent from I'll Reno TO Dover early thls morn
ing TO be used In the pursuit OF the robbers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
THE BRENOORTT TO BE CLOSED
FAMOUS HOTEL TO co OUT OF BUSINESS.
DISAGREEMENT OVER THE QUESTION OF RENT
SOME wEiI-KNoWN PEOPLE WHO HAVE

DISAGREEMENT OVER THE QUESTION OF RENT
SOME wErL-KNowN PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EEEN GUESTS AT THE ESTABLISHMENT.
The announcement was made by authority last
evening that the Brevoort House, at Fifth-ave.
and Clinton Place. VIII close on Monday April
l.. The lease of the present proprietor. Octavus
+. Libbey expires on May /. He became pro-
prietor of the hotel in August 1854. The house
was originally opened in 1884 under the pro-
prietorship Of Curtis Jrdson and Mr.. TIFFANY
Albert Clark became proprietor in 1850. In 1866
he took in as partner c. c. Waite. who came to
this city from Chicago.
Mr. Libbey came TO the hotel in 1871. filing the
position Of clerk About 1875 Mr.. Waite was
taken seriously ill., and after that time took little
active interest in the business Of the hotel In
February. 1850. Mr.. Waite died, and his Oldest
SON Charles Il. Waite who later on was elected
an Alderman. took charge Of the hotel Young
Mr.. Waite had been brought up in the hotel in
a practical way. and had had good deal Of
sway in controlling the details Of the business
but his political aspirations intcrfered somewhat
with the conduct Of affairs In 1884 Mr.. Libbey
took the unexpired lease # the Br"voort, and re-
nowcd the contract six months later for five
years In 1890 the lease was renewed for 1--WE
years.
The Broyoort House was formerly one Of the
most prominent family houses IN the c'y' com
bining the quiet element IF social hospitality
I.r 49, ..Ii,i.,, and di,lornatic features of
VII" '"r P''''''''
metropolitan hi"
Th. Rrovllrt Hous, IN its time has been the
roint of concentration for more prominent poo-
.,,..-, ,,,, ,,b,r hotel If an ox.,u.iye
pc ''''' "'' ,.-, - .t,,,,
character in the CITY 'i'' ''''H -'''""'' l'"'''
excepted
,r,,.,,+,. ,cars ago Tho hotel was a m ldci es-
-, ,.t, .,I .., ,,., io,.i.l,I-
""'S"'''''' W ''
and luxuriousy fitted up. and Was the gather
,, ,.l,,.. ~ tbc most exclusive people being
''H '''', H., ,.,.i,.r'rs u y
I""''''"'' '''3 -, .e III
Wthors IN" w'U-kn"Wn patron "i 'h' 'u''' H"
hts home there for manv years. and died N tn"
h.,,
, ,,,. r.,.. m, 10
Among i'' prominent i''''
Il their headquarters w,r' Queen hmi"'' "l '""
sauIvyI.. Islands. charles summer ami John \.
,, .b w. =. .,...~r.r ~ Massachusetts,:
"''''"' ~" D.,
James y GARFIELD long before ~ "'''''- ''''-
don't. Prime Arthur. Dean STANLEY, canon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
LIKELY To BE DISAPPOINTED.
PROMINENT REPUBLICANS DO NOT BELIEVE
PI.ATTs PLEA FOR MURRAY WILL
RE SUCCESSFUL.

r C. Plat went to Albany yesterday afternoon
and the corridors Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel had
n deserted look last evening Machine politicians
reclining on the bue-push sofas were few and rett-
cent This is Mr. Platt's first visit 10 Albany since
he went up after his celebrated Sunday conference
here called TO condemn the appointment OF Brook
field COLTS and Scott Mr. Platt went up then TO
demand the cooperation OF Governor Morton in
the scheme 10 pass legislation that would take
from Mayor Strong the power OF making any more
appointments OF that kind The Governor refused
point blank TO counenancc any such factonGl and
revolutionary measures and Mr.. Platt came home
a sick man. He laid his sickness. however. 10 tho
bad Albany water" and not 10 the rebuff he got
from the Governor.
Mr. Patt's present trip to the State capital. Il
was generally understood here last night. to
induce Governor Morton TO appoint Charles II.
Murray. whom Mayor Strong will remove from his
place as Police Commissioner shortly II Murray
neglects resign the office OF Judge OF the
Court OF General Sessions. made vacant by the
death OF Judge Randolph b. MARITIME Such an APP
pointment. Mr.. Plat believes. would break the
force OF the Mayors recent action regarding the
Police Board and some of the prestige which
his machine has lost Few, however. thought that
Platt could succeed In his mission any more tnan
he succeeded last February In his attempt a M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05
TILE RHODE ISLAND VICTORY.
REPUBLICAN PLURALITY OVER loOoo.
DEMOCRATS STAYED At HOME BIT IF THEY
HAD NOT THEY COULDN'T HAVE Won



HAD NOT THEY COULDN'T HAVE WON
LICENSE CARRIED.
Providence. April (SpcciaD.-Complete re-
turns Of the State election serve to maintain
fully all that was claim ed for the Republican
ticket last night The total vote for Governor
WAS 1885, against 1868 ,ast year, falling of
cf 1076S Charles Warren Lippitt. Republican,
received for Governor ?4979; George L. Liitleheld.
Democrat. had 14.17l. Smith Quimby Prohbi-
tiorist had 1853: George f. Boomer Socialist
had l7l6 and William Foster jr.. Peoples. had
$40 Lppitt's plurality Is 1O.S0S. This Is the
larcee; plurality for Governor I'm the history Of
the state. if the practically unanimous election
of William Sprague in wa times is excepted.
For Lieutcnant-Covernor, Allen. Republican,
received a plurality of lCS6S; for Secretary Of
state Bennett. Republican, had plurality OF
llS1f: for Attorney General. Dubois Republican,
Sn5: for General Treasurer, Clark. Republican.
1C.gi1
The Assembly stands. Scnate-iepubIicans'
81; Democrats B. IIouse-Rcpublcans Ga; Demo
Gratis. > Grand Committee Republicans, lol'
Democrats. s.
TN. towns that voted on the license question
were carried for license They were FaWtuckct
Woonsockot. East Providence. coventry ana
North Smiih1cid go.
proyidcnc. was carried by Lippitt by 3lGN
plurality lie also CARED every town ana ely
in tho state except the small town oi North
Smithncld. in seven towns including the idIkr
town of Westerly. IN" fr'n!blt'h N"'' 'A'''''N
the Demo ratio
Tn. .izc of the Republican plurality is due to
an amazing falling of Iu the p-ih"'raNc E'..'
but the Republican vote was hiH enough 10 i"N
2est vote that the Democratic party has ever
uOilpd i'm the STATE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05

oppose reforms in the Police Department that he
made u2 his mind II displace thcm.'
BUSINESS MEN RESENT THE ATTACK.
The bankers Of New-York have taken a vast
amount Of interest in the administration f Mayor
Strong because he was member Of the banking
fraternity and because n" represents the grand
ma jOrity Of the business elements IN his views on
municipal reform and when any one openly as
sails him there is murmuT of disapprOvaI among
the men of Wall street and the business world OF
New-York The attack Of Mr.. Lauterh9'h upon
the Mayor as SGT forth in his manifesto 1eHdrdinG
the political situation in New-York called forth
nothing but words Of unqualified contemplation
among the bankers. Mr.. Lauterba n : words car
red no weight at all with the bankers ana other
business men in this city. and his frantic app'al
70 the voters OF the state was considered weak
attempt to place the Mayor in false position be-
fore the public.
one banker said that Il was hardly worth while
even t. discuss the remarkable production OF M
I.auterbach for the bankers put their iaith In
MAYOR strong before he was elected, ana the at
templs Of Mr.. Plat ana his men - b"htte me
Mayor would have effect with the lnt"IbS"ht
mon Of New-York The banking community,
which is made up Of men " all shades "f l'i.u-
cal opinion believe that the May l. carrying
out the pledges he made before ne was e'eV'eH'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-05

EDWARD MITCHELL WOULDN'T SERVE
WITH HIM IN THE POLICE BOARD.

e,
UNDERSTOOD TO hANH i' "
THE rx.surR1rI, NOT IN \ PLEASANT MOOD.
..,,o,,.,,.o ,,,,ointn,nts Of
t''" ', -, ,,i,,.ai centres last even
I""Ve o'''' . ..,.,,.,. ." f ,,hich so
inE indicated some oi 'h' o"N'"O''',
much has been sad. III the way u nv "''
mont OF ex-Sherin James O'Brien. Ih'r' were
-. ,.h,,h ,.o,. .c,ant.d AS from authentic
r"'"o'S ",', VI. l'I .,,t a., tr. confer. nee
sources whlch repT'Se"'oi ''', ., - ~ ,,,t,,.,rt
which X-Cnted states blS,'''' ->''0'''f
,1,,c,er had with Navor Strong on Wednesday
N''VI'H ""' "''' ,,,t. ..,.,,,,,,, ,,,... t,,
Mr.. Mitchell eNpreSsed an tH'i'l"'' ''P"0
accepting the place in the Police i"'rd "''''" ''r
,t.,r h,s onc,ad hin, If ,N-Shcrim Jimmy
'i"S'' '' .h, Dammit. al, ,r,.re
O'I}rie, was II be one OF '"' '"'''''''
\eitbe- tha Mayor nor Mr. Mitchell has cared 10
80, 49,. -..i.,,i.r. of thar interview although the
give u'' pax '"N"'"' 20 49,, -, ,ti hal ,b..
Mayor remarked that Mr Ml'ch''' sun "'' cav
question Of acceptance under advisemenl
l. VS. sati las. cvc,in, that the Mayor had given
II W. ' ... .,... ,h.. ~ -l,eriff