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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-09
$500

for AII-Wool Blue Cheviot ana
-Tricot Suits. sizes 10 ID inclusive;
made with double seat, reini'oi,''
knees pafent bands and buttons
IL YOU can match them elsewhere
for g bring them back ana get
money.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
AppeaIto a Higher Cour,

Alluding to the assertion of the Nens that
the JOURNAL had been "landed in trap
last week, the great paper goes on to remark
The statement is more than piscatorial
anyway. 1t suggests the necessity of a trap
to catch fish after it has been caught and
landed-a gross reflection upon the ability of
the angler to hold the trophies of his skill
after he has won them.
1t suggests nothing of the kind We had
no intention of CHASING the JOURNAL as a
fish. Other things are Handed in traps" be-
sides the tinny trlbe-foxes, for instance.
And at times the JOURNAL is of the foxes,
foxy.-Cumberland Ners.
The primary definition of Gland" as
verb is
To bring forth from water to the land
STANDARD DictionaIy
But the Ne,cS' expansive version
narrows its trapping performance down
to landing land animal from land on
iand-an achievement so new in ''the
annals of the brush tlat we forbear
comment until it can be arbitrated by
a pathological quintette-a fox-hunter.
fox-finder, fox chaser, fox -trapper and
foX-lander.
r And we abide the issue with a faith
that does not shrink from any crafty
woe.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
Single Taxes Ashamed ofTheir
Profession,
SYKEsvILLE, MD., Jan. :, 1895.
To the MINING JOURNAL.

SYKEsvILLE, Mp, Jan. :, 1895.
To the MINING JOURNAL
Will you kindly allow me to ask that
&C." of Providence, r. l., send his
name for publication There are
many reasons why gentlemen o'dinari-
ly do not want their names published
in connection with :heir articles, but
the Single Tax system, in the eyes of
its defenders, Is considered such a
heaven upon earth proposal that, like
the aspirant for genuine heaven, there
ought to be no sacrifice too great that
assists in its realization.
Is "G." afraid that his business in
terests will suffer? He ought to say
Fame, wealth and honor! what are
you to live ?"-of Single Tax. Is he
afraid to receive the ridicule and cen
sure attached to the PRONUNCIATION of
new IDEAS Then the merits of his
Single Tax have inspired him with
little confidence, and he cannot expect
to inspire strangers with its acceptance.
Is he conscious that the theory is of
doubtful utility? and does he want to
keep safely hidden from danger in case
the attacks of its adversaries blow up
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
PUBLICATIONS.
Novelties in Evening Toilettes.


Now that the season of social gatherings,
balls and theatre parties has fairly set in,
every woman's interest is once more centered
on the appropriate evening toilcttes. The
bodice is a mass of some flmy fabIic, the
ultra fashionable ones-irrespective of skirt
made of another material-being invariably
of crepon or embroidered mousline de sole,
made over a foundation of silk which, in
color, matches the skirt. Rosettes of lace
usually finish the bodice. Jewelled corselets
arevery popular. They have a silk founda-
ton and are frequently set with real gems.
The crepes afford an opportunity for produc-
ing, at moderate price, very artistic effects.
They come in all tints. The ribboned crepe
Isl very dainty novelty. Sleeves remain as
wonderful as ever in size, They are of the
same fabric as the skirt. As for the latter it
is conspicuous tor its plainness and its pro-
nounced flare. A great variety of models are
to be found in the Mcdowell fashion
magazines. These unequalled periodicals
offer an inducement in the way OF special
coupon patterns which always follow the
latest, the most fashionable and the most
practical styles Both La Mode de Paris and
Paris Album Of Fashion, costs SO 80 per year,
or So cents a copy; The French D,esanaker is
50 per dnnnn., or 80 cents a copy. As for La
Mode, it costs only $3.50 year, or Is cents a
copy. If you are unable to procure either Of
these journals from your newsdealer do not
take any substitute from him, but apply by
mail directly to Messrs. Mcdowell & Co.,
West 14th Street, New York.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
GENERAL ITEMS.
Low Rates to Washington.

Washington is at all time place of
interest, but it is particularly so and
is seen at its best advantage during
the winter months, when Congress is
in session. What Rome was to every
soldier of the Empire, what Athens
was to- the Greek, Washington is and
and should be to every citizen of the
United States-hls glory, his pride,
his Inheritance, his estate-it belongs
to him. All its magnificence, all its
glory, all its fame, its public buildings,
its paintings, its statuary, its monu-
ments. its gardens, It's libraries, its
museums its streets and its parks
You have no doubt often promised
yourself Il trip to the National Capital.
Why not avail yourself of the oppor-
tunlty to do so now the next excur
sion Is announced for Thursday, Feb
ruary l4th, the rates are remarkably
low and train service the best, the B.
Il 0. has to offer. Its vestibuled and
limited express trains can be used on
either the going or return Journey as
best suits your convenience.
We give below list of stations
showing the time of trains and rates
of fare:
Time. Time. Time Rate
Piedmont. 1925 pm GAS m $40 IN So 40
Cumberland. .ll:30 p IN 1852 m $685. I'm 4.55
Correspondingly low rates from
other stations.
Tickets will be good ten days, and
will be valid for passage from Wash
ington to Baltimore at any time with
in the life of tha ticket
For Pullman Car accommodations
and guide to points of interest in
Washington, address nearest B. & O.
Agent.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Pig and the Public School
ERnSTRrPG Mn Inn % lSnS

FRosTBURG, MD, Jan. %, 1895.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
The use of the pen, Il knowledge of
Latin and familiarity with the rules of
square root are all to be commended
in the public school pupil, but is it at
all necessary, at this late day, when
the country is full of civilized, en-
lightened and educated teachers, that
the pen should be Il pig-pen, the Latin
hog Latin, and the root. the root that
''nose" no rule ?
Parents who are more interested IN
the continuance of nusances kn0,on to
be the cause of scarlet fever, diph-
liberia, typhoid fever and other filth
diseases. than they are in the health
and education of their own children,
will, of course, continue to patronize
schools controlled by those who advo-
cate such measures, regardless of the
teachings of modern medical science.
On the other hand, the large major
ity of parents, who have the mental
and physical welfare of their children
at heart, naturally shrink from placing
them under such pernicious influence.
There is only one remedy for this
state of affairs-the ban of public CEN
sure should follow all who stand in the
way of progress and paralyze the eff
forts of the Health Board to make our
beautiful mountain city what nature
intended it shouM be-one of the
healthiest places in the world.
ANTI ToXIN.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
supplementary Recommendation.

In Washington county the new law
extending the jurisdiction of justices
of the peace has saved the county IA
pile of money-over 5000.
On the other hand, in this county
the late grand jury recommended the
repeal Of the law on account of the in
creased expenses occasioned.
There Is, of course, some good cause
for this diversity of result "a cause
lying somewhere outside the differences
between the names of the counties and
the personality of criminal offenders.
That cause must lie in some disparity
between magisterial qualities. Our
justices may be too close to the people,
or too considerate of circumstances
lying outside the range of facts.
There maybe some lack, some weak
ness, or some aim generally perccpti-
bic to the naked eye which injures the
court in the estimation of the prisoner
at the bar.
Ia times not very old magistrates
were ambitious to avoid appeals.
Failing in this, they held it as matter
Of pride when the court sustained their
decisions.
1t is not SO now. For some reason,
whether their judgments are affirmed
or reversed, it Is all the same.
The next grand jury might improve
upon the recommendation of the last
by adding several suggestions
|, That we should have fewer
magistrates )
,, That the fewer should have good
pay independent of II few routine fees,
and that no pay should be contingent
upon the disposition of any case Ill
their hands.
3, Only those citizens should be
eligible who can pass the necessary ex-
animation in open court.
A primary judiciary of this character
would save AlIegany county thousands
and doubly insure public peace and
safety.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
Not Altogether Personal.

The Cumberland News assumes that
the JOURNAL has been discussing Mr..
Perdew as Mr.. Perdew.
Perhaps so, for Mr. Perdew is a
sovereign of the realm. His rights as
freeman have been disputed, and in
some measure his right to live by his
chosen calling has been questioned.
But we will let the Ne,cs state its
own attitude toward him:
1t is only his acts as teacher that we have
felt called upon to criticise, and if the JOUR-
NAL has made the discovery that it was firing
at the wrong mark when it was blazing
away at Prof. Dewper," so much the worse
for the JOURNAL. We have not made any
such discovery because we did not fire in
the dark.
Notice the last sentence.
The journal suspected Mr.. Perdew of
assistant editorial work, and, firing at
him, heard that the shot struck the
wrong man.
But now the Ne~s, which "did not
fire in the dark" must know that he is
an assistant editor; consequently, it
has no "discovery" to make.
If this be good logic, and we believe
it is, the Netos is really training its
gun on Mr.. Perdew's "actsn as an as
sistant editor, and not as a teacher.
But if the Ne,cs has really felt call
ed upon to criticise" his "acts as a
teacher" what were the "actsen Was
one of them the artistic creation of a
sudden impulse, sponged out as soon
as made, and publicly acknowledged
as just SO much meat indscreetly
thrown to his enemies to gnash their
teeth one If it be this, will the Neecs
state next fairly and fully what interest
it has in Mr.. Rank as an editor that If
has not iii Mr.. Perdew as teacher?
The NeacS must not crawfish out of
this dilemma by holding Mr.. Perdew
up as public servant. No man dis
franchises or enslaves himself by tax
ing public employment. He cannot,
if he would, abdicate his rights as a
citizen to the public, party, or fac
tion. He is still free, especially to re
pei with all his might every assault
upon his livelihood.
II, therefore, the JOURNAL has been
discussing Mr.. Perdew, it is because
there is principle as old as this coun-
try involved in his case-a principle
that was born on the day that proscrlp-
tion died.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26

its magazine Then let him keep
quietly tucked away. Does he know
that If he owns lot of land, that, if he
were consistent, he should immediately
hand 1t III to the government, and that
the public knowledge of this incon-
sistency would vitiate all his profess
sions Then it i policy to keep his
name away from his articles
Every newspaper man r, qnires the
name of every writer for his paper for
private use, if not published. and
whyg simply because it is to the editor
guarantee of good faith, and in the
many little things which turn up he
has the chance to know his man and
feel some security for an, thing that
may happen. just i'll this same light
have the reading public right to de-
mand the name of everyone who comes
before them in advocacy OF defense of
theories in which their veal or their
Woe are involved. Without the name.
without the living eXamplar of the ex
pounded theory, the peoples waste.
basket should be the receptacle of the
unsustalned etfusion. The world is
full of fraud and when we have pro-
fessedly honest plans preached to us.
we want to know that there is, at least,
some apology of an honest man doing
the preaching. An old writer once
told me he got paid II high price by IL
metropolitan journal for some ''lette,s
from Turkey" that he wrote in the
city III which they appeared &c"
might be Henry George himself but.
however much of great guns or little
pistols he may he. he can either make
mp his mind to be man and send on
his name for publication, or let the
good people who read the JOURNAL
draw their own conclusions.
FRANCIS r IIyESry
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
DIScreDant PeSsimiSm.

If body should see a body from the Cum
berland Ne0S office buying a suit of clothes
3S per cent. below the Mckinley cost, the
body who sees should shoot the body who
buys JOURNAL
When that time arrives the body" who
wants to buy will be so rare a spectacle that
the merchant will fall over and die of heart
disease at the apparItion. When clothing is
thirty eight per cent. cheaper than at present
the purchasing ability of the body" in
search of clothes will be forty per cent. less
than it is now, so that the reduced price will
only serve to tantaliZe his impecuniosity.-
Cumberland NcrS.
The Nens undoubtedly ought to be
listed among those papers that believe,
for instance, that miner can buy
more s. -four with an income of so
cents ION than of 50 -four at 40 cents.
Which makes about two in this
county, each ''next to head,' counting
both ways.
The JOURNAL probably made a mis-
take in not speaking in the present
tense of flour instead Of in the future of
clothing.
Appeals to hindsight are better than
suggestions to foresight.
Hence, now, as matter of pure
ethics, is it right for people who be-
lleve in paying no less than s. and Sc
a barrel for -four to take it at $2.99,
and even $2.79?
Why not kill the merchant with
"heart disease" by making him take
$3.50 for 50 80 barrel of houre
The tariff on wheat, like corn, was
greater than that on coal, and here
we high protectioniStsa are buying it at
free trade prices.
AS a jewel consistency is still grow
ing in value.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
A Principle, Not a Man.


The Cumberland independent aims to
be good.
And so aiming, it cannot under
stand why one school-teacher should oc
casion so much newspaper "blabber." ="
Well, it is not the school teacher.
1t is his right to be Il school teacher
his right to live from the calling
which he has chosen.
Moreover, even though his Office as a
teacher be not destroyed, his tenure is
threatened by unauthorized people.
And all this involves the integrity
of the school system.
For if a faction of people can de-
stroy Mr.. Perdew OF shorten his tenure.
the same thing can be done elsewhere
with any other teacher by any faction,
large or small, that goes up to the
School Board Juggling grievance
that may have Its origin thousand
miles from the schoolroom.
This sort of thing established, we
will have no further use for School
Board. Our educational interests will
thereafter rest upon the caprices of
the critics and kickers which populate
more or less numerically every COM
munity.
The independent should vent its virgin
indignation on only those troubles
ii can see on the surface.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
What 1t Means.

U. S. Senate the fact cones out that during
the three days caucus on the Tariff bill, ac-
cording to the stories told, there was IA very
close vote on the subject offree raw materials.
and the caucus only decided by a vote of 10
to II to put coal and iron ore on the free list
Coal Trade JoutWal.
Which means that 10 voted for the
aftrrthought of free raw materials,
and II stuck to the Chicago platform
dictum of tariff for revenue
1t means also that there were alto
gether 10 United States senatorial
gumps who regard coal as "a raw
material"
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26

Judge Harlan, of the L. s. Supreme
Court, disagrees with an opinion of his
associates favoring the Sugar Trust.
He is a great judge and the JOUR
NAILS veneration for him has remained
undiminished ever since he dissented in
a Chicago naturalization ease from an
opinion rendered the registrars of this
county by Hon. Robert Winthrop
McMichael.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
a New Compound Made SimnIe

The first thing we desire to learn concerning
anti-toxine is how to spell It, Some of the
leading journals call it anti-toxite. Others
call it anti-toxin. Which is correct, and
what is the derivation of this new compound
word ?-Cumberland Ne~S
The JOURNAL answers with pleas
ure-
l, Anti-toxin is the correct orthog-
raphy.
"Anti'--against ''toxin"-poison
literally, against poison; specially, a
substance which counterbalances if
not destroys the multiplying and
malignant offspring of a microbe.
No charge.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS,
BrpVitieS.

Fairmont, W. Va, has TWO banks
and some o! the folks want a third
few of the Stockholders are
tired of getting semi annual dividends.
If 50, the plan is good. One bank
more 'han is needed in any place will
enable all to do more or less non
dividend paying business.
A letter from c." Provid, nee, r.
| reaches the JOURNAL too late for
this week; also question from In
quirer," Lonaconiny. Latter especial.
ly will be briefly but fully answered
next week. Rabbi Stern. Of Cumber
land, has a sweet pickle in soak for
Mr.. Livesry. THE great paper sur
passes all its contemporaries in erter-
tanning and instructing the people.
the while the little "Chapmans" are
growing over the dimensions of their
drummed up circulation.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
Bring il Here.

The JOURNAL has always feared that
Cumberland would discover something
in the way of accepting that public
building after Congress had voted it..
And so it has come to pass.
Nobody knows where to put it.
And those who have the ground ex-
hibit well-defined fear that they may
put the cost-mark too low.
A good way out of your difficulty,
gentlemen, is to locate the building in
Frostburg.
The town will give you the ground
valuable ground at that.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
The Truth.

Many papers in speaking Of the increased
tonnage imported forget the reason 1t was
due to the long strike of the miners in
Pennsylvania and Maryland.-Coal Trade
Jou,nal
1t that is not clear, undenlable
proof that strike in this region.
no matter for echat expressed object, is u
substantial invitation for foreign com
petition to come in and take our trade
from us, then we may, with Plate, ask
what is truth -
1t is something more-it is tangible
encouragement and stimulus to foreign
coal to come in as cheaply as possible so
as to get all it can and hold all it gets.
And even though the strike should
win its ostensible object which it can
never do now-it would be a victory
dearly bought if any part of our trade
be lost thereby forever.
Finally-a strike in this region gives
the lie point blank to every vote cast
for protection.
The vote kicks foreign coal out of
the country the strike drags it back.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
Journalistic.

7"tent, New York monthly and
''recognized medium Of lecturers.
eiocutlonists. humorists," etc, is
edited by S NJ. Spedon, who lately
lectured here to the delight of all who
heard him. If the January number
be an average example of its intel
ligence from the intellectual 400, it is
IA decidedly interesting periodical.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26

The Cumberland NetcS believes that
"a step in the right direction was taken
the other day when T. w. Philips, of Pa, in
troduced measure in the House to provide
for a representative, comprehensive, non
partisan commission to investigate the labor
problem in all its phases.
Then the NenS says:
Every observing person must know, must
deeply feel, that the rapid introduction of
machinery concurrently with the spread of
better education through the masses of our
increasing population, and the natural desire
thus quickened into determination to have
a larger share of the comforts and enjoy
ments of life, have brough. us face to face
with social conditions of nature unknown
to our fathers.
Mr.. Phillips can reach but one con-
clusion-that capital, not labor, gets
most of all that machinery saves. In
other words, iron, steel, wood, steam
and electricity get better pay than
muscle, sweat, appetite and blood.
And workingmen force the adoption
of these agencies in every strike they
wage. They compel employers to get
along with as little human labor as
possible.
For instance, the idea of an air
brake was born during great strike of
brakemen, aud now there is one So
called brakeman to five real ones
before.
AS a matter of fact, labor saving
machinery ought to save labor to
labor.
And the JOURNAL has long thought
that if arbitration can do anything
whatever for labor, it must first take
and hold its stand right at 1.-THE forks
of the roads leading to capital and
labor, and there divert to each its
equitable share of time and money
saved.
If this be impracticable, there is not
and cannot be efficacy or virtue in
arbitration. If the disease cannot be
cured at its seat in the core of vitality,
it cannot be reached by sporadic
lotions of the surface.
Hence, the most senseless question
now eXtant in any particular case is
"why don't they arbitrate pin the
better language of the English snob-
"WhV don't thew compwVmise ?"
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
wait Till the Clouds Roll BY.


Before arbitration can be thought
of, said Mayor Schieren, of Brooklyn
law and order must prevail first in this
community and must be respected by all and
must be enforced upon all, even if 1t takes
the entire force of the State.
Concerning this.same thing the New
York World said
AS SOON as the disorder ceases in Brooklyn
it will be possible to discuss the merits of the
strike and to decide what ought to be done
about it on its merits.
Again:
The only time TO talk about the abstract
merits of any strike is when the peace is be-
ing kept. If Brooklyn strikers forget this
they will have no one but themselves to
blame for inevitable failure. 1t will be time
to make the railroad companies observe the
law and ordinances when order has been
restored.
The JOURNAL has been held to severe
account for its quiet, conciliatory
course during our trouble.
The JOURNAL could see that men,
crazy with sympathy for Ohio and
Illinois miners, We're not open to ID
sensible suggestion. 1t knew that
when men are hypnotized by the un-
selfish walking delegate with a mania
for fraternal love, it is no use to say
anything until reason dawns again.
In general terms silent leges inter-
arma--"the laws are silent amidst
arms" So newspapers may some
times proftably be quiet when sym
pathy, on a high horse, is riding lough-
shod over common sense.
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
No Mistake About This.

Georges Creek miners have not forgotten
the promise made by the operators last year
(when a reduction of ten cents per ton was
made) and are waiting patiently for an in
crease. There comes a time however when
patience ceases.-Lonaconing Reriem
Was the promise all ON one side |?
Did the miners not go to work Il; 10
cents with the understanding that was
to be the price until 80 cents couM he
gicen?' Upon this understanding did
not the companies make their CON
tracts accordingly?
No doubt about the answers.
Yet the miners rtpudiated their half
Of the agreement, and that al,tost
aothom notice !
Now, if it be true that "a bargain
broken on one side is broken on both, :"
the promise whose benefit the Recier
claims does not hold for an instant.
The fact is-if there is one thing the
miners ought not to remember it is a
promise" that they derided, ,rod
under foot and spit on.
AS to the Recie,c's intimation of the
mortality of 'patience"-the JOURNAL
wishes with all its heart that the so
cents can be given, but it knows with
infallible certainty that it can never
be given III answer to Il strike,
Frostburg mining journal., 1895-01-26
COUNTY NEWS.
Death.

The JOURNAL regrets to hear of the
death of Rhea, infant daughter of J
}. Robinson, editor of the Homecoming
Star. at / years of age, Wednesday
night, of membranouS Group.