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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-03
ROCKEFELLER FLIGHT
The Millionaire Runs from
Lawyers Clerk.
THE YOUNG MAN HAD A SUMMONS.

After Chasing the Standard oil Magnste
About the Miliionaire's Own Premises at
Tarrytown the Summons Is Finally
Served by the Clerk Throwing It Against
Mr.. Rockefellers Back - Interesting
Church Litigation.
NEW YORK, June 3-The most enliven-
ing sight in the sleepy region about Tar
ytown Monday was that of John ID.
Rockefeller In flight from process server
while the butler of the Rockefeller man
sion tried to interrupt and repel the in
vading force The matter of law in ques-
ion is a suit by the Tabernacle Baptist
church, the Rev. Daniel G. Potter, pastor.
against Mr.. Rockefeller and the Fifth Av-
enue Baptist church, and II is the latest
development in the feud which has ragged
so long between these two men. A law
yer's clerk went out TO Tarrytown with
the process. Mr.. Rockefeller was moving
about on his front veranda. When he
saw man with a handful Of papers APP
preaching he started for the door. The
man ran and headed him off.
He Serves the Summons.
asked.
Excuse me" said Mr.. Rockefeller, as
he tried TO make side cut for the door
just then the portly butler appeared. He
stw his masters danger and placed his
body between the lawyers agent and that
of his employer, at the same time waving
his arms in warning and threatening
manner. Thus protected Mr. Rockefeller
made squirt for the door. He got inside
with long jump, and just as he thought
himself safe bundle of papers took him
full in the back and the process was
served. The contending parties appeared
Inter In the supreme court, when, despite
the insistence of plaintiffs counsel,
Frank Harvey Field. that the suit should
proceed, it was adjourned until later in
the month on the motion of George Well
wood Murray, appearing for both defend
ants.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-03
Miss JULIA STEVENSON.

lucky The relatives of the young couple,
mainly from kentucky and Illinois, were
nearly all at the ceremony. The Hardin
family group and the Kentucky friends Of
the groom present numbered sixteen. The
brides wedding dress was of ivory white
unf In l,f1 ,i1h
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 Is
Let Ole BlUc PreGomirate In Parlor, Lii
br3ry and Dining Room.


How few people Wien furnishing a
small house or fiat remember that old
blue is oIe Of the happiost colors to
choose for Il foundation, writes Frances
Ann HcaGley in The Ladies' Home
Journal. In Il house where, as rule,
all tho rooms open into one another, es-
pecial care lIust be taken to preserve
harmony. L Is better then to select one
color which shall run through all the
rooms. Old blue is the color par excel
lence i'll such IL case, combined with tan,
gray or white for tho rugs, while the
same scheme prevails il the heavy dra'
peries.
A lovely little ho1se i'll mind has
parlor aud library i'll one. The largo
rug, covering tie greater part of the
room, is old blue and gray. lii front of
the fireplace is Il long, light gray fur
one. A bread, low lounge is covered
with dark gray. 1t is always better to
cover a lounge i'll il solid color, as it
takes more kindly to the pillows of end
less hues. Tie large dining room rug
is old blue and tan, with smaller rugs
Of tawny brown. The bedroom has an
old blue and white large rug and white
fur smaller ones. Let old blue predomi-
nate everywhere in the floor furnishings
and draperies, but not to the exclusion
of all other colors elsewhere, for where
one color only is used the effect as
whole is flat. Let there be odd bright
color touches i'll the way CT pillows.
lamp shades, odd bits of china and
brio brac, but with always an eye to
what is the proper color for each room.
When all furnished be careful to see
beautiful harmony.
In a bedroom white cEan.clCd or birds
eye maple is exquisite where two or
three pieces of fresh Old mahogany are
added. Each height ems the G. hers beau
ty i'll most charming manner. A room
furnished entirely i'll mahogany gives
Il heavy, dismal effect, but i'll a parlor
and library combined, say i'll flat CT
small house, place u large, quantity
carved old desk and one Ct those highly
polished, round card tables, and see
what an air they give to tie modern
and equally beautiful furniture In the
dining room square mahogany table
with surface like glass, and even a
small buffet Or china cabinot, will be
quite enough of the antique to set Off
everything else in the room. Have ex.
quisitely drawn linen doilics, candles i'll
rose colored shades and profusion OF,
say, pink carnations and you have q
lovely lunch table. In house the hall
should be Il leading feature-cnticing
not cold, b"io and cheerless, repclling
one from further acquaintance with tie
house and its mistress A hall is liko
an introduction
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
JOSEPHINE WAS MERCiFUL.
She Tried to Prevent the Execution of
the Due d'Engl.ien.

Nine. BOnaparte learned with intense
sorrow of the determination taken by
her husband. In the main his measures
and his convictions had been kept Sc,
cret, but she confited both to Mme De
Remusat, and the first consul himself
had told them to Joseph. On the goth
She decree for the dukes imprisonment
and trial was dictated by the first consul
from the fuileres, and i'll the early
afternoon he returned to Malmaison,
whore at 3 O'Clock JOSEPH found him
Talleyrand, who limpcd along at his
side. "I'm afraid of that cripple" " was
Josephine's greeting to her brotherin-
law. Interrupt this long talk if you
can. ~
The mediation of the elder brother
was kindly AID #kllful, and for time
the first consul seemed softened by the
memories Of his own and his brothers
boyhood, among which came and went
the figure of the Prince of Colde. But
other feelings prevailed. The brothers
had differed about Lucien's marriage
and the question of descent if the con-
sular power should become hereditary.
The old coolness finally settled down
and chilled the last hopes in the tender
hearted advocates for clemency. To
Josephine's fearful entreaties for mercy
her husband replied: $50 away. You re
child. Yen don't understand public
duties" By it was known that the
duke had arrived at Vincennes, and at
once Savary was dispatched to the city
for orders from Murat, the military
commandant. On his arrival at Murat $
office, from which Talleyrand was in
the very act of departing, he was in
formed that the court martial was al
ready convened, and that it would be
his duty to guard the prisoner and exc
cute whatever sentence was passed.
Life Of Napoleon" by Professor Will
liam NJ. Sloane, in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
HERE'S A NUT TO CRACK.
A Puzzle That May Give Leisure Mind
Something to Think OF.

I have found the following interest
ing problem il an old notebook. writes
Sir Walter Besant. l have no recollec-
ton at all of it's origin. Perhaps every
body knows it. Perhaps everybody does
not. Those who do not will find it, I
think, unless they bring algebra to bear
upon it, rather tough nut to crack.
Here it is. Once there were three mig
gers-tkeir wickedness is negligible
quantity; it does not enter into the
probleE!-who robbed an orchard, car
ried away the apples in a sack, laid
them up in barn for the night and
went to bed. One of them woke up be-
fore dawn, and, being distrustful of
his friends, thought he would make
sure of his share at once. He therefore
went to the barn, divided the apples in
to three equal heaps-thcre was one
over, which lie threw away-and car
ried off his share. Another niger then
woke up with the same uneasiness and
the samo resolution. He, too, divided
the apples into three heaps-there was
one over, which he threw away-took
his share, and carried it Off. And then
the third niger woke up with the same
emotions. He, too, divided the remain
ing apples into thee pcrtions-there
was one over, which he threw away
took his share and departed.
In the morning every one preserved
silence over his doirEs Ct the night;
they divided the apples which were left
into three heaps-One was over, which
they threw away-and so took each his
share. How many apples were there i'll
the sack? There are many possible an
swers-a whole series Of numbers-but
let us have the lowest number of apples
possible. Senior Wrang lers must be good
enough rot to answer this question.
Moralists, ii they please, may narrate
the subsequent history of these three
niggers, apart from the problem of their
anDleS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
POOR BOBoLINKl
Barbarous Treatment of a Song Bird by
the Scrapple Eaters.

Philadelphia is the only city i'll the
world where the reedbird can be found
in state Of overrunning obesity, and
the only place where it can be cooked to
perfection. IN New York the French
cooks conceal its delicate toothsomeness
in rich dressing. There they know as
little about reedbirds as they do about
terrapin, acrapple and pepper pot. There
was given in this city one dinner in
which roedbirds were served in 13 diff
ferent forms. Among the courses were
soup made from reedbirds, reedbirds
stuffed with Blue Point oysters, reed
birds placed inside a followed potato
and roasted, reedbirds stuffed with herb
filling and baked, reedbirds stewed
with fresh mushrooms, reedbirds split
and brOiled-an abominable practice, by
the way; reedbirds saute, and Il SEEM
ing pie, from which, when the crust
was lifted two dozen reedbirds flew
forth and around the room.
But, after all, there is only one way
to cock and cat the succulent recdies-
saute! Select birds which have little
clumps of yellow fat or both sides of
the part last over the fence. Place them
in a saucepan--or, better still, a chatting
dish-with plenty Of the best butter
salt, bl;ck pepper, and plentiful sprin
king of papriza-the sweet Hungarian
pepper which nowadays can be found ID
any first class grocery. They must not
be split and their heads must not be re-
moved. Cook them for five or six min
utes, accord ng to the size of the bird
and the heat Of the fire, but do not al
low the yellow fat to become Drowned.
Nothing could be simpler, and yet few,
very few, cooks can prepare the reedbird
without destroying its toothsomeness.
There is an art also in the eating of
his daintiness, but it can only be ap-
piled to birds of the character and pre-
pared III the manner described above.
Wiring off the head and sink your teeth
into and absorb the brains. Then hold
the little darling aloft by the protrud
ing bones of both legs, and slipping him
into watering mouth crunch your way
through his carcass until not ii bit of him
remains but the leg bones. Then cast
your eyes above and say grace. That's
eating reedhirds, that is. s.-Philadelphi
Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25

"I beg your pardon, lady" said
Travelling Tommy as he stopped at the
back door, "but if you will just smile
Ill take your picture with this here
camera lam travelling OH foot, making
"a collection of photos OF our beautiful
American women. Thanks, L have it. "
Then the good woman offered him a
generous hand out, which he accepted
with the grace of true knight of the
road.
"You see, he explained to Willie
Allthewhile, sit didn't take no work at
all to paint that cigar box black and
cut round hole i'll the end, but it
fetches 'em every time. They think it's
a photograph taker, and their picture
goes i'll the collection. Make one and
cultivate your manners, and you can live
like prince, ,'--Philadelphia Call.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
Queer Facts About Air.

The celebrated chemist of the six
teenth century who argued that it would
be impossible for us to live on the
earth's surface if the atmosphere should
suddenly increase to twice its present
thickness could not have been far wrong,
after all-that is, if the experiments of
DR.. Arnott are to be taken as conclu
sive. In his observations on atmospheric
pressure at the bottoms of the deep
mining shafts of Europe, Professor Ar
mott has found that the change between
the reading Of a barometer at the bot
tom Of 4 coo foot shaft and one at the
surface is great enough to warrant him
i'll making the statement that air at the
bottom of a shaft 20 miles deep would
be as dense as water. Figuring Oh the
same ratio he finds that if hole could
be sunk 10 miles into the bowels of the
earth the density of the air at the bot
tom wond he rs great as that of quick
silver. st. Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25

Home, Sweet Home, " Payne ssong,
was originally "a number i'll the opera
"Clari, the Maid of Milan, a produc-
tion brought out i'll 1928 The opera
was a failure, and nothing is now
known of it save the one song. which
became instantly popular. Over 100, 900
copies were sold in the first year of its
publication, and the sale in one form or
another has been constant ever since the
first appearance of this beautiful theme.
The melody is Sicilian folk song and
was adapted to the words by Payne
himself st. Louis Globe Democrat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
WHOLE NUMBER, 1866.
AT A TENEMENT WINDOW.

Sometimes my needle stops with half drawn
thread.
(Not often, though, Each moments waste
means bread,
And missing stitches leave the little mouths
unfcd.)
look down on the dingy court below.
A tuft of grass is all it has to show,
broken pun. p where thirsty children go.
Above there shines a bit of sky small
That it might be a passing bluebird's wing.
One tree leans up against the high brick wall,
And there the sparrows twitter of the spring
Until they waken in my heart cry.
OF hunger that no bread can satisfy.
Always before when May time took her way
Across the fields followed close. Today
] can but dream of all her bright array. =
My work drops down. Across the sill / lean
And long with bitter longing for unseen
Rain frcsh$hod paths where budding woods
grow green.
The water tricllles from the pump below
Upon the stones. With eyes half shut l hear
1t falling in pool where rushes grow
And feel cooling presence drawing near
And now6he sparrows chirp again. No, harkl
a singing of some far meadow lark.
1t is the same old miracle applietf
Unto myself, hat on the mountain side
The few small loavcs and fishes multiplied.
BEHOLD how strange and sweet the mysteryi
The birds the broken pump, the gnarled tree
Have brought the fullness of the spring to me,
For III the leaves that rustic by the wall
All forests find tongue. And so that grass
Can with its struggling tuft of green recall
Wide bloom filled meadows where the cattle
pass.
How it can be but dimly divine.
These crumbs God given, make the whole loaf
mine.
Annie F. Johnston in Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
Some Royal Crowns.

The Gowns of Spain, Portugal and
Poland are all three Of the Same form,
and are described by Colonel Parsons in
his Genealogical Tables of Europe" as
"ducal coronets heightened up with
eight arched diadems supporting a
mound, ensigned with plain gold
cross. " The crowns of Denmark and
Sweden are of almost similar shape,
consisting Of the eight arched diadems,
rising from marquis coronet Ga circle
of gold bordered with ermine, set round
many pearls Oh pyramidical points of
equal height, alternately, which cOnjoin
at the top under a mound ensigncd with
a cross b0t0unce The kings of most
other continental countries are crowned
with circles of gold, adorned with pre-
cious stones and heightened up with
large "trefoils," and closed by four, six
or eight d;adems supporting a mound
surmOunted by Il cross. The trefoil upon
the crown is thought to be of Gothic in
PRODUCTION.
We find it upon the coins Of Clovis
ard his sollS, which has induced anti
quaries to call it the 'nower de luce"
(the lily Of France represented i'll gold
on Il blue ground), but, the fact is, these
trefoils We're used on Constantinopolitan
crowns before tho timo of the Franks,
and afterWurd on those of German
princes i'll 10 way allied to Charlie
magne Aubrey, q celebrated authority
uDun hGraldry, was of opinion that the
flower de luce is really nothing more
than spoarhoad adorned, no flower of
the lily kind having the middle part
solid. The sultan of Turkey bears over
his arms turban, enriched with pearls
and diamonds, under two coronets. the
first Of which is made Of pyramidical
points, heightened up with large pearls,
and the uppormost is surmounted with
crescents Chambers Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
Mozart.

Mozart had memory for music and
for nothing else. On attending the papal
mass at the Sistine chapel he was great
ly impressed with tho musical service
and asked for u copy, but was told none
could lie given him, as the music was
not allowed to go out. He Went to the
next service, listened attcntively, went
away and wrote down the whole fIoll
memory. When Don Giovanni was
first performed, there was not time to
copy part for the harpsichord, so
Mozart conducted the entire opera.
about three hours long, and played a
harpsichord accompaniment to the songs
to assist his memory.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
Her ALARM CLOCK.
And why She Had Good Reason For he
ing Inccnsed Against 1t.
l Youths Companion.

And why She Had Good Reason For BE-
ing Incensed Against 1t.
A suburban woman not long since
purchased an alarm clock 1t was a fat
nickel plated little affair with the Gus
tomary gong atop. The woman got the
clock because she felt an overwhelming
desire to play the role of the early bird
That night, therefore, she set the time-
piece according to the specified direc-
tiOns. But for some reason or other the
clock failed to go off The woman gave
it second rial. Again it played her
false. She took it to the suburban jew
olcr. He sad the clock was outrageous
ly ont Of order, limited darkly at the dis
honesty Of any individual who would
palm off such an article as perfect goods
and prescT. bed u course of treatment
which he would be gracious enough to
administer for the sum of rs cents. Tie
clocks original cost had been $3.50.
The night that it came back from tie
su burban jeweler the woman wound
up with feeling of unassailable secur
ity This time the role of the early bird
would be hers for certain. The next
morning however, it failed to go off,
Just as before. The woman took it back
to the suburban jeweler, who received
it with an II told you that clock was
terribly out of order. " Encore, rs cents.
Time passed, the clock, like the cat
in the canticle, "came back" and the
woman woke up (some hours later than
she had intended) only to find that it
hadn't "gone off" again. She now took
jeweler from whom she had first pur-
chased it. He declared the clock to have
been all right until "ruined" by the
suburban jeweler, but consented to re-
pair it-also to charge 81 for so doing.
The woman then bore it home in tri-
umph.
Next mC~ning, though, the same old
drama was enacted, and the woman was
once more unable to assume the role of
the early bird. Had she been a man she
might have sworn. AS it was, she con-
fded her woes to the breakfast tablefuL
"Why, that clock S been going off all the
time," observed the woman who occu-
pied the neighboring room to the clock
owner Its walked me up every morn
ing regularly. The trouble is it hasn't
walked you. "
Whereupon the woman felt more in
ccnsed against the clock than ever. To
think of its having so little discrimina-
ton and discretion as to wake up the
wrong person New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
Women on the Bicycle.

What a pretty thing woman on a
bicycle is! Her pose is good She sits
erect and rides easily, gracefully. Most
men stoop while riding. Women sit
erect. Men always seem to be on bust
ness bent and in hurry. Women appear
TO ride for pleasure and in no hurry.
Men have the bicycle face, arising, it is
said, from the care they have to bestow
to avoid accident. Women have the air
Of easy Indifference, unconsciousness Of
risk They ride as the true goddess
walked. -Cincinnat Commercial Ga
ZCtte.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25
POWER. OF THE JAWS.
The Pressure They Exert In the Mastica-
tion of Meat Food.

According to the investigations of DIR.
q. Y. Black. the muscular strength Of
lie jaws compares favorably with that
OF any part of the body.
To crush Il piece of steak, according
to DR.. Black, bite of 40 to 45 pounds
is necessary--that is, if the proper ma
chine We're so rugged that, by seizing Il
double lever between the jaws, an OBJ
jCct could be lifted from the floor, a 40
ponnd weight could be raised by the
steak. Repeat this effort every time you
chew, and you get an idea of how much
exercise is required to cat ones dinner.
And what makes it harder still is that
most people habitually use much more
force than is necessary i'll chewing their
food. For instance, in chewing steak
whose crushing point is at 40 to 40
pounds. the persons tested by DR.. Black
used force of 60 to so pounds-from
Is to 40 pounds more than was ncces-
sary. All this extra force of course is
worse than wasted, but probably the
generality of manhood will keep On
wasting strength just so tilla more sys-
tematic method of eating is adopted.
But Dr.. Black did not confne him
self to steak in his experiments. lie
tested all kinds of meat and found that
mutton chops may be crushed with an
expenditure Of 20 to 40 pounds Of
strength. Broiled ham and roast beef
require the greatest amount-45 to so
pounds - while pork chops may lie
chewed with force Of 20 to 25 pounds,
and the choicest parts of cold boiled
course arc averages. Tough meat of any
kind is still harder to crush--for in
stance, tough beef and mutton tested by
DR.. Black required i'll some cases a
crushing force of 80 pounds.
The smallest pressure recorded Oh DIR.
Blacks ga. ge, that of a little girl 7
years old, was 30 pounds. This was with
her front teeth, which are not used for
the crushing processes of masticatiOn.
With the molars, which do the chewing,
properly so called, she could exert a force
Of 50 poundS-quite enough to crush all
but tho toughest parts Of toughest meats.
Several persons exceeded 100 pounds
with the front teeth, or incisors, and
900 with the molars. One mana ply
sician of 50 years-has such strength of
jaw that it must for the present remain
Il mystery, for it exceeded the testing
power of the instrument. The gauge re-
giHtered only 210 pounds, and when this
remarkable chewer shut his teeth on it
he closed it with no apparent effort.
How far above 270 pounds he could
have gone is therefore subject for
speculation.
1t will be observed that the doctor
measured only the force exerted by the
jaws and not the work done by them.
This latter is really more important,
and it remains for some one, perhaps
the doctor himself in second series of
experiments, to ascertain it.-Butfalo
Express.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-01-25

1t has lon9 been stock argument
against the originality of the feminine
mind that, while women are excellent
in the initiative arts, they cannot in
vent. Now The chairman of the commit
tee ON womcn's inventions of the At
lanta exposition says that the number of
women's patents she has collected is too
large to BE- accommodated in the space
set apart for them. As it is reasonably
to he assumed that these selected inven-
ti0ns were good ones the woman of the
century has scored another point against
her traditional critics. - Baltimore
American.