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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
AN INDIAN BOYS PONY,
An Account of His First Attempt to Ride
1t at q Buffalo Hunt.

III bC u buuAlO hunCs
Thus led by those dedicated to re-
ligious service, the tribe leaves it's viii
lage, the people by families dropping
into line-men, we'll mounted, bearing
their weapons ready for use; women, in
rala dress, riding their decorated ponies,
older ones leading the rack horses; lit
tic children in twos and threes upon the
backs of steady old nags, or snugly
slowed away i'll the swinging pouch be-
tween the tent poles, and the dogs trot-
ting complacently everywhere.
Here and there along the line of the
cavalcade is a lad being initiated into
individual responsibility. He has been
upon the hunt before, as one of the fam
lily, but this is the first step toward 60
ing independently uncared for as child.
The father has lassoed wild horse, sad
died and bridled him and now bids his
son mount the animal The boy hangs
back, the colt is fiery creature and al
ready restive under restraint. The ia
ther tells his son that the horse shall be
his own when he has conquered it, but
the lad does not move. The lockers on
uIS SlullluS, anu lue CdNdlCduc uOeS uOt
wait "Get up" says the father.
The boy slowly advances, and the colt
quickly recedes, but the boy, grasping
his name, swings himself into the sad
die. The father lets go, and so does the
colt-rears, jumps, wriggles, humps his
back like an infuriated cat. stands on
his fore legs and kicks at his own tail,
{ho le,t, fho h,,f
the boy clings to him until, with sud
den jerk, the saddle girth is broken, and
he is landed over the head of the excited
creature, which runs for dear life and
liberty. Brought back, protesting by
twists and shakes of his head, he is
again mounted and again frees himself.
After two or three repetitions of this
and the mother grows anxious. She runs
to her son as he is scrambling up from
the ground, feels him all over and
moves his legs and arms to see if he is
hurt. He is impatient at the delay. He
is going to master that pony now or die
for it. This time he stays on. In vain
the animal lashes himself into foam and
fury. The boy sticks to him like the
shirt of Nessus, and the father at last
leads the indivisable pair between the
tent poles which trail behind sophis-
ticated family horse, and there, fenced
in, they journey all day, trying to get
used to each other. The pony does not
see his way out of the poles and is fore
ed to keep up with the procession.
Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
BADNESS NO OBJECTION.

How the Enterprisin. Photographer Over
comes the Fears of Hairless Sittcrs.
An agent soliciting trade for a Broad
way photographer recently called at the
Park avenue home of one of New York's
best known physicians and tried to con-
vince the doctor that he should have his
picture taken. He was selling IS
photograph coupons. The physician has
a terribly bald head. Nothing but Il
fretful fringe remains Oh an erstwhile
luxurious head of hair On that account
he had long ago given up having pho
tographs of himself made, so he replied:
mo; thank you. l want none of
your coupons l have broken myself of
the photograph habit. My head is too
bald for the business.
But the agent was persistent, and
finally the physician said 81 will make
you fair proposition. l will take
double dose of your coupons if you will
promise to FIX my pictures so the bald
spot will not show"
"All right" SAID the agent after
moment S reflection "Mr. - can ar
range that. Such things are done every
day in our business. Here are your cou-
pons. Come to the gallery for your sit
ting no&t Saturday,
WheN he went to the photographer
studio the following Saturday, the doc
tor was met at the door by lad who,
when the customer removed his silk
hat, said
"Oh, this is DR.. --, is it? Pass
right along this way" Curious to know
why this lad had been forewarned of
his visit, the physician passed in and
was finally met by a young lady, who
glanced at his head and said:
ooh, Dr.. -, l believe-the man
who wishes to have photographs which
will Indicate that he has full growth
of hair on his head:"
"Im the man." perplexedly replied
the physician as he went on out into the
operating room.
"Ah," said the man in charge Of the
cameras, "this is DR.. .--, is it not
the man for whom we are to make pho
tographs which will not show the bald
ness of his head as our agent promised.
Just kindly step over to the other end
of the room. No; do not lay your coat
and hat down. Keep the overcoat on
your arm and kindly place your hat on
your head. That's right Now look
pleasant, please. There, your pictures
taken -
"Well, I hope can get home with
out being taken i'll by gang Of bunko
steerers," said the physician, after he
realiZed that he had heeu made the vic
tim of a clever trick. New York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
FROSTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1896.
Advantages of the Factory Girl In the
Country Over Her Sister In the City.

Advantages of the Factory Girl In the
Country Over Her Sister In the City.
You may see in any one of perhaps a
hundred shops in this city colorless, sad
eyed, dinghy clad women bending over
sewing machines amid squalid sur
roundings, with no outlook save through
window opening upon sordid street.
You may see i'll at least score of coun-
try villages 80 miles frSm any great
city a crowd of neatly clad, happy look
ing girls and women busted with like
tasks, but amid clean and pleasant sur
roundings, with glimpses of smiling
landscape through every window.
The New York women, released from
their toll, hasten home to gloomy tene-
ment lodgings and unwholesome fare
The village girls troop from the factory
to modest but clean and pleasant homes,
where food is fresh and abundant. The
New York sewing machine woman is
an insignificant unit in great COM
munity. She feels daily the pressure of
her fellows that are ready to take her
place and her earnings. She hears from
embittered men and women talk Of the
rights of labor and the greed of wealth.
She knows that her earnings would not
keep some of her rich sisters in cut flow
ers Whenever she stirs out of her own
dingy quarter, it is to see at every step
evidence of the luxury in which some
live and of the contrast between her
lot and theirs.
The village factory girl has hardly
heard that there is labor problem. Her
5000 Or $3.50 a year, earned at the sewing
machine, clothes her we'll, procures for
her small luxuries and helps to keep the
family above want She makes little
pleasure trips hither and yon when work
is slack and looks forward with conf
dence to marriage and home of her
own, clean, sweet and comfortable She
never sees among her fellow townsfolk
one who has any essential comfort that
she lacks, and nine women out of ten
in the village have less to spend on
dress than she has. She never sees
hungry or ragged person, unless it be
an occasional tramp, and she hardly
grasps the meaning of what she now
and then hears about the lives of the
poor i'll great cities.
The New York slave to the sewing
machine lives half an hour from the
heart of the western world and may, if
she will, ON any night see Broadway
and its throngs by electric light. The
village factory girl believes that she
would be happy to give up all her COM
forts for the others privilege of seeing
at will the splendors of the great city.
The New York sewing woman would
not, if she could, change places with
the village factory girl. York
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

The machinery for drop forging is
ponderous and expensive. The plates
that stamp cut the forgings are in two
sections, one of which fits into the bed
of the machine, and the other is fas-
tened to the arm. Together these two
plates have an opening the shape of the
desired forging. The descent OF the arm
on piece of tool steel stamps out a
piece of the requisite shape. After leav-
ing the forging machine the metal is i'll
Il rough state and has to be turned down
on ii listhe and bored out, each of which
operations has to be carefully done, as
the finished article has to be exact in
every particular,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
Popular Beliefs.

The conversation turned upon the
fatal number, Friday, salt spilling and
other superstitions.
''It is not we'll to make too much fun
of such matters" gravely remarked
Brichanteau. "For instance, had an
old uncle who, at the age of n, COM
mitted the imprudence Of making one
of dinner party of l3.
"And he died the next day." LIE
Ribi inquired.
''No, but exactly 13 years after
ward'
a shudder ran through the audience
BorSne, the name OF Louisiana
lake, is French word meaning blind
OF one eye. The name was applied to
the lake because of Il wonderful monster
said to have been seen in its waters.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
HER EYLS.
From her eyes the prisoned sunbeams,
Shining lrirht

From her eyes the prisoned sunbeams
Shining bright,
Send their message to the dark soul
Through the night,
Till the Cncircling gloom is pierced
And there is light.
But within the C".p rcccsscs
Of those eyes,
Beyond the srnbcaIns' realm,
A shadow lies.
TO loving ones II sad
Yet sweet surprise.
For sympathy is deepest
Where the pain
Has passed from soul to soul
And back again,
The comfort like the sunlight
After rain,
AS nndcrlics the sweetest song
The SaddcSt strain.
C. Lcwcrenz i'll Detroit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

The fashionable woman who does not
own shoe tree i'll these days is far be-
hind the times. These "trees" are rather
expensive. They must be carefully made
from the last of the shoes they are to
hold. They cost IS pair, and one must
have one less pair than she has slippers
and shoes. With ordinary usage they are
indestructible. They keep the footgear In
excellent shape and condition for the
longest possible term of usefulness.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
WHOLE NUMBER, ,276.
OVER MOUNTAINS.

My heart went roaming and flying
Where her one treasure was.
The day was luridly dying.
A low wind sighed, "Alas!"
There was no bird at all
Out of his nest so warm.
Over the mountain wall
Ny heart went into the storm.
And when the night was mirk,
And on the shrielIing sea
The wind was doing its work
My heart came back to me.
Tapped at my window pane,
Out of the storm and din
Out of the night and rain,
rose and let her in.
80 heart, like frightened bird,
Heart, like small gray dove,
Say, hast thou seen or heard
Anything of our love?"
But never word she said,
Her eye was leaden and dim,
Her breast had Il stain of red,
She spakc no word of him.
And whether she saw him not
Over the mountains gray,
Or whether he had forgot,
know not to this day.
katharine lyman Hinkson in Good Words.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
Praises the Bicycle.

1t seems to be coming-scientific ap-
proval-in all directions. DR.. Cham
poniere, member of the Academy of
Medicine, has made observations on
Frenchwomen who have used the wheel,
and he finds they are better performers
than men, learning more easily and
with less purposeless expenditure of
force He finds marked increase in the
amount of muscle developed all over the
trunk of the body, especially about the
torso. The lung capacity is increased,
full, healthy action of the heart is re-
stored and the deposition of fat is avoid
ed. The doctor asserts that he can detect
infallibly the woman who uses the
wheel from her sisters when they cross
the streets. One proceeds with self con-
fidence and ease when the other lodges
and invites disaster. He then examines
the mental discipline afforded by the BIZ
cycle, and thence deduces his most strik-
ing conclusions He finds that the wom-
ans powers Of attention and observation
are awakened i'll an extraordinary de-
gree, or rather that these powers, with
which all human beings are endowed at
birth, are saved from atrophy, which in
both sexes is one of the most marked
defects produced by civilization. The
wheelwomen move with something of
the freedom and dignity observed in
some of the higher uncivilized races.
The doctor disclaims any intention to
theorize, but at the close of his article
permits himself to dream Of a new
Frsnchwoman as the product of the BIZ
cyc1o
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

have also seen the world, and after
long experience have discovered that
ennui is our greatest enemy and remu-
nerative labor our most lasting friend.
-JuStus Moser
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

In addition 10 above IIaln No. leaves
Piedmont at $40 Il. m. arrives at FroStburg at
1925 a. m, and Train No. =, leaving trostburg
at l:i5 p. IN, reaches Piedmont at 2:}s p. M,
both trains stopping ut all intermediate
stations.
son theatre nights when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland,
Nos. l, ?, 3. 4, and Sdaily except sunday.
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled On trains Nos
5 and &, l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
May Is Sunerimtomdnnt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
Cutting 1t Short.

A barber's shop is sometimes trying
place for mHl who dislike to hear other
people gossip. The barber, especially if
he has little shop and is alone, must
talk to his customers. Here is scene
in country barber's shop, a full beard
ed and rather sour looking gentleman
being i'll the chair
''Hair cut, says the customer.
Cali right, sir. How'll you have it
cut?'
"Short.' -
"H'm-purty short, or only mid
dlin?"
every short. "
"H'm-I wouldn't if was you, sir. +"
"Why not?"
81 don't think very short hair would
suit you at all we'll, sir. ~
"Oh, yes, it would 1t would suit me
exactly"
"H'm-what makes you think so,
sir?''
Because l shouldn't have to come
here for Il long time.
"Oh! The barber cuts away in 81
lence and very short. Tit-Bits.
a CuIlpaIIc-iu u Gne maAihIuiu .enn-
perature III different parts of the world
shows that the great desert of Africa
is by far the hottest This vast plain,
which extends 2, 600 miles from east to
west and 1000 from north to south, has
"a temperature Of $50 degrees f. in the
hottest days of summer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

Physic, for the most part, is nothing
else but the substitute of exercise for
temperance ce-Addison. !.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

Norwalk, Conn.,, is said to have an
Indian origin. but there is an English
village of this name.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
Russian "COlic Stones."

Travellers who have penetrated into
the eastern portion of southern Russia
find that the people have many strange
beliefs i'll the power of charms. The
charm most generally Worn by the peo-
pie i'll that part of the czars vast do
main is a round, flat bone which is
found in the head of a certain species of
northern fish. They are called "colic
stones, aud the superstitious wearers
of such charms believa that they have
the power to prevent collie and host of
other diseases among the minor ailments
to which human flesh is heir. This
queer superstition is not confined to the
ignorant, poorer classes, but appears to
exist i'll all kinds of society. The
wealthy have their "colic stones"
mounted in gold, and i'll this shape they
are worn Oh the necklace next to the
ever present cross. Louis Republic
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04

Every man deems that he has precise
ly the trials and temptations which are
the hardest of all others for him to bear,
but they are so simply because they arc
the very ones he most needs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
PittSburg Division.

WESTBOUNU,
No. 9-Pittsburg Express leaves ...l l.2O m
q" 63-Cumberland I" " dali
" except Sunday. y....7:3o a nj
" 1l-Mail leaves. .... 80 p III
" 5-Chicago Limited. -. 300 p m
EASTBOUNp.
No lo-Baltimore Express arrives. @:o5 m
6 6-Limited ..l2:l5 pm
" l4-Nail ..l2.50 pm
=" 6i-Cumberland Exp . dai-
ly except sunday. 7:35 m
46 and AZ still cary passengers.
No. II is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. IA from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. Nos 5 and6 make 3stops each way.
through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. G.. CLARKE,
March 2l Ticket Agent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-04-04
MAY BE SINGING FISHES.

A Phenomenon of the Sea Which Is In
teres.ing and Mysterious.
Here is an account of phenomenon
CT the Pascagoula river i'll Mississippi,
to which, although it is not generally
known, the attention of naturalists has
been called on account of it's mystery.
At times very remarkable sounds are
heard at the mouth of this river. The
local fishermen say that it is the spirits
singing under the water.' 1t is mur-
muring sound, which rises gradually
and then falls to a lower tone. The
music ceases when the waters are dis
turbed and when they are quiet it be-
gins again
Several explanations have been offered
as to the origin and cause of the myste-
rious sounds of the Pascagoula. The
most satisfactory theory is that the
sounds are produced by a species of fish
i'll some unknown way. Professor G.
Brown GoOde, who is an authority on
fishes and fish life, thinks that the drum
fish may cause the sounds i'll question.
Instances CT peculiar sounds being
heard at sea and ascribed to fishes are
not uncommon, as the following exam
pies will show:
In 1924, when Lieutenant White of
the American navy was at the mouth of
a river in Cambodia, he and his crew
We're surprised by unusual sounds. He
described the noises as a mixture of the
bass of an organ, the ringing of bells,
the CULTURAL cries Of a large frog and the
tones of an immense harp. The natives
said that the sounds were produced by
school of a certain kind of fish.
DR.. Buist, 1917, reported that party
of people in boat On the waters near
Bombay heard strange sounds, which
the natives held to be caused by fish.
Emerson Tennent, heard similar sounds
from the lake of Batticaloa in Ceylon,
and here again the natives claimed that
fishes made the sounds. Several CORE
spondents of newspapers have reported
having heard sounds which We're pro-
duced by fishes. One writer in the Lon
don Field, 1867, AYERS that i'll the har
Dor at Greytown, Nicaragua, he was
haunted at night by these mysterious
sounds. Another in the same paper tells
of musical sounds which he heard in the
Tavoy river Other instances of more
recent date might be mentioned.
From all the accounts given we may
draw sOmc interesting conclusions.
Thus it seems that the sounds are al
most always heard on shipboard, though
Charles Kingsley once heard them at
Trinidad from the shore: that they are
usually heard i'll tropical regions; that
they are more often heard at night than
at any other time; that they are COM
monty heard at the mouth of rivers, as
at the mouth Of the Pascagoula, and
that they have been reported from far
distant places i'll America, Europe and
Asia-Our Animal Friends.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-06
CHAIRMAN JONES IN GOTHAM.
He Again Denies the Popuiist Re-
mark Attributed to Him.

NEW YORK. August 5.-There were
signs of excitement around Democratic
head quarters at the Hotel Bartholdi this
morning over the expected arrival Of Sem
ator James X. Jones. OF Arkansas, the
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee. Senator Jones arrived in the
city at 3 o'clock this morning. and was
met at the station by Treasurer William
T. ST. John. The two men drove to the
Fifth-AYenue Hotel, where Senator Jones
engaged a room.
by a reporter. stated that the object or his
arrangements for the big notification
meeting at Madison-Square Garden. lie
again denied the statement. republshed
this morning, that he had said In an IN
teryiew that Bryan would not accept the
Populistic nomination and that the south
ern Populists would Ego with the ne
groes. where they belong"
When asked II he would reply 10 the
letter OF Thomas +. Watson. the Poguiist
candidate for Nice-President. published
This morning. Senator Jones said he would
nor as the communication was based on
an erroneous superstition.
senator Jones also stated that, In all
nrob4bilIty. Governor stone, OF Missouri.
y,ouIl deliver the notification address, and
tbaf he himself would likely call the
TIE serator expected TO depart for
washington again this afternoon. when
he mad Completed his talk with Treasurer
81 John.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-06
Az EXCITING GAME.
In which the Farmers Capture the
Goats.

PETERSBURG, VA, August 5--tSpe-
cialD 1.-THE game this afternoon between
the Farmers and the Goats was most
exciting one. AT the commencement II
looked as IL the contest would be easily
won by the Goats. as for three innings
the Farmers had made but one hit, ana
only two men had gotten rs far as second
base. while on the other hand the Goats
had made two home runs and Two Singles.
These. with two errors by Kelley, VITO
was covering second bag had enabled lhe
Goats To send four men across the home
plate. After this inning the Farmers raj
lied and did not allow another Goat 10
score, while IN the fourth they made one
run. and In the fifth hit Pulse 50 marc
that ne was taken out OF the box ana
Fleming substituted. In thN inning they
took the lead, making four runs, three
OF them earned. In the seventh Kelley
cinched the game by knocking the ban
over centre-field 10 zee for a home run
Person. a new pitcher from North caro-.
lima. was In the box for the Farmers ana
ne pitched great ball. He had good speed
and splendid control Of the bail, and al
though the first man up Knocked the ban
over the fence for a home run, IL did not
seem TO phase him at all, and he pitched
with more energy and vim during the
remainder of the game. The score.
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