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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
JEFFERSON WAS THE MAN.
In Catsk;li the Famous Actor Taken For
the Original Old Rip.

In Catsk;u the Famous Actor Taken For
the Original Old Rip.
Joseph Jefferson relates the following
interesting incident:
"IECre is in the village of Catskill a
Rip Van Winkle club. The society did
me the honor to invite me to act the
character i'll their town." said Mr.. JEFF
ferson. Il accepted, and W hen arrived
was met by the president and other
members Of the club, among whom was
young Nicholas Vedder, who claimed to
be Il Eneal descendent of the original
Old Nick. 1 was taking a cup of tea at
the table i'll the hotel" continued Mr..
jefferson, "when was attracted to the
colored waiter, who was giving a
graphic ard detailed account of the
legend of the Catskill mountains to one
of the boalders who sat nearly opposite
me.
'Yes, sah,' said the waiter, Rip
went up into de mountains, slep' for 20
years, and when he come back here in
dis berry town his own folks didn't
know him..
Why, said his listener, you don't
believe the story's true?'
" True? Oh course it is! Why
pointing at me- said jefferson, 'dat's
de man..
"Whcn l got to the theater," said
Mr.. Jefferson, rcsuming the story, II
CO uld scarcely get i'll, the crowd was so
great about the door. During the scene
in the last act, when Rip inquiries of
the innkccpcr, IS this the village OF
Falling Water?' altered the text and
substituted the correct name, rs this
the village of Catskill?' The people in
the crowded house almost seemed to
he Id their breath.
"The name of the village seemed to
bring home the scene to every man,
woman and child that was looking at it.
From that time ON the interest was at
its full tension. Surely had never seen
AM audience so struck with the play be-
fore
f"Ihcre was a reception held at the
club after the play, and the president
wa's so nervous that he introduced me
as Washington Irving San Francisco
C,t1
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
Puppies and Flower Beds.

We once watched the united efforts of
l5)5ter of setter puppies, the particular
object being Ike destruction Of a fine
bed of geraniums, an enterprise which
promised maximum of result" with
IA s. It off of mere trifie of an effort, if
onct protecting fence of wire netting
could be surmonnted. One after another
the Jpuppies charged the fence, only to
fall }back baffied, but not discouraged.
Failure only made them more deter
mined. With savage barks and growls
the. -cturned again to the attack until,
aftek desperate leap and scramble, the
biggest puppy rolled over among the
geratiums. For Il moment he was al
most awed by bis success. He squeaked
and Iat down, but only for "a moment.
Thelt he hurled himself into the thickest
part iof the rcd and tore the gera"inms
10 pieces. Cornish.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
THE BEAUTY OF A SHIP.
Mrs. Stowe's Fascinating Description of q
Vessel Under Sail.

Mrs. Stoves Fascinating Description OF q
Vessel Under Sail.
Mrs. Stowe, in "The Pearl of Orr's
Island" gives this fascinating descrip-
tion of ship under sail: "What is
there belonging to this workaday world
of ours that has such fund of never
failing poetry and grace as ship: A
ship is a beauty and mystery wher-
ever we see it. Its white wings touch
the regions of the unknown and the
imaginative. They seem to us full of
the odors of quaint, strange, foreign
shores, where life, we fondiy dream,
moves in brighter currents than the
muddy, tranquil tides of every day.
Who that sees one bound outward, with
her white breasts swelling and heaving,
as if with a reaching expectancy, does
not feel his own heart swell with a
longing impulse to go with her to the
faroff shores? Even at dingy, crowded
wharfs, amid the stir and tumult of
great cities, the coming in Of ship is
an event that never can lose its inter-
est. But on these romantic shores Of
Maine. where all is SO wild and still
and the bluea 70 - WOW in ts,e
arms of darU Il9eo1s ss0S'' 'he SUD
den ,s.-4ova,filg Of ship from distant
voyage is a sort of romance. Who that
has stood by the blue waters of Middle
bay, engirdled as it is by green slopes
OF farming land, interchanged here and
there with heavy billows of forest trees
kr rocky, pine crowned promontories,
has not felt that sense Of seclusion and
solitude which is so delightful? And
then what ii wonder! There comes a
slip from China, drifting in like a
white cloud, the gallant creature! How
tire waite. hiss and foam before her!
\ With what u great, free, generous plash
{ HE throws out her anchors as if she
said a cheerful We'll done' to some
glorious W ork accomplished! The very
life and spirit Of strange, romantic
lands come with her. Suggestions of
sandalwoOd and spice breathe through
the pine woods. She is an oriental
queen, with hands full of mystical gifts.
All her garments smell of myrrh and
cassia, out cf the ivory palaces, where
by they have made her glad No won
der men lave loved ships like birds and
that there have been found brave, rough
hearts that i'll fatal wrecks chose rather
to go down with their ocean love than
to leave her in the last throes Of her
death agony
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
OLD FRIENDS.

There are no friends like old friendA
And none so good and true.
We greet them when we meet them
AS roses greet the dew.
No other friends are dearer,
Though born of kindred mold,
And while VIC prize the new ones,
We treasure more the old.
There are no friends like old friends,
Wher'er we dwell or roam,
In lands beyond the ocean
Or near the bounds Of home.
And when they smile to gladden.,
Or sometimes frown to guide,
We fondly wish those old friends
We're always by our side.
There are no friends like old friends
To help us with the load
That all must bear who journey
Der life's uneven road.
And when unconquered sorrows
The weary hours invest,
The kindly words of old friends
Are always found the best.
There are no friends like old friends
To calm our frequent fears
When shadows fall and deepen
Through life's declining years.
And when our faltering footsteps
Approach the great divide,
Well long to meet the old friends
Who wait the other side.
David Banks Sickles
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
1he Vigesimal SYST

One of the facts presented
or Conant in his interestin,
"The Number Concept, is the
tic races have held on to the VI
system, or numeration having
basis. 1t is found in old Irish,
Gaelic, Manx and Breton. Whe.
ever, 1000 is reached, then comes
Latin, as if the effects of Roma
quest were visible, for in Irish, +,
and Breton mile" or "mil" is /
Another peculiarity is that in Fl
the persistence of the vigesimal sy
is visible. The French 80 is uui
vingt, four times 20, and their 8
quatre-vingt-dix, or four times 30,
10 added. In old French soixante fu1|
does not appear 1t was treis VIM,
three times 20. One hundred and tw,
ty was six vinz-that is, six times 2(
and sept VIM, or seven times 20. u
l40. In Africa the vigesimal system
rare, but in Asia it is not uncomm,
and is in use in northern Siberia
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
A ROYAL PROGRESS.

When spring, like Raleigh, flung his cloal
For her small foot's light treading,
The stripping larches fresh buds broke,
And pennon leaves gan spreading.
The vassal sun. his glory shedding,
In cloth Of gold drest hpmblest folh-
When spring, like Raleigh, flung his closs
For her small foot's light treading.
The loyal birds shrill homage woke, ~
And daisies, humble field flowers heading
Curtsied and bobbed beneath an oak 4, =
Dccked out as for royal wedding q
When spring, like Raleigh. flung his Y
For her small foot's light treading.,
l.. Hereward in New Bohemian Mon
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
Curious Chinese Playing Cards.

A pack Of Chinese playing cards is
genuine, curiosity. They are general
printed in black on thin cardboard, IL. J
average width and breadth being abo,, /
that of the finger of a human being. ~
some cases they are only half an incls
broad and about 81 inches in length.
The length, no odds what the size, is
always at least six times that of the
width. Some of the packs have queer
representations Of our "kings, -
"queens" and "knaves" stamped upon
them i'll black. Others are decorated
with the figures of animals, birds and
fishes. Those used by mandarins and
high officials bear only figures of myth-
illogical creatures. Louis Republic
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
Observation.

TOT Did is not necessarily to OBJ
serve 2he power of comparing and
combining is only TO be obtained by
educationl 1t is much to be regretted
that habitt Of exact observation are not
cultivated | i'll our schools. To this def
cheney ma9 be traced much of the fala-
cious reasdning and the false philos-
ophy which\ \prevail. w. Humboldt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26

When a washerwoman changes her
tlace of residence, one may ask her
@where she hangs out now" without
ksing slang.>
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26

The word hoyden, now applied exclp i
bively to noisy young woman. forme,,
~ denoted person Of like characts /
but of either sex.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
SCHEDULE.


above Train No. ! leaves
\. m. arrives ut Frostburg at
tain No. s, laaving FrOstburg
hes Piedmont at 2::}S p. m.,
ping at all intermediate
is, when admission tickets
to performance at theatre.
I close of performance.
Hays street station, Cum
I'd sdaily except Sunday.
US, Thursdays and Satur-
pc hauled on trains Nos
L.. Nj. HAMILTON,
superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26

olic. The priest did nS apr
monstrated with Sonora
gard to this impious 81
hereto. "Valgame Di
with a despairing sh1
you? Those of
work, and there
nine of the famil
you have us starve
that religion must
Of expediency. TIL
even in slumberous .
Carpenter, with a g
mouth, wondered asa
the priests genufi'
was recalling any or
temperate remarks
greasers. He looked
he stood Imply by bri
to be recalling the si1
lures of a bad life a Gel
Longley never did
fright peart" "-he bega
He worked early and !.
for were there not 10 blo
% collaterals, also the
of the collaterals, and 8
But it is an unwritten la
not expected to clothe the
their relatives.
A dozen or so would cor
Tassajara, another dozel
Pinos, and there "visit" II
weeks at Longley's in the
amity. Being but huma
would occasionally raise O.
roof, but as most of his sv
tives were surprisingly de
knowledge of English his
Intellectual.
They had parties every S,
and to the strains of an a
three or four guitars they
dance the lint out Of the flo
In the old unfettered day
had met with Longley's m
fed scorn were these very S
dances. Edith Wagner in
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26

julia CIOIHBU H6Ts6II III SUI S'sf
against that impenetrable another, of
penter battered in vain. The English;
course, understood no word oiher. And
so il was useless to appeal to1, ratified
there they had poor, conceite
Longley fast. place III
The marriage -eeuld not take Gath
the church, as Lon gley was 70 and re-
olic. The priest did nst, applilllo ON, IN re-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26

his brain like a plece
to and fro in the tide.
When he\got the kii
out in his head, he -four
finished calling the bal
Julia, and that they were
the wedding to take plac'
could stand.
The thing was monst
doubt, but what coy Id be
ter was the only N.e VI
try to interfere, and herTl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-09-26
FROsTlURG, Md, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, L

thing happened. The stolid German
servant, with whom obedience to orders
was as natural anf as necessary as the
breath Of life, brke every tenet and
tradition of the regulations and pro-
tested at the captains order. All the
training of his yeas III service deserted
him, and the man 1ho, at his captains
command, would hive stool his ground
to the last gun fire nd aftrs that pre-
sented arms to deati, rebelled when he
found that captain reaking the glori-
Gus custom of years 1t Was him the
revelation and the tcmonstr' 4 of the
impossible. The W,ole elabol o.e fabric
he had built out .zSs4tt .ditions Of
army, navy and Ne ,rin" e ice came
tumbling about his e ars ne p, stsery foun-
dations of belief We're H., 1red by the
single command which Shaw wed the SER
geant that a captain W 81 ID not know
his duty was, after al a possibility.
The color went out of Pfeifer's face,
and he grew deathly pale. Then he sa-
luted and said:
''But l beg your pardon, sir. It is not
the regulation. I should salute from the
quarter deck. -
If he had received blow in the face,
the captain could not have been more
surprised. 1t was o serious thing, in
deed, when Pfeifer kotastafA lat an or,
~. But t .Isc1a sr>" ..i
\ " 11ol kl,D l.,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

Capt. Charlie Miller informs
us that the Str. Hays will, for the
present, make but one regular tip a
week between Bonner's Ferry and
Ockonook. The boat will leave here
regularly every Monday morning at
10 o'clock, without fail, and tarn
on the following days. The bal
anceof the week will be consum-
ed in making special runs to any
point on Kootenai waters, as bus
mess may justify
&C. d. Rowell and wife have
gone to Spokane. They will re-
main for two or three months.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
$1,000 IN PRIZES
TO BE DISTRIBUTED FREE.


Use the letters contained in the
text: "Monon Seeds Grow" and !
form as many words as you can,
using letters either backward or
forward, but don't use any letter
in same word more times than it
appears in "Monon Seeds Grow"
For example the words; see, on,
none, weeds, etc. The person
forming the greatest number of
words, using the letters in the text,
will receive One Hundred Dollars
in cash. For the next largest list
we will give $75 in cash, for the
next ten largest lists we will give
$40 in gold. If you are good at
word making you can secure a valu-
able prize as, The Monon Seed Co.
intend giving many hundred speci-
al prizes to person sending lists
containing over Twenty-Five words.
Write your name on list of words
Numbered and enclose the same
postpaid with II two-cent stamps
for a combination package of Mo
non Seeds That Grow, which in
cludes II packets of the latest and
most popular flowers of different
varieties, also particulars and rules
of distribution of prizes. This
word contest will be carefully and
conscientiously conducted, and is
solely for the purpose of further
introducing our seeds in new local
tiles. You will receive the biggest
value in flower seeds over offered,
and besides if you are able to make
good list Of words and answer
promptly you will stand an equal
opportunity to secure a valuable
prize. We intend spending a large
amount of money in the distribu-
ton of prizes in this contest. We
assure you that your trial order
with us will be most gratifying.
Write your name plainly and send
list as early as possible.
Address MONON SEED Co.
Monon Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

Our people are growing more
and more in the habit of looking to
J. F. Cook, Jr., druggist, for the
latest and best of everything in the
drug line. He sells Chamberlain
Cough Remedy, famous for its
cures of bad colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough. When in need of such
a remedy give this remedy a trial
and you will he more than pleased
with the result.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
FACTS ABOUT THE MOYEA-YAHK
A Leading Promoter of the Camp
Expresses his Views.

LEONlA, ludnO, ApIll T. HultOl
HERALD There is, or has been,
considerable controversy of late re
garding the shotest routes and
trails into the new Yahk camp.
Now, if good, hard, common sense
is to have any weight in this dis
cussion, let us take facts as they
are and not as we would like them
to be.
Bonners Ferry will get the
travel into the Moyea country and
a large part of the travel from the
west that will wish to go through
the Moyea pass and on into the
Yahk. Bonner's Ferry will get this
travel because it has the shortest
and most practicable route.
AS to the claims of Leonia and
Troy to the shortest and most di-
rect route to the Yahk and the new
town of Sylvanite, there is no
chance for any discussion. Any
one who has travelled both trails
well knows that Leonia has the
best and shortest route by at least
five miles. Now, let us look at the
matter from a business standpoint.
1t costs quite a little more to land
freight from the west at Troy than
at Leonia, and there is a difference
of IS cents in passenger rates in
favor of Leonia. In the face of the
foregoing fact, how can Troy
reasonably expect to get the travel
and transportation from the west?
Now, as to the rivalry between
these towns, there should be none.
All should get in and work for the
common good of the country and
present facts as they exist.
Petty spite, malice and vitupera-
ton will never develop the re-
sources Of the Moyea- Yahk or any
other country. Leonia has no
town lots to sell or townsite to
boom. Her citizens want to see
travel 60 into the country by the
way it should go-the shortest and
best route and no misrepresentation
of existing facts. They want the
people of Bonner's Ferry andTroy
to work with them in unison fol
the best interests of this young and
promising mining camp.
Leonia is the home of the boys
who first struck the Moyea- YahB
camp and who have worked for its
interests ever since. They are ole
timers in the country and do not
own penny's worth of interests
in Leonia. Their interests are in
the Yahk. They are, however
open in declaring themselves
against the unworthy methods o
some OF the members of the Troy
town-site Co. in arraying them
selves against every project started
and promoted by the Leonia boy!
for the advancement of the camI
on the Yahk. This is jealousy anC
spite in its most malignant form
and if continued can never result
in a hearty cooperation which
there should be to accomplish tn,
most good for our general interests
Water will find its level, anC
travel and transportation will fine
the shortest and cheapest wa,
eventually 1t would be mucl
more commendable and woul,
work much more to the materia
: interests of the Troy townsite PEG
pie individually to orlgionate an,
execute some good for the camp
rather than wait for the Leoni
people to do so and then jump il
and oppose them which they hav
always done. G. H. BARTLETT.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
CastOria.

"castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DIR. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their Threats, thereby
lending them to premature graves"
DIR. J. +. KINcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04
CaStOria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

"our physicians in the cbildren's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with castoria.
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL IND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

Centaur TT Murray New York City.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

MI ATOu ORGANS, s35 up. Sign painters
vi MIN wanted. Catalogue free. Address
IN nun Daniel f. Beatty, Washington
New Jersey.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-04-04

OnnI1Tn PIANOS, S225 up. Sign painters
HRII NM wanted. Catalogue free. Adj
tIIlil II I'M dress Daniel f. Beatty, Wash
ington. New Jersey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-20
RAILROAD ExONERATED.
Mad Nothing to Do With the Death Of James
Gardiner at PittsfieId. Monday.

Pittsfield, June 19.-At a hearing Fri
day morning. on the death of James Gar
diner, who was Struck and killed, Thurs
day afternoon by the express from Ban
gor. Conductor Fred McIntire and the
engine crew told the following story:
James Gardiner. a widower with two
sons, SO years of age and unemployed.
has been for some time in poor health
and it is thought of unsound mind. He
had been heard to state that life had no
pleasure for him and 1t would be as well
If he should be taken to the other world
at any time. Not being engaged in any
business. 1t has been his custom to wan
der about good deal and almost always
alone.
Thursday, after dinner, he started Off
one Knew where. His trip could not have
been very long. as he was but little
over half n mile east of the Pittsfield
station when found. Here he had made
every preparation for suicide. His coat
had been removed and hung upon the
ground and several rocks laid therein,
and leaning against the fence was his
walking stick.
bud Newell. the engineer, had his at
tention called to Gardiner. who was at
the side of the track, but at that time
was out of danger from the locomotive
The train was running some 40 miles an
hour and just before reaching Gardiner
he leaped upon the track and within a
second was truck full by the engine, his
remains being thrown nearly 20 feet and
fearfuliy mangled. The remains were
who viewed the body and will return a
verdict of self-destructlon.
The jury find that the Maine Central
Railroad Co. is in no way responsible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-20
AFTER THE BATTLE.
CONTINUED from page -
MAJ McklNLEYs sERENAoE.-
Our Next President Given Great Ovation q
Ms Ohio Home.

Canton, Ohio. June 19.-Major Nc
Kinley expressed particularly hearty
satisfaction over the numerous re-
sponses from the far west. approving
his nomination and the platform and
promising support.
The delegation which went from
Canton to attend the Republican ma
tional convention, returned from st
Louis, this evening. and proceeded to
Major McKinley's residence. dele
cation of several hundred from Trum-
bull and Mahoning counties marched
up parallel street and simuitane-
ously entered the yard.
The adjoining streets were damned
fully 10000 people being In sight of the
house Major Mckinley received the
triumphant pilgrims under the trees in
the side yard. When the cheering
which greeted the Presidential nominee
was ended Congressman r. w. Tay-
lor of the 18th district, Judge Day and
Judge BALDWIN made addresses. Major
Mckinley responded, saying that he
was more than delighted to meet his
friends, and similar expressions.
While this reception was i'll progress
the front yard had been invaded by the
of New York. including the II Mckinley
delegates from that state. Mr.. Mckinley
hurried through the house and on the
front porch faced the 200 eager-faced New
Workers. 1t Is needless to say that the
major responded in his own happy vein,