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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
FROsTBURG Md, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896.
"Paul, for Gods sake, save mel 1t lis

paul. for Gods sake, save mel 1t lis
the last time shall trouble you"
go to my house by the back door. I
will join you in ten minutes"
And, catching at Hester's hand, he
hurried her along.
"You are trembling, dearest. THAT
man has frightened you. He mYeant no
harm. 1t is my brother.
"Your brother?" she gasped. q %itgrit.-
ming jack your brother?"
"What do you know of Lightning
Jack?' Who are you?''
"Come with me to my lodgings" she
SAID family. 81 can't tell you here"
Hester Moore sat with her arms
stretched across the table, her head
bowed Oh them in speechless, fearless
misery. The confidence which she had
withheld so long had been wrung from
her at last.
She was no angel of charity, but
person sent from Scotland Yard to track
the burglar "Lightning Jack" "
SO this is our Little Gray Lady! A
human bloodhound paid to hunt down
fallen wretches''
INCIy NolN 'uEIiCNA llSl A1hO q WHIP
In the distress Of that hour he was blind
to her pain, blind to justice, blind to
his very love for her.
"Well, your victim is ready at your
hand" he said bitterly to the trembling
representative of Scotland Yard. "Of
course you will do your duty"
He walked from the room without
backward glance. For an instant she re-
mained thus, spiritless and dazed. Then
gradual indignation worked its way
through her clouded brain.
What had she done to evoke con-
tempt, to forfeit happiness? Born of a
detective father, she had been carefully
trained by the clever parent in certain
intricacies of the profession, and since
his death the work had been to her a
means of livelihood.
The cheap clock on the mantelpiece
struck IL, and she raised her face at
last, a wondrous pity looking out of her
burning eyes. Why had she considered
only herself? His seeming cruelty had
been but the outcome of fear for tho
safety of his brother
When the dawn showed through the
chinks Of the blind she threw open the
window and leaned out her face in the
chilly breeze
Hester, have been waiting for you,
hoping against hope that you did not
go last night toto Scotland Yard"
1t was Paul Maryland standing on the
pavement He bent his face close to hers
and whispered.
'"Thank God!' she said, with shaking
lips.
Death had spared her terrible task.
lightning Jack" had died in delirium
i'll the arms of his brother.
One Of the cleverest lady assistants
attached to Scotland Yard resigned her
post few weeks ago, Oh the occasion
of her approaching marriage.
The pew opener of TIE Southwark
church was heard to remark that Gin
all her ken" no man had ever looked so
proud of his bride as did the "slum-
ming" doctor who brought back the
Little Gray Lady to live with Them
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
The Incautious Critic.

Almost the last work that Sir Edwin
Landseer was engaged on was life
sizel picture of Nell Gwynn passing
through an archway on white palfrey.
This picture. in which the horse alone
was finished, was bought by one of the
Rothschild family and given to Sir
John Millais to complete. One morning
celebrated art critic called and was
much impressed with this work. "Ah.
to be surep' he said, going up close and
examining deerhound, which almost
breathed, in the foreground Of the pic
ture. 'How easily one can recognize
Landseer's dogs! Wonderful, isn't itf"
"Yes, it is wonderful" remarked Sir
John, lighting another pipe. II finished
painting that dog yesterday and have
done the whole of it myself" That
critic was sorry he spoke. .-Magazine of
Art.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
Former Knights of the Road.

The dissolution of the monasteries d
greatly increased vagrancy in the 81
teenth century. Rich abbeys, like th(
of Reading. employed large numbers
worllmen and servants, who when thd
masters had fallen into evil case WI
thrown upon heartless world and tt
to robbery for q livelihood. The hospi
of the monasteries i'll the good old dd
always provided food and a bed
weary travellers, of whatever rank tt
were, and needy wanderers sorely
the loss of their kind hosts. The
courtiers grabbed the church s landl
wealth, and the poor folk followed
example by grabbing whatever
could lay their hands on. Consequdl
there were in these parts "a great stoare
Of stout vagabonds and maystarless men
(ahle enough for labour), which do great
hurt in the county by their idle Md
naughtie life. - The unfortunate pen
who were robbed could claim compen-
sation from the inhabitants on the hun
drcd i'll which the robbery took place.
This old law was as ancient as the time
of cur great Berkshire king, Alfred; for
who is ignorant of the fact that when
gold bracelets were hung up by q
roadside On account of the enforce1(
of this law and the fear of the veng,
of the hundred 10 one dared to n
them?
But when these highway robi
Maidenhead thicket We're SO
the burden of making cmpenS
somewhat heavily on the inhabitan19
the hundred of Benhurst. In one yeal
they paid as much as e255 for robberies
conlnltted on unfortunate wayfarers.
Therefore s. special act Of parliameI
WAS passed in 1897 i'll order to rel
the Inhabitants from their burden
Gcntlemanis Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03

breeds irritability, and his irritabi1ity
had been stirred to it's lowest depths by
inability to get satisfactory hired girl,
but month or SO ago he was fortunate
enough to get "settled woman" who
was pretty near perfection. She was a
good cook, staid in nights except when
her ''s'ciety" met, and in other ways
was model. About once a month the
oblong piece Of buff colored paper that
was slipped under the basement door
by the gasman would bring frown to
Mr.. IS brow, but he would only
caution the hired girl to turn down the
gas when not using it, A few nights
ago "s'ciety" meeting had called the
girl out before she finished washing the
dinner dishes, and she hadn't returned
when the family retired for the night.
Mr.. - had protracted interview
with his enemy, the sleep killer, the
same night and could find no rest. In
vain he thought over all his misdeeds
and counted 100 backward and forward
several times. Sleep wouldn't come, SO,
after tossing about until long after mid
night, he finally got up and sat at the
window. Happening to look down in
to the yard, he saw a streak Of light
glinting from the basement shutters,
and he thought Of burglars. Creeping
stealthily down the stairs. he heard
dishes, SO he went back up to his room.
Then he got mad at this wanton waste
Of gas, and going to the speaking tube
yelled, "Put out that gas and 60 to
bed" 1t was the first time there had
been an occasion to use the tube since
the new girl came, and she hadn't been
introduced to it before.
A smothered exclamation in the kitch-
en-, the noise of chair knocked over and
pans rattling to the floor were followed
by scurrying up stairs, three steps at a
time, and the badly scared colored wo-
man gathered her few belongings in her
room and made rush for the front door,
Mr.. - tried to intercept her, but she
was thoroughly frightened and wouldn't
stop. "Lemme go, boss; lemme 60. I
wouldn't work heah any mo- fer all the
money in the treasury. I was washin
the dishes down stairs jes' now and a
loud voice come right through the tin
pan was jes' hangin up, and it said,
Put out dat gas and go to h-P I
know this house is haunted, and
wouldn t work heah any mo- for muffin"
And she wouldn't. The next evening in
the "want" column of The Star was an
ad. for settled colored woman to do
housework up at some hundred and
something Thirteenth street. Washing
ton Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
A MONSTER BOOK.
The Largest One In the World In the
British Museum.

The Chinese department Of the Brit
ish museum library contains, says
writer in Cassell's "World of Wonders" I"
q single work which occupies no fewer
than 5000 volumes. This wonderful
production Of the Chinese press was
purchased few years ago for $4,000
and is one Of only very small number
Of copies now in existence. 1t is an en-
cyclopedia of the literature of China,
covering period Of 28 centuries-from
1000 B. G. to 1900 A. D.
1t owes its origin to the literary pro-
clivities of the Emperor Kang-he, who
reigned from 1862 to 1922. In the
course of his studies Of the ancient liter
ature of his country Kang-he discovered
that extensive corruptions had been al
lowed to creep into modern editions,
and he conceived the idea Of having the
text Of the originals reproduced and pre-
served in an authoritative form. This
was mighty conception truly, and in
its execution it remains unique down to
the present time. For the purpose Of
carrying out the work, Kang-he appoint
ed commission of learned men to se-
lecG the writings TO be reproduced ana
employed the Jesuit missionaries to cast
copper types with which to execute the
printing.
The commission was occupied for 40
years in its great task. Before the work
was completed Kang-he died, but he
had provided that his successor should
see the book completed, and he faithful
ly carried out his trust. The book is ar
ranged in six divisions, each dealing
with particular branch of knowledge.
The divisions are thus designated: First,
writings relating to the heavens; Sec
ond, writings relating to the earth;
third, writings relating to mankind;
fourth, writings relating to inanimate
nature; fifth, writings relating to phi
losophy; sixth, writings relating to po-
litical economy
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
THE MARRIAGE TIE.
Men and Women Not to Be Judged by
the Same Standard.

the Same Standard.
Whether it is that we are poorer, or
that we are more luxurious and exacting
in our tastes, and that the girls of today
require more in their marriage than the
ordinary Englishman can afford, I can
not say, but unless girls have great
beauty or large fortunes we hear much
more of the difficulty of their marrying.
Among the mass of women, however,
there is no revulsion from the marriage
tie, and all healthy minded girls and
women seem to be just as much interest
ed in the question as were their grand
mothers. The one great fact that has
kept English society is the inviolability
of the marriage tie. Infidelity in mar
ried woman is surely reason enough to
Justify her husband in getting rid of
her, and the woman who clamors for
divorce on the same grounds as men is
surely lowering the standard of female
purity in ruthless way. Is man, with
his stronger, coarser, more animal ma
ture, to be judged by the same standard
of chastity as a woman, with her higher
ideals of life, her purer nature, and the
exemption from temptation which she
enjoys?
If we think for a moment of the
temptation to which men are exposed
from their very early youth, and which
they undoubtedly combat very unsuc-
cessfully, and which attacks them at a
time when they are most prone to sue
cumb-in the period Of youth, vigor
and ignorance-and contrast their posi-
tion with that Of women, we must sure
ly feel that we are degrading our sex
when we ask for corresponding code Of
morality, or even suggest that women
are to be tried by no higher standard
than that to which men strive to attain.
We are told that no union can survive
the conjugal customs and intimacy Of
English married life. Perhaps the new
woman thinks so because in her ephem-
eral passion no feeling of constancy, af-
fection Or gratitude is possible. We be.
lieve that the overwhelming majority Of
old fashioned English women regard
that intimacy as one Of the purest and
sweetest ever devised-one which, when
the passion and desire of youth fade
away, blossoms into friendship, COM
pansionship as constant as it is holy,
without which their lives would indeed
be barren. Jeune in Saturday Re-
view.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
A REMARKABLE VENDETTA,
All This Half Savage Father Lives For Is
to Kill Walrus.

"Did you ever hear of a strong, able
bodied man going crazy from grief?"
asked Captain Debney of the steamship
City of Puebla, on the water front yes
terday. 81 don't mean one of your high
ly sensitive creatures" continued he,
"but man feet inches in his stock
ings, and as strong as an OK. Of such a
man heard during my last trip to the
sound. He is Russian Finn and is
sensible Oh every subject save one. He
has q vendetta against the walrus, and
his cabin in the wilds of Alaska is built
up with their skulls.
According to the story told me by q
passenger who came down with me
from the sound, this man settled in
Alaska years ago. He married native
woman, and she bore him son. A few
years later the mother died, and all the
affection of the half savage father CEN
tered on the son. Nothing was too good
for the lad, and everything in the way
of hunting and fishing lore was taught
him.
"When the boy was old enough, his
father took him out ON all his hunting
expeditions and soon the youngster be-
gan working on his own account.
"One fatal day he attacked an old
bull walrus, but instead of killing it he
himself was the victim. When the father
saw the dead body Of his son he was
wild with grief, which finally settled
into species Of madness. Now all he
lives for is to kill walrus.
"When the mania first seized him he
lived in dugout. Now his hut is on
the ground and composed almost entire
ly of walrus skulls.
"He crawls up behind the brutes
while they are asleep, and, seizing them
by the tusks, stands them on end by
main force. He looks into their eyes as
though seeking to recognize the one that
killed his son, and then his knife does
the rest. The head is then cut off, and
goes to make one more to the monument
he is raising to the memory Of his son.
San Francisco Call
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
Natures Kitchens.

In Iceland to cook food in the geysers
is regular portion of the tourist pro-
gramme. Tea is infused with water
from the Great geyser, and trout are
boiled in the Blesi, or hot water pond,
which suddenly ceased to erupt after
the Skaptar- -Jokull convulsion of 1884.
They require to be immersed for about
20 minutes to be cooked to turn.
In the Yellowstone story is told of
fisherman, who, having oanght a fine
trout, merely turned on his heel, and,
without taking his captive off the line,
plunged it into pool Of hot water,
from which in a short time he drew it
ready for his meal, reminding us Of
Lord Lovat, the Jacobite rebel, whox
when luncheon time approached, bstr
himself to fall on his estatsG
for its leaping salmon
n>idron of boiling -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
The DEVILS Cap.

In medieval dramas the part of the
devil was always played in pointed
red cap, with two side points or tassels.
So much Importance was attached to
this cap that on one occasion, in France,
IN actor refused to play, and the enter
iainment was postponed because his
"devi \cap" had been stolen and II
was bile to play the part of satan
uig,t \Qper headpiece. n,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
Haphazard Preaching.

A clergyman in Cushing, Me-, is re-
ported to havo IA unique way of securing
texts He passed around slips of paper,
upon which the people wrote various
texts that they would like to hear preach
ell from. He then passed around hat
and gathered Up the slips and asked a
young lady present to choose one with
out looking. She drew forth the text,
"What think yc: upon which he
preached, according to report, a very
excellent sermon This method is cer-
tainiy unique but we admit an old fash
ioncd preference for q text selected
in the week and several
thought and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
THE HAUNTED /

Terrible Fright OF . b !,
Her PrecipitattS
Out in the neighbour,
Gle lives a government
grown gray in the servi,
try, and with his gra
ually crept up in hi
flesh is heir to,
sional touch ol
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03

From over the sea
They are coming to thee,
While out on the waves we go rocking and
rocking.
So rest thee, my baby. lie still on thy pillow,
The breath Of the dream children blows over
thee.
They catch thee, they kiss thee, on each shin.
ing billow
AS they paddle thy boat over sleeps rosy sea-
give thee send thee.
The dream children tend thee,
Thou goest to sea ON the sail of thy pillow.
Anne l.. Muzzey in New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03

In one y
buildings, NeiN
yors, u reported
vator car with T.
from their CONVEX
limbs of the law.
about Is years. of Y
perhaps couple of N
"I had that judgn
morning" remarked TN
two, fecking the\ashes -
"but 1 thought tFiegerich VI"
slow about it. "
"Ya-as," drawled the other,
certainly great bore to have to s
so much time in oArt. Remembe
bond and mortgage 4 ase in the supr
Well, it was enough \ to f& %
patience. The trouble . Sal
judges, Frank, is that ~ =
tie rudiments Of land
law. l cited Pebbles
and it knocked him out.
bound?'
"Oh, I've got q niii
matter on hand t.,
"Receiver wants
know whether I'll c
got q demurrer to arf
By that time th
ground floor. A stout, i
stood waiting to get in.
"Well, young man, ,"
dressing the boy who had
Frank, ~ was just about
give you a talking to in fri
boss. Why didn't you get fa
that you took to be half sofet
''hush, motherI' whisper
as his face reddened. 81 don
be talking about that down ID
going to court. ="
''You're going to court, z
responded the stout lady i'll a, ~
Very well, go to court. But i I'd
home tonight without those shd
get no supper, and you don't sti
out OF the flat the rest Of the wee
you hear?"
"Say," said the elevator man
stuck his head out of the Car and J
ned, you've run up against the
justice CT the supreme court, han
you? Gee whiz!'--New York Mail
Express.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
A HUShABY SONG.

Lie still, oh, my baby. and listen and listen
To the song of the dream children coming to
theei
Far off through the darkness we see their oars
glisten
As they row softly over sleeps beautiful sea.
They are coming to thee,
They are singing to thee
Lie still, oh, my baby, and listen and listeni
There hush thee, my baby and. rocking and
rocking
Far out on the waves of the beautiful sea,
We may hear the dream children a. walking
and talking
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
a Good Eater.

When Gustayus of Sweden was
sieging Prague, IL boor of extraordinai
aspect gained adnlittupcc to his tent and
offered, by way CT amusing his majesty. \
TO devour Il large hog i'll his prese.r.e
Old General Konigsmarck, who W. -
attendance, at once suggested tho t;te.
man with the Gargantuan al pe,,op
should be burned asaN -.ch, whd IT,. ~
the boor, whose feelings were hnfs
this observation, exclaimed, "If your
majesty Will but make that old gentle,
man take off his sword and spurs, will
eat him before l begin the pig. = Thi
was accompanied by such a,"hideor
expansion of the jaws and mouth TIN
the general, though he had given
''proofs" on many II field. turned
and fled incontinehtly to his tsat<
Francisco Argonaut.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03

Prejudice was originally nothing
more than ial1nRsnt formed before
hand such Judgments
the present
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
PittSburg Division.

WESTBoUND.
No. 9-Pittsburg Express leaves ...1:2O m
" 63-Cumberland " g dali
lv except Sunday. ....750 m
11--Mail leaves. .2:35 p m
1E-Chicago Limited. g e. 2:25 m
EASTBOUND.
No. 10-Baltimore Express arrives. 205 m
g. 6-Limted @ ..12:29 p m
14-.Mail &C ..122O pm
64-Cumberland Exp. /" dali
ly except Sunday. 645 p m
46 and Al still carry passengers.
No. II is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. Ia from Pittsburg to Cum
berland. Nos. and make 3stops each way.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. M. G. CLARKE,
July 25 Ticket Agent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03
A SLUMANGE

Some one was Coming up the stairs as
the little district visitor was descend
ing. The ascending party struck vesta,
winch threw fitful glare over the
damp and hlthy walls and the gray
gowned form OF Hester Moore
Dr. faul Mylhnd stepped aside, fiat
tening his broad shoulders against the
baluster rail to admit a wider passage
ipr her benefit
1i1pg the : s,uso Give weeks this
nGp 100 pus I'd the soberly
n met lssoat Y &c at
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-10-03

Arrive EASTBoUND. Leave
mo. 10 Express. :. 2:l5 III
S:16 a m mo. 2 Express. S:222 IA II.
mo. l6 Passenger. S:35 III
7:40 a m mo. 8 Express 1853 IN
1920 a M No. IA BALTIC. q Way. $50 p IN
mo. Express =. 12:47 . III
CAB p IN mo. 46 Express*... 6:53 m
2:20a m mo. Express. 2:30 m
6:33 pm No. 70 Accom- odation
Arrive wEsTBoUND Leave
l12:42 a m mo. Z Express. 1850 a m
4 LILO a m mo. Express. l:20 a m
4:55 m mo. Express. ... SOP III
No. II Accom- dation 7:15 a m
8:45 a m No Al Express. S:55 m
Ills m No. 13 Accom- odation
3;45 p M mo. II Passenger.
No. Is Piedm't & Way 2:35 p m
2;l5 pm mo. 5 Express. 2:25 p m
sos p IN mo. l Express. -. S:12 p m
4:15 p IN mo. 5G Express. 4:20 p III
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16
Lid fOu Eyer.

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? IL not, get a bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure ofall Female Complaints
exertIng II wonderful direct influence In
giving strength and tone to the organs.
IL you have Loss of Appetite, Constipa-
tion, Headache, Painting Spells, or are
Nervous. Sleepless, Exc'table, Melan
choly or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric BitterS is the medicine you
need. Health and Strength are guaran-
teel by its use. Large bottles only fifty
cents at Clark Q. Proud's drug store.
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16
Farm for Sale

or go acres, three-quarters o! mile
east az New Point and eight miles north
east of Oregon. All in cultivation or
grass except 30 acres Of timber; 800
Young bearing apple trees; acres of old
bearing orchard; 100 bearing peach trees
standard varieties; grapes, plums, cher
ries, pears, berries, etc. . Room house;
fine cellar; good barn and granray; hay
barn, 40 ton capacity; 3 large corn cribs;
smoke house; work shop; hen house:
hse sheds; > hog lois; ID acre hog pas
ture; good wells; cistern at house;
wind mill, tanks, etc. l2O acres on
Nodaway bottom one-fourth of mile
from overflow. This is one of the best
grain and stock farms in Holt county.
For further information call at farm or
A. L. CASKEY,
Oregon, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16
iASNeItiSrnlenfl
Benefit the Whole State.

The removal Of the capital from JET.
ferson City I. Sedalia would do much to
attract the attention Of investors to
Missouri. and in that way benefit the
whole state. 1t would make the seat Of
government more accessible to the Geo.
pie OF the state. too. and will be a
guarantee that tie tax payers will not
oe bled for large appropriation for
state buildings something that is true
10 happen if the capital is kept at JET
feTson C'ty. The state is under no obi.
CATION To protect" Jefferson City a. the
expense of the taxpayers Of the com.
monwealth.
The Holt County sentinel., 1896-10-16
Union.
October 9.

October 9.
The farmers are most all done SOW
ing wheat.
-Grandpa Bucner visited relatives
near Mouud City, this week.
There will bs preaching Sunday,
morning and evening, 10y Rev. Clyde
Darsle.
Prayer meeting. led 10y Mr. Charlie
Cphouse next Saturday night. Tne
topic is Teach"
Andy Furguson has moved To Ore
gon. and Seth Curtis has occupied: The
same house un,il he builds.
Mrs. Harry and Brother Robert
Dorsey have returned 10 their home in
Galloway county, after visiting with
friends aud relatives for several days in
this vicinity.
A jolly little crowd Of our Young
people Went seIenading last Tuesday
,ight. All repor; good Time until
lra's horse got scared and they quit
singing for while.
One VINO KNOWS.