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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
WHOLE NUMBER, ,2S4.
HER STRANGE PRISON.
Where n Cincinnati Man Found His Wife
After Burglary.

Where q Cincinnati Man Found His Wife
After Burglary.
The construction Of city flats is such
that it seems as if fiat thieves ought to
be able to obtain almost unlimited plum
der with impunity. But they are for
ever getting caught, and most Of them
are the lowest grades of sneak thieves.
Anything like originality in their
methods is rare, so the experience of the
head of modest west side fiat is re.
markable He arrived home from bust
ness about clock and at once observed
indications that something unusual had
been going on.
1t was evident that thief had been
around, aud that he had gone away
without taking much, if anything, with
him unless it was the residents wife,
for she was nowhere to be found. The
husband presumed that she had gone to
notify tho police, so he sat down and
waited, but after an hour or two he be-
came anxious and inquired of the neigh
bors
They had heard or seen nothing either
of thief or wife. Then there was trou-
ble The husband hurried to the near
est police station. His wife hadn't been
there, and general alarm was sent out
for patrolmen to watch for her, while
two detectives returned to the house
and helped push inquiries.
The kitchen and dining room looked
as if the wife had been interrupted in
her work, but there was no other sign
of her. The detectives looked very wise,
asked many questions that seemed i'm
pudont to the distracted husband made
some notes and went away.
The husband was in bad state of
mind, but not so upset that he didn't
presently realize that he needed food.
Rather than 60 to a restaurant he went
to his refrigerator to see what there
might be to eat. He opened the door,
and there, curled up in the ice chamber,
was his wife, She wasn't hurt. She
hadn't even tainted.
She was simply asleep, somewhat
stupefied with the close air and cramp-
ed in every joint, but otherwise in good
condition and glad to get out. She ex-
planned that she caught thief at work,
and that he clapped her into the refrig
orator before she could scream. Once
in she could do nothing There was no
inner handle to the door. She cried
aloud, and finding no response just
waited to bo discovered, dreading all
the while that her wedding spoons had
been taken. They were not, though.
They had been placed, with other valu-
ables, in the center of the dining room
table for carrying off, and the incident
ended happily. y.-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
Poor Richard.

"In December of the year 1884," "says
Bigelow's Life of Franklin, Frank
lin commenced the publication Of what
he styled Poor Richards Almanack,'
price fivepence. 1t attained an astonish-
ing popularity, and at once. Three edi-
tions We're sold within the month Of les
appearance. The average sale for 25
years was 10, 900 a year. He was some-
times obliged to put it to press in Oc-
tober to get supply Of copies to the re-,
mote colonies by the beginning Of the
year. 1t has been translated into nearly,
if not quite every. written language,
and several different translations of it
have been made into the French and tho
German. 1t contains some of the best
fun, as well AS the wisest counsel, that
ever emanated from his pen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.

As remember the frst fair touch
of those beautiful hands that love ~ much
] seem 10 thrill as I then WAS thrilled.
Kissing the glove that found untitled
When met your gaze and the qucCnly bow
AS you said "a me laughingly, "kccp " nowt'
And dazcd and alone In dream l stand
Kissing the ghost Of your beautiful hand.
When first loved IN the long ago
And held your hand NJ told you 80,
Pressed and carcs-vd IL and gave IL n kiss
And said, 81 could lie for hand like thisl'
Little dreamed loves fullncss yet
Had to ripcn when tycs were wet,
And prayers were vain in their wild demands
For orc warm touch Of your beautiful hands.
Beautiful handsi q beautiful handal
Could you reach out of the alien lands
Where you are lingering and give me tonight
Only "A touch--y.cro il ever 80 light
My heart weie soothcd and my weary brain
Would lull itself into rest again,
For there is no solaco the world commands
Like the carcss Of your beautiful hands.
James whitcomb Riley.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1896

CnrlSt1an (Only IL Is TO be h0ped q
better one) and married an English earl.
He had them all butchered.
In 1908 Sweyn, with revenge in his
1eart, began war of determination or
3ubjugation and never yielded till he
was, in fact, king of England, while
the royal intellectual polyp, known as
Ethelred the Unwholesome, fled to Nor
mandy, i'll the 1013th year ammo DOM
ini.
But in less than six weeks the Danish
king died, leaving the scepter, with the
price mark still upon it, to Canute, his
son, and Ethelred was invited back,
with an understanding that he should
not abuse his privileges as king, and
that, although it was life job during
good behavior, the privilege of behead-
ing him from time to time was and is
vested in the people, and even today
there is not crowned head on the con-
tinent of Europe that does not recognize
this great truth-viz, that God alone,
speaking through the united voices of
the common people, declares the rulings
Of the supreme court of the universe.
On the old autograph albums of the
world is still written in the dark cor
ners Of empires "the king can do no
wrong" But where education is not re-
pressed, and where that Christianity
which is built on love and charity is
taught, there can be but one King who
does no wrong.
Ethelred was succeeded by Edmund,
called "the Ironside. - He fought
bravely and drove the Danes, under
Canute, back to their own shores. But
they got restless in Denmark, where
there was very little going on, and re-
turned to England in large numbers.
Ethelred died in London 1915 A. D.
before Canute reached him. He was
called by Dunstan "Ethelred the Un-
ready and had a faculty for erring
more promptly than any previous king.
Having returned cheerily from Ethel
reds rather tardy funeral, the people
took oath, some of them under Edmund
and some under Canute.
Edmund, after five pitched battles,
offered to stay bloodshed by personally
fighting Canute at any place where they
could avoid police interference, but
Canute declined, on what grounds it is
not stated, though possibly on the Polo
grounds.
A compromise was agreed to in 1916
by which Edmund reigned over the re-
gion south of the Thames, but very
shortly afterward he was murdered at
the instigation of Edric, traitor, who
was the Judas Iscariot Of his time.
Canute, or "Knut," now became the
first Danish king of England. Having
appointed three subkings and taken
charge himself of Wessex, Canute sent
the two sons Of Edmund to Olaf, re-
questing him to put them to death, but
Olaf, the king of Sweden, had scruples,
and instead of doing so sent the boys to
Hungary, where they were educated.
Edward afterward married daughter
of the Emperor Henry III.
Canute as king was, after he got the
hang of it, a great success, giving to
the harassed people more comfort than
they had experienced since the death Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
Mrs. Pepys' Temper.

Being at supper, my wife did say
something that caused me to oppose her
in. She used the word devil, which
vexed me, and, among other things,
said I would not have her to use that
word, upon which she took me up most
scornfully, which, before Ashwell and
tho rest of tho world, l know not nova
days how to check, as would hereto
fore, for less than that would have
made me strike her. So that fear
without great discretion shall go near
to lose, too, my command over her, and
nothing do it more than giving her this
occasion of dancing and other pleasures,
whereby her mind is taken up from her
business and finds other sweets besides
pleasing of me, and so makes her that
she begins not at all to take pleasure in
me or study to please mo as heretofore.
Diary of Samuel Pepys.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
NYE'S HISTORY
OF ENGLAND.
Norwegian Pillage Described as
Allopathic.
TOOK EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.

Olaf Gives Up Fighting, but the Danes
Continue to Make Night Hideous In
Coarse, Low Manner-Symposiums and
After Dinner Speaking Inaugurated.
Copyright, 1896, by J. B. Lippincott Company
CHAPTER vi
Edgar was succeeded by his son Ed
ward, called "the Martyr" who as
cended the throne at the age of Is years.
His stepmother, Elfrida, opposed him
and favored her own son, Ethelred. Ed
ward was assassinated in 97S, at the
instigation of his stepmother, and that's
what's the martyr with him.
During his reign there was good
deal of ill feeling, and Edward would
no doubt have been deposed but for the
influence of the church under Dunstan.
Ethelred was but 10 years old when
he began reigning. Sadly poor Dunstan
crowned him, his own eyes still wet
with sorrow over the cruel death of Ed
ward. He foretold that Ethelred would
have stormy reign, with sleet and
variable winds, changing to snow.
During the remainder of the great
prelate's life he as it were, stood be-
tween the usurper and the people and
protected them from the threatening
storm.
But in 991, shortly after the death Of
Dunstan, great army of Norwegians
came over to England for purposes Of
pillage. To say that it was an allopath-
ic pillage would not be an extravagant
statement. They We're extremely rude
people, like all the nations Europe at
that time, Rome being the Boston of
the old world, and Copenhagen the Fort
Dodge Of that period.
The Norwegians ate everything that
did not belong to the mineral kingdom
and left the green fields of merry Eng
land looking like a baseball ground So
wicked and warlike We're they that the
sad and defeated country was obliged
to give the conquering Norske 10000
pounds of silver.
Dunstan died at the age of So and
years afterward was canonized, but
firearms had not been invented at the
time Of his death. He led the civiliza-
ton and progress of England and was a
pioneer in cherishing the fine arts.
Olaf, who led the Norwegians against
England, afterward became king of Nor
way, and with the Danes used to ever
and anon sack Great Britain-i. e., eat
everybody out of house and home and
then ask for sack of silver as the price
of peace.
Ethelred was u cowardly king, who
liked to wear the implements of war on
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30

holidays and learn TO crochet and tat
in time of war. He gave these invaders
10000 pounds of silver at the first, 49,
600 at the second and 1900 on the
third trip in order to buy peace.
Olaf afterward, however, embraced
Christianity and gave up fighting as
business, leaving the ring entirely to
Sweyn, his former partner from Den
mark, who continued to do business as
before.
The historian says that the invasion
Of England by the Norwegians and
Danes was fully equal to the assassi-
nation, arson and rapine of the Indians
of North America A king who would
permit such cruel cuttings up as these
wicked animals were guilty Of on the
fair face of old England should live in
history only as an invertebrate, royal
failure, decayed mollusk, and the
dropsical head of IL tottering dynasty.
In order to strengthen his feeble
forces, Ethelred allied himself, in 1901,
to Richard ii, duke of Normandy, and
married Emma, but the Danes contin-
ued to make night hideous and elope
with ladies whom they had never met
before 1t was sad time in the history
of England, and poor Emma wept many
hot and bitter tear as she yielded one
jewel after another to the pawnbroker in
order to buy off the coarse and hateful
Danes.
If Ethelrcd We're To know how he is
regarded by the historian who pens
these lines, he would kick the footboard
out of his cH;I,et and bite himself Sc
verely in fonr places.
To add to his foul history, happening
tc have few inotiensive Danes on
hand, on the 18th of November, the fes-
tival, of ST. Brice, 1902, he gave it out
that he would massacre these people,
among them the sister of the Danish
king, noble woman who had become
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
In the following chapter few well
chosen remarks will be made regarding
Harold and other kings. BILL NYE.
THE ELECTRIC SUCKER.
A Germans Account Of Wonderful Fish
Found In the Nile.

In an article in Ueber Land und
Nicer on electrical Phenomena In the
Animal World,' DIR. Frolich tells about
a sucker first found in the Nile and its
tributaries by modern scientific men i'll
1881, but well known to the ancient
Egyptians as the "sucker thunderer
god," being worshiped as such in q
sucker god temple in the city Of the
thunder sucker, or Oryrrhynchos. The
reason they called it the thunder suck
er, instead of the thunder fish, )" was
because they knew of another fish,
known to the English speaking people
as the electric cat (fish), to the Germans
as the zitterwels, or the shad that
makes one tremble. 1t grows to length
of about foot, of which the head and
nose take up quarter, and at the deep
est part measures more than quarter
Of its length.
Just why the modern scientific men
did not know of this fish before is o
question layman finds it hard to an
swer except that the sucker is bottomy
fish. The old Egyptians probably learned
of the animal after Nile flood, when
some philosopher was meditating over
a mud puddle left by the receding wa
ter. He saw funny fish struggling in
the water, and, out of desire for
knowledge, reached for the fish and
touched it. If there We're any disciples
Of the philosopher hard by, they proba-
bly, saw the philosopher act surprising
ly-as the stole Indian did when he got
hold Of galvaDic battery. Thereafter
the fish was worshiped, having name
which associated it with the thunder
god of the skies, although the ancients
knew nothing of electricity according to
the learned of today.
A peculiar thing about the various
electrical fish is that should one swim,
even at considerable distance from u
human bather, the bather would know
of its proximity by an electrical sen
sation," while many of them have bat
teries actually fit to kill a horse ON con-
tact These fish are far ahead of the hu-
man beings i'll the matter of weapons,
''for they stun their prey at great dis
tance in the water.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

In addition to above Train No. leaves
Piedmont at S:45 a. m. j; arrives at Frostburg at
1875 a. M, and Train No. s, leaving Frostburg
at 1:45 p. M, reaches Piedmont at 2:3S p. m,
both trains stopping at 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. ], 2, 8, 4, and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days only.
baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
and 8. L. NJ HAMILTON,
May Is Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30

The bridal veil is survival of the
cloth borne by four maidens over the
bride at "a Saxon marriage to conceal the
bushes of the poor girl at the coarse
jests that we're always banded about on
such occiis.ons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-05-30
The Prize Mean Man.

Tho meanest man on record is said to
live in Center county, Pa. He sold his
son-in-law one-half interest i'll COW
and then refused to divide tho milk,
maintaining that he sold only the front
half. Tho buyer was also required to
provide tho feed tha cow consumed and
was compelled to carry water to her
three times day. Recently tho COW
hooked tho old man, and ho is suing the
son-in-law Cor damages. Oil City Biz
zard
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
Chancery Court Ian
Sale Notice.

Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery Court
for Blount County, Tenn, rendered at the April
Term, 1895, / will sell to the highest bidder at
the Court House door in Maryville. Tenn, on
the 26th, day Of June 1895, two tracts of land
situated in District No. II, Blount County,
Tenn. The first tract containing 1855 acres more
or less and well known as the Yellow Sulphur
Springs tract, decided to Nathan Mccoy By G. G..
Kerr and wife deed for which is Of record in
the Registers office for Blount County in book
IN M" pa &c "a to which reference is here made
On this tract is fine vineyard, orchards, cot
tages, garden etc. Also one half undivided
interest in the tract Of land known as the ALLIE
ghany Springs tract containing 10 acres and
adjoining the above described Yellow Sulphur
tract and upon which is situated the Allegheny
Springs Hotel and other buildings.
Said sale will be made on credit Of 8, II and
is months, in bar OF the equity OF redemption,
in the case of ames Stephenson ct ais VS.
Nathan Mccoy ct ais, the purchaser to give
note with sood security bearing interest from
date of sale, and leln retained On said land
| for the payment Of the purchase money.
This 2srd. day Of May 1895.
W. c. Chumlea,
! Clerk and Master.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
ALLEGHANY.

Every thing quite lively in town
this week.
The health Of community moder-
atty good at this writing.
Miss Ollie Chapman, winsome
young lady of Friendsville is visit
ing in Allghany this week as the
guest Of her cousin Chas. Chapman.
Rev. 10. Bitter of E. and J. Gil.
eye, took dinner at the Logan Inn
Thursday.
Rev. J. Lowery of Louisville was
in town Friday from which he
went to Williamson's school house
to be in attendance at the Decora-
ton at that place.
Quite a number of our citizens
attended court at jacksonville this
week.
Chas. Stone and, wife of Knox
vile are the guests Of his brother
]. A. Stone OF his place
w. d. Haau,nontree went to the
Decoration as above spoken, where
he expects to see his "Best" girl.
Mrs. PEGGY Hays Of Chatta-
nooga, is visiting her only living
sister, Mrs. Katy Hammontree Of
this place.
The dropping spirits of the farm
,rs are greatly revived since the
recent good rains. We
| Our Carpenters Messrs q. HI.
Crye, Dave Dixson, ]. A. Stone, and
Will Chapman are getting on NICE
~ with the new store house in
town, as being erected by u. w
Thompson, which will be occupied
by Chapman, Hammontree and Co
The logging business as carried
on by Jim Axle of Philadelphia is
getting to be quite a novel feture Of
the business of our town, he hav-
ing shipped recently two car load
Of fine walnut logs, and a great
many more on the yard are being
gotten ready for shipment, and
still Others coming in.
| Your correspondent is teaching
quite an interesting school at Allie.
ghany with an enrolment of forty
ranging from six to sixteen years
of age.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
AILMENTS CURED FREE
-WITH-
Electropoise.

Doubtless you have often heard
of the wonderful cures of helpless
invalids, and others who have been
cured by the Electropoise after all
other treatment had failed. If you
desire to know more about it write
to US. If you desire to own IN Elec-
tropoise you can do SO without cost.
We have a limited number that we
will put out. Absolutely Free. This
offer is to you, if you want to take
advantage of it do so at once.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
J. II. BRIGHT,
Racket Store.
A Big Increase.

Oar trade has increased last For which
Friends while
supplied lowest prices not forget that without the
the people, efforts would be vain We
prepared than please with larger stock bought lowest
prices Remember always sell at Bottom prices for cash Don
call Hardware description
large stock Double Shovel Pow Forks Hoes Hay Carrier Hay
Fork Double Single Harpoon best the market
Screen WIRE Best Ready Mkt paints this market Anchor white
Besides Supplies Blinds Pine
At the farmers stopping place.
ARMSTRONG BROS 317 Gay ST.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
Chancery Court Sale No
tiCe.

Pursuant to decree Of the Chsncsry Court
for Blount County. Tenn. rendered at the April
Term. 1895, ! will sell to the highest bidder at
the Allegheny Springs Hotel, Blount County
Tenn, on the 22nd. day Of June 1895. the follow
ing personal property. viz:
Consisting Of all the Hotel furniture stoves,
ranges, dining room { ables, dishes, bureaus.
dressrs. chamber SETS beds, bed clothing, chairs
pictures, plane, carpets, parlor set, Large Safe
and all other furniture and personal property
belonging to the Allegheny Springs Hotel in and
about the said Hotel property
Said sale will be made "for cash in hand" in
the case Of James Stephenson ct al We. Nathan
Mccoy ct al.
This 2srd. day Of May, 1895.
w. c. Chumlea.
CAM.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28

DR.. w. HI. Morgan, OF Nashville,
one of the best known men in
Tennessee, says:
Il was cripple With rheumatitn 80 that
could hardly walk with crutches. Ny right leg
wa sdwarfed and shortened. was never free
from pain. ElectroI o Sc has given me wonder
u urelief and helped me in every way"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-05-28
To the Creditors Of Thomas
Henry, decd.

By order Of the clerk oftss County Court of
Blount County. Tenn. notice is hereby given TO
all persons having claims against the estate Of
Thomas Henry, Sdeceased. to appear and file
same with the clerk of said Court, authenticated
in the manner prescribed by law, on or before
the first day Of sAugust, next. The Insolvency
Of said estate having,been suggested, any claim
not filed on or before said date, will be forever
barred. both..in law and equity. April 9th.
1855.
Jas. H. Mcconnell.
deceased.