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The advocate., 1896-04-15
The Hat Question In Ohio.

They are capable of doing anything
in Ohio, and they have done it. There
is man named Fosdick in that retiring
State. His is the name which will
bruise it's heels against all the corners Of
all the ages in his unhappy quest for
glory. He is the man who, not recogniz-
ing the limit set by nature to the power
of man, and therefore essential to the
modesty of man, has written and had
passed through the Ohio Legislature a
preposterous bill preventing women at
the theatres from wearing hats as
monumental as they choose.
Poor Fosdick! In all other respects
Solomon may be an idiot compared
with him, and all the sageness Of the
Seven Wise Masters may be baby book
by the side Of the quintessential sspience
that seethes within his burning brain.
But Fosdick has made mistake. 1t
is no business Of his though the women
of Ohio should choose to decorate their
lovely heads with bonnets that outclass
the great pyramids or hang higher than
the hanging gardens Of Babylon. II the
women of Ohio choose to wear hats of
that kind, they will wear hats Of that
kind; and the philosopher will no more
think of making any practical opposition
to the decision Of these irrefragable
judges than he would of turning the laws
Of gravity into the laws Of humor, or
setting up the Hon. Joseph Benson
Foraker as the supreme sage of the
universe and Ohio.
The women Of Ohio or of any other
place have an inalienable right to wear
what sort Of hat they pie SO; and they
will be allowed to, whether they have
that right or not, and though all the
Fosdicks in the world should sit up
through all the nights of all time devils
ing idiot sumptuary regulations -Ne1C
York Sun.
The advocate., 1896-04-15

One night the tenant Of an attic Of a
house in Paris perceived the shadow OF
a human body passing across his window.
On getting up and looking out, he saw
distinctly a woman walking along the
gutter, stop for a minute at the next
window, and then 60 on to third by
which she entered room in the same
house, which be knew to be unocoupied.
Believing her to be thief, he called q
neighbor, and they went together into
the room. Here they found the servant
Of a lady of the house in q state Of
somnambulism, busily employed in hem-
ming pocket handkerchief. They care
fully awoke her, and when she recovered
her senses they led her back to her own
room. The way by which she had come
was 80 narrow and dangerous that even
person accustomed to work upon roofs
would not have attempted it without
taking great precsution.-Nea0 York
Ledger.
The advocate., 1896-04-15
Love Langhs at Locksmitha.

Warden Patton of the Indiana prison
at Jeffersonville, hRe now on exhibition
one of the most remarkable contrivanCes
of a prisoner that ever came into
his collection. 1t is a ladder made
Of thousands of small pieces Of twine,
threads, cords and rope, such as convict
would secretly collect through years of
effort With the rope Thomas Shepherd
used to climb thirty-foot wall and get
out Of the penitentiary yard night after
night to visit an old sweetheart. He
never attempted to escape, and when
his ladder was found one night he
returned before his absence had been
discovered, rang the bell at the front
gate and surrendered himself. On his
arm he carried a rubber coat, which had
been used to conceal his striped shirt.
He wore moccasins over his shoes
Shepherd told straightforward story,
so far as it went. He had made the
ladder, he said, in order that he might
visit woman outside the prison. He
had gone to her house only four times,
he said. The other night, when he
returned, he found his ladder gone from
the wall, and at once decided to give
himself up He would not tell the
womsn's name, but the prison officials
think they have discovered her identity.
She went from her home in Sullivan
county, Ind, some years ago to live in
Jeffersonville, near her convict lover.
Shepherd said that he wove the ladder
at night, and that it took him months
to finish 1t. 1t contained threads, strings
and bits Of cords of every size, length
and color. They were woven, knotted
and twisted skillfully. Shepherd was
sent to prison to serve life sentence in
875.-VinceDgaeS (LTad.) San.
The advocate., 1896-04-15


There ia nothing more beautiful in
mythology than the stories Of the origin
Of the lily and rose. When Hercules
was born, Jove desired for him immortal
life, but only the gods born Of Juno,
Queen of Heaven, were so blessed. To
overcome the obstacle of Hercules's
birth, Jove, aided by others Of the gods,
gave Juno a potion which caused her to
fall into deep sleep. While she slept
Jove placed the infant at the Queens
breast, that be might imbibe the fluid
that bestowed immortality, but the
young giant suckled 80 vigorously that
drops of milk fell from his lips, and
wherever they fell to earth the white
lily sprang up and into full bloom.
The first homo of all the flowers was
in the garden of Gudlstsn, Persia,
garden of surprising beauty, and so
vast in extent that it required five days
ride on swift camel to pass through
it. 1t was here that the precious altar
was collected for the use of the Shah
himself, and from this garden was daily
gathered the fragrant buds for the
Sultana's bed, for she could not sleep
il the blooms beneath her were crumpled
in the least.
At this time Lotus was the king Of
the flowers, but he was drowsy monarch
and slumbsred at night. This displeased
his subjects, and they prayed to Allah
for q new sovereign. Allah heard their
prayer and sent the rose, Of whitest
purity, to be their queen. When the
nightingale beheld her he fell into such
an ectasy of love that all night, while
he sang to her, he pressed his breast
against the thorns that guarded her
until his exhausted blood stained all her
creamy garments red.
The advocate., 1896-04-15
Enemies of the Home.

Home is the garden Of planting, the
seed-soWing place, and every kind bring
eth forth after it's kind. Bad habits,
coarse sayings, vulgar speech, drinking
intoxicauts, and irreligion in general
are enemies Of the home, and bring forth
fruit after their own kind. How sad q
home, so called, where anger, strife,
quarreling, brawling and jealousy are
the prevailing elements. Nay, it is not a
home; it is den of vipers. On the other
hand, love, gentleness, meekness, virtue,
sobriety, true devotion to God, will
produce fruits after their kind It is by
these that the purity OF home is un-
consciously perpetusted, and tie effects
so wholesome on society. The gentle
graces Of the mother live in the daugh-
ter, and will ripen into mellow fruit after
the mothers head is pillowed In the
grave. The fathers gentleness, firm
ness, piety and devotion ats echoed in
the pon's noble character. What a
gathering Of golden fruitagei-ReU. ".
ShUpp.
The advocate., 1896-04-15
FlOrentine villas.

The Tuscans have. ever been stay-at-
home people. They are in their towns
during the winter; at their villas, Of
which they often own three to six, dur
ing the spring and autumn; at their
baths, seRshore, and among their Ap-
pennies for the warmest months. They
ask Of themselves and Others, "Why go
away when all men come to us?" Many
live and die without leaving Tuscany.
The history Of the villas is hard to trace,
for the names are changed with success
BiVe owners. An Italian warned me not
to call q villa by the name Of the
former owner, as it would suggest
or imply that the present incum-
bent had not paid for it. Many Of
them are not simple country places or
homes on the hills, but are palaces and
have been fortresses. They are Of pro-
portions and on scale hard to under
stand from our nineteenth century
utilitarian standpoint. The dignity and
magnifCence Of the great public build
ings are repeated on smaller scale.
The halls are imposing, the rooms are
vast, the ceilings are oftimes vaulted,
and the walls are many feet thick.
Each contains from forty to several hun
dred rooms From the exterior they do
not always give an idea Of the beauty
within. They are often long and low
not more than two and a half stories,
and set well upon their hilly sites. Some
are grim and venerable, others gay and
smiling. Some are castellated with tow
ere, others are in a plain straight lire,
and almost Greek in form. They are
stone and brick generally overlaid with
plaster, smooth or encrusted with peb-
bles; all are dignifed, with cellars and
outbuildings made to last forever. Gen
GRAFTON follows generation, but time
leaves but little impress upon the villas
whose floors even are Of cement, brick OF
tiles. Many which now have but one
great tower had three or four in centu.
ries gone by. A large Italian family, il
they 30 desire, can live in their south
and east rooms oil the winter, and in
summer can migrate to those in the
north and west. Again in other cases
the ground floors are unused during the
cold months, and the upper rooms dur.
ing the heated term. The dining halls
are often Of such size that forty to sixty
chairs can be arranged against the four
walls; and almost each villa Of impor-
tnnce has its own chapel. There are
sometimes several interior courts, sur
rounded with srcaded porticos, as at
Petraia and Careggi. Some Of the courts
have fountains and beds Of flowers and
The advocate., 1896-04-15
HOME READING
CUBA TO COLUMBIA.

A voice came over the waters
Over an edge Of the sea-
Fairest Of Freedoms daughters,
Have you no help for me?
Do you not hear che rusty chain
ClAnking about my feeR
Have you not seen my children slain,
Whether In cell or street,
Oh, iR you we're as sad As /,
And az you were strong,
You would not have TO call or cry
Y0u would not suffer long.
uPatlence?"-have not learned IL,
Under the crushing years.
FTeedom-hRve | not earned 10,
Paid but with blood and tears?
"Not OF your" does my banner wave
On an Egyptian sh0re?-
Or by Armeni6s mammoth gravel
Or at your very door?
On, II you we're needy as |,
And As you were strong,
YOu should not suffer, bleed and die,
Under the hooRs Of wrong
10 It that you have never
Felt the OppTessoTs hand,
Fighting, with fond endeRvOr,
To cling 90 your own sweet land?
Were you not half dismGyed,
There In the century's night,
Till TO your view sisters aid
Came like fash Of light?
On, what gift could ever be grand
Enough to pay the debt,
II out Of the starry Western land
Should come my Lafayette
VIII Carleton IN EUery Where for April
The advocate., 1896-04-15

long ago, and the father nearly psralyzed
him by handing him bill for sl,876.3O,
being the amount he had paid out to
keep him alive and reasonably happy.
OF course the father will not force
collection SO far as to foreclose on the
property; but it was an eye-opener for
the young man. He had no idea he had
been bought with such a price, BeLoit
Call.
The advocate., 1896-04-15

A copy OF the NsSO Nation, an ecO-
nomic magazine published monthly at
Omaha, has been received. 1t is edited
by Paul Van Dsrvoort, and is filed with
matter OF interest to every citizen who
desires to keep up with the times. This
price Is 81 per year.
The advocate., 1896-04-15
What q Boy Costs.

1t costs good deal to raise BOY.
There is man in this town who opened
an account with his oldest SON when
he was born, and kept it faithfully,
charging him with every cent he paid
out on hls account except for his board
while al home The boy wAa q not
The advocate., 1896-04-15
Foreign Capital Here.

The financial interests of the monied
people Of Great Britain in United States
investments are simply enormous. Not
less than S1OO,OOO,OO0 of British capital
is invested in the State of Colorado
alone. Finuncier.
The advocate., 1896-04-15

Youths Companion (price Sl.75)
with the ADVOCATE, both one year for
GAS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Wedding,

The marriage of Miss Daisy Belle
Seymour, of Philadelphia, Pa. to Mr.,
George Bishop Percy, of this place,
was celebrated Wednesday. Dec. 9,
1876, at the home of the bride. Rev.
). Ogle Warfeld, of the Episcopal
church of Dubois, Pa, an intimate
friend OF the brides family, performed
the ceremony, which, owing to recent
death in the family, was very quiet
affair. Mrs. Percy is granddaughter
OF the late Col. John Seymour, of West
Virginia and Maryland, and the late
Judge Jacob Powder, of this State,
both old and influential families. Mr..
Percy is the only son of w. R. Percy
and grandson of Rev. Henry Bishop.
a well-known Lutheran minister. I'm
mediately after the ceremony the
happy couple left tor Baltimore and
Washington, where'a few days were
spent before coming on to Frostburg
for the winter. MIR. Percy Intends to
erect next spring a nice home on what
is known as the Seymour Farm"
where he will look after the welfare of
his different farms lying in that section.
While in Frostburg Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
will be sat home" to their many friends
at the home of the groom's father,
VIM. r. Percy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Still Wrong,

The trouble at Manor mine took on
a new phase when the authorities dis
charged the men whom, it is pre-
sumed, gave them the most trouble in
complaining about weights.
To re-instate these men and keep
new men from working it was deter
mined that the company should dis
continue operations.
Hence, the latter called in the aid of
the Sheriff of Garrett county to pro-
tect the new men.
That is about the status when last
heard from.
1t is the old issue--oft-decided
adversely, but, instinct with savagery,
up again-the right of professional
labor to control other peoples property
and dictate how other peoples business
shall be conducted.
In this particular case the miners
"dispute the right Of the company to
discharge the men who suit u.s."
Which means also that employers
must hire the very men they do not
want IN their employment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
BrevitIeS.

A Pompey Smash politician takes
hand at exhorting occasionally. He
also sings.
Cumberland hobs up with a whole
sklft full of candidates for Office and
they want it right away. GAS it was
in the beginning, is now," etc.
Hon. D. E. Dick thinks that the
ouly political undertaken who can
properly lay out the James M. Sloan
boom for 81 is assisting the labor
statlstician in compiling statistics that
do not prevaricate.
1t is said the Hon. James Campbell
has entirely recovered from his scare
about McKinley's election and is load
ed to the brim with serial lecture on
1.-The Examination of Public Schools
in Allegany county as She is Exam
ined by the Examiner"
Col. Whoop Koffcutter, of Bully
gany, rejolces in the expectation of
getting federal Office for heavy work
done during the campaign, but says
he never knew it to be so long between
NoveEbers as it is this time
The Consolidation coal company
passed its one million mark last week.
A note from Mr.. Pink Whiskers of
Pocahontas informs the JOURNAL. that
somebody with more nerve than
judgment has found Il long-felt want
in the little town of Cumberland. on
the border of the West Virginia reser-
walton, and is publishing print there
which he calls Uncle Sam.r
a Barrelvile boy named his noisy
rooster ''Robinson," ard his most pro-
ductive hen "MacDutf." One wear
of the JOURNAL to the public school
pupil who first tells the JOURNAL why.
j. Semmes Devecmon, writing in
Chcte S0m, seems to entertain the
opinion that M. Weimcr, secretary
and treasurer of the School Board,
makes an annual report every three
months.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Caution.

The more the Cumberland manufacturers
and consumers are brought into direct con-
tact and strive to advance each others in
terests, the more prosperous will Cumberland
become. The true principle of protection
consists in patronizing home products
Cumberland Times.
But it wont do for the manufacture
ing interests to impose too much upon
the consumers under the privilege i'm
piled by "the true principle"
Consumers may be willing to pay
little more for home production because
it is home production, but if home
production presumes too much upon
its privileges as home production, 1t
will find that consumers will forget
"protectionf and hunt for goods that
are not protected.
Hence, it is better to pay more for
home made than foreign goods, but
the home makers should not be too
greedy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
A Cumberland Confa b.

sits queer" remarked the earnest
man. what sentiments you have from
unexpected sources"
whats the matter now ?" inquired
his cynical friend.
"l've just been listening to the
loudest politician across the creek.
You know what time-tried twister of
the facts in a case he is. He talked
for ten minutes, bewailing the fact
that more people do not tell the truth"
"That's easily understood. He is
beginning to be worried by the com
petition of I'ncle Sam"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Business Changes.

The firm of Wilson Bros, building
contractors, has been reduced in men,
bership by the withdrawal of George
S. Wilson. Messrs. L. D. Wilson
and E. c. Wilson will continue the
business.
The firm of Hitler & Ehm, merchant
tailors, has been dissolved by the re-
tirement of Charles Ehm. Mr.. Hitler
remains and there will be practically
no interruption of the usual course.
Holton Wolf opened his new grocery
this week in the eX-Grand Central
hotel building.
Messrs. Lunsford g. Forsyth, at
torneys, have removed to the office on
Broadway formerly occupied by DR..
w. T. Rowe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
An Improbable Nuisance.

Some time ago w. Veirs Bouic, of
Rockville, Md, wrote to fhe Baltimore
Sun as follows;
Our town council appointed a committee,
consisting of three physicians, to examine
into the causes of sickness, if any, existing In
our town. They, after a thorough investiga
ton, reported, among other things, that the
hogpens here produced diphtheria, typhoid
and other malarial diseases. Our council
thereupon passed an ordinance prohibiting
the keeping of hogs in the town and started
campaign of education on limited scale,
and it was not long before every one saw
that it was false economy to keep hogs, as one
doctors bill, especially if the undertakers
bill had to be included, would cost far more
than could be made in lifetime from raising
hog or two-to say nothing of the loss of
beloved ones. Besides, clean town, free of
noxious odors, such as arise from pig-pens
OH warm, cloudy, murky day, would draw
population to us, thereby enhancing the
value of the small property far more
than the hogs protited. By common consent,
without single arrest, be 1t said to the credit
and good sense of my enterprising and good
townspeople, the hogsty was abolished, and
there is not today, and has not been for
years, one in our town. And it is with pride
that we hear our many city visitors speak so
highly of the cleanliness, the healthfulness
and the beauty of our thrifty and prosperous
town of Rockville.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
MARRIAGE.

In St. Johns P. E. Church Wednes-
day evening, Dec. 8, 1896, by Rev. A..
c. Haverstick, Miss Nilsson Oder, of
this place, was married to Mr.. Oder
Harrell, of Front Royal, Va.
The JOURNAL quotes from the most
concise notice of the event it has seen,
that of the Baltimore Herald. After
speaking of the large audience who
witnessed the ceremony it says:
Preliminary selections were played by Mrs.
+. C. Beall and Mr.. G. N. Beall Immediately
before the ceremony, and Mrs. Howard
Hitchns sang solo.
AT o'clock, to the soft strains of the we'd
ding march of "Lohengrin.' the maid of
honor, Miss Blanche Oder, sister of the bride,
in frock of white silk and lace, came from
the chancel, followed by the bridesmaids,
Misses Alexenia Porter, Bernadette Porter,
Grace Jacobs, Caroline Beall Laura Thomas
and Name Haverstick, of Frostburg, and the
ushers, Dr. A. l.. Jones, of Front Royal Va. I;
Mr.. John G. Lynn, jr., of Cumberland; DR..
NJ. Gibson Porter. of Homecoming; Messrs.
John Strother, Roberdeau Amman and DR.. j.
Marshall Price, of Frostburg, down the main
aisle and met the bride, who entered the
church carrying a white prayer book and
leaning on the arm of her father, who gave
her away. Little Miss Margaret Eloise Oder,
sister of the bride, carried the wedding ring
on a white satin cushion, and she wore a
frock of white silk and lace. At the chancel
waited the groom and his best man, Mr.. d.
C. O'Flaherty, of Front Royal Va.
The bride wore superb gown of white
satin brOcade en- train, trimmed with pearl
pasSenenterie and point lace and tulle veil
fastened with diamond ornament The
bridesmaids wore decollette gowns of different
colored silks, trimmed with pearl passe-
menteric and lace, and carried La France
roses.
TO Memberships Wedding March" the
bridal party left the churc and were driven
to the home of the brides father, where re-
ception was held. The bride and groom left
for tour of the Northern cities, and upon
their return will make Front Royal, Va.
their future home.
The groom is young business man of
much promise, a trusted officer of the Norfolk
and Western railroad company for several
years, and its agent at Front Royal, Va.
The bride is the second daughter of
the JOURNALS editor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Real Estate Transfers.

The following notes of real estate
transfers are of more or less interest !:
James Close to Mary f. Koontz lot in Mid
land, 1913.
Clayton Purnell, attorney, to David d.
Price, lot No. 2, Frostburg. 1915.
VIM. r. Percy, trustee, to Thomas Ii.
Hobbs, part Of lots II and II, Haley's ad-
dition, Cumberland, $1,000.
Albert A. Doub, assignee, to Alice Smith,
lot in Frostburg 81 900.
Henry Wagus to James Wagus, lot near
Miller Mines, 81.
Union Mining company to Christopher
Lemmert, lot in Mt. Savage, 5000.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Long Distance Measures.

The measures for long distances
have varied widely at different times
and with different nations, to say
nothing of the comparisons used in
different sections of our country. For
instance:
The Jews said-"'from Dan to Beersheba"
The Persans say-'irom Medina to Mecca"
The English say-"lrom Lands End to
John O'Groats.'
The Yankee says-"from Maine to Texas"
The Southerner says-"from Florida to
Alaska"
The Sucker and Hoosier say-"from the
Great Lakes to the Cuff"
fhe South American says-"from the
lsthmus to the Horn"
In Louisiana they say-"from New Orleans
to Pittsburg."
In California the common EXPIRE sion is
from Altaville to Pilot Knob"
On Jackson street, in Homecoming it is
from Hog Wash alley to Never Seem
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12

The Homecoming Reciew dedicates
nearly its entire reading space this
week to a sketch of the town, biog-
raphies of leading citizens and an ex
tensive advertisement of the place as
an tlactive situs for manufactures
all we'll written and legibly printed on
heavy book paper. The JOURNAL
hopes the editors pardonable partisan
ship for his town will be duly appre-
ciated by those whom he is serving so
handsomely.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
Amendments.

The county commissioners made the
following appointments of county
officers
-duoy~ey-B. A. Richmond, Of Cumber-
land.
Clerk-W. J. Miller of Cumberland.
Superintendent Of Insane .4sylum--J. b.
Morgan, of Homecoming
:, Stema,d Of Alm%house--John Harris, of
Frostburg
Asylmm and Almsh0use IruStees--Joseph
Schiling, secretary and treasurer, and viii
liam X. Hart, of Cumberland, and John
Price, Of Frostburg.
County Hysician-Dr. C. H. Brace
Courthouse Janitor-Anthony Reese, of
Barton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-12-12
n Good Thing.

The JOURNAL is indebted to the
McGinty File and Binder company,
Harrisburg, Pa, for probably the
best, most convenient and cheapest
newspaper file ever invented. 1t is,
in fact, newspaper file and binder
combined, lately patented, and useful
to all who desire to preserve news
papers in clearly, convenient and
durable condition. To newspaper
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