davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
GENERAL NEWS,


The grand jury of Kent county took
part IN the Chestertown hog pen con-
troversy. Some time ago the town
council of that town passed an ordl.
nance permitting persons to have hog
pens within the town limits, This or
dinance, the jury declares, should be
repealed. In view of the approach of
cold weather the jury did not consider
1t necessary to make any presentments;
still it declared that the pens are pref.
judicial to the comfort and health of
the citizens. The jury also pointed
out the danger of the contamination of
the water supply of the town by the
drainage from the hog-pens.
1t is worse than folly to take any
risks about the water supply of the
people, Impure water is the prime
cause of typhoid fever, one of the most
deadly and distressing of diseases. 1t
is not merely private suffering and
death which comes of impure water in
towns. Bad water is not only pri-
vate wrong. 1t is a public wrong.
The town cannot prosper unless cit
liens can get good water. 1t is an
essential to health and comfort, and
people will not go to live in a place
which is unhealthy and uncomfortable
if they can help it. A town that wants
to grow and become prosperous must
be healthtul and attractive. 1t must
not assail the senses of people with
foul smells. A man may consider that
he is reaping great advantage to be
permitted to raise his own meat and
utilize great deal of matter which
would otherwise be wasted. But the
advantage may be more apparent than
real. He may have to pay doctors
and undertaker's bills, which may cost
more than pork. Suppose this man is
II carpenter. His hog-pen may pre-
vent some man from building house
in the community he would lose more
in not having Il job than his pork
would cost in years. Suppose the man
who keeps the hog-pen is merchant.
He would make more by the custom of
people who naturally come to pleas
ant town to live than pork would come
to.-Baltimore SIN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Sidereal Errata.

June 10, last, j. Phleging, astrol-
oyer, made a map of the heavens as
they overspan the Cumberland Times
Office for the day before and found
therein that the Mckinley and Hobart
nomination was supervised 10y various
stellar influences of malignant nature
and zodiacal positions of evil, destruc-
tive import.
Ali this, of course, meant that the
sound-money platform, which the re-
publican national convention stole
from the Maryland democracy could
not possibly win.
Next a plan of the armament was
made July 13 for July 8, the day
Bryan was nominated. Herein it was
found that Libra, the sign, Venus and
Jupiter, the planets, and the moon, our
satellite, had united in grand ratifca-
ton meeting. The Chicago nominees
were not only endorsed, but their
election unhesitatingly predicted.
At the bottom of the Mckinley
"horary" the astrologer requests the
readers of the Times to preserve this
prediction" and in concluding the
Bryan prospectus he says 'please pre-
serve this till November and then
think of j. Phleging, astrologer."
The JOURNAL complied with these
requests, and, having done so with
some care, it is forced to announce that
when the laws of any science are ad-
ministered under the auspices of party
predictions they cease to be exact
In fact, they are no more reliable than
the convictions of IL newspaper which
changes its policy every time its party
changes its principles,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
GotO Work at Once.

Somebody named Kurdish, an Hi
nois orator who left Altgeld to his fate
in order to save German, explained
that the so-called Maryland democracy
led by German, deserted their June
platform because the republicans stole
it at St. Louis.
1t is not little singular, however,
that the stolen Maryland platform
still lives to the tune of $1,000 ma jor-
ity.
And that German, who at first sur
rertitiously and at last openly ran up
to Altgeld and Tillman the white flag
Of surrender, is at last politically dead.
That is, if the sound money demo-
crazy of the State will at once get in
shape for next years business.
1t has been twice made plain that
this element holds the balance of
power, and that it is at last willing to
throw its enormous weight on the side
of safety.
If it can do this in an organized con-
dition, how much more its moral con
sequence will be augmented if it be-
comes united in purpose and concur
rent in method.
Drrani1nt
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Ample Notice.

The free coinage authorities have
already given notice that the fight is
to go on during the ensuing four
years.
Whether the impeachment of the
Supreme Court, etc., will still be a
part of the program is not stated.
But, sound money democrats, if you
are not "forearmed" it is not because
you have not been "forewarned."
Take them at their word, and let
the campaign of education continue.
From this on, however, that educa-
ton ought to be as practical as the So
called "money power" can make it.
To many people the late campaign
was won on theory
Let the next one be won on experience.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
M1N1Ne5eJo JOURNAL
II. b. ODER, Editor.
MD. NOVEMBER I, 1896.
Both Wrong.

Messrs. Altgeld and Harrison, gov
ernor and ex-president, differed recent
ly concerning the survival OF Estates
rights" and both seemed to err.
The one claimed too much. the other
too little for a doctrine that must IN
here in and co exist with the Union.
Mr.. Altgeld held that governor
must be the judge of whether the
federal laws in State are violated.
Wrong, of course.
The ex presi lent declared, on the
other hand, "that every vestlge OF
States rights was stamped out at
Appomattox."
He knows BETTER
The Constitution still guarantees to
each State republican form of govern
ment," and so on. Moreover, in the
Electoral College the vote for pres-
dent and ce-president is cast By States.
A majority failing he e, the vote in
the House of Representatives is cast
in the same way.
The true statement is-this is a per-
petual Union of lndestructible States.
When, therefore, the Union ceases,
we may next look for the States to dis
solve into chaos, and then farewell to
individual liberty!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Sure Work.

Everywhere the democrats seemed
to have taken John X. Governs advice.
They let Organism, Altgeldism, Till
manism, Debsism and Gormanism
have "both barrels"
In other words, to make "assurance
doubly sure" they voted directly for
Mckinley.
How sad it is that the responsibility
of a great party had to he maintained
by fatty regulating the work of its
disreputable elements.
But until politicians learn that there
are enough people who will not put up
with needless and dangerous foolish
ness to turn the scale in favor of
soundness and safety, so long should
they not be- surprised at overwhelming
defeat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
TheCOal Trade

Shipments of coal from the mines of
the Georges Creek coal region were
in long tons
For week ending Oct. 81, 1896. ... 81, 566
year to same date. ..............2, 9l6,675
Increase compared with last year. :. 74,5l9
The following notes are taken from
then Engineering and Mining Journal:
The Atlantic seaboard soft coal market has
a much better tone to it now than at any pre-.
vious time this fall. There are more orders
in the hands of producers and of shippers
than for some time past and apparently the
supply of them is to be better. The cause of
this change is chiefly discountlng of the
election by the users of soft COAL who are
getting ready for an increased business.
Orders are banking up to slight extent in
producers hands from the difficulty ofgetting
vessel tonnage for coastwise shipments This
is quite a novelty to the producers, and it
helps them to judge ahead more correctly of
the proper output of their mines.
The far East is calling for little more than
its usual proportion of coal, though the Sound
ports seem to be increasing their demand
slightly. The ocean freights from the lower
ports to Sound ports have now reached the
limit that makes the taking of coal from the
New York harbor shipping ports for Sound
shipments more advantageous than from the
lower shipping ports, there being now a
practical difference Of 20 cents ton besides
the discharges between the two shipping
localities. New York harbor is feeling the
increased demand somewhat and is calling
for slightly larger quantity of coal
All rail trade seems to be unchanged and
keeps in about the regular volume Trade
local to the shipping ports is slightly better
than it was.
Transportation from mines to tide is not as
good as it was, thereby showing the increased
shipments generally in the trade that are
reaching the main line railroads to be taken
care of. Car supply is excellent.
In the coastwise vessel market vessels are
quite scarce for the demands upon them,
and better supply could he utilized at this
time. We hear of some of the larger class of
coasting vessels taking OH gram for foreign
points. thus taking them out of the market
and reducing the available supply of vessels
just so much. Freight rates are stronger and
inclined to advance
The Association f. o. b. prices per ton re-
main as follows, exclusive of the 90 cents
ditferential in favor of Clearfield and Beech
Creek Goals:
Philadelphia, Norfolk and Newport
News. Observation-Disclosures. .............S 50 IS
Baltimore. ................. ...... 22S
New York harbor shipping ports, along
side. ........... ................ $50
New York harbor. ...... 800
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
BreVit1eS.

The Cumberland Neus used to twit
the Times about "our own leased wlre,"
whether properly or improperly the
JOURNAL knows not. But it is certain
that the Times was one of the last
papers in the county that got the news
that mckinley is elected"
About the only thing left for George
E. Boomer is to start that paper or be-
come faith healer.
There is candidate for some posi-
ton down in Washington whose breath
is so damp that when he approaches
Barton.the Hon. James Campbell OBJ
serves to his customers that sit feels
like we are going to have falling
weather sooh."
Miners will be glad to learn from
out West that the "Dirty Five Nine"
on the Blue Goose lease. is being work
ed at a depth Of ninety feet of jack.
Drops in silver's prices and call for
grain kept the party leader rising to
explain.
Two members of the X. Q. T., the
secretest Of all the Homecoming Orders,
met two brothers last Saturday. say
ing-"We oxpel you from dot Order.
Away NIT you ~ What did the ex-
PEELED brethren do9 Breakdown and
beg to get back into fellowship? Not
bit of it They said--"you can't
make dot quorum mltout us, aind it
And mitout dot quorum you can't fill
dose offices alretty." 1t was in a
similar way Mr.. Bryan expelled the
democratic party.
Good news this week. Sound money
wins, the lame walk, the blind see, the
deaf hear, the poor have the gospel
preached to them, typhoid fever abat-
ing, public health improving, a daugh-
ter came to a household the other
morning, sons to others-one to a
family wherein he found a numerous
colony of hitherto b1otherless sisters ;
in short, the skies are not only bright,
but Frightening. And now is the time
to subscribe.
Not a professional Labor" ballot
was cast in Homecoming, and now no.
body can tell how the Reciesc voted.
George w. Snyder, chairman Repub-
lican State Central Committee for this
county "congratulates the republican
sound money democrats of the county
on the handsome majority this county
gave to Mckinley and Hobart, the re-
publican acknowledgements" and very
generally states that "the victory is
yours, and to the voters alone belongs
the credit for the same"
A man down the creek ascrbes the
seldom changes of Homecoming pas
tOrates to good times, high salaries
and weekly pays. This opinion is
strengthened by the fact that one of
them felt happy enough last Sunday
evening to preach au fashioned
gospel sermon on "Songs in the Night"
Snyder c.. W. says it was "the peo-
pie" who did the business, but d. W.
is suspected of throwing up his hat
to Charlie Woolford for something.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
thine to Think"

The appended paragraph appears in
a letter from Homecoming
Hurrah for gold! Was the result not i'm
mense? The Americans are great people if
allowed time to think.
Very true.
All our troubles-social, economical,
political-come from those who have
too little time to think, or, having
time, are superficial thinkers.
Mr.. Bryan himself is far more liber-
ally gifted with the questionable tact
of loquacity than endowed with the
sleight of thinking accurately and
profoundly.
But an intelligent people-the mass
of patriotic virtue, if "allowed time to
think" are very apt to reach right con.
clusionSln the roundup of vital issues.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
O. No.

Keep your 16 to l buttons. The cause will
grow from now on. The battle of right
against might must continue.-Cumberand
Times.
Please don't.
Altgeld, Tlllman, Debs and German
cannot be immortal, and the cause
which such men represent must not
only die, but in the nature of inglorious
fatality, must be forgotten.
The whole "16 to L. business, buttons
and all, ought to hunt some Mount Nebo
and there, like another Moses, for
hidden to reach the promised Land"
drop into a grave which no man in all
generations can ever find.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
The Test of Membership.

If the Democrat did not read Mr.. Cleveland
out of Its party along with thousands of other
good, honest democrats, will the slver-plated
sheet please inform its readers why the slump
was so great all over the country ?-Oakland
Republican.
The reading-out process cost the
party this year about fifteen hundred
thousand votes-a loss that nc party
in this country can stand.
But the essence of Gormanism is
political death to everybody who is
not in favor of Me and, for instance,
Gene"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
An Essay.

The way our common and high
school education is forging ahead is a
matter of immense apprehension if the
following report by the Cumberland
Times be authentic:
An Allegany county school girl wrote the
following physiological essay, at the request
of her teacher short time ago:
The human body is divided into three parts
the head, chist and stummick. The head
contains the eyes and brains, if any The
chist contains the lungs and piece of liver
The stummick is devoted to the bowels, of
which there are five-a, e, i. o, u, and some
times and Y.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Can't he Done.

The Cumberland Times must have
taken its cue from it's State head
quarters. The Baltimore Neus of
Thursday said:
The silver men gave beautiful illustration
yesterday of man trying to lift himself by
his boot-straps. They insisted upon electing
Bryan with or without the necessary votes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Big Difference.

Bimetalism is right all the same.--Cumb Der
land Times
OF course it is.
And that is what we have already.
The trouble with the Times and Mr.
Bryan is, assuming they were honest
they never studied free coinage
deeply enough to ascertain that the
"bimetalism" they were talking about
was the silver monometalism the
Rocky mountain people were thinking
about.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
They Like 1t.

A Cumberland gentleman writes to
a friend here
Thanks for the JOURNAL. have been re-
ceiving it for some time. | think it lust
splendid.
Another Cumberland gentleman
writes:
Allow me to congratulate you upon the
effective work done by the JOURNAL for sound
money. 1t is the genuine lions milk you
dispensed.
Some other papers did not seem to realize
that the mining region had been covered by
pecidI literature that nothing but special
counterng, such as you gave them, could
throw down.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Died.

At Mt. Savage Monday, Nov. .,
1896, Mrs. Elizabeth Kenah, relict of
the late H. j. Kenah, transportation
master of the Cumberland and Penn
sylvania railroad company. Mrs.
Kenah was held in high esteem by a
large circle of friends. She leaves six
children, three of whom reside in Mt.
Savage-Mrs. H. d. Bruck, Miss Sallie
and Harry j., the last named repre-
sen.ing the local interests of the Cum
berland and Pennsylvania railroad
company at that place.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Circuit Court.

The jury IN the case of the State rs.
Robert Mason, Frank Nolen and
Henry Stafford, three young men
charged with robbery of John Kirby,
of Lonaconlng, on the public road on
the night of June IL, was out all night
Friday of last week and part of Satur-
day, but failed to agree. Judge Boyd
discharged the jury.
The jury in the case of the State Us.
Henry Friel, charged with assault with
intent to kill George Redrick, of Frost
burg, rendered a verdict of guilty of
assault with intent to disable.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Worse Than SmalIpOx.

The itch for office with large salary
and small work has laid the founda-
ton of sorrow and misfortune for a
hundred men for every one who has
been benefited by the contagion.
Politics is a disease fatal to more men
than either typhus. smallpox or pneu-
monia. -, Columbus Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Not an Unmixcd RIcsSiur

"Still," admitted the candid citizen,
81 am bound to confess that the cleo
ton of Mckinley will bring pain and
even distress in some localities. There
are a few persons here aud there who
have bet on Bryan, and they'll have to
pay their bets on IL gold basis Chicago
Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
COUNTY NEWS.
CurIOsities of the List.


An enterprising reporter of the
Cumberland Ne,os has analysed the
registration list as follows:
The total number of names returned by the
registers was 1O,2O6. but after revision day
only 1O,171 remained. OF this number 357
are colored voters. None of these live in
district No. II, LIST Is, LIST Is, No. IS, q or
D. Eighty-six colored voters are reported
from No. 6, SIS from No. %, 46 from No. H.
3S from No. IA and % from No. %, the bal
ance being distributed over the county.
Each name is q inches wide and when Set
one in front ofthe other, makes 100 feet long
Each name contains an average of 80 letters
or spaces and the whole number required
l,O75 pounds Of type with 3OOpounds of extra
capitals.
A perusal of the list will show that we have
in this county 7Cains and 5 Ables, AZ Browns,
los Smiths, so Jones and IS Porters. There
are 40 named Rice, 80 Wilson's and 81 Will
Iisons. There are Il Twiggs and Stumps,
but no branches or trees except few Crab
trees. We have Adams but no Ewes, plenty
of Hills but no mountains, several Wells but
no springs, number of Winters but no sum-
mers, with several Days and a couple
Knights. A few Rubys can be found but no
diamonds. A number of Brooks and Creeks
but no rivers, although there are several
Damms to back our Broadwaters. There is
only one Locke with a dozen Keys, one
Crook but no burglars a number of Strong
men but no weak men, some Wheat but no
rye, some Cotfey but no tea, plenty of Appels
but no peaches.
We have Ashkettles but no teakettles, with
one Coon and 7 Knhns; several Shepherds
but no sheep a large number of Taylors but
no tailors.
We have plenty of Bears Foxes, VOLTS
and Lyons. but only one Gum, (this is
evidently double barrel gum with three
Hunters, one of the latter a colored voter
who claims the title to being the first colored
man ever registered in district No. "a. We
have several Keggs but no barrels; plenty of
Long voters but only one Short; several
Spears but no swords; one colored man
named White and several white voters named
Black. There are several Barnes but no
stables; number of Trails and Lanes but no
paths or roads except Byroads.
There are John H. Perrys, one of whom
uses jr. as separation mark.
There are ID Leases on Rawlings but none
are recorded by the clerk of the court
There are lots Of Pipers but no tddlers !;
plenty of Nickels but no dimes; several
Moons but no mornings; few Shoemakers
but no bootmakers; three Greenhorns and 2
other Horns.
In the whole list there is only one named
Grapes and Shugar.
There are no generals, colonies or captains,
but several Majors.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
That Tailless Dog.

Last year the German faction said
there were only $4,000 apostates in
Maryland who would not be allowed
to "wag the dog"
But this year there are at least
1l,OO0 more.
If the tail has been cut off to keep it
from ''wagging the dog it is becom-
ing more and more evident that the
lob was done lust behind the ears.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
The A. Il. G.. O1'It.

A.-"Now, if | understand correctly.
the first principle of socialism is to
divide with your brother-mau."
B.-'Then you don't understand it
correctly. The first principle of social
ism is to make your brother-man
divide with yoy."-Birmingham Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
They Wish to Organize

There is movement among the ex-
Confederate soldiers of Alleeany,
Garrett and contiguous counties to
organize a camp at Cumberland. All
are invited to address DR.. J. F.
Zacharias, of that city, upon the SUBJ
ject, and to do so at once.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Too Late.

Will the Netcs tell when and where w. J..
Bryan advocated a silver dollar of the value
of fifty cents? Until that is shown the Nems
editor must be branded as a fabricator. No
Matched up assertions without foundations
will be accepted as answers.-Cumberland
Times.
If the Meas and Times will pardon
this intrusion, the JOURNAL cannot
remember "when and where Mr..
Bryan explicitly did such a thing.
but it does remember that the Times
itself complained a few weeks ago that
"the present gold dollar is worth 200
cents"
If there was any difference, there
fore, between Mr.. Bryan and the
Times on this subject, it should have
been cleared up before the election.
AS it is, both seem to be wrong, no
matter what they advocated.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Now.

Some New York paper says "the
democracy is not dead"
But the sooner all hands begin living
on the Indianapolis platform the soon
er their wonted good health and fight
ing qualities will return.
The republican party will be sure to
furnish enough provocarion during the
next four years for union of demo
cratic forces on a respectable platform.
In this State the fight against A. p
German ought to begin right now.
1t is not too early for the party to
make it understood that the State
wants to fill his place in the Senate
with somebody else, democrat pre-
ferred.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Not One

The free coinage Of silver embodies
not one single redress of one single
grievance. -Henry Wdtters0n,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07
Not Feasible,

The JOURNAL received Wednesday
the following telegram from Front
Royal, Va:
Hurrah for the sound money democrats of
Maryland! Your question is answered.
Congratulations.
The question referred to is this:
Hoec can a free coinage, on any other lao
raise the prices Of the commodities zoe hare to
sell and cheapen those oce hare to buy?
The only answer the JOURNAL can
gather from the landslide is
Mr.. Bryan is mistaken. 1t cannot be
done
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1896-11-07

Wanted-Several faithful Men or Women
to travel for responsible established house in
Maryland. Salary $3.50, payable S15 weekly
and expenses. Position permanent. Refer
ence. Enclose self-addressed stamped envel-
ope. TIE NATIONAL,
tA3 Star Building, Chicago, Ill.