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The herald., 1897-12-24
Pleaded Guilty

ALBANY. N. Y. Dec. 2S.-Albert S.
Warner today pleaded guilty to an in
dictment found against him for assist
ing in the kidnapping of Johnny Con-
way.
The herald., 1897-12-24
ENGLISH COMMENT
THE CLAIMANTS KICK

VICTORIA, b. c., Dec. 23.-The own
ers of the Canadian sealing fleet express
themselves as being much dissatisfied
with the award of the arbitrators an
nounced yesterday. They unite in saying
that the lowest amount they expected
was $500 900 with interest.
The herald., 1897-12-24
Dutch Duties

THE HAGUE, Dec. 2S-The Second
Chamber has adopted bill abolishing
the export duty on Java sugar. e
The herald., 1897-12-24
THE NEW ROAD TO THE MINES
FIRST TRAIN ARRIVED AT JOHANNESBURG YEsTER-
DAY-vANDERBILTS AGENTS TO IN
sPEcT THE LINE TODAY

JOHANNESBURG, 3.-(special to The Herald) The
first
morning completed eccept the switches extern
a a Randburg The general impress
extended fifteen miles northwest
Valley railroad thence main
Keeer
johannesburg and half miles and the
average grade theetenhs cent The rails fifty
pounds yard Oregon The track
rejecting Tamh Marsh, the
passenger special will arrive Friday containing
Etten general manager of tho New
Randsburg Railway,
men nd in the
The Of a md prosperous in
the history district.
a-lslleas r r asslrs9s 4. r
The herald., 1897-12-24
GEORGE CROKER DEAD

The Famous Richards Brother Dies
of Heart Failure
NEW YORK, Dec. 23-George Croker,
brother of Richard Croker, died at mid
The herald., 1897-12-24

cedent that remote damages could not
be included in a claim, and the present
award is evidently on the same line.
Gen. John w. Foster, who is now in
general charge of Bering sea affairs,
said tonight as to the award, that he
was not surprised at the result Presi-
dent Cleveland having officially de-
clared that $425,O0O was just and
equitable sum in settlement, and, there
fore, having appointed as the American
commissioner to adjudicate the claims
a close personal and political friend, 1t
could hardly be expected that the latter
would strenuously contend for an award
of a less amount. Mr.. Foster was alb
sent from the country in Japan when
congress took action on President Cleve-
lands recommendation, but he regarded
the commission as the proper method of
reaching a settlement, and the only one
which would satisfy the country Not
withstanding the seizures which gave
rise to the award We're initiated under a
Democratic administration, President
Mckinley, he thought, would doubtless
recommend to congress to provide for
the payment, and he hoped and felt
sure that congress would make the nee
essary appropriation to discharge the
treaty obligations, and as the Canadians
receive interest up to date on their de-
ferred claims, the result should be ac-
cepted on both sides in good spirit.
ENGLISH COMMENT
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The Times, In an
editorial this morning, expresses salts
O., of I,o cptt1pr1atlf
which it anticipates congress will not
object to- and takes occasion to protest
against the ""loose insinuations Of bad
faith on the part Of the United States
government, which have been thought
lessly and unjustifiably made in Eng
land.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
Primitive Surgery.

1t is difficult at this day to realize the
horrors of Il surgical operation before
the discovery of anRsthesia. The sur
geon's knife was necessarily pitiless,
and the victim could only writhe and
scream under the torture. The horror Of
an operation, even to hero, may be
better understood by story of Nelson,
included in a paper by DR.. John Ash
hurst on Surgery Before the Days of
Anasthetics, published i'll the Phila
delphia Record:
No Drawer OF more gallant gentleman
ever lived than Admiral Viscount Mel
son, and after his right elbow had been
shattered by Il French bullet in the as
sault at Tenerife he manifested the ut
most courage, refusing to be taken to
the nearest ship lest the sight of his in
jury should alarm the wife of a fellow
officer whose own fate was uncertain.
When his own ship was reached, he
climbed up it's side without assistance,
saying:
''Tell the surgeon to make haste and
get his Instruments | know [ must lose
my right arm, so the sooner it is off the
BETTER
"He underwent the amputation, so
says private letter of one of his mid
shipmen, with the same firmness and
courage that have always marked his
character "
And yet so painfully was Nelson
affected by the coldness of the operator
knife that when next going into action
at the famous battle of the Nile he gave
standing orders to his surgeons that hot
water should always be kept i'll readi-
ness during an engagement, so that If
another operation should be required he
might at least have the poor comfort Of
being cut with warm instruments.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
A Costly Joke.

A Berlin correspondent tells as true
a story about a joke that resulted some
what seriously for the man who invent
ed it. This person was incredulous
about the discriminating appreciation
of wines which a distinguished friend
of his claimed to possess, and to test
the matter invited him to dine at il ho-
tel whose landlord had previously been
instructed to set before the connoisseur
a bottle of excellent moselle. 1t was to
bear no label or other marks to distin-
guish it from "vin ordinaire," and if
questioned the landlord was to say that
it cost only a small price. The invita-
tion was accepted, and the plot was
carried out. The guest had hardly taken
single sip from his glass, however, be-
fore he proved the injustice of his host S
suspicion by exclaiming over the merit
of the Wine. He summoned the land
lord, and on hearing that its price was
marks instantly ordered 1000 bottles
of the same vintage. The order was
filled, and the host, rather than reveal
the failure of his trick, paid the differ
ence between the alleged and real price,
which amounted to something over
1000 marks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
FOR STARTING THE FIRE.
The Use to Which the Fisherman Puts His
Discarded Nets.

In the majority of households an old
newspaper is the material most COM
monty used to start a fire, and the ad-
justment of this material is IA matter of
considerable art. There should be enough
of it to make flame sufficient to ignite
the wood laid upon it, and it should be
put in with just the right degree of
looseness so that the air will circulate
through it and make it burn freely and
to the best advantage. But there are
houses ill which paper is never used for
this purpose-the homes of fishermen.
Here, year i'll and year out, day after
day, the fire is startAa, with ii chunk of
discarded tarred netting, and there is
nothing like it.
When Il net gets tender, so that it is
likely to burst when Il body of kelp Or
seawecd floats against it i'll Il tide way,
OF to break with a big catch Of fish, it
is condemned. 1t may be whole and
look all right, but it doesn't pay to take
any risks with it. Some fishermen using
a considerable number Of nets ..ty have
half a ton of such netting IL. Il year.
They use it to start fires and give away
some of it. Formerly they sold it 1or
junk, and they do so now occasionally,
though not so much as they did. 1t
brings IA cent pound.
This netting has been tarred again
and again with fine, thin tar and it is
thoroughly saturated. The net may be
6 feet deep. A length of it is rolled up,
and the roll is then flattened down. The
fiattened roll may be inches wide and
it is cut off with an ak into chunks Of
perhaps a foot in length just enough to
lie nicely on the CRATE of a kitchen
range. 1t is thoroughly dried before it
is used 1t all ignites quickly, and
burns tiercely and uniformly, with Il
blush flame and rather pleasant odor.
A properly laid fire with section of
old tarred netting to start ii never goes
out. Whoever attends to the kitchen
fire in the fisherman S house prepares it,
if possible, the night before and pulls a
strand from the ta1Ted netting out
through the bars of the CRATE i'll front.
To start the fire i'll the morning all that
is necessary is to touch lighted match
to the end of that tarred rope yarn.
Some OF this tarred netting has been
sold to start the fire in locomotives.
Such a thing is not unheard of as the
use of cotton waste and Oil for this pur-
pose, but a sheet of old talred netting
laid over the CRATE bars beats the cotton
waste out of sight. Still, locomotives
have multiplied and tarred netting cuts
no figure as a means of starting the fire
i'll them. 1t is perhaps now used for
that purpose, if at all, only OH roads
running through or near fishing dis
tricts. And, as said, it is now rarely
sold The fisherman uses it to start his
own fire, and the man who has more
than he wants gives to his neighbor.-
New York SIM
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE.
A New York Cafe That Reposes Implicit
Confidence In Its Customers.

New York Cafe That Reposes Implicit
Confidence In Its Customers.
1t is rather surprising to fud right on
Park row il cafe that trusts its custom
ers perfectly This place has probably
800 regular callers 1t is open day and
night, and is run ON a system Of I'M
plicit faith i'll the honesty Of man.
While not a place strictly h5gh class it
offers what might be called very
comfortable" meal, with trimmings
before Or after Altogether it is simply
a plain place for an everyday maal, with
occasionally q little something eXtsu
on the bill of fare equaling anything in
the city.
This, of course, can be said of han
dreds of similar places, but the system
OF payment is something novel. The
proprietor, Il stout German, boasts no
cashier, as there is very little cash TO
take in. On the cigar counter is day
book. The customer comes i'll, goes o
the ice chest i'll the corner if he wishc4
and takes Il quiet nip ont Of a blatk k
bottle. Then he orders what he wants
on the bill of fare. 1t is served quickly
and neatly. He then counts up his oN n
Indebtedness and puts it opposite Als
name i'll the book, including the nip,
Or cigar if he prefers that. He then
walks serenely out, knowing no proprie-
tor is glaring at him and no cashier
yelling for him to come back and make
the cash register good.
This sort of childlike simplicity i'll
running a business i'll the very heart Of
city filled with bunkoers, green goods
men and gold bricks without number
is said to be winning venture. Gus
toners invariably settle weekly, Friday
and Saturday being pay days, and the
proprietor says he has as yet to lose Il
bill through deliberate fraud. A little
experience with a man like that is al
most enough to renew ones confidence
in human nature. New York Letter in
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
WHEN THE SULTAN GOES IsPAHAN.

When the Sultan Shah Zaman
Goes to the city Ispahan,
Even before he gets so far
AS the place where the clustered palm
At the last of the thirty palace gates,
The flower of the harem, Rose-in Bloom,
Orders Il feast in his favorite room
Glittering squares of colored ice,
Sweetened with syrop, tinctured with
Creams and cordials and sugared dates,
Syrian apples, Othmanee ounces,
Lines and citrons and aprico.s
And wines that are known to eastern
And Nubian slaves and smoking pots
Of spiced meats and costiest fish
And all that the curious palate could
wish
Pass in and out of the cedarn doors.
Scattered over mosaic floors
Are anemones. myrtles and violets,
And a musical fountain throws it's jets
OF a hundred colors into the air
The dusk sultana loosens her hair
OF her pointed nails and bites her lips
Till they bloom again but, alas, that rose
Not for the sultan buds and blows,
Not for the Sultan Shah Zaman
When he goes to the city lSpahan!
Then at a wave of her sunny hand,
The dancing girls of Samarkand
Glide in like ships from fairyland,
Making sudden mist in air
OF heccy wells and floating hair
And white arms lifted. Orient biz cd
Runs in their veins, shines III their eyes.
And there. in this eastern paradise,
Filled with the breath of sandalwood
And l<hoten musk and alocs and myrrh,
Sits Rose-in-B loom on a silk divan
Slipping the wines of Astrakhan
And her Arab lover sits with her
That's when the Sultan Shah Zaman
Goes to the city 1spahan.
Now when I see an extra light
Flaming, tiickcIing on the night
From my neighbors easement opposite
! know as well as know to pray,
j know as We'll a tongue can say,
That the innocent Sultan Shah Zaman
Has gone to the city Ispahan.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
Senator and Soldiers.

The days VIXEN senators and represent
atives i'll congress were expected to
frank letters for private soldiers, re-
counted by Nh j. A. WatrOus OF Chicago
in some army "reminiscences, We're dan
gerous ones for congressional visits to
the military camps.
MI. Watruus says that Senator limo
thy O. Howe of Wisconsin once visited
the headquarters of his friend, General
Rufus King. and was at the first oppor-
tuunity besicged by the soldiers with
packages Of envelopes to be franked.
Senator Howe was one of the most
good natured of men, and Immediately
sat down i'll the tent of one of the cap
tains and began to frank envelopes by
the hundred.
General King had made special prep
arations for dinner i'll honor of his
guest 1t was to eclipse all the camp
dinners that had been given for long
time. Senator Howe had been franl1ing
envelopes about half an hour when the
call came for dinner He went on writ
ing, and General King came tog get him.
"Go on, King; I'll be there directly" Z"
said the senator.
Dinner was served. The guests had
arrived. No one ate, but after awhile
the colored cook was sent to tell the SEN
ator that the meal was getting cold.
ooh, tell them to go ahead" said
the senator, still writing madly on sol
diers' envelopes. III be with them as
soon as | can
He finished the pile and rose to co.
but just then two more soldiers came i'll
with fresh parcels, and he seated HIM
self again. After he had signed them
all he joined the impatient company at
a cold dinner.
'I'm sorry" he said, "but it made
the boys happy. They will make their
friends happy with all the letters they
will send i'll those franked envelopes,
and it made me haDDy to do it, -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
The DafOdil,

1t is now many centuries since, ac-
cording to Ovid, the young man Narcis-
sus was changed into Il datfodil because
of his pining away from seeing his love
ly shadow i'll the water. But it can
hardly be from sympathy with the un-
fortunate youth that the flower has con-
tinued to be so popular during all these
long ages, Certain it is that it has as
high value today i'll the gardens of
persons of taste as in the flower plot of
the hulnblest cottager, No garden is
considered to be quite complete without
its little patch of daffodils.
OF late years florists have given at
tention to raising varieties from them,
and the record of their many forms is Il
feature of the catalogue of all seedsmen.
Double ones formerly carried off the
palm for popularity, but i'll recent times
the single variety is regarded as quite
as desirable Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08

e'co'A
4 inches wide, and, in order to secure
their early adoption, levy a tax on all
wagons having tires less than inches
wide, while wagons with 3 inch tires,
Or even wider, should not be taxed as
much, if at all?
In this, as i'll other cities, the use of
narrow tired wheels fo1 heavy hauling,
particularly over paved streets, is pro-
hibited by law, and why should this
law not be applicable to all wagons with
narrow tires used in the country for the
betterment and Improvement of the
common dirt roads? With few excep-
tions the present ] . inch tire wagons
are cutting our country roads into ruts
and making them almost impossible. If
it We're not for the ruts, our country
roads would drain off nicely and be in
good condition the year round, but dur
ing the wet season, especially in the
spring, after the frost leaves the ground,
the / y inch tire wheels act as plow
and find their way some s to 12 inches
into the soil.
The narrow tired wheels are being
used i'll less numbers every year, since
the farmer fully realizes the fact that
he must use broad tires in order to light
Ell the load for the horses, especially
over the soft meadows and fields. Farm
ers would be only too willing to abide
by the law by using broad tires, provid-
ing the law is rigidly enforced. The
use of broad tired wheels would enable
the farmer to haul heavier loads to
market, and where he now makes three
trips to transport the produce to market
only two would be necessary. This to
him would be saving of time, labor
and horsoflesh.
1t is said that the average cost of
moving ton one mile over our country
roads at the present time is about 20
cents and for five miles 81, not includ-
ing the time lost by the farmer. Such a
tax for hauling is heavier than that paid
for simply keeping ordinary roads in re-
pair. AS a natural consequence, when
the roads are improved, heavier loads
can be hauled and better speed secured.
Why not, then, encourage the use of
broad tired wheels exclusively for the
Improvement of our roads? In my opin-
ion the question of good roads cannot be
passed upon more economically by our
county supervisors and obtain equal re-
suits than by levying tax on all mar
row tired wagons. Have each wagon so
taxed, numbered and recorded and the
revenue derived therefrom placed for
the Improvement of country roads in
the district where the taxpayer resides.
Should an inducement be offered to dis
card the marrow tired wagon wheels it
would only Is a question of time when
they would be Il thing of the past and
the broad tired wheels would be used
exclusively instead.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
English Lawyers.

In the United States the names ap-
piled to lawyers are usually attorney
and counselor at law. In Great Britain
there are barristers at law, who are
counselors, learned in the laws, quail
fed and admitted to practice at the bar;
solicitors, who are attorneys, advocates
Or counselors at law, who are authorized
to practice il the English court of chan
Gerry; sergeants at law, who are lawyers
of the highest rank and answer to the
doctor of the civil law. Only after is
years of practice at the bar can one be-
come sergeant Queens counsel are
eminent lawyers, who are given by the
government that title, and from their
number all the judges are chosen
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
The Queerest Gambling Game In the
World Is Played at Calcutta.

One of the most curious forms of
gambling i'll the world isSrain gam
bling" which in the winter season Of
the year is at its height in Calcutta.
The principal rain gambling den is in
Cotton street. Burra bazaar.
No one Who has not visited the place
can have any conception of the vast
crowds which at every hour of the day
and far into night pass i'll ana out.
The great majority are Mawaris, who
are born speculators, but there are as
we'll plenty Of well to do Europeans,
Eurasians, Jews, Armenians and Greeks
and women too All swarm into the
small courtyard where this strange
form OF gambling is carried on, through
a narrow entrance barely 3 feet wide.
The courtyard is about goo feet square.
The far famed tank with Il spout falling
into the courtyard is the one spot where
all eyes are fixed. The tank stands at
the edge of second floor roof 1t is
about 6 feet long by 4 feet wide and 8
inches deep, with the spout opening in
ward, some 3 or inches from the bot
tom. From this it will be seen that it
requires pretty heavy downpour for
at least ten minutes to cause the spout
to flow. Intermittent drizZles, which
partly fill this tank, do not count as
the shower to fill it must pour down un
interruptedly, and then the bets are
won or lost.
Chances are taken either for or against
the spout running. A gray haired,
wizened old man is the owner of the
den, and there is another similar place
across the road, only smaller On the
roof, over the fifth floor, there is Il
small, square watch tower, i'll which
are stationed five or six men, whose
duty is to scan the horizon closely and
report on the formation of rainclouds
On these reports the odds rise or fall.
A bet made and won one day is al
ways paid the following morning
Everything seems to be "on the square, "
and indeed there is little chance for
cheating. The odds range as high as
to rs on some days, even i'll the rainy
season. Many have made a fortune in u
single day. One person won over g.,
Geo i'll tic course of a few weeks. But
he worked the system on scientific meth
DDS. s.-New York Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
STOP MAKING RUTS.
PLACE A PENALTY ON THE USE OF
NARROW TIRES

They Are n Menace to All Good Roads
and Make Poor Ones Worse - Broad
Nher's I:gsten the Horses Labor, Save
Time and improve the Roadway.
Narrow tires are prolific source of
trouble and expense i'll the maintenance
OF highways and have been condemned
by all authorities on roa,imaking A
writer in the Davenport ia. Repub-
lican makes some suggestions i'll this
connection, which, while not entirely
new, are worthy of consideration. He
says:
Since the question of good roads is
being considered with more interest al
most daily, / beg to offer a few sugges-
tions in regard to our present country
roads being kept i'll repair, with little
expense and no attention required to
speak Of. after they are once properly
leveled off and graded, allowing the
necessary fail for good drainage. Would
it not be feasible to urge the use of
broad tired wheels for wagons, say or
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08

Miss Maud Powell, the violinist, had
a somewhat unusual experience with
her precious violin. She sent it by ex-
press solidly packed in a stout wooden
box, but when she came to claim it it
was missing. She described the appear
ance of the box to the official, and sad
and sympathetic look came over his
face. He sighed and went away, and
presently returned with the box held
cotfinwise. "We had it on the ice," he
said.-Springfeld Republican.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
That Banshee's Wall.

There is considerable discussion in
the English papers about the wall of
the banshee which was said to have
been heard in East Kerry before the IA
tai bog moved. A correspondent writes
that the late Archdeacon Whately, the
celebrated archbishop's son, told him of
a certain instance of the banshee's cry.
The archdeacon said that he distinctly
heard the wall while in an Irish coun-
try parish administering the holy COM
munion to a dying man.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
Queer Conduct of a Tree.

An unusual incident occurred in the
timber near Fossil, Or, the other day.
Beaber and French sawed through tree
measuring 13 feet in circumference,
and, though they sawed until the teeth
of the saw came through on the opposite
side, though the tree top was free from
all support, though they pried and
chopped and wondered and talked, still
that tree stood there, and still the saw
remained pinched i'll so tightly that it
could not be moved. AT last they were
obliged to go home, leaving the. tree
standing on its stump Next day the
tree was down. 1t had apparently
sprung or slid from the stump, striking
perpendicularly i'll the sandy soil at first,
making hole five feet deep and as far
across.-Spokane Spokesman Review.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-08
Delicious English Mullins.

To make English mullins scald a pint
of milk, and while hot add ounces of
butter. When lukewarm, add half Il tea
Epoonful of salt, half all ounce of COM
pressed yeast dissolved in tablespoon
fuls of warm water, and 2 cups of flour.
Beat thoroughly and set aside for 2
hours. Bake in CREASED muffin rings on
a hot griddle Mrs. S. T. Roger i'll La
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