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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
LET "WiFEY" SHOP FOR YOU
She Always Has a Sharper Nose For
Real Bargains.

She Always Has Sharper Nose For
Real Bargains.
The sign which caught Mrs Dawson's
eye read: "Suits $50. Positively the
Last Week. Regular Price $50"
Mrs Dawson had the womanly love
for bargain. She had often spent 10
cents car fare to secure some lovely
treasure that was marked down from
81 to SO cents just for that day. She
was more than provoked that Dawson,
who was with her, did not grow enthu-
siastic
"You know you need a suit" said
Mrs. Dawson. "Why not order it now
and save $1O."
Dawson was certain the suits would
be as cheap next week, but his wife re-
fused to move on and dragged the help
less man into the store. The polite
clerk assured them that it was the bar
was positively the last.
With mental protests, but with out
ward calm, Dawson, like clay in the
hands Of the potter, allowed himself to
be measured. Then he left deposit.
He called in four days and took the
suit away
"There, exclaimed Mrs. Dawson, in
triumph, when her husband appeared
arrayed in his new suit, "you never
had a better fit nor more becoming
pattern. Just think how much money
your wife saved for you by being on the
lookout for a bargainr'
Mr.. Dawson preserved dignified 81.
lence and waited patiently for his bet
ter half to get her hat Oh straight pre-
paratory to accompanying him to the
city.
Mrs. Dawson awaited with impa-
tience the passing Of the store where
she had saved money for her husband.
She wanted to call his attention to the
fact again that he might remain prop
erly thankful.
With all the faith of woman Mrs.
Dawson was convinced that the sales
man was telling the truth when he as
sured her it was the last week of the
$40 sale
She looked for the window, and her
faith was rewarded. 1t had been the
last week. The sign now read, "Any
Suit In This Window $15. Chicago
Record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
UNITED WORkMEN.
Illinois System of Rewards For Increase.
Lodge Gleanings.

Illinois has inaugurated a system of re-
wards to be paid to lodges that make the
greatest increase for the year ending June,
1898. These rewards, 2S in number, aggre-
eating 81 900, are classified in such "a way
that the small rs we'll as the large lodges
are placed upon an equal competitive
basis. With the efforts In different direo-
tions now being put forth Illinois will
move to the front. G. NJ. w. Yantis Is a
hustler.
If your lodge doesn't get members, It's
because you are waiting for something to
turn up" Get out and hustle, and you
will get your share.
The lodge officers should look after the
suspension lists of their lodges more close
ly as personal interview and kind words
will often prevent brother from allowing
himself to become suspended.
Only one beneficiary certificate can be
issued to the same person, and $4,000
is the maximum amount of protection ex
tended by the A. o. U. W.
Members in good standing at last month
ly report, 369, 1913.
Supreme Lecturer Tate will spend the
month of September in New York juris-
diction.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
To Discover Dampness.

To ascertain whether or not room
is damp kilogram of fresh lime
should be placed therein after hermetic-
ally closing doors and windows. In "a
hours it should be weighed, and if the
kilogram has absorbed more than ten
grams of water-that is, more than
l per cent-the room should be consid-
cred damp and classed as unhealthy.
The question of the dampness of dwell
ings is a frequent cause of dispute be-
tween landlord and tenant and is nat
urally solved in the negative by the
former. The question can be settled in
the future by the test of the hydration
of lime, which will give irrefutable
proof of the validity of such complaint.
New York Dietetic and Hygienic Ga
Zette
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

considered a good thaw, and fire after
fire has to be kindled to make any kind
of an impression on the ground. Mr.
Schwarnweber' invention will enable
two miners to prospect to depth of 30
feet Or even more without the nec< IS. V
of building {; fire.
The device consists of steel screw
which is worked into the srol nj like a
posthole auger. A cylinder c, thr same
diameter of the screw and ; feet in
depth follows the screw into the s3T;i,l.G,
and within the cylinder is Il Nvll by?@b-
et which has an open bottum, into
which the detached dirt and gravel are
forced. When full, this bucket is ele-
waited by windlass attachment and can
be washed out and panned, while tie
bucket is returned into the well for an
other load.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

the strained nerves of the officials, for
the kilograms were of the most bewil-
dering nature
The first few kilograms of this descrip-
tion were sent to the addresses in the
belief that they We're code messages
One man nearly went out of his mind
on receiving one such telegram, and
was only saved by discovering that it
came from a place where he had no cor
respondent and must therefore be a
hoax or hlunder.
AS the morning wore on the messages
became fairly accurate. This continued
until the puzzled officials became con-
WINGED that some steps must be taken to
ascertain the cause, as the scared en-
ployees, whose superstitious fears made
them dread to manipulate the instru-
ments, showed signs of revolt, and the
public were complaining loudly.
A party of linemen, under the super
intendence of Japanese expert, was
sent out to throughly overhaul the
wires on the trunk line. They examined
the line for a considerable distance
without discovering any clew, but one
morning when about so miles from
Tokyo, the expert saw nest of gigantic
spiders which had spun their webs about
the wires and in some instances down
to the ground.
On putting out his hand to brush
away one of these webs he received a
shock, and then the cause of all the
trouble was clear to him. The morning
dew made the spiders webs good con-
ductors of electricity, and the current
was carried to earth in the early morn
ing and the drying of the gossamer
threads here and there accounted for the
jumbling of messages later in the day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Maxim'S New Lamp.

Hiram Maxim, the American invent
or and scientist who is now making his
home i'll England, has invented new
mcandescent lamp which promises to
be an important step in advance, pro
vided the cabled report is true. The fill
ament is composed of a mineral SUBJ
stance instead Of vegetable fiber. The
nature of the material used in the fila
ment is said to be a secret. Mr.. Maxim
is quoted as describing the lamp as fol-
lows: 1t has life of l, 600 hours which
is we'll maintained. The watts per cam
die power are said to be 2 $40. The
cost of new filaments is said to be about
one tenth of a cent each.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
New Paint For Machinery.

A bright work paint for machinery
in transport is said to have lately been
adopted in Germany for which many
good qualities are claimed. Its exact
composition is not stated, but grease
and volatile oils are said to enter into
it. Applied to iron it provides an air
tight skin, which adheres tightly to the
metal and is proof against salt water,
salt air, rain, snow, steam, gases and
the fumes of acid or ammonia. 1t is alb
solutely neutral and leaves no mark
when removed. 1t is transparent and
does not crack nor rub off in handling.
Engineering News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Order of Harugari.

The order of Harugari extends over 30
states and has 300 lodges and 19, ,325 mem
bers. 1t has also 100 female lodges.
The present assets of the order are $629,
S43, and since its foundation tho order has
spent about So, 100000 for sick and death
benefits.
During Its existence the order has buried
9,914 brothers and 5,016 sisters.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
OLD BARRIERS ARE SCARCE,
After Reaching 40 They Usually Retire
Enter Another Occupation.

After Reaching 40 They Usually Retire
OF Enter Another Occupation.
"Did you ever notice." said veteran
tonsorial artist, who had shaved New
Haveners since 1878, to New Haven
Register man, "that you only see few
old barbers?''
"Why is it,"
"There are good many reasons, :"
answered the veteran knight of the
blade. II suppose the chief one is that
a barber's hand becomes unsteady after
he gets to be about 40 years old and he
has to give up. A good many BARRIERS
drink hard, and that makes their nerves
and hands unfit for service, and they
retire before they cut their customers
throats. Still, l will say that in all my
experience of 81 years I never saw
man badly cut by barber, not even by
an accident for which the barber was
not responsible.
"What becomes of the BARRIERS after
they retire?"
'Oh, some of them go to the poor
house, " he replied, with a twinkle in
his eye, land some of them, who have
saved their wages, buy little places and
live on them, perhaps running farm.
Some of them, of course, go into other
business, perhaps bookselling or else be-
come insurance agents I have heard of
BARRIERS who gave up the business and
became butchers. This isn't such wide
difference from their former business
(what are you laughing at?) as it might
seem. No, don't mean that they learn
to carve people or even to skin them in
the barber business, but they learn how
to handle blade skillfully and they
make first class meat cutters'' -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
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MASONIC.
The Beauseant and the Stars and Stripes.
Chips From the Temple.

The Beauseant and the Stars and Stripes.
Chips From the Temple.
It's Il fad nowadays to carry Old Glory
In pnradcS alongside of the beauseant of
the Templar Knights. This is good fad
and every commandery in the land should
have the stars and stripes spread to the
breeze in its ranks. 1t is that grand
symbol of liberty that has made freedom
the greatest boon of this land. The beau
seant and the stars and stripes make a
grand combination, expressive of God and
our native land w. J. Duncan
The candidate to whom the order most
gladly opens it's doors is not he who hopes
to assure himself against future distress,
but he whose desire to enter the lodgeroom
is based upon hearty sympathy for the
work of relieving others necessities and q
wish to aid in its accomplishment.
The supreme council, northern jurisdic-
tion, Scottish Rite, will meet in Boston on
Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 10 o'clock a. m at
the Masonic apartments, IS Boylston
street.
The Kansas Masonic home at Wichita,
which was so badly damaged by fire q cou-
pie of months ago, has been repaired
There are 35 inmates. They have in cash
on hand and mortgages s23, 400.
Craft in the ordinary acceptation is a
trade or mechanical art, and collectively
the persons who practice it. Hence the
craft of Freemasonry signifies the whole
body of Freemasons wheresoeyer dispersed
about the globe.
Knight Templarism is an order of lofty
ideals The ancient knight swore to speak
the truth, succor the helpless and op-
pressed, never to turn back from an enemy
and to uphold the Christian religion.
The earliest reference to lodge aprons in
English Masonry occurs in the minutes of
Alnwick lodge under the year 1908, but
there can be no doubt that they were worn
as far back as English lodges can be traced
Bro. James A. Scott is now grand mas
ter of Masons in the Indian Territory and
Bro. j. $. Morrow grand secretary.
AT the annual conclave of the knights
Of Rome and the Red Cross Of Constantine
in the United States, held at Buffalo, it
was decided to make Master Masons eligi-
BILE to membership. Heretofore only Royal
Arch Masons were eligible in this country
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
American Rails For Ireland.

The johnson Steel company of Cleve-
land has received orders for 20, 900 tons
of steel rails for electric roads in Ire
land. The firm underbid not only Amer
lean mills nearer the seaboard, but all
the English concerns as well-Ameri-
can Machinist.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Red Men.

Red Jacket tribe of Sacramento has
gained the prize offered to the tribe show
Ing the greatest increase in its membership
during the past term. During the year
the tribe adopted 131 palefaces, of which
100 were adopted during the six months
which make up the last term.
The new universal password is now in
effect, and members who know it not
should attend the next council fire and
get it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
THE WlSTFUL DAYS.

What is there wanting in the springp
The air is soft as yesteryear,
The happy nested green is here,
And half the world is on the wing
The morning beckons, and like balm,
Are westward waters blue and calm,
Yet something's wanting in the spring.
What is it wanting in the spring?
o April, lover to us all!
What is so poignant in thy thrall
When children's merry voices ring?
What haunts us in the cooling dove
More subtle than the speech of love,
What nameless lack or loss of spring?
Let youth go daily with the xring.
Call her '"c dear. the fair 7lhe young,
And all y graces ever sung
Let him, once more rehearsing, sing.
They know who keep a broken tryst
Till something from the spring he missed
We have not truly known the spring.
.-Robert Underwood johnson in New York
Sun,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

Conductor-.-Beg pardon, madame, but
these coppers are counterfeit.
Lady-Oh, excuse mel Keep those for
fee. Hero are some good ones.
Conductor with deep bow )-Many
thanks. madame. Paris Figaro.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
A Sign OF Cultivation.

Somebody must be cultivating the
widow
"Yes?'
Anyway, her weeds have disap-
peared. London Answers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

1t is claimed in behalf of the Bermu-
das that the compilations of the natives
are the finest in the world. This seoms
to be clever advertisement of the Ber-
muda onion, of which $1,000, 900
pounds are exported annually.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
A SPIDERS WEB.
How 1t Made Confusion In a Telegraph
Systam

How 1t Made Confusion In a Telegraph
System.
A short time ago the telegraph system
of Japan was thrown into utter confu-
sion without apparent cause. Every
morning for several days it was impos-
slble to get message over the line dur
ing the early hours. Then an odd word
here and there managed to struggle
along the bewitched wires, arriving at
some point for which, as it was after
ward discovered, it was not intended
After a little more delay messages did
got through, but this did not relieve
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

If the armies of Europe should march
at an eight mile gait, five abreast, Is
inches apart, it would require 91a days
for them to pass given point
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
FRosTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1897.
FOR FROZEN GOLDFIELDS.
A New Prospecting Machine Especially
Adapted For the KIondike Region.

William Schwarnweber, a st. Louis
inventor has obtained letters patent for
a prospecting machine that will obviate
all difficulties arising from the frozen
grounds of the Alaskan placer fields
Thus far it has been necessary for the
miners to build fires on the frozen gray
el of the rivers in order to remove even
few inches of dirt. Six inches deep is
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
A Strong Hint.

The late Professor Jowett had curl
Gus way of commenting on the work
that was brought to him by students,
On one occasion he was shown a set of
Greek verses. After looking them over
carefully he glanced up rather blankly
and said to the author, "Have you any
taste for mathematics?'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13

In Brussels the height of house front
age in public streets is determined by
the width of the street. The maXimum
height is 60 feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Taking

a course of Ayers Pills the
system is set in good working
order and a man begins to feel
that life is worth living. He
who has become the gradual
prey of constipation, does not
realize the friction under which
he 1abors, until the burden is
lifted from him. Then his
mountains sink into MOLE
hills, his moroseness gives
place to jo11ity, he is a happy
man again. If life does not
seem worth living to you, you
may take a very different view
of 1t after taking
Ayers CathartiC Pills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Railroad Schedules.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
SCHEDULE
Westward.

In addition No. ! leaves Piedmont S:45 IL. IN.
arrives Frostburg lO:40a. m, and No. s, leaving
Frostburg 200 p. M, reaches Piedmont 2:55 p.
M, 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. l, 2, 3, 4, 7 and sdaly except Sunday.
Nos. 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days only.
L. M. HAMILTON,
June Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-11-13
Pittsburg Division.

*Except Sunday Nos 4G and AZ carry
passengers. No. II is a local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. IA from Pitts
burg to Cumberland. Nos 5 and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsbnrg. sag- Through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland.
NJ. c. CLARKE,
VIM. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager ID. Il. MARTIN,
May q Manager Passenger Traffic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-06-16
Cooperative Banking For Farmers.

The American Agricultural of April
again discusses rdirorlally the entire
feasibility Of cooperative banking
among farmers. " This can be done,
IT says, by slight notifications Of the
system of cooperative savings fund and
building associations or cooperative
banks. which has proved so remarkably
successful in American cities. These in
situations now hold over $500, 900, 000
Of deposits and are thoroughly demon
strated practical success The Saxon
Land Credit association "a report upon
which can be obtained by writing to
the secretary Of state, Washington is a
modification Of the Raiffeisen system,
which in Prussia and Germany has
achieved the same success among tho
working farmers of those A)untries that
the cooperative banks have achieved in
our American cities. The peoples banks
Of Italy and neighboring countries, based
upon much the same plan, have had
marvellous success. A report giving fur
Their particulars upon the Saxon Land
Credit association has been published
by the department Of state for free dis
tribution, In which Consular Agent Pc
tiers says with truth that can never be
questioned:
Whit American farmers require to relieve
them OF tho present financial strain under
which they living is the power to borrow
at the lowest possible interest consistent with
their securities and the financial conditions in
the great centers Of tho world 30 long as they
must borrow from the local money leiS9ar they
must pay IA high rate OF interest for accommo
dalton. 1t IL this high rate Of interest under
which our farmers now striving and fall
ing that IL responsible for the general unrest
and dissatisfaction. Remove the high rate OF
interest, give them the opportunity to
use their credit mon engaged in other bust
ness, exchange the present mortgage ON the
farm for one with reasonable interest, which
the farmer can pay and have something left
for the savings bank, and we will restore hap
piness and prosperity.
This question has been solved by tho farmers
and lnndholders of Europe and the solution
Of the problem did not consist in tho issue by
the government of mass of debased currency
circulated among the people at fictitious
value. Tho end WAS reached by tho farmers
and landholders by their own force and CO.
operation. by tho founding of associations
which in time became power In the land, and
whose financial strength was measured by mil
lions of undoubted securities which the public
was only too glad to invest In
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-06-16

While Mr. Bryan and his associates.
refusing to accept the verdict OF last
November, are looking forward hope
fully to renewing what they call the
battle for silver" at tho next congress
commission has just been appointed to
visit the European governments in the
interest Of international bimetallism,
there may be perceived all over the
world an unmistakable drift toward the
single standard Of gold. Since the ap-
pointment Of the United States COM
missioners the dispatches from Europe
indicate that their mission will be fruit
less, and that there is no more probable
ity of those governments returning to
bimetallism than there is Of their re-
turning to flintlock muskets for their
armies. The latest announcement Is
from Russia, which is to the effect that
she is irrevooably committed to the gold
standard.
But 1t is not in Europe alone that
this tendency il observable. The wis
dom and apparent ease with which the
Japanese government has planned the
adoption Of the gold standard IL one Of
the maryels Of modern craftsmanship
and marks that people M among the
most sagacious nations of the earth
Laggard China also seems to be awak-
ing from her silver dream Of isolation
and is anxious to have the customs du-
ties at the treaty ports placed ON the
gold basis, rs they substantially were
when the treaties were made. The de-
probation of silver has greatly crippled
her revenues, and now that she is COM
ing into closer financial connection with
Russia it may be assumed that her
finances will be conformed to the gold
standard.
II we turn from the far orient to our
own hemisphere, we will perceive
stirring in the Central and South Amer
loan states to reform their monetary sys-
tenn and escape the losses entailed by
an inferior and deprecated currency. A
dispatch few days since from Lima
informed us that Peru had not only sus-
pended silver coinage but had passed
law against the importation Of silver.
Columbia has adopted the gold stand
ard, while Chill, Uruguay and Brazil
make gold unlimited legal tender and
silver in but limited sums. In Hondu-
ras, San Salvador, Costa Rica and Santo
Domingo the gold standard has been es-
tablished by law, though deprecated
paper currency prevents the circulation
OF gold at present. These movements 20
to show that those nations who are in
touch with European trade and COM
merce feel the necessity of having the
same monetary system and that their
people arc Mt u disadvantage because of
their fiuctuating and deprecated home
currencies.
And yet while these nations admit
tedly our interiors in wealth and in
physical and intellectual progress, are
struggling out Of the bonds that hold
them back there are those among us
who would imperil our vast wealth and
commerce by plunging us down to the
silver standard. What must the nations
of the world think of such leadership
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Times
Herald.