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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-07-01

ELASTIC STARCH has been before the
years and Is without doubt, the greatest starch
Invention of the 10Th century. Last year it's
sales reached the unprecedented number : Z
twenty million packages. 1t is preparedr
on scientific principles by men who have h.
years of experience in fancy laundrylng 1t
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
The Liverymcn's Grin.

The Frostburg Ne~S thinks the JOURNAL
lost its head in denouncing 1.-The levy of 81
upon Cumberland lveryman" as an out
rage-JoURNAL.
The Nems does not think, nor did it say that
the JOURNAL lost its head in denouncing the
lining of the Cumberland liverymen but that
the JOURNAL lost its head by unnecessarily
lnStltuting comparison between the Frost
burg and Cumberland llverymen and spite
fully discussing the same, and the Neors
still holds to that fredericksburg Necs.
The gentlemen who hired the Cum
berland team Constituted the com
parison"-not the JOURNAL. Whether
they did it necessarily or "unneces-
sarily' is their own business. AT any
rate, there was evidently no turnout
IN Frostburg that measured up to the
standard which, in their Judgment,
the occasion demanded hence, they
secured an outside establishment, not
dreaming that the town of Frostburg
prohibited, ria license tax, the entry
of anything better than the town
liverymen think is plenty good enough
for Frostburg. Their right to do this
untaxed may be an unwarranted priv
ilege in the eyes of the Neos, but not
so in the sight of those who love the
liberty to hire when, where and for
what purpose they please.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
Why ?

The clause of the tariff Act which
relates to bituminous coal is as fol-
lows:
Coal, bituminous, and all Goals containing
less than 90 per cent of fixed carbon, and
shale e. cents per ton of % bushels, 80 lbs. to
the bushel, coal slack or culm, such as will pass
through half-inch screen, Is cents per ton
of Is bushels, so lbs. to the bushel provided
that on all coal imported into the United
States which is afterward used for fuel on
board vessels propelled by steam and en-
gagged in trade with foreign countries, or in
trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports
of the United States, and which are registered
under the laws Of the United States, a draw
back shall be allowed equal to the duty i'm
posed by law upon such coal and shall be
paid under such regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe
The sincere protectlonist who mines
coal might we'll ask-why protect me
from the greed Of the manufacturer
and leave me to the tender mercies of
the ship-owner
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
There and Here,

Out in Fairmont, on Sunday, July Fourth,
the hottest day in recent years, the Mayor of
that town granted permission to the ic
wagons to run long enough to supply those
needing ice. That act of humanity to many,
considering the unusual conditions, has
proven to be cause for merry wrangle.
Two or three Fairmont ministers objected to
the Mayors course IN sanctioning a so-called
dissertation of the Sabbath, and the outcome
is a wrangle which may yet need the assist
ance of the State courts to straighten out
Parkersburg CIV. Va) State Journal
Puritanism, like labor reform, should
get itself Strengthened out. 1t ought
not to be one thing in Fairmont !;
another in Frostburg.
1t is seen that out there the Sunday
trains are let alone, but the ice-wagons
catch it. Here the ice-wagons go
free, but even the thought of Sunday
trains catches scorch from "the fire
that is not quenched."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS.
I'VE" and ST."
FRosTBURG, Md, Jnly 90, 1897.


FRosTBURG, Md, Jnly 90, 1897.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Permit me through the columns of
the JOURNAL to make few remarks
on the recent circular of the Mayor
In which he flaunts his banner of die
tator over the affairs of the town as
did United States Senator with u
big l lately over his party in the State.
Had the Mayor pursued the course
taken by the JOURNAL on the light
question all would have been we'll
for the Mayor and the town. But by
some strange change of policy from
his former administration the Mayor
seems to have left the people and fall
en- into the hands Of combine. This
is betrayed by the very circular to
which ne signs his name.
Let us make a brief analysis of this
circular: son Monday night, July
18th, are, the Mayor and Council
This looks like the Council helped the
Mayor to write the circular, but shall
show further on that the Council
did not
Now the Mayor speaks-''to my
mind" etc. Then he drags the Council
in again-"We, as representatives and
servants" etc. Then the Mayor says
AS | said above" etc. Il believe =
81 voted to give the people five-year
contract = Il voted to give the people
what they wanted" CThe people did
not have chance to deliver an ex-
preston on the question, as the five
year contract was Matched on the
quiet.)
Now comes the greatest of all the
exposures in making the CONTRACT
found that IN making a five-year con-
tract etc. SO it was the Mayor and
not I'VE, the Mayor and Council
that made the contract. In the face
OF all this "I,' the Mayor, appears this
statement-'I have been informed by
several self-constituted political lead
ers," etc. Following this there are
not less than a half dozen more "I's,''
and the circular is signed "Joseph
Bear" which is the whole motive force
OF contract, circular and administra-
ton of town affairs.
Again--"But my efforts as Mayor
are employed to work for the interest
of the citizens and not 10 use my of
fetal position for the benefit of my in
dividual interests" The Mayor does
not show his boasted generosity when
gloating over the defeat of the Gas
company to get its due share of the
lighting of the streets, nor in the way
he beat Sandy Smith.
The following is a most unworthy
way to take refuge from his mistake
1.-The same people who are opposing
me now opposed my election; they
also fought me bitterly when | pro-
ceeded to open Payne alley" The
man who opposed you. Mr.. Mayor, in
opening the Payne alley is now unde,
the sod. He alone opposed you in
that matter and the people of the town
were with you, but for you, the Mayor
of a civilized town, to point now tc
the sealed lips of cold clay to defend
yonr fve-year contract for $lS,900
which Is some $4,000 more than the
Electric Light plant cost, is beneath
the dignity Of any office.
No, Mr.. Mayor, your circular had
better not been written, and when you
issue your message on "Refundine
the Water Bonds" employ a private
secretary who can give you better
composition and will use fewer ops"
GOOD ADVICE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
Rowing together.

The New York World says ironically
that
Mr.. Dingley can prove that a law which
forbids imports will raise huge revenues from
imports.
Mr.. Dingley must have mastered the
system of logic through which the
editorial department of the Cumber-
land independent reaches the settlement
of economical questions.
To begin with, it is a dollar to a
doughnut that Mr.. Dingley regards
the Worlds inquisitiveness on this
point as nonsense.
To end with, this he is compelled to
&c, because all questions, which a high
protectionist of either goods or silver
cannot answer are necessarily silly.
Mr.. Dingley and the independent are
in the same boat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24

Last week the JOURNAL offered this
suggestion as sovereign "ounce of
prevention -
Stay array from the meetings.
The supreme wisdom of this policy
was attested within three days by no
less parsonage than Eugene V. Debs.
In the Fairmont CIV. Va Hder of
Tuesday that gentleman is quoted as
saying:
This is tie first place / erer rent where the
miners mould not turn out TO hedr me talk. Ny
~ork wU not hare any effect if they 'con't
hear me.
In consequence, the Fairmont miners
have saoed themselves from playing into
the hands of those who, when work is
gong, are their competitors.
They have declined to yield even to
the temptation to join in war with
those who in peace are against them.
But in nine of ten cases 1t is soph-
istry that is wholesaled on the "or-
ganlzation" platform in as many in
stances this sophlstry wins, and in all
the same sophistry cheats.
Precept confirmed by example
teaches that the place of safety when
both the fowler and his snare are in
the neighborhood is athome. In short
Stay a1oay from tile meetings.!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
Several Pieces of Inuuisitivcncss.

FRosrEuRG, MD, July ~, 1897.
70 the MINING JOURNAL.
When 9 gas lamps burn all night,
can it be stated truthfully that the
town has half service onl y?
Why did the Electric Light company
bid 10 cents less per incandescent
lamp year ago than this year?
When and who asked the Mayor and
Council for an all-nlght service
Why did the Electric Light com
pany decline to extend their service
last year to the hose houses!
Is it not known that afterwards, at
far heavier expense, the gas company
accommodated the town in providing
light for the hose houses!
Ought this difference between each
company's spirit of accommodation
toward the town be lost sight of
Should the accommodating company
be thrown overheard, and the unac-
commodating Que rewarded
Does the town owe Mayor Bear
enough to become the instrument of
his revenge?
If it does, would it not be better to
issue another - 200 lot of $4,000
bonds INQUIRER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
FRosrBURG. MD. July Is, 1897.

FRosrBURG. MD, July Is, 1897.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
A very excellent paper on "The
Education of Our Children" was read
by secretary jenkins at the monthly
meeting of this Society Saturday even
ing. 10th inst, of which the following
is Il condensed report:
Education comprehends ali that which is
calculated to enllghten the understanding, to
regulate the affections and to correct the
habits of the child, which ought to prepare
him for the duties of manhood, that he may
be pleasure and profit to himself and those
around him.
Proper early training in most cases secures
stability of character because, as rule first
impressions are lasting. and early habits be-
come second nature-the seeds of the future
development Of mature life. Therefore, the
infinite importance of proper early training.
The importance of education being such, it
is the imperative duty of all parents, at all
sacrifices, to give to their children that early
instruction which will equip them to fight
the battles of life successfully
This education must begin at home and be
supplemented at the elementary and high
schools of our glorious country. Some of the
brightest men and women of the 10Th century
such as Lincoln, Garfield and others that
could be named, are glorious examples of
what men with grit may become with only
the advantages of home training and what
they had in the elementary schools. If pos
slble give them the higher education of our
colleges.
American children are geniuses born ;
therefore, America beats the world in useful
contriyances and wonderful mechanical in
ventiOnS.
Our society maintains as first principle
that it is the righteous inheritance of every
child born under the aeyjS Of the American
llag to be properly educated-and for that
every child Of man; therefore, let every
member of this Society be enthusiastic i'll in
sitting this principle into the minds of our
neighbors. Could this sentiment be brought
into universal practice we believe that we
should have q commonwealth of more en-
lightened and better citizens, less crime, less
corruption in political circles, more general
prosperity and happiness, and less friction
between rich and poor.
And whilst we all are loyal citizens of the
United States Of America, let us cherish one
sacred measure of never-dying love for the
language, the lore and traditions of ''Ucn
||iad Elm Iadau''-the ancient country of
our fathers.
The paper was very favorably dis
cussed by all the members present and
an unanimous vote of thanks rendered
to the author.
In our next meeting a paper will be
read on 1.-THE Benefits that Should
Accrue from this Society"
III. THOMAS, Reporter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
A Complete Surrender.

"A >ohhpiSsS
The Cumberland independent gives
it up.
Referring to the question, still I'M
answered:
How can a free coinage or any other law raise
the prices of the commodities | have to sell
and lower the prices of those have to buy?
it says
The above proposition, of course, proves
itself. No sane man could deny it, etc.
That is: free coinage will not raise
the prices of the things we have to sell,
nor lower the prices of the things we
have to buy.
AS at least one of these desideruta are
indispensable to improved individual
and collective business conditions, for
what purpose then does the independent
want free coinage?
II it will not stimulate that which is
barely alive, why does it want a rem
edy that is as futile of curative result
as that which will not make it deader
when it is dead
The Independent really ought to come
to the scratch with more gumption, or
admit that, after all, it does not favor
free coinage.
The christian VINO cannot give
single reason for "the hope that is in
him" cannot improve his spiritual
stat"s by "hollering glory" He may
thus fool himself, but even the babes
of gold standard piety can measure
the infinite hollowness of a free coin
age halleluia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.
BreVitieS.

1t is said the Elk Garden coal and
railway interests have abandoned hope
of getting to the sea gia the canal.
The custodians of the canal will do
we'll, however, to sleep with one eye
open.
A Grafton CIV. Va.) paper wants to
arrest agitators soon as they arrive in
a region for work. Don't do it. A far
better plan for all concerned is-stay
dUdy fr0m tile meetinqs!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
COMING.

r. F. Twigg, road building expert,
will commence work Tuesday on sew
eral streets in Flostburg with the
county's road machine. Attention
will be first given to Orman, Loo and
Centre streets. If work is good, other
streets will be favored. Machine is
loaned by county commissioners, but
cost of operation to town will amount
to s. or IS a day. 1t will accomplish
the work of % men in any given time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
BreyitieS.


Reasons against long contracts for
electrical supplies multiply. More
and more they annihilate distance,
and now out in Illinois man has so
applied electricity that it wipes out
time. With battery and two wires
he can make Swear old whisky in 6
hours.
According to the New York World
"Debs has lost his head,r too. Great
guns, are all the people who are op-
posed to exclusive protection for livery
men headless
The JOURNAL has no grievance
against the home "liverymen, imagi-
nary or otherwise" But it thinks
that liverymen, like nearly everybody
else, ought to take their chances of
living Independent of protective tax
on those Of their brethren who keep
superior goods. That is the way the
Frostburg newspapers have to do,
neither of which, the JOURNAL hopes,
holds that livery stable is bigger
institution than an editorial office.
The Firemen will 60 in hacks this
morning to Meyersdale, Pa, taking
their racing reel, to join in the Alert
company's picnic at that place.
A Pennsylvania paper called Grit,
having large circulation based upon
industrial gullibility, offered prizes to
readers of its hotchpotch for naming
the 10 'immortals" of this age it had
selected. John Conlon, of this vicinity,
guessed and received check for 81.
If he had thought of Lii Hung Chang
he would have gotten probably 12s
cents more. John is so well booked
up iii celebrities it Is really a wonder
that he slipped up on Lii. But an
Irishman hardly ever takes into SER
lous account a Chinaman, a Dutch
man or nayger.
SIS Electricity Property?' asks
somebody in the Electrical World.
"Well, should say So" responded
Titus A. Brick. eff you don't believe
it, look at what it costs to rent the
Frostburg plant for 5 years.
A st. Louis man has invented a
type-setting machine that is to be run
by an electric light dynamo. In places
where the powerhouse and printing
office are one and the same, it will be
all-day work for the editor and all
night service for the upper and lower
cases. Dynamic punctuation, how
ever, is going to give Mayor Bears
next standing committee IL lot of work
to do.
The Frostburg NeDs tries to "take
off, the JOURNALS "stilted style"
But the Ne,os, indulging hyperbole, is
like "the happy land" 1t is "far, far
away" from its schoolboy system of
thinking aud commonplace diction.
The pen is dangerous weapon,
Mr.. Mayor.
Ordinances Nos 81 and 95 are out
and published so far as the taxed tele-
graph poles hold out. If the Western
Union company doesn't charge rent
for its poles as mediums of official re-
form intelligence, it ought to.
Much deserved credit is awarded to
Messrs. Nickel and Shuckhart for the
bold stand taken by them in Council
against binding the town hand and
foot for 8 years to an Illuminating
company. And yet, after all, if Mayor
Bears circular is right-if he and the
other Councllmen are the only friends
of the people, then Messrs. Nickel and
Shuckhart are wrong. People may
take their choice of friends in this
case, but Circuit Court ought to de-
termine the matter. Only then will
they know who is who.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
What is Needed.

They had been discussing the advancement
of science.
81 see it is claimed that they can get cleo
tricity direct from coal now" suggested the
lawyer.
That wouldn't do us any good, i" returned
the railroad manager. eff we could get coal
direct from electricity now, we wouldn't have
to worry about this strike. Chicago Post.
And, learned brethren, it won't do
Frostburg any good for at, least five
years either-this with millions of tons
of coal right at the towns door.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
The Wrong Word.

The discussion between the Hon. Benton
McNlillin of Tennessee and the Hon. Joe
Bailey of Texas as to where the Democratic
party is "at" on the tariff question was a
gentle and joyous passage at arms, leaving
the question as deeply shrouded in mystery
as ever. Neither statesman could touch
bottom.-Batimore Ners.
Not statesman"
Cavalier.
Each endorsed by the latest phase
Of Ironside lunacy-free coinage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
The Coal Trade.

Shipments of coal from the mines of
the Georges Creek coal region were
in long tons
For week ending July II, lS97...... S4,777
Increase compared with last year.. 2lS, $40
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
TOWN AND VICINITY,


Two Frostburg youths attempted to steal a
Cumberland girl one night last week, when a
Cumberland highwayman commanded them
to surrender, and Of course, they gave up
the gal. Homecoming RcYiem.
They were not "Frostburg youths. I"
Otherwise, the gal would have hung
on to the metropolis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
Brought Home.

Richardson talks a good deal but he is Il
good natured fellow, and what he says doesn't
make the least difference one way or the
other. McNlillin is different He never says
a word without subtracting from the sum of
human Knowledge Thomas b. Reed.
McMillin is personified by several
free coinage newspapers hereabout.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24

ID. f. Orr. formerly of this county,
has commenced the publication of the
Public Ledger IN Baltimore. 1t is re-
publican of the deepest dye and in
cidentally favors Coil. Frank Supplee
for Mayor of that city.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
COUNTY NEWS.
BreVitIcS,

Like does not cure like. A Cum.
berland man flushed his mains with
Potomac water one day recently and
the last state of that man is worse than
tie first.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
The Great Strike,

The result is still in doubt.
But if the western miners succeed
they will still be short of both the
wages and assured work in thus region,
and in all other conditions much
farther behind.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24

Inc JOURNAL submits the Following
for adoption at the next meeting of
Mayor and Council:
ORDINANCE No &C.
AN ORDINANCE to Prevent Vagrancy Among
Commas, SemiColons, Coons and Periods
SECTION l. BE it enactcd by tie Wayor and
Conncilmen Of Frostbniy, That it shall be I'M
lawful for any job or other species of printer,
keeping for hire an unlimited supply of
punctuation points, technically known as
commas, semi 'colons, colons and periods, to
permit the same or any of them, to run at
large in the lines, or between the lines of any
reform Ordinance, advertisement, apology, or
other paper, official or unofficial, which may
hereafter emanate from the Mayor or Coun-
cilmen of this town. Any job or other genus
OF printer SO offending upon discovery and
conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum
equivalent to the cost of negotiating loan
from himself until 1920.
SEC. .. Ind be it endcted, That if the Com
mittee on Printing knowingly or unwillinglv
violates this Ordinance by permitting any job
or other genera of printers to let their unlim-
tied droves of punctuation marks run at large,
muzzled or unmuzzled, through the docu-
ments and other memoriabiliu of this munci-
paity, each member shall be fined in sum
equal to the license fee levied on the owner
of Cumberland carriage hired for either
wedding or funeral purposes.
SEC. g. Ind be it enacted, That this Ordi-
nance shall take effect before any Job, tramp
or other diSreputable printer gets a ; wear con-
tract to engrave the new per cent bonds.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24

Jacob Bryne, son of Peter Bryne, of
Hoffman, was killed Friday evening
of last week by falling under train
of empty hoppers entering the railroad
yard at Eckhart in an attempt to get
on. He was II years old.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
How {?

People who think that an ad galOrem
tariff on coal is impracticable, might
explain now how the same sort of
tariff on coke is practicable.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
The Sick,

w. ii. Parker, an old citizen lies ill
at his home. this place, with no hope
of recovery.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-07-24
This Comes Next,

The JOURNAL submits the following
for adoption at the next meeting of
Mayor and Council:
The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-04-14
NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS,

Sealed proposals for all necessary
materials and work to complete the
New Court House of Miller County
Arkansas, In all la parts, accord.
Ing to the plans and specifications
of the same, will be received by the
undersigned up TO u o'clock NJ Of
MONDAY BBb DAY or MAY 1897
The materials aud work are 10 be
paid tor In the warrants Of Miller
county, oheathIfd 10 become due
and payable July 18th, 1900 ones
third to become due aud payable
.juIy 10Th, 1901 aud the remainder
to become due an1 payable July
10th, 1909, all 10 be drawn on, aud
payable out Of the money appfopfil
ated for Building Said New Court
House,
The plans and specifications are
In the onite ot the Clerk OF sald
County where they eau be eSamlns
ed by those who may desire to do
80,
The person to whom The contract
may be awarded will be required TO
enter into bond with approved per-
sonal sufetIes In double the amount
Of his bid, conditioned for the faith
ful performance Of the contract
Proposals of bids should be ads
dressed 10 the undersigned AZ 'leSs
afHaua, Arkansas, and endorsed
Proposals f0f work on Court
House
The right 10 reject all bids aud
proposals IL reserved,
u NJ MONTGOMERY
County Commissioner
Apflf 1897, d6w 10 May /,