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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
ECONOMY OF HARD ROADS.
They Save Money For All, but More Es-
pecially For the Farmer.

The weakness of the common argu-
ment of the farmers that good roads are
of benefit to wheelmen only is briefly
and forcibly shown by writer in the
Chicago Record. He says: '"To one who
is accustomed to hard roads the discus
sions of Illinois farmers Oh the futility
of constructing them seem ridiculous.
1t would seem as if the reason would
teach them that it would be more pleas
ant, to say the least, to drive over a
hard road that would only become a
trifie sloppy in the worst weather than
to struggle through the stickiest of mud.
1t is scarcely better when it freezes.
have known farmers in western Illinois
TO completely wear out new buggy by
driving over the rough roads, where on
hard roads the winter season would
have been but little harder upon We
hicle than any other.
Hard roads should be looked upon
not as a luxury alone, but as a matter
of economy, although luxuries they un-
doubtedly are. But let the Illinois
farmer consider in how many ways he
is hampered, his work hindered, per-
haps his crops sold at loss, all on ac-
count of bad roads, and he will come to
the conclusion that bicyclists are not
the only ones interested in the good
roads movement.
"It seems weak sort of argument
upon which to base opposition to this
much needed reform that farmers ought
to oppose the movement because bicy-
clists are in favor of it so strongly. Yet
such an argument we find advanced at
an Illinois farmers institute, the speak
er considering the wheelman as the enc
my of the farmer because the use of
bicycles has to certain degree aided in
bringing about the present low price Of
horses. And we find another making
the preposterous statement that bicy-
clists and the manufacturers of stone
crushers and of brick are the only ones
benefited by good roads So long as the
farmer stands in his own light after
this fashion and refuses to lend his en-
couragement to movement intended
to benefit him more than any one else
how can he expect to better his present
hard lot? Others are not going to do it
for him.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES T-IJYSH7yyv,
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CROSS SECTION OF BRICK ROAD.

CROSS SECTION OF BRICK ROAD.
and when the contractors were ready to
lay brick it was as hard and even as a
floor.
The first thing was setting the curb
ing. This was made of 3 by 6 inch oak
plank set seven feet apart and held by
oak stakes 1S inches long, and put
down every four feet. Inside this was
put a 5 inch bed of sand. This was
evened up, and the single course of No.
/ paving bricks was put down. They
were set OH edge, and make fine road
bed. Outside the curb two feet of the
crushed rock was laid, graded up to
make an easy approach. This makes a
road IL feet wide and the finest in the
land. The earth road on each side was
graded and worked, making it all 40
feet wide and affording tracks on each
side for use in dry weather.
These vitrified bricks are not made of
clay, but of a peculiar shale rock, and
are SO exceedingly hard that sharp
edged fragment will cut iron or steel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

The Boston Traveller recounts a funny
incident which took place in superior
court in that city in the trial of one
Bebro. A witness, after telling some Of
Bebro's alleged faults, went ON to re-
count an unpleasant experience he had
with the accused few weeks before the
matter got into court.
81 called at his Office" said the wit
ness, "to try to compel him to return
the money he secured from me by false
representation. He ordered me from his
office, and as didn It care to be assaulted
I concluded to obey him. AS l was 60
ing out he told me to go to-
"And in consequence of what he told
you to do, what did you do?" inquired
Assistant District Attorney Sughrue.
event straight to police headquar-
ters, replied the witness.
1t is needless to add that the solemnity
of the court was disturbed for the next
five minutes
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

Some time ago the queen of Italy
asked Il little girl to knit her a pair Of
silk mittens for her birthday, giving
her the money for the material A pair
of beautifully worked .mittens arrived
Oh the queens birthday. The little girl
received i'll return another pair. One
mitten contained lire, the other bon
bons. Queen Marguerite inclosed lit
tie note saying, Tell me, my dear
child, which you like best" The reply
ran as follows:
DEAREST QUEEN-Your lovely presents have
made me shed many tears. Papa took the
mitten with the money. My brother had the
b0nbOns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
The Fur Seal as an Animal.

Mr.. David Starr Jordan, president Of
the Bering sea commission for 1895,
and George Archibald Clark, secretary
to the commission, say in The Forum:
The male fur SEAL or "beachmaster,
reaches full maturity at the age of 7
years. At that time his weight is about
400 to 500 pounds, being considerably
heavier when first in from the sea in
the spring or after feeding in the fall
than in the intervening period, when
he fasts on land and grows gradually
lean and weak. The males vary consid-
erably in color, the general shade being
black or dark brown, with longer hair
or bristles of yellowish white. These
are especially long and numerous ON the
thickened back of the neck, forming the
SO called "wig."
The wigged males have rough,
coarse coat, and their skins are without
market value. The animal makes its
home on the rocky shores of the islands
in large, closely massed bands, forming
what are called "rookeries. 1t is ex-
tremely gregarious, individuals seldom
venturing far from the main body while
on land. though wandering about singly
in the sea.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
A ROAD EXPERIMENT..
Durability of vitrified Brick Pavement to
BE Fully Tested.

ne ully lesteus
The successful use of vitrifed brick
for the paving of streets has caused
much discussion of its adaptability to
country roads in sections where good
stone for macadam is not readily OBJ
tainable.
The people Of Monmouth township,
Warren county, Ills, have the credit of
being the first in this country to pave a
country road with bricks. This expert
ment will be watched with much inter
est by all who are concerned in road i'm
provement i'll the prairie regions.
This road was built by contractors at
about 80 cents per running foot. The
ground was prepared for it by grading
and being allowed to stand for two
months 1t was treated to an occasional
scraping SO that it would pack evenly,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
Roads Should BE Owned by the People,

The turnpike riots in Kentucky offer
valuable lesson Oh the subject of how
not to build good roads. The outcome
of all private pike building has been
popular dissatisfaction with tolls Sub
sequently comes the purchase of tha
pixies by the state, sometimes at high
cost. The roads should be built by the
people under good road laws. s.-St. Louis
Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

I'm now arrived, thanks to the gods,
Through pathways rough and muddy
A certain sign that maxim roads
Is no. this peoples studyl
Although I'm not wi Scripture Grand,
I'm sure the Bible says
That needless sinners shall be damn'd
Unless they mend their ways.
Robert Burns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

1t is related of the late General Pleas
onton that one night while he was in q
Washington saloon man entered and
began to attack the character and cour-
age of the Confederate soldiers. Pleas
anton gave start of surprise as he rec.
ognized the man and asked if he remem-
bered him. The stranger said he did
not, whereupon the general said: "I am
Alfred Pleasonton. had you drummed
out of my camp for oowardice before
Antietam. Get out of this place, sirl"
Ths man hung his head and hurried
out.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDJII,E

In addition No leaves Piedmont S45 a. IN.
arrives Frostburg lO:35 Il. m, and No. 8, leaving
Frostburg l:i5 p. m, reaches Piedmont 2:3s 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, g. 4, 7 and Sdaily except Sunday.
Nos 5 and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
Baggage car will be hauled on trains Nos
6and6 q. l.. M. HAMILTON,
July 3 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
FROM FAR JAPAN.

From far Japan pretty fan
Hath come my lady's Joy to plan,
With rapture her sweet face to scan
From far Japan.
To touch the velvet of her hand
1t journeyed over sea and land,
To fiutter meath her lustrous eyes
Forsook the glow Of orient skies.
And yet know it must be So
The fan is happy. would go
For her forever to and fro
From far Japan.
Robert Loveman in New York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
Evident.

Reporter-Did you find out the cause
of that suicide this afternoon?
Officer McGobb-Yis. sor. It wor q
sope. pe.-Indianapolis journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

The biggest cricket field in the world
that is to say, the biggest ground set
apart entirely for the game-is the Oval
at Remington.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
Unfamiliar Book, In Oklahoma.

A committee of Quakers appeared be-
fore the Oklahoma Legislature the other
day and asked for the abolition of capt.
tai punishment. One of them started in
to read from the New Testament, when
backwoods member interrupted him
with the remark that he needn't bring
any of them eastern law books in here.
philadelphia Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

Sheridan fell in love with Miss Lin
ley and told the story of "The Rivals"
which is true account of his courtshin
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22
Pittsburg Division.
WESTBoUND.

*Except Sunday. Nos 46 and AZ carry
passengers. No II is local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. IA from Pitts
burg to Cumberland. Nos 5 and make
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsburg. t#- through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland
NJ. C. CLARKE,
WIN. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MARTIN,
May 3 Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-22

Dams Rock excursionsts take the 7:15 a.
m. train at mberland, and return by the
Sis p. m. train at Vale Summit
JAMES A. MILLHOLLAND,
Jan General Manager
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11

superiors and his subordinates. His respect
for justice and his kindly rue drew 10 him the
affection of his troops less than his valor
on the battlefield excited their admiration.
When at a very early sge he was placed in
picked veterans of the army, he was given by
them the pet name of Father" Not only d i'd
he receive high praise from his master, Bona
parte, but he got letters OF commendation and
cordial friendship from Emperor Alexander
and other foreign sovereigns which, strange
to say, he won by fighting against them. His
record in that way is unique. There is much
entertaining gossip in the book about the
great historic personages of that time.
An extract which is at once good example
of the style of the work and a spirited picture
OF Oudinot speaks thus Of his youthful cam
paigns: Then commenced for Oudinot the
Intoxicating ana terrible life that he adored.
For three years on end, winter and summer
he waged war between the Moselle and the
Rhine, in the plains of Alsace the wild re-
thickest, tossed from danger to danger, dis
putting the ground foot by foot, advancing or
retreatlng through precipitous mountain
passes, victor and yanquished turn By turn,
forgetting everything that he might keep
before his mind the great image OF his coun-
try, and only returning to EN- brace his wife
and his frst born in its cradle at rare inter-
yais when 100 serious wound had made the
sword drop from his crippled hand. And as
he was in this his apprenticeship in war, so
was he to remain throughout the course OF his
stormy career"
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
STORY OF A HEROIC LIFE.

MEMOIRS OF MARSHAL OUDINOr Com
piled from the souvenirs of the Duchesse de Il, q
gio. ID. APP eton d Co. New YORK. Price 81
For sale by William DoKey, Palace Hotel. City.
This narrative of the life of the great ma rshal
OF Napoleon arouses our admiration for the
heroic and honorable soldier. 1t is most in
terestipg to read the record of the part he took
In the campaign OF that thrilling epoch of the
worlds history when France was fighting the
whole OF Europe, and by the courage of her
troops and the consummate skill OF her mill
tary chiefs was alarming the Continent with
the dread that she might conquer the world.
The story is mainly told by the papers of n is
second wife, the Duchess of Reggie, who writes
we'll and had opportunities of knowing the
exact truth about many of the most interest
ing features OF his life. The piecing together
of these accounts and the filling out of the
narrative into a complete library work is done
in admirable style. The book is valuable as a
contribution TO history, and IL would be quite
entertaining reading if it were mere fiction
An episode told of his cary life shows both
his i'm mpuisiveiy hot temper and his humanity
After being badly wounded in battle, when he
got his head so nearly shot to pieces that, as
he expressed 1t, 1t was merely held together
with bandages, he was dining at his fathers
house one day and met there visitor from
Paris. The visitor so disgusted Oudinot with
his praise OF the cruelties of the revolutionists
that the wounded youth flung plate of beans
in his face.
The rapdity with which Oudinot advanced
in his military career was very remarkable,
and he won the highes esteem both from his
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
HOWELlS' NEW BOOK.

In "The Landlord at Lions Head" TO be
published this month by the Harpers, MIR.
Howells has made studies OF two distinct
phases of our civiliZation-life in the rural
districts of New England and the social life
of Boston, with particular reference to its
relation with Harvard College. To both he
has brought his fine ar. at it's best
development, and he has produced a.
novel marked by rare subtlety in its presenta-
tion OF contrasting types of character and by
exquisite beauty in It's feelings for nature, the
opening chapters making one of the best pic
lures of the New England country ever
achieved in our literature. In his hero, JEFF
ferson Durgin, Mr.. Howeis has chosen one
OF those battling types of character that he
likes to study, and he has produced a por-
trait of extraordinary fidelity and vigor
He traces young Durgin's DEVELOPMENT
from mischievous little rustic to Harvard
Undergraduate, and through the love affairs
that betray the conflicting elements in his
character. In the studies of Harvard and Bos-
ton life Mr.. Howells has used material new to
fiction and this fact alone would make The
book unusual, even If the material were
not handled with mastery skill Dur
gins Irritation with the young girl of
society is managed with exquisite delcacy
and it is made not merely interesting in itself,
but significant OF the conditions that allow
it 10 be possible. Through all these revela-
tions runs Mr.. Howells' satirical humor,
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
STUDY OF ASIA.

LIFE IN ASIA"-By Mary Cate Smith Silver.
Burdett d Co., New Y ork. Hoston and Chicago.
AS combination of instruction and enter
tainment, admirably condensed, this book is
to be commended both 10 young scholars and
to those OF older growth who have neglected
to learn much about the continent OF Asia,
with its ancient civilization, its strange peo-
pie and its religions, and its beautiful struc-
lures. The volume is part of the Young
Folks Library for school and home edited by
Larkin Dunton, head master of the Boston Nor
NAL School. and is the sixth OF a series called
"The World and Its People" 1t was intended
as a supplementary reader for use in schools in
connection with the study of geography. 1t
contains map and a large number OF good
Illustrations, and treats compactly of the his
tory, geography, social customs, architecture
and religions of Asia.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
A STUDY IN CRlMINOLOGY.

OUR RIVAL, THE kASCAL-By Tenjamin p.
Eldrdge and William L. Wat : Pemberton
Publishing Company, Boston, MASS.
The authors OF this book are the Superin-
tendent of Police and the Chief Inspector of
the Detective Bureau of the city of Boston,
and II is a summing up of long years OF expe-
rlence and study of criminals and their
methods. 1t pictures the long conflict be-
tween the enemies of mankind who seek by
force or fraud to rob their fellows of life or
properly, and the defenders of society, the
police and detectives, who every year must
develop more astute alertDess in order TO br file
the new shifts of resourceful villainy. The
volume is strongly and handsomely bound in
half morocco.
A very interesting feature in the book is the
chapter on the making of criminals" AS
much OF the pith of 1t as can be given in a
brief space is as follows: "Orphanage, idle
ness, misery and wretched home Iife or lack
of home life, in great cities fruitful sources
of crime" want of trade is a permanent
and potent occasion of crime Those are
compassionate views. Here is harsher one:
''Greed and envy, love of pleasures. debauch-
cry, idleness. hate, vengeance, sudden fury
behold the prin cipal causes of criminality"
And here is the way the students of scientific
bent state the case: Environment is the
ultimate controlling factor in determining
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11

giving them delicious buoyancy. Though,
in its simplicity OF motive, the novel
seems a perfect reproduction of every
day life, it yet contains srikingly dra-
matte situations, developed with convincing
naturalness from the play of character. The
very restraint wi tn which these are executed
intensifies their strength. Indeed, there is n
dramatic element in the hero's relation with
nearly all The people around him. even with
the simple-hearted young girl who lo' es
him, Cynthia Whitwen. Cynthia, by the
way, is one OF the strongest and most
lovable women that Mr.. Howells has
introduced in fiction; in every scene in
which she figures she carries herself with an
air of quiet strength, OF simple dignity, and
OF unSe fish devotion. Her father, too, is
mastery study, with his rustic shrewdness
and his devotion TO the planchette; and as for
the young girl. Bessie Lyrde. her character
has been probed with such SKIN that one can
not but marvel at the insight that penetrGtes
so deeply into human motives.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
PRETTY BOOK OF VERSE.

A VINTAGE OF VERSE-By Clarence Urmy
From the press of William Doxey San Francisco
Price 81 25.
In his latest volume the author of IA Rosary
of Rhyme" has collected together many of his
best poems that have Deen published in various
periodicals and others that are entirely new to
the reading pu bic.
majority of the verses sing of the glories
and beauties of California and the coast gem
orally, and nearly all OF them are charming
Mr.. Urmy has a style that is very pleasing and
has written the poems in "a Vintage of Verse;
i'll his happiest strain.
The book is most artistically got up. 1T
is bound In Green cloth. with outer lettering
of gold and rough edges. 1t is fresh from the
press OF William Doxey OF this City, who has
brought out n number OF very tasty volumes
recently-books whose appearance from an
arustlc point of view equal anythlng brought
out by the publishing-houses in the East
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
LAST NOVEL BY THE DUCHESS.

THE COMING OF CHLOE-By "The Duchess"
hiladelphia: ]. B. ippino OFT Company. For
sale by Joseph A. Hoffman, Sutter street, City.
Price 81 20.
The death of an author is usually followed
by q renewal in the demand for his works. and
doubtless this, the last of Mrs. Hungerford's
works, will be eagerly sought by large class
of readers with whom she was so popular.
This story is on the same order as her other
later writings, which, however popular, can
not be commended as taking high place in
literature They are bright and light and full
of gayety, and there is no harm in them. We
who so familiar with the adage that "per-
fectiOn comes from practice" find matter for
surprise in the fact that "Tne Duchess" when
a tyro in the art of novel-makng and mere
girl, should have produced work like molly
Bawn," which far excels anything she was
enabled 10 write in ripper years.
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-11
CLEVER STORY ABOUT AUTHORS.

BROKEN AWAY-By Beatrice Ethel Grim
shaw John Ian rhe Bod ey lead, London
and New York. Price 81 so. For sale by Willia m
Doxey, Palace Hotel, City.
A story OF perhaps quite sufficiently shining
merit to be called splendid is this about the
author stuart Rivington and his wife Eva, and
their various friends and acuuaintances
Stuart is represented as having a most fertile
Imagination fo- the production of plots for
his fiction, together with the possession of
the most artistic temp srament. "the intense
sensuous Joy In beauty OF every kind, that can
reyel in a ray of sunlight Uttered through
green leaves, and ascend on a bar of solemn
organ music, heard amidst a dim medieval
glory OF sapphire ana ruby windows, 10 the
very gates OF heaven" HIS wife l. also tai
ented and is great help to him. She was am
bilious until she met Stuart, but surrendered
her desire for career soon as he came into
her life and conquered. AS sne expresses IL,
a woman's ambition dies when her love is a
successful and happy one.
The story opens with a scene which quickly
convinces the reader that he has secured
something really worthy OF perusal. The wife,
to whose judgment twenty chapters of
new novel have been submitted, tells her
husband plainly that his work is not
good, that his mannerisms have increased and
that his characters are getting misty. that it
is not worthy of him and if published will
out" etc. Thereupon Stuart decides to
break away entirely from his aecus-
toned environment in order to seek fresh in
spira ton in complete change OF scene where,
as he puts it, al can heal me of my grievous
wound, and spin copy like a spider who has
lunched on bee" The story takes It's title
from this central incident, and the reader is
referred to the volume itself for completer
exposition OF Stuarts sacrifice and the inter
esting results which ensued thereafter.
In one exceptionally clever chapter the
author pictures Eva sitting in Stuart's study
talking volubIy and with self-forgetful en- thu
siasm about a woman's ambitions loves
thoughts and feelings, while Stuart lovingly
rests his chin upon her shoulder. Suddenly she
catches sight of her husbands face in the glass.
What special emotion his reflected expression
aroused in her we are left TO guess from her
rapid action which followed the sight of it,
She sprang from her seat. jerked her hus-
bands head from Its inquisitiye position and
walked out of the room with this remark OF
spirited Indignation. You may talk to your
self am not going to let you cut me up in ito
copy. One might as well live with q micro
scopen