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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-06-19
WAS THERE TO GLOAT.
An Oversight by the Gas Company That
Gladdened His Heart.


There was look of joy about his face
as he went into the gas office that made
the man behind the counter glad in his
snnl. Tt was so different from the ex-
preston which visitors ordinarily Wore.
He walked to one window and then to
another and stood around and smiled.
"Can we do anything for you?" the
clerk inquired.
"Nope. Go right ahead with your
business. Don't mind me. I had few
spare minutes, and 1 came here to
gloat'
cover whom?' was the surprised
query.
cover the company.
IL must say I don't quite under
stand YOU
81 suppose I'd better explain it. It's
too good to keep. But get so much en-
joyment out of it that you II have to ex-
cuse me if l tell it slow, so as to make
it last longer. You people are very par
ticular about your meters. :"
'Of course. We have to be-.
"You've got it down SO you can meas
ure the extra pressure that occurs all
through the city if one of the workmen
happens to cough in your gas factory"
"We haven't got it quite SO close as
that, but we've done our best to protect
our interests.
"Well, had occasion to have san
itary plumber in my house yesterday.
He's the man that made the discovery.
He informed me that there was whole
lot Of sewer gas in my house that you
never discovered. You didn't have any
arrangements for measuring it in the
meter, and it got clear past you. I'm
not naturally vindictive, but I couldn't
resist the temptation to come around
and tell you about it and make you feel
bad. Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Peculiarities of Early Rulers.

Henry I. was called "Beauclerk,
because he was one of the few Kings
OF his time who could read and write.
Shah Sophi, of Persia had one black
eye and the other blue. this difference
being natural, and not the result of
accident or design.
Queen Anne was 80 redfaced from
her love of brandy that her not too
respectful subjects called her "Brandy
Man."
Alexander the Great had 8 large
mole on the right side of his neck. 1t
was regarded by his contemporaries as
sign of good luck.
Richard Ill: was commonly supposed
to have been hunchback, but accord.
ing to some authorities was a we'll
made, handsome man.
Anastasius rarely spoke. It is be-
lieved that he had some defect OF the
vocal organs. He communicated with
his attendants by writing.
Louis XIII. could not grow beard,
and in compliment to the Kings
smooth face the courtiers all shaved,
and beardless faces were the fashion
during his reign.
Caligula was maniac. For nights
together he would walk the halls of his
palace unable to sleep, alternately
cursing the night and praying for the
day.
The first fourteen Roman Emperors
all shaved their faces clean. There is
portrait bust representing Nero with
a beard, but it is not believed to be
authentic.
Jaropolk, one Of the early Kings of
Russia, had only about half lower
jaw, the remainder having been cut of
by sabre stroke during a fight with
the Turks.
Attila. the Hun, had a nose 80 short
that from the front it presented the
appearance of two holes in the middle
of his eountensnce, surmoupted by q
small wart.
Charles LIE Chauve was completely
bald. It is said he had nota single hair
on his head or face. Eyebrows and
lashes were both completely lacking.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Electricity IN Medicine.

The enormous strides made by the
new force in commerce and industries
of late years have been to certain
extent, paralleled by the application
of electricity in medicine and surgery.
The electric motor turns the drill OF
the dentist, bores out all the noses OF
mankind in the hands of the
rhinologist, and may run the saw
and the trephlne of the surgeon. The
electric light is made to illuminate all
the cavities and interiors of the hu-
man body, so that 'the pestllence
that walketh in darkness" in the black
recesses of our viscera is sought out
and driven away by the electric
searchlight. 1t is nothing Low to put
an endoscope into the stomach and
scrutinize its walls from one end to the
other, and in dark room the Very size
of the stomach is determined by the
translumination of the abdominal
walls when the light is turned on in
side OF that viscus.
Electricity furnishes heat for the
cautery, with which morbid surfaces
may be healed. wounds stimulated and
tumors extirpated.
The electrolytic needle removes the
hair of the bearded woman, eradicates
birth-marks, decomposes tumors, CO.
agulates aneurisms, and, in its most
romantic role, manufactures those
most desired ornaments of the femi.
nine physiognomy-lovely dimples.
The electro.magnet pulls out the
beam from our neighbor's eye when
the beam is in the shape of piece OF
iron, and when the operation is in
telligently directed by the ophthal'
mologist. 1t may hunt up and draw
out wandering needles.
Electricity has considerable value as
a means of diagnosis in many neuro'
logical conditions. Then, too. in the
surgery of the brain and spinal cord,
which has newly sprung into existence,
electric stimulation of parts OF the
brain and of nerve roots is very val
uable ID localizing the exact region to
be operated upon.
Altogether, electricity occupies an
extensive place in the armamentarium
of d physician, and it is considered oil
paramount Importance by the medi'
cal students of the day.-Home Queen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
River Wanders From It's Path.

Some boys while hunting muskrat.
near Willow Point, N. Y, made a
curious discovery, recently. They
heard roaring sound and followed
the noise to the foot of large tree,
where they found portion of the cur
rent Of the Susquehanna River had
been diverted and was pouring into
some underground channel with the
noise of q cataract. There wa3 ap'
parently a drop of considerable dis
tance and the water entering the open
ing had the appearance OF whirlpool,
everything in the vicinity being drawn
in. The phenomenon cannot be ac-
counted for, as the formation IS of re-
cent commemorative York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Why the Cleveland Children Went to
Princeton.

ITluCctOHs
Little Gladys Vanderbilt, the ten.
year.old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and her cousins,
Virginia and Gladys Smith, daughters
of the Rev.. DR.. Mackay.Smith, are
editing a paper in Washington called
Spring Blossoms. With the proceeds
they intended to add to the Easter
offerings OF st. Johns Sunday school.
In the first rambler Gladys wrote :
'T like Washington better than I do
New York. l can ride my pony and
my wheel in the streets of Washing
ton, because they are so smooth. In
New York I cannot ride them.".
Virginia Smith tells - story about
the Cleveland children in this way !:
"When the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland had their bonnets on to 60
away from the White House Mr..
Cleveland, who was then President,
asked: Where are you going, chill.
dren?'
"'We are going to Princeton" they
replied.
"'Why are you going to Prince.
TOM? Mr.. Cleveland asked, and little
Marion spoke up and said: 'McTin-
ley's tomin; McTinley's comin.'"
The youthful writer adds: 81 sup.
pose this story will go down to pos
terity." baltimore Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
UNHAPPY ADOLESCENCE,
After Suffering for More Than q Year,
Miss Davies Determines to Give Pink
Pills Trial, and Is Elated at the
Result. Read What She
Saws About Them.

Miss Davies Determines to Give Pink
Pills q Trial, and is Elated at the
Result. Read What She
Says About Them.
From the Press, Utica, ". ?.
No stronger words OF commendation for
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, have
been heard in this vicinity than those ex-
pressed to a Press reporter by Miss Alma N.
Davies, Of A Spring Street, Utica, N. Y,
ew days ago. Miss Davies is very young
goman. but she has suffered the ravages of
lisease to an extent experienced but by few
,ld people.
Four years ago this summer she was just
,ntering the period Of womanhoo1. Her
physical condition at'that time may best be
expressed by her own words: ~ was contin-
tally tired" she said, "always felt the need
If rest. never cared to go out, and stunned
he society OF other people. had little am
dtion, and was indifferent as TO what oc-
.urred about me. I consulted several ply
,iclans and they told ne that my blood was
,ut Of order; IL was as thin as water they
Iaid. Their prescriptions did not appear 10
lid me, oweYer, and did not have much
iaith then in patent medicines. continued
n this way for nearly q year, growing more
discouraged and disheGrtened all the time.
Finally, having seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
extensively advertised. and read the tes-
:imony of so many that they had benefited
oy their use, resolved to test them.
"Whether I imagined 1t or not, don't
know, but certainly felt better after having
taken the first box. I persevered in my ef-
forts to get we'll, taking the pills at frequent
Intervals. At the end Of about a year, when
had consumed dozen boxes, I felt like
new woman. My blood was healthy, my
cheeks. which had been formerly very pale.
took on some color, and my eyes, which had
grown very dull became bright. In every way
noticed an improvement in myself.
"Since then l have had some occasion to
renew the doses, especially during hot
weather, when have severe headaches. At
such times take the pills for the space OF
week or so. and my complaint disappears. l
am not able to express the gratitude that l
feel for the relief from intense suffering that
this medicine has given me"
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose
form by the dozen or hundred, and the pub
lie are cautioned against numerous imita-
tions sold in this shape) at so cents box or
six boxes for $3.50, and may be had OF all
druggists. or direct by mail from DR.. Will
ians' Medicine Company.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Peddling Electricity.

In disposing of the immense quanti-
ties of electrical energy yielded by
Niagara Falls it has been found profit
able to organize local company to
buy the electricity at wholesale and
sell it at retail. The profit of peddling
electricity at retail prices is said to be
considerable. The idea may be elabo-
rated and developed indefinitely where
ever electricity is supplied in very
large bulk.-New York World.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Men are judged not by their inten-
tions, but by the results of their ac'
fionc
Hidden Places.

Why a weasel should hate rat is strange,
as he is only an elongated rat himself. Rats
and nice love hidden places, and a weasel is
about the only living thing that can find
them out. Aches and pains are like rats and
mice. They seek out the hidden places OF the
human system and gnaw and rayage the
muscles and nerves. st. Jacobs Oil, like a
weasel, knows how to go for them. 1t will
penetrate to the secret recesses of the pain,
and breaks up its habitation and drives it
out. Rats and mice shun the corners where
q weasel has been, and pains and aches once
fairly driven out by ST. Jacobs Oil are per-
manently cured and seldom come back 10
their old haunts. There must be patience
with the treatment; some chronic forms are
stubborn and resist, but the great remedy
will finally conquer and give health and
strength to the afflicted parts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
The Origin of O Hymn,

Few modern hymns are perhaps bet.
ter known than "Shall We Meet Be-
yond the River?" yet the majority of
those who have sung 1t are probably
lot aware that the author is h. l..
Hastings, the. anti.inidel editor of
Boston. The hymn was originally a
letter from Mr.. Hastings to an only
brother, and was given to tine public
about 1860.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
The Doll Industry.

Until withis che last fifty years all
dolls, except homemade ones, were
Drought over to this country from the
Germain mountain districts, the Tyrol
and Switzerland. But dolls are now
largely manufactured in America, the
industry having been long ago estab-
Iished on permanent and lucrative
basis. China dolls are moulded in
almost the same way that plates are,
.nd are made from the same quality of
,lay.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Cure For SleepleSSneSs.

10 cure sleeplessness, noted doc
tor says, let the feet be put in water as
hot as possible before retiring. Hot
water is also advised by physicians to
be taken internally. 1t quiets excited
nerves and is good for indigestion,
these two being causes of much in
somnia.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
sPraying JOhn' of Kansas.

John Rorrigan, known as "Praying
John," of Ellis, Kan, has made it
practice for many years to go out on
the prairie at sunrise and sunset, no
matter what the weather or season or
his condition of health, and there to
offer up prayer. His knees have worn
away the turf and hardened the soil at
the place of his devotions.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in
stantly takes the sting out Of corns and bun.
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-ft-
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach-
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. By mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Oun-
sted, LIE Roy y. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
STATE OF OHIO, CITY or TOLEDO, | :.

FRANK j. CHKNEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner of the firm of T. j. CRRNEY 4
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF CATARRH that cannot b
cured by the use HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
~, presence, this 9th day of December,
( sEAI} A. D. 1889 A W,,GGIIEAs91N, W,GiI:.1
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, q
Solo BY Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
How One Falls Asleep.

When one falls asleep, the order OF
surrender to the spell is: sight, taste.
smell, hearing, touch. The sense of
touch is the lightest sleeper and most
easily wakened, then hearing, then
sight, while sluggard taste and smell
awaken last.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Cure Tor Squeaklng Shoes.

4 The statement that to bore hole
half way through the sole of a shoe
relieves its squeaking is worth noting.
sThe reason assigned for the cure is
that the air between the layers OF
leather is released by the boring. As
the squeaking quality is oftenest a
part of children's shoes, the test of
the suggestions efficacy might be
made there.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack =
age of Grain-O, the new food drink that axes
the place Of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury as well as the adult. AL
who try it like it. Grain-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives 1t without distress. Oae-quarter the
price of coffee. Is cts. and 25 cts. per package.
Sold hy all trrocerS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

''The insurgents" reported the
scout, 'have dynamite gun"
"Strange!" mused General Weyler.
''Strsnge that never thought of tax.
ing that gum" he Immediately wrote
dispatch IN which he captured the
dynamite pun.-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

To test diamonds easily, place wax
on the back of the gems. This will
not affect the brilliancy of good stones,
but will make paste limitations look
worthless directly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

FITSstopped freeand permanently cured. No
fits after first days use of DR.. KLlNR's GREAT
Free S2trial Bottleand treat.
ise. Send to DR.. Kline. 831 Arch St, Phila, PA
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
uon, aliays pain. cures wind collie. 25c O bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

A fair lady becomes still fairer by using that
salutary oeautifer, Glenn's sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair &Whisker Dye, black or brown, soc
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Silence is the soitest response for all
the contradictions that arise from i'm
pertinence, vulgarity and envy.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine.-F. NJ. ABBorr, 1888 Sen
eca ST., Buffalo, \. Y, May 9, 1894.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
A Lusty Young Town.

Land has been secured for new cotton
mill with $500 900 capital at Depew, N. Y.
The town is growing rapidly as a malufac.
turing and railroad centre.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21
Try Grain.O! Try Grain.O

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret.
candy cathartlc; cure guaranteed; l0c. y 25c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

JUST try q 10c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Governor Adams has signed the bill abol.
ishing capital punishment in Colorado.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe; 10c.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

Japan imported about thirty million gal
ions of kerosene oil from America last year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Over 100000 cured. Why not let No-To-Bac
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco?
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed. so cents and S1.OO. at all
druggists.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-21

The delinquent taxes in Chicago amount
to over Ga, 100000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-26
W.. VA MONDAY APRIL VOL
10 QUORUM
VIII be the Rule in the Senate the Present
Week.

VIII be the Rule in the Senate the Present
Week.
Washington, April 25.-There will
not be a quorum in the Senate during
the present week owing to the absence
of a large number of Senators in New
York in attendance upon the ceremonies
over General Grants tomb. Conse-
quently no business Of importance will
be transacted Probably a majority of
the Senators desire to adjourn from
Monday until Thursday and from
Thursday against until Monday with
out transacting any business Of general
moment, and this programme is likely
to be followed. If the wish Of the Re
publican members of the Finance Com
mittee is acceded to, the tariff bill will
be reported Thursday, but it is most
probable that this will be postponed
until next week. The work OF prepar-
ing for the reorganization Of the Sen
ate committees will proceed informally.
Under the arrangement made on Fri
day the House will transact no business
this week. The House will meet for
mally tomorrow and adjourn until
Thursday, when an adjournment will
be taken until Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-26
WESTERN FLOODS.
Ottumwa, Ia, Flooded by the Break
ing of Levees and Much Damage
Done.

Ottumwa Iowa, April 25.-The river
broke over the levees last night and
flooded the bottoms, carrying several
houses down stream. To-day in some
places the water is above the first
stories of the houses. One Burlington
main line track is impossible and hun
Greds of men are at work attempting
to prevent damage to the other line.
The situation is critical, but it is now
believed that the Burlington will keep
the main line open. The Wabash and
Milwaukee tracks are gone here for a
distance of two hundred feet and the
roads are tied up. The Rock Island has
miles of track under water. No attempt
is being made to run trains. The riv-
er was still rising slowly tonight.
Memphis. Tenn, April 25.-This has
been rainy and threatening Sabbath
in the lower delta country and the
Louisiana Ievees are being taxed to their
utmost. At Natchez the river guage
shows a rise during the last twenty
four hours of oae-tenth OF foot.
Showers have prevailed in this section
al day and tonight a steady downpour
is reported. The levees are soft and
mushy and with a continued precipita-
ton it is feared that the embankment
will give way.
New Orleans. April 25.-The river is
still 10 feet above low water and the
fine stretch of weather has enabled the
levee forces to hold the banks despite
the terrific strain. The fight is costly
one. as can be judged from the fact
that last weeks work on the Cawollton
levee. about one-fftieth of the city sys-
TEN, cost $4,000.
Captain Derby, of the United States
engineers. has already begun arrange
ments to rebuild the levees where de-
fectiVe.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-26
THE Y. N. G. A.
Delegates to the Convention Filled the
Pulpits at Mobile, Yesterday---An
Immense Farewell Meeting.

MOBILE. Ala, April 25.-The pulpits OF
Mobile were filled by the delegates to the
y. NJ. c. \. convention to-day. Dr. Scho-
field spoke in the largest Methodist
church to a crowded house.
In the afternoon, at the mems meeting
led bv General Secretary Messer. Of Chi
cago. over fifty young men prolessed con-
version.
At night a farewell meeting was held in
Princess Theatre. An audience of between
500 and 5000 people packed the house.
Addresses were made by several secretaries
of the International committee under the
leadership of Mr.. Mott Mr.. Gaily, foot
hall PLAYER Of Princeton College. one of
the brightest students, spoke OF his deter
mination for the past five years TO 80 as
q foreign missionary. The mission board
of his church. Presbyterian, could not
send him. but the association has commits
stoned him as secretary Of the new Y. NJ.
c. A. of Madras, India.
The last TWO speakers were Dr. Scho-
field and Mr.. Gilbert \. Beaver, Of Penn
svlvania. after which the convention ad-
iourned after singing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-26
CLOUEBURSTS.
Wrought Havoc in Indian Territory
Yesterday-.The Rains the Heaviest
for Fifty Years---RailrOads Suffer.

Dallas. Texas, April 25.-A special 10
the News from Eufala, I. T., says; a
series of cloudbursts heavy wind and
rain storms occurred in and around
EufaIa all of last night, and extended
over about one hundred square miles
of territory. The rain fell in torrents
and was the heaviest for fifty years
Pa m houses. fences and crops were
washed away to an extent amounting
to a calamity The North Canadian
railway bridge is so badly damaged that
no trains can cross il, and it cannot be
renaired for twenty-four hours. The
southbound passenger train had scarce
" nassed it at 9:45 o'clock last night
wben the south end gave way Many
rains are tied up at this point and
tbere &c q series Of washouts for twenty
niles that are impossible for the pres
emf emf. The damage to crops is beyond
estimate nearly every acre OF ground
for many miles in all directions VIII
have 10 he replanted and many farms
are entirely under water.