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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

In 1859 The Atlantic Monthly passed
into the hands of Ticknor 81 Fields, the
junior publisher becoming finally it's
editor. twas a change of much impor
tance to all its contributors and greatly
affected my own literary life Lowell
had been, of course, an appreciative
and sympathetic editor, yet Fields had
the advantage over Lowell of being both
editor and publisher, so that he had Il
free hand as to paying for articles. The
prices then paid We're lower than now,
but We're raised steadily, and he first in
troduced the practice of paying for each
manuscript on acceptance. He had a
virtue which | have never known in
any other editor or publisher-that of
volunteering to advance money on pro-
spective articles, yet to be written, and
he did this more than once to me. l
have also known him to increase the
amount paid Oh finding that an author
particularly needed the money, especial
ly if it We're the case of woman. His
sympathy with struggling women was
always very great and | think he was
the only one in the early Atlantic circle,
except Whittier and myself-with EN-
erson also, latterly-who favored wom-
an suffrage.
With all his desire to create staff
Fields was always eagerly looking out
for new talent and was ever prompt to
counsel and encourage. He liked, of
course, to know eminent men, and his
geese We're apt to be swans, yet he was
able to discriminate. He organized Dick
ems readings for instance, and went to
every one of them, yet confessed frank
ly that their pathos was failure; that
Little Nell was unreal, and Paul DOM
hey tiresome creature whose death
was relief. Fields was really keen
judge of character and had his OWL
fearless standards. l once asked him
which he liked the better personally,
Thackeray or Dickens, and he replied,
after moments reflection, Dickens,
because Thackeray enjoyed telling ques-
tionable stories, "a thing which Dickens
never did '-Colonel r. W. Higginson
in Atlantic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
Wanted to BE Called u Gentleman.

There was Il sleight of hand perform
ance in the opera house that night, and
way down on one of the front seats
there sat IL man holding a shiny silk hat
ostentatiously before him with an ex-
preston of deep anxiety and watchful-
ness upon his face
Before the performance began friend
who sat Immediately behind him and
had noticed his manner leaned over and
asked him what the trouble was.
"Well, you see, Tom, said the man
with the hat confidentially, cts this
way: I've been in politics now for ten
years, and I've been cussed and abused
and called all sorts of hard names until
I'm just longing to hear somebody ad
dress me in IA decent manner one more
time. When this magician comes ON the
stage, he's going to say, will some
gentleman kindly loan me his hat? and
I'm going to jump up and give him
mine It'll make me feel good for
month to be spoken to that way. I've
been looking forward to this occasion
for two weeks. You'll excuse me now,
for I'll have to jump quick when he
speaks for see one of our aldermen sit
ting on the front row with his old
brown derby in his hand, and I'll bet
dollar he's up to the same game. De
trOit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
A TELEPATHlC EXPERIMENT.
How to Demonstrate This Curious Power
by Simple Device.

by a Simple Device.
A very interesting experiment in the
fascinating science of telepathy, vouch-
ed for as being sure to "come out right"
by such high authority as Hudson, au-
thor of '"The Law of Psychiosphenom-
ena" and other works of the same Or
der, may be tried at any time by our
readers.
One of these very next evenings, when
The family are comfortably settled aft
rr dinner or supper. the eXperimenter
should introduce the subject of mind
reading or telcpathy, which will usual.
ly create an interest even in the most
inveterate reader of the evening paper
or the latest novel devourer, curled up
in her favorite corner. Now will be the
opportunity to become a hero even in
ones own household, for we are told
that, like good recipe for cake or what
not, if directions given below are strict
ly followed success is sure.
Let circle be formed by few per-
sons joining hands, and one member of
the circle be securely blindfolded, that
is in such way that he will enter into
darkness so dense that it may "be
felt" To secure this desired trick dark
ness, fold pair of kid gloves into sew
eral thicknesscs and place like II pad
one over each eye, with an ample hand
kerchief bound tightly over all and
around the head Now let card be Sc
lected at random from a pack, tako
great care that no one sees any other
card of the pack, even for an instant,
then place where all can see it except
of course the blind man. The rest of
the circle must now fix their minds and
gaze upon the card with every bit of
earnestness they have in their nature.
In the meantime the blind man must
put himself into quiet, passive Bar
kis is willin" state of mind. He will
soon begin to see (scientific authority
for this, remcmber,) indistinct objects
floating in the darkness. Soon they will
begin to take shadowy shape, then dis
appear, take more definite form, and
finally the card selected will appear.
Mr.. Hudson declares that out of the
six in the company when he witnessed
this experiment each scored u sufficient
number of successes to remove the re-
suit from the domain of coincidence. 1t
is we'll to bear in mind that sometimes
the information is conveyed from one
mind to another allegorically, for in
stance, during the evening mentioned
the ten of diamonds appeared as ten
flashing diamonds.
Surely this is well worth II trial
Louisville Courier Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
Systems That Made Great Men.

Doubtless the early Calvinist was
pretty austere i'll his life. Doubtless the
Puritan sometimes looked as if all vi
vacity We're washed out of his face. |
confess that his Sabbath was tritle too
grim. But the age in which he appeared
and the work he was commissioned of
God to do demanded such stern prepa-
ration and living. But what men that
system did produce-men of heroic
mold, men of the martyr spirit, genuine
men! You could trust them, you could
lean hard against them. They We're
great fearers of God, but had precious
little fear of man or the devil.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
CUSTOMS IN BELGIUM.
Oddities In Home Life and Dress That
Startled an English Woman.

Oddities In Home Life and Dress That
Startled an English Woman.
Breakfast in Belgium proceeds in
courses, with Il change of plates at each
service, but not change of knives and
forks. These implements must be used
through successive courses, however
dissimilar, resting between whilcs on
glass or silver holders, placed beside
each cover. The holders, alas I often
forgot to employ, sending my knife and
fork out on my plate, to the maids con-
fusion and my own dismay. An English
woman, long resident in Brussels, in
vited me to dinner with the cheering
assurances: "We are English, not Bel
gian, in our ways. We change the
knives and forks" Meats and the fruits
TO which we are accustomed are dear i'll
Belgium, but Yankee products grace
many tables. 81 don't know what we
should do without your beef extracts for
sauces and your California timed
fruits" observed my hostess at charm
ing breakfast. Feel at home," said
another lady pleasantly. "Here is some
manse pea" AS her pronunciation and
the dish itself-a SO called mince pie
resembled nothing familiar to my ear
or vision was batlled for the moment
as to the nature of her kind intentions.
If visited weaving school at s in
the morning, when all the men were
yet in that startling home undress
which prevails i'll some households be-
fore the formal dejeuner, the wife of
the weaving master would press me,
'Prenez quelque chose, je vous en- prie,
mademoiselle. I called early one day
on secretary at Charleroi, with whom
] had business, hearing that he was
about to leave town. He was out on the
street. "But he can't have gone far"
protested his son, "for he hasn't dress
ed himself yet" Which alasning state
ment proved too true, as l soon discov-
cred when an apparition appeared on
the threshold, unwashed, uncombed,
with overcoat and Northumberland by
no means concealing the unmistakable
loose nightrobe beneath. So suggestive
was the spectacle that, declining the
unembarrassed entreaties of monsieur's
spouse, pray take something, made
moiselle," l dispatched my inquiries
and fed.-Clare de Gratfenried in Har-
per's Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
AN EAGLE FOOLED.
Carried Decoy Duck Far Up Into the
Air Before Seeing His Mistake.


My reputation for veracity among
my fellow sportsmcn has been seriously
impaired, if not entirely destroyed, by
my insisting upon the truth of the fol-
lowing experience that befell me ono
Thanksgiving day: My boy of Is and
myself We're indulging i'll few days
outing at little clubhouse on the Po-
tomac Il short distance below old Gun
Eton Hall. The weather was fine--in
fact, too fine for our purposes, as we
were after ducks. Early in the morning
we put out, off the old historic Hallow-
ing point, dear to many duck hunters,
about 40 new wooden decoys, as hand
some as | ever saw, and then took our
positions i'll the blind, full of those feel
ings of exhilaration and expectancy
which all true sportsmen are bound to
feel i'll some degree, even when all ia
vorable conditions for sport are dead
against them.
After few hours waiting in came a
bird, which my boy knocked down pret
tily and with much enthusiasm re-
tricved, but which proved to his dis
gust to be nothing but an ola merganser,
or sawbill, known in these parts as Il
fisherman bird, need hardly add,
of large size and of beautiful plumage.
but absolutely unfit for the table.
The incident over, we waited and
waited, with no results, until finally,
leaving the decoys in positions we went
back to the clubhouse, prepared and ate
luncheon and then took Il stroll back
into the woods and fields on a tour of
inspection, when, finding our heavy
clothes rather oppressive under the suns
rays, we concluded to return to the
blind, where we We're sure to find it
more comfortable because of the light
breeze that was coming over the water.
On arriving at the blind we noticed
that one of the decoys was pOsitioned
some 20 or 80 yards from the others.
My first thought was that it was adrift,
and | was about putting out i'll the skiff
to recover it when | noticed that it did
not change its position, although the
tide was running quite briskly Could
it have hoated off and become again
caught? Could it have dragged its an
chor that long distance while the others
remained undisturbed? These and other
theories were being discussed by us
when suddenly over our heads from be-
hind there passed a dark shadow, which
on our looking up proved to be made by
a large eagle, and as we gazed upon
him he sailed out over the straggler de-
coy about which we had been solicitous,
poised himself for an instant and then
settled down suddenly, and with out
stretched talons grasped the poor, help
less wooden thing and rose with it un
til the leadcn anchor showed at the sur
face of the water, when for some rea-
son, perhaps because of the discovery
of his mistake or because of the sudden
and unexpected increase i'll the weight
of his burden, this king of birds dropped
his quarry into the water with splash
and scuttlcd across the river as though
to keep Il suddenly remembered appoint
ment. Washington Letter in Forest
and Stream.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
GRAY SQUIRRELS.
How They Hide Their Scattered Stores
For the Winter.

For the Winter.
Gray squirrels are winter ncighbors,
but very shy ones. l have tried to coax
by leaving out supply under the trees
there and gathering all from other trees,
but they were too well supplied with
nuts in the wood. l did succeed in gain
ing their confidence through pair of
tame squirrels that had been raised i'll
a cage by a neighbOr. | induced the
neighbor to set them free, and, apparent
ly to reward me, they took up their
abode in the tall cottonwoOds and pop
lars about the lawn, but more likely be-
cause the neighbor had no large trees.
While they remained an occasional wild
squirrel would call or spend the day in
the great trees with my tame ones. But
the villainous pot hunter and his worth
less Cur destroyed my pets and drove the
visitors back to their wild state.
The gray squirrel is not as provident
as the little ground squirrel, who tolls
through the long days of summer and
fall to provide himself home and lay
up store for winter use. What little
the gray squirrel does lay by for a rainy
day is not stored in his den, but scatter
ed here and there about the woods, like
the prudent housewife afraid to put all
the eggs in one basket
1 learned from my tame squirrels
their method of hiding nuts. The nut is
carried i'll the mouth, and some time
and thought are given to the selection
of likely place to hide it. When the
spot is finally decided upon, a hole tho
size of the nut is dug in the ground, the
nut thrust in and pushed down hard
with the nose, little earth pressed and
patted down, and leaves or grass tossed
about in the most natural way. After
a snowfall their tracks will be found in
every direction, from the den trees to
all parts of the wood. Following these
trails, one will find many little holes
in the snow where hidden nuts have
been dug up. H. Kennedy in Har-
per's Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
The Clock Came Back.

A Louisville man has a COW with
peculiar appetite. A housecleaning serv-
ant left small silver clock on the
kitchen steps for a few moments, and
on her return the timepiece was miss
ing. Later in the evening the small boy
of the household was i'll the yard Sud
denly Il silvery chime tioated on his ear.
He listened. Another and another, un-
til five times the chime had sounded,
and he recognized it as coming from
the lost clock. There was nothing near
but the COW. The boy searched all
around the yard and then concluded
that the clock was in the COW. For
awhile there was a sort of pandemonium.
At O'Clock the family heard the hour
tolled from the cows inside. A power
full emetic did the work. The clock was
little discolored, but was still ticking.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
. HOLE Nunnrn, 1884.
THE LITTLE WHITE WAGON.
The little white wagon was passing by

The little white wagon was passing by.
Can it be but an hour--an hour ago
Since Ediths prattle nurt me SO
When it caught her wondering baby eye?
"Pitty wife wadon! Oh, seei" she said.
"Yook! Ponies too! oh, how | wis
tould det up an wide on a wadon lite
isl
And my heart stopped so. as I though of
her, dead!
The little white wagon was passing by,
sight that is common enough, you
say.
No! No! No! No! Not till today
Had known how it looks to mothers
eye,
With its white, false face to her black
grief wed.
Crushing her heart with it's jugger-
naut wheels.
Not till today had | thought how it
feels
To be stabbed by the hush where babe
lies dead.
The little white wagon was passing by.
My God! Can it be bur an hour ago?
How would the age long seconds flow
Into minutes unending We're she to die?
So | clasp and love her as never before.
One thought, one hope, is my frighted
cry
That the little white wagons may still
70 by
And never stop at my darSened door.
j l.. Hcaton in 1.-THE Quilting Bee"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

In many places in warm climates it
is customary to keep fish alive until
they are sold. 1t would otherwise be
impossible to keep them from spelling,
except by too expensive refrigerating.
The markctman is likely to be the fish
arman himself and to keep his catch in
well on his boat or i'll Slated box in
the water. The buyer looks over the
fish and picks out the one he wants, and
the seller then kills the fish with a blow
on the head with club or with a
knife. 1t is common thing to kill the
fish i'll the presence of the customer.
Fish are sold in this way at, for in
stance, Key West, Havana and Genoa.
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
THE GODS ARE DEAD.

The gods are dead? Perhaps they are!
Who knows?
Living at least in Lempriere indebted.
The wise, the fair, the awful, the jocoSe.
Are one and all, like to think retreated
In some still land of lilacs and the rose.
Once high they sat and high DER earthly
shows
with sacrificial dance and song were
greeted,
Once long ago, but now the story goes.
The gods are dead
1t must be true. The world, world Of
prose-
Full crammed with facts, in science
swathcd and sheeted,
Mods in a stertorouS after dinner doze.
Plangent and sad, in every wind that
blows
Who Will may hear the sorry words re-
peated,
The gods are dead
w. e. Henley in New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

Country supervisors should be advised
and instructed to scrape all roads in
their respective townships at least three
times year--spring, summer and au-
tumn, particularly the latter time-then
roll down hard the surface of road after
each scraping by heavy rollers. This
will protect the roadbed at all times
and give at very little expense just
what we want.-Good Roads.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

Friend (making Il call-You are not
looking very robust. Do you enjoy good
health!
Mrs. Stayatt- Holme with u sigh)-
Indeed do! But hardly ever have
chance to.-ChicagO Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

Matthew Buckinger, German who
many years ago exhibited himself in
London, had neither arms nor legs, but
nevertheless managed to write good
hand, very clear aud round, by holding
the pen between the stump of his right
arm and his cheek
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

Strawberries are often served with
orange juices. Cover the berries with
sugar and juice of several oranges. Let
them chill in the refrigerator for half
an hour and serve with powdered ice.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

French autograph collector says
the signature of Christopher Columbus
can always lind buyer at $4,000.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

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 jol1ity, he is a happy
man again. If life does not
seem worth living to you, you
may take a very different view
of it after taking
Ayers Cathartic Pills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
PittSburg Division.

WESTBoUND.
No. 9-Pittsburg Express leaves IL 80 NJ
" 63-Cum berland '' da-
lv except Sunday $50 a ~
1l-Mall leaves. 2:35 p NJ
" 5-Chicago Limited. =. 2:25 m
EASTBOUND.
No, 10-Baltimore Express arrives. 205 N
G. 6-Limited ..12:2S p III
&C 14-Mail '' ..l2:2O D III
" 64-Cumberland Exp. g dali
ly except Sunday. $50 p m
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15

As and Al still carry passengers.
No. II is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. Ia from Pttsburg to Cum
berland. Nos and6 make 3stops each way.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. C. CLARKE,
VIM. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
Gen'l Manager. G. o. SCULL,
Nov % Gen'l Passenger Agent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-05-15
Railroad Schedules.

EASTBUUND IIpUVP
mo. 10 Express.... 2:l5 III
S:l6 m mo. EXpress,.. SD N
mo. II Passenger. 7:l5 N
7:4O m mo. Express .. 7:5S m
No IA BALTIC. & Way. $50 IN
....NO. y Express. l2.41 u Ill
6;43 p m mo. 46 Express. 6:i53 m
2:2Oa M mo. 4 Express, 2:30 d III
$40 pm No. II Accom- odaton
Arrive wEsTBoUND Leave
1912 m mo. Express. II 90 n
1;20 m mo. 8 Express -. l:30 m
4:20 a m mo. Express -. 4.}O a II.
No. II Accom- dation 7:l5 n
S:45 a m No. A Express. $3.50 a M
Hos m No l3 Accom- 'odation
500 pm mo. IL Passenger.
2:15 pm No. Express 2;25 m
500 p IN mo. l Express.... sos III
AIS mo. s. Express. 4;20 hi
The Democratic advocate., 1897-12-11
Death of Mrs. S. R. Waters.
ISptClaI IOT INC DtInOCTuIIC ATNOCNIC. ]
WATERSyuLE. Dee, Sth lS

WATERSVIlLE, Dec. Sth 1897.
This community was saddened on Monday,
December 9th, by the death of Mrs. Rachel
A. Waters, wife of DR.. S. r. Waters, after Il
long and painful illness. The burial services
were held today in st. James Church, Mt.
Airy, and the interment was in Pine Grove
cemetery. A short service was held before
leaving the house, by the Rev Jesse Higgins,
formerly of Westminster, now of Philadel
phia. a nephew of The deceased. The SER
vices at the church and grave were conducted
sisted by the Rev. Mr.. Higgins.
The pail bearers were six nephews Of the
deceased lady: Somerset R. Waters, Of
Washington; Chas. c. Waters, of Frederick ;
c. Way Waters, Garrett ID. Waters, DR..
Chas. r. Davis and Thos. 5. Davis, all Of
Baltimore. 4 large number of relatives from
Baltimore and elsewhere were i'll attendance,
among whom were Dr.. Jas. +. Waters, of
Frederick county, brother Of the deceased;
Fuller Waters and wife, Lewis W. Davis and
wife, John S. Waters and wife, Col Brent
Waters and wife, Mrs. Dr. Jas. Bosley, Miss
Mary Higgins, Miss Minnie Davis, Miss Lucy
Waters and Miss Sallie n. Waters, sister Of
the deceased.
Mrs. Waters was Il lady who loved to stay
quietly at home, but made that home a centre
of loving kindness to the whole community
about her. Advancing years never weakened
her sympathy for young people, to whom
''Woodside Cottage has been for thirty
years place Of happy associations; and the
poor and afflicted ever found the comfort
which comes from one who initiated the low
ing deeds of her Saviour. She leaves her
husband and one daughter, Miss Estella
Waters to mourn her loss. JESSE HIGGNs.
The Democratic advocate., 1897-12-11
UniOntOWn Items,

Tn Monday evening company OF the mem
berS OF Pipe Creek congregation of the Meth
Gdist Protestant church gave their pastor.
Rev. b. W. kindcy, and family, a surprise
by visiting them with donation. a few very
pleasant hours were spent together. after
which those present returned to their homes,
leaving behind many substantial gifts Il
mark of their high esteem for their pastor
Among the gifts was IL beautiful fleece wool
lap spread. a gift very highly appreciated b.
the recipients. Mr.. j. G. Forest mate the
presentation speech. Reply by pastor b. W.
kndley.
Tuesday afternoon Elder ). b. Craft and
family received their annual donation from
CHiontown and Frizeliburg congregations
Quite :. goodly number Of each charge were
present and made the hearts glad OF the in
mates of the parsonage by many gifts OF flour,
groceries, &c. \ supper was served by the
members of the congregation.
Mrs. Clotworthy Rodkey, Of Baltimore was
with Mr.. Wesley Rodkcy'S family during the
week.
The services held last Sunday in the church
were of IL very interesting character. Three
persons were received into the church mem
bership.
At the Sunday morning services in the
Bethel Elder S. B. Craft received len young
persons into the communion of the Church of
God.
On Friday of last wee, Edgar Myers re-
turned to Baltimore to fill his former posi-
ton. On Monday he WIS again sent for on
account of the illness of his mother, Mrs
Thomas F. Myers.
At Pipe Creek NJ. P Church 10 30 a. M,
Sunday. Rev. b. W. kmdley will, by special
request, preach an appropriate sermon to
the Junior Order United American Mechan-