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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
ROADS MEAN ADVANCEMENT,
Ease of Communication Marks the Prog
ress of Civilization.

Ease of Communication Marks the Prog
ress of Civilization.
The movement in behalf of good roads
in this and other states and the obsta-
cles it is called upon to overcome are
strongly suggestive of the readiness
with which we are apt to accept the
greatest facilities i'll communication as
matter of course-if indeed we do not
quickly come to regard their usefulness
with indifference, says the New York
Mail and Express. Too many men are
controlled by Il single idea. They aban-
don interest in highways because they
have canals, or they abandon interest in
canals because of railway development,
and some day they will vote railways Il
nuisance because of a perfected flying
machine. They fail to appreciate the
value of maintaining the best in any
and every form of human communica-
tion that is worth maintaining at all.
Upon the perfection of every means
of communication and transportation
rests our progress toward higher civil
zation and social development. AS bar
barism is invariably characterized by
lack of adequate facilities for travel
and commercial intercourse, so the
highest civilization is marked by the
greatest advancement i'll every phase of
these. When the Roman empire was at
the height of it's grandeur, it was dis
tinguished for its roads, which all led
to Rome.
In strong contrast with this carly civ
1lization was the comparative barbarism
of the middle ages, when the feudal
barons perched their castles upon mac
cessible heights, when roads and bridges
were almost unknown, when wheeled
vehicles We're generally tabooed, when
social and mental progress were stag
nant and all commerce and reciprocal
activity We're halted. To the friction of
ready intercourse all progress is due. AS
steam and electricity make IA neighbor-
hood of nation, so improved highways
the first evidences of civilization, be-
cause the earliest demonstration of
mans desire for easy intercourse with
his neighbor-will ever remain the test
of progress i'll the separate communities
that go to make up the state
A generation hence the town or county
which has not the most improved high
ways known to science will be the town
or county where the moral and mental
standard is lowest. The sign will be
unerring
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
HIGHWAYS TO WEALTH.
Farmers Prosperous In Communities Ha,
ing Good Roads.


Good roads are the highways to
wealth. If l could take you with me
north, south, east and west, to where
the beginnings of road improvement
have been made, could show you small
farming communities growing rich in
these hard times, contented and happy,
and troubling themselves not at all with
the great problems of finance which agi-
tate their brethren. They have no time
to waste i'll talk. If their fields are too
wet to work, they go on the road. Their
marketing is done in bad weather, and
in rainy spells they bring from a distance
cheap fertilizers to enrich their farms,
such as mari, city refuse, etc. Phila-
delphia refuse is carried 20 miles on the
stone roads.
In these fortunate communities every
day brings its earnings to man and
beast, for there is always paying work
on a good road, and if man has no
hauling of his own to do he can get
work from others, and good wages Ex-
tend these conditions and imagine, if
you can, the prosperity that would burst
upon the country if every farmer and
every farm team could earn fair days
wages for every day in the year, rain
or shine; if every farm could be culti-
waited and improved to its utmost ex-
tent.-Address by General Roy Stone.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
FARMERS AND GOOD ROADS.
The Value of Farm Land Is Determined
by Its Accessibility.

The Value of Farm Land Is Determined
by Its Accessibility.
The farmers would be moro benefited
by good roads than any other class. The
value of a farm is determined by its ac-
cessibility The land that is favored
with best transportation facilities,
whether by rail or river, will bring the
best price per acre when put upon the
market. There is no doubt that one mile
of good macadamized road is more val
liable i'll this country than five miles of
plow and scraper road that goes to pieces
in one year.
The turning over of soil is labor in
vain, and we do not censure the farmer
when ordered to work ON the roads
when he either takes pitchfork or
hoe or, if he is rheumatic, mattress.
One mile of good roads made each year
would be more beneficial than all the
work done in township. In the near
future there will be some device found
that will enable our farmers to make
good roads at small ost.-JamestowD
(Pa.) World
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
SPEAKING TO THE DEAF.
A Mistake Is Often Made In Trying to
Enunciatc Very Plainly.

A Mistake Is Often Made In Trying to
Enunciatc Very Plainly.
Many people, and L am sorry to say
some teachers Of the deaf, fail to realize
in pract ice at least-that speech is not
as clearly visible to the eye us it is audi
BILE to tho car, aud think that by speak
ing slowly, word by word, and opening
their mouths to the widest extent, they
will render the task of the speech reader
easier. AS a matter of fact they render
it all the more difficult. a child in
school may learn to understand Il teach
er who mouths his words i'll this man
ner, but this ability is of no value to
him when he leaves school. Indeed per
fectly natural, deliberate speech is easier
to understand than the exaggerated
form of articulation which people are
apt to use the moment they know they
are talking to totally deaf person.
People who depend entirely upon
their speech reading for understanding
others have requested me, when intro
ducing them to strangers, not to say
that they were deaf, because they find
it easier to read the lips when the per-
son speaking is not aware that he is be-
ing understood in that way. | have in
my acquaintance a young man educated
wholly by this method who travels IL
great deal and picks up acquaintanccs
on the steamer or on the train just as
people do who possess all their faculties.
have in mind also congenitally
deaf girl of IA who is not considered
unusually bright, yet whose speech is
clearly intolligible to strangers after
the first ten minutes, who is intelligent
on the topics of the day, and whose
larger and more conversational roper
tory is much larger and more entertain
ing than that of many young ladies of
20 and over that ! have met in metro
politan society. Dutton Wright
in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
The First Astronomy.

The beginnings Of astronomy were on
the tops of towers of Babylon and the
pyramids of Egypt. 1t is believed by
many writers that both classes of struc-
lures were erected for astronomical pur-
poses. AS early as the time of Job,
nearly 1000 years before Christ, most
of the stars had been divided into con-
stellations The writer of Job mentions
Arcturus, Orion and Pleiades as being
familiar. The modern science dates
from the labors of Copernicus, Tyoho.
Brahe and Newton.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
The End of Books.

What brings about the end of books?
Is it fire, water, worms? AS every ship
launched is bound to be wrecked, every
theater to be burned, the fms of the
book is its reduction to ashes. What be-
came of the AleXandrian library? Did
the Saracens burn it in GAO? There is
this question asked: Was there any Ii
brary at Alexandria containing 700, 900
books? Gibbon inclines to the opinion
that there was no such library Canon
Taylor insists that if there had been
library it Was burned in the time of Ju-
Illus Caesar. Tradition seems to indicate,
however, that thpre was library in
the Serapeum, by 10 means "a large col
lection, but whether destroyed by The
ophilus or Theodosius is not known. 1t
looks as if the charge brought against
cent explorations of Alexandria, 1896,
show no traces of the Serapeum. The
seaport of Egypt was built on damp
foundation, and, granting that there
was library, if not destroyed by fire,
then the papyri might have suffered
from decay due to water. Books Of to-
day taken to India, to the southern
states and to the West Indies perish
through mildew New York Times
The writer who has time to explain
everything has not much time to write.
The reader who is too indolent or indif-
.erent to look up references ought not to
read.-Vandam.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
70 ONE THAT CHID HIM FOR GATH
ERlNG THE LATEST ROSES.

As ficlSle as an April morn,
October with his driving rain
Now smote the garden paths forlorn,
Now broke in smiles again,
Crying, ave tarry all too late"
Each other flower drooped her head.
But dauntless still they kept their state,
The roses white and red.
And, eve shall reign" they said, "for
long"
gathered them for your delight.
"Nay, then, you did them cruel wrong.
The roses red and white.
"For they had gladdcned many day,
Defying still the sombcr time,
Amid the whirling leaves decay
Recalling summers prime"
Then l: "How sorrowful their lot,
Who qucened it at the gardens court,
To linger on when joy is not,
To be the mad wind sport;
"To feel their draggled petals fall,
Each after other, drenched and cold,
Till now the blast has dashed them all
Upon the chilly mold
"a royal scpulture they crave
Refuse not thou last behest-
One hour to live in beauty brave,
Then die upon thy breast"
H. G. Minchin in Spectator.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
All He Asked.

"And do you really want to be my
son?' asked the widow Mullins of young
Spudds, who had asked for her daugh-
tors hand
81 cant say that l do, replied the
truthful suitor. Il want to be Helen's
husband "
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
1T CANNOT BE.

The dying lips of dear friend
AT parting spoke to me,
Saying: "Wheresoe'ery your path may trend
There ever / shall be.
"Go walk whore over Egypts sand
The burning smooms blow,
Or in Alaska's sunless land,
Your wake my wing shall know
"When wintcr's nights are long and dark,
I'll lead you by the hand
And when the waves beat on your bark
Will beacon you to land"
He died. l watched his spirit go
Across deaths darkcning sea.
He came not back, and now know
OF things that cannot be.
-Cy Warman in New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07

Aspen and Manitou. Mr.. Wheeler re-
sides i'll New York, but the swath which
he is at present cutting in society is a
very small one as compared to that in
which he formerly trod. 1t was case
where riches took wing.
JOHN +. WMLOUGuBY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
To Keep Oranges Fresh.

To keep oranges or lemons fresh for
any length of time select firm ones,
wrap each one in soft paper, put it in a
glass jar with white sand that has
been previously dried in the oven
around each orange and with thick
layer over the top.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07

1t seems as if life might all be so
simple and so beautiful, so good to live,
SO good to look at. if we could only
think of it as one long journey, where
every days march had it's own separate
sort of beauty to travel through.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
In n Whisper.

Cholly Shy-Say, 1 proposed to girl
last night
Dick Oldboy-The deuce you didl
What did she say?
Cholly Shy-She dud-dud- didn't hear
me. New York Sunday Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07
Railroad Schedules.
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.

In addition No. leaves Piedmont S:i5 a. m :
arrives Frostburg l0:i0a. m., and No. 3, leaving
Frostburg 200 p. M, reaches Piedmont 255 D.
m, stopping at all intermediate stations
son theatre nights, when admission tickets
arc sold by Agents to performance ut theatre
leave Cumberland at close of performance
All trains stop at Hays street station. Cum
bcrand.
Nos. l, ,, B. 4. I and SdaiIy except Sunday
Nos. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days only.
l.. NJ. HAMILTON
''llnca Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07

*Except Sunday. Nos 46 and A carry
passengers. No. II is local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. II from Pitts
burg to Cumberland. Nos 5 and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsburg. Icy Through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland.
NJ. c. CLARKE,
WM. NJ GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MAHrlN,
May % Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-08-07

Jerome Is. Whceler's Sudden Success In
the Colorado Silver Mines How He
Doomed the Town of Aspen-Revcrscs
That Have Depleted His Fortune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21

eeeen taahsd aS6igh = Os0Uuu 90, -
would sometimes have a. many a. aix hetB
- the table at one time Green, IKE most
oeber men who saDbled ut cards, imagined
that ho knew when he had lucky streak
on. Ons day he remarked 70 . group Of
senesorial fricnds In the cloakruom q the
ssnatethat he Vas buenlng up with luck
o0d e1osod them 30 chip In d, 900 each.
he fen certain that II be weFs allowed to
mike the play Dave Prindle would turn
his deal bog upside down. "A combination
WINS then made to force an adjomnmens Of
the senate, el6, 900 was put in the psol,
and dozen o. % senator's mera5q1 avn
10 PriDdle'a The senator's wn11o6 into
The bank In single fllc, headed By oyesu,
all singing q verse, which they had COM
posed on tho way down, running H1s this
end sung 70 the tune Of tie Arkansas
Traveller
"Hoid, Prinsiei ses place.
Put hundred On the king and cuppse % %
The scei
"0resn started In with The o1B, 900. He
won the 0rst bek Then be began 70 play
the ace and king, according to the song,
Go 70 lose and king 10 win, until sho enc
Of the deol, without winning another bsk
On the next deal he kept 70 his oonsbina4
tion, ~ he did On an snoeeeding Aeals, ana
u 10 an actual fact that be did not win
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21
FAIR 10 LIVE AGAIN.
ON SCALE OF oNE.sIxrH.

oS~oooo0 2ooo0R APPoeo1u uUrty B0lDnoo
1111neisaAs - Commissaeasrs - Tie Big
Ssuthsra ExPesitssa - VIII Erect -
Asseseese.ral Gsa S.r Isli,sis ssass
Danalne-HeaAqsarters Are Opsssd IN
Chicago. ass
Governor Tanner has wisely given
Early attention to . proper representa-
ton Of nlipois In the exposition to be
held in Nashville. Tenn. during the six
months from May next in common
grafton Of the Tooth anniversary Of the
edmission Of Tennessee Into the Union.
He has appointed the following commit
tee to take charge Of the whole matter:
Ferdinand w. Peck. Chicago: H. N.
Aiginbotham, Chicago: Elliott Durand.
Chicago; c. W. Hiilard. Chicago: Ly-
man J. Gage. Chicago; r. 8. Tuthill.
Chicago; Alexander H. Revell. Chicago:
=. r. Butler. Chicago: Adolph Nathan.
Chicago: r. Hall Mccormick. Chicago:
H. G. 6taver. Chicago; J. W. Gates.
Chicago: Warrington Hesing. Chicago:
=. II. Morris. Chicago; Robert J. Thomp-
son. Chicago: w. p. Halliday. Cairo:
W.R Jewell. Denviile: Thomas s.Ridge-
way. ahawneetown: Horace 8. Clark.
Aatteon: Joseph Robbins, Quincy: N.
=. Worthington. Peoria; Smith d. At
kinA Freeport; Charles p. Hitch. Paris:
Charles II. Deere. Moline: Charles Ridge
b. Springfield: Forest +. Cooke. Gales
burg; Joseph w. Fifer. Bloomington:
Isaac I. Elwood. ~DeKalb: Adiai e.
-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21


The most prosaic, the most bourgeois,
Of all eminent French statesmen and
historians, the late n. Adolphe Thiers,
fought a duel when q young man with
tho irate father Of q pretty girl whom
Theirs, while anxious to marry, did NOT
wed, because he was too poor to support
her. Shots were exchanged without re.
sults, and the combatants embraced.
The famous journalist and litterateur,
Il Emile de Girardin, editor of L.
Presse. fought four duels in 1884 with
the editors Of other Partisan journals
because, the annual subscription ol
French daily newspapers being at that
time at 80 francs, he had reduced the
price II In Presse by ne-half. with the
result that the circulation Of his papes
was enormously increased In the lasl
q these duels he had tho misfWtune q
kill Armand Carrel, man Of talent and
q popular idol. Girardin, who was Gho(
in the hip. had fingered between lie
and death for weeks before he recovered
frem his wound, and never, in spite q
repeated provocations, could be induced
10 fight another duel "Dueling, " be
said, sis fault Of our education aeninsl
which our intelligence protests. Bul
in France you must have killed yuus
man to be able to say that.-CRnhill
HaRaxine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21
THz A8oUA WEDNRenAH<kR1IL a. 1877,

each ethaf 81 great numbera thellAy
unlearntng the past and learning the
cooperative way into q greater future.
This widening and deepening of the
uses Of the exposition idea he's since
borne notable fruit In the Atlanta expo.
sition. when the southern section Of our
country learned to know itself betfer
than ever before. aud south and north
learned more o6 eaeh other thnn had
been taught them In the rude sch0el q
war.
1t 10 nov about to be given . SIN
wider and higher manifestation IN TIE
development OF clearer nationality OF
feeling In the exposition about to Be
held IN Naehville IN eommemeration Of
the tooth anniversary Of the birth Of
Tennessee into the sisterhood ef our
states eelf-welded. into one great ma
tionality.
While II Is important. in the general
view. that all our people should particle
pate IN the mutual benefits Of this occa-
sion. IL Is Of peculiar importance and
propriety that Illinois and her people
should feel and manifest especial inter-
est. The pioneer settlement Of Illinois
was nearly all in Its southern half. long
before steam had opened the way for
immigration from the northeast. and q
very large proportion Of the early set
tiers Of this state had learned their earl
Ter lessons IN the development Of Amer
lean commonwealth among the hills
and valleys Of Tennessee. Among them
the names Of John Sewer was little lea.
familiar than the names Of Hamilton
and Madison. and other Of the earlier
generation Of American state builders.
For this COMMUNICATION Tennessee
has made elaborate preparation. a
Large ana beautiful area. lying within
two miles Of the state capital. has been
selected and appropriately laid out and
decorated. keeping In view. 80 far rs
the scale Of the whole rendered practi-
cable. the invaluable experience gained
In Chicago in 1889 and 1893. Nashville
itself II easily accessible from all direc.
tions. ample means for comfortable ac-
cess to the grounds have been assured.
and munihcent provision has been
made Of tasteful and convenient struct-
ures fer all the purposes Of the occa-
sion. These structures embrace the Ad-
ministration. Woman's. Commerce,
Minerals ana Forestry. Transportation,
Machinery, Horticulture, History, Chill
dren's, Negro and Live Stock buildings,
and a great auditorium for general
purposes. The grounds have been
beautiaed with lakes. walks. trees. turf
and flowers, thereby Constituting the
site 1tself Q memorable incentive toward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-21

the cultivation Of . taste for and love
Of the higher manifestations Of our civ
ilization. The summer climate Of Ten
nessee Is Incompatible, being subject
to no extremes Of any kind. A long
visit cannot fail to be full OF pleasure
for residents Of all parts Of our coun-
try, and from these considerations alone
Nashville, from the LIST Of May next for
six months, should prove the most at.
tractive center OF pilgrimage within
our national borders.
1t is peculiarly gratifying that Illi-
nois, not only as respects the popular
feeling. but. in respect OF the action Of
her official representatives. has proved
to be alive to the Significance Of the
occasion and to the peculiar proprfety
of her taking conspicuous participation.
The state has made a generous ap-
preparation to defray the expenses OF
that participation. and as before stat
ed, the governor has appointed q COM
mission Of forty gentlemen to take
charge OF the states participation In
the historic commemoxation. and gen.
orally look after the interests and con-
yenience Of Illinois and Illinoisans
throughout the period OF the EXPOSE
ton.
This commission already has its work
well in hand. Subordinate committees
have been selected. and all are actively
engaged. One Of the first steps taken
was to determine that there should be
an Illinois building on the grounds. and
the commission felicitously decided to
build. for that purpose. a reproduction.
ON a scale OF one-sixth the original
proportions. a. to exterior and general
ARRANGEMENT. Of the matchless Admin
istration building Of the WORLDS Coz
lumbar exposition Of 1888 In Chicago.
A committee from the commission WIS.,
tied Nashville to arrange q site for the
same, and the exposition management
gladly accorded one Of the best sites on
the ground, where the building will
contribute largely to the beauty Of the
whole effect. while being in all respects
admirably adapted for its peculiar pus-
noses. Probably no other state will be
more munincently and aptly repre-
scented.
Illinoisans win be sedulously cared
for during the whole period. and the
commission IS firmly resolved to ep1rc
no effort to make the states part N
the exposition In every way worthy OF
the occasion OF the sturdy o>d state
which offers its hospitality. and Of the
wealth and enlightened power Of our
own commonwealth As part OF that
who can possibly DO %. to honor him
self or herself by being present at some
time during the exposltioo In the build
ing which oar state viii throw open =
honor Of the occasion. - Oh
There will doubtless be IN ''I1linois
day"-pcssibly q Chicago day~-bus
whother able to he preseut on thO7c