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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
SUBURRANITE MEMORY.
Devices Employed by Wives to Remind
Husbands of PYRAMIDS.

"Tallling of memory systems " said
the suburbanite on the accommodation
train, Il can't fer the life of me see
how man who is unable to remember
one thing is helped by having to re-
member two. If | tie a string around
my finger, | must recall the purl ose of
wearing it, which | never can do. If /
must always think of rain when | want
to carry an umbrella, ] have double
work. Now, my wife wanted me to re
member something today, and she gave
me word to say over to myself, and
I've forgotten the word. y
"Pooh! It's easy enough to remem-
Der things if you give your mind to
it," said another suburbanite. MY
wife told me to be sure to order some
now what the mischief was it? Soap?
Bluing? Well, that's funny. | thought
would be sure to remember"
He plunged his hands into his over
coat pockets to cover his chagrin and
pulled out of one rough bit Of scant
ling with memorandum in lead pen
Gil attached.
"Well, vow! My wife must have
stuck that thing i'll there. Oh, yes, |
see. 1t was load of kindling she want
ed me to order. But one could hardly
be expected to remember thing like
that.
81 wish l could find a reminder of
what | am to get as easy as you did,
but my wife doesn't believe i'll giving a
sample to help out a poor memory
Hello, old fellow, how's that"
He had pulled little rubber shoe
out of his pocket and was regarding it
with loving eyes.
"Sammy's overshoe, by all that S
queer! And here's something inside
Length, five inches Bless his little
heart. I'd have forgot all about them if
it hadn' been for this memory lesson
There's something i'll the system after
all. ''-Chicago Times Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
AN EXPENSIVE ROADWAY.

advantages-it is a lubricant, reducing
the friction between the stones and it
absorbs a large percentage of moisture
and changes in bulk and consistency I'M
der varying weather conditions 1t is a
coed adulterant and tends to reduc-
ton of the amount of good stone mate
rial, and he believes that with its use a
road rapidly deteriorates, has tenden-
cy to rut, is more easily affected by
frost, and the foundation is made IN
stable in wet weather by the percola-
ton of moisture.
In discussing this paper Mr.. Thomas
G. .anvier differed from Mr.. Franklin
in regard to the use of clay as binder.
From practical experience Mr. Janvier
found that the clay, properly put on,
made 0 better road He mentioned
road built i'll Delaware county in 1888.
On an eight inch telford foundation
was IL four inch layer of broken stone
and on this last was put a light sprin
king of clay. The whole was then thor
oughly rolled. The finishing coat was
about one inch of coarse screenings
sprinkled and rolled until the surface
was hard and smooth.
Mr.. Janvier said: This road lasted
about nine years without any repairs
The surface was much worn down, but
the wear was even, scarcely a rut APP
peared, and the road was still in good
condition. Within the last year three
inches of three-quarter inch broken
stone was placed upon it, without pick
ing up the original surface, which was
as hard as iron, and on top of this was
spread light coat of clay and stone
dust.
Mr.. Janvier contended that just
enough clay to bind the two top sizes of
stone was advantageous. A smooth road
cannot be secured with three-quarter
inch stone alone as a top dressing, and it
cannot be compacted or smoothed by
rolling. But light coat of clay applied
on tbs three. quarter inch stone and this
then covered by half to three quarter
inch of pure stone dirt could be rolled
and resulted in on excellent road. A Is
ton roller was employed, and the road
was kept well sprinkled for some time
after completion. But, says Mr.. Janvier,
the clay must be used very judiciously
and the contractor must be watched.
The specifications for this road re-
ferred to demanded that the foundation
stone should be hard, tough and dura-
BILE. For the broken stone trap rock was
preferred. The cost of this road, with
eight inch foundation covered by four
inches of broken trap rock, was IS
cents per square yard. The grade from
crown to gutter was 8 and per cent,
and the earth bed was rolled before the
foundation was put in. Mr.. Janvier
preferred the telford to the macadam
type of construction as being more du
rable and less liable to rut than the lat
ter. Constant daily attention in the mat
ter of repairs, said Mr.. Janvier, is
cheapest i'll the long run, and the judi
cious use of the water cart will add ma
terially to the life of the road.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
Massach usetts' Highways,

Massachusetts, i'll 1894, appropriated
$500, 600 for the construction of state
highways; in 1895 the amount was
$500, 600; in 1896 it was 5000, 600, and
in 1897 it rose to $500, 900, of which,
however, but three quarters were to be
expended during the year and the bal
ance was to be ready to begin work in
1898. For 1898 the commission desires
5000, 900, two-thirds of it to be eXpend-
ed during the year and one third to be
carried over to start work in 1899.
During the past year about As miles
of new road have been put down, 1885,
IT'S tons of broken stone We're used,
254, 3OS cubic yards of excavation and
5, 392 cubic yards of stone were re-
moved, 1886 feet of side drains were
built 3, $40 square yards of telford foun-
dation We're laid, SAG square yards
of paved cutters put in, and A, O75 linear
yards of guard rails were constructed.
The work was carried on in so towns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
Colonel Kit Chinn.

A st. Louis footpad attempted to hold
up Colonel Kit Chinn of Kentucky one
night recently, and the aforesaid foot
pad hash t done anything since. If there
is man ON earth whom footpads should
shun as a temperate man shuns a blind
tiger, that man is Kit Chinn. He is a
born fighter, and his favorite weapons
are the ones which the Creator endowed
him with at his birth. He is one of the
few men i'll Kentucky who hold the use
of pistol or knife in contempt and is to-
tally devoid of fear. He has fought a
wildcat i'll the open with nothing but
his bare knuckles and come out winner,
and it is said that upon one occasion he
offered to fight a rattlesnake and give
him the first bite. -Glasgow Ky.
News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
Good Roads Benefits.

But there are other benefits to be de-
rived from good roads aside from
economy i'll transportation. They beau
tify the country, they act as an induce
ment to people to settle there, and they
make life pleasanter for the resident. In
many of the country districts of Ohio
there are months at time when the
farmers family is practically isolated
from the world, the condition of the
roads being such that it is a positive
hardship to travel them.
Plain Dealer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
SENT TO SWEAR AGAINST PA.
Because His Ma Didn't Dare to Leave Her
Living Seat.

Living Seat.
He was a mere STRIPPING of a lad. He
might have been years of age or he
might have been 0. Nobody could tell
by looking at his face The only mark
of certainty about the youthful counte-
nance was the sure sign that some of
his ancestors had come from old Ire
land. The little fellow walked hastily
into the office of the warrant clerk Of
Recorder Finnegan' S court. He did not
notice the four persons standing in line
waiting to get atfidavits made out
against some bothersome relatives, but
the y,.uth pushed through the crowd
and d'sengaged the attention of the
clerk with this odd demand:
81 want to make an affidavit against
my pa, " said he and pushed his little
red head around the side of the desk.
"You want what" queried the clerk
81 want to swear against pa" said
the boy again.
"What has your pa done?"
"He has just been in a prizefght
with ma"
"Well, why don't your ma swear out
the warrant against pa? My boy, you
are too young; you won't fill the bill. ;"
"My ma can't come, and she wanted
me to fix it up for her.
"Why could she not Gomez" asked
the clerk, getting interested in the
Youngsters story. He could not imag
inc why the wife would not be only too
willing to swear out the warrant.
my pa and ma they got in the fight
in the kitchen. That is how it hap
pened. My pa made a drive for her,
but didn't land, and then my ma she
grabbed up the rolling pin and foored
the old man. She is now setting on
him, hCS,ing him down, and that is
why she couldn' come to swear against
him. She sent me. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21

did you ever" asked the young
husband, "have your wife look you in
the eye when you came home and ask
you if you had not forgotten some
thing?"
MANY time, me boy" answered
the old married man. 'She does yet
In the early days it used to mean kiss
now it is usually a reference to wiping
my shoes Cincinnati Enquirer
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
Just the Word For Him.

In your letter to me about the post
office at Sorreltop," said the senator,
"you spoke of Higginside as the pres
ent incumbrance. You mean, of course,
the present incumbent.
'Incumbrance' is the right word,
senator, replied the man who was aft
er Higginside's job somewhat stitfiy.-
Chicago Tribune
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
CLAYIN ROADM AKING
ITS VALUE AS A BINDER OF STONE
ROAD MATERIAL

Result of Severe Test Shows 1t Has Con-
siderable neutrality-suspicious. Ouanti-
ty Which May BE Safely Used -Argu-
ments Pro and Con.
In the January proceedings of the
Engineers club of Philadelphia Mr..
Benjamin Franklin contributes paper
dealing largely with the use of clay as
a binder" on stone roads The speclfi-
cations for macadamized road construc
ton in use by TIE state of New Jersey,
the city of Phil .elphia and of many
towns in Pennsylvania and nei6hboring
states permit the use of clay, gravel and
loan for building purposes, says En-
News. French engineers are
also stated to use clay for THY purpose
i'll proportions varying from 20 to 60
per cent. Mr.. Franklin believes that
this clay possesses two prominent dis
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
Not Guilty.

Mistress of the House-My good man,
did you ever take bath?
Tramp-No, mum, l never took any
thing bigger'n silver teapot. london
Tit Bits.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21

The late Professor George NJ. Lane
Harvard's greatest Latin scholar, won
more fame by composing Il bit of dog
gerel called THE Lone Fishball" than
by anything he ever did as an educator
1.-THE Lone Fishball" has been one of
the commonest college songs for the last
40 wears
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21
A Compromise.

II don't suppose" said the wife,
THAT you mailed those letters gave
you today, John"
No." said John cheerfully, "but 1
did those you gave me last week, my
dear"
Sometimes policy and honesty 60
hand in hand
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-21

An American lady went into a chem
list S shop in Nice and asked for bottle
of the finest perfume sold there. She
was informed that the price of the best
scent was $25 an ounce.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
MASnINGTON.

THREl-DAY rEBsoNALLY-CoNDUCTED TOUR
VIA PENNsYLyANIA RAILROAD.
The thlee-day PERSONAL y.conducted tour
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Thursday,
April 81, presents AN excellent opportunity to
visit the National Capital at slight expense.
Among the interesting points TO be seen,
under the intelligent direction Of an expert
cucod Tourist Agent, are the capitol, EXecu-
tive Mansion, Treasury, Congressional Ii
Drary, the Monument, smithsonian Institu-
tion, National Museum and New Corcorau
Art Gallery. An experienced chaperon will
a So accompany the party as a companion for
the unescorted lady tourists
The rate, slL5O from New York, Sl1.5O
from Philadelphia, and proportouate rates
from other points, includes all necessary
expenses during the entire trip-transporta-
tiou, hotel accommodations, and guides,
Persons desiring to return via Gettysburg
may do so by purchasing tickets at - 90
extra, which include this privilege, An op-
portuuity will also be afforded to visit Mt
Vernon and Arlington at a slight additional
expense.
For itineraries, tickets and full iuforma-
tion apply to ticket agents Tourist Agent
l19G Broadway, New York 7s9 Broad Street,
Newark, n. j.; or address Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia
The Population of shenandoah
!, about eighteen thousand, and we would
say at least one half are troubled with some
affection of the Throat and Lungs as those
complaints arc, according to statistics, more
numorou, than others. We would advise all
not to neglect the opportunity to call ON their
druggist and get bottle of hemps Balsam
for the throat and ungs. Price 25 and soc.
Trial size free. sold by all druggists.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
SAMPLE SENT FREE.

Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kidneys is
the chief cause of bladder troubles. 1t is
comforting to know that DR.. Kimer's Swamp
Root fuflls every wish in quickly curing
bladder and urinary troubles. 1t conects ina
bity to hold urine and scalding or singing
pain in passing it, or bad effects following use
of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get
upmany times during the night to urinate.
The mild and extraordinary effect of DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures OF
the most distressing cases If you need a
medicine you should have the best. At drug
gists fifty cents and one dollar You may have
a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent free
by mail upon receipt Of three two-cent stamps
to cover postage on the bottle. Mention
HERALD and send your address to DIR. Xii
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. The pro
prietors Of this paperguarantee the genuineness
of this offer
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14

tne InsU trace OF Tree aciu disappears ana
the cotton comes out in the form Of soft
white pulp, closely resembling the pulp of
which paper is made
This concludes the process of actual
manufacture, and it now remains only to
convert the gun cotton into the most con-
yenient form for the use to which it is to
be put If 1t is to be employed in making
powder, IL is dried and stored away in
pulverized form, but If it is designed for
filling turpedOCs II must be compressed to
certain density and nodded into the
shapes which will best enable it to be
packed into the torpedo heads. These
shapes vary according to the design of the
toTpedoes and the method of packing
Sometimes they are disks and son etmes
cylinders, fiat squares or cubes. If uncom-
pressed and dry the gun cotton would be
extremely light, Weighing no more than
ordinary cotton batting, but when made
into the above forms it is compressed to
the density Of an equal amount of wa
ter. Tho percentage of moisture remain
ing in the gun cotton when it Is packed
into torpedoes varies between 10 and 30
So safe from explosion, unless dotonated,
Is brick of wet gun cotton that it may
be placed upon hot Goals. As the moisture
dries off from the outside the cotton lakes
off and burns up quietly. Perfectly dry
gun cotton, when confined in a strong
case, will explode with great violence if
exposed to a temperature of about 82O de-
grees r
Detonntion, or the firing Of explosives by
intense shock, is a modern method, for
until 80 years ago the application of heat
was always used to bring about an explo.
sion. 1t has now been discovered that de-
tonation produces more powerful effect
than explosion by means of heat. In de-
tonating the wet gun cotton in tho torpedo
heads the primer of dry gun cotton which
is used weighs only a pound or thereabout,
1t is placed in contact with the wet mass,
which in a Whitehead torpedo consists
usually of about $50 pounds. Then, by
means of a fuse and illuminate of mercury
cap a flame is shot through the disk of
dry gun cotton. This explodes instantly,
and with it the entire mass of the wet cot.
ton, producing tremendous results.-New
York Tribune.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
RUSHING WAR PREPARATIONS.


steamers St. Louis ana. st. raul BE-
come Naval Cruisers.
Washington, April 14.-Yesterday was
a day of stirring activity at the navy
and war departments. Anticipating de-
cisive action by congress, the machin-
cry of the military and naval branches
of the government was early put in
motion, and events of grave signifi-
Cance followed in quick succession. In
every bureau the work of preparation
went on with an enthusiasm. The first
event to become known was the ac-
QUESTION by the navy department of
the American line steamships st. Louis
and st. Paul, and coupled with the an
nOuncement was the information that
in all probability Captain Sigsbee
would be placed in command of one
and Captain Goodrich president Of the
naval war college, of the other.
The st. Paul sailed from Southamp-
ton April 8, for New York, and is due
at New York tomorrow. The st. Louis
arrived at Southampton yesterday and
If she returns according to schedule she
will sail from Southampton on Satur-
day.
Early in the forenoon the naval
strategic board went into session and
called Consul General Lee into the con-
ference. The session was long and was
devoted to a thorough discussion of
offensive and defensive movements in
Cuban waters, General Lee being able
to give the board much valuable in
formation regarding the defenses of
Havana.
Crowding close to the heels of these
events was the news that the flying
squadron had raised anchors and put
to sea. This fact caused intense eX-
citement in all quarters, and finally
ELECTED the official statement that the
squadron had merely gone to sea for a
short practice cruise. There was an
evident anxiety on the part of the Of
ficials for news of the various Span
ish fleets, but up to late hour no word
had been received of any movements
in that quarter. 1t was rumored that
the Spanish vessels at Porto Rico had
sailed, but this could not be confirmed
At the war department various de-
tails attendant upon the prearranged
plans for moving the troops We're put
in shape, but matters in this regard are
so well in hand that no new orders
We're issued.
The navy department received word
yesterday that the Spanish armored
ship Pelayo had arrived at Cadiz.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
THE FLEET AT KEY WEST.
Sailors AuNiou-ly Awaiting Orders To
Begin the Attack on Havana.

Sailors AuNiou-ly Awaiting Orders TO
Begin the Attack on Havana.
Key West April 14-If the public Of
the north is tired Of hearing the same
old stories that "au is tranquil" or
tension is high" certainly the corre-
spondents here are equally tired of
writing them. The arrival of the press
bulletins, plentiful and full of news, are
the most decided events of the day.
Indeed the news here is practically
confined to those statements.
The Detroit coalcd yesterday and the
Maugrove and Wilmington are coaling
today The target practice on the
monitors has been kept up until, as
Captain Forsyth says. every old wreck
in the harbor has fallen apart from
conclusion, even if not hit.
First in Importance i'm the news sent
today, in everybo9y's estimation, is the
declaration by Spain that she win not
back down. Captain Sigsbee's appoint
meut TO command the St. Paul gives
great satisfaction as does also the
gazetting of Commander Goodrich to
the ST. Louis. 1t is believed here that
thu dying squadron is only going out
for a short cruise or intends to Law off
Charleston or Savannah, 10 be ready
for orders, and thus to be nearer Spain,
the Canaries, Cape Verde or the West
Indies. OF course speculation leads to
earnest argument-very interesting TO
hear when conducted without reserve
as TO the merits of the various ships OF
the United states navy. All agree that
given safety from torpedoes, the moni-
tors Puritan. Terror and Amphitrlte.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
Discovered by a Woman.

Another great discovery has been made,
and that too, by a lady in this country. ''Dis
ease fastened its clutches upon her and for
seven years She withstood its severest tests,
but her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
She coughed necessarily, and could not sleep.
She finally discovered a way to recovery, by
Discovery for Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking first dose, that she slept all
night and with two bottles, has been alb
solutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther
Iutz. Thus write, W. c. Hamnics & Co.,
of Shelby, ~ c. Trial bottles free at A.
Wasley's Drug Store. Regular size soc and
SIoo Every bottle guaranteed
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
Philadelphia &
Reading Railway
Engiu. Burn Hard Coal-No Smoke
IN EFFECT MARCH 18th, 1898.

Trains leave Shenandoah as follows
For New York via Philadelphia, week days
TO- s 36, 7 30 81 II. m, IL 83, 10 and O7 p
IN Sundays, 10 "A. m.
For New York via Mauch Chunk, week days
36, Z 30 a. m, - 83 and 10 p, m.
For Reading and Philadelphia, week days
10, s &c. Z 30 9 "a am, l. 33, 10 and O7 p. n
Sundays, . 10 a. m.
For Pottsville, week days, 2 TO- 2 30, 0 81 a. m.
II 33, 3 10, o. and 25 p. m. Sundays, 2 10 a. IN
For Tsmaqua and Mahanoy City, week days
10, 80, 30, 81 q, M, i2 49, 3 10 and OF 3 m
Additional to Mahanoy City only, IL 40 p. m
sundays, . 10 "a
For Williamsport, Sunbury and LewisL urg
week days, 4 Oj, 3 &c. II 80 a. m. IL SO, .,
g m Sundays, 3 25 a. N.
For MahanON Plane, weekdays, 2 10. 4 O5 5 36
30, ST. IL 30 IA. m, y 49, TO- o., %, 55 am
II 40 p. m Sundays, 10, 4 Oj "a. IN.
For Ashland and Shamokin, week days, 4 o.
36, 30, II 30 "a. m, ~ 33, 3 10, OF, 725 ant
55 p, m. Sundays, 4 Oi a. m.
For Baltimore, Washington and the West vii
B. II o. r. r., through trains lea Resoinl
Terminal, Philadelphia, tP. Il X. h r. at 3 20
55 II 26 a. M, 10 ana 7.27 p, L.. sundays
20, Z 90, IL 26 a. m, i6 and 7 "a p. m. Add
tional trains from Twenty-iourth and Chest
nut streets station, week days, 10 30 a. m. ~ 20
70 lt 10 p m. Sundays, / IS, 8 % p. IN.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14

Berlin, April 1A-Lieutenant \. p.
Niblack, the United States naval at
tache, when questioned regarding the
purchase of the Hamburg American
line steamers NoFmannia and Colum-
bia by a Spanish company, said the
reason they We're not purchased by the
United States is that the American
government was not desirous of OBJ
tanning the vessels. The North Ger
man liners Saale and Spree have not
been sold to a Spanish company, as re-
ported. At the office here it is an
nounced that if the vessels are sold at
all they will be sold to the United
States.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-04-14
Ntocning FOR The NntionnI G1nnrds.

New York, April 14.-John T. Rich
ards, adjutant general on the staff Of
the governor of Maine, was in New
York yesterday and placed orders for
reclothng the entire National Guard
Of Maine for field service orders for
campaign uniforms have also been
placed by the states of Connecticut
California, Massachusetts, Maryland
and Rhode Island. This order looks
large. but it calls for only 5,O71 uni
grms, The whole National Guard Of
Thode Island consists of ASP officers
and men; Maine, G56; Maryland 92O;
Connecticut l,220; California, 1,623;
Massachusetts, 1900.