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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
WORKING THE ROADS.
Methods In Vogue In Many States Is Pro
ductive of No Good Results.

Methods In Vogue In Many States Is Pro-
ductive of No Good Results.
The extent to which our travel and
traffic are hampered annually in the win
ter, and almost if not actually prohibit
ed occasionally, as happens to be the
case now, is Il disgrace to the people of
the county and especially to the Off
cials who in contemplation of law have
supervision Of the roads. During the
last l5 years, says the Woodville Miss }
Republican, we have urged the impor-
tance of Il more efficient method of road
working and the immense. if indirect,
saving that reasonably good roadways
would prove to every farmer and plant
er i'll the county.
The fact is that without a general
outcry and an active public feeling,
which we need not expect under exist
ing laws no improvement of the public
roads can reasonably be anticipated. If
the present almost impossible condition
of many of the main county roads could
continue throughout the year improve
ment would be forced. But with dry
weather the worst holes will be filled
with brush covered with little dirt,
and the intelligent road overseer will
have plow run a time or two on each
side of IA road-that is for drainage, you
know-and, presto, the road is worked.
No man of ordinary sense requires to be
told that decent roads are not possible
under such slovenly, slipshod, ridicu-
lous pretense of public work.
The first principle of roadmaking is
drainage, and proper drainage for the
roads of a county cannot be had with
out uniform and most intelligent super
vision. Such supervision the present
road law does not provide for. More
over, system of good roads was never
maintained anywhere without some ex-
penditure of money; not great deal
necessarily but whether so or not it
would return its value to those who
paid it a thousandfold.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
German Education.

The Germans are the most thoroughly
educated people in the world. What
they know they know we'll.
A fellow traveller had taken his de-
gree of B. A. in the University of Penn
sylvania and gone to that of Berlin,
where he spent three years. Subse-
quently travelling i'll Switzerland, he
met young German whose range and
accuracy of knowledge weee simply be-
yond that of any man of the same age
he had ever met. In many walks and
talks the German had absolutely pumped
the American dry, while his own store
of knowledge had only been touched.
"Ach," said the German student one
day, Il shall never get my degree, it is
so difficult, it is so much SO hard, so
long! must have patience. used to
see you at the University of Berlin,
and, forgive me the question, how did
you get into the university?"
why, l was admitted on my B. A.
from the University of Pennsylvania,
replied the American.
"Mein Gottn' gasped the German
scholar. Il knew it must be some way
like that.
No better comment .on the relative
standards of knowledge and the thor
oughness of the method by which it is
pursued could be asked.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
GOOD ROADS TAXES.
Large Debts Should BE Avoided In
Thinly Settled Districts.

Large bSDtS DE ASOlueu IN
Thinly Settled Districts.
Professor John Hamilton, secretary of
agriculture of Pennsylvania, in the
course of an address delivered before the
L. A. w. assembly at st. Louis said:
Another matter is, think, worthy
of our attention. In our zeal to secure
Improvement so long delayed and so
long desired we have perhaps overstep-
ped the bounds of prudence in advocat-
ing the contracting by localities of
enormous debts for road construction, so
great that perhaps neither we nor our
children will live to see them extin-
guished.
"Districts lying near cities or large
towns, whose population is made up
mostly of business and professional
men, whose means of living are not
wholly derived from the income of farm
property, but from city occupations
ought perhaps to be excepted from this
prohibition, for these wealthy districts
need immediate convenience as a neces-
sary part of their more luxurious living
and can meet, without serious distress,
the increased tax needed to construct
these expensive roads.
The income of country people is
comparatively small, and although the
introduction of good roads will greatly
enhance the value of their property and
be of untold advantage to them in other
respects, yet we must still remember
that it is often unwise to go into debt
for comforts and conveniences, in them
selves highly desirable, but the posses
sion of which we are unable to afford
1.-The great underlying and governing
principle in all governments should be
that the strong should aid those that
are weak, and the logical and equitable
method in this not private or local but
most important public improvement is
for the state to undertake the work, and
thus enlist all interests and all of the
people i'll the execution of this great en-
terprise, designed, constructed and
maintained for the public use"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Scarcely was her work finished when

Scarcely was her work finished when
she heard "a loud knocking at the door,
and a Prussian officer entered He stop,
ped abashed when he saw only ~" litylr
maid before him. Perhaps th2 'tg 1&ht
of some little girl that he had It be
hind in the fatherland came to his mind,
for the look in his eyes was quite gen
tie, and his voice trembled in spite of
himself when he spoke.
"We saw a man enter this house just
now" he said Tell me, my little
maid, where he is. ~
In the moment, while she was wait
ing for him to speak, Marie had time to
collect her wits and to reflect that the
man did not look like such a monster
after all. Now she replied readily:
"a man? Oh, yes, soldier just came
in here and left that, pointing to an
old musket of her fathers which stood
in corner of the room; "but he is gone
now," she added
She carefully related to the Prussians
how the franc tireur had taken the path
that led from the rear of the cottage to
the forest
The girl answered his questions so
readily that it was hard for the officer
to suspect her of deceiving him, but he
ordered his men to make a thorough
search of the cottage. They looked in
closets and cupboards and rummaged
the loft. One of the men in passing
opened the oven door aud glanced i'll.
Marie's heart almost ceased beating,
but she gave no sign of her alarm. See
ing nothing but the heap of fagots, the
man closed the door. Marie could hard
ly keep from heaving a sigh of relief.
1t seemed in her own mind that she
must give a shout of joy. AS they were
preparing to leave one of the men asked: /:
"Shall we not fire the cottage?'
1t was the usual rule when peasant
was suspected of harboring franc-tireur
to burn his cottage as lesson to him
and warning to all others, but Marie S
winsome manner had touched the Off
GER heart. and the questioner received
a curt, almost savage "No!'
Marie watched the Prussians ride
away, and when they were all out of
sight she let Captain Charles out of his
narrow hiding place. He had heard all
that passed in the cottage, and he kissed
Marie and called her brave girl. Then
he departed by the road opposite to that
which the Prussians had taken, to Join
his men at their meeting place in the
forest.
Marie was the pride Of her parents
and the heroine of the town when her
story was made known. And i'll the
depths of the forest, when the franc
tireurs gathered about their campfire and
their leader told of his narrow escape
and the bravery Of the little peasant
girl, each man lifted his canteen and
enthusiastically drank to the health and
prosperity of Marie Duret.
The landlady of the little vine cover
ed inn at Bois-le-Duc tells this story to
every stranger who visits the place.
And if one is inquisitive enough to ask
what afterward became of the franc
tireur and the peasant gill she will un
fold her hands and say:
"Just walk up to yonder brick house
on the hill and ask for NJ. le Marie and
his good wife There you will find Cap
tain Charles and his brave Marie. -
Earl Mayo in Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
SHAPING ROADBEDS.
No Gullies should Intervene Between tn
Roadway and the Main Ditch.

"
Roadway and the Main Ditch.
The shape of the roadbed is impor-
tant. Usually one of two extremes in
using the road machine is met with
Either the operator is afraid of cutting
down the hips of a road and SO leaves a
ditch on each side inside the main
ditch, which commonly results disas-
trously, especially on hills, or else the
hips are cut entirely down, leaving a
steep, rounded shoulder which narrows
the way, exposes the surface to unneces-
sary wash, is frequently positively dan
gerous for passing teams and allows the
road, i'll homely phrase, to squat out at
the sides.
The surface should be straight line
from the center to the side bitches, with
a suitable grade to each side adapted to
the longitudinal grade of the road, be-
ing more crowning as the hill is sleeper.
If the hips are i'll the way, cut them
down just enough for the grade and no
more. Be sure to carry the grade from
center to inner edge of ditch, frequently
to bottom Of ditch, when elevation Of
roadbed or drainage does not require al
extra depth to these appendages.
Charles E. Pettee, Civil Engineer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Strange Money In the Mountains.

1.-The strangest money | ever saw, !"
said a drummer for Main street house,
"was in the mountain districts of Ken
lucky and West Virginia. was max
ing my semiannual tour through this
district, and | stopped one day at lit
tie grocery and saloon. While l was
there big husky mountaineer entered
the place and called for drink. As he
finished gulping it down he reached into
big bulky pocket and drew forth what
looked to be coonskin. He laid the
skin on the counter the barkeeper took
the skin, and opening a drawer hauled
out rabbit skin, which l suppose was
the change. The mountaineer picked up
the rabbit skin and started to the front
part of the store, which was the grocery.
He there bought twist of tobacco and
rendered the rabbit skin in payment.
He received a big twist Of long green,
and was surprised to see the store
keeper reach in another drawer and ten
der him a squirrel skin. The mountain
eer tucked the squirrel skin in his pock-
ct, walked out, unhitched his horse and
rode away.
81 became interested and engaged the
proprietor in conversation. He told me
that sometimes he would go months
without seeing any real money, and
that the mountaineers used the skins in
all kinds of trades, such as buying
horses, etc. He said that four times a
year hide buyer from Lexington or
Cincinnati visited the country and
bought up all the skins, which were
in the vicinity. ."-Louisville Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
THE LITTLE TITMOUSE.
One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
Among Hundreds of Captives.

One Free Bird That Attracts Attention
Among Hundreds of Captives.
In big bird store where there are
hundreds of birds of many kinds inces-
sanity squawking, chirping and singing
there is one that is free-a tiny tit
mouse. The window is full of cages
containing birds of various sorts, and
one side of the store is lined with bird
cages stacked up high all along. But
there is none that attracts so much at
tentiOn as the little titmouse fitting
about the store at will. At night it
perches on gas fixture in the window,
and to that it comes back from it's vari-
Gus excursions by day.
Customers that come in to buy birds
and birdcages and bird seed and one
thing and another never fail to notice
the titmouse. They may not notice an
other bird there individually, but their
attention is sure to be attracted by this
one as it darts about, free among so
many captives, and they are likely to
smile at it, they are so pleased with it.
And sometimes children, looking in at
the windows of the bird store, come in
to tell the clerk that one of the birds
has got loose.
When it has nothing else to do, the
titmouse sits on its gas pipe perch and
perks its head this way and that and
looks about. Sometimes it whets its
beak on the gas pipe. Every now and
then it dashes off somewhere. If it
wants a drink, it perchAs ON the rim of
goldfish globe-for home aquariums
and stock for them are sold here as we'll
as birds-no doubt to the great surprise
of the goldtishes and certainly to that
of the human beholders, who wonder
that it doesn't fall in, it has to bend
over so far to reach the water. But it
gets it, and when it has taken it's fill it
flashes back to its perch on the pipe in
the window.
The titmouse catches spiders and 9TH
er insects, and it feeds in the larger
cages when it will. 1t goes in and out
of them between the bars with perfect
ease. 1t is very little bird, even with
its plumage in its natural form. With
its feathers pressed against its sides it
can get through very narrow space
between the bars of a parrots cage, for
example-with ease. There are in the
window a number of parrots cages in a
row. The titmouse almost flies through
these cages, stopping in each perhaps to
eat of the parrots food, but they never
molest it. Parrots that would bite at
the finger of man who should put his
hand near enough to the outside of their
cage stand back i'll fright or sheer
amazement when the little titmouse
dashes in and perches on their feed cup.
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
GENERAL ITEMS.
The New Observation Cars.

The new observation cars, Gun
dine" and "Bianca,' on trains Nos. 3
and 6, the New York and Chicago
limited trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio, are the latest ears of this pattern
from the Pullman shops. They are
magnificently furnished with splendid
ly equipped buffet, parlor, state
room and observation end. The OBJ
servation platform is a special feature.
1t is six feet deep with extended roof, the
sides being protected by large plate
glass windows. Passengers can enjoy
the magnificent scenery on all sides
in perfect comfort. The buffet is ever
ready to supply light refreshments,
and dining ears en- route serve full
meals. The cals are the handsomest
ever built by the Pullman company,
and will be run daily between Balti-
more and Pittsburg on the trains
mentioned.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
REST.

Let Us rest ourselves a bitl
Worry Wave your hand to 1t.
Kiss your finger tips and smile
1t farewell little while!
Weary of the weary way
We have come since yesterday.
Let it fret us not in dread
Of the weary way ahead.
While we yet look down-not up
To seek out the buttercup
And the daisy where they wave
Der the green home of the grave.
Let us launch us smoothly on
Listlcss pillows of the lawn
And drift out across the main
OF our childish dreams again.
Voyage off beneath the trees,
Der the fields enchanted seas,
Where the lilies are our sails
And our sea gullS nightingales.
Where no wilder storm shall beat
Than the wind that waves the wheat
And no tempests burst above
The old laughs we used to love.
Lose all troubles; gain release,
Langour and exceeding peace,
Cruising idly DER the vast
Calm midoccan of the past.
Let us rest ourselves a bit!
Worry? Wave your hand to it.
Kiss your finger tips and smile
1t farewell little whilel
james Whitcomb Riley.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
How the Witness Came to Time.

"What time was it, asked the law
yer, "when you discovered the prisoner
committing the crime?'
"Well, sub, " replied the witness, "ef
l doan disremember, hit wuz con
plantin time"
81 mean-what o'clock was it,
"Dar want no clock dar, sub. Dar
wuz a clock dar, but hit wuz one er
desc heah installment plan clocks, what
you fails ter meet de notes on, en- dey
comes en- takes hit away, en- you lose all
what you has paid"
"You blockhead, you" exclaimed
the lawyer. II ask you to tell me what
was the hour of the day"
"Well. suh," replied the witness,
"sence you SO had ter onderstan, I'll
make de matter plain fer you: Comm Ell
gwine-dis way en- dat way-long en-
short, hit wuz erbout six hours en- a
half by p'-Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Getting Ready.

Mr.. WiGgles--I ordered two dinner
sets sent home today Maria.
Mrs. Wi@gles - Two dinner sets:
Why, Joshua Wiggles, are you crazy:
What i'll the world do we want of two
more dinner sets:
Mr.. Wiggles-Why, didn't you tell
me yesterday that you were going away
next week to be gone month? l want
to have dishes enough in the house SO
that l won't have to wash any while
you are away.-SOmervill Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
THE HOUSE OF WISDOM.

Ihad not thought-ah, God had but knowni--
That this sad hour should me befall
When thou Judged the hoicst of all
Should come to be the thing must disown.
Was it not true, that April morn, thy blown
Gold hair around my hair for coronal,
Or is this trucr-thou at the outer wall,
Unroyal and with unrepentant moan?
Yet prize now this wisdom have Won
Who must always rcmcmhcr-nay, my tear
Must close mine eyes, as thou wouldst ide thy
face
If some great meteor, kindred to the sun,
Should haunt the undying stars ten million
years
To fall, some noon, dead i'll thy market place.
Francis sherman in Bookman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Accidental Death.

Il understand his death was due to
an accident, " said the man from the
east, -, e.
That's what 1T was, stranger, rei
plied the native. bill only meant to
wing him when he shot, but somebody
joggled his arm. Chicago Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09

The Whittier homestead, in Haver-
hill, Mass, is open to visitors on We'd
uesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons
on the payment of 10 cents each and on
Saturday afternoon on the payment of
cents All visitors are asked to register.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09

She--I detest man who is always
talking shop,
He-And l dislike woman who al
ways talks shopping. Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
BreyitieS.

John Weber, Eckhart, has been al
lowed an increase of pension from $6
to s per month.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Sunday Schedule.
No.

In addition No leaves Piedmont S:45 a. m. j.;
arrives Frostburg l0:44 a. m, and No. 9, leaving
FrOStburg 200 p. m, reaches Piedmont 1902 p.
m, stopping at all intermediate stations.
son theatre nights, when admission tickets
are sold by Agents to performance at theatre,
leave Cumberland at close of performance.
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
berland.
Nos. l, 2, 4, 5, s and daily except Sunday.
Nos 6 and run Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays only.
L. M. HAMILTON,
March 70 superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09

AS rule mans hair turns gray
Eve years sooner than woman's.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09

*Except Sunday. Nos As and Al carry
passengers. No. II is a local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. IA from Pitts
burg to Cumberland Nos 5 and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pittsburg. :9" Through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland.
NJ c. CLARKE
WIN NJ GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MARTIN,
Nov 20 Manager Passenger Traf flic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
WEEKDAY SCHEDULE.
Eastward

Eastward Stations. Westward.
LedUe. A1riUe
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-04-09

Public taxation is necessary incident to
all government, and the farmer will uncom-
plainingly contribute his share, where the
burden rests fairly and equitably upon all
But his duty does not end with the payment
OF the tax He is equally responsible for its
The Forrest City times., 1898-11-11
wILHELMINA'S PALACES.
Residences of the Young Qreen oi Hoiisnd-Hcr Favored Home
 n Dainty Villa.

Queen Wilhelmina's official residence Is an unpreteDtious white palace, built around small court in a narrow little street of The Hague. But more fa- vored home is the dreamlike Queens Palace in the Wood," which calls to mind the fabled abode of the Slee ping Beauty. This dainty villa is pictur- esquely located on the edge of mag nificent park just out of the Dutch capital. Lost to sight amid the rich foliage of the trees, when finally it comes into view, it dawns on the de- lighted vision like a venerable fairy palace.
 Another of Wilhelmina's residences is the hideous old royal palace at Am sterdam, built on foundation of 13.- 6So piles, and drowning gloomily from a central square of that busy city. Here it was that Hortense de Beauhar- nais, while queen of Holland, held her brilliant court with true French mag nificence. The immense ballroom in which she was wont to tread a stately measure with the gay courtiers is still S"o"h to 'iSito'>, anu d splthuid IooiH it is! We could but wonder how she. kept warm in those gorgeous but draughty apartmentsi Our jovial guide, in very doubtful lingo of mixed Dutch, French and German, proudly drew our attention to an American stove, quite lost to view in corner of the great hall. The palace is now kept open mainly as a show place. for it is inhabited during only three days of the year. At that time the two queens repair in state to Am sterdam, where they review the Dutch fleet on the Zuyder Zee.--Jeannette May Fisher, in St. Nicholas.
The Forrest City times., 1898-11-11
HINTS TO YOUNG MEN.

Going to college at 22 is not too late in life by any means. It is an excellent age. in fact, for four years course, particularly if a preparatory course has been had previous to the college en- trance.
 The best business motto I can possi- bly, think of is: Be thorough" and if a young man will carefully study all that thoroughness means he will see that it embraces every one of all the potent clements of success in business.
 The percentage of savings of ones in- come depends too much upon circum- stances to admit of any rule. Twenty per cent. is an excellent percentage to maintain, if possible, but 15 and even ten are safe. Conditions arise which make any stated percentage impossi- ble; the safest rule is to put by as much of ones income as possible.
 Insurance for young men, as have often stated, is a commendable invest ment, and no young married man should, if he can possibly do so, fail to take out an insurance policy on his life, no matter how small may be the amount of his policy. If a young man with wife and child is earning S1 ,000 year, he should with prudence be perfectly able to pay the premium on policy of $1,0oo.
 A young mans reading depends too much upon his particular tastes to ad init the suggestion of any prescribed course suited to all. If you are after general course can give you no bet ter than the following: First, the Bible; second, Shakespeare's works; third. Bancroft's History of the United States;" fourth, Emerson's works. There is not only a winters reading in these, but enough for years.
 The investment of savings is a re- sponsibility too great for any stranger to wisely advise upon. Careful finan- eiers generally advise for small invest ors the following order: The savings bank, government bonds, the bonds of large cities, the bonds and stocks of the established railroad companies, and mortgages on city real estate with ann pie margin. Naturally there is risk attached to each; perhaps the least to a good savings bank or a government bond. Three and four per cent. interests are considered very good percentages owadays.-Edward Box, in Ladies' Home Journal.