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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

of cattle have very hard work indeed to
find sufficient nourishment to sustain
life, while their grainfields are not large
or very productive.
This being the case, why should these
indians so tenaciously cling to the little
hot hamlet they have built here and re-
SGT every effort of the white man to
get them to go away?
For the best of reasons, since this arid
nook i'll the hills gives them a better
living than their brother Indians get on
the most fertile reservation in the state.
Their very name explains it all, for they
are known as the Hot Springs Indians.
Yes, out of the rocky hillside gushes
hot sulphur spring, which flows, as it
has flowed for hundreds of years,
through Il narrow ravine, on the banks
of which their little mud village is built
The water is so hot as it pours forth
and flows down the gulch that it will
blister the hand if thrust into it, and it
is so highly charged with sulphur and
other medicinal elements that it has
reputation second to onone in the country
for the cure of rheumatism and like
complaints. And so, having perceived
the virtues of this wonderful spring
many years ago and knowing from the
traditions of their ancestors that its wa
ters have cured many afflicted people,
the present Indians have erected rude
lighthouses, which they furnished with
wooden tubs and which they rent out to
patients who come from far and near
That is why it has been said that they
live in, or rather by, hot water, for their
lighthouses yield them fine annual in
come, and they are probably the richest
red men in all these parts.
Their simple huts of "adobe," or
mud brick, line the left bank of the ra-
vine in a double row. Each house con-
sists mainly of one large room, with
mud floor and roof of thatch, at one end
a huge fireplace and at the other big
bed the space between being filled up
with all sorts of household furnishings
Some of the Indians have separate
houses, which they rent to white pa
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
knights and Ladies of Honor.

The propagating committee of the SUI
prcmc lodge has decided to continue the
premium offers for new relief members as
follows: From Is to 20 years of ago inclu-
sive, $3 EACH from 30 to 81, 81. 50 from
% to 80, 81. These offers remain in force
until Dec. 81.
Never in the history of the order in St.
Louis have there prevailed so much har-
mony and enthusiasm among its member
ship. The grand lodge officers are in a
great measure Instrumental in accomplish
ing these favorable conditions, and are re-
ceiving the support and operation of the
membCrship.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Adventure With Burglars.

OF late several burglaries have been
committed i'll the neighborhood in which
Mr. James Simpson lives, and, of
course, the folks are not a little alarmed.
In Simpsons row alone enough firearms
and ammunition have been collected to
conduct very fair sized war with
Mexico, and Simpson particularly has
bought "a whole army of weapons and
loaded them to the muzzle Simpsons
brother-in-l George Washington
Bu,id, commonly known as Wash, lives
with him, and for weeks past Wash,
upon going to bed, has made such Il
preparation and display of various kinds
of engines Of destruction that locker on
might have concluded that his purpose
was to conduct kind of battle of Get
tysburg Oh his own responsibility.
The other night Wash, after recap.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
Identification Meetings Are Popular In
New YOrk-NOtes

luentlncatlon meetings Are popular In
New YOrk-Notes.
Identification meetings are the source
of much interest just now in New York
Knights of Honor circles. These meetings
are got up for the purpose of bringing
every mcmhcr to the lodgcroom, where ho
can be seen and recognized by other mem
bcrs. Inability to properly identify Il mcm-
Der after his dCceaSc has caused much en-
barrassmcnt and delay, and has been
known to postpone indefinitely the pay
ment of death benefits.
From all parts of the country come re-
ports OF an increased interest in the order
on the parc of members and promises of il
large increase i'll membership.
One regular assessment month under
the present system is paying death claims
nicely.
Only five more special assessments to
pay.
The Directory Circular" recently is
sueti by Grand Reporter John Mulligan of
New York, is IA very useful document. 1t
tells you who the grand lodge officers are;
also members of grand lodge standing
committees, and II roll of all the lodges of
the state, with the names and addresses of
their reporters.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
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ODD FELLOWS.
Biennial Sessions of All the Glant. Bodies.
Triple Link Notes.

Triple Link Notes.
The grand lodge of the German empire
holds biennial sessions. 1t is now about
time that some of our American grand
lodges should awaken to an appreciation
of the fact that the interests of subordi-
nate lodges and that of the entire order
would be best served by holding biennial
instead of annual sessions of all grand and
sovereign grand bodies Subordinate
lodges should instruct by resolution their
representatives to agitatc for this as one
of many needed economic measures.-Phil-
adelphia Press
Grand Representative E. s. Conway of
Illinois is chairman of the general finance
committee of the sovereign grand lodge;
also chairman of the subcommittee on
finance.
Bro. h. w. Folts of Atlanta is to be con-
graduated on being appointed as postmas-
ter of his city.
The sovereign grand lodge at IT'S last
session was composed of AZ lawyers, 10
physicians, 2l merchants, bankers, 3
clcrgymcn, l3 editors and printers, and
two or more farmers, builders, mechanics,
blacksmiths painters and almost every
trade and profession.
Stop saying mean things about broth
er. Ii he has done wrong, the world will
be quick enough to condemn him.
The minimum initiation fee i'll Oregon
is Sc and So for each degree
The cantons may now assist at the in
stallation of encanpment officers.
Start the fires in the morning. Don t
let Rebekah do it.
An Odd Fellow is not forbidden by law
to ask an outsider to join the order.
The Bible is an integral part of the lodge
working tools, but it is not necessary to
have it open.
If the lodge has loaned its funds to ono
of its members who is unable to pay tho
same, it is not i'll keeping with the spirit
of the order to retain benefits due him,
which he may be in great need of.
A lodge does not need IA dispensation
from the grand master to wear regalia at
the funeral of Il deceased brother.
A member in arrears more than 13 weeks
is not eligible to hold an elective or ap-
pointive office.
he zeal and enthusiasm shown by Re
bckahs will prove a lasting blessing to the
order which they represent.
The Illinois grand secretary's report
shows dropping off in the members of
subordinate lodges for the year ending
March 81, 1897, for nonpayment of dues of
3,Oo4 and in Rebckah lodges 3,249 The
number of lodges in the state is S61
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Protect the Children.

Mark Twain, in speaking of the
German language a few weeks ago in
Vienna. said that
1t ought to be forbidden by act of Paria-
ment to construct one sentence of ll2 words
with seven parentheses and seven subjects
And Congress might take up the
matter also.
This thing of man with a smatter-
ing Of German undertaking to write
English ''in public is unbearable.
Something like the Frostburg ordi-
nance prohibiting cows at large would
do.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

Electrical ExnOrta.

Electrical exports from this country
are steadily increasing, and one largo
company with its factory in a central
state reports recent orders for is COM
plete street railway equipments and
fully 16, 600 horsepower in railway mo-
tors, besides orders for lighting ma
chinery and railway generators alone.
These orders came from England,
France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Por-
tugal, Japan, South America and even
Africa. News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15


tients, and when these are all filled they
quarter upon each other and give up
their own dwellings to the sick ones.
They do not do this from any inclina-
ton of hospitality, however, but charge
-four bits, - or 80 cents, for a lodging
and 1.-TWO bits or 25 cents, for each
meal, the latter being furnished in
small board shanty run by an enterpris-
ing red man.
Perhaps it should be said, though,
that the whole business is in the hands
of the women, for they do all the work
of cooking, making the beds, renovating
the mattresses and linen and providing
the towels and baths, while Mr.. "Lo'
merely stands about lazily or loafs in
the sun-and collects the fees Although
no longer wild and dependent upon the
chase for living, still Mr. and Mrs.
''Lo" remember the ancestral traditions,
one of which is that the woman is the
servant and the man her lord and master
But they seem reconciled to this ar
rangement, and there is never any dis
sension about the division of the spoils
The whole community shares in the
benefits derived from the spring, and the
receipts are equally divided And these
receipts are not small by any means,
for, though they charge only 1.-TWO bits"
for bath, yet they have many visitors,
and the tubs are kept filled from morn
ing till night. Not only do the white
people rent huts and set up housekeep-
ing here, but bring tents and provisions
and camp out. In fact, they look upon
this benetcent creation, the sulphur
spring, as the poor mans sanitarium
and hope for their own sakes that it
will never be taken from the Indians so
long as they dispense the waters so wise
ly and at so low price.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Our FliDpanI Age.

With all our boasted scientific progress,
electrical energy is still as great mystery as
it was to the ancents
And yet we make light of it-Chicago
JOuiWal
And here in Frostburg, with all our
boasted cuteness, our ancentS in the
Town Council permit the moderns to
make long contract of a mystery"
that may any day become so per cent.
cheaper.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
The Modern Steamer,

The maze Of rigging and ropes has
largely disappeared from our ocean 60
ing craft, but it has been replaced by a
maze of wires and piping below the
deck. The modern steamer is not SIM
pier than the sailing ship.-American
MaChinisk
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Accidental Authorship

The editor happens to be the author of the
matter not otherwise accredited in this issue
OF the formm may contain slight evidence
here and there that we are able to take care of
ourselves in battle of words.-Fol7um.
When the editor does not "happen
to be the author" of accredited matter,
it is presumed with equal force that he
is no, able to take care" of himself.
Looking at the Forum from that
standpoint, it is evident from the
amount of unsigned disability it dis
plays that it needs soldiers home -
and needs it bad.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Probably a German General

Ge"erat (to soldier)-Why is the blade OF
the sabre curved instead of straight?
High Pri0ats-Itis is curved to give more force
to the blow.
Ge"erat-Hnmbug! The sabre is curved
in order to make it fit the scabbard If ii
was straight, how in thunder would YOU get
it into the curved scabbard. block head?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
TOWN AND VICINITY.
"One Head Can't Hold it ALL"

In a pretty large experience | have not
found the men who write books superior in
wit or learning to those who don't write at
all. In regard to mere information, non
writers must often be superior to writers.
You don't expect lawyer in full practice to
be conversant with all kinds of literature he
is too busy with his law; and so writer is
commonly too busy with his own books to
be able to bestow attention on the works of
other people.-7hacheray.
The distinguished author quoted
must have been wrong, for there is a
literary dude in town who thinks that
anybody who doesn't know his Ger
man friend, George Ebers. is stranger
"f the deepest dye.
There was a time, however, when
this same man didn't know Lee
Fairchid.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

A FEARFUL AND DESPERATE STRUGGLE.
to the bedroom and slammed the door.
Then George Washington Budd went
sadly up stairs, disgorging his murder
Gus apparatus, locked his bowie knife
i'll his trunk and went to bed.
Both combatants swore secrecy, but
Simpson couldn't help telling his wife,
and she spread it, u course, and so here
it is. Max Adler
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
Could you git me Job down daro


There are times when the Cumber-
land Courier becomes too lugubrious.
For instance
General Fairchild doesn seem to be mash
ed on the republican county committee,
nlther does his heart go forth to the Duke
and as for the Dana of Allegany journalism
the general seems to love him not little bit.
Too bad Too bad
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
The Game is Safe.

1t is Sheriff Casey now. Let no guilty man
escape, Casey.-Forum.
Which, being literally interpreted,
means "Casey's at the bat"
But Bob didn't need that Injunction.
He is not the sort of batsman that
"strikes Out.r
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
ArriVe.

In addition No. leaves Piedmont S:i5 Il. IN. :;
arrives Frostburg lO:4i Il. M, and No. s, leaving
Frostburg 200 p. m, reaches Piedmont 302 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
berand.
Nos. l, 2, B. 4, ! and sdaily except Sunday
Nos. and Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days only.
L. NJ. HAMILTON,
Nov 20 Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
"NOthin' Pertickler" "

Say, Mr.. Campbell, is you gwine ter
de legislator
Yes.
Could you git me job down daro
| don't know. What would YOU
want to do
Oh nuttin' much, suh-same as de
yuther legislators
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

*Except Sunday. Nos 46 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
Plttsburg. t4y Through tickets, east and
west, for sale at Cumberland
NJ. C. CLARKE,
VIM. NJ. GREENE, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. d. b. MARTIN,
Nov 20 Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
NJ Office

A LII persons are hereby warned against
"A; shooting, or trespassing for the purpose
cleared lands of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany, except the rifle range of the Frostburg
Rifle Association.
Persons disregarding this notice will be
prosecuted. B. S. RANDOLPH,
March 3, Mining Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
ACknOWledT

The copy of the Proceedings of the
Fifth Annual Convention" of the
Maryland State Firemen's Associa
tion.' sent the JOURNAL by the courte-
Gus secretary of that body, is neat
pamphlet of over 10 pages. Among
the portraits is one of Charles H..
Hamill, chairman of auditing COM
mirtee. In the tabular report Frost
burg Is given "a population of 5000,
has both bell and whistle fire alarms,
allows 5000 annually to fire depart
ment and furnishes 1G7 pounds water
pressure-about 10 pounds more than
any other town in the State. One fire
was reported for last year.
I'VE" and 81"
Thus "c have set for the commercial phase
of the question.-Forum
| cannot even initiate a parrot.-Uid.
Both quotations are taken from the
editorial columns of the Forum-taken,
reproduced and attention thereto in
vited because its readers ought to
know whether the first person plural,
when used, is chorus. duet, trio or
quartet?
And whether the first person singu-
lar is always Il solo rendition of the
negative force which runs a paper
that is paper
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15
THE OLD HUMORISTS.
THE ELDERLY NAVAL MANS YARN OF
THE NANCY BELL.

James Simpson, George Washington sudd
and Their Remarkable Adventure With
Burglars in Simpsons Home-A Fearful
and Desperate Struggle In the Dark
From ''The Bah Ballads. y
Twas on the shores that round our coast
From Deal o Ramsgate span
That found alone, piece of stone,
An elderly naval man.
His hair was weedy, his beard was long,
And wecGy and long was he,
And heard this wight on the shore recite
In singular minor key:
"Oh am u cook and captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a bos'n tight and a midshipmte
And the crew of the captain gig!"
And he shook his fists and he tore his hair,
Till really felt afraid,
For couldn't help thinking the man had
been drinking,
And so simply said;
"Oh, elderly gan, it's little know
Of the dutiS of men Of the sea,
And I'll eat my hand if l understand
How you can possibly be
cat once cook and a captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig
And hos'n tight and midshpmite
And the crew of the captain gig!'
Then he gave a hitch to his trousers, which
Is a triNk all seamen larn,
And having got rid of humping quid,
He spun this painful yarn
Twas i'll the good ship Nancy Bell
That sailed to the Indian sea,
And there on reef we come to grief
Which has often occurred to me.
"And pretty nigh all O. the crew was
drowned
tThcre was seventy y-seven o. souD,
And only ten of the Nancy's men
Said 'Hpret' IN the muStar roll
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-01-15

Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Eastward. Stations. Westward
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-23
WILD WITH EXCITEMENT
A Mountain Of Ore Running So.
600 q Ton in Gold.
FOUND BY SCOOP" LLOYD
The Richest Kind Of . Strike Reported
on the Blackfoet observation-disclosures
Paying Claims "A Ten-Foot
Vein Of Coal.

Great Falls, June PA report from
st. Marys. the new town on the Black
feet reservation, says that camp has
element by the return Of Scoop" Lloyd
from Kennedy creek with samples of
ore that promise to run between $4,000
and 5000 to the ton In gold. No assay
has been mad of it as yet. for there has
not been sufficient time. Lloyd claims
likely that the whole camp will be out
prospecting for that mountain by this
time.
A number of claims have been taken
up and some of them are promising.
The Melrose. a group of eight claims at
the Narrows, is reported to be a paying
proposition, and Messrs. T. c. Power,
Ira Myers. Joe Kipp, Ed Garrett and
others have 160 acres Of placer land in
the same locality which Is believed to be
all right. Brayerton and Smith ave so
acres Of placer on Cottonwood river that
pans about 20 cents The following To-
cations have been made recently: The
Wonder. by Scoop Lloyd. runs $44 in
gold, IS in silver and IL per cent. cop
per; two placer claims, located by Low
ry and Lloyd, runs about is cents to
the pans: the Black Diamond and Black
Chief. by Charley Riar. Mark Brayer-
ton, John A.. Kennedy and John A.
Smith, are two leads 40 feet wide. To-
Gated on the Bulls Head lead, n run
20 per cent. copper, 50 gold and some
silver; the Helena placer claim pans
about Is cents (the townsite of st.
Marys is on this claim; the Good Hope
. and Purple Plum. located by T. c. Will
son. Joe Kipp and T. c. Power. and the
Buck Shot,. by the same parties, are
copper and gold propositions: Hold
Names claim runs 10 per cent. copper,
10 ounces silver and some gold; Riar,
Boucher, Stubs n Wittmeir of Helena
and others are engaged in taking out
a ditch from Divide creek for use on
their placers.
A 10-foot vein of coal has been found
about two miles above town on Divide
creek, and Ed Lowry, an old coal miner,
well known In Great Falls and Belt, re-
ports 1t Of excellent quality. Williams
Bros. and Burns and Adam and Thomp-
son have located some of this coal land,
which, It is expected, will induce the
Great Northern to build here at ar early
date.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-23
Financial C~abiegram.

New York. June 22-The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: The
stock markets here were quiet. dull and
featureless. Improvement In Brazils con-
tinues. Spanish Is were fiat. IL II under
stood that coupons held by residents In
Spain are not to be sold on a gold basis.
This leads to selling on Spanish account.
Americans were quiet and dull, closing a
shade above the worst. New York selling
Of Baltimore & ONO was the feature. Ca
madam Pacific and Grand Trunk were
good. The rate war In said to be settled.
The money rate here is still easier to-day.
II is an even chance whether the bank
rate will or will not be reduced to-mor-
row. The fact that a new Indian loan II
long.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-23
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Daily Record of Commercial and
Financial Proceedin0s.
NEW YORK STOCK REPORT
Digest Of Exchange News-Mining Stocks
Metal Quotations-wool Prices and
Aovements-Grain and Pro-
duce-Review OF Trade.

New York. June 22.-The action Of the
stock market to-day indicated the with
drawal OF the outside public from specu-
lation pending DEFINITE news regarding op-
erations of the American forces at San
tiago and Manila. and until the effects of
the new revenue law and the government
loan are known. The professional opera
tors were unable to advance or depress
prices in any marked degree.
London operated on both sides Of the
market in Baltimore & Ohio and was q
purchaser OF st. Paul. The weakness In
Sugar. ascribed to prospective annexation
Of Hawaii. was a feature.
The bears had everything their own way
in this speciality and were successful In
forcing out round amounts of stock which
carried the price down ~ per cent to
$l2s%. The succeeding operations were
accompanied with considerable Irregular
ity. rallies of q point or whereabouts &C.
curing frequently, but the evident lack
OF inside support encouraged fresh dem
onstrations by the traders at every rise.
the stock closing within y per cent. OF
the lowest.
The feverishness OF this security per-
meated the general market for a time.
but the marked reluctance of the stand
ard shares to succumb to bear pressure.
coupled with some favorable trafic state
ments. stimulated covering in the granger
group. which carried these properties
above the level of yesterdays close.
The action OF the Lake Shore directors
increasing the s~emi-annual dividend to
3ia per cent. was also q c~ontributory fac
tor in the late strength In tho railways.
Baltimore & Ohio suffered q loss of ga
points on liquidation, Influenced by the
drastic nature Of the reorganization plan.
The balance of the list was without fea-
ture and comparatively prices show ex-
ceedingly light changes In either direc-
tion except I'm isolated cases.
Transactions In bonds were on q large
scale and prices OF the leading specula-
tive issues registered gains all round.
with Union Pacific and Atchison liens un-
usually heavy. The general speculation
exhibited a strong tone and furnished
ample evidence that large amounts Of
capital were seeking investment in sta
BILE securities at rernunerative rates. The
aggregate sales were 81. 131. 900.
Government bonds were easy In tone,
the old as registered ruling u per cent.
lower.