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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
WHY They Cheered.

DR.. Whewell, master of Trinity col
lege, Cambridge, was a great but un-
popular man. When he entered the sen
ate house, it was the i'll hammered prac-
tice of the undergraduates to begin q
loud and continuous whistle.
"How this originated do not know"
writes Dean Farrar in his book "Men I
Have Known. =" "There were two leg
ends about it. One was that it intimat-
ed that the master would have to whis-
tie for bishopric; the other-equally
absurd-was that when some one had
asked him how to pronounce his name
he had said, You must shape your
mouth as if you were going to whistle. ,"
But under the rough manners of the
heart, DR.. Whewell's wife died. He
had II tenderly devoted to her, and
when he attended chapel after her death
the undergraduates We're touched by al
"old man anguish and strong man S
tears
"When next he entered the senate
house, " writes Dean Farrar, "there was
dead silence, For the first time for l
know not how many years not a whis-
tie was heard, and then moment after
ward as by spontaneous impulse the
whole crowded mass of undergraduates
in the gallery burst into loud and
long continued cheer. 1t was not aston
ishing that such a proof of sympathy
should move the heart of the great mas
ter or that the tears should run down
his cheeks. do not think that he was
ever whistled at again."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14

1.-The Inner Experiences of Cabinet
Members Y lfe' is one of the most in
teresting contributions to The Ladies'
wife of !: Ca, met member writes to her
sister of o. ce seekers and of those in
the departm" "You can have no
idea" she a. onymously declares, chow
Henry cher husband) is prosecuted by
applicants for his influence with the
president or with the heads of depart
ments, He really has no influence out
side of his own department, and he is
wearing his sympathies into tatters lis
tening to tai $ Of woe. The saddest case
that has come under my own observa-
tion is that of maiden lady, fully 90
years old, who has worked in the de-
partments ever since the war. Senate
rial influence has kept her in all these
years, but now that the civil service re-
forms are being introduced she is in de-
sEair, for, although perfectly compe-
tent at her work, she never in the world
could pass one of those rigid examina-
tlons. She G. lied upon me bearing let
ter of introt. action from Mrs. Arthur
Folsom MARY Allison), who married
into one ct the old families here Idon t
know whether her family lost their
means by the war or in some other way,
but they did lose everything when she
was gay girl at the top of society in
both Alexandra and Washington She
told me about dancing i'll set of Ian
GERS opposite Abraham Lincoln, who,
though aw ward and angular in his
dancing, SEE med to enjoy it and always
had gay W rd for everybody. She says
her feeling lor MIR. Lincoln was some
thing more than respect-it was more
like adorati,n; that she has often won-
dertd if people did not feel just so to-
ward the great religious prophets who
must have spread abroad what Mr.. Lin
coin did-an atmosphere of sympathetic
kindness, trust, purity and nobility"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
PHOTOGRAPHY.
Critic WHO Says That 1t Has Lowered
tile Standard of Art.

"a SFtic W I'D says InaI III mas Lowered
tile Standard of Art.
Has photography accomplished any
thing? Yes; it has cheapened art great
ly. 1t has lowered the standard with
public that instinctively prefers the
sham and the machine made and the
microscopic. 1t has reduced thu artist
to demoralizing struggle with the
amateur simply to get his bread and
butter. In the beginning of the century
England was celebrated for its beauti-
fully illustrated books, in which the
greatest artists, engravers and printers
collaborated to produce a perfect
whole Today the place of these books
has been taken by The Strand Magazine
and The Sketch thanks to the services
of photography. In the making of books,
however, the tendency has always been
toward the survival of the cheapest, and
the cheapest-usually the newest-has
always interested artists for awhile,
though for other reasons than its cheap
ness.
Steel engravings succumbed before
wood engraving and lithography, and
they, in turn. have succumbed to the
cheapness of the process man. In many
ways until lately process was great
advance upon any other form of repro
duction. Now process block makers are
mostly photographers, who are killing
each other i'll the race for cheapness. i
do not want any one to think | would
imply that photography is not useful to
the artist On the contrary, it is, and
especially in illustration, since it pre-
serves the illustrator original design
for him. 1t enables the architect to get,
at small expense and without the trou-
BILE of going to see and draw them, bits
of detail in foreign lands, though this is
a questionable advantage The worlds
greatest architects managed very we'll
without it. One critic has said that if
photographers would turn their atten
ton to the recording of historic events,
like the jubilee, or of vanishing build
ings they could do an immense service
to art. In one way this is true, in an
other it is not.
Surely this critic would be the last to
suggest that the cinematographic pic
tures"-the whole $4,000 of them,
shown at the Empire, think-are equal
to one picture of procession by Carpac-
clio, painted centuries before we had any
photographs No doubt %, 600 artists
would be required to secure as many
views of the jubilee procession as We're
obtained by the cinematograph, and
their employment might have been too
much OF good thing. But if, say, half
a dozen accomplished artists had been
commissioned and allowed to do what
they wanted, might we not have had
record of some artistic Importance? AS
to the photographing of old buildings,
which would the architect rather have
an etching by Piranesi or photo
graph by one of the most revolutionary
Of the Salon photographers? - Joseph
Pennell in Contemporary Review.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
Wanalnaker Turned Bricks.

The early days of John Wanamaker
We're not easy by any means. When only
lad of 5years he made bricks, or, rath-
er, assisted in making them, for his bust
ness was to turn them in the sun until
they We're evenly baked For this labor
he received cents day and sometimes
cleared 10 cents week, but it must be
remembered that there were many rainy
days when the force of youthful 'work-
men" had to be laid off. Johns first
real rise to fortune was in the days
when, as office boy, he saved money
enough 81 start i'll business for himself
He worked as assistant in the Office un-
til he had climbed up to So week, and
then, seeing that he could get no more,
he bought little stock of cheap furni-
ture and started i'll to be a merchant. -
Pittsburs Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
Appendices Appendicitis.

The staff of a medical institution i'll
this city were nonplused day or two
since when they undertook to perform
an operation for appendicitis. After a
careful and minute search. among the
contents of the abdominal cavity no APP
pendix could be found There was in
fiammation and adhesions and all sorts
of trouble with other organs, but APP
pendiX there was none, and so no APP
pendicitis. This, however, is not likely
to interfere with the appendicitis busi-
ness, for there were lots of other super
f1uous things which, in the absence Of
an appendix, We're removed, and the
desired result was obtained. Portland
Oregonian.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
Human Nature In the steerare.

H. Phelps Whitmarsh writes of 1.-The
Steerage of Today" in The Century.
Mr.. Whitmarsh, who crossed the ocean
in the steerage himself, says: To me
the most noticeable thing about the life
was the ease with which the yoke of
civilization was thrown off. If COndi-
tions be favorable, l opine that large
proportion of the steerage passengers
throw back to their Darwinian ancestry
about the third day out. Away from
home, country and religious influences,
unrestrained by custom and convention
ality, bound by no laws of action and
separated from all that force of opinion
so strong in the world ashore, they let
themselves go and allow their -baser ma
lures to run riot. No sooner has the sea-
sickness left them than they growl and
snarl over their food like dogs, scram-
bling for the choice pieces and running
grow quarrelsome; their talk is lewd
and insulting; brute strength is in the
ascendant, and, without shame both
sexes show the animal side of their ma
lures. But most apparent and obnoxious
are the filthy habits into which many
of them fall. The sea seems utterly to
demoralize them. Some of them will
remain for days in their berths, where,
without changing their clothes, they
eat, sleep and are sick with the utmost
impartiality and without the blessing
of soap and water. Hence the steerage
as whole, the married quarters"
(where there were children) in particu-
lar, was i'll smelling and otherwise OBJ
jectiOnable,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14

as Ethel and Maud but different We
Mary and l, and knew that she was a
girl who would make sensible, think
ing man happy for life.
''It was a discussion of telepathy that
made me forget Maud, that is discus
sion and subsequent attempt to expert
ment. Mary didn't ask for her letters
back after Rogers wedding l told Sal
ly-she was one of the bridesmaids, and
very jolly southern girl-all about
Mary, and she said she didn't mind 1
came very near proposing to Sally, but
by this time l had become professional
as an usher and best man, and since Sal
ly there have been by actual count 33
other girls, any one of whom might
have made me happy felt after meet
ing each one of them that if l could
only keep away from weddings my hap
piness might be assured. | could marry
the last girl-that is, of course, if she
would have me, and they were all very
pathetic-and feel that was lucky
l couldn't dodge the weddings, though
"All my friends are married now,
and | have assisted in each case. 1t got
so that while l was at work | would
unconsciously begin to whistle we'd
ding march. Walking in time to it made
me slow on parade. l couldn't keep up
with my company. l have, l am glad to
say, done my duty by my friends, but it
has ruined Inc sentimentally. When l
look at that collection of scarfpins, each
enc labeled with the name of girl who
was the only one in the world for me, l
haven t the nerve to propose. | am
victim of circumstances. Now all of my
friends are married and am not likely
to march again to that familiar old
music. l have the finest collection of
fcarfpins in this city, but l am still
bachelor. Let my examples be warn
ing to all young men. New York Sun
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
A Great Awakening.

"Richard, why do you wish to stay
at home this evening? You promised
that when we were married you would
go to church with me every Sunday
evening""
"Well, my dear, have been keeping
my word.
''But this is only the third Sunday.
I think you ought to tell me frankly
why you do not wish to go. Is it that
you have ceased to love me so soon?"
"No, Susan. it isn't that at all. The
fact is, can't stand your favorite
preacher; he is too dull for me-"
"Too dull, Richard! Why, the rev.
erend gentleman is regarded as great
revivalistn'
"H IN, yes, | have noticed that there
is always great awakening after his
sermon!'
Then she began to cry, and he had to
go to pacify her.-Pearson Weekly
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
EARLY ARITHMETlCS.
Struggles of the Pilgrim Children With
One of the "R's."

struggles OF the Pilgrim Children With
One of the "R's."
Next to penmanship the colonial
school and schoolmaster took firm stand
on "ciphering. 1.-THE Bible and fig
gers is what l want my boys to know, )"
said the old farmer. l have examined
with care Wingate's Arithmetic which
was used for over century in the Wins
low family in Massachusetts,. The first
edition was printed in 1920. 1t is GER
tainly bewildering to a modern reader.
"Pythagoras-His Table" is, of course,
our multiplication table. Then comes
"The Rule of Three, "The Double
Golden Rule, - "The Rule of Fellow
ship, " ''The Rule of False" ETC., end
ing with "a collection of pleasant and
polite questions to exercise all the parts
of vulgar arithmetick -
Wingate's Arithmetic and Holder s
Arithmetic were succeeded by Pike S
Arithmetic. This had 1868 rules to
be committed to memory, and not an
explanation was given of one of them
1t is the most barren schoolbook |
have ever read. These printed arith-
metics were not in common use. Near
ly all teachers had manuscript "sum
books, - from which the scholars copied
page after page of "sums," too often
without any explanation of the process,
though there were also many and long
rules, which helped the penmanship if
they did not the mathematics. .-Chau-
tauQuan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
TO ENJOY A CIGAR.
But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sible Results.

But Few Men Ever Get the Very Best Pos
sible Results.
personal observation has taught
me, " said Cuban cigar dealer to
Star reporter, "that not one person in
hundred knows how to smoke a cigar
to enjoy it thoroughly. For instance,
most men, after buying their cigars,
stick them between their teeth and
gnaw the ends off recklessly, thereby
tearing and loosening the wrapper
Then they light their cigars and puff
away as if their very lives depended
upon finishing them in hurry. Thus
treated the finest cigar will burn irreg-
ularly, and the smoker will, nine times
out of ten, lay the blame on the cigar
The cigar may be to blame, but in most
cases the fault lies in the way it has
been handled
"After cigar has been bought the
end should be cut smoothly off by
clipper Or sharp knife. The reverse end
should then be placed in the mouth and
the cigar blown through. This removes
all the little particles of dust which
cannot be avoided i'll the manufacture
and prevents them from being inhaled
into the throat and from producing
coughing. The cigar should then be
lighted, and particular attention should
be paid to its being thoroughly ignited
all over the surface of the end Then
instead of putting away like steam en-
gine the smoker will find that three or
four putfs every minute make the best
way to enjoy the cigar. The smoke
should be kept in the mouth short
time i'll order to appreciate the flavor of
the tobacco. Then it should be emitted
slowly.
''In case one side of the cigar should
burn and leave ragged edge on the
other side it is not necessary to relight
it, as | often see many people do. a
gentle blow through the cigar toward
the lighted end will ignite the ragged
side and it will burn regularly. Smoll-
ing this way is a pleasure. 1t frets me
to see man smoking cigar who does
not know how to enjoy it, and | often
feel like giving him few words of ad-
vice and would do so We're it not for
the fear of offending him. '-Washing-
ton Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
A Veteran Talks.

When see the youngsters all keen fur fight
tSaid the veteran old and gray
An hear them talkin of how they'd smite
The dons if twere but play,
1t carries me back to the days long gone,
To the days of Old sixty one,
When yelled as loud as the rest of the crowd
An itcbcd fur to grab gun
An rush to the south in warlike way
An crush the rebellion i'll one short day
/ thought that one husky lad like me
An shot sich words from my mouth
Could lick II score of the chivalry
OF the Summery, sunny south.
l thought at the crack of Yankee gun
Or the tap of Yankee drum
With terror pale they would all turn tail
An flee from the wrath to come,
But quickly learned i'll the heated fray
That the southerners weren't built that way
l found they had fighters in the SOUTH
The same as we had up here
Who would bravely rush to the cannon S mouth
An laugh in the face of fear,
Who'd stand i'll the rain of shot an shell
An return us blow fur blow
An crowd as close to the gates of hell
As ever we dared to 90,
An the thing of cruShin rebellions got
A bigger thing than | ever thought.
An was a-thinkin the other day,
When the youngsters was talllin scrap
An how 'twould he hut a bit of play
To wipe ole Spain from the map,
That while would conquer on land or sea
An wipe the stain from our nag
The talk of it bsin picnic spree
Was the same ole warlike brag
That helped to scatter in sixty-one,
When l itcl i'll to grab a gun.
I'm older now, mn think l know
The mcanin OF bloody war,
An | amt so liiddishly keen to go
An toller the warlike star.
] ain a-whoopin as l did then,
Amt half so eager to yell,
But if Uncle Sam gifts to necdin men
That has got some fight in EN-
Well, reckon you II find the ole vets ain good
AT talkin, but lively at sawin wood.
Denver Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
An Arbitrary Fee,

Victor Smith tells this story in the
New York Press my father was an
old time lawyer. He tried little case
for his bootmaker and entered ON the
books charge of $15, the price of new
pair of boots. When the latter was de-
livered, the accompanying bill was $40
A man of any other profession would
have taken otfense at the apparent effort
to "do" him, but the lawyer smilingly
raised his fee to $40, and Mr. Smart
Aleck Bootmaker had to pay. That was
an arbitrary fee Doctors sometimes en-
JOY the privileges of it,"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD.
How a Bilious Man Gave Up His Two Cups
of Breakfast Coffee.

of Breakfast Coffee.
An east end man was advised some
time ago not to drink coffee. His doctor
told him it helped to make his liver tor
pid and his liver was doing it's best to
render life miserable for himself and all
the rest of the family.
But, no, he couldn't give up his two
cups at breakfast time. He couldn' t
make the sacrifice. Nothing could take
the place of the delicious Java and
Mocha mixed that he had learned to
love.
One day his wife suggested in mild
way that he might be just as we'll sat
listed with one of the brands of imita-
ton coffee. He almost frothed at the
mouth.
"That Internal stuffv' he cried.
"Not much. The very first gulp would
settle me. I'd like to see anybody try to
fool me with counterfeit of that sort "
He didn t notice that his wife quietly
smiled. But, strange to say, from that
time on he grew better. His bilious
tendency was greatly lessened. He felt
like new man.
One day he met the doctor.
Hello, docH' he cried. "I'm getting
better in spite of you
"Given up coffee, have you?" queried
the smiling doctor.
"Given up coffee? Not much Coffee $
all right
A few weeks later he met the man
from whom he orders his groceries.
"Hello!" quoth the grocer. How
well you are lookingp'
YES" said the convalescent, "I'm
feeling great deal better.''
"By the way" said the grocer, "you
seem to like that substitute I've been
sending you.
"What substitute?'
"Why, that substitute for coffee.
And he named one of the numerous i'm
itatiols of the fragrant berry
Never had a cup of it i'll the house, !"
said the bilious man emphatically.
"That's funny" said the grocer. 81
haven't sold your folks pound of gen
uine coffee in the last three months''
The bilious man didn't say anything
further, but his thoughts were busy.
The next morning he looked at his cup
a little suspiciously, but he drank it
without tremor. Perhaps he fancied
he detected the difference; perhaps not.
Anyway, his wife still fondly imagines
he doesn't know of the deception. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
siOOD ROADS GOSPEL.
HOW IT is SPREAD IN THE LAND OF
FINE HIGHWAYS.

New Jersey Believes In Agitatine the
Ro@ d Question and In State Aid-Stone
Highways Cheaper Than Grkyel-sad
Roads Drive People to the Cities.
: ew Jersey is famous throughout the
country for its good roads. 1t is almost
i.ually famous for the enthusiasm of
its farmers over them. They have found
that they pay. State aid to building
such roads, state organization and per-
pctual preaching of the gospel of good
roads have brought it all about. The
commissioner of public roads believes in
agitation. He keeps at it all the time.
Here are few of the arguments he
uses, taken from his fourth annual re-
port:
1t costs 91a cents per bushel to ship
wheat from Chicago to New York, a
d stance of 900 miles. 1t costs cents
huShcl to haul wheat on a level road
distance of five miles and on sandy
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
How to Wheedle a Librarian,

note that an Oxford scholar of my
acquaintance, if he wished valuable
book to be taken from the Bodleian
library into the Radcliffe reading room
that he might continue reading it after
the library was closed, used to begin by
asking leave for some unique manu-
script, and when that was refused a
book somewhat less valuable, coming
gradually down a scale and being re-
fused with less emphasis, until he
reached the book which alone he want
ed, when he would say, "At least you
can have no objection to my taking
this. "-Cornhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14

Ralph Waldo Emerson once told
good story of a friend who always car
ried in his pocket horse chestnut as a
protection against rheumatism, just the
same as other people wear shields and
other specifics. Emerson thus testifies
to the results i'll his friend S case: HE
has never had the rheumatism since he
began to carry it, and indeed it appears
10 have had retrospective operation
for he never had it before"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
THE DEACON'S OARTER MABEL.

She ism much on dress an such,
Like maidens in the city.
1t mayn't be only ies' a touch
OF goodness makes her pretty.
To keep from blushin when she speaks
Our boys, leastwise, amt able.
OF her they dream fer weeks an weeks,
The deacon's darter Mabel.
Across the aisle in church she sits
AT every Sunday mcetin,
An half the fellCrs lose their wits
Whene er she smiles a grectin.
She amt no fairy, sprito nor 20
Like those of song an fable.
She's jes' her own dear little sclf,
The deacon's darter Mabel.
You see her golden curls an swear
A halo rests above her.
There ain one of us d dare
To own how much we love her,
An, as fer dress, canned fruit that's good
Amt bettered by the label.
It's jes' the same with womanhood,
The deacon $ darter Mabel.
Roy Farrell Greene in New York Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
WHY the Blind Do Not Smoke.

A popularity about blind people is
that there is seldom one of them who
smokes. Soldiers and sailors accustomed
to smoking and who have lost their sight
in action continue to smoke for short
time, but soon give up the habit. They
say it gives them no pleasure when they
cannot see the smoke, and some have
said that they cannot taste the smoke
lnless they see it.-New York Ledger
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14
After the Battle.

$50 Jones was not elected"
"No, he was fired out.
81 wonder if he still believes office is
public trust. -
Il doubt it. He regards it more in
the light of public thrust. New
York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-05-14

Recent statistics show that the Eng
lish citizens heaviest bill after food,
rent, clothing and drink is his gas bill.
England pays 500, 600, 600 year to
the gas companies, and it is calculated
that the gas companies realize profit
of sac, 600. 600 year.