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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-26
Concerning Feet.

Daniel Webster Snyder, retained on
the staff of the Cumberland Times with
the rank of major, is resting under the
suspicion of being the author of the
verses below:
That Frostburg wants the Normal School,
And Frostburg wants it badly,
But Cumberland, Oakland and Hagerstown-
They need it Just as sadly.
This is stated not with pleasure,
Nor stated quite complete,
Because this rhyme is measured
By Frostburg maiden's feet.
How is it about that girl in south
Cumberland who thinks of buying a
gas engine to reduce her feet as we'll as
flesh by high-speed massage And
that if that does not do the work she
thinks of getting out and running
several hours every day for month
one car length behind an express train ?
What Next?
First get the new Normal School for ALLIE
gany county and then let the people of the
county peaceably agree among themselves,
through proper representation as to the most
suitable place, all things considered, at which
to locate Northumberland AUeganiam.
''The people of the county" have
been "peaceably" paying Cumberland
taxes these many years-so many, in
deed, that, like the pickpocket, if there
is anything Cumberland loves more
than everything else when there is a
jewel within reach, it is "peace.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-02-26
-TIE
Hardware Clerks Love.Letter.

DEAR BELL:*
love you MOWER each day;
Of Anvil the girls you my PICK:
Aud if ever have my way,
You may be sure I'll STEEL you quick.
When first | SAW your golden LOCKS,
The KEYS to which | held in part,
hoped | could with TACKLE BLOCKS
Draw you more closely to my heart.
Conid in my REPEATING ARMS
But CLASP you, little maid divine,
I'd BOLT you there with all your charms
And 3IvET your sweet lips to mine
I'd CHAIN your hearts door fast and fair
And NAIL the HINGES on with bliss.
really love you "on the SQUARE:'
You'll find no greater love than this.
SO now III SCREW my courage up
And AXE you if my name will fit.
If so, you're just the needed cup
Of PUNCH to BRACE me up BIT.
So come ght and we will FILE
The papers, dearest little PLUME;
I'll meet you at the outer stile-
Just WIRE me if you can NUT come.
Your adjustable JACK.
*Same pronunciation as "BEALT."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
a MAIDEN's SONG.

"r,be love that Is born in the early
morn,
VIII fade ere the day is spent;
love given unsoueht with anguish Is
fraught;
T-nrequited love must repent"
So a maiden sang. aud the refrain
rang
A maiden sang by my side
Still she seems to sing, the echoes. to
ring.
While her fancles deride.
"Pray tell me. fair maid, wherefore you
have laid
Great stress on your precepts vain.
And tell me how you can believe them
true,
And my love for you disdaln."
III 1 saye YOU my hand without my
heart
Would l then be truly timer"
AVE. my own sweetheart. till death do
us part.
II you Will only be mine"
"The love that is born in the golden
morn,
Is not like the morning sheen;
II lasts through the morn. and ii out
lives scOrn-
Though other loves come between"
Thus she changed her song; the echoes
prOlOng,
Though she sang so long ago;
She gave me her heart TIL death do US
part.
And our lives together flow.
WILL FARRAND FELCH.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

lookers-on, and many we're ahead OF
the soldiers IN the pursuit. AS they
had a considerable circuit to make be-
fore they could even see the scene OF
our operations, we had time for a good
start, and made the most OF it. We
had made straight for our boat. which
we had taken care to have all ready
for a start on the instant. the oars be-
ing peaked IN the rowlocks, and boy
left in her to keep her of from the
landing place. He did his duty, like
all the rest: and each man. dropping
upon his own thwart as he arrived. a
vigorous shove sent her well under
headway before the how.ing crowd Of
pursuers reached the water side
"'Give way, my lads!' said the second
mate. wild with excitement.
1.-The captain will have to give NE
up again, if you take me aboard, said
the condemned man.
mot hel The foretopsail is loosed
now and he got his clearance papers
last night. Well be urder way for
home before these Cholos get their
eyes fairly openl
THE firing platoon at this moment
turned a corner, coming * a double
quick pace. They rushed, all out Of
breath, down the pier, ard brought
their muskets to a ready at the order
OF a little bewhiskered officer whose
voice. jerking out Spanish oaths.
seemed the most formidable part Of
him.
But we had already safe ofiing,
and their bullets ratified harmlessly in
the water on either side Of us. Several
other scattering shots followed, but
equally impotent as the first ones, for
we had not lost a stroke in our pulling,
and the oars were doing their best iI
the nervous grasp Of trained whale
men.
THE Marion was already casting her
head seaward when we shot alongside;
and as the head-yards were braced full,
she gathered rapid headway. Never
was canvas handled quicker in making
sail than II was that morning by us.
Two or three boats were seen TO push
out in pursuit; but they might as we'll
have saved their labor, and given up
the chase as soon as the sun showed at
what rate we were leaving them astern.
THAT was the nearest that | ever
came to running away from ship; for
,.o, may he sure the lesson was not
lost upon me. think Tom Babson al
wavs gave the whole Spanish Main
wide berth afterward. He would not
even venture round the Western Horn
again. but shipped for an Indian voy-
age as soon as we arrived in England
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
Vegetarian crocesiIe..

A report by George Hoare. one OF
the officials OF the British Central At
rica Protectorate. summarized In the
local gazette. contains some curious
details Of the cIocodiles Of Lake
Chiuta. They would seem to be strict
vegetarians, for net only have they
never been known 70 attack the men
fishing in the lake, but their tracks
we're shown by tie natives to the
writer at a distance Of several miles
from its shores, whence they are said
to travel overland in search OF roots.
This is contrary to the habits OF all
known species Of crocodiles, which are,
in the first place, purely carnivorous,
and, in the second. so helpless on land
from their inability 70 turn, except in
large circle, that they never leave the
immediate vicinity OF their watery or
muddy home. ENcrts will according
ly be made to obtain a specimen OF
this abnormal tyre Of the formidable
amphibian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
Mr.. MIlIsap's Bill.

The travelling man who had been
royalty entertained by the prosperous
farmer in the outskirts OF the little
town. where the only hotel had burned
down a few days before, was little
uncertain when about to depart wheth-
er he should simply return his thanks
or risk offending his host by Offering
pay.
."You have placed me under great
obligations. Mr.. Millsaps," he said;
when come in from a trip OF this
kind I am accustomed to turning in an
expense account, and it seems to me l
ought to have put down in it some
thing pretty handsome for the excellent
entertainment l have had at your
house"
"You can turn in what you durn
ulease." replied Mr. Millsaps. MY
bill will be s1s"--Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

When Bismarck was Prussian Am
bassador at Frankfort, an interesting
incident occurred to him. At that mo-
ment he lodged in the house Of mer-
chant who detestsd the Prussians.
Bismarck asked the landlord to put a
bell in his room. The latter replied
that it was not in the house, and that
IL he wanted one he would have TO put
il up himself. A few days afI
whole house was suddenly aroused by a
pistol shot fired in the room. The
landlord rushed into the apartment
out Of breath and found the ambsssa-
dor quietly smoking large pipe. seat
ed in front Of a pile Of documents. On
the table was the pistol which he had
iust fired.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
Dewey Day in Montpelier, VT

When Dewey day was celebrated In
Moutuelier. VT, the birthplace OF that
hero. the staid old place took on an un-
accustomed look OF hilarity and liyeli-
ness.
As the order had gone forth from
"headquarters" that no arrests Tor
drunkenness were to be made that day,
the inhabitants OF the Temperance
town" felt that they could be real
deyilish" for once, and the drug stores
sold dozens Of bottles OF Jamaica gin
ger. the favorite tipple in a state where
the sale of anything stronger than ci-
der three weeks old is prohibited by
law.
The schoolhouse where Dewey went
to school is still standing on one OF
the streets Of Montpelier. 1t has been
through many vicissitudes, has been a
public school, parochial school, and
is now a tenement house.
On Dewey day every window had a
flag in IT, and the old building was COW
cred with bunting and glory.
Early in the morning a man was seen
coming down the principal street of the
town carrying a long piece Of canvas
under his arm. Something in his man
ner which was at once mysterious and
important reused the curiosity Of the
reporter, who asked him where he was
going.
"To the Dewey schoolhouse," an
swered the man. Were going to put
this on the front.
He then unrolled the canvas, which
bore this legend in huge black letters:
Here's where his young ideas were
taught to Shoot"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

There is a great store Of iron at
Elizayetpol, but it is so heavily associ-
ated with titanium, and this is so ex-
pensiye TO cast off. that 10 is not beliey-
ed it can be prontabiy worked. AFrench
engineer who studied tie Caucasus
products, said that this ore is OF so
little value that mountains Of ii in the
United States are considered worthless,
and passed over by capital. In order
to work it at all, coke Is Necessary, and
there is no coking coai In the region.
A Russian engineer. Interested in de-
yeloping the country. 2ys that a coal
that will produce coke has been found
at a place thirty ge-s from Kotais,
but this has yet to be demonstrated.
Kotais, by the way. is the place 10
which the Argonauts came, and whence
they brought back The Gc. ms head,
with its flaming owes. is Lair Of snakes
and its appearance or tsar.ul ferocity
the whole being syl3oucal Of the
feyer-producing climate and fierce wild
beasts which still render the locality
one to be avoided. The coal, which
perhaps gave flame to the Gorgon's
eyes, is in character something between
Ignite and anthracite-a high grade Of
Ignite.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
Bombardment Statistics.

Here are some official statistics 10
prove that a bombardment is not such
a terrible thing after all. In 1901
the bonbardment OF Bslfort lasted
seventy-three days. during vAleh o.
453 projectiles fell within the city. and
there were but sixty victims killed or
fatally wounded. At StrasburE, dur
ing the siege OF thirty-eight days. the
Germans fired upon the city. mostly at
close range, l93,722 shells. with a rec
ord Of only goo victims. Finally, at
Paris, where the bombardment lasted
only twenty-three days. 10000 siege
shells we're thrown, killing and wound
ing 1O7 persons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
THE YUCCA PLANT.
Has a Great Future Before IL II Palms
Are Taken 20 Develop IL. -

Has a Great Future Before It II Pains
Are Taken 10 Develop II. -
The great staple Of Venezuela is cof-
fee; but, as the prices are now very
low, it might be well II farmers would
turn their attention 10 other plants
which give a more lucrative return.
The yucca appears to have great fu-
ture before it.
This is a very productive plant, and,
although well known in Venezuela, no
one has yet taken especial pains to de-
volop it. One hectare (2.47l acres) OF
land upon which yucca is grown will
produce $50 quintals (15.00o pounds)
Of starch, or 200 quintals 10000
pounds) Of tapioca. The plant Is easi-
ly and cheaply cultivated. II will
stand bad weather, and the dry season
does not affect it. 1t can be raised on
any soil. The yucca will thrive In the
same soil with peas, corn and beans,
and ground so utilized becomes far
more remuneratiye than land planted
in coffee. One hectare OF titled sell
will produce l 600 coffee plants. Allow
ing the maximum yield Of coffee per
plant, a hectare will produce Quintals
OF coffee. On the same ground the
yucca will yield $50 quintals Of starch,
exclusive Of the other crops. from the
same soil. These other crops Will ag-
gregate u bushels Of corn, II bushels
of peas, and Y bushels Of beans. This
will make lard in which the yucca is
planted from six TO seven times as re-
muneratiye as when planted in coffee.
Means OF cultivation are primitive.
Ploughs and other modern American
farming implements are almost un-
known there.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
CA@EORlA-
Two Pointed Questions Answered.

WHAT is the use OF making a better
article than your competitor il you can
not get a better price for itY
Ans AS there is no difference in the
nrice the public will buy only the bet
Ter. so that while our profits may be
smallcron a single sale they will be
much greater in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
vonr make i. the best?
II both articles are brought promi-
nently before the public both are certain
70 be tried and the public will very
quickly pass judgment on them and use
only the better one.
This explains the large sale on Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy. The people
have been using il for years and hay,
found that it can always be depended
upon. They may occasionally take ar
v ifh some fashionable novelty put forti
" ith exaggerated claims, but are certain
10 return to the one remedy that they
know to be reliable, aud for ccns'sS,
colds and Group there il notllerf
10 Chamberlain's Cough Racn
sac by l.. Il Irwin.
n<t.Du ~ 10
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

No sovereign OF tie United Kingdom
was ever crowned ia Ireland, but
double coronations OF EneAsh mon
archs have not been 'nireQuent. hanry.
II. was crowned at Westminster. apd
again at Worcester: Henry TTK at
Gloucester and Westminster. and Hen
ry VI. at Paris and Westminster.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
searchIights In Balloons.

Russia is experimenting with giant
searchlights mounted in balloons and
containing electric burners connected
with dynamos upon the ground. The
largest Of these yet reported is Of 5000
candle-power. At a distance Of only
600 yards above the earth it will illum-
mate a circular area 500 yards in diam
eter to the brightness OF the day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
Relief I'm Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease
relieved in six hours by New Great
South American Kidney Cure II is a
great surprise on account of its exceed
ing pIomptness in relieving palm in
blades. kidneys and back, in male ol
female. Relieves retention Cf water al
most Immediately. II you want quick
relief and cure this is the remedy. sold
by B. Schmitt, Druggist Woodstock
Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
EverN body says go.

Cascnrets Candy Cathar,c the mos war
lerful medical discovery Of the age peas
ant and refreshing to the TASTE act gently
and positively on kidneys. liver and bowels
.lcansing tie entire syshm. dlspcl .Olds
.urc healachc fever. hahl'nal CONSTIPATION
AMI biiiousncss. Please bay and try bo1
1fC.C.C tn-lav; 10. -. 20 ccn'S. sold aB0
yrnranteen n ciire 10y ull dru gisis
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

i like to meet those long haired
literary men, Way They al
ways have more sense than yUl
expect to mud after looking 1T
them.'-ChicagO News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

Teacher-'Whl did the NDr
mans and SAxons fight at Fl
lngsr Pnpil-'Tba1s where they
happened to meet, mA'dm'-Pdck
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

More than 400 kinds Of extinct life.
including insects. reptiles. plants, shell,
fruit, ETC.. have been found in amber.
In one collection, which is valued at
$500 900, is a perfect lizard. eight inch
es long.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

The culver Of the aspen leaves is due
to the fact Of the leaf stalk being nat
on the sides and so thin about the mid-
die that the slightest breath Of wind
sets all the leaves to wageIns horizon
fallv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your lie away.
To Quit tobacco easily and forever be maj
retic. full OF lie ner-e and vigor, take So-To
l,ac. the wonder worker, that makes weak mol
;trong Al druggists SOC or 81. Cure yuaran
eed Booklet and sample free Addrcs
..erline Remedy co Chicaao ~ New York
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

The pupil Of the aye Ia 50 called be-
cause when looking Ia II very small
image OF the observer may be seen.
hence the term from the Latin. pupil
lus." or little pupil.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

The difference between fur and hair
lies in the fact that hair lies fiat on the
skin and fur does not. Few know this.
Burrowing animals are always covered
with fur, for Il does not 50 easily be-
come soiled By the earth as hair.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

In the fourteenth century sxmsr ~
came so heavy that n<ny soldiers ON
thirty years old were ceformed Or per-
nAnentiy disabled ~ It's weight
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

ling aud the forty.One men com
D ,Sil < the Davis q ard-. under
their conn and, for their daiin
gallant and successful te!enSe OF
SABINE Pass, Trxas, against ;le
attack made l'y the eremy on The
Sth Of September last, with a hea
of FIVE gunboats and twenty two
s'eam transports. carr,jug a land
TO ce OF $4,000 men.
Resolved, That this defense, re-.
sultlug, uud,r the piovidtncc Of
God; in the defeat Of the euemt ,
the capture Of Two guuboats, with
more than 800 prisoners, including
The commander Of HE fl, ct; Il g
gripping of thiId guuboat, n e
dispersion of the transports auu
preventing the INVASION of Texas.
constitutes, IN the opinion If Cor
eress, one of the NEST brilliant and
heroic achievements IN the history
of this wal, aud entities the Davis
Guards 10 Tie gratitude and ad-
mlratlon of heir country.
Resolved, That the President e
requested 10 communicate the
foregoing resolutions t. Captain
Odlum, Lieutenant Dovhrg aud
the men under their command.
Approved February 3, 1864.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

One of our most eminent scientists
has lately succeeded in taking no fewer
than 1000 photographs entirely in
darkness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

She-'You used to say | was
pretty. Have 1 changed?' He
son, no; bat have Truth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09
In GREAT Britain,

About 1900 tons Of iron and brass
wire are yearly manufactured in Brit
ain into pins.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

She-Bsfore We were mari ed
yon declared that Aou wouid 20
60 The ends Of The world 10 make
me happy.
He-Well, What If didl
She-I wish YOU would 90 now,
| dOn't know ANYTHING Blse that
would make me harpyl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

These are facts thar are recorded
officially and there is no reason
under heaven why we of the NoIth
should pot at This day, at leasl,
give credit to the beAvery of on
erIlng brethren of the South. j
they were courageous it was al
exhibition OF American courage "A
inheritance to men OF both tht
North aud the South; aud there i
no reason Why histories Of the
AmeIic rebellion should be sileni
upon The conflict of S,Jine Pass.
even if it does tell a tale of Temp
rdry discontinue to the Uulon
armS.-MEGARGEE in the Phlla
delphia Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

WASHINGTON. ID. Z.
Solicit shipments Of every markat"blc
oanc.-no matter what-of the Farm
nsiry. Poultry aud stock Yard. Sblp-
uers paid daily the highest wholesale
prices oo .hi. a...,ats,o
o.s.,ol experience Is guarantee of our
Tnslues. ability to handle shipments
satisfactorhy. 49,.
Ret.r to proprietor Of HERALD and Citi-
.onJ National Bank of Washington CT
ID. G.
Mar. 20 IS Tyr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

DR.. Cady'S Condition PoWdCvS ere
lust what horse needs when IN bad
condition. Tonic, 5lood purifier and
rerrnifuge. They are not food but
Medicine and the best in Lse 20 prt q
lorse in prime condition. Price p
cents per package.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-12-09

letter salt-Isheum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smartine Incl
dent to these diseases. Is instantly allaye
by applying Chamberlain s Eye an
Skin Ointment. Many very bad case
have been permanently cured b. it
is equally efficient for itching piles an.
favorite remedy for sore nipples
chapped hands, chilhlains, frost bite
and chronic sore eyes. p cts. per box
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-10

officer as well as agreeable gentle
man in his difficult position.
The work on the well at the court
house has been stopped and the
machine has been taken to the Breed
Creek school grounds. where the
company has a contract. 1t was
hoped that III arrangement could be
made for citizens to assist thecOunty
com missioners in the sinking of the
well near the court house, but it ap-
peared that our business men were
unwilling to contribute funds unless
they should have an interest in the
well and owing to the law which
prevents the county from taking
shares in a stock compay, an ar
rangement such as desired was i'm
possible to effect. When work was
stopped the pipe had been sunk 40
feet and water had risen to within
twenty inches of the surface. The
drill was then in red slate, having
passed through the sandstone ledge.
A proposal will soon be presented to
citizens by Messrs. Lehman and
Hilger, for the formation of a stock
company to sink IA well on the hill,
each gentleman offering to take
shares to the amount of $75.
The final report of the county
board of equalization will be found
in this issue. The closing work of
the board was the fixing of the tax
levy and it will be seen from the
proceedings that the levy is practical
ly the same as last year as regards
general taxes. The levy for the state
is % mills, that for county expenses
including general, road, poor and
sinking funds, 13 mills, and the school
levy is 81 mills, making a general
levy of 10 mills. In addition are
special taxes as follows: Stock
bounty, 3 mills, stock inspector and
detective, IL mills. stock indemnity,
\ mill, sheep indemnity, y mill. The
last named are only upon stock. In
the Lewistown school district a levy
of two mills has been made to pay
special levy in this district was 81
mills, which included an amount to
supplement that provided by the
general school levy for the running
expenses of the schools, and another
levy of this nature may yet be made.
In addition to the foregoing the
commissioners made a levy of 2
mills or Lewistown property for the
purchase of a fire apparatus and the
maintaining of the same. Upon
Upon property in Lewistown, aside
from stock, the total of the levies
made by the board, is % mills. Last
year it was 24L.