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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
A CHICAGO ART STORY.

The number of artists in Chicago
was increased recently 10y the arrival
of one from distant city who during
his leisure moments StryllCd about the
down town streets seeing the sights.
Passing a store where "A number of
paintings were displayed in the win
dowS, he stepped inside to look about.
Standing before a landscape about 10
manner of an admircr of art and
awaited the approach of the proprietor
The latter advanced, smiling and
rubbing his hands. He greeted the
visitor cordially and said:
You are an admircr of paintings, |
see"
Yes. to some extent" was the reply.
THAT is a pretty bit of scenery the
dealer returned. that you are looking
at there, that little clump of green
trees and the red house, 1t has a
charming atmosphere about it. Don't
you think? With the frame, just as it
is, we are asking only SO for it, That
over there is companion piece, same
size, same frame. Now, if you would
like to buy the pair" he continued, be
coming very earnest I'VE could let you
have them for-lct me see Take them
along for SO"
well, it's evidently a fair price, but
the fact is | don't want to buy. | am
Il painter myself
"Oh, you are an artist Smilingly re-
marked the dealer. well, perhaps
you would like to do some painting for
u.s.
"Oh, | don't know; perhaps so. But
what do you pay for a canvas like
that indicating the small picture I'M
der discussion.
WELL" replied the dealer, becoming
confidential and stepping up close to
his caller, that is a cheap painting,
and if you can paint them fast you can
make good money"
"Wcll, what do you payY" asked the
artist impaticntly.
For that size we are paying s
cents"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
Smelling the Glass,

BartcndCrS who pride themselves on
their mixed drinks have Il habit of
smelling of the empty glass as soon as
the customer has drained it. In this
way they can tell to a dot whether
they hit it right or not. have not
seen the bartender who can make two
drinks alike, and none is ever certain
that he has guessed rightly the pro
portions of liquor and its disguses
until after the Olfactory test. Erred,
this isn't quite up to the mark" says
ToSspot, who drinks every drop. THAT
SoT smelling of the glass. you're
right, Not enough curacao Let me
make you another"
The worst tclltale is the beer glass.
Not onc-tcnth of the beer sold over the
bar or in cases is fit for dog to drink
If you are fond of a glass and it does
not lie easily on the stomach, if there
is an unpleasant after effect, Il diSa-
grceablc taste in the mouth or a sud
den characterization to drink further,
smell of the cmptied glass, and the
chances are that you will conclude
you have been putting part of a COW
lot inside of you. You will resolve
never to touch that beer again, where
in you will he wise
The same test may be applied to
WHISTLES, wines and liqucurs, gins,
runs, brandies and cordials. Many a
man would save his breath and his
stomach 10y employing his function Of
smell after the first drink. 1t is the
surcst prohibition | know.-New York
Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
A HOT DAY EPISODE.
The Young Man Wanted II Book That
Would Freeze His Blood.

"Have you anything horrible in
stock?' asked the young man with the
limp collar and the sutfuscd brow rs
he walked into the lair of the book
seller.
by any particular author
81 couldn't specify. TO tell you tn"
truth, amt literary. But a friend Of
mind was describing something he
read, and | have been thinking that
maybe books have more sense in en-
than l gave 'em credit for. forgot
the name of it, but anything in that
Ine'I do"
There are some ghost stories over
On that shelf"
"May l read a little in 'em just to
sample the goodsT
"Certainly."
In less than quarter of an hour he
came back to the bookseller.
It'll take too long to find out that
way" he said. Il haven't seen any
thing yet that fills the bill"
I'm afraid we haven't what you
want in stock"
"Ill get my friend to give me the
title and then come back. He said it
would be something that would freeze
the blood in your veins and make your
hair stand on end. If | could find
something to do that. I'd be the most
liberal customer you ever sold to. I'm
dead tired of having the blood go
through my veins like hot water
through the pipes of a Turkish bath,
and If | could get something that
would make my hair stand on end
awhile SO the breeze could get through
it I'd give You the biggest bill in my
salary envelope and never say a word
except keep the change "-Washing-
ton Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
DO CLIMATES CHANGE?
what General IIHzrn of Che wealth r
Bureau ThiHISs of 1t.

Bureau ThimISs of 1t.
We find the early and the later
rain today in Palestine precisely as de-
scribed $500 years ago. "JOrGan over
flows all its banks" in February to-
day exactly as it did in Joshua's time,
80 centuries ago. PLANTS taken from
mummy cases in Egypt. says w. T.
HaZcn in pOpula, Science, which must
have been gathcVrd more than 5000
years since, are practically of the same
size and have the same appearance as
those growing today. Records of vim
tages in France for over 100 years
show practically the same dates as to-
day. Actual observations of rainfall
for over 200 years in France show no
change.
Observations of temperature for al
most 200 years in st. Petersburg show
no change appreciate to us, though OF
course the earliest observations were
extremely crude and somewhat unre-
liable Facts of this kind might be ad-
duced to ill small volume. On the
other hand. we have records of most
extraordinarily cold weather in ancient
times. one winter the light wine in
France froZc. Another winter the riv-
err Po frozc over SO as to bear teams
an unhcard of phenomenon today.
1t is entirely probable that dcscrip-
tons of the cold in ancient times were
much exaggerated, Parnassus has
snow ut times, and in earlier
days, when protection against the
cold and snow was much less than
now, Il little snow would go a long
way. The earlier voyagers from Ice
land more than 1000 years ago, leav-
ing land OF almost perpetual ice and
snow and reaching land in the sum
mer with its beautiful green color, to
their unaccustomed eyes, would very
naturally give the name of Greenland
to it, In summer time it is said that
Greenland presents a most beautiful
green near the Danish settlements to
this day.
Our oldest inhabitants, who have
been wont to describe the terrible cold
and deep SHOWS of their boyhOod days
as incomparably greater than any
thing which does or can occur today,
completely lost their reckoning tn"
last winter when reading of ship that
had sunk in New York harbor by
weight of the ice upon it; also that
Washington had had 81 inches of snow
on a level and the lowest temperatur"
ever noted in that fair city. am sure
a careful study will show no apprecia-
Bile change in the climate of this earth
since the early historic times. OF course
Il I -
changes in glacial times or in prehis-
toric times. which changes have been
established beyond question.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

De Long Stayrc (Who has been pros
ing on i'll the same manner for three
hourS)-Sce the trees, Miss Bright;
how like human beings they are. They
know when it is time to dof their
summer garb and don their autumn
trappings. And in the spring
Miss Bright-And in the spring, Mr..
Stayre, they show their intelligence by
leaving at the proper timc.-New York
World
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
An American Restaurant Wanted.

\ recent issue of the Manila Times
declares that Il restaurant in that city,
managed on the American system,
"whCrc one can get decent meal
without fear of being Sickened by a
mixture of flies, cockroaches, oil and
other denominations and for n rcasona-
bic price. ought to be little cold mine
to an cntcrpriSing man." The writer
complains especially that the Spanish
propriCtOrs of the eating houses cannot
be made to understand or satisfy the
Americans desire for square meal
before heginning his daily work.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

A Crocodile One Hundred Feet Long.
1t is Il well known fact, even among
those who make no pretcnSe of having
their heads stored with geological and
archaeological lore, that the beasts
and reptiles which existed in the early
ages of the world We're giants when
compared with the very largest rep
reSrntativeS of the same types which
still survive. This fact has recently
been Strilingly illustrated by n find
made at PoitierS, where excavations
are being made under the auspices Of
the Oriental Academy of Science. At
that place Il crocodile tooth was found
which weighs almost seven pounds.
NJ. Gerard, the professor in charge of
the working corps, says that there is
no doubt that the tooth formerly be-
lOnged to a gigantic crocodile and that
there is no possibility whatever that
he has COMPOUNDED the tooth with that
Of the megalOSaurus, as some scientists
have limited.
NJ. Gerard says: at is a typical croc-
odilc tooth and is probably the largest
specimen of the kind ever seen by man.
In my estimation it is from the head
of a reptile not less than 100 feet in
length. st. Louis Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
Glad Authorizations,

Sauntcring Sim WOt WaS de hap
picst time in your life?
Tired Trcadwcll-Whcn had de ty-
phOid fever.
Sauntcriug Sim-Dat'S queer. People
is s'poScd to be too sick to cit any en-
joymcnt out of life when dCy have Nat.
Tired TrcadWcll-lc | know dat
de common suppOSition, but say, Sim,
l just laid dcrc and was happy tinkin
Wot I'd do wild de thirst | had on me
when | got up.-Chicago TimcS-uerald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

Old age-what is it but the end of toll,
The ripcncl .hcaf turned gold ON genial soil
The ri IN grain il the rounded, perfect ear,
The harvest homo and twilight of the year?
Earth glows with glory when through wells
of haze
Peep forth with bushes autumns radiant
days.
life's smiling autumn is as nobly sweet,
Its harvcsts fruity, bounteouS, complcte
Its last days are its noblest, crowned with
gold,
Each beauty magnified thousandfold,
Its landscapes gloritied surprising fair
Gold i'll the heart and silver in the hair
L Edgar Jones in Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
Coal Mine Mt Paris ExDOsitiOn.

One of the attractions OF the Paris
exposition is to be a regular coal mine
underground. There will be n shaft
1G feet in diameter. Eighty visitors
will be let down ut n time to the cata-
combs under the Trocadero and neigh
boring avenues, which will be lined
and studded with coal and other min
erals. Actual mining will be done, in
Guiding rock driven power drills, coal
cutting and baulihg. Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

COMMUNICATION | first went to live
in the country, | pronounced the name
of my house "Oakhurst Cottage"
Citman-Wcn, how do you pro-
nOunCC il now?
Commutrr-"O Curst Cottage New
York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

Mr. Mylcs Did your wife find any
thing to occupy her time at the springs
this summer?
Mr. Styles-Anything to occupy her
time. Well, l should say she did. She
spent four hours every day changing
her dresses and three hours putting on
her YOnkerS Statesman.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

Miss GwcndOlcn," said he, as the!
sat on tn" beach in the moonlight
will YOU marry mcT'
"This is so sudden" she cried.
"My love-" he asked.
"No," she replied. Your nerve
Baltimore American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
Illustrations Ready ut Hand.

Studcnt-IIeat expands and cold con-
tracts.
Professor Give an exam
pie.
Student-During the summer the at
fections of city people for their coun-
try relatives expand and in winter
they contract.-Ohio State Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

The theatrical season is open. Ten
actresses have stopped runaway teams,
one has caught Il thief. two have had
their diamonds stolen and Il few have
tried to Baltimore American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07
Menu Mysteries.

"Whats this" exclaimed the hungry
man. You have no less than half Il
dozen dishes here styled "A In dos
sier.'"
Eyes" said the waiter an'ably.
"Thats because we are not allowed to
tell what's in 'cm." Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-07

the medical profession neIay fully appreciate the value and
which have survived the test for years critical comparison
he products of rival establishments
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

godsend. The only drawback to the n,aco
is its extreme loneliness and the feeling II
produces in a stranger of complete isolat-
ion from his kind. Surely, this is the
heart of the land 'wherein it is ALWAYS
afternoon"' Everybody seems asleen
through the hours of sunshine. Take a
walk at midday, even through the bust
ness portion of the city, and you will
meet only here and there lazy donkey or
sleeping dog,-not human creature in
sight, except, at rare intervals sandalled
servant shutting along the shady side of
the street. The nearest approach to life
and gaiety in Trinidad is seen on Thurs-
day evenings and Sunday afternoon, when
the ''retreta" takes place in the plaza
GARLIC. The big square in the m iddle of
the town, opposite the Governors resi-
dence, is a beautiful place and in some
respects differs from any other plaza
have seer in Cuba. In the centre is a
large dome-like arbor, covered with vines
and roses, from which stone walks radate
like the spokes in wheel,-all bordered
with flower beds and shaded by ornamen-
tai foliage. Around the outskirts of this
park extends broad stone promenade. or
''Paseo' in local parlance, which is sep
arated from the main garden by fanciful
iron railing, and from the street by low
stone coping. A profusion of gas lamps
hill
feet is beautiful at night, amid the dense
green foliage, when the bands play and
youth and beauty throng the paseo.
The Campo del Marie is another fine.
large plaza near the southeastern end of
the town, with barracks and drill ground
for the large Spanish garrison that used
to be maintained here. The most attrac-
tive resort in the place, to my fancy, is
the point known as the "watch tower"
several hundred feet above the town.
where the old Ermite de la Popa, ('Her-
mitage of the Pope, clings like a bird S
nest to the mountain side. 1t is easily
reached on horse back, or in volante, by
lustlG iodu WlnulnS unuer pines ana
palms, past straw matched huts and the
great military hospital. To go up at
either end of the day-to see the sun rise
above the incompatible valley of the
Holy Trinity and illumine the heights
that encompass it, or sink to rest among
the green rays of the Western Ocean, is
worth HAVING haen horn
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
STOP WOMEN
from exercising common sense? You
can't do it. As the old rhyme runs:

from exercising common sense? You
can't do it. AS the old rhyme runs: ,
The mans fool who tries by force or skill
To turn the current of a womans will
For II she will she WILL you may depend ont
And if she won't She won't so there's an end on't~
Common sense tells a woman that when
she's sick she needs doctor
Common sense tells woman that in
disease the first question is not of man or
woman, but of recognized medical ability.
Common sense applied to advertisements
which invite women to write to woman
because she is a woman and understands
women, will show the women so appealed
to, that it's no use to write to any woman
about disease unless that woman is a
physician
Common sense used in the reading of
advertisements will discover that no claim
is made in them to physicians knowl-
edge or diploma. And that is not because
the claim would be morally culpable as
lie, but because it would be legally pun
ishable as fraud. The law permits you tot
masquerade as a doctor in an ADVERTISED
ment, just so long as you don't actually
claim to be a doctor, or put NJ D. after
your name. That's why the advertisement
IS worded write to woman " instead of
write to doctor
Common sense has brought more than
half-a-1nillion women, afflicted with some
form OF female disease, to DR.. r. V. Pierce
as one of the most expert physicians in the
United States in the treatment of female
diseases. DR.. Pierce is a specialist He
has given more than thirty wears of active
practice to the treatment of female dis
eases. DR.. Pierce is not physician - by
courtesy. He is physician regularly grad
uated, legally empowered to practice and
with thirty years of experience in the treat
ment of diseases of women, which he has
made his specially.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

lap, and since that day there has been nc
grumble nor complaint about the rate Of
our general progress. More than five
hundred dwellings have been erected
here during the present year, as well as
many business blocks.
In line with the story OF gold, arrange.
ments are now being made for the cree
ton of million dollar smelter, to be
located on Lake Washington-just out
side the city limits. 1t is in the hands Of
experienced eastern mining men.
With her Klondike, her Oriental trade,
open seaport to the China seas and the
Philippines, her growing coast trade,
fisheries, agriculture, mines at home,
etc., etc., who shall say that Seattle is
not soon destined to be the New York OF
the Pacific Coast?
O. M, MOORE
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
Seattle and the klondike.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, July Is, 1899
From the fact that the Secretary of the
Bureau of Information is newspaper
man, / am frequently importuned by busy
people to assist them in filling engage
ments to ''write letters to the home pa
pers,' about Seattle, the Klondike and
the West in general.
1t is always a pleasure for me to write
a resident and in the newspaper business
for the past twelve years; but the subject
given is a vast one and one located here
for many years scarce comprehends what
particular information will most interest
people of distant States. One subject,
however, is always popular, and that con-
through Seattle from the Klondike.
1t may be supposed by our eastern and
southern friends that the rush to the
gold fields of the Yukon has practically
died out; bat such is not the case. by far.
While there have come out from klondike
this year, up to date, FIVE or six thousand
people, there have vastly more than that
number gone sin, +" to lose or win.
Between the first of January and the
first of July of the present year, upwards
of O,OO0 people had been shipped from
Seattle for Alaska Many of them reported
new discoveries well up toward Behring
Straits. The travel north is still steady
and will probably increase as the amount
of the output becomes generally known.
| had the satisfaction of seeing the gold
taken off the steamer Roanoke, which
arrived from the mouth of the Yukon on
the 18th of July. That is, l saw part
of it. | saw one, two, three and some
times four lusty men stagger out from
the ship, bringing twenty-eight large
boxes and iron chests filed with the
ship while the strong boxes were being
photographed for the newspapers. With
another gentleman we tried the weight OF
some of the boxes. Some we could lift,
but neither, nor both together, would
attempt to run away with the load even
though we had permission. The % boxes
weighed not less than three tons, and
school children may figure out what
the probable value might be. MOI
was this all this one steamer brought
She was accredited with round Sc, 600,
600, and her predecessor of the same day
| the Cuban fillibusterer, the ''Laurada, -
| brought an equal amount.
| The local assay office--establishe but
one year ago this month-handled six mil
lions of dust mp to the close of last year,
and up to the present time between five
and six millions have been handled by
| that busy concern for 1899 1t is the
| opinion Of men direct from the Klondike
that the seasons output will aggregate
from fifteen to eighteen millions. How
much that may be is almost Incompetent
sible, but one might make comparisons on
the assessed valuation of some cities with
the gold already sin sight"
Seattle has as l write more than foul
millions worth of virgin gold boarded
within her safety vaults and at the assay
| Office, which alone had last week over
three millions at one time going through
the assaying and melting process.
With all this gold and glitter, Seattle
quite naturally is prospecting. She awoke
from the depression of few years after
the s'boom,'' when the golden apple
from the Klondike fell into her willing
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17


leading National Family Newspaper
the publishers Republican
alliance with The York Weekly Tribune which enables
both the trlng
a
anly untringy
different home markets and weekly
which should be
Just think of it! Both of these papers
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

flag station
Limited tickets for Boston are now sold at IS 90
from Belfast and all stations on Branch.
Through tickets to all points West and North
west, via all routes, for sale by L. W. GEORGE,
Agent, Belfast GEO F. EVANS,
Vice President and General Manager.
F. E. BooTHBY, Genl Pass. and Ticket Agent,
Portland, June %, 1899.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

nj: W Lee Montgomery, Ala, writes: "Some wears
ago was nocuated with poison by nurse who infectad
my babe with blood faint covered with sores and
ulcers rom head to foot and great PRAYED
70 ue several prominent physicians treated me- but all
to no purpose, The mercury and potash which thew
gave me seemed to add fuel to the awful fame which was
wonderful cures made by it, try swift's Specific i'm
rom the start as the medicine seemed 60 direct
bottles cured me completely" swifts Specific -
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

Accidents come with distressing frequency
on the farm. Cuts, bruises, stings, sprains
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil relieves pain in
stantly. Never safe without it.
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
NEARLY
NEARLY
Fifty eiqht Years OId!!!

It's long life, but devotion to the true
interests and prosperity of the American
People has won for it new friends as the
years rolled by and the original members
of its family passed to their reward, and
these admirers are loyal and steadfast to-
day, with faith in its teachings, and con-
fdence in the information which it brings
to their homes and firesides.
AS a natural consequence it enjoys in
its Old age ali the vitality and vigor OF It's
youth, strengthened and ripened by the
experiences of over half century
1t has lived on its merits, and on the
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
PILES! PILES! PILES!

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absorbes the tumors, allays the itching at once,
acts as poultice, gives instant relief. DR.. Will
liams' Indian Pile Ointment is prepared only for
Piles and Itching of the private parts, and moth
ing else. Every box is guaranteed. Sold by drug
gists, sent by mail, for SOC. and $1.OO per box
WILLIAMS MFG CO., Props Cleveland, Ohio
For sale by R. H. MOODY. ly
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
Maine Central R. R.
TIMETABLE.

On and after June 26, 1899, trans connect,no
at BurnEam and Watervile with through rrainss
for and from Bangor, Waterville Portland a,d
Boston will run follows: GU
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17
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o remedy that guaranteed
ro oDas arsenic or any other mineral chemical
Scrofula
letter Boils Carbuncles, etc. ~ N''0A'
valuable DOCKS mailed free by Swift Specific Company Atlanta
The Republican journal., 1899-08-17

The Bagalore is beauty and will be
remembered by many Bostonians, as she
landed a cargo of sagar for the Standard
Company just opposite the South Union