Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-10-21
Notice and Comment,

Nv iNA'ii'il \ w ' a. tAtf"ttt, uOl-
ing the Cleaners article, kindly adds
the following paragraph
We echo the sentiments of the Mea,,er and
wish the JOURNAL the success it so richly de-
JOURNAL must have had to contend with
during its life oftwenty eight years.
Yes. the HeraM has been through the
mill, too. 1t did IA great service one
time to about one hundred men so
great that, adopting the suggestion of
Il spectator, it canvassed the hundred
for circulation" and emerged from
the mine with its life, hat and ttco aeac
subscribers! The trouble vast had
done something for the miners of real
value. Had it been a paper like
Grit, or like one of those nearer home
whose achievements for labor lie in
loud professions, at least half of that
hundred might have become sub
scribers. But the HeraM outIived that
sort of appreciation and its Survival is
creditaole to its enterprise and in
dustry.
Rev. J. 0. Thompson, editor of the
Keyser CIV. Va) Erho, comes back
from a lengthy sojourn in his native
New England rejuvenated and
strengthened for battle anew against
the world, the flesh and democratic
party. A partisan of partisans. he
yet is filled with 1.-The milk of human
Kindness" often OVERLOOKING toward
his contemporaries even when they
disagree with him. In the present in
stance he takes early occasion to say
The FRosrBURG MINING JOURNAL, the one
truly and originally great paper" has passed
its twenty eighth birthday. OF course at
that age one would expect it to be at about an
equal remove from chiidishneSs and senility,
and it is. 1t is in the full enjoyment of
very vigorous manhood. 1t is as bright and
as pungent as ever, and Is on the right side,
and very decidedly on the right side of
good many questions, and it makes its in
tluence felt. Long may it live, and long may
brother Oder live to eht it.
l.. A. Smith. of the Meyersdale. (Pa.)
Commercial, whose veteran service has
been profitable to a large community,
has full right to be heard upon any
topic he chooses. Indeed, in some i'm
portant respects his paper has been
far more successful than the JOURNAL
in inducing its immediate clientele to
indulge the pleasure and enjoy the
returns from municipal improve
ment. A politician. he has neverthe-
less managed to keep local advance
ment immune from the blight of over
weeniug party considerations. Con-
corning the JOURNAL he kindly says:
The practiced eye of a newspaper man
needs but glance at the MINING JOURNAL of
Frostburg, Md, to know that it is prosperous
and prospecting. As it is just - years old
or was the other day-and as lis editor, }.
b. Oder, who is exclusively great continues
at the helm, it is pleasant to say pleasant
words to him and of him. The Co"1"e'ri"
man has said many good words to and for
the genial JOURNAL, 10, these many years,
not because of journalistic courtesy, but in
response to our sincere admiration for the
man, his paper and his character. May he
continue another % years as one of the
brightest ornaments of the Fourth Estate in
this section.
blessed is the peacemaker," SAID
the Holy One on the Mount i'll that
sublimest of Divine messages to men.
So somewhat felt the JOURNAL when
it discovered itself the occasion of
agreement between two whilOm os