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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11
FROsTBURG, MD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1899

ms hat with the other. Moreover, lie
was "a negro, and since his face was
turned toward me it was evident ne was
making some kind of a signal for my
benefit
So far as | cot'ld ascertain, he had no
companion, and nothing therefore, was
to be apprehended i'll approaching him.
l walked forward at a rapid pace, while,
donning his old hat, he came forward to
meet me. His black countenancc glowed
with pleasure, mixed, as it seemed to
me, with some misgiving. He had no
weapon, but carried basket in one
hand, and | recognized him as Erastus
Brown, Colonel Mansley's servant.
"HellO, Marse Hank!" he said when
within speaking distance. TIE been
lookin fur yo'.
"What do you want of mc?'
"I'ze got letter for yo'. Hole on a
minute. -
Setting down his basket, he began
lurriedly searching his clothing for the
missive, while | looked on more porplcx-
ed than ever. A letter for me! Who
was the writer, and what could it mean?
AS the search progressed it became al
most furious. He iammed a big hand
first under one shoulder, then under the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11
CHAPTER, XVIII.

The strange thrill that passed through
me upon hearing the declaration that
Miss Esther Mansley had sent a letter to
me by the hand of her servant quickly
vanished when | came to consider the
announcement.
The negro believed mo to be Hank
Boyer, for he addressed me as such and
showed it III everything he did and said.
His mistress held the same belief when
she left her home and raised the win
dow of my prison and helped me to es-
cape. Even if Erastus had the missive
with him l could not open it, for it
was intended for another person.
My interest centered upon the basket
at his feet
owl hat have you in that" l asked.
Dat? like to furgot bout it. OATS
full oh wittlcs dat Miss Esther told me
to glib to yo. She put 'em up fur yo
herself and told me to keep huntin fur
yo' till | found yo', as she reckoned yo'
must be powerful hungry. Hab yo' got
any appetite left, Marse Hank?"
"Have l any appetite leftr" l repeat
ed, almost dazed by the glorious It'd
ings. "Ah, but let me test the question:"
Erastus handed me the basket, and,
restraining my eagerness, | gently re-
moved the snowy napkin inclosing the
pone, the corn cake and the game and
gazed enraptured upon the contents
There are some scenes too sacred to be
dwelt upon and to which the pen can
not do justice. Let it suffice to say that
when | passed the basket back to the
servant he remarked, with grin;
"Yo' hant left crumb Marse
Hank. Shall 1 go and got a cartload
more fur yo'?'
Il have plenty, thank you," replied
dignifiedly, ''but you must remember
that that is the first mouthful l have
had since last night"
His eyes expanded, and he twisted his
thick lips into form to emit whistle
"Gorrynation. if dat had been me I'd
died two, free days agO!'
l looked toward Black Mans swamp.
Still it gave no sign of life
"Well, Erastus, now that the hun
cry has been fed, what do You think I
ought next to do?''
Hanged if | know Miss Esther had
writ it all down in dat letter and said
rs how dat would explanify matters. "
And the worried fellow renewed his
seareh for the missing missive, making
it so thorough that he removed each
shoe and shook it out, but the former
hunt had established tho fact that it
was nowhere about him.
felt uneasy i'll remaining near the
swamp, from which my pursuers We're
likely to emerge mt any moment.
"Erastus, | am going home with you.
Lead ON. ."
II guess dat's what Miss Esther eX-
poets from de way she looked at me
when she handed me dat letter"
"Don't think any more about it. l
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TO BE CONTINUED.


Did you ever stop to think how close
ly mother is identified with all our
plans for Christmas? When she is not
filled with the Christmas spirit, it is
apt to be dreary holiday, but when
she loves Christmas there is Joy and
gladness in the home, no matter how
the other members of the family may
have felt about it or how poor the homo
may be. But, while the mother is really
made responsible for the Christmas
merrymaking, how seldom are her
pleasures considered? That is not at all
as it should be, and l want to suggest
that the coming Christmas shall be con
sidercd mothers exclusive holiday. If
the other members of the family can
possibly do so, they should relieve her
of all household care during that day
Think how she would enjoy II Christ
mas dinner, planned and cooked by the
members of her family, and its menu
kept secret from her until the moment
when she was escorted to the seat of
honor!
But not only must mother be relieved
of all responsibility so far as the Christ
mas entertainment is concerned; she
must also be the one to receive the
most gifts. If but one member of the
family can have a Christmas gift let it
be mother. Without doubt she has gone
without many and many time that
tho children S stockings might be filed.
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women and the Egg Industry.

The last census showed that tho in
crease in the poultry and egg business
had been 10 per cent i'll the preceding
ten years. From its value then it is es-
timated tha5 the egg production alone
isnOw worth about $3.50, 0O0 900 year,
which is three times the value Of the
output of the gold mines of the country,
twiceas much as the pig iron, and more
than half as much as the wheat product
annually. Yet the egg and poultry bust
ness is almost entirely in the hands Of
women, and nobody pays much atten-
tion to its value. Most of it is attended
to by housewives, who are classified by
the census as ''employed III no gaiuful
occupation. Commercial and political
fortunes depend ON the gold, iron and
wheat products, while nobody stops to
consult the interests or the wishes of
the homekeeper, whose egg industry is
only one of her many ways of contrihut-
ing to the wealth of the world.-Wnm-
ans Tribune.
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white hair On his body, and his big ears
hung like flaps Of ink colOred silk. The
massive jaws, with their prodigious
strength, We're parted sufficiently TO
show the blood red mouth and tongue
and the white fangs, which perhaps
had been sunk into the throat of more
than one painting fugitive. The glitter
of his eyes was like that of rattlesnake.
He emitted a cavernous mutter in
stead of baying, and the twitching of
the iron muscles over the broad chest
and legs showed that he was gathering
his mighty power for a leap at me. If
the other brute was mistaken as to my
identity, there was no hesitation on this
ones part.
He leaped, but instead of striking me
banged against the side of the dugout,
almost up3rtting it, and tioundered,
struggling into the water, where he
drifted off as lifelcss rs a log, for | had
sent my bullet through his heart.
"If this thing goes ON, " thought,
Il shall corner the bloodhound market.
| have enough charges left for two
more, provided their masters do not
compel me to use my ammunition upon
them. -
Although had freed myself from
one peril, in doing SO l had subjected
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my face and pccped out As | did so
saw Cy Walters, who had come to the
edge Of the creek and was peering first
down stream and then across to the spot
where | was hiding. He was so near
that | kept the pecphole at the smallest
dimensions possible through fear that
those keen eyes would detect me. He
wore the same slouch hat aud his griz-
zled beard covered his face and breast
He held his Winchester in his right
hand, while with his left he kept the
bushes apart to gain an unobstructed
view. One huge booted foot was thrust
so far forward that the water covered
the foot
"Confound yOu' - was my thought.
II should be justified i'll serving you as
| did that bloodhound in the clearing.
You are seeking the life Of an innocent
man, and he would serve you right to
take yours, "
The temptation was strong to do so,
but, though l had exchanged shots with
him, | was still guiltlcss of his blood
as well as that of all others and | al
lowed my hand to loosen its grasp upon
the revolver at my hip
"Not yet, but something tells me the
day of reckoning is near.
Seeing nothing Of the dugout or my
self i'll peering up and down stream, the
man fixed his gaze on the spot where
actually was. My heart throbbed fast,
for it looked as if he must penetrate the
leafy curtain and force the crisis, but
he did not aud, withdrawing with the
same stiffness as before, passed from
sight. The listening ear could not de-
tect his football as he moved farther
down stream III the continuance of his
search.
The incident suggested a change of
plan on my part. My intention, as |
have explained was to set the dugout
adritt after stepping ashore, i'll order to
hide the point where my disembarka-
tion took place, but there was risk in
this, since the boat was liable to be dis
covered so near its starting point that
it would be easy to find the latter,
whereas it was now so effectually CON
cealed that hours We're likely to pass be-
fore the boat was located, if indeed it
We're found at all.
1t was too soon, however, to act upon
this conclusion. | had just received evil
denCc that my most dreaded enemy was
within a few rods and probably others
We're on the same side Of the stream
with myself. They would be passing
up and down, and the bloodhounds
were not to be forgotten.
That this decision was wise was
demonstrated within the same five min
utes that it was made. Cy Walters had
hardly disappeared when a second rus
Ting warned me that others We're near
at hand.
Something i'll the faint rustling
sounded different from the other, and it
was on the same side of the stream with
myself. What mysterious instinct pos
sessed the black demon is beyond my
power to understand, but it came about
that the largest and most ferocious
bloodhound on which | had ever looked
came through the under growth at that
moment, and, pausing within six feet
of where | sat in the dugout, fixed his
devilish eyes on my face with purpose
that could not be mistaken.
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had long talk tOgeder dis mawhnin,
and den he had me saddle de big bay
boss, and he Jumped on his back and
rode away like de debbil."
"Where was he going?"
"Habn't no idee, but it looked as if
he meant to ride de bay to def, and he'll
doot, too, if he doan' draw rein on him
purity sOOn."
We were approaching the residence
Of the gentleman of whom we were
speaking. 1t was a disappointment to
learn that he was absent, for it inter-
fered with my plan of appealing direct
ly to him. However, l could not think
he would he gone long.
l was ON the point of asking II ques-
tion of no special import when Erastus
uttered an exclamation, and turned
toward him to learn the cause. He had
caught sight of an object i'll the path
ahead and broke into a run for it. 1
saw something white lying on the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11
CHAPTER XVII.

If you should ever be approached
while hiding in swamp by ferocious
bloodhound who is looking for you,
and you haven't time to climb tree
the best thing to do is to shoot, taking
care to make your aim accurate and not
losing any time in carrying out the
proceeding.
The terrible brute that had come
upon my hiding place probably did 50
by accident, for his sudden stoppage
and stare showed his momentary sur
prise. He was Of unusual size and as
black as midnight. There was not a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11

other, then hurriedly through the side
pockets and into his trousers repeating
the action again and again with greater
earnestncss and vigor, while his express
sion grew anxious and scared. He
crooked his finger i'll the sides of his
huge shoes, took off his hat, peeped in,
and then shook it out, as if the missive
might have been hiding somewhere in
side, but in vain, for the letter could not
be found on or about him.
"Beats de dobbil, Marse Hank, but !
hab lost dat letter sartin suah -
'Aro you sure it was meant for me-"
'NO mistake bout it.
"Who wrote it,"
"Miss Esther, and she'll broke my
head when she finds hab lost it, Doan'
see how | could hab been SO disrumcar-
less
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11

The ancients took the owl for sym
Dol of wisdom because he always minds
his own business.
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SCHEDULl

SSundays only. + and Week days.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
q Same as : on Theatre nights, however
when admission tickets to performance at
theatre are sold by agents, will leave Cumber-
land at close of performance
All trains stop at Hays street station, Cum
herand. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
Dec General Manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11

MAIN LINE.
EAsTBoUND
Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
Express
No 10. arrives 2:05 a III.
Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York Express:
No. T. arrives 30 a. m. leaves 80 a. m.
No. S..arriveS $40 a. m; leaves LOS Il. m
No. 2..arriveS $50 a. m. leaves S.51 a. IN
No. 3. arrives l2:2S p. m.
sway Stations:
No. 1S................ leaves 6:35 a. m
Grafton and Way:
No. g. arrives 1l25 a. m.
*Baltimore and Way:
No. IA .....................lea leaves 3:l5 p. m
Express:
No. 46 arrives 6;23 p. M
*Wheelng, Grafton and Way:
No. y. arrives 7:25 p.m
Limited Express:
No. u. arrives 9,55 pm.
WESTBoUND.
Chicago Express:
No. 7. arrives 1895 a. m. leaves 1910 a. IN.
No. II. arrives $40 a. m.
Plttsburg Express:
No, 9..arrives 1;2O a. m.
Cincinnati and St Louis Express:
Pittsburg Limited
No. Il. arrives 3:55 a. m.
No g. arrives 4;35 a m. leaves 4:4O a. m
+Parkersburg Wheeling and Way:
No. 7l,..... .....,.. ..... leaves 700 a. m
Grafton and Way:
No. 5....,,....., .......~ leaves 3:45 p. m
sway:
No. l3. arrives ll:20 4. m.
*Grafton and Way:
No, 15.......... .... leaves 1913 p. m.
*Passenger;
No 10. arrives $40 a. IN.
Chicago Limited Express:
No. 5. arrives 3l7 p. m.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Limited Express
No. 4..arrives sos p. NJ. leaves $40 p. m.
Express
No 55. arrives $3.50 p m; leaves 3;35 p. M
PittSburg Division.
EAsTBOUND.
No. 10. Express -. ..... leaves 2:l5 q. M
No. g., limited Express. leaves l2:47 p. M
No. 46. Express. ..... leaves 6:;iS p. m.
No. T.. Limited Express. leaves 1000 p. m.
WESPBoUND.
No. 9..EXpress. s...... 80. leaves l:3O Il. m
No. H.. Pittsburg Limited. leaves 400 a. m.
No. A. Chicago Express. leaves $50 Il. M
No. 40. Mail ............... leaves l:45 p. m.
No. 5..Chicago Limited. leaves $50 p. m.
*Except Sunday. Nos As and Al carry
passengers. No. a. is local train from Cum
berland to Pittsburg and No. IA from Pitts.
burg to Cumberland Nos and make 3
stops each way between Cumberland and
Pttsburg. Through tickets, east and west, for
sale at Cumberland. n. c. CLARKE,
+. d. UNDERWOOD, Ticket Agent
General Manager ID. B. MARTIN,
Nov 26 Mannper PASSENGER rrntliC
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Miscellaneous advertisements.
w. T. PARKER,
MANUFACTURES OF
Carriages, BuSsieS and Wagons,
FROSTBURG, MD.
FROSTBURG, MD.


TT is work has taken leading premiums at
IL the principal agricultural and other
fairs in Ohio, and now that he has built and
is operating large and completely equipped
Factory in Frostburg,
and has already on hand all kinds of new
VEHICLES
the best that can be built, at PRICES TO
SUIT PURCH ASERS, call dHd see for yOurSeit
the very attractive homemade goods he has
to offer. ITO Please My Patrons" is his
motto. [April %
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1899-02-11
TIE UHDOIHG OF \ Double.
By HUGO ST. FINISTBRRE, M. D.

Copyright 1895 by American Press Asso-
citation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04

.iapailaa 20 Fsailss that a Il buried
in . go ~ gren ! seei furs thai the
heaiihfuinsas ~ The place wenld 10 IN.
creased N half The trees Nrfe cat
doen
The nlllng lsas.s ana ths trim
mings from this excess II vegetation.
together With tLe refuse that constant
~ sccumuiates about n dwelling. must
b. disposed of. This b. how done By
being removed by the garbage carts ~
the Board of Health or private parties
TO the Egamps Of kakaako, where n IL
used for fliins In the swamp lands
! must not omit 90 mention the duck
farms and pig stys. the stagnant water
In the taro patches and rice flelds--
conditions that should not he allowed
to exist within the city limits IN a
place like Honolulu.
How can the water supply Of Homo
lulu BE- improved A. has been stated
! do not consider the valley water as
II Is now supplied. fit for use. yet II
can he easily made pure and whole
some. II all the water OF Nuuanu
stream were passed through filter beds.
az Is done In Hongkong. Lawrence,
Mass. and many other places, all or
Ranlc impurities and micro organisms
would be removed and the water thus
rendered perfectly pure. II should
then be stored in reservoirs with CO.
ment bottoms and rooted. This would
also insure against the present loss by
seepage and evaporation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04

Investigations OF tho Board OF
Health into the causes OF the excessive
death rate in the years 1889 and 1890
pointed 80 strongly TO the water sup
ply as one OF the important causes
that the Board At the beginning Of
1891 warned the citizens against It's
use for drinking except after thorough
boiling. Since September ]. 1898, all
Of the water supplied 20 the city has
been filtered, and you will observe
that the death rate was reduced over
two-tbirds thereby.
Army surgeons stationed at frontier
posts in the Rocky Mountains have
been surprised at the number Of eases
II fever that have developed amongst
The troops. Investigation OF the noun
tain streams showed that even there
Nhey were rich In organic matter and
the surgeons were forced 10 the con
HuA1oh that the so-called Mountain
fever 10 malarial or typho-maIa
rial infection caused by the oreani,
matter IN the drinking water. Boilln,
the water used by the troops inyariabl,
reduced the fever rate iifty per cent O
more, ...
! cite these two experiences 70 sAoy
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04

Sanitary science rests upon a tripod
pure air. pure water and pure soil
three factors which contribute largely
20 the general health OF a community;
conversely the public health suffers In
direct proportion 90 the degree Of po-
luton Of these three elements. No one
can assert that pure air, pure water
and pure soil will eliminate al sick
meas for there are many other active
factors in the production Of disease,
such as constitutional taints, neglect
Of personal hygiene, excesses Of all
kinds and 20 forth; but merely that
these three essentials have an impor-
tant influence upon the health and
they are apt TO DE ignored or over
looked by the majority Of people b.-
cause they are not directly personal
matters
The solution Of these questions II
left TO the government
4 great deal OF attention Is being
paid 20 them and the health author
titles in the United States and abroad,
az a result OF much study and expert
men;, have instituted many measures
20 insure such wholesome natural sur
roundings as have contributed largely
10 the lowering Of the sick rate and
mortality rate in many places.
These measures include the ultra
tion OF the public water supply, the re-
moyal Of sewage by properly con-
structed conduits and the disposal by
reduction or cremation Of garbage and
all organic waste. that constantly ac-
cumuiates about human habitat.ons.
The invisible organin world about
us II as diverse In It's ways Of life az
We are, and with all our best methods
and ordinance Of warfare We have on
ly yet invaded its borderland. Ger
tain facts We have learned, however
and one Is that the water used by Z
community Il the most easily pDllute,
Of the three elements, therefore i
should De one OF the Hrst duties Of q
municipal government 10 supply an
abundance Of pure water for domestic
purposes.
IL Is an established fact about which
there can be no doubt that the germ
Of certain diseases are water borne
and experience has demonstrated time
and again mat publication Of the water
supply has checked devastating cpl
denies OF course every bousekeepei
can take the matter in hand and purify
her own supply by boiling, altering OF
precipitation but II Is safe 10 say that
not more than ~ per cent OF the popu'
l3tion will take this trouble. Further
more they would DE doing work that
logically belongs 10 the government.
expect the time will come when the
government can DE held financially re-
spOnsible for allowing contaminated
water 20 b. supplied 10 the people.
The annual number Of deaths from
typhoid fever In Lawrence, Mass, from
1887 10 1895 was as follows:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04

PURE
WATER.
EXERCISE

Our doctors are busy treating pa
tients who are suffering from COM
plants, more especially malarial dis
orders. which will be materially bene-
fitted II they drink a water that IL pure
and possesses curative features. as does
Bartlett Spring Water.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
WOMAN EXECUTED.

NEW YORK. March 20.-Mrs. Mar
tina Place, who threw vitriol in her
stepdaughter's face and then strangled
her and lay in wait for her husband
and chopped his head open with an ak,
was put TO death by electricity in the
State Prison at Sing Sing this morn
ing. In the twinkling Of an eye her
life was cut of without pain and with
out revolving features.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
THE BEST REMEDY FOR COLO
AND DIARRHOEA.

! was reading an advertisement OF
Chamberlsin's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enter
prise recently, which leads me to write
this. can truthfully say I never used
any remedy equal to 1t for collie and
diarrhoea. ] have never had to use
more than one or two doses to cure the
worst case with myself or children
W 4. Stroud. Pocomoke City. Md. For
sale by Benson Smith 4 Co, Ltd.
Wholesale Agents for II. l., and all
Druggists and Dealers.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
TIMELY TOPICS
Mich 10th. 1899.

Our advertisements for the past
month have been directed, generally,
10 the housewife. but We have thinss
In our store that will be Of interest to
the wife as well as the husband No
doubt you heard about the runaway
a few weeks ago. A man was riding
down Fort street, his horse suddenly
got frightened at some object. became
and started to run away.
The man tried every effort to check the
horse. but without avail. A man hap
pened to be coming up the street on
his bicycle and before he could get out
Of the way. the horse, vehicle and all
were upon him. The bicyclist was
seriously hurt and was confined to his
bed for some time. Now who do you
think is to blame for that accident? We
blame the driver, as he should have
had one OF
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
The Physicians Views % Local
Sanitation.
Ne SPEAKS VERY PLAINLY
some Ugly Facts Brought out-The
Crea, Dsnsers-kscessi,y
for Reform.

ODr. y. n. Days paper on sanitation Of
Honolulu, read before the soclsl
Science Association. DIR. =. n. Day
is port physician. a member OF the
Board OF Health and practitioner
of the highest standing
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04

Hives are a terrible torment to the
little folks, and to some older ones.
Doane's Ointment never fails. Instant
relief and permanent cure. At any
chemists, so cents.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
Whitman'S
Riding
BITS

for his horse or A RACKING, or RA-
CINE DRIVING BIT. A gentle pull
on the reins will check the widest spir-
tied horse living. Besides cheese bits
We carry a full line Of curry combs, the
Dandy Horse Brushes. Black Snake
Whips and Horse and Mule Collars Of
all sizes.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-04
VIGILANCE.

We will serve free OF charge Q glass
Of this wonderful natural Spring
water at our Soda Counter to ell who
care to come and test its virtues. We
deliver the water to your home In cass
lots at $3.50 for 80 plnts. $3.50 for 80
quarts.