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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

1t is singular to note the amount of
sympathy the republican papers are Civ
ing to Olympia over the nomination of
John R. Rogers for governor. The
Olympia people can not forgive the
governor for vetoing the spending OF
millions for capitol building in that
town when the citizens Of every other
section OF the state recognize that the
location is inconvenient, undesirable and
in every way unsatisfactory. Along with
almost every individual who has business
to transact at the capitol the leading
republican papers have expressed them.
selves to This effect yet they are now
numbering and shedding tears as large
as doughnuts over the foisting of Gov.
ernor Rogers upon the people OF Olympia.
Governor Rogers is too honest for the
people OF Olympia. He has held dowr
the hooters and the latter element is sore
They prefer McGrawism and the sap
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

JIG. MacCrimmon says be has had
enough of pretense and after being q
populist for sixteen years will vote the
republican ticket. The fact is MacCrim-
mon was paid specific sum per day to
leg it through the county for a certain
candidate and when he failed to deliver
his delegates at the late county conven-
ton he had fit of sulks as is natural to
being of his morbid character.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

Officer Mulligan was disturbed in his
nocturnal sumbers few nights since.
He thought it was some one asking him
to take drink and he said yes, but when
he came to full realization that he had
given this answer to the republican cam
paign committees appeal to vote for
trusts and Imperialism his stomach was
troubled with touch of nausea.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

It's getting so of late that the republic
cans are entering protest whenever the
democrats quote from Abraham Lincoln g
utterances. II Lincoln was on earth he
would be vigorously protesting against
what is now called republicsnism.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

Teddy Roosevelt will not visit this
state. The republican campaign com.
mittee has decided to pull him off This
will be disappointment to many citizens
of Yakima who wanted 10 see the indi.
vidual, who, siuglehanded and alone con.
quered the Spanish forces in Cuba.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

Taylor Piles says he has returne from
Seattle for the purpose OF taking an act
i've part in the republican campaign.
Taylor is hard worker-with his jaws,
in and out OF Jail.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1900-09-06

suckers of the state treasury, but the
businessman, taxpayer and conservative
voter is satisfied, yes, pleased with
Rogers administration and can see no
valid reason to be advanced for a change.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
FROsTBURG, MD, SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1900.

tie same machines, with only thin
partition between. We take infants
after they are "a hours old-white,
black or any other color and without
reference to scX-and we bring them
up until they are year old at so much
per week. Terms are strictly cash in
advance every Monday morning, and
every kid is marked on the right heel
with our stamp and can't get lost or
mixed up in the shuttle While we are
Matching 100000 dozen eggs we are
bringing up 100000 Infants. put
the number at that, but it may he
few dozen more or less. Two dollars n
week for 100000 infants is over $40.
100000 per year. Call the expense for
milk. par@goric and toast S1.0OO.00O.
and what profit do you have LETT"
But | have come here to collect n
bill"
The $9000,000 profit on the Infants
added to the profits on the chickens
gives us a dividend of $1.2O on the dol
lar. and can you ask for more. sir-can
you do 1t? Why, man. the wealth of
Golconda is not In It! The De Beers
diamond bonds are waste paper In com
pariSOn! And you are to share In it.
You are no longer a struggling printer
on the seventh floor back. but a mil
lionaire on the first floor front. take
you in. | allot you 100000 wcrth of
stock at 30 cents on the dollar. and in
two weeks, if you care to sell out |
buy 1t at par. That's your reward for
your confidence In Ma jor Crofoot: that's
what comes
But | have no confidence in you"
shouted the creditor PAY this bill,
and you can incubate and be hanged
and keep all the protits.''
You have simply to rest easy" con.
tinued the major as he began to walk
on the mans toes and drive him to-
ward the door. "Just keep quiet for n
couple of weeks, until the stock Is Is
sued. If anything was said at the
present time
''What you pushing me for?'
''If anything was said at the present
time, some one might cut in on us. Just
go right back to your shop
81 want that money!
land keep mum, and the stock will
be sent to you in due time. That's it
good day-good day. Your confidence
in Majcr Crofoot has brought its re-
ward"
Look here. major." shouted the
printer as he hammered on the out
side of the 2oor, you are an old dead
beat. You-you''-
L.
against his toes. He picked it up,
gave the door three hearty kicks and
slowly went down stairs. He realized
that he had been taken in on the
ground floor. NJ. QUAD.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

the result is disastrous in the extreme.
1t is the same virtually with our sub
urban macadam roads. What is need
ed is Il country roadmaster with thor
Ough scientific knowledge of proper
road building and the experience to put
that knowledge into practical use. AS
it is every highway commissioner
works on his own individual lines and
theories. One believes in 4 high crown
on his roads, another a fiat one and so
on"
In discussing specific examples Mr..
Fullerton mentioned the famous Mer-
rick road on Long Island, with which
he is thoroughly familiar. THAT is one
of the oldest macadam highways in
this section" he said. at has stood
the heaviest wear of any road in this
country without n question, for it
forms the only means which the farm
crs of the island have had for reaching
the market. Over 1,5O0 market wag-
ons have been counted going over that
road in one day, and many of them car
ried as much as six tons of freight.
The road has been repaired in various
ways, but without proper system. Va
riOus portions have been looked after
by different roadmasters. One would
cut down weeds along the sides, anoth-
er would go along in the spring and fill
up holes, generally using the refuse
that had worked off at the sides, ma
tcrial worse than dust, for it had worn
round and would roll under wagon
OF
Sharp broken material must always be
used, as it packs and becomes adhe-
sive. For that very reason wash gravel
is little better than useless. Then
some other rcparcr would try to fill up
ruts and holes with loan which wash
ed Off at the first shower.
"But | remember one section of that
road, about five miles long, which was
kept in perfect repair because by prop
er and scientific methods, and it cost
less than any other portion on which
work was done. Piles of proper repair
Material were kept along the road at
stated intervals, and every hole was
tllcd as soon as discovered and the
filling stamped down solid. These
holes and gulles were not merely filled
in haphazard, but they were cut out
with clean edges clear through the top
layer of macadam and then built in
and stamped. This work was done
at all seasons of the year whenever
the holes appeared.
at costs at most $50 year to main
tain Il mile of macadam road, provided
it be done in Il proper manner That
figure is what Massachusetts has paid
but it WAS due in Il measure to Il land
slide which increased the cost and in
addition covered some bridge buildin@
Their engineer Informed me that with
scientific methods macadam highways
could he maintained in perfect order
for from $l5 TO $50 per mile per an
num-"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

The spirit of love and kindliness to
all which pervaded every word and
deed of Phillips Brooks did not hinder
his keen appreciation of others fail
ings and shortcomings or his own.
"Why in the world doesn't Brown
write his autobiography and have it
published?" said one Of the bishops
friends. referring to an lncesSant talker
and most egotistical man who had been
wasting an hour of the bishops most
precious time by a rehearsal of some
unimpOrtant happenings.
"Why, he'd rather tell it, Of course"
said the bishop. and then like flash
came regret for the quickly spoken
truth, and he turned on his friend with
n half humorous, half distressed face.
"What do you mean by asking me
such question as that when I'm off
my guard?" he demanded reproach-
fully.-Youth's Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
GREAT IRON MARKET.
Natural Advantages Made the Most
of In Cleveland.


Cleveland ranks as the greatest iron
ore market in the world. Sixty per
cent of the Lake Superior output is re-
ceivCd in the port of this district, and
it is the center to which manufacturers
who do not not own mines look for
their supplies. BY reason of her fame
as an ore market the city's iron inter
cSts are conspicuous. There are large
blast furnaces here which roll steel and
structural material and produce rods
and wire. Steel rails are made here,
and the big ruddcr frames for the lat
est and best battleships were construct
ed In Cleveland.
Practically all the best sugar ma
chincry of the country is made here.
Twist drills of the best quality are
among the iron products. Nut and bolt
works, steel bridge plants and iron and
steel shaping concerns are common.
Andrew Carnegie once stated that this
city was the ideal location for the
greatest iron and steel producing re-
gion in the world. Immense forgings
are made here, and electrical equip
mcnt constructed in this city is sent
into all parts of the world. Metrical
Instruments of the best kind are made
here. The superiority of the city as an
iron center is due to both natural and
acquired advantages. Cleveland is the
greatest receiving and distributing
point on the great lakes, and its rail
road facilities are the best.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
public pnrI,S In sydney.

The liberality of the government has
endowed sydney with an extent Of
parks, public gardens and recreation
reserves which few even of the great
European cities can equal. In the met
ropOlitan area there are J,3ST acres set
apart for such purposes. In addition,
n magnificent reserve, situated IL miles
south of the city, but accessible by rail
way, has been dedicated to the public
as Il national park. Its area is 3G,32O
acres, and it surrounds the picturesque
bay of Port Hacking. 1t is covered
with splendid virgin forest and the
scenery is charming. Another large
park, situated ten miles to the north of
Sydney and known rs Ku-rlng-gal
Chase, is also dedicated to the public.
Its area is 35.3OO acres. The Sydney
botanical gardens are much the oldest
and finest in the British colonies. They
are 10 acres in extent, situated within
the Domain, surrounding Farm Cove,
enc of the most charming indcntS of
the harbor and the anchorage of the
Australian squadron.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
HIGHWAY REPAIRS.
MAINTENANCE AS IMPORTANT As
CONSTRUCTION.

Material Should BE Placed Along the
Road and Holes Filled ns Soon ny
observation-disclosures Methods of Re
pairing and the Cost.
AS the old world has had its civiliza-
ton longer, so has it developed to Il
higher degree than have we in the
newer western world the science of
road building With the art of proper
construction has grown the knowledge
Of proper maintenance. In America
many states and municipalities have
learned how to build their streets and
highways WELL but there has so far
been ii sad and general lack of proper
and systematic maintenance, says the
Brooklyn Eagle. The agitation in favor
of good roads which has been pressed
so vigorously in recent years, owing in
a great measure to the development of
the bicycle and its universal use, has
led to splendid results. But the work
is as yet but half accomplished, for
while thousands of miles of improved
highways have been built throughout
the United States their maintenance
has not been properly provided for.
II. Il. Fullerton of Brooklyn, who has
long taken Il deep interest in the sub
jcct of good roads and who was recent
ly elected national chairman of the
highway Improvement committee of
the League of American Whcelmen,
had some interesting things to say upon
the subject of road maintenance.
"1n New Jersey, New York, Conncc-
ticut. Massachusetts and on Long Is
land there are some good roads, which
are taken care Gf but not in Il scientific
or proper manner. This is directly due
to the Old luxurious and most unSatiS-
factory manner of having the road tax
worked out by days labor. Any one
familiar with this system knows just
what it means and how poorly the lit
tie done is accomplished. Spring comes.
The highway commissioner turns to
his books to see how many days each
one is down for to cover his road tax.
Work is rcckoned at about 81 day for
man and from $1.50 to So day for
team.
"Wcll, when these men congrcgate to
do the work it is like meeting at the
crossroads grocery, and lots more talk
ing is done than work. In addition what
is done is done as each separate individ-
ual thinks best There IS no system. and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT.
Highway Embellishments should Not
BE Overlooked.

Highway Embellishments should Not
BE Overlooked.
A point strictly within the sphere of
til" "improvcrs' is highway cmbcl-
liShmCnt Cue less obvious, but as
important. is the laying out of now
roads, says The New York Independent.
That because Il thing exists it must be
right has been the opinion of many
in every generation, but in these days
of OvCrtulningS the time has come
when even so fixed matter as the
direction of a country road may not
only be mcndcd, but moved. If one
third of the roads in country town
ships We're given up and the money
which they. cost to keep them, not COM
fortably, but barely passable, were
intClligcntly expended in keeping the
remainder in good order, the improve
mcnt would be marked. The reln-
gushing of old and laying out of new
highways should be given to the vii
lagc Improvement societies, because
they are usually managed by the most
intelligent public spirited and tasteful
citizens.
When the first settlers built their
dwellings, they were 50 busy with the
hard needs of their daily lives that we
cannot wonder that most other con-
Siderat tons We're sacrificed to that of
convenience. The man who had to
milk his cows before daylight Of
winters morning, to chop his tirewood
after dark and dig paths through deep
drifts of snow wanted to have every
thing as near as possible both to his
own door and the highway. SO his
house was usually placed as close to
the roadside rs he could get it, and
there, too, in unsightly prominence,
were the sheds and wood piles the
pigstics and the chicken coopS. 1t is
said that as lately as in the fOrtcS in
the now charming village of East
Hampton. \. Y, this was still uni
versally the case, while cows, pigs and
geese wandered at will over the weed
grown apology for a green, and there
was hardly shade tree in sight. This
IS not mentioned because the case was
very exceptional, but because it is Il
striking instance of the good work Of
an active and intelligent village i'm
provcmcnt society.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
"SettInE the River on Fire"

In old English times, when each fam
lily was obliged to sift its own flour, 1t
sometimes happened that an energetic
man would turn his sieve so rapidly as
10 cause it. to catch fire. The style of
tleve used in those days was called
"temse," and it became a customary
saying that & lazy man would never set
the tense on fire. Now, 1t happens
that the name of the river Thames Is
pronounced like the name of this old
flour sieve. and after many years, when
the old fashioned tense was forgotten,
on fire meant setting the river on fire,
and that Is why today we say that
stupid person will never set the river
on fire.-LadieS' Home Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
Children and Rivers.

zone of the hardest things have to
do" says Il Boston schoolteacher, sis
to get into my children's heads the no.
tiOn that the streams rise in the noun
tains and flow toward the sea. 1t is
next to impossible to make some of
them comprehend anything about it.
They see no reason why the river
should not rise in the sea and flow into
the mountains. Most of them have new
er seen Il flowing stream. Many of
them have seen the Charles river, and
IL they have noticed anything about
II they have observed that it is just as
apt to flow from the ocean as toward
IL.
"a babbling brook running down
over little slopes and rapids or tum-
bling from the hill to the plain in cat
aractS is unknown to them. ! have to
resort to all sorts of images and illus
tratiOns to make them comprehend the
idea of springs gushing from the hills,
descending. joining, still seeking low
er level, and at last finding the sea.
And then they don't comprehend it!'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
MASTERING CHINESE.
One of the Most Difficult of Lam
EuaSes to Learn.


1t is we'll known that the Chinese
language is one of the most difficult to
master, and for us to attempt this task
after we have finished our school years
is excessively trying and difficult. Ger,
tainly the mistakes one hears of as be-
ing made by those who begin to talk
and, worse still, preach in a language
they fondly imagine they have mas
tered are ludicrOus in the extreme.
| heard of a clergyman who was
preaching to a Chinese congregation in
the vernacular. Come to God, oh. my
friends; come to GOd" he cried Tor
thought he did and was considerably
surprised to find some of the congrega-
ton with broad grinS Oh their faces,
while others were frOwning blackly.
Great was the good mans conStcrna-
ton when he found he had been say
ing, Call the pigs, oh, my friends; call
the pigs" His mistake, | believe, was
due entirely to putting the accent on
the wrong syllable, which altered the
whole sense of the words.
The Chinese seem to regard for
eigner speaking Chinese like DR.. John
son regarded women preaching. ut Is
like dog standing on his hind legs"
struck with admiration at how well he
does 1t. but you are surprised he can
do it at all"-LeSlie's Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
THE MOTHER SONG

Mother, oh, mother. forever | cry for y)ui
Sing the old SONGS | may never forget.
Even in slumber murmur and sigh for you
Mother, oh, mother,
Sing low, Little brother,
Sleep, foI thy mother bends thee yet!''
Mother, oh, mother, the years are so lonely,
Filled but with wearncss, doubt and regret!
Can't you come back to me, for tonight only,
Mother, oh, mother,
And sing, Little brother,
Sleep, for thy mother bends over thee yet!'
Mother, oh, mother, Of old had never
One wish denied me nor trouble to fret;
Now-must | cry out all vainly forever,
Mother, sweet mother,
Oh, sing, Little brother,
Sleep, for thy mother bends over thee yeti"
Mother, oh, mother, must longing and sorrow
Leave me in darkness, with eyes wet
And never the hope of meeting tomorrow
Answer me, mother,
And sing, Little brother,
Sleep, for thy mother bends thee yct!''
james Whitcomb Riley.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
Whole Nunpnn, SOP.



WI at is ii towers TO dizzy heights
And hides the nearby sights and sites
And cuts off air as well as lghts2
The billboard.
What is it makes the good man swear
And tinGc with blue the cut off hair
And growl, "Why, yes, live back thcroT'
The billboard.
What is 1t keeps each sunny ray
From pccping in at break OF day
And chills the very robins lay?
The billboard.
What is it hides mess Of cans
And broken hats and pots and pans
And dctunct cats and rat and tans!
The billboard.
What is it when the wind doth blow
Makes every passcr slurry so,
Lost death may mark its overthrow
The billboard,
What IS it laughs at human rights
Ana sn2crs at us from dizzy heights?
1t is that very prince of blights.
The billboard.
What Is it that dcforms the town
And brings our rents and values down
And kills quite dead our fair rgnown?
The billboard.
What Is it that should quickly go
Out in the lake a mile or so
In one long, ugly, trailing tow?
The billboards.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

In every family you'll find an old
man trying to quit smoking and a
young one trying to learn.-Atchison
Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

Age may not be garrulous, but there
Is no denying the fact that 1t tells on
both men and wOmen.-EXchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

- Nos |. =, I. J. and 9-week days 10, II,
T., II, II and l5-SundayS only; and Tues
days. Thursdays and saturdays. On theatre
nights, however, when admission tickets to
performance have been sold by agents, No.
will leave Cumberland at close of performance.
- All trains stop at Hay street station,
Cumberland. j.. NJ HAMIL LTON,
March General Manager.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
copyright, 1900. by C. Il. Lewis

Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lcwisl
1t was the printer with his bill for
1000 Office cards, and he knocked on
Major Crofoot's office door in that half
hearted way adopted by creditors who
feel that they must call and yet have
no faith that the bill will be paid
Come in. and good morning to yOu-
good morning." shouted the major as
he spranC up and extended his hand
and shook so heartily that the callers
hat was nearly jostled off his head.
When the shaking had been concluded.
he said:
81 have been expecting you up here
every day for week, and If you
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
Pittsburg Division.

Pittsburg Division.
EASTBoUND.
No. 10. Express. arrives 2:3S a. III.
No. 4i. Express. arrives 6:l0 p. M
No. II. Limited Express. arrives 1929 r. M.
No. II. Mail arrives 12l7 p. m.
No. Limited Express, arrives 1927 p III.
WESTBOUND.
No. 9..EXpress. ..... leaves 1:lO Il. IN.
No. II .Pttsburg Limited. leaves l:55 Il. III.
No. II Chicago Express. . leaves 9l5 a. m.
NO ~. Mall ........ leaves o:lo p. III.
No. 5. 5..Chicago Limited. leaves 300 p. III.
*Except Sunday. +Sunday only. No. I9is
a local train from Cum berand to Pttsbu'g,
and No. II from Pittsburg to Cumberland.
Nos and make ) stops each way between
Cumberland and Pittsburg Through tickets,
east and west for sale at Cumberland
NJ. G. CLARKE,
+. ID. UNpEEw ooD, Ticket Agent.
General Manager. ID. B. MAkTIN,
June2 Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11

WEsTBOUND.
Chicago Express;
No. 7..arrives 1925 a. m. leaves 1235 a. III.
Plttsburg Express:
No. 9..arrives LOO a. m.
Pittsburg Limited:
No. Ii. arrives $50 a. III.
Cincinnati and St. Louis Express
No 3..arrives $50 a. III. leaves 5:37 Il. M.
*Parkersburg, Wheeling and Way:
Terra Alta and Way:
NO IO... ltdNtS y VI H. III
Express:
No. 55. arrives 2:3O p. m; leaves 3:02 p. III.
Grafton and Way:
No. 5............ leaves 4.50 p. III.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Limited Express
No. 1..arrives S:0i p. m. leaves $40 p. nj
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-11
STAYING OFF A BILL.
THE GRAND PROMOTER ExEMPLIFIES
1T AS A FINE ART.

Major CrOfOot Organizes IA New
Scheme OF Gigantic Proportions
and Generously Takes In His Print
er on the Ground Floor.