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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

Tamahac eventually came to dcSig
nate the war hatchct' of the Indian,
supplied by the military commanders
of the whole continent in cquipping the
warriors on the many expeditions in
which French and English were con-
stantly engaged, and was furnished
the Indian allies of the English in our
war of Independence.
This weapon was either in the form
of a spear or hatchet blade en- one side.
while upon the opposite side there was
cuplike cavity. with Il small hole cX-
tending into the eye of the weapon, in
to which Il tough handle Of wood was
fitted IS inches or two feet In length.
The handle was perforated almost its
entire length, and below the hollow of
the bowl it was bored at right angles
TO this pcrf0ratiOn. a suitable stemhole
for the passage of the tobacco smoke
when the implement was in use as Il
pipe.
The tomahaWk pipe was not only at
tractiye and popular in trade, but, like
the earlier trade pipe, was given as Il
present at councils and ratitications of
treaties. 1t was pipe, a hatchet and
q mace or hammer all in one and an
swcred an important military require
mcnt in lcsseping the weight and in
cumbrance of the warrior, who other
wise would have tcnaciOusly held to
the stone pipe, which in itself was
heavier than the tomahaWk. - Smith
sonian Institution Report.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
The Trnmp's Advice.

She was standing on the front porch
reading the story paper, which had
just come in the mail.
MADAM" said Mcandering Mike,
"did l see you brush away n tear jes'
now?"
"S'posin | did," she returned. ITS
no business of yours"
81 spoke in kindness, lady. You amt
trcatin yersclf right to cry an read
both ut once. It's Il double strain on
yer eyes, an you might as well listen
to my hard luck stories an save yer
eyes exclusively fur de wecps. If you
likes touchin stories, lady, here's yer
chance TO have 'cm brought to yer
door, an You needn't pay 50 years
subscription in advance, neither. It's
de chance of yer life, lady, to trade off
cold victuals for pathos. os."-WashingtoH
ktar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

For fish cream add half cup of fine
bread crumbs TO half cup of rich
milk and cook TO paste; then quarter
of cupful of rich cream and two ia
bleSpOOnfuls of worcestershire sauce,
half a tcaspoonful salt and quarter
of tcaspoonful of paprika. Mix well
with two cupfuls of cold cooked fish,
chopped fine. Beat the whites of three
eggs to a froth and fold in the mix
ture Fill a fish mold or plain charlotte
mold two-thirds full and steam over
hot water in the oven until well set
about half an hour. Turn out on hot
platter and serve with lobster or
shrimp sauce.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
How to Make Liver Stew.

Procure Il Sleeps liver, with lights
and heart. Wash carefully, put intC
sufficient boiling water to cover it and
cook gently until tender. Remove all
scum which rises while boiling. as this
liquid is required for the stew. Take
the liver heart. etc, and S"t aside to
cool; then cut the heart and lights and
pieces about the size of dice, no
smaller. Take the other half of the
liver and CRATE it finely on Il vegetable
CRATER. Mix all together season with a
teaspoonful of salt and one quarter tea
spoonful of pepper and if liked one DIES
sertspoonful of chopped onion. Put in
to a saucepan and add enough of the
liquid in which the liver has been boil
ed to make into n thin stew. Set back
on the stove and simmer for an hour
and a half. Stir occasionally and if it
gets too dry add n little more Of the
liquid, which should be kept hot \
bit of butter the size of walnut rub
bed into a tablespoonful of flour and
ing makes the dish still richer. but il
tastes very good without this addition
Surround your platter with a border of
mashed potatoes, pour the stew into
the center and serve at once. If there
is any left over, it heats up nicely and
can be served on pieces of toast fer
breakfast or lunches the next day.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
CONCERNING MEATS.
How to Distinguish Between the
Good and the POOr.

Meat is the name given to the muscle
or flesh of animals which are used for
human food. 1t belongs to the nitrog-
cnous class of foods and may be divid-
ed into three classes, meat proper,
poultry and game.
Meat is cooked to make it taste bet
ter, look better and to kill germs. 1t is
made up chiefly of alDuminoidS, fats,
mineral matter and water.
The muscle, or lean part. of meat is
composed of little lunches Of tiny hol-
low fbcrs filled with bright red juice
and held together by Il tiny membrane
called connective tissue.
Fresh meat should be bright red, the
flesh should be firm to the touch. and it
should have no unpleasant odOr.
Meat should be taken from til" paper
Just as soon as it comes from the mar
ket, as the paper absorbs some of the
juice and is apt to give the meat dis
agreeable taste. 1t should be put on a
dish and be kept on the ice or in some
cold place until ready to be cooked.
Before cooking meat always wipe it
with a damp cloth. but do not PIT it in
to water to wash 1t. as some of the
juice would be drawn out.
Good beef should be of bright rcd
color. The fat should be light straw
color. In poor beef the lean is coarse.
open grained and ilabby and often
quite dark. while the fat is dark ycl-
low.
Veal should be fine grained and
white, with Just Il suggestion of pink
The fat should be firm and white.
In mutton the lean should be fine
grained and a rich red and juicy. the
fat firm and white.
In fresh pork the fat should be firm.
clear and white and the lean pink In
the saltcd meat the fat is sometimes Il
delicate pink. This is an Indication of
sweet, healthy pork. but il is more
usual to find it without color.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
The Soldier and OhcJience

Once, when | was military attache in
Paris, | was holding a conversation
with Gambctta. and he said to me, In
these days there are only two things
which Il soldier need know; he must
know how to march, and he must know
how to shoot"
| said, Il beg your pardon, eXcellen-
cy, there is Il third thing, which you
have forgotten"
what is that?" said he.
And | replied. "IIe must know how
to obey"
1t is not enough to know how to
march, it is not enough to know how to
shoot; there must in addition be fire
discipline, and that fire discipline
comes of the soldiers knowing how to
Obey-to obey not merely with blind
obedience, but with an obedience
which comes from faith, faith in the
officers, faith in their justice, faith in
their knowledge, faith in their skill and
faith in their being the soldiers true
friend.-Sir Henry Brackenburg
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
RESULT OF IMPROPER DRAINAGE.

RESULT OF IMPROPER DRAlNAGE.
by the farmers of that state but when
they came to understand its purposes
and the value and economy of prrma-
ncnt roads they changed their attitude.
They are now the strongest kind of
supporters of the movement, and the
consequence is that that little state is
pretty we'll gridironed with smooth.
hard roads upon which no money is
wasted in repairs and over which are
carried loads two and three times the
size of those that could formerly be
hauled. These highways now a%grc-
the cost was borne by the state at
large, the county paying the other two
thirds.
There are sections in Minnesota
where clay or sand makes travel very
heavy and where with state aid per-
mancnt roads scientifically built would
add almost as much tG the general
prosperity of the section as the rail
roads. The folly of being content with
a system of communication between
the farm and the town and railway
station that makes the cost of trans
pOrtatiOn two or three times what it
need be is made the more apparent
when one recalls the volume of protest
that grcctS every suggestion of the adj
vance of freight rates. Cheap trans
portatiOn from the farm to the market
is one of the chief secrets of successful
competition and prosperity, and the
community that sees to it that it has Il
hard road passable with heavily
loaded team at all seasons and in all
weathers will save far more in one
year than could be effected by any re-
duction in freight charges.
Nor should it be overlooked that I'M
der the present system in vogue in
most townships the building of roads is
absolutely WaStcful. Ramsey county
roads cost about $4,000 a year in re-
pairs year after year, and after the
first hard rain they are often in as bad
a condition as they were before the
money was expended. 1t would be just
as sensible to dump ut least half the
sum into the first manholc. If it were
not for the politics in the thing, the
system would have gone long ago. \
hundred thousand dollars carefully cX-
pended would give this county all the
macadam roads it needs and would re-
duce the annual expenditure for re-
pairs by One-half
The continuation of the present Sys-
TEN, whether due to stupidity, want of
Judgment or because Il few votes may
be made by farming out the road jobs,
is Il criminal waste of the money of the
people of st. Paul. who pay SO per
cent Of the county expenses. 1t is Il
barrier to prosperity in the country
and Il barrier to that frequency of i'll
tercommunication between the urban
and rural populations which brings
trade to retail merchants. The board
of county commissioners made Il fair
beginning once, though it failed to in-
sist upon as careful construction of
the roads as it should have done. 1t
is to be hoped that it has not aban-
donCd the project. If it has, it is time
the good roads advocates got together
and organized to secure the nomination
in the fall of men who will see that
the city and the county get something
out of the money that goes into the
road fund For the more rural cOun-
ties state aid law would prove
hOOn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
The Test,

1t is the dead of night. That is not
another story. understand.
tens.
She hears her husband enter the
house and walk swiftly through the
parlor.
"Ah, me" she signs. "Ie has knock
ed nothing over. The room is not yet
artistically furnished"
She cries softly to herself awhile and
then resolves upon the morrow to buy
a few additional loads of bric-a-brac
and try anew.-DctrOit Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
When to Repair Highways.

In repairing roads the time hOnored
custom of waiting until the road has
lost its shape or until the surface has
become filled with holes or ruts should
never be tolerated. Much good mate
rial is wasted by spreading thick
coat over such Il road and leaving it
thus for passing vehicles to consoli-
date. The material necessary to re-
place defects in road should be added
when the necessities arise and should
be of the best quality and the smallest
possible quantity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

The best flour is the cheapest, even
for the poor, as it makes better bread
to the pound, containing a high per
cent of nutritive principles. \ good
-four has yellowish tingc, must not
feel damp, clammy or sticky and when
kneaded into dough will become
smooth and elastic and stay in round,
puffy shape ard take up large
amount of water, The very white
fiours are poor and contain very little
gluten and are not fit for bread. Select
a flour which is satisfactory for all
cooking purposes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
A DEAL IN WHISKY.
The Profits Were Not SO large ns
the Buyers Expected.


"There are tricks in the whisky busi-
ness as well as in Others" said the
drummer for large compromising
house, "and remember one low the
firm | was with got stuck. Ilr day
man drove up in Il one hose wagon
carrying one barrel of whisky, which
he wanted to sell. lie told us some
kind of Il story about an old uncle dy-
ing and leaving it to him; but, rs he
couldn't afford to use as good LIQUOR as
1t was, he had concluded to sell it.
I'VE took the barrel into the house.
and. prying out the bung, we slipped in
the siphOn and drew off a glass of it TO
sample. And it was fine. The barrel
showed age, and the liquor tasted it.
1t was worth so n gallon if it was
worth . cent. but we didn't give the
man any such pointers. We knew by
the weight that there were at least 40
gallons of it, and we made him an Of
fer of $15O for the barrel He higglcd
awhile. but took the money at last and
drove away.
in the course of Il couple of weeks
we concluded to put that whisky in
bottles and sell it as case goods, so we
set the SiphOn to work at the bung and
began to draw it off After the fourth
bottle had been drawn the siphOn re-
fused to work, and we examined it to
find what was wrong. We could not
get at it that way, and, as the contents
seemed to be all right, we set the bar
rel on end and bored another hole in it.
Then the siphon worked, but the liquor
was much palcr, and one Of the men
tasted it. BY George, it wasn't whisky
at all! 1t was only water, colored
somewhat from the charrcd inside of
the barrel
"That scared us, and we smashed tie
head in to see what was inside, and we
saw in minute. The willy 'cuSs had
filled Il can with fine Old whisky to the
bung where we made the examination
before purchasing, and when that had
been cmptied the whole story had been
told. He had probably paid IS for the
gallon to I'll the can, and we sold 1t for
$3.50 4 bottle, but we didn't get Il
blamed cent for the 80 gallons, more or
less. of water that filed the rest of the
BARREL Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
How to Color Kitchen Wallis.

A very pretty pink coloring for kitch
en- or pantry walls can b" made by dis
solving whiting or lime in cold water
and adding to it enough pcrman%anat"
of potash to give it the desired shade.
Add a little liquid glne and apply as
you would whitrwash. \ pale yellow
shade can be made by substituting Il
very little yellow ocher for the per.
manganatc, and the ordinary blue bag
will supply that shade.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

When one rooster sees another
rooster which he believes to have evil
designs, he gets OH the fence and
crows. Civilized nations don't do that,
but under similar circumstances make
a naval demonstration" ana say moth
ing. But the motives and the objects
are identical. and in both cases the re-
suit depend" ON whether the other
rooster will take dare."-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
BAR TO PROSPERITY.
BAD ROADS DOUBLE THE COST OF
TRANSPORTATION.

Expense of Hauling Farm Products
Through the Mud Eats Up the Prof
it-Stupidity Of the Prevalent Road
system.
Commenting on the failure of the
Minnesota legislature to pass Il state
aid law for the Improvement of cOun-
try roads, the st. Paul PiOnccrprcSS
calls attention to the ShOrtSi%htCdnCSS
of the present system of road building
and maintenance and dcplOrcs the fact
that money now spent on the highways
is practically thrown away. The Press
says:
New Jersey has Il state aid law for
the building of good roads which is
practically similar in that which was
rejected in our own legislature last
winter. When the New Jersey law was
first proposed, it was strongly opposed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

Stubb-Did you hear about Fink?
Tho poor fellow was caught in the ele-
vator this morning.
Pcnn-You don't mean it. Was he
crushed?
Stubh-Very much so. You see, his
wife caught him taking his new ste
nographcr out 10 lunch. - Chicago
News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
THE LlGHTSHIP.

When boats come home across the bar
And winters sunlight dies atar,
When green and purple dusk crceps down
And hides the harbor and the town,
Each night far out to sea a ncw
OF pale, wan light sends forth clean
Across the peaceful. dark 'uiug tiles
And marks the lghtship where she rides.
When, tempest tossed, the ships slip by
The foam hid hcadlanl, and the sky
Is torn with wrack OF scudding cloud,
And winds Of winter cry aloud,
Lo, through the roar OF crashing wave,
Above The temprs,'s moan and rave,
A voice comes DER tic ,.sHhlcd tides
And marks where yet the lightship rides!
Richard S,ilIman Powell in Criterion
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
willed sio,o 900 to Good Roads.

Patrolman $. Robinson of the Boston
police department, who died recently
leaving $4,000. has bequeathcd $4,000
to the town of Gilmanton, n. H., the
income to be expended for good roads.
The remainder of the fortune is divid-
ed among the friends relatives and po-
lice associates of the old man, who was
styled 'thc Hermit of the Police Court"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
Some Book Reviews by Its Energetic
Literary Man.

We are i'll receipt CT a new publica-
ton entitled Did She Marry For
Money!" As near as we can make out
she did. but she got beautifully left
around for five years, Lucille hears
that he has come into possession of an
even million. She then tells him that her
love has always been his and hurrics
up the wedding. The honeymoon is
only week old when her husband is
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
How to Prepare Savory Potatoes

Cut some good sized boiled potatoes
in half. arrange them on tin dish, fiat
side downmOSt, and pour over each Il
little melted butter, either plain or fla
vOrcd with mustard. Cover each thick
ly with dry bread crumbs seasoned
with a little grated ham and bake crisp
in hot oven.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

Take half pound of flour and a
little salt, rub it into one ounce of but
ter till smooth. add quarter of an
ounce of baking powder and nearly a
gill of cream. Kncad up into a dough,
form into small rollS. bake them in n
moderate oven for 20 minutes. Serve
I,af
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

"Do you suppose that any sort of cul-
tivation can change fruit tree into Il
nut trcc| asked Cawlcr,
Il should think not" replied Cumso.
"iut see how the iokerS haVechangct
George Washington'S cherry tree into I
chestnut. Iiarper's Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

Admircr Ito great political boss)-
What makes your hair curl in front?
G. L. B.-What is there straight
about me that you take exception to
my hair being crOolied?-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
FEAR AND DEATH.


The spirit of the plague entered the gate.
One, watching, asked, 'How many wilt thou
slayI"
"a thousand" spake the spirit, "is no quest"
The plague made end. The spirit left the gate.
The watcher cried, "rcn thousand didst thou
say?''
"Nay, onc," the spirit said "fcar killed the
rest"
r.. II. Bowker in Century.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

"Ah," said the conceited fellow, with
n view to making her jealous, Il was
alone last evening with one whom |
admire very much"
YES" she said. "Alone, were you|
Philadelphia Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
The Satisfaction Init.

Hicks-You really don't mean that
Baldwin enjoys such hot weather as
this?
Wicks-NO-that is, only so far as it
gives him an opportunity to find fault
with it.-Boston Transcript.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
The German Mile.

Germany has three kinds Of miles
the German short mile, 6,S59 yards; the
German geographical mile, S237
yards, and the German lOI & mile, 10,-
126 yards.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

"Pve discovered how these health re-
sorts work"
"IIow is it!'
'Wcll, when a man gets there and
finds what his bills are in Il few weeks
he either dies or gets well enough to go
home. Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

A rural local says, "Thc farmers who
gave their COWS SawduSt disguised as
bran We're rewarded with wooden
calves this spring" Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

''Do you believe that literary ability
is hereditary"
eyes, but ability to whccdlc publish
erS frequently skips a gcncration."-
Chicago Record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

WOOcr May hope:
Woocd Yes, if you viii promise ncv-
er to refer 10 the matter again. Har-
lem Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

sued for laundry BILL and it trans
pireS that he isn't worth Il red The
book leaves Lucille scattered over the
floor in a dead faint, and we are not
going to bring her to and ask Qucs-
tons. Let her turn to tapestry paint
ing and make an old mans life happy.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
How to MIKE Mouth Wash.

a little camphor and water should
be used as wash for the mouth and
throat if the breath is not sweet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

"It did your cold good to go and see
the doctor. | knew it would"
"Yes. Hes got worse cold than |
have."-Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28
Georges Creek and Cumberland

Dams Rock excursionists take either the
m or 1 p m train at Cum mberand, and return
to Cumberland by the 5;l5 p m train at Vale
Summit.
Carriage service between Vale Summit and
Dams Rock may be secured by application
day in advance at the Washington street
office of the G. g. and G. Il. Co., Cumberland.
JAMES A. MILLH0LLAND,
Sent "a General MANAGE
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

A book which will appeal largely to
western sentiment is entitled Found
at Last The daughter of New York
millionaire has had 10 offers of mar
riage. She knows that every one Of
the 10 young men simply wanted her
cash. She determines that whoever
gets her shall get her through love,
and she packs her trunk and goes west
0nd prctcndS to be poor. She strikes Il
job of teaching school at So month
and board. and after about six months
along comes Popsy Harrison, a young
man in II red wooden shirt who is head
boss in a *awmiil He says Gosh
hang it," and Col durn it, and he
wipes his mouth on the tablecloth, but
she discovers that he loves her for her
self, and she gives him her heart and
Il stack of government bonds as big as
a house. Things ought to always come
out that way. and we hope the book
will have large sale. NJ. QUAD.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

According to our office scales, the
book entitled "The Love of Theodore"
weighs just ~ ounces. We can't find
out that Theodore's love was anything
to brag of. and the fact that he loved
for 13 long years before saying any
thing about it does not recommend him
to our estimation. \ young man who
loves a girl so that he can't sleep
nights, and yet permits her to make ar
titicial flowers for 80 cents Il day and
attempt suicide nine different times
should be chained up to a Digger In
dian. The book leaves her claSpcd to
his bosom; but, in spite of his long love,
he may have found some other excuse
to stand her off. We can't conScicn-
tiously recommend the book.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-28

- Nos |. =, :. J. s and g-wcCk days 10, II,
T., H. II and 10 Sundays only; q and Tues
d 'ys, Thursdays and saturdays. On theatre
nights however. when admission tickets to
performance haV" been sold by agents, No.
will leave Cumberland at close of performance.
-; All trains stop at Hay street station,
Cumberland. l.. NJ. HAMILTON,
March General Manager.