Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-08-18
EOrty-One Years A go.

they deserved.
The one now under review is dated
Saturday, April Is, 1889"
The leading editorial is strong pro-
test against prevailing political, social
and business corruption and crime. 1t
is an appeal also to ''philanthropists,
statesmen and patriots, for reform. "
The editor says
Reform in ciyu society is more loudly called
for by the actual condition ofthings than in
the administration of national affairs, for a
thorough reform here would produce health
full action in public affairs.
He then suggests that this reform
should be made by the people ga prjmHry
question i'll the scheme of elections for
Office
The same condition still prevails.
The next editorial is IA learned dis
QUESTION on botany.
Compliments are paid MesSrS. Frost
& Shaffer and Lowndes e Clary for
neat store arrangement, and Messrs.
Percy q Bro. for the quality of some
canned goods presented.
Heavy showers are reported day and
night" accompanied by "strong gusts of
wind and sharp explosions of thunder.
Business is brisk; our country friends
come more frequently, their wagons loaded
with farm produce to trade, especially as
our stores have been rapidly filling up with
the finest goods.
\ long list of new subscribers from
Grantsvillc affords the editor CCol. John
PickelD great joy.
Flour is priced from $40 down to
81. 80: bacon from shoulders at cents to
sugar-cured hams ut II cents; "butter
none i'll market; would readily command
- cents for fresh roll ~ coffee from - to
H. cents; sugar-brown 9, maple s,
crushed 12'a, pulverized l3 cents; nails
81. Il keg; hay from $40 to $l2 ton;
lumber $40 thousand and joint shingles
So.
The canal steamer, Blue Bird" left
Cumberland week before for Alex
andria loaded with 100 tons coal, taking
in tow another boat with 10S tons. 1t
was trial trip and from which much
was expected. "a speed of ) or miles
an hour disturbed the water very little"
The coal trade sent Il memorial to the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
calling the attention of the company to
the alarming diminution i'll the coal
trade to Baltimore.
The editor, quoting from the Cam
bridge MIDI Hc,uId, tells business men
that "advertising is the thing" He
says:
Everybody now looks in the newspapers
to see what is for sale. No one, therefore in
this enlightened age can do all that is pos
sibe in Il business way without advertising.
If there is Il better argument than that
extant the JOURNAL does not know of it.
The only contribution to the paper is
il poem entitled '.False and True Pleas
ure," by ar. w. NJ, Frostburg, Md"
well remembered as r. w. Mason, now
deceased, father of Mrs. Thomas Hill, of
this place:
Talk not of the joys which the ballroom af-
ford,
Or the pleasures that reign at the festive
board;
They are lighter than air and soon vanish
away
Like the mist when the sun sheds his bright
golden ray.
Tell me not there is bliss in the bright spark
ling bowl
That its draught can administer Feace to the
soul;
IT'S false and decetful, there's death in the
cup,
And wo be to him who its poison shall sup !.
Tell me not that gold bringeth contentment
and ease,
That rubies and diamonds, can purchase
true peace;
All, no! It's untrue; they bring care to the
mind
And instead of enjoyment IL sting leave be-
hind
E ell the friends that we love-the light of
their smile
Will soon fade in death, and leave us to
mourn
For those who have gone but can never re-
turn.
Earth pleasures, when surest and brightest
they seem,
Pass away like the visions we've seen in a
dream;
The hopes that are fondest the friends we
hold dear,
Soon vanish and leave us to mourn for them
here.
There is pleasure unfading, hope that is
sure
There are joys that are lasting, a bliss that is
pure,
| But earth hath no power this bliss to afford
1t alone can be found in serving the Lord.
| There's land where the friends who once
meet never part,
Where love, joy and exstacy fill each pure
heart:
the tomb,
| Where anguish and sorrow and pain never
| come.
1t Is Heavens bright kingdom, the land OF
delight,
Unchilled by stern winter unclouded by
night;
Oh the joyful delights of that kingdom Of
bliss
Where Jesus's presence eternally is.
Let the prospect of heaven my heart evel