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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-19

Family pride has ruined the pros
poets Of many q fine young man
Chicago Daily News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
a New Year Hint.

Amongst Il number of proverbs origi-
nal with the Manufacturers Rcco,d, of
Baltimore, the following furnish bases for
profitable thought in town and county
during the holidays:
A planning mill is less dangerous to town
than a politician.
Capital IS of more advantage to commu-
nifty than demagogues.
Campaign speeches are valueless as fertil-
zers of farms or as lubricators of industry.
Harmony between employees and employers
diminishes in direct proportion to legislative
intermeddlng with private affairs.
1t is frequently difficult to tell which
is the more pestiferous-the campaign
speaker or the walking delegate.
In all cases the former, especially if a
nominee, is i'll favor of millions for armor-
plate, "but not Il cent for macadam.
And the latter, whose living depends
upon Organization, works as one ever
trying to earn for hjm$cU some sort of
premium besides.
There is no disinterestcd benevolence
among demagogues, political or labor
Hence, if all the people in this region
would include among their New Year
resolutions one to stay away from all
political and industrial revival meetings,
they would hereafter rate and act more
intelligcntly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
He Should Stay Out,

The circuit court of Montgomery de
clared last week that
while the presence of the States attorney
in the grand jury room at the time stated was
improper, it was not alleged in the plea that
the action of the jury had been influenced by
the States attorneys presence
1t would not be "alleged in the plea. -
etc, in the very nature of the case.
The States attorneys duty in the
grand jury loom lasts only just SO long
as it takes him to give the advice the
jury calls for. He should then retire
until he is again summoned
The practice of thanking him at the
end of the term should be discontinued.
Every vote of thanks of this character
suggests the probability that the attor-
ney has rendered assistance not contem-
plated by law, certainly not by unassail-
able procedure.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Health Value Of Vegetables.

\ diet of nothing but celery is said by
some physicians to be Il sure cure for
both rheumatism and neuralgia. Free
use Of this vegetable is always recon-
mended to rheumatic patients.
Baked potatoes are digested more
easily than boiled potatoes, and should
therefore be preferred by dyspeptics.
In case of anaemia, cabbages and
spinach are distinctly beneficial. Spin
ach is also almost as valuable as lithia
water i'll its effect OH the kidneys.
Beets and turnips keep the blood pure
and improve the appe tite.
Tomatoes are thought i'll India to be a
preventive of cholera. Like endives and
watercresses, they stimulate the healthy
action of the liver.
Just after the Battle Of Fort DonelsOn
General Grant is said to have telegraphed
to Washington that he would not permit
the army to move till 10 wagon-lOadS of
onions that had been promised to him
should arrive. Onions are essential to
the army mess to make pork or beef
palatable. But they are also an admir-
able cure for sleepleSSness and indiges
ton everywhere.
Garlic, leeks and olives stimulate the
circulation of the blood.
Too much meat and too few vegeta-
bles make up the average diet. Health
depends on continuous variety.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
BreVitieS.

The moral coward is a man who can
not do anything original without asking
the worlds pardon for running off the
track
Printers Ink, Of 18th inst, reproduces
from M'Clure's November Nugo:inr an
advertisement of Julius Hines & Son, of
Baltimore, and asks its readers to read
it and see if it does not make cogcnt
appeal for trade"
1t is an incident that ought to be aus
picious of peace for all time that the first
light of the new century will dawn upon
the people of the Frjcndiy Islands.
The JOURNAL sees two illusions to
"Scylla and Charybdis" this week-the
first elsewhere quoted from the Cum
berland Courjrr, wherein, of course, it is
properly employed. The Windber PA. }
Fra, however, speaking of some lin
surgent' republicans, says-''in trying
to straddle the issues and support Wanna
maker and Bill Flynn, they are likely to
stub their toes on Scylla and skin their
noses on Charybdis.' Stub" is not so
good as stump their toes" ON rock,
but to "skin their noses on" whirl-
pool is very, very bad. The Pennsyl-
vania regulars should be as straight"
on marineas maritime rhetoric.
A Preston county CIV. Va teacher
has been discharged for pronouncing
''dam" like Il swear word.
The New York Hcr0H says the pro-
hibitionist preachers of Omaha, Neb,
are so tiercely fanatical that they want
the sand-bars removed from the muddy
Missouri.
An Ohio chap went to North Dakota
and started a weekly newspaper The
Indians soon suspected that he knew
more about farming than editing, and
now they call him "Young- Man Who
Don't Understand His-Tale.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
CHRISTMAS OVERFLOW.
story with Warming to All In
tending Donors.

tenuInS Donors.
Eyes, Charley is sick again." said one
Of the tenants of CarOndclet street Of
&c" building, referring to Il ncighbOr at
the other end of the hall. He is laid up
with what he calls remittent fever, be-
cause he has to remit to so many people
when he gets well; but the truth is | am
personally responsible for the whole
thing. | gave him the fever myself, not
only his present attack, but six or eight
others, and my conscience is beginning to
bother me like the dickens. It's queer
story. Last Christmas, to begin at the
beginning, | wanted to make IA few little
presents to some of my close friends, and
among others whom | desired to re-
member i'll that way were Charley and
DIR. -.
Il picked out Il handsome cnamelcd
match safe for Charley, and for the doc
tor | purchased Il fine gold mounted elm
zeal thermometer, the kind made to be
carried i'll the vest pocket. In some way
or other the two packages got mixed. |
knew nothing about it until week or SO
later, when the doctor met me on the
street and thanked me warmly for the
beautiful match safe | had sent him.
Great Scott" | said to myself Charley
must have thought | was crazy when he
opened up his own little gift
But, strange to say, he was perfectly
delighted. He declared when | saw him
that clinical thermometer was exactly
what he had wanted for long time, and
he was surprised had hit his wishes so
nicely. You know I'm in rather delicate
health he said, and that thermometer
will give me timely warning whenever
my system becomes derangcd. My tenn
trrn 10 sli,rhtlN nh tb.. nj
right now he added, and | am just on
my way to get some quininc and phcnace-
tine Well, | congratulated myself that
the mistake turned out so fortunately,
and, knowing that Charley was really as
strong as an OK, never dreamed that
that COMPOUNDED thermometer could pos
sibly undermine his constitution.
Yet that is exactly what has happen
ed. For nine solid months he has been
taking his temperature on an average of
ten times Il day, and whenever it is the
slightest fraction out of the normal as
he calls it, he Immediately fills himself
full of medicine. lie is naturally very
abscntmindcd, you know, and he fire.
Quently fOrgctS what the normal is, the
results in such cases being very harrow
ing. just before he was taken down this
last time for instance | met him in the
hall rushing for drug store.
IF the normal is 9S 80, I'm all right
he said, but if it's % 3-S I'm burning up
with fever
"'Why in thunder don't you inquire?
l asked.
81 intend to- he replied, but I'm 60
ing to take precautionary measures first
AS a consequence he has been on his
back for two weeks. If he keeps up Mt
his present gait, I'm satisfied that he will
never last until New Years. but how to
stop him | don't know. | wish to heaven
he would swallow the COMPOUNDED thing
the next time he puts it in his mouth.
If the poor fellow dies, | shall have a
monolih erected over his remains i'll the
shape of clinical thermometer, 10 feet
high and carved out of granite. New
Orleans Times Democrat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
GENEIsAIiITENlS.
a Witty Red Man.

In "Travels III New England and New
York" President Dwight of Yale College,
tells good story of Indian wit and
friendship.
In the early days of Litchtield, Conn,
an Indian called at the tavern and asked
the landlady for food, frankly stating
that he had no money with which to pay
for it. She refused him harshly, but Il
white man who sat by noted the red
mans half-famished state and offered to
pay for his supper
The meal was furnished, and the
Indian, his hunger satisfied, returned to
the fire and told his bcnefactor Il story.
you know Bible?' said the redsliin
The man assented.
"Well, said the Indian, ''the Bible
say, God made world. and then He took
him and look at him and say, He good
very good. He made light, and He took
him and look at him and say, He good,
very good. Then He make dry land
and water and sun and moon and grass
and trees, and took him and look at him
and say, He good, very good Then He
make beast and birds and fishes, and
took him and look at him and say, 'He
good very good.
"Then He made man, and took him
and look at him and say, He good, very
good. Then He make woman, and took
him and look at him, and He no dare
say one such word -
This last conclusion was uttered with
IL meaning glance at the landlady.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22


The Midland Press makes strong
plea for a general and united appeal by
miners. business men, and all others, to
the governor to pardon the young men
lately convicted of riOtous conduct du-
ring the strike of last summer.
That the effect of clemency would be
pleasing to those Immediately concerned
and soothing to a very large body of
people who believe the young men We're
not maliciously engaged in the trouble,
there is no doubt.
But it is from the viewpoint of the
general good that all sympathizers and
all concerned i'll the peace of the region
and He welforc Of idbor itsct should look,
and the question is
Which will the more contribute to
both-the infiction of the sentences or IL
''gO and-sin- no-more" discharge by the
governor:
In several cases there seems to be no
doubt that whatever wrong was COM
mitted was more i'll the Sccmi"g than III
fact, but where to draw the line between
the apparent and the real none can say.
To pardon all on this account, 1t Is
probable, will be to pardon some who
should be punished.
On the other hand, to let no real or
apparently guilty man escape may be an
affirmation which commits the worst of
crimes the punishment of the innocent.
fit ''be better therefore, "for ninety
nine guilty to escape rather than one i'll
nocent shall suffer" what will be the
effect, especially on Georges Greek labor.
if Il sentence be carried out which i'll
fiicts even i'll one instance Il punishment
which can easily be construed into mar
tyrdom:
The JOURNAL feels that if all are par
doned no innocent man will suffer; GER
tainly in no appeal for organization
hereafter can Il plea of martyrdom be
set up by or for anyone.
With the welfare of the region-with
1.-The greatest good of the greatest num-
ber' at heart, and speaking compara-
lively only, the JOURNAL believes that of
two possible evils as results, pHr'ion "W
Jroducr he icSSrr
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
\ Thought.

1t is necessary for senator to be thorough
ly acquainted with the Constitution. And
this is a knowledge ola most extensive nature
a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection,
without which no senator can possibly be tit
for his otfiCe.-Ciccro.
If men like Hanna and Clark We're
subjected to that test, few would be
Senators because they are millionaires.
As matter of fact, if the Constitution
We're universally read, understood and
rcSpccted there would be comparatively
few millionaires.
The Constitution provides for neither
extreme wealth nor pauperism.
What far different Christmas holiday
this would be Were the constitutional
ideal of the commonwealth realized
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
A Pretty Romance Spoiled.

An old bachelor recently bought pair
OF socks. There was nothing very
strange about this, but what makes the
occasion worthy of note was the fact
that he found in the toe of one of them
Il slip of paper on which was written;
am young lady of 20 and would like to
correspond with a bachelor with view to
matrImOny.
After due deliberation our friend con-
cludcd to write to the socks-maker. In
a few days he got an answer to his
letter:
was married five years ago last Christmas.
The merchant who sold the socks did
not advertise.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
The Height of Dams Mountain.

MINING JOURNAL criticises the Press state
ment of height OF Dams mountain (2S9S feet
quotes Government map as giving height of
1882 feet
We stand corrected but not altogether.
The correct height Is 2s3S 2 feet; the govern
ment map is incorrect also. This on author
ity of J. P Gaffney, who furnished Uncle
Sam the figures. Midland Press.
That being true, the reliability gencr-
ally of those expensive maps is seriously
impcached.
OF all publications those emanating
from government auspices should be
quite infallible.
The JOURNAL went to some expense to
frame its map niccly-to make it Orna-
mental as well as instructive-to learn
now that it robS Dams Rock of Is feet of
altitude.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Cheering Indications.

The clearness with which ex- President
Harrison exposes the fallacy and danger
of expansion" and cX-President Cleve-
lands hearty commentator of it as
''the best deliverancc made on the sub
ject, are cheering proofs that there is
some of the old life left in the old land
yet.
Gen. Harrison says 1.-THE nation
has done something out of the line of
historical precedents-not i'll the ray of
expansion. but in the ch0r0cfcr of it"
That is, "heretoforeit had taken I""'$;
now it essays to take pcopIcS."
And so on.
The significance of these sound views
and the reception given Them especially
by the press, proclaim that eventually
both parties, having strayed from the
old landmarks, have got to come back.
And so, as the new century opens,
and i'll the language of one of the JOUR-
NAILS tutors, 1.-The skies are bright and
frightening
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Legal Notices.
Notice Of First Meeting Of Creditors.

In the District Court of the United States for
the District of Maryland-in Bankruptcy.
In the Matter of
John II. Wiegand. In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the Creditors Of Joh,e II. Vicga"d, Of FROST
bury, in the Co~',ty IF 1Uega"y, and District
uorcSaid, q Bankrwpt.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That on
N the 9th day of November, 4. u. 1900
the said John II. WIegand was duly adjudi-
Gated bankrupt; and that the first meeting of
his creditors will be held at my Law Office
No. Washington street, i'll Cumberland
Maryland. on the Goth day Of December
\. ID. 1900, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon, at which time the said creditors may
attend, prove their claims, appoint trustee
examine the bankrupt, and transact such
other business as may properly come before
said meeting. ALBERT A DOUB,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
November 80, 1900. Dec
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
A Correct Statement.
he cat is out of the bag.

The cat is out of the bag.
The population of Homecoming is not
the population inside of the corporate
limits, but the population of the cleo
ton districts whose lines run within and
around those limits-5,959.
The Homecoming star says so.
Corroboratcd by the Homecoming Re-
ricw.
The population of Frostburg, how
ever, WSid" corPorntr ijmiS-and Frost
burg does not extend outside-iS 5,214,
which makes Frostburg the second town
i'll the county and seventh in the State;
Homecoming third i'll the county and
fifteenth i'll the State.
This is the Stot"S at the hour of going
to press, and there is no sneak from it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
To What Destiny?

Some philosopher remarked a few
years ago
find the great thing in this world is not so
much where we stand as in the direction we
are moving.
When one recalls the expressed atti-
tude of this country toward Poland,
Hungary, and even towards Cuba and
contrasts it with its silence concerning
the struggle of the Beers, he may well
aSk-YuO rddiS
And when he considers its own effort
to commercialize and christianize the
Philippines by armed torce, he may with
yet more emphasis ask-whither bound
Peace leave with you, said Christ,
but where is it i'll any ''worldpower'
ambition of the greatest christian cen
tennial of history?
Hence, "in what direction is this
country moving -this country erewhile
recognized as the hope of the oppressed
of all natiOnS?'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Concerning Christmas.

The best thing to put in warm
Christmas stocking is poor child's
foot.
Jews in most countries keep Christ
mas as season of fcaSting and mirth
and of gift giving.
COptic Christians believe that savage
beasts and venOmCus Serpcnts are
harmless on Christmas day and will
neither bite nor sting.
The Yulc log in England is Il relic of
Druidism and has no religious signiti-
ca.cc left 1t survives merely as an
ancient and time honOred custom.
Christmas is respected by the follow
ers of MOhammcd, but not observed.
With all their hatred of Christians
they regard Jesu-bcn-Miram as Il mi
nor prophet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Good Words from IA Good Quarter.


On the subject Of good roads the Frost
burg JOURNAL, among other things, says:
If the government treated the farmers and
wOrkingmen as well as it does the sea going
people these United States would be a Para
disc of inland transit pleasure and prosperity
1t may be WELL Just here, to pay the jour
La much deserved compliment Those
who have read it for years must agree that
editor Oder never lets any important public
question go unnotiCed, and in the handling
he ever avoids the Scylla of catering to capital
and the Charybdi of catering to labor-he
steers through the Messina with brave con.
sistency, and with temperance and indie,
pendence that cannot be too highly COM
mended. Editor Oder is the best friend the
laborng- man has in the newspaper business
in Allegany county, for the simple reason
that discretion is ever the better part of the
valor of his fight i'll its behalf. Others abuse
capital and call it kindness to labor, whereas,
it does but rctard its rogress.-Cumberland
courier.
The JOURNAL confesses a want of
words to express fully its appreciation of
the C0Urirr'S generous comment. 1t
feels more than it can say; hence leaves
to some future opportunity an acknowl-
cdgement that cannot he adequately
made at this moment.
Meanwhile, it ought to be stated that
the Co"rirr'S approval i'll moral, liter
airy, or judicial way, is worth having.
When these qualities, organized intoa
trinity, come to one the sense of possess
ION Is overpowering.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

The JOURNAL does not know the par
ticular newspapers to which the Cum
berland Times alluded i'll the paragraph
below, but it does know that every word
is true:
Some newspapers are like some people
have no original thought A newspaper
without editorials lacks essence. Some use
patent editorials. They are like salt that has
lost its say r. Intelligent readers like some
their food Some editors don't seem to know
this but it is hoped they will learn, for a
paper without original editorials is very, very
drV
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
To he Welded.

a marriage license has been granted
to each of the following couples:
Walter Baker and Leah Evans, both of
Midland
Andrew Is. Porter, Of Midland and Alice
Metzner, of Frostburg
George W. Poland and Margaret Boycc,
both of Ocean.
George Simeon Clark, of Westcrnport, and
Mary E. Ross, of Barton
Edwin Taylor McMurdo and Margaret
PEBBLES, both of Homecoming
Price A. Loar and Jean McF. Slecman,
both of Vale Summit
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
POETRY.
Bless His Heart.

How dear to my heart is the steady sub
sCriber
Who pays in advance at the birth of each
year,
Who lays down his dollar and fifty cents
gladly,
And casts round the Office a halo Of cheer.
He never says-"Stop it, | cannot afford it. y
Nor Pm getting more papers now than l
can read"
But always says-"Sendit the family like it,
In fact, we all think it a real household
need"
How welcome he is when he steps in the
Sdnctitnt,
He he makes my heart throb, how he
makes my eyes dance,
Outwardly thank him, inwardly bless him,
The steady subscriber who pays III advance,
Manson Qa) DemOcrdt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Real Estate Transfers.

The following notes of real estate
transfers are of more or less interest:
William H. Neff ct al. to John f. Logsdon
1t a., lot in Barton, 1928.
Garrett b. Pancake e al. to James b. ReeS,
coal tracts near Franklin 81 etc.
Ellen Pancake to same, interest in coal
tracts near Franklin, so, etc.
Silas K. Blackman ct al. to James b. Rces,
interest in coal land near franklin, so, etc.
Mrs. Janette Sigler to Michael McCabe, sr.
lot in Pekin. $50
Joel l.. Griffith, executor to Elizabeth S.
Douglas, to Nancy Jane Miller, property in
Homecoming, 81 600.
George f. McAtee and Laura j. Craumcr,
lot IN Westernport SlG0.
Laura J. Craumer et al. to Laura W. Both
well property in Westernport 5000
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
He Will Serve

The ten days grace allowed William
Warner, national organizer of United
Mine w orkers, and - others, convicted
of riotous conduct during the strike, will
expire to-day. The sentences range
from months in the House of Correc-
ton down to fines, Warner suffering
most. The latter, however, announces
that he will be present for duty and
it may be predicted that if he serves
his time his pose as il martyr for labor
thereafter will be more than ever i'm
DreSSiVp and ptfpctiVp
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
The Importance of Voting.

In number of Legislative districts the
vote between opposing candidates is
close, and the political control Of legis-
laturcs is contested.
In number of congressional districts
the vote between opposing candidates is
close, and we simply mention these facts
to show the importance of voting.
No man should abstain from eXerciS-
ing the privilege of ii freeman by con-
Guiding that his vote will count but one
and will not affect the result.-Wcst-
minister Md ldrOcUtr.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22

EXPresident Cleveland says 1.-The
democratic party must return to first
principles"
The eX-president must be III error
The game warden of Maryland has
been holding the "theory"-"not CON
dition," that the deserters are those who
never left first principles
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-12-22
Quick Work

Bailitf Bowen did a neat piece Of work
one day last week. He received tclc-
gram from Pittsburg to take IL man
wanted III that city. Within half an
hour he had his man =" ro"tc to that city.
On arrival he was well paid for his
work The JOURNAL failed to learn the
name of the prisoner or cause of arrest.