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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-14
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Or freight, TO say nothing Of patronizlrg
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-14
TOWN AND VICINITY.
For Good Roads.

ID. j. Williams, of this place III COM
plant, is at Corrigansville, preparing
limestone for macadam finish of roads
all over the county. The rock is taken
from the ledge famously known as "The
Devils Backbone,' formerly wrought
into lime by the late Mathew Corrigan
The plant occupies the slope on the
southern side of Wills Creek valley and
the rock is taken from the break
Occasioned by the erosion ages ago which
here destroyed the continuity of the
Backbone" 1t is blue limestone, and,
mixed with both iron and cement, it
probably rates among the best material
for road dressing. The rock, practically
ineXhaustiblc, was purchased from the
Union Mining company.
This quarry was selected by the county
commissioners after long and exhaust
i've search. Besides the eXcellentquality
of the rock it is conveniently accessible
to the railroad by short tramway.
They have the use of Il Cumberland
and Pennsylvania railroad siding and
the offer at reduced rates of all the
transportation they want.
The plant comprises ii l2-horse-power
road engine and an Altman crusher,
both new and superior machines of 40
tons daily capacity. There is an old
crusher andappurtcnanccs on the ground
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-14
Business Weather Note.


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mcntS planted i'll the JOURNAL
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-07-14
Business Locals.
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Sworn to before me and subscribed III my
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\. w. GLEASON,
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
HENRY CLAY'S MOTHER.
She Once Kept Tavern in YER
sail1es, ny.
(Frum the Lexington HeraId.)

One is not accustomed to thinking Of
Henry Clay as the son CT tavernkeeper.
yet this is the fact. and Versailles is the
unpretentious place the mother and step
father OF the Great Commoner selected in
which to conduct that tavern, and add that
tremendous fact to the history of Kentucky
Had Mr. Clay's parents not decided on this
course what might have been the subse-
Quent history of the State cannot be di-
vined ard hence the long journey that
Henry Watkins and his wife, Elizabeth
Clay Watkins. took across the wilderness
from Virginia 100 years ago was one that
shaped, no doubt. the political destiny, to
large extent. of the entire South.
Elizabeth Hudson. the mother of the
Mill Boy of the SiaShes," married Rev.
DIR. John Clay. after whose death she was
married to Henry Watkins. and her fam
lily, which %as wealthy old Virginia one.
lived in royal cid Virginia pomp. John
Clay. however. is said TO have been re-
duced to poverty on account of the de-
vastation incident to the Revolutionary
War. Henry Clay did not accompany his
mother and stepfather TO Kentucky. but
remained in Richmond, Va, as a deputy
clerk and prosecuted his Law studies. The
Watkinses were accompanied by number
OF slaves, and after reackng Versailles
| they took charge of the only hostelry in
Versailles. and il was called the Watkins
Tavern The hosiery was an old stone
building. erected on the present site of
the Amsden Bank Building 1t was built
by Henry Metcalfe. stonemason. who
afterward became Governor of Kentucky
At this tavern the Weakness. Critten-
dens. Clays. and Marshalls planned many
a political campaign. and 1t was to thi,
tavern that Lafayette came in 1926. and
was royalty entertained by the most dis
tinguished kentuckans of that day Henry
Clay in later years visited his mother here.
and was familiar figure on the streets of
Versailles. She was said to have been one
OF the most beautiful and dashiug women
of her day. and was one OF the shrewdest
as well. Later on in life. Mr.. and Mrs.
Watkins retired from the tavern business
and lived till the close of their lives on
the farm now owned by Mr.. Robert Nc
Conne.l. Of the county. Mrs. Watkins died
In 1928 at the age Of eighty.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

| implies. the simple reason being that it
would be manifestly impossible to hear
every word said in all quarters OF the in.-
mense chamber from any enc point
If the spectator wishes to discover the
reporter he must look close to the honor
! able member who has the floor. and he will
probably notice a gentleman with open
mote book in one hand, ard a rapidly NOV
ing pencil in the other. and could he only
get close enough to look over this gentle
mans shoulder on to his note book he
would see mysterious characters d.ofping
upon tie paper with magic like rapidity.
These characters. transcribed as they will
be the following morning in cold print, in
I the pages of the Record" will form the
speech Of the honorable member upon the
floor including all Tire Interruptions offered
the honorable member By dissenting mem
bers, and the honorable members heated
ard, sometimes. almost inarticuiate re-
plies.
AS may be easily inferred. this is no
slight task on the part of the reporter.
And then it is darkly rumored that many
of the sentences uttered by the honorable
Members and Senators in the heat of the
moment do not show that respect for the
memory OF Lindley MuITs.y which
grammarians somewhat arbitrarily insist
upon. and these the experienced Congress
sional reporter is expected to tone down
and polish up until they can be safely en-
trusted to the pages OF the Record" In
addition to this. some of the honorable
gentlemen are said to have a fatal ten
dency to making quotations in moments OF
poetical fervor from divers sources. and
as these same quotations occasionally
show striking differences from the author
whose aid is invoked, the knowledge of
English literature alone. requisite in the
reporter, is something stupondous.
Indeed. it is stated that within the past
few years three of the official stenogra-
piers of Congress have died from sheer
nervous prostration. These unfortunate
devotees to the nerve destroying art were
Messrs. McElhone Edwards, and Lord all
Of the House staff, and it may be men,
toned that the duties on this side of the
legislative assembly are not by any means
as difficult as in the Senate.
In the former each reporter has only
to write al one time a sufficient number
of words to fill one page of the Congress
SIGNAL Record" when he is relieved by
one Of his associates. Those who take
the proceedings in the Senate are required
to fill six pages of the Record at each
turn" amounting TO something over 5000
words. and consuming, usually, about half
an hour.
The work Of the Congressional stenog-
rapher is divided into two general lines
debate and committee reporting. The
House employs five reporters on debates,
and two on committees, while the corps
q the Senate. consisting of five stenogra-
piers and an assistant perform both
kinds of duty. The Senate corps is under
charge of Messrs. T. +. Shuey AMI Edward
V. Murphy, who employ their assistants
at salaries allowed by the appropriation
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

for each session of Congress of SO 900.
The House reporters are all upon the same
basis and receive each salary OF $1,000
4 year.
The position Of Congressional reporter
is practically for life" inasmuch as they
are dismissed only for cause and by a
resolution of the legislative body to which
they belong.
There is, perhaps, no other branch CT
shorthand work requiring such eXpeItness
as that practiced in taking down Congrs s.
sional debates. The swift interjec;ional re-
marks made sometimes from various quar-
tiers at once, the heated reply. the call to
order. the storm of protests, the sharp at
tie of the hammer upon the Speakers
desk, all occurring nearly simultaneously y,
is often sufficient to distract the mere spec
tator. but when it is remembered that
every word of nsistence and protest must
be recorded verbatim by the reporter. and
the babel of sounds rendered in igts Eligible
order. II may easily be imagined that the
task becomes almost Herculean.
1t is fortunate that the strain upon each
individual lasts but few minutes. or. in
the cas- Of the Senate reporters. half an
hour at a time. AS soon as one mans turn
is done, he hurries below to the room de-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
A SEA BEYOND TIE CLOUDS.
Lake Titicnca of the Andes on Which
Steamer Plies.

Steamer Plies.
(From the Engineering Times)
Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Lake of the
Incas. is nearly 3,G00 feet-considerably
more than two miles-above the level of
the Pacific Ocean. from which it is con-
cealed by the clouds that hang. far below,
about the lower slopes of the Andes.
Yet upon this vast sheet of water-its
length is 100 miles, or farther than from
London to BristOl-suspended in midair
at height which makes breathing a diff
ficulty to the average man. plies steam
er fashioned and built in Dumbarton, more
than 10. 900 miles away.
Mr.. John Wilson, +. II. G. S, the per-
former of this modern miracle. modestly
tells how it was done.
The steamer is the Coya (Which means
Lawful Inca Princess), is of $50 tons gross
tonnage, and has twin-screw engines and
Two boilers. Put together at the Leven
shipyard, Dumbarton. the vessel was car
ried gingerly to Molendo 5000 miles
away-as gingerly. indeed, as though made
of glass; for everyone knew that had a
single part been lost it would have cost
months to replace it.
With more care even than the shipping
required had the land transport at the
other end to he accomplished. To Are
quipa, the halfway house up the tabled
mountains of the Andes the railway Jour-
ney is los miles. and takes eight hours.
The rest of the trip from Puno
takes another twelve hours. All
this way is traversed by tiny rail-
road which tunnels through mountains
and leaps on dizzy viaducts across preCi-
pices and chasms to contemplate which
is to make one dizzy. To avoid collidirg
with tunnels and smashing viaducts with
the great boilers and projecting portions
of the vessel-which. of course. WAS in
numbered segments like the answer TO a
puZZle-waS no. small task.
But at last on twenty-five cars the YES
sci which Dumbarton had made was cast
in fragments on the shores of the sacred
lake.
Puno is evidently not much Of a port. Il
has no docks no launching berth. and no
tides. A potato patch had to do for the
first two of these necessaries; but not
even Mr.. Wilson's canniness managed to
produce the third. Mr.. Wilson found the
natives much more handy worl;men than
the mongrel Europeans who were availa-
BILE. But "manana" tomorrow is the dis
ease of South America, and 1t was twelve
months before with the aid of native
riveters who had to be taught their bust
ness), the Coya entered the Sacred
Sea. She is now engaged in cement
ing relations between Peru and Be-
livia: which both border on the lake:
but she has already had revolution all to
herself. The captain" says Mr.. Wilson.
was tied down in his cabin. and threat
ened with death if he raised any alarm. The
chief steward was shot dead. and the en-
gineer so seriously wounded by shot from
a revolver that he had to go down to the
coast and remain there for months In all
about dozen people were either killed or
in the struggle. We were thank
full we were not aboard at the time"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

the sagacious friend of the amateur. coz.
trary to his own solemn predictions, did
get something out Of the plates. On
each Of them was a tiny black crescent
about as large as two pin heads, surround
ed by queer-looking halo OF diminutive
size, the remainder OF the plate beiag
bare. with the exception of the southeast
corner where there appeared the topping
chimneys OF brick building. The enter
prisins amateur was greatly delighted with
the result, and gloated over his superior
knowledge in having predicted that there
would certainly be picture on the plate
when developed.
AS there have not been many amateurs
about the city exhibiting pictures Of the
sun in eclipse, 1t Is to be presumed that
the experience above related was cpl
demic and befell many Of those who cher
ished the hope OF adding to their collection
some marvellous prints Of the celestial
spectacle.
These amateurs will await with unusual
interest report from the astronomical
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
THE QUEENS sUB-ED1ToRs.
Functionnries Who Censor De-
spatchcs From South Africa.

(From the London Daily Mail)
One of the most important functionaries
outside the fighting line in South Africa Is
the chief press censor, who occupies po-
sition of extreme responsibility and is pro-
baby more abused than any other six
men in the British Army.
With Lord Roberts Lord Stanley is act
ing In that onerous capacity. and 1t says
much for his tact. skill, and general affa-
bility that, although he has the censorship
of all press kilograms, he is on good terms
with every one of the war correspondents
The censor is an officer appointed by the
commanding general at the front. whose
duty 1t is TO receive, pass, curtail, or re-
fuse any and every message, private or
otherwise. to newspapers or individuals
which comes through from the field tele-
graph office. Part of his duty is to read
every word of every message with the ut
most care. in order to see whether il Is
a plain statement of fact or whether any
subtle meaning underlies the apparently
simple phraseology. If he passes the mes
sage it is signed and despatched to its des-
tination; sometimes IL is detained, cut or
otherwise dealt with. The ominous word
censored" simply means the liberal use
of the editorial blue pencil. and during
the present campaign some strangely
'muddled" messages have come over the
cables.
A curious combination OF the two duties
OF press censor and war corr 1ondent oc-
CURED In the case of Colonel Baden
Powell. OF Mafeking fame. During the
Matabele war ne mds acting as correspond
ent for one of the greatest of the London
morning papers. and at the same time he
was appointed press censor, so that he had
to supervise. alter. and cancel some of his
own messages. To his credit be it said,
and this statement will surprise no one,
that he acted with the utmost fairness and
and. IL anything. gave other
the advantage over him
self.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

ers are. it is said, for excellence of method,
CELEBRITY. and precision, certainly unsur-
passed by any stenographic body in the
world
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

expeditions which went to Georgia and
North Carolina for the purpose Of securing
series Of photographs of the sun in eclipse
and its mysterious corona, or atmosphere.
In view Of the general interest which
has been taken in the phenomenon of last
Monday. the accompanying picture Ia time
ly and instructive. 1t is a cooperative
sketch of the total solar eclipse as seen
by party of Johns Hopkins University
students. who made a tour to Virginia
Beach. Virginia. The students, in making
the sketch. divided the sun into quadrants,
each one Of the four engaged in the work
studying especially the part assigned to
him for observation. Each at the same
time took a general view OF the whole.
The work was then compared and COM
bined
The portion marked B represents the
corona, which appears as dazzling white
streamer. 1t shows the prominences some
what exaggerated. which appeared. with
one exception. in the upper right-hand
quadrant. A is the inner corona, with
radial streamers OF light extending beyond
Mercury is seen at the top near the broad
corona.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
MEN OF TIE NOTE BOOK
Reporters of Debates in the Coun-
ellis Of the Nation.
4 Glass of Stcnographcrs Whose
Abilities Are Not SURPASSED by
Similar Workers In Any Parlin-
mentnry Body In the world-Thc
Corps of the House md senate.

The stranger who looks from the galleries
of the Senate or House in the hope of DIS
covering the official reporters. those Won
derful masters of the art of stenography.
will doubtless be considerably puzzled at
first to locate the objects of his search.
He will not see them at the so-calied re
porters' table which, as matter of fact.
is mere honorary piece Of furniture, and
never used for the purpose which its name
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
BbFFLBD BY TEE ECLIPSE
Disappointing Experiences of the
Amateur Photographer.

Few Camera Devotces Equipped for
the Work of Securing Sun Pic
turcs-An Unsual Subject Rcquir-
ing Careful Treatment-A Co-Ope-
rative Drawing of the Phenomenon
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03
MAN IN EAR9H'S INFANCY
Investigation of Long Buried Bones
by Modern Savants.

Topics Concerning the Formation of
Races In Periods of Time Antcdaf-
Ing History Subjects Obtained
From the DiIuvinl Deposits in the
Bluffs Near Matches, Mississippi.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-03

There was feature Of the recent solar
eclipse of which little or nothing has been
written; it concerns the efforts of that
ubiquitous and not uninteresting individ-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
Fakes and Fakirs.

Now that it has become the fashion
to arrest and fine fakes, such as "di-
vine healers." dealers in charms, etc,
the wonder is that some Jealous magis-
trate does not lay hands on sthe Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency and
numerous others who follow his lead.
They posed as prophets in 1896, and
they predicted calamity and disaster IL
Mckinley were elected president on
platform which promised protection to
American industries and to all Ameri-
can interests. Events have proved
them to have been false prophets, false
to the uttermost degree. Yet still they
prophesy similar things, If fakes are
to be run in, surely these gentlemen
should not escape.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
NUTS FOR DAVIS TO CRACK.

John c. Burley, prominent Democrat
OF Davis, Tucker county. w. Va, has
become disguised with Bryan and his
policies and party. and come over to the
party of patriotism, progress and pros
perity. He has written to COLONEL Tom
Davis letter. asking him six questions,
which wall prove very hard nuts for the
COLONEL to crack. Following is the letter
DAVIS. w. VA, Sept. II, 1900.
Col. T. B. Davis,
Candidate for Congress from the Second
Congressional District.
Dear sir - Keyser, w. Va.
am a resident of Tucker county and a
voter of the Second Congressional Dis
trict, but in grave doubt about the Wis
dom of allowing my party prejudices and
loyalty to you to control my action
in the present campaign. My own liv-
ing and the happiness of my family are
naturally my first and chief anxiety
~ iiNEI pICsSiib IOllutliOIlS dill tilOI COl-
tented than ever before. The political
principles of the Kansas City platform,
which you heartily endorsed, in my opn-
ion threaten these conditions, and lead me
to ask you these six questions. If elected,
L. Will you vote to remove the 81 cent
duty on coal, imposed in the Dingley Bill
?. Will you vote to remove the 81 duty
on lumber, closing our mills and throwing
open our market to the Canadians
5. Will you vote for free wool and de-
stroy the sheep industry of the State2
4. VIII you vote for the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver at the ratio Of
10 toll?
5. viii you vote to limit the indepen-
dence of the Supreme Court as fore
Swallowed in the Chicago Platform, which
you adopted as yours at your nomination :
6. viii you vote to abandon the Phil
ippines
1t is but fair and honest that | and my
fellow voters of this District be set right
on these questions by Yearly and definite
Very truly yours,
john c. Burnley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
IMPERIALISM IMPOSSIBLE.

Among the provisions of the Federal
Constition which bear upon this matter is
paragraph twelve of section eight article
one. which among other things gives
Congress power:
1.-TWO raise and support armies, but no
appropriation of money to that use shall
be for a longer term than two years"
Thus the people through their repre-
sentative in Congress have complete and
absolute control over the army. They
hold the purse. and, in so doing, they
hold the sword. Imperialism in the sense
in which Mr.. Bryan uses the terms is an
impossibility. The Constitution prevents
Imperialism. Without an army or an army
without money to pay and support it is a
vagary of Democratic imagination. We
can never have any more Imperialism in
this country than the people see fit to
authorize from time to time, Whenever
they wish to modify or reduce our military
strength or activity. the matter rests who'll
ly with the people. Even Mr.. Bryan him
self would be helpless.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
BHYANisM,s WORST FOE.
THAT the Calamity Candidate Has
10 Eenr In His own stare.

TO Fear In His own state.
General Prosperity is In command Of
the Republican forces ID Nebraska,
and be is already getting the Organizes
on the rum
There are long. blank faces in the
Democratic state headquarters over
the uncomfortable fact that Nebraska
farmers are receiving ~ cents q
pound for their hogs, where two years
ago they could get only ~ cents; that
these farmers are buying pianos, top
bug@les. dress goods for their wives
and daughters: that they are painting
their houses lifting their mortgages
and putting good money into the saw
ings banks. The merchants Of Omaha,
Lincoln and Sioux City report an in
crease Of from 40 to leo per cent in the
volume of their business. The Union
Pacific railway has sold more land in
the last two years than in the Is years
before. In 1896 the Union Pacific had
125 idle locomotives in its roundhouses.
Now it can hardly handle the traffic
which pours in upon it from every
quarter of Nebraska
The Popullst secretary of the state
banking board, who is a statistician
first and calamity bowler afterward.
reports an increase of 100000 in de-
poslts in the state and private banks of
Nebraska. and a decrease of 100000
in loans and discounts. Individual de
posits in the Nebraska national banks
have increased 81 100000 since April.
Omaha's bank clearings in July were
$26, 1886 900, a gain of almost S1,000.000
over July, 1899
If Mr.. Bryan loses his own state, as
now seems probable, it is General Pros
perity who viii do the work-General
Prosperity and the determination of
the plain people of Nebraska that nei-
ther in China nor the Philippines shall
the stars and stripes 90 down at the
demand of anarchy Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
PoouIists Deceived.

The Democratic plea that the 16 to l
plank was inserted in the Kansas City
platform to fool the Populists is not
calculated to inspire confidence on the
part of the other voters. A party that
practices deception upon one class of
voters win not hesitate to enlarge its
field in that particular line.