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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
EXPRESSIVE PHRASES.
Those Which Foreigners Coming to
America Learn to Use First.

Those Which Foreigners Coming to
America Learn to Use First.
What are the most expressive phrases
in colloquial English? OF the dozens
that slip off English speaking tongues
in the course Of a day some must be
better suited for their purpose and
more characteristic of the race that
originated them than others. When
foreigners come to this country, they
catch certain expressions almost immc-
diately and long before they can at
tempt to speak the language have
made them part of their vocabulary.
1t would seem that these phrases must
be the most expressive in English and
that they are peculiar to the language
and "till Il long felt want" since for
eigncrs seize so eagerly upon them.
Every man or woman who lands in
this country is saying, Hurry upw in
two months. In whatever quarter Of
the city one may walk, Italian or Ger
man or Jewish, mothers will be dis
patching their offspring on crrands, us
ing their native speech, but closing
their orders with the magic Hurry
up" How delightfully."- characteristic
of the nation is the phrase. 1t is not
to be wondered at that the newcomers
from the slow moving old world find
that they have brought over nothing to
equal it.
"All right rivals hurry up" not
because foreign tongues lack similar
expressions but because there is a jOl-
ly, hnil fellow we'll met air about 'All
right" lacking in other phrases of the
same character. Then, too, "All right"
takes the place not only of Good but
of Yes" and Il understand and of a
dozen other phrases which in other
languages require separate expressions.
The third phrase, which alone shares
the popularity of the first two, is, ITS
nice" This should be interesting to
purists who wish to restrict mice" to
its first and original meaning Of 'eX-
act" No word of ancestry sufficiently
ariStOcratic to please them takes the
place of mice" in its collOQuial mean-
ing, and foreigners clasp it with joy,
wholly ignorant of the fact that they
are Outragng the feelings of anybody
by SO doing. Other phrases besides
Hurry up" "All right" and ITS nice"
captivate the fancy of the newly land
ed, but these three reign supreme
New York Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
Building Earth ROada.

OF course the hills should be cut
down and the hOllows filled up as far
as practicable. Ordinarily and proper
ly the road when first opened runs
down into the hollows and up over the
hills, and, as time or money is avail
able. the high places are cut down and
the low ones filled up. The effect of a
steep hill in limiting the amount that
can he hauled over n road is so appar-
ent to those who use and care for the
read that local authorities can be trust
ed to make all reasonable improve
mentS in this line. However. it may
BE- well to mention that the more the
surface is improved the more the
grades should be reduced. This needs
no argument.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

\ farmer was working in his field
when a sewing machine man came
along.
Good morning." said the sewing ma
chine barker.
"Mornin."
"Your corn seems to be pretty yell
low"
"Yaas; planted yellow cawn."
You don't seem to have more than
half a crop"
"Waal, planted it on the halves
You seem pretty close to fool
"Yaas; there's only fence between
us"
When the sewing machine man came
to, it required the services of two doc
tors to get him into such shape that he
was able to make the next town.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16


ten are hauled.
through Greenwich and the surround
ing districts, down to Bay Side and up
and out to RoadStown, Bridgcton and
Salem.
Driving. cycling and automobiling
tourists who return from their outings
on the Jersey pixies this summer are
unusually enthusiastic in their praises
of these shell roads.
The process Of constructing these
roads is of special interest because of
its simplicity. There is no expense of
digging out the roadbcd and filling in
first with large stones and then with a
smoother top dressing as in the con-
Struction of macadamiZed road. The
shells are simply unloadcd from the
boats and are then carted out along the
roads until a hollow Is found or any
spot that needs repairing and are then
uncercmoniouSly dumped and left with
out any process of pounding or smooth
ing until broken up and lcvelcd off by
the passing carriages and farm wag-
onS.
In constructing shell road from the
beginning load after load of the oyster
shells are dumped in an irregular bank
all along the center of the roadway;
then with a road scrapcr bank of
earth is thrown up along the edge to
keep the shells from scattering. This
leaves narrow, smooth space over
which the Scrapcr has passed along the
edge of the bank of shells, and as this
is used for driving as long as the
weather is dry it would seem that the
bank of sharp shells would never be
driven into smooth white 1irmncSS But
wait until there is Il heavy storm and
the smooth road at the side becomes Il
mass of heavy mud and sand; then the
rough shell bank is gladly mounted,
and, although it is decidedly rough at
first, the heavy country driving and
carting of farming produce soon crush
the shells and force them into the
rain soaked soil beneath. 4 second or
third banking Of the shells, scattering
them farther over the sides of the road
bed each time, with this process re-
peatcd. forms roadbed that is hard
and firm to the depth of a foot or more
and beautifully smooth and white.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
How to Detect IA Cheap Shoe.

at takes a rainy spell to show up
cheap shoe" says a shoe dealer. 1T
can be spotted by an observer on a
rainy day, though it may have come
within an hour from the store. Watch
the feet of people the next time it rains,
and you can pick out the inexpensive
shoes. A cheap shoe always slips when
the pavemcnts are wet. Artificial stone
pavemcnts especially show them up.
The sole of Il cheap, common shoe is
made of imitation leather, composed Of
makes the wearer slide along while
walking. You can always tell a cheap
shoe in this ay."-Indianapolis News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
An Enst IndInn Verdict.

In case in one of our Indian courts
a Jury had before them evidence that
could not be in any way shaken. When
the concluding stage had been reached,
the following interchange of cOnverSa-
ton took place between the judge and
his colleagues in the administration OF
Justice:
"Gcntlcmcn. are you ready to give
your vcrdict?"
eyes"
"What is your vcrdict?"
"Our answer is, sir. that you can do
as YOU like with the men that have con-
fesscd, but we acquit all the rest"
But is it possible that you have
weighed the evidence?"
"Evidcnce like this can always be
fabricated"
DO you find that as regards these
prisoners il has been fabricated"
Evidence can be fabricated"
$50 the evidence is untrustwOrthy?
Unless a man cOnfcSscs who can tell
II he is guilty?'-Bombay Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
In the school of Work.

Charles A. Dana of the New York
Sun was a man of extensive learning
and attached great importance to col
legc training, but was quick to rccog-
nlze the value OF the practical educa-
tioR that n man of good parts may pick
up in this workaday world outside OF
university walls.
y young man went to The Sun office
one day and asked to see the editor IN
chief. He would not be rcbuffcd by the
SubOrdinatCS and after some delay was
Idmtted. lie stated his business with
out moments loss of time.
Mr. Dana" he said, IL believe
could be of some use on this paper and
| want you to give me a trial. If YOU
don't find me of any use, you needn't
pay me any salary, and If you do
shall want a good salary. If | don't
find my proper groove in month, you
can drop me out"
Mr.. Dana looked him over
Young man." he said, II like your
looks. Have You ever attended any in
stitutiOn Of lcarningE"
Yes. sir am graduate of two
newspaper offices. one Il country week
ly and the other a daily paper in a city
Of 100000 inhabitantS.'
''I'll take you. Go and report to the
managing editor"
And Mr.. Dana turned again to his
work.-I0uth's Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
ErrOrs In ROndmakInK.

The tendency of most roadmakers is
to dig up the whole right of way be-
cause it belongs to the township. going
from hedge to hedge. plowing and
Scraping and disturbing the settled
condition of the soil, thus losing an
nuHlly vast quantities of valuable ma
terial for road construction, which,
bcin" constantly washed out, eventual
iy brings the road to a lower level than
the surrounding lands, making it a
canal instead of a roadway and fore
lug all water from { surrou lding
lands into the canal and Oh to the road.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16


One of TcnncSSce'S richest fields Of
natural resources is in its forests. Most
of her timbcrcd land is as yet virgin,
and at the top of the list of the varic-
ties to be found is oak. That tree is
one of the most valuable that ever
grew, and this state is more than uSu-
ally rich in it.
Oak timber is practically indeStructi-
BILE when not exposed to the elements
Of the atmosphere. | mean that oak
timber can be submerged in the ground
or buried in the water, where the at
mOsphcre does not affect it, and it will
last for so many years that the man
who had put it there is dead and for
gotten by the time it has dcCaycd.
1t is growing favoritc, and dcserv-
edly so, in many ways of manufacture
ing furniture and in finishing fine
houses. The price on it is always firm,
and every now and then it makes a
spurt and climbs up Il point from which
it never will fall. If the forests of this
tree to be found in Tennessee today are
here 90 years from now, this will be
one of the richest states in the Union.-
Knoxville Sentinel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
OYSTER SHELL ROADS.
Method of Constructing These Beau
tiful White Highways.

The fame of the white shell roads Of
south Jersey has recently attracted
widespread attention to the poSSb. .liticS
of oyster shells in this direction. The
wonder Is not that they should have
become so drScrvcdly popular, but that
they should have only recently come
into general Use in this connection,
where oyster shells have long been so
plentiful that great quantities have
been wasted in past years, says tie
Philadelphia Press.
1t was not until the oyster industry
recently became famous at BuCna Wis
ta that the firm shell roads began to
stretch out their smooth white lengths
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
The Greatest Surrender.

The greatest surrender in the annals
of warfare was that Of Metz on Oct
-, 1870. AS fortified place Metz,
with its surrounding forts, was practi-
cally impreEnable, but bad gcneralship
permitted it to be completely surround
ed and cut off. The surrender included
3 field marShals, G6 generals, COCO Off
GERS of lower degree, over 400 guns.
100 mitrailleuses, nearly 60 standards
and 1T3.OOO rank and file.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

How many live swallows go TO n
pound? This question lately formed
the subject of bet in the little town
of N. in Baden. \ swallow was
caught and its legs and wings tied up
with piece of silk thread and placed
on the scales. TO everybody's surprise
it was found to weigh only ten
grams. so that it takes 30 of them to
make up pound.-KarlSruher Mach
richten.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

The time in the summer at which the
leaves begin to turn is tolcrably sure
indication of the sOundncss of the
tree. Some trees will keep their foliage
green until September, while the leaves
Of unhealthy trees will begin to show
signs Of turning brown or yellow in
August.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
The Snsnension Rrihgc.

There is no doubt that the first idea
of a suspension bridge was suggested
to primitive man by the interlacing of
tree branches and parasitical plants
across rivers. Probably monkeys used
them before men did. In very noun
famous countries. such as Tibet and
Peru, they have apparently been used
since the dawn of history, possibly ear
lpr
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

1t requires about four days to make
an investigation of the Escurial, the
great Spanish palace, there being such
multitude of rooms and apartments.
TO travel all the halls. chambers. cOrri-
dcrs, lengths and depths of the great
palace would require a tour amounting
TO over 100 miles.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
TO HELEN.

Helen, thy beauty i. to me
Like those NiCran barks Of yore
That gently Ger pcrfumed sea
The weary, wsvworn wsndeTer bore
To his own native shore.
On desperate seas long wont &c roam
Thy hyacnth hair, thy ClaSSi: face.
Thy naiad airs have brought ma home
To the glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rcme.
Lo, in yon brilliant window niche
How stltuclkc ! see thee stand.
The agate lamp within thy hand!
All, Psyche, from the regi"us which
Are Holy Land!
Edgar Allan Poe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

Il supposed all grass widows attract
ed the men, but this one doesn't, and
she's rather pretty too. | wonder why
they permit her to stand around alone"
"Well, you see, it was all her hus-
bands fault. She got the divOrce."-
Chicago cOrd-Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
Wasted.

Tess-So Mr.. Borem called on you last
evening. | don't suppose you got a
chance to open your mouth.
Jess-Oh, yes, frequently. But it
didn't do any good. lie didn't pay any
attention to my yawns.-Philadclphi
Press
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

Give a boy a dime, and he immedi-
Rtely Il, Gins to look around for his hat.
-AtchiSun Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

1t is always matter Of surprise that
others should take their worries SO
much to heart; also that they make SO
light of ours.-Smart Set.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

"What you chillun been doin'?"
eve amt been doin' nothin'."
"Deah me! You grow NOAH like
GOuah pa every day" - indianapolis
News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

WESTBOUND.
Chicago Express
No. 7..arrives 1870 a. m. leaves II. 10 a. m.
No A. arrives 800 Il III.
Plttsburg Express:
No 9,.arrives 100 a. ~.
Pitshurg Limited
No arrives 1 50 y. m.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Express;
No 3..arrives 5:ga "A NJ. leaves 5.32 IA. m
*Parkersburg, Wheeling and Way
Express:
No 55. arrives , 80 p m; leaves 3!02 p, m
No. >. arrives 2:5O p. m.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Limited Express:
*Grafton and Way:
No. 5.............., leaves 4;3O p. m
No 1.,arrives S.0i p, M; leaves $40 p. m
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WESTHOVNI

WESTHOUNb.
No. 8. Express. ,..., leaves LILO Il. M.
No. II. Pittshurg ILmited leaves 4:55 ID. m.
No. l3, Con llsvIle Local. leaves 40 Il. m.
No II Chicago Express. leaves $40 a. m.
No. 40, Mail ,......,......,l leaves $40 p. M.
No. 5. 5.,ChiCago Limited, leaves 800 p. III.
For arriving time see same Express num-
bers weSbound on Main Line.
*Except Sunday. tSunday only. No. i9is
a local train from Cumberland to Pittsburg,
and No. II from Pittsburg to Cumberland.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland NJ. G. CLARKE,
DANIEL WILLARD, Ticket Agent.
Asst Gen'l Mg'r. ID. b. MARTIN,
June Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16

The vast majori'y of Hindoos do not
drink intoxicants.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-16
Pittsburg Division.

EASTBOUND.
No. 10. Express. s...........arriveS 2:3S IN.
No. u, Express. >s.........,.arrives 6:U5 p III,
No. Iii. Con lSville Local. arrives Il ~ p. III.
No. u. Limited Express arrives 1929 y. III.
No. II Mail ....,,......, arrives l2lI p. M
No. q. Limited Express arrives l2;27 p. m
For leaving time soc same Express numbers
eastbound on Main Line.
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s% - RAILROAD.
May 10, 1901.

Nv and AFTER above date until further
~ notice TRAINS will arrive at and depart
from CUM BERLAND as follows:
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-01-09

Hrookiin-
j. J. Mcdonnell is in Boston on busi-
ness.
Bert Marks came home from Boston
Wednesday.
Henry Kane Is filing his ice-house with
a fine quality OF ice.
b. o. Dollard and daughter Annie were
ia Ellsworth last week.
Roy Kane has gone to Thomaston to
resume his duties as teacher.
Harry Kane, OF Phillips Andover acsd-
envy, returned to his studies to-day.
Naskeag lodge, r. and A. NJ, held it's
annual raeeting, Jan. 2. The following
officers were elected: w. NJ, Horace NJ.
Pease; s. W., Sterling Carter; j. W., DR..
II. s. Herriek; treasurer, X. w. Nutter ;
secretary, Henry s. Kane; $. D., Stephen
L. Mcfarland; j. D., Roy Kane; finance
committed. 1. Mayo, DR.. f. s. Herrick
and b. o. DolIard.
BROOKLYN grange held special meeting,
Monday evening, Dec. 81, for the purpose
OF watching the old century out. The
third and fourth degrees were conferred
on three candidates, and after this work
WIS completed. the time until midnight
was well filled by program arranged by
the ieci urer, DR.. f. S. Herrick, consisting
of music, readings, flower test, n Mother
Goose test and short farce, MAS New
Boarders.n The Mother Goose test, in
which each member diews picture iiius-
trating some one OF Mother Goose's
melodies, developed artistic talent. which
had not been suspected before. At III
O'Clock refreshments were served by the
lady officers. This meeting was voted by
all present 10 be one OF the pieasantest
affairs ever held 10 the grange.
Jan. T. UNE FEMME.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-01-09
COUNTY NEWS.

For additional County Ne,Vs see other page

East Biuehiil-
Mary G. Long left last Thursday for
Hoiyoke, MISS.
The Chase Granite Co. has closed busi-
ness for the winter. -
SMiss Beatrice Leith, OF Southwest Har-
Dor, Is the guest of Mrs. Richard Greene.
Mrs. @. G. Long has been ili for several
days. She Is better now, but is confined
to the house.
stephen %. Consry, no has been quite
III for few days, y so far recovered as to
drive out la his buggy.
Frank a. miller. % PNHcN~~n., came 20
the viuage on husiusss last Saturday.
He returHeh yesterday.
During the last two weeks sbout twenty
man and boys have been doing pretty
good business smelling On the cove.
Euis stansfield, Preston Duff and Jol N
w. Duffy. who had hee" st work la the
woods near Union river, returned last
Tuesday.
Robert l.. witham received fine gold
watch as Christmas present from his
uncle, Lieut.. Charles withan, of San
Francisco, Cat
A. T.. Long and wife, who has been
here on a visit, returned to Frankfort
last Wednesday. Mise Jessie l.. Long
accompanied them.
Y. n. 1sNett, 1vni, :" punS a"a ee
Ton Duns ntenu 70 s.ar' 10, aoune
waldo to-osyI "nese .neS WIN Do Gun
pioyea as granite cutters
Last week Edwin f. Conary, about
WE'VE years q. Aee, nui, 10, nI,nse'i a. q
smehnoose. ~ eohs's,s "i ia,ss Eoe ~,
oox Win canvas fo2t. ne ssses'eu ior
ms psr'ans Auso" ~ ',.e ons ''s'
are now fishing or their own account.
Richard p. Greene. salesman at the
grange store. has been IN Tor about two
weeks, He is now an.e 10 20 out bat has
moi sufficiently recovered 10 resume his
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e1TeSsSy
81 GNVs5- & - f>s1YsT'
XsS..::5 III; " - Is )
GOVERNOR JOHN F. HILL

nor-aften raci'i.frs curing the past twenty
wears through the building of new railroad
mileage there has peen llttie lmprovcmenl
in our highways. along which there will al
ways be a large amount of traffic and 1t
would tuat the time has come when
We should adopt some definite ana eHectiEe
plan for the Improvement OF our main
thuroushIares.
do NOT regard with favor State high
way commission, or any similar plan wnlch
woull fake :sSm the towns u4y part OF the
control which they exercise over their
rlads and cost AN undue proportion OF lL2
sum which would be Likely 10 ne devoted
60 road Improvement but At has seemed 70
me that some plan of State aid might De
devised which would be effective and pfac-
tieal IN its operation, and would gtaduaiiy
result In greatly Improved highways
throughout the state
The cost Of really good roads Is beyond
the means OF most towns improved hlSh.
ways must come first, and in my Judgment
they can only come through State ana per.
haps county aid. Such distribution OF
the cost would make the municipal burden
small when compared w.th the I'M
mense benefits which would be derived
The National Guard.
There is still a balance due the State
from the General Government, on claims Tor
reimbursement of expenses Incurred in
equipplng troops for the war with spain
amounting TO $62 30O.4S. The original
which has been received S2j,l34.32-
or the regular military appropriation Tor
the year 1898. 81, 227 OF was applied to
war expenses, and Is included in the claims
against the United States, having been e1-
pended under orders from the War Depart
ment.
A supplementary claim for reimburse
ment of the State for property destroyed
by order of the Secretary of War, that had
been condemned by a Board Of Survey con
yened by his orders. which amounts to
S53l0.65. has been filed with the War De
partment.
The Legislature of 1899 provided for the
payment of bills for medical attendance,
medical supplieaI and nursing of sick sol
diers, who served in the States quota and
were treated outside of authorized hospi-
tails during the period preceding their mus
ter out, and whose expenses were not pro-
ylded for by Act of Congress. There has
been no Congressional action on these
claims as yet, and many OF them are held
In the Surgeon-Generals Once pending
such action. 1t seems only just that some
provision should be made for their pay
ment.
No annual encampment was held In the
year 1893, the regular military appropria-
ton for that year being used in reuniform-
ing and re-eqlipping the State troops. This
Has fully accomplished and the militia OF