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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
STANDARD TIME,
To Ascertain and PrOmulgnte 1t Is n
Costly Task.

What time is it, Few questions
are more common than this, and vet
each day the United States government
goes to great expense in giving it an
official answer. TO ascertain the in.
slant when it is noon OH the seventy
fifth meridian and to send that infor.
nation all over the country is a great
and costly task. The astronomical
observatory in Washington computes
the true time, which is thence trans.
mitted by electricity to every important
city and town.
About five minutes before the Wash.
ington noon the telegraph companies
cut off all their regular business except
on lines where they have more than
one wire. They then connect all i'm.
portant points, from which there may
be numberless ramitications, with an
electric wire going into the great clock
In tn" observatory so that all over the
country It's tickings may be heard. For
the ten seconds just before II O'Clock
there is silence. which is broken by the
moon beat" Regular business is then
resumed.
In some cities the wires connect with
a time ball which drops with the noon
beat. The time ball in Washington
over the state, war and navy depart
ment building is three feet in diameter
and can be seen from all parts of the
city. Crowds frequently gather about
to see it fall. n distance of 81 feet, high
In the air. The man whom some of the
spectators suppose to be dropping the
ball is merely there to hoist it again to
its place.
In the building beneath are % clocks
which are each day automatically cor
rected by it. An electrical device "sets"
them. placing hour, minute and second
hands exactly vertical at the instant
the ball drops. The hands that are too
fast are pushed back. and those that
are slow are thrust forward.
Although Washington Is on the sew
enty-seventh meridian, the noon hour
is for convenience computed for the
seventy-tifth, the time standard for the
eastern part of the United States. In
the central belt. which is governed by
the ninetieth meridian, the signal from
Washington means IL o'clock, in the
Rocky mountain belt 1t is 10 O'Clock,
and on the Pacific coast line it Is o.
Youths Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Chapter l:S1.


AN ACT t" amend Section four of Article
), of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION lie IL cn0cted By tie Gejeym is
Scn'Wy Cf HdJylmd thrce-iiths of all the
members ofthctwo Houses concurring That
the following Section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment to the tonSti-
tuition OF tins state, and if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof aS herein pruvid-
eel, said Section shall SuperScdc and stand in
the place and instead of Section four of Arti-
Gle ,, of said Constitution
SE' TIoN As soon aS may be after the
taking and publishing ufthc National Census
OF 1900, or after the enumeration of the poprl-
lation of This State, under the authority there
of, there shall be an apportiunmcnt of repre-
ScmtatiUn in the House of Delegates to be
made on the following basis. t" wit Each of
the several counties of the State, having Il
population of eighteen thousand souls or less,
shall be entitled to two delegates and every
county having Il population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twcnty-cight thollS-
and souls, shall be entitled tothrcr delegates
and every county having Il population of
twcntv-cight thousand and less than forty
thousand souls, shall be entitled t" four del
rgatcS and every county havinga population
of forty thousand and less than tfty-tivc
thousand souls, shall be entitled to five dele
gates; and every county having a population
"fiifty ty-iiVcthuuSand souls and upwards shall
be entitled to six delegates and no more: and
each of the four legislative districts ufthc city
of Baltimore shall be entitled tu the number
of delegates To- which the largest county shall
or may be entitled under the aforcSoing ap-
purtiunmcnt, and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide by law from time
to time for altering and changing the bound
aries of the existing Legislative districts of the
city of Baltimore so as to make them near as
may be of equal population but said districts
shall always consist of contiguous territory.
SECTION 2-.ind be IL tirthcr endcted By tie
authority aforesaid. That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed aS an amendment to
the Constitution, shall, at the next election
for members of the General Assembly of this
State, to be held on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month of November,
ninctCCn hundred and one, be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, i'll pursuance of the di-
r"CtlOnS contained in Article /, of the Con
Stitution of this State; and at the said election
the vote on said proposed amendment To the
Constitution shall he by ballot and upon
each ballot there shall he written or printed
th" words, "For the Constitutional Amend
mcnt,' or Against the Constitutional
Amendment as the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after the said election due re
turns shall be made to he Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
mCnt as directed bv the said Article If. of
the Constitution.
Approved April :, 1890.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
THE COLD SPARE BED.

When you have a friend to visit you, il she be q
welcome guest
You will try To make her lappy and you'll give
her cf Your best
You'll tell her all the story Of your varied house
hold cares,
And cyorlastingly you'll Prltc about your
affairs;
But whatever else you do, don't. for heavens
sake. he led
To put that helpless woman in the cold spare
bed!
You may tell her Of your troubles with your
mcrous hired girls
And what 'she said and what 81 said" till her
understanding whirls;
You may talk of the servant question till the set
ting moons last CLEAN
And begin again next morning the old
tir"sOmc theme;
But whatever else you do. don't, for heavens
sake, he led
To put that helpless in the cold spare
bed!
You may tell her of your pains and aches and
what the doctor said
That time You came dying with neuralgia in
your head;
OF how you poured down btters and drops and
patent pills
When you caught the dread malaria and had such
awful chills;
You may bore her, You may weary her, till she
wishes she were dead,
But, for heavens sake, don't put her In the cold
spare bed!
New England Farmer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Saved the DOx.

Some time ago there was ship
wreck at st. Margarets bay. England,
and the life line brought sailor after
sailor to shore amid the cheers of the
rescuers. At last only the captain re-
mained on board. The line was ready,
the signal was given, but the answer
Ing jerk did not come. Again and
again for a quarter of an hour the
question passed along the rope without
reply. At last. when hope was nearly
dead, the signal came, and the captain
was hauled dripping ashore. He pick
ed himself up. drew a small. wet. quiv.
ering dog from his breast pocket and
set it tenderly down. Then he looked
round and said in simple apology, Il
couldn't find the little brute any
whereof
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Chapter 100.
AN ACT to amend ;

AN ACT /" amend Section two of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State
SECTION l-Be il enacted by the Geneyai is
&G"1iy 81 Waryland, three ilfths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring)
That the following Section he and the same
/. hereby proposed aS an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted bv
the legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, said section shall SuprrScde
and stand in the place and stead of section
; of Article > of said Constitution:
The city of Baltimore shall be divided
into four legislative districts ~ near as NAV
he of equal population and of contiguous ter
ritnry, and each of said legislative districts of
Baltimore city, as they may from time to
time be laid ont, in accordance with the pro-
visions hereof and each county in the state,
shall be entitled toone senator, who shall be
elected by the qualified voters of thc aid leg
i>lativc districts of Baltimore city, and of the
counties of the State, respectively, and shall
serve for four years from the date of his clec-
tiun, subject to the classification of Senators
hereafter provided for.
SEXTON 2-.4nd BE- IL .TartAer enacted by tie
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed as an amendment to
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, AUGUST B, 1901

the Constitution shall at the next election for
members of the General Assembly of this
State, to be held ON the Tuesday next after
the first Monday i'll the month of November,
nineteen hundred and one. be submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the dl-
rcCtionS contained in Article II "t the Con
Stitution of this state; and at the said election
the vote ON said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot there shall he written or printed
the words "For the Constitutional Amend
mcnt' or Against the Constitutional
Amendment as the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall be made to the Governor of the vote for
and against said proposed amendment. as
directed by the said Fourteenth Article of
the Constitution.
Approved April = 1870
Now, therefore, l. .JoHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor of the State of Maryland. in pur
Suance of the provisions of Section one of
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State, do hereby order and direct that a copy
of said bills proposing said Constitutional
Amendments be published in at least tw"
newspapers in each county where ;" many
may be published, and where not more than
one may he published, then in that news
paper, and in three newspapers in the city of
Baltimore. one of which shall he in the
German language, once week for at least
three months preceding the next ensuing
general election (Which said general election
will be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of No
vcmbcr, nineteen hundred and one } at which
the said proposed amendments shall he sub
mittcd to the qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection, So that each amend
mcnt shall be voted ON separately.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal
:'.''''.''..''': of Maryland.
ihE Done at the city of An
80, napuiS ON the 18th day of
MAIYLNNp. June, in the year of our
:.............: Lord nineteen hundred and
one. JOHN WALTER SMITH,
tuvcrn"r of Maryland.
l;y order of the Governor:
WILrEEp RNTEuNN.
July l3-:im Secretary of state.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
why Flowers Bloom and Birds Sing.

The old comfortable belief of our
fOrefathcrs that the flowers and fruits
and all the good things of the earth
were created for their benefit has been
completely shattered by science. The
shining gold of April celandine, the
scent of white viOlcts, are not for us nj
all, says science, not even for the in
sects that come to them for honey, but
just for the sake of the flowers them
selves, which must get cross fertilized
or die out Self, self only, Is the bed
rock of it all. So the violets are not
ragrant for us, and the thrush was
not made to sing on our account, but
to charm his mate, and the stars do not
shine so as to light our way through
the wood and across the wild on NOON
less nights.
Fortunately this discovery need not
take away our appetite for the feast
which is spread out. We need have no
more compunction in coming to II un-
invited than has the bee or the moth
in slipping the nectar of the blossom.
1t may even be that We like they, do
render unconsciously some return for
benefits Notwithstanding Review.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
HE WAS MISTAKEN.
But For n Time He Thought n CaIam-
ItN Hnd IInppencd.

But For n Time He Thought CaIam-
ity Had Hnppencd.
\ man on II Myrtle avenue car which
was rolling down Washington street
the other day on its way to New York
suddenly stood up and waved his hand
and called out:
Conductor, n c" ,iy has happen
ed"
What is it?" was asked as the Off
clal came forward.
when l got on this car way back
there, handed you half dollar"
"Ycs. | know"
"And you didn't give me any change
back"
"Ics, did. l gave you 10 cents, and
you put it in your vest pocket"
"But | never carry money in my vest
pocket, and I've looked BY George,
but here she is! How could | have
been so careless"
Don't holler again before you are
hurt" sarcastically advised the con-
ductor.
I'm sorry, mighty sorry" replied the
man as he sat down, "and l hope you
won't bear any hard feelings. | don't
usually make mistakes, but when l
couldn't find that 10 cents, when real
lied that l was dead broke in big
town and custard pies was 10 cents
apiece, such a chill galloped up and
down my back that | made fool Of
myself before l could get hold of any
thing to prevent"-BroOklyn Citizen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

General lIarncy vas an officer Of the
old school. Il strict diSciplinarian who
took no excuses for hesitation in obey
ing orders. When he was on his way
to Mexico, when the United States was
at war with that country, he engaged
teams to transport the baggage and
placed in charge of them Texan
named Carter. The streams were all
up, and Carter had much trouble, but
whenever he tried to modify the gcner-
ais requirements he was cut short
with the admonition, "All you've got to
do is to obey orders"
Says Noah Smthwicli in his recollec-
tions called 1.-The Evolution of
Statc:'
They campcd one night near the Nue.
Ces river, which Carter found to be i'm
passablc. He said nothing about it to
the general, and the next morning the
order was given to move on. Carter
started with the wagon train and halt
ed at the river, which was absolutely
impossible. Uarncy came clustering
up.
Didn't you know that river was
up" he demanded.
Yes, sir" mcekly replied the wagon
master.
"Why didn't you tell meT'
"Iou didn't ask me, sir. You said my
business was to obey orders. You or
dcrcd me to hitch up and move on, and
did it,
"You did quite right. sir. Turn round
and drive back to camp"
If the general had been DONE" he
was not going to show it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

ParsQn Brownlow, the famous
preacher. editor and patriot, is describ-
ed by DR.. William Z. Barton. author
of "a Hero In Homespun." as the very
incarnation of east Tennessee's rude
ness, strength and exalted love of coun-
try and Of right. "Ef hit warn't that
he's n preacher" says one of the char
acters. you wouldn't know sometimes
w'ether he's a-prayin or a-quotin Scrip
ter chapter an varse or JUS plain ev-
eryday sorter cussin." Brownlow
wrote TO Secretary Benjamin at Rich
mond: Just give me my passports and
! will do for your Confederacy more
than the devil has ever done. will
quit the country"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
An Educational Mistake.

Whether or not n college education is
advantageous depends entirely upon
the ability of the recipient to absorb
and utilize such an education. Un-
fortunately such view of the case Is
seldom considered by parents and
guardians who are inclined to send
their children to college simply be-
cause 1t is considered the proper thing
to do. Consequently we find through
out the country thousands of young
men who have passed through college
acting as cheap clerks. bookkeepers or
even as car conductors and restaurant
walters. Having learned no mechan-
ical trade for which they may be adapt
ed and being untitled by nature for a
profession, they go through life discon-
tented with their lot and vaguely be-
lieving that the world owes them bet
ter treatment because they have gone
through collcge.-Los Angeles Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Too Much Of a Good Thing.

JiGsey-Are you going to spend your
vacation on the eastern shore again
this season?
Wigsey-Not on your life. They have
clans so often at meals over there that
you can hear the shells rattle when the
boardcrs walk about, and your stom-
ach rises and falls with the tide
Baltimore World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

Mandy" said Farmer Corntosscl. 81
guess it would be jcs' rs we'll not to say
so much about home cookin' when
you're talkin up our summer board"
"Why not?'
"'Cause some of these fcllcrs act to
me like that was what they was tryin
to get away from. ."-Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

Bishop Clarkson of Nebraska, known
and well beloved throughout the west,
was accustomed to carry his fitments
in an ordinary travelling case.
On one of his journeyings he was ap-
preached by travelling man, who,
mistaking him for a fellow drummer,
asked. What do you carry?"
To which the dear man replied, with
indescrihable good fellowship, lawn
Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Spe ciaI Notices.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, VI the January Session III the
year nineteen hundred of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland bills were passed proposing
amendments t" the Constitution ofthc State:
FU&t-By amending section . of Article ),
of the Constitution of the state
S,cond-By amending Section of Article
;, of the Constitution of the State.
Thid-Iiy amending section of Article ),
of the Constitution of the State, which said
bills and amendments are in words follow
ing. to wit
Chapter 1S5.
AN ACT to amend Section Nine, of Article
> of the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said amend
mcmt to the qualified voters Of this State
for adoption or rejection.
CECTION 1-La il enactcd by He Geneyal
- ASScD'biy cf Nnry'ond tfths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses ConCurrng.D That the following Sec
ton be and the same is hereby proposed aS an
amendment To Article ), of the Constitution
of this State and if adopted by the legal and
qualified voters thereof, herein and as by law
provided, il shall supcrScdc and stand in the
place and stead of Section Nine of said Article:
SECTION THE states Attorney shall per
form such duties and receive such fees and
thousand dollars, as are now or may hcrcaf-
ter be prescribed by law; and if any states
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such aS is or may be allowed bv
law, he shall, on conviction thereof be re-
moved from office provided that the States
Attorney for Baltimore city shall receive an
annual salary of furty-tivc hundred dollars,
and shall have power to appoint one deputy,
at an annual salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, and such other assistants
at such annual salaries not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars each, as the supreme Bench
of Baltimore city may authorize and ap-
the fees of the said States Attorneys office,
as has heretofore been practiccd.
SECTION 2-.ind be il FURTHER enacted, That
the foregoing Section hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of this State
shall be, at the next general election for
members of the General Assembly, to he held
i'll this State, submitted to the legal and quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
lection. in pursuance of the direction con
tanned III Article II, of the Constitution; and
at said election the vote ON said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be written or printed the
words, For thcC Constitutional Amendments"
or Against the Constitutional Amendments"
aS the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election one return shall he made to the
Governor of the Nntc on SAID proposed amend
mcmt. rs directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
ticlc of the Constitution.
Approved April ), 1870.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Wise Beyond His Years.

Young Chcckleigh-Sir l wish to
marry your daughter.
Old Gotrox-But she is only a school
girl of II.
Young Checklcigh-I am aware Of
that, sir, but | came early to avoid the
rush.-Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
what Provoked Him.

"Joe, you are rude. I'll never put foot
in your office again"
'Oh, yes, you will. You'll come in
again late some evening when Pm just
hurrying off to try and catch my train"
Chicago Record Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

Father Ncptune-Whats that howl of
lamentatiOn?
The Dolphin--The swordfsh is fight
ing mad because he couldn't kiss the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

"YOu say that man conquered in spite
of his lack of early opportunity"
eyes. He was born in humble
three story house, and he had to study
his lessons by gas instead of electric
light" shington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Snddening.

isn't the biscuit done, dear?" she
plaintivcly asked.
mo" he grutily answered as he push
ed back from the table, but am"
And it was only the third week of the
honeymoon too.--Cleveland Plain Deal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
Artificial.

First Menagerie Keeper What's
wrong?
Second Menagerie Keeper-Keep that
curtain down until l get the sacred
cows hump on straight.-Ohio State
Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

"On what ground, Mr.. Simpson, do
you ask for a raise?"
"Why, I've been as faithful in draw
ing my salary all these years as any
other clerk in your Otfice."-Chicago
Record III Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

George, that Mrs. NeXtfence is too
horrid for anything"
what are the odds now?"
"Why, she said if our chickens ate
her flower seed she hoped they'd have
appendicitis" s."-Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

Out of an average annual loss to the
worlds shipping of 2.l72 vessels 81 are
completely missing and never heard of
again.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

"Gruggs walks as if he owned the
whole blamed town"
"Yes, and he amt even a police COM
missioner. indianapolis News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03
WESTBOUND.
Chicago Express

Chicago Express:
No. 7..arrives 1870 a. III. leaves II 10 a. IN.
No A.. arrives 900 a. III.
PIttsburg Express:
No. 9..arrives 100 a. m.
Pttsburg Limited:
No II arrives 4:50 a. m.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Express;
No 3..arrives 5:25 a. M. leaves 5:32 a III.
*Parkersburg, Wheeling and Way:
No. 71................ leaves :. 10 a. III.
Express:
No 55. arrives 2:35 p. M; leaves 3;02 p. III.
No. 5..arrives $50 p. III,
Cincinnati and st. Louis Limited Express
*GraltOn and Way:
NO. De-. IedNCS t.J' p III
No. l. ..arrives S:0i p. m. leaves $40 p. H.
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Ambition c:

Ambition causes a fool to jump at
the moon and fall in the mud.-Chicago
News.
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PittSburg Division.


bers westbOund on Nam Llne.
*Except Sunday. tSunday only. No. ~ is
a local train from Cumberland to Pittsburg,
and No. II from Pittsburg to Cumberland.
Through tickets east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. q. CLARKE,
DANIEL WILLARD, Ticket Agent
Asst Genl Mgr. ID. b. MAkTGN,
June Manager Passenger Traffic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-03

Later in the day Sophronia turned to
her trusted servant after few mo-
mcnts' reflection. This is n great
coup Iona" said she. but this Mace
donian-did you see his look? He loves
me."-Pcnny Pictorial Magazine.