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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
The EyoIution Of yyorSbius.

A man need not be n scholar to be
an inventor. One of the most success
full aeronauts of old times who had
made n study of aerial currents and the
management of balloons Cncc delivered
an address in -Thich he referred 10
"the anaconda" as "the largest bird
that ever flew" and he also remarked
that "the mental faculties of n mans
mind Is so constructed az to bring
things down to pins point" He also
referred to the currents of air as
stretchums, meaning strata. and yet he
was one of the foremost ballOOniSts of
his time.
He was an inventor also of many
useful things and was the first man
in the country to suggest an ironclad
man-Of-war with slanting sides. lie
built a miniature vessel on this plan
Of sheet iron, placing it in the water
and fired muSket balls at it at short
range. Every ball glanced Off The
Mcrrimac was built on similar plan,
and from that humble beginning the
evolution or revolution In naval archi-
lecture took its start.-Baltmor sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

The captain of an ocean steamer Is
often warned of the proximity Of Ice
bcrgS by the men in the engine room,
When q ship enters water considerably
colder than that through which 1t has
been going It's propeller runs faster,
and as such water surrounds the vi.
cinity Of icebcrgS for many miles the
engineers know when the prOpeller's
action Is greatly accelerated without
bcrgs may hc expected, Of course the
thermometer is the most useful indi-
Gator Of iccbergS,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
SPIRIT SLATE WRITING,
How the Mysterious Sentences Are
Prepared In Advance.

Spiritualistic slate writing, if clcverly
done, always makes II marked impress
sion on nla@ician'S audience because
1t utterly battles their efforts to detect
the trick They see small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means
of cords or ribbons. 1t has an open
front and is empty. The magician
turns it around 50 that every part of
it may be seen and taps it inside and
out with his wand to show that it is
hollow
ON stand near by he has II small
easel. Il common school slate, Il bottle
of india ink with Il quill pen in it and
few sheets of ordinary white writing
paper All these he passes around
among the audience for examination
Then he fixes Il sheet of the paper to
the slate by means of WATERS, places
the slate on the easel and the easel in
the cabinet, together with the bottle of
ink, tn" latter having the pen still in it.
Having allowed the audience to see
the articles thus arranged in the cabi-
net, he throws Il large silk handllcr-
chief over it. Mysterious sounds are
Immediately heard. and the cabinet
shakes as if some living thing had en-
tered it. When the sounds and the
shaking cease, he removes the hand
kcrchicf. showing an inscription writ
ten in bold black letters on the paper
and the pen not in the ink bottle, but
lying on the bottom of the cabinet. He
then removes the paper from the slate
and passes it around for examination.
when the writing is Immediately rccog-
niZcd as having been done with India
ink
The explanation of the trick is sim
pie. The writing was done i'll advance
by tn" performer the fluid used being
solution of Sulphuric acid of the pur-
est quality. TO make the solution 30
drops of the concentrated acid are add
ed to one ounce of filtered water. Writ
ing done with this solution is invisible
until exposed to heat. When so eX-
posed, it comes out perfectly black.
looking exactly like dried India ink
The heat is applied by means of an
electric current running over wire with
which the slate is wound. The cords
by which the cabinet is suspended CON
ccal copper wires. which conduct the
current TO the slate Black silk threads
suitably attached enable the performer
to max" the sounds in the cabinet. to
cause the cabinet to shake and to jerk
the pen out of the ink bottle.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
in advance, each With different in
Scription, the performer telling one in
scription from another by secretly
marked pin prickS.-New York Herald
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Chalter t:s1,


AN ACT to- amend Section four ut Article
). of the Constitution Of this State
SECTION l-B il cnoctcd By tie Gcn,,M is
SANITY Of NnIy'ond tthrcc-iiftllS of all the
members oft two Houses Concurring That
the following Section be and the same is here
hy proposed as AN amendment to the CunSti-
tuition of this State, and if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof a. herein pruvid-
cd, said Section shall supcrsc,lr and stand in
the place and instead of Section four of Arti-
clC ), of said Constitution:
SECTION i--AS soon a> may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration of the pupl-
Iati"n of this State, under the authority there
of, there shall be an appurtionmcnt of repre-
>cntati0n in the House Of Delegates to be
made on the following basis to 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 a population of over eighteen
thousand and less than twenty eight thouS-
and souls. shall be entitled to three delegates :
and every county having a population of
twcntv-cight thousand and less than forty
thousand souls. shall he entitled To- four del
of forty Thousand and less than ifty-tivc
Thousand souls, shall be entitled to five dele
gates and every county having population
uflifty-vc thousand souls and upwards, shall
be entitled To- six delegates and no more; and
each Of the four Legislative districts ofthc city
of Baltimore shall he entitled to the number
of delegates tu which the largest county shall
l.. ,:,I Il
mrtionmcnt, and the General Assembly shall
have the power to provide ny law from time
t" time for altering and changing the bound-
aries of the existing legislative districts of the
city of Baltimore, So us To- make them near a.
may be of equal population; but said districts
shall always consist of contiguous territory.
SECTIus 2-IHd be IL Ttrthrr cHdcttd By tie
GHttOrHH aforesaid. That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed ~ an amendment tu
the Constitution, shall, at the next election
for members Of the General Assembly of this
State, to ho hcld on the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month Of November.
ninrtcon hundred and one, be submitted tu
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rcCtinns contained in Article t. Of the Con
=titution of this state and at the said election
the vote on said Proposed amendment tu the
Constitution shall be- by ballot, and upon
zach ballot thpro shall hr written or printed
thn words, For tho Constitutional Amend
mont or Against the Constitutional
Amendments, a> the voter shall elect, and
Immediately after the said election due re-
turns shall he made to the Guvcrnur of the
vote for and against said proposed amend
mcnt, as directed by the said Article II, of
the Constitution.
Approved April :. 1900.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Hodge. the Single Minded.

An election petition was being tried,
and a witness was called to prove
''bribcry."
cone Of the gentlemen says to me,
Hodge, yOu must vote for the Torics,'"
said the witness.
"And what did you answer to that"
asked the counsel
"'Wcll.' says |. How much""
"And what did the agent say
"IIe didn't say nothing. The other
gentleman comes to me and says, You
must vote for the Liberals. Hodge" "
"And what did you answcr:'
81 said. How much?' So he arSt me
what toth"r gentleman offered me, and
/ told him ; shillings."
"And what did the Liberal agent do!'
''IIc gave me 10 Shillings."
Counsel sits down triumphant, and
up starts the other side.
Did you vote for the Liberals"
NO"
Did you vote for the ToricS:"
"No. | amt got a vote.'-Spare Mo-
mentS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
THE PROLIFIC FLY.
To Lessen the Pest All Organic Ref
use Should BE Buried

Flies multiply at a prOdigiOuS rate.
Given temperature sufficiently high
to hatch eggs, their numbers are only
limited by the amount of food avail
able for them. LinnnuS is credited
with saving that three meat flies, by
reason Of their rapid multiplication,
would consume dead horse quicker
than would n lion, and the fact that
certain diptcra having some outward
semhlance to the hOneybce lay their
eggs in the dead carcaSSpS Of animals
probably led Samson aud Virgil to
make erroneous statements with re-
gard to the genesis of honey and the
manufacture of bees The breeding Of
"gCntlcS" for ground bait is an indus
try the practices Of which could prob
ably give much information as to the
nicrty of choice exercised by flies in
selecting material for feeding and egg
laying. According to Packard the
house fly makes selection of horse dung
by preference for ovipUSiting, and as
each female lays about 120 eggs and
the cycle of changes from egg to fly is
completed in less than three weeks it
seems probable that Il female fly might
have some 2J,O00Ou descendants in
the course of 4 hot summer. Other va
rioties of flies multiply, l believe, still
more rapidly.
As flies multiply upon and in organic
refuse of every kind, it Is obvious that
the sooner such refuse is placed where
1t cannot serve for the br,Asling and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Restoring the Polish.

Says houSek"cpcr: "My piano,
which had been covered with cambrc
cover. was loaded with dust that had
siftcd through the slcaZy cloth. The
dust was too thick to be wiped off. 1t
should have been blown and lightly
WhiSkcd off first, but this my maid did
not do, and in consequence the CRIME
was wiped in for all l know with a
damp cloth. At all events the highly
polished surface was clouded over al
most tn Il gray. and l was in despair
until a friend suggested remedy. She
advised me to wiring as dry as l could
piece of chamois from out basin
of water and rub the piano until the
chamoiS was bone dry. This l have
done and completely restored the pol
iSh"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
FROSTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, OCTOBER s. 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 in the month "t November
nineteen hundred and one. he submitted To
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the di-
rcCtions contained in Article II of the Con
Stituti"n of this state; and at he said election
the vote on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall bc by ballot. and upon
each ballot there shall he written or printed
the words For the Constitutional Amend
mcnt, Or Against the Constitutional
Amendment" :s the voter shall clrct, and
Immediately after said election due returns
shall he 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 :. 1890
Now, therefore, |. JonN WALTER SMITH
Governor of the State of Maryland, in pur-
SlanCc of the provisions of Section one of
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State de hereby order and direct that Il copy
of said bills pr"puSing said Constitutional
Amendments be published in at least tw"
newspapers in each county where many
may he published. and where not more than
one may he published, then in that news
paper, and i'll three newspapers in the city of
Baltimore one of which shall he in the
German language, once Il 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 t" 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.
NE Done at the city of An
~, naIoli> on the 18th day If
M>EYLANp. June, in the year of our
:..............: Lord nineteen hundred and
one. JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor of Maryland.
by order of the G0vcrnur:
WIIFEEp BNrEMNN.
July l:;-:im Secretary of State.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

AN ACT t" amend section two of Article
of the Constitution of the State.

AN ACT to amend SECTION two of Article 3
of the Constitution of the State
SECrIoN l--Bc il eqGcted By Tie Ge,,eraI is
Mmbly Qf lUaryia"A, three ffths of all the
members of the tw" Houses concurrng,) }
That the following Section be and the same
is hereby proposed rs ap amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof, as
hproin provided, said section shall superscde
and stand in the place and stead of Section
, of Article of said Constitution:
2-Ihc city Of Baltimore shall he divided
into four legislative districts aS near as may
he Of equal population and Of contiguous ter
ritory, and each of said legislative districts of
Baltimore city, as they may from time Ia
tine bp laid out, IN accordance with the pro-
visions hereof, aud each county in the State
shall bc entitled toune Senator, who shall he
elected by the qualified voters of the said leg
iSlativc districts of Baltimore city, and of the
counties of the State, respectively and shall
serve for four years from the date Of his clec-
tion, subject to the classification of Senators
hereafter provided for,
Section lind BE- 70 t,rther Cndcied By he
authority dtOreSdid That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed as an amendment to
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Special Notices.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, Al the January Session in the
year nineteen hundred of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, bills were passed proposing
amendments to- the Constitution of the State :
Fyrxt-By amending section . of Article s.
of the Constitution of the State.
S,co1,d-Ey amending section I of Article
;, of the Constitution of the State.
7HjrI-By amending Section of Article 3
of the Constitution of the state which said
bills and amendments are in words follow
inc, 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
mcnt T." the qualified voters Of this State
for adoption or rejection.
NtECrION l-B il c"octcd By the Ge"erdi
- .iSscm,biy Of NoryIond Cthrcr-litths of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses cuncurrlng,) 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 aud a> by law
provided, ii shall SUpCrSedc and stand in the
place and stead of Section Nine of said Article
SE rIuN 9-Thc states Attorney shall per
form such duties and receive such fees and
commissions or salary not exceeding three
Thousand dollars, as are now or may hereat-
ter he prescribed by law and if any States
Attorney shall receive any other fee or re-
ward than such ~ is ur may he allowed by
law, he shall, on conviction thereof he 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-
prove; all of said salaries to he paid out of
the fees of the said States Attorneys office
as has heretofore been praCticcd.
SECTION 2-.i,,d he 10 t,rther cnacted, 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, t" be held
in this State, submitted to the legal and quail
flied voters thereof for their adoption or re-
jcctiom in pursuance of the direction con
tanned III Article /, of the CONSTITUTIONS 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, "ForthC' Constitutional Amendments
or Against the Constitutional Amendment
a> the voter shall elect, and Immediately after
said election one return shall he made to the
Governor ufthc vote on SAID proposed amend
mcnt, a> directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
ticIc of til" constitution.
Approved April ), l%o.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Two CRIRmItOUs EIres,

TIL" two most CaIamitors fires ever
known anywhere In the world occurred
In the United States within l3 months
Of each other. In the first of these, in
Chicago. on oct. =. .. 1871. the property
loss was S2OO,OOOOOO. and in the sec
Ond in Boston. Nov. o, 1872, SSO.OOO 900
Of property was consumed. In Chicago
1OO.ND persons We're left without homes
and 200 were killed: Chicago's heads
the list Of the worlds destructive con-
tlagratiOns.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Left Handed Medicine.

An AtchSon druggist tells this story
and declares that it is true: lie had
tonSiliriS. but did not send for n doc
tor as he knew he would he all right
as soon rs the swelling "brokc" But
his wife was worried and insisted on
sending for a doctor. When the doe
tor arrived, he looked through his medi-
cine case. ana said he had nothing
suitable for the patient; that the medi-
cine he had was for the right side.
whereas the swelling in the throat was
on the left side. Then he hurried away
to get his left handed medicine.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
w HOLE n rnnnn, 1869.
AN EXPLANATION.

II you'll make diayno-i- when you're feeling sad
and drcary,
As You would with any everyday disease;
II you'll simply question science as to why you're
Elum and weary
And everything seems duh snd i'll at ease,
Perhaps yuu will discover. Ittnr devious calCula
tious.
The 'au-c Of all thee symptoms which aprail,
And you'll smile you reflect, in spite ot various
irritltious,
That its nothing but the weather after all.
You'll find a sigh dcnotng neither sorrow nor
cnntrltipr:
A tear drops not indicative OF care.
They products of the meteorological Condi
tiuu.
OF r,tra moistur, that is in the air.
So perhaps its not in reason fortunes chance to
hr rrliliuy
Or To vow ltr's store Of happiness is small,
For when the SUN comes out again, again We will
br smiling;
It's nothing but the weather after all.
Washington star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

The pepper plant is propasated by
cuttings. comes into bearing three or
four years after it Is set and yields
two crops annually for about II years.
When few of the berries change
from green to red, all of them are gath
cred, because if they were allowed to
ripcn any longer they would be less
pungcnt To lit them for market they
are dried, separated by rubbing with
the hands and cleaned by winnowing.
The black pepper of commerce consists
of the berries thus prepared
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
An Effort to SpeRk.

Dogs in a native or wild state never
bark. They simply whine, howl and
growl. The noise which we call bark
ing is found only among those that are
dOmcsticated. Columbus found that to
be the case with the dogs he first
brought to America and left at large,
for on his return he tells us that they
had lost their propensity to bark. Sci
entitic men say that barking is really
an effort on the part of the dog to
speak
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

'fThat must be pretty bad TOOTH
ache to swell y0ur face like that, Why
don't ynu see a dcntistT"
II did call on your friend, Dr, PUN.
ON, yesterday. and experienced great
relief"
"YOu must be mistaken, Pullcm has
been out Of town for week"
II know, | felt relieved when found
that out. t."-Philadelphia Press,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
The Right Handling of Books.

A book should not be bent back till
the binding is cracked and lOoscned nor
laid face downward on n chair or table
nor left out over night in the rain, nor
should its leaves be turned down to
mark the place. Cultivate good MEM
DRY as to the page where you leave off
and be independent of external aids
Ladies' Home journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

"Do You really think there are mcr-
maids in the sea-
'Ccrtainly," said the dime museum
man.
'Thcn why hasn't anybody besides
you succeeded in catching onc?"
because nobody else was smart
enough to bait Il hook with the latest
style of Paris hat" was the answer
Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
In a Vicious Circle.

IL wonder what makes mans hair
fan out so fast when it once starts?"
Worry! Nothing tends to make
man bald so much as worry. and moth
ing worries man so much as the idea
that he is becoming ."-LondOn
King
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

She-IIow beautifully Miss Heavy
weight dances! She doesn't seem to
touch the floor sometimes.
He (whOSe feet are still suffering
from the last polka with her-She
dOesn't!-Punch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

The road should ut all times be- kept
clean ana free from mud and dirt. and
any vegetable matter that would tend
to cause it to be soft and muddy should
be removed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
No EstabIIshed Credit,

Credit Man Sorry, sir, but we can
not open an account with you because
pf your financial standing.
Rubbt0n- What's the matter with it?
Credit Man-Why. you've always paid
Brooklyn Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

Tasmania is 1000 miles less in area
than Ireland. The names of its IS coun-
ties are almost all taken from English
counties
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

Shc-Are you total abstainer, Colo
mel Blue Grass?
He-les, ma'am. | hain't touched
water fer 40 years.-Chicago News.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

Mrs. Hennypcck lin the midst Of her
readingD-Hcre is an item which says
that there are more than 2J0, 200 words
in the English language.
Mr.. Hennypcck-Yes, my dear; so
I've heard. Puck.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
The Mean Thing,

Miss paSsay-I dread to think Of my
forticth birthday.
Miss Pert Why? Did something un-
pleasant happen thcn.-Tit-BitS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

In Il ton of Dead sea water there are
1877 pounds of salt, Red sea 9}, Med
iterrancan 50. Atlantic 81, English
channel -, Black sea % Baltic Is and
Caspian sea II.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

lf Jelly bags are wet in water before
they ar" used, the fruit will strain
through much better and ita less
'oSs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

Fish has very high food value. In
fact, it is very nearly as nutritious as
chicken or turkey.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05

WESTBOUNU.
No. o. FIX press. go, ..., leaves l:lO II. III,
No. H.. . Pittshurg IAmitcd. leaves i:5l a. m,
No. l3. .COn'lsville Local. leaves T:lO IA. NJ
No. A.. Chicago Express. leaves 9:2D a. M
No. 40. Mail .,t...t...... leaves j:lU y. M
No. s.. Chicago Limited. leaves 400 p. IN,
For arriving time see same Express num-
bers westbOund on Main Line
+Except Sunday. tSunday only. No 49is
a local train from Cumberland to PittsbuTg
aud 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. MARrIN
June Manager Passenger Traffic.