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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-21
ESTATE or JOSEPH FINLEY or
HINESRU RGH.

We. the subscribers, having been lp-
pointed by the Honorable the Probate
tOurt for the District of Chittcnden, COm-
lnissioncrs to receive, examine ana adjust
the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate Of Joseph Finley, tate Of
and also all claims and demands exhibited
in offset thereto; ana six months from the
day Of the date hereof being allowed by
said Court foI that purpose. We do there
fore hereby give notice that We will az
tend 10 the duties of our appointment at
the Office of Charles J. Russell, in Hines
burgh in said district on the first Satur-
days Of January and May next, at 10
O'Clock a. m, on each Of said days.
Dated this 9TH day of November, 1901.
CHARLES j. RUSSELL,
G. u, EOYNTON,
q ,w3t. Commissioners.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-21
STABLE BLANKETS SIPS

Burlap; fun lined; web surcinglcs; red
web binding neck and breast double
stay at breast; = by 80; Gia lbs, Many
equally good values at iiagtr's, Burlus-
tom
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-21

You cannot, II you vaTue good health. ahoru
to use cheap, low-gradc, alum baking pow
do cndanger the health All PHYSICIANS viii
tell you that alum in food /, deIl,.en,al
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Hard Ducks to XIII:

The screaming Walloon is hard duck
to kill. Its hide is very tough and is
thickly covered with feathers and
down. Besides the bird Is great
diver, one of the kind that used to
"dive at the flash" when hunted with
the old arm that flashed when fired. 1t
Is of very little value for table use, be-
ing SO tough. The only way to manage
it at all is to skin it and parboil it in
big pot with plenty of water. The ne
groes make caps of walloon skins.
"They are great ducks for diving"
says a well known Tired Avon river
prOgger.
"They can dive quicker, so down
deeper, remain under water longer and
come up farther away than any other
duck that frequents our waters. l re-
member once | succeeded in killing a
walloon, and, being short of game for
the table, | determined to cook my
bird. | got n negro to skin 1t, giving
him the hide for his trouble. After be-
ing cleaned we put 1t in a great pot full
of water and under it kindled a hot
fire. After awhile | wanted TO see how
the cooking of my duck progressed and
lifted the top off the boiling pot. but
there was SO much steam escaping l
could not see into the pot and struck
match over it. The blamed wallOon,
sir. dlved at the fash of the match. 1t
disappeared and has never been seen
since."- Baltimore Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10

and shaped into convex form by means
Of the grading machine, sort of sur
face plow pulled by horses or mules.
Where long stretches of road are to be
constructed a traction engine will be
found a better means for pulling the
grader than animal power.
After the roadbed has been put in
proper condition it Is covered with n
six inch layer of Stag, which is rolled
hard and compact by means Of heavy
roller. On top of the Stag a layer of
crushed limestone is spread, which
also is rolled until it becomes hard and
solid. thin layer Of sifted, crushed
stone is distributed on top of the lime
stone and again rolled several times,
having been sprinkled before the roll
ing. After the road is completed the
top layer Of limestone will form an al
most waterproof roof of the roadbed.
The water will make 1t almost as hard
as concrete and enable 1t to withstand
the effect of narrow tired. heavy wag-
ons for a long time.
The demonstrating party Of the Ma
tional Good Roads association does not
use the same method of building roads
in every case. The method is ada pied
to the conditions existing in each local
fly and also varies as to the material
used In the work. In general way,
however, the system is the same in
every case.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
JOurnallntiC Err0ra.

do not allude to what are obviously
mere misprints. such as when The
Morning Post announced at the head OF
it's fashionable intelligence that Lord
Palmerston had gone down into Hamp-
shire with party of fiends to shoot
peasants. but | refer to blunders due to
Grass ignorance of pretentiOus order.
Perhaps the best instance was when
one of the young lions" of The Daily
Telegraph In leading article enumer-
ated the great masters Of Greek sculp-
ture as Phdias, Praxiteles and Milo,
ignorant of the fact that Milo Is not
sculptor. but an island.
The Times was even worse when.
mistaking Prussia for Austria. 1t de-
voted whole leader to discussing why
Prussia had Joined the zollverein. The
Saturday Review once explained at
great length that the population might
be nourished gratuitously on young
lambs IL killed unweaned before they
had begun to crop grass, having there
fore cost nothing to feed. Many other
instances will doubtless occur to your
readers.-Notes and Queries.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10

A good story is told in Missouri Mt
the expense of its once famous govern
or, Claiborne Il. Jackson. Before he
solved the enigma of lovelOck he had
married five sisters in reasonable
lapses of consecutivenesS. After one
wife had been lost and appropriately
mourncd he eSpoused another, and he
kept his courting within a narrow cir
Gle Of his own relatives, for lie rather
liked the family.
The antiquated father of these girls
was almost deaf, and when the gov
ernor went TO this octogenarian to ask
for his surviving daughter the follow
ing conversation ensucd:
81 want Lizzie"
"Eh?"
81 want you to let me have Eliza
beth"
"Oh, you want Lizzie, do you? What
forT'
For my wife,"
"For life"
81 want-tO-marry-h
"Oh. yes. Just so. hear you, boy"
I'm precious glad you do" muttered
the governor.
"Well," slowly responded the vet
eran, "you needn't halloo SO that the
whole neighbOrhood knows 1t. Yes.
you can have her. You've got 'em all
now, my lad, but for goodness sake, If
anything happens to that ERE poor mis-
guided gal, don't come and ask me for
the old wOman!'
jackson solemnly promised that he
never would.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Origin of "whiE."

Several reasons have been assigned
to account for the word "Whig," uni
versally known to all the English
speaking people. BY some the word Is
supposed to be a contraction of a Ion
ger one, "whiggamore," which in some
parts Of England and Scotland. cspe
cially Scotland, signifies drover or
herder.
1t was in 1879 that the word first
became common in the British isles,
when the struggle was in progress be-
tween the pcasantry and the aristOc-
racy to have or not to have the bill
passed by parliament to exclude the
Duke of York from the line of success
sion. All who were opposed to placing
the duke in the line Of succession were
derisively called "whiggamorcs.' or
"drovers." just as the city dude of to-
day speakers of the "grangers." the
"grays." the "chin whiskers" and the
'hayseeders."
But Scotch tradition gives altogether
a different reason for the existence Of
the word 1t Is this: During the early
religious wars In Scotland the weakest
Of the factions used the words I'VE
Hope In God" as q motto The Initials
Of these words were placed on their
banners thus, wv. Ii. |. g." and soon
all the followers of that clan were CIV.
en- the title Of "Whig." which was aft
erward attached as party nickname.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
A Mixed wedding Party.

1.-THE college roommate Of friend Of
mine was engaged to lady In New
York" writes the Rev. D. NJ. Steele In
his article on Some People | Have
Married" in The Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. His people are Congregational
lists, but while at Yale he became
Unitarian. Her parents are Roman
Catholics, but she was a member Of the
Ethical Culture society at Carnegie
hall In compliance with her mothers
wish he asked five different priests to
marry them, but all refused. In despair
he came for me. | married them. an
Episcopalian. with the ritual service in
a Presbyterian chapel. The Roman
Catholic brother of the bride and the
Congregational sister of the groom
were present. This sister acted as one
witness; the other witness was Jew
ess."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Ingenious Advertising.

There are many ingenious ways Of
giving a store an air of eclat that will
inspire confidence In stranGcrs-in-
gcnious ways that are cunning in their
simplicity. An Optician in Twenty
third street, New York, whose store
sets back ten feet from the main side
walk, has q three foot strip of carpet
running un to bis door, says Printers
Ink. AS q matter of fact there IS no
need Of a carpeted approach, for Twen-
ty-third street is well provided with
clean stone sidewalks. Yet the strip
of carpet distinguishes that store from
all others ip It's neighborhOod-is q
sort of outward Indication that CUSTOM
ers are highly valued within and that
the optieian has devoted hard thought
to-just such little details perhaps,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
WHAT BAD ROADS COST.
Agricultural interests suffer Most
From the Mud.

From the Mud.
We have just passed through one OF
the two periods of the year when the
country roads problem forces itself
prominently to the front and becomes
n living issue with every one who has
not paved streets and improved side
walks to pass over, says the Chicago
Evening Post. There is no state in the
Union in which the question can be ig
nOred, for there is no state In which
the country roads in the opening of
spring and the beginning of winter are
In reasonably passable condition. Az
ricultural interests everywhere are the
heaviest sufferers from the wrctchcd
conditions of the country roads. JUST
how much they have suffered from this
cause they have never been able to cs-
innate. Had they had any conception
of the extent of their losses 1t is prob
able they would have cXcrtcd them
selves long ago to bring about radical
change and would have supplied them
selves with good roads irrespective of
the first cost of the work, which Is de-
Nlhe'lN tnt HtdN leSl IoTilOu Ol IL.
What they have failed to do for
themselves in the matter of estimates
the agricultural department has ac-
complished for them. 1t set corps OF
experts to ascertain the actual condi-
tiOnS and to estimate the direct losses
suffered by the farming communities
through the lack OF permanent country
highways easily passible at all seasons
of the year and In all conditions of the
weather.
The average cost of hauling farm
products from the farms to the point
Of shipment over the entire United
States is % cents per ton per mile. The
railroads charge less than half cent
mile per ton for hauling these prod
ucts to market, or about One-fftieth the
amount 1t costs the farmers them
selves to deliver the goods to the rail-
ways.
These figures show how extremely
shortsighted the agricultural commun-
ties are in permitting their highways
to remain as they are at present. The
difference in the cost of improving the
country roads and of hauling over them
as they are, If saved, as it might very
well be, would make them rich in a
very few years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10

One cannot safely assume in these
days that there Is any region in which
such and such u journal Is not read.
Recently n certain humorist needed a
rest and went and stopped in a cottage
In a remote village by the sea. His
sitting room opened on the kitchen,
where his landlady, woman widely
esteemed as a person OF great acumen
and n maker of phrases. was wont to
receive the neighbors. He listened and
put both landlady and neighbOrs into
some amusing sketches which were
promptly published in London maga-
zine. A month or two went by. Then
one afternoon he came back to the cot
tage to meet and cover before an In
dlgnant matrOn. who told him. among
other things. that he had one hour in
which to pack his traps and quit the
village. She was not going to have an
eavesdropper In her house. and she
added a significant hint to the effect
that the people of the village were of
the same opinion and might be betray-
ed into an attempt to give a forcible
demonstration of their views.-LOndOn
Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Chapter i:S1.

AN act to amend Section four, OF Article
). of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION lie IL endctcd By tie Gentrai Is
sembiy Of U"ry'otnd (thrcc-tiithS of all the
members ufthctwo Houses conCurrng, That
the following Section be and the same is here
by proposed as AN amendment to the tonSti
tuition of this State, and if adopted by the legal
and qualified voters thereof as herein prOvid-
cd, said Section shall SupcrSctlC and stand i'll
the place and instead of Section four of Arti-
Gle ), of said Constitution:
SECTION AS soon aS may be after the
taking and publishing of the National Census
of 1900, or after the enumeration of the popu-
latiUn of this State, under the authority there
of, there shall be an aplortiunmcnt of repre-
>cntation in the House of Delegates, to be
made on the following basis, t" wit Each of
the several counties of the State, having II
population of eighteen thousand souls or less,
shall be entitled to two delegates; and every
county having population of over eighteen
Thousand and less than twcnty-cight thous-
and souls, shall be entitled to three delegates :;
and every county having population of
twcnty-cght Thousand and less than forty
thousand souls shall be entitled +" four del
cgatco; and every county haying 4 p"pul lati"n
Of forty Thousand and less than lifty-iive
Thousand souls, shall bc entitled TO five dele
gates and every county having Z population
of E-iiYethouEand sou l. and UpWarda, shall
he entitled t" six delegates and no more; and
each of the four legislative districts of the city
of Baltimore shall he entitled To- the number
of delegates to which the largest county shall
or may be entitled under the aforcgoing al'-
purtionmcnt, 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 II ways consist of contiguous territory.
SEcTIoN 2-.in9 be il tNrthfr cparted By The
authOTiy GtpreSdW, That the said foregoing
Section hereby proposed as an amendment tu
/ the Constitution, shall, al the next election
for members of the General Assembly of this
state, tU be held ON the Tuesday next after
the first Monday in the month of November,
ninftcGn hundred and one, be submitted to
/ the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
/ adoption or rejection, IL pursuance If the iii
/ Tecifons containGi in Article u, of the Con
/ stittion 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 be written or printed
| the 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- the Governor of the
/ vote for and against said proposed amend
mcnt, is directed by the said Article H. of
! the Constitution.
Approved April :, lHn,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
The AppeaI to the Record.

Little Tommy returned sore and
trembling from the torture room.
Doesn't your papa ever thrash
you?" he asked his chum. who is the
son of a cabinet minister.
II should say notr replied the other
loftily. Every time he threatens to
cane me read him an extract from
his great peace at any price speech in
which he said: These barbarians are
like wayward children, but have we on
that account the right to take away
their heaven sent privilege to do as
they please? Let us treat them as we
would our own wayward CHILDREN
plead with them. heseech them, but
never coerce them with either gun or
rod"
That's good deal to remember" re-
marked Tommy.
"Yes. but now be's got SO used to 1t
that he drops the cane as soon as |
start. london Answers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
SCENERY PRESERVED.
Outdoor Advertisers Kept within
Hounds In Hawaii.

Hounds In Hawaii.
Our new possession Of Hawaii evil
IDENTIFY Is not paradise for the outdoor
advertiser. Here is what a Mrs. Todd
says on the subject in her book de-
scribing n yachting trip across the
Pacific:
Careless guardians of highways in
the United States might well take to
heart the practical lesson from Hawaii,
whose intelligent as we'll as aesthetic
appreciation protects and enhances
every roadside beauty. The district
about IIilo is now used extensively in
cultivating coffee; but, although the
land costs only 81 or Sc an acre, five
times that sum is used in clearing it
for plantations. But no settler is allow
cd to bring his fields to the roadside. a
border of natural growth must be left,
not less than 100 feet wide, between
his coffee plants and the highway. He
may keep 400 feet along the road of
open lawn before his house. Other
wise no border grOwthS must be cut,
and | hear the prescribed width is now
increased by 100 feet.
with natural lOvcliness so jealOusly
guarded on every hand. l could but re-
member certain drives in New Eng
land. once fair and beautiful, now ro-
duccd to scenes of painful devastation,
where farmers, in temporary lack of oc=
cupat ion, might have been seen cheer
fully moving banks of maidenhair,
chopning down trees. blackberry and
elder bushes, pulling un clcmatis by the
roots and setting fire to the pathetic
remnants. Here in remote Hawaii ev=
cry tree and shrub, flower and vine, Is
watched and cared for, and q total
dcarth Of advertising signs on rocks
and conspicuous places is enfprced by
law"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 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 of November,
nineteen hundred and one. he submitted to
the legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the dl-
rectiuns contained in Article II of the Con
stitutiUn 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
the words, For the Constitutional Amend
ment,' 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 :, I!nO
Now, therefore. |. JuIIN WALTER SMITH
Governor of the State of Maryland, in plIr-
>Ilancc of the provisions of Section one of
Article fourteen of the Constitution of the
State. dc hereby order and direct that Il copy
of said bills proposing said Constitutional
Amendments he published in at least two
newspapers in each county where So 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 a week for At least
three months preceding the next ensuing
general election (Which said general election
will be held on Tuesday, the Jth day of No
vcmbcr, nineteen hundred and one, } at which
the said proposed amendments shall be 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 ut the city of An
'',, "r nap"liS on the 18th day of
MARYIAxp. June, in the year of our
:..............: Lord nineteen hundred and
one. JOHN WALTER SMITH.
Governor of Maryland.
l;v order of the Governor:
WIITEEp BNTEMNN,
July l:I-im Secretary of state
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Special Notices.
PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS. At the January Session in the
year nineteen hundred of the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland, bills were passed proposing
amendments to the Constitution ofthe State: /:
Firxt--By amending Section of Article ),
of the Constitution of the State.
!Sccond-By amending Section of Article
,, of the Constitution of the state.
THjrd-Bv amending Section of Article 3
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
). "f 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.
SlECTION BE il cHocfd by he General
- .iSScmbty IF .Ndryidnd (thrcciifthS of all
the members elected to each of the two
Houses concurringl That the following Sec
tion he 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 a> by law
provided, it shall supcrSedc and stand in the
place and stead of section Nine of said Article:
SECTION 9-The states Attorney shall per
form such duties and receive such fees and
commissions or salary not exceeding three
thousand dollars, iIs 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 he allowed by
law, he shall, ON conviction thereof he re-
moved from office provided that the state ;
Attorney for Baltimore city shall receive an
annual salary of f"rty-iivc hundred dollars,
and shall have power t" 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 al-
prove; all of said salaries to be paid out of
the fees of the said States Attorneys office,
as has heretofore been praCtiCcd.
SECTION 2-Ind be il .t'urther c,acted, 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
in 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 /, of the Constitution and
at said election the vote ON said proposed
amendment shall be by ballot. and upon each
ballot there shall he written or printed the
words, For theC Constitutional Amendment,
or Against the Constitutional Amendment" "
aS the voter shall elect and Immediately after
said election one return shall he made to the
Governor ufthc vote on SAID proposed amend
mcnt, as directed by the said Fourteenth Ar
tiCle of the Constitution.
Approved April ), 1900.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Poorly Drained Roads.

1t is the settled opinion Of road ex-
peEts that farmers would better aban-
don dirt roadmaking unless they do it
scientifically. II the dirt roadway be
left to itself. 1t becomes hard packed
ut least in the course Of years. while
The elaborately graded and good to
look at but insutficiently drained
handiwork of the unscientific road
makers falls an easy victim to the
first severe rainy season. because it
has not had time to be- packed by
fra ffip