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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26

Thomas Loar, the all-around genius
of Great Savage mountain, has placed
another glittering gem i'll his circlet of
invention this time in the making of
violin.
The instrument has been on exhibition
in the display windows of the F. c.
Beall hardware store. and noted by all
as strangely, curiously constructed. In
deed, nobody is able to say he ever saw
one of similar model or make.
The back, neck and head and part of
the sides of the rims are ill one solid
piece. or what remains of an artistic
go,lge out of slab of wood. The part
of the rim where it connects with the
neck Is inserted also the part wherein
the cnd-pin is fastened. The top is also
made of a single piece of wood.
The model is peculiar i'll being about
. inches wide where the bow crosses the
Strings-rather, across the f holcs-than
the regulation shape.
The instrument is made of curly
maple highly polished. Herein another
peculiarly appears-the top is made of
the same wood as the back This is I'M
usual us almost all violins are made with
il pine top.
The keys are made of white bone.
AS matter of fact, all parts of the
instrument We're made by Mr.. Loar eX-
cept the strings.
The tone Is remarkably sweet and
quite full.
Altogether Mr. Loar is to be warmly
congratulated upon Il handicraft which
has achieved work of art so unique
and splendid.
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\ Duty Fully Done.

Mayor Lammert told the JOURNAL the
other day that "some people say the
great paper las an individually should
canvass Broadway with its proposed
petition for the street paving which
Union street may reject
Those people are wrong, absolutely
wrong, everlastingly wrong.
1t is the office of the newspaper to dis
cover, point out and advise.
To require more of it is to ask that it
do double duty, earn two-fold praise or
incur duplex censure.
1t is no uOrc the duty of the JOURNAL
to quit its Office on canvassing errand
than for the minister to leave his pulpit
to take up the collection.
While it is true somebody should lead
in the matter mentioned, that highly
honorable Office should be filled by some
one who cannot be accused of wanting
to be the whole push,' as has been done
in this town.
The JOURNAL has done its part and
done it fully.
1t remains, therefore, for some enter
prising dweller on Broadway to lead, in
order that all others may do the rest.
If there is no dweller on Broadway of
the cnterprising class, then Broadway
will very naturally continue to reflect an
almost unanimous preference for dust,
dirt, mud and filth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
IcttcrtO Henry Fisher.
l'roSthurg. Md.

Dcar S,N-James Acklcy's house in Cairo
CCatskill Mountains) y. Y, u conspicuous
one in the midst of the village. was painted
II years ago with pcvoc: has not been
painted since; and the paint is in good con
ditiOn to day. He is going tn paint; but
there's really no necessity of it,
Dcvoc has been sold in Cairo Is years
our agent is CASTOR Whynkoop. House
owners there want Devoe, and painters there
paint Dcvoc. 1t would be a hard job tC
persuade Il Cairo man to paint lead and oil
OF course a painter paints whatever his Gus
toner wants, even if it's buttcrmlk.
Marian Van HocSen. Il Cairo painter, ha>
painted Devoc for II years. There are two
or three others all for Dcvoc VIC are told
don't know their names
It's the same wherever Dcvcc gets into Il
town it stays there and owns the Who'll,
business Yours truly,
i. W. DEvoE A Co.
p S-I Parker sells our Paint
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
Thirty Years Ago.

For the week corresponding with this
in 1872 the paragraphs below comprise
in part items of occurrence then new:
Tuesday. July % George Loar was badly
cut on the left arm by ali axe at Ocean.
Same day Samuel Rollins shot himself ac-
cidcntaly in the knee at Barton.
Wednesday, July -, mine-car wheel
passed over Miss Frances Ogdcn's hand on
the Franklin mine plane.
Thursday, July Is, John Davis, ~ years
old, was painfully hurt by windass at
Bowery Furnace.
Borden Shaft was Il great town in ISL
In 1871 the place gave 5000 to charitable
purposes, and il census taken July p lS72,
disclosed piano. , melodeonS, - sewing
machines, musicians physicians, mechanics.
theologians and pretty girls innumerable,
Four BARRIERS in Frostburg and lots of
smaller ''shavers."
Rev. ii. \. Smeltz arrived from Il drive in
his buggy from Baltimore.
Saturday evening July ~, three children
died within II few hours of each other-.all
of families in same ncighborhoOd on north
side of Union street
The salcsmen's effort to get stores closed
was "a lamentable failure"
Thomas W. Cunning, brakeman on the
Eckhart branch, e. ~ Z. r., had his right
foot severely hurt at Eckhart July ~
Ada Cook, years old, daughter of John
Cook, living with her grandfather, Robert
Pudor was burned to death Saturday, July
70. She attempted to kindle Il fire hastily by
pouring on coal oil.
The NJ f. Church at Eckhart was dcdi-
Gated July ~ Rev. :. V. Leech, of Cum
berland, preached. Rev. J. +. Ockcrman,
of Shepherdstown W. Va, also took part.
Rev II. G. Mcdaniel was the pastor. The
cost of the church was 81, 1882, half of
which had been paid, and S'an was realized
in the collection then taken.
Miss Annie CLANCY was married to Mr..
Solomon Hansel July ., 1872, in Cumbcr
and, by Rev Henry Nice
Edward Gray, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
owen Hitchins, nearly year Old died Satur
day. July NJ.
Conrad Kreitzberg, aged - years and
months, died July u,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
Journalistic.

Messrs. w. n. Conn and Sam d.
Ncdrey, of Washington, d. c.. are here
to take charge of the Fo,"m Monday
next. Mr. Conn, editor and inside
manager, comes from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing; Mr.. Nrdrev, out
side worker, WAS formerly an oHochc of
the JournoI of Knights of Labor, also ut
one time of the Trades InioDjxf. Both
show disposition to make things hum.
Lee Fairchild, eX-editor of the ForUm,
is editing the Thistle a small magazine,
at New Rochelle, n. Y.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
Personal.

Messrs. Ephraim Davis and John
Wagus, of Homestead, Pa, We're i'll town
Sunday among relatives.
James Trenberth, of Connellsville, Pa.
% years ago resident of Frostburg, is
here renewing old aCquaintanceships
A similar statement can be made foI
another good citizen named Thomas
Kelly, of McKeespOrt, Pa, who left
Borden Shaft about II years ago.
DR.. w. L. Spill and wife, Of Allegheny
Pa, are here visiting the parents of
both. The doctor is an expert osteopa.
thist and in his new home is succeeding
professionally and financially.
Frank J. Mcmahon, ex-Inspector of
Mines, will not attend the third house of
International Congress of Mines at Butte
Montana, i'll September, but came to
FroStburg instead on Wednesday to
have the electric railway extended to
Vale Summit.
Mrs. Duncan Sinclair and son, Mr.
Duncan Sinclair, jr., returned yesterday
from two months tour Abroad states
the Cumberland Ne"S of Wednesday
They visited all the principal points of
interest to the tourist on the British
Isles and the continent, but spent the
greater part of their time in London,
Paris and Rome. Mr.. Sinclair's two
SONS, Duncan, jr., and Arnold graduated
this year from the Stevens Institute
of Technology at Hoboken, n. j.
Misses Ruth Rodda and Mae Nc
Caughan, of the Htchins Bros. com
pany's clerical and sales force, spent IA
pleasant vacation of a week, beginning
on the 18th inst, ut Bedford Springs,
Pa.
Hams II. Frey. of Pittsburg. Pa, was
entertained here last Sunday by his
many friends.
j. G.. Schofield, electric engineer i'll
the Corcoran Building, Washington, d.
c., was at home this week on visit to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Schotield.
Mrs Frank NJ Mackin, of Baltimore,
Mrs. George E. Ways and Mrs. Peter
f. Wright, of Cumberland, are visiting
their mother, Mrs. Cornelius Daley
who is very ill.
Miss Ruth NJ. Mason and brother, H.
Bramwell, left for their home, Kan
sas City, Mo-, Sunday. Each left adj
mirers here who will be delighted to SEE
them again.
Mrs. l.. G. Robens, of PittSburg, Pa,
is visiting Mrs $. Graft Haverstick
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
\ BAD FAN.

Dorothy, the 3-year old daughter of
Owen Porter, fell II feet from porch
Saturday evening and sustained injury
from conclusion of the head which gave
rise for IA time to approximations for the
worst. She was insensible for sometime,
but rallied and passed the danger-linc
Monday. She is now rapidly recovering.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
New Advertisements.
Administrators Pendente Lite Notice.

rINHIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE That the
| subscribers have obtained from the Or
phanS Court of Allegany county, Maryland.
letters of administration pe,'dc"tC Nr on the
estate of
John Owens,
late of Allegany county, Maryland, deceased.
All persons having claims against the 10
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same,
with the vouchers thereof duly autkcntiCa-
ted to the subscribers ON or BEFORE the
3:ed Day of January, 1908;
they may otherwise by law he excluded
from all benefit of the said estate
All persons knowing themselves indebted
to said estate are requested to make mmcdi-
ate payment.
Given under our hands this 22d day of
july 1902 JAMES \. MciENRN,
f. II. i. pRlTCHARD.
IuIN n Administrators i,y,H,Hft Iifs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Business Changes.

Justice Chambers is fitting up a room
in rear of his store for magisterial use,
so that he can be near to both his bust
ness and the bench
Jethro Jeffries has sold his grocery
stock to Mrs. Sarah Mendelssohn, who
continues the business
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26

Mr.. +. II. Wells, the merchant at Deer
Park, Long Island, \. y, says: Il always
recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm rs the
best linimcnt for strains. used il last win
ter for a severe lamcncsS in the side, result
ing from strain, and was greatly pleased
with the quick relief and cure it effected"
For sale by all druggists
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
New Business Locals.

Cut this out and take it To PcarccS Drug
Store and get box of Chamberlain Stom.
ach and Liver Tablets. The best phySIc.
They also correct disorders of the stomach
Price - cents
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
The Difference.

A front of 80 feet on Broadway will
cost the owner 1858 for block stone
street paving.
On Union street the same frontage
will cost not less than $40, and then
some.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
Electric Road.


ID. L. Williams, of this place, has been
appointed conductor on the Homecoming
end of the line.
Regular half-hour runs to and from
the Shaft began Thursday morning.
Some complaint is heard of the 15-cent
cost from FrOstburg to Allegany Grove.
So long, however, as the current division
of fares continues, the complaint vii
hardly avail.
a time is coming when tine cry of mo
seat no fare will be heard.
The cut-down of the county road at
New Shaft by the Electric people is a
great improvement.
Since the cars have commenced run.
ming Shaft people are beginning to "sit
up, smile, and look around" Hugh
Mcmillan says the letters, &C. p" on
one of William Davis outdoor spiral
stairway step, stand for Cant Play
on this (Maim Street"
II. II. PascOe regards the metropolis as
now 10 minutes closer than horse-and
buggy time.
NJ. 7. Cooper thinks that as an econo
mist of time and money the road is -;
little more sorter so than Sorter not SO. -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26

dollars for my bottle of Cream Balm if
could not get another. :. X. LNNspApE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
The Paving Outlook.

The letter below conveys some definite
information concerning cost of making
Union street model thoroughfare:
PITTsErRG, P\., July Is, 1902.
To Hc .Wyot ""d To""cH,
Frostburg Md.
GUH,mc"-l will do grading, furnish
foundation of limestone screening and pave
with block stone at following prices
Grading. ........... per square yard. : IL
Foundation of lime
stone screenings. =. 30
Paving with block
stone complete. " =. 10
Total cost paving, -
complctc........ $50
New curb G-inch). per linear foot. 40
Recruiting and reset
ting old curhS..... =. p
Lowering street rail
way track .......... =. 20
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
IL. Il.

"keno" describes the defeat of Frost
burg by Homecoming at the latter place
Thursday, by s 3, too late for this
issue. This much, however,
SpateS, of Frostburg, pitched for Concy
and was hard proposal.
Tom Jackson threw for FroStburg and
was easily found all the time.
COMING EVENTS.
This Saturday afternoon at O'Clock Il
game will come off between Midland and
"Our Own at the FroStburg Driving Park.
1t will be Il warm one.
Brown (have you seen him y will do the
pitching for home, and Murphy has some
thing goodness knows what > up his sleeve
to spring on Il waiting world.
Electric cars from Frostburg and Borden
Shaft every hat hour.
The Young Maryland>" defeated the
Borden baseball team Thursday at the
Driving Park by a score of toe.
Winning battery Morgan and Pritchard.
Losing d" Jenkins and Bartolon.
The feature of the game was Morgan S
pitching, etfecting 10 strike-outs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26
Yours respectfully,

The lowering of street railway track
will add 10 cents additional to each
square yard, which would make $2.O1
the cost Of paving, complete.
New curbs, or re- cutting and re-Settine
old curbS, will be at expense of the
parties having such work done.
The cost, distributed, will be approx
mnte1y sc fnlloUS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-07-26

July N
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09

large hall, running the length of the
house. Each room is thirteen by ff-
teen feet. while the front rooms are
fifteen by twenty feet, three in num-
Der. All the rooms are equipped with
white iron bedsteads and first class
fittings, while the gable roofs and
the seventeen dormer windows
make them all desirable. The lower
part OF the house is built of six-inch
logs, and the sloping roofs o%yerhang.
The building is set upon tifty-eight
piers OF stone and viii have been two
years in building, when it is complet-
ed. There are several fireplaces of
tile, and there is much hand carving
in the interior finish.
Much of the original s~hrubbery has
been left around the buildings and
the grounds will in a great part sc
kept in their present half-wild state.
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He Could Assist,

Can l do anything for you. ma
DAM" asked the aisle director. brisk
ly, as the large woman with a small
family bore down upon him.
We'll. now, l believe you can she
answered. suddenly realizing that the
offer must be genuine. Just hold
the baby and keep Nancy Ann from
paving over tn laces and see that
Johnnie doesn't get caught in them
doors, and watch for my husband.
He's a little man with a red mustache,
and he'll be here inside of an hour.
he said. Then l can feel free to git
that wrapper | vas looking at yister-
day, without worryin' about my chill
dren. l never did understand why
you folks wasn't more polite"
But the aisle director had fed to
the cellar.-Cincinrati Commercial
Tribune.
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a County Affair.

The late Tom" Marshall. one of
kentucky's most brilliant wags and
lawyers, was always as poor in pocket
as he was rich in wit. On one occa-
sion he found the judicial sentiment
setting strongly against his process
of questioning the witnesses involved.
At last, losing his temper. Marshall
turned on the judge and asked:
Will your honor kindly fine me
s10?"
For what, Mr.. MARSHALL" asked
the judge.
Contempt of court
But you've been guilty of no con.
tempt insisted the Judge.
Your Honor, believe mel never
before saw our for which had SO
much contempt as for this!"
Enter a fine of $40 against Mr..
Marshall for contempt" ordered the
bench, turning to the clerk.
Thanks" said Marshall. "And now
your honor, will you lend me $40 with
which to pay the fine?"
Mark Nj. Marshall's fine remitted.'
ordered the judge, promptly. The
county can better afford to lose it
than L."
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Proposed National Park
al DID Forf Ma6J&1

Fort Massac must be saved!" This
is the slogan of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the members of
which are determined that the his
toric stretch of land near Metropolis,
ILL.,, shall be converted into a park.
Although the fact is rot generally
known or recognized, Fort Massac is
stronger in historical interest than
ssly spot in Illinois OF or the Ohio
river. For more than $50 years it
has been the abiding place of white
men. Here the first pale faces who
ever laid eyes on the territory now
known as lllinois-refugees from De
Soto's scattered forces-pitched their
camp; here the first sermon ever de-
livered on the Ohio river a preach
ed; here the flag of the American
colonies was unfurled for the first
time in Illinois; here George Rogers
Clark rested and re~ndezvoused dur
ing his operations between Kaskaskia
and old Vincennes; here Blennerhas-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09
MEN BEASTS OF BURDEN.
In Corea Animals Do Not Vet Take
Their Places.

The returned missionary had been
talking Corea for an hour as he walked
with a friend through the park. They
finally halted on the edge of the
drive, and a procession of automobiles,
red and white devils" whizzed past
them.
They had nothing like that when I
left this country" he said. You
know, I've been zone seven years."
"A great improvement responded
the friend; another step toward the
higher civilization
Il was about to make the point my
self" said the missionary, and it will
apply to Corea. Until they improve
their means of transportation the lit
tie kingdom of the east cannot hope
to be civilized. With them man is
still the chief beast OF burden.
From the time a male of the lower
class can walk, his back is acquainted
with the wooden pack saddle. and the
men who make q business Of 1t form
q strong guild.
"Corean horses or ponies are mis-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09
MEANT FOR THE TEACHERS.
Boys Idea Of Sunday School Interna-
tionsl Letter Sheet.

Boys Idea Of Sunday School Interna.
tionsl Letter Sheet.
What appears to be a really new
Sunday school anecdote comes from
West Philadelphia, and is said to be
a truthful record of a bit of dialogue
between a teacher in one of the, upper
grade schools of that section and a
pupil who is neither brighter nor
duller than the general average. He
was third in succession who failed
with regard to a question concerning
the geography in and around the Red
Sea, and was finally told that he
should have interest in that part of
the earth because of its religious and
Biblical associations.
Why, teacher" he said, Il never
pay any attention to things l hear in
Sunday school,"
You don't?" she asked, in surprise.
why, for what do you suppose is all
the expense OF getting up the Inter-
national Lesson sheets every week."
Huh" he snorted in fine contempt.
Because the teachers don't know
what to talk about unless it's printed
u for them"
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istry up to 1914. AAr01 4Uet
one of the points where ~ d1f4
his southern conspiracy. and IL
here that he formed the "entau1g
alliance with Gen. Wilkins0n.
BIenn erhasset. wife Of Burr's accdn
plice, stopped here ON her Ny SeUek
to join her husband. It q WIN
here that she first learned q 49,
gigantic enterprise in which her H.
band was involved, waieh4swertS6w2S
a fortune and rendered her = wony
derer in the dead Of winter.
Theodore Roosevelt. in his Win
ming the West" states that the tort
was named for the French engineer.
M. Massac. While WhitelAw REID
was minister to France. however, 10
made inquiry as to the personal his
tory of NJ. Massac, and no record Of
such a person could be found. A. n.
Starkes, formerly Of Metropolis. and
at one time a member Of the STAN ~
the librarian Of the library Of Com
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09

and not i~nfrequently Mr.. Clemens Is
known to have Skinned" over the
back fence, his ee"ncob pipe in his
mouth, his collar and cravat any.
where but on him. These informal
visits were a source of considerable
annoyance to Mrs. Clemens, who fire
quentiy demonstrated with her hus.
band on the subject.
On the occasion of n particularly
long call of this sort, the indignant
wife read her spouse a severe curtain
lecture. Returning from this, sad.
dened and %repentant, the mournful
humorist carefully wrapped up a
collar and cravat in a sheet of brown
paper and dispatched them to Mrs.
Stowe, with the following explanatory
note:
Mrs. Clemens tells me that spent
half an hour at your house this morn
ing without the inclosed articles.
Therefore l must ask you to look at
them for that length of time.
"P. S.-Please return them; they
are all l have.'-New York Tribune.
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kaskia, died there in 1918, and was
was buried in that historic village.
After the fort had been abandoned
by the traders it fell into disuse,
though being occupied occasionally by
travelling bands of soldiers during the
wal between France and England.
George Rogers Clark stopped there
during his historic conquest Of Hi
nois when he captured Kaskaskia
with 1876 men and also took posses
sion of Old Vincennes.
In 1853 when the French evacuated
Fort Du Quesne, the garrison fioated
down the Ohio to Fort Massac and
rebuilt the old fort under the direction
of a young engineer named Massac.
In 1894 George Washington ordered
the fort rebuilt on more permanent
plans, and it was occupied regularly
by a United States garrison until
after the close of the war Of 1912. 1t
is somewhat interesting to note that
Zebulon Pike, who discovered the
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-08-09
TRIED TO SOFTEN THE BLOW.
But Its Effect on the "Old Man. Was
Great, Nevertheless,

Great, Nevertheless.
a%bsconded and the staff of clerks
were deciding on a fit and proper per-,
son to acquaint the head of the firm
of the fact on his arrival.
Ultimately the matter was left in
the hands OF the head clerk, possibly
because none of the others cared to
undertake the responsibility.
There had been a dog-fight in the
street, and a small crowd was just dis
persing as the chiefs carriage dashed
up.
Whats that crowd after. Jorkins?"
demanded the head of the firm.
The chief clerk thought he recog-
nized a chance of breaking the news
gently, and seized it.
The vacancy, sir" he replied.
Vacancy? What vacancy?'
Cashier, sir
But we want no cashier, Jorkins."
Beg pardon. sir; but we've a va
cancy for one!"
"JorkinS. are yOu mad?'
mo, sir. That is, sir. l don't know,
sir. Fact is. sir-all the cash is gone
and-and-'
"Well?"
THE cashiers gone with it, sir!"
From the way the old man took it
the clerk thought he might just as
we'll have blurted it out at the start.