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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
MOHAMMEDANS AT PRAYER


They Always Respond When the
Voice of the Mue@zin Calls.
The Mohammcdan begins his prayer
and his thumbs touching the lobcs of
his ears. In this position he repeats
certain passages from the Koran, then
brings his hands down to his girdlc,
folds them and rccitcs several other
passages from the same book. Next he
bends forward, rests both hands upon
his knees and repeats three times with
bowed head the formula of prayer to
God, the most great. Then he rises and
cries, 'Allah hu akbar.' God is great
sixteen times.
He then drops forward until his fore
head touches the ground between his
extended hands. He strikes his head
upon the floor ut least three times, pro
claiming his humility, and often Il doZ-
en- and sometimes twenty times the act
will be repeated, according to his de-
sire to show humility and repentance.
He then returns to his knees and, set
Ting back upon his heels repeats Il
ritual. Next, arising to his feet he
holds his hands and concludes the
prayer, repeating over and again the
words, There is no god but God, and
Mohammcd is his prophet"
This may be repeated once or Il dozen
or forty times, according to the piety
of the worShiper, and he holds Il string
of beads in his hands to keep tally. His
obligations are then accomplished, but
he can go through the same ritual
again as many times as he likes. The
more frequently he does so the better
Moslcm he is. His piety is measured
by the number OF times he repeats his
prayers, and. like the phHriScCS of the
Scriptures, he prays in public places.
No matter where he happens TO be or
by whom he is surrounded, whether ut
labor in the fields or selling goods in
his shop or however he may be en-
ployed, the Mussulman never forgcts
to pray when the voice of the muczzn
reminds him that the hour for devotion
has arrived.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09

The trouble between capital and la
Dor is just in proportion to the igno-
rance of the employer and the ignO-
rance of the employed. The more in
tclligent the employer the better. and
the more intelligent the employed the
better. 1t is never education. it is never
knowledge. that produces collision. 1t
is always ignorance on the part of one
or the other of the two forces. Speak
ing from an experience not inconsider-
able. | make this statement. Capital is
ignorant of the necessities and the just
dues of labor. and labor is ignorant of
the necessities and dangers of capital.
That is the true origin of friction be-
tween them.-Carnegie's Empire of
business"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
ApDlyInE EDithets.

a Virginia statesman in Washington
has two boys about five and six years
old respectively. who are not such AN
gel children" that they do not scrap
occasionally. The family health is
discussed good deal by the parents
in the presence of the youngsters and
the two evils held to be the very worst
that can be feared are microbes and
drafts. The other morning the boys
got into Il wrangle.
"Oh, you're microbe," hissed the
elder I'm his anger.
That dreadful cpithet had never been
applied to the other before. and for a
moment he was stunned by the insult
He tried to come back at his brother.
but Mt first he was at a loss what to
say. "You-you-you're another" he
blurted out at last and then caught
himself. NO, you amt. either; you
are a draft"' he exclaimed, and the
scrap was On.-DetrOit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
OuOtutiOu Marks.

Speaking of the use of quotation
marks. the London Chronicle says:
But why all these inverted commas,
''the silly trick of peppering pages with
these uncouth bacilli!" You will find
none of these bacilli in the Bible. Take
this passage, chosen at random:
Now Jesus knew that they were
desirous 10 ask him, and said unto
them, Do ye inquire among yourselves
of that said, n little while, and ye
shall not see me; and again. little
while, and ye shall see me?
The modern compositOr would setthat
passage between two brackets of i'll
verted commas, for it is a quote within
a quote. But it is beautifully clear us
it stands, and among all Biblical mis-
understandings no one, we think, has
been misled by the absence Of an in
verted comma.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Puzzled the Frenchmnn.

Sergeant Harry, who acted as usher
in the White House during Clcvelands
second term. told this story: 81 will
never forget the message President
Cleveland sent to Secretary Olney one
night. 1t was this way: There was an
eclipse of the moon that night, and
President and Mrs. Cleveland We're
much interested in watching it. 4
don't believe Olney knows about it,
said Mr. Cleveland, and he will be
sorry to miss it. Then very quickly.
Harry. go telephone Olney to look at
the moon
81 went to the phone, and Olney's
chef or butler or something French an
swered. The president sends word to
Mr.. Secretary to look at the mOOn, |
said. TO look at vatT answered the
Frenchman. The mOOn,' | repeated
'Ze vatT again he asked. The moon,
in hies mind? Yes; he tells Mr. Olncy
to go look at the moon. Give him the
presidents message But vat for iss
dat-to look at re mOonY | then said a
word or two and rang off.
About an hour later the same butler
called us up and. with more density in
his tone than even before, said, 'MecS
taire Secretary desires to say to Mecs-
taire President Eat he hass looked ut
re moon. and he iss mooch obliged!"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Fairly Warned.

An old circus man says that he once
arrived at Steelton. Pa. early in the
morning to make arrangements for a
circus performance at that place. To
obtain his license it was necessary to
see the burgess of the town. The first
person he met was a large. burly Nir,
ginia negro, who was on his way to
work at the steel works. He approach.
ed the fellow and said. Captain, can
you tell me where | can find the bur
CESS of Steelton"
Say. boss. is stranger around
here myself, and all can say is keep
away from dem Burgesses. was en-
gagged to be mahried one time to Mary
Elizabeth Burgess. and dey is pesky
lot of niggers."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09

FEB SAW THE SITUATION AT GLANCE.
You are q real good fellow. Zeb. but
you are no hero. think Lucinda
Jackson would make you good wife.
Don't blame me, Zeb, and don't get
desperate and jump off the barn.
know you want to talk for an hour or
two yet, but it wouldn't do any good.
Good night. Zeb. The sooner you shine
up to Lucinda the quicker you can ask
her to marry you"
Zeb Johnson went home q stricken
man. In a dim way he knew what
Jennie sighed for. She was looking
for an armored knight to come along
on prancing coal black steed and kill
three or four villains and bear her off
on his saddle. Zeb had no armor, no
coal black steed. no desire to kill. He
was simply out of it.
He sat on the stump and thought
hard. but no consolation came to him.
The best thing he could get out of it
was grave under a willow tree. a
grave over which Jennie might come
and weep when tired of waiting for her
knight.
Eyes, 1t shall be DEATH" said Zeb as
he rose from the stump. "l'm lop
Shouldered. knee sprung and hump
backed. and couldn't be a hero if
was paid hundred dollars month.
There's nothing left but to hang my
self"
He went to the barn. procured rope
and started for the woods. He had Sc
lected the tree and the limb. In little
glade stood white beech tree. and
there, amid the songs of birds and the
rustling leaves of the wild grape. the
rope should choke the life out of him
and his body should be left t. swing
In the summer breeze.
While Zeb was after the rope things
were happening in that little glade.
Three tramps who had broken Jail six
miles away the previous evening were
IN hiding, and Miss Jennie had wan
dered into the woods to study botany
and wonder when that armored knight
would make his appearance. She wns
thinking of guerdons and lances and
squires and steeds when she confront.
ed the three tough specimens Of hu-
manity.
Their very first words proved that
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09

The value of Il slight rest before
meals is. according to physician,
very great. Indigestion more often
arises from eating when tired or eX-
cited than Is understood. In his diet,
AIRY for consumptive patient very
well known specialist insists upon a
full twenty minutes rest before all
meals except breakfast. Five minutes
complete rest, Of mind as well as body,
is none too much for the person of
average health, and it should be taken
tegularly.-New York Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
NILE RIVER MUD.
The Salvation of the Country In
That Rainless District.


There is nothing to make one realize
the Importance of mud indeed like
journey up the Nile when the inunda-
ton is just over. You lounge on the
deck of your dahabieh and drink in
geography almost without knowing 1t.
The voyage forms n perfect intrOduc.
ton to the study of mudolOgy and sug-
gcsts to the observant mind (meaning
you and mel the real nature of mud as
nothing else on earth that l know of
can suggest 1t, for I'm Egypt you get
your phenomenon isolated, as it We're,
from all disturbing elements.
You have 10 rainfall to bother you,
no local streams, no complex denuda-
ton. The Nile does it all, and the Nile
does everything. On either hand
stretches away the bare desert, rising
up in gray, rocky hills. Down the
midst runs the one long line of allu-
vial sOil-in other words, Nile mud
which alone allows cultivation and life
I'm that rainless district. The country
bases itself absolutely on mud. The
crops are raised on it, the houses and
villages are built of it, the land is
manured with 1t, the very air is full
of it. The crude brick buildings that
disSove in dust are Nile mud solidificu,
the red pottery of Assiout is Nile mud
baked hard. the village mosques and
mlnarets are Nile mud whitewashed
l have even seen a ships bulwarks
neatly repaired with mud. 1t peryadcs
the whole land, when wet, as mud I'D
disguised; when dry, as duststorm.--
COrnhll Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09

In a Long Island village of 1000 in
habitants within twenty-five miles of
New York are two merchants in the
same line of trade just opposite each
other. In the store windows of one
all the goods are fresh and clean and
displayed to catch the eye of the pub
lie and act as an advertisement and
draw, while in the other merchants
windows everything is piled In topsy
turvy and no change made for months
at n time. 1t is needless to add that
the former is gradually securing the
custom of all the best residents, while
the latter is complaining about lack of
business and wondering how long he
can hold out. Merchants in towns and
villages should be as particular in
dressing their store windows as the
merchants in cities are. Clean goods
w"ii displayed in clean windows add
to the beauty of town aud aid it to
grow.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
NOT SO VERY GREEN.
The Florida Man Rather EVcncd
Matters Vp With the New Yorker.

The Florida Man Rather Evcncd
Matters Up With the New Yorker.
When the young man from Florida
came to live in New York, he woke u1}
one morning last winter, and, going TO
the window, he looked out on what WAS
to him a novel scene. 1t was Il snow
storm, the first lie had ever seen.
Jumping into his clothes, he ran into
the street. He stopped and gathered
handfuls of snow and threw them in
the air. He jumped into drift and
sent it flying with his feet. lie finally
lay down and rolled in it, all the time
shouting and laughing at the top of his
voice.
One of the crowd which had gathered
to watch his antics went up to him and
told him how his mother used to cure
fits and volunteered to try it on him.
81 haven't any fit" the young man
said.
whats the matter with you, thcn?"
"Why. don't you see the snOw?
eyes, | see it. What of it? | have
seen it before"
"Well, haven't" said the Florida
young man.
"What! You never saw snow be
fore?' asked the astOnished quCstioncr.
"Never. Seems strange to you, don't
it,"
'It beats any sample Of verdancy |
ever run across"
ooh, don't know" mused the FlOri-
da cracker. Did you ever see an alli-
gator eating Il Niger? No? We'll, you
are not so many after all. have seen
it many times" And, throwing hand
full of snow down his shirt collar, he
pursued his joyous gambols.-New
York Mail and Express.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
SEMI-IIO(A



At Il Virginia ca,np-meeting several
years ago Rev. Dr. Owen recited with
great effect a poem at the close of a
thrilling sermon.
The copy seen by the JOURNAL
was but little more than skeleton of
what the poem must have been originally
But there was enough merit i'll the
outline to induce the JOURNAL to make
an effort to rebuild it and last Sunday
was dedicated to the pious task.
Why the full text was not obtained
from DR.. Owen by those who were
stirred by its recitation the JOURNAL has
not been able to learn.
AS reproduced below it is far from
poetic perfection, but here goes
| would sing to you Il song of Heaven
If my soul could chant the hymn =
| would sing of skies whose gorgeous dyes
Would make these of ours grow dim.
| would sing of great mountains bath in
light
That shall never fade away =
of the whisp' ring breeze through radiant
trees
That shall never know decay.
| would sing of the sweet violet blue
That watches the loving sky,
But lowers its head when it hears the tread
of an angels foot-stcp nigh
| would sing of streams for the lilies sake
The farest that God has giv'n
OF all the bright flow rs that we here call
How white they must be in Hcav'n!
| would sing of JOY in the land above
Till could not hush the strain
of the perfect bliss till the thought of this
Shrinks back into mortal pain.
But my voice is still-like a tuncless lutte
That has been neglected long;
My warm pulses thrill, but my tongue is
still
And | cannot sing that song.
Yet often have dream'd of thee, dear land,
When the summer moonlight fell;
Or midday showers on the nesting ilow'rs
Broke sleep in the greenwood dell
ANA | aWOke Wltn Il start ana pallp
That tortured my heart and brain
That should eer stray from the shining
way
Back to this dark world again.
But will behold more of thee, sweet land,
When lifcs joylesS day has fled,
And the flow RS are low where they used TO
blow,
And the western sky is red.
| will steer my boat where the tide rolls
dark
| shall cross Il stranger sea.
And | shall yet stand on the glitt ring strand
Where my lov'd ones wait for me.
There are faces there divnely fair
Faces departed long ago,
Whose fOreheads are white where the clrlS
lay bright
Like Sunbeams over the snow.
Their eyes are blue as the armament
Eyes that | have Iov'd before
That still will grow bright like the stars of
night
As near the welcome shore
There are little ones there used to meet
When the world was sweet to me,
Whose dear hearts will hound when the
uppling sound
of my bark comes Ger the sea
| can see them now on the shining strand,
Their white arms over the tide;
They beckon me home and gladly come
To live on the blissful side.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
keepiRE His Word.

Cassdy-Oi fought he swore to
right Irelands wrongs?
Casey-Thrue for ye. So he did.
amy more.
Casey-NO. He's writin' histhory
nv Ireland now. He fought thot the
'aiscst way to write her wrongs
Philadelphia Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
TOWN AND VICINITY.
War Stories.

A Frostburg correspondent of the
Cumberland Times saw and admired
Robert Jardine's reproduction of the
wellknown picture of 1.-The Charge of
the Scotch Grcys at Waterloo Then
he wrote his paper about it, as follows:
Mr.. George Pcarcc is exhibiting one of Mr..
.JardineS late pictures. II represents a
crowd of soldiers on white horses, dressed i'll
red and white and charging down big hill.
Mr.. Jardine seems to be entitled to
compliment for his work, but the cor
respondent should not clothe his white
horses in "red and white
Moreover, il cavalry charge 'down a
big hill' is not so heroic as one up "a
big HILL
"Stonewall in Trap in the JOUR
NAL few weeks ago, was quite inter
esting, but in several statements crrone-
Gus.
There is no "South river for i'll
stance, at New Market, Va; hence, no
South-rlver bridge" there. Both the
ANpi III anu cpu' IL liNtlS Itltllt' w N'u-
join at Port Republic, but even at that
point there was no bridge across the
South river.
The bridge destroyed by Shields was
the one across the South river, near
Luray, and the bridge across the North
river at Port Republic was il rooted af
fair, several hundred feet long-nOt the
short uncovered frame shown in the il
lustration.
Agaln-it was Il regiment of the Third,
not of the First brigade of Stoncwall's S
division, that, in the face of canister,
plunged through the bridge, grappled
the gun and drove Shields cavalry ont
of Port Republic.
The article is Incomplete too, i'll that
it assumes there was no battle on the
same day Sunday when Jackson, hold
ing Shields at bay Oh the east side of the
river, with little more than half his army
forced Fremont i'll a fierce collision at
Cross Keys to remove his camp several
miles farther from the rivera venture
which no other general of the civil war
on either side would have undertaken.
Died.
Friday evening, July %, 1902, at his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Voices of the Night.

"Henry"
Eyes, my love-"
care you locking up?'
"Ycs, my love-"
"See that the pantry window is
closed"
"Yes, my love"
"And put out the cat"
"Yes, my love-"
"And bring in the doormat."
"Ycs. my love-"
"And, Henry. | really think you'd
better sit up tonight and watch the re
frigcTator. We won't have whole
night"
Good night. my loye."-Clcveland
Plain Dealer.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Ones Plain Duty.

There has been an awful lot of talk
about plain duty What does it all
mean!'
THAT depends upon who uses the
phrase. Ones plain duty according to
his own idea, is what he wants to do.
and, according to the ideas of others,
it's what he doesn't want to do."-Chi-
cagO Post.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Clean Towns Grow.

1t will cost the average town about
so to paint its public htchinS posts
and telegraph and telephone poles, but
the difference II will make in the looks
of the place is worth ten times that
amount. A clean, tidy" DOWN is always
Il good business town, and property is
always in demand Mt full value.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09

Providence should sure complain
Bothered in the sky,
This one prayin' for the rain,
That one for the d,y!
On this here terrestrial BALI
(Fairest one of any,
Tryin for to please 'cm all,
Never pleasin' any!
Coin counter every day,
Smilin' now an scowlin';
Run the world one fcller's way,
Sets another growlin'!
What Il mixture all around!
Life of tears an jcstin',
Then a little spot of ground
Daisies-dust-to rest in!
Atlanta Constitution
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Shy on Change.

"Could you change ten dollar bill
for me. Henry:"
Couldn't even change my mind this
morning, my dear."-New York Times
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Pittsburg Division.

Pittsburg Division.
EASTBOUNp.
No. 10. Express ......... arrives 2'lb Il. III.
No. III. Express. ....... arrives o'lo T. Ill.
No. l6. louisville Local. arrives 6:iO =. III.
No. II. Limited Express. arrives 1912 =. IN.
No. H. Mail ........... arrives l2:l7 =. m.
No. 6. Limited Express. arrives l2:31 p. III.
For leaving time see same Express numbers
castbound on Main Line.
wEsTBOCND.
No. o. Express leaves l:25 II. III.
No. H.. Pittsburg Limited leaves l5I Il. III.
No. Is. .Con'lsville Local. leaves 7:lo a, III.
No. II. Chicago Express leaves 9:2o Il. III.
No. 10. Mail l.............lc leaves 30 T. III.
No. 5..Chicaso Limited leaves 3:lo r. III.
For arriving time see same Express mum
bers westbound on Main Line.
%EXccpt Sunday.
No 10 is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg, and No. II from Pittsburg to Cam
berland.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. e. CLARKE,
q. l.. POTTER, Ticket Agent
General Manager ID. B. MARTIN,
May u Manager Passenger Traffic,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-08-09
Died,

Friday evening, July %, 1902, at his
fathers residence. Borden Mine, of
Il phthcra, Clarence Hager, aged II
wears, son of Charles IIager
The Washington times., 1902-01-24
BAPTIST CHURCH
CORNERSTONE.
Laid Yesterday Under Happy
Auspices.
INTERESTING OBOERVANCES HELD.
Ceremonies Brief Because of Chilly
Neather-Aldress Delivered by
Pastor. Rev. DIR. j. j. Muir.

The corner stOpe of the new edifice being
erected to replace the present E Street
Baptist Church was laid yesterday at 430
The location is at Tenth and n Streets
northwest, and the building. which is to
be completed by June /. will be of light
brick, trimmed with stone.
The ceremonies attending the laying of
the stone were very short and informal,
owing to the chilly weather. but there
was large throng present. The exercises
were opened with hymn, How Firm a
Foundation" following which the pastor,
Or. J. j. Muir, introduced Rev. E. Hez
Sven, pastor of the Second Baptist
Church, who read some appropriate texts
Short Addresses Made.
Church. and DR.. E. B. Pollard, of the
First, then made short addresses, and
the corner stone was laid by Mr.. Charles
Werner, the chairman of the building
committee. The box which was enclosed
contained a history of the church, some
newspapers, a last of the officers of the
church, and of the building committee,
a COPY Ol lHe manual ana dGllcleS OF
faith. The ceremonies closed with the
Doxology.
This church was organized October 6,
1872, with .twenty-one members. who met
In the old Masonic Hall. on Louisiana
Avenue, until lS4i, when they moved 10
their own building on Z Street. Their
first pastor was Rev. DR.. George W Samp-
son, for many years the president of ths
Columbian University
Old Church OvercrOwded.
Becoming overcrowdod in their E Street
quarters, and desiring to be situated in
the resident section of the city, they pur-
chased the new site in 1891, having pre-
viously sold the old property under an
agreement which left them in possession
until the new church should be built
The present pastor, DIR. ]. J. Muir, has
been with the E Street Church for thir-
teen years, and has been very influential
in forwarding the plans for the new build
ing.
The Washington times., 1902-01-24
CHURCH SOCIETY BEQUEsT.
Will of the Rev. Stephen Brown. OF
the VI. f. Church. Filed.

The Church Extension Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church is a bene-
fciary under the will Of the Rev. Ste
phen Brown, filed yesterday for probate.
The testator directs that after the death
of his widow, Mrs. Amanda E. Brown,
premises s2s-93O Street southwest be
sold and the proceeds donated to the So
ciety named. The remainder of his es-
tate. which includes premises 1908 B
Street and 205 and 207 Twelfth Street
southwest, is left TO his widow.
Mrs. Martha B. Gardner, by her will,
dated November 16, 1891, leaves her estate
TO her husband, Louis F, Gardner, with
the exception of 500 left her daughter,
Virginia L. Gardner.
The will OF Mrs. Lavinia Gertrude Hun
ter, dated August 30 last, was filed for
probate yesterday in the Office of the
Register of Wills. She leaves her entire
estate. including premises 2S03 n Street,
to Cora V. Dury, who is named execu-
triX