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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
Fourth of July.

"The racese and other sports at the fair grounds on the glorious Fourth will be uncommonly attractive" said horse- man. "The sport is being given for the benefit of the Orphans home at East Lake.
 'The orphanage management gave an entertainment at the fair grounds on last Labor day which netted nearly I20o If next Saturday turns out to be a bright day the crowd will be immense and over 5000 will probably be cleared"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 In her own house a woman gets home sick when somebody else who ought to be there is away.
 The later a man comes home at night the surer he Is that he didn't make any noise when he stumbled on the stairs.
 The only thing that makes a wife mad der than for her husband to want to know all about another mans photograph which she has had for long time is for him not to care a rap about 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Speaking of London it may be of iu- terest to know what the people of that vast city drink. Dr. Hamer. assistant med ical officer of the London county council, states that the men of London drink more than the women and beer heads the list of liquids consumed The heaviest drink CTS are the lodgers who appear to eat com partively little solid food. When a bed is provided for they immediately spend the remainder of their cash for something to drink. Beer is usually the rafreshment called for and the drinking bouts of Lon don have become famous in English It, erature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Five thousand three hundred and fifteen trusts will tumble this year into the New Jersey state treasury over $3000,000 in fees extracted from pockets in all states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

George vanderbilt's model city will go the way of all other model towns. No self-respecting Americans will live in town owned by lord of the soil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Emperor William and President Roosevelt, very much alike in many respects, are becoming very chummy, but the American navy is still itching for an opportunity to ayenge Manila Bay and Venezuela.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
rrom Inc New York Sui

From the New York Sun.
 Porfirio Diaz. now the nominee for pres ident of Mexico of every political organ ization in that country, is no longer a mere president. but habit. Luckily for Mexico he is a good habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

MT. Payne seems to think the post office scandals are not wholly "hot air" and he is willing to investigate, and soon he will be ready to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The entries for vice president on the republican side of the house will soon be closed. At present Governo: Taft is the favorite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Governor Beckham seems to think Kentucky is not so black as she is painted. He says Breathitt county is very local.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The second elections in Germany are progressing, but the general result will not be known until the latter part of this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The Schwab resignation and vaca- ton rumors are being overworked. There Is nothing in them. Schwab is well. fortified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

King Peter says he must stand by civil service rules, and the royal assas- sins must therefore be promoted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Belleville and Wilmington are two of kind, and the kind is generally called in other countries anarchy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

All who live up to the fashions ani foibles of the Four Hundred now go bareheaded, especially MT. Rockefeller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Postmaster General Payne begins to have his suspicious. He Is beginning to laugh on the other side of his mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

MT. Schwab considers himself imper- vious to legal or popular criticism, and his paper profits in the shipbuildlng trust do not seem in his own mind exorbitant. He has become accustomed to Morganesque figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The politicians sowed corruption in the postoffice department, and the ofti- cials are reaping cyclone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Londoners now dream of an Utopia where cooperative domestic service four ishes and the servant problem is no more There Is a tlock of flats in that part of London called Chelsea where for more than two years co operative catering has been carried on most successfully, to the delight of the tenants The dining rooms are under direction of lady who has had twelve years experience as a teacher of cookery.
 Two separate dining rooms are provided for the use of ladies and gentlemen. A lunch consisting of meat. one or two vege- tables. and desert is delivered to the ten- ants for 25 cents and a substantial break fast Is provided for only 16c. Londoners are delighted with the experiment and hope soon to see the system come into general use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Sir Thomas Lipton is grim joker. He advises his American friends to photograph the Cup.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

If mobs are to rule, judges should be dismissed. It should be the one or tho other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Grover Cleveland proposes to edit his own utterances hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Uplifter Lehr of the "4O0' lets his parrot do his "cuss" words at dinner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

King Peter is satisfied, and he does not propose to go behind the returns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Once in thirty years we have war in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

One of the interesting features of the approaching fair at St. Louis will be an exhibit of about fifty medicinal plants from Mexico which the Institute Medico of Mexico City is now preparing. Accom- panying the exhibit will be a complete description of the plants. their IT redicinal and other properties. and the localities in which they are found. One of these plants is said to possess some IT arvelous quail ties. It is found ablndantIy in the state of Michaoean and the 1pdlaus claim that whenever they enter a grove where thel plant floursbes it's aroma causes them to lose their way and they are unable to release themselves from the tolls of the forest until they ease to smell the intox- ieating perfume This statement has been fully corroborated and the institute is preparing to make thorough scientific study of the plants properties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
The Diaz Habit.

J. W. worthing of Sheffield is registe ed at the hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The retirement of Mary MacI ane is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

ment of J. Pierpont Morgan who is pre- vented from bringing his pricess art treasures to ths country by the high du- ties imposed on such things by an un- feeling government. Every year when the Napoleon of Finance returns to his native l shores some of the papers set up this lugubrious howl and bemoan the fate which deprives this country of such col- lection. It is wisely pointed out that Nor gan monopolizes the treasures and he should be allowel to monopollze the tears If his art collection were brought 10 this country there would be very small per- eentage of America's 80 mision people who would ever feast their eyes on the valu- able pictures. vases and other bric-a-brac which have been so much written about. No doubt 1t Is a grievous affliction for the aesthetic minds of the metropolis but ] until Uncle Sam becomes more lenient in his import duties there Is no hope.
 Students of sociology and kindred sub jects are fond of harping on the illteracy of the immigrants who pour into this coun- try by thousands every years. Statistics show that among the Scotch, Swedes, and Norwegians the ratio of illiteraey Is 1 per cent; among the English. Films, and Moravians 2 per cent: Germans. Swiss. and French per cent; Japanese per cent; DutcL per cent. Among those im- migrants coming from Southern Europe the iliiteracy ranges from 12 per cent among the Magyars to 40 per cent among the Italians. =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

The Iowa democrats have set the nace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

Certain metropolitan dailes are poking fun at their contemporaries for heralding with much unctious woe the sad prdica-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28

 MT. Payne seems to think the post office scandals are not wholly "hot air" and he is willing to investigates I and soon he will be ready to go. The entries for vice president on the republican side of the house will soon be closed. At present Governor Taft is the favorite.
 The Schwab resignation and vaca- ton rumors are being overworked. There Is nothing in them. Schwab is well fortified
 --s.--
 Governor Beckham seems to think Kentucky is not so black as she is painted. He says Breathitt county Is very local
 The second elections in Germany are progressing, but the general result will not be known until the latter part of this week.
 Postmaster General Payne begins to have his suspicious. He Is beginning to laugh on the other side of his mouth.
 -s-----
 All who live up to the fashions anl foibles of the Four Hundred now go bareheaded, especially MT. Rockefeller.
 
 Belleville and Wilmington are two of kind, and the kind is generally called in other countries anarchy. King Peter says he must stand by civil service rules, and the royal assas- sins must therefore be promoted. The politicians sowed corruption In the postoffice department, and the off cials are reaping a cyclone. ------
 Sir Thomas Lipton is grim joker. He advises his American friends to photograph the Cup. | If mobS are to rule, judges snoulu be dismissed. It should be the one or tho other.
 Uplifter Lehr of the "4OO' lets his parrot do his "cuss" words at dinner. ---- -
 King Peter is satisfied, and he does not propose to go behind the returns. Grover Cleveland proposes to edit his own utterances hereafter.
 Once in thirty years we have a war in this country.
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 The retirement of Mary MacI ane is unexplained.
 The Iowa democrats have set the pace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-28
o. It Ia excellent

THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
TOWN AND VICINITY.

The Orange (Va.) Obserrer describes
a new game that is having great run
in that county. 1t takes two people to
play the game-a boy and a girl. The
girl gets on one side-she is the
Christian; the boy on the other side-he
is the Heather. Then the Heather EN-
braces Christianity. The Harrisonburg
(Va.) Register says lit is a nice game.
Over here it would be regarded as not
so scientific but IA more tenderer" game
than baseball.
A man at Morristown, n. j., eats
snake e-meat under the conviction that
several thousand years ago he was hog,
sentenced to reincarnation at the time he
was drowned in the sea at Gadara. He
is much admired at Morristown for his
candor If she lived i'll Frostburg, how
ever, he might be wanting to 90 back on
her antecedents by signing his name
Nellie"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
GENERAL.
Book Ofthc lsOyaI Blue.

The Book of the Royal Blue for
August is midsummer number, and
does homage to that lazy month through
several clever contributions from some
of the most prominent Newspaper
Humorists of the United States-W. ID.
Nesbit, of Chicago, Lowell Otus Reese,
of San Francisco, and S. w. Gillian, of
Baltimore, the Finnigin- Flannigan Man.
MIR. Reese also has an article III prose,
entitled. The Wandering Shade" Il
most clever story on New York. Mr.
E. A. Oliver, of Yonkers, the father of
the paragraph joke, has Il breezy sketch
in verse entitled The Fragrant Mem
ory." Mr.. Willis Leonard Clanahon, of
st. Louis, writes oueon "Sappho.' Mr..
Everard Jack Appleton, of Cincinnati,
tells Il good story about 1.-The Accom-
modating Man
The book opens with that most popu-
lar August theme for this year, The
International Cup Races, giving full
length portrait of MIR. Upton as the
frontispiece. The article is also illus
trated with photographs of Shamrock
Ill, Reliance and Constitution. Another
interesting article is that on "The
Making of Pope" by Mr.. G. w Paini,
of Baltimore The information con-
tanned i'll this article is authentic. from
official sources, and is complete in detail.
The Book of the Royal Blue, when it
came out last May with contributions
from all of the we'll known Humorists
of the United States, reached the pm
nacle of good magazine literature. Not
only are its contents of the highest
standard, but it is one of the most
beautiful little magazines published.
1t set the pace for railroad magazine
literature i'll september, 1897, and has
been followed by various similar publi-
cations. A unique feature of its adver-
tising pages is, that its entire space of
fly leaves used for that purpose, is de-
voted entirely to one subject, i. e., The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the
Royal Blue Line. The yearly sub
scription list has rapidly increased day
by day, and back numbers are almost
an impossibility to get. The Book is
sold for five cents per copy, or mailed
to any address for fifty cents per year,
on application to ID. B. Martin, Mana
ger Passenger Traffic, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, Md.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
Tragic Joking.

Oswald's friends were always on the
lookout for some ruse. He once noti-
fed them that on New Years day he
should get the best of them all in some
joke, and New Years morning each
received this notice, Remember"
They were on their guard.
AS they were leaving a house where
they had breakfasted Oswald slipped
on the steps and fell OH his back on
the sidewalk. His friends rushed to
his assistance. but paused before they
reached him.
This is his ruse," some one said.
Clearly the man who was so proud
of his talent for mimiery was bent on
deceiving them all into thinking him
dying man, for he lay there moan
Ing pitifully, his face drawn and twist
ed as if with terrible pain.
His friends stood around and made
jokes and puns and hummed lines Of
comic songs, assuring him all the
while that they were not deceived by
his acting. At last he gave hoarse.
mournful cry. looked at them sadly
and then ceased to moan or writhe.
In a never to be forgotten moment OF
horror and sorrow his friends realized
that Oswald was dead. - souvenirs
dun NieuX Libraire."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
A SynpOsiunl,
"What is the secret of success"
asked the sphinx.

what is the secret of succcss?"
asked the sphinx.
"PuSh,' said the button.
"Take palms." said the window.
"Nevcr be led" said the pencil
"Be up to date" said the calendar.
always keep COOL" said the ice.
"Do business on tick" said the clock.
"Never lose your head" said the bar
rel
do driving business" said the
hammer.
"Aspire to greater things" said the
nutmeg.
Make light of everything" said the
fire.
Make much of small things" said
the microscope.
Never do anything offhand." said
the glove.
"Spend much time in reflection" said
the mirror.
do the work you are suited for"
said the fluc.
Get good pull with the ring" said
the door bell.
'Be sharp in all your dealings" said
the knife.
Find good thing and stick to it,"
said the glue.
"Trust to your stars for success"
said the night.
"Strive to make good IMPRESSION"
said the seal.-Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22

in his appearance to cause Jack to
crime and this man the avrngrr. but
he did. For the first time in all his l!fe
he did not want to see Matthew Hilton.
for he had told him only few days
ago that secret which had been n Sc
cret between them for five long years
of close companionship need be one no
longer.
'Thcre's Mr.. Hilton, the publisher,
Bessie exclaimed. "Whocvcr would
have thought of seeing him down
hcra?"
'Bcssie"-Jack whispered hurriedly;
he hadn't much time. for his Nemesis
was coming toward them with bright
smile on his face-"couid you forgive
me for deliberately drccving you!
Good morning. Miss Stuart. see
by his happy face that you have for
given the boy" And IIilton's hand
was laid care$singly on Jacks shoul-
der for moment. II want to thank
You for 1t, for the fear that You would
not has been the shadow of John Leigh
Hammond's sunshine for months.
Please let him enjoy his laurcls. for
he has won them royalty"
Mr.. Hilton proceeded to make him
self comfortable by turning seat to
face his friends. but at that moment a
door changed and IL man lie must see
passed into the smoker. Never mind"
he smiled as he left them; I'll Join
you later"
Jack Hammond had grown very
white. He turned to Bessie his eyes
desperate. He never quite realized un-
til this moment just what this girls
real displeasure would mean to him.
1T Is as bad as it seems. Bessie. |
have allowed you to idcalize 4 name,
and you have found that he is only n
plain. common man after all. Are you
going to even try to forgive me-"
'Oh. Jack. l was not thinking of that
Mt all, but OF how cruelty unjust | have
been to YOU believe have even called
you lazy, and all the time you were
doing such an immense lot Of work 1t
makes me fairly dizzy to think of it."
None of that matters now" And
Jacks hand closed tightly over hers.
Is it for life, sweetheart? For a mo-
ment the steady blue eyes held the
brown eyes fast then the brown ones
dropped. and the answer was, Forever
and forever
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
CORY 0'I.anuS.

Joseph O'Brien is an Irishman who
has Travelled all over the world, served
in the royal navy and knows every
body. You can never mention a man
or fact or anything else but Joe
knows it.
One evening was sitting in "de-
cent public" with some friends dis
cussing the recent events.
l closed my remarks with quota
lion from "Coriolanus," and just then
Joe walked in and happened to hear 1t.
"Who said thatY" said Joe.
"Oh, Coriolanus. or course you knew
him."
"No, l never knew him, but l knew
his people. A fine old Roscommon fam
lily, the O'Lanuses. knew all his
brothers, but l never knew Cory
Philadelphia Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
breaking the WetOs Of
n Death Gently

This is true account of one persons
idea of ''brcaknS the news gently"
The cook, whose home was off in the
country, appeared before the powers
above" with letter in her hand.
''I'll have TO go home for couple Of
days, num-" she said. My cousins
just written to me-" And she handed
over the crumplcd bit of paper with an
audible sniff.
Dear Mary" it ran, you had better
come home ut once. Your father is very
sick" And ii continued with many par
ticulars of the illness.
At the end was postscript which,
like the old joke of woman's =. s.,
had the pith of the matter.
$50 long as you'll be driving up from
the village you may as well bring the
undertaken along with you in the wag
on."-New York Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
Two Party Newspapers.


The representative party newspaper,
especially in the country is practically
non-existent There are "organs, !"
party and personal, and "trimmers, :"
but very few honest. outspoken repre-
sentatives of the higher political party
principles, which may be followed with
confidence by all classes of party adj
herents.
A considerable number of So-called
party papers, are owned, or controlled
by those who have IA personal "ma-
chine to manage, and the editorial
management of such sheets is wholly
along the narrow line of their owners
dictation, and not i'll any sense for the
good of party, or as representative of
party, except as they succeed i'll manu-
featuring sentiment which is first,
personal, and next, subordinates party
Another very common class of the
so-called party paper is that which
publishes the party ticket at the head
of its editorial page, and occasionally
fires off n charge to demonstrate that
it is still loyal. 1t plays forits legalshare
of public printing, and is always on
hand to pull in the plumS which may
come within reach, bur, it never arises
to the point of saying or doing any
thing against the powers that be, not
even when the "powers" are of the op-
posite political faith. FIRST, last, and
all the time, it looks after its Job"
Between these two there is little
choice, and i'll neither is found that SAT-
isfaction which is demanded by the in
telligent, discriminating, partisan.
There Is no wonder, therefore, that the
non-partisan newspaper is coming to the
front. The people are tired of being
whipped i'll by factionists, ON the one
hand, and in being buncoed by publish
ers for revenue only, on the other, and it
is rare case that they have the choice
of any other kind of political education
and information i'll the party paper.
The newspaper business, in IA large
measure. has lost its responsibility, for,
what little is saved i'll the editorial de-
partment, is likely to be lost in the bust
ness management, through the sale of
space to INSCRIPTIONS advertisers. In
stead of it's being the promoter of high
public character, the average newspaper
is the servant of almost every source
which produces revenue.
We have two newspapers in view
which represent the two classes men,
toned. In the one, no political party
news is given except that which har-
monies with the personal organ" pro-
clivities of the paper; and, in the other,
nothing is ever found which relates to
the local corrupt practices of the opposite
party, for fear of the loss of its share of
what goes in the way of public printing,
and which the opposite party. in meas
ure, ,controls.-Taneytown (Md.) Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22

People who have only seen stuffed
toucans in n museum can have no prop
er idea of the astonishing magnificence
and beauty of their rainbow coloring
I'm Il state of nature, for the most deli.
cate and most iridescent of all their
hues are those Of the big beak and the
soft, naked parts of the face and body.
Here blue and green. crimson, orange
and yellow pass quickly into one an
other by dainty gradatiOns. Unhappily
the tints of the soft parts are so very
evanescent that they disappear alto
gether within few hours after death,
and without them to harmonlze the
general effect Of the whole the gaudy
coloring of the permanent plumage is
apt to strike one in a museum as posi-
lively garish in its crude reds and yell
lows.
A living toucan, on the contrary,
though almost barbaric in its magnifi-
cence. can never be accused of vulgar,
bad taste. 1t is like st. Marks at Ven
ice or the Moorish decorations OF the
Alhambra at Granada, polychromatic
10 the last degree, yet always beautiful
ly harmOni0us.-C0rnhill Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
COUNTY.
An Indirect ISOutc,

An Arctic expedition from Tacoma,
Washington, has been held up on account
of smallpox. Brother Robinson, of the
Homecoming Tor, will kindly bear in mind
that the disease in this case was not con-
tractcd in this city.-Cumberland Times.
A fair inference is-"Arctic expe-
ditiOns' which start from Cumberland
go ria Homecoming.
Hence, probably comets.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-22
4 Helping Hand.

"GraciOuS," exclaimed the stranger
in the west, "what cruel country this
is!'
"How's thet, stranger" asked the
tough citizen.
"Why, just heard that fellow was
shot down here yesterday for lending
a helping hand to fellow mortal"
Lending helping hand, did yeh
say?" queried the cowboy. "Why, re-
member the CASE
"How was it?
"Alkali Ike wus a-playin' a poker
game, an he slipped three aces to his
partner under the table OF course
somebody shot him for lendin' thet sort
of helpin' handr'-BaltimOre Herald.