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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29
Milking Sure of the Architect.

Norman-Al-AOuar, an Arabian king
who rcigncd long, long ago at Hirah,
commanded the architect Sennemar to
build him a wondrous palace. This
the architect did, and when it was
done single stone fastened the whole
structure, and the colors of the walls
changed frequently during the day.
The king was greatly pleased and
showered all kinds of rich gifts upon
the builder with the lavishness of Ori-
entail kings. But mOnarchs were
treachcrous in those old days, and 1t
occurred to the king that Sennemar
might build a palace equal In beauty
or even superior for some rival ruler.
The more he thought over it the
more jealous he became until one day
he ordered the architect to be thrown
from the top of the palace to make
certain that no duplicate palace would
be made. After this the king was sat
isfied that his palace was the only one,
and the Arabians regarded it as one
of the wonders Of the world.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1908.
broadway Paving.

Ordinance No. l16, provides for paw
ing South street, known rs "Broadway,
between intersections with Union and
Loo streets, $40 feet; also for repairing
or re-paving the sidewalks, and reset
ting or renewing the curbs to conform
with paving grade, wherever necessary
The material to be used for paving is
vitrified brick, selected by the street
committee and town engineer, and to be
set on edge i'll groundwork approved
by same authorities.
The curb shall be renewed or reset
with stone not less than inches thick,
3 feet long, and set in ground not less
than feet from top of sidewalk; ends
shall squarely abut not less than "A
inches outside shall be even surface
not less than II inches from top, /
inches inside, and of stone approved by
same authorities.
Material of sidewalks shall he good,
hard brick, concrete, or flagstone not
less than "A inches square, and laid i'll II
sufficient depth of sand, or other mater
ial approved by same authorities.
The expense of street paving is to be
borne two-thirdS by abutting property
owners according to feet frontage Of
each, one third by town.
Expense of curbing. repaving or re-
pairing sidewalks to be borne by prop
erty- owners in front of whose premises
said work is to be done. Property
owners may have said work done prior
to street paving, or street committee
will do SO.
All expenses thus incurred by proper
ty-owners will he due and payable when
work is completed, said costs to be as
certained jointly by town engineer and
each property-owner.
The Ordinance was passed Monday,
August 3, 1903-one year, lacking one
day, of date of passage of Ordinance No.
Ill, providing for work, just completed,
on Union street.
And the people most concerned are
hoping for hurry-up that will result
in a finish this year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29
DICKY DONNELLYS ,
REDEMPTION ,
BY WILLIAM II. OSBORNE 4
Copyright, 1909, by 7. c. Mcclure 4
BY WILLIAM II. OSBORNE


Dicky Donnelly was all right-liter
drink or swear. There was just one
thing the matter with Dicky. He was
starving that's all. The failure of his
two bosses had swept out upon the
streets some hundred and fifty employ
ecS, and Ditky was one of them. What
became of the others he did not know,
and he didn't care just at present. He
was too much taken up with his own
affairs From his pcrusal of the first
advertisement, six weeks ago, that
read. "Wantcd - Bright, clean. intelli-
gent young men, etc, up to the pres
ent time Dcky had been working as
he had never worked, simply to find
work. And now he had just IL cents
left.
As q last resort he tried the industrial
homes and the missions for men. He
was sure he could get job of some
kind there. But they turned him
away.
Your they exclaimed. "Why, you
ou@htn't to have any trouble to get
a job, fellow that looks like you. It's
not your kind that we cater to. It's
the deadbcats. If we took your kind
in. the others would be frozen out. We
only give jobs to men that can't get
jobs-that's all. We cart do anything
for YOU
Now, that isn't exactly what they
said. but that is what they meant. And
Dicky could see that it was true. Bum
after bum staggered into the places
and was received with open arms. But
Dicky's kind they turned away.
'1'll tell you, though" said the man
in charge. Eve have free meetings
here every evening. If you've no place
to go to. YOU are at liberty to come
here, you know" He handed over a
small sheet of paper, still damp from
the press. Dicky looked at it. 1t was
as follows:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29
Why DOES A LITTLE BOY?

Why does a little boy do things that new
er should be did?
Why does he keep on playing when to
come in he is bid?
Why does he wade in water with the
shoes his papa bought
And daily in the ChillinCss with old pneu-
monia rraught?
Why does he "ll his pockets with two
hundred Eirt,s of trash?
Why does he smut the door upon .i!s little
hngcr-smash?
Why does he turn his little nose up in
the air, alaCk?
And when his mamma. sasscs him why
docs he sass her back?
Why does he rip his coat to see of what
the coat is made?
Why does he dig the flowers up to exer-
else his spade?
Why does he break his little neck. kerr
slip. kcrslap. kerslam!
In reaching for the shelf whereon his
mother keeps the jam?
Why does he in the country, chase tho
unsuspecting COW
Until her mik's all butter-say, why does
he anyhow?
Why does he wade in all the mud for
twenty miles about,
And when he should speak quietly why
does he always shout?
Why is it when bumblebee flies by he's
sure to spy it?
Why does he catch the bee and sit on 1t
to keep it quiet?
Alas alas. cannot say! But mammals
l!ttle joy
Most probably does all these things be-
cause he Is boy!
H. E. Warner in Baltimore News.
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night. There amt bit of wickedness
that ain't guilty of, there amt" His
voice trembled. and he stopped for an
instant u tell you, my fren's," he
continued, lit was blessed thing that
stumbled into this here place to hear
the words that this here man." he in
Jicntcd the speaker. has said to me
tonight He's n good man, an maybe
he's went through just what | did. an
he amt afraid to tell you an NE to
brace up
Dicky raised his hand solcmnly.
"My fren's." he went on, "you know
where been tonight? I been in that
there hole on the corner. An | say to
you tonight that from this time forth
I'll never drink another drop, s'help
me, s'long's | live"
C'Fact is | couldn't" he said to him
self Not that stuff anyway.D
"'rhat'S right. SIR" exclaimed Dicky,
turning to the banker. ITS you has
saved me. An I'm goin' to stop an go
to work an lead a new life, sir, if you'll
only help me to-"
"I'll help you. my boy" returned the
banker fervently. 'Ill help you to help
yourself
The banker wiped his eyes. Sobs
at desk hurredly wrote out a pledge,
and Dicky stepped up and signed it.
And because he did many others fol-
lowed his example.
And Mt the close Of the meeting as
Dicky and the banker strobe down the
aisle and out the door the congrega
tion broke out into a parting hymn Of
praise.
Some years later two men sat In
fashionable restaurant uptown. They
were respectively the cashier and the
receiving teller of the private banking
house of Willoughby G. Schenck & Co.
The receiving teller was a clean look
ing young fellow of pleasing appear
ance. His name was Richard Donnelly.
"Now, Dicky," began the cashier,
first of all, what are you going to
have to drink!'
Dicky shook his head. II never
drink" he replied. "as you know. The
fact is he continued, Il never drank
but once in my life, and that was be-
cause it was Il business necessity"
"A business necessity" inquired the
cashier, with surprise.
Dicky nodded. "A business necessl-
ty," he repeated. "In fact. did it just
to get job, that's all"
"What you givin' us?' replied the
other. What job was it, anyway, that
you drank to get?'
Dicky laughed. "It was job" he
replied, "in the banking house of Will
loughby G. Schcnck & Co. And hope
l will never have to get another in the
same way. But at that time it was the
only thing to do"
Bottle of apollinaris, walter" said
the cashier.
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Doctors and Patie n ts.

Dr. Cheyne, the great eighteenth CEN
tury physician of Bath, was witty
enough man, but he found more than Il
match in Beau Nash, who was one of
his patients. Calling one day after he
had prescribed for Nash, Cheyne asked
him. well, have you followed my pre-
scription?" "No, faith, doctor, haven't
followed It," the dandy answered
"Pon honor, II had, should have
broken my neck. for l threw ii out of
my bedroom Window
Sir Richard Jebb was in the habit of
giving his patients startling answers
to their questions. Once when an old
gentleman of impaired digestion asked
him, What shall eat:' the doctor re-
piled: "My directions. sir, are simple.
You must not eat the poker. shovel or
tongs, for they are hard of digestion;
nor the bellows. for they might influ-
ence fiatulance. but you can eat any
thing else you please"
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TOWN AND VICINITY.
Can't Help II.

The following paragraph appears i'll
last weeks UcrdId:
Since the alleged discovery of smallpox
here last week there has been considerable
speculation as to the manner in which 1t
was brought here.
Which "it''-''the alleged discovery
or the ''smallpOx:'
1t cannot be the latter, because the
UcruH says
No cases have been discovered in the city
and it is thought there is no danger.
From this it is learned that mo cases"
of "alleged discovery "have been dis
covered in the city, and, no wonder 1T
is thought there is no danger When
Il town is in "nO danger" from alleged
discoveries it is all hunky. Still, why
should there have been considerable
speculation as to the manner i'll which"
an alleged discovery was brought here:"
Did it make any difference whether it
was drought by express, freight or
electric car:
The JOURNAL does not mean to be
hypercritical. 1t has always been the
Office, however, of this unconditionally
independent and exclusively great paper
to keep pure alike the fountains of Frost
burg literature as well as the Appala
chan springs whence flow its crystal
waters and the airs which, coming from
the yet higher empires of salubrity deign
to stop and sweep the lungs of noxious
inspirations, and it cannot fail of its duty
now. "No cases" of alleged rhetoric
shall go undiscovered if the great paper
has the time to save the town from its
ravages-no matter how they get here
or whence they come.
Unfortunately, the HrroId appears too
late each week for euphemistic disin-
fection at the inceptive moment.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29

Early in the sixteenth century the
natives of Porto Rico plotted to kill
the Spaniarils on the island. There was
much doubt, however, as to whether or
not it was possible to kill Spaniard.
Many of the natives insisted that it
was not Finally 1t was decided to
make an experiment. A young Span
lard who was passing through an In
dian village was Hospitality received
and fed and then a number of natives
accompanied him on his journey. When
he arrived ut river his companions
offered to carry him across. The young
man accepted and was taken up by
two men and carried into the water
on their shoulders. Arriving near the
middle of the river, they threw him
in and held him down until he ceased
to struggle. Then they carried him
ashore with profuse apologies, loudly
prOclaiming that they stumbled by ac-
cident and calling upon him to arise
and continue his journey. But the
young man did not move and finally
the natives were convinced that he
was actually dead. Having secured
the proof they wanted, the leaders of
the rebellion at once began a general
attack upon the Spaniards.
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OrphanS' Court.


At Fridays session last week
Henry +. Kcnah, administrator of Aionzc,
E. Turner, deceased, filed an inventory OF
personal property and list of debts due and
owing to said deceased.
Henry +. Kenah, administrator e. ia. ol
A. b. Turner, deceased, settled his first and
final account and made distribution under
the will of deceased.
Letters testamentary were granted to John
II. Moran, upon the estate OF Joseph e.
Porter, deceased.
At Tuesdays session.
Robert Armstrong and John }. Price
executors of George Armstrong, deceased
settled their first and final account and made
distribution under the will.
Isaac Yates and Lewis +. Yates, executors
of Joseph Yates, deceased, settled their third
account and made distribution under the
will.
John Aspinall, executor of James AS,
pinall, deceased, settled his first account
Letters of guardianship were granted tC
Anthony Rces as guardian of Sarah n,
Elizabeth and William ii. Mcmillan.
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+ Dicky crumpled it up in his hand and
was about to throw it away. But he
didn't. He opened it again and read it
carefully through to the end. Then he
stepped out upon the sidewalk and
glanced up and down the street. On
the farther corner was brilliantly
lighted Saloon-a cheap sort of place.
Dicky took out his 10 cents and start
ed for that corner.
lie stepped up boldly to the bar. "I-
| want to get drunk" he said to the
bartender.
WELL" replied the bartender with a
grin, there's nOthin' to hender you if
you got the price. What d'you wantT
What what's the best thing to get
drunk on:' inquired Dicky in Il hesi
tating sort of way.
Well" replied the bartender, uncer
tain whether Dicky was chatting him or
otherwise, we sell some of the great
est forty rod stuff You ever tasted for
5 cents. I'll warrant three big glasses
III make your hair stand on end all
right
Gimme three glasses, then" said
Dicky.
Three glasses"' exclaimed the bar
tender. What, all together"
WELL" returned Dicky uncertainty,
"any way that-that's best, you know"
1t was half past 8. The mems res
cue meeting was in full blast. 1t was
the grandest rally of the year.
Willoughby G. Schenck, the banker,
phlanthropist and mission worker,
harangued the crowd, and he knew
how. There was no doubt about his
ability In that respect. He himself
had worked up out of the slums, and he
knew. lie had a large audience and a
queer one, but he made an impression.
Hardened old sinners who hadn't
thought of home and their bOyhOOd
days for years sat with the tears run
ming down their faces. Toughs whose
faces never showed one softening line
sat with bowed heads and quivering
lips. He was only fairly launched when
Il young man in II beastly state of in
toXicatiOn entered the room. This
young man glanced wildly around up
on the crowd and at the speaker, then
lurched heavily up the aisle and sank
into front seat.
1t was Dicky Donnclly, drunk. The
forty rod had taken effect. Dicky felt
himself that it had gone to his head
Just little. Drunk as he was, though,
he sat up straight, but swaying from
side to side, and tried to listen. The
six or eight bankers whom he saw
finally dwindled down to one and this
one who had seen Dicky enter and
scat himself poured forth his whole
soul not upon the old men. not upon
the toughs, but upon Dicky. In Dicky
Donnelly he saw himself as he once
might have been.
Ordinarily Dicky, who was a good
church member, in good standing,
would have been unaffected, but now
the bankers words of gentleness and
sympathy and sorrow 80 mingled
themselves with the fumes In Dicky's
brain that Dicky felt them very, very
much. and his tears began to fall, or at
least they seemed to do so.
And when the banker had ceased
Dicky staggered to his feet and looked
once more around upon the crowd.
Gents" he said in a husky voice. Il
don't know as there's bigger bum In
this here room than me. don't know
Us there's man here as has gone the
pace as | has myself. Gents, look at
me, born an bred in a good home. with
every advantage, an here 1 am To-
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The big six footer had wisely refrain
ed from going to teas, but his society
friend had at last induced him to at
tend one of these functions. On their
way home the society friend talked en-
Enthusiastically of the event and asked,
"Didn't you enjoy it, after all, old
man."
Enjoy itr' said the other. "Do you
know, when found my big self In a
corner, surrounded by seven or eight
women, with teacup like a thimble
In one of my huge paws and a wafer
the size of a quarter in the other, felt
like Il sperm whale trying to crochet"
New York Times.
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I;DITORI.AI..


Now and then one reads of a town S
newspapers being reflections of the
towns business quality, enterprise, etc
Only slightly true:
Because no paper can possibly sustain
the prejudices, preferences, notions and
fads of all the towns business elements.
One merchant wants this public job
done this way; another that one trades
man wants to be Mayor; another wants
to 60 to the Legislature, and neither
wants the other to succeed, and so on.
The true newspaper cannot for OBJ
viouS reas Jns sustain either as against
the other, yet each feels that i'll the pur-
chase of a little advertising space he
buys also the paper support, and when
he finds that "all the goods purchased
have not been delivered" he takes not
long to decide that he "dnts no hule
through an advertising medium he does
not to the extent of his patronage own.
The JOURNAL knows from long cx-
perience whereof it testities.
And now if the reader cares to survey
its advertising columns it will find they
are filled with the announcements of
business men absolutely unambitious
politically men who, SO far as they
contemplate the matter of public service
IN nation, State, county and town, want
the very best, no matter which party is
i'll power.
These gentlemen can be credited with
other admirable qualities, but it is only
the JOURNALS purpose now to affirm
that the newspaper or newspapers OF
town are representative mostly OF the
man or men who really or ostcnsibly
own and conduct them
The man or men
Behind the pen.
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SIranTe Thin1S.

The piggishneSs of the few has removed
the picnicking privileges of the many in
Prospect Park.-New York lIiorId
"The piggishness of the few has
loaded Frostburg with the reputation of
the only civilized town known to have
legalized nuisance.
This outside.
Inside the ordinance is the only one
known to be in force that has not the
Mayors signature
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1903-08-29
The Necessary Adjunct,

McJigger-There's one thing about
hades anyway. 1t can never be mis-
taken for Il summer resort.
Thingumbob-Why not? It's certain
ly hot enough.
NIcJigger-Yes, but there's no humid
fly there to breed the necessary mos
quitoes.-Philadelph Press.
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Transfers of Real Estate.

The following notes of transfers OF
real estate are of more or less interest:
Diana r. and William II. Koch, jr., prop
ertv on Main street, FroStburg, 5000.
Mary 5. Metz to Kate Miller lot in Beall'>
addition, Frostburg, 50, etc
Penn State Construction company to Nor
rison Land company, y acres, $1,000.
Samuel Barber to Louis Stanton, property
in Homecoming, $40.
Anna and Matthias Rodda to DANIEL Lewis
lot on Maple street, Frostburg, $1,000.
Annie f. ConnOr to Salna MUIR, lot al
Borden Shaft SlM.
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Old Enough.

81 don't deny said Miss Passay.
"that l am interested in Mr.. Kallow,
and l may say that his affection for
me is
"Is natural" chirped Miss Speitz.
"The poor fellow, being an orphan,
tiOn
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Education,

Papa was helping Herbert with his
grammar lesson.
"Hcre is sentence the teacher gave
u.s." said Herbert. 1.-The police raided
the speak easy We have to parse
speak easy"
"All right" said papa. "Speak easy
is a noun, common, feminine gender
And then mamma called the class to
order.
But 1t seemed perfectly easy for her
to speak-Chicago Tribune.
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Hogs.

The people of Frostburg who want
hogs, it is fair to say, want them IN pens.
In Cincinnati, however, they appear
to be unwelcome even in the street cars
At least poet i'll the Commercials
TribUne complains
saw drove of hogs one day
Go walking down the streets;
No doubt they walked because they could
Not find enough end seats!
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Sure.

The democratic party in the next cam
paign is likely to find that its candidate is
himself, in great measure, the platform, and
if Mr.. German were the candidate, that
would be fatal-New York Times.
Certain as the word, fatal, is de-
rived from fate
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Both for Self.

"l'nclc Joe" CannOn's views on the cur
rcncy question are entitled 10 as much con
sideration as those of the average Wall
street speculator thereon, and no more.
Neither of them knows much or cares much
about the real currency needs of the coun-
try.-Providence Or. ID Jo"r"ai.
A solid chunk of truth well stated
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An old republican characterizes the
HornldS reasons why Frostburg didn t
get the sheriffalty as Every weak"
The true reason is-thc joopl" are not
represented IN conr"nfio"S as now CON
stituted.
Nor can they be.
Sovereignty is not commodity to be
segregated into five units so two can be
destroyed, three bought, sold or bartered.
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- . '0"l,'"Ss5xo" ",'' %e1sl Ono
May II, 1908.

NNand AFTER above date until further
" notice TRAINS will arrive and depart
from CUMBERLAND as follows
Main Line.
EAsTBoUND.
Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York Express:
No. 4. arrives 80 a. H.. ; leaves 2:iS a m.
No. 10. ........' leaves ~ d. III
No. s. arrives 7:5l a. III. leaves S:ll Il. m'
No =. arrives sis a. M; leaves NJ Il. M
No. 6................... q. leiiNcS - T. III
M - arrives 1920 D. m leaves 1917 p. III.
:SBatimore and Way:
M leaves 3:l5 p. III.
Express
No. i6. arrives 6l7 p M. leaves 6:35 p. III,
#Grafton and Way:
No. -. arrives 7:25 pm.
No 6. arrives 1851 m.
wEsTBoUNp.
Pittsburg Express:
No. .. arrives lbs Il. M.
Pittsburg Limited:
No. II arrives $50 Il. III.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Express;
No. 3. arrives 5:25a. NJ. leaves 5;32 a. III.
#Parkersburg, Wheeling and Way:
No. Observation-Disclosures. leaves 200 a. III.
Express:
No A. arrives $40 Il. m.
No. 50. arrives 2:35p. M; leaves 800 p m'
No j. arrives 2:55 p. III.
No leaves 3l0p. III.
*Grafton and Way:
No. ) leaves 4;30 p. III.
Cincinnati and st. Louis Limited Express
No. /. arrives SD p. III; ; leaves o:2S p H.
Chicago Express:
No. :. arrives 1910 p. H.; leaves 1850 p m'
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Marriage licenses have been granted
recently to the couples named below
Richard f. Stakcm, of Homecoming, and
Winfrcd Annie Grancy, of Midland.
Frank C. Graham, of Garrett county ana
Kate Lint of PocahontaS Pa.
William Lewis Sackman and Bessie May
Grecuwadc both of WesternpOrt
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COUNTY.
ISreViticS,


J. II. J. House, of Cumberland, will
build the new schoolhouse at Allegany.
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Getting Ready.

Brown-Did you ever hear man lie
like Blower lied tonight?
Smith-IIe's in training.
Brown Training for what?
Smith-The fishing season.-Boston
Globe.