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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
DEPENDS ON THE FARMERS.
National Aid For the Improvement
of Our Highways.


The candid and unprejudiced opinion
Of public man on n question concern
ing which he is well qualified to speak
Is nearly always Of interest. Such an
opinion concerning the prospect FOR
national highway legislation was re-
Gently secured from gentleman who
is Il close observer Of men and events
and who has spent many years at the
national capital. He said:
81 have watched the growth Of the
so called good roads movement with
much interest, and especially since
Colonel Brownlow introduced into COIL
gress his bill providing that the gov
eminent should pay half the expense or
improving the roads. AS regards the
prospect of such measure ever be-
coming law, l will say that 1t nll
depends on the farmers. If the ngri-
cultural classes go to work in earnest
for government aid, they will get it; If
they do not, congress will never enact
such a law.
"In government affairs. as in most
other affairs, l have noticed that the
people who go after things are the pe0-
pie who get them. The farmers as
class receive comparatively little seri-
GUS consideration from congress sim
ply because they don't demand 1t.
Every congress now appropriates more
than a billion dollars but how much of
this is spent in the rural districts! Al
most nothing Millions are spent for
public buildings in cities, millions for
Improvement of rivers and harbors.
millions for the army and navy. mil
lions for the government at Washing
ton. etc Occasionally a few thousand
dollars go for something that directly
benefits the farmers. but that is all.
"Of course there isn't as much
chance to give the farmers direct ben
efits from the spending Of public mon
ey. But national aid to road improve
ment furnishes an ideal opportunity.
1t would even up things to some ex-
tent 1t would certainly be big thing
for the rural districts. The money
spent would of course make good
times, but the main benefit would
come from the improvement Of the
roads. 1t would increase the value OF
farm lands; it would enable the farm
ers to market their crops to better ad-
vantage; it would make farm life bet
ter worth living In fact, 1t would be
a great permanent benefit"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
An ApinAl Story For
Little Folks
The Medd|eSOme Giraffe

There were two girafrcs who kept
house together in the desert of Tim
buktu. They were young couple
who had recently been married. and
because of their inIuisitivencss l have
called them Adam and Eve.
They We're Snort and sleek and spot
ted. with necks no longer than n
pony's. for in the days l speak Of the
CRATES ate grain like horse and did
not bother with trees.
One day Eve came running to Adam,
saying. "Oh. Adam. I've found the
greatest bargain"
what is 1t, my dear"
ITS lovely box Of marshmallows,
all done up in silver paper left here by
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
They Cut Roth Waya.

Some intelligence offices encourage
even the greenest girls to abandon gen
eral homework and try for the place Of
cook parlor maid. etc, for 1t increases
the fee, many offices baslng this upon
the amount of wages paid. This Is
one explanation of the decreasing num-
Der of general Homework girls.
They are also responsible for some Of
the restlesSness Of employees. Girls
are placed in positions and removed
when they are needed for others. Some
use employers rs training schools.
Green foreigners are sent. and when
they have learned enough English and
Homework they are sent to others for
higher wages. the Office not neglecting
to collect the extra fees.
Then they inform the long suffering
employer that they understand her
girl has left and that they can supply
her need.-Atlantic Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
His Portrait.

A tramp Of some little responsibility
appeared at gentleman's door asking
aims. mot today" said the interrogat-
ed one. when may l call?" respond
ell the tramp. "Why don't call at ALL
know what you are. l saw your pic
ture on n tin can Mt the grocery store
Mt the corner" The applicant for
loan sauntered leisurely down to tho
place and stood viewing the goods in
the widow. Soon his eye came upon
can Of cruStacpans from the Maine
coast Then the joke flashed on him.
AS he meandered away he mumbled
to himself. We'll. that's the neatest
way Of calling fellow lobster that
I've struck yetr'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Business, like your salary, might al
ways be better.
The croquette is the old fashioned
hash ball after it gets into society.
Some people are too insistent on the
right to be fools In their own way.
When young man refuses to work,
that ia the beginning of all his other
troubles.
When you abuse boy for being
worthless, remember how worthless
you were at his age.
Some people say farming is SO much
easier than 1t used to be. Still, IL a
farmer does his duty even in these
days he knows he has job.
There Is n good deal in print about
the contagious laugh. but how often
do you hear it? The writer Of this
knows but two people of all his &C.
quaintance who have a laugh that Is
contagious Globe
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
MACADAM AND TELFORO.
How These Roads Are Built and
What They Cost.

What They Cost.
The cost of road building varies In
the different places according to the
topography of the country and the
proximity of the stone used, says
Franklin Matthews in Outing. A sat
isfactory highway can be built eighteen
feet wide, exclusively of stone, usually
for $1,000 to $500 a mile. These are
known as macadam roads.
A more costly stone road, running
from $4,000 to $4,000 a mile, is the
telford road. Both are named after
Scotchmen, who first devised the sys-
tens.
The macadam road consists Of a deep
foundation of large stones, laid as
smoothly together as possible. the
foundation stones being Of a nearly
uniform size. A layer of small stones
is placed over the foundation and roll
ed down, binding the two together
Then layers of crushed stone, each lay
er being of finer quality than its prede-
cessor are rolled into and over the
foundations. The final layer is of very
fine crushed stone. The whole settles
itself into a compact mass, almost as
smooth as flagstone, from which wa
ter runs off as soon as 1t falls.
The telford road Is more expensive
because It's foundation Is laid with
more care. The foundation stones are
Of a uniform size and are laid with the
ends uppermost, like so many bricks
set upon edge. These are bound to-
gether by smaller sizes Of stone, tho
various dressings Of finer stone being
laid and rolled in the same way as for
the macadam roads. The durability Of
such highway is unquestionably
longer than any other kind Of road
known.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
A Point to Remember.

In planning road improvements 1t
should not be forgotten that when
road Is once improved with macadam
or gravel the travel instantly doubles
or trcbles and the road surface must
be sufficiently strong and durable to
provide not only for the present traf-
fic on the road. but for the traffic which
the improved highway would bring to
that community.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17

Nine-tenths of the roads of America
are bad. At certain seasons of the
year this does not adequately express
the idea. They are disgraceful. At
their best the majority Of our country
roads are inferior. With hard grades
and poor drainage they make the trans
portation of farm produce slow and
expensive matter and call for the con-
tlemnation Of all intelligent and public
spirited people.-Good Roads Magazine.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17

that last band of English soldiers. 1t
will last me month at least, and all
for nothing"
"Well. | shan't touch It. don't be.
lievc In eating strange foods said the
husband decidedly.
"Oh, try piece with me, dear" she
pleaded You know you won't refuse
your Evle."
Saying which she took out a yeast
cake from the box and nte 1t and gave
him piece also.
Its pretty good" said both. Makes
you thirsty, though" said she after
eating nearly the whole box.
Both took n large drink Of water at
the spring. But, terrible to relate, the
yeast began to work and lifted their
heads higher and higher and strained
their poor necks all out OF proportion
until they stood eighteen feet high
from toe to crown. "Oh. dear, | wish
we hadn't eaten them" said Eve.
Yes: you'll have to get your supper
OF tree top tonight Serves you
right; you tempted me-" said Adam
sulkily.
And from that day to this the giraffe
has had n long neck. Don't NEEDLE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
NOTICE.

A LII persons are hereby warned against
IA shooting, or trespassing for the purpose
of shooting, on the meadows, pastures or
cleared lands of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany, except the rifle range Of the Frostburg
Rifle Association.
Persons disregarding this notice will be
prosecuted. b. S. RANDOLPH,
March 81 Mining Superintendent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17

Mrs. Pall-IIave you given anything
to charity this year? Mrs. Mall-Yes,
l have just sold all of my old clothes
to my washcrwoman for almost moth.
ing.-DetrOit Free Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
When He WINS Noisy.

Several ladies summcring in the
country were cOnverSing one morning
about gentlemen's dress when one of
them remarked:
"Now. like your husbands style
very much"
How do you mean?" asked the 9th
er.
"IIe's such quiet dresser"
"Huh!' was the comment. You
should hear him some time when he
can't find his collar buttons. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17

The Chcyto pagoda in Burma is built
on huge rocking stone poised on ai,-
other Mt Il height Of 2OOo feet
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17

How to Make n Holiday Dessert Dish.
Cut orange peels into six, then pare
down toward stem end. so rs to form
petals Tx" lily. Then spread out the
orange sections and place on a dish
filed with nuts, bananas and grapes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
FROM Homecoming.

Dams Rock excursionists take either the
m or p M train at Cumberland, and return
to Cumberland by the SIS p m train at Vale
Summit.
Carriage service between Vale Summit and
Dams Rock may be secured by application
day in advance at the Washington street
office of the G. c. and C. X. Co., Cumberland.
JAMES A. MILHOLLAND,
General Manager.
Sent "a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-12-17
It is Bad Business

HNO allow anyone to look in vain through
i the business portion of this paper for an
advertisement of your business.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30

Preparations Being Made for
the Reception of National
Republican Delegates

Chicago March 29.-The sub-com-
mittee of the republican national con-
vention having In charge the arrange
ments for the national convention I'm
this city met today with the local
committee to discuss the preparations
that have been made at the Coliseum.
where the convention Is to be held.
All arrangements made by the local
committee were approved by the men,
bers of the national committee.
1t was explained to the members of
the national committee at the outset
that Chicago had never promised to
put up for the use of the national
committee such a sum as $4,000. nor.
In fact had 1t promised to put up any
sum of money at all.
What 1t had promised was to pay all
the bills of the convention, and this
1t woull- do.
Harry 5. New OF the committee sug-
gested that there were some things for
which the national committee would
be compelled to pay and he thought 1t
well IL the local men would place a
certain sum at the disposal of the ma
tional committee.
This the local men agreed to do at
once. and the amount suggested by
Mr.. New-$5000-was promptly ar
ranged for. 1t was decided that all
the bills for the convention are to be
turned over to the local committee
and they win provide for their pay
ment. None of them will be presented
to the national committee-which will
be under no obligations for any of the
expenses attendant upon the holding
of the convention.
In going over the arrangements
made for seating II was found that
the total number of seats in the hall
will be S42S. OF these 500 will be on
the stage and 275 will be for the press
There win be 800 seats for delegates
and the same number for alternates,
leaving 5673 for the spectators.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
Mr.. ldtta's Good Fortune

Yesterdays Carson News has the
following In regard to A. NJ. Latta, Of
this city. the genial and popular man.
ager of the Peoples Store:
A letter from Arthur Latta, form
erly of this city, conveys much infor-
nation that will please his friends In
this city. The mine In which he is
half owner, mention of which has been
made before In these columns, Is i'm
proving with every foot OF depth. and
Mr.. Latta says they have thousands of
tons of ore in sight now, without fu-
ture development
The ledge is forty feet in width. and
assays have been taken from 1t run
ming as high as $50 in gold. 1t will
readily be comprehended that Mr.. Lat
Ia has a fortune; in fact, the owners
have been offered fortune already
The place Is called Camp Carpenter
after the man who discovered it, and
who is half owner with Mr.. Latta.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30

Miss Edna Reinhart. the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Rein
hart, attained her fourteenth birthday
yesterday. and in honor Of the event
party was given at her home in the
evening. Miss Edna was the recipient
Of number of appropriate gifts.
which will be highly priced as remind
ers of the occasion as well as of the
esteem and friendship of the donors.
During the evening ice cream, cakes
and various other dainty refreshments
were served and the hours were pleas
antly passed In games and music. To
the latter feature the proficiency of
Miss Edna zahren and Mr. III. E.
Elliott added materially.
Those present were Mrs. M. Rein
hart. Mrs. j. F. Angel. Mrs. NJ Hofr-
man, Mrs. Thayer; Misses Zahren,
OFT. Florence Guthrie. Edna and Helen
Reinhart: Messrs. Simon Reinhart,
Oscar Reinhart, Julian Kramer. III. L.
Elliott, B. zahren and J. It. Angel.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
Britt -Corbett Mill Repeated

Two young men, well known In and
around the Busch hotel, were discuss
ing the recent Britt Corbett fight yes
terday. One word led to another and
then some" The argument finally
became so warm that words failed to
convey the impressions each had Of
the value of solar plexus blows. Some
one suggested that they illustrate; the
gloves were secured. and in short or
der the youths were mixed up in up
per cuts. swings. jabs. hooks and half
hooks. and were side-stepping each
other with the agility of kittens. The
bout lasted twenty rounds. and was of
the most friendly nature. Two gen.
tlemen who witnessed the affair de-
clared it more scientific than the late
Corbett-Britt affair. and far more en-
tertaining. as the element of brutality
was entirely lacking. The boys are
the best of friends, and intend join
ing the athletic school now organic
ing. The contest was declared draw.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
Bryan Wants the Money

New Haven. Conn, March 29.-The
appeal of William Jennings Bryan.
from the decision of Probate Judge
Cleveland. In relation to the will of
Phila S. Bennett. was heard in the
superior court before Judge eager and
q jury.
Mr.. Bryan appeals from the probate
court decision that the sealed letter
mentioned in the will is not a part of
the will. BY this letter Mr.. Bennett
expressed a wish that Mr.. Bryan have
a gift of $4,000, of which $4,000 was
to go to Mrs. Bryan and $4,000 to be
held In trust for their children. the
remainder to be for Mr.. Bryan him
self.
Mr.. Bryan was present in court, but
Mrs. Bryan. who accompanied him
here from Nebraska. was not in the
room.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
Discriminating Jurors

Strange things happen every day.
and, as an exchange remarks, wise
men are becoming as thick as fieas.
Saturday morning a Mexican entered
a saloon in Truckee and threw a hand
full of money on the bar. He picked
out ten cents. bought drink and put
the rest of the money back in his
pocket. He then went out the bach
door of the saloon and was followed
by two countrymen. When he got ir,
the dark, one of the men pulled hi
head back and the other drew a knife
across his throat, inflicting an ugly
cash which cut into the left ear. down
the side of his face and severed the
jugular vein. The injured man died,
and several members of the coroner S
jury gave it as their opinion that the
two men could not be held for the
murder, as the victim did not die on
the spot.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
DON 7 CARE To CO
To RENO
Purse Offered is Too Small
To Tempt the Light
weights

A dispatch from Reno. published in
the San Francisco Call. states that
number OF the most prominent busi-
ness and sporting men of Reno stand
ready to guarantee a purse of $4,000
for finish fight between Jimmy Britt
and Young Corbett in Reno on the 4th
of July.
A message was mailed yesterday to
Britt by ]. f. Haley, sporting editor
of the Nevada Journal. making bona
fide offer. The plan is to organize the
Sagebrush Athletic Club and bring off
a great fistic carnival similar to that
at Carson when Fitzsimmons whipped
Corbett.
There is plenty of money behind the
movement. and work will be COM
menced at once on big amphitheater
If Britt and Young Corbett will ac-
cept.
The plan is to make the finish fight
between Britt and Corbett the main
attraction, with $4,000 purse for
Gardner and Fitzsimmons, or some
other light heavyweight. and a $1,000
purse for Joe Cans and some other
aspirant for lightweight honors.
1t is not likely that the lightweights
will ever scrap in Reno, however. for
when the Britts-the champion and his
brother-heard of the offer. they said
very decisively that there was MOTH
ing doing. They don't see why they
should go to Nevada for $4,000 house
when they can draw $4,000 at home.
Willie Britt. speaking FOR his broth
er. said: las yet l have received no
offer from Nevada, though I have been
told there Is bid en- route here by
mail. We have already made up our
minds, however, that we will not en-
tertain the proposition FOR a moment
but we don't mean by that that Mr.
Young Corbett won't have another
chance.
1.-THE other night we had $4,000
house. and even then hundreds of peo-
pie We're turned away from the doors
without even having been able to buy
a ticket. Why should we go to Reno
There is a possibility that the mex
match will be held at the st. Loui:
Exposition, but there is a much bette
| chance that Ii win take place righ
here. Corbett need not worry abou
being cheated out of a return match
at any rate. Give Jimmy a reasonably
| time in which to recuperate from n
| injuries, and he will meet him at tn
same weight as before, and will bea
him again"
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
WOOL BUYER HERE
Joseph Strenq, Representing
Eisemann FrOs.

Mr.. Joseph Streng. wool buyer
representing Eisemann Bros. of Bos-
ton. Mass. arrived here last night di-
rect from the east. Mr.. Strange talked
most Interestingly on the subject of
wool. He has for ten years past pur-
chased wool for the firm named.
THE condition of the market in the
east" said he today. "is peculiar. The
prices paid last season were. In a
measure, not justified. or course, the
returns are not all In. and 1t may yet
prove profitable to buyers; but 1t looks
now as II every wool house In the
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-30
CAUSE or IR0QUOIS TIRE
Going Away From Home to
Learn the News

Information throwing new light on
the fundamental cause of the lroquois
theater disaster has come to Chicago
In report from the Association of
Civil Engineers of Upper Austria.
which has made exhaustive expert
ments with a theater model. Ambas-
sador Bellamy Storer forwarded the
document from Vienna.
The Austrian association holds that
the fundamental cause OF the Chicago
calamity. as well as that of the Ring
theater In Vienna, Is to be found in
the expansion of air from heat and
resulting increase of pressure. To
Frank Neuman, acting director of the
Imperial state railways, the associa-
tion gives credit for having first called
attention to this fact. The engineers
assert that the theater fires causing
great loss OF life start from the stage
and that such fires are becoming
more frequent from year to year be-
cause of the demand for more elabor-
ate scenic and light effects"
The engineers from their expert
ments allege: IF there are not enough
openings on the stage to allow for the
expansion OF air to give outlet to the
gases of combustion, the expansive
force viii push the curtain. If let down.
through the proscenium into the au-
ditorium."
The engineers declared that "atten-
tion should be directed to the fact
that probably no iron curtain will be
strong enough to withstand a one
sided pressure OF 1-50 to leo atmos-
phere. The curtain will be bent and
the heated air and gases of combus-
ton will enter the auditorium through
the openings produced at Its borders
AS to the fire or ventilating shaft.
the experts say;
"The ventilation shafts must be con.