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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Papa Plays Football

called upon my love last night,
My love with raven hair,
And for an hour or SO you might
Have seen me planted there.
Old time slipped by on slippered feet
And left no trace Of care
Till papa's foot tattoo beat
Descending on the stair.
l said, Dear, l must catch that carl'
Assuming to be gay
And hoping that my lucky star
Would help me get away.
Alas, my luck proved all untrue.
And when l got that jar
The impetus from papa's shoe
Helped me to catch the carl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Live Towns Grow.

There are thousands of families in
the United States who are forced from
one cause or another to change their
abiding places every year. Each one
naturally hopes to better himself, and
each one looks for live town and not
a dead one. No village or town should
be content to stand still. Some i'm
provcment should be planned and car
ried out every year. To stand still
means decay and to lose population in
stead of gaining.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
CIVIC BETTERMENT.
The Work of an Organization OF
Philadelphia Women.

For lust one year 923 women of Phil
adelphia, organized under the name OF
the Civic Bcttcrment Association and
Civic Club of Philadelphia, have under
taken to assist civic bcttcrment by di-
recting general attention to pubic
needs and possible remedies for bad
conditions existing in relation especial
ly to the supervision of streets, SANTA
ton, education. public health and pub
lie morals, together with the side issues
which would grow out of such work,
SAYS the Baltimore News. During the
first year, according to Il report just is
s,led, the women have appointed COM
mitfeeS to cooperate with various Or
ganiZaticns along particular lines or
public Improvement.
They have taken action looking to the
appointment of Il police matron in
district where such an official is espe-
cially needed; they have moved against
the sale of tobacco to minors, and they
have issued copies Of the Manual of
Election and prepared rcvisions of
the asScssOrs' lists and kept an eye on
primary elections and general elections.
They have induced delinquent voters to
20 to the polls in behalf of good gov
crnmcnt, ana already their efforts in
this direction are bearing fruit.
The end sought by this Philadelphia
organization appears to be the promo
tion of everything that makes for good
clean government and wholesome So
cial conditions generally. In such Il
work with such an aim women can be
a great power, and it is gratifying to
note that the women fighting for civic
bettermcnt in Philadelphia have made
hcadway from the start, with an abun-
dance of possibility for the future.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Keen the Streets Clean.

Dirty, badly made streets are the poor
est kind of advertising town can Of
fer. Visitors to such Il place are i'm
pressed with the thought that the citi-
zcns have not enough regard for the
good wishes of guests to care to favor
ably impress them. Poor, unsightly
streets are a blight that will kill or re-
tard the growth of any town, and the
place that permits them to so remain
is guilty of trying ut least to commit
municipal suicide.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
PUBLICATIONS.
\ Fine Issue.

The April number of Mines and W"-
rrnIs is devoted principally to the use of
wire ropes in mining operations. 1t con-
tains amass of information, dnta, and for
mulas never before presented i'll one
publication Nearly all the matter is
from original notes and observations of
prominent mining and mechanical engi-
neers, wire-rope manufacturers and wire
rope users. In addition, there are II
number of other excellent illustrated
articles on practical mining subjects.
This number forms the largest strictly
mining magazine ever issued.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Question:.

Now that the Lewis road bill is passed let
all cease grumbling and give it fair, honest
trial If it proves to be better for Allegany
roads and taxpayers, voters will have a
chance to say so at the polls two years
hence. If they do not approve of it. they
can also record that sentiment ut the polls
Prove all things, hold fast to that which IS
good. queen City 'o"rier.
It is to be doubted whether two years
is long enough to test the efficacy of the
law.
But party interest, which is para
mount to good roads, would allow no
new law making provision for consoll-
more.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
How to Ward or an Attack of
EhcunatiSm

For years when spring time came on and
! went into gardening, ! was sure to have an
attack of rheumatism and every attack was
more severe than the preceding one, says
Josie McDonald of Man, Logan county,
West Va. Il tried everything with no re-
lief whatever, until | procured a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and the first al,-
pliCatiOn gave me ease, and before the first
bottle was used | felt like new person.
Now feel that | am cured but always
keep bottle of Chambcrlain's Pain Balm
in the house, and when feel any symptoms
of a return | soon drive it away with one or
two applications of this liniment." For
sale by l.. PARKER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Will Remain Here.

The pretty decorations used i'll the
Gladstone Annex Monday evening, 4th
inst, and which are still to be seen for
a few days, are the occasion of many
compliments to Prof. Dailev's orchestra.
AS they can be changed to suit any
size of hall, the Professor has several
offers from teachers in other places who
are arranging for this kind of affair, and
wishing to purchase.
Lntrr-The decorations have been pur-
chased by the proprietor of the annex,
w. f. G. Hitchins.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
\ Great Sensation.

There was a big sensation in Leesville,
Ind, when W. II. Brown, of that place, who
was expected to die, had his life saved by
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
He writes: Il endured Insufferable agonies
from Asthma, but your New Discovery gave
me immediate relief and soon thereafter
effected complete cure Similar cures of
Consumption. Pneumonia. Bronchitis and
Gripare numerous. It's the peerless remedy
for all throat and lung troubles. Price -
cents and Sl0J. Guaranteed by the q. f..
PEAlTE DRIG Co. Trial bottles free.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1904.
New Business Locals.

\ diSordcred stomach may cause no end of
trouble. When the stomach fails to per
form its functions the bowels become de-
ranged the liver and kidneys congested,
causing numerous diseases the most fatal of
which are painless and therefore the more to
be dreaded. The important thing is to re-
store the stomach and liver to a healthy con-
dItion. and for this purpose no better prepar
alton can he used than Chamberlain'S Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. For sale 10y
L. P\RKER
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
SuDcrfiuOuS Feet.

A. Lincoln Mckenzie found last week
IA hogs leg in Frostburg butcher-shop
that was equipped with not less than ,
well-defined feet. One man counted 3,
another 4, and still another >. Had
this hog been centipcde, which has Il
pair of legs to each hip-joint," thinks
Line, ''it would have been at least a
quadruped as to feet, blped as to legs.
And If it had 5 feet to l leg as a hog, it
would have had 10 as ii centipede, or 20
feet AS "a whole hog or none Line. is
in doubt about eating pork that may he
cross between IA fly, which has 2 legs
which it is said to have no use for, and
a granddaddy long-legs, which has
several hundred, but none to spare.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Question.

The Cumberland N""s says the Com
missiOners have
decided to strike out the item Ill refer
cnce to the expenses of the city election
being of the opinion that the city should
meet said expense.
Unless the JOURNAL has misunder-
stood the situation all along-can they
strike it out
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Personal.

The March number of the Dancing
Masters H"rnId, PittSburg, Pa, has Il
fine portrait of Prof. William j. Daley,
of this place, and speaks of him as
''recognized by the press and public
as the leading Dancing Master of
Maryland.
Frederick Stevens, mayor of Allegany,
was in town Monday.
Thomas w. Jones, of Randolph Macon
Academy, Front Royal, Va, is at home
to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Ebenezer Davis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

raise money on Il family jar at a pawn
shop.
Pie may be unhealthy, but some men
would consider it pleasant death to
pass away eating it.
In union of red liquor and water
there is somewhat diluted strength.
While clothes do not make the man,
you never could prove this to be SO by
the tailor.
1t is quite mystery as to where all
the pins 90. but every one knows how
all of the umbrellas disappear.
If the good did not die young. they
might grow up to be as bad as the rest
of us.
There is one secret woman can
keep. 1t relates to her age.
Sometimes the angel that man mar
ries sprouts wings in a few weeks and
flies right home to her mother.
1t is very rare that congressman Is
obliged to pay excess baggage on his
conscience.
Perhaps it is because there is no
place like home that some men stay out
all night.
Any candidate advocating the free
coinage of pie should get all the votes
there are in Boston.
When man builds a flying machine,
his riches are the only thing that takes
wings.
You can trust grass widow to make
hay while the sun shines.
When man writes his own auto
biography his private secretary often
discovers for the first time that his
employer is great humorist.
Thirteen is often an unlucky number
by the girls father.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Circuit Court.

The April term opened Monday with
Judges Boyd and Henderson on the
bench.
The Court suggested inquisition into
causes of increase of corOners' expenses
and of municipal eXcesses in borrowing
money.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Makes \ Clean Sweep.

There's nothing like doing thing
thoroughly. OF all the Salves You ever
heard Of Bucklcn's Arnica Salve is the best
1t sweeps away and cures Burns, Sores,
Bruises Cuts, Boils, Ulcers. Skin Eruptions
and Piles. It's only y cents. and guaran-
tecl to give satisfaction by the q. f..
PEAErE DRUG Go.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
BrcViticS.

The Governor can't sign IA passed bill
without making it a law. If he We're
Mayor of FroStburg, however, according
to town Council, and especially town
tounsel, his signature would not be nee
cssary Great difference between opin-
cons of attorneys general!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Some Advance,

In justice to the Homecoming STIR os
Frostburg, 1t ought to he stated that 1t
appears to be i'll the milky way concern
ing the Electric Road franchise.
Hence, its break last week was the
worst thing that has happened since j.
j. Robinson lost his equilibrium in buy
ing the Homecoming Rerie~, lifting it
across the creek, and hoisting it high on
the poop-deck of the Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
On the Safe Side.

"WOuId it be safe to offer Congress.
man Blank 5000 for his vote?"
Il am afraid not. lie is so sensitive.
Better make it $1,000 and not take
chances"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Only the Rich Can Do Il.

That fellow must be rich or liar"
"Why do YOU think so?"
"He says he always pays his gas
bills in time to save the penalty"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Strange if True.

The fool killer had missed him;
A rusty gun he got;
OF course 1t wasn't loaded,
And so no one was shot.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

Marriage licenses have been granted
recently to the couples named below:
James....H Cassidy, of Mt. Savage, and
Ellen Mary Madden OF Cumberland.
Frank Rupp and Viola Richardson, both
of Frost burg
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Play or Work !

Il ion't sec why they call it playing
tIr races. There is no play about It."
What would you call it?'
Working the suckers"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

The best physic: Chamberlan's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. Easy to take; pleasant
in effect For sale by l.. PARKER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
TOWN IND VICINITY.


Fleet of the Orient IN battle array
Conqu' rer of darkness and herald of day,
Rich i'll thy splendor of purple and gold,
Gladly we hail thee again, as of old.
BringeSt thou to us new courage for fears,
Balm for our sorrows and smiles for our
tears?
Then. 0 thou Headship, that proudly dost
sail
Out from the midst of the splendor, all hail
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

Pie may be unhealthy, but some men
would consider it Il pleasant death to
pass away eating it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

1t is too bad that it is impossible to
shop.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

In union Of red liquor and water
there is somewhat diluted strength.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
Humor ano Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

opyrisht. 1903, by Hodges Co.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23
A Present Duty.

Subscribe for the JOURNAL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

While clothes do not make the man,
you never could prove this to be SO by
the tailor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-04-23

1t is quite mystery as to where all
the pins go, but every one knows how
all of the umbrellas disappear.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

Gus flavor will never be forgotten
AS l write, my imagination brings
back from the days of my youth all
this delicate flavor of the fruit, with
the enchanting remembrance of the
orchard, the trees, the blossoms and
the never-to- be-forgotten loads of this
ever attractive apple. The flavor we
might say was sweet, yet with some
acid, enough to not be called real
sweet app e, juicy, and very agree
able to many Fruit generally large.
1t will cook remarkably well, excel
lent for pies if sliced and good for
sauce if cooked in quarters, not re-
quiring much sugar. 1t is not, Of
course, such a choice cooking apple
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

to insure success But it is probably
true that no description explanation
or analysis will reveal the right place
to grow the Rome Beauty half SO
wei as a 10 or Is years experiment
with the soil. But where the tree and
fruit thrive no better or more profit
able apple is produced. An orchard
was observed in Southern Illinois
planted on an eastern slope, with gray
or chocolate-colored surface, hard pan
or gray soil, underlaid by yellow and
red clay, all we'll drained. The trees
were planted about 1860, and re-
NAMED thrifty and productive nearly
thirty years. About ten or twelve
trees were planted in peach orchard,
which, as is almost invariably the
case, did but little good until after
the peach trees had served their time
and were removed. Thorough cult.
walton and fertilization WE'RE then
given, the trees took a new lease OF
life and determined to do something,
so that when just 81 years of age they
produced in one year an average of
40 bushels per tree of hand-picked
apples, besides the windfalls.
Picking Time.-One fault with the
Rome Beauty is that if not picked
early it will drop badly, especially If
there has been a hot, dry summer. Ii
the summer has been reasonably cool,
with sufficient rain, and the fruit has
not ripened too early it may be
picked at the same time as most Will
ter varieties. 1t should, however, be
picked when it is full grown and well
colored, regardless of the season, and
placed in cold storage, where it fire.
quently proves to be an excellent
keeper. We know of crop being
sold in southern Illinois, consisting
chiefly of Rome Beauty and Ben Da-
Wis, which were shipped to Eastern
Ohio and there placed in storage. The
buyers reported that the Rome Beauty
kept better than the Ben Davis.
Favor-The flavor of the Rome
beauty is strictly it's own, hard to de-
scribe, yet when one becomes familiar
with it the rich, peculiar and delici-
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15
HORTICULTURAL NOTES
by f. WALDEN

other varieties. Top working is some
thing that every successful orchardist
must understand and practice.
=
Is there not danger of over produc-
ton in apples? 1t looks that way now.
But the effect of over production will
be to drive many people out of the
business and that will leave margin
of profit to the wide-awake-up-to-date
fruit grower.
There is undoubtedly a great in
crease in the consumption of fruit, but
that is not equal to the increased
production in the Pacific Northwest.
We must grow such varieties as can
be shipped long way profitably. An
other thing we can do to some extent,
and that is, to seek out new markets
across the Pacific ocean. There was
quite a good prospect for a large out
let for our fruit in the Orient, but the
war has changed that A country de-
vastated by war must recuperate be-
fore it will buy anything but the
necessaries and fruit is usually not
reckoned in that class. Should Japan
finally rule in Corea and Manchuria
then may we ultimately find a great
market for our apples there but not
in the near future.
We did thorough work in spraying
for the Goblin moth the past sum-
mer and the result is we have very
clean fruit. | have learned of one
g xxrhn
owner reports that three-fourths OF his
apples are wormy. This need not be-
If a man cannot or will not fight the
Goblin moth intelligently and persist
emily he would better quit the bust
ness of growing apples. The day has
gone by in this country when a man
can stick out young apple trees and
in a few years gather fine crops OF
clean fruit unless he knows how to
fight insect pests. And a man must
have the faculty of not only knowing
how this is done but he must possess
the added faculty of seeing that it
is done at the right time.
X
Last spring many of the farmers OF
the Yakima valley went wild on the
cantaloupe business. 1t did not take
a very wise man to predict what the
result would be. Many Of these far
mers did not make enough to pay for
their seed. The genus homo is easily
stampeded and the result is almost
always disastrous. 1t is well to keep
cool and look before you leap. The
man who continues right along rails
ing cants and gets good seed will
doubtless make some money. mer-
chant told me in Tacoma the other
day that he paid Richey and Gilbert
$1.15 per crate for this fruit when he
could get them laid down at his door
for 90 cents. He could depend on
the quality of their cants See?
The Rome Beauty AppIe-lts Origin.
Editor Rural World: In certain
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15
The Rome Beauty AppIe-lts Origin.

ne Kome Beauty Hpple-ItS OTi9iF.
Editor Rural World: In certain
parts of the states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, there
are probably few apples superior TO
the Rome Beauty. The tree is rather
a slow, yet upright and symmetrical
grower, it's limbs growing close to-
gether so that they should be properly
thinned out while small; removing
large limbs greatly Injuries the tree,
injuries from which the Rome Beauty
seems not able to recover. In its
graceful outlines of trunk, branch and
naturally well rounded head, there
is not a more attractive tree in the
orchard.
Location and SoI.-The selection
of locality, site and soil where both
tree and fruit will reach the proper
degree of excellence is one of the most
important considerations in growing
this choice apple. A soil rich i'll tree.
producing elements must be formed
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

four months on account OF a broken
arm. His right arm is yet on a
strike and this writing is done wholly
with the left hand 1t is to be hoped
that there is nothing sinister in his
motives or matter even il the writ
ing is done with the sinister Qeft)
hand. How words grow away from
their original meaning. With the an-
cient Romans the word sinister meant
the left hand or side while dexter de-
noted the right. But what man did
with his left hand was supposed to
be done cunningly, hence sinister now
is applied to tricks of cunning OIL
deception.
The writer has received many testi-
monials of sympathy in his aff1lctlon
with a goodly share of appreciation
for what he has been furnishing in
these columns Thanks, friends, but
I don't think that | care to break
another arm in order to find out who
are nv friends. If q man does his
work faithfully and well he will have
his friends. He will have enemies
also. A man who never stirs up some
bodys opposition don't amount to
much in this world. Touch some
mems selfish plans and they will kick
at you but their kicks may in many
cases be interpreted to be indirect
praise. Don't worry because some
body opposes you or fails to apprecl-
ate your work. After all the pest
thing that comes to man for faith
full work is his own sense OF approval.
X
Our experience in going through an
other fruit-growing season has 1u'-
nished us with some valuable 1nfor-
nation. With us this has been sue
cessful year so far as raising fruit is
concerned. Everything that we raise
has been abundant in yield. Our ap-
pies especially, have yielded enorm-
ously. At this writing we have picked
nearly 1000 boxes and are not one
third done We had to thin our apples
twice and yet in going through ou
orchard with a friend the other day L
felt ashamed to say that we had thin
ned at all when we viewed limbs bent
to the ground and in not a few cases
trees badly broken to pieces with
their loads of fruit. Whether the year
will be one of success so far as prohts
are concerned yet remains somewhat
problematical. Apples are low In
price and the markets in the north
west overstocked The Alaska trade
furnished a good outlet for summer.
fall and some winter apples. But when
it comes to the last what Alaska took
was as drop in the bucket. We are
now seeking an outlet in Montana
the Dakotas and Minnesota but 1t is
too early to say how successful this
may be. Chicago and even New York
are reaching out for our fancy apples
such as Spitzenburghs, Yellow New
tons and Jonathans. And here is
lesson we must learn. We must raise
more apples that we can ship across
the continent with profit. What are
we to do with our more common
sorts? We can top work them and
in a few years have our Ben Davis,
Mo. Pippin and Northern Spies VIII
be bearing these fancy apples that
sell so readily. The writer has made
more money in the past In raising
Ben Davis than with any other varl-
ETY.. but that day has gone by. |
shall put a good CRATER to work on
my Ben Davis next spring and trans
form their tops to Newtons, SpltZ'
Rome Beauties and Jonathan. L am
xxvs1I
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15
DAIRY FARM FOR LEASE

$50 acres, all under fence with a barn
56x92 feet, 20 feet to plate; running stream
of water; 80 mich COWS will be leased with
the farm for or years. The party leas-
ing will be required to base at least 25 cows
of his own to put the farm; also the
renter will have to erect farm house. and
remodel the barn to suit, which will be al
lowed on the rent. Apply to address:
ROBERT p. RIGNEY,
Lake View, Pierce County, Washington.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-10-15

other varieties. Top working is some
thing that every successful orchardist
must understand and practice.