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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

4 farmer, accompanied by several of
his hired men, went into the woods one
morning in the fall of the year to cut
down some trees. When about to be-
gin work it was discovered that the
cant hook had been left behind. Turn
ing to one Of the men, an lrishman not
very long over, the farmer instructed
him to drive back to the farm for the
missing tool. The Irishman did not
know what a cant hook looked like, but
was avcrSe to exposing his ignorance,
SO drove off on his errand, trusting to
cnlightcn him.
At tie barn, however, there was no
one to help him out Of his dilemma.
Casting his eyes about the place for
the thing which would be most likely
to bear the name of 'cant hook" he
saw mooley COW with never sign
of horn upon its head and concluded
it was that lie had been sent for.
Procuring a rope, he fastened the
COW to the rear end of his vehicle and
exultantly drove back to the woods.
"What in Sam Hill have you there"
shouted the farmer on seeing his mes
senger and the COW. II sent you for
cant hook to use in moving the logs.
What have you brought that COW for"
"Be jabers, boss, divil another thing
could | see around the barn that can't
hook but thisr'-Star of Hope.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

According to the recent decision of
the L. $. Supreme Court indica;iuG To
mergers that they cant merge tn" lesson
would seem to be thar mergers Shuuid be
careful if they cant be good. But this
made no difference to a board of county
commissioners who merged nearly all
the out-of Cumberland printing in two
LonacOning papers, one nOminally pub
liShed III f OStburg.
1t is said "the Russian army, > y
millions strong, is too big On" can
hardly credit that statement until, like
the easy county commissioners, he can
absorb the intimatlon that a LOnacOu-
ing paper can have more circulation
III Homecoming than tie town has
population.
Ihe new mayor of Midland was elected
l'y ajOrity, one ballot questionable.
Both candidates We're fortunate in the
fact that the Loua'ouing star remained
neutral, if not independents. Otherwise
there would be no drbatabI" majority.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
The Iutility of II.

"SavUyard" writes in the Washington
Post:
The House has ceased to be a drlibcraiivc
body. Ii is impossible for the House to
lr@isatc in the true meaning of tho word.
1t merely registers the decree of the Com
mittcc o! Rules which merely voices the
wish of the Speaker who merely G, hoes the
demands OF the White House.
Further on he says "nobody can even
propose an amendment
Yet the people Of All"gany county
must take about $1,000 ont Of their
pockets this year to send IA man there to
represent-not thcn, but the Adminis-
tration, whose agents are the Speaker
and "thr Committee on Rules
The arrangement, aside from some
humiliation imposed by his manacles, is
a good one for the man elected, but
wherein the interests of the pcopic are
helped cannot be seen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
NOVEL BOOM SCHEME.
Tow Citizens of Anderson, Ind, Will
Insseasc the Towns Size.

Inssease the Towns Size.
Anderson. the metropolis of middle
eastern Indiana. is forging to the front
with astonishing rapidity. Scarcely a
dozen years ago the town had but
1000 inhabitants. Now it has 30
coo, and if plans of the Anderson aSSO-
citation are successful the 10000 mark
will be reached in two years.
The citizens of Anderson are pro
Eressivc and optimistic. They have
faith in tie city and have been able TO
impress their belief on others.
Just now the slogan in Anderson is,
you push the button. and the mer-
chants will DO the rest" says the New
York Herald.
These buttons are not electrical but
they promise to have an electrical eff
feet on the city. The Anderson Mcr-
chants association is behind the novel
scheme.
Buttons have been made bearing the
inscription "Anderson 10000" and ev-
cry man, woman and child in the city
will probably lie wearing one of them
before month has passed. They sell
at 81 each ana are furnished by local
newspapers without cost to the aSSOci-
alton. An effort is being made to dis
pose of at least $4,000 buttons, from
which $4,000 will be realized. This
fund will be used in bringing new fac
tories to the city as well as in helping
those already established.
Already there are evidences of but
ton fever. Before they were on sale
orders came pouring in from all over
town. \ barber who has a little shop
on one of the side streets sent in an
order for ten buttons and accompanied
his order with $40 to pay for them.
We intend to push this thing until
it will be a disgrace for man to walk
the streets of Anderson without one of
these buttons," said Ralph Il. Clark,
secretary of the Merchants associa-
ton.
The LEGAL newspapers are members
of the association and are all working
in harmony, the one purpose being to
make Anderson the largest ard best
city in the gas belt.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

Huntington, y. Y, has an asSOcia
tion that is doing much to improve and
build up the town. 1t is called the
Huntington Horticultural and Agricul-
tural society, and among its members
are some of the wealthieSt and most
progressive residents of Huntington
and nearby villages. 1t was organized
solely.fo the purpose of Dettering the
local conditions. beautifying and i'm
proving the public highways and using
such influence as it possesses TO i'll
duce hOuseholders to care for their
places with an eye to beauty. The eff
feet of the society's work is already to
be seen, and its members hope for
great things in the future.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
"Batter Up"

NTTIIO cares who'll head the Demo-
EN cratic band?
w Who cares who'll be the coming
White House tenant?
We only know the seasons open, and
We know our club is going to win the
pcnudnt
Why, sure we will
At least until
Percentages are rcCkoned.
And it's "Wow. WOW!
And watch him now"'
And Shoot the ball to second!'
Who cares if Jap or Russian win their
(Unloss they use baseball instead Of cam
Our club will climb the steps which lead
to fame.
And never hint that they may slide the
bauistcr!
For on the day
That starts the play
lets all cavort in clover.
And it's Hi. vi!
Good eve! Good eye!"
And Make him put 'em over!'
Oh. literature and art may be divine,
But love of baseball is so much more
'1fs true the muses. were famous nine
But was the bunch American or Ma
tional?'
And could they play
Tho game today
And bat or stop hot liners?
For it's "Oh. oh!
You're slow! You're slow!
Go back and join the minors!'
Detroit News
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

There is more intimidation existing in
certain portion of this city campaign than
has ever been before in Cumberland. You
dare not say word or your business will be
inju njurcd.-tluecn City Conricr.
! That is the stage to which parisanship
has brought the town city and county.
II is terrorism.
And the worst is-it is the terrorism
of the many by the few.
Without reference whatever to party
last fall the JOURNAL singled out one
man to support for election on account
of his peculiar fitness to promote the
cause of public education i'll general and
/ the local State Normal School in particu-
/ lar, and
/ Without reference whatever to party,
but solely for the p"biic good, it singled
ont the good roads bill as the paramount
measure to pass, and the answer to its
work i'll these interests is
! a hoycott by the county commission
ers who awarded the JOURNAL the beg
gardly sum of $50 wor; h of work.
| This, Ly itself, would amount to little,
/ but they gave ii sum which may reach
/ between $500 and 81 ,000 to IA paper which
accepts it iii the name of party as re-
ward for oproSiHg good roads, oppoSiI,g Il
raise of teachers pay, and oppoSj"g the
/ pcrpctuity of the STATE Normal School at
FroStburg!
So intent seemed they un furnishing
! the JOURNAL and rewarding the St0r,
they gave the latter in one instance two
pay, Of $50 each for the same Job!
! Il the town Of froStburg the star has
i.rcn rr"0rird for its friendship for the
i,."";ric railroad and the JOURNAL
r""iSd"d FOR standing 10y the town and
the towns orjJiHdi rights.
Ia brief, TINS paper has been twice
given notice in the most emphatic man
rrr that it is not to advocate measures
o. public utility; that it is not to OK
CunrIlv the functions of Il free press, and
that commissioners and couucIlmcn re-
p"dja;e that paragraphs of the Bill of
Rights which enjoins the preservation
OF newspaper liberty. -
~, 2f this there will b1 'ng. but
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
Little Johnny Again,

Little Johnny was carefully study
ing dictionary, and his poor. tired,
ballhcaded Old pop had just begun
to be comfortable in an armchair, with
his cigar and evening newspaper,
when the young hopeful broke the
peace with:
Say, pop?"
well my SON"
The courthouse is the place where
prisoners are taken, isn't it?"
YES my SON."
well why don't they spell it
caught house. then?"
a short period of absolute silence
enSued.
"Johnny," said his father, "here it is
8 o'clock, and | have told you half
dozen times that sitting up late is bad
for little boys. Go to bed at once."-
New York Evening Telegram.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

The town of Gardner, Mass, is fol
lowing the example of other progress
I've municipalities in endeavOring to
break away from the antiquated sys-
TEN Of lighting residence streets with
arc electric lamps hung from twenty to
fifty feet above the street, says the
Municipal Journal and Engineer. The
yingle lamppOSt. not over ten feet high
und automatic In its action, is the ideal
lamp for street illumination. 1t not
only lights the sidewalk, but the road
as well. Besides, it is much more eco
nomlcal of the two systems, and there
are no ugly poles to disGgure the street
nor wires to endanger life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

Fact

Many people, especially those in the
mining region, are great for rcauin@, and
they will subscribe for most any paper that
gives dream books, novels, etc. for prcmi-
umS.-Quccn City Co"ricr.
Yet these are the "many people" ="
easily begged into taking GrH and Iona
coming Stor&, whom the county com
missioners have also been bamboozl"d
into believing should have the reading
Of thc,luws.
Law-abidin@ and all that the term
implies, these people care no moic fer
such literature than the commissioners
themselves care for Diapers "HIistuiy Of
the Intellectual Developments of Europe .
Hence, public money paid to papers
with begged circulation is worS" than
squandercd.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

Public interest in tree planting in
crcaScS rs Il result of the missionary
work done by civic organizations. In
formation supplied for taking care Of
and preserving trees has shown to
householdcrs and property owners how
they may invest little money in this
way and derive lasting benefits of sew
eral kinds. 1t is unnecessary to illus
trate these benefits. Every one who
has seen Il grove or Il tree, or Il tree
girt avenue, appreciates the advantages
which ARE obtainable by adding the
L.:au.iI-i Of nature TO the artificial
of the town. town without
dull and .s1Hl1 viting.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
BOUND TO GROW.
A Western Town Has nm Enterpr!s-
ing Improvement Society.

ing Improvement Society.
An entefprising village Improvement
association in a western town recently
sent out circular urging every citizen
in the community 10 take a hand in the
work of town bettermcnt. The follow
ing is taken from the circular:
Make some sort of start on your
lawn this spring and do your share
toward Identifying the town. If the
grass was poor last year plant some
seed, and while YOU are about it plan
to raise flowers and vines.
MANY of the back yards in this town
are Il disgrace to the community and
should lie Immediately looked after.
1t would take very little time to clean
them up. and if seeds were planted
they could be transformed into garden
spots.
IF your sidewalk needs repairing
now is the time to attend TO the mat
ter. From this time on we are all go
ing in for improvements, and poor side
walks must go.
This town is going to be the pret-
test in the county before the summer
is over viii YOU do your share to
make 1t So 1t will take very little
time to clean w your premises, and
you will hc surprised at what you can
do at small expense. Don't let your
neighbor get ahead of you in this mat
ter.
"Our streets are not as tidy and
clean as th,ry should be, and if we
want to be numbered among the en-
terprising towns we must see to them.
All can help in this work by refraining
from throwing rubbish on the pave
mcnts, and the children too, can rem
der valuable aid by picking up the
waste paper, sticks, etc"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

\ man who lies will just as soon lie he
core magistrate as any one clSc.-H.".
tb"rIc> +. JoncS, of Lonaconing
Without intending to "bu;t in on
Mr.. Jones dispute the JOURNAL must
corroborate generally the proposition
that IA constitutional liar Of amy trade or
profession is not a reSpcctcr Of persons,
nor does he discriminate between audi
tors. He will lie to a magistrate"
9liblv if the occasion be- ordinary, fierce
ly if he wants to gc5 something for
nothing.
Hence, people, III all cases pay no at
teniiun whatever 20 the voluntary or the
unnecessary affidavit.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
SIiNiI-LOCAL.
\ I.ODctuI Revival.

There seems to hc growing inclination
IN all parts of the country to restore whip
ping i'll the public schools-at least to an
extent sufficient to maintain rigid order.
The threat of cXpusion-it is scarcely ever
more than that-haS proved wholly in
effcctive.-LcwiS tIowa) SfondDd
Neither teacher nor school authori-
ties. however, should have the right or
power to cXpcl.
In other words, nobody III any posi-
ton should be cursed with the right or
power to deny education to any pupil.
For that is what actual expulsion
amounts to in the end.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

What is an editor?
THAT'S naSy

What is an editor?
That's easy.
He is a capitalist without money, IA
legislator without Il job, and judge
without bench. He constructs with
out hammer or saw, farms without a
plow, and mines without pick. He
runs IA blacksmith shop with printing
materials and deals ont the latest Amcri-
can language at s. year, cash preferred.
He is IA teacher, lawyer and preacher; !;
tells OF public duty and private ob!iga-
ton, sends ont lies to save the party,
truth to save souls, and, but for the
county commissioners, would get lost
himself
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
COUNTY.
Didn't Want to bA Amused

1t is reported that ii Conscientious re-
publican from Mt. Savage met Hon. j.
j. Stump, the other dav, and said
Look here, Stump. is it true HAT ;hc
Lonaconing S'"r is To bccomc the PARTY
as well as anti-U. NJ W. organ I'll In"
county:'
Now don't, Dam" responded 5juu,.
II caught cold III the upper part If ny
chest while i'll Annapolis and II hu'tr
me like sixty when | laugh
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
Wise Girl.

Edwin Gn the conservatory II All,
here's where we understudy THE Dol
ly Dialogues.'
mo; don't let's be clever. 1t Is ever
so much nicer to be just nice."-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
Fully Competent.

Co"DSeI-Do you understand the ma
ture Of an oath?
Fitness Sir?
Counsci-Do you understand the ma
tur" of an oath, | say:
Witness GmpresSively) Sir, l have
driven Il newspaper circulation fcb in
this city nigh on 70 forty year.-London
Pi"E- Nr-ip
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
"TwInkle, Twinkle" ="

'TwInkIe, Twinkle"
Twinkle, twinkle. little star
People wonder why you are
Featured on the hills 81 high
lou'yean angel that Is why
And probably the 'angel" was armed
with an affidavit which the counly con!-
missioners imagined was "th" real
thing out of court as well as III.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

I'm half dead with this cold"
THAT is why I'm wearing half
mourning"- York Evening Jour-
nal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

"When | grow up" said the little
boy, I'm going to be a great pitcher,
and people will come for miles to see
me play ball"
"When l grow up" replied the little
girl, Il am going to he n young lrsiy,
and | viii Thave lots of young men to
take me to the ball games and try TO
explain your pitching to me-"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21

Pcruna .......... g. cents
CastOria-Flctchcr'S ..... .... % cents
Hoods SarSaparilla ..... 90. - cents
SCOTS Emulsion large bottle. - cents
Best-Quality CREPE Paper Il bolt cents
Writing Paper-a box worth 25
cents ............. ......... 10 cents
Boiled Linsecd Oil-purc, gal
lon ..... ................. 80 cents
Roof Paint guaranteed by us to
stand-a gallon. .............. 81 .25
Rye Whiskey, > years old tull
pint mot three-quar;crs of IA
Many other articles, too numerous to
mention here
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-05-21
Pittsburg Division.

Pittsburg Division.
EASTBOUND.
No. 10. Express. arrives 20 "A. m.
No. 46. Express. arrives 600 =. M
No. Ii. Cumberland III. arrives 6:40 p. H.
No. y. Limited Express. arrives l042 p m
No. As. Mail. ............ arrives l2:2a =. hl'
No. g. Limited Express. arrives l2l7 p M
For leaving time see same Express numbers
eastbound on Main Line.
wEsTBoUND.
No. o. 9.ExpreSS. ......... leaves Loo a. M
No. II. Pittsburg Limited leaves 40 a. M
No. I3. .Connellsville Ii. leaves 40 a III.
No. AZ. Chicago Express leaves go II. NJ
No. 5. Chicago Limited leaves 300 =. m
No. 40. Mail ............. Leaves 0.lo l1 III
For arriving time see same Express num-
hers westbound on Main Line.
*Except Sunday. Ton and after June 70
No. 40 is a local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg, and No. Is from Pttsburg to Cum
berland.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. {. CLARkE,
G.. S. SIMS, Ticket Agent.
General Manager ID. B. MARTIN,
May 81 Manager Passenger Traffic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

When the business of ].
Hopp & Co., furniture dealers
and upholsterers, was establish
ed about twenty-seven years
ago one of the first articles de-
livered by the concern was
mattress. The firm is still max
ing mattresses and during the
past few weeks has moved this
department of its business into
clean, airy and freproof work
rooms-and old employees are
still making the mattresses.
Two of our mattress makers
have been making mattresses
for us for over twenty years
with the result that their ex-
perience in making ones that
will last has become very val
liable.
We make two grades of
hair mattresses, two kinds of
floss mattresses, moss, excel
sior, straw, and have them in
stock and can make them so
that thew will fit any bed.
Sometime ago we imported
the Patent Ostermoor Elastic
Felt Mattress. Over half of the
entire ---ipment has been sold
and all who have purchased
them are we'll satisfied.
Look over your mattresses.
If you need new ones we will
be pleased to figure with you.
]. HOpp s. 60
largest Furniture Store in the Islanc
Io53-Io5o Bishop St. Young Bldg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

considerable distance entirely in the
river gravel; finally the underlying
tuff began to appear on the floor of
the tunnel and simultaneously with
it's appearance there was a large in
crease in the flow of water. The river
gravel, being loose and porous, af-
forded favorable percolating med1-
UNI for all seepage water, while the
underlying floor, being impervious. to
water, prevented it's escape, SO we
have here a surface and an under
ground stream, one about twenty to
thirty feet above the other, both con-
slant and both flowing in the same
direction
Continuing the tunnel on a light
grade the floor deposit raised rapidly
until the tunnel was entirely in the
lower formation. AT this point all
development of water ceased and the
face of the tunnel was dry. BY sim
ply increasing the grade of the tun-
mel, until the roof was in the gravel
deposit and the floor in the lower de-
post, favorable conditions again OBJ
tanned. The two tunnels driven by
the writer in lac river gravel, the
Wailuku Plantation tunnel 1000 feet
and the H c. & s. Co.'S tunnel 1000
feet, produce a combined flow of about
2. 500. 900 gallons per "A hours The
flow is constant and not affected by
droughts.
Before describing any of the further
operations conducted by the writer
some space viii be taken up by dis
cussion of the
FORMATION OF VOLCANOES.
volcano is due to the accumula-
ton of material around the vent of
eruption, the lava, volcanic ash and
cinders building up around the central
cone. We therefore find the formation
in the vicinity of a crater occurring in
layers. having the appearance of strait
fcation, with the strata inclining
downward and outward from a common
center. This condition has an impor-
tant bearing in tracing the course of
PERCOLATING WATER.
Most of the lava is very porous. max
ing a favorable percolating medium
for the water that sinks into it from
the surface.
Occasionally a layer or stratum will
occur that is impervious to water. 1t
is these impervious layers that prevent
the underground water from sinking
Immediately TO sea level; the water
nercolates through the pervious mate
rial until its downward progress IS
checked by a layer or floor impervious
to water. This causes the water to
hack up and form a series OF under
ground storage basins. The water, I'M
.ar increased pressure then flows later
ally along this floor, and through the
super-imposed strata, gaining an outlet
along the lines of least resistance to It's
flow.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-22

is not technically correct, as strata,
geologically, are of sedimentary ORR
gin.)
For a practical illustration of the
foregoing a short description will be
given of the tunnellinig operations at
PoLIPoLI SPRING.
This spring is on the slope of Hale
akala above Kula, Maui, lying in a
Government reservatiorNof 600 acres, at
an elevation of 5000 feet
This is the only spring in Kula From
the top of Haleakala, over 10000 feet
high to the sea level, a distance of 10
miles, and from Makawao on the north
to U3upalakua on the south, a distance
of IL miles, this is the only living
spring. This spring is of the greatest
Importance to the arid region which it
dominates, and matters in connection