Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-04-01
BI1hNiticS.

The mann question Is no longer
"what is the difference between anthra-
cite and bituminouS coal p but what is
the ditferential between Clarified Bear
creek and Georges Creek coal: Answer
ID cents a ton against Georges Creek.
Frostburg readers of the Cumberland
Nf,rS' article, titled saloon Licenses, -
have noticed flor instance, John Doe
does not sell WhiSkev in Cumberland.
nor upon any county road leading
from Cumberland ito Mt Savage"
Hence, anyone who knows no more
about the county than J. j. Robinson
knows of State Normal Schools would
infer that no whiskey Is sold in Cumber
land nor even on any county road lead
ing out of Cumberland unless, possibly
"to Mt. Savage All this, too, i'll spite
of the facts that all kinds of whiskey
GnCludlng undcrholt and beer are not
only sold and drank in cumberland, but
the hest of each is mddf there-"Old
Braddock" and "Cumbcrland Brewing
Export.
Coal miners and operators in the CEN
trial hituminouS district of PENNSYLVANIA
failed to reach a wagescalc agreement
and as result $1,000 men may stop
work to-day. Very likely the coal
miners haven't been told that henevO-
lent Maryland corporation has endowed
them with transportation favor which
moves them IL cents a ton closer to the
seaboard than geography teStities.
Suppose Isaac Martin should ask j
j. Robinson what is the line of demar-
cation between hydraulic ram and a
Rocky Mountain aOudad and Robinson
couldn't answer it on the spur of the
L., ca
for his subscribers to tell him he Is not
competent to run IA newspaper for a
dollar that isn't worth 30 cents:
Attorney Gordon'S forecast of what
Frostburg'S organic law ought to he
reads well, and will work we'll until
-pUHY eXlgency requires change
injurious to the pHbljc welfare.
New telephones going i'll by the score
The real circus will arrive, howev, r.
when that first three months" period
expires.
The JOURNAL has Il pass emitting il
to the privilege of Quitting in on all
conversations, public or private" NJ
matter who or how many are talking
it is authorized to break i'll and, if pos
sible, turn the tide of dispute the Other
way. 1t has already broken up severa
joint debates ON what seemed to be the
paramount topic who shall be Baihtf:'
and diverted the discussion TOWARD
what shall we do to get this whole
town paved at this whole towns ex
pense:' The pass was issued by join
Chambers Walking Butter-In.
Next Tuesday will be election day il
Chicago also. In that town there is bu
one issue-"the absolute cessation of al
negotiations between the city of Chicago
and the traction companies having II
contemplation an extension of fran
chiScS." Moreover. the electric com
panics have SO abused their privilege
that thousands of people favor actua
municipal ownership. In Frostburg, OF
the other hand, the people seem to tax,
electric ownership of the town as
matter of course.
Read first paragraph of Thirty Year
Ago. Same old FrOSthurg.
Some States, among them Maryland
are i'll straits about accommodation fo
their insane. and one, Rhode Island
hasn't room enough for its idiots. o
these there are several hundred, no
counting town councilmen who Civ
away traction franchises for all eternity