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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-07-13

The following officers elect of Frost.
burg City Lodge, No. 80, Knights of
Pythias, We're installed by Deputy Go.
John j. Foster Wednesday evening of
last week:
". Of W.-Andrew Boyd.
c. C.-James ID. Close
Y. C.-John w. Hendley.
" at acknowledgement Mallcn.
Preldte-Joseph W. Smith.
M.-Ct-E.-John T. Lewis.
M.-of-F.-John II. Dunstan.
Il. Of Il. and S.-John b. Rees
L. G-ThOmas Jones.
q. G.-Rees Harris
TruStee-John d. Close.
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Admission fees p and 10 cents to Mt Zion
Welsh Baptist Church Monday evening, 10Th
inst.-Rev T. F. Morgans lecture and st.
David's GIee Club
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Thursday, August |, 1907.

~ MI DDS must be signed by The bidders
with full names and and addresses. and en-
dorsed Proposals tor Grading and Paving
Maple Street
The Street Committee reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
All work must be done according to Plans
and Specifications which are now on file at
the Office of the Town Clerk
HENRY MAYER,
+. LAMMERT, Mayor.
Clerk. July l3-2tl
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Notice to Contractors

SEALED PROPOSALS for GRADING:
- aud PAVING Maple Street, between
Union and Mechanic Streets, will be received
by the Street Committee of Frostburg Md. at
the Office of the Town Clerk ON or BEFORE
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New Advertisements.
FOR THE -
House of Delegates

HEREBY announce myself a CANDI
L DATE for Nomination for One of the
Five Republican CANDIDATES. for the
HOUSE OF DELEGATES, subject to dccis-
ion of the Republican Primary.
respectfully solicit the support of all Re
publicans. JOHN J. STUMP,
July Il District No. -.
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For the week corresponding with next
in 1877 the paragraphs below comprise
in part items of occurrence then new:
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June - Il,
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Given Her Choica.

Little Harry's experience with death
was limited to the deceasc Of pct
canary which had been sent to taxi
dermfst and now adorned the parlor
mantel.
His grandmother. of whom he was
very fond. was taken suddenly III. For
some time after he learned of her con.
dition he sat in brown study. Then.
as If coming to a sudden resolution. lie
tiptoed into the sickroom and. eau
tfously approaching the bed. fxed his
serious big brown eyes upon his dear
relative and said. with a little culver
in his voice:
Say, grandma, IL you die. which
would you rather be-buried or stuff
ed? Cause If you're buried we can't
see you no more. but If you're stuffed
we can set you in the parlor.''
Grandma Immediately began to
mend.-London Scraps.
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Babes a. Bait.

"Wot do ye think" said the sailor.
"of usin' live babies for bait? We
done it in Ceylon.'
Babies for bait? Fishing for shark r
NO Crocodile. Baby bait is the
only thing for crocodile. and every
body uses it. Ye rent baby down
there for half Il dollar a day. OF
course" the sailor went on. "the thing
amt as cruel as it sounds. No harm
ever comes to the babies. or else. O.
course. their mothers wouldn't rept
'em. The kid is simply sot on the soft
mud bank of crocodile stream and
the hunter lays hid near him. sure
perfection. The crocodile is lazy. lie
basks iii the sun in midstream. Moth
in will draw him in to shore where We
can pot him. But set little fat naked
baby on the bank and the crocodile
soon rouses up. In lie comes. greedy
look in his dull eyes. and then We open
fire. have got as many as four croco-
dies with one baby in Il mornings
fishin'. Some Cingalese women wot
lives near good crocodile streams make
as much as 50 week reg'lar out O.
rentin' their babies for crocodile bait" !"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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my suggestion about the advisability
of getting some cash on the counter
You are very short, and you ought to
attend to il at once"
Two of the directors drew their
checks on other banks and sent them
out. although the signatures we've very
shaky. and then. quite at his ease. Mr..
Smith leaned up against the carved
mantelpiece. read the presidents note
refusing his request for an increase
and went on:
''When | got this note it set me to
thinking whether. as our relations
were a purely business affair.
couldn't do better than go on as had
been doing There was S2500OO in
convenient shape that could get my
hands on. might have skipped to
Canada with it, but | don't like the
climate. took the money away with
me and concealed it"-pausing for Il
moment and smiling down in their
eager faces-''in place known only to
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interviewing a Chinaman.

| remember one distinguished Chi
nese who gave the newspaper men
big surprise. We knew that he was a
high officer and that he had come to
this country OH Il mission of impor-
tance. but not one of lis dreamed of
getting from him more than per.
functory interview through one of his
interpreters. Through Il secretary we
conveyed to the big man our desire for
an interview. He talked with his Sec
retary in Chinese for few moments.
and then the secretary in halting Eng-
lish invited us to accompany him and
the chief to the officers suit We filed
in. dropped into the seats to which we
were bowed by the statesman and
waited for somebody to begin.
AS we hesitated a peculiar smile lit
the big mans face. Lying back in his
chair, he cooked one leg over the other,
lighted cigar and dropped bomb by
saying: "Fire away. boys: I'm ready.
But before you begin who won the
boat race?"-San Francisco Call.
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be thrust out, and Smith would be In
quired for. Then the face would be
withdrawn, and the directors would
fall to discussing whether. after all.
Smith hadn't taken their bond and Civ
en- them the slip. At the stroke of II
the door opened and Smith walked in.
He picked up the resolutions. read
them with approval. and. with a
'"Thank you, gentlemen; this is hand
some," he handed package to the
president, saying:
Here's your money"
Then he took his former stand by
the mantelpiece and watched their
eager faces while they bent over to
count it. A hundred crisp $1,000 bills.
then $4,000, some of it i'll small de-
nominations; $4,000 more yet and
then, to their amazement another hun
dred $1,000 bills.
"Why, it's all here. You've brought
it all back"
81 never meant to steal il" said Mr.
Smith coolly. 81 made you believe
were conducting your bank on the
wrong principle in keeping man on a
starvation salary with a fortune with
in his grasp. wanted to make you
understand that there is something
more in the relations between bank
and it's trusted employees than cold
business. | suppose you have no fur
ther use for me. am ready to turn
over my books as soon as you name
my successor He will find them all
right. Good day"
He walked back to his desk. Pretty
soon they called him in again. and the
president made little speech. He said
the lesson had been an unpleasant one.
but they were disposed to take it in
the spirit in which it was given. Per-
haps he was right.
They had no desire to punish him,
but-here he hesitated and stammered
a little--they were also unwilling-that
is to say they had nc desire--to keep a
financier Of his capacity in the humble
place in which he had hitherto been
employed. Therefore one Of their num-
Der, Mr. Wilkins, who was the agent Of
an insurance company at a salary of
$4,000 year. had decided to resign
that position and would have Mr..
Smith appointed his successor.
They had thought to keep the whole
matter Il profound secret. 1t was not
a good thing for the public to know
that is. not good for the bank and its
officials nor perhaps for John Smith.
But there We're too many in the ring,
and after the first dazed feeling of
CONSERVATION and resentment had
passed the humOr of the situation
grew more apparent Some of the di-
rectors had intimate friends: some of
them even confided business matters
to their wives. The president himself
under a ban Of strict secrecy related
the story to fellow clubman who was
president of another bank.
Rumors of it began to float out to
the public-not the whole story. but
enough of it to intimate that a man of
extraordinary business capacity had
been employed in the bank. so extraor-
dinary that even the president had
recognized it and helped him to posi-
ton Offering greater opportunities.
In time some of the rumors crossed
into another city and found the ear OF
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Has n Job WAITING.

II hear you're getting to he real
sport" veteran in that line remarked
to a youthful acquaintance Of the con.
servative sort recently married.
The young man repudiated any such
intention.
"Just placed little bet among the
boys in the Office, you know" he add.
ed. Put in $1.5O and won $40 IN
trifling pool"
"Well. that's good beginning. amy
how" said the veteran You'll grow
up after awhile. What did you do
with the $40-put 1t on the races or
open winey"
Bought ton of coal and Il set Of
false teeth for my wife," was the re-
ply.
When the veteran revived his young
friend had disappeared
Gee" he soliloquizcd. that's J; new
one in sport! II win tomorrow guess
I'll buy my mother-in-iaw IL new cork
leg and some darning cotton New
York Globe
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JOHN SMITH HANDED IN SLIP OF PAPER.
rectors' room-"telling us there is only
$9,647 80 available cash and suggesting
that we get some for the counter:"
ITS so,'' responded Smith. land
thought you ought to know it before
the money is all checked out The
bank oughtn't to have to close its
doors in the middle of the day"
But. according to your statement of
yesterday and your showing of today's
business. there ought to be s259.G!S,
Where is the quarter of million? We
were just discussing an investment Cor
it,
"I've invested it myself" respon.lss.
Smith coolly. ''in safe place -S250.tisf
of it. The other 20 cents | took fat
street car money. / took quarter
million away with me last evcnin.
"You what 2"
Il stole it. in plain English When
got this response to my note to s
president l-but really must ren.
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Matter of Fact.

A visitor from London found I'm a
cafe at Rotterdam Dutchman who
had been about bit and who spoke
English perfectly well.
This Dutchman was smoking a china
pipe Of remarkable size and beauty.
and the Londoner, an admirer and col
lector OF such bric-a-brac. took the lib
erty to comment upon it.
you could not stumble upon a pipe
like that every day." said the English
man.
The Dutchman took three or four
whiffs at the pipe and then slowly re-
moved 1t from his mouth.
Certainly not without breaking It,"
he said, gravely.-London Chronicle.
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THEY COUNTED TT.
the insurance president. He looked
over a few late entries in the COM
Smith was doing remarkable work for
them
Now, extraordinary men are scarce
in all kinds of business, so much so
that the insurance president soon went
down and personally interviewed his
agent. He found him quiet. self pos.
sessed man of good business capacity.
but not showing evidence of anything
unusual. But the power was there.
The president knew that from the
business being done, and, besides.
there were rumors in the air. Coming
from such sources, they stood for a
good deal. What he did not know
was that these same mysterious ru-
mors We're almost wholly responsible
for the ex-bank clerks sudden popu-
larity and patronage Given a clear
mind to grasp things. after all. it is
often opportunity that does all the rest
When the insurance president left John
Smith had been advanced to far
more responsible position. with cor
responding increase in salary. After
that his rise was rapid
Two years later the bank president
resigned, and the directors came to-
gether to elect his successor Oddly
enough, their thoughts went almost
unanimously to their former clerk His
honesty he'd been tried. and his busi-
ness foresight was Il matter of COM
mon talk the street. They offered
him the position, and he accepted.
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Are Metals Alive?

Metals have life sail Il inctaliur
gist frmly-''not much life. but Il lit
tie. And metals can be stimulated
depressed, poisoned.
Platinum wire. immersed in water
gives off an electric current that may
easily be measured. If you put hi.
carbonate of soda in the water. the
stimulated wire gives off stronger
current. Put in bromide of potassium.
and the depressed wire gives off Il
weaker current. Finally. put in oNalie
acid. and the poisoned wire gives off
no current at all. 1t win never again
give off any current. 1t is dead
Now. I leave it to you. If you can
depress metal, eShilarate it and
finally administer to 1t fatal do:e
of poison, have you not il right to say
that the metal has lifey'
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Soft and Liaht.

A lady famed for her skill In cook
ing was entertaining q number Of her
friends at tea. Everything on the ta-
BILE was much admired. but the excel.
lence Of the sponge cake was especial
ly the subject OF remark.
"Oh." exclaimed one Of the guests. 1T
Is so beautifully soft and light! Do tell
me where you got the reciper'
II am very glad" replied the hostess,
that you find 1t SO soft and light. /
made 1t out of my own ad."-Illus.
trated Bits.
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How 1t Affected Him.

Mrs. Myles-When are you coming to
call on us?
Mrs. Styles-Oh, really don't know!
But you said you'd come soon and
bring your husbandg
I know | did, and ! asked him last
night to come over, and he said he'd
Tx eto dream over 1t. and. do you know,
dear, he had an awful nightmare last
nightw Y0nkers Statesman.
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A Curious Tree.

In the village of Clynnog. Wales.
there is an old cottage. formerly q
country tavern, upon the roof of which
there is n full grown sycamore tree.
About fifty years ago a Seeding from
a neighboring churchyard. where other
sycamores are growing. found rest
ing place in the corner Of the wall
above slab OF stone over the entrance
to the building The young tree thriv-
ed for a time on the small quantity Of
soil collected in the corner Of the walls
and finally forced its roots downward
through the walls into the earth be-
low. From the outside no trace Of the
roots can be seen.
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;S = {. I. Z
Mis- eirS With
$l97 Starved
DIED FOR WANT OF FOOD with
Z MONEY IN His CLOTHING, {.
Il y, SAID He WAS POOR.

NEW YORK, Aptil Saying, he
vas too poo, toElpy food and with
sS1sIlins billsisewel II the! lining ofshis
coat AMI vest Thomas Barry, Of 1Os.
Bey CITY. died In lhe CITY Hospital
there Of starvation.
Barry was-t ,Eents.5ly years old,
and lived for many years at 100 Eric
street n what IS kno3ft'ds the Horse.
shoe section ofaJersgSaC City Though
he %as ecctnrig, Ills Ieighbors tooa
an Intense interest in him, 50 lhal
when ne was not. seen about the IL.
lice was ppt!deil lis: apartment wa.
broken Into and Panyawas toulJ.lSlH2
in bed in semi.consclous condition
He,was sent 10 The hospital, and after
food had bee! given 10 him he regain
Cd consciousness aml told Of his lack
OF The wllerewlthalt y buy The necfssi
Ties nf$lIte He5ai5o told the police
that he had a brother named John !,
Barry, who lived ia Bowdoiu street
Boston lie slid his brother was d
millionaire, and If communicated viii
would surely send enough money ID
p. -. . .sz - " . y j
buy tood,far'h!mselt tThomasl,
Barry was tenderly nursed by the
doctors. AMI for a limo Is was hoped
to save his itn4. but age and consul.
tuition sorely rackel by past self.dr
MATS, crflsed 10 respond 10 the treat
ment .; science
II vas then that the doctors. In MI
endeayol to ascertain the correctness
Of Barry's story about his brother IN
Boston. searched his clothing Tor
some ,elters or papers. There was a
peclllai stiffness Obout the coat aud
vest IL teit as II II was lined with
paper, and the paper had n rustic lc
II. 1t was paper, indel, for when The
doctors unstitched the lining they
found .. per money cr every denonlua
ton, from site $40 bills.
Som" Of these bills were worn AMI
very dizzy, and looked as though they
may have been In This place of con,
cchlmeni for many years. All were
sewrd with a 10 < stitch Of blac!,
bread. There were places that In
dicated that a bill had been torn on,
and another bill seaed In It's place.
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Utiie Duici Club.

Mrs. Charles Cavenaugh entertain.
ed the title Dutci Embroidery Club In
n most delightful manner last evening
ut her home on Market street. One
I. amusing feature of The occasion was
the serving of hard'boiled eggs. three
Of which contained a ring. ,hlmbIe
and coin, Miss l.eota Gaskins rcccly.
ed the lhimble, Miss Rcbecca Sum.
mers the ring, and Miss Edna Powell
the coin. The meeting was thorough
ly enjoyed by ALL Dainty refresh.
ments were served BY The hostess. The
next meeting will be held at The home
Of Misses Ethel and Rcbecca Sum.
mers on Market street.
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CA | ARR /.


foprore Internationally. and beyo nd any dot
lhit CAtarfh Of The NOSE and throat can DO curt
An iumiihinH patients through druggists. Irni
Tree Trial Boxes Of Dr.. Shops CatGsrh Gu
lido this because am so certain. that Dr.. Shool
CAtarrh Cure Will bring actual substantial bel
Nothing certainly. Is 30 convincing rs 4 phydo
lost Of any article Of real. genuine merit, Butth
article must possess true merit else The test vi
condemn. rather than advance It.. Dr.. Shnop
CatArth Cure ish snow white. healing Antiseph
balm. put up In beautiful nickel capped glass Jan
q Soc. Such soothing agents as oil Eurnlyptu
Thymol. Men,hol. etc. arc Incorporated into .
yelyety. Cream llkb Petroatum. imported By Dr..
ehoop from EUROPE. II cataTh Of the nose and
throat has extended 10 the stomach. then BY =
means alsouse Internally, Or. Shops RestHrativ
Stomach distress. a lack Of general styaags
bloatinE. bslchng, bil!onsnes', bad taste, .
Iufely cali for DR.. Shops Restorative.
For uncomplrAtqd cltarrh only OF the hosea
throat nothing sl,s. however. need b used !,
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YOU CAN
CURE RHEUMATISM AND KIDNEY
TROUBLE At HOME.

Whether or not II is due 10 The siren.
noas mode Of life that Americans lcad,
or whether 10 the climate, cannot be
said. bl It seems certain that more
people are afflicted each year with
some form Of rheumatism and Kid.
ncy and Bladder Troubles.
This is the time TO get busy. For
the benefit of our readers we give a
prescription recommended by one Of
Chlcago's leading specialists: Fluid
Extract Cascara Aromatic. one.half
ounce: Fluid Extract prickly Ash
Bark, one'hnlf rlrachm; Aromatic Elk.
ir, four ounces. Mix by shaking In a
bottle and take a ieaspoonfal after
each meal and at bedtime. This pre-.
scriP'loa can be secured at any good
drug store at a moderate price. In
addition It Is advisable to drink free.
ly Of pure water.
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\ number of friends md relatives
Of Mr.. F. l.. Travis gathered at the
First ward fire station last evening
to celebrate his 3Sth birthday ami.
versary. Though the guests we're In.
expected by Mr.. Travis, be was equal
10 the OCCASION and. assisted In max.
Ing the evening 4 very pleasant one
to all. lie received several beautiful
presents, The halcs If the crowd
served refreshments.
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A|slsTR \ !:
disqualification
.At'AR 2. THREAT TO ROSE.
CUTE AND OFFER TO BUY y
BOTS INEFFECTIVE.

I. NEW YORK April THE pablca:
lion Of tho Hartman. letter Involves a,
peculiar situation. II was only after,
Mr.. Hartman hsd trledio prevent It's
modification that lie admitted the aa.
4hentic!ty Of the epistie. A,.copy Of
the, letter came Into the possession Of
the Morning World: Hartman, charg.
os this letter5was furnished by q for
Hler empluye Of his oHlce named Hill.
.l He Insisted his COPY was about as
Imperfect and an inferior s;eaograph.
&c could set Il from Old notes. He
warned the newspaper against publish
ing the letter.
The Worlds account tells OF the
showing Of the Ietter 10 Nr. Hartman
By Worll reporter After walt in
The fpancter's Office the reporter was
4 ~ H ~ y " d.. H
ADMITTED to lIarrlmal's presence. lie
had previously sent In the letter. so
tha, The railway magnatae knew his
mission. IIdrriman's first words al.
most were That letter MIST not be
printed" "a
Didn't you write Il 10 Sir. web.
ster9"
Yes, ! wrote Il, but went further
than the copy you have there. You
only have part of It. You have ii
about rs !npcrfectIy as an inferior
stenographcr could get # from old
notes, Now. ! know that You got that
letter from a discharged employee or
mine. You're not the only ones that
have II He has been to others with
1t, and ! warn you not 10 print IT,
Mr.. Hartman declared later that
the discharged employc he referred TO
was namel HI. He said the letter.
If printed, wonId do 'lrremfable
harm"
MS going 10 react upon the per.
sons who printed it, and It's going TO
fail short of hitting the man its aim.
ed at. It's going to have a reactlonary
effect" said Hartman. He continu.
ell:
You know you are handling dan.
seroas matter. have had advice in
this matter and that letter Is my prop.
erty and under the penal code of this
State you are. committing an offensc
If yon print 1t. That letter is my
property and nobody else's."
/ Hartman appeared much perlnrbed.
To a secretary he said:
- want yon 10 get that man tlTill}
and bring him here In the morning,
II we've got to do It, we'll have him
arrested"
Sidney Webster, to whom the letter
was addressed, was at Newport yes.
tertay, but would neither affirm nor
deny the authenticity of the letter.
Although he is In poor health. he made
Il hurried visit 10 New York last night
after he had been asked for an ex.
preston regarding the letter. Mr..
Webster Is millionaire ami a weir
known authority on international law,
lie married Il sister Of Mrs. Stuyvcs.
ant Fish, whose husband was recent.
" onsted as president of the Illinois
Ceniinl by Hartman.
Before Mr.. Hartman had appeared
on the scene his representative. Mr..
M!llar, had said:
Really, now. It wouldn't do to prin,
that letter just at this time. Not with
the situation as II is. # would be I'm.
fortunate. 1t would be most damaging
to us. You wouldn't self It, would
yon?"
Yes. Mr.. Millar. you may have II
In the morning at one cent COPY"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-04-04

Mrs. j. W. Mcdonald entertained
the Thimblc Club in a delightful man.
ner in her apartments ut the Miners
Hospital yesterday afternoon. The
hours were pleasantly spent at noe.
die work. Choice refreshments were
served.