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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24
Thirty YcnrS AGO.

For the week corresponding with next
in 1877 the paragraphs below comprise
i'll part items of occurrence then new:
William Brown, driver for the Maryland
NCoal Company, was badly hurt August %,
ES77.
William Stafford was hurt by fall of
coal III Jackson NINE August I'D.
Robert Matheney agent of the c. and p.
Il. at Homecoming, had a slight attack of
typhoid fever.
Big Vein mine running on tive-quarter
time, koontz full time.
Brigham Young, the noted Mormon apos-
tie died at Salt Lake City, Utah, Wednes-
day, August %, 1877.
Archbishop Bayley's health reported in
critical condition,
James T. Brady appointed registrar for
district No. TO- vice Peter Phillips, resigned.
A. T. Hamill was severely kicked by a
horse August 18th.
George Lemmert had his left leg broken
by fall of breast coal in Borden mine
Tuesday, August 18th.
George X. Walker contemplated resigning
office of deputy postmaster to take charge of
a store at Salisbury, Pa, to be established
by his brother-in-law, Johnson Collins.
Among those who attended a hop at the
residence of c. II. Hamill were Messrs. ID.
w, Sloan and Robert Mcdonald, of the
Cumberland bar.
J. w. S. Cochrane, principal of Public
School No. l, returned from his vacation,
spent on the Eastern Shore.
S. F. Bishop, of Eckhart, visited his rela-
tiyes and friends here after graduating in
July from Mt Union College, Ohio. He
contemplated entering the Methodist
ministry.
George H. Thompson was assigned to
principalship of the Boston mine school s;
- Charles A. Snyder to Eckhart; George NJ.
Perdew to Sand Spring, and Thomas q,
Mason to Allegany.
Two daughters of Johnson Collins left
September for school at Pittsburg, Pa, and
J. ii. HitChins and Robert Tiddy for Dick
inson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa.
Thursday, August 80, 1877, Miss Elizabeth
Race was married to Mr.. Josiah Porter by
Rev. J. Ruhl.
David Thomas, son of James B. Thomas
reported recovering from an illness OF
several weeks.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24
TO THE
Labor Organizations
Allegany County
CUMBERLAND. Mp. August - 1907

CUMBERLAND, Nh, August 10, 1907.
IN our fight for an Eight Hour State Law
i for Photographers Handling the Block
System, we had no more Loyal Supporter
than the Hon. JOHN J. STUMP, who is a
Candidate for Reformation and Re Elec-
ton to the House of Delegates.
All Labor Organizations, and particularly
RAILROAD Organizations, should show their
appreciation of his effective and valuable
services at the ballotb box
HIS help will be badly needed again at
Annapolis next winter if, as it is reported,
the Railroad Companies try to take from us
the Eight-Hour Law,
About the only way we can expect much
on this line is by Legislation, and we should
send the proper men there to attend to those
things for us.
The Primary Election is to be held Satur-
day, September :, next, and and Every
Voter should see to it that JOHN J. STUMP
is supported at The polls
Member Order Railroad Photographers,
Division No. 80,
Aug 2i-lt#, Certificate No. $50.
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Natural Gas is Here.

Saturday evening, August II, 1907, the
first natural-gas light in FrOstburg
shOne i'll front of the Natural Gas Sup
ply Companys store, Union street.
Several evenings during the week the
ID. ID. Price Company's store was bril-
liantly illuminated by over 20 lamps.
Thursday evening the stand pipe dis
play was made on Mt. Pleasant street
extended, hundreds of people witnessing
the shining spectacle.
At first the blaze was poor, finally GO
ing out, indicating stoppage on the
main line. Two messengers were sent
ont and somewhere near the base of
Grant street chute they found one of
the gates" had been turned. This
rectitied, the blaze was bright and beau
tiful.
1t is not generally remembered that
gas, as a practical illuminant, is lust 100
years old. On the 2Sth day of January,
1907, there was i'll London England. "a
new and singular spectacle. The whole
range of Pail Mall, from St. James to
Cockspur street was lighted up by
means of lamps fed with gas instead of
cotton and oil, and certainly in style
of much superior brllliancy."
This was the first instance of street
lighting by coal gas in London or any
other city, and its introduction was re.
garded with apprehension by many
people. Sir Walter Scott wrote that
there was mailman proposing to light
London with smoke. Awful conse-
quences We're predicted. The gas would
poison the air and blow up the inhabi-
tants; it was expensive, dangerous, of
fensive and unmanageable the pipes
conveying it would be hot and apt to
produce CONGREGATIONS. The lamp.
lighters to man opposed the new mode
of street lighting, and it is curious to
notice the great hesitation as to its pos
sibility expressed i'll contemporary scien-
titic and popular literature.
The popular wonder now is-how long
will the natural-gas supply continue?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24
TOWN AND VICINITY.
he Sick.

William Warn, of Pittsburg, Pa, i'll
of typhoid fever at the home of his
father in law, +. Jordan Wilderman,
was very i'll Thursday.
Lawrence Evans, son of Rev. j.
Lewis Evans, has suffered intensely
from an abscess affecting his left hand.
He is improving, however.
+. H. B. Prichard, candidate for
Judge of the Orphans Court. quite i'll
for two weeks, is getting better.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24

Read this issue fully, carefully, criti-
cally. 1t is a sparkler. And now is a
good time to subscribe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24
Two in One.

John j. Price, grocer, received con.
signment of melons a few days ago in
which he found two musks grown to-
gether. They are twins of the Siamese
cult.
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Clerk of the Circuit Court
- FOR THE -
House of Delegates

| HEREBY announce myself a CANDl
/ 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 l3* District No. -.
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County Commissioner

I HEREBY announce myself a Candi-
l. date for the Office of County Commits
sioner of Allegany County, subject to the
choice of Republican Voters at the next Pri-
mary Election.
JOHN G. MERRBACH,
June IL District No II.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24

the that have advanced from cents
a still the old prices and in
the price make this sale interesting AS special induce
Make and Line all Carpets yard FREE
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-08-24

No. Grade LINOLEUM An
exceptionally good offer Bright Patterns 2yards wide
Good grade OII-CLOTHS. Bright Patterns. l. IA, IL
arriving China 10 30 cents
Anne Frbo a
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positively Sale
long Excellent Pat
Positively value. this
in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
Induced the French to Walk.

The celebrated DR.. Tronchin, friend
of Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot,
whose biography has just been pub
lished, was the inventor of walking.
In France until his epoch (1709-
17S1) the leisured class never walked
either for health or recreation. Walk
ing was only practised by the Tiers
Etat; folks footed it from one place
to another simply because they pos
sessed neither coach nor sedan chair.
Dr.. Tronchin, an initiator in many
other respects, induced lies elegants
ct les elegantes," writes a historian,
to take what is now called a consti-
tutional.
To stroll abroad was named tron-
elmer, after the inventor, and for
their airings both sexes had special
costumes and shoes, the latter being
more especially necessary. The verb
%tronchiner. by the way, has not had
the fate of our Ito boycott" having
passed into disuse long ago.-West-
minister Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
Supplies For the ShipMrecked.

The catboat ran gayly before the
wind. The sea was alive with sun
shine. ~Shoreward, on the boardwalk,
the people walking looked no bigger
than dominoes.
mo, SIR" said the skipper, there
is not a desert island of the sea that
the Governments of the world haven't
stocked up with grub and clothes and
tools for the use of shipwrecked ma
riners.
There's timed soups, dried
meats, sealed cans Of rice and flour
and sugar, dried peas, beans, tobac-
co, knives, nails, matches, shovels,
buckets, hatchets, and so on-all a
shipwrecked mariner could need.
The Governments have done this
for a number Of years. The proven
der is hid in caVes or under rocks.
There's a book published giving the
exact location Of these caches and
most ships carry a copy of the work"
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
R%anresentine Standard Oil we're At.

Representing Standard Oil were At
torneys Merritt Starr, partner of John
R. Miller, the chief of counsel;
Chauncey w. Martyr and Robert w.
Steward. Mr.. Miller is in Europe.
Moritz Rosenthal is at Far Rockaway,
L. T., and Alfred D. Eddy Is on the
ocean bound for Europe.
District Attorney Edwin w. Sims,
with Special District Attorney James
W. Wilkerson and Assistant District
Attorney Harry A. Parkin, were on
hand for the Government. In the
room were a number Of attorneys, all
bent upon hearing the decision, which
it was evident they regarded as epoch
making. Also present were a mum
Der of Stock Exchange men, but
Judge Lands held the men Of money
in suspense for an hour and ten min
utes before gratifying their curiosity.
The indictments were based ON the
charges that the Alton gave rates tc
the Standard that were lower than
the published tariff. The period COW
cred by the indictment was from Sep.
TENDER, 1908, to March, 1905. The
defence maintained that the legal in
terstate rate was six cents, while 1t
was shown that the legal rate per
hundred pounds. to East st. Louis
was eighteen cents. The trial lasted
six weeks, three tons of documentary
evidence was submitted to the jury,
including more than $4,000 way bills,
shipping. orders, receipts and records.
The jury was sworn in March 5,
1907, and on April 13, after being
out two hours and ten minutes, the
jury returned a verdict Of guilty up
on 1852 counts.
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Raps in the Composing Room.

The editor Of the Concordia (Kan.)
paper has a wooden leg. He wrote
and printed this paragraph:
The town has been infested lately
with a bunch Of beggars. One young
fellow, big enough and strong
enough to hold a breaking pillow in a
patch Of hazel brush stubble, asked
for cash simply on the ground that
he was a deaf mute. What is to stop a
deaf mute from working and earning
his own living? Another young fell
low struck this Office for help and all
that was the matter with him was
that he had a leg cut off below the
knee-what is to stop him from
earning a living at a score of differ
emit honorable avocations? The boys
in the back end of this printing
shack always enjoy the fun when a
o]ne-legged beggar comes in the front
door to strike the Old man" for a
contribution.
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sTRANGLEs HER TWO BABES.
Insane Mother Murders Children Be-
hind Locked Doors.

Baltimore, Md went to Clifton
Park this morning and gathered some
beautiful leaves, for I knew they
would keep the mosquitoes away
from my babies while they slept. They
are asleep, you know, but IL an so
tired I want to die"
Smiling sadly Mrs. Christine Ne
nadal said this as she clutched the
bars of her cell with her toil-stained
hands. The unhappy woman, Joseph
Nenadal's wife, tWenty-six years old,
strangled their two little children in
their home. The mother, who has
been in a lunatic asylum three times,
again went mad suddenly; her hus-
bands grief has driven him almost
crazy.
, The Nenadals live at No. 1903
Carlisle place. The two children
were Mary, two years and Yarosalov,
ten months. The mother, seemingly
calm, went to Mrs. Victoria Vala and
said:
Come over and see the children.
I have dressed them and I am going
to take them out. They look so
VI GUY. 1uCS olC- oolSOPb ooS
leaves will keep the mosquitoes from
them" ...> .s'
II followed her." said Mrs. Vala,
wringing her hands and weeping over
the dreadful memory. MAY heaven
grant that I never see such q sight
again. w entered her house through
the back yard, and I saw as I
passed through the back yard the
dolly of which Mary was so fond
lying on the ground. Without say
ing another word Mrs. Nenadal ush-
cred me into the kitchen and then to
the dining room.
"On the dining oom table lay the
brother and sister. Around Mary's
neck was tightly knotted a stocking;
around the baby's neck a piece of
tape. Their mother gently scattered
the leaves over them and ran away"
After Mrs. Vala's fight the mad
Mrs. Nenadal locked all the doors.
Policeman Winter had to break in.
. Hush" she said to him. Don't
make so much noise. the children are
asleep. See how pretty they look" .
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
Early Days Of Famous Composer.

Signor Puccini, who has come to
London for change of air and scene,
told a representative of the Chron-
icle that when he was writing his
first opera, lie WILL" he lived for
months on credit at a little restau-
rant called the Aida, in a slum in
Milan.
my dinner usually consisteda of
Il piece Of badly cooked meat and a
cup of more or less sour wine. l can
still recall in the half ashamed man
ner in which I used to tell the
waiter to chalk up the bill, and then
| sneaked out Of the place because
I had no money for a tip. And l
can also recollect my humble dig
gings, where I tried to exist on the
few francs a week allowed me by
the government as a charity pension.
Two or three Of US lived together,
and we often had to pawn our UNI
brellas and overcoats and boots in
order to get a little ready money for
immediate requirements."- London
Chronicle.
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A SONG OF b 0

If nobody's noticed you, you must be
If nobody's sighted you, YOU must be tall;
If nobody's bowed 10 you, you must be
low;
If nobody's kissed you, you're ugly, we
know;
If nobody's envied You, you're a poor elf;
If nobody's lattederd you, hatter yourself:
If nobody's cheated you. you are a knave;
IL nobody's hated you. you are q slave;
If nobody;s called you a fool to your
face,
Somebody's wished for your back in its
place;
Of nobody's called you a "tyrant." or
Somebody thinks you of spiritlcss mould:
IL nobody knows of your faults but a
friend"
Nobody will miss them at the worlds end;
If nobody clines to your purse like n fawn,
Nobody1l run like a hound when it's gone;
If nobody's eaten his bread from your
store.
Nobody'n call YOU "a misery bore"
If nobody's slandcred you-here is our
Sign yourself NOBODY, cipher 'moug
men.
Leslie Lawrence, in Leslie's Weekly.
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weather. They could conveniently
use the holder shown here to good
advantage, as it can be readily at
tached to any style Of wagon or car
riage. The umbrella need not be OF
a special design, and can be adjusted
to protect the user against either the
sun or rain, as the case may be, the
hands, at the same time, being en-
tirely free. this holder is also a con
venient device to attach to a chair, as
the latter can be placed in the centre
of the garden, to protect the user
from the sun, who can still get the
benefit of any air that might be flow
lng.-Philadelphia Record.
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STANDARD DOESN'T cheaper OIL
Commissioner Smith Says It Pockets Profits on
It's Own Economies.

Washington, D. C.--Following
hard on the smashing blow delivered
to the Standard Oil Company by Fed
eral Judge Lands at Chicago, the
Government made public a crushing
array of figures gathered by Herbert
Knox Smith, the Commissioner or
Corporations. These figures show:
First, that the vast Rockefeller
monopoly since 1882 has paid out
1852, 600, 00O-more than half a bill
lion-in dividends, all the time piling
up, in addition, a surplus which as
long ago as 1896 had aggregated
nearly s80,O00,0O0 and has since
grown to unknown proportions.
Second, that the oft-repeated boast
of the Standard, that it had reduced
the price of oil and thus had been
of benefit to the consumer, is false
now and always has been false.
While the dividends from 1882 to
1906 were S552.000,000 the net
earnings, the commissioner says, were
much more; at least, S790,00O,O00
These enormous profits were based on
an investment worth at the time OF
it's original acquisition not over S75,-
600, 900, and not over $147,OOO,00O
in 1896. From 1903 to 1905 the
average net yearly earnings were
about sixty-eight per cent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
EDEN OF CHICAGO
Continuation of Mems Repid Pace
Will Leave Only Women.
Male Residents Dying at Rate of Five
For Every Two Females, Says
: Health Report.

Chicago.-The strenuous life is
killing the men Of Chicago at a ire
mendous rate, while the women Of
the city are increasing their longev-
ity by the simple life. In the weekly
official health bulletin just issued
Health Commissioner Evans declares
that a few centuries will see Chicago
an Adamless Eden.
DR.. Evans draws his conclusions
from the death rate in Chicago for
twenty years, and particularly in the
last seven months, when five mem
bers of the stronger sex died for ev-
cry two Of the fairer.
DR.. Evans makes the startling
statement that during the seven
months of 1907 in Chicago about 49,
900 men succumbed, as compared to
5000 women.
He says that in the last year the
ratio of difference in the death rate
between men and women has been
thirty, against less than ten per cent.
twenty years ago. -
The cause for this is attributed bye
the physician to the strenuous life.
Contributory causes are the quick
lunch, constant exposure and care
lessness.
1.-THE men," he says, "are living at
a rate that is thirty per cent, faster
than that of the women. They work
harder. They take less are Of them
selves than Of their wives and daugh-
tiers. They court danger. They dis
sipate more. They exhibit a careless
ness begotten of familiarity with dan
GER"
The remedy, according to an emi-
nent physician, lies in the return to
the simple life of our fathers" o.,
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Money to U. S. Treasury.

Washington, D. C.-If the decision
rendered by Judge Lands in the
United States Court at Chicago is sus-
tanned the Standard Oil Company will
be called upon to pay directly into
the United States Treasury $~29,24O,-
900. .
The fine must be RENTED in n
payment, and there are no legal pro-
visions by which the oil company can
be allowed an extension Of time in the
payment of this immense sum except
by stay of execution by the court,
which Judge Lands has granted on
sixty days.
Usually fines are paid into the
court which assesses them. But in
this case the Controller of the Treas
ury has ruled that the defendant
should pay it's fines directly into the
United States Treasury.
Beginning at once the Government
will charge interest upon the fines. IT
the Ease should drag along through
the Court of Appeals and up to the
Supreme Court almost $4,000 600
will be added to the amount to be
paid by the Standard if the Govern
ment wins it's case.
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Steamboat Inspection Service.

In 1905 fiscal year, according to
the annual report Of United States
Supervising Inspector-General Uhler,
with a total of 100000 900 passen-
gers carried on waters coming under
the United States steamboat inspec-
ton service, only n life was lost
out Of every 2,390,438. In 1906 ifs
al year, owing to the stranding of
the steamer Valentia on Vancouver
island with a loss Of 121 lives, and
The unprecedented number of casual
lies on Lake Superior that year, the
loss of life was increased to n out
If every 100000 people carried.
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GIVE UP.
Threat Of Extra Session Of Virginia
LEGISLATURE the Reason.

Richmond, Va.-The railroads
operating in Virginia, under threat
Of an extra session; Of the Legislature
for the purpose OF so amending the
constitution as to put the two-cent
passenger rate recently promulgated
by the State Corporation Commission
into effect, have surrendered to the
will of the people. The rate will
probably go into effect within the
next thirty days, although all the de-
tails have not yet been settled be-
tween the representatives OF the State
and the attorneys for the railroads.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
TROLLEY KILLS THREE WOMEN
Man With Family Party Did Not See
the Electric Car.

Jackson, Mich.-R. Adelbert Oil
yer, q prominent business man of this
city, took mis- wife, his daughter
Berenice, Mrs. divers mother, Mrs.
Emily Pulver, and their guest, Mrs.
Levi Palmer, automobiling. At SUIT
tons Corner, three miles from Jack
son, their automobile was struck by
an electric car.
A house and some trees hid the
approaching car.
Mrs. Pulver and Miss Oliver were
killed instantly, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
and Mrs. Palmer were taken aboard
the electric car and brought to this
city, but Mrs. Palmer died before
they reached the hospital.
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This May Not BE True,

somebody told the Warsaw Times
that a certain young lady of Warsaw,
while hurriedly dressing to take a
ride with her steady, by mistake used
white canvas shoe cleaner for rouge,
and o her face squeaks every time
she smiles.-kansas City Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
Girl Murdered.

Abe Gordon, a travelling salesman
of Dayton, Ohio, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded and his COM
panion, Anna Markowitz, assaulted
and choked to death, neal the Sol
diers' Home, west of the city. The
murderer escaped and nc arrests have
been made.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-08-28
Women i'm the DAYS News.

Mrs. Margaret Carpenter cele-
brated her one hundred and first
birthday at her home in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Patton Fleming, a native OF
Dundee, has been recently elected a
member OF the British Royal Astro-
nomical Society.
Mrs. Lucinda NJ. Morton, eisht-two
years old, widow Of Oliver l.. Norton
Indiana's war Governor, died at her
home in Indianapolis.
In France many farms are run en-
tirely by women, and very successful
they are, too. Dairymaids are every
where. to be seen in Great Britain.
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Fountain Brush.

Automobiles, carriage and wagon
drivers will be interested in the de-
vice for cleaning vehicles shown here.
1t is a combined cleaning brush and
nozzle, the invention Of a Kansas
man. 1t is Of the fountain brush
type, comprising a tubular handle, on
one end of which is a circular brush.
Within the brush are numerous per-
forations, the opposite end having a
threaded connection to fit the ordi-
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President Hears of the Sentence.

Oyster Bay, N. Y.-President
Roosevelt received the news that
Judge Lands, in the United States
District Court in Chicago, had de-
cided against the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana and had imposed
fines aggregating s29,240,000, with
great interest. The President had
no comment to make on the decision.