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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Chicago has many affuent walters
and very naturally a corresponding
number of impoverished diners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

The g. o. p. made frantic provision
against possible stringency next fall,
when great crops are to be moved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

The reconstruction of the Coal Barons
is progressing, and that grip on the
tailend position may yet be left behind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
Gold Still Going Out

In the first five months of the pres
ent calandar year $40,O00,000 of gold
has been exported. How this compares
with Other recent movements is shown
in this table covering the first five
month"; in each of the years men,
tionod.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

James Schoolcraft Sherman hopes to
be New Yorks ninth vice-president of
the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

NOTHING DOING.
I thought he was my friend;
said, "Old fellow, lend
Me five until pay day."
He wore a pleasant smile,
He did, but all the while,
Kept walking on his way.
AN IDLE YAWP.
Some days,
Gosh ding,
1 want
To sing
A sweet
Refrain,
But all in
In vain.
I'm quite
Obtuse,
That's one
Excuse.
My head
Is thick,
My heart
Is sick,
The world
Seems drear,
l lack
The cheer
Bards need
To write
OF loves
Delight
And MOON
Beams pale
Along
The vale
OF dreams.
Oh, fudgel
Sweet muse,
Please nudge
Ne to
The task.
IT'S all
I ask.
No word
From her.
She will
Not stir
Now, shall
I quit?
Oh, not
A bit!
When days
Like this
Roll round,
You wis,
I lay
Aside
All thoughts
OF pride
And with
A grin
Contrive
To spin
A thin
One out
That's just
About
The linn
1t, yet
Fills up,
You bet!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Cincinnati is SO greedy it wants a
presidential nominee and a baseball
pennant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Governor Clinton had to wait long
time to get his final funeral, but 1t
came in fine style at last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Mae Wood, alas, is no nearer the
ideal than the Hon. Tom Platt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
HARD TO BALANCE.

"She seems to be a level-headed girl"
She has to be. Look at the size of her
hatr'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
WHAT THEY DO.

I'm Japan Madame Butterfly prays to
Binzuru when her tooth aches"
lover here Miss Merrywid hopes the
dentist is out"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Oyster Bay is preparing to play Its
final act before the curtain falls on it
forever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

The Wright aeroplane has wings and
a tail, but no warbling throat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
CLOSE CONNECTION.

at don't think much of this death-bed
repentance"
Mop
1T is too much like trying to beat
your way into heaven on pass
PRUDENT.
I speak it true,
I've never yet
Had aught to do
With a suffragette.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Aeroplanes may be desirable, but it
is safer to leave their management to
others.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Even 5uncomDe county, North Caro-
Even Buncombe county, North Caro-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Gcience is after all a lap or two be-
hind Jules Verne
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

The m. W. hat has a rival, the Char
lotte Corday. :. killing creation rightly
named.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03
WILL THEY?

WILL THEY?
This is June, the month of roses.
Flower lanes and perfumed closes,
But the couples blithely wedding
Will soon find it darned, tough shedding.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

Monitors stand gunfire excellently
even if they have gone out of fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

No monitor succumbs in Hampton
Roads.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

NOTHING DOING.
l thought he was my friend;
l said, "Old fellow, lend
Me five until pay day."
He wore a pleasant smile,
He did, but all the while,
Kept walking on his way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

LII AZ
Hetty Green continues to unlock
money She has taken a cottage at
Newport, and pretty soon We will all
have our per capita share of currency,
sS5.25.
The new coins bearing the restored
motto, IN God We Trust" have al
ready reached the White House, where
they are legal tender still.
Evelyn's $1,000 monthly allowance
lasts as long as she is good, but she
knows no doubt how to be careful,
which is middle ground.
Oklahoma forgot to put a nine-foot
sheet clause in her advanced and pro-
gressiye constitution, and so she had
to adopt a mere statute.
Congressman simply finished their
rest cure and now they are going home
to repair fences which as a rule are
sadly out of joint.
The reconstruction of the Coal Barons
is progressing, and that grip on the
tailend position may yet be left behind.
The g. o. p. made frantic provision
against a possible stringency next fall,
when great crops are to be moved.
Chicago has many aff1uent walters
and very naturally a corresponding
number of impoverished diners.
The June wedding has the right of
way, the spotlight and any other old
thing that is near at hand.
Congress sidestepped every public
measure that would cut off a single
campaign subscription.
James Schoolcraft Sherman hopes to
be New York's ninth vice-president of
the United States.
Cincinnati is so greedy it wants a
presidential nominee and a baseball
pennant.
--.s.-----
Oyster Bay is preparing to play Its
final act before the curtain falls on it
forever.
Aeroplanes may be desirable, but it
is safer to leave their management to
others.
The m. W. hat has a rival, the Char
lotte Corday. - killing creation rightly
named.
Monitors stand gunfire excellently
even if they have gone out of fashion.
Even buncomDe county, North Caro-
Even Buncombe county, North Caro-
The Wright aeroplane has wings and
a tail, but no warbling throat.
Mae Wood, alas, is no nearer the
ideal than the Hon. Tom Platt.
Gcience is after all lap or two be-
hind Jules Verne.
No monitor succumbs in Hampton
Roads
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-06-03

MY son, If you never find out what
that is you will not be any worse off
than your father"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Funny Time in Prospect.

Tuesday evening, next, at s O'Clock
Henry Habitat Engle will appear on the
second story balcony of Hotel Gladstone
and proceed to make an address of Is
minutes. an obligation incurred i'll "a
wager with Walter Stucco Burton. Mr..
Engle is a democrat, and his topic will
be THE Rise and Fall of Roosevelt
Prosperity. If He Set it to Rise and it
Rose, Why Did He Let it Fall: Hey?'
Mr. Burton will introduce Engle and
tell the people why he agrees at the last
moment to let them know why Engle is
who. Silas w. Duggan will stand by
and sustain Engle in all he says and
does, and be responsible also for all that
Engle forgets. Frank MILESTONE will
borrow Edward Wilson S stem-striking
watch and call Engle down soon as the
time. piece sounds the minute for lunch.
The Pocahontas Bugle Bone from Net
Band cannot be engaged for the occa-
sion, owing to Mr.. Pink Whiskers' fear
that he will not be well enough to go
out in the open air after attending the 4
o'clock dinner to be rendered at Moran
town by Col. Whoop Kotfkutter to the
Eckhart Philosopher. Daniel Powell
says, however, that Owen Corporate
Price told him that Col. Thomas G..
Dillon declared that, with Engle on the
platform, no music will be needed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
GENERAL.
Waste of American Coal.

Former Representative Richard War
ner, of Tennessee, reputed to be one of
the best-informed men in the South on
the natural resources of that section re-
Gently said in Washington
know the Appalachian coal region from
end to end, and really wish the country
could understand, as well as do, that by
the end of the Twentieth Century that field
will be exhausted; from the anthracite of
Pennsylvania to the deposits of Alabama it
will be gone unless something is done to
stop the excessive use of coal.
Why, to-day we are supplying the coal to
the navies of the world. 1t ought to be
stopped. Exports of coal should not be al
lowed We are fairly in sight of the time
when we will be without coal, and there
will be no place then from which to draw
what we will need.
We need legislation to regulate mining
and make sure that there shall be less waste
in its processes. Then the export of coal
should be forbidden. Everything possible
should be done to encourage development of
engines which should extract the hartman
of heat and power from the coal. This
country without coal would suddenly be one
of the poorest instead of the richest in the
world and that is the condition we will
face in three generations unless we take
account of stock soon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Length and Longevity.

"A dlspatcn from Mcheesport, IA, re-
ports
The saloon-keepers here are smiling, for
the city's water supply, as well as that of
surrounding towns is filled with red worms
half an inch long. The water is absolutely
polluted with worms, which live SIX hours
after reaching the light.
McKeesport has a daily newspaper,
yet notice what it permits in the way of
water filters that do not fit.
a halfinch worm in the Frostburg
water supply, although menaced by
"Arnold's field" and somebody's slaugh-
ter-house. is an unlikely development,
even with daily paper ''in our midst y
But-back to McKeesport, there ought
to be somebody over there to reduce the
length of those worms to a quarter-inch,
so as to cut their longevity down to three
hours. On the other hand, just think
of it-a half-inch worm six hours; an
inch-and- "a half or two-inch worm
eighteen or twenty four hours
Now suppose daily paper, under
same auspices, had to come out every
eighteen, twelve, or six hours, how long
would it live latter reaching the light %
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
a Bunch of KeyS.

Hoyt's justly famous musical comedy,
"a Bunch of Keys" enters upon this
seasons fun campaign with not only the
proudest record, but with the best pos
sible material to back it's laugh provok-
ing purposes While the mainstay of
its amusing incidents has been allowed
to remain intact, the general outline of
its splendid entertainment qualities has
been subjected to more than generous
infusion of delightfully."- charming popu-
lar song creations, and i'll order to still
further impress its worth, a cast has
been selected such as cannot fail to real
ize all of the authors ideas of what is
required to furnish an evening of genu-
inc enjoyment. "a Bunch of Keys" in
brand new polish will be the special
attraction at the Frostburg Opera House
next Wednesday night, the 18th, and
ought surely to command deserved
attention
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Died.

Saturday night, midnight, October 81,
1908, in Western Maryland hospital,
Cumberland, Mr. Anderson Hixon, in
the 10Th year of his age. Mr.. Hixon
was most exemplary citizen, long
known here as an intimate business
friend of the late Messrs. Owen and
Adam E. Hitchins. In his palmy days
he was a travelling man, but latterly he
had been "A prominent figure i'll cement
manufacture at Pinto, this county. One
son and grandson survive. Interment
in Philadelphia, Pa.
At his home in Cumberland Sunday,
November /, 1908, Mr.. Harry f. Metz
ger, aged 3S years, after a protracted i'll
ness of tuberculosis. He was the eldest
son of j. S. Metzger, town clerk of this
place, and much of his boyhoOd life was
spent here. For 10 years he had been a
book keeper in the service of the Citi-
zens National Bank, Cumberland, and
enjoyed the confidence of his employers
and esteem of his fellOw-wOrkers. His
untimely death bereaves wife and an
infant son, and is a distressing blow to
his father, one sister and several broth
ers. Funeral and interment Tuesday in
Cumberland.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07

Kind friends, have you heard of the
town of No-Good, on the banks of river
Slow, where the Some Time-or Other
perfumes the air, and the soft Go-Easies
grow?
1t lies in the quaint valley of What's
the Use-in county of Let Her-Slide; it
is the home of the reckless LION t-Care,
where the Giye-It-Ups abide.
The town is quite as old as the human
race, and grows with the flight of years !;
it is wrapped in the fog of the idler's
dreams; its dreary streets are paved
with discarded schemes, and sprinkled
with useless tears.
The people of that town live an aim
less life, with never purpose high; and
in its lazy, drowsy, INDECENT air, high
ambitions quickly die; it's a charming
old place for the Ne'er-Do Wells, but it
isn't for you or |.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Hartman Bet on the Wrong Bill.

Friday, October Both, the following
paper was executed:
| the undersigned, do hereby agree if Will
liam II. Taft is elected President of t. S. of
A., to wheel Mr.. Oliver B. Wittig to Cum
berEind, Md. in wheel barrow, buy his
supper and pay his fare back to Frostburg.
ALLAN HARTMAN.
Accordingly at 3 o'clock, sharp,
Thursday afternoon Mr.. Wittig mounted
the wheel barrow Mr.. Hartman "hitched
up and the vehicle went whizzing
clown the pike" occasioning much
amusement Arrived at Bnwe1y within
2 minutes; at Eckhart, after much hard
work, within % minutes. After slight
accident at Eckhart crossing, losing 10
minutes, travel was resumed, reaching
Clarysville at 3:43. Refreshments. Six
Mile House 4:05 p. III. Rest. Lunch.
Repairs. Allegany Grove reached with
a wounded wheel barrow. Delay of
half hour New wheel barrow obtained,
journey resumed. At Narrows' Park
Mr.. Hartman incurred injury to ankle,
forcing completion of trip by electric
car. At Cumberland 1000 minutes
before agreed time. Final supper. Re
turned to Frostburg on 9 p. N. car.
Owing to his injury, Mr.. Hartman will
rest a few days.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
The Great Paper


Read the last item of Thirty Years
Ago. Same condition, same gentle
call now.
Some smart AleXander-the JOURNAL
didn't hear his name, asked sarcastical-
ly, what is the matter with the JOUR
NAL? 1t has been wanting Broadway
paved for at least two years, and now
that it has been gratitied, it is still kick
ing" and so on. The complainant
probably can't read, doesn't understand
what he reads, or wants to be unfair.
Two dailies are in Frostburg's jour
nalistic e-yard-becauSe they were
not needed. Why not? They met no
business exigency, nor filled any bust
ness want. They We're too close to
Cumberland, even when that city was
hours away. Now that it is only hour
away, there is just 6 times less demand
for it. For these and other reasons the
people do not want nor imagine they
want a daily newspaper, especially one
that has undoubtedly got to beg its way
to living that, at best, will be poor
one-so poor that those willing to work
for it are nobodies-in or out of the
newspaper business.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
TOWN AND VICINITY.
"Tbe Doy-Makers" Coming.

"The TOy-Makers' Coming
There is hardly anyone throughout
the country who hasn't at least heard OF
the best New England story ever
written, Quincy Adam Sawyer by
Charles FELTON, Pidgin, Chief of the
Massachusetts, Bureau of Statistics, and
now Mr.. Pidgin has come forward with
another book, which he is calling 1.-The
Toy Makers" and from which has been
made an exceedingly bright and inter
esting musical comedy.
This, like the book entitled The
Toy-Makers," will soon be an attraction
at the Frostburg Opera House. and from
all advance information, amusement
seekers i'll this town would do well to
see it.
The date of the production of The
Toy Makers is Friday, December Is,
1908, and it will be given for one night
only.
The production is given by The Jol-
lties,' that famous company of merry
makers, coined ans, condolences, sing
erS and dancers.
The story is fantastic little bit of
nonsense, telling the complications arts
ing from the invention by John Senior
Stubs" of a mechanical doll. brought
to life by the aid of electricity. 1t Is
easy to imagine amusing situations
which develop from such combination
of circumstances.
OF music there is plenty-twenty six
numbers in all which have been written
by Charles d. Blake and John A. Ben
nett.
The JollitieS" carry all their own
scenery, representing an old English
toy-shop, and the customs are both rich
and artistic in design. There is 13O
minutes of clean entertainment, and it
would be difficult to devise a better way
to spend an evening.
incidentally, as preparation for the
coming of this delightful musical play
it might be we'll for intending patrons
to get Mr.. Pidgin's book, The Toy
Makers
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07

In recent issue of the New York
ITorld, evening edition, Roy L. McCar-
dell, of the staff, got off an illustrated
joke in which his father, Capt. I. F.
McCardell, of the Cumberland Times,
figured. The victim was a strong Taft
man-first, last and all the time, but it
turned out, under the Captains prob
ing, that he had '.forgot 10 regjSter!"
Roy was press guest of the New
York vice hunters who celebrated with
an evening dinner the resignation of
their president, Rev. c. H. Parkhurst,
and sit was nearly midnight before the
first laugh was landed" There was
sherry in soup" said Roy; "brandy in
the radishes, and the cherries were the
strongest drinks | ever ate"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Religious.

At the First English Baptist church,
Rev Edw. G. Allard, pastor, tomorrow
Sunday services at 1912 a. IN. and ~
p. M. Sunday school 9la a III.
At st. Johns Episcopal Church. Rev.
+. NJ G. Bedell rector, tomorrow (2lst
Sunday after Trinity ~ a. III. Holy
Communion; 1917 a. III. morning prayer
and sermon; 2l3 p. m. Sunday school ;
~ p. m. evening prayer and sermon.
At the German Evangelical Zion
Church, Rev. G. f. Fleck, pastor, to-
morrow Sunday 10la a. IN. sermon in
German; , p. m. Sundayschool; ~ p.
N. sermon in English.
At the Congregational Church, Rev.
j. Lewis Evans, pastor, tomorrow
Sunday 1917 a. III. sermon-''Peace
That Comes Through Justification by
Faith" 2 p. IN. Sunday school; ~ p. IN.
sermon-'How to Encourage Others. -
Special music at evening service
At Grace NJ. E. Church. South, Rev.
S. H. Greene, pastor, tomorrow .(Sun-
day. l0l2 a. IN. and ~ p M, usual SER
vices; p. IN. Sunday school. Revival
closed Monday evening with IS pro-
fessions.
At St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rev
f. K. Wagner, pastor, tomorrow Sun
day. l0l2 a. m. sermon-"The Reforma-
tom" 2 p. IN. Sunday school; ~ p. m ;
Luther Day services-program of music
and home missions.
AT First M. E. Church, Rev A. H.
Thompson, pastor, tomorrow Sunday
81 a. III. class meeting; 1919 a. m. Old
Folks Day service-"Treasures of Age"
, p. NJ. Sunday school; ~ p. m. pre-
lude-"M Morals and the Recent Elec-
tom" sermon-"An Aged Fathers Ad-
vice to His Son"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
The Inventor,

Hudson Maxim pays most eloquent
tribute to the scientist who discovers the
means of discovery. In part he writes
Like Antony. the inventor. with his
broad sword. has quartered the world -
and ION green Neptune's back with ships
made cities"
He has hewn highways through thexsran-
lite hills and web-worked the world with the
iron rail.
With his instruments of science the in
ventor has sounded the deeps of the eternal
skies.
He has discovered whence Orion came
has felt the pulse of Arcturus, and he knows
the fortune and fate of a million worlds
He has seen them quarried out of Chaos
far beyond the troubling touch of Time and
he views their onward drift toward Death in
the Infinite Night and Cold of Immensty
He foresees our own bright Sun paling
ember on the hearth of Time, and reads our
destiny in the scroll of the Milky Way by
light that left its source so long ago that il
was already old upon its flight ere Babylon
was builded and when the Egyptian pyra.
mids were still unquarried.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Broadway.

The work, nearly complete to Frost
avenue, looks well, Indeed, it is fine
straight as the flight of an arrow and
smooth enough to waltz on.
Only two objections to file against it
unnecessary changes of grade which
compel steps downward to several prop
critics and force others into citizenship as
cliff jewellers.
The other is the great cost incurred in
unnecessary excavation and removal of
a street bottom already solid.
Maybe all can grow to love the new
grades, however. and, if So, the JOUR
NAL, for one, will be glad.
Broadway looks so fine now that the
Ordinance prohibiting expectoration
might be amended to state-'eXcept on
Broadway, where all splitting must be
done on the side walk"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
SEMI-LOCAL.
BreVitIeS.

Weather prophets among the farmers
are predicting an unusually severe win
ter. A dry summer, squirrel storage i'll
hollow trees instead of less secure places,
and tall weeds are the indications. If
it were certain the December session of
Congress would give the country free
trade the outlook for cold winter
to many would be more unbeara BILE than
the winter itself.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Acknowledgements,

While the returns were coming in
Wednesday morning announcing that
Taft was elected report, accompanied
by big sack of home-ground buck
wheat flour, came from The II. b.
Shatfer Company, of the growing end,
stating "this is expressive of our wish
that the JOURNAL will prosper with all
other good people during the incoming
quadrennial.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-11-07
Personal.

Mrs. NJ. E. Townsend has returned to
her home here from visit of several
months to friends in Minnesota and
Illinois.
Miss Grace s. Shaffer, of this place
has been appointed a director of the
Francis Scott Key Memorial Associa
n--organized to raise funds to pur-
chase the Key home in Washington,
d. G.
Frank A. Porter and family, of Nor
folk, Va, are guests of Mr.. P. s mother.
Mrs John L. Porter. Mr.. P. is con-
valescent from a prOtracted illness of
typhoid fever, and came here from a
rest of several weeks i'll the mountains
of south west Virginia. He is assistant
cashier of the Norfolk Bank of Com
merce and held in high esteem in that
city.
Mrs. Kemp, of Bloomington; Mrs.
Blakely, of Brownsville, Pa, and Mrs.
Guthrie, of Washington, D. c.. were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John H
Kemp, of this place.
Adam +. Hitchins, law student at the
University of Virginia. reached home
last Saturday, voted Tuesday, returned
to his studies Wednesday to do some
strenuous work with view of gradu-
ating in 1909
O. J. Moat, of Washington, d. c.,
came up Monday, shook hands all round,
voted for Bryan and Kern Tuesday, and
left for the city in time to read the re-
turns by electrophone.
Mrs DIN Beall, of Frostburg, Md,
was the guest last week of her aunt,
Mrs. Stewart, in this place." reports
this week. Luray (Va) Co"rier.
George Mckenzie returned Wednes-
day to visit family and old Frostburg
scenes after an absence of about 10
years in Somerset. Pa.
Among those who came home to vote
was William f. Wagus. of Baltimore, a
post office employee in that city