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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

Rowdy-DoWS and play the I.i.iit.
Jim was full of Wise Talk about the
Ponies Ever and anon lie would care
leSsly fish ont of the SidcPocket a
large Wad of the Green Kind with
Fifty for Il Wrapper and tell about sit
ting in with Il couple of Ilorsemen and
a Wine Agent the Night before. He
loved to speak of Hotels where Swell
Room with Faith came to only 50 per
Day and explain that he was getting
Rate.
Jim fc.t that he was wasting his
Conversation any time that he men
tionoi Hny Picayune sum under a
Thousand Tie had nothing but Sport
ing Corpus,les of the crimson Variety
moving about in his Arteries. He WIS
ready to lay Il Small Bet on any PrCp}-
sition, give or take. and when he put
up his End he never batted an Eye
lash. He had the Confidence of many
of our most celebrated Barkeeps and
could give the Ilurry-Up to any we'll
known Gam.
No wonder that pale-faccd Herbert
the Would-be lIigh-Roller, looked with
Awe upon Cousin Jim ana inwardly
longed to butt into his Class.
Jim slipped him Il Tow-Line and took
him out into the Nigh, Air to pick up
= few Pointers.
Herbert learned that the first Rule
for being Good Fellow was to move
rapidly up to the Poison Counter every
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT.
The Element of Permanency Is an
Important One.

important One
In community where all or near
ly all are house owners civic improve
mcnt is never a very serious prob
lem. but in every center of pOpUla-
tion. no matter of what size, there are
more or less of renters, and these have
Il deterrent effect upon progress in all
It's pha=cs. says the Los Angeles
Times rermanency of residence is the
only solid rock upon which desirable
public improvements may be built,
unl Il group of freehold cottagcrS will
do more good work toward civic up
Building than like number of wealthy
TENNIS. Those who have no fixed
abiding place add little to community
lie or wealth.
Next to pcrmanency of abode comes
the stan lard of citizenship, and the
two are so interviewer that it is often
difficult to determine which is the
more important factor, for each Is de
pendent on the other. Another insepa-
rabe ana necessary partnership is
foHnd in high intelligence and lofty
ideals as the standard of citizenship.
1t is necessary to secure Jealous CO.
operation of all If the highest and best
is to he attained. Efficient. honest cit
izcEs free from partisan leanings and
knowing neither religious nor racial diff
fc?cnces, are the broad minded type
that must be chosen for public work if
we are to be safeguarded against mis-
management and partiality.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
Middlar1en.

The first step in effecting mutual
understanding between the public and
the utilities companies is to eliminate
the middlemen-the legislators who
introduce strike bills in order to eXtort
money from corporations whose legiti-
mate business is threatened and the
city bosses and councilmen who de-
mand money for themselves or posi-
tioGs for their henchmen as the price
of granting franchises or privileges
necessary to these companies to CON
duct or extend their buSineSs-for the
public welfare. These men are not, as
they claim, representatives of the peo-
pie but traitors to the people, for ev'
cry dollar which they wiring from cor
poratiOns comes ultimately from the
pockets of the people. These men per-
form no useful service. They are mere
Iy leeches fattening on the mutual
needs of the people and the corpora
tiOnS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
CITY LIFE A pELUSI0N.
Old Inhabitant Thinks Country Towns
Offer More Happiness.

Offer More Happiness.
up at the depot just now" said one
of the old inhabitants, Il saw several
the holidays at home. They've come
back to the old town from the city,
and I'll bet my bull pup against their
turkey dinner with the home folks
that most of 'em would remain right
here in town if they We're not aSham-
ed to say that city life is not up to
their expectations. And between YOU
and me and the barn door | am
strongly inclined to think that nine
out of ten of the boys who go from
any country town to a big city would
make a better winning in the race of
life if they would stay at home and
grow up with their own community.
81 went to the city when | was a
cub and stayed several years. But
was homesick all the time. The young
fellow in Il great city holding a job
and working so many hours a day for
somebody else is not by any means in
such an cnviabe position as some of
the people still in the country towns
are inclined to think.
81 recall that when | was living in
the city many years ago. working on a
salary for a famous establishment. the
local paper here once printed Il notice
about me that made me laugh out of
one side of my mouth while | cried out
of the other. According to the home
paper, | was 'on the highrO1d TO for
tune in the city | was holding a
highly responsible post with a great
concern and making good. and all that
sort of thing. The facts as to my re-
spOnSible position We're all right, but
it cost me two or three times as much
to live there as it did back home. and
at the end of the year | usually found
my bank account no bigger than it
would have been had | remained at
home and kept on working in Browns
general store.
"Finally | resolved to face the mll-
sic and come back home. The word
home means something in a small
town too. AS you know, have pref,
ty good home, and own it, no mort
cages, and when the flowers bloom
in the front yard every spring | com
pare my house and lot with the rented
cell | used to occupy in the city great
ly to the advantage of the house and
lot I'm not rich, but I'm comforta-
BILE If | had stayed in the city, per
hapS by now | might have had a
large bank account-and perhaps not
But one thing IS sure as shooting l
would not have had so many good
friends nor half so high standing in
the city as have here at home.
My advice to the boys" concluded
the Old inhabitant "is to think two or
three times before they leap into Il
great city. In most cases they become
mere cogs in a huge commercial wheel,
the motive power being operated by
somebody else. may be Old fash
ione,!, boys. but am firm in the con
vict on that it is better to be an entire
minnow in a small but clean and
peaceful pond than to be the tail of a
large fish in Il stormy ocean. one way
to build yourself up is to help build up
your own town by believing it is the
best town on earth for yourself and
staying in it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

Solos, vocalists and instrumentaists:
"Who Discovered Love-"
'Whcn the Fields are White with Daisics.n
John Patton and chorus.
"When Your Golden Hair Has Turned to
Silver Gray
Henry Howell.
Red Wing"
The Girls Are All A-DyIng for a Man.
Miss Mildred Baker.
I'm Cupid Land"
Miss MathIlde CrcutZburg.
''When the Moon Plays Peell-a-Boo'
Miss Vida Longrdge and chorus.
Violin Selections.
Hugh MCMannis.
Those from out of town who attended:
Cul,brriaud- Mrs Thomas Smith and Miss
Margaret Smith.
PuInouf -Mcssrs. William Hines Smith
Whitworth and Howard Sewers
hty~rr-Messrs. William Spots and Ernest
Ravenscroft
UcAc,uport- Misses Sarah A. Curran, Eli
"a Gilbert, MAY Curran, Beatrice Curran,
MeSsrs, William Matthew'S William Seaber,
Patrick Daley, Michael White and Patrick
White.
homecoming and Mrs. A. c. Thom-
SON and Mrs. Philip Jarboe.
N0t'o"di-Mrs. Charles Baker, Mrs. James
Baker Mrs Samuel Thompson. Miss Lizzie
Thompson and Frank Truly.
.NHoHd-Mrs l.. J. Ort, Miss Anna Ort,
Frank Ort, John Ort, Mr.. and Mrs. August
FrcnZel.
Phu-Miss Mary Donahcy.
Fro%bhDY- Messrs. James II. Stevens and
Andrew McMannls.
The play will be presented i'll Midland
Tuesday evening, March Sd, next, and
all should attend.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
BiIlboards as Nuisances.

California reports an inspiring ad-
vance in the campaign against often
sive posters, billboards and adyertis-
ing boardings In the judicial decision
that such objects are nuisances, sub
j2ct to abatement by the police au-
thOrities under the common law, says
the New York Tribune. 1t was ar
sued that anything needlessly offensive
10 the senses was a nuisance. A soap
factory or Il pigsty would not be toll
lated in close proximity to residences
because of the vile odOrs which would
outrage the sense of smell. A stone
crusher or a boiler factory would be
similarly forbidden because of the out
rage UpHl the sense of hearing. But
the eyes are as precious as the nose
or ears, and the sense of sight, the
most useful and valuable of all the
senses, is as much entitled to pro
lection against outrage as any other
So it was contended, and 1t was de
cile1 hy the judge that posters or
billhoarls which grossly offended the
8 ere for that reason nuisances
and might be suppressed as such.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
MODEL ROCK ROAD.


First strip Constructed In Wisconsin
Under Direction OF U. 8. Engineers
There has recently been completed
IN Rock county, Wis, the first strip of
road built under the superyfSio of
limited STATES cnrineers since Wiscon
Gin o,,or,,ol fr,,,, , t,r,.it,,,.,, into tln
df,.,,it,. - st,to,,,od ,,,.,. I,n,..ir,o
W.T.. ..,,........,.,.,,. e.. ,,,l.,....,..,.
''''"''''''' l"'''''"'""A 1t Is ''e "'o'
Nlo"eI Fo"u |" u" i"'i"'''u |" WIS
con%ln on rural roads with proper mA
chincry on rules laid down by the
government. This strip of road is
three quarters of mile in length and
lies half mile east of Clinton, in the
township OF that name.
When the county board met last
spring the towns of Clinton, Plymouth.
Center, Fulton, Bradford, Bcloit and
Milton all appropriated sums ranging
from $40O to $1,000 for the construc-
ton of good roads According to the
state law, the county board was of ne
cessity forced to approx .'iut2 from
county funds an equal sum for each
town equal to their appropriation.
Just at this time Samuel G. Lancas-
ter of the bureau of good roads at
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

time an Order went in. Herbert
weighed about 100 Pounds, and the
Doctors had told him to try Il Milk
Diet, but he did not dare to renig,
otherwise some one might have sllS-
pected that he was a cheap Narnish
and a loW-down Quitter. He was a
Feather Weight AID an Invalid, but he
wanted to be Game
SO he stood in Line with the copper
lined Roun@ers who had Eull Nec,,H
ana weighed about 22D on the IIoof,
and made an awful Bluff at going
along with them. He knew that to
take Nichy would he Msdcmcanor,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

4" HE Crimcan war seems almost
as far away in the past to the
u rising generation in this coun-
try us the war of the American
Revolution, yet there are some still liv-
ing who participated in it. Among
them is Florence Nightingale. whose
deeds of mercy and hcroism will live
in history along with the charge of the
famous Light brigade The fact that
Miss Nightingale is still in the land of
the living was recently called to at
tcntion in Il conspicuous manner by
the gracious act of King Edward VII.
Merit. This order was founded in
June, 1901. by King Edward VII, ana
its cross is given for distinguished
services in war. 1t has given uni
ycrsal satisfaction that the first wom-
an to receive this high honor should
be the one who founded the science of
nursing as practiced in connection with
war and whose labors for the wounded
and sick amid the horrors of the bat
tlcfeld have placed her among the fore
most of the worlds hcroincs.
The insignia of the Order of Merit
we're taken to Miss Nightingale by
Colonel Sir Douglas Dawson on behalf
of the king. She was unable to re-
ccive the royal envoy, but dictated the
following message:
Miss Florence Nightingale desires
to express to his majesty her gratitude
for the honor he has done her by gra
ciouSly appointing her to the Order of
Merit. She feels keenly what honor
it is to bc associated With the distin-
guished men who are already members
of the order
Miss Nightingale was some years
ago admitted as Lady of Grace of the
noted Order of st. John of Jerusalem,
an order Intro luceI into England dur
ins the tN "irth century she will be
ci. hty-cight wears Old in May next
and has long been an invalid. Int has
nursing as Il profession and in the in
stitu;ionS Anl so iptirS with which she
has he'u ro@Mcc'"' She was about
eighty vhru IT," l:rrr war broke out
bu; the EIit;:h %Jr"r!lrst sought her
ad ice in rv:p".' II jh G. re- of the
sic. %nl o'!H = in ;i.:n. il So" il
Ar;i,a. =! i &c., r-n".pl herself to the
utmost in tAti. tpHAIf
Miss Ni&l,.n%l'r come; Of a family
of wealth ";jl position and WAS e}u,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

Municipality governed plants do not
have the close supervision that is Civ
en- to plant conducted by corpora
ton or private company.
The officers in charge of municipal
plant are usually satisfied if the books
balance up at the end of their term.
They have no interest in the institution
beyond the time of their term of Of
flee Let the next administration
take care of that problem" is the
usual reply when future troubles are
anticipated. And that is the reason
why the next administration" is Of
ten compelled to make municipal own
crship appear as failure.-Maywood
Ulll Herald Recorder.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
An Arkansas Reformer.

viii Burns is not a preacher, yet he
has caused fifty men to quit swearing
or using profane language along our
public roads, and here is the secret,
Ways the Hardy Herald. Mr. Burns so
successfully worked seven miles Of
our public read he converted the tie
haulers. There is not rock, stump,
chuck hole or crook In the seven miles
If road, and prorane language is a
hing of the past
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

! l II lhC
llte W a $
cause he
nkcd SO
90 d to
ienn that
tIley want
"a to keep
iill III. IL
was one Of
t!lc Games
hat begin
20 get Ripe
about t h e
I i'm e the
& h IL T. C b
ftllS Il 1 t
ill%ing.
llc'Trin-
I.lerS' I'm
il ii had no
W Il y o t
X no wing
that [ he V
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

Marriage licenses have been granted
recently to the couples named below:
Jacob Edward SigIcr and Ida NJ Myers,
both of LunacouinE.
John Thomas Werner and Cecclia Mar
gtret Brown. of FiuZrl
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

Political Theorist-Do you believe in
municipal ownership?
EX-Boss- What's the use? These
here squealers won't stay bought
Baltimore American.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
u. II

The Macbeth Club" of Homecoming,
has IA high class musical comedy, en-
titled "A Kiss in the Dark. - in rehearsal
for presentation i'll Evans Opera House,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29
Orphans Court.

At Tuesdays session.
G Letters of administration were granted to
Mary J. Duffy on the estate of William II
Duffy, deceased.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

, IL I I
there was
Il Il thine
stone Sport
" no h a d
an Il IN b l.
tiun to he
ca lie d a
';Dpb L Z
low.
He II Il d
Il & o Il S in
j / IN w II o
was know n
III IL Il p l Il
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

that place, next Thurs lay evening, 27th
inst, for the benefit of the Lonaconing
Baseball Team. Miss Dorothy Sim
clair, of New York, will be the star.
The Homecoming Base BAH Team is
lucky in having friends SO good as the
excellent "Macbrth Club"
Finish the job
"A cork carried to depth of POO feet below
the surface will not rise again, owing to the
pressure of water" says the Ohio State
jo",WH. OF course, if you don't want to
take the JournaiS word for it, you can get Il
cork and eXperiment.-Cumber Ncr&
And if you can t get a cork, look
up ''sea. Anything to complete the
'eXperlmcnt.'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-02-29

" Il Y o I
X no w ing
lnI [ Ii @ Y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11

Few problems in a young girls life
are more serious to deal with than
what to do when another girl is try
ing to gain the affections of the man
to whom she il engaged. Older peo-
pie may lrod her with philosophical
advice and tell her that she will! have
many equally hard problems to con
front her before life is over; but their
talk rarely helps her She confronts
serious situation which will make a
great test of her character, SAYS The
Delineator for May. For a fight it is.
Some men and women VINO know
what is going on may think it light
affair and not worth a fight, but
those people are cynics. Some few
there are who are enabled to escape
it in their love affairs rs in their mar
ried life, but those are the rare and
the happy exceptions It YOU are
quiet about the affair, trust the man
all you can, and take it for granted
that he loves YOU until you are thor
oughly convinced that he doesn't.
the chances are that the other girl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11

Hoirc ia II reby Given that by virtue Of
and pursuant to the Judgment Of foreclosure
and sale made and entered in the above entitled
action on the Goth day Of February. 1901 the I'M
dcrsgncd. II. +. Dudley. coroner for Douglas
County, Wisconsin. will on the 18th day Of MAY.
1903. al ten O'Clock in the forenoon OF said day.
at the eas,erly front door Of the Courthouse in
the City Of Superior Douglas County, Wiscon-
sin. offer for sale and seIl at public auction to
the highest bidder FOR cash. the real estate by
said Judgment ordered to be sold. to-wit:
Lots numbered one hundred ninety three
1g3J one hundred ninety five 1851. one hundred
ninety seven u57J. one hundred ninety nine Gss)
two hundred one con, two hundred three l203.
two hundred five .2O5). two hundred seven t20).
two hundred nine '2C9). and two hundred eleven
en- on West Fifteen G5J Street lots fourteen
hundred two Ui02. fourteen hundred four 400.
fourtc, hundred six Gf0G and fourteen humid
red eilht CtO-J on Stuson Avenue, and lots two
hundred two r2C2l. two hundred four (2GN. two
hundred six l21GI two hundred eight I20sl. two
hundred ten POI and two hundred twelve [2l2l
on West fourteenth llil street; all in Mark
Panc's Subdivision Of Block Thirteen [l3l on
West Fifteenth Isl Street, in the townsite of
Superior now part Of the City Of superior ac-
cDrding 90 the recorded plats Of said townsite
and subdivisions on file and Of record in the Office
If N" Register Of Deeds in and for Douglas
Count Wisconsin. all in the County of Douglas
AMI State Of Wisconsin.
SAID sale will be made to satisfy the amount
Of the judgment u foreclosure to-wit the sum
Of Five Hundred Seventy One Dollars and eighty
eight cents Iso7i.s.l together with interest up
on said sum since the date Of said judgment, and
the Gusts and EXPENSES Of sale.
Dated atSupcri6r. Wisconsin. March Goth. 1903.
II r. DUDLEY. Coroner
Douglas County. Wisconsin.
Grace & Hudna
Plaintiff Attorneys.
Mar IS May 3
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11
FARMERS Institute for 1907 3.

Any farmer or public spirited bust
ness man in Wise oEsiu who wishes
to secure an Institute for his locality
during me winter Of 1867 s should
send TO us for blank petition and a
letter o. information Any town, 10
matter how small or far from a lajl-
road, is entitled to and Institute, pro-
vided it is located in a farming dis
tricL and has Il good hall in which a
meeting can be held.
Farmers should talk the matter up
with their neighbors and ifthe senti-
ment seem favorable for a Institute
for their town they should write us
IA. once for application blank.
ADDRESS all communications to
Geo McKerIow, Supt,
Madison Wis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11
<os>

Our language and vocabulary. WITH
our growing sickness, nre changing
We arc carrying things otherwise IN
appropriately with \ laugh and coming
phrases for the purpose AS has been
said. we are still sensitive TO such
coarse words as "th!er' and steal"
but It IL vain to deny among ourselves
that certain unchallenged do!ngs OF to-
day forcibly suggest those terms. SO
We save our face with an indulgent
gayety not devoid OF humor. We five
. twist and turn to the rapidly chang
Ing English language, and the ugly
words disappear in the process.
When conductor steals n fare we
jocularly remark that he Is knocking
down on the company" when we stea!
Q ride from the same company and con
duCtor we laughinely refer TO our sue
cess in beating the game" when We
bribe we merely Influence" or square
things" when we are brihrd we co.,
tect assessments" or rebates" or
commissions" OF "retaincrs." and so
on until we reach grave dednltlcG Of
'honest graft" which would be more
humorous II so many people die not
feel that the term supplied them with
q long felt want. Now, these express,
Gions and Others like them may bear o
strong resemblance to thieves slang.
but they merely reflect the LANGUAGE OF
Q people unconsclously retreating to a
lower moral level.-Everybod Mags
dina
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11

IL Is estimated that about - per ~'u
~ thc young men who recently apph~i
70 cutter the Naval academy have tailrl
In The physical test and The tallu~
VAS largely due 10 the use ~ tonacco
resulting IN the irregular hcatns "
the heart Nowadays physicians speak
or the tobs so hvart a trouble eaus
81 BY tho yNcs'ssivc use ~ the ~t-d
When smo>tS develops into -etsa
r~re ncnd tac services " physician
ar~ necessary tut before this po!nt II
reached the heart may be permanently
tnturvd. Rs ,;lmore Herald
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11
A TWENTY YEAR SENTENCE.

81 have just completed twenty
year health sentence. imposed by
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which cured
me Of bleeding piles just twenty years
ago writes o. s. Woolever, Of Le-
Raysville. n. Y. Bucklen's Arnica
SaIve heals the worst sores, boils,
burns, wounds and cuts in the short
est time. 25C at all druggist
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11
S'.da'J ! FlS, Franklin 3d., New Ysrt
HELM R,r,

II the p.Es have trough to them
serves, away from the sow. the rlnt
stands fairly good show /, he /. IN.
crazy Jed, says American AgriculeuH
Isl otherwise he is no better on than
oe would be were the extra food M
provided. Keep the trough full an
% Will eat after the rest eave nntsh>d
Ne rVin' should be kept with ths sov
TOT couple Of weeks after the othsru
" The litter are weaned. This IVA
u11a chance TO gain some before - n
Opeised to suoaist on what - -
alone
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11

+. d. SpauldinS at a meeting ~ Kan.
sas swine breeders said: AT weanlns
time the boar pigs should b. separated
from the gifts and II possible put Int
pasture with plenty OF water. shade
and Srasa THIS pasture should b
away from any other lot or pasture
vbes~ other hogs run. Il would De
better TO have all the PIGS IN one lot
than 20 have them IN ADJOINING pas.
tur~s- Ry being together they become
acquainted but x separated BY fence
they will ash, through K. become rest.
tsss, stop eating and so 10 ,7e:,.aE or
rcocns When Trey get 70 tia; stats
The only thins 70 10 Is 70 put them latr
. small per. each one separate ron,
s0ers whore they cannot sse ~ hs,r
sCn~ hsgn-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-04-11

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