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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
FROsTBURG, Md, SATURDAY, MAY ?. 1908.

not II like you cause %ou're you,
and maybe when your mothcr sees me
dressed like Il white man she won't
think I'm such a terror. certainly
did look like day laborcr out of Il
job the afternoon landed on the front
porch
Il know" said isabelle as she laugh
ed heartily and laid down the book
1T must have been SO funny. Moth
er's terribly proper, you know"
Days went on like this and Mrs
Zeal was gradually won over to the
encmy's camp. Every one who knew
Wint Miller loved him-loved him de
spite his careless, haplcSS ways, for his
kindly spirit and other things. but
mostly because he was he. In the days
that followed he had many nurses, as
all the family took turns wheeling him
across the room so that he might bask
in the sunlight, but his happicSt hours
were when Isabelle was in charge.
one afternoon as she pattcd the pill
lows at the back of his chair and left
Il glass of milk at his elbow he caught
the hand that had brought so many
comforts to him during his illness.
"Won't you stay a little longer. Miss
Nightingale" he pleaded as he held
tightly to the hand. I'm so lonely in
the twilight. Wait until Jack comes.
Hes due in a few minutes now if the
train isn't latc-plcasc.'
"You Old silly" said Isabelle as she
sat on the window ledge with the
shadows encrcIing her
Il wish you knew more about me,
said Wiut. Il wish You would ask
some of the fellows if I'm not Il decent
you, but | can't until you know me
better 1t would be like taking an un-
fair advantage"
"Oh, but | know all about YOU al
ready" she said gayly. "Jack and |
talk about you all the time
He reached out and pulled her a lit
tie closer.
I'm clumsy Old thing us Jack al
ways says, but there's nothing very
bad about me, and | don't play this
sick trick very often. Non wouldn't
care for Il life job of m"",.im-, would
you:" He was holding the hand very
tightly now as she Ioohcd up at him
and said coyly:
ASK me. why don't you:'
His arms were not vr"y strong as
vet, but both of them Wrn; around the
girl as he drew her to mis- lips.
''Swcctheart." he viii, prrrd.
well. I'll be hanged. Wint Miller,
none of that" sang ont Jack as he
stood in the doorway. grip in hand. as
he had hurried from the train. Il
brought you down here to fish, not to
steal all the preserves on the family
plantation"
Yes. Jack" said Wfnt as he reached
out one free hand "You brought me
down to fish. and I'm the champion,
for here in my arms is the catch of the
season, the best ever
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
AN ALMOST UNANIMOUS VOTE
The Citizens of Trenton, Mich, Are
All Glad to Be Rid of a Burden.

BY vote of l42 to IS this village re-
Gently decided to sell for $4,000 the
electric light plant, installed in 1902,
and the WaterwOrkS except the dis
tributing system), installed in 1896
The original cost of the latter was S.
600, while $4,000 had been expended
on the former. As result of placing
these plants in Il public street the vii
lagc had been engaged in litigation for
five years, the final decision being
against it.
In 1908 the building was destroyed
by fire. Although it was insured and
rebuilt, the plant has not been well
kept up since, and there have been
the usual differences between the coun-
ell, the superintendent and the water
and light board, finally resulting In
aDoliShing the board.
An investigation by the council dis
closed the fact that, aside from dcpre-
citation, the plant was losing at least
$500 Il year and that this loss would
be considerably increased If they un-
dertOok to give the twentyfour hour
service desired by some of the citiZens
Their decision was unanimous and
was sustained by an almost unanimous
vote of the qualified electors.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
What Did He Mean?

Mike MalOncy's wife was an invalid.
and the doctor had been doing all
sorts of things for her, changing the
medicine so often that poor Mikes in
come would scarcely reach and make
both ends meet and at last the doctor
said that his wife must go to a warm
er climate.
Mike listened to that advice for Scv-
cral months. and finally when October
came the doctor told Mike one Satur-
day evening after all of his week s
wages had been spent that his wife
positively must be sent ito n warmer
climate without delay"
Mike left the room for Il few min
utes, and when he returned he was
wiping his eyes with his left hand,
while with his right hand he brought
an AK, which he gave to the physician,
saying:
Il hate to do it, doc. You please
do it for me."-Kansas City Indepcnd-
emf
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
Practical Help For Deafness.

l have proved that this is really prac
teal.
Get Il common pasteboard mailing
tube such rs pictures or music is mail
ed in and hold it to the ear closely.
The result is wonderful. y very deaf
person can hear distinctly everything
that is said by any one sitting on the
other side of the room. At first thought
one is inclined to ridiculc so simple Il
method. | bought a good long one
large enough to fit over the ear, for
10 cents. One can get them at any
business statpner'S. | tried it on
grandmother, who is very deaf. Sh"
could hear we'll and. what was more
remarkable. could also hear with her
very deaf ear, with which she has not
heard a sound for seven years. Try it,
That's all | have to say.-IIarper'S
Bazaar
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
TNO MINUTE SKETCHES
Frederick Douglass.
TIIE first American negro who
By ROBERT TVS LOVE.

T@IIE first American negro who
achieved wide fame was
Frederick Douglass. Born 4
slave at a place in Maryland
tearing the odd name of Tuckahoc, the
name first conferred upon him was
Frch.gick Augustus Washington Bal
ley. truly an abundance for a picka-
ninny with apparently no prospects in
life other than those of Il bondman
serving Il master But Frederick Au-
GllStus Washington was different from
the ordinary piCkaninny. Nature had
conferred upon him a large head con
tanning gray matter which could not
be kept behind in lifcs race by the
handicap of dark skin When Fred
cricl was Il small boy he was sent to
Baltimore to work in a Shipyard.
There he managed to get Il little
schooling
Not always is IA little learning Il dan
grrouS thing though in Frederick S
ca"c it did prove dangerous to his own
cr from commercial point of view.
Healthy, hefty slaves i'll those days
were Nbflll IL llldllti ol IL llbllSdntl tbl-
lnryyr'pircc The little book learning
acquired by the slave boy put into his
head the determination to become free.
He escaped in the disguise of Il sailor
and made his way to massachusetts,
where he read and studied to such ad-
vantage that when he reached the age
If tWcnty-fOur he was able To deliver
Il lecture at an antiSlavery convention
in Nantucket which brought him an in
vitHtion to 90 to England and deliver
lectures on the slavery problem in
America. He had changed his name
TO Douglass when he ran away.
In England Douglass raised $3.50,
with which he formally purchased his
freedom from his southern owner.
Then he settled in Rochester, \. Y,
and became widely known as jour
NaliSt and orator. His paper, the North
star. later changed In title to Frederick
Douglass Paper, pleaded for many
wears the cause of the slave. Doug
lass had three sons in the Union ar
nicS He was Il presidential clcgtor i'll
1872, United States marshal and re-
Cordcr of deeds succcSiivcly from 1876
to 1856 and became minister to Haiti
in 1891.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

"a OW that the people of the Unit
nj ed States are i'll the throeS Of
IL renewed discussion of cen
l"aliZatiOn of power as opposed
30 local state authority it is fitting to
recall the man who in the formative
period of our nation advocated more
urgently and persiStently than any 9th
or Il strongly centralized federal gov
crnment with corrcSpondimgly lesser
authority for the individual states
This man was Alexander Hamilton,
lie stood for theories of government
which, in the opinions of many per
sons of his day and this. tended to-
ward monarchical rather than repub-
Iican institutions.
Hamilton in the constitutional con
Ncntion of 1877 proposed an indcpcnd-
cnt executive to hold office for life or
during good behavior. Il senate whose
members were to have Il like tenure
of office, governors of states to be ap-
pointed by the federal executive, thus
making the states essentially SubOr-
diratc to the central government in a
present constitution requires.
Yet Hamilton vigorously supported
the constitution as adopted by the con
VcntiOn. In WaShington's cabinet he
became the first secretary of the treas
url and his services in that highly
important post were of supreme value
To the nation. His efficient and patri-
Otic work in shaping the financial poll
CicS of the new nation gives him Sc
cure place high among the founders of
the republic. Though for the most
part his intensely federal ideas have
not been adopted ,lto our national
fabric. though he diStruStcd the COM
Ion people and believed in Il govern
hent by the arstocracy rather than by
'he democracy, many of his theories
were shared and accepted by his con-
'rereS. Hamilton, it may lie said, serv-
II as a balance wheel in the building
of the American machine. preventing
construction tending too far toward
pure democracy in time when Il re-
public was still an experiment.
Uamilton'S conception of patriotic
duty prompted him tn accept the chal-
lcnge of Aaron Burr to the fatal duel
Rt Wcehawken Hamilton abhOrred the
duel code of honor. but felt that n re-
fusal to meet Burr would impair his
future usefulness to his country.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
BALLET Shoes.

Ballet shoes fit ike Il stocking They
are of leather, with Il thin leather sole
about an inch wide aud with the up
perS sewcd so that they come under
the foot The ballet dancer wants no
rubber heels, inStcp arch supports nor
any other of the foot supporting o.
reforming devices which are common
Iy used by ordinary mortals. The toe
dancer desires hard box toe on her
ballet Shoes but the ordinary dancer
seeks only shoes that will give perfect
freedom of movement of the Joints and
muscles of the feet 1t is 4 rule of
good dancers, a shoe man of expert
ence says, to wear shoes that will al
low for space between the toes. 1t is
point of good fit that all persons
should heed he says. High heels arc
put on to stage shoes for effect not to
promote good dancing. Many stage
shoes are made with short fore parts
and high heels to make the feet look
smaller and the person taller Boston
Globe.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
American Woman In German Eyes

American girls, whether born or
merely brought up in America, evi-
dence the same independence of iudg
ment and the same complete self rr
lance. 1t is hard to say whether this
is the result of the education in the
public schools and colleges or in their
freedom from that condition of legal
and social subscrviency to which the
gentler sex Is doomed in older cOun-
tries-MaX Won Brandt in Berlin
DeutSche Revue.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
Quite a "Charac acter."

Here is "character' given to Il
lervant on leaving her last situations:
"Thc bearer has been in my house Il
year, less eleven months. During this
time she has shown herself diligent at
the house door, frugal in work, mind
full of herself, prompt in excuses and
honest when everything was out of the
way."-I IOndon Tit-BitS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
Awed Into Humility.

Man for man, if not woman for
woman, the humility and terror of
Americans in the presence of Eng
lish people of their own class or
above it is, with whatever care dis
guised, a pathetic thing Out
look.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
But Hard to Tell.

What is the real, essential differ
ence between mushrooms and toad
stools?'
Exactly the difference between a
feast and n funeral" al."-BaltimOr Amer.
lean
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

The verb "to graft means to insert
into a plant that is to say, when You
insert a politician into a gas plant or
power plant. or an electric tight
plant, or Il street car plant, you ct Il
complete case of graft Whatever may
be said against municipal ownership
on its IchaIf it must be admitted that
for the expert professional CRATER it
affords an abundant field of cndrayor
and one which he most HSSur'dly will
not let die of neglect. The only uueS-
ton is whether or not the process will
improve the breed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

Every reply must be written on the
above blank line and sent anonymous
ly to the limerick editor of Municipal
lunacy, the Earth Solar System. No
attention will be paid to communica-
tiOnS not received.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

The inevitable issue of the Tom
Johnson system of municipal owner
ship Of the street railways will he the
establishment of the zone system Of
fare collection that is, instead of one
fare the consumer will be called upon
to pay three or four fares unless. of
course, he prefers the ozone system.
which involves the return to the Old
fashioned method of transportation
known as "Shan!l'S mare" so popular
with our forefathcrS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

The latest report of the government
telegraphs and telephones of Great
Britain shows a loss for the year Of
$5,OOOOO0.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

A blithe heart makes a blooming Wis.
age.-IriSh PrOverb
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

The man who said that figures never
lie would probably have modified his
assertion somewhat if he had hired an
counts of these very profitable munich
pal ownership ventures that so success
fully "rcducc' taxation in British com
munitics while multiplying the public
debt by 10, as in case of birmingham
A figure may be the most truthful
thing in the world and yet hctray vast
imaginative powers WiIrn it gets down
to business in the hands of an official
reporter" who wants to hold his job.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

Hc-Why are you afraid Of that
man?
Shc-l fear he has designs on me.
lie All,
She Yes. He's our family tattooer!
Sketch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02

When Tammany gets control of all
New YOrk's public utilities. will Tam
many Hall be known as the power
house or the grand central station:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1908-05-02
IHO MINUTE SKETCHES
Alexander Hamilton.
By ROBERTVS LOVE.

"a IOW that the people of the Unit
nj ed States are in the thrOeS of
IL renewed discussion of cen
l"aIiXatiOu of pOWpr' aS opposed
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
At the Airdome.

Another record night for the Air
dome and the patrons of this place
Of amusement did not spare words
of praise for the performance given
last evening The pictures now being
shown at the Airdome have never
been seen in Cairo before aud this
fact alone is drawing the public Just
Around the Corner"
Thursday night a decided noyet2
viii be featured, viz, "A BABY BEAUTY
Contest The arrangements of tha
contest will be somewhat different
from the ordinary baby shows, as the
audience will be allowed to award the
prizes by appauding their favCr.t s
tho youngsters being arranged in a
semicircle on the stage This pretty
sight alone is easily worth the price
Of admission
The contest will take place i'm
mcliately after the second perform
ance and any baby under the re of
two years will be allowed to enter.
Mothers wishing to enter their PRIDE
and Joy must notify either by phone
1r personally Ruby's Toggcry Ly y
l. IA Thursday.
A beautiful gold iocket to the win
ler and a sterling silver one to the
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
Anne RICAN BUILDINGS
10 GsrVe as Models For Japanese
tecture-lnspection in
Progress.

Chicago, July 2l-Amcrican build
mss may serve as models for Japan's
new $l2,090,00Q house of parliament.
according to Kametaro HayashiIa,
special envoy Of the Mikado who i:
new in this country preparing a report
On cur architecture, particularly as
shown in Chicago, New York, Wash.
inet0n and San Francisco, England
Gemany France, Italy and other En-
ropean countries win be visited b}
Mr. Hayashida, but it is understood
that the United States will have pre-
ference when il comes to the saIectiou
'Cf architects to draw the plans amt
supcrintond the erection OF the build
and feeling between the Japanese PEG
pie and the white races of the West
said Mr.. iayashida, Japanese ideals
and Intellectual sympathies are west
ern rather than eastern. Our people
are nearer to the white races of the
West than they ever will be to the
Chinese. We have patterned our con
stirution after the German constitI
ton our courts after the courts of
Flance, and are considering building
our house Of parliament after the
American style Of architecture. Oi
the American feet now on the Pacific
We have been more anxious than fCg
anything else to show how we can
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
FIGHT PICTURES
At OPERA HOUSE
ckk5-NELsoN BOUT THIS AFTER
NOON AND TONiGHT-AiR-
GONE WILL PRESENT BABY
SHOW TOMORROW.

The story Of packed houses at the
Cairo opera house is Of serial M
ture, where each nightly chapter tells
Of box office returns that are dazzliug
TO the promoters of the Advanced
Moving Pictrr, Show" that had it's
premier at this popular play house on
May and has held forth continu.
ously ever since. the attendance grow
Ing greater and greater as each week
rolls 10y. this increase in attendance
attestinE the appreciation Of the as
sidious endeayors of the promoters 20
exhibit only the best and latest films
in a mastery one which dnstines the
animated picture to longevity. instea al
q a passing fancy-a fad. Of which
the public would soon tire. as was pro
pieucally told three years ago when
this pictorial form of amusement first
made its appearance.
ON the Afternoon Of July (, 1898, in
an arena on the sun -kissed hills of
Sau Matec, overlooking san Francisco
there was gathered an assemblage of
10000 persons who watched with vary
ing emotions a battle for supremacy
between a representative Anglo-SaXon
and an Africo-American, the stakes
being the title of light weight cham
pion of the world and a purse Of 500
O.,
This fight between Battling Nelson
and Joe Cans. the.veteran negro pugi,-
ist. the fiercest contest ever chron
ieled in the squared circle went fully
l. rounds before the Battler was de
clared the winner his antagonist
lying reeumbent upon the canvas
While the referee counted him out
a reproduction Of this fight in pic
ture form was made by Siegmupd
Lubin and the six important rounds
containing all the rapid action that
one can wish for has been finished up
Tor exhibition use. the exclusive rights
being granted to only one exhibitor
I'm z city.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
ASSOCIATION Of
COUNTRY CLUBS
FORMED AT PEORIA-COMPOSED
OF TENNIS AND GOLF CLUBS
OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS-YES-
TERDAY'S RESULTS.

Peoria, Ill.,. July 21.-The Central
Association of Country Clubs was
formed here today by amalgamatine
the golf and tennis associations of the
central part CT the state Offic ars
were elected as follows: j, A. VII
cox, president, Bloomington; p. b
Warren of Springfield, and George j.
McMain, of Quincy, vice presidents,
George II. Schuloek, treasurer, Of
Jackson; Robert T. Vail, secretary of
Decatur.
In the team play in the golf tourna
ment the result was: Springfield SO
up; Glaesburg 20 up, Peoria 7 up,
Quincy IS down; Jacksonville g
down; Bloomington 4S down; Cham
paign Gl down. Dixon of Springfield
and Calender of Peoria, tied for the
individual hogy score with 10 up, F.
lott Calender Of Peoria. won Tho
putting contest with put 22G yards.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
I.ot in Plutsrch.

Caesar was net dadc.ent IN a rugged
sense Of humor.
After tie had crGs ed the Ru5icon
he said to Caius SmpHcimus We'll,
my gloomy friend. what do4yUu think
Of this businessW
Simllieimas shook his heah
Caesar" he bluntly replied 81
think you are on the wrong side"
The conqueror Ct GauI laughed
merrily.
That's all right he cried Just
before crossed had severe pain
and as didn't want it on the righ'
side-whch might have indicated ap
pendicitis-I crossed to the other
side"
And still chuckling he gav2 orders
to eucamp for the night.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22

' The semi-finals inthe tennis double:
resulted as follows. d. l.. Musselmal
and r. II. Musselman, of quincy, de
feated Wood and Miller of Decatur
C-4-6-2; Coulter and Clark of Bloom
ington, defeated Stetson and Held
rich, Of Peoria 5-7-G-2, 60,
In the singles Paul Starns, OF
Springfield, defeated r. Kegley, OF
Champaign G-4-G2 b. H. Musselman
Of Quincy defeated Guy Stetson. Of
Peoria. C-2G-2; Ridgeley Hudson de
featej +. W. Aldrich Of Bloomington
.C"-5
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
Source Of cltn,s Greatness.

Through the existence Of mineral
products in close proximity PittsbuFg
has become the emporium for coal
petroleum and la Three nayigab,e
rivers converge at mis- point valleys
sunk In plateau provide natural
routes for approaching railways. Nat
ural and unnatural access. II may be
added, are contrastcd at Pittsburg by
the fact that one railroad has recently
been forced to expend 5.00OOO0 to
effect an entrance 70 the city by over
coming a minor geographic obstacle
--HarpcT's Magazine
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
Accomplishments.

Every human being must put up
with the coolest civility. who has
neither the charms of youth nor the
wisdom OF age Neither is there the
slightest commiseration for decayed
accomplishments, no man mourns
over the fragments Of a dancer or
drops tear on the relics Of musical
sklll-they are doWCrs destined to
perish: but the decay Of great talents
Is always the subject OF solemn pity.
and even when their last memorial IS
over. their ruins and vestiges are re-
garded with pious afTection.-Sidney
Smith
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
Revised Version.

The mother Of little four-year-old
some religious instruction, so she eX.
Ildined carefully what she thought he
woHli be able to understand about
such matters and then taught him the
childgens player Now / lay me down
10 sleep" She said it over and he re-
prIted it after her and then she start
cd to say ii again.
oh. nc. mamma, said the Young re-
Isious enthusiast. lets not say that
the hind legs and frew him down the
stairs.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
ILLINOIS MAN INSANE
IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL

New York, July 2t.-Beconing VIC.
lenly insane after two months illness
in Ellis Island hospita, Martin Filing.
ton Of Capron. Ill.,. was todatsen to
bellevue hospital for treatment FL
lington returned to this country two
months ago from trip abroad He
was i'll on his arrival and was put in
the hospital Melancholia developed
during his stay in the institution.
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22
By the payment Of handsom


premium the right to exhibit the Cans
Nelson fight has been secured for the
Cairo opera house the date selected
being the afternoon and evening Of
Wednesday, July %. the price Of al
mission remaining at cents as here.
toiorc
A complete description of the pic
ture, including Introduction and thu
six rounds as flashed broadcast over
the land by Associated Press CORE
spondents at the ringside and publish.
ed in the columns Of the Cairo Bulle.
tin simultaneously with the metro.
poitan press, can be found elsewhere
in this issue in a three column wild
full length advertisement
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-22

spd that about noon and ii We wan.
to get a letter of after dinner We
have to take it TO the postoniee as
collections are not made after the
delivery of mail. We have good side
walks now and everything is in our
favor and We are not asking for some
thing We are not entitled to.
UPTOWN RESIDENT.