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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10


fercy cemetery ana recommend the
pullaihS OF ABOUT too leet.
Inc other standing committees, eX-
cep1 ordnance, had no reports to make.
Inc ordnance committee reported an
ordnance providing FOR the grading,
GurDlng ana dltcnlhg OF Centre street ON
pom slaes-ironl fark avenue to Fuller
alley, ana the ordnance was passed by
vote OF 10 l. ME. jenkins voted
against lne ordnance Tor the reason
that ne ana not think the conditions
We're favorable Tor some OF the property
owners on mat street to stand the eX-
pemSe Oh the work.
IoWn engineer William Harvey re-
ported estimate Tor new town reservoir.
Inc town uses daily about 100000 gal
Ions OF water, 20 600 gallons of which
must be pumped over Great Savage,
10000 gallons Is received from springs
on TINS SIDE lie gave estimate as fol-
lows:
a reservoir IS feet in diameter and 10 feet
deep would hold l-day' supply.
One 50 feet in dlamater and same depth
would hold 2-day's supply, and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
IhirtN YcarS 400.

For the week corresponding with next
in 1879 the paragraphs below comprise
in part items of occurrence then new !:
The renort that = certain Cumberland man
was Frost bur~'s choice for n high office was
charartnriyed NV the RaItimore I;n-cttc as
startling" The JOURNAL responded-'no
real occasion tor alarm; only thunderless
clap from skyless cloud
Hon. William T. Hamilton, of Hagers-
town, was regarded as the coming demo-
cratic nominee for Governor, and in repub-
lcan circles the name of Hon. Lloyd
Lowndes, OF Cumberland, was frequently
mentioned.
'If ANYBODY has hard work to please
most people" said Josh Billings .'it is the
country editor If he omits or forgets any
thing, he is law. If he reports things as
they are, many people yet mad. Ii he
CLOSES over or smooths down the rough
points, many other people allege that he has
been brbed. II he lndulgeS IN PLAN talk,
he is blackguard; II he does not, his paper
lsn worm ie""I''S'
The Baltimore american spoke highly of
FroStburg as place OF summer soJourn or
residence,
Warm; go i'll the shade
Repair of National Pike between Frost
burg and Clarysyille by .Joseph Knode highly
commended.
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Saturday, July II, 1879
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
TOMn Council.

The regular meeting was due Mon
day evening but owing to the observance
of that day as holiday, the meeting
was adjourned till Tuesday evening,
when Mayor Price and all members Were
present.
Treasurer J. w. Evans reported a bal
ance in the treasury of S9,O9o.lO of
which the sum of $500 - is on water
account, and So, 294 80 corporate.
Tax collector James Hanson reported
collections on corporate account Sl6l.9O,
water account $lS6.4S, total of 50 iS.}S.
He also reported having collected on
Broadway assessment S63.l4 and Union
street $l9.91.
Bailitf Spates reported fines collected
in sum of SIS.
Town clerk j. 5. Metzger reported
fees from licenses i'll sum of SIG.
Street supervisor Thomas Williams re-
ported work done on the streets and
alleys at a cost of S9S2.l3.
Water superintendent Alfred Jetfrles
reported having connected {. II. DlCkey,
residence, Depot street; Mrs. f. f. BetZ,
residence, Union street; Mrs. Mary f.
Jeffries, residence, Water street; Peter
Lammert, stable, Uhl street, with town
system. He had also put i'll new meter
at Burton steam laundry. Bills for
water rents due June 30, 1909, We're
made out, amounting to -. 1891, and
given to collector Hanson. Twelve feet
of water i'll els Savage reservoir. Cost
of maintaining department, exclusive of
superintendent salary-Sl53.
Edward Duffy, of the committee from
the Frostburg Fire Department, APP
peared and asked for the annual appro-
priation.
Messrs. Tiddy and Evans moved-that
Council appropriate $500 for the use Of
the Fire Department.
Dr. J NJ. Price, Rev. F. NJ. G. Bedell
and L. B. Abbott of the Nestry of St
Lnhn'S EniScOnal Chmrch anneared and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
Afternoon score by innings


In practice Just before the afternoon
game Brophy was struck on the end of
a finger, the ball tearing the nail al
most off, and this mishap kept him out
of the game.
Huck Finn came home last week, as
was then stated, very i'll, but is much
better He has malarial fever, con-
tracted while doing splendid work on
the Charlotte N o. team.
A number of the town teams parti-
sans attribute the Monday afternoon
failure to the renowned coach, Squire
Jetfries For some reason the squire
coached the visitors. Heretofore this
Hughey Jennings of FroStburg base
ball has manifested loyalty to the home
team, but just why he re-nigged this
time is unknown.
The boys are trying to devise some
thing for relief of short-stop Rogers,
who had his hand broken in the game
here with Cumberland June Goth. An
effort is making to get up benefit game
during next week, proceeds to go to him,
aud everybody should attend.
Just now the home team is in bad
shape with Spates, Rodgers and Brophy
ont of commission.
Next week, however, there will be
two games with Contradictions there
Wednesday, one here Saturday.
And were waiting to hear from both
Homecoming and Midland.
Cumberland was due here yesterday
(Friday) afternoon for a game.
HINT.
There is not much use to give a boy,
or IA base-ba crank, advice about yell
ing at IA game, says the Taneytown Md
RpcOrd "but it is true, nevertheless, that
Il pitcher is much less likely to get rat
tied than the batsman at a critical stage
in the game. Therefore, it is best to
keep noisy mouths tight shut when you
want your batter to line one out. Save
your yelling for good plays, after they
are made"
Uses His INFLUENCE
johnny, do you ever pray for the
success of the home baseball team
Same thing, ma am, | root for 'em.
REWARD OF DUrLIclrY
"Tommy, do you know where little
boys go that tell lies ?"
You bet | do. That's the way most
of EN- get away from going to school to
go the baseball games.
METAPHYSICAL
The report that "a majority both of
geniuses and criminals are left handed
pleases Col T. @. Dillon only halfway.
He says-'Stubinaldo Brown, for in
stance, Is south-paw, and everybody
knows he is not criminal. Besides,
what is really curious, he is a right
handler with the bat"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10

The extension of Dreamland Theatre
necessitated the removal of justice
Chambers court house down to within
few feet of Mechanic street, and the
fact that justice Weimer 5 courthouse
is already on that thoroughfare gives
rise to the proposition that soon as Coun-
Gil can find time to do justice to Union
street by taking down the miSnomers
which degrade FrOStburg to the level of
"Stringtown on the Pike" that body
should change the name of Mechanic to
Court street.
But while justice Chambers court
house was "on wheels last week and
moving man was tried and started to
Jessup's Cut for a course of correction
the first instance on record, probably,
of a trial commencing on one spot, evil
dence taken on rollers, verdict found
en- route, and sentence pronounced Just
as the new destination of the court house
was reached
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
Il. II.
MIDLAND vs.. FRosTBURG.

Midland was here Monday; lost the
forenoon game to the home team at the
ratio of 10 to I. and took the afternoon
game by 6 to (. Both games We're well
attended, though the athletic events at
the y. NJ. |. Park attracted many.
Patton, the Eckhart finger, did the
spheroiding for the home team in the
morning, and did well. He carries the
ear marks of conner on the primal
point, and if he stays in the game will
be heard from.
Stubinaldo Brown unwound his super
structure at the depot of delivery in the
asternoon game, but his support ambled
steadily along to the lowly cottages
along the pike called the National Put
Out
Score by innings:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10

Louis Stanton, proprietor of Stanton S
Hall, Union street, has torn out the
stage of the auditOrium of his building,
and with walls re-plaSte1ed, green-tinted,
and hardwood floor, he has a hall 40 feet
wide and so feet long, amply spacious
for pubIiC-amusement purposes, es-
pecially dancing. He has gone to CON
siderable expense to make this improve
ment, but it is believed results will
justify it.
r. II. Talbot, proprietor of the
"Dceamland Theatre" Union street, is
also making a considerable addition to
the seating capacity of that institution
by extension back nearly to Mechanic
street. When completed it will be a
hall 10 feet long and Is feet wide. 1t
is framework coated on the outside
with metal sheeting. brick imitation.
DR., A. X. Walkers excavating on his
lot, corner Broadway and Orman street
extended, for a residence and office
\ Present Duty.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
The old Must Stay at Home

Many of the explosions Monday were
terrific.
Getting worse every year.
One old man living in the suburbs
who comes into town every day told the
JOURNAI.-''but | can't stand it on the
18th of July"
How many more like him?
How many more whose freedom is
suppressed on freedoms day:
When will FroStburg reach the limit ::
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
TOWN AND VICINITY.
The Fourth.

The events of the day are elsewhere
summarized, but at night number OF
balloons We're sent up, notably by the
Hitchins Brothers on Frost avenue, Ed
ward Duffy, Broadway, and others.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10

The three diagrams accompanying
have been handed the JOURNAL; also
the solution.
They are for wood workers, of whom
it is required to make single plug of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10

CLARENCE ". WATSON.
Mr. Watson President the Consolidation Coal Company
Pa
Fmon Fuel Company and the Casurg (W Na Fuel Company
is
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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
Card of Thanks


TINHE Committee in charge of the Pic Mic
L and Athletic Games under auspices of
St Michael's Athletic Association, held in
y. NJ. |. Park Monday, July 5Jh through
the MINING JOURNAL extends compliments
to those who participated in the contests
and thanks to those who donated prizes
OBLIGATED at the Tournament and Games
the Athletes, and the public in general, and
especially the Frostburg Transit Company
MessrS Milton w. Race, Horace q. Evans
and Fernsncr Il Hunter for the use of vehi-
CleS in the parade
In this connection we are glad to report a
popular demand for a repetition of the days
Athletic Sports and Compettions-ad demand
so earnest that we feel authorized to report
that it will be conceded and the date fixed ON
Monday, September 1:s, 1909.
BY order of the Committee.
FRANK SPATES,
W. T. KIRBY, Chairman.
Secretary. July lOI
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
Not an Accident.

A boys pocket was too shallow for his
load of fire crackers Monday morning.
Another boy lit a protruder the bunch
went off, scared and burned the victim
much beyond the joker expectations.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
For the State Senate

To the Republicans Of 1Hegowg county:
I AM A CANDIDATE for the Republic
L can Nomination for State Senator.
My loyalty and service to the party, to-
gether with whatever qualifications for the
office | may possess, are my only political
asset and constitute the only ground upon
which hope to win your generous support
at the approaching primaries.
If nominated and elected, | will discharge
the duties of the office honestly and fear
lesSly. May 10 HARRY +. MULLlN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
COUNTY COMMISSIONER

I HEREBY announce myself Il CANDIDATE
l. for the Office of County Commissioner
subject to the decision of the Republican
Nominating Primaries.
If nominated and elected, | will make all
effort in my power to discharge the duties of
the office as betting the position, and to
that end cordially invite the support of all
Republicans ut the Primaries
June 10 JOHN q. ERRBACH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
For Sheriff

A T the coming Democratic Primaries
~ ask the support of Allegany- County
Voters, being a Candidate for Sheriff.
June 19% GERRIT SMITH.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
Road Director

II EREBY announcing myself a CANDI-
IL DATE for the Republican Nomination
for Road Director, desire to add that if
nominated and elected, | shall strive to give
the duties of the office intelligent practical
and impartial administration.
TO this end | ask the support of all Re
publicans at the approaching primaries.
June IS HORACE G.. EVANS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-10
House of Delegates

| BEG to announce my CANDIDACY for
L the House of Delegates, subject to the
decision Of the Republican Primaries.
WALTER w. WITrIG,
July 3 District No. Is, Frostburg, Md.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
Copper Is Precious Metal.

In this almost universal age of cleo
tricity copper has become one of the
most indispensable of the metals. II
civilization to-day were confronted
with the ultimatum. "Give up your
gold or give up your "copper"" prob
ably the worlds gold mines would be
deserted in preference.
Last year the production of copper
in the United States exceeded by far
that of any other year in the history
of the metal. The years totals as
complied by the geological survey was
942,57O,721 pounds. In this produc-
ton Arizona territory led with .252,-
503,651 pounds, and Massachusetts
with 222,503,651 pounds.
AS against this production of the
refined metal, the apparent consump-
ton was 79,955.31s pounds. From re-
turns made by the smelling and rcfin-
ing companies the stocks of refined
copper on January 1, 1909, showed a
decrease of 3.S6s,037 pounds over the
stocks of January /. 1909
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
N0IsELEss CLOCK is MADE.
TimepIeee, Which 10 Absolutely Silent,
/ Will Run 1000 Days Without
! Any Human Aid.

A clock. which is absolutely silent
SO that not the slightest ticking Is
heard, that is guaranteed to go for
1000 days without requiring the
slightest human attention, and that
will keep correct time in any position
even upside down-such is the Eu-
reka electric clock recently invented
by an Englishman, and which was sub
mitted for the inspection of the king
by Mr.. Sigismund Kutnow, chairman
of the Eureka Clock Company.
The simplicity and science of the
mechanism of the invention are re-
markable.
This clock is an entirely new de-
parture. 1t is as unlike the old time
piece, with its weights, wheels and
pendulums. as can possibly be imag-
ined.
Its dial hands are moved by direct
impulse from the electric current.
Hitherto. attempts at making a self
winding clock have failed. owing to
the complexity of the mechanism.
There is, however, practically no
mechanism. in the ordinary sense of
the word, in the Eureka clock: such
works as 1T has run on ball bearings
large enough for a bicycle, SO that the
friction is almost nil.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
Horse Pumps Water.

to the pump rod and at the other end
to the shaft of an old mower wheel,
says Popular Mechanics. This shaft
is heightened out to about twelve feet
and bent into the shape of a crank
near the end opposite the wheel. The
bearings for this crank are made
from piece of bar iron V-shaped
with fiat bottom. This iron is bolted
down loosely to a piece of timber 1T
ted into the ground. The horse Is
hitched on near the wheel. The "
shaped bearing turns as the horse
walks around in a circle and the crank
makes a double stroke for every rev.
olution of the mower wheel. Where q
well is deep two mower wheels may
be put together to add tractive weight.
A horse soon learns to operate this
pump without driver.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
Wireless and Safety at Sea.

"Of late, toe. another and powerful
safeguard has come into use," writes
L. Frank Tooker In an account In
Century of new and old devices for
navigating in fog and darkness. IF
one enters the wireless telegraphy
room of a transatlantic steamer he
will find on the wall a rectangular
chart crossed and recrossed by many
black lines. Across it also runs one
broader line in red ink. On the mar
gin of the chart are marked the
days of the week. 1t Is the wireless
guide for the current month; the red
line gives the course of the steamer,
while the many black lines crossing
it indicate to the operator at what
hour of each day of his passage he
will probably pick up the wireless
messages of other ships crossing that
month. The ship, one sees at a
glance, is scarcely ever out of touch
with other ships through which dis
aster may come; and with this knowl-
edge of constant intercommunication
the feeling of security justly grows"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
New Kind Of Fish Story.

Just as charity covers a multituae
OF SINS" said DR.. Dudley s. Reynolds
so the term cold includes about eoo
different forms Of irritation of the mn.
cous membrane. I really think that
catching cold,' as ordinarily consid.
cred, Is superstition which can
be f1tly compared to the belief that
lacking horseshoe over the door win
keep witches out"
And then DR.. Reynolds told abou,
q fishing trip he took to Harrod's
Creek several years ago in the win.
ter time. Snow was on the rropra
and frost In the air. The fish were bIt.
ing good. and so when the doctor fell
into the creek and fished himself out
In thoroughly moist condition. he pro.
ceeded calmly with his angling n.
though water weren't wet and w:ntrv
air not cold. He finally missed his
train to town and had to walk bach
home, arriving with clothes frozen n
him, but with a string of bass that
did credit to himself as a disciple of
Sir Isaak
Il never felt any i'll effects from
that ddcking." said he, yet accordine
to the usual beliefs should have
caught my death Of cold and been q
victim of pneumonia in the next
twenty-four hours. louisville Cour
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04

save both time and towels, as 1t per-
mits the water to drip of the dishes
before they are dried. The utensil is
made for use only in its dual capacity.
The dishpan is cut away to allow one
end OF the drain trough to enter it.
This trough rests on legs which give
1t a downward slant toward the pan
and in the bottom is a rack on which
the dishes are stood. This rack 10
raised slightly, SO that the water
which drips from the china, glass, etc.,
runs back into the pan. In this way
the dishes are rendered comparatively
dry before the towel Is applied to
them, with the result that they can be
completely dried much more speedily
than when taken directly from the
rinse water. and the towel does not
become hopelessly saturated. as by
the old-fashioned method.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04

Though numerous appliances have
from time to time been contrived for
the purpose of superseding the famil-
lar type of lifebelt. the latter still re-
tains its popularity. Yet it possesses
well-known disadvantages. A new de-
vice has now been evolved by an in
ventor of Antwerp. The belt comprises
two buoyant cushions. which are de-
signed to fit upon the chest and upper
part of the back respectively, connect
ed by straps passing over the shout
ders. The cushions are held firmly in
the requisite position bya belt, which
passes round the waist and fastens
with buckle. In this manner the
wearer's head is kept well above wa
ter and there is no possibility of his
equilibrium being upset
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
Drying Plaster.

The plastering in new houses is
being dried by new apparatus SO
effectually in three days that excep-
ton in favor of the method is being
made by the authorities in places
having In force the German law for
bidding the use for residence of any
house until it has been built six
months. The apparatus employed is
q coke stove, with number of small
tubes surrounding the fire-box, and
with supply pipes leading dry air from
outside to these tubes. AS the fresh
air rapidly passing through the tubes
becomes heated, it rises and passes
along the ceiling and walls. 1t abb
serbs and becomes saturated with
moisture from the plastering, then
sinks, enters the fire-box of the stove,
and escapes with the coke gases into
the chimney. The current of heated
dry air not only carries OF the damp
ness very rapidly, but furnishes an
abundance of carbonic acid to harden
the mortar. The effect is exactly the
same as that of slow natural drying.
and the rooms are made speedily
habitable instead of being unsafe TO
live in for many weeks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-09-04
His CuteSt Trick
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
By EDGAR WHITE

Pretty Jim" was the nightingale al
the "Fatima" moving picture show
he was q tall. slender youth, with a
cigarette pallor and curly hair that
gave him stand-in with the girls,
who gushed over his warbling and
imagined they were kneeling at the
shrine of art.
But sly dart of Cupid soon put
jim out OF the running with the
Flcssie" crowd. The shot came from
close range, and didn't give him q
snow to dodge. Little Birdie Atherton
was the sweetest thing that ever wore
ner golden curls, and she pounded the
piano to help out Jimmie's soul melo-
dies When these two kids found they
were In love with each other they
trapezed around town like a pair of
children, hand In hand, always in
sweet-scented clover fields. pretty
Jim" only sung for one pair of pearl
iike ears, and two soft blue eyes
loaned him inspiration. His songs of
love were real, from the bottom of a
neart undergoing its first implement.
Birdie declared her "Jim" was the
only person on earth who really un-
derstood music right, and said IL he
was to get run over by a street car
or kidnapped or anything like that she
would take cold poison the very next
minute after the news came.
by and by the keen-eyed manage
ment observed that the CLEOPATRA"
q rival show, was eating into their
trade by the employment of a negro
who could stand on his woolly head
and drink soda pop simultaneously.
Following this distressing innovation
there blew into town a Dutchman
named Karl Wusurwester-"Win
wurst." they called him-who gave an
lmpromptu clog dance and imperson-
Atom at Sandy McPhearson's Crack
n-the-Wall."
The boss of the 'Fatima" chartered
ne Durchman, and he went on the lob
1ext night. The new performer
ianced In a funny-looking pair of J
wooden shoes. with heavy leather
'oies extending several inches beyond |
ne bows. When he would come down
N the grand finale those wonderful
hoes would hit the stage like the
Of a naval gun. Then he
lad comical Dutch talk that made
laugh.
Inside week the "Fatima' was
altering all the loose nickels In town,
nd the negro over at the "Cleopatria"
umped into the river. There was no