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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
RID THE TOWN OF BILLBoARDs
Obnoxious Poster Should Be ElimI-
nated From Rural Communities.

Obnoxious Poster Shoulo % Eiin'-
mated From Rural Communities.
Did you ever go into town or city
and see every dead wall or vacant
space taken up with signboards plas-
tered with colored obnoxious posters
advertising the wares Of mail order
houses? That's the sight that usually
confronts the visitor to the average
city or town throughout the United
States.
Now, the billboard habit Is one that
should be fought severely by all towns
which look forward to becoming great
communities. Just so long rs a town
allows these obnoxious posters to de
face its streets, just so long that town
is going to remain unprogressive.
The war on blllboards In the past
few years has become nation wide
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Kansas City
are among the cities that are waging
a strong fight to eliminate this means
of DETACHMENT In st. Louis 90 per
cent Of the space occupied by ohen-
sive and unsightly bilboards will be
cleared by the building commissioner
as a result of decision recently hand
ed down by the supreme court, which
upholds the validity Of the billboard
ordinance Of st. Louis.
One supreme court judge stated that
st. Louis has a right to regulate and
control billboards and kindred methods
Of advertising. but that that may be
controlled by legislative enactment.
The Judge also said that the average
billboard Is a constant menace to pub
lie safety, health and morals by Its
pictures and constitutes n hiding place
and retreat for criminals.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
MeteorS,

There is one very interesting fact
connected with meteors that have
struck the earth. Hundreds of them
have been examined and found to con
tain animal remains-tha is, the very
lowest forms Of life. This indicates
that they are parts of world that
burst into fragments long, long ago.
What a Thoughtful world broken up
and scattered through space! Maybe
we had another moon once, but that
broke into pieces and these are the
pieces, aid maybe they are parts Of
the planet that once revolved between
Mars and Jupiter. Over 800 of the
larger pieces Of this planet have been
discovered and catalOgued. One of
these few away inside of Mars orbit.
Why may not many of the smaller
pieces and these solid meteors be they?
1t is probably so.-ColumDus Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
The Rural Town Tonic.

He who has never called n country
town his home has missed much, says
the Denver Republican. He who had
his first look upon the world from
some little village which at the dawn
of consciousness spelled all the world
to him and held in its bounds all the
people will always lack something in
his sense of his proper adjustment to
creation. 1t is In them that the truest
friendships are formed, the closest
studies of human nature provided, the
most lasting hold given on the eternal
truths. Only as little child can the
kingdom be entered, and that is as true
Of the kingdom of earth as Of that one
Of which 1t was first said. Go closer
into the records Of these boys Off the
farms and you will find that 1t was
from the country towns rather than
the farms they came; that 1t was
some country village that inspired the
dreams, fred the hopes and prepared
for that fight to broader fields. And
they go back laden with gifts, not to
the farms, but to the country towns to
which they feel they owe so much.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
The Wav to Float.

This is the advice of an old swimmer
to those who cannot swim: ANY hui
man being who will have the presence
of mind to clasp the hands behind his
back and turn the face toward the
zenith may float at ease and in perfect
safety in tolerably still water. When
you first find yourself in deep water
you have only to consider yourself an
empty pitcher. Let your mouth and
nose and not the top of your heavy
head be the highest part of you and
you are safe. But thrust up one of
your bony hands and down you 90,
turning up the handle tips over the
pitcher" There are reason and logic
in this.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
A DOG IN THE SKY.
Tibetan Explanation of the Cause OF
an Eclipse.

an Eclipse.
Every one has heard of the Chinese
myth explaining an eclipse and the
enormous dragon that stalks through
the sky seeking to devour the sun.
But the Tibetan legend is little diff
ferent and very interesting as describ-
ed by Sven Hedin in his Trans lima
laya." After describing the eclipse
and the terror and depression with
which it was received he says:
Then visited Hlaje Tsering with
the corner pillars of my caravan. He
sat at his lacquered table drinking
tea and had his long Chinese pipe in
his mouth.
"Why Is it that it has just been 50
dark? ?" l asked him. The gods of
the Dangrayumtso are angry because
you will not allow me to visit their
lake"
mo, certainly not. A big dog roams
about the sky and often conccalS the
sun. But | and the lama LobsanS
have prayed all the time before the
altar and have burned joss sticks be
fore the images of the gods. You have
nothing to fear. The dog has passed
on"
Very fner' l cried and made
desperate attempt to explain the
phenomenon. Robert held up his sau-
Ger to represent the sun. and took
two rupees to represent the earth and
moon crossing each others orbit.
Hlaje Tsering listened attentively to
Muhamed lsa's translation Of my
demonstration. nodded approvingly
and finally expressed his opinion that
this might do very well for US. but
that it did not suit Tibet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Build For Permanency.

Land and property, said Il speaker at
good roads convention, were valua-
BILE in proportion to their accessibility
to market or pleasure. and whatever
adds to the accessibility enhances val
ues. The history of the country, he
less and wasteful extravaganza in the
use Of money and labor on its high
ways, and the lesson to be learned was
to build, as did the ancients, for per
manency and with the utmost care and
thought for the future.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13

buildings on this street, would offer
prizes to be given by the municipality
for buildings which conformed to GER
tain standards, those standards to deal
not only with the character Of the de-
sign and possibly with the material
with which the facade Of the building
is constructed, but also with the two
main heights-that is, the main cor
nice height and subsidiary cornice
height over the first story or base
ment; finally that these prizes be given
in a remission of taxes on sliding
scale, according to the nearness with
which the buildings conform to the
standard set up by the act"
Another method of town identifying
that is worthy Of prize is by build
ing n parkway in the middle Of the
principal streets. 1t is ornamental
and serves to conceal trolley tracks
and wires. The trees in the parkway
should be high enough to hide the troll
ley poles and cars and to furnish shade
to the business section.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
A Unique Improvement Scheme.

Says recent writer: II know of a
local paper whose editor interviews all
the mail carriers when the roads are in
good condition to drag after each rain
and secures the names of all the men
who donate work on the drag. These
are then published as a roll of honor.
or course a man doesn't drag roads
just to have the good he is doing III
that way exploited; but, all the same
one likes to know that the good he
does is being noticed, and it certainly
is by those who travel the dragged
roads whether they read the paper or
not"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Teach Children to Protect Property.

Children should be taught to have n
proper regard not only for the prem
Uses on which they live, but for that Of
others and all in public spots, as school
grounds, parks and parkways. If they
are taught a proper appreciation Of
public trees and plants they will sooL
come to regard them as personal pos
session, and but few children will de-
stroy or injure that in which they have
even a small Joint ownership What
is everybody's property Is nobody'e
property" no longer applies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
FOR TOWN BEAUTY.
Remission of Taxes Is Ursed-Park'
ways Are Beautifers.

ways TT0
Prizes In return for suggestions for
civic beauty-that is the idea that Is
being carried on In various towns In
the United States. The most unique
prize so far heard Of is one that will
be offered by the city Of Washington
as a result of real live suggestion
made by an officer of the Municipal
Art Society of New York.
Following is part Of the officials
suggestion which touches on the posi-
billties of identifying Washington's
streets mo one can see the magnifi-
cent street referring to Pennsylvania
avenue) without being impressed by
its architectural possibilities and sim
ilarly disappointed with the architec-
tural hodgepodge with which the beau
tiful street Is lined.
II would therefore suggest that II 1t
is possible the best results might be
obtained by the passage Of an act
which, while making no compulsory
regulations for the construction OF
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Dense.

One day the teacher asked her class
to write an essay on London. about
which they had just been reading.
When examining their papers later she
was surprised to read the following:
1.-The people of London are noted for
their stupidity"
where did you get that from?' ask
ed she of Maggie Jones.
"Please, miss, it's all in the book.
1t says the population of London is
very dense "-London Answers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
VULPlNE SAGAClTY.
The Tale Of Fox From the West
Coast of Ireland.


Coast of Ireland.
1t has often been said that the fox
is the most cunning Of all animals.
but the following story of vulpine
sagacity seems to require some ere
dence. Some fishermen on the west
coast Of Ireland were In the habit Of
going to small island a few hundred
yards from the mainland In quest of
bait. The island was inhabited by
large numbers Of rabbits and could be
reached at low tide by wading. the
water then being only few inches
deep One morning they went In their
boat quite early, 1t being high tide.
be a dead fox lying on the beach. The
fur Of the animal was all bedraggled,
and he seemed to have been drowned.
One of the men, remarking that his
skin was worth something, pitched
him into the boat. Procuring their
bait, they returned to the mainland.
and then the man who had possessed
himself of the fox seized him by the
tail and flung him on shore. AS soon
as the animal struck the beach he
picked himself up with considerable
agility for dead fox and shot off like
a flash along the cliffs, while the men
stood staring at one another in mute
establishment. The men concluded
that he had crossed over to the island
during the night when the tide was
low in search of rabbits and. finding
in the morning that he was cut off
from the mainland, counterfeltcd
death, with the expectation of thereby
procuring passage to the shore in the
boat, an expectation which was fully
reaiized.-LOndon Globe
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Good Highways Uplifting.

There is nothing that contributes
more to rural uplift than good roads.
For social and economic Improvement
communication must be easy. With
out good roads it is impossible for the
people of rural communities to meet
and discuss ways and means Of i'm
proving rural society.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Make the Roads Beautiful.

The National Good Roads associa-
ton in convention recently recon-
mended that the enlisted men of the
army be used in making good roads.
How better could they serve the coun-
try than by identifying and making
the rOadWayS more ScrViceable: We
remember that wherever Caesar and
his legions went good roads followed,
and some of those highways are there
today to prove that they are the best
thoroughfares in Europe If this or
der ever went into effect a regiment
would consist of about six privates
the next morning
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Props,

"My dear brother" said the clerical
looking man. ARE you doing anything
to keep your brother from falling"
"Why, yes" was the reply. I'm In
terested in concern that manufac-
lures lampposts"- Boston Courier
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13

Do good to thy friend to keep him
to thy enemy to gain him.-Tra 1klin.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13
Railroad Schedules.
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE MAY es. 1910,
CUMBERLAND
Daily. Elk. Sunday. sSunday only.
Railroad Schedules.
Daily. Tx. Sunday. sSunday only.
EASTBouND.

Daily Elk. Sunday. sSunday only.
EAsTsouNo.
For WASHINGTON. BALTIMORE. PHILADEI..
PHIA and NEW YORK. Depart 500 am, '2.45
am. .6.57 am, '7D. 1924 am, ~ As $50
PM, 1919 pm, stopping at Hancock and Martins.
burg Arrive lao an, ALB am, ~ am.
For %BRsHIN a B s s and Say Sta
tons Depart t3.l5p.m.
For WINCHESTER, Depart t7.30 Is "a am. tl2,45
pm. t3ls pm; Arrive y 25 pm; t945 pm. !, ~
For RoMNEY. Depart 1880 am, tl2.45 pm. 1870
For BERKEL SPRINGS. Depart T 80 am, t12.S
PM. - Is pm. Arrive t9.20 am. II. 25 t5O2
For HAGERsTowN, Depart 1880 am. Arrive tbs
For FREDERICK, Depart r. 90 am, r. As am. '6.s7
am, 79O am, 49, am. HAS pm, 1915 PM
Arrive Il % PM, 800 PM, S22 PM, 70 As PM
WEsT6oUNo GETTYSBURG oIvIsIoN)
For CHICAGO, Depart '5.07 pm. Arrive 80 40 PM.
For CLEVELAND, Depart $50 am. Arrive $40
am, '1240 pm. "
For PITTSBURG and CONNELLsvILLE, Depart
'1.5O am. 4 30 am, f6lO am. Cocal), I'D p.m
$3.50 pm. Qocal). 1907 pm. Arrive $40 a.m
s1217p QocaD, '12.4 40 PM, 800 pm, t8. 10 pm.
Qocal), 10. "a pm.
WEsrsoUNo MAIN LiNE.)
For CHICAGO, Depart 1882 pm. Arrive '657 am.
For i CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE ST LOUIS, De-
part rr a;% IS p m % PM o via parkerS
For KEYsER, PIEDMONT and GRAFTON. Depart
4.35a.m II 90 m. UocaD, r35 p m, rs % pm.
Gocal). 's.S m. 1882 pm. Arrive q 10 am.
65l am. 's.18 m, tab pm. Qoca), 900 PM.
For WHEELING, Depart II 90 am. (locaD, 1s5 PM.
1852 pm. Arrive q Is M, 1851 am, 800 pm.
M. G. CLARKE. Ticket Agent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1910-08-13

THERE can be no just reason
- why any reader of this will con-
t,nua IN suffer the fortunes of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22
CONFESSES MURDER;
ANOTHER SUFFERED
French Ragpicl1er Tells of Staying of
Five Children-Father Convict
ed, Died in Prison.

Tours, France, July PA rag
picker named Joseph yesterday con-
fessed to the assassination, April 81,
1901, of five children of a farmer
Named Briere. in the vicinity of Char
tres The father of the children was
found guilty to the murders and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. He died
in prison
The trial of Briere attracted the at
tention of the whole of France. Four
of his daughters, aged, respectively,
IA, II, and 4, and his son, z years
of age, were found in bed one morning
stabbed and beaten to death. The
farmer was arrested and charged by
the police with the crime.
According to a theory advanced by
the police to provide a motive for the
crime. Briere, who owned a small
farm near Cerancez. wished TO marry
a woman of considerable wealth. Cir
cumstantial evidence led to the CON
viction that the farmer, considering
his family an incumbrance, murdered
his five children in order to carry out
his wishes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22

and they will be conducted to the from
tier today.
Agreed to Leave Country.
The status of the Mormons in Ger
many was taken up in exchanges pc
tween the foreign office and the Amer
lean embassy in 1903, when the gov
ernment took the position the teach
ings of the missionaries were subver-
sive of morality. 1t was then arranged
with the Mormon superintendent,
through the American embassy, that
all Mormon missionaries should with
draw from the country within a month,
the middle European head
quarters from Berlin to Switzerland.
Left In German Hands.
Subsequently 140 foreign leaders de-
parted, leaving their German societies
with a total membership of 5000 in
care of the German pastors. The
authorities state that in recent years
the Mormons have disregarded the un-
derstanding of 1903 and from time to
time individual missionaries have been
and expelled. In such in
stances they have not applied to the
American embassy for relief, nor made
a protest against their expulsion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22
DIPLOMATIC CLASH
WITH NORWEGIANS
United States Takes Exception to the
Recognition of Madriz Gov
ernment.

Washington, July 22.-Crossing dip
lomatic swords with Norway, the state
department, replying to protests from
New Orleans commercial interests
against the Norwegian recognition of
the Bluefields. Nicaragua, blockade to-
day declared Bluefelds to be an open
port. Norway, 1t was said, was mis-
informed OF conditions there, when
that country recognized the belligeren-
cy of the Madriz government.
Washington. July ga new cabi-
net has been formed by Madriz in Mic
aragua, according TO cable advices re-
ceived here from Consul Olivares at
Managua. It's personnel consists, with
a single exception, of adherents of Ze-
laya and men who were officials of the
former presidents government. Con-
sui Olivares strongly intimates that
the new ministry is unfriendly to the
United States.
The appointment of Benjamin Zele-
don as secretary of war seems to be
the most significant in a cabinet of
Zelaya supporters.
Mr.. OIivares says he is bitterly anti
American and is the author OF asnUn-
Der of incendiary articles against the
government of the United States and
American interests in general which
have been published recently in the
censored press of Managua.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22
NO ROCKS AHEAD
James A. Patten, Closing Up
Business, Predicts Contin-
uation of Prosperity.
BANKS CHECK SPECULATION
Shut Down on Reckless Land and
Automobile Buying, but Have
Plenty of Money.

New York, July 22.-James A. Pat
ten, who is in New York today prepar-
ing to leave tomorrow for a brief vaca-
tion in Europe, is optimistic regarding
the business situation in the United
States. There is nothing in sight to
warrant depression" he told interview
ers. western speculation in land was
getting to be dangerous, but the banks
have checked that So was the hunger
for automobiles.
Never Saw Equal.
81 never saw anything like the way
the western farmers went after auto
mobiles. They even mortgaged their
farms to get them. 1 know of one Kan
sas City bank that holds 50 mortgages
on the same number of machines. All
that is stopped now, however, and it is
well, for a continuance of this sort of
thing would have tended to create an
embarrassing situation.
Western banks are in splendid
shape and getting stronger every day.
They have plenty of money for legiti-
mate purposes, but none for reckless
speculation.
Good Country over.
"T never saw general conditions so
excellent all over the country; and in
talking about corn crops, 1 can only
say 1 know there are no unavoidable
rocks ahead, and if corn suffers, it will
not be disaster. but delay, because We
will have to swing our national ship
of trade around that obstruction, and
it will mean only a little delay in the
progress of our voyage of prosperity"
Bank Exchanges Less.
New York, July 22.-Dun's Review
tomorrow will say the total bank ex-
changes this week were $2,52S,939,9S1 |,
a loss of II per cent compared with
last year.
Uncertain Crop Affects Trade.
Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate
the customary midsummer dullness
has been accentuated by uncertainty
regarding crop results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22

President Murdoch, who sent the reply
for the trainmen, used the telegraph
and gave out the document soon after.
Avert a Strike.
Montreal, July 22-All possibility
that the conductors and trainmen on
strike was removed last night when a
definite agreement was reached be-
tween the company and men.
The gist of the decision is that the
standard rate of pay for territory east
of Chicago is recognized. The men
have gained about 80 per cent of their
demands. The new schedule is retro
spective TO May 1.
British Strike Ends.
New Castle. England, July 22.-The
strike of 10000 employees on the North
eastern railroad ended last night as
suddenly as it had begun on last Mon
day night. The men accepted the
terms offered by the company and the
night shifts commenced work at once
The call of the strike followed quick
ly on the announcement that the Anal
gamated Society of Railway Servants
had refused to recognize and finance
the fight against the Northeastern
company. AS this society is one of the
strongest labor organizations in Eng
land, it was at once predicted that the
Northeastern strikers would be unable
to carry their point without its sup
port. This apparently proved true, and
the situation, which was fast demoral-
izing the industries dependent upon the
Northeastern line, was ended.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-22
PLAYED INTO THE
TRUSTS POCKETS
Senator Bristow Bares Iniquity of
Standpattcrs in Framing Lead
Schedule.

Manhattan, Kan, July 22.-Sena-
tor Bristow, speaking here last night,
charged Speaker Cannon and stand
pat" congressman with the manipu-
Iation of the lead schedules Of the
tariff in support of the "smelter
trust" so-called. "a duty not meas
uring the difference in cost of smelt-
ing at home and abroad as promised
in the republican platform, but one
from $3.50 to Sc higher than the
entire cost of smelling in this coun-
try was imposed on lead" the sem
ator said. This was DONE" he de-
clared, mot in the interest of pro-
tecting a struggling American indus
try but in the interest of monopoly
controlled by the Guggenheims and
backed by the great Rockefeller finan-
cial interests.