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Mining^^Journal
WEEKLY.
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
The Mining Journal Publishing Company,
INCORPORATED.
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Address all communications to—
The Mining Journal Pnblisliing Company,
80 East Union Street, FROSTBURG, MD.
FROSTBURG, MD. - JUNE 3, 1911.
Memorial Day.
The occasion was observed in Frost
burg about as forecast last week.
Sixteen of the veterans turned out
to the afternoon exercises in the town
cemeteries; not so many to those far
ther away.
All the business houses were closed,
making on the streets a populous but
quiet day.
Old Citizen Dead.
Thomas Mulligan, of Mt. Savage,
died last Sunday in that place, aged
83 years. In 1848 he came from his
birth-place—County Eongford, Ire
land, and settled in Mt. Savage,
where, as a resident over 60 years, he
enjoyed the high esteem of all who
knew him.
Original Poem.
A nice young man in Cumberland
town—
A place where all the water is brown,
Slowly said with a groan —
“I’m as dry as a bone,
But Potomac—l can’t get you down!”
— Gen. Kear Hosken.
Relic of the Past.
Rummaging through his library, C.
P. Offman, of this place, found the
other day a copy of “Mitchell’s Trav
elers Guide Through the United
States”—a well-preserved map of the
country extending west just beyond
the western boundaries of Missouri
and Arkansas. Though published in
1832, the map is correct, and, consid
ering that it prints the distances be
tween towns, it is more useful than
those now published. From Cumber
land to Smithfield the distance is
given as 39 miles; Uniontown 21 miles
further; Brownsville 12 miles still fur
ther, Washington 22 miles more; alto
gether, Cumberland to Washington
Pa., 94 miles.
Real Estate Sales.
The lot and building on the eastern
corner of East Union street and Uhl
avenue, owned by the Engle heirs,
and advertised by Clayton Purnell,
trustee, was sold Monday at public
sale to Messrs. William and James
Engle, brothers, of this place, for
$6,200. Plans for a handsome and
substantial business edifice will be
drawn, and work begun sometime
this year—if practicable.
“Alexander Park,” one of Gonacon
ing’s handsomest residential proper
ties, has been purchased by Mrs. R.
L. Somerville, who will continue to
make it the family home.
A Most Successful Function.
The Board of Trade banquet at
Hotel Gladstone Wednesday evening
was a notable affair.
The Gladstone, renowned for its
menu excellence, served a collection
of splendid edibles, and about ISO
guests enjoyed the service.
The company constituted the Board
of Trade, the Eadies’ Civic Club and
a considerable number of unaffiliated
ladies and gentlemen.
Dr. Timothy Griffith presided with
his accustomed fluency and grace and
was ably seconded and sustained by
Hon. Clayton Purnell, Prof. O. R.
Rice, Citizen George Stern, Rev. D.
H. Martin, Dr. S. A. Baer, and Mrs.
A. R. Walker, all of this place.
The orators from abroad were Mrs.
M. Kamen, Hon. F. Brooke Whiting ;
and Dr. F. E. Harrington, all of Cum- (
berland, and Miss Anne Sloan, of
Eonaconing.
Without exception, the addresses '
were practical, instructive and at ’
times eloquent.
At intervals the company was re
galed with dulcet strains from Prof. .
George N. Beall’s orchestra.
° i
Indeed, nothing seemed to have J
been overlooked to make the banquet
enjoyable as well as well as potential (
of future good to town and people.
♦ l
Reasoning Backwards.
“Some men’s earning capacity has ,
to be pretty brisk to keep pace with )
their wives’ yearning capacity.”
Some difficulty encountered in trac- (
ing this observation to its starting- (
point. (
Titus A. Brick said Col. Whoop '
Koffkutter, of Bullygany, told him it s
was— ,
But Phil. Hohlng laid it on the Eck- ,
hart Philosopher, because Gen. Kear ;
Hosken is too nice a lady’s man to spell ]
that last “earning” with a y.
. (
How He Escaped. 1
“One peculiar circumstance about
our new bailiff,” commented Gen.
Kear Hosken as he threw an un-;
smoked cigarette at All-For-Eock j i
Smith. j 1
“What is that?” inquired Phil. Hoh- '
ing as he ordered Allen Hartman to '
put no chocolate in his lemon soda. <
“Why, Jim Grose every day, and | <
yet he don’t get any bigger!” | i
Everybody laughed except Will 1
Evans, and he said—“ Gen. Kear, if I i
had my dog here I’d have you bit!” i <
Why Women Suffer.
-—♦ —
Many Frostburg Women Are
Learning the Cure.
Women often suffer, not knowing
the cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness, ner
vousness.
Irregular urinary passages, weak
ness, languor—
Each a seeming torture of itself,
Together tell of weakened kidneys.
Strike at the root —get to the cause.
Quickly give the help the kidneys
need.
No remedy endorsed like Doan’s
Kidney Pills.
Recommended by thousands—
Endorsed at home.
Here’s convincing proof from a
Frostburg citizen.
Mrs. William Preston, 77 West Eoo
street, Frostburg, Md., says: “The
first symptom of kidney complaint in
my case was backache, then the kid
ney secretions became unnatural and
annoyed me greatly. Being advised
to try Doan’s Kidney Pills, I did so
and they disposed of my trouble. I
recommended this remedy highly and
can say that it lives up to all claims
made for it.”
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name —;Doan’s—and
take no other.
The Sick.
Walter Powell, of this place, recent
ly treated surgically for a kidney
trouble, is recovering. He is a patient
in Western Maryland Hospital, Cum
berland.
David Griffith, 90 Bowery street, has
been sick three weeks with tonsilitis
and quinsy.
Orphans’ Court.
At Friday’s session last week—
Thomas Williams was appointed
guardian of Annie Williams, of Alle
gany county.
Feuiiuiue Suffrage.
An enthusiastic meeting of suf
fragists was held Monday evening
at the home of the Misses Sloan,
Church street, Eonaconing, and the
Just Government Geague of Lonacon
ing was formed, with a membership
of 40.
Sixty persons were present.
Eloquent addresses were made by
Miss Ernst, of the Just Goverment
Eeague of Maryland; Mrs. Van Horn,
of Seattle, Wash.; George Stern, of
this place ; Prof. GewisN. Newton and
William F. Dollmeyer, of Eonaconing.
Silver Wedding.
The choir, Sunday-school teachers
and other attaches of Salem Reformed
Church, organized a surprise party
Monday evening and called on their
pastor—Rev. G. E. Metger, at the
church parsonage. Somebody let
Prof. S. A. Baer, of the State Normal
School faculty, know something of the
scheme and he got into it with a
speech so full of compliment and
felicitation that the pastor stumbled
frightfully in trying to reply. All en
joyed a good time.
Sheep Killers at Work.
A gang of hungry and worthless
dogs invaded the flock of sheep be
longing to T. W. Casteel, near Oak
land, on Tuesday, and killed some
and crippled others so badly that
they had to be killed to relieve
their sufferings. —Oakland Jour
nal.
That’s the sort of thing that dis
courages the best enterprise that is
open to Frostburg—the very best that j
has been yet suggested.
But who takes notice ?
Not even a Frostburg advertiser in
the Cumberland News. (
Wearing Away of Mother Earth.
Investigations by the United States I
Geological Survey of the erosion of .
numerous drainage basins of the Uni- I
ted States show that the surface of
the country is being removed at the „
average rate of about an inch in 760 1
years. Though this amount seems c
trivial when spread over the surface c
of the country, it becomes stupendous
when considered as a total, or even in 4
separate drainage basins. Mississippi
River, for instance, carries annually £
to the sea 136,400,000 tons of dissolved
matter and 340,500,000 tons of sus-
pended matter, and of this total Ohio
River carries 83,350,000 tons and Mis- '
souri River contributes more than I
twice as much. Colorado River,
which has built up for itself a vast r
delta, brings down more suspended
matter than any other river in the T
United States, delivering annually
387 tons for each square mile of its 1
drainage basin, or a total of 100,740,000
tons. j
The rivers of the United States
carry to tidewater every year 270,000,
000 tons of dissolved matter and 513,- 1
000,000 tons of suspended matter.
This total of 783,000,000 tons repre- I
sents more than 350,000,000 cubic
yards of rock, or 610,000,000 cubic j
yards of surface soil. If this erosive
action had been concentrated on the
Isthmus of Panama at the time of f
American occupation it would have t
excavated the prism for an 85-foot
level canal in about 73 days.
Fire.
A fire-alarm Monday afternoon at
tracted a crowd in double-quick time
to J. M. Zimmerly’s office, in the
Thomas building, East Union street.
The chemical engine was hustled
down by some firemen and the blaze
quickly squelched. Anotherinstance,
it is reported, of a match, a scratch, a
light, a throw-away of burning stem
into a mass of so-called “excelsior,”
coming into successive concatenation.
Business Changes.
Messrs. Thomas H. Morgan and
sons—Clarence J. and Earl, have pur
chased stock, good-will, etc., of the
grocery store of Mayor John J. Price,
corner Charles street and Broadway.
The name of firm is T. H. Morgan &
Sons. The stand is quite good, and
the new incumbents expect to make it
better.
Still Progressing.
The Civic Club held a most en
thusiastic meeting Tuesday evening
in Assembly Hall, Beall High School.
Enrolment of new members goes
steadily on, and while no actual work
has yet been accomplished, the com
mitttees are in form and ready to
begin.
A house-to-house canvas for aid in
the “General Clean-Up” was made
this week and poster instructions dis
tributed.
“Another issue,” writes a prominent
member, “will be the enforcement of
the Dog Ordinance, for which the
Journal, as the Club recognizes, has
fought long and hard.
“There are many dogs running at
large, getting in and tearing up gar
dens, howling under windows at night
and running, snapping and yapping
after passing teams; in fact, getting
the whole dog family in bad repute.
“Besides they are, especially at this
season, most liable to rabies.
“An editorial in the Baltimore Sun
one day last week told of England’s
immunity from this terrible disease.
By strictly enforcing quarantine laws
a case has never developed within the
kingdom.
“The disease in this country is not
as common as we are led to suppose,
as many cases are merely of dogs
half-crazed by fright or tooth-ache.
“There are many cartoons, showing
the vicious brute rending and tearing
tender flesh, but how many can call to
mind a companion picture —a fright
ened, badgered, tortured dog, pursued
by a half dozen boys, doing all they
can to punish without killing outright?
“Or one hitched to a wagon or sled
and goaded from behind into pulling
against a rope that’s choking his
tongue out of his head ?
“Every dog-lover will gladly pay
for the protection a tag will give his
dog, and will take every known means
of keeping his dog in “his own back
yard.”
“Chapter 4 of the Town Code covers
the ground thoroughly in its six
sections.
“And the dogs, too, can help—un
consciously. Get the money that goes
to save their own hides be used to give
the unfortunate ones a quick and easy
way out of all earthly troubles.”
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j Correspondence. :
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Dogs and Base-Ball.
New York City, May 30, 1911.
To the Mining Journal.
About 31, 31,& or 32 years ago, a
dog, owned by a prominent Frostburg
citizen (Snyder,) strayed away and
was lost for 1 hour, 1 hour and a half,
or 2 hours. It was a valuable dog,
prettily marked with “yaller” spots
about the size of sl, $1.50 or $2. The
dog has long since departed this mun
dane sphere, and if not distributed
from some sausage emporium, is now
resting peacefully in “dog heaven,”
which I have been told is the promised
land for good dogs.
If, in order to conquer Cumberland,
Frostburg requires a 25, or 26
per cent, better ball team, with the
Save Your Money
BY BUYING YOUR
RAILROAD TICKETS
J. H. HITCHINS.
A LL information concerning rates, routes,
change of cars and time of trains cheer
fully furnished. TMarch 29
CUMBERLAND and PENNSYLVANIA
DAILY RAILROAD DAILY
125 123 Stations 124
PM AM Stations A M PM
3:20 8:50 ...Cumberland... 7:55 1:00
3:45 9:17 . .Mount Savage.. 7:31 12:36
4:10 9:45 ..FROSTBURG.. 7:08 12:13
4:22 9:57 . Carlos Junction. 6:’55 12:00
4:27 10:02 Midland 6:50 11:55
4:39 10:14 .. .Lonaconing. .. 6:3? 11:42
4:49 10:25 Barton 6:2t> lira'
5:00 10:40 ....Piedmont.... 6:10 11:15
I3F" Trains 126 and 127 will run only when
authorized on account of Theatre or other
Special Occasions. J. T. ROBERTSON,
Nov 16 General Manager.
Cumberland and Westernporf
ELECTRIC RAILWAY
Time-table— in effect—
Monday, January 1, 1906.
First Car leaves Frostburg for Cumberland
6 am., next 7 a. m., and thus each hour
until 11 p. m., inclusive.
First Car leaves Cumberland for Frostburg
7 a. m., next 8 a. m., and thus each hour
until 11 p. m., inclusive.
First Car leaves Frostburg for Lonaconing
5 a. m., next 6 a. m., and thus each hour
until 11 p. m., inclusive.
First Car leaves Lonaconing for Frostburg
5:52 a. m., next 6:52 a. m., and thus each
hour until 11:52 p. m., inclusive.
First Car leaves Frostburg for Westernport
5 a. m., next 6 a. m., and thus each hour
until 10 p. m., inclusive.
First Car leaves Westernport for Frostburg
5:30 a. m., next 6:30 a. m., and thus each
hour until 10:30 p: m., inclusive.
dUAII cars connect and passenger trans
fers made at Frostburg. Ample time for
transfers. [Oct 6
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handicap mentioned in last week’s
Journal, why not have the boys ex
tend themselves 25, 25% 0r26 per cent. ?
Frostburg could always excel Cum
berland in everything ; so why not in
base-ball ? Any way, it seems to me
that they should be able to procure a
good umpire for about sl, $1.50 or $2.
Refering to the present day problem
in Frostburg—while conventions in
Frostburg seem to be in vogue, why
not convene the dogs ?
The editor of the Journal is in
possession of expert knowledge as to
the detailed scheme of conventions,
and I am sure he would be only too
glad to lend his valuable aid and un
tiring energy to any project that would
benefit the general public.
This would be a double-barrelled
boon, as it would also convene the fleas.
Of course, it is needless to say it
would require dogged determination
to get the dog-gone thing going, but
with a long bark, and a strong bark,
and a bark all together, it would surely
succeed, and Frostburg would become
famous the whole dog-gone world over.
Yours,
C. B. Ryan.
Lessons for Teachers.
ST. MarTinvillß, Ea., May 24, 1911.
To the Mining Journal.
Doubtless you will be surprised
when you receive this.
I know that I am amenable to the
charge of vanity in engaging in an
unsolicited task ; but I would deny, the
truth of the accusation, yet would
have to plead guilty to that of selfish
ness, for if I were asked why I assume
the undertaking, I would reply—idle
hands and an unoccupied mind are
seeking employment; am trying to ob
tain rest from the fatigue of doing
nothing—often more wearisome than
that resulting from arduous labor.
So, you see, selfishness is not al
ways reprehensible, but may be com
mendable.
I can best describe another contrib
uting cause by quoting a few lines
from Walter Scott’s sublime apos
trophe to love of home and country :
Breathes there the man with soul so
dead,
Who never to himself hath said—
This is my own, my native land ;
Whose heart hath ne’er within
him burned,
As home his footsteps he hath turned
From wandering on a foreign
strand ?
My steps are not turned toward
home. I wish they were, but my
thoughts are, and time has not abated
the frequency of their journeys. One
never tires talking with his best girl,
and when he can’t do that in person
he sits down and writes to her. I let
you and your patrons draw the parallel.
So much in refutation of the
prospective charge of vanity, which
is excusable in no one except a sweet,
pretty and intelligent girl.
My position reminds me of the fact
that many of our pleasures are ob
tained only by the expenditure of some
labor, often mixed with regrets and
disappointments. An eminent author
says—
No condition we can enjoy is free
from care ; some shade will mingle
itself with the brightest sunshine
of life; even our affections may
become the instruments of our
sorrows.
I have withheld the author’s name,
lest the reader’s religious prejudices
might obscure the truth and beauty in
his words.
Experience and observation teach us
that we should not expect to escape
the perplexities which our existence
here imposes upon us. I have some
times wondered how the angels in the
celestial choir spend their time when
not singing or giving praise to our
loving, merciful and all-wise God.
The expounders of the Bible—at least
some of them, tell us that the inmates
of Heaven compose one stupendous
choir. But I cannot understand how
any mortal being can conceive of a
never-ending bliss. We are told in
song—
Spring would be but gloomy
weather
If we had nothing else but spring.
We will know all about it when we
put on immortality. Until then we
can only guess, or wait and hope.
What a mass of consolation the in
quisitive and finite mind gets from
that little word—hope !
Hope humbly, then ; with tremb
ling pinions soar;
Wait the great teacher—Death,
and God adore !
What future bliss He gives not
thee 'to know,
But gives that hope to be thy
blessing now.
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast,
Man never is but always to be
blessed;
The soul uneasy, and confined
from home,
Rests and expatiates on a life to
come.
I did not begin with the intention of
indulging anykind of moralrhapsody or
speculative thought. Some few strag
gling and digressive thoughts came
along and I penned them—in both
senses of the word. I had in mind at
the start a topic which ought to inter
est every fond parent and school
teacher, even if it de not treated in an
interesting way; but some other
thoughts obtruded and shoved it aside.
Even when I was a regular reader
of educational journals I never saw j ■
the question of assigning tasks—that
is, giving lessons to pupils, discussed ; [
nor have I ever seen the subject al
luded to in newspapers, which are
supposed to discuss everything that
relates to the welfare or injury of man
kind—everything deserving approval
or condemnation, and dedicated to the
dissemination of information for both
young and old, the rich and the poor, '
the illiterate. and the educated.
I know of no incompetency among'
teachers so prevalent as the incapaci
ty to properly assign tasks. This
is particularly observable among in
experienced teachers, and some of the
more experienced ones do not seem to
realize how much the progress of the
pupil depends upon the exercise of
good judgment in this matter.
Between the faults of overtaxing
and undertaxing I believe the 'latter
is productive of more injurious results
than the former. The most success
ful teacher must necessarily err some
times, unless he could place all the
class upon a mental level.
(I hope the female teachers who
peruse what I am writing will not feel
slighted at what seems the intention
to ignore them by using only the pro
noun, “he." Ido not like the com
bination, “he ox she." fuse “he" the
greater, which should include “she,"
the less. I have sometimes wondered
that no grammarian, nor lexicograph
er, ever invented a word to include
“he" and “she," and one to include
“his" and “her.")
In undertaxing a habit of laziness
is instituted among the brighter pu
pils, and the progress of all retarded.
In overtasking the seriotis results af
fect the less apt only.
Another very common mistake with
some teachers is the giving of very
short lessons and exacting a correct
answer to every question. This error
is more common with lady teachers
and may be accounted for, perhaps,
on the supposition that they are more
desirous of perfection than their male
brethren, or on account of more ten
der sympathies for the pupils.
Let us suppose that one teacher !
gives ten words for a spelling lesson,
and all are spelled correctly; and an
other gives thirty, and fifteen are
spelled correctly. Here is a gain of i
five words, and the mind of the pupil J
comes in contact with twenty more
words than in the first case, and he i
will retain the pronunciation of some I
of the mis-spelled words, that might <
not have been seen in the first case.
The eye is a safer guide than the
memory, or else the advantage [
claimed for object-teaching is a myth. (
If we travel a long distance over a
strange road we will see more land
marks than if we go only a little way.
In the first instance we may see a ,
bridge, then a house; a little further
on a short turn of the road, and then
an immense tree; whereas, if we go
only a short distance, we will see only
the bridge and the house. Hence, the 1
more pages that are traveled over in
the books the more knowledge will be
gained of the things to be seen
and remembered, as to distances.
They should not be so long as to pro
duce intense weariness of either body .
or mind. I
But perhaps I had better “shut up,” ’
lest I invite anathema upon my an- ■
tiquated head. Campana.
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JACOB HAFER’S, Furniture, Stoves and Floor Coverings
Frostburg, Md.
OFFER EXPIRES AUGUST sth, 1911
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.
FARM FOR SALE.
Contains 115 acres, 45 acres cleared and
under cultivation, situated two miles from
Springfield, W. Va., on the Romney Branch of
the B. &O.R. R. Improved by—
-5-ROOM DWELLING! HOUSE
in flood repair, a new BANK BARN, and all
Necessary Outbuildings. Convenient to
Church, School, Store, Post-Office, Blacksmith
Shop, etc.
Fine Location for a Peacli Orchard.
There is at present an Orchard of 200
Peach Trees, 45 Apple Trees and 12 Cherry
Trees on the Farm.
Price $1,200. One-third Cash, and balance in
one and two years. This is a Big Bargain.
DR. PERCIYAL LANTZ, Alaska, W. Ya.
HOLE-IN- THE- WALL
GROCERY
For daily needs
And special feeds
THE GROCERIES sent out from this
Store are the best—
fßreakfast]
For Your \ Dinner \ Table
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In short, all the Food Products for sale
in this Store are good, and while no “bargain
baits” are set before customers, every item
is full value and honest quality.
UST" Stop and buy at the “Hole-in-the-
Wall,” No. 43 East Union Street.*
June 4 WILLIAM LAMMERT.
(CLAYTON PURNELL, Attorney.)
, EXECUTOR’S SALE
I OP
, Valuable Real Estate.
>
By virtue of the power contained in the last
will and testament of Conrad Vogtman, de
j deased, the undersigned, as executor named
r therein, will on—
> Monday, June 19,1911,
AT 10 O’CLOCK A. M.,
’ In front of the Hotel Gladstone in Frostburg,
Maryland, offer for sale at Public Auction, all
that Real Estate lying in Frostburg, Allegany
9 County, Maryland, and known as Lot Twenty
nine (29) of McCulloh’s addition to the Town
of Frostburg.
This property is improved by—
Two Two-Story Frame Buildings;
One situated on the corner of Grant and
Washington Streets, containing six rooms,
now used as a store and dwelling, and the
other, containing eight rooms, used as a
dwelling house.
This is a very desirable business property,
and will yield excellent returns as an invest
l ment.
| TERMS CASH.
Deeds at the expense of the purchaser or
purchasers.
JOHN RUPP,
Executor.