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Mining fUSte Journal.
J. BENSON ODER, Editor
FORTY-FIRST YEAR. NO. 48
The Calls of the Hills and Home.
Here the resistless Sea
Men may tame never.
There the proud Mountains be,
Dauntless forever !
There, to the wild storm thrills,
The dark larches flourished
On the breasts of the hills
That strong- souls have nourished !
Far over time and space
Comes through the gloaming
A call to each distant place —
A call to the homing.
To the wide western plain,
And to the sea’s fountains,
Comes the call—“ Turn again,
Ye born of the Mountains !” /
What you have won afield N. /
Will not be asked of you ;
Only thus have the hills appealed—
“ Come home ; we love you !”
So, to your fond embrace,
Back we come, yearning
For each familiar face
Toward us turning.
Fain would we stay and rest,
But time is fleeting; /
Yet we go again blessed
By the kiss of your greeting.
Good-bye ! Though we part again
For all time to sever,
Still will this tryst remain
A heart-song forever !
Roy L. McCardell.
New York, August 19, 1912.
Boyhood Memories.
In memory’s arms endearingly
entwined
With chastened thought and longing
sigh,
I look o’er the way now left behind
And fain to those old haunts would
fly ;
Haunts that harbored me in days of
yore,
And though transformed to palaces
of gold,
Memory weaves, like fragrant
blossoms evermore,
The sweet, beloved days of old.
Here e’en the resounding whack
Of mother’s paddle on my back
Has mellow’d softly through the years
From those of pain to joyous tears.
And so when through the time agone
I return in person again to view
The actual changes now stamped upon
The sweet old things since made
new—
Though sweet the new, how dear the
old !
Naught can efface the hallowed mold
That clings to the storied past,
Though ’mid changeful scenes our lot
be cast.
Elysian labarynths gave no greater
wonder
Than the surreptitious circus of our
youth ;
From manj' a neighbor’s house
“yclept our plunder,”
And for all this we slickly mangled
truth.
Sometimes “truth, crushed to earth,”
did
“Rise again,” and then we hid
’Til “mom’s and pop’s” wrath did
“simmer down,
An’ hit wuz safe to come aroun’.”
Oh, halcyon days ! Oh, good old
times !
Glorified by memory beyond
compare 1—
Methinks that Heaven and all its
chimes
Will somehow not be much more
fair!
D. K.
Tempered Joy.
Bogota, N. J., August 14, 1912.
To the Mining Journal.
I have written much in a humorous
(?) or lighter vein anent the Great
Home-Coming.
I rarely write in any other vein, for
the sober side of life only appeals to
me as a channel of livelihood with
“quitting” time and “pay-day” as the
objective points always in sight.
But now, that the time is drawing
near, I feel an indescribable thrill—a
thrill that is out of the ordinary and
which will not abate—a feeling en
tirely foreign to and not born of the
usual inclination to take a holiday and
“whoop things up”—a feeling that I
shall not only rejoice with the living,
but mourn over the dead; and as I
contemplate my visit I don’t know
whether to feel sad or happy. It is
wholesome to be happy, but there’s
solace in tears, and show me him who/
has not some regrets. A
It has been a long time since I left
Frostburg, playing tuba with the
Arion Band—(Thanksgiving Eve.,
1889, to be exact,) and it was not at
that time within my wildest dreams to
locate permanently in a big city and
remain so long away from my native
town.
However, we are governed by con
ditions, and conditions, so far as I am
concerned were of a fluctuating na
ture for many years, and the knocks
that I got in' the coal-mines were
trivial when compared with some that
I received in later years.
And many times I longed for the
comparative luxury of sitting in the
“gob,” with a lamp on my cap, and a
clay-pipe in my mouth, listening to
the stories told while “waiting for a
car,” or filling in from the old dinner
pail for a fresh attack on a breast of
coal.
Many of the boys I used to meet at
those sub-earth conventions have long
since passed away, and will be at the
Home-Coming only in memory.
And it is just those recollections—
and some that are closer, that estop
us frxun a serious review of the show
that has passed, lest our sorrow over
shadow our joy and we look back upon
our home-going with sadness instead
of happiness.
No tears were shed when I left
Frostburg; none will be shed when I
go back.
But the old town is still dear to me,
and I shall remember and recognize
more people than will remember and
recog'nize me, but 1 shall be glad to
see them all.
And if I am only allowed to walk
through the streets and lanes and re
view the old town in silence, whether
my' impressions be those of sadness or
of joy, I shall feel better that I will
have made the trip, and I shall come
away loving Frostburg wiih a better
love than I was capable of feeling
when, as a boy, I left it.
C. B. Ryan.
Historical Relics.
The following list is a partial
enumeration of articles which will be
displayed next week in the Beall High
School Building—all being memorials,
more or less, of the town’s past his
tory:
Rocking-Chair Mrs. McAllister
Gun and Wooden Scoop
John N. Layman
Spinning-Wheel Jacob Walbert
Candle-Moulds Patrick O’Rourke
Basqrßall Cane and Photo
/ Frank Maurey
Pipe, Frost Chair, and Flag
Charles A. Saurbaugh
/Braddock Relics Harry Fuller,
T. S. Preston and Fred. Wehner. V
Surveying Instruments. .Maria Cruse
and Consolidation Coal Company'.
Waffle-Iron Paul L. Hitchins
Bible, 100 years old Paul Dailey
Bible, 300 years old. Walter W. Wittig
Bible, 100 years old, and a Frost
Hat-Rack Charles W. Frost
Old Pipe David H. Plummer
Gettysburg Musket. .Holland Logsdon
Old-StjTe Miner’s Pick and Lamp
/ John Tipping
Sand-Blotter, used by the late Judge
J. D. Armstrong. f j .
Copper-Tipped Boots “ 1 ’ vi ■ ■
George G. Jeffries
Old Rifle John Crowe
Old Rifle, made by Prof. Winebrenner
Charles S. Jeffries
Tablets and George Washington Relics
Mrs. Coulehan and Johnson De
scendants.
Letters of George Washington to Col.
Moses Rawlings.... Mrs. M. Sprigg
Road-Spade Bayonets, with Broad
Arrow
Braddock Money.. , .James A. Taylor
Clarysville Picture—lß64
George G. Townsend
Base-Ball Photograph
Montgomery McMillan
Relics of Porter Family
Miss Kate A. Porter
Old Picture Mrs. McAllister
Bureau—2So years 01d... Mrs. Huston
Table-Cloth—lSO y'ears old, and
Breast-Pin, same age
Mrs. M. McLuckie
Old Bible Miss Ella Weis
Old Furniture Mrs. Hanna
Bureau, 250 y'ears old Mrs. Towles
Chair Mrs. Burton
Salt-Shaker Miss Hosken
Clock William Lewis
Gun, Bible, Tobacco-Bag
Mrs. Adam Krause
Ear-Rings Mrs. Lapp
Ear-Rings Mrs. Andrew Lapp
Mrs. Frost’s Bonnet. Miss Kate Bruce
Rev. Joseph Mason’s Bell. .Unknown
Picture Mrs. Edward Price
Plates and Picture George Jones
Mr. W. H. Moore’s Canteen
.Miss Effie Shaffer
Spinning-Wheel. . . . • .Mrs. Foster
Melodeon Mrs. Alex. McLuckie
Old History Robert Hart
Old Bible Mrs. Biddington
Two Forks Mrs. Griffith Phillips
Pitcher, Two Plates, One Platter
Mrs. James Dando, sr
Spinning-Wheel Mary Brode
Watch Mrs. James Stewart
Two Candlesticks, Tea-Pot, Cup
and Saucer Philip Pfeiffer
Bible John Bradburn
Tea-Pot Hugh Kelso
Sword—belonged to Crawford W.
Shearer Robert Shearer
Bible Mrs. Charles Coker
L3 T re Mrs. J. C. Pfeiffer
Chair Mrs. C. H. Hamill
Bible Mrs. Boettner
Cup, Saucer, Spinning-Wheel
Mrs. C. Gantt
First Piano in Frostburg, and
Pictures—Wright Relics
George Hichew
Waffle-Iron, Books, etc. —Clary
Relics Roderic Clary
Sword Christian Spitznas
Book, Tureen Marion Brown
Bible Mrs. Catharine Brode
Candle-Snuffer, Candlesticks, Pin
and Tray Philip McMahon
Free-Mason’s Apron Mrs. Arnold
Old Chest Rachel Dorsey
Cap, Shawl, Towel, White Scarf
Josephine Vogtman
Pitcher. .Mrs. Greenbury Humberston
Spread and Pictures... .Annie Porter
Stand Miss Sophia Ford
Grate—in which First Coal Was
Burned Robert Lancaster
Iron Kettle—Used to Cook Food for
Men Who Constructed Eckhart
Branch of C. and P. Railroad
Mrs. Flury
“Boggy” Moore’s Music-Box
Ellis Lodge
Old Cane—Belonged to Gen. Custer’s
Grandfather. .Mrs. John McFarland
Specimens of metal rails used in
mines and on railroads, including first
rail made in this country.
Several interesting relics will be
loaned by Frederick Wehner from his
superb collection.
Many' other interesting relics of the
town’s early history are promised—
for publication later.
“ISI2-1912.”
One of the town’s illuminated fea
tures next week will stand out on the
spire of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church—
“lßl2—l9l2.”
It is not often that a church appears
to be exactly as old as the town where
in it stands, but it seems to be so in
this case, and the Ladies Guild has
arranged to make the two centennials
simultaneous.
The tower is decorated, as indicated,
and to-morrow (Sunday) two former
pastors will officiate —Rev. W. A.
Shipman, of Johnstown, Pa., and Rev.
F. R. Wagner, of Huntingdon, Pa.
The church enjoys a long and suc
cessful history'. Starting in 1812 with
a few members, it now numbers 268,
these supplemented by a correspond
ly numerous body of sympathizers.
The current officers are—
Pastor—Rev. F. H. Crissman.
President—D. F. Roland.
Secretary —C. F. Betz.
Treasurer—W. A. Shaffer.
Chorister—G. Dud. Hocking.
Organist—Miss Clara Gantt.
Fact Worth Noting.
A surveys of the Home-Coming Di
rectory', appearing in the Historical-
Biographical Sketches of Frostburg,
has revealed the fact that former
Frostburgers are living in every State
of the Union and ten foreign countries
—the latter as follows:
Scotland Cuba
British Columbia Ontario
Manitoba Phillippine Islands
Australia Germany
Mexico
Panama Canal Zone
It is believed that there are some
also in England and Wales, unreported
FROSTBURG, MX)., SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1912
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The Scapegoat.
“You say the boy’s maternal grand
father was a highwayman?”
“Yes.”
“And his paternal grandfather was
; charged with arson?”
“Yes.”
“And his aunt is a shoplifter, and
his uncle a counterfeiter?”
“Yes.”
“Then to what do you ascribe his
' waywardness?”
“Why, to moving pictures, of
course.”
A Cold Proposition.
“I understand young Tilburton pro
posed to that haughty Miss Tookins in
■ the most ardent terms.”
“What was the result?”
“About the same result, I im
agine, that a person would get by
dropping a lighted match on an ice
berg.”
Getting a “Lift.”
Patience —I see the girls now op
erate the elevators in Milwaukee, be
ing duly licensed to do the work by
the city inspector.
Patrice —As the English suffragette
would say, “It’s time the girls got a
lift.”
Worth Trying.
“Don't you get tired of twisting and
turning and revamping the old anec
dotes?”
“I do, indeed,” admitted the humor
ist. “Sometimes I think it would be
less trouble to think up some new
anecdotes.”
A HOT ONE.
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Katherine —I would rather be beauti
ful than wise.
Kidder —You’ve played in hard luck
all around.
0! So Helpful.
Now, "If at first you don’t succeed,’
Before again you try,
Your friends appear from far and near
And grin and tell you why.
—Catholic Standard and Times.
Their Limit.
/“There 13 one queer thing about fish
. stories.”
“What Is that?”
“Fishermen, in telling of their
catches, never seem able to draw the
line.”
From Bucket to Brush.
She (in art museum) —They say
that famous marine artist was once
a plain farmer’s hoy. I wondered
where he developed his talent?
He —-Probably drawing water on the
farm.
On the Road to Reno.
Bill —I see that Nevada has only
| seven-tenths of a man to the square
mile.
Jill—And yet when a woman wants
to get a new man that’s where she
generally goes to get him.
Unusual Event.
“You want to borrow $lO from me,
eh?”
“That is my hope.”
“Well, when I lend you $lO the mov
ing picture rights will be worth some
thing.”
Much Easier.
“My wife decided to do some pre
' serving today and I left her perform
ing the feat of a daring swimmer.”
, I “What might that be?”
“Stemming the currant.”
Cumulative Proof.
: “I fear that I have not gathered
sufficient evedince to convince the
court of my client’s Insanity.”
“Perhaps the court will regard his
employment of you as evidence.”
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
FAVORITE FICTION.
“Mr. Ickstein, a Friend of Mine
Wants to Know How Much He Can
Get on This Watch.”
“We, the Representatives of the
Party, In Convention Assembled.”
“I’m Telling You This, Johnson, for
Your Own Good.”
“We have no Seats Deft, Sir, For
ward of the Fifteenth Row.”
“Glad to Accommodate You, Old
Chap; How Much Do You Want?”
“I Picked This Turkey Out for You
Myself, Mr. Spingold.”
“Auntie, We Want You to Make
Us a Good Long Visit This time.”
“Full Jeweled.”
An Order.
Young Lady Art Student (entering
a ten cent store) —Do you keep cam
el’s hair brushes?
Salesman (aside) —Ikie, bring up
dose lion brushes dat we ordered for
de circus people. (To lady) And, mad
am, vould you like a tooth brush?
Art Student (reluctantly) What
for?
“For de camel!” —Life.
OHI THE CONSEQUENCES.
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Joseph—l’m going to speak to your
father this week.
Jessie—Before you do it won’t you
have your accident policy made in my
favor?
Very Probable.
No doubt the good
Lord hates a quitter;
And also the
Promiscuous spitter.
When the Lights Are Out.
"Do you ever talk back to your
wife?”
“Yes, there are occasions when I
don’t dare not to.”
“Indeed!”
“Otherwise she might think I’d
gone asleep.’
Esthetic Beast.
“Here Is an account of a highly ar
tistic performance.”
“Please let me have the particu
lars.”
“A goat devoured ten sheets of
music belonging to a poor professor,
and didn’t miss a note.”
Classification.
“What is your idea of a musical
comedy?”
“It is usually a form of entertain
ment,” replied Mr. Hibrow, “in which
the music and the comedy are less
important than the costumes.”
A Strong Hint.
"There is one good suggestion
which Samson in his last performance
gave all other performers. ”
“What was that?”
“When he brought down the house,
he did not attempt an encore.”
HE FELT BAD.
)&***—. -p
Sunday-school Teacher—Now, chil
dren, you must love and obey Tour
parents. Just think how you’d feel
if you had no father.
Willie (who was licked that morn
ing)—l’d feel a dern sight better than
I feel now.
Poor Fellow.
He goes Into a restaurant
With corrugated brow;
And though he doesn’t like to bant.
He’s on a diet now.
A Real Sport.
She —And don’t you go in for sport
of any kind?
He —On, yaas, don’t yer know. I’m —
haw —passionately fond of dominoes,
—Eversbody’s Weekly.
The Dead Past.
“How is It I never hear you speak of
your old college days?”
“Well, the college I went to didn’t
j have a very good football team,’’
1882 1912 N
{ THIRTY YEARS AGO. f
J The Items Below Were Current During Y
Week Ending September 2, 1882.
The editor of the Colored Citizen ,
Pittsburg, Pa., hit off a current rumor
this way:
“They say the colored citizen is
clamorous for office.
“We answer —yes.
“Now tell us what the white man is
‘clamoring’ for?
“Don’t all speak at once.”
Work on the Washington monu
ment, Washington, D. C., progressing
rapidly.
The Cape Ann Arbor prophesied
that the American idea of teaching
every girl to thump a piano and every
boy to become a book-keeper will
make potatoes worth $2 a bushel in
thirty years.
Canada wanted free trade in fruits
with the United States.
Superintendent Boy'd, of the New
Central Coal Company, Lonaconing,
fell from a car on the Koontz tramway
and was severely injured.
Curtin M. Graham gave bond in the
sum of $120,000 as executor of the es
tate of Miss Elizabeth Wright.
D. E. Park was confirmed principal
of the public school at Franklin, L. J.
Ort Sand Spring, and W. A. Deremer
at Barton.
John Cross, of Mt. Savage, fell off a
freight train Saturday, August 26,
1882, and had his left arm so badly
mangled that amputation was neces
sary.
The meeting of the State Teachers’
Association in Cumberland during the
week was reported to have been very
successful in every respect.
Rev. V. F. Schmitt, pastor of St.
Michael’s Church, this place, was one
of 80 priests who attended the annual
retreat at the Seminary of St. Sulpice,
Baltimore. Bishop Keane and 10
priests of Richmond, Va., also at
tended.
James Walsh was severely bitten by
one of two fighting dogs Monday,
August 28th.
Hon. M. G. Urner declined an offer
of nomination for Judge, preferring
to return to Congress.
Grahattiton Gleanings.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gunter and
son—Richard, and John Gunter and
daughter—Miss Bertha, all of New
Cambria, Mo., visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Gunter and family, of
Grahamton, are here for Home-Com
ing Week and for some time later.
The Bailiff was in Frostburg Tues
day and when he returned home said
he had but very little news to report
to the Journal.
Benjamin Angwin, Mrs. John An
gwin and son, and Mrs. W. M. John
son and children have returned to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O.
Saurbaugh from a visit to Mr. and
Mrs. R. M. McLuckie, Berlin, Pa.
Mrs. Johnson left for St. Louis, Mo.,
this week to join her husband and visit
relatives and friends in that city.
Thence they will go to Enid, Okla
homa, visit sisters and friends, and
reach home, at Clinton, same State,
about September 10th.
Bailiff Simpson expects to visit
Frostburg during Home-Coming Week,
and word comes from William Bowers,
of Sand Spring, that he also expects
to put in a da3' shaking hands with
people he used to know.
A party of girls and boy's spent last
Saturday night within the shades of
Dan’s Rock.
It is reported that there is a dis
agreement between the Mayor and
Third Councilman over the feasibility
and policy of appointing a tax col
lector. The Mayor contends that the
revenue from town taxation does not
justify the institution of a single
salaried office.
Long Tour.
Messrs. A. Johnson Willison, Frank
Ort and Carl Mayer returned from
their 1,200-mile tour last Saturday.
They were on the road 17 days and
enjoy'ed a fine time, the “Oakland 30”
car of the Mayer garage giving not
the slightest trouble. They toured
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and
West Virginia.
Home-Comers and Visitors’
Registration.
The Executive Committee has es
tablished a registration-room in the
office of the Mining Journal Publish
ing company.
Books, pens and ink are convenient
ly located in No. 80, opening on Union
street.
This room is tastefully decorated.
The Historical and Biographical
Souvenir Book is on sale at this office.
All Home-Comers and Visitors to
Frostburg are urged to come in and
register at this office.
None Should Miss This.
The White Car of theß. & O. R. R.,
containing the tuberculosis exhibit
prepared by the Maryland Association
for the Relief of Tuberculosis, will be
in Frostburg for Home-Coming Week.
, Arrangements are making with the
C. and P. Railroad for a convenient
station in town.
The car will not be open on Sunday,
Aug'ust 25th; but from Monday, 26th,
till Saturday, 31st, it will be open
practically all the time from 11 a. m.
till 9 p. m.
Admission is free, and the public is
cordially invited.
Roy L. French, Assistant Secretary,
will be at the car during most of
the open hours, and, though not a
physician, will answer questions.
This will be a most interesting and
instructive exhibition and everybody
should visit it.
A three-year old son of James D.
Williams came near being dangerous
ly hurt by a heifer belonging to James j
Jones in front of the English Luther
an Church.
Thomas Brown, Mine Inspector, an- 1
nounced to the mining companies that ;
the law requiring delivery of props to
the face of workings was still in force.
It had been reported that this provis- ’
ion of the mining law had been
repealed by the Legislature of 1882. 1
<
A girl asked her mother —“will a
masher bite?” The latter replied— i
“Well, I should shout!— !
It’ll bite free lunch for all that’s out!” 1
i
William S. Hocking, William and
John E. Johns and William C. Wright ,
left for Dickinson Seminary, Williams- j
port, Pa. ,
It was rumored that Rev. D. W.
George, pastor of the Welsh Congre- ]
gational Church, would resign to en- -
ter another field of pastoral labor.
A Barton correspondent regretted :
to lose Prof. J. E. J. Buckey as prin
cipal of the public school at that place.
He had been assigned to principal- ’
ship of the school at Frostburg. ;
Jacob Baker, of this place, aged 70
years, died Thursday, August 31, 1882. ■
Left widow and 8 grown children.
The Piedmont (W. Va.) Dispatch ’
appeared August 26th.
No solution of the horse-and-buggy
mystery at Wesley Loar’s farm.
In Meyersdale, Pa., Sunday, August <
13, 1882, Miss Clara Folk, of Frostburg, *i
was married to Mr. George H. Martin, ]
of Allegheny, Pa., by Elder A. D. •
Gnagey.
:
Curtin M. Graham and Sarah ;
Wright coneeyed a lot of ground in
Grahamton to the County School
Board for a school-house site. ,
A promising material for the maim- j
facture of brick is furnished by the
refuse clay and slate from coal-pits.
John Tempest, an Englishman, has
made brick of these substances which
are of superior quality. His works are
at Monongahela City, Pa.
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Cumberland Home-Coming.
Cumberland, too, has prepared for
a great Home-Coming Week—Septem
ber I—7, inclusive.
The people subscribed $15,000 for ,
city decorations and entertainment, '
and the horsemen another $15,000 '
$30,000 in all, for race-track prizes and .
other thousands for individual deco
rations.
Pageantry during the day and il
lumination at night will be impressive
features. >
The week will be divided up as fol- ■
lows:
Monday—Labor Day. ;
Tuesday—Military and Semi-Mili
tary Day, prizes $l5O. Also School
Children’s Parade.
Wednesday—Firemen’s Day, prizes '
$750.
Thursday—Fraternal Order Day, :
prizes $l5O.
Friday—Business Men’s Day prizes
$250. This will be the day of the
great floral parade.
Saturday—Mardi Gras.
Vast crowds are expected- i
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Correction.
The statement in Journal last week ;
that the contract for paving and sod
ding frontages on Frost avenue had
been awarded to McCulloh Brothers
was erroneous. The names should .
have been Brode & McCulloh—Harry
Brode and Samuel McCulloh.
Lodge Receptions.
Washington Camp, No. 41, P. O. S.
of A., will hold a special Home-Com
ing session Monday evening, August ;
26, 1912, in their Camp room, Wittig’s
Hall, to which all visiting brothers
are invited.
As stated last week, Frostburg City
Lodge, No. 88, Knights of Pythias,
will hold a “Centennial Smoker” in
the Nickel Building next Wednesday
evening, 28th inst. ;
Mountain City Council, No. 11, Jr.
O. U. A. M., will welcome visiting
members at their Council room, in
Fischers’ Hall, Thursday evening,
August 29, 1912.
Annual Outing.
Friday of last week 35 employees of
the Comfort Shoe Store, Reading, Pa.,
Isaac Bear, proprietor, in 10 auto
mobiles, enjoyed their 13th annual
outing.
In addition, 19 lady and gentlemen
guests enjoyed Mr. Bear’s hospitality.
The day was spent in hunting,
fishing, boating and out-door games—
all refreshed by a most enjoyable
dinner.
The Reading Times of last Satur
day said—
“ The employees expressed their ap
preciation of the kindness shown by
their employer, not only on these an
: nual outings, but at all times. The
business has prospered by fair treat
ment. When Mr. Bear purchased the
Comfort Shoe Store 13 years ago he
began with eight employees. There
: are now in his up-to-date store 35 em
ployees.
“Mr. Bear is thoroughly acquainted
with the shoe business. He was born
in Frostburg, Md., and when a young
boy he went to Baltimore, where he
was employed in the shoe business by
i his brother, M. H. Bear, prominent
shoe merchant of that place. He has
grown up in the business and there is
! no branch of it of which he is ignor
. ant.”
Isaac is a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Hartz Bear, and well remem
' bered here by a big crowd of contem
poraries.
HENRY P. COOK, Manager
WHOLE NUMBER 2,133
Horrible Accident—
Four Frostburg Ladies Killed.
Sunday afternoon last a party of
five ladies—Mrs. Oscar Schneider,
Miss Jennie Schneider, Miss Bessie
Williams, Miss Edna Raley and Miss
Minnie Schneider, all of this place,
and one gentleman—Mr. William
Krause, of Baltimore, walked over the
new Western Maryland railroad to
Borden tunnel, about 2 miles from
town.
Returning, they walked a short dis
tance on the west-bound track and
met, on a 40-foot curved fill between
two cuts a double-headed freight train.
The margin on the outside of the
track being very narrow, the party
stepped out of the way of the freight
train over on the east-bound track.
Deafened by the noise of the great,
heavy freight train, and still close to
the western cut, they did not hear or
see the approach of Passenger Train
No. 14, due here about 5 p. m.
The dreadful result was—Mrs. Oscar
Schneider and Miss Jennie Schneider,
walking in the rear of the party, were
first struck and ground to pieces un
der the wheels of locomotive and train.
Miss Williams and Miss Raley were
next struck and hurled down the 40-
foot embankment to the rocks below,
killing Miss Williams instantly and
mortally injuring, and Miss Raley.
Save a slight bruise upon one of her
shoulders, Miss Minnie Schneider was
not injured, and Mr. Krause escaped
entirely.
Mrs. Oscar Schneider, 28 years old,
was a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George Wehner, of this place,
and wife of Oscar Schneider, of Or
lando, Florida. She was here on a
summer visit including Home-Coming
Week, to her sisters and brothers.
Miss Jennie Schneider, 22 years old,
was a sister of Miss Minnie and Oscar,
and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
N. Schneider, Maple street, this place.
Miss Bessie Williams, 32 years old,
was a daughter of Mrs. Thomas J.
Williams, Centre street, this place.
She was a saleslady in the dry-goods
store of Weinberg & Abramson, East
Union street.
All were popular young women, and
the story of their sudden, untimely
taking off, as it came up in detail Sun
day evening, impressed the commun
ity most profoundly and evoked an ex
pression of sympathy town-wide and
sincere.
A coroner’s jury heard the testi
mony Monday afternoon of William
Krause and Oliver Skidmore, eye wit
nesses, and J. E. Kearns, operator in
the “8.-Y.” tower, and quickly ren
dered a verdict, acquitting the train
men of blame and declaring the tragic
event an accident.
The jurors were—
Otto Hohing, Sr., Foreman.
J. W. Shea J. Alex. Davis
D. A. Benson Rudolph Nickel
Jabez J. Mealing Vincent Bolino
John Bradburn U. B. F. Edwards
Glissan T. Porter George J. Wittig
William Hansell
The funerals, held Wednesday after
noon, were very largely attended.
That of Mrs. and Miss Schneider,
was held at Salem Reformed Church,
2 o’clock, Rev. G. E. Metger, pastor,
officiating.
Miss Raley, thrown with Miss Wil
liams down the embankment, as be
fore stated, had her head mortally hurt.
She was placed on the train and taken
to a Cumberland hospital, where she
died Wednesday morning, aged 27
years. She was the daughter of Mrs.
Minnie Raley, widow, residing on
Maple street. Funeral from recidence
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. T. J. Williams, the widowed
mother of Miss Bessie, requests the
Journal to return her sincere thanks
to many friends for testimonials of
sympathy.
Scholastic.
At the annual joint institute of the
public-school teachers of Montgomery,
Prince George’s, St. Mary’s and
Charles counties, in Washington, D.
C., next week, Prof. Edward F. Webb,
principal of the Frostburg State Nor
mal School, is on the program for a
leading address.
Tale of Two Cities.
The tight-clinging, close-fitting hob
ble skirt must be tabooed in Belle
fonte, Pa., unless its wearers are will
ing to run the risk of being locked up
by the police Philadelphia Record.
An indignant Frostburg clergyman
reports to the Journai,, however, that
the police here tell him that the Ordi
nances, requiring grocers to keep
their goods off the sidewalks, and
regulating the street conduct of dogs
are not enforceable.
He wants to know also—why encum
ber the town statutes with Ordinances
that cannot be enforced?
And another member of the Minis
terial Association asks—“and why
appoint and pay men to enforce laws
that cannot be enforced?”
A Valuable Invention.
The Eonaconing Advocate last week
contained an interesting illustrated
article descriptive of Henry Fresh’s
invention, now patented, of the “Mon
arch Worm-Geared Hand-Brake.”
The brake problem has been one of
great concern for years to steam, cable
and electric roads companies, and it is
believed now that Mr. Fresh’s inven
tion has solved it.
So great is the confidence reposed
in its efficiency after tests on the
Cumberland and Western port Electric
Railroad, that a company has been or
ganized, with a capital of $25,000, to
promote its manufacture and sale, of
ficered as follows:
President —Henry Fresh.
Vice-President—J. T. Laughlin.
Treasurer—C. G. Smith.
Secretary —Olin Gunnett.
Attorney—J. W. Thomas.
It is said of the brake that “it gives
a powerful, regular and effective ap
plication of the brake shoes to the
wheels. It is impossible to rush the
application and cause skidding, as the
worm drive gives regular, continuous
power, which is the secret of effective
braking. The worm holds at any
point, eliminating dogs and ratchets,
can be regulated to the ounce, which
insures perfect control and smooth
running of the car.”
Mr. Fresh is an estimable resident
of Frostburg, and it would be pleasing
to know that his company had ob
tained sufficient encouragement to
locate his manufacturing plant in his
home town, although the name of the
corporation is “The Monarch Brake
Company of Cumberland.”