The Frostburg spirit., September 18, 1913, Image 8

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j LOCAL AND GENERAL j
G. Dud Hocking went to Meyers
dale, last Friday, to take in the fair
and visit relatives.
Miss Florence Livengood, who visit
ed friends and relatives at Salisbury
and Meyersdale, Pa., during the past
two weeks, returned home last Friday.
Quite a number of people in Frost
burg, as well as in Somerset county,
Pa., and elsewhere, have added their
names to The Spirit’s subscription
list since last Thursday.
It pays to advertise in The Spirit.
Last week the editor advertised for a
good, big second-hand heating stove,
and the “ad” brought the answer and
the stove on short order.
John Yungerman left here last
Sunday night for Minneapolis, Minn.,
to visit relatives. He will return from
that city via St. Louis, where he will
also visit relatives. He will be absent
from home at least a month.
G. N. Wright, a farmer residing
near Sand Patch, Pa., was transact
ing business in this city last Friday.
Before returning home he called at
The Spirit office and enrolled for a
year’s subscription, paying for the
same in advance.
Miss Minnie I. Livengood, a daugh
ter of Editor and Mrs. P. L. Liven
good, who spent the summer vacation
at the family home on Frost avenue,
returned to her studies at the West
ern Pennsylvania Institution for the
Deaf, last Wednesday. Miss Liven
good has been a student at that splen
did educational institution for the
past nine years.
Miss Margaret Krause, student at
Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, who has been spending the sum
mer vacation with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Krause, Washington
street, left for Clarksburg, W. Va., on
Saturday, where she was the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Jacob Altstetter, until
Monday, when she left for Columbus
to resume her studies.
Rudolph Nickle, correspondent for
the Baltimore Sun and Cumberland
News, was in the vicinity of Grants
ville, a few days recently, to interview
the Amish people and write up their
peculiar religious customs for The
Sun. It is hard to get much informa
tion from the Amish for publication,
and for that reason what is written
about them for city newspapers is
seldom accurate, and very often it is
ridiculous.
William Donahue returned from
Meyersdale, yesterday, where he had
been visiting his sister, Mrs. James
Matthews. Mr. Donahue worked in
the old Keystone mine, about midway
between Meyersdale and Salisbury,
in 1877, and during his recent sojourn
Afcat i * ~ ■evc'srrr K_/c A. a.
at many of the old scenes, making a
trip up the Casselman River Valley
on the Pennsylvania & Maryland
trolley line, to Salisbury. He reports
a very enjoyable trip and many
changes wrought by time since he
worked over there. Upon his return,
he called at The Spirit office and paid
a year’s subscription to this paper for
his sister, Mrs. Matthews.
TO THE SPIRIT’S PATRONS.
Editor in Bad Condition—Much
Physical Suffering and Mental
Depression Unfits Him
for Work.
If there is anything in this world
that the editor of this paper dislikes,
it is to complain of his troubles or af
flictions, realizing that most people
have troubles of their own. However,
knowing that much is expected of him
that he is unable to do at this time, he
feels that he owes this explanation to
his patrons, and begs their kind indul
gence until he can recuperate his
physical and mental powers and re
cover his old-time vigor and alertness,
which he trusts will be ere long.
It’s just a plain case of break-down
from overwork in getting ready to give
Frostburg a newspaper of its own,
and the return of a malady from
which he has suffered much in the
past. The resulting physical suf
fering and mental depression are
great, and almost more than the editor
can endure, yet he is keeping on his
feet because he can’t afford to get
down, and he will not give up unless
he has to. In the-meantime, however,
much important news matter and
other things that require hustling for,
must perforce go by the board for the
present. A well man can’t do more
than he can do, and much less can a
sick man.
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED.
Jonathan Sleeman and Mildred
Henry United in Wedlock.
A very pretty wedding occurred on
Wednesday evening, the 10th inst., at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Henry, at Loartown, when their
daughter, Miss Mildred was married
to Mr. Johnathan Sleeman. Rev. J.
J. A. Gross, pastor of the M. E.
Church of Eckhart, performed the
ceremony. The wedding march was
played by Prof. William Fatkin, of
Vale Summit. Shortly after the cer
emony the bride and groom started on
a wedding tour taking in Atlantic
City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Jonathan Sleeman is one of Frost
burg’s best young men. He was a
candidate for Republican nomination
for the House of Delegates at the
recent primaries, and while not a
winner, nevertheless ran a very cred
itable vote. His young wife is one of
the most highly esteemed ladies in
the vicinity of Loartown. A great
many admiring friends join in extend
ing congratulations and best wishes
to the newly wedded couple.
► Young Folks Have Nice Time.
Last Friday evening the girls who
' conducted Camp Surprise, on Patter
• son’s Creek, this summer, arranged
-for a corn roast. The weather being
r rainy, the function was converted into
an indoor affair, taking place at the
_ homes of Messrs. Harvey Hileman
j and C. B. Folk, who reside in a
t double-block house, Nos. 95 and 97
Bowery street. Forty-eight young
ladies and gentlemen were present
and enjoyad a very pleasant evening.
r Misses Julia Hileman and Emily Folk
each had a birthday one week previous
to this event, and thus it served as a
birthday party for both young ladies.
• On the same evening the Epworth
1 League of First M. E. church had ex
> pected to hold a corn roast at a point
1 near Clarysville. When the rain be
gan to fall the date was cancelled,
t and Wednesday of this week named.
The same kind of weather prevailing
j yesterday, the roast was changed to a
j boil and held in the Sunday School
(. room of the church.
r THEY HIRED A CARRIAGE.'
The Ride Was a Dismal Failure, but
(. It Didn’t Cost Very Much.
L This Is the whimsical tale they tell In
„ Washington concerning a midnight ad
venture of two congressmen who had
to journey across the city one night
- last winter, when the streets and side
- walks were so icy that every way
, farer wished he had come of a long line
of tight rope walkers.
’ The congressmen had spent the even
ing with a friend who was celebrating
5 a birthday, or the approach of a birth
day, or something like that, and who
• had endeavored to make his guests for-
J get all about the worries of statecraft.
Neither felt like attempting to nav
igate the icy streets afoot when they
found how slippery they were, and
’ they hailed a carriage standing nearby.
One of them opened the door and
• started to climb into the vehicle. He
] slipped and fell clear across the car
i riage and out the other door. His coto
f panion tried to rescue him, and he also
; fell out. So much confusion frightened
, the horse, and one of the representa
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THE HORSE FELL DOWN TOO.
, tives skated to its head and caught hold
of the bridle- JBpt in doin? so he lost
his balance and slipped. His feet hit
against one leg of the horse, which was
not rough"'shod, and the horse fell
down, too—on top of the other repre
sentative.
It was apparent that the horse
couldn’t proceed without somebody to
steady him, and the two representa
tives started to lead him, one at each
side. They bade the driver hold a tight
rein, and with cautious step they set
out for their hotel. It was slow going.
Sometimes they would slip, and the
horse would hold them up, and then
again they would reciprocate by hold
ing the horse up. At the end of an hour
and fifteen minutes they had reached
their hotel in a rather dazed condition.
“How much —uh—do we owe you,
driver?” one of them faltered.
“Three dollars,” said the man on the
box.
They thanked him for making it so
reasonable, paid it and went on into
their hotel. —New York World.
SCIENTIFIC PUZZLES.
Some Queer Things One Learns In the
Study of Chemistry.
Every one knows that the diamond Is
only charcoal crystallized, but there
are a great many other things in na
ture that, though possessing widely
different properties, are composed of
exactly equal quantities of the same
elements.
The white of an egg and rattlesnake
poison are formed of identically the
same amounts of the same elements.
The oil of roses and common coal gas
are each formed alike, both being com
posed of four atoms of hydrogen and
four atoms of carbon.
Sugar and gum arable are likewise
brothers of the same weight and tex
ture.
All the hydrocarbons, known to sci
ence as a combination of sixteen atoms
of hydrogen and ten atoms of carbon,
are alike in their composition. To
enumerate some—oil of orange, lemon,
cloves, ginger and black pepper.
The suggested explanation of these
peculiarities is that the atoms are plac
ed differently toward one another in
the molecules of the different sub
stances.
Other things just as peculiar are evi
dent when certain substances are unit
ed chemically. Thus hydrogen gas,
which is odorless, and nitrogen gas,
which is also odorless, when united go
to make ammonia, which has a very
strong odor. Copper, which has no
odor, and zinc, which also has none,
when melted and mixed to give us
brass, produce a substance with a very
characteristic one. Chicago Record
Herald.
Unfair Comparison.
“Pa, when is a man well to do?”
“When he can afford to spend as
much in a year for his clothes as his
wife does in a month for hers.” —Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
Luokily It Is No Worse.
If half the exceptionally smart ba
bies were to develop into smart men
and women there would be sharper
competition in every walk of life. —
Judge.
It is far better to grow noble than to
be born noble.
> $ Salisbury Siftings $
r The Robson Bros.’ Show came here
5 from Garrett and showed Saturday
5 evening.
! All the people that the tent would
! comfortably hold were in attendance.
7 It was quite an attraction for the
r young folks, as there was no show
t here for seven years. The show was
a good one for its kind. On Sunday
{ morning it pulled out for Eonaconing.
3 East Thursday all the mining com
i panies of this region gave their miners
. a holiday to attend the Meyresdale
I Fair, and most of the men took ad
- vantage of the opportunity.
II Several Fights—One Man Stabbed.
In an altercation which took place
’ after the Show on Saturday night,
Jack Carbett got the worst of an en
■ counter between himself and Law
| rence Fallon, of West Salisbury. In
return Fallon was stabbed in the
breast by Bert Pyle, of Coal Run. The
wound inflicted on Fallon bled pro
fusely, hut is not deep, nor is it con
sidered dangerous, the blade having
: struck a rib right over the heart.
Young Pyle was in a cutting affray at
i Jenners, several years ago, and has
figured in other scraps. Booze, as
1 usual, was at the bottom of it all.
Took in the Races at Wheeling.
On Wednesday morning at 5:30
i Harvey Hay, Fred Petry and Clyde
Wagner, of Salisbury, and Allen
Williams, of Johnstown, started in
■ Eewis Hanft’s car, with Mr. Hanft at
( at the wheel, for Wheeling, W. Va.,
to see the Fair and races at that place.
On account of several mishaps and
some very bad roads, they did not get
to Wheeling until late in the after
l noon, but were still in time to see
■ several good races. They attended
1 the fair on Thursday and returned to
’ Salisbury, on Friday evening at 6
o’clock, having enjoyed the trip im
| mensely.
I Minor Mention.
There will be three borough tickets
here for the coming election —Repub-
lican, Democratic and Washington
party. A lively three-cornered fight
is looked for at the general election in
November. The primary election will
be held on Tnesday, September 16th,
but there will be no contests, as there
are no more names presented on the
ticket than there are offices to be filled.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gurney
Swauger, September 13th, a son, and
on Thursday, September 11th, the
stork visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Deihl and left a daughter,
their first-born.
Aden Blocher, who for a number of
weeks was housed up on account of
on attack of typhoid fever, has fully
recovered, and on Monday went to
i work in the mines.
Jlorn. to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jlcumn,
of Crafton, at the home of Mrs.
Dounn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Engle, a son.
Mrs. Fred Lindstrom and child
and Mrs. Elizabeth Gustafson and
child, of Windber, Pa., visited the
former’s grandmother, Mrs. Ellen
Null, last week.
Miss Carrie McDonnell, of Balti
more, after visiting her sister, Mrs.
Herbert McKinley, at Macdonaldton,
came to Salisbury last Tuesday, and
while here was the guest of her friend,
Miss Elizabeth Reitz, for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. John Krausse..and
children, of Media, Pa., Geo. Krausse,
of' Akron, Ohio, and Miss Mary
Krausse, of Somerset, who had been
visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
B.E. Krausse, returned to their places
of abode on Sunday last.
Henry Witzgall, of Garrett county,
Md., was the guest of John Schramm
and family on Wednesday night. On
Thursday he attended the Meyersdale
fair and races.
Allen Williams, of Johnstown, was
the guest of relatives here for several
days last week.
Harry Burkhart, of Akron, Ohio, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Burkhart, at West Salisbury.
Grover Smalley and Miss Josephine
Grassel, of Akron, Ohio, were guests
at the home of the former’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smalley, last
week.
David Baltimore, of Johnstown,
spent several days last week at Hotel
Hay, the guest of his friend, William
Deitz, the proprietor.
Miss Ruth Hay, of Baltimore, is
spending her vacation with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hay. Miss
Hay is employed in a millinery es
tablishment.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas and
children, of Johnstown, who have
been visiting relatives and friends
here and at West Salisbury, returned
home one day last week.
Miss Mary McDowell and her friend,
Miss Edna Shaffer, of Jenners, were
guests last week of the former’s
mother, Mrs. Thomasine McDowell.
E. H. Eambert recently purchased
the stock of goods in the grocery and
notion store in the Glotfelty building,
formerly owned by Rev. E. J. Egan.
Robert Livengood, who was manager
since Rev. Egan moved away, will
continue to be chief clerk in the store.
Sidney Easton was in Grantsville,
last week, painting the interior of the
new Lutheran church at that place.
Commodore.
A Good Cure.
“Wh-wow-wh-wh-what dud-do y-you
do fuf-for y-y-your s-s-stuttering, old
mum-man ?” asked one confirmed stam
merer the other day of another.
“W-w-w-wow-well,” said the second,
"I-I-I’ve fur-found cuk-considerable
ruh-ruh-rellef fuf-fuf-from kuk-keeping
mum-my mum-mum-mum-mouth, sh-h-
Bhut.’*—Harper’s Weekly.
THE FROSTBURG SPIRIT, FROSTBURG, MD.
> Some Frostburg Spirit History.
The following historical facts per
• taing to the launching of The Frost
• burg Spirit may interest some of our
s readers.
■’ The first subscriber to the new pa
per was Peter Eammert, who paid his
1 subscription before the new paper was
• launched, but not in time to be the
5 first to hand the editor cash on sub
-7 scription. That honor belongs to
5 Rudolph Nickle, who paid a year’s
7 subscription for his mother, Mrs. C.
• F. Nickle, on May 26th, beating our
- friend Eammert to it by nearly a
5 month. Nevertheless, Mr. Lammert
: got into the honor class with numer
ous others who put up the price for
the paper before its first issue was off
the press.
The first job printing that was
turned out by The Spirit printing
’ plant after it had been taken over
from the Mining Journal, was done
j for Dr. Samuel A. Baer, oi -the Erost
, burg State Normal School.
, The first dollar received for adver
tising in The Spirit came from the
Shenandoah Agricultural Society for
r advertising the Winchester, Va., Fair.
To Dr. Bruce Eichty, of Meyers
t dale, Pa., belongs the honor of having
, his subscription paid farther ahead
. than any other subscriber now on the
list, he having paid to September
11th, 1916.
Up to this date Roberdeau Annan
> has the honor of paying for more sub
: scriptions to the new paper than any
1 other patron. He paid for six in ad
-1 vance before the first number was
: issued. That’s going some for a citi
zen of Cumberland, but Mr. Annan
has large business interests in Frost
' burg, and spends most of his time
: here. He knows how important it is
for Frostburg to have a newspaper of
: its own, and for that reason he is a
! good patron of it in every way,' and
1 one who has been doing yeoman ser
’ vice in getting his friends to rally to
• the home paper’s support. He has
the Frostburg spirit, even if he does
reside in Cumberland.
, Other good people who subscribed
. and paid cash for their subscriptions
, or subscriptions for their friends be
; fore a wheel was turned to grind out
. the new paper, are D. Armstrong,
[ Howard Hitchins, W. A. Hitchins,
Emery G. Hitchins, W. E. G. Hitch
. ins, Charles A. Rodda, Henry Fresh,
. T. H. Morgan, F. H. Schreiber, Ed.
M. Eoechel, G. G. DeEozier, George
. Stern, W. H. Kreitzburg, George H.
Whittig, W. H. Koch, W. E. McMurdo,
, Otto Hohing, Jr., Louise Bateman,
George C. Huston, Rev. J. Eewis
Evans, F. O. Livengood, George P.
Johannes, John Grose, H. H. Keim,
. Mrs. A. Schneider, Rev. A. Homrig
, haus, C. E. Baxter, Ulysses Hanna,
William McLuckie, William Wisse
man, J. Carson, Jr., Jack S. Crowe
1 and Richard O. Layman.
Those who have paid for subscrip
tions for friends since the paper made
its appearance are 'U. B. Edwards,
Alfred Jeffries, J. Ed. Gross and Wm.
Donahue.*
Frostburg Souvenir Books.
Sixty-two pages; beautifully em
bossed flexible cover; 172 fine illus
trations of people, buildings, street
scenes and local scenery printed ar
tistically on high-lustre coated paper;
a complete historical and biographic
al sketch of Frostburg and Frost
burgers; also contains the names and
addresses of about 2,500 former re
sidents and old-home week visitors;
a valuable work to preserve for fu
ture reference; gives a better idea of
Frostburg than a billion postcards
could give. These books would be
cheap at 50 cents each, but can be
had at The Spirit office for only 15
cents; sent postpaid to any address
for 21 cents. tf.
THE JOHNS HOPKINSUNIVERSITY
State Scholarships in Engineering
Courses.
Applications for scholarships in the Depart
ment of Engineering, established in The Johns
Hopkins University under the provisions of
the Laws of Maryland, Chapter 90, 1912, should
now be made.
Entrance examinations for all students will
be held in McCoy Hall, The Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore on Sept. 06—Oct. 2nd,
1913, beginning at 9 a. m.
If there is more than one applicant for a
particular scholarship, a competitive examina
tion will be held at the University immediate
ly following the examinations for entrance.
In addition to certain collegiate scholarships,
the Act provides for 6 scholarships at large
and 102 scholarships, each for one year, to be
apportioned among the Counties and Legisla
tive Districts of Baltimore City, the same num
ber of awards so far as possible to be made
each year. The undergraduate courses in En
gineering will extend through four years, and
it has been determined to offer 35 of the schol
arships in the year 1913—1914. Allegny, Bal
timore, Frederick and Washington Counties
and the four Legislative Districts of Baltimore
City will each be entitled to two scholarships,
and each of the other counties to one scholar
ship in October, 1913. The six Scholarships at
large may also be awarded at that time.
Applicants for scholarships should address
the Registrar, The Johns Hopkins University,
for the blank forms of application and for fur
ther information as to the examinations and
the award of scholarships.
Cumberland and Westernport
Electric Railway.
TIME TABLE.
First car leaves Frostburg: for Cumberland
at 6:00 a. m., Eckhart 6:12, Clarysville 6;19, Red
Hill 6:24, Long’s 6:30, Narrows Park 6:40, arriv
ing at Baltimore street, Cumberland, at 7:00 a.
m. Car leaves Frostburg every hour after
wards for Cumberland (on the hour) last car
leaving Frostburg at 11:00 o’clock p. m.
First car leaves Baltimore street, Cumber
land, for Frostburg at 7:00 a. m , Narrows Park
7;20, Long’s 7:30, Red Hill 7:36, Clarysville 7:41,
Eckhart 7:48, arriving at Frostburg at 8:00 a. m.
Car leaves Cumberland every hour afterwards
for Frostburg (on the hour) last car leaving
Cumberland at 12:00 o’clock midnight.
First car leaves Frostburg for Westernport
at 5:00 a. m., Borden Shaft 5;12, Blake’s 5:23,
Midland 5:30, Lonaconing 5:47, Moscow 6:00,
Barton 6:08, Reynolds 6:13, Franklin 6:29, West
ernport 6:30. Car leaves Frostburg every hour
(on the hour) last car leaving Frostburg for
Westernport at 11:00 o’clock p. m.
Last car leaves Frostburg for Lonaconing'at
12;00 o’clock midnight, arriving at Lonaconing
12:47 a. m., returning leaves Lonaconing 12:50
a. m., arriving at Frostburg 1:30 a. m.
First car leaves Westernport for Frostburg
at 5:30 a. m., Franklin 5:40, Reynolds 5:47, Bar
ton 5:52, Moscow 6:00, Lonaconing 6:12, Midland
6:30, Blake’s 6:37, Borden Shaft 6:48, Frostburg
7:00. Car lerves Westernport every hour after
wards for Frostburg, last car leaving Western
port at 11:30 p. m. for Frostburg.
All cars east and west connect at Frostburg.
J. E. TAYLOR, Superintendent.
REST IJCEEM6
PFARfFS
MMUTBI
It is anybody’s race yet, as it will not
end until January 10, 1914. The big
bunches of votes are brought in by
those who hustle for subscriptions for
The Frostburg Spirit. Think of it—
-1000 Votes for Every Cash Subscrip
tion Yon Get for Your Home
Paper at $1.251
This is a cinch. Get busy and make
hay while the sun shines, as the offer
will not be open long. Help yourself or
a friend to get the fine Piano, worth
S4OO, or a fine Gold Watch, or set of
Dishes. Like prizes will be given in
cases of tie.
f CUT OUT THIS COUPON [
<B It will be accepted by The G. EX Pearce Drug Co. for the (►
jj number of votes you are entitled to at the rate of 1000 votes i
S for each cash subscription turned in at The Spirit office. |
1 The G. EX Pearce Drug Co.: j*
4 This is to certify that M
4 has this day turned in at The Spirit office cash in advance 1*
I subscriptions to the amount of $ , -for which you j|
will please give votes in your piano contest. |>
Signed b
Editor Frostburg Spirit. (l
Dated , 191 ►
It is easy to get subscriptions for the
new home paper if you try. The editor
himself got over a hundred new ones
right here in Frostburg, with very little
effort, in a short time.
Turn in your cash subscriptions at
The Spirit office and have the editor fill
out the above coupon. That’s the way
to get votes in big bunches.
The 6. E. Pearce Drag Company,
FROSTBURG, MD.