MINING^Ii^JOURNAL========= :

.1. It. IMEIt. Editor.

FROSTBUKG, Ml> tAXT’ARV ’■>.

Mailer of Doubt.The Baltimore Sun, speaking of the

Cumberland project for “the city to

own and operate its own lightingplant,” concludes that -

It does not seem likely that it would payCumberland to go into the enterprise unlessit extends its service to private consumers,

just as the water service is used.The Journal used to entertain the

idea that municipalities, like Frost-burg, should own and conduct itswater and light plants, but experiencehas modified it very considerably.

Tiic idea, confessedly a good one, isspoiled by the too frequent, changes inadministration of municipal affairsand the baneful necessities whichcoinculently arise m local politics.

Take the Frostburg water supply,for instance—a rich opportunity forreal business management to make iteventually a source of revenue insteadof a continuing charge against boththe people's earnings and their prop-erty. When those in charge shouldbe “making it pay,” especially itsdebts, a want of systematic, consistentmanagement, is lessening its ability tofulfill its first obligation and defeatingits ultimate mission. No businessfirm, in view of the plant’s liabilities,would have reduced the price of waterto anybody to 8 cents per I,ooogall.,us, 1while a per capita of 240 gallons istaxed 20 cents !

What the next turn will be undernew auspices remains to be seen.

At any rate, the example cited fur-nishes in itself a complete refutationof that phase of socialism which wantsgovernment to own and run every- 'thing.

It cannot be done—unless social-ism can erect an absolute monarchyin every department of the public ser-vice—a monarchy, too, that, to be assystematic in administration as pos-sible, will have to be practically, if not ,literally hereditary.

Know Not What They Do.William H. Kelly, predecessor of

Hon. David E. Dick in the State Labor ,office, is not satisfied with Ole Dana’scomment on the Saiatoga chip govern-or’s proposal that—-

— the Legislature take into consideration ,the question of passenger fares, at 2 cents amile, for Michigan.

To which Dana responded :It is an important subject, and doubtless a

wise recommendation. But thegreatest goodofthe greatest number ought to be consider-ed. More Michigan people wear boots andshoes than can possibly reach the Michiganrailroads. Ought not the price of boots andshoes to be fixed by the Legislature at aminimum rate of#1 a pair ?

Now comes Mr. Kelly :Mr. Dana’s sneers at the “renowned econo-

mist,” as he dubs governor l’ingree, comewith,very bad grace from a man who fails tosee that a government which gives a valuablefranchise to a railroad has a perfect right todictate tlie terms upon which such a special 1privilege shall be continued. A shoe manu-facturer, on the other hand, has no specialprivilege, and is required to sell his wares in 1a competitive market.

The trouble with both Filigree andKelly is—their intentions are better |than their plans. .

Pass a law fixing rates of faie forrailroads, and it won’t be long before 1oue'will be wanted, for a better reason 'probably, to fix Mr. Kelly’s wages. J

It is not far from the corporation tothe individual, and a precedent es-tablished in the one case will soon beeffectively quoted in the other.

Only a few evenings ago the Jour- 'NAI, heard a man arguing with honestearnestness that “the next legislatureshould fix the price of mining at (15 ’cents a ton.”

Now, with Pingree and Kelly putting 1railroad fares down and the minerputting his wages up, hi/ law, there isgoing to be an unsettlement that a 1Philadelphia lawyer cannot leadjust. |

The West Virginia |)e!>t.

Some time last spring the Keyser(W. Ya.) Echo claimed to have dis-covered that West Virginia “owed nopart of Virginia’s ante-war debt.”

The Echo's examination of the sub-ject, however, seemed to be too limited 1and superficial to arrive at a just con-clusion. It evidently did not sec the 1Wheeling ordinances at all.

The Echo also said the debt——cannot he definitely settled until the 1

motherState wants to settle it—a conditionwhich has never existed and is not likely toexist in the present generation. ,

The Echo might now read with someprofit a letter which appeared in theCumberland Times of Wednesday,last week, showing that it is not onlyentirely mistaken, but that thee arerocks ahead for its ship of .State.

Eventually West Virginia mustsettle, the sooner the better.

For the probability is- that a settle-ment upon her own terms in 1803 will ,save at least two millions of dollars.

Wouldn't Work IDre.Among the qualifications which

won J. W. Paul a mine inspectorship ,in West Virginia is that—

He is a graduate of the school of mining ;engineers of the West Virginia university.

In this State, under the Dick bill,that recommendation would be fatal. '

Here the candidate would have tocarry the primaries in Oldtown and onNigger Mountain as well as down inNever Seen.

A Stunner.Some people wonder how Mr. Cleveland

lias gotten rich on #50,000 a year, fie madeit by fishing, of course; strange that peoplecan't see it.—Cumberland Courier.

Say, esteemed contemporary, howdid some folks who don’t fish get “sorich’’ on from S3,WO to SHt,UOO year t

A Striking Resemblance.Somebody writing to the Meyersdale j

1 (Pa.) Commercial from Rockwood, Pa., i| says :

Any one interested in the town or wanting1 to know its history should sec Mr. IT. M.Werner, editor ofthe Rockwood /ioomcr, and iget a copy of his magnificent paper, whichwill tell you all about it and more too.

'the apparent relationship betweenthe Boomer and l tide Sam is made al-most certain kinship by the latter’spenchant for exposing the extra-hazard-ous idiocyncrasies of populism.

Differing Doctors.Mrs. Fischel, of St. Louis, a philan-

thropic worker of the practical sort,

says :

Except in occasional cases, poverty is a dis-grace and is degrading. It is an indication of ! Iweakness .somewhere, somehow. When anapplicant comes to tiie Emergency Aid lie is \ Inot allowed to go to other organizations for jrelief. We treat poverty as a disease andmakea study of each case. !

That is, the disease of poverty is jpeculiar to the individual rather thanto the mass.

I nde Sam. however, seems to think jthat it is because each of the mass can- |not ride about 10 miles on a railroadfor 1 cent.

IA ‘'heap Bribe.

There is a notion extant that what iscalled “a marked increase in the at-tendance of pupils” at the public jschools is due “almost entirely to the (free book system.”

So faras the Jours; \l has been ableto learn the free book fund lias afford- ,eel about one book to each pupil.

So it seems it is the free hook thepeople and pupils are after, and when ; >they get it they have acquired ap- 1parently for nothing a volume aver Iaging in cost not over .40 cents.

The Cambridge (A1 1 1.) Chronicle calls ; tthe law under which this farce is con- : >ducted “a democratic measure,” but ifit is it belongs to the Bryauesque de- jpartment of paternalism, one degree ,removed from populism. i

Wretched Logic.Cade Stun quotes liberally from

“Ex.,” which may be one crazy paper •or several :

Eighty-live per eml. of the great lawyers,merchants and statesmen, scholars and pro-fessional men ofthe United States come from 1the farms and villages. Yet the farmers are Icharged by the goidhugs witli being an 1ignorant class of people.

That is to say, that, after the fanners ,have become “great lawyers, mer-chants and statesmen, scholars ant!professional men,” of whom “gold- jbugs” arc made, they ti.cn “charge” jthemselves with being “an ignorant \ •class of people.” I

This is about the most unlikely jpopulistic deduction we have ever!seen.

The goklbug who has come out oi jthe ashes never defames even by ini- ,plication the humility of his youthfulbeginnings.

Standing by Their (Dins.

Senator Jones, chairman of the jBryauesque aggregation last fall, tel- ! ;egrapin'd to tile Idaho democrats this! jweek to support Dubois, republican.!for the Senate, but he got back more ! ,than he bargained for. A very large jmajority united in tiiis reply : .

The democratic party having been ratified | ,by an overwhelming majority at the polls, !the adoption of your suggestion to support I 1Mr. Dubois would stultify our party and for- I *ever damn in the estimation of our con- istituents every democrat elected by the ma- ijority ill the Idaho legislature

There is still hope for a party thathas in it men sturdy enough to stand Iby “regularity” when that virtue doesnot involve an abandonment of prin-ciple.

With men continued in control like *Jones, however, who forsake “reg- *gularity” when that vice means be- 'trayal of party consistency, its case ishopeless.

tA Speck of Beal Faitli.

A few days ago I saw one of my roostersfind a worm. He clucked and culled up all(lie other chickens, then lie ate the worm *himself. That rooster is now dead. Ido not 1want a living thing about me that acts justlike Wall street before and after election.— tSorcreiyn, presumably J. It. t

This means an implied endorsement jby l"nde Sam of a plan wherein there isto be no more spring chicken, for the tonly way to destroy both tlie consti- ,tution and by-laws of roosters is toexterminate them.

But Mr. Sovereign, as Grand Master (Workman, is something of a monop-olist himself. It is not related that he ,is giving away any worms, oi evensharing any with the tender witnessesof his excellent appetite.

The Journal believes, therefore,that the man who had that rooster tkilled for exhibiting an instance ofmeanness natural to all roosters is afratiicide.

Legislation for Miners.For a number of sessions of the West 1

Virginia Legislature, elforis have been made •'to enact laws providing for the weighing of Icoal before it is screened ; toaholisli company 1stores and to prevent the payment of miners 1in script. Laws on each of these subjects 1have heretofore been inactive, as iliey haveinvariably been held unconstitutional in the (courts. The present Legislature is beginning |lo wrestle with the matter again, and whileas heretofore, that body seems anxious tohave such laws, the great difficulty appears \in so constructing them as to stand the test! Iof the courts. —CumberlandA7

The Journal cannot sec how a lawj ,“providing for the weighing of coal”can be unconstitutional. | t

Nor one prohibiting the payment ofwages in script.

Nor yet one prohibiting company !stoics that abuse their privileges.

In Allegany county no such lawsuit-now necessary. Here coal is weight d, .gold standard money is paid, and acompany store cannot be distinguished :from nfty other store. | t

Tile I Heritable Fate.Another question—is Unde Sam a

candidate for crucifixion ?

He does not carry his parallel to itsfull length, so we cannot answer.

But if he is not, he ought to he ?

At least that has been the practicalfate of nearly every leader of Orphiceconomies who is now in the betterland.

One pathetic instance is known ofmany—the life and death of braveJohn iSiney, who was allowed to gofrom the direst poverty to a gravewhich, like that of Moses, no manknows.

An Optimistic Partnership.“C. R.,” writing some Sr. Paul

(Minn. I siush to Unde Sam, says :

Your paper is a cracker-jack full of con-fidence.

The Journal has investigated thephilology of that compound and findsthe most significant definition of“cracker” is “an improbable story.”

And “jack" may be a cross betweena fictitious chap who carries a “lan-teru” and a good natured manikin wholives “in a box.”

Hence the “confidence'’ with whichthe combination seems to be intox-icated.

Tin- Trill li.The Ravcnswood Erics enjoins the

West \ irgmia legislature to “touchthe Virginia debt question lightly,”and the Keyser Echo says:

West Virginia wants to pay ail the debts sheowes, hut she lias no disposition to pay thoseshe docs not, never did and never will owe.

Tiie Echo disagrees with the gentle-men who enacted “the WheelingOrdinances”—gentlemen whose con-fessions may rise in judgment erelougagainst the rankest case of repudiationthat ever flourished under tlit- aeyis ofState sovereignty.

No Don ill ofTli is.Hon. William L. Wilson said the

other day of the tariff bill which right-ly bore his name until it reachedGorman :

l! is hardly fair to hold me to its paternityal'ler the way it was mutilated in tiie Senatein so many of its reform schedules.

That is right.And when the bill reached Gorman's

hand—that very moment the presentlow-down degeneracy of democracybegan.

I his is cause and effect concreteand clear as crystal.

Plain as Day.“Local option ’ has taken on some

new applications lately.It is now proposed that each munic-

ipal division in New York shall decidefor itself whether both its personal andreal property shall de taxed, or thereal alone.

't here is something to be said ouboth sides, but there is only one sideto this 'proposal— that all the moneyrotsiil on Ermlhnry pro/mrty for roadsschools, etc., should he spent in Erosthury.

Both Wrong-.Senator Wolcott’s mission to Europe

in the interest of silver mono-metalisuiis already a failure.

4\ hen “brought to hook” nobodyover there wants it.

In fact, the world is against it excepta portion of South America, Mexico,• hina, Madagascar, and a fraction ofthe 1 nited States, the last now beingenlarged by the republican effort torestrict tiiis country’s trade to thiscountry.

A Blow ai Bo I li.A shoe company that had its work

done by Missouri convict labor hasfailed.

And yet populism, superinduced byprofessional labor, wants to bust corpovations by compelling them to em-ploy union labor at union wages.

But the Missouri sample shows thatconvict labor was had for the peni-tentiary as well as corporation,

Ineoi-reel li is llopetl.II was reported last night that -tun tickets

had been sold “up tiie creek,” for “Hogan'sAlley,” Monday night.—Cumberland AVies.

If the report was verified the down-trodden miners of Georges Creek con-tributed the wages for digging quiteDIO tons of coal to patronize a farce.

I n which event l nde Sam shouldturn his muzzle the other way and lireon his friends.

A Bad .lob.Code Sam drew the deadly parallel

ou the Journal last week.But he had to quote the testimony of

the populists of Palestine to prove thatJesus was a disturber of the peace,rather a preacher of discontent.

The worst of the business is— CurieSam was compelled to put on the wit-ness stand the particular crowd of pop-ulists that was led by Judas.

A Fine Text for an Kxi<-1 SenISuggest ion.

Tiie member of any body of legislatorsfrom the Senate down to city councils, whosits, studies and plans only to get the su-perior officer in a hole, shows a smallnessthat is not worthy of any officer. It proveshim only a schemer ami unlit lor tiie officelie holds.—Cumberland Tinas.

True as gospel, and the Senator(Gorman) should be bounced with allpossible celerity.

Same in Both Bealms.r J he populists have begun a light in

the Texas legislature against railroadrates and will probably win slowerand leivi-r trains, especially the latter.

The laws of economy, like those ofnature, will inevitably resent inter-fen uee.

Sow le. .:etd, leap le.-.. harv* t*

t ut down receipts, off goes tervice.Natural Kesult.

There is a vast difference between the goldstandard and the golden rule.—Quoted by !Uncle Sum from

Only to those who don’t know any- |thing about either.

SEMI-LOCAL NEWS.

Ilram'li ing Out.The George CreekCoal and Iron com-

pany, one of the most enterprising ofour corporations, is prospecting atFairmont, W. Va.. for new coal de-posits. The outlook is favorable forthe acquirement of a large tract. It.L. Somerville, superintendent, is onthe ground.

Ilrovit ion.The row between the Pocahontas

women over the question “whetherHamlet’s insanity was real or freecoinage’- has been settled, it is be-lieved, and peace reigns again. Atleast it is known that Titus A. Brickvery cordially declined to enter a dam-age suit against Mr. Pink Whiskersfor words spoken by Mrs. Whiskers inthe heat of debate.

IVrsonal.The Philadelphia and Baltimore

papers have recently commended theadministration of Hon. John M. Rey-nolds, Assistant Secretary of the In-terior, in warm terms, and there is nodoubt that conscientious, modest geu-tlemau deserves all that is said of hisarduous and effective work. TheJournal recently made his acquaint-ance and can readily understand howso much praise comports with a per-sonality indicatingindustry, alertness,accuracy and uprightness.

•lolin Hare.A floating item :

Jack rabbits are so numerous in some partsofColorado that there is an annual “round- jup” to exterminate the pests. At the round- jup fieid the week before Christmas at Lamar j15,000 rabbits were killed.

The same country seems to be equal-ly prolific of populists—so much sothat a tradition has been lately re-vived to the effect that the tiisf parentsof what is now known as “the thirdparty,” or Thirteenth Tribe of Israel,were a pair of jack rabbits.

I'nder all the circumstances, there-fore, it is no wonder those “1.3,000rabbits” were unlucky.

Tile Coal Trade.Shipments of coal from the mines of

the Georges Creek coal region werein long tons—

For week ending Jan. 1(1, 1807 51,017“ yearto same date 181,551

Increase compared with last year.... 39,737

The following notes are taken fromthe Engineering and Mining Journal:

In the Atlantic seaboard soft coal tradethere is little change since last week; it isdull, and orders are scarce with all producers.Most consumersare using their wintersupply,and are content to reduce that to a maximumthis mild weather before ordering a new lot.

At this time of the year there is generally adull spell from ice and weather causes, hutthe present dullness seems to come fromstagnation. There are, of course, some feworders being received, which keep the minesrunning on short time. These come mostlyfrom people who do not have to put in awinter supply, but who rely upon gettingcoal even in the most severe weather, andwho generally lack storage room. Thereseem to be a few contracts in the market in Ithe far Fast, which is very early in theseason, hut these may drag along for weeksbefore being placed. On regular business thefar East is more than usually dull and theSound demand seems to have fallen off tomuch under the normal, and what there isot it is somewhat enatic.

New York harbor trade is quiet, and all-rail business, although keeping up fairly well,is a little reduced. Transportation frommines to tidewater is excellent, as is the carsupply.

The association prices remain as follows:I’, o. It. Philadelphia, Norfolk and NewportNews. 82.35, Baltimore, 82.28; New YorkHarbor shipping ports, 82.80 alongside; NewYork Harbor, 83. There is a 20c. differentialin favor ofClearfield and Beech Creek coals.

COUNTY NEWS.

Ileal Estate Transfers.The following notes of real estate

transfers are of more or less interest:Esther B. Morrison, trustee, to School

Commissioners of Allegany county, lot inYVesternport. 8100.

Charles F. Dayton to James O’Laughlin,lots 320 and 322 in \\ Testernport, 8400.

Personal.William H. Wliitridge lias been

elected a director of the George’sCreek Coal and Iron company to suc-ceed Richard 1). Fisher, who declinedre election, both of Baltimore.

A marriage license has been issuedto Mr. James C. Watson and MissBernice E. McMullen, both of Eckhart.

UncomfortableSat isl’act ion.Sam Jones (Rev.) says “hell is only half a

mile from Boston.” 1 began to think from jtlie way Hum (‘•ruck") has been talking. Ithat it must he less than a quarter of a milefrom most everywhere.— A’. A*. Johnson,

t Tnctc Sam seems to be pretty nearly Iaccurate, for the Cumberland iVetrssaid a few days later :

Despite the severe cold, very little sufferingis reported in the city. Inquiry at the police Istation last night failed to disclose a singlecase of hardship.

It is probable, therefore, that inCumberland, as in Boston, as theReverend Sam says :

An artesian well would miss water andstrike lire.

Enjoyable anil Useful.Something new in the way of clubs

for social enjoyment and improvementhas been established in Mt. Savage.It is an association of six ladies andsix gentlemen calling themselves “TheJennings'Run Telegraph Club." Withabout four miles of telegraph wireand an instrument in each home,the line is nearly always busy carryingintelligence from one house to another.The object, as can be seen, is mutualenjoyment and general improvementin the art of telegraphy. The firstmeeting was held at the residence ofex-sheriff Daniel Houck recently and jorganization effected as follows :

President— Charles Chi.I >'

<- I'risiiltot —Miss Fannie Hinkle.Secretary—o. I’. Jewett, jr.Treasurer—Miss Daisy Houck.Directors —Messrs. John Mill, George Rains i

ford and George Houck.

Itrovit ies.Women who spit are shut out of

polite society in Mt. Savage. This ex-elusion narrows the circle considerablybut the inner temple of Savage elite isnothing if not becoming.

A biil providing a pension forMrs. Jennie E. Orr, of Eonaconing,was passed in the Senate Tuesday oflast week.

Most of the men who lost their workas a result of the Manor mine strikehave been reinstated—a good thingfor a company to do when it can.

The Cumberland Times commentsupon a lengthy quotation entitled“Divorce,” when the plain truth is—ifeverybody had done as well matri-monially as the editor of the Times,there would be no such ugly wordas “divorce” in “the bright lexicon” ofwedlock.

Hide Sam's idea of instrumentalmusic is about as exact as his notionsof political economy. He says that a“tune” can be “wormy.”

The question has been raised -

should the Journal pay any attentionto Hide Sam ? Some say yea, severalsay nay. But if a leper were to settlein Cumberland and begin printing ar-guments to prove that leprosy is agood thing tor everybody to have, es-pecially the government, nobody wouldtouch Unde Sam with a 40-foot pole.

Groundhog day postponed fromTuesday to Wednesday. See Cumber-land Meics.

A Judge wlio Thinks of ibe Inlels-stof Taxpayers.

Judge David W. Sloan has wonmuch commendation since ho has beeuou the bench for enforcing the regula-tions in court which look to the ex-pedition of business, and last Tuesdayhe read a lesson to those officers whosemissiou it has seemed to be to makefees by promiscuous arrests. One of-cer is in jail and the others are grimlynotified to sing to each other

If you get there before I Jo,Look out for me—l’m coming, too.

It Doesn't Pay.The Frostburg Journal is a good advertis-

ing medium—for Hide Sam. —CumberlandTimes.

The .Journal will wager a 5.4-centdollar against free and unlimiteddoughnuts that in his lieait of heartsUnde Sam does not regard the greatpaper in that light.

Knock-down and drag-out styles ofadvertising populistic pretensions arenot of the kinds that pay the victims.

Case of Self-Evitlenee.Dike each Eonaconing paper the

Plunkville Bugle has troubles of itsown. A late issue does up its neigh-bor, the Foghorn, as follows :

It was not necessary for the editor of ourpuerile and ridiculous contemporary to an-nounce that "bardcider is again in our midst.”Anyone would know that by' reading biseditorials. Ha ! 1la. 1

LOCAL COIIDESPONDENCE.

A Blast of Indignation.Frostiu ru, Mo., Jail. IS, 1896.

To the Mimnu Journal.Will someone please tie a tin can to

the tail of the Town Council and sendGoldsworthy after them on his bicycleat his fastest rate of speed to drivethem into Cumberland, where water isplentiful enough to sell at 8 cents per1,000 gallons ?

This would be mild treatment for acouncil that will raise the price ofwater at one meeting and at the nextlower it to one-half to the moneyedmen of the town, leaving the poor tofoot the bill.

When, 1 ask, will this mighty debtbe paid with such monkey and cat's-paw business as this ?

A Citixkn of the Town.GENERAL ITEMS.

A Plain Lesson.Now, to illustrate the nature of

government, suppose that Santa Clauscame into this room to-night and putall (he toys that he had on the floor.Well, very soon the strongest andbiggest hoys would get the most,•lust so, if we should let the doctrineof force prevail there would be noequality in distribution. Thereforean established rule is necessary, andthe rule of right is at the foundationof what we call government. Thereare three vital elements—order, jus-tice and truth. Order is maintainedby the law and officers under the law ;

justice by the courts in trying to seethat every one gets his rights, andtruth is maintainedby each individualthat goes to make up the whole num-ber of society.—Abram S. J/eici/t.

Same Thing.If a man should cotue to you and

say :“I like your course and really think

you ought to be encouraged, so lendme a dollar and a half and next year 1will borrow another of you,” wouldyou size him up for a fool '! But thatexperience is not uncommon to thenewspaper which runs a credit sub-scription Its.—Exeter Enterprise.

Hard lo Follow.“Politics must be awfully hard lo

keep track of,” said one young womanto another. “1 think so, too,” was theanswer. “There are so many differentkinds of votes to look after. Therewas the German vote and the Irishvote and now there’s the Australianballot, and 1 declare 1 don’t wonderthat they sometimes guess wrong.”

The Folly of Free Coinage.The taking of silver bullion to the

mint, having it coined and returnedto the owner is not a consumptive de-mand. The owner still has ihe sameweight of silver. It is not consumedin any way. The stock of silver inthe country is not reduced iu any way.And hence the price cannot rise, —

Toledo Blade.A Reasonable Demand.

11 Mr. Gorman is going to make him-self the issue in the next campatgu,we ought to know at the outset whetherlie is standing on a gold or a silVerplatform and how many times he isgoing to change during the progressof the light.—Baltimore iVeics.

Silver’s Real Friends.The real friends of silver have de-

creed that the silver dollar shall bekept as gtfdd as tbit gbld.

A Clue to a Possible Crime.First Citizen. —Why is money called

“tin?”Second Citizen.-—Perhaps tin im

money, at some time in the past it;—may have beeu demonetized.—Puck.

A Ijcskoii ofthe Campaign.One of tlie few pleasant thing's about

the late campaign is that it hastaught people that prices are governedby the law of supply and demand, andthat when wheat is plentiful it will becheap, while prices will advance intimes of scarcity.—Milwaukee Journal.

Virtue in a Citizen.) on are a citizen of a country which

is very great and very famous for wis-dom and power of mind ; are you notashamed of caring so much for themaking of money and for reputationand for honors? Will you not thinkor care about wisdom aud truth andthe perfection of your soul ? . . .My exceilent friend, virtue does notcotne from wealth, but wealth andevery other good which men have,whether in public or in private, comesfrom virtue.—Socrates.

An economist.I tide Tom Marshall, when chopping

wood about a milefrom home, made amislick and cut through the sole of hisshoe. He walked to the house, satdown and removed his shoe aud sock,and shook out the several toes on thedoor. Picking them up he walkedintothe yard and threw them into the hog-pen. When asked why he had donethis he replied that everyone of hisblamed toes had a corn on it, and hetherefore thought they would makepalatable iood for iiogs. Palmyra(Mo.) Spectator.

His Proper Sphere.His populistic whiskers were a

half a yard in length. His vanityimagined them a mark of mentalstrength. He championed free si I vetand the cause of gold decried, but, <>

bitter disappointment! One day heup aud died.

He refused to go to heaven. If theplain truth must be told, ’twas becauselie heard it stated that the streets werepaved with gold. In a land so pluto-cratic his proud soul could never dwell,so he’s shouting now “1(1 to 1” toauditors in, etc. —Chicago Tribune.

Iliil as He Was Toll).

I n oneof the rural districts a Georgiaminister was invited to dine with acitizen who, though wealthy, furnish-ed Ins table poorly. When they wereseated the host said :

"Times is mighty tight, parson, an’we ain’t got nothing much ter set be-fore you, but, to sicli as it is you ait-welcome. Will you ask a blessin’ onwhat you see ?”

The parson, observing the scant re-past, lifted up his voice and said :

“Lord, make us thankful for whatwe see. and may we be able to find itwhen we reach for it. Let it not es-cape us and prove a snare and a de-lusion. Amen. Thank you for someuv them few greens.”

Business Locals.The best cough cure is Shiloh’s Cure. A

neglected cough is dangerous. Stop it at oncewith Shiloh’s Cure. It. Krapf, Frosthurg,and McMullen Uros., Mt. Savage.

Deafness Cannot be Cured Ly localapplications, as they cannot reach thediseased portion of the ear. There is butone way to cure Deafness, and that is byconstitutional remedies. Deafness is causedby an inflamed condition of tbe mucouslining of the Kustacbian Tube. When thistube gets iiiHameil yon have a rumblingsound or imperfect hearing, and when it isentirely closed Deafness is the result, and un-less the inflammation can be taken out andthis tube restored to its normal condition,hearing will tie destroyed forever; nine casesout of ten are caused by catarrh, which isnothing but an inhumed condition of themucous surfaces.

We will give One Hundred Dollars for anycaseof Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can-not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Sendfor circulars and testimonials. Address

F. .1. CnnxEY ,fc Co., Toledo, O.Sold by druggists.Knee Pants, with double seat and double

knee, for 50 cents, at Winei.vnii’s. Worthconsiderably more.

Fills do not cure ( onstipation. They onlyaggravate. Karl’s Clover Root Tea gives per-fect regularity of the bowels. I). Krapf,Frosthurg, and McMullen liros.. Mt. Savage.

Consumption can be cured by the use ofShiloh’s Cure. This great Cough Cure is theonly known remedy for that terrible disease.D. Krapf, Frosthurg, and McMullen liros.,Mt. Savage.

A Head always needs a Hat, and 1 supplyHats to beads of alt sizes and shafies. liuyyour Hats at Winki.anh’s and you willalways be ahead. See ?

“I was nervous, tired, irritable and cross.Clover Root Tea has made me well andhappy. Mas. E. R. Won ken.

1). Krapf, Frosthurg, and McMullen Liros.Mt. Savage.

When wool was highIn days gone by

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Legal Notices.Order ofPublication.

No. 4010 Equity.In tbe Circuit Court for Allegany county,

Maryland.Jennie I’ayne, Charles C. Neff, lieania Neff,

Henry K. Neffand Ella Neff, plaintiffs,t'X.

Ricluml Nell’, Thomas Nell’, May Nell’, Cath-arine (Jreen field, Virginia Greenfield. AliceGreenfield, Josephine Greenfield, Walter J.Greenfield, Edward Barry, and Mary Harry,*defendants.

rF ,HE object of this suit is to secure a decree_L for the sale of certain real estate in thecity of Cumberland, which descended to theparties hereto from Thomas W. Nell' andLavinia E. Nell'.

The bill states that Thomas W. Nell’, late ofAllegany county, deceased, was, in his life-time, and at the time of his death, seized andpossessed of certain real estate lying in Alle-gany county, Maryland, and that being soseized and possessed, he died in the year 181)4,leaving a widow, to whom he devised said realestate under a will recorded in the oltiee ofthe Register of Wills of Allegany county,Maryland ; and that the said Lavinia PL veil',devisee, died intestate, about September 1,1896, and that the said real estate descendedto the following parties :

(a) Charles C. Neff, who intermarried withBeania Nell’, both of whom are of full age,and reside in Allegany county, Maryland.

(I>) Henry K. Neff, who intermarried withElla Nell, both of whom are of full age, andreside in Alleganycountv, Maryland.

('•) Jennie Bayne, widow ofWilliam Paynewlu> is of full age, and resides in Alleganycounty, Maryland.

(•I) David A. Neff, who intermarried withMary Neff, and who died on the day of

and heirs-at law, who reside in Alleganycounty. Maryland, and are infants: (1) Rich-ard Neff, (2) Thomas Neffand (.'!) May Neff;and (4) his widow, Mary Neff, who' subse-quent}' intermarried with Edward Barry,both of whom are of full age, and reside inAllegany county, Maryland.

(<) Bertha M. Greenfield, who intermarriedwith Walter J. Greenfield, hut who subse-quently died, leaving the following childrenand heirs at-law, infants: (1) CatharineGreenfield, (2) Virginia Greenfield, (8) AliceGreenfield, (4] Josephine Greenfield; all ofwhom reside with their father, Walter J.Greenfield, in Pittsburg, State of Penn-sylvania.

The bill further alleges that the said real es-tate is not susceptible of partition, and thatthe said Catharine Greenfield, Virginia Green-field, Alice Greenfield and Josephine Green-field, infants, and Walter J. Greenfield, arenon-residents; and prays for a decree for thesale and distribution of the proceeds accord-ing to the respective interests of the partieshereto.

It is thereupon this sth day of January,1897

OItDEREb, By the Circuit Court of Alle-gany county in Equity—

By causing a copy of this order to be in-serted in some newspaper published in Alle-gany county oncea week for four successiveweeks before the 15th day of February, 1897,give notice to the said absent defendants ofthe substance oLthis bill, and warning themto appear in person or by solicitor ON or BE-FORE the Hill dayofMarch, next, in thisCourt and show cause, if any they have, whya decree ought not to be passed as prayed.

DAVID W. SLOAN.True copy—Test:

Jan o—4t Tiieo. Li man, Clerk.

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