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County, Md.
BY MARY C. DORSEY.
The following article was read by its
author, at a teachers’ institute, held re-
cently at New Germany, Garrett coun-
ty, Md. Tt is ably written and will be
read with much interest, not only in
the editor’s old native county (Garrett)
but by the people residing in the south-
ern part of Somerset county as well.
With compliments to Miss Dorsey we
therefore take the liberty to give the |
renders of Tie Star the benefit of her
“ig ly entertaining production:
“Often when history becomes a drag |
o bith teacher and pupil it would be |
teacher would |
take his class on an imaginary trip
aver the old National Pike, noting on |
a ,elief to both if the
he way the historical land marks.
The Pike itself is the most interest-
ing. Braddock’s road runs parallel to
the like, often crossing it. It is called
Braddock’s road from the fact that
Braddock took this route on his unfor-
{unate expedition against Fort Du-
quesne, although the road had been
open to travel prior to this.
Some fifty years later, when political
upheavals had changed the government
of not only this country but also her
close friend and ally, France, the peo-
ple, no longer the colonists, were enjoy-
ing the blessings of liberty and repre-
sentative government, a bill was intro-
duced in Congress asking for an appro-
priation to open or improve the road
from Cumberlahd to the Ohio river.
Later Henry Clay interested himself in
the road and succeeded in getting oth-
e: appropriations. Lt isowing no doubt
to this illustrious man that the road be-
came the famous thoroughfare it was
fifty years ago.
Our trip will be from the Pennsylva-
nia line to Frostburg. ILeaving Mills
creek we soon came in view of Negro
mountain, which far to the north and
wall
The naming of
the mountain is quite interesting. One
Her father told
her, and his father remembered the in-
cident quite well:
In the Spring of 1755 a party of hun-
| ters left Fort Cumberland to go to the
mountains on a hunting expedition, in-
te ding to remain antil late autumn,
bat late in the summer they heard a
fru nor of the defeat of Braddock, and
| noticing that the Indians were acting
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graveyard cone of the
i in a suspicious manner, they hastily
prepared to return to Cumberland.
Their fears were well grounded, for
they were fired upon several times from
| behind trees and rocks ; more than once
they caught a glimpse of the hideous
faces of the Indians, made more so by
the war paint and feathers, from be-
hind clumps of bushes. They kept close
together, however, and pressed rapidly
on. As they neared the top of the
mounfain it became apparent that their
negroservant could travel no farther ;he
had been complaining for several days
and their mode of traveling had aggra-
vated his sickness. After a hasty con- |
sultation they decifed to leave the
darkey. They made him a bed com-
posed of dried bark and leaves; laying
him on it they bade him keep quiet
and promised to’ return for him—a
promise, needless to say, they had no
intention of keeping. They went on
their way wilh The prayers—and—es-
treaties of the poor fellow ringing in
their ears, but to stay meant death to |
the entire party. They reached Cum- |
berland that night; but were refused
admittance to the fort, as the news of
Braddock’s defeat had reached the fort
and they took every precaution against
surprise or treachery. The hunters
camped that night outside the fort.
The negro died on the mountain and
thus the name, Negro mountain.
The next place of interest we find is
Little Crossing, where Washington
camped when on his mission to the
French commander the year before
Braddock’s expedition. There is a
beautiful stone bridge built over the
Little Crossing river, a silent criticism
on our superfluous buildings of to-day.
What a pity car citizens did not ap-
preciate their possessions more, for on
coming closer we find the hands of
vandals have been at work. The entire
parapet has disappeared and in its
place we find an unsightly wire fence.
Proceeding up the sloping Little
Crossing hill we glance ‘back.
picture is presented to the eye! Grants-
ville nestled among the hills, lying
close to the mountain as if appealing
for shelter, the beautiful farms dotted
here and there, with their large maple
groves, is a picture better depicted by
the brush than the pen. Reluctantly
we turn from the beautiful scene and
resume our journey.
We soon reach the Stone IHouse,
which has been built almost a century.
Here we pause and think. If stones
could speak, what a tale this old house
could unfold! What plans and hopes
were matured or shattered under the
roof that sheltered statesmen, scient-
ists, artists, soldiers and tourists on
their way to and from the great west!
Then crowds had to be turned away.
Now it is a farm house with half its
| room uncccupied.
Looking to the north wz see the
gleam of marble which bespeuks the
home of the dead. If we take thetrou-
ble to leave the Pike we will find this
relics of: tha past
| Johnstown Tribune.
What a |
EVERY DAY SCIENCE.
A part was set aside for the burial i spr ‘
place of the slaves. What thoughts of | Two ingenious Englishmen have re-
the future wust the man who built this | cently received a patent for alead-lined
| hotel have had! But it only proves to | Pipejoint, wherein a lining of lead is in-
us that distinet families do not prosper | Serted or moulded in an
lin a democracy. | pipe, and is continued. expanded, fitted
Although it took Braddock nearly ; or moulded into the joint of the exter-
ior pipe or shell, whereby it becomes a
two days to come from the Shades of |
| Death to Little Meadows, it will take ' part of the jointing material by fusion
or pressure. While the improvement
| us less than an hour to walk from here |
[to the Shades of Death, now called | i8 applicable to iron or other pipes with
| Shade Mills. When we reach there we | ordinary socket joints, the inventors
will find the shadow of death has dis- have devised a novel form of joint to
appeared, and instead of tall, sombor | facilitate the method.
pines chanting their requiem as in the | 3 .
days when Washington, Clay, Harri-
son and Tyler traveled over the road,
we find green fields and several fine |
restdences, one of them the home of one
of Garrett county’s most prosperous
t citizens.
Many places of interest could be
I'pointed out petween here and Irost-
burg, but the day is drawing to a close
and our journey is almost ended.
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In the course of a conversation held
made the following interesting state-
ments:
in circulation has thereon
color. while the other notes have but
| three to four hundred shades.
The twenty-dollar Treasury note has
When we come to the toll gate we | all colors thereon but blue. This color
find that nothing remains of it but two | 15 the most diflicult for counterfeiters
upright pillars whose use seems to be | to imitate. the ink used by the Govern-
to advertise the wares of the Frostburg | Ment being a secret.
merchants. Unfortunately the toll-| Lhe paper used by the Government
house was burned down some years ago | for tlre protection of its bills is such
and I understand there is but one of | that when printed on one surface; the
these houses now standing, and that is ink’ will not show through on the op-
in Allegany county. 3 | posite surface, while at the same time
With many regrets we leave the | it is of but a single thickness.
scenes of the pact and with smiles and |
hope for the fature we hasten to Frost-| fact that they are unable to obtain a
burg,where a warm supper and a night’s |
rest await us.’
oy {of paper, and subsequently, by means
Savage.
March 5—Sorry we could not write
for the valuable columns of THe Star,
last week.
Simon White, of Coal Run, is paying
a visit to his uncle, S. A. Christner.
Among other welcome visitors in our
community during the week are Miss
2 y 4 D . \ < Hol : 2
I mma Reitz, of d rieden , and Miss ference in length being due
Mary Kimmel, of Salisbury.
! 3 : : : shrinkage caused by the use of the ad-
The family of N. B. Christner is quite |
4 2.7 | hesive for uniting the two sheets of
elated over the arrival of a feminine
infantile. Mr. Christner expects to |
move to Larimer ere long.
Charles B. Perkins will move to the
place vacated by Mr. Christner. and
Elias Durst will be Mr. Perkins’ suc-
cessor on the W. J. Shumaker farm.
Joel Slaubaugh had been classed
with the unwell during the past week.
Our school will close Tuesday, March
8th.
0. L. Messmore, the owner of the S.
Hershberger farm, was amony us, this
week, looking after his farm. Ie pur-
chased three cows of W. J. Shumaker.
Luke Hay purchased a large bovine
of C. J. Yoder, and on attempting to
take him across the mountain, the ani-
mal suddenly took to the woods and
was not found for nearly a week.
J. A. Shoemaker, who had been so
unfortunate as to lose his teeth while
under the influence of liquor, purchased
the famous “tin gun” of “Raccoon Jer-
ry.” He now expects to go to Spain.
Mrs. E. B. Durst had been suffering
from a severe attack of quinsy, but is
about well again.
Subscribe for the Tne
convinced of its light.
| together.
The counterfeit recently circulated
| of the one hundred-dollar bill, was
| printed from a plate which itis thought
was stolen, in some mysterious way,
from the Government; that the coun-
terfeit i= about one sixteenth of an inch
ed.
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To prevent th
gotiable paper, checks, ete., a patent
has issued describing a book of blanks,
ated lines near the top and at one end.
have special marks or characters on a
tally sheet to be kept by .the bank.
presentation of a check.
so bounded that a check and its stub
cannot be fraudulently removed.
#* a *
be the pet hobby of our many and nu-
or two, however, they have shifted
their ground, the goal now sought to
be reached being a practical, certain
and economical bottle incapable of be-
ing refilled. While many such have
been devised, all, so far known,
seem to be wanting in some pgrticular
feature.
nS
Star and be . = > x
% There are a great many little super-
News Boy. 314 : s
stitions connected with the handling
lime
LARGEST IN THE WCRLD. s : i
: : thing not commonly understood, says
the Popular Science Times. Ilow many
owners of
Berwind-White Company Keeps Ex-
tending Its Mines at Windber;
Somerset County.
stracted! If these people only knew
On Monday next the Berwind-White
Coal Mining Company expects to begin
shipping coal from the third mine open-
ed in the vicinity of Windber, the new
town just beyond Scalp Level. This
mine is located on the David J. Shaffer
tract, upon which have been erected
the P. R. R. freight station, the Ber-
wind- White offices, and the Club House.
The new mine will finally be extended
for a distance of four miles, or to the
vicinity of Ashtola. The fourth mine
is being opened on the old Samuel
Knavel tract, near Rumelsville, about
one and three-fourths miles from Wind-
ber, but it will be several months be-
fore coal can be shipped from this mine,
The company intends opening a fifth
mine in the near future, bat its loeation
has not been definitely determined up-
on. When this and the other mines are
put in good running order the ship-
ments will amount to several hundred
cars of coal per day, say the oflicials.
At present there are five hundred and
fifty men on the Company’s pay rolls,
and the number is being increased
every day. The shipments average
about fifty cars a day.
All the mines are equipped with com- |
pressed-air machines for digging, and
haulage is by electricity. Within the
past few days, however, several electric
digging machines have been placed in
position, and if the experiment proves
successful, these will supplant the com-
pressed-air machines.
A prominent official says that in a
short time the Berwind-White Com- |
ordinary watch are worth about eight
cents apiece, and only about forty cents
a gross unset, their alarm would van-
ish ; but they would also look upon their
watches with a great deal less of mystic
veneration and awe.
Another common belief is that turn-
ing the hands backward will injure the
works. How, they do not know—but
in some mysterious manner that ordi-
nary mortals cannot comprehend. In
fact, the only style of wateh which
could have been injured in this way is
the old English “verge” escapement,
modeled after fourteenth century
useful for almost any purpose except
keeping time.
mechanism—the least elaborate have a
hundred and fifty-separate parts, some
over a thousand, every part nicely ad-
justed to its delicate functions. And
the movements never stop, unless the
wateh’s owner” neglects the important
precaution of winding it, or, on the con-
trary, is so very solicitous about its
welfare that he attempts to remedy the
defects of its anatomy by surgical oper-
ations with a penknife, a pin, a lead
pencil, or some other instrument as in-
appropriate.
Wind your watch regularly. That is
pany will have in operation at Windber
the largest and most complete soft-coal
works are the most liable to shaking
and hard usage. Have your
purchased practically all the coal right | ill gum where there is such con-
from Scalp Level to Buckstown, Som- | tinged friction.
erset county. Keep your watch pocket clean. Don’t
FOUND SPECTACLES !—Owner can
got same at Star office by proving
vroperty and paying for advertisement,
its way through soon enough.
e counterfeiting of ne- |
the first great rule for watch wearers. | £ : may
In the morning is probably the best | hever goes of duty en dey’s no holiday
time, so as to have the greatest tension |
of the springs during the day, when the |
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iron or other |
| self
Chief of all; curb your curiosity.
Don’t open thd casés and inspéct the
works. They are there yet, even though
you have not seen them since yester-
day, If anything should occur tocause
them to stop, don’t try to find out your-
what it A watchmaker will
you nothing for an accurate
is.
charge
| dingnosis, which involves no possibie
| farther injury.
! late the watch yourself.
[ing at all
| best, run
; : | summer.
| with a Goverment employee, the latter | :
And don’t try to regu-
You ‘may do
it successfally, but the ¢hances are
against you. In fact, the chances are
that the watch may not need regulat-
All watches. exeept the
faster in winter, slower
Yet some men set their
watches with every clock they see, and
move the regulator, too, if they can pry
in
mn r ! the case en.
Fhe twenty-dollar Treasury note now | the cases opon
between six |
and seven hundred different shades of |
a
WELL EQUIPPED FOR WAR.
| United States Has Some Things She
{of the great
is Not Talking About—A Little
Sub-Marine Torpedo Boat.
Pittsburg Times.
J. A. Groshon, of Groshon Manufae-
turing company, of New York.designer
pumps at the Montrose
pumping station, of Allegheny;avho is
i at the Hotel Duquesne, says that con-
trary to popular belief the United
| States government has the finest and.
best means of warfare known, most -of
! which is a secret to all but the high-up
The counterfeiters, by reason of the |
officials. Mr. Groshon served as en-
{ gineer on the Roanoke during the re-
| paper having the above characteristics. |
’ are compelled to print upon two sheets |
|
{ has taken a scientific
j of some adhesive material, secure them |
bellion, has been intimately acquainted
with the best experts of the navy and
interest in the
improvements made.
“This Holland submarine torpedo
i boat that has been recently launched is
| not new to the government,” snid he
| last night, “as one exactly similar, de-
| void perhaps of the latest improve-
| yard.
! id | 87 feet long and 9 or 8 feet in diameter
| paper on which the counterfeit is print- |
to be toru from stubs, having perfor- |
The checks, or rather negotiable paper, | 1
| anc
The book and tally sheet are similarly | ; Eh
numbered, so that the teller of a bank | by allowing the air in two large cham-
may readily refer to the tally sheet on |
The book is | : : :
| East river, at Point Morris, and were
{ under water
{ about with the greatest ease and free-
At one time car couplers seemed to |
{ the pilot to steer easily.
merous inventors. During the last.year |
| boat and sent an expert swimmer, with
| at the eyes and ears.
ments, was designed and launched by
{ Engineer Merriam, of the United States
shorter than the genuine bill, the dif- |
to the |
navy, over 30 years ago and it is now
on the Cob dock, in the Brooklyn navy
The boat is cigar shaped, about
and was built of heavy boiler iron. It
has fins and a propeller, and went,
when tested, at a seven-mile 2lip under
water. At the sharply conical bow i
5
! a chamber for pushihg out'a torpedo or
dynamite cartridge, and discharging it
with electricity.
“I went down with it on its trinl trip
it worked nicely. Two heavy
weights, balanced on the bottom, serv-
ed as ballast and the boat was lowered
We
the
bers to be displaced by water.
went down about 30 or 40 feet in
for two hours; moving
windows enabled
While down
we opened doors in the bottom of the
dom. Large glass
a rope around his waist, to the surface
and drew him back in again. The press-
ure of air was greater than the weight
of water above the boat and so pre-
vented the water beneath from rush-
ing in. . We had to gulp the air- in like
water, however, to keep from bleeding
The government
kept very quiet about the matter, took
| the boat and has retained it ever since.
and wearing of watches, as with every- |
“Such a vessel, with high speed moni-
tors and torpedo and dynamite bhonts,
I 'would be our effective-power in case of
timepieces are very wary |
aboutdeaving them with » watchmaker |
Ce ——
lest some of the “jewels” may be ab- |
Tt ——
battleships, astheywauld be too heavy
that the most precious jewels in the |
war. Many of the best naval experts
have deplored the adoption of heavy *
if sufficiently armored for protection,
and are too weak now. A little moni-
tor could fight all around them, as her
surface is little exposed, while a hattle-
ship presents a broad front, with her
weak spots greatly exposed. The first
war in which the big ships are engaged
will prove their failure and cause a
revolution in the manner of warfare.”
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A Big Turkey.
Greensburg Press.
The largest turkey ever shipped from
New Florencz, and probably the largest
ever seen in that section of the country
was sold to Johnstown parties on Tues-
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A wateh is a complicated piece of |
: : {day by David Cunningham, a farmer
clocks—watches which almost anything
would have injured, and which were |! : :
u 2 J i i ed 44 pounds just before it was loaded
| into the
living near that place. The bird weigh-
train. The old residents of
that place say it is the largest gobbler
they ever saw. Mr. Cunningham re-
eeived $10 for the turkey.
{ ready.
watch |
mining plant in the world. This, he | cleaned and oiled regularly. The deli- | ! :
says, will be yecessary to take out the | gute balance wheel makes 150,000,000 | Page 202, saltpeter, Brier Williams will
coal owned by the Company, it having | vibrations during a year. The best oils | PUSS roun’ de hat en poll de members
rsa ,
The D:con’s Drag Net.
Atlanta Constitution.
“Kunnel Ingersoll been heal de yuth-
er night,” said the deacon, as he laid
down his spectacles and faced the con-
gregation, “en J see de fruits er it al-
He tol’ you dat dey’s no hell,
en Isee it fum de slimness ob dis con-
gregashun dat you believe it! But
doan fool yo'se’f’ for des ez sho ez you's
settin’ befo' me terday dey’s a red-hot
hell waitin’ fer you, whar de fireman
on de Fo’th er July! I ain’t got time
ter prove it, but ll make dis propersi-
tion: Whoever wants ter ‘scape dat
hell mus? signify it dis mawnin’, en in
dis way: While singin’ er de hymn on
ez follers: All who b’leves in hell fire
straight, avill drap in a dollar; all got
doubts "bput it will say so wit 25 cents;
let lint and fine dust accumulate in the | all who doan believe it at all, put in 10
corners. No matter how well the cases | cents, deh we'll separate the money en
may close, the subtile dust will work | put JoRfe de list whar you b’longs.
Come, now, while we sings!”