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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

A writer describes the New York
girl of the period as "the most reck-
less compound of hair, brains, impru-
dence, ignorance and French millinery
that was ever allowed to put woman
hood to the blush"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
The First Meeting of the Young
Ladies Anti Slang
Association.

The 'Reform Club" is the title of a
new organization in the West End, or
ganized by young ladies for the pur-
pose of discouraging the use of slang
phrases in conversation.
At recent meeting, while mem
Der was addressing the society, she in
advertently made use of the express
sion awful nice" and was called to
order for transgressing the rules. s.
"In what way have transgressed ?"
asked the speaker blushing deeply.
"You said it would be awful nice
to admit young gentlemen to our de-
liberations," replied the other.
well, wouldn't it be" returned
the speaker; "you know you said
yourslf, no longer ago than yesterday,
that n
Eyes, I know; but then you said
awful nice That's slang" go
"Well," said the speaker, tartily,
eff you are going to be so awful nice
about it, perhaps it is; but 1 wouldn't
say anything about it if I were you.
Didn't you tell sallie spriggins, this
morning, to pull down her basque ?"
"No, l didn't" retorted the other,
her face growing crimson "and
Sallie spriggins will say didn't. She
won't 60 back on me" 81
"This is nice racket you are CIV
ing us, cried the President, after rap
ping both speakers to order. "Let us
ask, what is the object of this society ?"
"To discourage slang" cried doz-
en- voices.
"Kerrect," said the President, "go
on with the funeral"
A member rose to explain that she
had been fined at the last meeting for
saying lawful NICE herself, but she
hadn't the stamps to pay it now
would settle, however, in the sweet by
and by.
"That'll be all right, said the Pres
ident. "Pay when you have the due
ats.
Another member asked if young
lady could say "old splendid" without
subjecting herself to fine.
"You bet she can't said the Presi-
dent, who was the original founder of
the society, and, therefore, appealed
to when any nice question was to be
decided.
"Then,' said the speaker, II move
that Miranda Pew come down with
the dust, for 1 heard her say that her
beau was just old splendid"
Miranda face was in blaze as she
cried:
"Well if my beau was such an old
halr-pin as your fellow is, I wouldn't t
say it.
"Shoot the Ginning" cried the
President. "Will you never tumble ?"
But the confusion was too great to
be allayed. Miranda's blood was up
Some sided with her, and others
against her; and amid the babel that
followed could be heard such exclama-
tions as "Dry up!' "Nice blackberry
you are!' "Wipe off your chin /"
Hire hall r &c., when motion to
adjourn was carried "by large major
ity. y."-Erchamge
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
ALLAN LINEl
STEAM BETWEEN
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Calling at
HALIFAX and QUEENSTOWN
Each way.
The splendid Screw Steamers ofthe above
Line will run as follows:
FROM FROM
Liverpool. Baltimore.
CASPIAN, July II, Aug, 2,9a m
Nova ScoT1AN, July %, Aug. 16, 9 a m
H1BERN1AN, Aug. 8, Aug. 80, 8 a m
CASPIAN, Aug. %, Sept. 13, 8 a m
And henceforth every fortnight, taking pas
sengers and freight to and from Liverpool
Steerage Passage to or from Liverpool,
Glasgow, Queenstown, Dublin, or Belfast,
$28, Currency. Very best accommodations
for Steerage and intermediate Passengers
An experienced surgeon is attached to each
vessel intermediate and Steerage steward
esses carried by each steamer for the pur-
pose of attending to the wants of the fe
males and children. For further particu-
lars, or passage tickets to and from Great
Britain, apply to
A. SCHUMACHER & CO., Baltimore;
in Frostburg to ]. JANDORF,
July 29-y Main Street.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

The MoNGoL1AN PopuLAr1oN.-
According to letter to the London
Times, written by an educated China
man, who is now studying for the bar
in England, the whole number of
Chinese in the United States is l48, 300,
of whom 10000 live in the State of
California, and 3O 900 in San Francisco.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

A down east paper says: "Ifthe cut
ting down of railroad passenger rates
goes on in this way much longer, it
will be cheaper to go west than to
stay at home"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
The Faxorife Soap.


The Favorite Soap,
Manufactured by E. REID, Wheeling, W. Va
claim that it cannot be excelled, 1st, In
purity and quality; I'd, In economy, be-
cause it is firm and hard as soon as made and
will not shrink when exposed to the atmes-
phere, like most soaps do. 1t will therefore
wash half as much more as the soaps now
in market at the same price; Sd, For per-
fection in washing. You must wash with
pure, clean soap, or you cannot have
clean, white clothes. Use the FdUo,5te Soap
and you will have no more trouble getting
your clothes white and faultless. and guar
antee that it will not injure the skin or the
most delicate fabrics 4th, claim for it
an advantage over all others in that it
will bear leaving in the water for or 10
hours without injuring it. Other soaps
are rendered useless by forgetting them in
the tub or basin after using Please en-
quire of your grocer for the Favorite Soap,
and you will be convinced that it Is the
best.
CAUT1oN.-Each bar is stamped "Miners'
and Mechanics Fayorite Soap, manufactured
By e. Reid, Wheeling, W Va
Manufactured and sold at wholesale by
EDWARD REID,
Soap and Candle Manufacturer,
July 25-v Wheeling, w. Va.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

They have column of bituminous
coal at the centennial 4 feet square
and IL feet high, and weighs $4,000
pounds, taken from the great vein in
Perry county, Ohio, and is said to be
the largest coal specimen ever exhibit
ed in the world.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

OMAHA is a nice place to die in.
Here is one of the local obituaries
"He was splendid penman, system
attic bookkeeper, and systematic
drinker."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

CHERRIES are ripe enough now to
pick, and the small boy will soon be
going around with his hands clasped
across his equator, looking as if he
didn't care how soon the republic fell
to pieces.-Oavemsboro (Ky.) Monitor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
The GRAND PARADE of the Inde

The GRAND PARADE of the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd-Fellows of
Pennsylvania will take place in Phil
adelphia on the Goth ofseptember, and
promises to be one ofthe finest affairs
of the kind that ever took place in
this country. The regulations have
been promulgated by the executive
committee, and will be observed by
lodges and encampments participating.
The delegates to the Grand Encamp-
ment of the United States, which meets
in Philadelphia atthat time, will par
ticipate in the parade.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

The Norwich Bulletin says that
Mr.. Talmage's sermons, read in loud
voice in a potato-feld, will drive away
the bugs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
DR.. ID. M. Williams,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
HAS opened an office over D. G. Percy's
Ii Drug Store, where he can be found
from 73O to $50 A. NJ, and from $50 to 4.3O
PM Atall other hours of day or night, he
can be found at his residence on Bewery
street when not professionally engaged.
Anril 22-Y
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05

THE HoosAo TUNNEL, which is now
completed, and through which passen-
ger trains from Boston are making
through connections with the West
over the New York Central road, cost
the State of Massachusetts, including
railroad connection of forty-four miles,
l6,732,766, of which 81, ITO, 1886 has
been paid for interest. The capital
cost of construction rep esented in the
funded debt of the State is $l3, ,769,-
~972, in bonds bearing FIVE per cent.
gold interest and maturing all the way
from 1883 to 1895. The annual
charge of the Hoosac tunnel debt is
over three-quarters of million in cur
rency, or about the same as the whole
State tax in Massachusetts, before the
war, The sinking fund to meet this
debt now amounts to So, ,923, ,19O.73.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1876-08-05
OUR BRANCH OFFICE

AT FRoSTBURG
In Bealps building, (up stairs) Main street,
Is in charge Of Dawson Armstrong, Esq
And will be open to the public every day
in the week.
wOne of our firm will be in
Frostburg Regularly Every Thursday
And oftencr, if necessary.
Dec 11-y IL. Is. " II.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

We learn by note placed upon our table
that the Misses Lord viii not discontinue
their school during the sumner months.
They will ut any time receive pupils and
will be assisted by their mother IN the
musical department. We hear the young
ladies' spoken Of in teens Of high commen-
dation. Az to their adaptability for teach
ing they by permission refer to well known
citizens, and among them Mr.. Gilman who
has had the opportunity Of being we'll in
formed on this point The young ladies
reared among us rs they have been, deserve
success, and have good prospect Of attain
Ing it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
SIlghtIy Sarcastic.

Tho printing business ID the most fascinat
ingsand enhancing occupation that man can
follow for livelihood. It is not only an
exceedingly pleasant and highly respectable
calling, bat also, . very lucrative employ
mcnt. Large fortunes are continually
bong realized by newspaper pubJishers
without the slightest effort, and, tate 1t all
in all, it is tho easiest way to gain q sub
sistence one can find. Printing debts are
almost self-collectcd. You never have to
ask for your pay only once. Everybody ID
- kind and thoughtful that it is no trick
1t all TO gather your stamps. Buy print
ing once and learn for yourself the truth,
fnlness of these remarks.-Ex
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
Hay ANsOpsCkMEnr.

Our stock of Ladies', Gents and Child
ren's Shoes, Slippers and Buskins for sum-
mer il now complete, with weekly addi-
tions to keep it 80. The latest arrivals
embrace Kid Side-Lace, Lasting Kid-Foxed
aud Serge, Front and Side-Lace Polish,
Kid Newport, Paris and Lasting Ties /;
Children's Newport and CUR Tics; Gents
Low-Cut, Custom-Madc Shoes; Nullifiers,
Slippers, etc. Our aim is 10 please our
customers, hence we are constantly chang
ing our styles to meet this object. We
leave it to our patrons to judge as to the
quality and price Of our goods. Only give
call and satisfy yourselves.
tho II. GWINNER j. BRO,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
An Old CItizen Gone.

On June LIST, there died ct his residence
in Madison county, Benjamin s. Kicks, one
Of tho oldest citizens of the State Mr..
Kicks came to this county nearly half a
osntury ago, with but little means, but by
following the bent Of his intellect ever clear
and with Judgment unbiased, and with
IN honesty Of purpose and an uprightness
Of o. nduct that might have gained for him
IL ancient days. AZ it did II this, the cogno-
men Of "the just" he built up colossal
fortune, and = reputation for honor and
integrity equal to any. He died full Of
years and Of honor, loo-ing to Christ with
m earnest hope, which had only grown
brighter - years Of painful suffering racked
his frame. Peace to the ashes Of . good
and tine man.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

The revolution in Mexico whic!
was inaugurated few weeks age
by Diaz, and which threatens to be
come wide spread, has received a
sudden and severe check i'm the de
feat OF its leader. who has been
forced to return to Matamoras to
reOrganize and recruit his forces,
The Mexican Congress has granted
extraordinary powers to President
Lerado for the purpose of suppress
ing the revolution, and it is thought
that there will DO but little more
trouble.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
cut a Debt

Happy 10 tho man who il out of debt, let
bis property be ever 20 small The evils of
debit have been most folcibly illustrated
during the prevailing stringency of the
hard times. Many q man who had money
enough to make him comic table has lost
every dollar by having it invested in pro-
perty on which he had given a mortgage
which be has BEEN unable to carry. No
matter how muc man is worth, il he 10
heavily in debt bis mind is troubled. Let
every young man lay down the rule, aud
stick 10 1t, never {, run in tleb..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Tho street Of Peace in Canton Is some-
what Of . second EDITION Of the street
(which is called Straight" in Damascus.
Tuesday. and "Wednesday were lively days
on that Peaceful street, last week. and
they were not good daysior fighting, either.
That street is called Peace, but. like the one
called Straight, in Damascus, it doen,'t
warrant its name. We suggest that the
City Fathers of Canton rc-christen il, and
call il Turbulent Row. Nothing like hav.
ing appropriate names, you know.-Lerisg.
tes advertiser.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
MISS -SSIPPi NEWS.
COMPLIED FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.

COMPILED FROM OUR STATE EXCHANGES.
Meridian Mercury: Night befor
last a car was robbed of eight O
ten boxes of tobacco and a cask @
bacon. 1t is supposed the thieve
boarded the train up above tn
"crossing.' The bacon and Tobacco,
were thrown off near Boyd's wood
yard.
Raymond Gazette: We have ye
to see. this season, sack of North.
ern corn in Raymond, or passing
through Raymond. Last year, and
for several years past, "h;luling corn
from the depot" appeared to be
about the chief employment of the
average planter during May and
June. This year the time thus con.
sumed and the money thus invested
may be more usefully employed.
A Convention of the Order of
Good Templars. of Haywood, Gib>
son, Lauderdale, Dyer and Crockett
counties, is called to meet at Friend
ship, on the second Saturday in
June. Lodge and county deputies
are invited 10 attend.
Brandon Repubh an: Crops are
very backward in this section.
Many planters have had to pillow up
and plant .vr two or three times.
Carrollton Co. servat ve We were
very much pleased to learn from a
gentleman, just from the swamp,
that the prospects for q good cotton
and corn crop in that section of the
country, is very promising. He
states that the water is falling
Iapidly. an l all danger ri food
is past. The general b9alth of the
people is good, and with all this to
start out on, we hope that nothing
will rise to mar their bright pros
poets for the future.
Judge J. w. Robb has retired
from the helm of the Scott County
Democrat, and hands it over to the
guidance of his Junior. We wish
him much ease and happiness in his
retirement and bespeak for his sue
cess0r a patronage commensurate
with his merits.
One hundred and twenty-five car
Ioa,ls Of iron have been delivered
within the past two weeks, for res
laying the track of the N .. st. T..
s. @. Il. Il. That looks like bust
ness.
Tupelo Journol: The religious re.
vival exercises in this city have
closed. As the result Of the meet
ings, about fifty persons have united
with the various churches.
Prentiss Pleader: The salaries of
the municipal officers of Aberdeen
are a. follows: Mayor, 1000 per
year. Marshal, 5000 aud perquis-
ties Tax Collector and Assessor,
$500.
Prentiss Pleader Seven horse
thieves were recently captured in
YalObu-ha county, six of them were
negroes.
Walden Record The fruit crop Of
Copiah county will prove almost an
entire failure.
Sardis has two colored lawyers
Settle and Scott being their names.
The Crystal Springs Monitor re
ports a defalcatiOn in the pOst-0fEice
at that place OF $4,000.
Vicksburg TfiJxae An Aberdeen
gunsmith recently manufactured
couple of guns for exhibition at
the Mobile Fair, the workmanship
on which was so superior that the
maker had to send certificates that
the work had been done in Aber-
deem.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
PnILADELPHIA LErrER.

From our regular Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, May r.
Tho number of visitors to the Ex-
position has not SO far come mp to
the expectations of the. least san
guine of those Immediately inter
ested in it, but they are keeping up
their cheerfulness and courage re-
markably well, drawing hopeful
auguries from the smallest increase
of daily attendance, ever ready with
an excuse for q t'poor day" while
tho statisticians have been showing
by figures, that the paying attend
ance SO tar has been nearly treble
that of Vienna during the first
eighteen days of her Exposition.
The daily expenses OF the show,
are, it is said, about SIS, 900, while
the daily receipts since May 10 b
have not averaged one half that
sum. The country has about eight
millions in the Exposition, and, in
order to make 1t pay, the net receipts
must average about CSC, 900 daily.
There can be no reasonable hope,
even among the most hopeful, that
the daily net receipts will average
one-fifth of that sum. Indeed, it is
now generally admitted that the
Exposition, in a merely pecuniary
sense will not pay. but, it is being
improved daily both in extent and
beauty as we'll as in systematizatiOn
aud arrangement for the comfort Of
visitors. 1t is still new machiAe,
with jars and imperfectlons here
and there, but enough may now be
seen to warrant the assurance that
it will pay in q higher sense than
money. Two very desirable ends
to be obtained are the reduction of
the admission fee to twenty-five
cents, and such concessions from
the various railroads as will place
the Exposition within reach of the
largest possible number. 1t is not
Of the supremest Importance that
men and women of taste and leisure
should come here, they have refined
pleasures IN books, pictures and
travel; but there Is a less wealthy
class that cannot appreciate bOnks
and pictures, but to whom this Tx
position will address itself with the
light of revelation, supplying in q
degree, the want of travel and cul'
ture. I am not so insane as to sup
pose that it can be made possible
for all OF even one-tOurth of the
men, women and children oil
America to enjoy this cosmos, but
l cannot help urging that it bt
placed within the reach of the larg
est possible number to enjoy and
transmit. The advantages to b<
derived from q great natural, in
dustrial, and artistic representation
and illustrated pathology, like this
are not of course attained in i'm
mediate spectacular enjoyment
the reductions suggested would
place the Exhibition within reacl
Of many children ~ the pqbli'
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Byrefercnccs to the ordinances published
on the second page, parents will find that
their children are liable to punishment for
having in their possession "negro shooters"
and that they are held responsible for fines
and costs for the misdemeanors Of their
children.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Seven o'clock. A. N.-Boy has terrible
toOthache; can't 20 to school. Half past
nine A. MA solitary figure may be seen
skulking through the streets leading to the
creek perch and clubs bite. Half past
six 2. M.@Scene, woodshed dramatis per
sonAe, the old man, one trunk strap. one
boy. Let's draw the curtain.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

There are too many small boys allowed
to frequent the river and play on logs and
gpnnels. There will BIO Grape on the door
of some household before long, unless
mothers arc more vigilant over the move
mcnts of their goslins.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Why do our merchants pay such exorbit-
ant prices for envelopes, when they can get
l,ooo, with their business card printed
thereon, for hom $3.50 co $6.o0-iu all
colors and styles. Also, note, letter and
bill.heads at proportionately low prices.
All orders executed promptly. Give US o
trial.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1876.
LOCAL ITEMS.

an dssis4ss.f s.Ssrisos viii Jesd their
psp-ys n1ked viii . RED CROSS He hare
refraiHed from ds'~iss IN osr sels'RHs for tie
yasf ssr ne,fks. WeRY frxa fkaf those wko
Gre NOW rersindcd!ef " their ipdebiedness
sriU rot alook xpos The cross" bat osce,
before her si1or it, rcnoral Those per-
sors ,1s rusl tks44Cz11xxS from reek
to rcck rfsAoss rsssssrsfsos 70 ~ printer
cannot enjoy his Psisilegs qf1er the First day
Of ysse, a. ~ = sst esssidw oxrsetees qs'fe
s5ss 10 tkss s.epsrs - 81 tsis . he public aer-
safk1r.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

An exchange pertly remarks that some
business men would rather sponge on a
fence and go around with an old paint pot
slaubing upon every board fence
"gO To SmiThe for Your lard"
than to spend . few dollars for decent
notice in some respectable newspaper.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

All orders for job work, advei Using and
subscriptions left at II. Gwinncr & Bros,
N. c. Orrick's, Phillips 6 Jones, or w. J..
Mostly & Co.'s. will receive prompt atten-
ton at this Office.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

Tho members of the Methodist Church
(eolorsd) held n tableau at Alhsmbra Hal
on Thursday night. Tho proceeds Of the
entertainment, about $50, goes to their Sun
day School.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

The undersigned respectfully informs the
public that he has purchased the entire
stock of Merchandise belonging to the lato
firm of ID. A. Mayer g. Co., and that he is
prepared to sell for Cash at cost.
NJ NJ. HOFFMAN.
Canton, Miss, May 9th, 1876.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

We arc enabled to do blank work Of aay
dcscziption-it matters not what; from the
smallest sized certificate to the size Of .
house, 1--WE mean small house). Call end
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

SHoEsI SHOES! SHOES!
Mems, Boys, LADIES' and ChiIdren's,
of every description, and custom
made, just received at Gross.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03

am back at my old stand, ard will be
pleased to see all my friends and acquai:,t-
.nces. J. r. CHrLDREss,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-06-03
SHERlFF'S SALE.

J. Z. Green
Octavius Strait
Mississippi. Judgment, 81 March, 1876,
for S146.57.
DY virtue of the above described writ,
ID to me directed Dy the clerk of said
court, 1 will expose to public sale, to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, before
the courthouse door of said county of Matli-
son, State of Mississippi, in tho city of
Canton, on
Monday, 5:h Day Of June, 1876.
etween the hours prescribed by law, the
following described land, to-wit:
Beginning at the southeast corner of the
lot of land containing 25 acres, sold by
Alabama +. Dawson to DR.. A. b. Brashear,
of the north end of the northwest quarter
of section 3, thence running south with the
east boundary line of said northwest quarter
of section 3 to the center of section 3, thence
east to the main hodge dividing the Rice
H. Winter & Dawson place, thence south
degrees west with said hedge and line
to u line running east and west through the
center of section 10, dividing said section
into two equal parts, ther ce west by said
mentioned line to tho jackson and Canton
| road in section 9, thence with said Rad
north by east to the southwest corner of
the lot sOla as aforesaid to DIR. A. B. Bra
shear, thence due cast to the place of begin
ming, all i'll 7 Z, r +, also the undivided
half of lot No. of Il r 3, f, containing
744 acres, more or less. The whole contain
ing $50 acres. levied upon as the property
of said defendant Octavious Strait, and will
be sold to sati fly the above styled judg-
ment, interests, and all costs.
Il. J. ROSS,
Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Canton, Miss, May Ii, &c