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The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
Pay As You Go.

This advice is always good but it is es
pecially timely when the prospects ahead
for work or business look encouraging, and
everybody feels cheerful. How many times
have you said to yourself in the past few
years "If could only get my bills paid
10 never would be caught in this way
again" and you have fused and worried
over debts, contracted when the times
were flush and the prospect forpaying them
seemed fair. Now it is good time to turn
over q new leaf, because it is just the time
when the temptation to do the same thing
is strong upon you. If your wages are
increased, or you are selling more goods
and getting Il better profit, You begin to
think, nov ! can buy that new carpet or
chamber set that my wife wants, and can
pay for it in short time" You had bet
ter wait until you have all the old debts
paid first. Pay for your provisions as you
90 along, and husband what you have over.
The relief from your old debts will be like
the recovery from Il boil-yGu feel better
when it is well and the comfort of feel
ing that the little pile you have accumu-
lated is subject to nObOdy's lien, is posi-
tive pleasure. Flush times almost inva-
riably lead to speculation, and speculation
includes not only the investment in stocks
or lands for 4 rise, but the discounting for
the future for anything that you want.
The man who buys what he is unable to
pay for at the time of purchase, is mort
gaging his life and labor, and mourning a
burden which most likely he will regret.
"Pay as yon 90" is wise maxim, for your
self honest, for your heighbor just. Its OBJ
scrvlnce will tighten the burdens and
cares of life, sweeten toll, encourage indus
try, reward honesty promote good neigh
borhood and induce prosperity,
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

The most disgusting thing III humanity
is a female snob. A masculine fop is I'M
enduyable enough, but the female snob is
worse. A woman with a womans heart is
never snob Neither wealth nor position
can make her such. She may occupy the
highest social position, and have wealth in
abundance, but she never fails to be u lady,
and is known as such in all classes Instead
of repelling those beneath her in social
standing and wealth, she commands their
respect. The snob feminine is woman
who has been pulled up the social stairway,
probably by some one above her or with
some one who has wealth, and who then
Immediately assumes the air of snobbery
over those with whom she has formerly
walked. There are two things the femi-
nine snob never possesses, brains and heart.
Without these neither wealth nor assumed
superior social standing count for much
with sensible people. .g.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
The Advertisements.
SOME REMARKS TELLING WHAT TO DO AND
WHAT NOT TO DO.
If you have goods to sell, advertise

If you have goods to SELL advertise
Hire man with II lampblack kettle and
brush to paint your name and number on
all the railroad fences. The cars 20 whiz-
zlng by so fast that no one can read them,
to be sure, but perhaps the conductor would
stop the train to accommodate an inquisitive
passenger.
Remember the fences by the roadside as
well. Nothing is so attractive to the pass
or by as a well painted sign: "Millington's
Medical Mixture for Mumps"
Have your card in the hotel register by
all means. Strangers stopping at hotels for
u night generally buy cigar or two before
they leave town, and they need some in
spring literary food besides.
If an advertising agent wants your bust
ness advertised in a fancy frame at the de-
pot, pay him about two hundred per cent
more than it is worth, and let him put it
there. When Il man has three quarters Of
Il second in which to catch train, he in
variably stops to read depot advertisements,
and your card might take his eye.
OF course the street thermometer dodge
is excellent. When a mans fingers and ears
are "phewing" at the heat, is the time
above all others when he reads an adver-
| tiSement.
Print i'll the blacklist ink a great sprawl
| ing card on all your wrapping paper
Ladies returning from q shopping tour like
to be walking bulletins, and if the ink
rubs of and spoils some Of their tinery, no
matter. They never will stop at your store
again.
Don't full 10 advertise in every circus
programme. 1t will help the circus to pay
its bills, and visitors can relieve the tedium
Of the clowns jokes by looking over your
interesting remarks about twenty per
cent. below cost" etc.
A boy with big placard on a pole is an
interesting object on the street, and lends a
dignilied air to your establishment. Hire
about two.
Advertise on calendar. People never
look at calendar to see what day of the
month it is. They merely glance hurrledly
at it so as to be sure that your name is
spelled without p, that's all.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
a General Complaint,
CAUSES THAT LEAD TO LOSS OF APPETITE
REMEDIES.

Loss Of appetite is Of common occur
renee at the onset Of many fevers, but u.s.
ually it is far more chronic complaint.
Nothing is commoner than to hear people
say that they shave no appetite" they "do
not care for anything or that they "hate
the sight of food" 1t is often enough as
ISOLATED with condition Of debility and
general inaptitude for work. 1t is by no
means uncommon in those who are worried
and anxious and find it difficult to make
both ends meet. People who devote too
much attention to the brandy bottle gen.
orally find meals rather trouble than
otherwise; breakfast, especially, is a diff
Guilty. These individuals are generally
very dainty and tanciful, and when at
home grumble at everything that is set be-
fore them. They are very fond of abusing
the cook for what is in reality the morbid
condition Of their digestive organs. To-
bacco smokers, or at all events, those who
smoke in any quantity, are seldom great
performers with the knife and fork. Tobac-
co and opium and alcohol seem all to have
the power of deadening the appetite. Peo-
pie who take little or no outdoor exercise
generally complain that they do not eat
well, and no wonder. If a man wants q
good appetite he must earn it some how or
other. Some one may give him his din
ner, but if he is to enjoy it he will have to
bring his own sauce in the shape of an ap-
petite. ... ...
fregularity Of meals is another common
cause Of loss of appetite. The stomach
appreciates regularity, and likes to have it's
wants attended to Mt the proper time, 1t is
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

SELF-CoNTRoL IN SPEECH.-If n man
would get through life honorably and
peacefully, he must necessarily practice self
denial in small things as well Us great.
The temper has to be held in subsection
to the judgment, and the little demands
of ill-humor, petulancc and sarcasm kept
resolutely at a distance. If once they gain
all entrance into the mind they are apt to
return and establish for themselves per-
manent occupation there. 1t is necessary
to ones personal happiness to exercise con-
troll over our words as we'll as acts, for there
arc words that strike even harder than
blows. The singing repartee that rises to
the lips, and which, if uttered, might cover
an adversary with confusion, how difficult
it is sometimes to resist saying it.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
Our Slang.
MOST OF OUR AMER1CANIsMS SAID 30 BE
LONG TO JOHN BULL.

1t has for long time been a standing
accusation that American literature is but a
pale reflection Of the English, and that about
the only thing we could boast Of is Origi-
mating q plentiful stock of Amercanisms
But now it seems even these are denied us,
and are traced to English owners. Profess
sor Lounsbury, of New Haven, says in the
International; "Certain it is that many
and perhaps most Of the colloquial express
sions, which both here and abroad 20 under
the name of Americanisms are found also
in the colloquial speech of the provincial
dialects of England. From there they
were brought here. 1t is only within the
last six years that q society has been Or
ganized in England for the express purpose
of collecting and preserving the peculiar
words, phrases, and pronunciations still ex-
isting in its provincial dialects; and not
until that work has been fully completed
shall we be in a position here to compare
the colloquial language of the two coun-
tries, and separate in our own speech what
is original from what is imported At
present all assertions must be based upon
the scattered labors Of independent ebserv-
ers, possessing, it is to be added, in nearly
every case very imperfect qualifications for
the task. Still, with even these defective
sources of information, the results obtained
are somewhat striking. Let us take for
illustration solitary volume-the CLOS
sary of words and phrases used in the
county of Suffolk, compiled by Edwin
Moor, and published in London in 1895
In this one small work confined to the col
loquial speech Of a single shire, and en-
bodying that incompletely, will be found
such pronunciations as cute for acute, chaw
for chew, drownded for drowned, boss for
horse, gal for girl, natur for nature, taters
for potatoes; such phrases as to flop il. "a
chair, to trim ones jacket, to haul over
the Goals, to ride like blazes gift CT the CAB,
in horn, in jif1y, tip-top fellow, before
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
Mere Forms of Law.

One of the officials of Justice alley was
the other day called upon by an old gray
headed farmer and his wife, together with
neighbor, and outside the door they
hitched an old half blind horse whose cash
value was reckonod at S2l.
you see" explained the old farmer, nabu
Jones wants to buy the old boss out there
but he wants bill O sale signed by wife
and l.. We want you to draw up one for
us"
The justice reached down one of the
printed blanks, filled it out, and then said
Now, you listen while read this over
and see if it is all right. All ready, now"
Know all men by these presents. That
-"
Presents! Why Pm. not going to present
lin with the hossw interrupted the farmer
"And we don't want any presents from
him" added the wife.
"That's all right-only legal FORM" ex-
claimed his honor. Listen:
County Wayn..---lirst part,
idoration--sum of S25---gran,
-bargain and sell--party--
second part-his executors, admins
| tratOS-."
II haven't got any executors or admins,
| tratorsw interrupted neighbor Jones.
No; allhe got is wife and two girls! y
| added the owner of the horse.
"All formal mere FORM" explained the
| justice, and he went on: ..
And assigns t0rever--covenant and
| agree---detend the same--heirs ex-
ecut0rs and ADMINISTRATORS
civilian I cbo1l nayar Si,rn M cucI
paperw suddenly exclaimed the wife as
she rose up.
"Nor l. either" stoutly replied the hus,
band
"Why, I'd shake in my boots every time
! met constable
ut is all mere form according to law,
explained his honor. "All bills Of sale read
this way
Looks to me as if it was sort O tangled
up" said neighbor Jones. "The old boss is
blind Of one eye, and how can they warrant
him"
"And what has this boss sale got to dc
with his heirs and cOvenants?' inquired
the old man.
81 won't sgn-I won't have anything to
do with itw exclaimed the wife, as she
NulhCu We We hSpu ClSdl
of the law, and we hain't going to get into
no scrape and lose our farm now-not if
we know itm
The more the justice tried to explain
the bigger the words looked, and the trio
finally walked out. While they were I'm.
hitching the horse along came Il house
painter, and when he had heard their story
he picked up piece of paper in the alley
pulled out stub of a pencil and wrote:
I'VE hereby sell this horse to John Jones
fOr S225, cash down. We raised him from q
| colt, and his name is Andrew Jackson"
The paper was signed, passed over with
| ;l,c horse, and as The farmer received the
money he said:
That's all there is to it, law or no law
and it didn't take two minutes. Why I'd
taken Andrew jackson back home anC
knocked him in the head, atoro I'd put my
name to that paper binding us to keep on
covenanting and agreeing and assigning ant
administering whole lifetime Oh one ole
hossm
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
"WHO'S AFRAID ?"

Courage, brothers! there is nothing
In the world brave men should fear;
If the heart be firm and steady,
1.-THE arm be strong and ready,
1lalfour dangers disappear.
only towards faint and falter.
only cravens shrink and pal.er,
Only dastards are dismayed.
Meet each trial-never fly it,
Face misfortune and defyit:
Courage, brothers !-who's afraid
Courage, brothers there is nothing
In the world true men appal;
Still be true to men and women,
TO the God Of truth q true man,
True to self when duty calls.
lie that's false in word or doing
win find evils fast accruing;
Lying's still losing trade;
Do the right and fear no evil;
Speak the truth and shame the devil
Courage, brothers who's afraid:
Courage, brothers!-there Is nothing
Brave and true men should alright:
LIES n warfare high and holy
Tor the lofty and the lowly;
GOD and angels watch the fight
Ia the roar. and rush, and rattle,
H. the sweat and blood of battle,
Fight as men for fight arraycd,
Whether vauquished or victorious;
Good mems lives and deaths are glorious.
Courage, brothers who's afraid?
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25
F::c2 by Friction.

South African savages get fire in the fol.
lowing manner: Some straw being laid CT
the ground as Il bed, two sticks are laid on
it few inches apart to form a support for
the third stick, which is laid across them,
having q deep notch cut in it to receive the
blunt point of the drilling stick; this is
twirled like chocolate muller between the
palms of the hands, and when the twirl-
er's hands reach the bottom they are dex-
terously shifted to the top again. A spark
is got in the charred dust i'll about five
minutes, and by carefully shielding it in a
handful of the straw, it is soon famed into
a flame.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

A fact probably but little known is that
the United States nickel five-cent piece
furnishes n key TO metric measures and
weights. This coin is two centimeres in
diameter and its weight is five grammes.
Five of them placed in a row will give the
length of the decimetre, and two of them
will weigh decagramme AS a kilchtre
is cubic metre, the key of the measure is
also the key to measure of capacity.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

Custom is a violent and treacherous
schoolmistress. She, by little and little,
slyly and unperceivcd, slips i'll the foot of
her authority, but having by this gentle
and humble beginning, with the benefit of
time fixed and established it, she then un-
masks furious and tyrannical countenance
against which we have no more the courage
or the power so much as to lift up our eyes
Il Montaigne.
The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-08-25

The next total eclipse visible near the
United States will be that of May 2Sth,
1900, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The
central line of totality will pass through
Mexico, the Azores and Egypt.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-02-19

AS AOAEAA' at the foundation OF all
pulmonary Diseases affOrding prompt relief
and rapid cures, and is adapted to patients OF
any ago or either sex. Being very palatable,
the youngest children take it readily. In
ordinary Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat
Bronchitis, Influenza, Clergyman's
Sore Throat, Asthma, Group, and Ca
tarrh, the effects of AYERS CHERRY Pee
ToRAL are magical, and multitudeS are an
nually preserved from serious illness by its
timely and faithful use. 1t should be kept
at hand in every household for the pro-
lection it affords in sudden attacks. In
WhoOping- cough and Consumption
there is no other remedy SO eticacious,
soothing, and helpful.
Low prices are inducements to try some OF
the many mixtures, or Syrups, made OF cheap
and ineffective ingredients, now offered,
which, as they contain no curative qualities
can afford only temporary relief, and are
sure to deceive and disappoint the patient.
Diseases Of the throat and lungs demand
active and effective treatment; and it is dam
gerous experimenting with unknown and
cheap medicines, from the great liability that
these diseases may, while so trifed with,
become deeply seated or incurable. Use
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, and you may
confidently expect the best results. 1t is
standard medical preparation, of known and
acknowledged curatlve power. anu Is as
cheap as its careful preparation and fine
Ingredients will allow. Eminent physicians,
knowing its composition, prescribe it in their
practice The test of half century has
proven its absolute certainty to cure all pull
monary complaints not already beyond the
reach of human aid.
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Practical and Analytical Chemistss
Lowell, Mass.
GOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-02-19
the BEST REMEDY
HN FOR
Diseases Of the Throat and Lungs.

Al uloCbotS vi biIV INAA
monary organs a safe
and reliable remedy is
invaluable. AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL is
such a remedy, and no
otllerso eniinently ymer-
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the public. 1t is a SCI
entihc combination Of
the medicinal princi-
pies and curative vir-
tues Of the finest drugs,
) chemically united, of
I such power as to insure
the greatest possible
! efficiency and uniform
; ity Of results. Itstrikes
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-21
LYNCHBURG.

THg PRIMARY ELECTION-OTHER POLITICAL
NArTRES-THE MILITARY-THE YORKTOWN
CENTENNIAL.
fCorresrondcnce Of the Richmond Dispatchl
MAY 20, 1881.
The urinary election Yesterday resulted
in the selection. with little or no opposition,
Of the jlcket selected 10y the Conservative
mas. meeting. Ii is composed very largely
Of members OF the present Council and al
dermen. vigorous effort will be made TO
defeat ihj. ticket By what IS called The Citi-
zens' Association, but with very slim pros
ptct OF success.
The negroes Of the CITY are very much cut
up politically. one faction having held q
meeting last night and appointed delegates
10 the Richmond Readiuster Convention.
A meeting OF another faction of the brethren
j. called for tonight, aud they Will commits
Sion another batch OF delegates. White Re-
adjus'ers are so scarce here that they do
not seem 10 enter much into the account.
The Light Infantry Blues are getting
themselves in trim for the Yorktown Cen
tennal, aud will he credit 10 the youn'
teer service Of Virginia.
Tonight there will be public meeting
Of citizens at Holcombe Hall in the interest
Of the Yorktown Centennial. Hon. John
Goode. Colonel George Il. Rogers, Major
John W. Daniel, and others, are announced
TO deliver addresses.
The funeral services OF the late Mrs.
Mary II. Gist, daughter Of Judge David f..
spence, occurred this morning al st. PauPs
Episcopal church. aud were conducted by
the rector. Rev. r. VI. Carson, who returned
from The Episcopal Council in Danyllle for
the purpose. The remains were inferred
at the Presbyterian cemetery.
TELEPHONE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-21
PETERSBURG.

PREPARATIONS FOR observation-disclosures
COURT OF INSTRUMENTATION CALL
ACCEPTED - RESIGNATION - SENT ON FOR
EugaLARr--INsANITY AMONG THE CoLoRED
PEOPLE.
correspondence of the Richmond Di.ps,ch.l
MAY %, 1881.
Ala meeting Of the Ladies' Memorial As.
scriailon held last evening arrangements
were perfected for the observance of The
OH of June. memorialday. The Coufed-
ogs,e SQUARES in Blandford will in the mean
time be pU, in proper condition for the de-
r,ra,ion. There will be no formal ceremo-
mics. the people being invited to assemble on
,be grounds with the Association at Z. NJ,
and then quietly proceed with the placing
Of the flowers.
Judge Weisiger adjourned the spring
,erm az the circuit Court of Chesterfield
conn,v this morning. DEGREES were en-
tered m over eighty chancery causes aud a
largo number 81 common.law eases we're
disnoscd o.. Tue suit 81 Lester Us. the
cono,y. on bond for salt furnished during
rho war, was continued until the next term
~ ibe court by reason OF the sickness Of
one 81 The coun>el-Mr. Hastings. The
sSctment case of Griffin and Ard Tvs
oe,opied the attention OF the court for two
dayS, and The jury were unable 10 agree
mon a verdict. Counsel. at the suggestion
Of the court, agreed TO submit the matter
for decision 10 some experienced and COM
peient person, and Colonel Cutshaw was
selected aS that person, and his decision
will be ahiaed by.
Rev. Edwin G.. Dargan, Of Boietourt
springs. has written letter accepting the
cain TO the pastoral charge OF the First Bap.
. "a this rpRgnflN
~ him hv unanimous vote OF the church.
The letter will he laid before the congrega.
ZION on sunday. Ii Is understood that MIR.
p.rgan very recently declined flatierng
call 10 s church IN Philadelphia. He is only
thirty year, OF age, is native OF South Car
oina, and j. represented 10 be a fine scholar
aud preacher.
Mr.. James ID. Brown, the general Secre-
isry OF the Young Mems Christian ASsocia-
ton, has resigned that office, the duties of
which ~ has discharged since last fall. Mr..
James Il. Blanks, Of Norfolk, will probably
De rendered the position.
In the Mayors Court this morning Will
linn Palmer tcOlorcd) was sent on TO the
Hastings Court II be tried for burglary.
He broke toto the store OF Messrs. Smith 4
Beasley, hu high street, at a late hour n
night or two ago. and was there captured
after hard struggle by two young men who
sleep in he building. He is an oid ilii-blrC
and peuiientisry convict.
The many eases of insanity recently de-
yeloped among tie colored people indicate
that this terrible disea.e i increasing among
thai class OF our c,tizens. Nearly one-bali
OF the inmates in our Jail are held there fol
this cau,c.
The sales Of tobacco this week have been
moderate, with fire prices realized by plant
ers for good wrappers. ROBIN ADAIR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-21

Two weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs. John Il.
Townsend. OF New York, issued invitations
TO their friends TO be present on Thursday
evening. May 10Th, at the wedding OF their
daughter Maltie to Mr.. samuel J. Freeman,
The marriage was 10 have taken place IN
The parlOr OF their residence, 400 west
Twenty-ninih street. Preparations for the
wedding were going on, but on TUESDAY
week Mrs. Townsend suffered from the re-
currence OF an old maady, brought on,
her doctor said, by Overwork and over
excitement. BY Wednesday her condl-
lion alarmed Miss Matte, and a postpone
mont Of the wedding was talked Of. Mrs.
Townsend grew worse rapidly, and on
Saturday Il was said she could not recover.
When told how i'll she was Mrs. Townsend
called her husband and children to her bed
side. SAID she did not wish 10 have the mar
IIage postponed, and asked that the cere-
mony be performed at Der bedside, which
was done The next day, Sunday, In the pre-
sence OF few relatives and friends. Rev.
Mr.. Kelly, cousin OF the groom, read the
Episcopal wedding service. The groom
placed the ring upon The finger OF his bride,
and Der mother pressed their hands gently,
and silently moved her lips as the clergyman
ceased speaking. The Young bride com
pletely broke down under her sorrow. Mrs.
Townsend never spoke again intellieiDly.
Her children and the others who had W.T.
messed the marriage fingered at her bedside
until evening. AT 8 O'Clock she had sunk
quietly into Inconsistencies.