Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-05-02

Presbytery of the pastoral relations of
Rev. D. d. jenkins, Mr.. King will de-
clare the pulpit vacant at the services
above announced.
Brcuities.-After July l letter post
age will be two cents per ounce instead
of two cents a-half ounce, as heretofore.
Clean up the premises. Clean out
the cellars. Doit thoroughly. If not,
you may expect disease and death to
visit you. Filth is the cause of nine
tenths OF the sickness that curses the
world.
The present Mayor and Council will
close up their business next Monday
evening. All who have bills against
the corporation should present them
to the Clerk, j. S. Metzger, at or be-
fore 81 o'clock p. m. that day.
Each of the applicants for bailiff
has four votes sure.
Several days il court this week made
us solid in legal information, but in
jured our usual eXactness of editorial
profundity. But for the conflict of
high authorities in several instances
we might have flung some legal wis
dom III this item. Same way with the
testimony. Several items of local and
personal interest were mentioned in
our hearing, but, denied by other wit
nesSeS. the environment of doubt be
came too thick for adoption Of tho
statements az well authenticated news.
With one prisoner We sympathized,
but when she was acquitted We felt
sort O convicted ourself. Anyhow,
our legal avoirdupois is much aug
mented. because the lawyers did not
make affidavit to their eloqucnce. 1t
was different with the oratory Of the
witnesses. In this connection and on
this account it is necessary to state
that the JOURNAL is late this week,
but as heretofore it may be retained
for whole year at $3.50.
''Iconoclasm rules the roast in Mey-
ersdale,' says the Commercial. Who
rules Ike?
The bevy of young ladies at church
last Sunday evening who could not
find the 54lst page are prayerfully in
formed that the Three States is not a
hymn book.
In notwithstanding, potato
planting, onion-settirg and subscrib-
ing for the JOURNAL.
Tie Homecoming RcriGn is also glad
we are married" for the reason that
the ladies are down on the Journal
for its opposition to q majority of FEM
inine teachers. For the benefit Of gu,
handsome brother we will remark that
an immense amount of eligible wife
hood is spoiled by its unnatural diver
sion toward the spread Of mathematics.
When one of those missionaries does
marry it somtimes happens that life
of reciprocal repentance follows:
And Charlie Church was preacher who
praught,
And history records that Sallie and
Charlie were ruinel by map-drawing
applied to washing dishes false syn
tax in bread baking, and kindergarten
in baby culture.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
May deals with original and timely
articles. 1t opens with an article by
W. A. Croffutt, the well-known news.
paper correspondent, entitled "The
Birth of a New Party" Alvan S,
Southworth describes 1.-THE State OF
Congo" and its importance to the
trade and commerce of the world
The Egyptian question comes in fol
its share III the article on Col. +. G
Burnaby, with portraits Of Burnaby
and his wife, views of his home, anC
scenes in his career. Popular science
is provided in "a Feather" by DR.
Hans Gadow, with fifteen illustrations
showing a feather in every possible
form and stage of development. TIL.
story element is we'll kept up. Gar
rett Walkers serial, THE Death
Mark" reaches its thirty-thirl chap
ter, and there are six short stories
"Brant Shooting at Cape Cod" b,
Orville Deane, will please the sports
man the article Oh Deaf mutes" the
philanthropist; "In the Alsatial
Mountains" by Katherine Lee, tn
traveller, and "The Vegetable Won
der of Mexico" by Emily Pierce, thu
botanist. Ali of these articles are il
Illustrated, some of the pictures bein,
very beautiful. There are severa
poems Of considerable merit, an,
numerous short articles, interest
ing and timely. Published by Mrs
Frank Leslie, SO, 45 and 81 Parl
Place, New York.