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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20

Some people in and out of the Council at
Frostburg are kicking about the high as,
sessments. 1t is just as safe to say that the
enumeration of these gentlemen is just as
much out ofproportion Star.
Not many.
And the few who did kick feel like
the little boy with a big toe badly
"stumped."
AS to the enumeration the Star
knows less, and it's diseased conception
is incapable of taking in any just idea
of proportion.
Frostburg has 400 or 500 more
people than Homecoming, and it "sees"
the half million assessment down there
and goes nearly million better.
Frostburg is second place
And don't you forget it
InShallah
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Par Mobile Fratrum.

What the Star meant to say was
this
The noun, pounds, is plural.
But it and its grammarian have not
had sense enough so far to make it
plain to those of its readers who cam
not be trusted to take some things as
understood.
Moreover, they have not had sense
enough to do themselves the justice
they denied the JOURNAL.
But was that not a gay trap" to
set for the JOURNAL
Readers, what do you think now of
the Star and its grammarian-the
trap-maker and trap-setter, trappers
in-well, professed finetooth comb ar
fists in lousy syntax?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
The Chemical Analysis of Man.

An eminent physician and surgeon
of London has lately analysed man
for the benefit of his class in chemistry.
The body operated upon weighed l54. 1
pounds. The lecturer exhibited upon
the platform 80. pounds of carbon,
% pounds of lime, 1913 ounces of
phosphates, and about one ounce each
OF sodium, iron, potassium, magnesium
and silicon. Besides this solid re-
siduum, DR.. Lancaster, the analyst,
estimated, that there were 1856 cubic
feet of oxygen, weighing u pounds
10000 cubic feet of hydrogen, weigh
ing 15.4 pounds, and 50 feet of
nitrogen in the mans body. All of
these elements combined in the follow
ing: III pounds of water. l7.5 pounds
of gelatine, l.32 pounds of fat, S.e
pounds of fbrin and albumen, and II
pounds of phosphate of lime and other
minerals
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Civil Service Reform Progress.

CIVIL service reform moves slowly
inch by inch-but it moves. Despite
the efforts of specimen, the system has
been extended even by the present
administration. The discouraging
sweep of reaction in the postoffice de.
partment has been followed by the I'M
expected adoption of civil service rules
for the Indian service and navy yards.
Because this measure of Improvement
was not looked for, President Harrison
is entitled to heartier thanks.
delphia Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
SpOiled Chicken.

No matter what some of the papers may
says to the contrary, Allegany county
Democracy is almost solid for Frank Brown
for Governor. He is the most popular candi-
date yet named and it will be hard matter
to down him. The people want him and
they intend to see that he is nominated.
Homecoming Star.
This is evidently the last gasp of the
dying exhilaration slperinduced by a
free feed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Reduced Rates for Fourth of July.

On July Bird and 4th the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company will sell
round trip Excursion tickets at all
stations on Its line at greatly reduced
rates as a concession to its patrons
who may desire TO avail themselves of
the holiday to travel for business or
pleasure. East of the Ohio river
tickets will be honored for return
passage until July 9TH inclusive. and
West of the Ohio river until July 9th
inclusive. Apply to nearest B. q O.
agent for rates.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Both Correct.


FRosTBURG, Mp, June Is, 1891.
To the MINING JOURNAL.
Permit me to state that on Memorial
Day there was a desultory discussion
in Mayor Boyd's parlor on the sentence
in dispute between the JOURNAL and
the Star }. but no consensus of opinion
was taken. One of the gentlemen
present said that, looking at the issue
from the standpoint of each paper,
both JOURNAL and Stm are indispu-
tably correct. TEACHER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Aha {!

Now, technical grammarians and
novitiate journalists, read the practical
analysis of one who, besides being a
teacher of long and successful ex-
perience, is a veteran newspaper
writer:
In this town 100 cents buy q pounds of
sugar, but one dollar buys just as many
pounds. In other words, the unit of money
takes the unit of sugar. Ifyou drop the unit
idea our hard-hearted grocers charge cents
per pound for the sugar and rake in 81 .05 for
every q pounds sold. That is why our close
buyers save five cents on every 81 pounds
purchased-they know the unit idea and
don't propose to suffer plurality" OF loss
from their ''singularty'' of idea. Most of
them have been students of kirkham and
think the old teacher as sharp in trade as he
was solid in language.-Meyersdale Pa)
Commercial.
1t is thought to be mark of
erudition to be literal, technical, to see
only one word in sentence-a ''parti
cular" word, by the way, in one
sentence, anu u HUI particular oHe Ill
another of exactly analogous construc-
tion--but when the grammarian puts
his theory of plurality into practice
by buying 81 pounds of sugar at q
stores he will find that he is 5 cents
out.
On the other hand, if he will buy 81
pounds in one parcel at one store, be-
sides time, he will save cents.
Fact is, grammar has hardly ever
been put to more extravagant use than
by the prodigal and riotous exempli-
fication of one of its simplest lessons
by the Homecoming Star and it's Ian
puape sharp.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
A Variable Individual.
nes Russell Lowell Saws.

James Russell Lowell says:
The secret of force in writing lies not so
much in the pedigree of nouns and adjectives
and verbs as in having something you believe
in to say, and make the parts of speech vivid
ly conscious of it.
The gentleman who is contributing
editorials for the Homecoming Star
evidently disagrees with Mr.. Lowell.
He says what he does not believe in
and generally makes his verbs "vivid-
ly conscious" of his notion that they
are sometimes sorter so, at other
times sorterl not so, and frequently
that they are more sorter not so than
sOrter So"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Two Low Down.

The Homecoming Star says its ex-
pression-''pounds is plural''-was a
trap.
Yes-in porker's optic.
The fox who had his tail cut off did
not set the trap, though.
And now, We gods and men-what
a spectacle is a bob-tailed gram
marian
1t Is almost a pity the excision did
not take place Immediately behind its
ears.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Excursions to Mountain Lake Park

Excursions TO Mountain Lake Park
Rev. G. G. Baker, of Hagerstown,
Md, has been appointed by the Balti-
more and Ohio r. R. Co. Excursion
Agent for Mountain Lake Park.
Parties desiring to make arrangements
for the transportation of churches,
Sunday schools. societies, or other
organized excursion parties, can pro-
cure full information concerning rates
of transportation and train service by
communicating with him. Special in
ducements IN the way of low rates and
special train will be offered for the
transportation of large parties.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
The Usual Result.

The itch tc pass mining laws affiict-
ed the West Virginia legislature last
winter to considerable degree.
Some of the same genus of so-called
miner and miners friend exists over
there as here.
And there, as here, his heart bleeds
over the woes he does not feel.
But to make himself solid as a
master workman and perennial can
didate for the House of Delegates, he
makes the miner imagine that there is
no happiness where the coal-digger is
not protected by law.
A Charleston dispatch to the Balti-
more SIN of Monday tells how the new
laws amounted to nothing in citation
there on Saturday. Also that
There is general belief that the advocates
of the two new laws made mistake IN their
wording and those who were praised by the
miners are now being blamed for their
ignorance of what was wanted by miners.
Who else but walking delegates or
master workmen could bungle the
business so completely
Here in this region the situation is
about the same. A good miner-One
who wants to work in peace, knows all
about the very little protection he
needs, and that he can get from his
employers. Consequently, he wants
no law.
The gentleman who has an axe to
grind and who thinks he knows it all,
persuades the miner that the nearest
way to redress is the longest way
round through legal process.
And 50 they must have a mining or
ventilation law, or both.
But neither the miner nor his friend,
the walking delegate, can put it in
legal form, and lawyer is employed.
Now, if there is an idiom that is
foreign to the lawyer, it is the dialect
of the mine.
And if there is a diagram that
completely compludes" an agricul-
tural assembly it is the plan of a
mine.
SO that the bill, drawn by lawyer,
is a great, unwieldy, absurd translation
of what the master workman does not
know and cam OF understands great
mass of legal verbiage applied to a
science occult to all Immediately en-
ployed in its construction.
Recourse is had, too, to laws of other
States, where the character of coal,
conditions and auspices is radically
inferior to ours. Laws regulating
ventilation in blast mines, and the use
of light in gas mines, are drawn upon
to furnish provisions to run mines in
which powder is never used and no
explosive gas is generated.
When the bill is thus complete it is
a legal Tower of Babylon.
In its course through the Houses
what the walking delegate takes for
brick the member thinks Is mortar
what the master workman has called
"black damp" Schonfarbor, general
overseer of legislation, mistakes as
substance that should not be breathed
until it is broiled.
The JOURNAL has held time and
again that nobody in this region would
regret the passage and enforcement of
such mining law as goes before the
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
TpnSOrinl Hint.

Joey Joker Robinson should have his
foretop clipped very short to keep Prof.
Dewper from pulling the wool over
his ewes.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-06-20
Does This Worm Squirm

1t does not.
This squirm worms this week.
1t says:
The Star used the expression, pounds is
plural" referring to the word pounds. ''
Here pounds is particularized, and requires
singular verb. 1t would be ridiculous in
parsing pounds" to say "are plural noun. "
any word, when definitely pointed out,
whether singular or plural in its use in a
sentence requires singular verb.
Reader, honor bright-you will bear
the JOURNAL witness that it never de.
MED the grammatical accuracy of the
the expression
Pounds is plural.
Now apply the Stars analysis to the
JOURNALS sentence
81 pounds is worth dollar.
Is pounds" any less particularized
in this than in the Stars sentence
Or, are you as ignorant, obtuse,
dumb, raw, green and uncooked as
the Star-that you must be told that it
is understood that the ''21 pounds" is
a parcel of sugar, and not u parcels ?
If you are, may the good God pity
you for having been born a fool
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
Uncle Sans Engineers.

Two government quarter boats, with a
steam launch or tug boat for towing pur-
poses, are moored at the mouth of Cane
river. This expedition is charged with
obtaining the discharge of the various
streams flowing into Red river. 1t con-
sists Of the following crew: Capt. T. c.
Thomas, Walter b. Polk, Capt. Joe
Morgan, VIM. High, j. G. Davis, ]. B.
Casson and B. B. Davis. A number of
these gentlemen came through here last
year, with the Topographic and geodetic
surveying party that established num-
Der OF important landmarks. Capt.
Thomas very courteously showed us
number of his instruments, and explained
the method OF their application in obtain
ing the information wanted, all of which
was most edifying; but it would take
more space than we have to spare now to
give even small description of the dc
tails. Suffice it to say the work is highly
important, and is being performed expe-
ditiously and thoroughly by competent
and affable set of gentlemen.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

There will be, at Montgomery, La, on
the 18th OF June, 1891, a Barbecue and
Basket Dinner, where there will be all
kinds Of good edibles. The people will
hear an address frbm Prof. l.. A. Traylo
on the economic Questions of the day.
A idresses will also be made by Hon. 9.
v. Porter, Of Natdhitoches, @. w. Seals,
of Claiborne, and pther prominent speak
ers, upon the evils Of the La. State Lot
terry. Every body is urgently requested
to attend. All tho members OF the Mont
gomery Anti-Lottfry League should be
sure and come, asl the League will meet
on that day. COME one, come all, and
let us express ourIindignation at the at
tempt of the lottety company to buy the
honor and pride Of our beloved State.
M. F. MAcHEN,
Prest. Montg'y Anti Lottery League.
JOHN I. O'QUINN, Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

SrALLINas-At his residence in Grant
parish, La, on Friday, June 5, 1891, DR.
Wm.B. Stallings, native of Georgia, born
Oct IL, 1910, departed this life at the age
OF 80 years, 9 months and % days.
As practising physician, and having
lived at two or three points in Grant par
ish, DR.. Stallings was known to large
number Of our citizens, who recognized
him as kindly neighbor and man of
many sterling qualities. He was a mem
Der of the Methodist church, and up
right and generous in all of his dealings
with his fellow men.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
The First atep.

Perhaps you hre run down, can't
eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do
anything to your satifaction, and you
wonder what aildyou. You should heed
the warning, you are taking the FIRST step
into nervous prebtration. YOn need u
nerve tonic and 10 Electric Bitters you
will find the exa9t remedy for restoring
your nervous system to its normal,
healthy condition. Surprising results
follow the use of this great nerve tonic
and Alternative. Your appetite returns,
good digestion liz restored, and the
Liver and Kidneys resume healthy ac-
fion. Try bottle. Price 50 cents at
q c. Nash's store: s
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Mr.. j. Wallace Alexander, special agent
of the Equitable Life Assurance Assocl-
alton, is in Colfax tor few days on bust
nesx Whatever hd says "goes" in matters
of insurance, as helrepresents some of the
best institutions i1 the world.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
Notice of Final Proof.

LAND OFFIcE At INV ORLEANS. La,
April u. Issll.
Notice. IL hereby given that the flow
ing-n"med settler las fled notice Of his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his claim, and thar said prof. Will be
made before the Judge, or in lis absence.
the clerk OF the district rcnr', at Colfax.
La, on Monday, June Is. 1891, viz:
Bartlett A. Lard.
who mad homestead entry Nh. sf76 and
additional hnni,te teal entry No. l2Sa2 for
thu ~ ar Of sw qr and v hf If Sc or sec "a,
t9nrl ". liz. Mrr
He Gaines tie following witnesses to
PROV his cT,iii,ns.,ls r-si.lencc upon and
crltiv.,:ioa ui said land viz: r. Z. Tabor,
J seE'n amho K. N Tllman anil Chris
t All Sands AL of Gr,bt Parish. La.
CllAS. e PALFREY.
pfG Hegis!ar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
Fourth of July Barbecue.

At a meeting of the Anti-Lottery
League Of Grant parish, held June 25th,
the following committee was appointed
to devise ways and means for a grand
picnic and barbecue for the 4th Of July:
Ward ii. H. McNeely, A. A. Dean.
Ward I'D. p. Morris, w. ID. Irwin.
Ward 3-B. F. Brian, o. G. Watson.
Ward An. E. Swafford, r. M. Dean.
Ward 5-W. II. Mathews and w. L.
Wallace.
Ward 6-wilson Prestridge, John @.
Calhoun.
Ward 7-B. A. Fortson, j. Fl. Williams.
The committeelheld meeting in the
court house June 9th, at which H. G.
Goodwin was requested to act as Sec
retarv.
1t was decided to hold the barbecue on
Cholera branch, near the old mill site.
A. A. Dean, W. d. Irwin, B. A. Fortson,
M. E. Swafford and o. G. Watson, with ]
h. McNeely added as chairman, were ap-
pointed as committee of management
and order.
j. H. McNeely, M. E. STAFFORD and W /.
d. Irwin were appointed as committee
Of arrangements.
The chairman and secretary were con-
stltuted committee to select and in
vite speakers
1t was resolved that the two members
OF the committee from each ward be re-
quested to proceed at once to solicit con-
trib utions.of provisions and money for the
barbecue and picnic.
The committee then adjourned subject
to call OF the chairman.
j. H. MoNEELY, Chairman.
H. G. GOODWIN, Secretary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

The first cotton bloom OF the season
was sent to the CHRoNIcLE by Chas. Har-
ris, colored, on thd 9Th inst. Mr.. H. b.
Faraldo,o Colfax daw Charles on the 18th,
and went him better by bringing us two
blooms and one small cotton boil. Next
on hand with first bloom" came Mr..
b. G. Parker, on the 18th.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

The best salye in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapbed hands, chilblains,
corns, and all other skin ernptions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay re-
CURED. 1t is guaFarted to give perfect
satisfaction, or mbney refuded. Price
Csc per box. FoH sale by C.. c. Nash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

The Montgomery base ball club chal-
lenges the Colfax bbys to play series OF
games, the first gan)e to be played at Col
fax. 1t is likely thdt the series will begin
on Saturday, June R0tb.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Mr.. Charles H. Squckey, contractor to
build the CHRoNIcIlE mans new house,
started work this week. and the vicinity
OF the printing officb Is beginning to look
very much like ship yard.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

James w. Lancaster, Hawkensville,
Ga, writes: My wife was in bad health
for eight years. Five doctors and as
many more differdnt patent medicines
hid done her no good. Six bottles Of
b d. b. las cured her.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Yo editor has hadlsix cases OF measles
in his family withinlth last twenty days;
but all are now up hnd about, with fair
prospect of complete and speedy recovery.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

ifyour appetitelis gone nothing will
restore it more Quickly than c. G. c.
certain chill cure, fI,e great tonic and
guaranteed cure fbr chils and fever.
Sold by s. NJ. Lactoix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
NOTICE.

Ladies and gentlemen expecting to teach
in The public schools Of Grant pa rish, a.,
during the remaining part Of the year 1891 !.
and who have not already obtained their
certificates. mnst apply to the board IF ex-
aminers on the first Saturdays in July and
October, ard these DAYS only.
Ex-&ining Roard-a. l.. Grow, chair
man, W. c. Roberts. w l.. Richardson.
W. l.. RICHARDSON, PHI Supt
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Children like to take &. Z. Z. GER
tain chill cure, the pleasant and guar
apteed cure for fever, ague and malaria
better than quinfne. Sold by >. NJ.
Lacruix
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

DIR. w. A. Jones, practicing physician,
has established his Office next door to the
union store. He announces in a card else
where in this papef that he will answer
all calls for professional services, night
or day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

A dance at LeSs&e's hall was on the
bills for Friday night, go said notice,
sigaed by Messrs. Harry Hilton, Thomas
Mcknight and Jerfe Smith, handed in
Just as we were going to press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Oar Cane river friend c. A. Pierson,
Esi. is always up with the procession
when it comes to efrly vegetation. He
sends us basket Of fine plums and June
apples, topped off With cotton bloom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Judge W. L. Richardson, parish
school superinteh dent, attended the
convention of Superintendent
which sat in New Orleans on the
81, 4th and 9Th instant.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Old chronic coughs are relieved more
speedily by c. c. c. certain cough cure
than any other remedy. Sold by s. NJ.
LacrOix.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
NOTICE.
Notice of Final Proof.

LAND OFFICE AT yEw ORLEANS, La,
June 1, 1871. (
Notice rs hereby given that the following
NAMED settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final pronf in support If his
claim, and that said Proof i! he made
before the Judge or Clerk of Dist. e. urt at
ColEsx, La. on Mond ". Juiy IL, 1891, viz:
jefferson ID. Johns.
who M d. homestead entry No. IL 972, for
the II hf Of NV or sec 20t7nrI " La. mer.
He i'nines the following witnesses to-
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation OF. said land, viz. w !. Mcr-
Ger, I. II. Smith, j W,torry. S X s..i h,
all OF Grant parish La.
CHAS. T.. PALFKFY.
6t-pfc7 Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
Homestead Notice.

I Daniel N. White, hereby declare my
intention to enter rs homestead the west
half OF northwest quarter OF section twelve
township six north range one west, Louisi
ana meridian. The same being State land
and subject to entry at Baton Rouge, La.
Collar, La. May 80, 1891.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

GEE A MONTH and board for 3 Young men
1UJ or ladies' teachers or students in each
county. Address. AMERICAN PIB. CO.,
Oaug2 $500 FairmOunt Av. Phila, Pa.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Miss Ella Deitrtch and Miss Lilly
Tucker, two young ladies from Natchi-
toches.are guests at Hr. c. III. Teal's house.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13

Or you are all worn out really good Tor nothing
il Is genefaIIGebiity. Try
BROWN'S IfOv TI7TERS.
Il will cure yuu. and give good appetite. ooiu
by all dealefs In medicine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
NOTICE.

The Copartnership heretofore existing
IN the practice Of medicine between Drs.
Goode and Jones is dissolved by mutual
consent. p. GOODE,
May IL, 1891. w. A. JONES.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-06-13
LOCAL. DOTS !.
Judge w. F. Blackman was in
Colfax on last Saturday.
roR ruE HIOOD,

FOR THE BLOOD,
82 Weakness. Nalaria5 Indigestion and
Riliousness. take
IsKOWS-S II9cS EssTThhs,
II cures quickly. Tot sale by ali deaie1z tn
medicine. Get the genuine.