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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-11
NEW YORK WEEkL I.

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.,',';n. ','I .ty,ral Ee,u,ilul illustrations, Dou-
va ,1e amount of Reading Matter st any
p',,.r # i,s class, anI the Sketches. y 'r'
>,d1i'.. 'li p ems. &c, are 10y the ab!eat writer
A-.-..r,.-r and f.nrope. ne
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-11
An Cnriyalled Literary fapei
IS THE
NEW YORK WEEK LN

Each i>.u, contains rom eight to ten S''-
,;ss and Sketches, and hall 'zc" poems III
all.n n +, the lour scllnl stories AVID the va
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-11

qtIr MOST INTERESTING STORIES
Are always to lie found IN inc
NEW YORK WEEKLY.
At present there are
L,IT,P GREAT SIORIES )

FOTR GREAT SIohIHH
running through lr columns and at least
,xy crapy Is BtGux EVERY MONTH
New xubscrber- are thus su'e "' "'..7
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ONLY ONE

Hair Dye has boon proved poisonleA Pro,
feasor Chiffon, whose reputation a. an an.
alytlcal chemist gives his statements the
weight OF authority, announces that a
0riStadorO's Excelsior Dye,
has been subjected 70 tho proper tests in hi
laboratory, and that the results show Il "a
ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS
% we'll as admirably adapted TO the pur.
poses for which It Is designed. This 10 i'm.
portant, % the public has Just been warned
by two leading scientific organs, against
THIRTY DEADLY DYES
now before the public. a
CRIsrADORoS HAIR PREsERVA.
TIVE. as q Dressing, acts Ike o charm on
The Hair after DysinG, Try q. ns...
octll.lmd&W .H.a.... ...
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The Greatest DIs0oVery Of the Axe.

The Greatest Discovery OF the Age
This b admitted 10 be the fact by The
Thousands who are now using DR.. Tobias
Celebrated Venetian LInIment. II has beer
introduced since 1877; and no one once
trying IL Is ever without It. twill positive.
" cure tho aforementioned complaints, Il
used as dlrecteds r..
Chronic Rheumatism, Sore Throat, Head.
ache, Toothache. spraInS, Bruises, Old sores
swellings, Mosquito Bites, and Pains in the
Back, Chest, or Limbs. Also taken inter.
nally for Cholera, DIarrhpa, Dysentery
Group, Collie. Sea Sickness, spasm, &c. II
Is perfectly harmless 10 take internally.
(see oath accompanying each bottIe.) II
has never failed 70 cure every case Of
DiRrh@a, Dysentory, and Group, II used
when nBt taken. Always have a bottle In
the house in readiness, and you will never
regret II. ... .a...
Price. Fifty Cents and One Dollar, Bold
BY the Druggists and storekeeperA Depot,
10 Park Place, New York. nt. Is,'
octll-lmd&w -.,..r I-.t-.
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The Best rlmvo for K1lIInE nog..

A correspondent in the Journal o.
agriculture says:
XIII your hogs the very first cold
spell after the 18th Of November. II
Ia a mistaken Idea, that TO save your
pork you must have extreme cold
weather. Pork should never free re
after killing; you can never make good
bacon OF frozen hogs. II the weather
Is sufficiently cold 10 form ice, II only
one-fourth OF an Inch thick, Il Is cold
enough.
Your meat will take salt in moder-
ately cold weather very quick; In ex-
tremely cold weather II will hardly
take salt at all.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

THE Ghost OF King Solomon, II the
splriIuallsts could raise It, would I'D.
init that there Is something thew under
the SUM- Phalon's YItalia or Salvation
Ior the Hair, Is thoroughly original.
There has been nothing like Il since
time began. It 10 the only transparent,
and harmless auld In existence that
will restore the natural color to gray
hair without discolerlng the skin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

IT has been reported that Hon, John
A. Bingham iavors the recognition oil
Cuba, and will join the ranks Of the
tilLibusters at Washington this winter,
The SIeubenvllle Herald and PIttsburg
QaEe!Le doubt L, and 30 do we.
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IT looks az II Dana, OF the New York
Sun, would never let up on Horace
Greeley. II brings him forward now
for next Governor. There ought 10 be
some protection for man against this
kind Of persecution, but we suppose
there Is none. Mr.. Greeley can dc
nothing but grin and bear 1t. But soon.
er or later Mr.. Dana must find 1t will
react against him,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

BRIGHAM YOUNG. JR,, who was In
Massachusetts few weeks since, has
been interviewed" He said, among
other spicy things, that the Mormon
authorities think strongly OF sending
missionaries down 10 Massachusetts,
TO convert the $4,000 women who have
no chance TO marry" He thinks they
would get husbands and children speed.
lily among the Saints.
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DIED.

CHURuH-In Iowa, October %, 1860. OF
Palsy, HnNRY A. b. CHURCH, aged s. Year,
8 nonthH.
W0RTHINGToN.-On October LIST, 1869,
In PArkersburg, In full hope OF bllRftll I'm.
mortality, Miss L. T. GRACE, daughter OF
Col. Charles and Elvira WorLhlngton, aged
IS years, months and II days
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Mr.. BOUTWELL, repudlates the state.
meuts purportIng 10 be sent from
Washington, that he was preparing TO
put new loan on the market. He says
the statement that be has contemplated
specie payment by January 1st, is news
to him; though he believes II Congress
legIslates wisely, specie payments are
not very far of. he does not uudsr-
take To fix any particular date for
such resumption.
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The,, H;aa1i,np5 Pool

EssAYs ron You'd MKN, who have fallen
into vicious habits, aud now desire q higher
llio, and better MANHOOD, with certain
means Of relief for the affiIcted. sont In
sealed lCtter envelopes, FREQ Of charge. Ad.
dreHs, HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P
Philadelphia, Pa. sep2. 3md&w
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TEE next meeting OF the National
Board OF Trade will take place In Rich.
mond, Va, on Wednesday, December
lSt. All parties interested will please
take notice,
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DESTRUCTION OF MoUNDsvILLRs SEMI
NARY.-The burning OF Moundsville
Seminary building, Sunday afternoon,
ofwhIch full account will be found
In our local columns, Is a disaster
which e1cltes lively interest In this
city, not only sympathy with the
immediate losers but on behalf OF the
community which suffers a social and
educational loss by the dlscontlnuance
OF The school. We trust the citizens
there will soon erect a more substantial
building, and that the suspension OF
the Institution will be but temporary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

SENATOR CHANDLRR, OF Michigan,
now In Rome, has been sitting for u
burst TO Randolph Rogers.
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Ghei1frtatti92t1ler.

MoNoNGALIA gave her Republican
candidates about 400 majority, and ac-
Cording to the Post didn't halftry.
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THE "oldest inhabltant" must now
conceal 'hls comparatively juvenile
head. The various old female nlggers
who nursed Washington have nothing
for It now but to shut up. For here
comes the Franklin IN. H.) Union With
cheering Intelligence OF n man known
TO be 100 years ofaee. (which his name
is Joshua Kenyon; his residence ossl-
pee. This elderly person came 10 this
country from Scotland Just 100 yeara
ago, he being then 40 years old. He
fought In the old French war, and sub.
sequently In the War OF the Revolution,
Has distinct memories Of Washington,
Aaron Burr and Lafayette. Uses enor-
nous quantities OF tobacco, by smoking
and chewing: has consumed more
Than ton weight OF II in his life time:
pat now regrets the indulgence, as he
H1nlnks II may tend TO shorten his life,
TOT tWenty'u years he drank awiully
hArd, During brief apell OF half a
century, however, he has not tasted
liquor, his only Indulgence In drink
being moderate potRtlona Of cider. Aa
there does not appear 70 be any neraon
living now who remembers this oll
gentleman when he arrived son thesa
shores one hundred and twenty Wars
ago, Il 10, Of course, impossible 70 fully
authenticate his dates and details.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-09

DE- Myer, Of Savannah, Ga, says they are
the best mechanical supporters for veal
muscles ever discovered that by theil
warming properties they bring power and
health, until tho power and strength OF the
muscles are entirely restored; that he know
case where Allcock's Plasten cured gen.
tleman OF weak spine, that no daily pro.
scribes them In his practice, with the hap.
plest resultA octll.lmd&v
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THErigor Of the weather for the past
two or three days has been remarkable
Tor the early part Of November. It
sesmS to be wide spread, too. North Of
us there has been severe snow storm,
with gale on the lakes that has done
a good deal Of Injury 10 the shipping.
A gentleman who came from Harrison
county yesterday, says farmers have
begun to feed their stock, q thing quite
unusual In that region so early In th Q
season. Sunday night strong Ice form
ed In the streams there, the West Fork
OF the Monongahela being In some
places frozen over. This early freezing
III feared will inIure the next wheat
crop, as the grain but recently sown
has In some places barely sprouted.
Potatoes and apples have suffered more
orless damage from freezing. II
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IT HAS been calculated that were the
whole Union peopled as densely as
Massachusetts,, 1t would have popula.
ton Of 6lO0OO, 900, q number far out
stripping the teemlng multltudes Of
China, and constituting It the greatest
Empire OF ancient or modern times.
This computation Hupposes an average
OF 17S persons to the square, mile, q
proportion very largely exceeded In
many countries Of the Old World. The
Slate OF New York shows an average
OF nInety-four persons to the square
mile. II was lately estimated that our
population In the year 1900, would
amount to 100. OOO, 900, an Increase which
would give an average Of twenty.eighI
persons to each square mile In the
Union. The Philadelphia North Amcri.
can quotes these figures to support the
statement that Pennsylvania can, and
viii sustain, With ease. population OF
SO,O0O.O 900. Her vast mineral resources
are still In the Infancy OF their develop.
ment, and yet they at present yield
sixty per cent of all the iron made In
the United States. In addition to this
the Keystone Slate yields steadily In.
creaSlng annual total Of 100000 tons
OF coal. ...la
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Strayed
Bookings Bittsrs.

= nm DVVHS1oU
VHEsE BITrERs ARE MADE OF BoUR.
bon Whisky, Peruvian BARK, etc., and
arc especially recommended 70 GONZALES
cents, md as an appetizer are lnRqnAled,
Az q proven i've 70 malaria diseases they
are superior 10 any In the market, ana
cheaper, For BRlO only at P.
EDMUND BOOKINGS,
and BOOKING d oARRoLLH
n n ---L Pharmacy.
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B. u. 3, p,

WILL NOT SPOIL BY AdE-GIVES
w more satisfaction than any In the
market. For sale At
and BOOKING q CARROLLS
phaNFnuat
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OF Ten lines or less make a square
0S-TanaIont advertisements CASH b Cd
pdIlc6.
MARRIAGES AND FUNERAL EoTICnA, %
atH., when under BlX limos.
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COb ~ = CIV VI
: LesS Period.
Government and all othGrl
Coupon SecSEitleS. iIcla: 81 90 per $1,000
ding Bank Bllls.......,......J
Gold Coin or Bullion .......,......., 126 1000
Silver Coin or Bullion. ........... 200 1000
Silver or Gold Plate, underl
seal, on owners estimate
Of full value, and rate 100 lCO
subject 10 Adjustment for
bulk, on basis oE..........
Deeds, Mortgages, Valuable Papers Rener-
ally, when Of no fixed value, 81 yeaF each,
or according TO bulk.
Wills, IS, which premium covers the re-
malnder OF the LIE OF the maker,
Cash Boxes, or small Tin Boxes, for papers
OF Bankers, Capitalists, Merchants, Law.
yers, rradeamen, Families, &C., will be re-
ceived Mt IS each box or trunk per year,
contents unknown TO the Company, and
liability limited, or they will be Insured for
the full amount, tho contents being known,
e. above rates. No charge less tnan one
The Company Is also prepared 10 Ron,
Small Iron Saies, leach furnished with Tin
Box,l inside Its BurElRr-Pr0of Vault, the
Renter exclusively holding the key thereof,
at The following rates, viz: SIS, SO, $50, $50,
10 anu SlOO per annum. Also, 10 store
BookH OF Account, Records, Valuable Title
Papers. etc., al reasonable rates.
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SS- No notice will be taken Of cOmnuni.
CatIOnA not accompanied by Fcfp0nRible
name. The name viii 10 considered comb
dental, but must in all cASeB accompany let
teHS ~ Il guarantee Of good NTH.
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Weak Back, Pains Of the Side Of
the Hips

And about the Kidneys, are relieved OF
once by tho application OF one OF
Alloook's Porous Plasters.
"GAunTowN.AL ALA, Nov. n, 1868.
5Aessr& T7'oS AtoOok o ou.!-During an
extensive practice OF ten years have been
q frequent witness OF the magical qualities
OF your Porous Plastets, can certify that
they are al | you claim for them. .u
"RoBERT e. OAMPBELIA MIDI
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INTELLIGENCER.

II 70 II M -.
INVARIABLY YIN ADVANCE.
nAnnnmn onnmnnm
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nORAIHG EDITION.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-17
A Wild Man.

A correspondent of Hornellsville pa
per tells fhe following veracious story:
"For the very strange story l am
about to relate l scarcely expect, nor do
[ solicit belief Indeed, were it not that
hundreds of reliable men and women in
the county Of Steuben are ready and
willing to vouch for It's truthfulness,
would never ask you to put it in print.
The facts are as follows.
During the four weeks last past
wild man has been prowling around the
woods in the towns Of Woodruff ond
Troupsburgh, in the southern p,rt Of
this county, coming frequently into the
highways and cleared fields, to the in
tense terror of women and children, and
even strong meh. So great is the excite
ment in some parts of the towns men,
toned, that schools have been broken
up-parents not daring to send their
little ones along the public highways to
the schoo!-houses. At first the whole
thing was considered by most people as
hoax, intended merely to frighten old
women and children; but as many of the
most prominent citizens vouched for the
actual existence of the wild man, and
the disturbance of the schools was max
ing it, maSer of public Importance, the
people of Woodruff aud Troupsburgh
determined to do all in their power to
ferret the matter out. Accordingly, on
the 18th inst, abont 200 men assembled
at the residence Of Mr.. 8. G. Brown,
aud proceeded TO search the woods in
that immediate locality. Under the
leadership of Capt. j. j. Buchsasn and
the writer OF this article, crowds searched
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-17

GIANTs.-In recent lecture dis
tinguished gentleman said
The giant exhibited at Roucn in 1880,
measured nearly eighteen feet
Goradius saw girl that was ten feet
high.
The giant Calabra, brought from Ara
bia to Rome nnder Claudius Cesar was
ten feet high.
Funnum, who lived in the time of
Eugene IT, measured eleven and half
feet
The Chevalier Scro, in his voyage to
the peak of Teneriffe, found, in one of
the caverns of that mountain, the head
of Gunich, who had sixty teeth, and was
not less than fifteen feet high.
The giant Ferrugus slain by Orlando,
neghew of Charlemague, was twenty
eight feet high.
In 1914, near st. German, was found
the tomb of the giant Isorant, who was
not less than thirty feet high.
Iu 1880, near Rouen, was found a
skeleton whose skull held bushel of
corn, and who was nineteen feet high.
The giant Bacart was twenty-five feet
high his thigh bones were found in
1904 near the river Moder,
In 1920, noar the castle in Dauphine,
tomb was found thirty feet long, six
teen wide and eight high, on which was
cut in gray stcne these words, "Kinto-
lachus Rex" The skeleton was found
entire twenty-five and quarter feet
long, ten feet across the shoulders, and
five feet from the breast bone to the
back
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1916, was
found the skeleton of a giant thirty feet
high and in 1850, another thirty-four
feet long.
Near Marine, in Sicily, in 1915, was
found the skeleton of giant thirty feet
high the head was the size of hogs.
head, and each of his teeth weighed Eve
ounces.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-17

Eels never die; Immortality is their
strong point, and they lay themselves out
to make you abjectly miserable.
When you get all Strengthened out and
throw in again you wait for an hour, but
you only get about one first-class bite
during that time. You pull up and you
have on an enormous fish, and before you
get him near the shore he quickly let's
go his hold and drops back again into
his native element.
It is rough on you, I admit, but when
you go u fishing you've got 60 take it as
it comes without growing.
How interesting it is when you have
dropped the last ono of, aud you get
another bite, to make up your mind to
get this one anyhow, and then to concen.
trate all your strength and pull up with
violent jerk, aud sling Jour line back
on to tree, and have it wind around
the branches as tight as if it had been
pulled by steam engine, and in such a
bewildering condition that you can't get
it loose in week.
This is calculated to make you use
hard expressions, but not any moro 80
than it is to have your cork drawn under
gently and steadily, aud go down, down,
down until it is out of sight.
GA catfish, most probably" you say !;
''they always pull in this manner" You
draw your line in gently, and the catty
tugs at the other end. "They always do
this" you observe.
You pull up slowly, SO as to keep him
on the hook, and when you get your line
out you must probably 6ud an old suag
with more branches than the Pennsyl.
vauia railroad, and covered with mud,
and not solitary fish in tho neighbor-
hood, while all the time :, re is boy
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"A AALIaDY LaaDY GGoaED ey 4 DzsR.-The
Savannah News of Monday says, "At

a ahaaDT GGooaasr ny 4 DsER.-The
Sasannah News of Monday says, "At
an Gerry hour yesterday morning, as q
lady, residing in the Southern part of
tho city, was returning from early mass
at St. Johns (Catholic) Church, through
Liberty-street, she was attacked by a
deer kept by q gentleman in that vieini-
ty, and which had, in some way, got into
the street. The lady was knocked down,
her clothes badly torn, aud her face and
head quite severely scratched and bruis-
cd, ring being torn from one Of her
ears Deer, while young, are gentle and
harmless, but, as they grow strong, they
become vindictive and dangerous, and
frequently do much mischief. Those
who hsep such dangerous pets should
see that they are properly secured within
their enclosures"
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A Fast Prince.
The London correspondent of the Gin

The London correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette writes:
The public talk is Ireland, but tho
private theme is the Prince of Wales.
When the dinner is over, the ladies have
retired, and the gentlemen have resumed
their places and their wine, his Royal
Highness is sure to be very soon and
very thoroughly discussed. The old ru-
mors bearing upon his manner of life
are rehearsed, and new ones are added.
And, as persons are frequently present
on such occasions who speak that which
they know, and testify to that which
they have seen, the conversation is not
unfrequently OF very piquant descrip-
ton. One "has it from the very best
authority" that the heir apparent called
upon certain very beautiful and bril-.
liant American singer but she, having
recovered from the startlement occasion.
ed by the presence of such visitor,
maintained her composure and self.
respect, emphasized, perhaps, by color
ing of indignation. The company agree
that visit by such visitor to such
person eenld have no grounds for OK.
ouSc, aud could have but one explaua.
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MURDER AT AsHEPoo.-From q gen.
tleman from that section Of the country,
we learn that on Tuesday last most
diabolical murder was committed near
Ashepou Ferry, on the Savannah and
Charleston Railroad. Four negro men
were in a field together when an alterca-
tion ensued, brought on by jealousy,
which resulted in the shooting Of one of
the men by another. After the murder
ed man wns shot, the two other negroes
beat in his skull, and hacked off his
arms and legs with hoes, and having
buried him fed. We learn that tho two
men who beat and buried the body have
been arrested, and that the man who
shot him has escaped Charleston Con-.
ricr.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-07-17
IMPRESSIONS AT FIRST s1our.-This

IMPRESSIONS AT FIRST SIaHT.-This
subject at the supper table was getting
talked "over," when the lady who pre-
sided "o'er the cups and tea" said "she
always formed an idea of person at first
sight, and that idea she found was gen.
orally correct one"
"Mamma" said her youngest sos, in
a shrill voice, that attracted the attention
of all present.
"Well, my DEAR" said the fond
mother, "what do you want?
II want to know what you thought
when you first saw me?"
There was no answer to this query,
but we learn that "Ciarle" was taken
into the kitchen Immediately by the SER
want.