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JAS I 81 RALLY.
Register Of WIS
Ar', .-..u,,t


We have on hand large stock of & AR
DEN and FIELD SEEDS, partly Of our
own growth ard partly selected Sl'h great
care from the most reliable Eoghsh
Prcnch and American Growers. and feel
conhdent that We can offer AS great ~
ductments to the farmer as any other Seed
House in the country.
We have prepared list Of prices at
Which we vii. send Seeds by mail, free Of
postage. 10 any psrt Of the country
This. however, does rot apply to heavy
Seeds. such AS Peas, Beans, Corn, &c,
as the postage would be much greater
than the profits.
cs Don't fail to SEND FOR \ CIR
GUAR. which viii be sent Immediately
upon application
+ WHITMAN 4 SONS.
Scedsmen,
.. AMI a s. Calvert ST., Baltimore, Nd.
Ara manufacturers and dealers in every
description of Agricultural In
plsmcnts and Machinery
81 Country Nrchant' ond Drsgs'sfs
.appIled or The most liberal ttrns.
Dec II, lS6s-&s
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FOR SALE EY
HERBERT {. HAIRS TON
GKR4T BARGAINS 70 BE had
r f \ DY Nj q n + Y

S,NrTH 5 MILLS arc Just ir ysesip. c, .heir
- Spring supply OF Goods embracing gen
eral assortment OF DRY GOODS, HARDWARE
QCEESSW and GROCERIES, SC.
ALSO
. 10. Of READY MADE CLOTHING. which
,hev oeer lit,ls lswe- fo- cSsk than ;isy can
be DO aght elsewhere.
They lame Z part he following articles, name
ly
Blesched Nuslins At ~ 20 IS ca. par yard.
Brown 90 a. III TO -
Calieoes from 20 10 IS CTS. per yard
Handsome Spring Muslin. from "a - 80 c.s
Brown Drills Cottonades, &C cheap.
Cups and Ssucers at IS cts. per sest
handsome Granite Plates AZ 50 cts.
md all other Queenswars proportionasiy low.
Rio Coffee IS 10 80 cts per 10
Fine Brown Sugar - ca. sAd eest eaAlity ls
CTS.
Shoes L Boots al reduced prices.
and nanv articles not enumerated here equally
low Call the. and fer ths ready cash yea
shsil have bargains.
Nay II, 1866.
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JAS. II. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAZY,

LeosardoKx, Md
Has commemorative practice Of his profes-
sion in I..ouardtown, ST. Mary's county. Nd
md wiz promptly attend to any business
entrusted TO his care. HIS may always be
found At the Ofhcs Of the Coazissionen
Court.
Dec IA, IS85-ti
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Nsw Mosr My MAsAxiSx.

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Ths NOS. popular Mon:hly 10 ihs world
New York Observer.
We mus, refer in terms OF suIogy - the
high tone and varied excellence 81 HAsrr1s
MAexyxn-, journsl with monthly cirec-
l.tion of about 10000 coples--in whose
p.so are 70 be found some Of the cnolcos;
iigh. and general reading OF the DAY. We
speak OF this work as an evidence Of the cul-
,ur, Of the American People: and the pop
u,.ri,y it has acquired is msritsd. Zach
rumbsr oontsins fully IA pages Of reading
matter, appropriately illustrated with good
wsod-eu,. and i, combines in it'sIf sh''.oy
noutnly and tn. more philosophical quarter
II. blended with tbs ocBt features o. tho dA-
" journal. It h.s great power 10 the dis
.eppa.ion of . love Of pure literature -
TRuskEg'. Guide Of American Literature.
London,
We csn account for ito suecsss only ~
tie simple fac. that IT meets precisely the
popular taste, furnishing variety Of pl'Is-
INK and Instructive reading foE slL-Aons
Herald, Boston.
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TIE Publishers OF The Baltimore State
~As take pleasure in rcuneicg thai a
tesir forthcoming issss of December lfie.
.acy will begin the publication c. sZA-s'
lS:.sr OF SpleihsSeas re~ N-ve'
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Tc sew subscribers ,eni;;s. 'ss 49,
so,ip,ious for the yesr 1859, The States
nan viii = r,s. e .rse Of ca--ss :rrn -
b. y;anin. cf tuia Ron>nce lni: Il. st 81
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Professional Notice

TIME undefsiyned, Attorneys a Law and
Il Solicitors IN Chsncery, have, this 3rd day
cf July, 1866, formed Copartnership IN the
srsc,ice of their profession, under the name
and STYLE Of Combs & Downs. They will prec-
zee in the County Of SAINT Mays and to. ad-
slnin. Counties, and in the Court o. Appeals.
Especial atteatou will be raid to the collection
Of CLAIMS assins; lrdlvidssls, the State. or me
GsvernaSus.
References gwen, when required. Address
Combs q Downs, Leonardtswh, r. o., hi
M,ry's County. Maryland.
ROBERT G. COMBS.
JAS s. d
Ivy 5, lse6-.iy.
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Ea,r CO-parfnership.

THE undersigned have formed law CO.
| partnership under the name OF MADDOX
L Crane. They will practice in the Courts OF
St. Mays and the adjoining counties and
also In the Court OF Appeals.
Especsl attention paid to the collection OF
claim. against individuals, the State or the
Government Prompt attention given TO ali
business entrusted to thsir ehargs.
Address, Maddox + Grams, LeonaTdtown
ST. Mays county. Md.
G. FRED. MADDOX.
J. PARRAG CRANE,
Dee %, IefT-~d.
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Boarding House.

~ Rs. MARY B. BRIsCOE has .eroev-
vi ed her Boarding Hsas, - W Is
Soaa cslve,. Street, R.,.,r.-.
~, 20: ST,
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MILLINERY
AND
.aLTIL-1 GODLSs

!. AM = G4J>DLNa
wEI@s IRENE FIRCk respectfully
We luF9 ms her friends and The Pub
lie thu, shc la. just opened a iaTge ara d
beautiful a.sorilncnt Ct MEL Nhh
and FANCY GOODS embracing Fan
and Winter BDNNETS, and HATS Of
,ne MOS; fa.hioLabIe maze, vo:sted
HOODS for Ladies aud sallaren,
DRESS TRIMMINGS,
RIBBONS,
BUTTONS,
JEWELRY,
DRESS Patterns,
CLOAK Patterns. kc
hlso choice selection OF con FICTION
ERY all Of which she will sell very low
Tor cash.
Oct %. 186S-,f
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IL the C;re1l; Cou9, tor 81 "Ary's Couaiy.
sit.ias Court Of Equity.
NJ 1872 y F..
nRDEREU. TINS srd day Of Doc. la6e
~ ;uai tie sale made and reported by K
I Combs and As 5 Down, Trustees. fled IL
III. cause be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary be shown oil or before TIE
23lI day Of January next, provided a
copy OF tnih- order be published IL The - Ma
~. Beacon once week FOR three successive
ttek. pr.or e Tie taid 23ri day Of JanuH-
JNOA CAVALIER. Crk.
Tros copy-rost:
.INO A CAVALIER, CIk.
Dec a. lsG.-3&
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6.FRED MADDOX
COL. JAMES POLK,
Ai,crnes 8. L.~
Eensra' Ciain Agents.
w Ill attend, punctually. to all e#sinss.
w cnnhded 10 their care, especially 10
claims f,r Bounty and for Compensation for
slaves snistsd il the military services Of the
United States in Re late wsr- As the mus
:e- rolls of tbs coiorsd troops from Naryisnt
are in close proximity 20 the oEce OF Col
Polk, great facilitie, are afforded tsen in 90
taiains sueh record evidence "a Is esssz:is
70 claims for c0mpensaiirR.
Dec 90 less-tt.
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TYE BALTIMORE STATESMAN
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RATIFICATION NOTICE
IN TIE ORPHANS COURT OF ST
MARY'S COUNTY


Dec Nih, 1868.
NRpERED. Tha: the sale of the Resi
Estate Of Mary II. Ford, deceased,
made by Robert Z Combs ana James
:. Downs, Administrators, Of SAID de
ceased, and this day reported to 'hls
Court bv said Administrators DC rauhcd and
confirmed, unless cause be shown 10 the
contrary. on or before S,h of February.
s69-Provided. a copy Of this order be
Inserted in scmo newspaper published IN
S. Mary's county, Al least once week
for three successive weeks,-beiore the
Sth Of February, lso9.
The Report states the smoans Of sales
70 be $500.
Al SPAHDING. { J.
THOS q SPENCER, a. j
Dec 10, lS6S-ow,
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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
The Value of Brains,

Working as an ordinary hand in a
Philadelphia shipyard, until within
few years, was man named John
L. Knowlton. His peculiarity was
that, while others OF his class were at
the ale houses, or indulging in jolli-
fcation, he was incessantly engaged
in studying upon mechanical combi-
nations. One of his companions se>
cured a poodle dog, and spent six
months in teaching the quadruped
to execute jig upon his hind legs.
Krowlton spent the same period in
discovering some method by which
he could saw out ship timber in a
beveled form.
The first man taught his dog to
dance-Knowlton, in the same time
discovered a mechanical combination
that enabled him to do in two hours
the work that would occupy a dozen
men, by slow and laborious process,
an entire day. That saw is now in
use in all the shipyards Of the coun-
try. 1t cuts beam to acurved shape
as quickly as an ordinary saw-mill
saw rips up straight plank.
Knowlton continued his expert
ments. He took TO part in parades
or target shootings, and in a short
time afterwards he secured a patend
for machine that turns any mater
ial whatever into perfectly spheri-
cal form. He sold a portion of his
patent for sum that is equivalent
to a torture. The machine was used
in cleaning off cannon balls for the
Government.
When the ball comes from the
mold the surface is incrusted, and the
ordinary process of smoothing it was
slow and wearisome. This machine
almost in an instant, and with ma
thematical accuracy, peels it to the
surface OF the metal, at the same time
smoothing out any deViations from
the spheroidal form.
The same unassuming man has in
vented boring machine, that was
tested In the presence of number of
scientific gentlemen. 1t bored at the
rate of twenty-five inches an hour,
through a block of granite, with a
pressure of but three hundred pounds
upon the drill. A gentlemen present
offered him ten thousand dollars upon
the spot for part interest in the in-
Vention, in Europe, and the offer was
then accepted.
The moral of all this is, that peo-
pie who keep on studying are sure to
achieve something. Mr. KnowltOn
doesn't consider himself by any
means, brilliant, but if once inspired
with an idea, he pursues it Until he
forces in into tangible shape. II ev>
erybody would follow copy, the world
would be less filed with idlers, and
the streets with grumblers and mall
eontenss.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
ASuuare Meal in Nevada.

A traveller to the White Pine
River in Nevada, thus portrays
ones experience:
At one station the party halted
for a square meal. There was a
tent, and in it a huge kettle of cof-
fee and camp oven. After waiting
few minutes, the landlord came to
the door and snarled out, ''room
for four" Our informant went
in with three other men, and knelt
around a fat box, which the hotel
keeper had turned down On the
ground. On the top were four
basins ofstrong coffee, and by each
dirty tin was dirty black biscuit
and an egg. The coffee and eggs
were good, and the biscuits were
good on the outside, that is the eat
er had to choose between two evils
dirt over the top crust, and dough
under it. Each loaf was like a
cream cake, perfectly soft inside.
The hungry men tore off the crust,
and then after blowing, scraping
and rubbing it to the illuvial deposits
put it down with a gusto and tor
rents Of strong coffee. The inside
masses of dough were left by each
mans basin. When the men mad
finished their meal, and while they
were yet kneeling, the host put his
soot-begrimmed and greasy hand
over the box and spoke again,
'Four Dollars" :" He was paid.
Plump went the silver into his
paunchy pocket, and pop went the
four masses of dough back into the
oven. As soon as new crust was
baked over them, eggs cooked and
the basins reflled with coffee, four
more hungry men knelt down, ate
off the crust, rejecting the rest of
the dough for another baking and
paid their dollar each for the meal.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
" Iat } Its IIlat D0OL WUuIl HuIu5
Leg Of giant stout and grin;
Fabled by the bards Of old,
The Masonic Brotherhood.

The following incident illustrat-
ing the Masonic Brotherhood, we
take from an Grafton delivered by
Brother Thomas E. Garrett at the
recent opening of the new hall in
St. Louis
Much is said and surmised about
the peculiar nature of our ties of
brotherhood, which, to the world,
appears so mysterious, so enduring,
SO strong. To many the universal
ity and binding force is inconceiv-
able. They cannot be fully explain
ed except within the secret recesses
of the lodge but [ may be permitted
to give a simple illustration of the
true spirit of Masonic Brotherhood
which came under my personal no
tice not long ago. Two men had
been fast friends. In an evil hour
they quarreled, and from violent
words they came TO daggers' points,
but used no daggers. They did not
speak and had not spoken for years
mutual friends had tried the art
of reconciliation in vain. They
were avowed enemies for life.
The whole difficulty was purely
personal, and the honor of neither
wasimpeached either by the origin of
the quarrel or subsequent circums-
tances. Probably they were equal
ly to blame; possibly not. No
matter; one of them became a Ma
son after the estrangement, and it
happened the other remained ig-
norant of it. One evening, he too,
was admittedinto the lodge. Almost
the first voice he heard, and certain
ly the first face he saw, was that of
his enemy, who presided over the
ceremonies of initiation, and was
obliged, according to usage, to ad-
dress him by the title Of ''brother," !"
This was a most peculiar situation
and a severe ordeal for both.
After the lodge was closed the
apprentice sought his master, with
out any preliminaries /; the follow
ing colloquy ensued, commenced by
the newly made Mason:
care you a member of this
lodge?''
The reply was. 81 am"
"Were you present when I was
elected p
Il was.
'May I ask you ifyOu voted p
"I did"
'rNow will you tell me how many
votes it requires TO reject petition
for admission?
The master answered "0ne."
There was no more to say.
The initiated extended his hand
which was warmly grasped by the
other, and uttered with thrilling ac-
cent and deep emotion in his voice :,
"Friend! Brother You have
taught me lesson I shall never
forget!r'
This is little ray of Masonic
light. No language is so eloquent
as the throbbing of the heart full of
joyful tears.
Where this kind of cement is used
in our moral edifce, should it no tbe
enduring? Who can wonder that
it is strong!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
The Baptist and Presbyterian.

In one Of the villages of Kentucky,
recently, a Baptist minister and a
young Presbyterian clergyman preach
ed in the same house "night about"
both preachers being present at each
meeting. One evening the Presby.
terian, after a discourse on infant
baptism, proceeded to baptize several
babes. The little candidates made a
great outery, which of course was
noted by the Baptist man. Next
day number Of converts of the lat
ter we're to be immersed in the river
near by. At the appointed hour
large concourse gathered on the
banks, the Presbyterian being of the
number, and standing close to the
water's edge. After the candidates
had been immersed the Baptist took
hold of his Presbyterian colleague and
said
4" Now, sir l will immerse you"
The latter amazed, demurred.
"Come along, I am in a hurry !"
replied the damp divine, and dragged
his brother in the water.
Alarmed and indignant, the young
Presbyterian declared at the top of
his voice that he did "not believe in
immersion, wss opposed to it and
would not submit to it
The audience were much excited
by the scene. The Baptist released
his hold and said
Young man, 1 will not immerse
you to-day; but if ever again l see
you baptising little ones against their
own will and in spite of cries and
kicks, as saw you dc last night,
I a1iU DIP you into the a0ater as sure
as there as a God in Israeli Let us
pray -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
GREAT BARGAINS
REAL ESTATE,
CLYDE, OHIO.

THE subscriber having located IN Nebraska
i for the present, viii sell his commodious
and ehgibly situated Homestead aad Two story
Office in the pleasant and hourishing town of
Clyde, Sandusky County, on exceedingly favor
able terms, only about one-third wanted in
hand, The remainder on credit.
Now is the rare time ana chance to secure
desirable property in one of the most flourish
ing towns in Northern Ohio, at great and grow
ing Railroad center, eGualed by few and sur
passed by no town Of its size in the State. The
House, besides the necessary appuTtenanees, is
supplied with two good cisterus for soft water,
never-failing spring in the large and cODve-
nient stone cellar, and choice variety of fruit,
such as Ohio alone can boast. The Office is sit
mated in the very best location and being two
stroy, the stairs. leading TO the second under
cover of the same roof, offers facilities for pro-
fessional snd various kinds of business rarely
met with.
The whole property wln be sold together OF
in two parcels, as may be desired, but remember
.sdelays are dangerous" It will only be in the
market, on such terms, d very short time Dr.
J. w. Lsse or Mr., Archibald Richards will show
the property and close 3 bargain the first oppOr-
tunity. Title indisputab.e.
noSssf. c. W. PAGE.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
Who Hath Woe?

One Of the most awful pictures Of
the effects of drinking is given US by
Isaiah: "woe unto them that rise up
early that they may follow strong
drink; that continue until night,
till wine infames them And the
harp and the viol, the tabrit and
pipe and wine are in their feasts;
but they regard not the work of the
Lord, neither consider the opera
ton Of HIS hands. Therefore my
people are gone into captivity, be-
cause they have no knowledge; and
their honorable men were famished
and their multitude dried up with
thirst. Therefore hell has enlarge
herself, and opened her mouth with
out measure; and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend
into it"
The most casual observer must be
struck with the striking fitness of
the prophets description as regards
the effects of drinking in our own
country. Here, in the boasted
land of Bibles, with our multiplied
means of preaching the Gospel, our
numerous Sunday schools, Young
Mems Christian Associations, and
mission societies, the liquor stores
and the dram shops are by far
better attended on the Sabbath,
than the house of God. In this
land of common schools and free
education, drunkards, and the chill
dren of drunkards, are as igno-
rant as Hottentots; thousands of
families are daily being starved,
famished, and ruined; our graye-
yards are enlarged, and the grave
constantly kept open, and the abyss
beneath is being hourly peopled
with impenitent drinkers.
Sixty thousand drunkards in our
own country die annually; many
die drunk; and all die prematurely,
in consequence of drink. Every
ten minutes, therefore, the gate of
death is opened to admit some poor
victim to the bar of God to receive
sentence from that Judge who has
said, "The drunkard shall not in
herit the kingdom of heaven" As
we do not bury by night, but only
through about eight hours of the
day, the grave is opened every
three minutes to admit the mortal
remains of some poor wretch who
has been slain by strong drinks
And if to the list of drunkards We
add those who are poisoned and
destroyed by moderate drinking,
and others who perish by murder,
starvation, grief, and other evils re-
sulting from the use of inebriating
liquors, we may safely affirm that,
during the common burial hours,
the grave is every minute kept
open in consequence of the use of
intoxicating drinks. And how per-
tinent the words of the prophet,
''The grave has enlarged herself, |
and hell hath opened herself with
out measure" /"
And have the people of God
nothing to do with this? Can they
be indifferent spectators of the des-
olations of this fell destroyer? Can
they view with apathy its ravages,
and be guiltless {? Alas alas! is
itnot the case in many parts of our
land that professed Christians are
to be found engaged in the spread
of intemperance, either supplying
the poison that nourishes 1t, or by |
their example encouraging its use