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rr;essJ = -. .s,.s.s.: -. :
iections ql A1adY before n,|ins = N hs,
she entertained 4 ser;ons i,,terest 4, h:rs.
SELF. Sha loves anotbsr Th;s ss~ss
him in mood anythinr bat zmiabis :.
The as2irant fer ofice failssto rsDeh The
coveted place,-he NAV have bean aes,au.
ded by corrupt men,-and hence bseomes
much exercised about Il. Bnt lIst ~
come sdosn TO those lesser anuosaneas
whish try the patience of che. most tam;a-
tble. We sometimes ind our food hadlv
seasoned and poorly cooked our hooks.
tools. or other things misplaced. d loan.
Cd and not returned. Through 4 hole IN
apoekcs we've lost our keys. oi some
valuable keepsake. Our buttons are mis-
siEg-rubbed off in launil.s--.aa last
when We are in hurry to dress IF mae-
ting Our host, the head Ell the fslm;lv
has resolved to stop chewing or smoking
tObaeeo-and this Is his third davg Hs
Is almost delirious-aets liko a crszv man
Is il surprising that be Is irritable cross
and ready to accuse otbersf Here i =
case for real forbearance. Re nat;ent
wisI,. him, encoursos h;,,'~ .s.s. -. -
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that looked out uuon Tie eIurebvard. and
4 - 49, ssv tbe tk;rd mon
unent h fen minutes / stood befoFs n
With q brain too , naralyzea m "a admis 81 d
surpffiise. or AMI other f.eli,r. i read =
ssSa~rsd To the Afemorv of Marie Pere;.
val. who died Februarv 9th. 1s-aosd
nineteen xcars and elevy.n. - months .,ssE's7.
i dont know how lonc 4 wss before I
was aroused bv tI,o ala 9o.,,sn fTo,,, tbe
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gons ON. on III h.r ss tha;- fra
oneut custom yIba., the vaa,bev wac 6os
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25


MoRaAxArIc MARRIAGES ara quite com-
mon among the royal families on The con-
tineut Of Europe The word mi,rgauatic
is saidto be derived from che Gothic psovg-
jan, TO curtail or limit, and is used to in
dicate lower sort Of matrimonial Unioii
which, as civil engagement is complete.
ly binding, but fails to confer on the wife
the title OF fortune of her husbafid and On
the children the right Of succession. This
explanation is necessary, to understand
the Intelligence from St. Peterburg, that
the newly married wife Of the Duke oI
Leuchtenberg, the nephew Of the Car,
Alexander III. had received for herself
and her descendants the title Of Countess
Of Beauharnais. The decree conferring
this title sets forth thas By the organic
lar Of the Empire the Duks's title cannot
pass to his children. nor can the titlo al
Duchess be borne By his wife. II adds,
however, that the marriage took place
with the full consent Of TIE Car. This.
il i asserted, ID the frst instance of the
formal sanction Of . morganatio marriage
in Russia. and il i conjectured that the
Imperial recognition vii be given to sim
liar marriages that have Heretofore taken
place. Thus, the Graad Duchess Nary,
the mother OF the Duke Of Lcuchtcnberg,
who was the eldest daughter Of tho Gar
Nicholas, after Tie death oF Der first hus-
band married morganatically Coupt Gre
CORY Strogonof. This latter marriage
u : asserted. viii nov Be rec0rniZsd
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80 : - i. ron tbouzbt, especially /; la.
- sing. tsazeious. inDsr;ors - ..S.' -
s'sa q mcst eases 4 wskefssj.sss = =. !.
Il 3 ',n 2. . - snia1. t aiwsrz 'essss, -,
- RF <ae tollewihg simple nroes,s -, !
sgFa ~ eyebaIIs IS far Il ~ go: =
~, o< nrsz<d. a. downwar5 %sT -. -
estHsut aad fhencs ears - - I .sss
.,ng thew sioaly n;tkfkss s:,.s...'. 80
4 .te,a 3. direct line of vision aron,'5 - :
Ias.F =. s',es<s. and. continue do;ng fh's
~. fata asleep Hhick occurs os.,ar.I
#unIn thrf< s1f1nles--sl xess .,.;sfs..
nys = the naosl. The ;.n1,<l: -. -.
= To- lr2sedare diiaars fros, $50 81 -, -
u not merely diyerts thought into 4 new
channel, but actaallv suspends Il. s;ncs
1 becarne aware of this I havs eadeavored :.
innunerable times, chile thus rolline INV
eyes, to think upon . particular subject.
ana even upon that which before kept
me awake, but I could not. As l,ne as
they were moving around ny mind was
blank. Hany one doubts this, let him
try the experiment for himself. i wish
he would /; let him pause just here and
make It. / venture to ASSURE him that.
II he makes it in good faith In the man-
ner dcsaFises2 Inc promise Of ..aa penny
!!3sSs ais thoughts" !" or for each Of them,
while the operation Is in progress, will
add very little to his wealth. Such be-
ing It's effects, we cannot wonder that it
should bring sleep TO O nervous and wake-
fal maa of . night. The philosophy Of
the matter il very simple. A suspension
OF thought is to the mind as o suspension
OF travel or labor Is 20 a weary body. It
enjoys the luxury ofrest the strain upon
It's faculties is removed /; il falls asleep as
naturally as tie farmer in his chair alfer
toiling all day in bis felds.-Aaatonay
q aeep. ,s-,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25


MASTER SIERIMP's CoxrosIrrox.-ATa
IS my mother. / am her SON. Mas name
y MRS shrimp she is the wife OF Mr..
shrimp, and Mr.. Shrimp IS her husband.
Pa is my father. Ny name Is John George
Washington Shrimp. Pas name is shrirsp
too |: and 50 is Mas. -. :
Aunt Jerusha is my aunt. When Pa
was little boy she was bis sister. i
like little sisters. Dicky Morps has lit
tie sister. Her name is Rose. I taIrs her
ont riding on my sled. aAunt Jerusha
don'tlike her. She calls her that ssN foons',
girl. i think Aunt Jerusha ought to he
ashamed of herself. - =
Aunt Jarusha lives with d. Some
time think ma had rather have her live
with somebody else. asked Amt Je-
fusha once why she didn't marry somebo-
dy and sse up for hersolf. She said that
many and many mau had wantsd e
marry her, bat while SaSan Jane was I'm
such . state of health she could not think
Of ieaviDgl Besides she said, what woald
become Of your pa . ssg@ .; r<.sss
Aunt Jerusha sometimes has \ stats of
health too. On washing days she has
the headache, and does her head nm in
brown paper and vinegar, and I have to
make toast for her, at the kitchen fire-=I
make somc Tor myself too. = ~ 3, zse.I
Aunt Jurusha SAYS that nobody knovs
what she has done for that boy. That
boys me again. I told N what she said
He said il was justso Nobody did know.
Ma said that Aunt Jerusha means well.
and that she's pas dear sister. don's
see why that's any reason she should al
ways ssold me when. I eat cabbage with 4
knife. -Axstey Shrimp.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

slarkness = 49,. +. =. h.k ffisn.is :,
-. - Nnat svseskers ofhsnn;<~s -
80 - sro when arm Il sr,S - -,
ns.st-..s.s.ss -, : snaroh or escr sh,:ss
ra,l 49, !. - = s'a'e = i5aiew - = - -
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-. 49,, ,ks Isat q how pettv 49,
,,,..s..a - t show fsfsh when tl.sv 80 ',.ss
--sEhey ssirs~. -. . .'essat sAAlloW mlna
blush "a .-.sa = s.'sii oHa zras neannsss =
lustration 49, & y auoka 40 L.
strucsivs ssT,s s1 Fieasang and 10
dora. toe oran.l 'i'..o u9' zElez De Men
81 c.ls,.. go cardinal 0f Spain. nv
.irned s;'s - ~ Z b.aaast Mlssrs ias a. |
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

Two young la1iessnd an Tsishina1 usre
cousarslng % ago when ene 0fstbem pat
the hosns question = Which Of aslo gou
think i the elder. Mr. IL It s'Sare. re-
piled the gallant sHiberniaa, ssyon both
Iook younger tkan each othcr. ? -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25


MEsHTr P0Lrrg "A nan N Neu Or
leans took out an accident insurance poll
g before starting U ! journey aud hap
psned . b killed. " railrosd aeciacnt.
TIE widow. armed vita che nssxpsDer
report il which bis nams vas mei.1ioncd
among t!,e killed, presspled hsrself Il tie
once of the company. b1s - iniornssd
thaE more definite prs5f would bs usses-
cry. "Wh5, of feourss hs's 1sa< = sid
tie bersaved lady. "Thas i poisibls. 2
said the polite Official, ssanl, .ly dear
snadam, 1 an very sorry f.F i = s-ye'r
sorry are y0a sorfy - 40f cssslrsc /
IN I sincerely zympaEhizs nith You in
v0ur bexH4xemen1 ssXuz exc[siasezl
g exciseI ansl kezeaved laliT 'sthss'g
azways the 49, Nth Jon assn vsu 80
lhiehty ppiita zbouz eFer ykilzislg elas bns
uhsnsseE ; pooF wosnan gsts ! cIislnca d
n1aile aIizzld azonsg. -, = baly zsrrs :
Ana the indiRnant iadg - fls6 ssDous :,
6arch of adlilionaI prosf.s
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

WAITING FOR HER HUsBAND.-Weh have
recently been made acquainted with one
OF the saddest and at the same time enc
OF the most singular cases that.it has ever
been our daty to chronicle. When the
war commenced there lived on Vine street
an honest, industrious family, who sup
ported themselves by keeping s small mo-
tion store. When Sumter was fired on
the husband at once enlisted in the army
as private and by his Distinguished abil-
ity and bravery was soon promoted to the
command OF bis company. Not once bad
he been home since che war began. Al
last he wrote to his wife that he had re-
ceived a ''leave of absence" and would
certainly be home on the following Thurs
day, and be wanted her to meet him at
the t=aiss. .sssssy ssr-wE@k sasks
The next day. instead Of starting for
home, the battle of Gettysburg was fought,
and he was among the slain. The news
OF his death came, and since that time the
devoted wife has been crazy, and still ex-
poets her husband on the train and BY day
aad night-in all kinds of weather
stands in the middle Of the crossing in
front OF her house, looking in every direc-
ton for the approach Of him who will nev-
er como again. Ass
Often she will call on the mayor and
other city authorities to have officers de-
tailed to go and watch '.that train" to see
if her husband is not coming. This
strange conduct has lasted for almost six
years, and the grief and troubles of the
poor woman hare been 50 great that she
has turned prsmaturely gray, and a.
though under thirty years Of ags.lias the
appearance Of very old persoa. .--Cin-
esBnGfs Times. ga ss@g 49, ptsmas szE7
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

R% In the year 1776, the Rev. John
Wesley received the following letter, in
consequence of a recent resolution of tbe
government, that circulars shouId be sent
to all persons who were suspected Of hav-
ing plate. on which they had not paid the
duty ''Revereud sir As the commis-
sioners cannot doubt that you have pl,te
for which you have hitherto neglected to
make an entry, I have been directed to
send you q copy Of the lords order, and
20 inform you that they expect that You
will forthwith make the entry 10 bear date
from the commencement ef the plate duty.
or from such time as you have osned /,
used, had, or kept any quantity Of silver
plate, chargeable by the act of parliament;
as in default thereof, the board will be
Obliged TO signify your refusal 70 their
Iordships." Mr, Wesley replied as fol-
lows. "Sir. I have two silver teaspoons
at London, and two at Bristol this is all
the plate which / have at present and
! shall not buy any more while so many
around me want bread :" Perhaps there
never was . more charitable man than
John Wesley. His libcfaiisy knew no
bounds bat an empty pecket. He gave
away, not merely certain part OF his in
come; but al he had. His own wants
being provided for, he devoted all the rest
20 the! necessities Of Others. He entered
upon this COED work as = very early pe-
riod. We ara told that when hs had thir-
ty pounds year, he lived on twenty.
eight, and gave away forty shillings :.
The nexs year receiving sixsy pounds, ne
still hxsdon .twsnty-eight, and gave
aWay forty shilling: The third he received
ninety pounds and gave away sixasy-two
The fourth year BE received one hundred
aud twenty pounds. SILL he lived On
twcnty-sight. and gass d the p0ur=nine-
ty-two. Ruring The rest Of lis Life he
lived economically and in the course
OF fifty years. i has been supposed, he
gave away more than fsly-thousand
ponadss sa a
4ss - sssaass ss..sk .sf t.x. - K s. < =.
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"Weare often troubled Eith severe cdnahs..
the result Of colds Of leag standing !. j Z1;ch
nay turn to consumption Cf pfunsEaro
deafhsEF Hard eoss.risa eansas -.
nighsshy constant irritation az thes L,'ss..
and strong effort 10 threw off olfifsns;ys
matter from Che lungs. Tho fes.'e8 : ~
possd has often beeh TIED al 4 IT,
. tateEinto tho stomach E,o(ora - v !, 7
for the night. pie,e ef raw 'o,.;op' afss;s
chewing. This eseulsnt in- an ,,,,~,.,S e
state 81 very kcalihe. and coIIef;:S IA 80
Ter from fks lnugs md threat -; 7 80
madints relief 10 Cha sasieat - II 1|
~EzsssssAasAz4 .sssss = sessas sss,l 8 IA
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% "a isas.es Is ~ sljseon1iriIie NUT ia nfFss-
mSs nfe masa ! n6epG 1t Ails 0plloh e - pabIisl'
-. = aIDs rs ciasper square fof
y I. ~ sssssfinn. afsh So - af every sufsse.
e= s 7,sueefiftu. FzwI.f fsHnn 81 less constitute
r Is sehHAk e. fh0 mnmher 0f Insertions = -
Il n@ % Slsh aaFeEfiseEaaaks s Mf7f - paAllzF-
I'D un8zi f6sska ard eliafBnsA aergFdinHly. 4
lsbeFal Afnesoa Aledss fllfEse ws0 ndregfise by
Sc - 5.
ha ehareed, afthe sane rates as aaveFtisments !
Obituaries o,sr ten lines in length viii be charg-
ed ak the rats, ef so cents per squsTe.a -.
Al communications for publication must os
aeeompanied with the real name OF the author,
or no attention win be paid to them. The real
name Of the tuthor win =ot be pu5eished, uniess
desired but yFe cannot consent tn insert eomssn-
nieafion unllss We know the writer. -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25

A WrsE JUDGE.-A man bromybt x,,,.,E
plaiut before sthe village Justice ,. ~ x'*.
OF his sbscps which had been - 80 -
s.a.t ...I s.A'. mao Dsen ioand n che Aocas &c
% r.. .h,1ger; VINO refused to giyeIit
- -. II. y Ta Tylsnaant swore that the shoep
summoned, and ths judge haa % sassizIS
between the Two parties who, each .gtgaaz
II maintained their rights, The w;;se,
magistrate left The decision 10 slls saeaci-
y OF ths animal itself he ordered III
sheep To- Be broughs siato the eoaft. -
after forhksding gaay intsrGsrsnsa sf -
contepdiag parties tuEned i l,pse.ss
snsop walked straightway to tLe 81 ainsi il II
sheepfoAd and The court enbsfea f,s.fsN
msnt With cost against che aefsnassI. lie
80 sss'la@M fsMsf s aaEsa @s So
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Ia al Hsro he Il 80. \,
&C., Z % hls iiame beins s5ss,
onme.. 8 sgtng. lisgraee ,s;.,s1 S;.s
Tkers,.. ss4a tied asns,n -. -.
and s~e9 .1ae sesgasnk ssas,,p., f,.....,..,
VI - c1tha Eh,sfv - se-sss
ssY'E..ssls
becn 49, sz On. .Aink N1seh T. ,,l<<.a
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-03-25


SHRrSKINs DzEroAcx.--In . certain
pleasant town, in .he county of Surrv.
England, there was three years ago D
cricket ground nearly surrounded BY hon
ses. One fine morning, Just after tho
great Dingley Dell match had been play-
ed, the secretary Of the Club reeeisei a
letter from q lady "of certain ere .the
proprietor of one Of the adjacept h,usea. .
declaring tlsat her 3elieacy hs.d rer.p.s~,5I, !,
beer sGffrontoa by the sight Of ayStlemsr;
in ''every stage Of Eadity, " uuttine on
their cricketing fannels in toe open drcs-
sing tent Just before her Windows. WonId
the sIecretAFy. therefore. sho cndairo;l
make arrangements for riddin9 her q
this Disgusting spectacle The sesre.
tary Of that club vas the pink of politc-
nesss he wrote depressing and aDol-
ogctias noe 10 Miss Fisfys, and e Tho
next match The dressing tent was ulaeea
at the opposite corner of the serioke.
ground. Dc least three hundred vards
fross the lsldy ~ windows. ms
Imagins the sessesars's sssSHislsmsht
at reseiEing- uext mcrnin<sn asseua g.
ter, thanking him for his obviously kind
intensionss = but regrstting that they
we're Of no avails 3 shez s.coula zee sic
gentlemen's legs. witha > teleseope, iust
as plainly as 5sfore.
M4sssE esf $50 81 As 4*S #
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-03-11
EBENSBURG, PA, THURSDAY MARCH Il, 1869

W aIfen. 1ne turDuIent stream must have
swept away the bridge over which her
husband must cross on his return, and he
might be detained for days, may be for
weeks.
She gave mp all for lost.
She felt tempted to fold her child in her
arms and plunge into the cauldron below,
and thus end her doubts and fears. It
would be better, she thought, than to suf.
fer the slow, painful death of starvation.
But something held her back-God's curse
Is upon those who do self-murder.
Towards night, lost robin, beaten
about by the storm, stopped to rest mo-
ment on the rock. Martha seized upon
and rent it In twain, with almost savage
glee, for her child to. devour raw--she,
who two days before would have wept at
the sight of a wounded sparrow!
Another night and day, like the other,
only more intensely agonizing. Martha
was sutlenly indifferent now; suffering
had palsied every noble feeling. Charlie
moaned for supper too weak and spent to
sit up, he was lying on the rock, his head
in her lap, and his great eyes fixed on her
face. She tore open vein in her arm
with her scissors, and made him drink the
blood Anything, she said, to calm the
wild, wild yearning of his eyes.
The boy rose-he sat up ard peered
through the darkness.
Mamma" he said, "papa is coming
I felt him touch me-"
She wept at the mockery, and drew the
child frantically to her bosom.
The night was fair, lit up by new
moon. Overcome by exhaustion, Martha
fell into an uneasy slumber, which towards
midnight was broken by startling cry.
She sprang to her feet and gazed around
her.
No her eyes did not deceive her
There, on the shore, stood her husband
and he was calling her name with the en-
ergy of despair. She could only cry out
| 70, Mark, Markv' and fell senseless tt
the earth.
| When she awoke to consciousness, she
was lying on her bed in the cottage, sup
ported by her husbands arms. 1t was nc
dream. She and her darling boy were not
dead. Many weeks passed before she
grew strong again, but Marx attended hel
as a mother would an infant, and by the
3ime the autumn frosts fell she was tn,
.blithe Martins Warren of old.
At the time of the freshet, the bridg'
over the Ammonoosuc had indeed beer
swept away, but Mark, impelled by an un
controllable fear-almost presentiment-
had crossed the river, at the risk of hi
tife, on rude log raft, and reached home
only to find it vacant.
The dc-cendants of Mark Warren anc
his wife s.nl dwell In the fertile valleys o.
the Ammonoosoc, and the old men still
tell TO their grandchildren the story o
Martha Warren and her child.
The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-03-11
A Splendid Description.

On certain occasion, one Paul Denton,
a Methodist preacher in Texas, advertised
a barbecue, with better liquor than is usu-
ally furnished. When the people assem-
bled, desperate in the crowd cried out /:
"Mr. Paul Denton, your reverence has
lied. You promised not only good bar
becue, but better liquor. Where's the
liquor :"
"There 7" answered the missionary, in
tones of thunder, and pointing his long,
bony finger at the matchless double spring,
gushing up in two strong columns, with a
sound like shout of joy, from the bosom
of the earth. 'HThere J" he repeated, with
a look terrible as lightning, while his enc
my actually trembled at his feet t'there
is the liquor which God, the Eternal,
brews for all his children.
"Not in the simmering still, over smoky
fires choked with poisonous gases, and sur
rounded with the stencil of sickening odors
and corruption, doth your Father in heaven
prepare the precious essence of life, pure
cold water. But in the glade and grassy
dell, where the red deer wanders, and the
child loves to play, there God brews it;
and down, low down In the deepest valleys
where the fountain murmurs and the rills
sing; and high up in the mountain tops
where .he naked granite glitters like gold
in the sun, where storm clouds brood and
the thunder storms crash and out, out on
the wide, wide sea, where the hurricane
howls music, and the big waves roll the cho-
rus, sweeping the march of God-there he
brewsit-beverage Of life, health giving wa
ter. And everywhere it is thing of beauty
cleaning in the dew-drop, singing in the
summer rain, shining in the ice gem, till
they seem turned to living jewels; spread
ing golden veil over the setting sun, OF
q white game around the midnight moon
sporting in the cataract; sleeping In tht
glacier dancing in the hail shower fol
ding its bright curtains seRly around ths
wintry world, and weaving the many-col
ored isis, that seraph's zone of the air
whose warp is the rain-drops Of the earth
and eheckered over with the celestial flow
ers Of the mystic hand of refraction-tha
blessed ifs-water. No poison bubbles OF
its brink its foam brings not madness ant
murder no blood stains Its liquid glass
pale widows and starving children wee1
not burning tears in its depths Speal
out, my friends would you exchanges |
for the demons drink, alcohol"
A shout, like the roar of the tempest
answered "Now