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Proclamation.

In obcdicoc to custom. which has the
j sancti"n rf ie i.laiive enactment. I.
WILLIAM IINKNEY WRYTE, Gov.
an"r Of Ma, Wand. d" hereby appoint sad
act apart tn URSDAY, the 9Th dsy Of
y y, mbsr. 1878. TO be cb srved by the
people Of ihi- s ate as day Of Thanks
giving aud Prayer.
Givva und. my hand and tho great
zeal VI the Safe a, Annapolis. this 2l.h
lay Of Ocio.cr. 1878
WM. PINKNEY wHYTE.
BY the G .sern"r:
RICHARD q. H0LLYDAY.
Secretary Of Susie.
Dc 80. lS73-sd.
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SHE undersigned, Aisnrneys n Law and
: Solicitors IN Chascery, hare, this 3rd dsy
sf JuIy, 1895, Susned . copasssesshie : ~
practiee of their proktssioa, uaAer The nas,1
and sty le Of Comts 3 Dovns. They vill prsr.
tice In the county Of -. Nary's and The siipip-
Ing counties, and in tho Court Of Appenls.
Especial alteatioa vim b paid 10 The colIer
ton OF claims against individual. the State, q
the Goverument.
kessrcnsss given, whea required. Address
Ccmos Z ! owns. Leonardtews, p. O., 81. Ne.
ry'seounty, Nd.
ROBERT c CONES !.
Jas DOWNS.
July 5. leee-ly
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BALrlNoRE RKyKRHxcEfs
Charles Brooks, Esq, Pres't Western Ma
B'k, Penniman / Bro., Hurst, Purneil 3 Go
Vim Reinan 4 Son, WIN Devries Z Co.. Ne
chants, W Brooks, Esq.
Sept Z, ls1l-tfs
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L.e..... A.s..o.....

u u. EDWARD having eualiasa 90 a
les Asctieaeer according to the Licess@
Lava efthe United STATED, gives notiee sAas h
vill asfena tethe sale Of all real Or personal
propsrsy that nay ee o4ered 90 psblic aseticu
u So. Nays ccaaty. Adasrss, h NoEdwards
Creas Mills z o., 81 Aafy's csaasy. Nd.
June -. le5e-u.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06

The Fourth Grand Gin Concert authorised
by special act Of the Legislature for the bene6t
of The Public Library Of Kentucky, will take
place IN Public Library Hall. at Louisville, Ky.
Wednesday, December ., loSo.
Only sixty thousand tickets viii Be sod. The
tickets ore divided into ten coupons or parts.
Al this concert, which will be the graudess
musical display ever wiincesed in this coaairy,
she unprecedeneed san of
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06
ROAD kOTICR

NJ Office is her, by givtn. that st the
lV expiration of thirty days from this
.ia,e. the un.crsign j intcLd 70 apply b
be q. ua,y Commissioners Of 81. Ma
y, c"a",y Z" open . PUBLIC ROAD
leading FROM the Chap,ico and Newport
Dad. through the lands Of DR.. j.. r.
R,,bcr und john A. Karbcr, to tho VII
comicv river. .b'ut miles in length.
JOHN q. KEY,
X. r. BARBER.
J II SHEMWELL,
and others.
Oct. 9ud. 1873 sol.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06

llAvING the Agency for St Mays
III county of 4 W l. Eaisin & Co.'S SOL
UBi ESEk ISLAND GUAfO, ! offer il
or sale on the most favorable terms. For
iurihe, Information, app y TO
FORREST
Oct -. le73-tf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06
nWELL.NG FUR NITrRE
II BARNS. OUT-HOJSgs, FARM
PKCLucE, re-, re-. insussd % the Ms-
;usi Plan By the
STATE OF MARYLAND
MUTUAL FIRE
Insurance Company
OF BALTIMORE,
Office No. II !Ssuek sfrsee.
-,--- R.G-HAnRsss Psus6sss

Uao60bVHgs
3 q Caughy. " Noah walker & Ce.
Philip 7 George. .. George & Jenkin,.
L ID Aaderson. " Anderson & Bro,
iohn Stack, Carpenter and Builder.
Hon George Brent, Court Of Appeals.
George PJsnkins, Charles county.
Geosre Cambs, 81. Mary's coaniy.
b. g. Harris,
This 10 Home Csapsay. gotten MP ex-
pressly in the interest of the ciii:e ns .l
southern MARYLAND. to enable them to over
come the difhcultiss they experienced in
procuring Insurance in the ordinary lnsur.
,nce Companirs. with ssaiority Of its Di-
rectors well known In that comm unity.
It has hsen in business row over fnr
years. All losses aee.msd, and they have
been unusually large, kare been failkfslv
ssd promptly psid, which IS our Sect guar
antte fUr the future.
The plan adopted is the safest and cheap
est known tn Insurance, and sfiords 10 all
Irsurance at its exact Gust, and ough, to be
encouraged by sllwho wish to protect them
selves against loss or damage By fre.
IL those interested w:li get u th is patro-
mage and interest themselves In the increase
of its liners, in q few years il will rank
among the largest Insurance corposaiions
in MARYLAND, = credi, and benefit to all,
and m honor TO the State.
GEt,. A. SIMMS.
Geners! Agent ior Sc. Mar,s 3 Co.
June g. Is73-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06

EA1. l2.000 G:fas, al (asA.
aossstisg 10 ol,e0o.o 80
The distribssisa will be positive, xhesh:r al
she tickets are sold or not, and the 1860 9sfls
Il: lid u proportion 70 The tickets sotd
P6oCe OF T1CK8T0
whcle tieAxas $50; halves S3h: Teaat4 - eeaeA
Coapos s. Esevea whole rtckesa fss &aoo;
a12 Tscl b fbe 81, ,o0o, lis Whole fiekets fos
$5,ooe, 331 whese Tiekess for Slo,eoe. No
3 tire. sFf
Tieke4s 100 rssdy loe aIe, asd a'l er1ess &C
ss0Fsaisa y tAe 1oaey pee0Pely 1IIed. Lib
81 truD Gtsem = ehu1o 0Aa bay nn51 aenaa.
TJ1O0. - DUAML8TTH,
AeRns rusl. LII. Ky, and MaaaG GA !.
Cescaxt, l6olie Ii1a1sy ueH4fne.
Oct - isS3-sas loGsvIlI4 ~.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06

= TRACT ef land called "CAM-
IA ELlIE." Lcacd sitLin ivo miles
Of the d, Msry's River. in 81 mi, oes'
District. 81 Marys County. Maryland.
This h, d contains So ACR IS, si.oue ssu
acres Of sh Oh are arabic ssd the bal.ec
vsll iimbrnd. There 10 . good Dve'.
ling Hosse On the psenisss
For teruas. agply N
ssT GOnB6 4 DOWNS.
= is.se- slsssisaA As,ys ior evtsr
sspt Z lS73~-H -,
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Peteisoh's blsga azine
/ oxRarUsseRapon sssl.:
.xsr*B assf Y9#A .~mse~a#
~ Fivs nenne llesuaeint Essravine
- ese1EGra = essEv 1900 letsisg


- - = 4f - y - IA
rsssssnasU ,1asaxlas - - hsst Ostsi-
nal Ssosis 4 any - he Dady's b aks. sl.s
bsss Cslpsad fsaAioa Psstss, the trve Re
esipn. ne bssa S&sel knsnviuep. &c &c.
9sssy iAajly oaaAe - take 4. q give
uors ebr she money thar aay II ths wasIsi.
= IN :, e--.>rs-s s ys9s = = txslys
One Th0usand pAessl
fourseen Splendid Steel Platess
= TWelvs Coirssd BesaiN Patsesn.s
Twsive Mammoeh Colored Fashions
Nine Hundred Wood Cuts!
Tweuty-jcur Pages of Musi,i
II win also give Five Original Ccp.vigi I
Novelets, by Mrs Ann = Stephens, Flank
Lee Be.edsct, asd others OF The aatLors .,
America. Alsa. nearly hundred shorter
stories. all original. tie superb
MAMMOTH COLORED Fashion Plate,
arc ahead Of an others. The-e plates a,e
eagravsd on steel, twiee the usual Jsr.
FERNS talways In Advance, 9 90 . yea,
Great Reductions To Cial~.
2 Copies fnr s. so: 3 Copies 70, 81 60. nj .
. py OF the superb m. xzotint l;!ix al
.'Nat Lost but Gane Before" to the per>on
getting up the Club
4 copiss Tor $s so; q Copies kr 80 90; II
Copies for $l4 90. with m extra c,py u
the Magazine for the year 1874, rs u pre-
mium 70 the person getting uP the Club
s Copi-s for $s 90: Copies for $,2 On; I:
Cop.es for si7 %. with both IN extra cop,
Of the Masasine. aud the premium mex
tint, to the person getting np tie Club.
Addresa, pest pai..
CHARLES J. PETERSON.
No. 3O6 Chestnut st. Philadelpl II, r..
Specimens scu, gratis IL written ,r,.
Uct. -. 1878.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-11-06

OK 600 per dayl Agents wanted!
0C TO O<O All classes Of working
people, Of either ser, young or old. make more
money at work for NJ Ia their spare nomsntl
or alI the time, than at any thing else. Partiem.
lars free. Address G. STlNSON CO., Port
land, Maine.
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70 Consignments respectfully solicited and
promptly attended to. shipping orders care
fully put up.
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DlNWlcOiE'S
IMPROVED
CLOTHES FOUNDER,
Fire Minute Washer.

nF the many eonsrivances for Washing
~ Cioihes. but few have given satisfariien.
Nearly all Rave bern constructed on the rubbing
principle, wearing clothes as fast as tue board
and rrquiring naeh labor. The question r,ay
be asked, "What 10 washingf f'
Why, forcing wafer through q garment 10
-. tce~r. sRa scnple Nh. siv'nopc PARTIES who
pdvsn,see and spply Bsadlsy' fasnt Enamel
now In sss. ID holds as gloss icGgcr than any
@'s Yoan. truly, gaea1E B. g 0AkREi
MAnsLAxp LINE, BEnrrxoRE
CP KSIciEr. tse-Aeens Zoe bfsdlsy's ia
Sir: The paint which pu,chssed frcn, you has
khat ali my usiehbo.s In tend to follow uiy examD
fis not only durable and cheap, bnl u koks beis
over saw. The paiptsr save emplcyed Is delft
paint twice % fazf, aed a the same tims do b
any other pant be ever used. 1 can therefore
public - cns Of the very best articles Of psiut =
youfs. vesy truly,
CT KxlGHr, ESQ, Dear Sir-I have IN,
i I cicLassd irtm y,u uss Il irsidc ard ct
s<ssuaA 10 gisss,tns sseat psessuse ta be al
Communications Ia tscaliiy vi asss seAnRpDy,
Yours. truly. 1as' fdoAAS
.saa.4 80 -t.sas as>ss4g iasfs.4g.-1
cP Knight, I'd |: fesr SUI assa she
couIiy in OctYb.S ,hs, and ihscolor Il goo
6rst put On. ii ever have 10 paint assin
.aIHrukos=s truly,
- Scesstass BALTIMORE Bsansh See
Nss tr& sartsa3 ~ .2AafKAsaI7a &--
a,'sse@ lass u = PxiAsAwrviLr.s
Mr. CP K6iskt-D Dsai Sif: Z am sesy
IPsis, las given sp,its kfisixctioa- prvis
t--a@n esd y CT sarshi'isy ed ssaa'y. e
"a selves. 1->. 80 ss--~s saAns
~ Ass - "ss-sns e98
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lew GUsIsaFfnu Ill
TsHe sna>slteasd. Atessneys ns Law ssd
j Solicitors ID chancssy, have this 4th day
Of June. ls51, formed . eo-rassnership In the
practice Of thsir profession, under the nsne
m style OF
IA - NETT . CO3TON.
They will practice In Sc. Mary's and the I'd
joining counties and In the Court Of Appeals
Prompt sad special sffeafioa win Be paid TO the
collection Of cLsims. Address, Hammett and
Cotton, Leonardtown r. o., 81. Mary's coun-
~ Id.
DC HAMNETT,
r JOHNSON COTTON.
June 8, .is13-H
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Boarding.

AIR J.C.M LBURN, formerly Iof 81. Ma.
vi ry's county, has removed frosa No. b
Hanover ST.. TO i69 W. Lsabard sf., betwecu
Nar1. asd Liberty, and is prepared to- receive
p rnaneni and transient Bsai dess.
Jar9 ls10-.E
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). II. NKtLE. f. c. NEaLk
FRANCIS NEALE 4 SONS.
Commission Merchants,
No. 26 CeRmree streef
Sell Tobacco, Grain and all country
produce.
ssy fertilizers and all supPlies fer farmers
ess prices.
Jan II. lS72--sE
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STOrTS!y STOVES

Boavdisg and Dxv EeasSs I
ssss g I" s., spposiss Esssasss Pssa, Wsss
iagtea, ID. @.
sEHIS school viii reopen MONDAY, Sept.
] the sth. Rare facilities afforded fcs thor
tuyh instruction in English Branches. Music
and Language. For partit alars, address
Miss n J HANOVER.
July 81, ls73-6ms Principal.
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Land Wanted.

Lana w antCO.
AN authorized by responsible parties to bay
1000 ACRES OF WOODLAND
pine or Oak) in 81. Masy's copnsy. within two
miles OF igable water, for which q liberal
price will he given. Cash. Address.
10. 3. MORGAN, Atty,
Leonardtown, Nd.
Oct -. lss3-ds &c
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]. n. RITTER 4 CO.,
Produce Comnsisios Asrehaa's.
No. lo4 South Charles Street,
Balsinor, Nd.

PERSONAL stsention given to the sale ofStcck,
Poultry and Produce generally.
ReSer % Cifixens' National Bank Of Balti-
more. and DR.. Thomas A. Lynch and Coi
Jaunb =. newus, % 81. nafy'a County.
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WOMEN ..s: ..s':s s','' 10 ::s ::;' Boy: 3 :
French and American Jewelry, Books, Games.
&C., In their own localities. No capital need
ed. Catalogue, Terms, &C., sent FRss. r. 0.
vICKERY 1 CO., Augusta, Maine.
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19 IS7s - S|1sss q !
II1h 80 Usseary 1ooaoal- Oalys 93-so :
sosr-jsrs = slabs. Orent pssnaaas e CasA
|GSumlu1looosoursem. l111ess Mlekvs (Ocs.
o Jaa.l On Tr3al, ~ O11y Rieey Ceato
Preniua lisss. Ae., srss free to all frial Sab
scssbcss Addrso D. D. =. QOORe, New
Yeek City.
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Dec II. ls1s--tf.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28
A Life Miracle.

A Mrs. King had n surprise at Shaw
neetown the other day. 1t was an acci-
dent that Mrs. King happened to be at
Shawneetown. She did not intend to
go there, but the steamboat Jennie
Howell, on which she was travelling
struck snag and sunk in the Ohio
river. Several of the passengers were
drowned, and among them some chill
dren. Mrs. King had Il child on board
whom she mourned as lost, and was
taken to Shawneetown without her
babe. The Jennie Howell sunk deep
in the water, and the next morning men
went to the vessel to recover the bodies
of the lost Soon after daylight mat
tress was discovered floating in the
cabin, which was filled with water near
ly to the ceiling. Upon examination a
child, a little boy, was discovered on the
mattress sleeping as peacefully as if
nothing unusual had happened. His
bed was not very dry, for it had sunk a
good deal from soaking but still sus-
tained its living freight. In due time
the child was sent to Shawneetown,
where the other passengers had been
landed the evening before. Its coming
made an excitement among the wrecked
travellers, for more than one mother had
lost children by the disaster. 1t was "A
touching scene when Mrs. King recog-
nized the child as her boy whom she
had mourned as lost for nearly twenty
four hours. The preservation of Moses
in the bulrushes was not so miraculous
AZ the safety of Mrs. Kings boy. He had
been tossing about the waste of waters
in the cabin all night, and was brought
to his mother alive in the hour of her
deepest woe.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28
An Enterprising Coroner.

| Butcher, when we knew him, was
coroner up in Williamsport. Business
that winter, was dreadful dull. No
body died suddenly, or was drowned OF
murdered, and Butcher not only
had nothing to do, but he made no fees,
and was as poor as Walt Whitman's
poetry. Suddenly a mania for commit
ting suicide seemed to break out among
the people, Mrs. Brown fed herself
with strychnine; both the Smith girls
stuffed themselves with arsenic; Aleck
Jones took dose of laudanum; John
sons colored girl swallowed some bug
poison, and Mrs. Murphy's little son
ate four boxes of phosphorus matches.
These tragic events occurred at inter-
| walls of a few days, and in each case no
| sooner were the facts discovered than
Dr. Bumm was Mt once on hand with
his stomach pump. He emptied Mrs.
Brown all of sudden; he pumped out
the Smith girls he tore the laudanum
out Of Jones he separated the poison
from the colored girl, and he nearly
turned Mrs. Murphy's boy wrong side
out. All of them recovered. The cor
oner viewed these proceedings with re-
gret. He went to Bumm and suggested
that he would give 800 if the doctor
would close out his pump, and $50
more if he would go out of town for
three or four weeks. The coroner said
he did not wish to seem importunate
or obtrusive, but was tired of having
doctors meddle with his business. Then
DR.. Bumm affirmed that he would not
only not sell and not leave town, but
when the next poisoning case occurred,
he would buy steam-engine, attach it
to the machine, and pump the patient
throughout the unending ages of all
eternity if he wanted to. That night,
Butcher bribed the doctors boy to
bring him the pump for few moments.
Then he rubbed some nitro-glyccrinc
around the end of the piston and sent
it back. The next day Mary Jane Nc
Guire took oxalic acid Tho doctor
came he inserted the apparatus down
her throat and plunged the piston
down. A snap, shrek, loud e1plo-
sion, and Mary Jane, o where was
she ? Forty-seven pieces Of her We're
found, and they picked up twelve frag-
ments of the doctor, so the coroner had |
a chance for SO inquests, the fees of
which enabled him to buy barrel of
-four, get his wagon fixed, and give his
wife pink silk dress. He was the most |
enterprising coroner they ever had in |
Williamsport. .-PhHadclphid POST
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28
News of the Week.
EAST

"A new and ingenious plan Of copceainl
smnggled goods has been exposed on the
Havana steamers. The custom officers dis.
covered that the crew had slowed large LOT
of cigars and cigarettes in the sails on the
foretop mast. Seizures Of goods thus con.
cealed were made on tho steamers Cleopatra
and Moro Castle.
Steamers leaving New York for Europe
during May, June and July carried IS, 53G
cabin passengers, All excess OF 500 only over
the corresponding months OF 1872.
The pilots and pilot commissioners Of New
York condemn the proposed plan of the secre
tary Of the treasury to make them government
officers.
Much excitement was created in New
York among petroleum dealers by u heavy de-
cline in the prices OF crude and refined oil in
the face Of the fact that the shipments from
that city this year have reached the unusual
amount Of 1900, 600. The chief cause Of
the decline is said to be an increase Of eight
new wells in Pennsylvania, which are yielding
an average Of 500 barrels per day,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28
A Storm on the Coast.

A storm, like all great realities, il
grandest and when best seen; it ha.
nothing to gain from indistinctness ol
view. Night, if itincreases the danger
conceals what the Imagination can
hardly reproduce, and cannot surpass.
The low, driving scud overhead is swept
along ceaselessly in formless murki,
ness; huge masses of foam, churned
up in the recesses of the rocks, are torn
up by the fierce blasts of the wind and
whirled wildly through the air, shifting
against the face of the cliffs and the
green banks above, which are fecked
with white as from the remains of a
snow-storm. The black, rocky coast
line to the south, until it is lost in q
sustained confusion of surging spray
and cloud, seems dwarfed under the
snow-white columns that are hurled up
from its base, the SUBMITS of which,
struck by the level wind above, stream
far inland, a ragged curtain of spray,
while the heaving masses thunder down
again in q thousand cataracts. The
nearer piers, with their lofty staging,
are buried under the waves, which leap
a hundred feet above them as in sudden
surprise and wrath at their premature
arrest. Out at sea, as far as the eye
can penetrate, all is scene Of wild and
tumultumous commotion, multitude
nous as tho waving tops of forest-trees,
but incomparably more violent, no sue
cession or common motion can be OBJ
served, wave leaps above wave against
the lowering clouds, to fall back, burst
and baflled, until nearing the shore,
they seem to marshal themselves for
assault, and, rushing on in swift sue
ceeding lines, rear up their turbid
might, bounding, quivering, coiling,
until they precipitate themselves into
the gulf which foreruns them, or are
hurled unbroken against the rocks.
Sometimes, before the break of such
storm, the sun darts out for moment,
and all the countless features of the
scene, before obscured in gloom and in
distinctness, stand out sharp and clear
as by supernatural revelation; or, at
night, when the lower rack has been
swept away, and the upper clouds have
again piled themselves into masses, the
full moon pours down between them
through the storm washed air flood of
stainless light, which transforms all the
terror and grandeur into wild beauty
and mrail grace. The rocks and piers
are masked in shifting wreaths of snow
white cloud, the crash and roar of the |
breakers is carried off by the wind, and
the waves, now all silver-white, appear
to gambol and chase each other in
harmless play, seemingly incapable of
hurt to ship or life and on the ex- |
treme verge of the horizon, beyond the
nearer light and farther darkness bound |
ing it, there is streak of purest, |
calmest brightness, which seems to
speak of a region beyond all of perfect |
light and peace. But it is very rarely
that a smiling heaven thus transfgures
the wrathfull face of the deep, and most
commonly storm dies out in the sullen
gloom which has been one of the most
striking and oppressive features of its
previous course.-We CO1nhU Maga-
zine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28

THI Holy CRoss.-Prof. Hayden,
writing from the camp on the west
slopes of the Rocky mountains, reports
that his expedition had attained the
summit of Mount Lincoln, and ascer-
tanned its elevation to be fourteen thou
sand three hundred feet. From this
point at least fifteen mountains were
seen, which are fourteen thousand feet
above the sea-level, and two hundred
and fifty having attitudes of thirteen
thousand feet above tide-water, while
on the summit of Mount Lincoln the
desired peak was revealed, which bears
the name of "Holy Cross" and is COM
puted to be seventeen thousand feet
high. On its eastern face are two deep
assures, crossing each other at right
angles, making perfect cross, and
which at all seasons of the year are
filled with snow. This mountain is
believed to be the highest in North
America.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-08-28
How the Apaches Pop the Question

Even those copper-colored -throats,
the Apache Indians, have touch of
delicacy and romance in them. From a
lecture delivered III San Francisco by
COL John G. Carmony, we take the fol-
lowing account of their counting GUS
toms : Every young girl is at liberty to
refuse suitor for her hand. The
father, mother and brother are prohibi-
ted from interfering in her choice. Her
person is at her own disposal. After a
brief courtship the lover makes a form
al proposal by offering so many horses.
Horses are standard of value among
the Indians. AS the squaw does all the
work, horses are accepted as an equiva-
lent for her labor. When young war
rior becomes enamored, he fastens his
horse near the wigwam of the squaw
whose hand he seeks, where he is left
four days. If she fails to feed and
water the horse during that time, the
master is rejected; but if she accepts
his offer she grooms and kindly cares
for the horse, and then ties him to the
wigwam of her lover, as much as to say,
81 am willing to be your slave and do
your work" At the marriage the sages
and sachems meet together, and the
bride is not unfrequently loaded with
forty to fifty pounds of silver and cop
nor trinklets