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DIED.


On themo-ning Of the 25,h Of June, at III
residence Of her mother Mrs. G. Myers. George
town, d. c., In the triumph OF the faith Q
4 hriss and af,er a painful illness offive months
which she bore With Christian resignation ant
patience, EMMA j., wife Of Rev. George berry
On Friday morn,ng last, the 2,,h ul.., Of con
gcs,ion of tho brain, after n brief illness, MARY
PAGE. daughter Of James $. and Mildred c
Downs, aged II months and days. '.f
Oar Pagie sleeps beneath the tod
Her spirit rests now with her God .''4
Her form beneath the clay; .a iHl
No worldly care can reach her now, II
To mar the beauty OF that brow 81,
We'last looked on to-day.
Sleep Pagie sleep the garland wreash, =
Placed on thy brow bv friends Of earth,
BY mortal hands was made; q,
OF roses fair and vergreen,
Twill be exchanged. By hands unseen,
For one that cannot fade.
Slcep darling sleep thy tender youth
Had taught thee nought Of earth bat truth -
Thy spirit knew no guile; jf .-.-
Then, why lament? Give way to gfRf y-.
Give vent to tears, to tiud relief -- d. (.
Each tear should be . smile.
Sleep Pagic sieer the span Of life.
Though short, finds never-ending strife
And tamult here below; 70.
And though 'twere bliss to have thee near
To soo,he the heart-keep back the tear
LIES evils thou wouldst know.
s#
Sleep darling sleep ! for BY thy side -4,
Lies one, like thee. her parents pride
One bright ana fair as thou;
We mourn her now rs Of the past
As one whose lots with Angels cnst-
She's dearer 70 Us now.
Sleep Pagie sleep sisters care
Wouis guard thee, were IL needed where
D.. THIS spirit now roves free; .i.7 c.
The mighty arm Of God. alone, s....
Swavs the Grand Scsp,re of His throne-
" ould we were now with thee
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03
CLIFTON
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.

Ia Apply 20 Principal, MARKHAM STA.
TioN. auQUIER To, VI References: Ma
rslapd, Chas, ensl'Robert Clagei,, Esqs, Prince
Georges Co; II. c. nallam AID Col Charles
Marshall Baltimore. ,Atkansas, ". II. john
son, ESQ, Rives Landing Arkansas River
Louisiana, g. &. Trudeau. BEG. Parish. ~.
James; John s. Wallis. Esq, New Orleans.
Virginia, the two bishops Of p. f. Church, aud
Col. chas. venable, Chairman Of Faculty Cni-
versity Virginia. '. g. Jia do - I'D
4 JAQuEILN AMBLER.
"a. . mazda. Principal.
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~ s. ~ PE7TEN8ML T. CO.. 81
W. Fsrk Roc ~. Y, 10 South Street.
Boston. aid Ioi Chestnut Sired, Phiiad.l-
phia are.ige~ts fsr 81. AHry's Beacon in she
a5ore cities and autaoriscd to contract for 3D.
rertisng at enr io,sest rates. r
-May 10, 1873. isE -AfE f
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Agents Wanted for the New Book
Epi den,ic E. Cont agi0us Diseases

With the newest and best trea,men, for all cases.
The only thorough work Of the Kind In the
world, Embraces SMALLPOX, YELLOW
FEVER, CHOLERA and all analogous dis
eases. No Family Safe HiAout II, and all buy
it. Has - chroma,ic Illustrations. The big
gcst eiisnee cfthe season for agents. Address
II. $. GOOD5pEED 3 CO., 81 Park Row, New
York. & --,t t. 81. .. ...-
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Al elegant Alum for IS cents, bedding g
fsii sired cards. besnd In faIi gilt cover and
sold ~ the low price Of - cents suitable for tho
pocket or centre table. Order sample By mail.
pest paid % receipt d - ctnts. ) Tor 80 cents,
-.ass So iunROw 4 CO.,
esa~. 49,, Rnitisnore. VA.
~ Aksais wanted. Caislogses o: Beoks,
Pictures, Be, sens free.
sane IS. fe53--3t. =
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DYSPEPSIA.

rwili senda prescription foe she speedy cure Of
this Distressing eonsplaint 90 rrcefps 81 twenty
6ve eests md . fhr6R eeat shMp. would su8d
- PsssxsipdSn frse, bss nmt eisGye . snail
cULLdGGH, Rsrlaale Nlf. jsssrsos. Co..
Pa.
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$50 . week guaranteed, Respectable employ
ment 81 home. day OF evening; no cagi,ai re-
qnired; fall ins:rselisns and valuable package
Of goods sent free, by mail. Address, with six
cent return stamp, n. YOUNG & CO., I7S
Greeuwich ST., y. Y. 81
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

RELIGIOUS There will be YES
PIERS a. st, A)oysius' church. Leonard
Town. on Sunday next. July 9th, att
o'clock. p. IN. =.
July 3rd, 1878.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

GuASo, Erc.--'we note fair supply of Chin
cha Island Cpano in dealers hands, which is
selling at $50 per ton Of 1000 Tbs, currency.
but there is no stock in agents hands. Gua-
nape we quote At $50 per long ton in lots Of
10 to 80 tous, with a deduction OF On cenn 10
$3.50 per ton for lots from SO to $50 toas.-
There is an active Southern trade demand for
Fertilizers. and the leading makers command
s45@S50 per ton, v lille iaferior kinds are much
lower. -..-r
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

An excellent Dwelling House, in FIRST rate
"A condition, with 20 acres Of land attached.
The out-huild ings are modern and eommodi.
Gus. The soil Of the land is excellent, and its
condition. COED. The facing 10 new and OF
FIRST eiass an,teriai. "a
The situaiion 10 well sniied TO q Physician,
or 10 shy -persen desiring a comfortable resi-
denre IN aheaithy and pleasant locality.
't Stssmbost communication and the general
saltwater advantages in convenient distance
10 the property. -r, r.....-
For tsr,ns aud particulars, address
CQMBS & DOWNS, n
H'. Attorneys for Owners
i# s. leonsrdtowa, Nd.
juno &c, l313-G.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

Ok COO per day ! Agents wsn,edl
SCC TO DIV All glasses of working
people, Of either sex, young Or old, make more
money at work for US in their spare moments
or all the time, than at any thing else. Particu:
lars free. Addrr. G. S1lNSON CO., Port:
land, Maine.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

nAO Per Week In caSU,o Agents.
DZkU Everything furnished and expenses
faia. A. COULTER co., Charlotte, Mich.
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Good Agemts Wanted For
Ererybodys OsOn Physician.

by C ". GLrAsox, N. D. Sells rapidly. One
asen, sold loo in one week: Apply at once TO
II. N. MCKINNEY & 90, Philadelphia, Pa.
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WANTED,

Il DOkv YoCR HOMES with the new
|" Chrome, awake and ,"Asieep." Sells
like wild-fre. The pair sent for 50 cents. A
large discount to sgen;s. Address W. +. CAR
PENTER, Foxboro, Mass. -,
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week were abort ecaal 10 shose Of the wcsS neus 4
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tsphsss yhise 3Sfs IL ecna Ind ifoOo -
yellow frcm 81 down to 90 cents white closing
AT u cent? and yellow Al 60 cents. lighter -
fararss are abcai entering ,hc wheat harvest.
and shipments wiii be Interrupted for SOM
WEEKS Ih~ market Tor Western Cora -
ru.ec generally faset and steady, ard shows ii'-
tie or no change IN prices There has eeen con-
reTtseiy little business reported, the ealk o.
wncn Was tor forward delivery, as toisews;
5.ooo bushes mixed, last bali Jaiy, ~ % eensss
50. coo do, al Jelly, 50 cent: xe.0oo 10: same
month. on private terms and -, eop seseeas, 70
arrive. 81 - eenes
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
What a Hungry Boy Can Eat.

HAIN'T had nothin' to eat for hull
day, and l hain't got a cent. I'm from
Philadelphia"
This was the pitiful story told to Con-
tractor Magiil, by a stout, eartylooking
boy, the possessor Of remarkably fine
row of teeth.
"Why don't you go to work." asked
the contractor.
"I'm willin', but can't get any work."
the boy answered. Then he shed few
tears.
Mr. Magill looked sharply at the boy for
moment, then be sat down and wrote
the following note to Colgan, proprietor
of the Bank Oyster House:
Mr.. CoLGAN-Be kind enough to give the bearer
a good dinner, and charge 1t to me-
P. S.-Give him all he wants.
The boy, with tears of gratitude stream
ing from his eyes, took the note and left
for Colgan's. When he reached there he
presented MagilTs missive.
The boy was told to sit down to table.
"Hughey, the Veteran, came over to take
his order.
"Give me plate of quail on toast with
mushrooms" said the boy.
eye have fine mouth for quail" said
Hughey He thought the boy was chaff-
ing. But Colgan told him to take the or
der The quail was finished in about
three minutes.
"Have some turkey?' suggested Alder
man Dunno. The boy grinned and or
dered 'roast turkey, plate Of roast beef,
and glass of milk He put these things
away like man shoveling coal. Major
Horgan advised him to unbutton his coat.
The boy did better; he took it off, and
then ordered 'boiled chicken, baked po-
tatoes and saddle-rock stew" He SEEM
ed to have grown considerably when he
got through with this, and perspired
somewhat.
"Can't you eat a little more. sonny?"
asked Mr.. Macaulay.
cpl try, sir" replied the boy, meekly.
Then he ordered plate of lamb fries, a
| tenderloin steak, fxins, and saddle-rock
| fry. These articles of food disapp cared
as mysteriously as the others. The boy
| said he guessed he'd finish up with a
piece of mince pie" He seemed to enjoy
the pie until he came to a shirt button
and piece of shirt sleeve.
"Look here" said the boy to Hughey,
''see what found in this ERE pie"
"What do you expect to find?" shouted
Hughey. 'Do you think you ought to
find clane suit of clothes in one mince
pie"
To-day Mr. Colgan sent the annexed
bill to Mr.. Magill:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Birds Acquiring New and Brutal Hab-
it's.

PROF. SAMUEL LOCKWOOD gives an in
teresting account of that beautiful bird
known as the golden robin, or Baltimore
oriole, in connection with the common
humble bees. Last June large numbers
of these bees were found under the horse
chestnut trees, then in full bloom, in the
campus of Rutgers College, every one of
them decapitated, and the heads lying
around with the bodies; and it further
appears that every one Of the headless
bees was stingless male. The Professor
worked out the case with much patient
perseverance, and found to his surprise
that this wholesale slaughter was the
work of four orioles. Another fact which
astonished him was, that the bodies of
these insects were empty, the viscera
having been drawn out at the ring-like
opening where the head had been neatly
shipped by the birds. The process was
to catch the bees while lowering at the
ball-like opening Of the flowers. After
severing the head, they extracted the WIS.,
cera for the sake of the honey-sac. Several
very interesting considerations are
brought out in the course of the article
such as the acquired taste; the birds had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Better Times Coming.

WE are going to have better times for
farmers in the near future. And now is
the time to prepare for them. Get the
land ready. Make it clean, and get it in
to clover and grass. 1t will then be gain
ing fertility, and when the good times
come-as come they certainly will-this
land can be plowed with reasonable
prospect of producing good crop. But
if you continue to plow as many acres,
and undertake to work it with less labor,
the chances are that you will get meager
crops, and the land will become more and
more weedy, and when the good time
comes for corn to bring dollar bushel
where it now sells for twenty cents, and
pork and beef bring ten cents per pound,
llve-weight, where they now bring three
cents, you will have little to SELL 1t will
rain porridge, but your dish will not be
ready to catch it. History, experience,
observation, and common sense all de-
monstrate that good times never come to
poor farmers. If you can not do any
thing else towards improving your farm
the coming season, let me urge you at
any rate to make an earnest effort to kill
the weeds. This alone would add mil
lions to the wealth of the country
american AgricuNurtst.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
How to Restore Trees Killed by Frost.

THE following is taken from the report
of recent meeting of the Michigan fruit
growers at Battle Creek:
In view of the fact that thousands of
the fruit trees, especially the peach, have
beer injured by the severe cold of the
present winter, and that many have been
killed outright, it will be seen that any
thing that might indicate practicable
relief from the loss that will fall upon this
branch Of industry will be hailed with
satisfaction. On this subject, which was
next taken up By the society, the views of
Mr. Hartford, of Indiana, we're called out.
He said that in the cold winter of 1856 he
had an orchard of thrifty young trees alb
solutely killed to the snow line, and of
course total loss as far as appearances
indicated Or experience could suggest.
Knowing, however, that the trees had
been vigorous and that their roots must
possess considerable power of reproduce
ton, he proceeded to cut off the entire
top of every tree that had been killed, and
left nothing but slightly stumps through
out the orchard The spring came
on, advanced somewhat; he watched
his stumps with anxiety; found that num-
erous buds started out from these stubs,
put forth their shoots and made a re-
markable growth, and in two years he
had as good and healthy an orchard as
that which had been cut off by the frost.
Since that timehe had frequently occasion
to treat other trees in similar manner,
sometimes cutting off injured branches
only, and had almost uniformly had good
results. But it is necessary to cut Oft the
injured branches Of frozen tops as early
as possible after the snow is gone, and al
ways before the sap has begun to ascend
the tree.
Other gentlemen expressed their opin-
ions upon this very important point. To
the argument that this process would cut
off the present seasons product was an
swered that in orchards whose trees are
badly injured the crop of this year is out
of the question; often the orchard
may be saved by a timely application of
the surgical knife, and in two or three
years be in as good condition as before
frozen. A true economy cannot fail to
indicate the course to be pursued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Number One.

OUR article on the "egoistic and altruis-
tic theories" has drawn out number of
communications from our readers, show
ing the hold which the discussion has
taken of the public mind. One of these
writer's claims to have been startled by
our announcement that Christianity and
sound political economy alike require
every man to love his neighbor as him
self, and he asks how this is possible in
ordinary commercial intercourse He in
sists that he consults his own interests
alone in every bargain, and that man
who does not look after number one"
will soon 60 to the wall.
To this we reply that every mans own
interest, and a due regard for the initial
number Indicated, require an equal con-
sideration for the interest of others. If
the only consideration of bootmaker is
to obtain ten dollars for pair of boots,
and he has no consideration for the inter
est of the buyer, he will soon lose his
custom. Hemust see to Il that if he asks
ten dollars for his work he gives the Gus
toner ten dollars worth of boots. There
is no antagonism of interest, but q mutual
profit. The best workmen are evermore
looking out for customers who will ap-
preciate their skill and faithfulness, and
tNtIy CuSIULlcI Is III quest Oh q
workman who will give him the value of
his money. The buyer who is seeking to
cheat the maker by employing him at a
price too low, and the maker who is seek
ing to obtain his price without giving the
buyer good article as an honest eauiva-
lent for the money, are each acting on
the ''egoistic" theory, but not in a true
self-interest.
This is the great mistake made by those
who, through artificial means, endeavor
to circumvent the laws of trade and Sc
cure for their calling an undue relative
price. The journeyman who makes the
$40 boots insists that 81 is not enough
for his labor, and strikes for 50, or re,
fuses to work. If his employer gives ~
| and continues to sell for so, he is ruin.
ed, and the workman loses his place. IT
| the employer raises his price to $12 the
| extra cost diminishes the demand. The
old boots are worn longer, shoes are sub
stituted, some 60 with bare feet, and in
various ways the sale is diminished. In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
A Convict Artist.

THE Boston Post, in the course of an
interesting article on the Massachusetts,
State prison, thus describes one Of the
prisoners:
In the same room is a man by the name
Of Darling, who is also serving out a life
sentence for highway robbery. He has
been here several years, and is yet a
young man. He is a finelooking young
convict, a genius, and, notwithstanding
the fact Of his imprisonment he asserts
his determination that the world shall
vet acknowledge his power. He is re-
markably good artist, and he showed, at
the request of the officer, piece of work
on which he was engaged, and which he
intended for present to a lady in Cam
bridge, who had been very kind to him.
1t is an illustrated copy of Grey's Elegy,
which he is making, printing and all,
with pen and brush. The title-page is
exquisitely illustrated, and all the
illustrations are as carefully finished as
steel engravings. The drawing is spir-
tied and the whole conception good,
He has seized the spirit of the poem
with a correctness and fidelity that show
an entire appreciation. He is justly very
proud of his work, and his eyes shone
as praise followed on examination of
it.
"Has it taken you long?"
eight months to do what you see
there; but can only work at it about an
hour and a half day. If | could but
give my whole time to it'-and he turn
ed away to the drudgery of his every
day toll. This man was made for better
things, but he went wrong, and by his
own action made his life failure and to
such rare promise brought such sad full
fllment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10
Soap and Its Antiquity.

1T is not known when the method OF
manufacturing this article first became
known, but it is known that mention is
made Of it Gin the Old Testament" The
use of soap or some substitute for it is as
old as man; for in all ages, among civil
lied people cleanliness was a necessary
adjunct to the respectable appearance of
men and women in society; hence,
when the epidermis was to be renovated,
some natural or artificial continuance was
brought into requisition. In Asia, aka
line waters were found and used in prim-
tive and even later times for washing
clothes. The ancients used a preparation
or composition which nearly approached
the soap Of the present day. Many peo-
pie use earthly matters, as clays, which
have the properties of absorbing grease
from other substances and are used even
at this late day by fullers for cleansing
cloths. A certain kind of plant was used
by the Romans for its saponaceous quail
ties. A plant with rare and wonderful
cleansing properties is found in central
and southern Mexico, and is employed by
the natives in lieu of soap, and, indeed,
preferred to any artificial preparation yet
discovered in that country The Gauls,
it is believed, were the first to introduce
soap, and were, of course, the inventors
of it, while the Germans discovered the
method of making hard soap and the sew
eral varieties of the article. Next the dis
cOvery was transmitted to Rome, but
there it was used more as wash for the
hair than for cleaning clothes. Tallow
and the ashes of beech wood were the sub.
stances used in its manufacture. The ex-
ploratien of the city of Pompcii, after its
burial for period of 1,700 years, dis
closed the fact that soap mandatory
was in successful operation at the time of
its destruction, and, what is more re-
markable, the soap was IN a fine state of
preservation. There are berries in South
America, plants in some portions of Eu-
rope, and an herb in California possessing
all the virtues of the artificial soap. A
Mexican or Californian laundress will use
the herb in preference to the new tangled
article. The principle upon which the
manufacture of soap is based is the de-
composition of the oily body of the alkali,
and the combination of the latter with
the oily acids, the glycerine which was
previously combined with these acids be-
ing set free, and, indeed, lost in the hard
soaps. While the same principle enters
into all, the processes are as various as are
the materials employed Missouri Re
publican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-10

found out that honey was nice. Was it
not singular, too, that they had learned
that it could be got in such manner?
And there was also the curious fact that
the bird confined its marauding to the
white-headed bees, the stingless males
thus carrying on his terrible work with
impunity, and almost wantonness, as it
contented itself with simply the
honey-bearing sac. Prof. Lockwood
also notes q curious change
of habit in the king bird. Speaking of
the wonderfully plucky manner of this
courageous little bird IN attacking crows
and other large birds, as securing the
general admiration, he says that for him
self that admiration has gone down to
zero, as he has noticed that the bird has
not any true knightly qualities, but can
do some very mean things. The Pro-
fessor then instances a case in which
pair of robins had built nest in tree
SO near by that the process could be
watched from the house. A pair of king
birds kept all the time near, and watched
progress with genuine royal Incidence,
and, when all was finished, with kingly
impudence took possession. The rightful
owners made but a feeble effort to resist
this invasion. The king birds retained
possession until their young were raised
More than year ago, Prof. Lockwood
likewise called attention to the fact that
the great butcher bird, or northern shrike,
contrary to all precedent, had begun to
visit in winter the cities where the Eu-
ropean sparrows have become natural
lied. The bird in summer collects grass
hoppers, small lizards, ETC., and impales
them On the spines of the locust Or other
trees, eating them at its leisure. lie no.
tees the case in which a shrike in it's
winter visit gibbeted a sparrow in the
city by putting its neck in the crotch of
small branch of a larch, and then, having
knocked in the top of it's head, the bird
extracted its victims brains.