Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-07-03

is no longer TO be doubled. Our primer
psi cities are taking sanitary measures
with tue view of waraing Of The disease.
or Of modifying its attack. Blu. no. in
tie cities only. ought these prudential
measures be taken. Every town and vii
lagc. every farm house, cugh; to be thor
orghlJ elcanscd. Wbitcwash should be
used freely; cellars swept out and thorough
IL deodorizcd By chloride Of lime or other
disinfectan.. Stables. pig pens. poultry
houses. cow yards, garden-sinks, and stag
nan. pools of water. should be booked af-
ter and purified. Cleanliness of person
and prudence in diet should not be disre-
garded, as the cholera has special ATM
i'y for everything that is filthy. Let these
precautions be taken. without delay. abd
all that can be done to ward of the dis
ease will have been accomplished. Thor
ough cleanliness. prudence in eating and
drinking. and avoidance Of undue expo
sure. have always modified the disease,
whenever it has made its appearance.
Apart from the question of interest. it
is tie duty Of each and every of our ci,i-
zens to encourage home schools. home
stores. home manufactures and home
mechanics. The money. says cotem-
porary. which We spend at home adds
to the wealth Of our county. The
money We spend abroad impoverishes
US to the extent we carry or send it
abroad. We make our money at home.
and 50 far as practicable, we should spend
it at home. There are few articles that
enter into the consumption Of home life
that We cannot buy as cheap at home as
We can buy them abroad The experience
of every housekeeper proves this. This
profit, then, on the sale Of household goods
or farm implcmcn,s-which is about the
same whether you buy them at home or in
the city-wc should study to put in the
pocket Of the home factor, not the city sell
Ter. He is entitled to it, lie pays home
taxes, bears home burthens and bis pro-
fits are home wealth. The same is true
Of every county mechanic and manufac-
turer. All other things being equal. al
ways then encourage home schools, home
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chanics.
The New Orleans Times makes the fol
lowing comments upon the effects Of par
tyiSm." II says: ''In the West the pco-
pie look TO their Oranges for the accom-
plishmcnt of their emancipation from the
tyranny Of party rule. Here in Lou>i-
! ana. where this rule has been intolcrably
oppressive and corrupt, the people are
! casting about Cor similar emancipation.
They are tired of party rule. Of party
frauds and Of party plumber. In the hands
Of political schcmcrs what has been called
sclf-govcrnmcnt has proved to them the
bascst cheat imaginable. This condition
of things is no longer to be endured The
problem Of pacifca,ion aud union is now
up for consideration
The New York Journal Of C,mmercc,
gives the following remedy for all diseases
ola cholcraic character: Take equal parts
'incture Of opium, red pepper, rhubarb.
peppermint and camphor. and mix them
for use. In case of diarrhoca, take dose
OF ten or twenty drops in three or four
teaspoontuls OF water; no one who has
this By him. and takes it in time, will
ever have the cholera. Even when no
cholera is anticipated, it is an excellent
remedy for ordinary summer complaint.
1t is simple and cheap. and therefore can
be obtained by all classes Of people.
In consequence ofcur Pos; Office author
tiles awaiting themselves of peninsula rail
road facilities for the transmission Of pos.
tai matter from Washington aud other cit
les to this section, We are now in rcccip:
OF our mails at an early boar in the evct.-
ing. the schedule time at this office being
o'clock. The upper offices on the route.
. of course. receive them earlier. This is
the first ius,allmcnt of advantages VIC have
received from the coming railroad. but the
greatest is still in reserve. AL hail to it's
speedy coming.
The attention Of our readers is directed
TO an entertainment. elsewhere noticed,
which is to be given at Port Tobacco on
the evening of Tuesday. July the S,h. the
proceeds Of which are to be applied to the
benefit Of ST. Thomas church in that ccun-
,y. Besides the presence Of an excellcn,
band Of music aud plentiful supply of
light refreshments, the entertainment, is
to be enriched by the rendition Of Sheri-
dams play Of the Rivals" the Dramatic
Association Of Charles performing. We
bcspeak liberal representation from st.
Mary's.
Gen Howard, Of Freedman's Bureau
fame. having become unrleasantly mixed
up with the misapplicstion or rather self-ap-
plicatiOn Of funds rishsfully belonging to
} the Bureau. the Government. through its