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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

OvERREAcHINa HIMsELY.-An anec-
dote is told of velpeau, fhe eminent
French surgeon. He had successfully
performed, on little child Eve years
old, most perilous operation. The
mother came to him and said:
Monsieur, my son i saved. and
really know not how to express my grat.
itude; allow me, however, TO present you
with this pocket-book, embroidered BY
my own hands"
''Oh, Madame, replied Velpean, sharp.
ly. "my art is not merely . question Of
feeling. Ny life has its requirement.
ike yours; dress, even, which i . lux.
ury to you, is necessary for me. Allow
me, therefore, to refuse your charming
little present in exchange for . more
substantial remuneration"
But, Monsieur, what remuneration
do you desire? Fix the fee yourself" /"
Five thousand francs, madame"
The lady quietly opened the pocket
book, which contained ten thousand
francs in notes, counted out i've, and
after politely handing them over TO Vel
peau, retired Imagine his feelings -
Medical Record.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

LUpIcRoUs SCENE IN PULPIr.-A
South German paper relates the follow
ing: I'm Bavarian town of the most
pronounced Catholic orthodox. the priest
preached lately against the Old Catho-
olics and related such horrible things
about them that his pious hearers were
literally horror-stricken at Old Catholic
impieties. At last the preacher cried
out, The Old Catholics are SO vile that
they will all be cast into the pit, and if
what l say is not true, may the devil
take me on the spot! 4! His excitement
was terrible, and he so struck the cush-
ion that tho book fell from it. Not far
from the pulpit there sat an American,
who had a negro servant with him, to
whom he beckoned to take the book up
to the priest, who, perhaps, had never
seen one of those sons of Ham in his
life. The negro at once obeyed, and as
he mounted the lowest of the pulpit
steps the clergyman repeated his wish,
that the devil might come if what he
had said against the Old Catholics was
not true.
Although the negro went softly, the
preacher heard his footsteps, and turn
ing around, saw black object solemn.
", steadily, and surely approaching him.
He looked at him in terror, and believ.
ing that he would be the next instant
colared by his Satanic Majesty, he
cried out, with trembling voice, 1t is,
after all, possible that there may be
good people among the Old Catholics.
Turning then around to see if the OBJ
ject had disappeared, he saw it still
steadily approaching. The perspiration
burst out upon his brow; and full OF
despair he called out, There are even
many good people among the Old Cath.
oics y. Thinking that this would suf.
fee, he turned around, but what was his
horror to find that the object was close
at hand. Imagining himself in the
very grasp of Beelzebub. turning partly
to the negro and partly to the eongre.
cation, he cried out, May the devil
come and take me if all the Old Catho-
lies are not better than We arev The
terrified priest tainted from the fright
and it was only after some time that be
recovered"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

AT NIGHr.-Herc is one Of Thacke-
rays pleasant touches: 1T is night
now, and here is home. Gathered un-
der the quiet roof, elders and children
lie alike Mt rest. In the midst of a
great calm the stars look out from the
heavens. The silence is peopled with
the sorrowful remorse for sins
and short -comings, memories Of passion
ate joys and griefs rise out Of their
graves, both now alike calm and sad
Eyes, as shut mine, look at me, that
have long since ceased to shine. The
town and the fair landscape sleep un-
der the starlight, wreathed under the
autumn mists. Twinkling among the
houses a light keeps watch, here and
there in what may be a sick chamber or
two. The clock tolls sweetly in the ST.
lent air. Here is night and rest. An
awful sense of thanks makes the heart
swell and the head bow, as / pass to
my room through the sleeping house.
and fall as though q hushed blessing
were upon it"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

MysrEHlEs.-It i . singular fact,
says . PArisian writer, that man gem
orally requires different qualities IN .
wife from those be admires in sweet
heart. While . lover, he expected to
zee his future wife neatly and stylishly
dressed whenever he chose TO call, either
morning or evening, and the girl busted
her little brain I'll day in efforts TO
please his taste. II he left town for q
few days, he sent letters full Of sweet
nothings that filed her soul with Joy.
Then came delightful Eamhles in the
mOonk9ht, an1 henzs spent in. eharuns
1gJu ~ tlSg 1Am1 1s6 80
tired, when the two saw no one but each
other in their world Of love.
Also that such bliss must ever be
dispelled. Time brought preparations
for the approaching wedding; for the
devoted couple imagined that their hap
piness could never be complete until the
hymeneal knot was tied.
So the wedding and honey moon were
soon over, and the parties settled into
the matter Of fact part Of life. The
bride knows nothing of housekeeping.
Since her schooldays she has spent her
time in studying the tastes Of her low
er, which certainly seemed to incline
towards dress and sentimentaity.
Now, alas! she discovers that his
stomach demands food of the best
quality, and because she knows not
how to cater to his palate his love
seems to be waning. While he is vain
ly trying to appease hunger with sour
bread and burned steak, little does he
appreciate the sweet nonsense and
honeyed words which used to be 50
satisfying to his sentimental nature
All, men are 50 unreasonable They
expect to find every quality of excel
lence in the woman they marry, vet
have not penetration sufficient to choose
the most worthy. To shine in society,
to exhibit every feminine accomplish
ment, both at home and abroad, are du-
ties which they require in the women
they marry; and what have they to give
in return? 1t seems impossible that
terize the lover shonld be SO withdrawn
by the husband.
The other day when I heard a neigh
Dor demanding his dinner in not the
most pleasant tone, l thought, ''Can it
be possible that he ever played the ar
dent lover to that pale, detected woman,
whom he called his wife,
The lover who could scarcely tear
himself away from his sweetheart at
midnight is the same man now who
leaves his wife to spend her evenings as
best she may. while he passes the hours
in doubtful enjoyment.
All! how soon men forget the solemn
vow to love and cherish till death -
And how many women regret that the
charming delusions of courtship were
ever exchanged for the unpleasant real
tiles of marriage.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

CHINESE MAxrns.-1. Let every one
sweep the snow from his own door. and
not busy himself about the frost on
his neighbor's tiles.
2. Great wealth comes by destiny:
moderate wealth by industry.
8. The ripest fruit will not drop into
your mouth.
4. The pleasure of doing good is the
only one that does not wear out.
5. Dig q well before YOU are thirs-
ty.
6. Water does not remain in the
mountains, nor vengeance in a great
mind.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

q Tom bought . gallon u gin to
take home. and, BY way Of hbel, wrote
his name upon card, which happened
to be the seven of clubs, and ted Il to
the handle. A friend coming along
and observing the jug. quietly remark-
ed, That's an awful careless way 10
leave that liquor 70
"Why 2" said Tom.
because somebody might conc sloua
with the eight Of clubs and take Il. /"
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

An American youth. while travelling
in California, was ambitiously display
ing a small pistol before a brawny mi
ner whose belt was weighed down with
two heavy six shooters. when the miner
asked what he had there. why" re-
Piled the youth. that is pistol"
well" said the rough, "if you should
shoot ne with that, and I should find
it out, I'd lick you ike fun"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12
NOTICE..

a Ii Persoes are hereby forewarned
IA from crossing. or ,resspsssing upon
cay psrt Of my farm kaosu - Harrow
Hills," situated near the village Of Chap.
sieo. sflcr this date with or without dos
o. gan. Aeaias, oil offenders. the law
Will be rigidiy enforced.
GEO. Il GARNER.
Got. %, ls74-lms
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

ThAvAIl OF L1rs-In 8 hte London
|paYr ths following vas appended TO
: notioe Of : woman starved to dea&h !:
s0n Thursday ha landlord opened
tie baze rooua, whence Al the furniture
had ben taken bit By bit for food
Tksse va no fuel no food IN the room;
only sksleton that : lev day before
lid hid down herpen, never TO take il
|up ae6 laid Il down in that moment
~ shildhooa's Aons had risen
- i1nn e -
lOll64 into sts<nity . dep sesl'
Who was Il that thus went out . fam
ished thing into the world to come p
Her journal contained these few words,
the name Of the owner having been care
fully erased:
'tFire I have gone without for days,
and now I am trying to see how long
this tired body can endure without food.
Strange, that during the last few days I
have lived over again my girlhood's
life. lam again in the old rectory, once
more I hear through the open church
windows the fow Of the river, I smell
the sweet-scented hay; and amidst all
this dreamy, delicious Sabbath silence,
a voice is preaching the Law Of charity
to simple listeners: Faith, hope and
charity; but the greatest Of these is
charity" So far have listened, and
I am off again, eyes and thoughts fol-
lowing the gayly winged butterfly which
has Just come in at the opened win
dow.
I'VE penetrate into the very heart Of
the dense copse, and somehow or other
silence keeps our tongues. The ripened
nuts fall softly upon the dried leaves,
and the ninble little squirrel overhead
is eyeing up askance. Suddenly my
brother leaps to his feet to gather some
flowers growingnear. I am by his side;
he has extended his hand, but it is rap
idly withdraw viper's head had dart
ed up from among the moss. .
Hunger tortures me, and the water I
drink is icy cold; but I am in sunny
France-sunny Southern France, and
our convent grounds slope to the swift
Rhone. We. . knot Of happy girls. are
talking Of our future. I do not look SO
far as they; my eye is following the Ia
den grape carts as they wind slowly
down the opposite hill and some grape
gatherers are singing in their soft pa
thos, so musical and sweet when draped
in poetry. Schiller's Maria Stuart rings
in my ears, mixed with murmur of the
Rhone, and 1 stay my pen to listen to
waters as they leap over Schaffhausen's 9
Falls; the murmur grows louder, the
waters are dashing along in mighty
food; they deafen me-they are COM
ing nearer and nearer. But "Wi die
Arbit, 80 der Lonu" repeats itself again
and again. CAS- the labor, SO the re-
ward" I have hbored, and my reward
is hunger, cold, q paupers grave. I
will try q little longer. appeal to
your relatives" I am told each time
I ask for help. did appeal. One
sent me five shillings, another sent me
two, and told me to make use of my
education-that would find me bread.
I dropped the seven shilling into the
poor box last Sunday when 1 dragged
myself to church. I could not buy
bread with anything so grudgingly Civ
en-. The four walls of my desolate room
close around me, the roar of the cata-
ract of the Rhine comes nearer, but a
voice from its dim waters says: ''The
greatest of these is charity" Have /
lived in vain? Shall l die in vain ?"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

How mulch better it would have been
to have shaken hands and allow it was
all a mistake! ~ said Detroit Judge.
Then the lion and the lamb would
have lain down together, and white
robed peace would have famed you with
her smiles of appreciation. But no; you
went to clawing and biting and rolling
in the mud, and here you are. It's Eve
dollars apiece"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

"My dear sir" said candidate, ac-
costing a stray wag ON the day Of elec-
tion, Il am very glad to see YOU.
"You needn't be" replied the wag. Il
have voted"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

Read this. my dear: "Be assured
that when once q woman begins to be
ashamed Of what she ought not to be
ashamed Of she win not be ashamed Of
what she ought"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

A negro boy was driving . mule in
Jamaica. when the animal suddenly
stopped and refused to bulge. Wont
60, eh :" said the boy. "Feel grand,
do your Ispose you forgot your fad
der was . jacfass"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

One Of the meanest things . small
boy can do is to put tacks in the chairs
when he knows that young man is
coming to call on his sister that even
ing.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

AsO@1s0 - kk1Y
measures, lfr. Gates 81 -. = krilr.
I earned my own living bveoss nv
you and I can again
Mr.. Radcliffe Gates loohsd u3sasily
around at the crowd Of gaping clerks.
James, he said, cali me > hck.-
Ny, dear, let me take you home.'
Not until I have sold the restof my
Strawberries, saucily retorted the soung
wife.
TN take 'em-at any price, mpa.
tiently exclaimed the banker.
Cash DOWN.
Yes; anything, everything -onlj jcome
out of this crowd
So Mr.. and Mrs. Gates went home,
and that evening the banker agreed to
make his wife a regular allowance Of %
much per week, to be paid down every
week, Monday morning at the Breakfast
table.
But wen have no more selling straw.
berries said Mr.. Gates nervousk.
To be sure not said Milly. AN !
wanted was little money Of my own.
And Mr.. Radcliffe Gates respected
his wife all the more because she had
conquered him in fair battle.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

Here is a comical advertisement -
ITO the credit drapery trade. Wanted.
a young man to be partly out OF doors
and partly behind the counter" What
will be the result when the door slams
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

MARY Jane, have you given the gold
6sh fresh water mo. ma'am.-
WHAT'S the use they haven't drunk up
what's in there y-i.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

An exchange asks: "where does the
cotton go 2" We know where good
deal of il goes, but don't like to tell
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

The earliest participants in the fall
Ira lie Adam and EysI
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

m MD TB
.=-=--
away, almost wishing that she Was Nil
licent Haughton once again, behind her
desk in the little red school house.
She looked around at the inlaid fur
niture. Aubusson carpets and satin win
dow draperies, and thought, with pas
sionate pang, how little an this ayailed
her.
IT il 20 provoking Of Radeliasr she
uurmursd- I've haf : mind 70 50 out
70 service. dressmaking Or eoUething
for pnee hnse - ~ - ~
rSuss snen sesv xnocked y tne
door, wisn . basket ana . note.
An oid iaoy' IN snaker bonnet ana
one horse wagon, lett 1t, SAID the giri
with a scarcely -disguised litter. She
wouldn't come IN, although invited
her.
Mrs. dates opened the note.
IL ran' In q SUN oid-Iasnioned call
graphy' as IL the pen were an unwonted
implement IN the writer 8 hand:
DEAR MILLY:-The strawberries In
the south medder lot are Just ripe,
where you used to pick 'em when you
were little gal; 80 Penelope picked o
lot, and we make bold to send them to
you, for the sake OF old times, as aunt
Araminta is going to the city to-mor-
row. We hope you Will like them
Affectionately your kind friend,
.M,,,,u vpr,,onx,
Tho +o,rs sn.- -t,sd :, tho hr;da.s exe.
;,s.,,t :. soam.a % bsr 49, ;f
a.. w,. . merry child aoa;n r;ck;n,
.,r,whorr;.. IN Tho Golden rain Of J,,v
.unsh;ne x;th the scent Of wild roses
on the mir and the gury,e Of the little
trout stream close bv
Ana.. -. If.o, ~. ia of n. o-...
,..Lo. g n.;u.o, ,,..;ou. fr,;. .,a
;uh.,.a ~, s.,;.;,,. ,..rfuus , sndd.r
;5o, da-t.a into his hs,a
Nov 7 will have money Of INV own y
81. .-;.a -.mo,ev that vii, .arn
mvs.,f and tbus be ;,denendert
Half an bour Afterwards Mrs. Gates
came down stairs to the infinite amaze.
ment Of Rachael the chambermaid and
To,;sa enar,or maid in a brown ring.
ham dress. a white pioue SUM- bonnet,
and n basket on her arm >
Wont vou h.-~sne carriage, ma'am?'
asked ~ latter, as Mrs. Gates beckon-
'eu to a passing omnibus.
NO. won said the bankers lady.
And within the city limits she alighted.
and began work IN good earnest.
Strawberries who'll buy my wild
strawoerr1es rang out her clear, shrili
voice. as she walked along, lightly bal
aheihg the weight on her arm' and en-
Jo!ihe the impfom'u masquerade as
ohiy spif'teo young man can.
Mrs Fowler bought four quarts for
preserving, at twenty-five cents per
quart.
"iid berries has such flavor! said
the Old lady, rehectively. And taint
often You get 'em here in the city. /
spose you don't come round regularly,
young woman:
NO, don't, nam"
Because You might get some good
customers, said Mrs. Fowler.
Miss Sininthia Hall. who kept board
ers, purchased two quarts; Mrs. Cap
tam Barbary took one; and then Mili-
cent jumped on the cars and rode wea-
MY down town.
I've got dollar and twenty-five
cents OF my own now at all events, said
she to herself.
Strawberries Nice. ripe wild straw
berries! Buy my strawberries
Her sweet voice resound ded through
the halls Of the great marble on whose
first fioor the bank was situated.
1t chanced to be dun interval of
business just then, and the cashier looked
up with a yawn.
81 Al
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-11-12

MAX ADELER's HuMoR.-Our coun-
ty fair is Just over, but Johnson's .
Cotswold ram did not take the prize
that was offered for the best animal Of
that kind. Judge Pitman was chair
man of the committee on rams, and he
manifested the deepest interest in John
sons ram, indicating clearly that if any
sheep ought to take a prize that one
ought to. Johnson's ram was by itself
in q pen with high board fence, and
before adjudicating the prizes the
Judge thought he had better 10 ii and
make close examination of the animal
for the purpose of ascertaining the fine-
ness of its wool, etc. As soon a the
Judge reached the interior he walked
towards the ram, wherupon the ram be-
gan to lower its head to the ground
and to shake it ominously. Just as
the Judge was about to feel ths fleece,
the ram leaped forward and planted its
head in the Judges stomach, rolling
him over on the ground. Before the
Judge had time to realize what had
happened, the ram came at him again
and began a series of promiscuous butts,
each given with the precision and force
of pile-driver. 1t butted the Judge
on the back, on the ribs, on his arms,
on his shoulder-blades, on the bald
place on his head, ON his breast, on his
shins, it butted his ncse, it butted his
watch into q mass of loose cog-wheels,
it hutted his spectacles of, it butted his
high hat into black silk chaos, it butted
him over into fence corner and up
against the fence, then it butted four
boards out of the fence, butted down
another of the committee, butted three
small boys into fits, butted the money
taker at the gate, and then fed out into
the country. butting harmlessly at the
fresh air. The Judge did not distri-
butte the prizes that day. When collec-
ted from various parts of the pen, they
wiped the mud from his trousers and
the blood from his nose, and sent him
home with a perennial stomachache and
a determination to start after that wan
dering mutton the first thing in the
morning with a shotgun.