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INV .NGS. FUR NITCRF.
| IL BARNS. OUT-HOLSES. FARM
PRODUCE, SC. &C., inauist on tie Ms-
;uai Plan By the
STATE OF MARYLAND
KUTCAL FIRE
Insurance Company
OF BALTIMORE,
Office No. II SosfA street.
30 HARRIS, President.
DIRECTORS.
SY Cauehv. e. Noah Walkers Co.
Philip T George. a. George Jenkins.
+ ID Anderson, 80 Anderson & BRO.
John Stack, Carpenter and 3uilder.
Hon George Brent Court Of Appeals.
George p jenkins. Charles county.
George Combs, s. Aary's s0any.
B. G. Harris,
This is a Home Company. gotten MP ex-
pressly in the interest Of the citizens OF
Southern MARYLAND. to enable them toover.
come the difficulties they experienced it,
procuring Insurance in the ordinary fnsur-
anee Companies. with = majority Gifts Di.
rectors well known in that community.
1t has been in business now over fouf
years. An losses accrued, and they have
been unusually large, hare been faith fully
and promptly paid, which - our best guar
antee fur the future.
The plan adopted is the safes. and cheap
est known IN Insurance, aud affords TO all
Insurance at it's exact cost. and ough'to be
encouraged by all who wish TO protect them
selves against loss or damage by fire.
II those interested will get ittheir patro-
mage and interest themselves in theincrrase
NJ il, business, in a Few years it wiliTank
among The largest Insurance corporations
in MARYLAND. a credit and benefit to all,
and an honor to the State.
GEO. A. SIMMS.
Gcnere! Asen, .or st. Mary's Co.
June 2j. lS73-tf.
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ST. NICHOLAS AGA DENY FOh
YOUNG LADIES.

MFRS. MARIA L. HAMMETT, assisted by
Vl competent teachers. has opened a school
for Young ladies, where all the English branches
of education are taught.
TERMS For boardcrs, S25 per quarter o!
ten weeks, PAYABLE in advance; Day Scholars.
SIS; Nusic and the Lang uages form extra charges
REFERENCES
Rev l. yigilau,i, s J , s, Inigoes'.
I" Is Toolc, a. ="
For further particulars. address
Mrs MARIA l. HAMMETT,
Great Mills =. o.,
St. Mary's county, Nd.
Sept -. ls7+-sm'3
IN LIoYp. late rRos. Z. SHOEMAKER,
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Sarsaparilla

Is widely known
rs one Ut the most
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cred for cleans
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and purifying the
blood. Il has
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years, with a con-
stantly growing
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DRAWING CERTAIN OR MONEY
REFUNDED.

Whole Tickets $50 Halves S25 Tenth,
or each Coupon. s. E'even Whole
Tickets. $500.
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CONFIRMATION NOTICE.
jos u Key B
ID 5 Briscoe,
fxecuiors OF
II G 5 Key,
W..
Josepkine piov1sa

10 the Circuit Court tor 81 Mar . couI-
~, sitting a. cour, Of Equity.
No. sss n. r.
nRnERED, this 10th dav OF Jas. 1873,
" that the Auditors Report. fied III
this cause, Be ratified ard confirmed, unisss
e.use 20 the contrary be shown on or h.
fore the srd Monday Of February. 1878
provided . copy Of this order be published
ia the 81. Aaryis Beacon. onee . week for
three succe ssive weeks prior to the said
A6 Monday of February.
JFRaNK FORD,
Clerk.
True eopy-Test:
J FRANK FORD.
Clerk.
Jae 81, ls1S-sw. tkb
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NOTICE
Business Notice.

I'VE undersigned, having enlarged his
Il shops. informs his friends and she public
generally iha, the keeps constantly ON hand
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For Tickets. or information. address
THO. +. BRAMLET1E. Agent and
Manager. Louisville. Ky.
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY
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FOR TIE SENATE.

Feb 4. 15:5-3wk
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To the Voters Of st Mar,'s Co

respectfully announce myself Ne = candi-
Is,e for reelection TO the office Of States At.
torncy for St Mary's county, AMI hope to re-
Give as heretofore, the liberal support Of ny
eCow-ciiizcns.
Esv -, 1873. J. PAkkAH CRANE
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FOR SHERIFF..

Is. THR Masses
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02
AUTUMN.

- Sx,i3en gleam Of an autumn day,
gs - ~ 10 rain raining as II in play;
VI S.snjer touch upon every thing,
- cessf5lri remembered the days Of spring.
:. lI,terine woods there Is not a breath
g S.1r fS1ir eold to the sr ard beneath;
~ s~isw y 81 sans hine upon them lies,
~ ~ san was hid in the shadowed skies
.o.<N c,ear crow from the barnyard comes
=. ~~fled bell from the belfry b0Ome,
~ ~ ssirt and dim and from far away,
go 3, s6c voices Of children in happy play.
=, a. nountains the white rain draws its veil
"a ~ black rocks cawing across them sail,
~ 1si,e nearer the swooping swallows skim
n thesteel gray rivers fretted brim.
{. mrow upon the landscape weighs,
= = - - the vanQuished summer DAYS:
y ~ sense Of peaceful and calm repOse
iiis jat which age in Its autumn knows.
!. rim. time longings are past and gone,
fss tsssipns Of summer no longer are known,
e 1vost is gathered, and autumn stands
seslB thoughtful with folded hands.
o,ral, il thrown memorial hue,
ifiay ileal the real meier knew;
~ HSmpry sits from the past its pain.
ia a8as its beauty alone TO remain.
vIAlnlfs smile and half sigh,
4 - Fl the past that has hurried bv:
ssss 3 aui feels it, and l0yes u all;
Cuaint thas vanished beyond recall.
0duicus autumn, thus serene,
III Hvine and loving all that has beeni
ms ealm and contented let me be sE;fE
Nh the aatamn Of age shall come to me.
-Btackscoofs Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02
Presence Of Mind Rewarded.

A remarkble instance of presence OF
mind on the part Of the captain OF 2
man-of-war is related by the st. Peters
burg papers. About the end OF August,
the Russian war frigate Olaf, which had
accompanied the yacht OF the Care
witch to Copenhagen. was lying at an
chor among hundreds OF other ships 10
the harbor when firewas discovered in
q coal cellar below, which was only
few feet from the powder magazine.
There was no time to put out the tre
before it could reach the magazine, and
an explosion Of the large stores Of car
tridces and gunpoWder contained IN It
would probably have destroyed not only
the Olaf and the surrounding ships, nut
part of Copenhagen itself. Capt. Keh-
hinder. the commander Of the Olaf, saw
at once that the only thing to be done
| to prevent catastrophe was to sink the
ship. After sending away the crew
with the ships papers, cash boxes, and
most valuable instruments in boats, ne
ordered the carpenters and engineers to
make leak in the vessel, and half an
hour afterwards she sunk in not very
deep water. Next day she was raised
again. and after some provisional re-
| pairs was taken 70 Cronstadt, where she
Is now lying in dock pending her com
plete restoration for service. Ine aam-
AGE done d stated to be comparaa!vey
triAinr. and the court martial heid on
the officers Of the vesDsl unaainlously
expressed the highest praise Of the
conduct OF the captain and his Mbordi-
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

A YOUNG lady in Washington County,
New York, beautiful and well-educated,
and the owner of an 5000 farm in her
own right, says that when she is mar
ried the entire wedding expenses, in
cluding her dresses, shall not cost over
s68, and that she will make her hus-
band happier than any city belle can
who takes off four chairs full Of padding
at night, and cannot go to a party
wearing dress that cost under $140.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

Mr.. JOHN GAvER, in removing the
old roof of the Nelson House, in Wells
vile, Ohio, found under the shingles
ten fiye-dollar bills of the State Bank OF
Ohio in good preservation. This money
is supposed to have been stolen and hid
den and forgotten years ago, as the
roof has been on some twenty years.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
IMPROVING ones time Mending the

IMPROVING ones time -Mending the
clock. s's-
HAS any body ever explained why
young man who is going to be married
invariably casts gloom over the occa-
sion by having his hair cut, and shortp
ST NEVER sot my hand to writin'
poetry till two years ago,',' said q young
ruralist, tilting back ina grocery chair;
g but the minute ] took to goin' with
that johnson girl, by gosh! I couldn't
help it. se siif Us Is
A YANKEE has invented q milking
machine that can be carried in pocket
book. Now if he we're to invent mich
COW that could be carried in the coat
tail pocket, his machine would sell more
rapidly.
THE latest discovery at Pompeii is
that of figure Of woman lighting 9
fire in the cook-stove, while her husband
is asleep in bed. And yet we talk about
the advanced civilization OF the Nine
teenth Century!
SAM-aI say, Jim, how does you like
my new sweet OBJ clothesP'' jim
.sSweet OBJ clothes! Go long. You
mean suit Of clothes. !" Sam-.'Go long
wild yer ownself, you black ignoramus!
Don't folks as knows French say sweet
of rooms? Well, de same am appl-
cable to clothes. Go whitewash yer
selfp"
STUMBLING into his room he sat down
on the edge Of the bed and soliloquized
thus: Feet wet, tight boots, . sore on
one hand an felon on t'0ther, and no
boot-jack in = house. Sings got to be
dif'rent. Ether / mus get married,
else get boot-jack. Whishall dop'
WHEN boy has been of al day, con-
trary to the expressed wish Of his moth
Ter, and on approaching the homestead
| at night, with an anxious and cautious
tread, finds company at tea, the express
| sion Of confidence and rectitude which
lights up his face cannot be reproduced
on canvas. ts4sss
A WOMAN with her first baby banged
lon her female neighbor's door the other
morning, about the time old topers
Icrawl out to hunt their morning. cheer,
and shrieked ont excitedly, 'sCome over
as soon as you get your breakfast; i
the baby hasn't got tooth Tn liar. =
An Engiishman was boasting to .
i Yankee that they had book in the
British Museum which was once owned
by Cicero. ssOh, that amt nothin' = re-
ltorted the Yankee; Sin the museum in
Boston they've got the 1ead-pencil that
Noah used 10 check Oh the animals that
lwent into the ark. /"
A VERY fashionable Danbury lady
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02
I'M STORY OF BAssET.

The Story OF 6aSS0t illustrates convict
ne, and Is otherwise curious The
lhther 81 this wayward vonth had heen
lie blacksmith Of the village. and died
when lie was a child. His mother was
,vcI16sn of 4 kind heart an aasv T;s
psIion, and weak win. She eyer
ttbed little control over her son Who
nkstrew up. was allowed to do mnch
4 u pleased. He was 4 hold .ct;va
nslsss; and withal somewhat w;llful
buy; IL first among his comnan;ons IN
Hsfy legitimate village pastime and
mneralE the first also ;r evarv mis-
shimous prsnk and nplawful ascs srsdo
Quhs sundisciplined. and folIow;ng -
il things his own w{ll and pleasure. he he
I'D not bad or callous heart and af. e.
II hitown wild, boyish fashion loved
lsnother. After = lonc w;dovhosd
Nh. Basset married ara;n and vo,,no
Basset found in this new fsthor ona e
: ltsosv : Win a. hi h;,nsass M a".ucI olo y
trident that the two could never : i've IL N tn
sslA6r on terms Of aoreamant srJ I .ha ~
asqiather determined that The ho,, , .,,,,.. -.
hare the house. He therefore annren.
lad him on board man-of.wa,. snd
!uung Basset took his denartnre For
.iHle time, while the novaltv ~ the
Ai1x lasted. he liked his reu re- - III I
b1Ke very long he hogan - vasyv ,s 80
taaHis previous life had heen - the y ~orst :.
dsehoo1ing for the enforced d;sc;nI;na
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-12-02

pduScu q lew ulOulcutS UoAOlc uC opOACs
and then said:s "Is the master at
home, missis p''
"No; but expect him every minute, -
Mrs. Kavanagh replied.
Then, with your leave, missis, I'll
wait for him. and without speaking
more, Basset seated himself on the
ground.
At that moment Mrs. Kavanagh
caught sight of her husband advancing
rapidly on horseback. She went for
ward with the two children to meet him,
and Kayanagh checked his horse and
alighted as they approached.
" Hugh" said Mrs. Kavanagh quick
ly, here is a man wishing to see you,
a strange, wild looking creature / never
saw before" In another moment the
two men stood face to face.
"Mister, !" began Basset, with slight
motion of his hand, indicative of de-
sire to be allowed to speak first, "my
name is Basset. / am convict, . lag.
escaped twelve years ago. Some'n
say that was wrong; maybe it was, and
maybe they'd have done the same If
they'd been me. But let that 60. I've
been living in the woods ever since-a
long time with the blacks, . long time
by myself, as you see me. Maybe you
will wonder when tell you have got
a good many things together up there
in the mountains. Well, / stole 'em-I
stole 'em from you; came down here,
and took 'em away at night; but, as
Heaven is my witness, never took
more'n needed; and now you can have
'em, most all, back again. Some of the
things, the sheep and the goats, has
more'n trebled. I'm tired out living
alone. I'm giving in. You can do with
me as you like, master; keep me about
the place If you can; give me up to the
beaks, if you must. -
Basset spoke in q quiet composed
voice, but as he uttered his last words
there was slightly eager, questioning
look in his eyes. Kavanagh was SUR
prised, perplexed. True, the man had
confessed that he had more than once
robbed him, but Kavanagh felt thankful
4 that he had done no more. He might
have visited the house in his absence and
murdered his wife and children. Kaya-
nagh every now and then heard Of such
things, deeds of ruthless cruelty done
by escaped convicts, men who, turning
bush-rangers, held the parts of the coun-
| try which they frequented in terror BY
the audacity Of their crimes until recap
tured or reduced tosurrender BY starva
. ton. But this man had lived, seeming
ily, q very different kind Of life, and had
done no worse than to steal q few things
haan ELI ' M Moraossr s :. - - saamod - ~ +bo,.
,h, ouoh .e... IA JD.TL, s,.h'ed D ~ ~ ' Ne
Ia | ia " Var.rara NJ us-r
n0 ,l"u 1ou Yn.0r ~ %."s ~ nHa,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
Forgiveness of Injuries.

An editor of an obscure paper, pub
ished in little village in Missouri,
called at the White House and was ad-
mitted to Mr.. Lincoln's presence. He
at once commenced stating to MIR. Lin
coin that he was the man who first sug-
gested his name for the Presidency, and
pulling from his pocket an old, worn,
defaced copy of his paper, exhibited to
the President an item on the subject.
"Do you really think, said MIR. Lin
coin, that announcement was the Oc-
casion of MY nomination?
Certainly" said the editor, Sc the sug-
gestion was go opportune that it was at
once taken up by other papers, and the
result was your nomination and election.
"Ah well, /" said Mr.. Lincoln, with a
sigh, and assuming q rather gloomy
corntenance, " / am glad to see You and
to know this, but you will have to excuse
me / am inst going to the War Depart
ment to see Secretary Stanton"
&c Well, +" said the editor, " viii walk
over with you. !"
The President, with that apt good ma
ture so characteristic of him, took up his
hat and said:
stCome along"
When they reached the door of the
Secretary's Office Mr.. Lincoln turned to
his companion and said
81 shall have to see Mr.. Stanton
alone, and you must excuse me, and
taking him by the hand, he continued
:" GoOd-by. I hope you feel perfectly
easy about having nominated me. Don't
be troubled about it I forgive you -
JYtzSEi9ayfola Chronicle.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
THE JUsr1EIAnLE SUICIDE.
BIZ pUz.


met him on the boilcr-deck as we sailed out Of
He seemed to be a gentleman--one of the better
But he had most ferocsous look naaniaeal stare
such as hunters find in tigers when they rouse them
from their lair.
We met again at even, when the cabin lamps were
He did by al, ancient female in the ladies. cabin sid
Then he wore a look Of sorrow-such fearful look
As Niobe with her children on the painted canvas
show.
And we met again at midnight. - giided down
And all around was stiffness, save the ,scapine Of the
Then he had look of Nilanese-O Of misery and de-
As he eazed into the waters, as II somethtng drew
him there.
sought d conversation, and asked him IL he knew
That we were on a dangerous boat and had desper-
told him that the engineers we<o carrying the
steam too high, sa
That any minute we might be meAndering tords the
And that the pilots both were drunk, SO under
That they Nigh. sink US on the rocks. 81 wish to
The stranger cried, but such luck viii e'er be
mine, trow,
For death in any shape would be q pleasure to me
now.
i've sought it at the 'cannon's mouth and ON the
And on the Northwestern railroad. and places such
as these.
Why viii it hee? The young and gay called away
too soon
While am left, who many years have craved it as
boon.n
I tried to cheer this gloomy man and draw his
thoughts away
From dwelling on such dismal thngs. 4 Sit down,
my friend, pray;
Have you no living wife child, no cherished kim
dred dear7
Is there you love earth, no ties to keep
you here?
Who is that dear lady who is travelling with you
now?
Can she not clear away the gloom which settles on
your brow?
All, there she comes; I'll ask her al: : most SURELY
youm repent.
But up he jumped, threw of his hat, and overboard
he went
turned to where the lady stood, and spoke to this
effect:
81 Madam, you're his mother-in-lAE." She calmly
said, 't Correct !"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
Wit and Hulnor.

The height of impudence-tal1ing
refuge from the rain in an umbrella shop.
WHY might carpenters believe there is
no such thing as stone9 Because they
never saw it.
A RAW clam poultice is the latest anna
teur medical p-raw-clamation ia cases of
of diphtheria.
A MORNING paper calls the murder of
son " "filicide. '' It doubtless meant to
say "sonnyside."
By an Irishman Why is storm when
its clearing up, Like casGgation! Sure,
an amt it batings
"THE rude forefathers of the hamlet
are not known in Utah, but there are
often four rude mothers in a family.
IT Is the Daily of Burlington, Ill,
and it says -" If this town amt dead we
want TO know where to find a corpse"
A CONVICT with ball chained to his
leg said, the other day, that he didn't
like "Lccke on the Understanding.
"I AN O broken man, sighed dilapi-
dated author 81 should think so, for
I've seen your pieces" responded a by
stander.
A MAN may be properly said to have
that he has taken enough to make his
head swim.
A DETROIT Judge keeps the small boy
in something like subjection by threat
ening to have him pinned to the wall with
O crowbar and held until he bleeds to
death.
THE Duchess of Edinburgh has worn
all the dresses of her wedding outfit once
and her sistars-in-law are asking her why
she doesn't make her husband buy her
something new.
A CoLoRED preacher, in discoursing to
his people on the efficacy of earnest,
prayer, delivered himself in this manner,
/" I tell you, bredren, dis prayer is what
glib de debn de lockjaw."
eFoR heavens sake, lend me IS, said
destitute man to his friend, st I have
had nothing in my house to eat for four
days but rice" t'Rice p said the other,
eff 1 had known you had rice would
come have around to dinner"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
THE LAWYERS IN THE CASE.
from the Suu.l

TWAS said last evening that six lawyers
are employed oH various branches of the
defense who have not been identified
with the public trial. Mr.. Beach, ex-
Judge Fullerton, MIR. Morris, and Gen.
Roger A. Pryor have contributed their
services to Mr.. Tilton, who is without
means. There is mortgage of over
So, 900 on the Livingston street property
in favor of some wards of Franklin Wood
ruff, and his only revenue is twenty-five
cents volume on the sales of "Tempest
Tossed" He has procured loan on his
paintings, and by this he has paid the
current expenses of his suit. Mr.. Morris
told Mr.. 1ilton before the Investigating
Committee were through with their work
that he would serve him if he needed legal
counsel, and when Mr.. Tilton was arrest
ed and taken before Justice Riley, Mr..
Morris was retained. Ex-Judge Fuller
ton entered the case through Mr.. Moul
toms influence, and when senior coun-
sci was needed, and Mr.. Beach was ap-
piled to, he said that in spite of Mr. Til
tons inability to pa- retaining fee, he
would enter the case. Mr.. Mor1lton Is
paying none of the expenses of the suit.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-26
Suppression Of Ouacls.

A bill has been introduced in the
Senate of Tennessee providing for the
establishment of State Board of Physi-
clans, to issue licenses to all the physi-
cinns practicing In the State. 1t provides
for the establishment In each grand
division Of the State of a board of regular
physicians, who shall have authority to
meet annually, at Knoxville, Nashville,
and Memphis, to grant licenses to physi-
clans and fix the fees therefor, when the
same are not already fixed by law; to pre-
scribe q course Of reading for those
studying medicine under private instruc-
tion to grant licenses to practice particu-
lar branches of medicine or to treat par
ticular diseases, and to grant licenses to
apothecaries. The bill also provides that
physicians who practice medicine or
surgery for fee or reward In violation of
this act shall be liable to an indictment
and fine of five hundred dollars for the
first offense, and imprisonment not to ex-
ceed three months for the second offense,
the fine to go to the School Fund.
Druggists violaSing the proposed law are
to be fined from five hundred to one
thousand dollars Physicians now prac-
ticing are exempt from the provisions of
the bin, and those of any other than the
regular school win be allowed 10 practice
upon their diplomas.