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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26
ST. MARY'S BEACON
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TO be paid within six months. No subscription
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months and no paper 10 be discontinued until
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be not marked on the advertisement, 10 will be
published until forbid, and charged according
1y. liberal deduction made 10 those Who ad-
vertise by the year.
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be charged, a. the same rates as advertisements;
obituaries over ten lines in length will be charg-
ed at the rate Of so cents per square.
All communications for publication must be
accompanied with the real name Of The author
or no attention will be paid to them The real
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desired, but we cannot consent to insert COM
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

CHANGES IN THE EAnrH's SunYAc..
1t has been proved that the whole
Pacific coast, especially California, with
all its mountains, is perpetually rising,
and that at a comparatively rapid rate.
The land containing in its bosom our
great America lakes is slowly sinking;
while southern Indiana, Kentucky, and
the surrounding States are rising. Geo
logical Investigations prove that our
great lakes, except Ontario, had form
erly q southern outlet; until, by grad
ual northern depressions and southern
upheavals, a northern outlet was formed
from Lake Erie into Ontario, about
4, 1000 years ago. This outlet, the Nj
agara river, is still wearing away its
channel. The division line of the wa
tershed south of the lakes aud the Mis-
sissippi valley, has since that time been
steadily travelling southwark; and when
Chicago recently turned the waters of
Lake Michigan, through the Chicago
river, into the Mississippi valley, the
old state of affairs was arti6cially re-es-
tablished.
New Jersey is. sinking, with New
York city and Long Island, at the es-
timated rate of about l6 inches per
century. The coast of Texas il ascen-
ding at comparatively very rapid rate;
some observers stating that It il as
much as 80 or 40 feet in the last half
century.
Combining these observations with
the results of the recent deep sound
ipgs of the United States steamer Tus-
carora in the Pacific Ocean, We find
that the bed is evidently . sunkeu-ccn-
tinent, abounding ia volcanic mountains
some $4,000 feet high, many Of them
not reaching the surface of the ocean,
and others which do so by forming the
numberless islands of the Pacific. The
study of the coral rocks proves that
this sinking has continually been taking
place during several centuries, and OBJ.
servations Of the coast will undoubtedly
reveal the fact that it has not yei
ceased.
The most eminent German geo1ogista
and ethnologists now maintain that the
locality of mans primitive origin, ths
seat of the so-called Paradise, was IN
the Pacific Ocean south of Asia, vhence
the race slowly diffused itself north.
ward to Asia, westward 10 Africa snd
eastward to Australia When the greai
Pacific continent slowly sank. % that
the oceaE commenced filing The VALERA
men retreated to the mountains which
by continued sinking. were tzanslosmed
into islands, and now form ~ 1any
groups Of Polynesia. The insulnzity q
thus preserved races was now pgoduo
tive Of civilization, which requiree con
fict, in which the superiors IN ~ sni
| gain the victory over TIE infsricss. Il
those islands, the inferior raoss wsrl
preserved for want Of this eonfict
hence their savage condition svsn =
the present day while pFimisisely th,
greatest advance took place at the spo
Of the most intense conflict, Tie cputi
nent Of Southern Asia. Ssi<sts e Amer
icaa.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

gA Scotch farmer, having buried
his wife, was called upon by the sexton
who had performed the necessary du-
ties to pay him his fees. Being Of u
disposition, he endeavored
to get the knight of the spade to abase
his charges. The patience Of the lat
ter becoming exhausted, he grasped his
shovel impulsively, and, with an angry
look, exclaimed: ''Doon wi another
or-up she comes!" The
threat had the desired effect.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

While we announce a reduction in the
price of our RAW BONE SUPER
PHOSPHATE. we would respectfully re-
present to dealers and farmers that its
standard Of quality has been strictly
maintained. The proportions Of soluble
and precipitated PhospLoric Acid. Am
monia and Potash. have never been high
er than they are in the article we are now
selling our customers. This statement
we make as binding guarantee.
PRICE $40 per 2OGO pounds.
Packed IN good strong sacks Of 200 lbs
earh.
BALGH 6 SONS,
Ne. 90 South Deiawdre Are. Phil.
No. 1O3 South ST., baltimore, Nd.
For safe By
VA LOKER, Leonardtopn,
JAS + ABELL, AJeirs Hharf.
Aug s. 1S75-3m.
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Written for the Beacon.)
T0NISs ANNE p, OF WASHINGTON. D. @.
BIZ OATS.

Gentle Anne, thou art gone,
And our hearts are lone and sad.
Come again like welcome dawn,
Come again and make us glad.
o Echo sing the sweet refrain,
Echo, echo shell come again"
When the Summer comes ''again"
Mid and bright as morning sun,
Sweet as honey tnfxed with dew.
Childrens' hearts she quickly won,
And the OFd Folks loved her too.
o Echo sing the sweet refrain,
Echo, echo shell come again"
When the Summer comes again"
Twas her gentle mein aud grace,
Sunny smile and laughing eyes,
Made River Springs so sweet q place:
Eve made Eden Paradise.
Then Echo sing the sweet refrain.
Echo, echo "sheIl come again.
When the Summer comes again"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

Alice s Miller
vs.
G Gorge " arren
& others,

In the Circuit Court for st Mary's coun-
ty. sitting as a Count of Equity.
No. $50 n. F..
ORDERED this sth day of Aug, 1875,
~ that the Auditors Report. filed in thi.
cause, be ratified and confirmed, un.
less cause 10 the contrary lie shown on o.
before the lst Monday of Sept, 1875; pro-
vided a copy ot this order be published in
the ST Mays Beacon, once &eek for th re.
successive weeks p-,or to the said Isl Mon.
day Of September.
FRANK FORb,
Clerk.
True copy-Test:
FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
Aug @, 1s75-3w w
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n.ybs sry the patience Of your hear

maybe try the patience Of your hear
eFs. -
The trick a asking you to repeat
your words 10 also one that tries the
good breeding Of the sufferer. -FOUR
companion i mot in the smallest degree
deaf-perhaps, indeed, he has an ex-
ceptionally acute sense of hsarine; but
he has the trick Of asking what ron
have aid before he begins his rsply.
Sometimae = = haldly VT 2s-cs@.ee
1frn 81 116u M - E
With closed lips, at times tie trick a
elaborated, and I beg you pardon p
said interrcgatively turns you back on
yourself ard forces you to repeat what
you have already said. If you are sur
ly and sullen and keep silence. not re-
peating. in all probability your friend
will answer you quite reasonably for
getting his trick Of simulated hardness
of bearing or dullness of comprehension
either of which, If accused of, would
make him seriously angry, and be held
by him as an insult aud an offense. A
lower order of manners substitutes
What say?' for the usual NJ = or
bald, unvarnished what ? and in the
same order. supplemented with polite
ness, it is What do you say, please ?
This is the order, too, which repeats
your name, No. Mr., Smith, yes, Mr..
Smith, Il don't know, Mr.. Smith,
Thank you, Mr.. Smith, no more;' IF
you please, Mr.. Smith, another SLICE
Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Smith, nothing but
Mr.. Smith, till you are half frantic
The Queen.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

buruedy All Tor lt NJ
then reversed the prUpo
trary-Nor' and dec1
to be unanimously pas
necessary means to b
out, and combustib1so
the furniture. The l
in several places snd -
IN fameA Oh -
der the influence Of panic, w1kex )oDtri-
buting to the confiagrationof fom toRks.
While the brigade Of Rcs was n its
way to Washington, the rest Of the
British army recalled it, stragglerl re-
moved its wounded into Blndenslhrg,
and prepared to follow. 0leig pre-
sents q picture of the burning capital
as they approached il Though khe
battle was ended by four o'clock, NE
sun had set before the different refi-
ments were in q condition TO move,
consequently this short journey WIS
performed in the dark. The work II
destruction had already begun in the
city before they quilted their ground,
and the blazing Of houses, ships, and
stores, the report of exploding maga-
zines and the crash of falling roofs, in.
formed them as they proceeded Of what
was going forward. You can CONCEIVE
nothing finer than the sight which met
them as they drew near the town. The
sky was brilliantly illuminated BY the
different conflagrations, and dark red
light was thrown upon the road, suffi-
cient to permit each man to view dis.
tinctly his comrades face. Except the
burning of Sebastian's, I do not recol-
lect to have witnessed at any period of
my life scene more striking or more
sublime"
The fury Of the British commanders
had carried them too far. Ross was
getting uneasy at the non-arrival Of ex-
pected boats, on the one hand; and nat
urally looked to an uprising of the peo-
pie, on the other, as the only response
to the provocation he and Cockburn
had given in so ruthlessly sacking an
unresisting town. He suddenly seemed
struck with q sort Of panic 10 get well
out of the dilemma and back to his
ships.
Cockburns despatch stats they reach
ed Upper Marlborough on the evening
of the Goth, without mole ok;on Of any
sort-indeed, without : sipGIe musket
being fred. At Noting - they re-
lmained gheWhc3e 0fn1u< stAn
crews were engaged s. l. oving the
plumber. On the evening d The 29th,
they reached Benedict and - embarked
on the following DAY.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

ga seedy looking individual was
beard 10 say TO q friend; "My dear
fellow, can't you lend me black wes-
kit for a short time? NV aunt Betsey
died few days ago, and / wanttotake .
shcrt mourn"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

g. You're a pretty fellow" said
the owner of wood pile to a thief,
.'to come here and steal my wood while
I sleep" "Yes," replied the thief.
''and suppose You would stay up there
and see me break nav back with lifting,
before you would offer TO come down
and help me-"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

The sting of bee eayFies eony.eGiou
with IT, Ii makes . man beeslsav.s
at once.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

tHO UfHSftut IauuIukS
on the River, on
SATURDAY. March 6, 1878. and eve-
cry Tuesday and Saturday thereafter.
Leaving Washington from Fitzhugh's
wharf. foot of 9th street. at o'clock, a.
m. Returning will arrive in Washing.
ton on Wednesday and Sunday evenings.
Leave Washington on Saturday, a IN. i.
for Lcouardtown, leave Leonardtcwn on
Sunday, m, at 6:3p. for Washington.
W II BYLES,
Captain.
March 1S75-tfs
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River Route !!
THE STEAMER
PILOT BOY!

Having been put in
complete order. will
resume her trips to
the different landings
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-08-26

dignity and styls q
adding insult toinjury;
this barbor Of Yanke
burned i? All for il n
then reversed the prope
trary-No r and decl
to be unanimously Pc
necessary means 70 y
out, and combustib BIZ
the furniture. The @
in several places a1ld -
In Hau<en 3f1<r -
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

captured four English vessels in the Ja-
maica trade and returRed safely to
Charleston with her prizes. One Of
them had an armament Of twenty guns
The Randolph was blockaded in
Charleston during the rest of the year,
but early in l778 put to sea again. She
was accompanied by four other smaller
vessels, which the authorities of South
Carolina put under command of Captain
Biddle. On the 7th of March, off Bar
BADGES, she encountered the British ship
Yarmouth, sixty.four guns After short
engagement the Randolph blew up and
only four of her crew escaped death.
They we're picked up by the Yarmouth
five days after the engagement The
other vessels made their escape. Captain
Biddle, who had been severely wounded
in the thigh, was in the hands of the sur
geon when the ship blew up. Thus died
at the early age of twenty-seven naval
hero whose beginning promised fame for
himself and great service to his country.
The Delaware was lost in an attempt
to destroy battery which the British
erected, upon taking possession OF Phil
sdelphis, to command the Delaware
river. Besides the Delaware, the Andrea
Deria and some other vessels were en-
gagged. At the fall of the tide the Della
ware grounded, and in this helpless stu.
alton was compelled to strike. The
other vessels.retired.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

he gurgled, as he tried to pull away,
that's Chicago paper"
Il know it, but it's lie, and l can
prove it."
u know you can, madam, it il was
meant for youI | don't believe you'd 90
eight weeks without changing stockings "
mo, nor even six" she exclaimed,
pressing against his Adams apple
with her thumb II can prove that
change as often as any one else"
Il don't think it means you, said he,
getting his left eye on the item.
Yes, it does" she foamed. "Ain't
my name Sarah, and amt | oldish, and
amt l woman2 Obi such lies make
my blood bilep
We'll, you want to 90 for some one in
Chicago. 1t has nothing to do with this
paper
"Hain't, eh2 | know betterl You are
all linked in together, and presume you
read that, yesterday, and lated and lated,
and thought Sarah was an old fool"
y never saw it before.
But Sarah is no fooll" she resumed
towering above him. "Yoa just mark
this, you long geared grave stone, you
II thar another item in the papers about
Sarah you'll never know what broke your
neckW
And she laid her fist on the table,
hourished it under his nose, and went
out saying:
Sixteen weeks Think of the bas-
eness of it!'
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22
JANUARY AND JULY.

ANY one investing in these Bonds has the
satisfaction Of knowing that his bond Is Ger.
tain to be paid at maturity; and further that
he assists in building in the city Of New York
a permanent Temple Of Industry, which will
be an ornament and pride to every Ameri-
can.
Each Bondholder, until his bond is re-
deemed, is part owner Of twenty. two acres
OF land situated in the heart of the CITY OF
New York, and estimated to be worth Two
Million -Four Hundred Thousand Dollars.
And the building which is estimated to cost
Seven Millions.
The excavations for the foundation was
commenced on the 10th of May, 1875, and the
building will be ready to receive the goods
from the Centennial Exhibition at its close.
No investment for people of small means
was ever offered equaling the Bonds Of the In.
dustrial Exhibition Co, The bonds are SO
cured by mortgage which makes the principal
safe and eminently secure, and in addition to
which each bondhelder participates four times
yea, in the allotment of premiums above
named,
The difference between these bonds and n
lottery ticket is, IN a lottery the ho der must
lose his money or draw prize, while the
holder Of an Industrial Exhibition Bond can
not lose his Investment but must have re-
turned TO him the principal and small rate
OF interest added, and in addition has an on
portuniiy 70 draw premium ranging from
$50 to $1,000.
The Board of Directors and the Trustees Of
the mOrtgagago are among the most eminent
Of the business men Of New York. and "a III
itself guarantee that the bonds are a safe
and desirable Investment.
The Company is not responsible for any
money sent. txeept Il ss-ss oheck, postal or
der. graft OF lIess ptya 10 to the orde, Of
the Industrial Exhibition Company.
Oifcnl ars sent on application.
Address,
Industrial ixhibItionC COmpanS
No. ~ East l7th street,
Esdtwt New York City.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22
SPECIAL NOTIGR
How 70 VRuquish tbe Stomn,h,s
hNrneuaor

How 10 Vauquish tne StOmn,h,s
hNrtneufOr.
II the enemy Of mankind was permitted to
exert bis diabolical ingenuity in the inven-
tion o now disease, he could scarcely aeyise
one more worthy of his genius than dyspep-
sia. The dyspeptic sufferer is tormented by
symptoms resembling those Of almost every
known malady, and is often worried into
n ronomauia by these conflicting and nernIo~
rug manifestations A favofite though a6snrd
ma pelnauon OF the victim Of chronic ndi-
gestlon IS that he or she has heart disease.
- 81 psia has often been pronounced incur-
able. but experience has hown that Hostel
ter,s stomach Bitters will vanqnish il to.
ge'her with the consu ytion ana bilious ,le
Tahpem, nt which usually aceomp nv n.
Oiseases I the kidneys IN suppesed rben
matte paint kr. tlso irequent concvmitants OF
dyspepsia, bat they, too, succumb to tbe
above named Invaluable corrective.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22
'Narah
Detroit Free Press.l


Outside papers must quit publishing
fictitious items about Detroit, or some
one will get hurt Yesterday afternoon
a woman with black belt and pair Of
spectacles on entered the editorial rooms
of this paper, holdirg Chicago daily in
her hand, and she walked up to stoop.
shouldered, consumptive toiler, who had
dropped in to see a New York exchange,
and grimly asked;
who Sarah2'
He replied that be had never heard Of
her, when she unlolded the paper and
pointed to the following:
There is a woman in Detroit named
Sarah who has worn one pair of stockings
right along for sixteen weeks
ITS liel" said the old lady "and
You've got to take it back, or--or-
I'LL
She flushed by sliding her bs,d slcue
bi- shoulder uutl her finger gl told
his necktie.
II haven't nothing to do with that" I"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

Girard county, KY, comes to the fore
with a remarkable collection of obi peo.
pie, First there is Rachel Garnell. aged
lO4, lady who remembers having seen
General Washington in full regimentals.
Next come John Croucher and Polly
Pointer, both OF them centenarians. Fol-
lowing these there is another, Rev. Bur
dett Kemper, aged S9, minister of the
church for the past sixty years; Hube
Hoffman, a youth Of 81, who cuts his
cord of wood day; and John B. Alver-
son, almost as ola, whose youngest child
has just attained the age of six weeks.
There are in all thirty.six persons in the
county whose united ages amount to 3g6l
years, an average of eighty.6ve years
and fraction over.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

About one-third OF the wheat grown in
the United States is produced in the
three States of Minnesota, Iowa and
Wisconsin, and this one third is, in round
numbers, hundred million bushels
The heavy rains have damaged this crop
somewhat in those States this year. The
st Paul Dispatch says that from the
Trustworthy information that it has been
able to obtain, it would seem that in
Minnesota five per cent. of the entire
production for the year has been totally
destroyed, while the damaged condition
of large proportion of the crops is
equivalent to further loss of about ten
per cent The continued rains have de-
layed the operations of the farmers and
the crop Of that State will not reach the
mar ket until several weeks later than
usual.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

1t has been decided that every gift to
the Prince of Wales during his Indian
tour shall become his private property
although the presents made by him in
return will be paid for with the three
Adndred thousand dollars provided by
the nation.
Agnes Meyers, young lady living at
San Buenaventura, has just starved to
death, owing to the burning oil her throat
by a solution of potash, which she took
by mistake, the excoriation being so
dreadful that she was unable to swallow
anything but ice-water.
The Mahaska County, Iowa Republi.
cans sent a female delegate to represent
them in a County Convention, the other
day, but she was refused seat by a vote
of 36 to II, it being considered doubtful
whether the party would consider itsel,
bound by acts OF delegates who were
non-vOters.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

The question of how to put babies to
sleep has been solved by an exchange,
which says: a baby is a very tender
thing, people say; but most OF them are
very far from knowing how tender
Imagine how nervous you are in certain
states-when recovering from illness,
say when the fall OF book or the slam
OF door makes you culver and faint, as
1t some one gave you blew. That is
the way a young baby feels at its best
A puff of wind will set it gaspiug, its
little breath blown quite away. A noise
makes it shiver. change Of summer air
makes it turn death cold A baby is the
most nervous of beings, and the tortures
1t suffers in going to sleep and being
wakened by careless sounds when lust
:. dropped of " are only comparable
to the same experience of an older
person during an acute nervous head
ache. Young babies ought to pass
the first months Of their lives in
the country for its stiffness no less than
its fresh air But where silence is not to
be commanded baby may be soothed by
ioldloga a soa napkin, wet in warmish
water, lightly over the Top of its head, its
eyes and ears II is the best way to put
nervous babies to sleep. have tried it
hundreds Of times for child so irritable
that paregoric and soothing syrup onl,
made it wide-awake A fine towel should
be wet aud laid over its head; ihe ends
twisted little till il made a sort of skull
cap, and though baby sometimes fought
against being blindtolded in this way five
minutes usually sent him off into deep
and blissful slumber. The compress
cooled the little feversh brain, dead ened
the sound in his ears and shut out every.
thing that took his attention, so that
sleep took him unaware. Teething
babies find this very comfortable, for
their heads are always hot and there is
isveGed beating in the arteries oqneach
SIDE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22
BONDS.
BONDS.
QUARTER BONDS
or TIKI
Industrial Exhibition Co.
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
IS EACH,
FIVE DOLLARS EACH,
80 90,

WILL BUY A QUARTER BOND OF THE
w Industrial Exhibition Company Of New
Each Quarter Bond participates in -Four
deemed.
The following Premiums show what any
Bond may receive. A quarter Bond would
receive one quarter of the below named pre-
miuma
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pRESOR.TpTInN FREE

Tor THE SPEEDY CURE OF SEMINAL
weakness. 10 / manhood and all disorders
brought on by indiscrotionS or excess Any
druggist has the ingredients. Address DA-
VIDS0N A co., Box 2296, New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-22

PAY WHEN I'M PO IcNCX
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that ever has or can cure these ~ me8fN.
Send ltamp for counde ,inl ad vice on
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responsible persons untfI cured.
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