Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-03-16

sentenced TO Transportation. The bot
Ter. - you may ihaeines was tandsouass
y rewsrdeds' -s - 80 II --r.
WAIT. wAIT. -.
Wait moment, scung man. bsforsi
you throw that money down on the bar
and demand 9 glAss ot brandy ,snd VA
, ter. Ask yourseH Il tweaty cents can.
not b better invested in somethine
else. Put 10 bach IN your pocket.~ 4.
Wait before you light that cigsr.--
Remember. cigars are costly nouessen-
tials. You can do without them and
your nerves will be all the better for il.
You smoke at least 6ve day. which at
Eve cents piece makes 25 cents. Twen-
ty-fve cents day, for one year, makes
S9l.25, and this worse than useless ex.
penditure for 80 years amounts to 81.
662.S0, enough 10 buy you snug
farm. e-...4
Wait, maijen-think twice before
you decide on that one hundred dollar
shawl. A hundred dollars Is a great
deal OF money: one dollar is great
deal, when people once consider the
amount ofgood it viii accomplish in care
full hands.
Wait, sir, before you buy that gaudv
amethyst breast pin you are surveying
so earnestly through the jewelers. plat.
glass windows. Keep your money for
another piece of jewelry-a plain gold
wedding ring made to 6t a rosy finger
that you know Of. A shirt neatly iron.
ed and stocking darned like lace work.
are better than gilt brooches aud fam.
ing amethysta. You can't afford to
marry? Watt. and think the matter
over.
Wait, mother. before tou sneak
harshiy to the Hide chubby rogue Who
las torn his apron and soiled his whits
Marseilles Jacket. He is only child.
and mother is the sweetest word in all
the world to him. Needle and thread
aud soapsuds will repair oil damages;
but il you once teach him TO shrink
from bis mother, and hide away his
childish faults, that damage cannot 10
repaired.
Wait, husband, before YOU wonder
audibly why your wife don't get along
with family cares aud household respon-
sihilities, rs your mother did. She is
doing her Lest-and no woman can en-
lure that lest to he slighted. Remem.
bcr tue nights she sat up With the lit
tie babe tint died; remember the love
and care she bestowed on you when you
had that long fit Of illncssi Do you
think she is made Of cast iron? Wait
wait, silence and furebearance, an.l
the light will come back to her eyes,
the old light Of other days.
Wait, wife, before YOU speak reproach-
fully to your husband when he comes
home late and weary, and out Of sorts.
He has worked fer you all day long; be
has wrestled, hand in hand, with Care.
and Sclhshncss, aud Greed; and all the
demons that follow in the train IF mon
ey making. Let home be another at
n,osp pLere entirely; let him feel that
there is one place in the world where
he can find reace aud perfect love.
Wait, bright young girls. before you
arch your pretty eyes, and whisper "old
maid" as the quiet figure steals BY.
with silver in its hair and crows feet
round the ewes. 1t is hard enough to
lose life's ghdness and elasticity-it
is hard enough to see youth drifting
away, without adding to the bitter cup
one drop Of scorn! You do not know
what she has endured; you never can
know until experience teaches you; SD
wait before you snecr at old maids.
Wait, sir. before you add billiard
room to your house, and buy the fast
horse that all the rest the fellows COW
ct. Wait and think whether your out
standing bills are all paid and your IL
abilities fully met, and all the chances
and changes of life duly provided
Wait, and ask yourself how you would
like, ten wears from now to see your
fair young wife struggling With power
", vour children shabby and want
stricken. and yourself q miserable hang
er-ou round corner groceries and one
horse gambling saloons. You think
that it 10 impossible. do you remember
that Haxael said to the seer Of old
SIS tby servant . dog that he should
do this thingi"
Wait, blue.eyed lassie, wait while
before you say eyes" 10 the dashing
Young man who says he can't live with
| out YOU. Wait until you have ascer-
tanned that the cigar and the wine bot
tie and the card table, are not TO bs
your rivals in his heart; little delay
won't hurt him, whatever be may say
Just see if it will.
And wait nv friend in the brown
moustache; don't commit yourself to
Laura Matilda until you are sure she
will be kind TO your old mother, and =
true loving wife TO you, instead Of .
mere puppet Who lives on the breath
Of fashion and excitement, and regards
(, the sunny side Of life ~ second only TO
Elysiuml As . general thing. people
are IN too great . hurry in the world;
ve say ~sit, wait! 7f y