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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

TILpEN AND HENDRICKS CLUB.-A
meeting Of the Democrats Of the 3rd
election district was held on Saturday
last, the 9th inst, for the purpose Of or.
ganizing Tilden and Hendricks Club
John F. King, Esq, was chosen TEN.
porary Chairman and J. Frank Ford
Esq, temporary Secretary. A Com.
mittee on permanent organization com.
posed of the following gentlemen,
Messrs. J. T. NJ. Raley, J. Thos. Abel,
James II. Wilson, 10. F. Morgan and
George Blackstone, was appointed BY
the Chair. The Committee reported the
following as the permanent officers Of
the Club, who were unanimously chosen:
President, Joseph H. Key; vice-Presi.
dents, J. Thos. Abel, Thos. L. Harri.
son, Jas. H. Wilson, Jas. C. Greenwich
and II. NJ. II. Yates; Secretaries, VIM.
b. Goddard and J. Frank Ford; Cores
ponding Secretary, Robert c. Combs:
Treasurer, b. r. Abel: Executive Com.
mittee, James F. Abel, Giles F. DYER
VIM. A. Loker, VIM. J. Edelen, VIM
+. Greenwich, Lewis II. Leigh, John
l.. Greenwich, Jas. A. Carberrv, Vim
cent Camalier and VIM. ID. Heard. A
Committee was chosen to draft a Con.
stitution and rules for the government
Of the Club and the following gentlemen
were selected to procure signatures to
the Articles of Membership: Messrs,
J. Z. Thompson, John G. Perry, John
A. Camalier, DR.. J. Felix Morgan, Jno'
II. Wathen and VIM. B. Downs. The
meeting then adjourned until Saturday
the 18th instant, 4 o'clock, p. m.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

JAIL PRocREss.-The carpenters and
plasterers are about putting the finish
ing touches to the inside of the Jail and
by Court it will be ready for visitors.
It is a well-arranged, commodious edi-
fee and has evidently been built with a
view and upon plan of securing the
prompt attendance ofcriminals upon our
Court sessions.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

CHARLES FRANCIS ApAMs.-The
nomination by the democrats of Mas.
sachusetts Of Charles Francis Adams
forGovernor is being warmly commend
ed by the Conservatives Of that State
and every where else. He will proba-
bly, be elected and has selection as a
candidate will certainly benefit the can
didlcy OF Tilden.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

ST. LENo.-St Leno, assisted by an
excellent gymnast performer. gave an
entertainment at the Society's Hall on
Thursday night last, which was well
pa'ronized and gave general satisfaction.
Feats Of legerdemain, ground and lofty
iumbling and ventriloquism were the
chief features Of attraction.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

Atthe Archbishop Mansion, Baltimore. on tie
9Th inst, by the Rev. Father Starr, HERBERT
p. MOORE to Miss ". OLIVE DURANT, both Of
this county.
On The Sth day Of September, 1876, by the
Rev. Father vicinanza, THOMAS A. Pills
BURY to Miss AMELIA DYER.
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THE order Of I'D
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FOR u
tMessvs Edesss 4
ALLSTAN, Eco, 4
the next Seaatc OF
will he warmly 81
the county gener1
April 20, lsis
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district, as a casd|
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support OF the pec 4
April 20, 1875.
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Su r,

DARrirs wishing
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march IS, 1879
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-14

n ARGE new sto
- trade.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
Fall Fashions.
Vest simulations formed by

Vest slmulatlOns formed Dy SIDE
pleated garnitures are very dressy.
Cloth shaded black silk suits trimmed
with cashmere will be worn this season.
Side pleatings of all widths for garni-
lures on waist, skirts, and sleeves will
prevail.
Brocaded materials are still popular.
Those of light tints prevail in combina-
ton costumes.
At Jackson's mourning store one can
find rich French cashmeres for sixty-five
cents to 81 per yard.
Wide silk galloons handsomely en-
broidered in the mode trimming for
evening dresses of pale-tinted silks.
The first novelty in Autumn toilets is
white and pale tinted fabrics designed
for over-dresses and sacques.
Evening gloves come in ten and twelve
buttons. Light colors corresponding
with the dress dye are CONNIE IL faut.
The plainest models are accepted for
over.skirts, the drapery and trimming
constituting the dress appearance of the
garment.
The most startling innovation in toll
cts is the high crown hat, not exactly an
Alpine peak, but somewhat after this
lofty style.
Camel's hair suiting, coming in shaded
grays and browns, will doubtless form
only a part of street costume, since
this style of goods is rather loud" for
an entire suit.
French aud Grecian surplice waists,
handsomely modified by extra side
bodies, have met with favor in Paris,
and will doubtless be accepted as
favorites in the American beau monde.
Long side pockets, arranged in self
material and profusely ornamented with
passementerie and ribbon bows with long
ends, add much to the novel transition
in seasonable toilets.
Flat garniture and snowy cord and
tassels are considered the chief forms of
dress bellishments. For evening cos
tunes the scarf-apron and the diagonal
mode of over skirt are retained, with but
slight alteration.
Closer and longer draperies in cos
tunes is presented and smilingly APP
proved by" Vanity Fair" " Pull-backs" "
are evidently favorites with Ewes fair
daughters, in spite of the fun Adams
sons make over this pinched-up fashion.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
Toilets Mt Saratoga.

Eli Perkins thus exposes some OF the
secrets of feminine toilets at Saratoga: L
see several young ladies who always look
sweetly in muslin. They came mere with
six white muslin dresses and twenty-four
yards of ribbon. =
"How do you wear the ribbon~ l
asked one OF them.
"Well, we buy six yards of blue rib
bon. This we make into bows, sashes,
and the like. When we wear blue, it is
blue througout-blue on the hat, blue
sash, blue bows, blue stockings"
"And the other ribbon p
"Why, we also buy Elk yards of car
dinal, six yards of pearl, and six yards
of straw color. SO, you see, with Elk
muslin dresses, and three white chip hats,
we can come out in new suit every day,
and If we have colored parssols to match,
why, the effect is perfect, and twenty
four dollars worth of ribbon does the
business"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05

The elevation of Premier Disraeli to the
peerage, with the title of Earl OF Beacons-
field, has been briefly announced by cable.
In 1869 the Queen offered to make him
a viscount, but he declined the honor.
A coronet, however, was given to his
wife. and she is now known to history
as the first and only Countess OF Beacons-
field. The place from which the name
of the new Earldom is to be taken is
small town in the County of Bucks,
which Disraeli has represented in Parlia-
ment since 1876. The elevation of
Disraeli has an interest all its own,
derived from the antecedents of the man
and the nature of the contest he has so
successfully waged through life. He
entered life with an excellent education,
an acute mind, and courage that feared
nothing. But he was not merely with
out social influence and without great
wealth, but he was opposed by q pre-
judice as old as Christianity. His grand
father was Spanish Jew, who accumu.
lated q competency in trade and died,
leaving his name and his money, but
nothing more, to his children. Isaac
Disraeii, the Earls father, added nothing
to the fortune which had been be-
queathed to him, and, although making
for himself an honorable place in the
literary annals of England, did nothing
toadvance his son among the politicians
of the period. Without the aid OF
wealth or family prestige, and by his sole
unaided genius and energy Benjaman
Disraeli has made himself leader OF the
House of Commons, Minister of Finance,
and twice Prime Minister of the British
Empire and now, in his seventy. first
year, retires from the leadership Of the
House of Commons to an aristocratic
dignity which he is we'll calculated to
adorn.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
sell himself for mere bag of gold. If !
marry with a glance at Fannie, 81
ohon e. l..

sell himself for mere bag of gold. If
marry with a glance at Fannie, 81
shall marry for love only"
And little Fannie Pynhurst looked
shyly up at him from under her long
eyelashes, and secretly thought what a
noble hero he was. But all this time
these very needless and inconsistent
young people never thought of telling
each other where they were going, and
when the train ran into the station the
Dorrance carriage was waiting.
"Mr. Dorrance's, il you please" said
the driver, touching his gold-banded
cap. "To meet Miss Pynhurst."
Fannie looked around for her escort.
He was busy sorting out her trunks from
the miscellaneous heap of baggage on the
platform.
81 am Miss Pynhurst," said she.
And just about as she was to enter the
carriage Florian Field made his appear
ance, flushed and breathless.
Where's Miss Pynhurst2"
Here am" said Fannie; "my friend
has sent her carriage"
Florian opened his eyes wide.
"This is my sisters carriage" said he.
" Mrs. Dorrance'sW
!" Yes, Mrs. Dorrance'sp
Y0u-you are Mrs. Dorrance's broth
err" cried out Fannie.
"And you are my sisters heiress," {"
echoed Florian.
Fannie Pynhurst burst out laughing.
Florian, discounted though he was,
could not but join in her mirth; for,
you perceive, the situation was so very
ludicrOus.
"Miss Pynhurst," frankly said Flo
rian, "what fool 1 must have appeared
:" 1 think you have been very kind and
polite" said Fannie, earnestly.
And Mrs. Dorrance, who had not ex-
pected her brother until the next day,
was quite surprised when Florian led in
the little heiress, with face all rosy and
smiling.
"HOw do you like her, Florian ?" Mrs.
Dorrance asked, when Fanny had gone
to her room.
"She's an ANGEL" answered the young
man, enthusiastically.
"How do you like my brother, Fan
ME ?" queried the same fair arch -plotter,
when Fannie reappeared, and Florian
was smoking cigar in the dining-room
with his brother-in-law.
ooh, he's splendid !" confessed Fan
ME, laughing and coloring.
And the upshot Of it was that Florian
Field married the little heiress after all.
But it was for love alone.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
The Dangers of Dynamite.

A prominent manufacturer of dyna-
mite was asked by the reporter of the
New York Herald whether he were not
constantly in dread of his life. The gen.
tleman laughed as he replied in the
negative. 81 have never once" said he,
"been so much afraid of dynamite as l
have been of gunpowder on dozen oc-
casions. Why, l have had dozen hair
breadth escapes from gunpowder in the
old days before nitro-glycerine and its
compounds were thought of. / was in
those days Superintendent of copper
mine in North Carolina. An explosive
material was stored in magazine built
of rock. The structure was intended 10
be fire-proof and, to insure that qualifi-
cation, its iron doors were made to close
down upon solid rock, which was not un-
frequently covered with scattered grains
of powder. The miners used to come
there with orders from the foreman for
powder, and when man presented his
order he was permitted to knock out the
head of the keg-if there was not one
already open-and fill his can without
ceremony. The floor was covered with
rough, dry boards, and was almost con-
stantly covered with powder spilled by
careless miners. In fact, the crevices
were so filled up with it that we could
not have swept it up if we tried. One
bitter cold winter morning a stranger
entered and presented an order for two
kegs of powder. AS there were two
thousand five hundred kegs stored in the
magazine at the time he had no diff
Guilty in getting his order filled, and he
started of with one keg under each arm.
He had not gone but few yards when
an employee seized my arm and cried
out, Good God! Look therep / fol-
lowed the direction of his glance, and
saw that our departing miner had
deposited his two kegs Of powder upon
the ground and was at that instant fixing
an old clay pipe with one hand, while
with the other he had just ignited a
friction match by drawing it across his
trowsers. Dazed for second with fear,
l looked at him, in silence, while he ap-
piled the blazing match to his pipe and
began to puff. 1 dared not cry out to
him for fear he would be startled and
throw the fire upon the powder strewn
floor, and my only hope was to catch his
arm before he could drop the match.
Starting forward with my hand out
stretched toward him, as if requeIting
him to save the light until should
ignite my cigar, my heart almost ceased
to beat, while the thought of the twenty
FIVE hundred kegs ran through my brain
like lightning. Just as l reached the
fellows side he very deliberately ex-
tinguished the match between his thumb
and finger, and then dropped the charred
remains on the floor as he emitted a puff
of smoke, and, turning, picked up his
burden: Need / tell you he never re-
ceived any more powder from that
stOreW
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
An Effective Speech.

Persons not used to making addresses
should emulate President Grants silence
rather than risk the inevitable embar-
rassment and probably break down. A
California paper says:
A young gentleman of more than Or
dinary intelligence, but who is an ex-
ceedingly bashful young fellow, con-
cluded to pay visit to a public school
not more than a hundred miles from
Colusa. He was particularly partial to
the intermediate department of the in
stitution, over which an accomplished
and bewitching young lady presided.
After the usual afternoon exercises, the
prepossessing preceptress asked her
pupils if they would not like to hear a
few remarks from Mr.. -, and the
unanimity with which the little folks
answered "yesp made it equally as en-
barrassing for our hero to attempt to
decline as to attempt a speech, and he
arose and opened with the following
exordium:
81 love to note such an advancement
as you are making. And l know you
love your teacher, do you not? l do!
And-thati is, mean loved my teacher
when 1 was little boy"
After this declaration laughter pre-.
vailed among the students, while the
speaker was nervously handling an ink
bottle on the desk by which he was
standing. After the cheering subsided,
he again pre- ceeded, still fumbling with
the iDk-bottle:
81 have often seen boys and girls act
the fool. hut"
At this juncture he tipped the ink
over, which went streaming down the
desk, and he Immediately hauled out his
snow-white handkerchief, wiped it up,
and then placed it back in the pocket
from which he took it. In the mean
time the scholars were giggling, while
the schOOlma' am shook her head at them
-as much as to say that she would settle
with them in the morning for their bad
demeanor. He then continued:
As was about to remark, when /
was young, I-I-weil-"
He became confused. The perspira-
tion began running down his burning
cheeks, and, while he was endeavoring
to think of something more to say, he
drew forth his handkerchief with which
he had rid the desk of the split ink, gave
it wipe across his brow, and then down
each cheek. Happening to discover
what he had done, and coming to
realizing sense of his situation, he grab
bed his hat and went out of the school
room like q shot out of gun, without
even bidding the charming young school
fond farewell
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
The Gift Of France.

INeW 1Ork Graphlc.J
The statue by M. Bartholdi which is
to stand on Bedloe's Island and rear its
colossal head Two hundred feet above the
waters of the harbor will be the largest
ever constructed, as well as one of the
most artistic in conception and execution
that the world has ever seen. There is
no instance except this of one nation
rearing statue on the ground and for
the honor of another such scheme was
reserved for the gallant and generous
French, who assisted us in our earliest
struggle for liberty and have always been
our warmest friends. When the PROPOSE
ton was made in 1871 in Paris to present
the United States with statue of
Liberty Enlightening the World" it
was at once received with acclamation
and promptly acted upon. The munich
pality of Paris headed the list of sub
scriptions with 10000 francs, and the
remainder of the estimated cost of
SOC, 900 francs was raised at once by the
private subscriptions of at least 10000
Frenchmen in amounts of from two sous
upward. M. Bartholdi volunteered his
services as sculptor, and entered upon
his work without hope of reward be-
yond that which would accrue to him
from the artistic excellence of the work
he should accomplish. 1t was then
found that, in order to be sufficiently con-
spicuous, the statue itself must be made
OF still more gigantic frame, and stands
one hundred and fifteen feet high on a
pedestal eighty.five feet high. The
subscriptionsdid not meet this previously
uncontemplated exigency, and more
money is now needed to complete the
whole. We can do nothing less than raise
the required amount at once a commit
tee for the purpose should be appointed
and set about its work with the zeal
shown in France. 1t would be an in
effaceable stain upon us If we should fail
to do this, to which we are bound by
every sentiment of honor and friendship.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
On Her Ear.

The Reese River Reveile tells of an
Austin man who was reading story to
his wife the other night, and came to a
piece of fine writing" in which the ear
of the heroine was compared to :" some
creamy-white, pink-tinted shell of
ocean,"
"By.the-way," said the husband, cut
ting short his reading, "that description
of the ear reminds me of your ear-you
have an ear like she'll"
1t was the first compliment she had re-
ceived from him since the early days of
their marriage, and blush of pride suf-
fused her face as she asked:
"What kind of shell, darlingW
can abalone shell, !" he replied.
She had never before heard of or seen
an abalone shell, but she did not want to
display her ignorance, so she made up
her mind to hunt it up in the "Con.
densed Conchology" that ornamented
the center-table. Next morning the first
thing she did after her husband left the
house was to hunt up the description of
an abalone shell. She found it. 1t was
described as shell about the size of an
ordinary wagon wheel. She nursed her
wrath during that day, and when her
husband came home that night she met
him at the door with the towel roller,
and now his ear is as big as an abalone
shell, but it looks like piece OF pounded
beef.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-05
NUMBER %.
How the Locusts Come.

The New York Times publishes an
original and characteristic account of the
grasshopper plague, given in a private let
ter from a Kansas farmer to a gentleman
in New York city:
About ten o'clock the other morning,
| noticed heavy smoke rising in the
west. / said to myself, "That is strange
locking smoke. What causes it2" Isat
on my wheat drill and watched it.
Rapidly it rose-smoke rising to the
south, to the north, to the northeast
In few minutes the column of smoke
extended from the south around by the
west to the nOrtheast-tO the extreme
limit of vision. While l was saying to
myself Yes, [ understand you now,"
my heart slowly sank. Unhitching my
team. l put my full wheat sacks in the
wagon, hitched to it, drove to the gran
ary, unloaded, drove to the house, got my
gun, and went prairie-chicken shooting.
My wife looked at me in mild surprise.
Quitting work on beautiful day to 60
shooting was queer thing, she thought.
did not have the heart to tell her that in
less than four hours her nice garden would
be cleaned out, and that all our wheat
would be gone. Soon the low hum, as of
distant threshing machine, filed the
air-the advance of the lOcusts. Louder,
ever louder the hum, till in roar the
countless billions of devourers were OH
us, all around us. The air was stiff with
them. They settled constantly. The
earth was covered with them, yet not
one in thousand stopped. To the east
they went in vast cloud. A west wind,
a gale, blew them. For six hours they
few, solid cloud; and tonight there is
not wheat plant left in any of the
counties about here. sat on hill and
watched them, and smiled as saw some
hundreds tackle asunfower, and laughed
as saw that sunfiower vanish. How
thick they were! How harmless they
looked; but, great Jove, how they ate
All! what appetites they have. 1t
would make dyspeptic turn green with
envy to see the way they fasten to any
thing and everything edible. The char
acteristic of a grasshopper's appetite is,
that all he eats runs to appetite. Sixty
acres of my wheat was up. Now it is
down-the gullets of the locusts. sup
pose they will take the residue as it
comes through the ground. Well, | shall
have to reseed, that is all. But the loss
of seed and labor is pretty sore on me
this year. have joy in saying that
have eighty acres of corn that will try
their teeth somewhat 1t is as hard as corn
can be. / walked down the other after |
noon to see how they were making out |
with it. They had the stalks all stripped
of leaves, and were saving at the corn.
But could see that twas no go. Their
teeth slipped over the bright yellow sur-
face. have gone to haying again, AMI
will hay until the locusts leave. | still
keep three plOws running, and will re-
seed as soon soon as possible. Our gar
den is perfectly cleared; beans, cabbages,
tomatoes, melons, everything utterly
gonc. The vines to thepotatoes are gone,
and am expecting a boss hopper up
here at any minute 20 request the loan
of spade to dig up my potatoes with. 1
shall refuse his request with scorn.