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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

o. A boy had been punished by hi>
father with solitary confinement for iy-
ing. He showed on his release that he
had been employing his time in fheo-
logical reflections. instead of using It
for Standardization. He asked his
father:
"Pa. did you ever tell lies when you
you We're little :"
The father, perhaps eonscience-smit-
ten, endeavored to evade the question.
But the child persisted.
"Did you tell lies when you were lit
tie %
"weil. no." said the father; "bus
why do you ask" 9f @
ibid ma tell hes when she Was lit
lie %
Il don't know. my son: Jon must ask
her 20 ~ uss
..Well." retorted the Young hopeful,
zone Of you must have told lies. or you
could not hsSs mad . boy ia. would
Se."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16
Tar Knrn,vr,s BrAurrrs..-H..,.

The KHHpIvr's Hasten
to the Sboobra, and for two hours or
more drive up and down one Of the
strsngest avenues under the Sqn. The
Shoobra roads leads from C1Iro to the
village Of Shoobra, about fou9 niles dis
tant. II is as straight - IN (ksow. end
is bordered by sycamore, fg md acacia
trees. The dense bcughs IRE inter-
locked above It. Palaces end villas are
scattered here and there. end upon each
side you look of upon great &eadows 4
dotted with ibises and xpFiAeled with
palms, and see in the hofjxoa tke sum-
NIT Of the pyramids. AnA = Ioselv
and nnloyely = cakie EIsd5 q -
the Shoobra: the beauties and the beasts,
the princes. the beggars, The idols ofthe
harem, donkey boys, foreigners. camel
trains and the odds and ends of human
ity. You drive up one side OF the way
and down the other, ogling and being
ogled to your hearts content. The fat
gentleman in European costume, with
a tarboosh and half dozen mounted
attendants, is the Khedive. In that
close carriage under the protection Of a
eunuch on a splendid horse are two o!
his favorite wives, milk-white Circas-
Ian beauties. with their faces swathed
in snowy folds Of gauze; the exquisite
carmine lips, even the faint rose-tint o.
the cheek, are visible through this CO.
quettish mask: high arched eyebrows
and eyes as black as night are busy with
the world they know so little of. Love-
ly beyond description are these slaves,
but spite OF this dazzling loveliness you
can see that it is chiefly artificial. The
eyebrows are painted; the eyelids are
tipped with hohl, and a dark line ex-
tending from the outer corners of the
eyes make them much larger than they
are. That white skin is softened and
made whittier with powder: the flush OF
the cheek and the glow Of the lips have
been heightened for the occasion, and
all that gauze that covers the forehead
like turban, and the lower part OF the
face like transparent mask, adds i'm
mensely to the brilliancy of the feminine
charms. White camel's hair shawls,
covered with rich gold embroidery, lem
on colored kids, Partisan fan. the ligh'
of the harem is suffered to blaze upon
the world for brief hour, but she must
stop within her prison ike a gorgeous
tropical plant under glass, or that ligh,
will be put out. Two. three, a halt
dozen carriages, and some of them hav-
ing three or four veiled beauties in
them, wheel slowly by, a eunuch tc
each, and brutal looking thing he is:
and then you have some Of the more IA.
vored of the wives At the mercy Of your
eyes. You may look as 5krneStly
you choose and you will not outstare
them: smile even, and the chances are
that they will hide a smile in their fans
va Mahomet! l. your harem stored
with Heshpots such as these: Look
well, for you cannot look long: the car.
riage rolls away. YOU are dazed for a
moment. but for a moment only for in
the muffled rumble of those wheels you
are delivered from the stare OF splendid
eyes.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

HONESTY is THE BEST PoLIcY.-
One day a strange customer came to
a Detroit grocer. He wanted some
goods and he paid cash down. The
next day he made another purchase and
paid cash. and as the days went by hi,
iace and his cash became familiar
Oae day he returned with the change
given him and said:
81 believe | am an honest man. You
paid me twenty cents too much.'
The grocerreceive ed il ana " a. pleased.
Two days after that the stranger re-
turned from the curbstone 10 say
Another mistake on your part; you
overpaid me by forty cents"
The grocer was glad to have found
an honest man, and was puzzled to know
how he could have counted so far out
Of the way. Three days more, and the
stranger picked up dollar bill in the
store and said: This is not nv dollar,
j found it on the floor, and you must
take charge of it,
The grocer's heart melted, and he
wondered IL the world was not progress
sing backward to old-time honesty. A
skip Of one day, and then the homes,
man brought down a wheelbarrow, or
'dered sighteen dollars worth OF gro
'ceries, and would have paid cash had
he not forgotten his wallet. He would
hand in at noon rs he went past, he
said. and'it was all right with the gro
Ger.
That was the last Of the honest man:
morning fades to noon, and noon melts
away in darkness. but he cometh not.
There are no mistakes in change-no
more dollars on the Aoor. and the gro
GERS eyes wear a way-off expression, as
If yearning to see some one for about
two minutes.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16
ANTIQUITY OF THE FAMILY.-The
family institution was prior In everv

ANTIQUITY OF THE FAMILY.-The
family institution was prior 10 every
other social form. II is not creation
ofgoyernment, or product Of lcgisla-
tion. II is not the offspring, but the
parent, Of states and OF civil authorities:
and it has been the wisdom of states in
all ages to regard the family institution
with reverence. The common law it.
self" says Lord Bacon, which is the
best bond OF our wisdom, does often
prefer the prerogative Of the king"
Fathers were before kings, and the
part.iarchsl staff before the sceptre Of
oyalty. and the simple majesty of pa
rental rule before the oldest thrones
Kingly and imperial sway are mere
ephemeTa in comparison with the fam
lily. The first rude domestic tent of
palm lea es ever spread by the Eu-
pirates was the emblem of power more
enduring and pervading than that of the
Casars. No other human relation is
comparable to that. Whatever change
may yet take place in earthly govern
ments, and whatever the form that shall
ultimately prevail, the permanence OF
the family Is assured to the end oi
time. The moral power of such an in
stitution as the family cannot but be
great. Each one Of the families in the
country form in itself q small society,
efficiently organized, and compacted by
ties OF the most inviolable nature. and
ii is these organizations which are con-
stantly occupied in the primary educa-
tion Of our future rulers in Church and
State, from the lowest to the highes. -
How important, therefore. from thi,
point Of view is the discreet and wise
management Of each and every one o..
this vast array Of societies! The soil
is theirs. the power is theirs-in word,
they are the nation.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16
The GIRL WHO W,ys.-The dav

THE GIRL WHO WrSs.-The day has
passed when woman must be pale and
delicate to be called interestlng-when
>he must be totally ignorant Of all prac-
teal knowledge to be refined and high
bred-when she must know nothing OF
the current political news OF the day, OF
TO be called strong-minded. 1t is not
>ign of high birth or refinement to be
sickly or ignorant. Those who affect
any thing Of this kind are behind the
times. and must shake up and air them
selves mentally, or drop under the firm
strides of common ideas and be crushed
i. to utter insigni6cance. In these days
the active, rosy-faced girls, with brain
quick and clear, warm, light heart, q
temper quickly heated at intended in
>ult or injury, and just as quick to for
give; whose feet can run as fast as her
tongue and not put her out of breath;
who is not afraid of freckles, or to
breathe the pure air Of Heaven unre-
strained by drawn certains Of a close
carriage: and, above all, who can speak
her mind and give her opinion on i'm
portant topics which interest intelligent
people. is the true girl who will make a
good woman. This is the gi5 who wins
IN these days. Even fops and dandies.
who strongly oppose woman's rights,
like woman who can talk, If she is not
handsome. They weary Of the most
beautiful creature IL she is a focl. They
say, law. ya-as; she is beautiful and
no mistake, but she won't do for me
lacks brains," for which commodity il
would seem she could have q little use
in her association with him. Ho~ever,
TO please even an empty headed fop, a
woman must know something.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16
HrRrp MEN.-Get the best hand

HrRrp MEN.-Get the best hands,
and keep them. When man has be-
come used to his work and his employ
er, he Is worth much more than a sirsn-
ger. There is way of making men
interested in their work, ot satisfying
their self-respcct, giving them credi, for
success, while holding them strictly re-
sponsible for failures. and above au by
paying them promptly and literally.
that will make their work worth double
what it would otherwise bc.-E-ckong:.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

RHKrsaTIsM.-AD Delaware county
man has cured the rheumatism by car
rying q raw potato in his pocket three
weeks. and he says be has recommend
ed the remedy to his friends with simi-
lar effects. No one, therefore, should
uffeT with rheumatism rs long as the
potato crop is not total fsilure.-Er.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

e<Oh, mamma that's Captain Jones
knock know he has come TO AK me
to be his wife, Welt, my dear. you
must accep, him. But I though, you
hated him so, Hate him do--so
much, that ! mean to be Lis ino.fer-in.
law Revenge is sweet. e.Iscialiy ~
women.)-PEnei.
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wEAT n LIFT

A little crib beside the bed,
A little face shove the spread,
A iisiie frock behind The door,
Ahtiie shce upon ihe foos.
A little lad Of dark Lfswn hair,
A little bIue-eyed face and fair,
A little lane that leads to school,
A little pencil, slate and rule.
A little b!iihesome, xinsoaae maid,
A little hand within hers laid;
A little cottage, acres four,
4 little old time household store.
A little family gathered round;
A little turf-hesped, tesr-dewed mound,
A little added 20 The soil;
- A little rest from hardest toll.
A little silver in his hair;
A little stool, and easy chair;
4 little night Of earth-lit gloom;
A little eortege to the tomb.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

Critics know much better how TO
cha<tise than 10 correct author<-as
children sooner understand how 10
rh;r hc..esth...o prcr.-.ys-;ae then.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

The env,ors one consoles himself
less quickly for cur successes, than we
ourselves for our missor.unss.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-11-16

Some delicate matters must be tresfel
ike p,rs: because If they are not seized
by The riyh: end We &c, p.icSed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
A Soldiers Wife.

A correspondent OF the London Iele-
graph gives an interesting account OF
Waterloo heroine who recently died.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Giles was q native OF
Dantzic, and was in her seventeenth
year wher the city was besieged by the
French. The assailants smashed every
thing in her fathers house, and even
dragged meerschaum pipe out of his
mouth. declaring that it was too good
for "pig of Prussian." Her parents
died soon after the siege, and the girl
went to live with; her aunt. Private
Giles, of Colonel Macdonald's Rocket
Troop, was billeted on them, and fell in
love with her. She accompanied her
husband to England, and when the war
broke out went with him to Belgium.
At Waterloo she was posted with the
baggage at the rear of the army. To
ward the close of the day she went for
ward, mounted on donkey, to see how
"her Giles" was getting on. A timber
gunner, seeing her. advised her to at
tach the animal to the carriage and
mount up by the side of him. This she
did; but little while after suddenly
discovered that the donkey had disap-
peared, and with it all her baggage. She
never saw it again, and late in tho even
ing found herself alone on the field OF
Waterloo, without food, and separated
from her husband, who had been sent to
Brussels with dispatches. A soldier
gave her klanket, in which she made o
hole SO as to slip it over her head, and
tied it round her like cloak. This was
but a poor protection against the tor
rents of rain that fell during the night.
and, added to the groans of the wound
ed, kept the forlorn Prussian girl awake
till morning, when her husband returned
from Brussels and found her. Mr.. Giles
remained in the army until his time was
up, and then, with tho savings he ha6
amassed while in the service, he built {
little cottage at Eat Wickham. Ia
| died about fifteen wears ago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
The Geysers Of California.

A California correspondent says !:
After tea, accompanied by the old Ger
man guide, we armed ourselves with
stout Alpine slaves, and went down the
ravine at the side of the house to the
springs. A gulch only few feet wide,
aud some half a mile long, contains
steam, smoke, boiling springs of all
colors, and rocks covered by salts and
minerals of various hues. Copperas,
alum and sulphur lie il thick powder
around some of the springs, and cinna-
bar and magnesia color the ground under
our feet. We passed all the weird places
which have been so often described. We
walked over ground from which steam
was squirting, and which was so hot it
burnt our shoes; the steam keeps puff
ing from the subterraDeau engines, and
some day the boiler will burst and scat
Ter these rocks and visitors to the four
winds of the heavens.
A short distance from this smoking
gulch may be seen the crater of this ex-
tinct volcano. The ground was hollow
beneath our tread, and on every hand
were pieces Of lava which had in past
time issued in molten state from the
crater. 1t is truly fearful and won
derful place. All night our ears were
salnted by the strange muffled sound OF
steam and water forcing their way
through the fssures in the rocks just
back of the house, and in the morning
We saw freat volumes of steam rising
from tho gulch and floating upward il
feathery lines. OF course, the volume
of steam increases in proportion to the
lowness of the temperature of the sur
rounding atmosphere.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
Fruit for Food.

If child's digestion become impaired
and the gastric juice become weakened
or defective in quantity by over eating
or bad food, the whole alimentary canal
becomes clogged and filthy, and furnishes
nests for such worms as will breed there,
In this weakened condition of the sys-
tenn they cannot be destroyed by the
process of digestion, and hence great
harm comes from them. Now, it is Gil
interesting fact that fresh, ripe fruit is
the best preventative for this state of
things. DIR. Benjamin Rush pointed
this out one hundred yearsago. He made
q series of experiments on earth worms,
which he regarded as more nearly allied
to those that infest the bowels of child
rem than any other, with a view to test
their power of retaining life under the
influences of various substances that
might be used as worm medicines. The
results proved that worms often lived
longer in those substances known a.
poisonous than in some of the mos!
harmless articles Of food. For instance
in watery solution of opium they lived
eleven minutes; in infusion of pinl
root, thirty three minutes but in the
Juice of red cherries they died in eli
minutes; black cherries, in five min
utes red currants, in three minutes
gooseberries, in four minutes whortle
berries, in seven minutes, and rasp
berries, in five minutes. From thest
experiments DIR. Rush argued that fresh
ripe fruit, of which children are yer!
fond, are the most speedy and effectua
poisons for worms. In practice thi
theory has proved to be correct.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
Wolves In RuSSiN.

Russia is still good deal behind the
rest of Europe in the matter OF wolves.
These animals, whose heads used to be
a source of income to the borderers OF
Wales, and OF which the last were slain
in Scotland by Cameron of Lochiel,
mako considerable figure in tine agri-
cultural returns of the Russian empire.
According to a pamphlet which nj. Lag
arevsky has circulated, the wolves III
1873 did nearly as much damage as q
Tartar invasion might have inflicted.
They carried off 179, 900 cattle and 562,-
600 smaller domestic animals from the
forty-fve governments of Russia in Eu-
rope. In the Baltic provinces fell 1000
head of horned cattle, and in the Polish
provinces 2,7G0 oxen, and 5000 sheep,
pigs, and goats. The Journal deS De-
bats calculates that if COW be reckoned
as worth thirty roubles, and sheep at
four roubles, the gross sum OF the trib-
ute levied by the wolves in Russia must
reach 100000 roubles. This is an
amount of money quite well worth look
ing after, and it represents number OF
wolves which must be dangerous even
to human life. In the forests OF France,
and in the Pyrenees, the wolves last
winter attacked some shepherds, and
they now and then venture within the
walls of lonely chateaus and farmhouses.
But their numbers, of course, cannot be
compared with the enormous hosts OF
savage beasts in Russia, which one may
perhaps guess at from the quantity OF
wolves which must band together to
kill and carry off one able-bodied OK
The writer's of good little books, who
invariably illustrate the virtue of self
sacrifice by the story of Erci, the faith
full serf, who rescued his masters family
by throwing himself as food to the
wolves, will be pleased to learn that op-
portunities of practicing devotion in the
best style will long continue to be found
in Russia.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
Central African Dwarfs.

The prevailing indigenous races in
central and southern Africa are the CAT
fres, Negroes and Hottentots; the first
two have woolly hair, while the Hetten-
tots grow their hair in tufts or bushes,
while some of the these tribes are called
Bushmen. They are closely related to
the Papuas Of the Polynesian islands,
and evidently belong to the original
stock. Another nearly extinct branch OF
this race are the dwarfs, found in the
interior of Africa. The knowledge late
ly obtained in regard to the reality of
their existence is highly important in an
chronological point Of view. Their pres
ent existence was doubted for a long
time, and was supposed to belong to the
history of the past. Aristotle and Plipy
spoke of pygmies in Africa, but their
reports were interspersed with many in
credulous fables. Herodotus, however,
gave description, founded on fact, Of
little men in Africa. In 1S40, the mis-
sionary Krapt. in eastern Africa, was in
formed that such dwarfish people ac-
tually lived far in the interior, and were
there called Dokos. These Dokos are
only four feet high, of olive-colored
complexion, living in perfectly savage
condition like animals, and Krapt him
self saw such a Doko. Later, in 1864,
the we'll known gorilla hunter, Du
Chaillu, saw not far from the shores of
equatorial western Africa such dwarf
ish people, whose height was from four
feet to four feet eight inches, and who
we're called Obongo; they also had a
dirty-yellow skin, and hair like the
Bushmen. Further south, on the shores
of the Loango, Bastian found dwarfs
which he names Babongos, and which
had been brought as slaves from the in
terror to the coast. More interesting
even were Schweinfurth' discoveries in
1871, when he found, three degrees from
the equator, among the Mombuttus, q
people among whom cannibalism was
legalized, few Aka dwarfs, who called
themselves Ticki-ticki, and we're only
four and half feet high. These peo
pie lived eighty to one hundred miles
from Lake Nyanza. Schweinfurth at
tempted TO bring one of them to Eu'
rope, but he died on the way. At last
Miami brought from his tour in this re-
gion two Aka dwarfs, the arrival o.
whom in Europe, after Miani's Death
settled all doubt about the existence o.
the pygmies Anthropologists enter
tain the opinion that these African
dwarfs are related to the Bushmen, an6
are the remnants of people original.
largely diffused through the interior O
Africa, and. being of very low intel
lectual development, were oppressed
almost e1terminated by the larger ant
more powerful Negroes. However, be
fore having studied the anatomy of thes'
dwarfs, with their language and the re
lation of these to the bodies and Ian
guages of other races, it is impossible t.
form definite conclusions.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
Computing Interest.

For finding the interest on any pr;n-
eipal for any number of days. The an
swers in each case being in cents, sepa-
rate the two right hand figures for dol
lars and cents.
Four per cent.-Multiply the princi-
pal by the number of days, separate the
right hand figure, and divide by nine.
Five per cent.-Multiply by number
of days, and divide by seventy-two.
Six per cent.-Multiply by number OF
days, separate right hand figure, and di-
vide by six.
Eight per cent.-Multiply by number
of days, and divide by forty-fve.
Nine per cent.-Multiply 10y number
Of days, separate right hand figure, and
divide by four.
Ten per cent.-Multiply by number
of days, and divide by thirty-six.
Fifteen per cent.-Multiply by mum
ber of days, and divide by twenty
four.
Twenty per cent,-Multiply by nun
ber of days, and divide by eighteen.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-09-28
Gave Him his Preference.

eff you prefer the keg of lager or the
bottle of wine to me, said Mary, Just
take them down to the magistrate and
get married to them"
"What do you mean 7" said John.
"Just what 1 say. I don't want a
young man to come here evenings chew
ing cloves to hide his breath and his
habits of drinking. If you like lager
more than you do me, just marry it at
once, and don't divide your affections be-
tween woman and wine, for a woman
and lager, love and liquor have no af-
finity."
"Why. Mary, how you talk |" ex-
claimed John.
"Yes, I mean just what I say. I'm
less you sign the pledge and keep it you
had better not come back here again. "
John did sign the pledge, and he
Kept it, and he married Mary.