Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-08-30

re. NO. 81
r ea@G.,
though instantly raised and sired my
gun. | merely knocked. of the end OF
Els tail 50 low down "a not 10 paraivze
Him. 7, however, caught SIGHT OF him
again some yards OF. srd hsd The sssiss
faction of blowing OF his head With ny
second barrel. On. dragging the snake
out into tie open air, the natives with
me declared he was most deadly reps
tile. and have since seen his ''coun<
terjeit" in Dr.. Fayrcr's Thsnatophidi&
..Aa old friend Of mine came across !
whip-snake in his house when he. bad
nothing In his hand wherewith TO kill IT,:
He did not wish TO let The little piece OF
mischief b escspe.. sd. sselag no other
wsy DC sssaviseIs. hHinsaQsd npoaeRA
luckily crushed Il. This is . method Of
killing snakes which would not recon:
mend.
have killed snakes in many wsys.
and have no hesitation N reecr.meua-
ing horsewhip as the best weapon for
their destruction In n house, or any
where where a gun cannot with safete
be used: the slightest stroke of whip
breaks q snakes back. and Won cosera
longer line Of ground With en- elsssfc
whip than with stick, aid are. there
fore, less likely TO miss your blow. In
the open field or the jungle, must con-
fess my favori,e weapon Tor the coup se
grace IS gun loaded with small shot.
Mr.. Gilbert Cowie was often IN the
habit Of taking out their poison fangs
and keeping the reptiles in his house:
A fresh arrival from England was once
staving with MIR. Cowie. and was disa.
gree ably surprised to find large rock
snake in his clothes basket. He " is
assured. however. that the unwelcome
intruder was perfectly harmless by ma
ture, and was moreover quite tanned and
dome sticated. So fur ST good; but on
coming down to breakfast with his host,
the new arrival was disguised TO sec !,
dozen tanned totrss. gambolling abnr!
the rodm. Sfr. Cowie assured his guest
tina, the cobras had all had their veno-
nous fangs extracted, and were quite
innocuous. This was all very we'll ,"us
Mr.. Cowie himself was astonished wher
a thirteenth cobra, not belonging to the
establishment, and consequently stu
dangerous. crept into the room, proba-
bly, attracted by his fellows, and joined
! in their games. The guest dld not a.:
preciatc this curious introduction to
playful Indian ways, md took his de-
parturc to snbIiier mouse.
| PIT LIFE IN YouR WoRx.-A young
mans interest and duty both diStatc
| that he should make himself indi-pen-
~ible to his employees. He should
be SO industrious. prompt aud careful
that the accident of his temporary abb
Sence should be noticedhv being misshd:
A Young man should make hi. employ
er his frirrd. 81 d5ing faithfully and
minu,sl. oil tia. Is c.t:tstcd - !'i!t -;
Its a great mistake to be over-nice o.
fas,idious about work. Pitch in read
lis ard your willingness will be aPpre-
cia,sd. khlc the high toned" youag
man who qr'bbles ato'!. via: il - s''d
what i. IS fot lis place to do, will get
the Geld shoulder, There is story
that George Washington once helped
roll leg Thai ons Of his corporals would
not handle, sud tie greatest Emrerot
of Russia worked as. a. ship-wrght ia
England-.o iec.n ~ business. That's
just what you want 10 do. BE ener-
getic, look and act with alacrity, take
an interest II yott .mtl"ss.'s s"ecess.
work as though The business was your
own, and let your employer know that
he may place absolute reliance y POUR
word and on your ac.. BE mindful;
Ahayc Your mind on your business; be-
cause i, i, tina; which is going TO help
YOU. not those outside attractions which
some OF the boys are thinking atow.
fake pleasure in work; do not 90
about il in a listlcss, formal manner.
but with alacrity and cheeriulness, and
remember that while working thus for
others, you are laying the foundation ~
YOUR own success IN life.
LEMONS Cr-E FOR CONSUMPTION.
A correspondent. Of an English med''
cal journal furnishes the following re-
cipe as a rev Gre for consumTtior :
Put tofen lenons In cold water and
bc.i Until soT met too soi:l; roll Taq
sdrceze utti, the juice Is all extracted,
sweetea TIE itice enough to be pala'a-
ble. then drink. rsc - often az dozsh
! times a dat. Should they cause pain or
looseness ofthe bowels, lessen the guam
t!.y and use five or six a day until bet
ter, then begin TO use dozen again.
nv the time YOU have used five or six
dozen YOU will begin to gain strength
and have an appetite. OF course as YOU
get better you need not use so many
Follow these directions snd We know
tina. YOU will meter regret II If ti:e'e Is
arv HELP for YOU. Only Keep Il up
ia:ihfillf. We show cf two cases
vhere both Of the patients were. given
up By the physicians. and were III The
las. stages of consumption, ut both
were cured by using lemons according
10 the directions : g have stated. One
LADY In particular was bed-ridden and
verv iov; had tried everything that
money could procure. bu, ali in valr',
when 20 please a friend. she was finally
persuaded TO use Lemons. She tsgun
tc use them In February, and In Aprll
she weighed 40 pounds. She is-awe!l
woman to-day. ard like'- &c I've ss 'nns
as any OF Us.
GA mule kicked datkey square in
tie fcresead =, Springfield. KY. few