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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13

SUMMER GOODS
Prices to Suit the Times.
WIN. J. EDELEx. 80.
1T AVE just returned nom Bai,imose with the
= hes, selected stock q goods ever trosxhs
TO this market. Purchaser will End /, TO H-sr
interest to call and examine their stock, a. they
are ofering great inducements in prices and va
fiety.
All can be pleased.
The wants Of the entire family can be supplied
for very small amount. They have opened .
very cheap lot OF
SHOES,
which they are selling at IS and IS Ct, and 81.
HATS,
i.l, 20 and IS cents;
Clothing,
Stock vety large, Of the latest styles, best mate
! rial and reliable makeup. Special attention
called to this department Of their trade.
COATS so e,.; PANTS and VESTS in pro-
portion.
SHIRTS, Scots, DRAWERS, lie. All the la
| test STYLES in COLLARS and TIES.
large variety of FANS from 10 is cents
SCN-SHADES at IS cents
| CALlCOES a, 5 cents;
LAWNS, beautiful STYLES,
| PERCAl.S, CRETONNES. nne assortment.
GRENADINES and many other dress
goods at remarkably low figures.
TABLE LINEN. BED SPREADS.
Ladies Hose at 10 cents, Gents half hose cts
| Ladies are invited to examine our trimming
and Fancy Goods, all Of which can be bough, a,
| reduced rates.
| We keep always on hand full stock Of
| GROCERIES.
TINwARE
wOoDENwARE.
QcEENSW ARE, etc, etc
OLD RYE
kept in our market We solicit a call from IN,
public and all of our old customers.
June 7. 1877.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13
TO DEBTORS.

oERSONS indebted to me on Hstsl account
and for ara.e are notified. that unless they
make arrangements to settle their indebtedness
by the lss ef January, 1877, their notes and ac-
counts viii tie placed in the way oflsgai co!lec-
ton.
JOHN +. FENWICK.
Dee Il, lsrs-f
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13

lleislcy's Samaritan I.iniment is earning n
splendid reputation, especially in old chronic
eases OF Piles and Neuralgia. Its po~ cf ever the
infiamed and irriatcd surfaces and diseased
nerves seems almost fabulous. !, has cured cases
OF Piles here the outward protrusions were Ms
large as hens egg, and the pam most excruci-
a;ing. II CITES immediate relief. There is MOTH
ing at all like il, so don't be put off with any
thing else For sale by VIM J. Edelen 4 Co,
Lconardtown, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13

IsvExroRss
We procure patenis in al countries. No A.
ToxSKf FEE< IN ADVANCE. No charge unless the
patent b granted. No fec for making preiimi-
nary Examinations. No additional fess for OBJ
tanning and conducting rehearing. Special at
tention gisen 70 1ntertrenre Cases before the Pa
tent Once, Extensions before Congress, sufringe-
men tS1its in different States, and all litigation
appertnining 70 lnventicns or Patents. SEND
STAMP ron PAMPHLET cIvSs vriL INSTRUCTIONS.
UxnED STATES Couxrs AND DEPARTMENTS.
Claims prosecuted In the Supreme Court the
I United States, Court Of Claims, Court Of Com
missicners Of Alabama Claims, Southern Claims
Commission, and all classee Of war claims before
the Executive Departments.
ARaEaRs on Par AID BoCxrr.
OyncERs, soIDIrss, and sAnoas of thela:e war,
or their heirs, are i'm many cases entitled to mo-
ney from the Government, Of which they have
no knowledge. Write full history Of service,
and state amount Of pay and bounty received.
Enclose stamp, and fall reply, after examina-
ton, will be given you without charge.
Pxsx,oas.
All orrIcEEs, SOLDIERS, md SAILORS wounded,
returned, or injured in the late war howevel
slightly, are entitled 70, and can obtain PEN
sion.
UNITED SfAYrs CExsaAl LAID OvyIcs.
Contested Land Cases, Private Land Claims,
Mining preemption, ana Homestead Cases, pros
ecuted before tn General Land Once and De
paxtment Of The fntefior.
LAID wARaANrs.
We pay cash for Bounty Land Warrants, and
we invite correspondence with all parties having
any for sale, and give fall and implicit inssruc.
tons where assignments are imperfect.
We conduct our business in separate Bureaus
having therein the clerical assistance of able and
experienced lawyers, and give our closest perso
nal supervision to every important paper prepared
in each case. Promptest attention thus secured &c
all business entrusted US. Address
RS. "a 2. ucsY, ATTORNEYS,
WASHINGTON, D. C
Any person desiring information as to thu
standing and responsibility Of the members o
| the firm will, on request, be furnished with
satisfactory reference in his vicinity or Congress
sional district.
Dec. IA, ls76-f.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13
USE
Heisley'S Samaritan Linimenl

Ifyou have Rheumatism,
HEISLEY'S SAMARITAN LINIMENT
lfyou have Neuralgia,
HEISLEY'S SAMARITAN EMINENT
Ifyou nave Collie or Cramps,
HEISLEY'S SAMARITAN EMINENT
II you have the Piles,
Ifyou have any kind Of Ache or Pain,
HEISLEY'S SAMARITAN LINIMENT
Try il, and you will be surprised at the bene-
fetal effect derived from thorough and faithful
use Of this popular remedy. II is purely vegr,a.
BILE safe and clean 10 use internally and ex,er.
nally. Sold by VIM J. Edelen L Co., Lconsrd.
own, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13
HeIslEy's SAMARITAN lINIuExr affords i'm

No pain endured by man or woman kind can
possibly equal the exquisite agony OF neuralgia
TIC: in all such cases we have ample evidence tc
prove that Heisleys Samaritan Liniment gives
instant relief in even the most aggravated chronic
cases. We have had a wonderful experience with
il in Neuralgia and Piles. For sale by Wm J
Edelen 4 Co.. Leonardtown. Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13

loU NEED NOT SUFFER FROM PAIN ONE
HOT after reading this advertisement. Get a
tottie Ct Hsisley Samaritan Liniment and sce
wss' marvellous POWER il has upon the nerves in
IL N"nralria and Toothache. Fer sole hy Vim
} sss.sr / Co, feonariroHr. Nc
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13

Since Aches and Pains to us are sen
\ Cure is sure by using
HELSLETS SlK.IRIT1y LINyVEyT ,
llEIsLEy's SAMARITAN LISlaENr
;, cures Piles,
IIEIsLEY's SAMARITAN LIxIxrSr
cures Rheumatism,
HElsLEY' SAMARITAN LIyrMEse
;, cures Neuralgia,
llEIsLEy's SAMARITAN LiyIMENr
> cures Sprains,
UEIsLEY's SAMARITAN LrNIxExr
~ cures Bruises,
cures Felons'
iIEIsLEY' SAMARITAN LIyiMEAr
cures Headache,
liEIsLEY' SAMARITAN L.xiaEar
cures Toothache,
And is sold by VIM. J. Edelen 4 Co., Leonard
own, Nd
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-09-13
No. 907 La. Av., bt. 9th and 10th Sts.,
WASHINGTON, DC.

References by Permission. A
James, Esq, Cashier of the Bank of
Washington, Washington, D e.; Hon
Lewis Mckenzie, President of the w
& o r r Co., Alexandria, Va; P H
rroth, ESQ, President of the Upper
Potomac Steamboat Company, Acco-
tink, Va; Messrs Davy & HsVmon.
Merchants, Alexandria, Va; Messrs
Buzby Il Brown, Commission Merchants,
222 North Wharves, Philadelohia; Hon
b g Harris, Leonardtown, Nd.
Aug. "a, lS76-tf.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
A Reptile in 3 Girls Stomach.
From the New York Sun. .......

From the New York Sun. .--,~..... .-..
DR.. j. II. Demarest, of $50 East One
Hundred and Twenty-fourth street,
has in hand a case that will interest
the medical world. At 433 East One
Hundred and Twentieth street lives an
old intelligent colored woman named
Mrs. Brown. She has two daughters.
Hattie, the eldest, who is about
twenty-five years of age, aided her
mother in carrying on millinery and
dressmaking for a livelihood until she
was incapacitated for work by an ex-
traordinary malady that has changed
her from a hale, hearty girl, to a
feeble and delicate invalid. With
pleasing manners, intelligent counte.
nance and conversational powers above
those of the average of her class, she
gives the following account of her re-
markable affection.
For several years she has been grad.
ually losing her flesh, and becoming
daily weaker and more languid. For a
long time the cause of this change was
merely surmise. Unaccountable pains
and strange motions that she felt, con-
WINGED her about three years ago that
aliving reptile was dragging her down
to the grave. This conclusion brought
to her remembrance that six years ago,
at a picnic, she drank from a creek,
dipping the water up to her mouth in
her hand. At the time she was con.
scious of having swallowed something
in the water; but she thought no more
about it until her affection forced the
recollection upon her. Inquiry proved
that the stream contained numerous
frogs and many small reptiles.
About two years ago distinct sounds
were heard from the reptile, and every
day, as it grew larger, the sounds it
emitted became louder and louder. At
times it seemed to be the croaking of
a frog, then Kissing sound was heard,
and this was followed frequently by
that peculiar sound made by frog as
it jumps from the bank into stream.
After these sounds the reptile strug.
gled with such vigor as, to give Miss
Brown indescribable pain. Recently
the sounds became 80 loud as to be
plainly audible to every one in the
room.
At length the sufferer became 80
weak that she could not go out of the
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
An Advertising Agent.

We thought, from the way he came
into the office, and slammed his cane
down on the table, and took the best
chair, and spat on the stove, and said {:
swell, Gully, how does the old thing
work g that he was circus.agent !;
but his card showed him to be a mod.
est, unpretending advertising agent of
Wisconsin paper. He had just come
from Chicago, he said. We said "Ah!"
not because there was any particular,
original brilliancy in the remark, but
because that is what we generally say,
with a rising accent on the final sylla.
BILE, when a man tells us he has been
in Chicago. "Yes." he said, he had
been to Chicago, Had we man up
there % s'No, we hadn IT, ssWell, .
he said, t'don't send one there. Just
waste of time. I've been there nearly
three weeks, and I just club myself
every time I think what fool was to
throw away so much time that
might have put in somewhere else to
advantage" '
''Didn't he do anything in Chicago!''
we asked, rather timidly, for we began
to see that we were in the presence of
Master Mind.
"Naw.w.w - he snarled in most
contemptuous tone ''hardly made OK.
penses ; didn't salary. There three
weeks, and only come away with
$3,700 worth of ads. All cash, of
course, and that makes it a little bet.
ter, but didn't pay for all that time.
How much Chicago advertising are you
carrying?'' ......s. III
We couldn' tell him, indeed, with.
out consulting the business manager,
but we were confident that the Hawk
Eye had, at inside figures, at least
three or four dollars worth of live Chi.
cago advertisements. We begin to
think what . jewel this man must be
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
The Man From Boston.

This is the way she told the story to
the chief of police, as she sat on the
edge of a chair, and wiped her nose
twice every time she wiped her eyes
once. She began:
~ II keep a boarding house on Fort
street east, sir, and a week ago last
night,sir, a good-looking man rang the
bell and said he liked tho cosy looks of
my house, sir. He wanted to know
if was near sighted, and when l
said yes, he said he'd take board for
a week. He said he was looking up
an estate, sir, and that he lived in Bos.
tou.'
"Looking UP an estate" repeated
the chief Of police. as he wrote it
down.
s'Well, sir, I didn't ask him for any
money in advance, as he was such a
gentleman, but yesterday he handed me
a twenty dollar bill, and l gave him
back fourteen dollars. Invent down to
the store and they said the bill was
counterfeit. When got home told
the man 80, and he got mad in Sec
ond. who impugns my honor 2 he
cried, as he took the bill. Il will 20
down there and make the sycophants
grovel in the dust for this!' That is
about what he said, sir, as he got on
his overc0at, sir
.sAnd he went!' queried the chief
Of police.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
on the business staff of a daily paper.
''Wasvhe going to st. Louis q we. ask.

,''Was.he going to st. Louis g. we. ask.
He, burst into q snort of derisiye
laughter, for all the world like the
Opposition benches in Congress. >,
: been there, he said, s.and ain't
going back until times pick up little.
Deadest place you ever saw in your
life. Nothing doing. Just nothing.
Why was there ten days-ten whole
days-as I'm a truthful man, and only
got-let me see, I'll give you the fig
ures-' and he pulled out his note.
book and ran over the the leaves and
down long columns of figures
sir, / was in St. Louis ten days to an
hour, and only got 1857. so, and
$l :o06.75 | have to take in trade, and
only $2,13O cash-in-advance ads.
Don't you send a man to St. Louis if
you don't want to pay his fare home.''
switch way was he going from
BurlingtOn!" we asked. ooh. out
along the line of the B. & NJ" he said
tout to Omaha, and maybe out to
Lincoln, and up to DesMoines.''
"Now, don't 90 THERE" we begged
him; "don't go out that way at all. It
won't pay you; we know this country,
and we know you won't make cent
on that trip
,'sWhy noty, he asked, defantly and
in a rather incredulous tone of coun.
tenance.
Because, we said, ''the Hawk-Eye
had man out all through the country
one day last week. 1t may appear in
credible, but, sir, that man was gone
1iften minutes, and came back with
only $4,000 cash ads, a couple of Ma
tlonal banks, six Nebraska farms, a
Kansas cattle.range and the Iowa
State Treasury, and the Captain dis
charged him for not making his wages.
It's as dead "a
But he was gone, and we heard him
downstairs asking the business man.
ager if he Thought it was necessary to
import a thoroughbred liar to edit his
paper.-Burlington Hawk.Eye.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
Indications of Hard Times in the Consump
ton OF Tobacco.

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin. e.
Next to abandoning the use of tObac
co altogether is the adoption Of some
cheaper substitute for cigars. Every
smoker is we'll aware that no decent
weed can be had for much less than
ten or fifteen cents but as ten or fif.
teen cents are not plckedup so easily
EoWadays.y your inveterate smoker must
Of necessity make some compromise,
by way of economy. This of late has
been effected by the use of cigarettes.
Retail dealers state that their trade in
this line has increased 200 per cent.
during the past year. They believe
that the habit Of smoking tobacco in
this form is resorted to as matter of
economy, as is also plainly shown by
the fact that old customers who were
wont to purchase cigars OF a superior
quality are now content with those of
an inferior grade. Cigar manufacture
ers, OH the contrary, deny that cigar.
cites are taking the place of cigars,
and while admitting the great increase
in the sale of cigarettes, regard it as
a fashion; among smokers, and as a
matter of economy. They further de.
clare that the greatest economy is
shown by the trade in the purchase of
inferior cigars. IL
The high priced cigars, once largely
SOLD, are now manufactured in smaller
quantities, owing to the hard times.
This does not include the very finest
quality of Havana cigars, which were
heretofore obtained almost exclusively
abroad. Their manufacture is now
carried on in this country, and to a
great extent has usurped the trade
formerly confined to Havana and Key
West, because here they can be made
and sold much cheaper. The manu-
facturers at those places are said to
have become greatly alarmed at the
increasing trade in fine cigars in this
country. Domestic manufacturers af.
firm in relation to the prevailing GUS
tom of cigarette smoking, that it is in
furious, because certain poisonous in
gradients are used in preparing the
paper of which the outer covering is
made. Statistics at Washington show
very large decrease in the MANI fac-
ture and importation Of cigars this
year in comparison with that of the
previous year. According to the bu.
reau of statistics, the total number of
cigars and cheroots upon which the in.
ternal revenue tax was paid during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876,
was 1928, 1907, 1906. This is decrease
of nearly 98,000,000 cigars from the
year previous. The amount of cigars,
manufactured and imported in this
country during the year 1875 reached
nearly 100000. The value of
the imported cigars consumed in the
United States during 1876 amounted to
So, 1880, 1888 and of snuff to $18,47O. !
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18

house. Until within the, last few
days she. has has had no regular. medi.
cal attendant, fearing that an opera.
ton mightshe ordered. y UndeTsf the nd.
vice of relatives and friends she used
large quantities of strong alcoholic
drinks. These did not intOxicate her,
but they kept the reptile dormant for
awhile. On recovering, however, At
was more troublesome than before.
Therefore she discontinued their use.
Then she reluctantly consented to be
examined'by regular physician, and
DIR. j. II. Demarest, one of the chief
physicians of the Homeopathic Hospi.
tai on Wards Island, was called in.
On Wednesday the doctor question.
ed his patient very closely, and after
opinion that she had living creature
within her. He gave her such food as
would tend to irritate it, and yester-
day he not only distinctly heard the
sounds described by the girl, but plain.
ly saw the motions of the creature as
it distended the girl emaciated form.
His treatment of this most remarkable
case at this early stage Of his exami-
nation is necessarily Of an''expectant'
character. "She may" he said, shave
swallowed frog, /: lizard, or some
reptile when small, at the time she
speaks Of drinking from the. creek.
just what it is am, of course, unable
to determine; but that, for some time,
a creature Of some kind has been liv.
ing and growing in her, is beyond the
shadow OF a. doubt. / shall endeavOr
to gain her permission to so to the
hospital on Wards Island, where, if
other means fail, the creature will be
removed &H
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18

A country paper says that, in reply
to question from the lecture COM
mittee Of the chief town of the dis
trict as to the subject of lecture to
be given at the, institution, the lecturer
telegraphed. "a Taste of Naples and
Rome The telegraph made it read,
"A Taste Of apples and Rum"
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18

fully with the heart-ache caused by. a
girls careless words, is suddenly
startled by two white legs tearing their
way through the vines that grow in
front of his window, and a small body
turning somersault into the middle
of his room. q 4
t8'sI caught my toe and tumbled lex
plains Tots, assuming an upright posi-
ton, and caressing the injured foot.
"What are you doing here at this
time Of night" asks the Clergyman,
beginning to smile. I fs
81 want to get married. a$55f
"To whom ?''s .sstF IT
"You!''s
This time the grave man laughs,
and seating himself in his armchair,
takes the child on his knees.
s.What for z"
"'Cause Aunt Sue spanks me and
Aunt Flo boxes my ears, ard I've been
hearing about David Coppertield and
Dora, and l want to get married and
be child wife, like Dora, and have
a dog named Jip, and I'd like you
Tots accompanies this statement with
kiss.
sThank you.''
ssAnd I'll call you Dodo, and hold
your pens. They are all so cross at
home, and there is nothing to do, SO
thought I'd come and. ask you to marry
me. I wish I had thought of it before
l got undressed:'' and Tots surveys
her toilet, realizing for the first time
that she has committed breach of the
proprieties by appearing in public in
pantalOOns.
"What did Aunt Flo box your ears
for?''
"After you went away this after.
noon she began to cry so that |
thought you had been pinching her.
1t hurts so, when you take little nip.
But when I heard her say she had
been so wicked, and done something
to you that you never would forgive,
and that you never would come back
again, so then thought it must have
been she that punched you. So she
cried for an hour awful ha~d. Then I
took her some jam. When I cry and
they give me jam, always stop. But
she boxed my ears and sent me away.
Don't skeese me SOFT hurts.''
''T0ts, said the minister, ''you are
the dearest child in the world, and I
am going to take you home.''
81 won't go. want to stay with
you; only must have some clothes.'
"We'll go for the clOthes.''
Aunt Flo is sitting in the parlor
wiping very red pair of eyes when
the Rev. David appears with Tots on
his shoulder.
s'Florence,'' says the clergyman,
"may I forget all the harsh words
spoken this afternoon
s'Can you forgive them -
'W ere all the tears Tots tells about
shed for meg have just had visit
from the little lady," The clergyman
looks tenderly down at the red eyes,
and Flo's hand feels its way into his.
Poor Tots !! here are two more peo-
pie who won't pay her any attention.
''YOu are going to marry me, you
know Juggling at the Reverend
David's disengaged hand.
Ono, Tots, not yOu-Aunt Florry."
Tots begins to cry.
''Never mind, pet - and Aunt Flo
takes the child in her arms. "You
shall have your reward. Blessed are
the peace-makers, Tots, and I'll give
you a big cake in the morning. Now
Aunt Sue will put you to bed.''
81 don't know what 'peace-makers'
are, and I don't want cake. |,
w-w-want ito g.g.get married -
Tots is borne screaming away.
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He did, sir, and ne hasn't returned,
sir, and the sachel went with Him sir,
and the sycophant here before you has
been swindled out Of fourteen dollars
and q weeks bosrd.. Doesn't it look.
that way TO you, esir?'' f.ssassts5ss =,
And the chief of police confessed it
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18

The secretary of the navy was re.
Gently approached by friend who be.
sought him that he would use his in.
huence in securing him foreign mis-
sion. ''Foreign mission!' queried the
bewildered old salt, ''Oh, yes; fore
an aft mission, I reckon And he
Immediately appointed him second
cook to the sseamer Nancy Jane.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
AS THE WORLD WAGS.

AS THE WORLD WAGs.
FARMERS IN 1926.
Men to the pillow,
Wife to the COW,
Girls to the yarn,
Boys to the barn,
And all dues settled.
FARMERS IN 1850.
Men a mere show,
Girls at the piano,
Wife silk and satin,
Boys Greek and Latin,
And all hands gazetted.
FARMERS IN 1877.
Men all in debt,
Wives in a pet,
Boys mere muscles,
Girls putfs and ruffles,
And everybody cheated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-10-29
NEVADA ITEMS.

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