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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany was held at Camden station, Bal
timore, yeste rday. The old board Of
directors, representing the private stock,
was unanimously reelected, and the
fiity-second report Of the president and
directors was read and submitted. The
report gives evidence ofrecuPeration OF in
the business and affairs Of the company,
and was much strengthened by the
statement made by the president, in the
course of the meeting, that since Sep
tember 30th, the close of the fiscal year,
the floating debt had been still further
reduced in the sum of about a million
dollars. The report states that the
earnings of the road and all its
branches for The fiscal year were S13,-
765, 1889; expenses S7,769, ,301.36,
leaving for net earnings s., 1896, ,9fS, ,63,
and showing that the workings expen-
ses were 56.44 per cent. OF gross earn
ings, or 5.83 per cent. less than the
preceding year. One element in OBJ
Nk1tS tuC
which has been effected, Of steel for
iron rails on 624 miles Of the track, thus
reducing the cost ofrepairs. The earn
ings of the Washington branch were
S27S, ,ST9, As; expenses SIC. $780, .49; net
earnings 5000, ,O2s.91. The report
treats at length on the alleged injustice
of the capitstion tax imposed by the
state Of Maryland. and says that "the
restoration Of cordial and cooperative
relations with the state ot Maryland are
properly subjects Of general congratu-
lation and satisfaction. The report OF
the transportation department show a
steady increase in The tonnage ofihrough
merchandise-east and west. There
has been no falling of since the panic,
as many suppose: but, on the contrary,
the business done by the road has in
creased annually, with one slight exceP-
tion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

WEBSTER AND THE QUAkER.-Smari
as Daniel Webster was. says Sam Slick,
a Yankee clock peddlef, there was q
Quaker chap too cute for him once
This Quaker, pretty KNOWN old sha-
yer, had cause down to Rhode Island;
90 be went 10 Daniel to hire him 10 20
down and plead his case for him: so
says he, Lawyer Webster what's your
fee2 why, sses Daniel, let me see,
| have to go down South 10 Washing
ton. to-plead the great insurance case Of
the Hartford Company-and I've got 10
be at Cincinaatti TO attend the Conven-
ton, and | don't zee how can 60 TO
Rhode Island without great loss and
fatigue, Il would cost you mayhe more
than yoa' . b wiling - - - -
"Well, the Quaker looked pretty
white about the gills, ! tell you, when
he heard this, for he could not do " ith-
out him nohow. and he did not like this
preliminary talk of his at all. At last
he made bold to ask hum the worst oI
it, what he would take. why" says
Daniel, 4 always liked the Quakers,
they are quiet. peaceable people, who
never go to law if they can help il, and
il would be better for our great country
il there were more such people IN it.
never seed or heard tell OF an harm
in 'em except going the whole figure
for Gineral Jackson, and that eyerlast-
ing, almighty villain, Van Buren; yes,
love the Quakers, hope they'll GO
the Webster ticket yet; and Ill 60 for
you as low as can any way afford, say
one thousand dollars"
"The Quaker well nigh tainted when
he heard this, but he was pretty deep
too; so says he, Lawyer, that's a great
deal Of money, but / have more causes
there; il give you the one thousand
dollars will you plead the other cases
shall nave to give your Yes says
Daniel. Il will to the best Of my hum
bic Abilities So down they went to
Rhode Island, and Daniel tried the ease
and carried it for the Quaker. Well,
the Quaker he goes round 10 all the
folks that had suits in court, and says
ne, What will you give me if get the
SIcdt bduIci " ptcau IOI yOu II SO@'
me one thousand dollars for a fee, but
now he and are pretty thick, and as
he is on the spot, I'll get him TO plead
cheap for you So he got three hun.
dred dollars from, one, and two from
another. and so on, until he got eleven
hundred dollars, jist one hundred dol
lars more than he gave. Daniel was ir
a great rage when he heard this
'WhatP said he, do you think ! would
agree to your letting me out like horse
TO hirep Friend Daniel said the
Quaker, 'didst thou not undertake tc
plead all such cases as should have C
give thee. II thou wilt not stand tC
thy agreement, neither will / stand tC
mine. Daniel laughed out ready tC
split his sides at this. WELL says he
1 guess might as well stand still fol
you TO put the bride on this time, fol
you have fairly pinned me up in a cor
ncr Of the fence anyhow So he wen
good-humoredIy to work and pleaded
them all.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28
ANDREW JOHNSON.

The monument over Andrew John
sons grave was unveiled recently. II
stands on the summit of lofty cone
shaped eminence, half a mile south
west Of Greenville, Tenn. The monu-
ment is of marble upon !, base Of gram
Ste nine and half feetby seven. From
piers on each side of The graves where
lie side by side the President and bis wife,
who survived him less than SIX months,
springs granite arch ofthirteen stones
beneath the graves covered with white
pebbles, NAV be seen, and upon which
rests the monument proper. On the
plinth OF marble, four and a half feet
square and three feet two inches high,
are carved the scroll ofthe constitution,
the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
not being visible, and an open Bible on
which rests hand as if in act of taking
an oath. From thIs springs a tapering
shaft of marble at the base, festooned at
the Top with the American Gag and sur
mounted by an eagle with outstretched
wings as If protecting IT.
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

PRoP. HUXLEY ON THE HAND.-Prol.
Huxley recently delivered lecture at
the Workingmen's College, Upper Ken
nington lane (of which he is the prcsi-
dent), before a large audience. His
subject was "The Human Hand, and
Some Considerations which Arise Out
Of IT," He said that in all probability
the hand was the part of the mans bod
ily frame which was the mos: impor-
tant, perhaps not even excepting the
brain itself. There was an endless d.
versity OF operations Of which man was
capable which were altogether depend
ent on the hand, and il was one Of the
most powerful means of communica-
ton with human kind. The hand per-
formed all its important functions by
virtue Of some very simple facts in its
form of construction. He referred to
Paley's Natural Theology" and the ar
gument therein, that IL person found
the whole Of the machinery Of watch,
and concluded from the works Of IL that
IL must have been intended for the pur-
pose for which il was made, il could
not be doubted that the human frame
vas intended for the very functions
which IL performed. He pointed out
that, whatever the force of the argu-
ment of analogy in the particular case
OF the hand, it most assuredly did not
apply in the sense in which it was used
by Paley, because it was perfectly easy
90 prove that q mans hand was not
made or put together in that way, but
that il came about in quite different
manner. II was not process in any
way analogous to human means OF con-
slruction; but was as different from that
rs the taking piece Of iron and max.
ing Il into an engine was from taking il
and letting il grow to an engine. That
difference was very important as il
showed the danger of arguing from
mere snalogy-it showed that Paley's
argument was not consonant with fact.
It was q most important thing TO know
that 80 complicated q structure as the
human frame should, a. q matter of
fact, be developed or evolved by pure
iy natural operation.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

E5-ssIs the doctor in :" asked an snx-
ious-looking young man, as he paused
halfway up The stairway leading to DIR.
Stones oiice. yesterday. "No, ! guess
not" replied the person addressed,
''but YOU can leave an order on the
slate" The young man hesitated a
moment. We'll guess would hard
ly have time 10 wait" he said. els IL
a very urgent case - "WeiI, yes"
the young man said, 'srsiher urgent. ]
think. Just as I started awa
home my youngest brother was
out Of seecad-story window"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

@r -
official was recently travelling
Petersburg TO that city. where h
10 take part IN a criminal process in-
slituted against certain Nihi.ists. He
received n Warning from the revola-
tionary tribunal not 10 meddle ia the af-
lalr, but, not needing this advice, pro-
eeeded on his journey. Arrived at
Odessa, he could not find his trunk,
which was somehow missing from the
baggage wagon. After some delay,
however, II was found. IL had been
opened, and although none Of its mar
ketable contents had been distracted,
the papers relating to the pending trial
had all disappeared. In their place the
procureur found letter from the secret
government, blaming him for having
neglected their well-meantcaution, and
informing him that as his conduct had
not been in any other respect reprehen-
sible, the executive committee conten-
ted itself with depriving HIM Of the pa
pers connected with the trialin which he
was engaged. The new chiefofthe gend-
armP. Gen. Drenteln, has entered upon
his duties at st. Petersburg, but hIs head
cannot rest easy on his shoulders. He
has already received notices from the
Nihilists that Il will be well for him to
prepare for death. When he appears
in the streets the Cossack patrols are
doubled.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28


!5nor, fame and prosperity" These
thoughts render holy every drop Of
sweat that rolls down the face Of fhonest
toll. sympathize with the wander
ers, with the vagrants out Of employ
ment, with the sad and weary men who
are seeking for work. When see one
Of these men, poor and friendless-no
matter how bad he isl think that
somebody loved him once, that he was
once held in the arms OF mother, that
he slept beneath her loving eyes and
wakened in the light OF her smile. /
see him in the cradle, listening to lul-
labies, sung soft and low, and his little
face is dimPled as though touched by
the rosy fingers of joy. And then ]
think o.! the strange and winding paths,
the weary roads he has travelled from
that mothers arms TO vsgrancy and
want. There should be labor and food
for oil. We invent. We take advan-
taEe of the forces Of nature. We en-
slave the winds and waves. We put
shackles upon the unseen powers.
These slaves should release from bond
age all the children Of men.-Ro6ert J..
Lng0sOH.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

N5r A courtly negro recently sent a
reply 10 an iavitation. in which he .'re-
gretted that circumstances repugnaBt to
the acquiescence would prevent has ac-
ceptance oi the invite.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

o. He was . countryman and he
walked along oar busy thoroughfare and
read sign over the door of manufac-
turing establishment, "CastIron Sinks"
II made him mad. He said that any
fool ought to know that.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

n STRA&GE EkEsENIAES
a bright boy OF seven years heir
child of Mr. Samuel Templeton. Seosisi
keeper on the Prairieville gravel 'piete
Just below this city, met with arf oi ln'
dent on Thursday oi lastweek, whiele m
suited in his death soon afterward. A9n, :
noon on that day he mounted wS2d'
on loaded with wood, with the Inten-
lion of unloading it. The lad seized a
stick, and was in the act Of throwing il
70 the ground, when he lost his equilib-
rum and fell, head foremost, TO the
earth. His cries brought his father 10
his assistance, who led him into the
house. The boy did not seem to be
much injured. He was conscious, ex-
-plasaed ts his f&shCr how he fell. fsoirl-
ted out his bruises aud conversed IA
sionally for an hour, when he suddenly
lost consciousness and remained in that
condition until his death, which occur
red about six hours after the accident.
The night preceding the above sad ac-
cident Mrs. Templeton, the mother OF
the child, had strange presentment
of his death. Early in the even
ing, while the child was asleep, she ap-
preached his little bed, and looking into
his face, burst into tears. The grief
with which she was overcome was in
tense and uncomfortable. II attracted
her husbands attention, who inquired
into its cause. Samuel" the weeping
mother answered, 81 don't think we
will ever raise this child" 'Ican see no
cause for your fears" replied the faith
er, ''the child is as healthy as can be-"
But this answer did not satisfy the moth
er. for dark cloud hung over her
Her heart beat rapidly and heavily
Strange shadows crossed her vision; an
unseen grief oppressed her; the presage
of some horrible coming event cast
burden on her soul she scarce could
bear. At The usual hour the sobbing
mother retired, but her rest was unca-
~. Toward midnight she aroSmmfLom
her bed and again sought the
her boy, who slept the devd
sleep OF innocent childhood,
scious OF the griei-stricken M
bent over him, bathing his ia>
tears and kisses. Mr.. Templeton o.
tulated with his wife, and assured hi
that her fears were a mere whim, aud,
begged her to calm her grief and go TO
sleep. But no sleep came to that moth
er's relief that night, and day broke TO
bring her no respite from the sad bur
den her bleeding heart bore. The
slightest unusual noise about the house
thrilled her with evil iorebodIngs, an
thus the weary hours g. -
the foreshadowed end {.
cIdent as above relate
Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

A CONVINCING ARGUMENT.-EIe was
squirting tobacco juice over the floor OF
the saloon, and telling how capital OPP
pressed labor, when one OF the dozen
men in the place inquired:
"Air you one o them Communists Z.
81 hold, sir. that We must have an
even distribution OF prOperty-yes, sir,
or we'll fight, sir!" was the pompous
reply.
stranger, KIN We lend me q chew oI
tohacco" asked the inquirer.
A box full of fne-cut was handed
him. He put 1t in his pocket, and was
walking away, when the Communist
called outs
BEG pardon, but you are carrying Of
my tobacco!"
"S'alI rIght-s'all right" replied the
other. 81 was out, and you have pie2s
ty. We've got to even this BUSH
up, you know, and you keep the {
III keep the tobacco"
He was too big to lick, e.
munist put the empty bc
ct. and refused to la
crowd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

S5There is a story Of a certain Bos-
ton Doctor Of Divinity, whose name
they spell with "P." A man Of the
same name died, and zelous newsps-
per fellow, seeing the death in the pa
per and thinking only Of DIR. p. wrote
a most enthusiastic obituary. A wsy
met DIR. p. the next day. "lyhat, are
you not dead =" he said. "WeII, tkSaM
you ought 10 be. No man can e.
up TO that obituary"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

more lot is thirty By 1oz fest, enclosed
by Z plain ircn .faiIis set IN stone
curb, and containing fn raves. The
obeIisk is sztwentyrtw6 in height,
resting on pedestal q = same mate
rial, supeFimp0sed CO base Of Lock
port stone. A light nA@l ding running
around the pedestal - only orna-
ment. The word - is on the
norshern side Of The u large let
ters. Milafd Fillmose ave IS at the
eastern extremity oT ths 3 ID the cen
ire Of the. grassy snae Qger tits a
large cross surmounied Aer0wn, both
Of juniper and pufpIe sd yellow i'm
mortelles, alRfaded and -.
rhaxkIs
The remains Of FraakIik Pierce were
laid in the Minot cemetery, on Nam
St, Concord, N. III. The Pierce lot is
surrounded by neat IRON fence six feet
high and traversed, by concrete paths
neatly sodded, though there are neither
Enclosures nor curbs. Pierce's monu-
ment is of pure Italian marble, elabo-
rately wrought, a spire With cap, die
and piinth resting on base OF granite
three and half feet square. surmOunt-
ed by draped cross, its total height be-
ing fourteen feet eight inches. On the
plinih is the word Pierce, y and on the
panel Of the die the inscription.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
The grave of James Buchanan IS in
Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster,
Pa, on a bluff in the southern part of
the city. The lot is thirty by twelve
feet, enclosed by a neat fence of black
iron, with posts of mottled white and
black granite at the corners. All around
the fence IS a hedge of blooming roses
that interlace closely the irob bars. In
the centre OF the lot Buchanan's re-
mains lie in a vault of heavy masonry,
covered with large limestone flags.
On these is a ground base ofNew Hamp-
shire granite, seven feet two inches
long, three feet seven inches wide and
ootthick, supporting monument in
the Roman style, single block OF Ital-
ian marble SIX feetfour inches long, two
feet ten inches wide and three feet six
inches high wrought with heavy mould
ed cap and base. On the moulding OF
the cap is carved an oak branch studded
with leaves, acorns and extending round
the block. On one end OF the die ia
cling the main avenue is the word
Buchanan" on the side facing the
chapel is the inscription.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

ScESE ~ RICHMC
man, in the voice of ST.
toes ~ Cohee-colored dat
dat racket; you disirsctss
neighborhcod." Sable gen
"You kin hear me, kin you -
coIored dame: Hear YOU ! a1ff
you mile :" Sable gentleman "ThA.4
God for that! Is holIerin' 10 be heard.
Taioesl !" With which cry he touched
Up his lean horse and moved on.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

in the shape of coffin. On one side
Of this is long and suitable inscription.
Over and around this odd aionument i
gothic structure. twelve feet long,
nine feet wide and twenty feet high,
four pillars supporting peaked roof.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28
MlLLARD FILLMORE.

Three miles north OF Buffalo Is Forest
Lawn cemetery. Almost upon the
crest oi the hill and near the centre of
the cemetery rises the obelisk made of
Scotch granite that marks the resting
plaCe of Millard Fillmore. The FIJI
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28

INGERsoLL ON LABoR.-I sympa-
thize with every honest effort made by
the children OF labor 10 improve their
condition. That is q poorly governed
country in which those who do the most
have the least. There is something
wrong when men are obliged to beg for
leave to toll. We are not yet civil
lied people. When we are, paupensm
and crime will vanish from our land.
There is one thing, however, Of which
] am glad and proud, and that is. that
society is not, in our country, petrified;
that the poor are not always poor. The
children Of the poor OF this generation
pay and probably will be the rich Of
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jaw move, in order to beetle ,..st,. somsIs 81
oi the enlargement that tl.Ser bilious, Pr
dergoes each time the como. or sick
Jaw is made to move. DR.. VGd neT- III
some practical remarks on the GPa pI
says that in the removal ofthese bodiS
we should never employ force; not that
the foreign bodies should be left in the
ear, but that matters should not be made
worse by violent manipulation. More
recently DR.. Dolby has laid down the
very practical law that no attempts
should be made to remove a foreign
body from the ear unless the auditory
canalb thoroughly illuminated. Where
this rule is broken, the tympanic mem
brane will most probably be ruptured,
and the life Of the patient be thus placed
in imminent peril.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28
THOMAS JEFFERSON.

The grave of Thos. Jefferson is IN a
thick growth of woods, few hundred
yards to the right Of the embowered
road leading from Charlottesville, Va,
up to Monticello. The spot is as lone
some as lovers Of solitude could desire.
It's thirty graves are partly enclosed by a
brick wall about one hundred feet square
and ten feet high, which on the south
side has been topped over bodily, and
now lies in level courses Of brick and
crumbling mortar level with the ground.
On the north and west sides are iron gates,
locked and red with rust. The west
wall is clad with a scanty growth OF
Virginia creepers; a single bush Of eg-
lantine springs amid the matted grass
and weeds, loose bricks and stones that
cover the whole enclosure. Midway
along the Northern wall Wormley, JEFF
ferson's old servant, who survived him
twenty-five years, dug his masters
grave in the spot his master had indi-
Gated, but the mound has been trodden
level with the earth. At its head was
placed a coarse granite obelisk, nine
feet square. Not an inch of ITS surface
but has been Clipped and battered by
the relic seeker till from base to apex
the corners present the appearance Of a
rough hewn stone. The sole inscrip-
ton not hammered away is IN small let
lers on the base: "Born April 2, o.
S., l742. Died July 4, 1926.
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Graves OF she Presidents.

Congress having granted an apprOpri-
ation for The erection Of a monument
over The tomb Of JefersoD, and a simi-
lar appropriation being sought for thai
Of Taylor, il occurred 10 the New York
World to prepare and publish an article
descriptive OF the places where the sew
enteen deceased Presidents of the Uni-
Ted States repose; and a very interest
ing account il is. The last resting place
at least Of one OF these distinguished
personages has no stone to mark the
fact that beneath lie the remains OF a
former ruler of this mighty nation, 9TH
ers are neglected and despoiled BY the
hands of relic and curiosity seekers,
while still others, (noticeabiy that Of
Lincoln are fitted up with all the mag
nifcence that wealth and art could Law
ish upon them. The first Of the graves
Of these historic characters described
IN the Worlds article is that Of the i'm
mortal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-11-28
JAMES MADISON.

James Madison is buried on the place
which he owned at the time of his
death, at Montpelier, Va. The grace
ful shaft over his grave is in the centre
of large field, in a lot one hundred
feet square. surrounded by substantial
brick wall five feet high. Within the
enclosure is Madison's resting place,
a neatly tufted mound, over which rises
to height OF twenty feet, from Pc
destal of four pieces, a slen!er and
graceful obelisk, bearing the inscrip-
ton, Madison, born March 16, 1851"
By its side is a smaller shaft in memo
nv of his wife