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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-19

REsIsTED.-Four young men, clerks
and students, while on summer yaca-
ton tramp through Northern New
England, engaged Tor a guide to a GER
tain romatic forest waterfall a boy named
Forrest Graves. Forrest was fine,
athletic fellow, who could outwalk and
oatclimb any amateur in the mountains.
and his moral courage was quite equal
TO his physical hrslth and strength.
After he bad guided the young men
10 the waterfall, and they had satisfied
Themselves with sightseeing, they in
viled him to lunch with them.
Thank you, have my own lunch ;
and the boy went away by himself.
Later, when full Justice had been don
TO their repast, and a flask Of brandy
had furnished each OF the young men
with a stimulating draught, Graves was
called.
you must drink with us, If you will
not eat with us, now said the owner
oG the flask, and the most reckless OF the
party.
mo. sir. thank you" was the boys
courteous response.
"But shall insist upon il.
you can DO as you please, and shall
do as please"
The young man sprang to his feet,
/ and with bound stood before the boy
TOO much absorbed in his own purpose
10 heed the quivering lips and flashing
eyes Of another.
Nov you are boundl 10 try my brandy
always rule,
"You cant rule me-"
| These words were scarcely uttered
when the flask was seized and hurled
into the stream, when the climbing OF
glass betrayed its utter destruction. Then
a clear, defiant tone rang out:
II did il in seli-defense. You had
no right to tempt me. My farther wes
once rich and honorable man, but lr
died a miserable drunkard, and ms
mother came here TO live to keep me
away from liquor till should be OLE,
enough TO take care OF myself. | have
promised her hundred times would
not taste it, and I'D die before Id break
| my promise"
''Braycly said. Forgive me, and lei
as shake hands. My mother would BE-
happy woman II | was as brave as you.
I wouldn't tempt you to do wrong.
shall never forget you, nor the lesson you
have taught me"
The most reckless was the most gon-
erous. and seeing his error apologizci
frankly.
How many boys need to be kept Iroa
strong drink and, alas, how many m"a
and woman Who dares tempt tbcm
Let It not be you and L. Youths Com
panioR.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-19

ter arose. he showed almost human
compassion by rubbing his head against
The hands clasped lisilessly on the mo-
t,oniess lap. II brought caress.
Poor fellow; he feels bis masters
agony! Good Watcher, | would were
as free from blame as you" was spoken
was spoken in sorrowing tone which
the dog seemed TO understand and an
swered by every motion he was capa-
BILE Of 10 showing his sympathy and
fidelity.
70, wretch that am, " he continued,
springing up and pacing the floor, chow
can ! face ua contding, sweet young sis
ter ] Howl 10 that pure home know !
ing my hand, the hand that was ciasped
10 dying. trusting mothers, 10 SAVED
promise Of protection 10 that home and
its dear ones has struck the fist blow
at ITS peacel But il was not myself
that did this. Yet why did /. how could
| yield to the demon that has been draw
ing It's co.'s around my will for so long,
and, 0, horror! has bound me in rs
chains beyond ESCAPE. Yes, o, heaven
spare me Even now feel them drag
grng me down--downl ! must have
brandy or shall go mad.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-19

Ir LOOKS SUsPIcIous,--Il seems sus-
picioes for dramatic critic at play 10
laugh until his vest buttons rattle OF like
peas from pod, be affected TO teafs
until be has to borrow an extra hand
kerchiel TO absorb the moisture, applau !
TIL he seems TO lead an "encoTe," an!
then to write a criticism next morning
concerning the play as execrable and tie
actors as worse.
II seems suspicious for a young man
10 cali on the same girl every other even
Ing and on another girl every Other
evening. 1t seems az IL 'twould he
ss'mother evening" with him before
great while.
II seems suspicious Tor grocer TO ut
UP sign None but diary butter 20
here, when there are dozen kegs t
something OF other W.T. the labh
scraped fjust unloadii 6 At bis store
door.
Itseemss suspicious for woman whom
you have known since $ e was a gu as
a decidedly Ireckled spec men, 10 an,
ear on the streets wit t lreckle ii
sight HiH al9
Itseems suspicious i'r a restaurant
keeper TO carefully avo d dining at h,s
own place OF b sne II tor the AXE
OF walking two miles 70 d ne with his
iImily.
1t seems suspicious for clerk who
gets So a week salary 10 appearinan "
pair of mauve pantaloons and suit O
match at east four tim, q year.
1t seems suspicious for d man TO BRING
down a cotton umbrella4n the morning
and carry home silk one at night +
also looks like good trade, Wee Ia
ren Register
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-19
]. NED EVANS,
Rouse Pain ter,

GRAINER PAPER HANGER
KALS0MfNING, FRESCOPAINTlNG,
AND GLAZING.
References--Leo II Hayden, VIM Il. Abell
John Parsons. Joseph I Cough, ! 4 Parons,
is H. Leigh.
VA All work donein workmanlike manner
and as cheap or cheaper than any one in Or out
of tho county. Bond given ifdesired.
Jan "a, 18sl--tt
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-05-19
q. WEIGH OWENS,

formerly Grain aud Tobacco salesman in the
firm of g. W Owens 4 CO. is now Tobacco
salesman with the above firm.
Jan n, lSSl-tf
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-09-01
w E|IISKE==Y! |

pEI:OW find 4 few brands Of Whi+kics
I'D which guarantee pure and unadul.
I terated: Golden Grain Rye, Old Crown
Rye. Hunters Mountain Rye These arc
three Of the purcst and best WhiSkcys
made Maj. Paul bourbon, pure n C.
White Corn, Red Corn Whi.kcy made fron,
Red Corn, Finc French Brandy, CrystalI-
lied Rock and Rye, California Peach and
Honey, the hcCclcbratcd Lyon Punch, Wines
OF the best aud pnrcst qualities, imported
and domestic Gins, Lager Beer always on
hand, and cold us ice can make it, I5i:tcrs,
al oftllc best brands.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-09-01
For Sale.

lENllE property owned and lately occn-
Il pied by the subscriber, situated on The
Fast side Of The South Carolina Il. r., and
on The North side of the continuation Of
Russell Street known as the Eellcville
stoad Lot has 500 feet front on R,,s- ell
ST., and is 720 feet III depth, containing
bout five acres. On the lot are two
dwellings, one recently erected, besides
barn aud outbuilding-, with two wells of
excellent water. buildings in perfect
order, and fully insured for Il term OF wears.
Property will be sold as Il whole, or iii.
vidcd 20 suit purchasers.
Tcrnls-Onctlird cash, rest Of purchase
money To remain on bond and mortgage
For price and further particulars, cn-
Inrc Of JAS II. FOWLES, Esq, or by
letter at Hudson, New York, of
DIR. JOHN Z. DUBOIS
may ), 1881 If
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29
Magazine Notices.

Harper's magazine for October is remark
able Number, both for the beauty OF It's illus
trations and the interest and importance of its
varied contents. The Number opens with
beautiful frontispiece-a full page illustration
by Abbey, entitled With Grandpa. The
leading illustrated article is by William Ham
ilton Gibson, and is entitled A Berkshire
Road. The article and the illustrations (which
are from Mr.. Gibson's drawings) are fully
worthy of the author of Pastoral Days.
Joseph Hatton contributes the first of a So
ries of papers on Journalistic London. Mr..
Hatton opens his article with an interesting
description of Fleet Street.-The journalistic
centre of London-discusses the comparative
Importance of provincial and metropolitan
newspapers, the social standing Of journalists,
and gives some very entertaining information
respecting the. establishment and career OF
several journalistic enterprises.
Henry Vane's article, Adirondack Days, is
charming sketch of vacation life and sport,
with beautiful illustrations Those who saw
the Bridgman collection of pictures exhibited
in New York last spring, and all who are in
terested in American art, will give a hearty
welcome to Edward Strahan's article on Fred
erick A. Bridgman. The article is illustrated
with a fine portrait and eight engravings from
Mr.. Bridgman's paintings.
Charles Barnard, in The Telegraph Of To-day
gives graphic account of recent improve.
ments in telegraphy, with especial reference
to the devices adopted diminishing the cost Of
telegraphic operations. Apropos of the forth
coming Cotton Exposition at Atlanta, Henry
w. Grady contributes an important article
showing the possibilities of cotton production,
the present defective system Of cotton farming
and the outlook for the Southern manufacture
of the staple. The artc is illustrated by j.
H. Moser Mary franklin and G. Graham.
Judge G. c. Goodwin of the Salt Lake Trib-
une, in his article The Mormon Situation gives
expression to the genuine alarm felt by the
GENTLE population of Utah ON account of the
growth and aggressiveness of the Mormon sys-
tenn. Miss Woolsons Anne aud Thomas Har-
dy's A Laodicean are continued Short stories
are contributed by Kate Upson Clarke and
Amelia E. Barr, and the Editorial Depart
ments are filled with timely and interesting
matter.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

pose of exoloring the supposed track; nor, in
deed, if he had evidence as to the course and
situation of the ball could he have been justi-
fed in such an exploration. No point is better
settled in surgery than that interference OF
this sort in gunshot wounds of the belly is
meddlesome. useless and dangerous, and had
it been done and fatal peritonitis in conse-
quence been set up, the surgeon doing it
would have been justly held responsible for
the fatal result
PIECE OF BOLD SURGERY THAT WAS NOT AT
TEMPTED.
AS to the possibility of extracting the ball
safely, it would have required large tegu-
mentary and muscular incsion as means OF
approach to the spinal column; the actual re-
moval of the twelfth lumbar vertebra in order
to furnish a sufficient channel through which
the bold surgeon should advance with his IN
strument for extraction; and, after emerging
from The cavity thus made IN the spinal col
umn, he would have to penetrate or grope his
way cautiously between the ganglonic system
of nerves and arteries, veins, lymphatics,in-
cluding the thoracic duct, all of which are vi
tai structures almost inextricaby Joined to
each other on the front and sides OF the spinal
column. and the lesion Of any one Of which
must have proved fatal.
Throughout the whole course Of the treat
ment, contrary to what has been publicly said
repeatedly, so far as it was possible to apply
the system of antiseptic surgery advocated by
Mr.. Lister TO wound oil this character, 1t was
vigorously employed.
MISTAKES AND BLUNDERs ADMITTED.
am reminded now to say in reply TO some
suggestions made from time to time, that we
ought to have made a counter opening in the
lower portion of the long sinus which termin-
ated in the right lilac fOssa; that there was no
period of time during the progress of the case
in which we felt absolutely certain that what
we recognized in the fossa as point Of indura-
tion, was the ball; nor were we entirely GER
tain at any time where the lower end of the
sinus was actually situated; nothing but very
flexible instrument could ever be introduced,
and inasmuch as when introduced its presence
in the track could not be recognized by the
sense Of touch, we were left without any means
OF determining with sufficient degree OF ac-
curacy to justify an operation, where the low
or end Of the channel was. Indeed, it is prob
able that the flexible catheter employed never
reached the lower end of the channel but doub-
led upon itself near the crest of the ileum To
have cut through or between the great mass OF
muscles in the lower portion Of the lumbar re-
gion, for the purpose of making counter in
cision into small channel, the course Of
which we did not and could not know, even
approximately, would have been, under any
circumstances, an unjusti6able procedure
and especially so in the case of the President.
whose hold upon life during all this long pc
riod seemed to depend upon thread"
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

ACCORDING to a Boston Advertiser spec
ial the day before President Garfield was
shot he signed the commissions of the half
dozen United States ministers to foreign
countries, whom he had appointed, but as
this class of officials are allowed thirty days
within which to perfect their arrangements
to depart for their posts of duty after re-
ceiving their commissions, the President de-
ferred signing the letters accrediting them to
the several governments to which they were
assigned, until his return from the contem-
plated trip to Williamstown. When the
month expired the Presidents condition
precluded him from signing the documents
in question, whereupon Secretary Blaine, in
order not to delay the departure of the new
ministers, authorized them to leave, and
gave to each a letter stating the reason for
the absence of their formal credentials, and
requesting the governments concerted to
receive them, promising that as soon as the
President became convalescent, the letters
of credence would be forwarded. The State
department has been advised by several OF
the ministers that they have been most cor
daily received on Mr.. Blaine's note.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

SENATOR BEN HILL. Democrat, Georgia.,
in conversation with reporter of the Phil
adelphia Press on Tuesday, said: II believe
Gen. Arthur TO be much broader man than
he has credit for. My association with him
in the Senate during the short time we were
there gives me reason to believe that the
county may expect wise and patriotic adj
ministration from him. Ihave never shared
in the opinion that the factional bitterness
within his party during the past few years
viii be renewed or perpetuated by the new
administration. Whatever influence Mr..
Conkling exerts upon Gen. Arthur will be
for the good Of the country"
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

MR. William Ralston Balch, managing ed
itor of the Philadelphia American, has pre-
pared, and Houghton, Miftiin 6 Co. Of Bos-
ton viii shortly publish, timely memorial
volume on President Garfield. It will con-
sist of notable passages in President Gar
field 5 speeches, orations, magazine articles,
and letters.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THE Democratic Cincinnati Enquirer feels
called upon to remark of President Arthur
that che has commended himself by his re-
serve and the delicacy with which he has ap-
preached the great responsibility SO long inn
pending. It is the judgment of many able
men Of both parties that as President he
will not be merely New York politician.
Indeed, the advances he has made in public
estimation in two months are remarkable,
and those who were moved by prejudice be-
fore now confess that they may have been
mistaken
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

PHILADELPHIA Press: Secretary Blaine
has the terrible charge brought against him
that he is white-haired. When were white
hairs ever discreditable to man? And as
for weakness, of which they are said to be a
sign, the plurned knight has more power,
yigor and ability now than the strongest
red-headed Democrat in the country.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

First gentleman with the nasal hush-"I
tell you, sir it's this drinkin' in business hours
that's ruinin' our populace. Why, see me
1 amt drunk In business hours in twenty
years remember the date because I retired
permanently from commercial life in 1861 and
that kinder fixed it in my memory. Pack.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

ssIT has been the lot of President Gar
field" says the New York Evening Post, ''to
fill great places in the world, but the great
est by far is that which he now holds, un-
changeable by events and incompatible by
time, in the hearts which far and near fol-
low him to the grave
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

CINCINNATI Gazette; "Well may Euro
pean nations look on in wonder and amaze
ment while 5O,0oo 600 Of freemen, irrespec-
tive of party, sect or color, mourn the loss
of their President, while the Vice President
quietly, without attracting attention, and
without ceremony, takes his seat at the head
of the nation"
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THE New York Commercial Advertiser,
which is in position TO speak authoritative
ly, says that President Arthur is ''better in
formed on American politics than any man
who has ever occupied the executive chair
Of the Nadon, and has giveu more time to
the study Of the founders Of the government
and the public men Of the country than any
member Of his Cabinet, not even excepting
Secretary Blaine, who is a political encyclo-
nedia :,
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THERE is a standing order with the COM
missioners of Emigration at Castle Garden,
New York, for labor of all kinds for South
and North Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Never in the history Of the country has
there been such a demand for mechanics
and labQrers as exists now. Manufactures
Of all kinds are fourishing and the railroad
and building boom is something extraor-
dinarY.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THE North Of Ireland has given to the
United States some of its best blood, public
and private. The fathers of Presidents
Jackson and Arthur came to the United
States from county Antrim, Ireland.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THE Washington Star believes that the
verdict of the people will be that President
Gaef ald received the best medical and surgi-
cal treatment that could be obtained, and
that all that skill and science could accom-
plish was done for him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

In the opinion of the New York Sun the
supreme excellence of the American sys-
tenn of local self-government is amply dem
onstrated by the fact that the country has
been able to go on successfully for eighty
days without a Federal Executive.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

Two comets are now approaching the sun,
Encke's, which is no strangers as it reyisits
us once in every three and half years, and
the new one discovered in the northeast on
the night that President Garfield died.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

THE Springfield Republican reminds us
that "for the first time in twelve years we
have President who owes nothing to mill
tary experiences in the field"
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

We do not read anonymous letters and communi
cations. The name and address OF the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publica-
tion 0nt as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake TO return or pres vs com
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

On Tuesday the goth inst, the day after
the Presidents death, the Boston Herald
printed the extraordinary number of 270, ,44O
copies.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

s'DEArH having removed all danger of
misconstruction, /" telegraphs Minister Viii
liam Walter Phelps from Vienna, "iet
me subscribe $4,000 to the Garfield Fund"
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

NEBRAsKA's Governor was the first State
Executive to issue proclamation of
mourning in honor to the memory Of Gar
field.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. SEPT. 20.

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS is furnished
With Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen,
Editor, All railway, steamboat and hotel managers
viii confer favor upon US by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent our Journal
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

The Cleveland Herald says: "Cuyahoga
County will erect over the burial place of
her noblest and greatest son a monument
worthy Of his name and fame.''
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

We were then informed of the manner of
the accident, and that ON the receipt OF the in-
jury the President had fallen to the floor, sink
ing down to the right side, that being interro-
gated, he complained Of pain in his right an
kse, and subsequently in the course OF the day,
OF similar pain in his left ankle; which pains
had been promptly relieved by the hypoderm-
ic injection of morphine. He vomited imme-
diately after the receipt of the injury, and ia
the course of the day his urine had to be drawn
once by the catheter. There was not, when
first seen by myself, nor has there been at any
time subsequently, any apparent loss Of power
in his lower extremities, or diminution of the
natural sensibility at any point. The pains 10
his ankles, however, we're accompanied with
hyperesthesia of the integument; and few
days later it was observed that there was by
per@sthesia of the right side OF the scrotnm.
All of these symptoLls-the pain and the hy-
ernsthesia--dissppeared wholly in the course
Of the first week or two and never returned.
On the morning of the 4th Of July, the patient
being partially under the influence OF NOR
phine, was not suffering pain, the bowels were
tympanitic and the pulse was feeble.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29
THE DOCTORS.
DIR. Hamilton's Review of the Cele-
brated Case.
The Impracticability OF Extracting the
Ball Asserted and Mistakes in dag
nosis Frankly Admitted

The following is tho full text OF DR.. Frank
Hamilton's article contributed to the Medical
Gazette and giving review of the progress of
the Presidents wound to its fatal termination:
DIR. HAMILToN's STATEMENT.
$50 far as l am informed, the testimony is
conflicting as to the relative positions Of the
President and the assassin when the pistol was
fred 1t is now rendered probable that the
assassin stood well to the right and slightly in
the rear Of the President. The ball entered
about four inches to the right of the spine,
penetrating and comminuting the eleventh RIB,
entering the intervertebral substance between
the last dorsal and first lumbar vertebra, and
passing obliquely forward, emerged at point
near the centre of the first lumbar vertebra in
frolt; and was found some distance TO the left
of the vertebra at the lower margin OF the pam
creas-being situated nearer its posterior than
its anterior surface-wholly without the peri
toneal cavity. II is unnecessary to say that
the course Of the ball, after penetrating the
rib, was not determined until after death.
saw the patient on the morning Of July q, in
consultation.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29
PROBING THE WOUND wIrH FINGERS

At the first consultation, the question haV-
ing arisen as to the probable course of the ball
it was stated that Surgeon-General Wales of
the Navy had, on the day OF the receipt OF the
injury, introduced his finger to its tull extent
and that he had declared that it penetrated the
substance Of the liver, the structure Of which
ne recognized by its granular feel; and DIR.
Bliss stated that he had introduced probe
about three inches, which seemed TO have
passed in the same direction.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29

AT 100 EXCHANGE 81, TohihASD'
rERMs; EIGHT Dollars Year. To mail subscrth
ars seven Doilars Year, If paid In advance.
The Portland daily press., 1881-09-29
EDUCATIONAL
MR. .IOHN O'NEELL,

The term opens on the 18th Of September, but pu-
pills may enter at any time
Mrs. O'NEEEE will also be prepared to receive
pupils in private instruction at the above on
and after Sept 9th. sep15d3m