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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17


EASY CONES EASY GoEs.-The find.
er Of hidden treasure. the heir to un-
claimed estates, The land owner who
strikes oil. the holder Of the prize
ticket in the lottery, or any other son
Of Adam who finds his pockets full Of
unearned dollars, is in a position Of
peril all the more dangerous for the
reason that it is unknown and un-
thought of. An honest shoemaker of
our acquaintance, who made q good
living for himself and family by ply
ing his trade, a year ago received
81 800 arrears of pension money
lie was q sober man, with no vicious
SPpetites to crafty; but he bought
his wife diamond earrings, his daueh-
ter a piano. and set himself up as a
shoe merchant. instead of a shoemak.
er. The sheriff sold the poor fellow
out last week. His debts will fol.
low him for years. This man is the
type of thousands of his fellows
PkItadeipktG Record
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

AN APPALLING THoUGHf.-During
the second year of the war 9 grocer
in an Ohio tOwn sealed his prices By
reports from the front. One day .
defeat would cut the price Of butter
four cents, the next day q victory
would raise the price Of eggs q PEN
ny q dozen, and a victory or defeat
was certain to lit even the jar Of nut
meg on the shelf. One day a farmer
who had some butter to sell entered
the store and asked the going price.
Il am paying sixteen to-day" was
the answer.
But only two days ago you paid
twenty.
ayes. but yOu see Pope has been
defeated since that, and there il a
back action"
The farmer sold out and wanted
the most Of it in sugar, and the gro
Ger remarked a. he made ready to
weigh it:
Sugar has advanced cent pound
since Monday" 0 ~
"Mercy on mel how is that r
Because the rebels got licked in
Tennessee"
The old man sat down on a nail
key and thought it all over, and pre-
sently looked up and said:
MY friend, if a Federal defeat
cheapens what you buy, and a Rebel
victory enhances the value Of what
you sell, what a fix you'd be in il
there should be a drawn battle"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
valuaErs Recipes.

ThE Virtues or MULLEN. The
Boise City RePublieon says MULLEN
smoked in a pipe will always relieve
catarrh, and patiently continusd will
effect a permanent cure.
It also has the following, which
may be worth something to the attic
ted:
IL have discovered q remedy for
consumption. It has cured num-
Der of cases after they had begun
bleeding at the lungs. and the hectic
flush was already on the cheek. AT
ter trying this remedy TO my own sat
isfaction, ! have thought philanthro-
ply required that ] should let it be
known to the world. It 10 common
mullen, STEPPED and sweetened with
sugar, and drank freely. Young or
old plants are good, dried in the shade
and kept in clean bags. The medi-
cine uaat be continued from three to
six monzhs, accnrding TO the nature Of
the disease q = good for the blood
vessels also. e strengthens and builds
ND the system. IL makes good blood,
and takes way Inflammation from the
lung. =
Iii Russia, few years ago, mu[
lein plant was received, and it Wa
considered great earnestly. They
called it the AInerioan velvet plaHt.
SNALLPox CUREs.-A corresp0n-
dent Of the Stockton (Cal.) Herald
gives the following - a smallpox spe-
cifc
herewith append a recipe which
has been used 20 my knowledge in
hundreds Of cases. 1t will prevent
or cure the smallpox though the pit
tings are filed. When Jenner dis
covered cowpox in England the world
If science hurled an avalanche oi
fame at his head, but when the most
scientific school of medicine in the
world, that Of Paris, published this
recipe as a panacea for smallpox it
passed unheeded. It is as unfailing
as fate, and conquers in every in
stance. 1t 10 harmless when taken by
a we'll person. 1t will also cure scar
let fever; here it is as have used it
to cure the small pox. When learned
physicians said the patients must die
it cured:
Sulphate Of zinc. one grain.
Foxglove (digitalis}, one grain.
Half a teaspoOnful Of sugar.
Mix with two teaspoonful of water.
When thoroughly mixed add four
ounces Of water. Take a teaspoonful
every three hours. Either disease
will disappear in twelve hours. For
a child a smaller dose, according to
age. IF counties would compel their
physicians to use this there would be
no need of pest houses. If you value
advice and experience use this for that
terrible disease.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

SUICIDE FAsHIoNABLE.-Suicide
seems to be in fair way Of becom-
ing quite fashionable.
otlong agoa suicide, before drown
ing himself in an English river, took
the precaution Of addressing o letter
10 the editor of the local newspaper,
explaining his intentions, and stating
where his body should be looked for.
A merchant at Arion, in Belgium,
has improved upon this, and formal
ly notified his intention to commit
suicide in q certain hotel in Paris to
the burgomaster of his native town.
That worthy functionary, instead OF
attempting to prevent him. at once
sent all necessary particulars for the
correct filling up of the death certi-
fcate TO the local maire in Paris, for
use in case the merchant executed his
intentions. The suicide took place,
and no doubt the particulars were
found useful. This nonchalant Off
cial acceptance of q notification Of
intended suicide is not far removed
from the official superintendent of
the operation once familiar enough in
the far east. Though England, in
the opinion of oil Frenchmen, is the
land OF suicides, our foreign censors
have found themselves compelled to
take precautions against those who
desire to put an end to their lives by
artificial means. No longer will the
stranger be able to climb the Ven
dome column for the purpose of TAX
ing q bird 's-eye view of Paris
So many Frenchmen have recently
thrown themselves from the top Of
the column that the authorities have
resolved upon refusing to the tourist
thepermissiOn TO ascend it. In the ear
ly part of this century a great num-
Der of persons threw themselves in
despair from the monument, and that
form of death became the popular
form of suicide in London. Tue Off
Gals thereupon removed the tempta-
tion to self-destruction by surround
ing the platform on the top with an
iron cage, and since then thousands
Of strangers have every year assembled
the monument with IMMUNITY. Why
should not the same plan be tried on
the Vendome column Pail MaIE
Gazette.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

B9-JOhnny thought it would be
nice to be a giraffe; for then he could
stand on the ground and eat the ap-
pies, pears and cherries that grew on
Farmer Jones trees, beyond the dan
ger Of dogs and bear traps. and could
also taste the good things all the way
down his neck. But Johnny had a
sore throat the other day, and as he
laid his head on the pillow upon re-
firing he con6dentially remarked to
his mother that he was glad he wasn't
. giraffe, after all. A giraffe with
two or three yards of sore throat
dawrfed his own affection into moth.
ingness by comparison.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
COPARFNBRSHP.

A CO-paFtnerShip in the practice Ofmedi
- cine has been formedbetween the under
signed, which dates frOEa the LIST OfJanuary,
1881. Office in the room adjoining the new
Drug Store OF Harry Spalding
A. JACK SPALDING,
CHARLES COMBS,
Jan !, 1852.
Jan 5, lss2-ly.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
NOTICE.
Surveying.

1RARTIES wishing 10 employ the service
IL ofthe undersigned as surveyor wiliad'
dress
GEO.B DENT,
Great MiIlsP o. Nd.
March 10, s52-n.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

THE VOLTAGE BELT Co., Marshall, Mich.-
viii send On. DYE's CELEBR3TED ELEcTR0-
VOLTAlc BELTs AND ELEcTRIc APPLIANCES on
trial for thirty days to men tyOunG or old J
who are afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost
Vitality and Manhood, and kindred troubles,
guaranteeing speedy and complete restoration
Of health and manly vigor. Address rs above.
N. B.-NO risk il incurred, as thirty days
trial Is allowed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

~-It Is no use to Try to get better cloth,
ing, newer styles, more substantial work.
nicer fitting garments, more for your money,
or anything else in the shape Of bargains or
6ne treatment, than is offered by the reliable
and old established house Of G. n. Oehm 4
Son, 23O W. Pratt street, through TO SIS Han
over street. Baltimore. Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

IA Ayers Ague Cure is an ihfal-
liable cure for Fever and Ague in all
its forms. The prOprietOrs warrant
it, and their word is as good as q u.
S. bond. Trial proves it.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

Having leased the property known as
Moore's Hotel, Leonardiown, Nd, for Two
years, commencing the lst OF January, 1882,
l respectfully inform the public that its man
agement will now be under my exclusive di-
rectiOn and that no pains or expense viii be
spared TO maintain the high reputation as .
public resort il has obtained in the past and
10 increase il in the future. Thankful for the
liberal patronage which has heretofore been
extended to the HOUSE, respectfully solicit q
continuance aud increase Of the favOrs OF the
travelling public. All parties indebted to
Mrs. N. J. Moore on Hotel account are re-
her have been PLACED in my hands for settle
ment aud tina: no further Indulgence Can Be
allowed them.
81 HERBERT r. MOORE,
LeOnardIOwn, Nd.
Jan IL, les2-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
For Sale or Rent.

TNwENTY ACRES Of good land. highly
improved, near Point lookout, on q
fne oyster creek Of 10 acres A hne dwel-
ling Of IL roOms-four out-houses In com
plele order. Fruit in abundance. Situated
on the ). n. r. r. viii sell also double
wagon and harness, ducking boats, bets and
fishing tackle and q fne work horse and
mare Fine crop Of corn growing. VIII
sell the above together cheap for cash. APP
ply to MOORE 3 AORGAN,
July 81, lse2-u. LeonaTdtown, Nd
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

Everybody comes to the Big Brown Store to
trace.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
Fraser AxIe Grease.

One greasing with the Frazer AxIe Grease
will last two weeks, all others two or three
days. Try Il. IL received Hrst premium AZ
the Centennial and Paris Exposition.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17
FOR THE LEGISLATURES.

MemTs. Edito1-Plesse announce The name
Of Mr.. JOHN n. LEACH NJ an independent
candidate for q seat in the House OF Repre-.
seniAtives Of the next General Assembly Of
Maryland.
PooR NEx ASD REPUBLIcAxs.
Feb Q, 1889.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

@.Mark Twain remarks that ell
we need to possess the finest navy in
the world is ships-fOr we have plen-
~ Of water.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-08-17

h0ANG.-LOans negotiated on Real Es
ate security at low rate Of interest for g.
years. Apply 10
10. r. MORGAN, ATTORNEY,
LeOnardtOwn, Nd.
Sept IS. 1881.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

THE emphatic declaration of President
Washburn, of Roberts College, Constantine
pie, that missionary interest was declining
in this country, has met with an emphatic
denial in many quarters, of which the
strongest is made by the Independent, which
points out that in the last thirty years the
annual contributions to foreign missions
have nearly doubled every ten years, rising
from S5,07S,922 in 1S49 to 1924, 1851, 482 in
1880. The $25,000,000 contributed in Eng
land makes the total nearly $50, 100000 for
Protestant missions. In 1929 the contribu-
tions were only $745, us, so that the growth
in half century represents almost doub
ling in every ten years. Even this advance,
however, can scarcely be considered to keep
Up with the advance Of the Church itself in
wealth and membership AS writer on
the subject points out, while the increase in
congregational contributions is very great
within few years, the per capita contribu-
tion has dwindled. The simple fact is that
missionary work in this country has in
creased prodgiously and foreign missionary
work is only part of larger whole. But
the candid observer will find it difficult to
find any great philanthropic efforts whose
results have been in the main more success
full than American foreign missions.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
Magazine Notices.

The Art Amateur for July contains numer-
ous array of floral and figure designs, especially
valuable to the decorative artist, besides a page
of Salon pictures, and two pages of sketches by
the famous French battle painter, Detaille
Articles on illuminations, Wedgwood ware
and curious shoes are finely illustrated. Will
lam Astor's art gallery is described, directions
for Pastel Painting are given, the Per-
disability of Artists Materials is consider
Ell, and some Vexed Questions of Furnishing
are ably discussed. Conventional Treatment
in Design, Darned Work, and Painting Sum-
shades are among the other topics practically
treated Montezuma's Note Book overfows
with spicy paragraphs on the reigning art
sensations in London, and nothing is lacking to
maintain the well-earned reputation of this
magazine as an indispensable aid to all anna
tours interested in practical art.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
The Webster Circular.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
March 20, 1871.


To the Hon THOMAS EWING, Secretary of the
Treasury:
SIR The President is of opinion that it is a
great abuse to bring the patronage OF the gen
eral government into conflict with the freedom
of elections, and that this abuse ought to be
corrected, wherever it may have been permit
ted to exist, and to be prevented for the future.
He therefore directs that Information be CIV
en- to all officers and agents in your department.
of the public service, that partisan interference
in the popular elections, whether of State Off
GERS or of officers of the Federal government,
and for whomsoever and against whomsoever
it may be exercised, or the payment OF any
contribution or assessment on salaries or offclal
Wit -Ug regarded BY him as cause Tor removal.
1t is not intended that any officer shall be re-
strained in the free and proper expression and
maintenance of his opinions respecting public
men or public measures, or in the exercise to
the fullest degree of the constitutional right of
suffrage But persons employed under the
government and paid for their services out of
the public treasury, are not expected to take
an active or officious part in attempts to infu-
ence the minds or votes of others, such con-
duct being deemed inconsistent with the spirit
of the Constitution and the duties of public
agents acting under it, and the President is re-
solved, so far as depends upon him, that while
the exercise of the elective franchise by the
people, shall be free from undue influence of
official station and authority, opinion shall also
be free among the officers and agents of the
government.
Similar letters have been addressed to other
heads of departments.
have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,
DANIEL WEBSTER. :
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
Then and Now.

The Argus is growing fergetful in its old
age. Tuesday, the 4th inst, it republished
with approving comment the circular that
Daniel Webster, when Secretary of State in
1S41, wrote concerning contributions from
office holders for political purposes. When
the Argus was younger and fresher-March
25, 1841, is published this same circular, and
spoke Of it in the following terms:
The official circular of Daniel Webster,
which we publish in another column, is about
the most bare-faced piece of humbuggery that
this humbug administration has yet produced.
For a man standing by the executive block, his
axe reeking with the blood of the 'proscrib-
Ell" who have been cut off to make room for
his greedy partisans, and surrounded yet by
whole horde of ravenous office seekers, all cry
ing "give, give! for we have served you faith
fullyl"-for man thus placed to promulgate
a bulletin against partisan interference in pop
ular elections, is nothing more or less than
deliberate insult to the understanding OF the
community. Think of telling Nathan Cum
mings, whose strongest claim to the collector
ship has been stated in his own paper to con-
sist of his long services with time and money
to his party, not to interfere with popular cleo
tionsl Or imagine the same direction given TO
Col. Lyman who is to have the post office for
the very purpose of making it useful election
eering machine for the benefit of Federalism.
The more the Argus considered the circu-
lar the madden it got. + dubbed the circu
lar "The New Inquisition," called it the act
of a despot, denounced it as an outr age on
freemen, styled it pronunciamento by
"Messrs Webster & Co., and in its issue of
40
There is something's revolving in the specta-
Gle of President forbidding certain class of
his fellow citizens expressing their honest
views and using their rightful influence either
for or against his administration, under pain Of
his great vengeance, that we see not how it
can be tolerated by even the Federal press.
Why, what Despot does such man make
himself
Then it dropped the subject, went into
the fight for hard money, and declared that
the government could not issue paper cur
rency until an amendment to the constitu-
ton to that effect should be adopted!
The Argus and Col. Lyman are now unit
ed in denouncing political contributions,
and the one is as sincere as the other.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

THE joint resolution authorizing the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to issue two-per cent
bonds TO the amount Of $200,000,000 has
passed both Houses of Congress. 1t remains
to be seen whether subscriptions can be OBJ
tanned upon that basis Not many years
ago the idea of such thing would have
been secuted as preposterous, but times have
changed within the past decade. The cred
it of the United States is now as good as
that of Great Britain, and it is being steadi-
ly advanced as our resources are being de-
veloped and our character for honesty JUS
tilted. Yet 1t is hardly likely that the
proposed two-per cent. bonds will be taken
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

THE Prohibitionists, who in the South
have no organized existence worth noting,
and in the Middle States are but feeble
and forlorn hope, are in the West an agrees
sive and dominant force. They now claim
in Iowa majority of over forty thousand
for the prohibitory amendment to the Con-
stitution which was voted on last week.
The Republicans voted for it almost solidly.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
Reception Hall Getty Building)
PORTLAND,

TO nominate candidates for the following offices, to
Register Of Deeds County Attorney, Clerk OF
Courts, and two County Commissioners. Also to
elect County Committee for two years; conmenc-
ing Jan l. 1888.
The basis of representation viii be as follows
one delegate for each city and town; and one IN
addition for each seyentyye votes for Governor III
1885, fraction of 40 votes will be entitled to an
additional delegate. Cities and towns are entitled
to delegates as follows:
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

Mr.. Gladstone's political troubles will
not be decreased by the general failure of
the crops in England, which the wel-in-
formed correspondent of the New York
World has announced. This will cause dis
satisfaction and discomfort among the farm
ers, and as the government is always held
responsible for what goes wrong, the forces
of the Opposition viii be correspondingly
strengthened. Unless Mr. Gladstone's luck
changes pretty soon, it is not unlikely that
there will be change Of administration.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

IT is relief to find that the reported mas
sacre in Dakota is Pigment of the magma
ton, and it would be a further qualification
to know that the mendacious person who
invented the story, and palmed it off upon
some too credulous newspaper man as the
honest truth, had in some way or other been
appropriately punished. A massacre by
Indians IS no laughing matter, and the sub
iect is too serious to be made the basis of
10
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

ONE of the men who manned the Chesa-
peake and helped to capture the Caleb Cusd-
ing, gives in to-day's PRESS Jocose account
of that memorable chase. Like most who
recall adventurous deeds long after they are
done, our correspondent enlarges upon the
humorous aspects of the affair and modest
" omits the graver. But he is evidently
proud of the share he had in the events OF
that day so honorable to the city and its peo-
pie: and will be always glad to tell how the
citizens of Portland rescued the captured
cutter from the audacious privateers VINO
seized her and carried her to sea. The theft
and recovery of the Caleb Gushing are
among the most noticeable incidents OF the
civil war.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

ga MISCARRIAGE of Justice is what the
Hartford Courant calls the result of the
Malley trial.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

The fiscal year closed Friday, and the
National debt reduction during the year
has been S151, 684,351. The reduction for
June was $12, 500, 1896, which is not far from
the average monthly payment during The
year. This years reduction is about $5O,-
900, 900 greater than last years, and consid-
erably larger than has been made in any
other twelve months since the war.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

THE Arkansas State Gazette concludes that
Arthur's chances of election in 1884 "are
better than any other Republican candi-
date -
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

LORD Shaftesbury and the London Spec
tator both appear to coincide with the Lon
don Times in reference to the prospective
changes of British institutions in the direc-
ton of Radcalism and Liberalism, and all
three of these authorities seem to apprehend
the very gravest changesin the whole organ
ization, scope, character, purposes and poll
cy of the government of the British Empire
from the apparently irresistible progress of
English democracy.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
BOYS, ATTENTION!

TEyHE Portland Fraternity at its last meeting de-
Il cided to open a school of carpentry, to be
under the supervision of Luther Pingree, who is
well qualified to instruct. Tho school will be In
the third story of the Fraternity building on Free
street and will be opened July 9th at half-past
seven in the morning, continuing daily till the
opening of the public schools in the autumn. The
those wishing to learn the of TOOLS will do we'll
to call at once at the rooms on Free street and
roll their Names as but limited number can be
eommodated. Mr.. Woodhill is daily in atte ndance
at the rooms and will receive and register the
names of applicants. jun13du
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

SAMUEL DINGLEY,
NEWALL A. 1RAFrON,
DIR. JOHN /. STURGESS, County
BENZ. TRUE,
GILES LORING, CoWm ttee
HORACE f. MILLIKEN,
FRED II. HARTFORD,
ISAIAH S. WEBB, Chairman.
JOHN M. STEVENS, Secretary.
Portland July 3, 1882.
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06
For Sale.

EHIELD of Grass in Town of Deering, belonging to
H. estate of Jas. McGlinchy. Apply to 15S Dan
forth Street. or 324 Fore Street, Portland. Me.
ie29 d2ws
The Portland daily press., 1882-07-06

The Kansas City Times suggests that sit
was the duty, it would seem, OF Congress,
in behalf of the people, to postpone action
on internal taxes until the tariff question
was disposed of, so that between the two
systems an adjustment could have been
made which would in equity burden those
concerned in either system, in accordance
with the nature and profits of the industries
and interests involved, without impairing
the requirements of the Government"