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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20

TFtAND St.UE kKOuT LUNCH THIS
" EVENING, at the
GIRARD HOUSE, No. !;:i NORTH QUEEN ST.
Best Of Beer on tap.
II CHAS ZkCII, Proprietor.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

Walker proposed to III bio n Is
could, and THAI I ahselved hiln ssn
the promise made n tie carries as
he must fight for bis lie. >, = ~
ber distinctly how excited the ief
. Justice became as he rushed - I'll
Foewn the line, swinging his artp td
crying 70 the crowd, Z. Keep out ks
line Offre, gsntlsmsn Keep 0Pt the
line of fire. s.,, - -.
At last the word was gwen. 9th
piatola -cxacked. and Wagker nnn
around on his heal and fell into E0l-
son arms. They, tore open Iiis sh-
ingand found that the Bed bad -
tered the body Just wlIess ahe lite
line 6f vest showed below the cnat
Il was supposed, Of course that i y a
passed Through tha ao5ss s. IS z = :. -
selt ea the eFfosits side, bIe6
Eterward aseertained, upon earefns
ayaminafion, that by most fortunate
aecidentithad glanced and run around
lsthe liningaof the abdomen, Just nnder
the skin. 50 fhaft the wound was in re-
ality but slight. Both were satisfied
and became warm friends. Graham
accompanied Walker on his Nicaragua
expedition and was killed here.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12


ELI PERKINS ON UNCLE HANK
Uncle Hank Allen was perhaps the
smoOthest and most accomplished liar
in Central New York. There were
other ordinary postofice liars in the
beautiful village Of Eaton, N. Y, where
/ was born, but. Uncle Hank could lie
Ikea gifted metropolitan. Every night
Uncle Hanks grocery was filed with
listening citizens, all paying the stric-
test attention whatever the good old
man spoke. When Charley Campbell
or John Whitney lied nobody paid
much attention to them because they
were clumsy workmen. Their lies
would not hold water like Uncle
Hanks. Why, the old mans lies
were SO smooth, so artistic that, while
listening to them, you imagined you
were listening to Elder Cleveland .
Bible stories.
One day they were all talking about
potato-bugs in Uncle Hanks grocery,
which was a sort Of village farmers
club. First, Charley Miles remarked
casually that he thought it was going
to be a potato-bug year.
"Talk about its going to be a pota-
to-bug year !" exclaimed DIR. Purdy.
Going to be.2 Why, they were 20
thick in my garden this morning that
] could not see the stalks. Icounted
962. ste0ng, healthy bugs on one hill.
Twenty-eight bugs on one stalk |" and
the doctor struck the air with his fist.
"Twenty-eight bugs on one stalk |
Only twenty-eight? ?" said Charley
Campbell, 'contemptuously, Why,
they ate up my first crop of potatoes
two weeks ago, and they are now sit
ting around the garden on trees and
fences waiting for me to plant them
oVer-again."
Old Hank now scratched his head
thoughtfullys and remarked:
gentlemen, you don't any Of you
appear to know anything about she
ravenons nature of them potater-bugs.
You may call me a liar, but I've had
Potater-bugs walk right into nv,
kitchen aud yank red-hot potaters
right out ofthe oven. Waiting around
the potater patch for the second cropl'
exclaimed old Hank with a sneer.
waiting? Why, confound your eyes,
| was up to Townsend's store yester-
day, and ] saw potater-bngs up there
looking over Townsend's books to see
who had bought seed potaters for next
year. / did, by goshl'
The whole grocery was still when
Uncle Hank finished. You could
have heard a pin drop. Finally a
long, lean man from Woodman' Q Pond
raised himself up near the door. He
was evidently a newcomer, and was
not acquainted with Mr.. Allen. Point
ing his long finger at Uncle Hank, he
exclaimed s
"You are a liar r.
Uncle Hank looked over his glasses
at the stranger long and earnestly.
Then holding out his hand he inquir-
ed with puzzled look:
when did you get acquainted with
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

SoLID CoxrEsr.-Farmine Is 4
slow way 10 make money, but then
there Is . law Of compensation abou:
sserything in this life, and farming
has its blessings that other pursuits
do not have, The farmer belongs Ia
nobody. he is the freest man. upon
earth and the most independent. He
has mere latitude and longitude. He
has house In the country. with
plenty OF pnre air and good water.
u be makes but little in the field. he
has occasion to spend but little. He
can raise his own hogs and sheep and
cattle and chickens. His wood cosrs
nothing. and the luxury of big back
logs and blazing fires in open fire.
places all winter long is something
that city people long Tor, but cannot
afford. Ny own farm costs me 81 :
OOO. / have one hundred and twenty
acres of open land in good condition.
and 1t yields, me on an average about
nye dollars an acre over all expenses.
Say nine per cent. upon the invest
ment. Well, that is mighty little.
considering my own labor and super
vision. I've seen the time when I
made tive times as much without anv
capital except my head. But then
we have TO keep pair of horses to
ride around, and they have to be fed
from the farm.
There are little leaks all round but
still we are happier on the farm than
we were In the town, and feel more
secure from the ills of life. We fear
no pestilence or disease, no burglars
or thieves. We lock no doors, and
Mrs. Arp has qdit looking under the
bed for man. ! love to hear the
chnrn-dasher splashing in the butter
milk. / love to hear the roosters
crow and the peacock holleE, and see
the martins sailing around the mar
tin gourds. [ love to hear a neigh
Dor stop and talk about the growing
crops. love to take the children
with me to the water-mill and fish
below the dam amid the roar of fall
ing waters. or paddle around the
pond in leaky bateau. / love TO
wander through the woods and glades,
and wear old clothes that cant get
Older or dirtier. and get caught in a
shower Of rain if | want to. Old man
Horace remarked about 1000 years
ago that the town was the best place
for a rich man to live in, and the
country was the best place for a poor
man to die in. and inasmuch as riches
were uncertain and death was sure,
it becomes a prudent man to move to
the country as soon as he can get
there. Farmers have their ups and
downs, of course, but they don't COL
lapse and bust up like tradesmen.
They don't go down under a panic
BIZ Arp, IN atlanta Constellation.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

BREATHE THRoUGRs THE Nost:
AIoEE-Mnch has.been written, and
very properly, too, about the necassi-
ty OF sufficient ventilation in the bed
chamber. sitting-T00ln and shop. land
very little Of the need Of perfecl noss
ventilation; aud yet the latter. al
ways and persistently active, has
more marked influence on the health
than the former. 1881 - T-t s.
Man IN savage stass and all the
lower animals breathe through the
nose in repose of sleep; in fact, a0ms
animals cannot breathe through the
mouth. Civilized man, while he may
rejoice that he has surpassed his saw
age brother in the nobler things OF
earth, can well envy him his freedom
from lung and throat. diseases and inn
paired voice and hearing, which are
SO often due 10 the vicious habit Of
breathing through the mouth. 1f
The nose is designed. in the ecoae-
my Of nature, TO prepare the inspired
air for the lungs as it passes through
the winding nasal canal and pharynx
of warming it, charging it withimois-
ture and filtering or purifying il from
foreign substances. The nose ia,also
the organ Of the sense Of the smell,
and has direct influence on the
voice, playing the same part the
curves Of the'cornet does in enriching
the tones; it 10 also closely associated
with the sense of hearing. ~.
The effect Of mouth breathing is to
bring the cold, dry, dusty air direct
ly in contact with the delicate mucus
membrane of the air passages, after
producing irritation. which results in
sore throat, swollen tonsil, hoarseness
and lung troubles. Snoring, the plea
ant little trick Of causing the soft pa
late to vibrate, can only be accom-
Pushed by breathing through the
mouth.
Sore throat, hoarseness, lung trou-
bles, deafness, snoring and impaired
voice, flow as naturally from breath
ing through the mouth as blood from
an open vein.
And now, in the language of the
famous American traveller, George
Carlton: If were to endeavor to be-
queath to posterity the most impor-
tant motto, which human language
can convey, it should be in three
words, "shut your mouth.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

GoINe FOR THE Doctor FOR HIM
sELF.-Job lived in the little village
of Parr, Genesee County, N. Y. His
neighbors always said, Jobs leetle
queer" but even they were not pre-
pared for his most eccentric freak.
One night Jo6 was startled out of
restless sleep by pain in the stomach.
He had been reading the day before
an article in the paper about the Ash
attic cholera, and the pain frightened
him. Jumping out Of bed, he pulled
on his clothes and hurried to DIR.
B--s house, nearly a quarter of
q mile distant. The family were all
asleep and it was some time before
Job could waken the doctor, who
finally thrust his night capped head
out Of the window and sharply ask
ed:
Who's there? p
81 am
"Who are your
"Job Calder; and I want you 10
come right down to our house at
once"
why. what's the matter? Any one
sick ?"
"Yes."
"Who?"
"Why, | am. And you'll come just
as soon as you can, won't you doc
tor p
"You old fool Can't you come in
and let me see you here ?''
mo, ! can't, l ought to be in bed
this minute, and that's where you'll
find me-" And off the obstinate Job
trudged groaning. Back TO his house
he ran, and there the doctor, who
had learned to put up with the con-
ceits of his country patients, found
him half an hour-Iater-a very sick
man. He had, however, the satisfac-
tion Of seeing him recovered from a
severe illness, and that, too, in spite
Of his ''going for the doctor for him
self, at the dead Of night.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

A SNAKE IN THE GRAss.-An old
Proverb says:-"N Never Judge a man
by the coat he wears" and think
there IS some reason in it. A man
who affects great softness Of manner,
an unrutiied evenness Of temper and
an enunciation studied, slow and de-
liberate, should always be suspected
Tor it bespeaks a degree of mental
discipline into which he who has no
purpose of craft or design cannot sub
NIT to drill himself. The most sue
oessful knaves are of this description
.--as smooth as razors dipped in oil,
and as sharp. They affect the inno-
cence of the dove, which they have
not, so that they may hide the cum
ming Of the serpent which they have.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

I.anEff aud fha word laughs with you;
Weep sRa yoR weEp alcDe.
For the sad old earth. mRst borrow its mirlh
But kns 1Fouble enough fits cwn.
Sigh, $50 the hills viii answer, ~.
Sing, Il 4 lost On the air.
The echoes bo8Ed toa joyful seand,
But shrink fom xoieing care.
RejQee. and men VIII seek Won:
Griexes and they turn and 20. - -
Ihey want 4hil measure Of All yOar pieamzFe
Bat they do not need your woe.
Ase glad, aud y0nFsi siFienda ars nany; ~
BE sads and you lose them all.
There are none 90 odeciine your noctaFed wine
But aloas you mast drink life's gall.
Fees1, and your halls are crowded.
Fast, and the world goes by. s.ev
Succepd and give. and Il helps y0a llve.
Gntn9 usauean heip Ynm die.
Tiete y rQn. aI s Va f.lenguro e-a-s4
For = Iesge aa& I0fdfy train,
But one ~ DBe we must all fle on
Through the narrow aisles Of pain.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

H The coIored youth, John H.
Alexander. who has been admitted
to the Military Academy at West
Point, is a native of Virgins, his
parents having gone to Ohio after the
close Of the war. Young Alexander
was appointed as alternate by the
Hon. George w. Goddess, the demo
cratic Congressman from the Mans
field district, and the principal hav-
ing failed to pass a satisfactory ex-
animation, Alexander stood the test
and came out with flying coIors. be-
ing well up in grammer and stand
ing 98 In arithmetic.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

The EFFECT OF AGE Oh THE Eye
1t Is found on an average of observa-
tions, that at ten years Of age the
crystalline lens in the eye may be
rendered so convex as to give q clear
image of an object three inches away.
At twenty-one it will only accommo.
date itself to an object four and a
half inches from the eye. Anything
nearer will be obscure, because the
lens will not assume q form suEiici-
emily convex to refract 20 q focus on
the retina rays Of light 30 divergent
as any nearer object will radiate. At
forty years Of age the NEAR point"
has reached TO q distance of nine
inches. and at fifty, to thirteen inches.
At sixty years Of age the lens has 90
far los: It's fexibility, and therefore
its power Of responding to the muscle,
that it cannot ordinarily give q clear
image Of any object less than twenty
ak inches away. At seventy-Eve the
power Of accommodation is wholly lost;
light still passes through the eye, and
10 focused on the retlna, but only
when it comes in parallel rays. Par
allel rays it can converge on the re-
tina, bat divergent rays require that
extra refractIve power which the aged
eye has lost by the hardening Of the
lens. Not As q matter Of disease.
then, but in the ordinary course Of
years. and in every eye alike, il the
bodily sight gradually weaned from
the scrutiny Of near objects around,
aud permitted 20 turn a clear vision
only upon the things far of.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

D% During the seige Of Petersburg,
Va, one of the Confederate generals
bought a cow and a number Of tar
keys. The men, who had very little
10 eat, thought the general hardly en-
titled to such luxuries. One day a
ragged and hungry Georgian procured
a fsh-hook, baited with corn, and tying
it to long string strolled toward the
generals headquarters. The general
and the membersof his staff were sitting
in front of the headquarters tent
but the Georgian boldly approached,
as il he were just sauntering by.
Watching his opportunity, he dropped
the balted hook, which Eat turkey
seized. The soldier continued his
walk, the turkey naturally follow
ing.
The general noticed that the tur-
key was walking off. He suspected
that something was wrong and hal
lOoed. At that the soldier darted
away over a hill. The general and
his staff followed, and there was a
long chase. When at last the Geor-
gian had escaped with his prize. The
general turned 10 the officers and
said:
Wasn't that man q coward 10 Let
my turkey chase him offsO? To think
of a soldier in my command running
from a turkey"
Before long, all the generals tur-
keys, and his cow as well, were cap
tured by the hungry soldiers. The
general gave orders that the man
who had stolen the COW be arrested; /;
but the only thing the search reyeal-
ed was a pair Of horns.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

B~ A correspondent asks: 'What
time of the year do the days begin to
shorten?' When you have note in
bank. A note in bank Is the great
annihilator of time. The days are
crowded together in thin layers and
the nights are like = smear. from a
blacking brush.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

lt is estimated that the wheat pro-
duct Of the United States is likely to
be twenty-three per cent. short ofthe
great crop Of last year. But short
crops are also predicted for Europe.
50 that the farmers may get good
prices that viii fully make up for
losses in quantity.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

@ He that has never known ad-
Feraity is but half acquainted with
others or himself Constant. success
shows US but one side Of the world,
for, as it surrounds rs with friends
who viii tell us only of our merits, 30
1t silences those enemies fron whom
alone we. can learn our defects.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

n@- at is said that the greatest
dread Of gambler is that he will be
paralyzsd. And one Of the times
when he Is ''Psralyzed" is when he
bets : | ,OOD ON four kings and an ace
and the other fellow throws down four
aces and king.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

% Alexander G. Daley. Ellicott
city, Md, says: my custOmers es-
TEEN Browns Iron Bitters as q first
class medicine.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

B~ Mrs. L. F. Griffin. Baltimore.
says II consider Browns Iron Bit
ters the best medicine ever heard or
knew Of.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

p@ A man never knows what gen
nine poverty is until he has to shave
with soft soap.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

MOST respectfully inform the public that
i | have opened at MECHANIUSVILLE,
Nd, SHOPS, where
BLACKSMITHING,
WHEELWRIGHTEHG
C0ACH-PAlNTlNG.
TRIMMING and UNDERTAKING business
will bc carried on. hope by faithful work,
low prices and strict attention TO business I
may re- Give the patronage OF the general pub
lie. ~ So
CHA6. u. CLARKE.
May 10, lss3-tf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-12

THURSDAY -MoKNING, JNI
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

have now fond IL bea on. Il n
probably known % yo1 8 0eamna6e
Ran. h vpgk - hsao pepoeu -
au winter, - eoanose tha4 H. vt0A r.
main lin. Mf. Thialssa - tn =
vhsehes tAa4 b aeeu1ptsAsa.
III. Thislsso-eeoe entirely.
0r.sVillard-3oa ~ thaf nv uaDae.
90 dut3eo SsndoS is iapuu1fhle - =
8 tho distanes On, = NOv yoek. n
follow tho dseaiIs a IN go nssarrr. 4.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

Booss - "a - 20. 3 HsssifS NJ.
gain 6toss h Dsnny's HasGk = 1seaA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25
4 CA1O ~ EXPAAuATI0X.
TAooaGA, ". r., Apgil u, 1888.


Isse by your paper Of tAis morning
that the two men named Olsen and An
derson STATE that tlsy paid the mar
shall Howard Carr, saea 90, 10 lsl
them skip. vish % staee that thsy
vs.e boeh asseseed 70! vic!a4iaG . city
this city lase Sunday. and that both msu
put up The amount of go saoh - q
bond Tor their appeaEanee On Monday
mognins, and hat the City NaEshal
paid into this ollloe the amount ol ths
bond o. Aoeday nosninG = belh msu
veRo gons, or no1 q hand q tho ttma
required. when their ease vas called %.
The warrant thsy wsse axfeeeed en val
on . complaint mads aeainet them a
Monday afteHuoou b. W. 81. Harris, Q
citizsn 0f ttiA eitv, which Howard Can
had nothing 10 do With.
8. G. HowD, Jus1iee ol ~ P1aeo,
@owA1D CAAa, City 4As1AAl,
W H HADull C0mu2afnn1k
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

laeesived q ~ TsopSe q lA1h3oo {
complies 6ns a ~ la6ose styS0 b0go)oa
and oop akiFtA
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25
,loAM NllSon

RHAGoVAIa
0N AND AFTER DEC. Gth I WILL
- oscupy rooms % eecood floor In the
OF Opera House, where / viii be- fonnd
prepared 70 serve any one wishing fryl
class Dental work done reasonably.
d30 X. @. CALDWELL
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

j. r & 81. H. LEWIS
4 TTORNEYs AT Law. OFFICE
"A Buffers building. room { and s
SenftlA w
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LaaieSf hasiasY-all - lh1s1 g0nDeg
paa1oe1A TN 0oaoeotoo4 . ~ Ie1eoa
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

WILL GIVE 4 GOOD OLD REL.
! e. cssI.s ~ r.. 3 3 ,S =: q. s.s@sssss, 49,
9 2 psss9 - - - - ne sos ~! NJ 80 - -.
- 'ss.s 10 8 8 Af66&HisY.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-25

and ! sannoe promise Ne commence
msnt Of The work this year; but you vi
hayo faojlisiee heeo foe shipping youI
Rniu. yoa understand. - peopo6o 4
6uiA an olDvasoe hoeo that Win ropee
ooa3 IN inyUotmene of o60Qvm. aD1 !
vuold. q ooayao, b almoGt 3 vao1e q
eap(lAl % expsua thaa amoent unlsa
% were suso - vheae uuu6 eook TIA
easvatps. Il has been seposted - -
that - oAnnot - onro now. TAogoeoel
q b advisable - start syetem q sonAl
elevatuso thyuu&h tho eoun1yy. i eum
| rauy hne ben o1Ranised Tor the pm
poaS cf psovidtn0 leadinR stations !!
| - nsni1 Wo6na1nR ofntEieeo With onnl
elsv1tors, vhieh aSs . b. ~ neane =
ooenGooulnR ~ farmers - u eoevnee
euo6sn. Tke larger slsyabof = ~
ooenn chipping point viii nooonAk0
SoiIo.. 7sslisvs / havs thss ansvsss
IL third ard lAat queu3Sn1 thAe yoe
oi1iseno viah o b infugmed -.
RI. NuSne-WJll yoa. 49, ~! 9
fsr - - - ab1e an1 viIlin9, u1e
~ CnSnado 6ivinfoo uill - ouMDoo4od
II. YDo01ETho oDoso1D q t. ooa
-. I 1880. hayD - ksQe ~
vel1 81 AZ. Theee havs nes bssa
NV leaks froo ths s1gissss's 90
= 1hsso pssd - - Tea aess :.
nss ysAss tA.e u t!Us - - -
foana. ! hs,isvs thsy fc.n1 - . .
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pany. thsueeA tAa!s en9iness 81
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-11-23
THE G. A. r, ARMORY,

AS announced some time ago, Nc
| Cook Post No. 81 is now bending every
energy to secure funds for the erection
of an armory at this place. The scheme
is now sufficiently advanced to war.
rant discussion as to what would be a
suitable site. Most of those whom we
have talked with are in favor of having
the building put on some part of the
public square, and that would be our
preference by all: means. The armory
is intended to be the scene of soldiers
reunions and other public gatherings
that will bring together more people
than can possibly be crowded into it.
1t will be absolutely necessary that
the building be surrounded by grounds
suitable for out door meetings and
what grounds could be more suitable
than the public square?
Another advantage. in locating the
armory on the square. is that in all
probability the site can be obtained for
merely nominal price. AS we un-
derstand it the square is now the prop
erty of Allen county, and as the ar
mory is to be in every sense public
bailding, we have no doubt that the
people of the county would cheerfully
sustain the commissioners in granting
the post sufficient ground upon which
to erect it. Let the armory be put on
the public square if possible.