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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

KRAo, THE MISSING LINK.--The
London Times says A strange, hairy
little creature is now being exhibited
at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster,
by Mr.. Farini, as 'the missing link. :"
Krao is not in the ordinary accepta-
tion of the word monster, but very
bright-looking, intelligent girl ofabout
seven years of age. She was caught,
according TO the account given by Mr..
Farini, in the forest near Laos, and
brought to England by Mr. Carl Book,
Norwegian, who, since the expedi-
tion described by him in 1.-The Head
Hunters of BOrneo," has been explor-
ing Siam and the wilder States to the
northeast. Hearing in various quar-
ters of hairy tailed men, similar in
appearance 10 family kept at the
Court OF Mandalay, he offered re-
ward for the capture of specimen.
A man was caught, and with him the
ehild now exhibited, and woman Of
similar appearance then allowed her
self to be taken. When the little
one attempted to wander, the parents
recalled her with a plaintiye cry,
"Kra-o," and the call has been adop-
ted as her name. The father died at
Laos of cholera, and the King refused
to let the mother go. but Mr.. Book
succeeded in getting the child to Baug-
kok, and obtained permission from
the King Of Siam to bring her to this
country. The eyes OF the child are
large, dark, and lustrous, the nose
fattened, the nostrils scarcely show
ing. the cheeks fat and pouch like,
the lower lip only thicker than is us
ual in Europeans; but the chief Pc
culiarity apparent Is the strong and
abundant hair. On the head, il is
black. thick, and straight, and grows
over the forehead down to the heavy
eyebrows, and is continued in whis-
ker-like locks down the cheeks. The
rest of the face is covered with fine,
dark, downy hair and the shoulders
and arms having a covering Of hairs
from an inch to an inch and a half
long. There, il, it is said, a slight
lengthening Of the lower vertebr@,
suggestive Of a candal protuberance,
and there are points in the muscular
conformation and otherwise which
will revoke discussion. Krao has
already picked up few words Of Eng
lish- She j. Of frank, affectionate
disposition, and shows truly feminine
delight in her clothes. iewelry and
ribbons.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15
n1- Raebac and Young svmo,

1| Ragbag and young Symonds
were moving out Of the melon patch
as rapidly as they could. not caring
to see what IL was that the bulldog
wanted Of them. Synonds was the
most fleet Of foot and began 70 forge
ahead Of Ragbag. Not disposed 10
desert his friend. he cried aRagbse,
why don't yon run faster?| And tie
almost breathless Ragbag retorted: /:
do seem 70 be hanging b.lck to kill
time and let the dog catch up?"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

D&- An exchange announces, in a
tone of surprise: .sfhs Car and
Czarina have been dancing At ball. Z"
There doesn't seem TO be ANYTHING
out Of the way in such conduct. That
is what balls are for. Now. If they
had danced at a prayer meeting. com
ment would have been in order
AoTTist0scn Herald
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

Husband q A. d.. after a curtain
lecture)-"Well. ali I've got to say Is,
If you are a person of such refinement
aud good breeding. you ought to be
above talking 10 drunken fellow at
this tine Of the night"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

E@- W H. Brown, Baltimore. says:
"My wife suffered long with rheuma-
tism. She tried Browns Iron Bit
ters and was much improved"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

The boy who ten years ago used to
box the girls ears in school. nOw
snacks their mouths in the parlor.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

IHx Coon onsEavsR on NAxr,sr
The good observer Of nature exists
r n fragments. trait here and trait
there. Each person sees what it con-
cerns him to see. The fox hunter
knows pretty well the ways and hab-
its of ne fox, bat on any other Sab.
Ject he is apt to Enisiead you. He
comes TO see only fox traits IN what
ever be leoks pp0n..e Phs.bee hunter.
viii follow the bee but lose the bird.
Ihes farmer notes what affects his
crops and his earnings, and iittls else.
Uoinnaon people, ST Pierre saws, Oh
serve without reasoning. and tbs
learnsd reason withont observing.
faAs s8n;slsappiy q fhs .obsssfatioi.
OF nature the skill and sense Of the
.SOeth Aherieall nasgeSadofs OF trailer,
how much he would track home p
Thisa mans eye il keenar than a
hDnnd's scent. A fugitive can no
more elnde him than he can elude
fate. Has perceptions are said tc be
so keen that the displacement of a
leaf OF pebble, or the bending down
of q spire of grass, or the removal Of
a Little dust from the fence are
enough to give him q eleya He sees
the half obliterated footpriNts Of q
thief in the sand, and carries the i'm
preston in his eve till year after
ward, when he again detects it in the
suburbs OF a city and the culprit is
tracked home and caught. / know q
man blind from his youth who not
only went about his own neighbor-
hood without a guide, turning up to
.his neighbor's gate or door Is unerr-
ingly rs if he had the best of eyes,
but who would go many miles on an
errand to new part of the country.
He seemed 20 carry q map of the
township in the bottem of his feet,
most minute and accurate survey.
He never took the wrong road, aud
he knew the right house when he
had reached it. lie was a miller and
fuller, and RAM his mill at night,
while his sons ran it by day. lie
never made = mistake with his Gus
toners bags or wool, knowing each
mans by the sense of touch. He
frightened colored man whom he
detected stealing, as if he had seen
out o: the back Of his head. Such
facts show one how delicate and SEN
sitIve mans relation to outward ma
ture through his bodily senses may
become. Heighten it little more,
and he could forecast the weather
and the seasons, and detect hidden
springs and minerals. A good obser-
yer has something oil this delicacy
and quickness of perception. All the
great poets and naturalists have it.
Agassiz traces the glaciers like a rus
treldOr, and Darwin misses no step
that the slow but tireless gods OF
physical change have taken, no mat
ter how they cross or retrace their
course. In the obscure fish-worm he
sees an agent that has kneaded and
leavened the soil like giant hands
John burroughs, IA March Century.
..
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

~ Handy & Rnllmau, Annapo-
lis. say: Everybody who has used
Brown's Iron Bitters is pleased with
II.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

n2- A young man IN Kansas. who
wanted to teach school, but couldn't
tell horizontal from perpendicular,
when asked what circular was said Il
was lined fur cloak. He must have
been a near relative Of the chap who
Wa asked what cocktail was and re-
piled that IL was s''a bird that aops IL
wings. but don't lay eggs"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

All kinds Of job work done at Bal
timoEe prices at this Office.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

A HUMAN CURIosITY.-Am man with
out hair on any part Of his body, who
never had any teeth, who is entirely
destitute of the sense of smell, and
whose taste is Just fine enough TO de-
tect piece of limburger cheese from
a stone. was exhibited to the Jhysi-
clans Of the Philadelphia County Med
zeal Society at its last meeting. What
il still more astounding about the
man. and upsets all the theories that
have been advanced by medical men,
is that the man has no pores in his
skin. Heretofore it has been main
tanned that man could not live with
out porous skin; but the most care
ful examination under the microscope
failed to reveal q single pore 10 the
body Of the patient
The mans name is Peter Vending.
BE was born in Lebanon County,
Penn, forty-eight years ago, and is
now living in Bismarck, small vii
lage seven miles south Of Lebanon,
with a wife and eight childreR.-
The latter partake Of none Of their
fathers peculiarities except that.not
a child has a perfect set of teeth. Mr..
Vending experiences great ineonve-
nience from his inability to perspire.
The body beingdeprived of this means
Of cooling becomes intensely hot, and
it is necessary to pour water over his
clothing to keep the man cool. In
working with heavy tools the man has
to wear gloves to get firm hold.
Mr.. Vending is the youngest Of twen-
ty-one children, and with the excep-
tion of the peculiarities mentioned, he
has good health and has never. been
sick.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15
NOTlCETO DEBTORS.

nERSONS indebted 10 Us on Medical &C
count nre here reminded of their indeb-
ieaness and are requested 10 make immtdiate
sPALDE G. & COMBS.
Jan 4, 1889
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

Now is thstinsto plant your Spring
advertisement.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

DEATH WrrHour DErsv--Tke
great curiosity az the Nonastarv az
the Mount ST. Bernard Il fha Afor,g,,a
Here il death withont denar- hsrss -
this wondrous air On this paaa mora
than 5000 fact ahove 49, - Iavel
putrefactiop i u;nknown-. and ho,3;as
found in snawa IN W;ntar-or ! fla~
the whita shroud has meitad aveav
from the bosom az natureinth tha snr;n:, :
.--ars preserved entire 50 Ioor * The
monks cara To Zee, them : TIE arirl,-
ness og flna lsunrt'..,la : nnliar,...ssd -.
the fact fl,ak f.aairlw lsvarvl..,el;. fE.,,,,,a
: cona0rtea tvtist.ds rtrninsa ana
knotted nn a fal,kastie. sl.anes Nosg
pazsI thes.s s1isssl. .sa-s.'sli TIE a.
pearance Of TRANQUIL sleep Is broueht
in. but in most eases there are indi.
cations that man and woman, s., their
battle with nature. fought hard and
desperately, and refused 10 be over
come until every particle of force il
exhausted. The brethren, gather up
the bodies with tenderscare and place
them in the dead-houee In the nsual
l. =
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15
FoR sTATEs ATToRNEY.

Nessrs Ediiors-Please announce Mr.. DAN
III. c.. HAMNETT rs q candidate for re-
election as States Attorney nc the ensuing
election, and say that lie will te warmly sup
porled by his friends and tbs people general
ly.
jan 4, 1888 NAET vOrERs.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-15

What care f1g the sunburBt fare
Or the brown and ruughenel aFn:
Give me the girl with Natures waist
And health, fair Nature Own charm
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
Mothers Influence.
Arkansaw Traveller.

"Jem," said a politician, approaching
an lrishman, "you have been talking
about me in way calculated to iniure
my prospects of election, and | propose
to whip yc right here"
"Well sor, I'm at yer sarvice, but
was iisi ON me way to take drink, an
won't you joine me-afte; which Wen
foight."
81 don't care" the politician replied,
and they went into a saloon. Jem drank
and slipped away, leaving the politician
to pay for the drinks. Shortly afterwards
the politician again met the Irishman,
and said:
"Now, know III trash YOU. Scandal
lied me, and then drank at my expense"
Colonel" said Jem, solcmnly, "Tm
in great distress, and it wouldn't look
well for me aven to defind mcsilf. Me
mithel is dead"
The politician, touched by the solemn
air of the lrishman, walked away, and
Jem, turning to an old acquaintance, re-
marked
The ovid lady has been dead siveral
years. It's just like mans mither. She
never fails to do him good turn. Many
is the tonne she's kept me out of throuble,
and aven now that I'm grown man,
she's still exerting hei influence over
mpr
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26

replied the man. 1--WE want ter make
our afferdavit about the sea sarpint."
The sea serpent What about it?"
"Oh, begor, captain we seed him
half mile long and as big as the smoke
stack"
what did you do-did you kill him?'
asked Capt. Dick.
Kill him? kill him? Sure, he could
ate the ship; and, anyway, my wife is
too Young TO be wildly"
"Well, where did he go to2"
Faith, he just lifted himself three
times and come down ON the ice, and
tho third time it broke and he went
down, and we pointed for home as fast
as we could 60" Nothing more could
be got out of any of them, and the sea-
serpent remains still enshrouded in mys-
terry.
On the Goth the CAPTAIN ordered the
flags to be put up apd we headed for st.
Johns, Ieeply laden with seals. A YES
sci deeply laden with such cargo
makes very bad weather, and twice we
were compelled to run back into the
ice for shelter. Finally ten punts were
cut down and thrown over and the YES
sci did not labor so heavily. On Sunday,
the LIST day of April, we arrived at st
Johns the first steamer in, with li,600
seals, weighing CSC tons and valued at
$4,000
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
Buried Alive.
Louisville Post.

Mike McCabe. who was buried in a
well recently had wonderful experience
il is said.
After being inferred for over six hours
from 11:30t till 6, he was taken out alive
and conscious. Not only was his death
reported TO his friends and in the Post,
but the coroner was called to hold an in
quest on the body as soon as it should
be discovered. Judge then, the surprise
of the workmen, who after digging away
for hours, heard McCabe's voice calling
10 them from below.
II seems that McCabe was caught ul,-
der a pile of bricks, which prevented the
sand from falling so tightly about him as
to produce suffocation. He is severely
bruised, but will recover.
His wife, to whom he has been mar
ried but three months, had a most thrill
ing experience, for she most fully be-
lieved that her husband was dead. Nc
Cabe's feelings. while buried alive, he
saws, are indescribable. The six hours
seemed like six ages.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
RIVER CON MERCE.
Interesting and Important Facts Concern
ing the Mississippi.
Davenport Herald

Davenport Herald.
Meeting Superintendent Abe Hutch
inson and Secretary f. l., Johnson of the
Saints Line Of steamboats, at Bryson's
agency, Il Democrat reporter thought to
gain information concerning the pros
poets Of river commerce, and the feelings
Of the head men in the conduct of river
commerce over the present situation.
There has been so much talk in late
years about the decadencc of commerce
on the Upper Mississippi river, and the
present season has opened with less
freight offering in April than ever saw
before" as veteran captain remarked
the other day, that The reporter desired
an explanation Of the fact that while
these statements as to decline of business
for the Mississippi steamboats, are being
published the world over, the regular
line companies build or purchase new
steamers every year, and 60 in this spring
for additions more eagerly than at any
other time since the war closed.
81 can tell you this" said Secretary
johnson, Steamboat business on this
river is increasing right along now-has
been for some time. You know for nearly
ten years past, or ever since the railroads
commenced skirting the river and com
peting for its traffic, that the river com
merce was being killed, as the railroads
were taking everything. 1t did lcok bad
for some time, and the old steamboat
owners on the Upper Mississippi were
feeling blue over IL but there has been
a change, and a big change, too, for the
better"
"What causes it?'
why, the increase Of manufacturing
in the river towns, mainly. A person
not familiar with river shipments can
have no idea of the extent to which the
manufactures of all kinds have been
planted all along this river-in every
town of push and importance-in the
past few years. And the revival of
steamboat commerce is greatly due te
this fact, Besides, the merchants are
turning their attention more to the river
for heavy shipments from the South So
what the river has lost of grain ship
ments it is making up in manufactures
pu fttl tlltlt IL
hardly more than enough grain raised
right here In the river regions up to
Minnesota now than to supply home
consumption-and out in the interior the
railroads fix rates so that grain shall not
stop at the river for re-shipment"
"Do you think the barge system will
be made speciality on the upper river"
asked the reporter.
"No," was the reply; mot for some
time at least, because its chief source of
suppor! must be in grain carrying up
here, and as it is now, the railroads load
in the interior, and will haul the grain
to place Of seaboard shipment, or, what
is as good, to Chicago or st. Louis. Ii
will come, though, in time. The people
will return to an appreciation of the fiver
you will see. At any rate the regular bus
mess increases so that the lines can af-
ford larger and better packets than ever
was seen on this river before, and if it
keeps on enlarging, barge towing steam
ers will become specially, even without
the grain"
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
FIGHT WITH A BUCK.
How Charley Chick. n Michigan Woods
man, Overcamc "a Fierce Antagonist.

man, Overcamc Fierce Antagonist.
Detroit Post ami Tribune.
Charley Chick, a veteran land locker
and woodsman, residing at Baldwin, was
land looking in town 10, l2, accompanied
only by his dog, bull terrier. Hearing
his dog barking furiously at something
across the river, he went over the stream
on snowshoes to investigate the cause OF
the racket.
His dog had brought to bay n very
large buck deer The crust of the snow
was strong enough to hold the dog, but
not the deer, and they were having a
lively time of it. Not wishing to kill the
animal at this season of the year, he
broke off limb from dry hemlock and
struck the dog two or three times and
made him loosen his hold. the dog hav-
ing a solid hold of the buck.
No sooner had the dog loosened his
grip than the ungratefu deer turned up
on Chick with great fury and made a
with hunting knife and revolver He
utltTnllutu 10 run, DHt 1ifitut suCn DopT
headway upon his snowshoes that the
enraged buck soon overlook him. In
the onset the deer's foot struck the raw
hide network of the snowshoes and
broke it.
The dog came to the rescue of the
master and for time it was badly
mixed uo mess of man, dog and deer.
Finally getting his foot free from the
broken snowshoe, Chick drew his re-
volver and put a ball in the deer's head.
The next instant the buck knocked him
down and made vigorous effort To
stamp him under the snow. The dog
seized the deer and that animal turned
upon him.
Chick had lost his revolver in the on
slaughts. Before the deer again turned
to Chick he had time TO draw his knife,
a long bladed dirk. This time he crap
pied the deer and hung on to his head
and neck with one orm while he piled
the knife with the other, finally succeed
ing in killing the buck. Chick arrived
home in badly battered condition.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26

An insurance agent named Pyle,
In running fell over the stile,
st. Jacobs Oil gave relief
And the pain was so brief,
He got up and said: 81 should SMILE"
A lame old lady at Keyser,
Had no one to advise her,
Till Doctor John Boyle,
Tried st. Jacobs Oil,
Its action did simply surprise her.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
Couldn't Cry.

81 saw you at funeral the other day."
said one lady TO another.
Eyes, ! saw you, too"
"IIow natural the corpse looked"
Just like marble"
Il never heard more affecting funeral
sermon, did you ?"
Never and Just think of it, when
everybody was crying ! reached and
found-to my horror-that it was a red
handkerchief had in my pocket.r
Goodness what did you do7"
"Why, | didn't cry. How could
when every one else in the church was
using white"
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
Wasn't to blame.

In the early days out in Montana the
pioneers had curious ideas of crime.
On one occasion they were cutting
down the body of a man whom they had
lynched for getting euchered on a lone
hand, when one of the cxecutioners
started back with an exclamation of
astonishment.
"One moment, boysw he said, "per-
haps the stranger wasn't to blame for
that euchre. Look here! I'm logged if
his shirt don't button up behind W
Novel writing a romance.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
1T Is JUST As CHEAP.

1t is just as cheap and great deal cheap.
cr TO keep well than TO remain In a state OF
III health. You don't see sensible, intelli-
gent women stand back and hug their pre-
judices when a remedy for relieving female
diseases Is brought TO their notice. No sir !
They try II first and pass their opinions af-
terwards. Every bottle Of DR.. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and sarsaparilla sold to u wo-
man will prove its merit as a reliever Of
those painful disorders incdental.to female
life. Try 1t.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
A Two Legged Rattlesnake'
Sacramento Bee.


In letter from Clarksville Judge Tong
relates the following told to him by one
"who never told a lie," and whose verac-
ity is undoubtcd in this city, where he
has acquaintances
"James p. Miller, good, reliable citi-
zen,. who says he has several eye wit
nesses to prove the truth of his state
ment, tells me that he has killed most
remarkable rattlesnake.
Lately, while going home, he trod on
the tail of a snake. The reptile dcliv-
cred heavy blow on the leg of his enc
nv, but the thickness of boot leather
saved the friends of Miller the trouble of
attending funeral. Miller then killed
the snake, and on examination found
that it had two legs about six inches from
the end of the tail. They were about
two inches long. The feet were of an OBJ
long shape, each with six toes"
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26

Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation OF beef containing it's entire nu-
trtfious properties II contains blood making, force
generating and sustaining properties; invalu-
able for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous pros
traton aud all forms OF general debility Also IN
ali enfeebled conditions whether the result of ex-
haustion, nervous prostraton, overvork, or acute
disease. particularly II resulting from pulmonary
complaints. CAswELIr HAZARD q Co., fropne
tors, New York. Sold by druggists.
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26
A REMARKABLE STORY.

The following narrative is self explain
atory. The letter which precedes it is a
true copy of the original, and vas sent TO
us, together with the details, by an of
icer now in the United States Navy.
United States Flagship Nolnad !
Navy Yard, BosToN, Mass,
January 10, lSs-.
M dear Friend, Your kind favor con-
tanning congratulations On my restoration
TO health is before me. When we parted
thirty months ago little did we imagine
that either would be brought near deaths
door by disease which selects for its
victims those who present an internal
field of constitutional weakness for its
first attack, because you and were in
those days the personification Of health
and can claim this to-day, thank God !
Why can do so will he told tomorrow,
when We meet at your dinner, as YOU
only know that | have passed through a
terrible illness my delivery from death
being due to the wonderful discovery in
medical science, made by man who to-
day stands in the front rank of his fellow
workers-unequaled by any in my own
opinion. That |, who heretofore have
ever been the most orthodox believer in
the old school of medicine, its application
and re ults, should thus recant in favor of
that which Is sneered at by old prac-
titioner-, may startle you, but seeing is
believing and when ] recount the at
tack made Oh my old hulk, how near
came to loweringm my colors, and the final
volley which, through the agency above
mentioned, gave me victory. you will at
least credit me with just cause for sin
cerity in my thankfulncss and belief l
will also spin my yarn anent my China
cruise and altogether, expect to entertain
as well as be entertained by you. With
best wishes,
The Osceola times., 1883-05-26

When YOU visit or leave New York city,
save baggage expressage and carriage hire,
and stop at GRAND UNION HOTEL, oppo-
site Grand Central Depot; 600 elegant rooms,
fitted up at cost OF 81 900 900, reduced to
81 and upwards per day. European plan.
Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the
hest. Horse cars, stages and elevated rail-
roads to all depots. Families can live bet
ter for less money at the GRAND UNION Ho-
TEL than at any other frst-class hotel in the
.it