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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
PUNGEyT PARAGRAPHS.

Breaches of promise--Those your
tailor didn't bring home.
How and where the gallant grocers
clerk makes love--Across the way.
A Brooklyn boy can initiate with
his mouth the sound of a lawn mower.
His father is going to try and initiate
thrashing machine.
Genius having succeeded in making
ST. amboat out of paper, it won't De
long before an inventive man will pro-
duce a railroad eating-house beefsteak
made of pasteboard.
A "pocket guide for instruction in
the art of swimming has been lub-
lished. When you fall overheard and
don't know how to swim, all you have
to do is to tread water and read your
guide.
sIs that about the right length, r"
asked the skillful barber as he finished
cutting his customers hair 81 like
the sides and back" was the response;
"put wish you would make it little
longer on the top
The Apache Indian, it is said, can
march from thirty to forty miles day
without becoming tired. 1t is really
pity that the Apache cannot be
civilized, for he would be just the
fellow to accompany his wife on a
shopping excursion.
And now doth the small boy knock
a picket off the fence to use for
bat, and when he gets swift ball on
the end of it he lays it down and rubs
his hands against his sides and looks
sadder than therefore using" portrait
of anti-lean advertisements.
Well, there is one thing sure" sale
Mr.. Job Shuttles, as he closed adiscus
> sion on the wrongsidedness of every
thing in general; "there is no justic
q in this world, and it makes me blue
o think of it," True, job" said Patience
"but the reflection that there is 'justic
q in the next, ought to make you feel
a great deal bluer."
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
Begged Pardon.

An Arkansaw man borrowed a
newspaper and sat on the end of cross
tie, reading. A train came along but
he was so deaf that he could not hear
the whistle. The engineer "slowed
up and gently showed the man aside.
'Ill be blamed" he exclaimed, "if
you amt the imperlightest feller 1
ever seed," and just then discovering
that he had been removed by locomo-
tive, continued, "Beg pardon. Didn't
know you was in the neighborhood. -
ArkansoeD Tr0reler.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
The Nails.

The growth of the nails is more rap
id in children than in adults and slow
est in the aged; goes on faster in the
summer than in the winter, so that the
same nail which is renewed in one
hundred and thirty-two days in win
ter, requires only one hundred and six
teen in summer. The increase of the
nails of the right hand is more rapid
than those of the left; moreover, it diff
fers for the different fingers, and in
order corresponds with the length of
the finger, consequently it is fastest in
the middle finger, nearly equal in the
two on either side of this, slower in
the little finger and slowest in the
thumb. The growth of all the nails on
the left hand requires eighty-two days
more than those Of the right.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
Spurs and Whips.

The history of spurs is both curious
and entertaining. The earlie-t form
of spur was a single goad or sharp
point.
The dashing young knights of the
feudal times had great love for deco
rating their spurs with jewels.
In the tournaments they used spurs
with notices on the shanks. One such
had "a true knight and [" on one side,
and "Anger me and try on the other.
By ancient custom, the chorister
boys in the cathedrals can claim "spur
money" if anybody enters the sacred
edifice with spurs on:
II you bring in spuy or hat, :.
Sxpence you pay be sure OF that.
The whip was not SO knightly as the
spur; it however took part in several
old customs.
In the ancient city of York was
day called whip-dog day, on which the
boys were accustomed to go around
and whip every dog they met. This
originated in the following peculiar
fact. A priest once celebrating mass
dropped the pix, which an unreligious
dog snapped up and swallowed.
The profane beast was hung, and for
years his species was subjected to tor
ment for his outrageous impiety. That
was, of course, in the good old times
Another humane game connected
with the whip was this: A rooster
was tied to the branch of a tree. The
players were blindfolded and presented
with long whips. They were then led
to little distance, and commenced
lashing in all directions, the fun con-
sisting in the smart cuts they gave one
another. The one who struck the roos'
ter first, and made him cry out, won
the game.
The old game of whip-top is as ole
as history. In Dryden's translation Of
Virgips Hneid we read
As young striplings whip the top for sport
On the smooth pavement of the empty court.
Two hundred years ago men played
whip-top as eagerly as the boys, and il
some villages "town top was pro
vided for the amusement of the poor
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
VOL. II---NO. so.
Scatter Seeds OF Kindness.

There was never golden sunbeam
That fell on desolate place,
But left some trace of its presence
That time could never efface.
Not n sound of nelfable sweetness
That ravished the listening ear,
Tn slumhered in silence forgotten
For many and many year
But word or tone might awaken
Its magical power anew,
Long after the sweet voiced singer
Had faded from earthly view.
Nor heart that was ever SO weary,
Or tainted with sin and despair,
But word of tender compassion
Might find an abiding place there.
Yet countless thousands are yearning
Fov sympo,hy, kindness and love,
And souls are gropias In darkness
Without one gleam from above.
There was never a sunbeam wasted'
Nor n song that was sung in vain,
And souls that seem lost in the shadows
A Saviors love may reclaim.
Then scatter seeds of kindness,
Though your deeds may never be KNOWN
The harvest will ripen in glory
II the seed be fai hfully sown;
And life will close with blessing,
And fade Into endless day;
Like the golden hucs OF the sunbeam
,yl,o+ toJo ~, tho WI iluht pray.
John &. Blair.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30

Soon after the Chinese legation
was established in its present quarters
at Washington beggar called on Pro-
fessional business. To his amazement
he was ushered with elaborate bows
and gestures into luxurious room
where an attache kindly asked how he
might serve him. A collection was
then taken up for his benefit among
the members of the embassy, and he
was invited to refresh himself with a
lunch of delicate confections. AS a
matter of course his singular expert
ence was known to every beggar in
town within twenty-four hours, and
the legation has been besieged ever
since by unprepossessing visitors
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-06-30
Yesterday and To-Day.
YESTERDAY.

It is go wide, this great world vaulted DER
By the blue sky clasring white shore to shore,
And yet it is not wide enough for mel
love you so-it cannot hold my love.
There is not room for my great love and me.
TO-DAY.
It is SO wide, this great world vaulted DER
By the sad sky clasping dark shore to shore,
II il too wide-it is too wide for me!
Would God that it we're narrowed to a grave,
And slept quiet. naught hid with me save
The love that was too great-too great for me.
Frances Hodgson IN the Century.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

ORIaIS oF PROTECTIVE TARIFP.--
Many persons suppose that the abom-
inatlon known ~ protective tariff
IN modern invention. But tbis ls
not true. IL had its origin in Eng
land 20 long ago a. the year 1863.
during the reign Of Edward ~, when
acts Of parliament were passed pro-
hibiting the export and import Of wool
and corn. At that remote period
those two products were the only ront-
paying mediums in all England. OF
course there was always a large sur
plus Of corn and wool after the entire
home.demand was supplied, but the
surplus could not be exported. and. a.
a consequence, there was q condition
Of bankruptcy among landlords and of
almost starvation among the working
classes. The statute was an enormous
tax upon bread and clothing, but IL
suited the arrogance aud despotism Of
ths-pslitiOians Of that day, and was
continued until Il was found the peo-
pie could not and would not endure
Il any longer And yet our Protec-
tive Tariff does to-day precisely the
thing accomplished IN the days Of
Edward w With all our progress.
materially and intellectually, I'VE
know the right. and yet the wrong
pursue. "
In the reign Of Charles ! that vii.
ful and misguided monarch granted 10
stock.company the sole right to
make soap for the entire realm. This
monopoly produced handsome reve-
nue. 70 the king, but il also produced
a riot among the poor washer woman
in London in which the Lord Mayor
was most ANONYMOUSLY handled.
During the reign Of King Charles he
granted like monopolieg Of nearly ey.
cry industrial pursuit, from the gath
ering Of rags.to the making Of jewelry.
But such protection" was dearly paid
for. in riots. civil wars, prostration Of
credits and material industries, and
eventually led 10 the beheading Of
Charles at Whitehall palace.
Ia the reign Of Queen Elizabeth a
similar monopoly was granted 10
company - have the exclusive priv
ilege Of trading with the East Indies.
All the English naval aud military
powers were afforded to protect this
gigantic monopoly aud 80 great grew
ia wealth that by bribes Of exalted
porsonages il secured almost perpetual
powers. Ia fact. It's charters were not
finally abrogated until 1884, when
common sense aud political economy
struggled TO the surface, aud conVinc-
ed parliament and people that Free
Trade is the only sure basis u nation
al prosperity.
And yet, in face Of these historic
truths, with their records of blood and
famine aud civil wars, wo Of to-day
are practically doing the same iniqul-
ty-that Of protecting few veal.
thy monopolies at the expense Of 3d.
O00, 900 citizens. There may be some
little difference in our methods, but
IN principle our protection differs
not the least from the odIous mono
poles" Of Edward aud Charles and
Elizabeth, OF England. And the people
all the peopIe--are learning tnat
they are as much slaves 70 monopolies
as were the people oi England ia tboso
days.-Ausapols RePublioan.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
NO o.


alKty bushels IL whes7 PEI aaFs Nov
u We hhva she pplimum II nitrogen
and less than tho 0pglmuia n ash Inlns
erals, remember lhaf lhe nlsfoaen esn.
not be taken ~ iar Imek IL ssh lnlnes
rala, and that wa shall anlieF great
loss fFotn - rapid waste llnt aah
minerals vii not thaa waste (exoepl
lime ~ sulphaial, aad 80 may aeell.
mnlate q permanent akaeas 0l them In
the soil ready iof future efopM. IL Il
10 view 0f lhln fact I earnestly press
Il upon you 10 hneumulals ~ large I
supply of phosphasea aud potash -
possible IN youF soils While these a..
lieles arc nov cheap, nat I warn
yeI against thai l,AavY aplIlaafien II
heterogeneous mhhhfes u 7JIFs Ll which
there ls les than the 0pilmum of pot.
aah, phoaphates and other ash miners
ais. ~ 80 doing you AFe subject, /
say, 10 various losses lFom the leaeh.
lng aad permanent waste aBd loss "
that costly Substance, nitric aoid.
The use Of one sided maBuFes Is
necessarily bad practise which can
only IN any case accomplish ,empo'
FaFy purpose ~ the expense Of the
soil, Let us resolve 10 absn,lon now
and forever the lnakeshifl Fip'goosa
system. Let us resolve haFs and nov
that wa will understand our business
as q science, that We may practice IL
sklllfully "a an art, and We may rely
upon IL that the Great God OF heaven
and earth will continue TO send his
rain upon ths just aud the unjust. and
that seed time aud harvest shall new
er fail,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

@-A Salt Lake merchant sold an
Indian an opsra.glass. aud a. he tled
up the purchase congratulated his
dusky customer on the rapid progress
he was making toward civilization.
A few minutes later the gentle savage
threw the glass back on tbs man =
hands. lie had discovered that they
we're not doabls-5arreled flask. OFT
Of which he could take two drinks at
the same time -Eaqaiye.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

What was the FIRST thing that
struck you whed you we're on your
tour Of Europe" asked Jones Of his
friend Smith. Smith thought awhile,
and then answered "Why-the fellow
that wanted 70 10 tipped" when |
told him he was AZ impostor. lie
knocked me overmy Saratoga trunk.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
NOTICE.

I MOST respectfully inform the public that
4 have opened at MECHANICSVILLE,
MD, SHOPS, where
BLACKSMlTHING,
WHEEIW WRIGHTTNG, SRssHs
yCOACil-PAINTING ~
TRIMMING aud UNDERTAKING business
viii be carried On. ! hope by faiIhful work.
low prizes and strict attention TO business
may re- Give the patronage Of the general pub
lie.
CHA5. I3. CLARKE.
May To-, lSSS-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
TO THE PUBLIC.

II HAVE appointed RICHARD n. GAR
NER my agent 70 rent my farms and coli
Iert my rents. Any one wishing to rent the
land must apply 10 him.
April 90, Isss-n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
eerious Tor NtlEnnp.

st. Louis, 7,-Miss NIllson's concert
season has received su1den and very
serious check through the development
of very serious case of sub-acute in
fammation of the aTyux. at St.
Joseph, No, where she wes 10 sing on
Thursday evening, O $4,000 house was
turned away, and the disappointed audi
ence Of this evening would have filled the
Olympic Theatre and produced Sc, goo in
receipts. 1t was freely stated here to-
day, that the injury to the prima dopna's
voice is even more serious than the man
sgement care to admit, and that only ex-
treme care will prevent permanent
deterioration, The company start this
evening for New Orleans, where they
are to give three concerts next week.
Manager Marcus Mayer stated that the
situation is very serious one, and it ia
feared that unless the balmy airs of the
south produce rapid remedial effect
upon the fair Swede's voice, the concert
season will end iu disaster. Fully one
half of the seats for to-nigbps concert
had been sold by spectators at pre-.
MUM from $40 to 81 each. Irate hold
ers have been hunting scalpars in q vain
attempt to get back the full money thew
paid for their tickets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
The Hawaiian Treaty.

New York, s. Worlds Washington:
J. Mott Smith, the commissioner sent
here by the Hawaiian government to
work against the proposed abrogation OF
the reciprocity treaty, has returned here,
and resumed the efforts in which be was
engaged with the late Minister Allen be-
fore the holidays. Newman, of San
Francilco, who ran for Congress this
fall Is also here representing the claims
of Spreckels.
1t is understood the secretary Of state
will send to the House the coming week
message in reference to the Hawaiian
treaty, if q large party in Congress are
very anxious to abrogate this treaty. It
is believed the secretary is opposed to
this disposition of the matter, but some
modification Of the provisions will be
recommended. 1t is reported in diplo-
matte circles that should the treaty be
sbrogeted by the United Ststes,the HaW-
allan government will at once accept the
terms Of recissrocity offered by England
or Japan, because it is impossible for the
little kingdom to stand alone without the
support Of some powerful nation. It is
not known who will represent his mi
isty, Kalakus, since the death Of Minis
ter Allen. For more than thirty years
Allen has been practically the director OF
the affairs Of the kingdom, really the
lru!er, IN his varied capacity as chancel-
or, chief justice and minister. His
death leaves tbs question of the abroga-
ton of the treaty practically without
representation, ard reduces it to little
more than squabbe between sugar re.
| fneries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
The Pension APPROPRIATION

Washington, THE House appro-
priations committee has reported q bill
asking an appropriation Of oily $751;
OeO. 600 for pensions for the next fiscal
year, as against S100, Geo, 600 voted at
the last session of Congress. Tue COM
missioner of pensions informed the house
last summer that probably $3.50 900, 0OO
would be required to pay pensions dur
ing the next fiscal year, and at the be-
ginning Of the present session he asked
for SlO1 500 600, Of which about $780,
GOO, 600 was 10 be used for The payment OF
Pensions' The large difference between
the estimates Of the commissioner end
the sum recommended by the committee,
has caused considerable comment. Dem
ecrats assert that the object of
| the Republicans is 10 create
q deficiency that they will be compelled
to meet at the next session Of Congress.
1t appears, however, that the commits
sloner's first estimate was based upon the
numbe of cases that a certain number
OF clerks would be able 10 dispose of
during the past elk months, or total OF
ebout $50, 100000; at the same rate OF
expenditure the balance of the sppropria-
ton remaining at the end of the fiscal
year would be 5000, coo, but the new
clerks appointed few months ago, are
now able to handle much greater num-
Der Of cases monthly, than when ap-
pointed, and it is estimated therefore
that the unexpended balance Of the last
appropriation at the end OF the fiscal veal
will be $4,000, 900. This amount will
be covered into the treasury, but the COM
mittee cs imates that S9I, 0O0,0G0 will
inset al the requirements for the next
fiscal year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
Grain Exports.

New York. g. The Shipping Lists
article on the grain trade says: Grain
exported from the port of New York
during the year 1882, presents some very
remarkable features, The steady decline
Of shipments by sailing vessels in the
last few yeara is very marked. In 1880,
the exports by sailing vessels were, l9. COZ, :
goo bushels. IL 1881 our wheat and
corn crops were both short, and as con-
sequence our exports in 1882 were natur-
ally restricted. The said shipments for
that year were 6,284, 289 bushels, while
those by steam vessels 8, 987, 844. After
making due allowance, the conclusion is
irresistible that the manifest destiny of
steam is to crowd sailing vessels from the
grain trade Another very important
fact to be noted is that not 8 single busheI
of grain was shipped to Europe from
New York i'll a vessel under the Ameri-
can flag. The total number Of steamers
engaged in the trade is 1862 railing
vessels, 24O. British vessels carried over
26,50O, 700 bushels, but Italian led in TIE
amount carried by sailing vessels.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
Mace ard his Man.

New York, 8.-Richard K. Fox Is re-
ported in an evening paper as saying: l
have forwarded railroad tickets for Mace
and Slade. They will leave San Fran
cisco on the 18th and next Sunday, in
company with William Harding.
shall go 10 Chicago and there meet them.
Sullivan win meet Mace with hard
gloves under the four minute rules. Mace
is supposed to be in excellent condition,
and he ond his partner are keeping up
their training as they travel along. As
soon as Glade arrives here he will be
matched for 3 genuine prize ring fight,
for $500 and the CO .mpicnship. The
fight will take place within 100 miles of
New Orleans. Sullivan says be has no
fear of meeting Mace or the giant that
accompanies him, bu! is willing to con-
cede that in the match with Mace he has
a strong scientific antagonist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
Exorbitant Charges.

Chicago, = The Tribune says of
Patti: The charges in Mapleaon's Opera
are 81 per night, and So for the poorest
seats. These tariffs are no more nor less
than an imposition. Without at all
questioning the excellence of the troupe,
for that does not enter into the question,
the prices are unjust, arbitrary, exacting
and outrageous. No opera troupe that
can be organized can give performance
worth that money. Ne living artist is
worth the salary that's paid Nine. Patti.
Making every allowance she is paid an
exorbitant sum, and to make profit
upon such extravsgAnce the people of
Chicago who wish to hear music In one
Of its most dramatic forms are robbed in
the most outrageous manner. There is
remedy, however, which might be ap-
piled if people had the courage to apply
it. Expensive artists and expensive
managers could both be brought to their
senses if opera-goers would persisteutly
refuse to pay more than reasonable
sum for opera.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
some silver.

st. Paul, 8.-There will arrive at Chi
cago on Monday morning four cars of
crude silver, in bars Of ninety-se seven
pounds each, consigned from Montana
mines to the First National Bank. The
consignment was brought from Montana
mines by bull-wsgon trains, 123 miles,
to Miles City, where it was loaded on
the Northern Pacific 4. &. and taken
through to Superior City, where the
northern division Of the Omaha line took
charge Of it aud brought it through. The
bars weigh $4,000 pounds, and roughly
estimated, value about 81 100000. The
freight bill over the Omaha line, from
Superior City to the junction was drawn
at twenty cents per hundred, the rate for
pig iron.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
FostaI Telegraph.

Washington, 8-The bill introduced
in the House to-day by Anderson, OF
Kansas, to create a postal telegraph of
the United States provides that the gov
ernnent issue bonds to the amount of
So, 900, 600 redeemable in twenty years,
and payable in thirty years. There shall
be set aside from the earnings Of the tel
egraph $500, GOO per year to form 8 sink
ing fund for the payment of the bonds.
The bill provides there shall be uniform
rates of twenty-five cents per message OF
ten words or less. and twenty-five cents
for every additional ten words, and con-
templates a Telegraph postal office at
every postofice where there is carrier
system.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-09
TELEGBAPHIG NEWS.
Double su1cide.

Detroit, "a double suicide was COM
mitted in this city on Saturday night, or
Supdsy, evidently with the coolest pre-
mediation. A man named j. Edward
Monck, and wife we're parties TO the
shocking transaction. He was dis
charged employee of the custom depart
ment, Chatham, Ontario, boarding at the
franklin House here. On Saturday
evening their month old child was given
into the temporary charge of lady con-
necied with the hotel to take care of.
Monck then locked his wife into her
room. and went away. The lady, finally
growing tired of her charge, sought
about midnight TO return the child to ite
mother, but was unable to get into her
room. Entrance was finally secured by
means of pass key, when Mrs. Monck
Was found dead on the bed with every
evidence that she had died from NOR
Prime, administered by her owl baud,
or tina: OF her husband, the same even ing,
monck vent to the Brunswick House,
treglsiered un5er an assumed name, and
telling the clerks he would not Wan'
breakfast, went to the room assigned
him. He was found yestetd day evening
| in an unconscious condition, from the
effects of dose of morphine, and dice
late in the evening. Both parties wert
under 30, and have parents and othel
relatives living at Chatham. 1t is sup
posed that dependency over his dis
charge from his position and failure o
ali efforts at restoration drove the pair t.
the commission of the crime. Next t,
nothing is known of their previou
history, or any other cause to which th
shocking event can be attributed. Rela
tiVes have already taken the bodies bacl
to Chatham.