Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-15


he wishes to 90. such a problem is
the arrangement az our streets. Even
when two business men meet, both
talk &C the same time, SO as not to
make more than necessary delay. and
We often hear exchanges Of conver-
sation a. two are rushing in opposite
directions ALL character displays
itself along the course Of this rushing
human tide, and no amount of the
enamel Of pretehse or deception can
hide it. The gilded knaye spreads
himsalfsovsr more thaa hiAhalf Of the
walk, and radely jostles the manly
citizen whose honest labors he has
grown fat upon. Tinselled shoddy
pushes to the verge the dependent
gsntlewoman to make room for the dis
play Of her velvet robe, eksd from her
fathers labors in his Junk shop. The
young "blood, or as Fanny Fern
terms him, the coat tails walking be-
hind a moustache, twirls his gold-tip-
ped cane contemptuously in the way
of the well bred, yet struggling young
gentleman, and the boss darkey
'eompeis his .hiFelings toztip their caps
to his imperious nod There is met
the mau whose ledger is his God, and
he whose counting house is his shrine,
but who for conventions sake, I've
Beers himself with sanctimonious the
ory" on the Sabbath day. There is
seen those. and they are not few, who,
like Tennysons ) character,
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All over with the fat, affectionate smile,
That makes the widows leaR.'
There the urbane face in the mo-
tion of whose back, to borrow thought,
rascal is plainly read. There the snob,
with supple knee, the parvenu with
pert stride, the sheep ia wolfe cloth
ing with sliding step, the smooth 'fs-
tedIrdElVer Of bargains that cypress
the poor, the sly robber of his neigh
bor's advantage, The oily-tongued ser
pent of some fair paradise, the sneak
trappers of the unguarded, the ''silky
moths" that eat the innocent name,
the disgusting, the ladierous, the pit
iful, the pigmy with his thousands,
the ape with his glitter. In relief to
these isthe scholarly gentleman whose
example to coming men will be their
fortune--the true woman whose no.
bic virtues will descend to posteritv
as rich legacies-the manly youth
whose honorable principles will prove
an inestimable treasure TO his after
years-the true Christian whose pre-
cepts will adorn succeeding ages
kindly hearts and earnest workers in
the cause of humanity. The modest
master of millions, the well bred hold
er Of distinguished station, the noble
pyramid towering from the vale of
humble yet honest labor, the venera-
ted, the 'friend indeed the patron
of true worth, the pattern citizen.
These Gar outnumber the others, and
thus the vast human tide onward
rushes each day, recording events to
be held up TO pOsterity ,as,examples of
the trae and the false. How happy
then that the true prevails and what
blight upon this beautiful city and
upon the whole fair land we call ours
that the false has any existence. The
saddest sight that has come under our
gaze for years was the forced march
of five boys, ranging from twelve to
sixteen years. to the police station,
! guarded by three officers. Their we'll
bred and genteel dress told that they
belonged to no menial class, but their
bowed heads and blushing cheeks told
that they had been detected in some
shameful act And this too on the
beautiful Sabbath, the last day of the
old year, with its unclouded sky and
warm sunshine so typical of the dy-
ing Christian. As our eyes follow
ed them, We thought how anxious
would be the mothers heart as it
sighed,
so, where is my boy to-nightT'
That wrong can anywhere show its
bold front within the influence of the
grand efforts made in the cause of
right nthis city, is sunduhitable proof
of the existence of that power that
warred against heaven and ought Ger
tainly toconVince him who disbelieves;
but under the regime Of our new iu-
dietary reformation in criminal cir
cles is vigorously pursued, which so
we'll co-operates with the labors of the
Christian missions in their untiring
tasks that in contrast TO few wears
back the dawn Of the millennium
seems to be in view. The man who
can lift his hand to offer the cursed
glass 70 a boy, and that on the holy
Sabbath, has soul so black that even
Satan would be ashamed Of it, but for
the taunts Of his demons that he had
learned to know pity. We are skep-
teal as to the possible salvation Of the
rum-seller and believe that all the
crimes committed under the effect OF
the trade he so delights in, as quicker
than any other to produce the cove
ted dollar, viii be upon his skirts as
so many stains Of human blood. We
thank kind fortune that our habita-
tion is in a section Of the city where
no beer saloon, rum ''parlor" or whis-
key shop Is allowed to be, and if we
knew when we met a rum-seller, we
would give him wide berth, even il
/ driven to the gutter. The meanest oi
all trades is that which involves the
ruin, desolation and misery of SO many
innocent families We have seen bnl
two drunken men during the pas
SIX months and heard but three oaths
one from a little trough, who fell
the lash Of milkman's whip, becausu
he had dumped un behind" while tn,