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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-09-09

A handsom" cray"n portrait Of the Rev.
Father Neal, painted by Miss Aggie Arm
-rrpng, of Washington. and donated :" 81
Georgr's church, will be- ratified for % cents
q chance Persons desiring chance can
obtain the same by calling at the church
ur forwarding the money to Mrs. j. u.
ARMSTRONG, Pinry Point, Md.
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CONMCNICATED.
tAIIFoRNIA. Aup 3ll iSS6


CALIFORNIA, Aug. ~, 1856.
Messrs. Editors If you have any sup
plements on hand You will please send me
a few of them, as they may have tendency
IL turn At least the thoughts of the Editors 81
the Enterprise to my solicited discussion.
though they seem so indispoSed 10 any
thing accept a throwing Of mud, and then
il must Ne made up Of dirty water. while
carenot, if all foreign nations are at war, 50
| have perfect peace at home guaran-
teed. somewhat like the American Eagle,
allowed my beak 10 be pulled, but when
the same native attempted Ia pull out my
pin feathers, with the pride ofmy own heart
and respect for my little family, | had +"
hrawl. Take water ar come Ia time.
Respectfully, l.. J. WISE.
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Postponed.

The tournament and ball for the benefit
Of the Catholic Chapel at Mechanicsville II
postponed until the 18th Of October sad
die, birdie and whip can he seen at J. /.
Ballenger's store.
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). Simms Fsnviek. w. Clarence Drury
FENWlcK HOTEL,
Leon ard town, NTI.
RATEs MODERATE.

RATEs MODERATE
Our Hotel has large, airy rooms, neatly
furnished and everything irst-class. Come
and see US.
OUR BAR
IS stocked with the choicest LTQ TORS and
the finest CIGARS
We are prepared 10 suhstantiate every
thing We claim and We respectfully invite
tie public to give Us call and judge fnr
themselves
FENwICK 4 DRURY.
May -, S5-tlf
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oar Ou sstlss Pages

contain full report "f the preliminary
hearing of Benjamin Biscoe, colored,
charged with the murder Of Capt. Robert
Dixon, and al>o an article On Earthquake.
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Fenwick &Morgan

Extend special invitation o. their many
friends and customers a. yisit their STORE
and examine their large stock of fashiahShle
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G. O O ID =

We mean 10 sell and shall always keep
what the people want al the peoples prices
II viii be our aim tO give our patrons every
collars worth eyeTyfime and ii there be
virtue in good goods At how prisses we mean
Ia ~ THE STORE &c I.eonanltown.
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DOMESfICS

In THIS department We are low priced. Call
and examine our Fancy shifting. Ginghams,
Caiic"es and Lawns before purchasing else
where.
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SAINT MARY'S ACADEMf,
LeOnardtOwn. Md.
UNDER CHARGE oP THE
Sisters OfCIl arity
NAZARETH, KENTUCKY.
Terms per Session Of 5 months.

Board and Tuition in the Common
Branches, viz: Reading, Writing, Arith-
metic, English Grammar, Geogzphy, Plain
Sewing, Marking and Needle Work, $500
Board and Tuition in the Higher Branch
Is, viz: History, Philosophy, Rhetoric,
Chemistry, Botany, Algebra, Compost
ssoh, SoC. %S1.OU
EXTRA CHANGES:
For use OF books for and Stationery 500
DAY PUrILs
senior Glass. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $1,000
intermediate Class .. 1000
Junior Class. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Urinary Department. ..... 500
Books for day pupils at stationer's prices.
All payments Ia be made invariably in
advance. Charges made from date of en-
trance.
No deductions will he made unless in
cases of protracted sickness or dismissal.
From IA IL year old boys will be taught
on same terms.
For further information applyto
MOTHER SUPERfORESS.
Leonardtown, Nd.
Sept 3. S5-tf
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Personal attention given 10 the prepare
ration and prosecution of applications for
Letters Patent. All business before the L.
). Patent Office attended To for moderate
fees. When patent is granted, drawing of
your invention, with claims, your name and
address, will be published in the United
States Patent Office Gazette, paper of i'm
mense circulation, and the only paper that
publishes this free
sB- No Agency Ia tie United States pos
sesses superior facilities far O6tdiHias Patents,
or ascertaining the pateniabiliiy Of inven-
tons.
Copies of patents furnished for 25 cents
each. Correspondence invited.
Aug 90, ST.
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Valuable Land for Sale
St. Mary's County.


The tarn known n VALENTINES
GROVE, containing s.l0 acn-S. heated near
Oalsiile. The RailnlaA which viii h.
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this farm
lbs farm knowH - PART BARRON
HALL. leo acrcs. lecaseSl on - Ciemeni's
Bay. Zine Oyster Creeks anal Apple, Pear
and P,ach Orchards. She soil Is very E.Ai
and the buildings are in excellent c6ndi.
tion.
i
fhy farm known as EDRD'S Dis
CONERI, sOo acres, l,snateSl near Leonard
town. The soil l. very god aud we'll
adapted to the growth Of all Staple Crops
4
The farm of which the late Benjamin Tip
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MANOR, $50 acres, heated about miles
frOm Indian bridge Mill The soil nstur-
ally god and Buildings in good condition.
For terms and particulars. apply a.
FENWICk 4 HAMMETr,
Le,naritnwn, Nj.
July tt
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tOR CONGRESS-.

MoRGANzA, July -, iSSG.
Mcssr>. Editors Please annnuucs the
Hon. FRANK y. HOLMES as candidate
Tor Congress from the 18th Congressional
district at the ensuing ELECTION, subject Ia
The republican nominating convention.
Mr.. HOLMES Is gentleman II stirling worth
strict integrity and ~ great capacity a. n
speaker ar thinker. lie is just. energetic
and enterprising, such one as would mee,
MIR. Compton in fairness and fcarlessly dis.
cuss the living ISSUES If the dlay with adj
vantage 10 the republican party. a. which
he has always stnsd steadf;lst and faithful
Besides. ne Is unobiectional "a the ,!emnc-
racy Of this district His election would
rebound Ia the interest oi the laboring PEG
pie Of this Congressional distinct.
July 29-tepo AN,crs
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GROCERIES

Fine fresh and cheap. Call AM make
small purchase and We know that you will
become a permanent customer
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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
A Cat and CATFISH BottIo.

Theophilus Skimpcr is generally sized up
as the most incomplete man in HoXawot-
tamie, hut Theophilus has knocked this
town silly with his cat story about the tarn.
Skimper hasn't but one shirt, and always
goes out 10 the tarn to wash it.
Skimper has just stretched his old shirt out
TO dry on the end Of a sunny log, when he
found he'd been followed all tile way from
Hoxawottamie by his old gray cat with the
nine kittens. The blamed thing monkeyed
around his ankles awhile, then carried her
kittens one by one 10 the end of a log hang
ing over the water, and snt down by 'en and
began fishing with her tail She was having
pretty fair luck when She spicd whole
school OF young catfish swimming up into
shoal water The old catfish was probably
somewhere out in deeper water,
Puss made one spring and yAnked little
catfish out Of the water. Then She ran out to
the end of the log and gave it to one of the
kittens. No sooner had she turned her back,
however, to get another little catfish before
the old catfish jumped from the deep water to
the end of the log and yanked one of the kit
tens away rs slick as wax, When puss came
back with the second catfish the kitten which
had been eating the first Young catfish had
disappeared and was feeding the old catfish.
second young catfish up before the eyes of
the frantic parent
Insane with rage tic old catfish jumped to
the end of the log, and with shrill shrek bit
Il kitten square in two.
This mteinocine and fraticdal strife con-
tinued until the cat had eaten up all the
young catfish and The catfish had eaten up all
the young kittcns. The old catfish hadn't
been able to chew all the kittens, but had
Just swallowed some whole The conse-
ql1cnccs was they began mcwing and set the
mother cat pretty near wild. This seemed to
afford the Old catfish the most malloyed de
light, ana ticking her head ont Of the water
with bread grin, She gave thn mother cat
full heneiitof the post norton concert.
The mother cat couldn't stand it, and
jumped right atop the old catii,lts back.
"O-o-h-h." went tile catfish, and away She
started acr,es the tarn, giving pll,, bath
every minute or two, and yelling with rage
From the Strictly Nra,ious HoXawot-
tamie Herald
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Saved From the Editor, Drawer.

A neighbor always n,ist' upon his chil.
dren eating their rru I, before they can he
helped to anything more One, there was
company at the dinner table, aul one Of the
children passed her plate 70 her father for
some pie. Her father, observing a crust on
the plate, said, "Wha is this on thy plate,
Mariouf Receiving no reply, lie helped
her to the pie to avoid n scene When the
plate reached Miss Marion she leaned over
to her sister and sail in perfectly audible
undertone, well, papa dolt know a crust
when he sees it,
When they propo.el bringing out the
"Passion Play on the immense stage Of the
Boston Globe, the principals were discussing
the relative positions Of the characters,
Said Morse: we will put group of SOL
ders here, and Pontus Plate here, and over
there the twelve apostles.
Twelve apostles,' sail tho Boston man
ager, you may just as well put in two
dozen apostles, there plenty Of room
Landlord said Wisconsin traveller,
emerging from the dining room after n long
and fruitless struggle 10 secure a dinner
Landlord. there's one thing you have here
that's as good as tlia Palmer house, Chi
cago."
Il am very glad tul lease you, sir What
Is iti'
THE salt Hnpr's Monthly.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Iiy a Dime for a Crust of Bread. ;

"Only "A Dime for Crust of Bread"
Rude was the man in speech, and rude
In rnimcnt, and bowed with decrepitude.
With crutch and cane at either side,
Like figure by Dore typified-
a green shade over his bulging eyes,
Ever astarc in their CHASTITY guise
Repuliyely, yet appealingy,
As he begged the dole of a dime from me.
paused a the great crowd surgcd ahead.
Had no supper last night-ner bed
Ner cup o coffee at breakfast time
Ner rusls at noon And the fact is I'm
A-starvin' here in the city street
For dime to buy me crust to ent"
And I flushed, as thought Of the shame
less wrong
Is he thus so Stunned by the soulless
throng-
The hundreds and thousands that pass him
here,
But cen as feel the rising tear,
felt in my pockets depths, alackl
My own lone fortune of one greenback-
And | stayed my hand in its upward range
Signing to say that l had no change.
EFT could work like ust to do,
! woul Int be beggin' today of you!
''SS "Ai'tb u lu'hlll cough L got
Lungs jes slullin' off, like as notl
And old-and my eyes almost clean gone
And can't stay here, and l can't go onI
But it won he long till ] sit my crutch
On the shores where dime huint worth so
muchl'
Grotesque pathosl ] smiled through tears
Calming tile old mans doubts and fears
With the crumpled note which l said should
be
Changed at once as he waited me-
But he stopped me short, as turned to GO
"Oh, you'llnot come back aginl No, mol
What's the size o yer bill" said he,
As unfolded it dazedly.
Only one Wy sakes alive!
Feared l was runnin against five
I'm bluifed SO much by you high-toned
gents!n
And back in my palm dropped ninety cents.
james Whtcomb Riley.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Mairs and Strays,

\ naturalist in the west has concluded
either that owls are without memory or that
they do not mind going about with owl traps
fastened TO their legs lie set trap to catch
an owl and it mysteriously disappeared. He
set a heavier trap, and caught in it an owl
which had the first trap attached to one of
its legs The phrase stupid as an owl"
seems a fitting reflection upon bird which
would set about making collection of owl
traps in such manner as this,
Canadian who wished to learn how he
should 20 to work and what it would cost to
take out license to sell washing machines in
the United States, and who had no personal
acquaintance on this side Of the border,
wrote To President Cleveland, asking him if
he would not be kind enough to furnish the
information desired. In "A time Of strained
relations lttwecn this country and the Do
miniun growing out of the fisheries question,
there is II snaahle and mcighhorly ring about
the Canadian request which is altogether re-
assuring llarprrs Weekly.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27

neck, and brushed the little flakes of "dander"
from the velvet collar of his best coat; how
he toilcd up the long, dark, lonesome stairs,
not with the cgotism of half century ago,
but with the light of anticipated rest at last
in his eye, oledicntly as he would go to the
dmgy law office to have his will drawn, he
meekly leaves the outlines Of his kind old face
for those he loved and for whom he has so
long lubored,
Ii is a picture at which the thoughtles5
may smile but it is full of pathos, and elo-
quent for those who knew him best. His at
titudc is stiff and his coat lunches up in the
lack but his kind old heart asserts itself
through the gentle eyes, and when he has
gone away at last we do not criticize the pic
turc any more but beyond the old coat that
lunches up in the back, and that lasted him
so long, we read the history of a noble life
Silently the old finger marked album, lying
so unostcmtatiously on the equity center table,
points out the mile stones from infancy to
age, and back of the mistakes of a struggling
photographer is portrayed the laughter and
the tears, the joy and the grief, the dimples
and the gray hairs of one mans lifetime
Bill Nye, in Boston Globe.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
At Nntns.

docs your son affect any particular schoo!
of art Z" asked the visitor.
Moves we'll hes painting a Balladonua
forthe religious art gallery" replied the fond
mother
The visitor lrft.-IIartford journal.
An AUCTIONEER IL AUSTRALIA
Auctionecr-N Now gentlemen, what shall
say for this magnificent and authentic Paul
Ncryoneusy: Come, start it at something.
Old gentlenm-Don't see the painters
name to it anywhere, mister
Auctioneor-Of course not y picture like
that doesn't want signng it stands oil lis
merits. M bid: Pass il in, John. and bring
out the next Now, gentlemen, here is a
superb Landscer by tine same hand. Tab
leau.- Melbourne Punch.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
In ExisIe,

Cast ashore on lone, barren isle
In the sea into which flows the Nisle,
With no clo'' s but a battered old tisle--
From a full suit-a rather scant pisle--
of course could not dress with much stisls
While dwelt in that residence visle;
But as there was no ona to smisle,
managed the years to bcgsle-
Tina had else bsen long weary whsle
With many stroll in my tisle,
And many an innocent wisle,
That kept in god order my bisle;
Till ship that sailed many a misle
Brought mo home from my dreary exisle,
And this way the tale place on fsle.
With the trust that it no one will risle.
-Norristown Herald,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
BILL NYE ON THE PHOTOGRAPH
HABIT.
Mans Seven Ages-Apoiorizing Throur,

Mans Seven Ages-Apologizing Through
Life FOR Early photographs.
No doubt the photograph habit, when once
formed, is one Of the most baneful and pro
ductive of the most intense suffering in after
years of any with which we are familiar.
Some times it seems to me that my whole life
has been one long, abiect apology for photo
graphs that | have shed abroad throughout a
distracted country
Man passes through seven distinct stages
of being photographed, each one exceeding
all previous efforts in that line.
First he is photographed as a prattling,
bald-headed baby, absolutely destitute Of
eyes, but making up for this deficiency by u
wealth of mouth that would make negro
minstrel olive green with envy. We often
wonder what has given the average photog-
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
slriI.nr. nnh RnilrnnIs.

Judging from the great number of strikers
Il would seem that somebody supposes tho
iron to be hot. Philadelphia Ledger
Down on ANYTHING WHICH CANT KICK
Can you tell me, h. asked, as he entered
~ Office on Broad street the other day, why
the railroads should discriminate 50 heavily
against dressed meat over live stock@
"Certamy, sir Dressed meat is dead, tsni
itI
''Of course.
"Well, any thing which can't kick is Away
bulldo1ed by a railroad company. Wal
Street News
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Mr.. TiIden's wit.

A picture Of floating church used TO
hang over the fireplace i'll the Office Of No.
IL Wall street Il was part Of the ol Bal
ance dock proper y-un attachment Of the
floating docks at The foot Of Pike street, in
which Samul j. Iiideu was Interested A
cleut in the office one day wanted 20 know
Il it was a high or low church That de-
peuds on the tide" replied Mr. Tillen.-a
New York World
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27

In reply TO the New England lecturer VINO
asks: "What does man owe his ncighborsp'
we can say only that it depends on whether
his wife is one Of those women who are always
running over TO the next house to borrow a
cup Of sugar, or an egg, or wad of lard
Chicago News.
Country Auut-It must be terrible hard
work dancing at a full-dress ball. City
Niece dressed for the balD-It is very
fatiguing G. Al thought so, seeing
as you're almost stripped to the waist for
it-Boston Courier
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Lp,.aioy Part.

Have you ever had any experience, sire
asked the dramatic ~ nj who was about TO
book an apr ieln
Ne ,ir used o play the leading part
% Cuce Toms Catin
'"Tha leading part sir! What pars do
you mean by thar
"Why, sir, was the man who had to lead
Ia the dogs
His name was not taken Lowell Citizen.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
Coroners, Comhlnntlon.

The Coronels' combination which has so
long ruled certain section of Arkansaw has,
10y mutual consent, dissolved The history
Of this combination would indeed lie a CON
tribution to American literature. Its secret
proceedings might not rival the famous cabal
of Charles II, of England, but it would shed
much eilulgcncc on our "coronal' system.
Several years ago, as many public prints
have stated, the Cornncrs from Fort Smith,
on the ArkanSaw river to the place where
the muddy waters sweep over the buried
bricks Of Napoleon, formed grand
"coronial' floating combination This mo
nopoly Of solemn officials played a
lucrative game This will serve us an illus
tration. When the coroner of one of the up
per counties found foater, he would haul
out the corpse, hold an inquest, throw the
corpse back into the river and send word to
the coroner below that piece Of business was
coming TO meet him, Then the coroner be
low would hold an inquest, throw the corpse
into the river and send word to his colleague
farther down the river In this way the coro-
ners tlourished. They built fine residences,
and, while the county judges ate cornbread
and the hcshy breast of the female hog, the
coroners drank handmade sour-mash and
feasted off the white meat of the stall-fed tur-
key. Abuse Of privileges caused the breaking
of the combination. The coroners became
greedv.-Arkansaw Traveller,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27
THE LIME KILN CLUB,
Brother Gardner Once More Takes
Viper 60 His Bosom.

biother 6ardner Once More Takes n
Viper 60 His Bosom.
AS the meeting opened Brother GardRer
announced that the Hon. Standoif White, Of
Montgomery, Ala, was in the ante-room.
The distinguished gentleman was on his way
to Chicago to sec his dying sister and had
taken advantage of the occasion to stop over
three Or four days and make himself ac.
quainted with members of the Lime Kiln
club. He had a little address which he
desired to deliver 1t was entitled: do
We Realize Where We We're and What We
Are Nowl' II there were no objections the
addressar would be brought in.
Whaebone Howker arose, not TO object
exactly, but to inquire il tho Hon. StandoiT
had brought any credentials with him
How did tho club know but that he was
base impostorl
'Bruider Howkorl' sharply replied the
president do you emagine dat | would
take pusson into my own cabin an loan
him clean shirt an purvide him Wild a pipe
and terbacker, if did not know dat he was
all rightf
'N-no, sahn
Den you kerfop yerself down into your
cheer, an do lie we h'ar Of you fur de next
two weeks de better it will be fur all hands
roundp
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27

rapher that wild,
hunted look about
the eyes and that
joyless sag about
the knees. The
chemicals and the
indoor life alone
have not done all
this. 1t is the great
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27

as though he might be feeling of the thrilling
circumference Of buzz saw. He carries
this picture in his pocket for months, and
looks at it whenever he may be unobserved.
Then, oil at once, he discovers that the
young lady's hair is not done up that way
any more, and that her hat doesn't seem to
fit her. He then, in tickle moment, has an
other tintype made in which another young
woman, with a more recent hat and later
coifTue, is discovered holding his hat in her
lap.
This thing continues till one day he comes
into the studio with his wife, and tries to see
how many children can be photographed on
one negative by holding one on each knee and
using the older ones as back ground.
The last stage in his eventful career, the old
gentleman allows himself to be photographed.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-03-27


mental strain used in trying to photograph
n squirming and dark red child with white
eyes in such a manner as to please its parents
An old-fashoned dollar store album with
cerebrospinal meningitis and filled with pict-
urcs Of half-sulIocated children in heavily
starched white dresses, is the first thing we
seek on entering a home, and the last thing
from which we reluctantly part
The second stage on the downward road is
the photograph of the boy with frcsll-cropped
hair, and in which the stiff and protuberant
thumb takes leading part.
Then follows the portrait of the lad, with
strongly marked frecklcs and look of hope
ess melancholy. With the aid of a detective
agency | have succeeded in running down
and destroying several of these pictures,
which We're attributed to mo-
Next comes the young man, 81 years of
age, with his front hair plastered smoothly
down over his tender, throbbing dome Of
thought. He does not care so much about
the expression on the mobile features so long
as his left hand, with the new ring on it,
shows distinctly, and the string of jingling,
jangling charms on his watch chain, includ-
ing the cute little basket cut out of peach
stone, stand ont well in the foreground. If