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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15

! DIR. r. J. T. Barber, of Chaptico, who
recently graduated with distinction from
the Maryland University of Medicine, has
removed to Pennington, Del, and will there
practice his profession. He is a talented
and energetic young man and we hope and
predict for him brilliant success.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15

Mrs Rebecca Burch, of the 18th district,
has fifty this years house-raised chickens
large enough for the pan. This is way
ahead of anything in the Spring chicken
line thus far reported.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
The PALACE of Baltimore city

Clothing Establishments is Acme Hail. 200
West Baltimore Street. A visit will show
you the neatest and prettiest store in Balti-
more. II Is worth seeing for this alone, and
nowhere else can you get such stylish Gents
and BoYs' Clothing for 80 little money.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15


Under the provisions Of the new Law the
time for catching oysters is fixed from the
first day of September to the twenty fifth |
(incIusive) day of April next succeeding
oysters caught before the twenty-hfth day
Of April may be disposed of at any time
before the fifth day Of May; nothing in t1sd
act i TO be construed to prevent traaa
tation companies from carrying -.
caught outside the state, n.y. ss.,aTr.r ~
keepers or private persoRG -. - ,,,,ro,sas,no
49, s-asn y the State, nor any
$500 sESfng oysters at any tint
ios pNse use. It is unlawful Z
oysters ON Sunday or at night ant
penalties are provided for anyinfringemen
Of this clause The unconstitutional carry
ing license tax Is Of course abolished. Tn
longing license rates are: for boats, twent
feet or less, &C.; twenty TO twenty-five fee
So; twenty-five to thirty feet, "a; owe
thirty feet including sloops under Custor
House tonnage, %. The dredging tax rt
!. mains al % per ton. Oysters must be Gull
ed upon the grounds from Whence taker
For the benefit Of our patrons who are In
terested in this subject we win endeavor
publish the whole law on first side Of on
next issue.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
BAN

10 HORSE TRAcTH
sale. VIII be put In firsa
A bargain. Apply to
FERDINAND BUHli
Charlotte u
81 Mary's county, =
March %, 'so--t.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
10 r. MORGAN,
insurance. Agent g. Broker

LEoNARDTowN, Nd.
Represents the following First Glass Com
panies with combined assets Of twelve mil
lion Of dollars, and has facilities for placing
large lines Of insurance on the most favor.
able terms in home or foreign companies.
Royal Fire Insurance Of LipepooI,
Watert0Dn Fire, Of NeU York,
London, LiDevpooi Dc GLObe, Fire,
Mutual E1tdooment Assessment Of BQIikmM
life, -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
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DIR. PAGE EDMUM
quest, will be in Leond
the 10th of March and
further notice. Havin
with all modern instrul
TO do first-elass guarant
lowing low prices, to wit
Gold alloy plugs. -. (
Silver alloy " COCOA
Pure gold ".....
wards. Artificial teeth
upper or Under sets.
or more, each 80 cents.
N. b. Win bring Y
March 20, 1886--tf
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
"The Champion Sei6e Nov On.
Getting There In 1886.
The 9th Mechanical Wonder Of the World,
The Champion steer Hinder.

II will outwear a dozen Of the old FASH
toned "aippity-nop," canvas rollers and
| pot-metal arks.
Come 10 Leonardtown during the present \
term of Court and examine samples Of otl
three great nOyelties--the Light Steel B
der, the celebrated Folding Bar Reaper
the Solid Steel Mower
Mr.. w. "A. Hammond, our popular
pion hero, will assist In explaininl
mers the superiority Of the Chap
chimes over all competitors.
| The farmers Of ST. Mary's
proud Of the Champion, and
alton of honest material 4
workmanship increases with
bers sold every season. Dl y
that account Of the large
pions at Pottsgroye, Pq
fmid- winter Yes, 81
that day by the enera
ting 10 date, In the.
land alone, go q
my friends IS
nieations pIl s
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
MOTH

A liberal reward will
formation Of the pal
from my premises on
instant.
March ss' o0=2t
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-04-15
SWEET POTATO SLIPS.

The subscriber will furnish all partlel
in want of Sweet Potato Slips In quantl2
desired at $225 per barrel. The slips
OF the Jersey variety, which are uniye
ly regarded as the best. Full infoS6
can be obtained by addressing
+ FORRE9f FREFM - :
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13

Finally, after pleasant little supper in
Mr.. Boldon's lodgings, there appeared the
following paragraph in that excellent or
gan of public opinion:
eve have heard it rumored lately that
few of our more prominent townsmen
have been talking of according to Mr..
James BoldOn, solicitor, a substantial
mark of their appreciation of his public
spirited behavior in late trial, and of
his disinterested conduct in handing over
the fruits of his victory to one of the
most deserving of our local charities. We
have heard it whispered that W. H. Brace
bridge, Esq, j. l., who has already pub
llcly expressed his sympathy with Mr.
BOldOn, and Algernon Tracey, ESQ, the
treasurer to the Daleshire County Hospit-
al, have expressed some intention of
heading the subscription list. We give
this to our readers with all possible re-
serve, but we have no hesitation what
ever in saying that such conduct on the
part of the gentleman we have named
would reflect honor upon themselves, and
would not be wanting in appropriateness,
as the names of both of these gentlemen
have been associated with the public vim
dication of Mr.. Boldon's honor. Our
readers may depend upon our keeping
them acquainted with the progress of the
events
This promise was so faithfully carried
out and the proposed testimonial was so
thoroughly taken for granted that Mr..
Bracebridge and Mr.. Tracey found them
selves compelled to take the honorable
place which had been assigned to them
The mark of esteem took the fO1m of a
purse of sovereigns, which reached the
respectable figures of 600.
A dinner was held, as a matter of
course, to celebrate the event, and the
presentation was made in proper form.
Mr.. James BoIdon returned thanks with
becoming modesty, declaring with some
humor that more by far than even their
generous gift did he value the happy
consciousness that his humble efforts in
the public service had been appreciated,
that he had gained the good will of neigh
bors and that he was now no longer a
stranger in their midst, but one Of them
selves, WestbOrOrian to the backbone,
accounting the esteem and respect of his
fellow citizens his richest possession.
In this Mr.. BOldOn was perfectly right
Clients came in apace. He had got his
name up for good.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Miss Cleveland and Her Brother.
Chicago Sall

One of the ladies who has been guest
at the White House during the latter part
of the winter is my authority for pleas
ing insight into the ways and incidents of
its life. Like all bachelors, the President
is a little Indifferent to family inter
course and amenities as a change and
rest from his work. About all he sees
of the ladies of the White
House is at his meals. Then he appears
the jovial, testing man of the world, al
ways ready to make each passing moment
the pleasantest. Miss Cleveland addresses
him almost without exception as "Mr
President"
When her friend said: ''Why DO you al
ways call him Mr.. PRESIDENT" she replied
"He is my President as well as everybody
else's.'
Rarely does she call him Grover. The
brother and sister evidently have a deep
affection for each other, although little is
manifest on the surface. He looks after
her wants as faithfully as it is possible to
imagine, and many apparently volunteer
services from the attendants Of the Exec
utive Mansion are suggested by the Presi-
dent. His pse of the White House stables
is always modified by his regard for Miss
Clevelands wishes. If by any chance he
learns that she desires to take ride, he
first learns which carriage and what
horses she wants before making his own
selection.
Miss Cleveland attends to the duties of
her mistressship in the most methodical
way, and has lost much, it is said, of her
Old-time blithsOme manner and freedom.
One of the curiOsities of her situation,
which amused her a good deal, is that
whenever she goes about the house she is
expected to lead the way. If she passes
from one room to another with COM
pany Of her friends they all stand back
and make way for her to pass first; a Gus
tom probably as ancient as the English
court, by which she, with her democratic
notions, was at first a good deal shocked.
Evidently all that she does in her posi-
ton is prompted by most dutiful de-
sire to be to her brother all that sister
could be. A great deal of nonsense is
printed about her ,monitorship over his
public policy and one thing and another.
Itmay be accepted as approximately true
that Miss Cleveland does not attempt to
interfere or recommend or request any
information of her brother on any par
ticular question of the day. Her first
aim is to do her duty, simply, modestly,
and unpretentiously, which explains her
success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
How to Catch Wales.
L

What is the process of catching wales ?"
inquired the reporter who saw Mr.. Rob
erson yesterday.
with the harpoon," he answered, ito
which is attached a gun containing bomb.
As soon as the harp0On strikes the whale
the gun is discharged and the bomb ex-
plodes, its contents entering the mammoth
and sometimes instantly killing it, but
often wounding it so that it goes down,
often as far as forty fathoms, and they
die under water. IF 1t dies on top, the
body remains floating"
''What is done when the whale dives?"
''Oh, they play out the line, and the fish
ers await his coming to the top. But fire.
quently he has to be hauled up
rs there much danger in the business
Of whale killing?"
"A great deal sometimes. The animal
we oftener call him an animal than a
fish-is maddened by the wound and furi-
ously lashes the water, many times upset
ting the boats, and ducking, and some
times drowning, his assailants.''
s'After the killing what is done with the
animal:'
rWhen he reaches the top, and after he
is dead. he is cut up and landed on the
deck of the vessel. There the carcass is
put through the process of being rem
dered into oil and extracting the bones.'
How is that done?"
'The blubber is cut into pieces about 2
feet long and inches wide; these chunks
are again sliced and put into pots and
rendered for oil. All the bone taken out
is in the jaw. This latter is purchased
by an extensive French firm, who convert
it into threads, dresses, fans and nuner-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Pemaquid.
Brunswick (Me) Telegraph.

And now "Pemaquid," with its paved
streets, its old fort, one on the point,
which is known in history, and one a mile
and half above this on salt bay" (the
Lewis farm site so cal1ed), about which
when and by whom built-there is neither
tradition or history, is to become a sum-
mer resort. Greed before history. But
when Massachusetts could sell the old
Hancock house in Boston, what may not
Maine, a willful daughter as Massachusetts
men call the state, not attempt? Gen.
Chamberlain claims from Pemaquid an
older date than Plymouth, and contends
for more prominent recognition it its
place in the history of the country, and
adds:
Few know that it was the early settle
ments in this territory which confirmed
the title of old England to the new; that
years before the pilgrims set foot on Ply
mouth sands there was established English
settlements at various points on the
shores of Maine-that Pemaquine was a
seat of trade and at one time the me-
trOpOlis of all the region east of New
York. Popular history does not care to
tell US the Samoset who startled the pill
grims with the greeting, Much welcome
Englishmen! was lord of Pemaquid, and
had learned the language from long fami-
liar intercourse with the cOlonists and
Visitants at that joint capital!'
Capt. John Smith, who was along this
coast and made quite a correct map of it
in 1914, while lying at Monhegan, wrote:
Fright opposite in the main is a port"
ETC., either referring to the site'near old
Fort st. George or New Harbor, On the
eastern side of Pemaquid point. In 1922
the pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass, sent to
Pemaquid, and received free of all charge
large supplies of food, and found thirty
sailing vessels at Pemapuid, sure evidence
that it had been long center of trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Heroes in Every Crisis.
New York Evening Post.

One of the most striking features of
every great national crisis is the develop
ment of the highest qualities by the most
lOwly citizens. The question of liberty is
as truly at stake in the United States in
1886 as it was in the colonies little over
a century ago. Indeed, the tyranny of
the English king then fell far short of
being so intolerable as that which secret
oath-bOund organizations are seeking to
establish now, for no king ever presumed
to exercise such control over the actions
of his subjects as the Empire Protective
association and the Knights of Labor are
assuming. Now, as in the last century,
the men and women who are quickest to
recognize the principle involved and to
assert their independence are "plain peo-
ple," like Mrs. Gray, the New York baker,
and Mr.. Tarbox, the Lynn grocer-people
who in ordinary times go quietly about
their vocations, are never heard of by the
general public, and, in short, are the last
eersOns whom one expect ever to chal-
lenge the attention and admiration of the
country. Yet when the Bakers union at
tempted to dictate to Mrs. Crap what
wOrkmen she should employ, and the
Knights of Labor attempted to force Mr..
Tarbox to close his store at a certain hour,
this modest woman and this quiet man
perceived in an instant that an assault was
bling made upon America n liberty in
their persons, and they rebelled it with
dignity and force which Immediately
rallied to their support all the decent citi-
zens of their communities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
CHIT CHAT.

''Look here, daughter" said Mrs. Par
venue to her eldest. I'm not going to
have you deranging my parlor with your
athletic notions any longer, and [ shall
attend to it myself" ''Tant Mieu1," re-
piled the daughter in elegant seminary
French. 'Taint you, eh?' snapped the
mother. 'Well, I'd like to know what the
mischief it is, them"
He was practical and felt like making
love on that basis. She was a little that
way herself. "Can you COOKE" he in
CURED. Can you supply everything to
be cooked?" she replied. It was match.
The craze for birds-On-t he-hats in the
east, it is said, will seriously interfere
with the peach crop. The bird that is
roosting on the hat of belle ought to be
picking vermin from the fruit trees.
II wonder what makes these buttons
burst off So" Dora petulantly exclaimed.
Davis looked at her tight dress. "Force
of habit, think he said softly.
Diffident lover: II know that [ am a per-
feet bear in my manner" She: 'Sheep,
you mean. Bears hug people: you do
nothing but beet"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Water In Bread.
Hungarian Mueller.

4 Local police court in Wurtemberp
aiming at the prohibition of the said of
bread not perfectly baked and containing
too much water, recently addressed the
royal chamber of trade and commerce
asking what methods should be employed
to test the amount of water contained in
bread. and the probable cost of employ
ing those methods. The answer received
from the authorities was published by
Herr Alett in Wurtemberg, and we present
it herewith to our readers. After stating
that not even a cumulative analysis
would decide the exact amount of water
contained in bread, that the proportion
might be obtained by drying out the bread,
whereby the loss of weight would measure
the water lost, and that, for decision as
to the goodness of the bread the deter
mlnatlon of the amount of water in the
crumb when separated from the crust
would be valuable, the following things
were designated as necessary:
l. A scale capable of WEIGHING 300
grams and of accurately weighing one
tenth Of gram. Such scales may be OBJ
tanned of the gaugers.
Z, A drying room or air-bath, % cent?
meters deep, built of copper, which may
be obtained of mechanics for about so
marks.
3. A thermometer which registers over
100 degrees Celsius, costing two and half
marks.
4. A gas lamp for heating the air-bath,
costing with the necessary gas connections
four marks, and an iron chimney costing
30 pennies. From these figures it appears
that the entire necessary apparatus will
cost about 81 marks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Ruined by Ants.
ST. LOUIS Globe-Democrat

Prof. S. A. Forbes, state entOmologist,
was in Bloomington, H., recently, return
ing from Mont Palatine, Putnam county,
where he was summoned to view the work
of damaging insects. He visited the farm
of John Wilson, near Mount Palatine. and
found that his premises had been almost
completely destroyed by white ants, a
species very common in America, but very
similar to the white ants of India and At
RIGA. The insects first attacked an out
door cellar, working on the underside of
the roof and the inside of the walls. Their
working is confined to the woodwork, and
they so followed out the roof and sides of
the cellar that it collapsed. From the eel
lar they spread to the residence, and have
completely ruined good part Of the build
ing. Here they worked through the sills,
in the studding, in the Notwithstanding,
window and door cas1ngs, and the rafters
and shingles. They also laid hold of the
granary, which was built of hard wood, and
so worked on the stills and oak plank floor
of It's own weight fell in. The cellar is
completely ruined: part Of the house will
be liable to be torn down, as well also the
granary: The loss entailed is several hun
bred dollars. The professor advised that
all the wood affected be destroyed and the
remainder saturated with gasoline. He
saws that he has known ants to work in
rotten logs and in culverts and bridges,
never knew them to attack buildings. He
says that the light is offensive to them and
that their work is not easily detected. He
suggests that railroad men should exercise
great care that these ants do not get in
their bridges. Wilson's premises arein the
midst of large prairie. Prof. Forbes says
that the ants have been there four or five
years, but their presence there he can not
account for, unless they were conveyed
from the woods in log that they were
working. He says they are very prolific
and difficult to destroy.
The average weekly income Of working
women in New York State is $3.50. and
< 10 for men,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
Calling Oh the Pennsylvania Governor.
PHILADELPHIA Press


A great many queer people visit the
Executive Department at Harrisburg to
call on Governor PattisOn, and the Jeffer-
sOnian simplicity with which affairs are
managed there enables many of them to
gain admission to the gubernatorial pres
ence. The other day gentleman sup
piled with an unmistakable cork leg and
check suit fashionable in some of the back
woods counties of the western part of the
western part of the state appeared before
Private Messenger Hughes and asked
durtly:
''Guv'ner in?"
mo, sir. He's out of town."
''Um. This is his sanctum sanctorum,
is it,"
This is his private office"
es, his sanctum sanctorum," with
look of deep pity at the messengers ignOr-
ance' well, there's my pasterboard.
Give it to the GUNNER. live at Sewickley,
the Bryn Mawr of Allegheny County.
When he comes our way tell him to stop.
We kin give him clean table, clean cloth,
clean napkin, an Nom Samples is red hot
on griddle cakes. Nuff sed."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
MODERN PROVERBS.

In multitude of counseIors there is
nothing done.
Where there's a will, there's way to
break it.
Good deeds are never lost, if you havea
good lawyer.
Honesty is its own reward; dishonesty
pays cash.
Always put off until tomorrow any con-
templated meanness.
Man proposes, woman accepts II the
colaterals are good.
Marry in haste and escape breach of
promise suit.
Pay your debts, even if it makes you
appear eccentric.
Have stability; rolling stone gathers
no moss.
Avoid stability; setting hen never gets
fat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
THE COMING BONNET.
COLUMBUS DISPATCH.

O, sing Of the genius and the skill
OF milliners whose trade is
To meet the fancies, curb the will
And crown the handsome ladies!
The birds were shot a year ago
To trim the Easter bonnet;
But now they put the things that grow
In market gardens on it
The vegeta bles and flowers and fruits,
Tomato, radiSh, carrot,
Banana or the bud, as suits
The lady who must wear it.
4 turnip, on curving br;m,
Will hold it ia position;
a carrot be some lady'S within
To indicate omission;
And onions, odorous and young,
That aid the tears in falling,
On mourning bonnets will be hung
To mark the grief appalling.
The hat or bonnet most complete,
The envy OF all women,
Will be the one with biggest beat
Amid the the garden trimmin'.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13

Gus other articles. An immense business
is carried on in whalebones, and fortunes
have been made by those engaging in it,"
''What do you suppose a single whale
will bring?"
''Oh, guess about S5,00O,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13
A Witty Indiana Lawyer.

A somewhat eminent lawyer of Indiana
Judge Z, given at times to bibulous
conviviality, on appearing one morning
on the streets in Washington, in that state
was accosted by a minister of the gospel
as follows:
''WeI, drunk again, as usual, Judge"
To which Judge L answered $50 am
L. and passed on.
The same lawyer visited an Illinois
town and got on a spree. A police officer
told him if he did not 60 to his hotel and
keep off the streets he would be arrested
and locked up.
To this the judge answered:
You can't (hic) do it."
''Why can't +"
Because, sir (hic), got no jurisdiction;
this (hic) an Indiana drunk"
While getting shaved this lawyer, who is
quite bald-headed, was attempted to be
guyed by a doctor whose hair was very
prOfuse.
The doctor said:
''Why, Judge, you are getting to be quite
bald.
To this the Judge answered:
Eyes, brains and hair don't grow to-
gether. By the way, doctor, 1 observe that
you have a fine head of hair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13

Progressive counting is said to be one
of the latest society amusement at Wash
ington. He generally takes the first prize,
and she is generally content with the
BOBBY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-05-13

The average weekly income Of working
women in New York State is $3.50, and
$40 for men.