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known 10 complain. Although his death,
owing 70 his advanced age and great debil-
ify, was not unexpected, yet, when il did
come, il was . sad affection % his family Of
two daughters and one son, and deeply re-
GREETED by the entire community, in which
he had lived, over q quarter Of O century,
as bright and shining light As | stood
by the body, from which the soul had just
taken it, fight, gazing upon the serene ex-
preston Of his couatenance, his arms folded
meekly upon his breast, a. though he had
fallen into q sweet sleep, | thought to my
self, surely there is Spirit Land where he
will awaken 20 glory! Mr.. Cruikshank was
a native Of Cecil county, but went 10 Balti-
more in early life, where he engaged in the
mercantile business, from which he retired
in 1860, and purchased farm in Il. Inigo's
District, 81 Mary's County, upon which he
lived and died.
BIZ A FRIEND.
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On rh- l7rn INST President Cleve-
lad .rpnr"rri Nh Jo-erh K Roberts,
OF Prince &c ,rg- 8 .ounty, Collector Of
Internal Revenue, FIR hi. Collec
tIon DISTRICT. VIC J. Henry SeIImAn
Nj Roberts l. w-ll-known member
OF the bar Of Prince Georges and hi
appointment IL most excellent one,
aud will give general satisfaction
among Democrats as well as among
the people
The President also appointed P. W.
d wn-. II Caroline, a General APP
praI--r ia the Baltimore Custom
House
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25

Efforts to revive the Know Nothing
party have been made in the cities Of
New York and San Francisco. Or
CARNATIONS have been effected in both
cities. They demand the uncondition-
al repeal Of the naturalization laws.
An appeal to the American people has
been issued by the organization in
San Frsnci-co, and widely distributed
III New York and other cities.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25

Although the health OF ex- President
Arthur has for sometime been failing,
vet his death on Thursday. the 18th
instant, was very unexpected aud a
shock to the whole country. Though
elevated TO the Presidency because Of
the assassination Of Garfield and at a
time when party feeling was at fever
heat, he conducted such a fair and
impartial administration as to restore
confidence and to win the approval Of
the great mass Of the people irrespec-
tive of politics The immediate cause
OF his de"th was apoplexy though he
WAS great sufferer from Bright s
disease.
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St. Inigo's ntenss.

From OWr RgnLIr
VIM. X. Pembroke IA,
in catching n large fox 4
that these gentlemen vii
often. Their dogs are
seldom il ever fail H. RI /
"bushy tail"
Dredgers twhitrl ci1
some fattening hogs heI
Abel, recently. Not
about the premises and
ly were absent. they repl
were in the act of securi|
Mr.. Abel showed hims,|
Ia leave, which they Iii
Sp"r,smcn appear 10
ing from the number 4
played at the different !
j. Forrest Freeman ID
els of English walnuts, 1,
days ago, and received
Cool and cloudy veal
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fare isa R.eossa rsl sowu

Monday evening abot
OF bells and shouts of fl
entire population 30 rus
Though the town wa.
mated but few were abb,
and many supposed il {,
Investigation showed u
town and in the stable
Morgan's property.
hurried carrying with
buckets. The flames Id
such Roadway that all
To extinguish them wd
while "a few wen, 10 ",
"ca'hefooarding and n
ing fence, the majority
ed the burning buildin; |
some distance around VI
parties living four or fi]
village hurried 10 the :.
piled in the loft and wi
draught carried them. brI
into the air. The brig
brands and the backgro
made up a scene that N
"'ll not soon forget. r
blew the sparks away
and toward the open ii.
Mr.. Neal Milburn wa
The fire and he repo.
arrived the fire was con
Ion. The lower doors 4
propped. His theory .
iy adopted is that the
k'ndled by some partie
Tie Ion either 10 play c.
night. Popping the q,
however. that they lef, |
The BEACON last We,
10 the fact that the pun
glne was being discuss
dence been SO complete
village Monday night.
nre engine now, would /.
to locking the stable
stolen" Had the wind
towards the building our
ment would not have a:
As usual for hanl work
carried otf the hunors.
$ls5.
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THE DAILY STAR.

The Daily Star CON
tains all the news Of the day in an attractive
form. lis special correspondence by cable
nom London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and
Dublin is commendable feature. At
Washington, Albany, and other news cen
ters, the ablest correspondents, specially re-
tanned by the Star, furnish the latest news
10y telegraph. Its literary features are I'M
surpassed. The Financial and Market Re
views are unusually full and complete
Special terms and extraordinary induce.
ments to agents and canvassers. Send for
circulars
Terms of the Weekly Star 10 Subscribers,
free of postage in the United States and
Canadi, outside the limits Of New York
City:
Per year 81 25
Clubs of Ten 10 90
Clubs 81 Fifteen tand one extra toor-
ganizer Is 90
Terms of the daily Star to Subscribers
Every day for one year (including
Sunday O. 100
daily, without Sunday, one year d C0
Every day, six months 3 80
Daily, without Sunday, six months 90
Address. THE STAR,
20 and - North William St, New York.
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Three of Bal;!mores brave fremen
were killed by falling truck ladder at
FIRE which broke out, between Sharp
and Howard Streets. last Wednesday.
The Appropriated loss of property is
$4,000.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25

81. Alloy sius church,
been the scene of two w
day. The first took ri
was witnessed by but fl
ing parties were, Mr.. J"I
Miss Jane Il. Thompsm|
ter ofhciated.
The second marriage
and was attended by y
Francis Dellahay. son |
hay, sr.. was the gnorl
Miss Ida '. Drury, the
Of Mr.. Robert Drury. \
formed the ceremony.
We extend Ia the hal
ceres, congratulations
the favors their Church
who choose, as We have
lieyc they have done. VI
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THE STAR

\ newspaper supporting the Principles of
a Democratic Administration.
Ih,hii-h.d "a. tie CITY .f No.o York
WILLIAM DORSHEf.HER. Editor and
Proprietor
Daily, sunday and Weekly Editions
The Weekly Star, sixteen page news
paper, issued every Wednesday \ clean.
pure, bright and interesting Family Paper.
IL contains the latest news, down 10 the
hour Of going To- press !, Agricultural, Mar
ket, Fashion, Household, Political. Finan-
cial and Commercial. Political, Humorous
and Editorial
departments, all under the direction Of
trained journalists Of the highest ability.
It's sixteen pages will be found crowded
with good things from beginning Ia end.
Original stories by distinguished American
and foreign writers of fiction.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25

In the trial Of a petty |
the Hartford Court, recc]
was consumed. Says th,|
Judge W alters thou|
consumed than WAS ne,
ling aCaSc, and gave MOI
i'm future, when the trie
were found guilty after
gle. that he would add d
passed u sufficient amoul
pcnse Of the unnccessar|
With the court holding |
Ia the interest ot' those
oiienses Ia have their Z
expeditiously as posSibl
BY thus acting. the I
considerably reduce I'll
county and will set an
County Courts might IL
much time for thcmsel l
the taxpayers.
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OYSTER SUPPER AND DANCE

THERE will bc an Oyster Supper for the
| benefit Of -. Andrews Church at Mr.
GRIFFIN llEBB's, on the Patuxent, on
TnUnSUAI, NUyEmbhk Ioln, 1000,
consisting of all the dclicacics Of the sea-
S"n-principally Patuxent Oysters-FINE.
LARGE and ELEGANT.
- The Public are invited
The Ladies having the affair in charge
expect everybody IL come IT, the Supper
and t. bring somebody 10 the Dance.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25

Since our last issue the
10 marry have been issue
WHITE
Francis Dellahsy and
John X. Harden and j,
COLoRE
William =. Huges an,
James 4. Suffer and VI
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Saint Alar!j's
Travellers CD

:. NJ. II. r. s-TainI
wine, going East. daily q
1880 a. IN. Arriving at No
a. m. Leave Mechanic
daily except Sundays. al
irving at Brandywine , u
Early Morning Train
vile, going West, Mon,!s
AZ 5:45 a. IN. Arriving
$50 n, III.
Evening Trains leave /
East, Wednesdays and Il
m. Arriving nj Mechani
Norfolk steamers 20
Piney Point on rues,is |
Saturdays, At 1880, L. NJ
DAYS. Wednesdays and /
: see advertisements {,
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MARRIED.

In Baltimore city, on the 18th instant,
PHILIP VI HAYDEN 10 Miss IDA
JONES, both uf this county.
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Saint Nafg's Beacon
LEoNARDTowN. MD.

THURSDAY Morning, Nov. 25th, 1885.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-11-25
DIED.

At the rcsi3a nee OF his father in Patuxent
district IN H., 2lst instant, WILLIAM L.,
eldest son Of stephen and Charlotte Hay
den. aged about ~ years May he rest in
peace
Al the residence Of his father in the Sixth
district, IN the 18th instant, JNO. LESLEY
Downs
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Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York.
No light opera has ever been pro>iue-
ed in the United States that has equal
Ell in popularity "rhe Mikado." The
original company Ia produce il in this
country was D'Oyley Carte'S English
Company, selected there by Gilbert and
Sullivan and sent this country. We
have issued, for distribution To our pa
irons who will send us wrappers as be-
low series of seven cabinet portraits
of these artists. in character and COS
tune, the finest Photographic gelatine
Work ever produced. They comprise:
Geraldine Clmar, rs. Yum Yum"
Misses Ulmar, Foster and II. Maur, rs
Three Little Maids from School"
Kate Foster, "a. Pitt Sing"
George Ihorne, as. ........"ko No.
Courticc Pounds, rs ...... "Nanki Pc"
Frederick, as. THE Mikado."
Fred Ellington, As. Pooh BAH"
"a Our price for these portraits Is TWEEN
ty-tive cents each, but Ia any one who uses
our soap, and sending us IL wrappers of
Dobbins' Electric soap, and full postoflice
address, we will send the whole series, post
age paid, and free IF CHARGE
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Local Dot


Lecture.
The Rev. j. II. Schut4
ture nj 81 Georges lslar
ing, Nov. goth. Subject
Proceeds for the church
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STEAMER WsSTMORElAND

VIII leave Pier ., Light Street, every sun
day Night at p. m. for Patuxent River.
direct, as far up as Bristol Returning, will
leave Bristol at II m. on Monday and MILL
stone ut p. m, for Baltimore, calling 1t no
Wharves below Leitch's, except when sig
nailed from wharves on the river for pas
sengers and perishahle freight,
Freight received at Pier ., Light Street,
Saturday, until 6 p m.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent
Once, las Light S.
Sept ct
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CAUTION.

ALL persons are hereby warned not a.
trespass, with dog, gun or in any other
manner, upon INV farm called ROSE
BANK, located in BeggAr's Neck, Leonard
town district The law will be enforced
against any one disregarding this notice.
JOHN II. JOHNSON.
a.. a.
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STEAMER THEODORE WEsMs

VIII leave Pier 5, Light Street, every Sat
uriay and Wednesday st $50, A. NJ, for
Fair Haven. Plum Point, Governors Run
and Patuxeni River, as far up As Benedict
Returning. will leave Benedict every Mon
day and Thursday At $50. a. m, Milestone
Landing At 10, a. m, Plum Point at /, p.
m. and Fair Haven at $50, p. m, for Bal
timore
Freight received At Pier :, Tuesday and
Friday, until 8 p. N.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Value i'm Feed.

Does the value of the hay and grain fed
to the cows exceed the value of the milk.
butter and cheese sold2 Do the sheep pay
for their keeping2 How much money
has been made or lost upon the poultry2
Did the potato crop pay for the manure,
labor and seed expended uppnlt2 Can corn
be grown cheaper than it can be bought
If affair. allowance is made for the value
of the fodder, or is it more profitable to
grow corn in drills, either to cure for
winter fodder or pack in the silo, and
then to purchase the grain transported
from the West2 What has been the in
come from the orchards for a series of
years2 Are they paying the interest OF
o thousand dollars per acre, or would it
be better to dig them up and put the
land in grass or cultivated crops2
How many farmers can answer these
questions or many more that they might
be asked2 Yet these are questions which
would be answered by II properly kept
memorandum book and an account kept
with each department. And each farmer
ought to be able to answer them to his
own satisfaction, if not to that of all in
qnirers. If cows are not paying for their
keeping it is not desirable to increase the
herd until a change has been made, either
In breed Of animals kept, method OF
feeding or mode of disposing of their
products. -New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
California Lizards.

"There are some curious cases among
the geckos," said a Los Angeles country
naturalist. s'Here is one, dead, that is
called the leaf-tailed gecko. You see the
tail bulges out soon after leaving the
body, and assumes a leaf or arrow shape;
hence the name of the animal. Now,
when the little creature is chased you
will see it dodge around a limb and hold
up the curious leaf-like tail. That is all
that you can see, and SO, naturally,
would think it a part of the tree itself.
But this lizard has a more remarkable
method of escape yet. We will imagine
that you have tried to pluck the leaf.
The animal drops clumsily to the ground
and darts away among the rocks, where
it attracts the attention of some of the
hawks that are forever prowling around.
Immediately q chase ensues; the bird
gains, and is finally about to pounce upon
its prey, when all at once two lizards APP
pear, one making off, while the other
dances up and down into the air and
along the ground in a very mysterious
way, so that the astonished bird stops
and looks. In the meantime the original
lizard escapes; the other, that is really
the tail, soon becomes quiescent. You
see the gecko has the faculty of throw
ing, off its tail when hard pressed, and
while the pursuer's attention is drawn to
the squirming member the animal itself
escapes"
"But it loses its taila' suggested the
reporter.
Only for a time. They can reproduce
this organ, and, curiously enough, some
times two tails are produced instead
of one."-SoB Francisco Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Forgot the Old Lady.

Uncle B., from one of the towns lust
out of Lewiston, is a very prosperous
farmer. He has a snug bank account, a
pleasant home, and a nice wife. He is
well along to the shady side of sixty,
but his face is round and so kindly
that it bellies his years, while his
wife's cheeks are as rosy as winter
baldwins. They are a finely preserved
couple, and Lewiston traders like to meet
them across the counter.
Uncle B. usually drives in at this sea-
-son of the year alone. Sometimes in
summer his amiable lady comes with him,
but usually at this season she is putting
down the pork and piling up the cheese.
Tuesday Of this week, however, it was
decided that she should make the trip.
They arrived at Q o'clockin the afternoon
ate n of the Lisbon street dry goods
stores, and leaving her, he drove off on q
little business. lie went to the bank and
talked with the cashier. He drove up
to the blacksmith's shop to get the shoes
sharpened on the old mare. He sold
some butter, bought a coal bod at the
hardware store, and put In a bag of cot
tonseed at the grain store. It puzzled
him whether he had better market hay
now Or wait till spring, and he was think
ing of it when he turned his mares nose
over Main street bridge and ehirruped q
"gfd-dapn to her along the homeward
road.
He %unhitched, having driven right into
the barn, and having fed and bedded his
horse, went into the house. He came tt
4 81 So
kitchen fire, where the girls were getting
supper. He yanked off his boots and
pulled up the toe of his blue wooden stock.
ing. He had b vague impression Of hav.
ing forgotten something. He thought be
would ask his wife.
where's your mother2'' he said, look
ing around as he held his l~eft-stockinged
foot in his right hand.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22

water. I did SO, and when / went to get
my shirt, thinking it would be dry, /
found that the wind had blown it off the
rock and it had disappeared down the
stream. Here wasapretty mess. Asplendid
dinner staring me in the face and no
shirt to wear. But a good dinner in
those times was not to be lost, SO | put on
my military coat that buttoned high up
around the neck, and, tying a handker-
chief around my throat, | gave the m
preston that | had a boil on my neck
and went to the dinner. A beautiful
yonng lady got opposite me at the table,
and after a few moments conversation
with her / noticed hat she colored up
and looked confused. | didn't under
stand what the trouble was and began to
stir myself to find out. Happening to
glance down l saw that the front of my
coat was unbuttoned. The ~button-holes
were well worn and the buttons had
slipped out. l knew then the reason Of
the lady's discontinue, and, without a
word buttoned the coat and went on talk
ing as though nothing had happened.
The lady o o recovered from the shock,
and | spent a delightful afternoon. Just
before | took my departure the young
lady left the room, and, as | stood in the
hall bidding her mother and sisters good
bye, she came downstairs, and, handing
me a package, requested me not to open
it until | reached camp. / pledged my
self and went to camp. When | reached
my camp, with no little Curiosity opened
the package and founda neatly-laundrled
lady's night-dress. You see the girl had
taken in my condition, and, in her eager
ness to do something for me, had given
me this garment, which was the best she
could do. These are the kind of girls we
have in the South, and any man who
wouldn't honor and respect them should
be shot."-M Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22

"Where's who7" .eplied his oldest
daughter, as she stood astonished, with a
tea plate in her hand.
"Why, where's your mother2'
"Out is the barn, amt she2 Didn't
she come with you7 You ought to know
where she isr!
eff any one" said Uncle B., in telling
this story on Wednesday in Lewiston,
chad "a flung me heels over head into our
muck bed, l couldn't felt SO mean, but l
braced up and says 4 reckon | know
where your mother is. She said she'd
wait for me at Oswald & Armstrong;, on
Lisbon street, and l think I'd better not
stop for any supper before l just drive
down and get her. Well, drove down
to Lewifon and found her. She was sit
ting there, kind of mad, long about $50
o'clock. She didn't say nothin' worth
mentionin' to you. We both eat pretty
hearty when we reached home. The
next time l take her with me l guess I'll
tie a string around my tinger."-Le~isto"
Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Black Lice.

The smooth bodies of young apple trees
and the twigs of older ones are often
completely covered with small muscle
shaped scales, known as black lice. By
raising these scales in the spring of the
year, small, whitish-eolored eggs will be
found beneath them, resembling in shape
the eggs Of reptiles. Every shell viii be
found to contain from thirty to forty of
these embedded in a small quantity of
friable down. They begin to hatch, says
Harris, about the 25th of May and finish
about the 10th of June. The young at
first are nearly white, very small and oval
In form. When about ten days old they
become stationary and soon throw out a
bluish-white down, after which their
transformations are completed, the
females become fertile and deposit their
eggs. These are Matched during the
summer, and the young from this brood
after coming to maturity, make proYis-
ions for q new brood before winter. Prob
ably the best remedy for Kidding an or
chard of these pests is softsoap, lime and
water. The best proportions are n gal
lon of soft soap to four gallons of water.
Into this a sufficient quantity of lime
should be stirred to bring it to the thick
ness of ordinary whitewash. The addir
ton Of one-fourth ounce of carbolic acid
LII crystals to every five gallons of the
mixture viii add to its efficacy. The en-
tire surface of the trunks of the trees,
and limbs, too, SO far as possible, should
be covered with this mixture, applyingit
with a whitewash brush. The best time
for washing the trees is early in June,
when the insects are young and easily de-
stroyed. a solution Of potash and water,
in the proportion of two pounds of the
former to wen quarts Of water, will also
kill them, and some use for this purpose
a strong brine made by dissolving two
quarts Of common salt in four gallons of
water.-Amer5can Catlticdtor.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
Meat Was Bad for Polly.

Mrs. Clamwhooper, a fashionable New
York lady, has a pet parrot of which she
is very fond. She has also a husband OF
whom she is not very fond. A few days
ago her husband was monkeying with
the parrot, when he suddenly cried out
in anguish and danced around the room,
holding his fingers in his mouth, remov.
ing them from time to time for the pur.
pose of using his. mouth to turn loose a
torrent of profane language.
"Good gracious, what's the matter,
Charles~ said Mrs. Clamwhooper.
"That accursed parrot !" CALCULATED the
suffering man.
IT hope you haven't hurt the dear
bird2"
tNo, but the dear bird has bit a piece
cut of my finger"
"Great goodness, l hope it didn't bite
it clean out"
eyes, it did"
II wish you would be more careful,
'Gharles. The man I bought that bird
from told me not to let it taste meat un-
der any circumstances. Poor polly! pol
want a cr;.ckerY'-Sittings.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
FOR FEMININE READERS.
A. Japanese Nurse.

There is at last something new under
the sun. One of the fashionable mothers
uptown has brought home with her
from abroad a japanese nurse for her
little one, and the sight of the odd-1ooh-
ing creature going about the streets of
New York with her ~infantile charge is
indeed a novelty. She is clad always in
her native costume, and is as much of a
curiosity as was Mrs. Langtry's famous
japanese "tiger" who attended her upon
the occasion of her last visit to America.
The child seems much attached to her
Acknowledged nurse, who, in her turn,
appears to be perfectly serene and happy,
as though she thought her lines had
fallen in pleasant places. 1t goes with
out saying, however, that this new i'm
portation is not regarded with high IA
vor by the others of her guild.-Ne@
York. For1d.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-05-22
The Last Straw.

All i'll known to physic, from toothache to
phthisic,
He suffered with torture intense,
A cancerots hummock invaded his stomach,
His rheumatic pains were immense;
He was sick with miasma and choked with
the asthma,
An abscess had eaten his lung,
And there was a rumor, a gigantic tunaor
Had grown on the roots Of his tongue;
The keen meningitis, the choking bronchitis,
Both tortured him nearly insane,
And a c~ross-looking b~union, as large as an
onion,
Made him howl for whole hours in pain.
He had 'healers, = physicians and loud quack
magicians,
And nostrums and pills by the ton,
And medicine mixers, with all their elixirs,
Be-doctored the fellow like fun.
They would drug him and swill him, yet
nothing could kill him,
Their efforts combined he defied,
Till a famous soprano, with a rafting piano,
Moved into his house-then he died.
-PhflGdelDhia Ha1,.