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Look /! Look F! Selling at Cost !

7 am selling my entire stock of goods
u at cost, such as Dry Goods, Notions,
Ready Made Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Tinware. Glassware, Crock
eryware and Hardwar, also good line Of
plow castings a. dsseycry.hing that is usual.
ly foun1 in a coz ltry store, Twill also have
a public auction On FRIDAY, February
10Th, II fair, if not, the first fair day there
after. nyou desire bargains, now is your
opportunity TO get them.
u All persons indebted to me are re-
questcd como forward and make immedi-
ato settlement nT il will be otherwise coliec-
ted.
f. Y. MATTINGLY,
Indian Bridge.
Jan 10
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NOTICE.

THE business heretofore conducted by the
late Josiah II. ID. Smoot, as a wholesale
and retail dealer in Lumber of all kinds.
Limr, Nails. White Sand, Calcined Plaster,
etc, and manufacturer or Sash, Doors.
Blinds, holdings, etc, 115 North Union
St., in the City OF Alexandria, Va. will be
continued at the same place by me under
the firm name of Josiah III. ID. Smoot,
through my attorney Frence Smoot, with
full power to conduct, supefintend and con-
troll the same and To sign and receipt for
me in all matters connected with the said
business.
FRANCES p. SMOOT,
Executrix-of Josiah II. ID. Smoot. deceased.
NQTlCE.-Having qualified as executrix
OF Josiah IL. d. smoot. deceased. notice Is
hereby given TO all parties indebted to said
estate 10 como forward and settle their in
debtcdncss, and all persons holding claims
against the same are requested TO present
them, duly authenticated, for payment to
French Smoot, who is authorized 10 sign
and receipt Tor nae.
FRANCES p. SMOOT.
Exccutrix of Josiah II. ID. Smoot, deceased.
Feb. 2-3t
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The address of Prince Bismark 10
the German Rsichstag, on the 9th
instant, declares that there is no cause
or pretext for an European war. The
Germans want peace. but il war should
come, are ready for ii.
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RATIFICATION NOTICE.
j. Walter Carpenter,
Mortgagee.
James w. Thomas and wife.

In the Circuit Court for st. Mary's county.
sitting a Court of Equity.
No. G6S N. L.
Ordered this 3ith day of January, 1888.
that the Sale made and reported i'm the above
cause, be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause To the contrary be shown on or be.
fore The ith Monday Of February, 1883.
provided copy of this order be published
in the ST. Mary's EEAcoN once q week for
three successive weeks prior to the said 4th
Monday of February.
The report states that the land sold for
-, eco,
]. FRANK FORD, Clerk.
True copy-Test:
]. FRANK FORD, Clerk.
Feb 2-3wo
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Meat Market.

respectfully inform my friends and the
public generally that have opened first
class Beef Shop under Mcorc's Hotel.
First choice 10 cents PER IL
Second "a ) cents psr In
Eoreign and Domestic Fruits, Vegetables.
and everything usually kept in q first
class Green Grocery.
ID. 5. S.SALDING.
Feb. ?, ISSS.
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WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 22nd, 1888.
Ny nsKonal property consisting OF
Horses, Cows, Ono Yoke OF Oxen, 3 Caives,
Hogs, One Carriage and Harness, One
Buggy, Two Carts, Farming I'm
plemcnts OF all description,
One New Light Steel Champion
Binder and Drill, Proyender, Stoves,
One fine Sail Boat and tongs, DC,
g. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
TERMS:-All sums of SO and under
cash; all over, a credit of Four Months.
JOHN L. greenwich.
Feb. Q IS
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Ready Roofing Ready Roofing

Gin tbs
sd uTags steam rollers weight aking compact and dac roofing
nn sngs strictly and r0l Thus good and
given natural win and prcfa
Of
APPLY
Of
less
ASPHALTUM CEMENT
Ny Asphaltum
ing qualities the roof @ metallic paints The This rfk
public
rolls each 100 exclusive
While wnln
railroad buildings
wharf shedding
houSS. SAMPLES sand FIJI inf,u nnrtionto
9. p. KNIGHT,
Gil e Lombard ST., Baltimore.
Dec
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VOUR TAXES ARE DELIN-
- qaent Claims against the district are
due and must he paid, therefore pay your
taxes promptly, otherwise | shall bc CON-
PEELED ID collect as the law directs.
w. A. LANGLEY.
Collector.
Jan 5-1mf
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MARRIED.

On January 3, 1888, by the Rev. Joel
Brown, +. CHAPMAN LORD to J. V.
BURNSIDE.
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CIOkE. dwelling and lot, with livery
ID stables attached. Fine stock Of MILF.
merry goods for sale, ON reasonable
terms. Possession given nj once.
Ms. E WALTER MATTTNGLY.
Mechanicsville, s. Mary's Co, Md.
Dec. s,'S7-
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PROFESSIONAL.

nR THOMAS LYNCH having lo-
- cased near California, Sih district, will
attend promptly % all professional calls
] an @Smo
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NOTICE.

ALL persons indebted Ia me on medical
account or otherwise are requested to set
tie without delay. ] orr money and must
pay il, therefore can give no further indul-
gencc.
ZACH. r. MORGAN, MD.
Jan 12-3tt
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A practical
ner says he |
most gratigi|
or iulIricati
part of the ri
or fruit tncS.|
rabbits. Ill |
"a follows;
saturated wild
hand cncircl.I
the oil is 1
about two III
rub downwaj
fT a who'd
states, will
StAhS ~
quickly and
wholly unirl
saved from
bits are nuI
renders incN A
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Rtseoe Aga

Says the II
generally mi
Appeals dCll
John lsenjan|
Capt Dixon,|
circuit COURT
nothing rcn'l
Governor I'll
courts by dc.I
prisoner wou|
galIows. in|
were misiaH
ur before tad
Thursday of |
who argued I
rcl,caring Of |
el exactly on
was asked, III
We presume
the mental Il
counsel claiu|
of unsound nj
% the arguin|
Court of An
rchcaring, an
the case fOrj
Ccrnoi, laNl
large bill of 4
settle. !
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-02-09

Mr.. n. III
writes: / tai
ing DIR. Kin
sumption. b
Of Brnchis
instant relic |
have not b.
a. state that
mo- good res
Bitien and
&c which IL.
DIR. King
ton, Cough
tive guaran |
Trial bottle
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FOR SALE.

Fresh Clover seed. Apply to
JOHN V. CAVALIER.
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" @N@h &@@&I
There will
purposes a, 1
Mechanically
beginning prI
cl by n supI
tainnlent will
tations from |
as no effort
occasion an q
the attendant
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-02-09

MCasrs. Ia
" that t1 CIV,
tions," but /
many ofthcd
are the cos
the wise an
fore US, wi,
houses tO WI
solutions ii'
Ciurc the ills
hack that "
Lucy IAIkcg
saying "tila,
One of tlles.
present Inui
saying Is "a
I~ker poSs'
entertaining,
cdiy the Il
T.. N, all "
On partake
thing nec,$
most fastidi
ing a pi' iurI
beauty siiti.
with the al
lle upon III
the evening
over n game
trning io thf
cl by Miss 1
Alsll, Fox
those preset
Mn Inkcr,
Julia Raie
Edith Diul
Eliza Comb
Harry Spa
Drury, WI
q. Morgan,
NJ and Rn
I,u,ia, &. "
Luke i. Mai
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LOST

ON the night Of the 10th ultimo, between
the estate Of DIR. Thomas Barber and Ne
Gainesville, a small black leather rocket
book containing small gold ring and a
few bills and receipts. L liberal reward
will be given If leil with
II. II. COPSEY,
Feb 2-I Mechanicsyille, Md.
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PUBLIC SALE.

VIII offer Ut Public Sale, on my prem
ises near Stones Wharf. ON
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Saint


In the ol,it
published In 4
Harris; for |
and for penal
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-02-09

A fersaaer d
Mr.. John II
the lsaltinlor|
denly on Moi
1909 Light 81
was enployJ
was 81. A VI
lie was \ md
4. and A. Nj
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will meet 1
riary iiih, al
are relus~ia'
business Will
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-10

4 certain schoolgirl used alvey to
be bcscttinc her friends with II. qacs-
ton, If I shy Ike chocolate, AMI vou
say You Go, do we mean the sam. tAi-c:
Does any one substance taste Inc same
20 different peopic?7 Evidently i. Was
Guce:Ion wAi,h could never be
answered. \ less difficult one j. that
Is to the meaning which words assume
in different minds.
Three or four japanese students were
in The habit OF dining at a certain resi-
dence in Boston. One Of the party was
young man 0. high rank and great
dignity. and when he was missing from
the table one day the host asked. with
sore solictude, the cause of his absence.
''Oh, he cannot come" said the
spokesman Of the party, shaking his
head sadly; "hc very dissipated-he
very dissipated."
The host thought it best not to make
any further inquiry at the time, but
after the meal he veatured to ask the
young man in private, "You say Mr..
MIN Shi is not welll'
mo, he not well-he very di.sipa-
ted"
"Bless me. he hasn't bsen drinkingr
''Oh no, no; he no drink"
"Not gamblirgl"
"No, no; he no gamble"
MAY ask you what he has been do.
ing then%
''Oh, he very dissipatcd. He cat
.pongec cake alice time-he all broke
up now Boston Transcript.
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Dairy Schools.

Dairy schools appear 10 have become
quite popular in Europe. They have
not been tried II this couatry. aad may
not succeed rs wei, here. Du., as We
recently stated, Lawson Valentine has
started a dairy school on the Houehton
Farm. 1t Is announced that a number Of
students have entered the school, and
quite strong hopes are entertained of its
practical success. We shall watch with
interest FOR the results. There IS need
enough for proper instruction in dairy
ing among the farmers generally. As a
rule, the smaller farmers, who carry
surplus butter to the village stores,
arc the most in need Of infor-
mation how TO turn out better
goods. They arc probably also the
most destitute of proper facilities for
successful butter making. B:t it r.
mains to be seen how far his class cal
be reached through lie establishment Of
dairy schools. They are the ones most
ben lifted by tho creamery, and othsr
ios-ai CT associated dalry.le. !: ;acir
sons ard da"-1.crs caa he induced 20
tall, :1-,rue..aas IN d1i.y schools or
c-o.a-..-s, It wiz not Only improve :ha
qualify OF fa-m butter. hur adj coasii-
yr-5.y TO tie farmers incomes. There
IS no reason, tut Ignorance why poor
butter should be male. !, Is jl,, "a
casy, and costs no more % maze god
5u..cr- 80 Prairi, Farmer.
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Story ola Hospital Quilt.

An old Boston lawyer tells the fol-
lowing story: 'One Of my neiyhbors
is an architect, tall, dark, handsome,
AID little more than middlc-ared. Ills
wife is a charming woman, fair and
beautiful. The husband was private
in a Massachusetts regiment during the
rebellion. He was desperately wounded
in in engagement, and fo:severll months
afterwards was an inmltc of a hospital.
Upon the cot which he occupied
was quilt with the names Of thir-
teen girls embroidered Oh the edge
together with that of the North
srn city from which 1t had been
sent. When thu paticat grew well
enough he wrote a letter to cacl of the
thirteen misses, thanking them for the
guilt Al! telling them the story of his
illness. lie received kind replies from
all of them. One of thos, letters in
terested him particularly, and he kept
up correspondence with the writer
for some months. On mis- return to the
North he called upon her, and before
another year passed they were married.
Although twenty years have gone by
since their wedding, they are still th>
handsomest couple lever saw Chicago
Ledger.
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The Way of the World.

The rich woman wOrries herself over
the subject of what she will wear at
dinner---her mauvc silk or her garnet
satin. The poor woman worries herself
over the subject of what she'll make for
dinner bean soup or Goldfish balls. And
thus the world goes on while we vainly
strain our eyes looking for the coming
Of tie millennium. ---IB oston Courier.
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Comrades
One steed I have of common clay,

One steed Yha~e of common clay,
And one no less than regal;
By day jog on old Saddlebags
By night l iy upon Eagle:
To store, TO market, to field, to mill
One plods with patient patter.
Nor hears along the far-olf heights
The hoo.s Of his comrado chatter.
To field, to market, TO mill he goes,
Nor secs his conrade cleaning
Where he f.es along tha purple hills,
Ncr;he Game FROM las bride streaming;
Sees no5 nis track, nor the sparks Of fire
s. terribly flashing from it,
As they ilashe! from the track Of Alborak
When no brsvely carried Mahomet.
Ono seed, ia q fcw short years, will rest
Under tue grasses yondcr;
The other viii come there centuries hence
To lingcr and dream and ponder;
AMI yet tota Sieeds are mine to-day,
The immortal and tine mortal:
One beats alone the cloIs of earth,
One stamps at heavens portal.
Henry Ames Blood in Century.
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Prior EnrIy cments.

"Miss Florry," said the employer.
''yo1 have bren in my establishment as
boolkcepcr Tor live Years. end [ have
Iaisei yoUr sa.ary each year until ROW.
I am paving yoU ali / can wei afford.
and ! am a'ail ] shall ios he able ia
raise ,ha Figures ior nest vparany higher
than they AZ noW-;-i, 80" 'N1u
have been ven kind - me, NJ Pium
Nov, .cpl.n.. tAe yonnr ;'5y. 'hnt I
have been offered 5!...3 -. .r..sc g.
60. 70 take ;hcir hu,.s .-r. wy. "
<'lhc mde~hanl"d s....s. Ir-iuy 10
take my employees fra .a,. are lIcY!
Well, they cant 10 i. -! give vou
$l,ie1, Miss fiorry, anI Vol can snap
youT fingers q SNRgr d. 60. " ''Fo:lr-
teen hundred dollars j. lib nj offer,
Mr.. Plummer. and ":n obliged e. Won,
but Shroat (; Belhnap cont ne rcrl yes
tcrlay that they wouid l'ay me 81. 800 if
| would go into their o.Lce rs head book
keeper" Shroat * Beiknap, hey
They're pretty pair OF sharks. They'll
give you LOO, will they: I'll see EN-
in Los Angeles first , exclaimed Mr..
Plummer. See here, Miss Florry, Iii
do better than that. III take You into
the firm. I'll marry You, Tell Shroat
y Belknap You are engaged. Ha ! Ina
I'll marry you. Florry." "Oh, Mr..
Plummer (demurely), thand You sin
cerely for your offer, but can never be
anything more than a daugh-" "What
what - gasped the head of the firm.
81 have promised to marry your son,
Harry, Mr.. Plummer. Chicago Tribune.
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Papa Gave His Consent.

''You say that yoI love young Georges
Sampson" said Chicago father to his
daughter.
"Ycs, papa"
ga Vi George Sampson loves you7"
"Ycs, papa"
"lIas he sufficient means to support
you in your present style of livingp
"Yes, papa; he's worth dollars
where you are worth buttons"
So the old gentleman gave his con.
sent.-[Epoch.
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EOROC5.

IN,
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A''' '''l''''- ''c o'''9' d INC '--'a-
''U- o'I"'' p'-!e''
-'''" " no in"'' o''" inc Inc some
" ii''' ''u'' : o.
y dog rarely points moral, but he
iI''I1'"'i' ''ioF-'S " '''''
Why Is a tired man Ike au umbrella!
Because he's used Up.
y Sooi motto LOT a dime museum
" o-"erS Will never cease.
The successful, lovsr thinks he is get.
ting ahead when he IS getting . heart.
Women have tendency toward
anarchy. They blow up their hus
bands.
Fashion, for males don't change much,
still there is always new wrinkle in
coat tails.
The chropodist is content to BEGIN at
the foot in business; the barber straight
at the head.
"Il take vour mart" a, th. doG said
when nc robbed the cat of her norton
of the dinner.
There is an athletic club in Indiana
composed entirely OF rrocer,. They ara
all lightweichts.
Am,n with . ba.r. :, .ho ,;uh. .,...
!. mora If cu,;o,;,r .b., ~, u;,h
a heart in the left nlace
-. $50 - '""n "no
49,. 30 49,. o;..I .r
-. a.. a.. Al, ,
oonr,;,,od
"ueS'--ha'e you IRE escape IN TINS
A0u'e' Hanuio'u - l"o Vi GIN ST.
Guest thought So. The fire all es-
capped from nv room last nirht. and I
came near freezinr
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What / Live For.
lNve for thoss who love me,
For those I know are true,

For those know are true,
For the hoavAn that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task by God assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind ms,
And the good tina: l can 60.
live to learn their story
Who've suf'er'd for my sake,
To emulate their glory,
And follow in their wake:
Bards, martyrs. patriots, Sayes,
The noble OF all ages,
Whose leeds crowd history's pages
And Times great volume make.
Hive to hail the season.
BY giftel minds fore5oN,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone by gold
When man TO man unitel,
AMI every wrong thing rightel,
Tie whole world shall DC lighted,
As Eden was OF old.
Hive TO hold communion
With all that is divine,
To feel there is union,
'Twixt natures heart and mine,
To profit by affection.
Reap trGth from fields OF Seton,
'Grow wiser from conviction.
And fulin each grla; design.
Hive for tlose WHO love nn
Tor those who know MA Uur
For th- heaven ,hc' sm.Iesa.5V- no
AaI awaits my sr.rio son,
For the wrong .a1t neeis rtSi-.lHc,.
For the cause .hat l'c',s a-.a-lgce.
Eor tie la..re ia the dis,2-.-,.
AA1'iA- scyj taot can l,.
&C. Limeu, Banks.
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'syos would have perished with Us d

the last, though, my Max" she said,
her hands in his, "only God in his
goodness has left us to each other. Let
US accept His loving kindness as the re-
ward of your duty faithfully done.
New Yorl; Observer.
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dispropertionsts fountain head of Otter

| Tue 4recZiEy WOulu w tlclI WOIh anu
! then would come tho drainage of the
great basin.
But not in his day! Oh, no! Not
when he had just builded home for
Janet and the black-eyed Tottic right
il the shadow OF the superintendent
ruin; rot while tho valley below was
astir with the whirr of mills, the step
ping Of busy feet along its ways o. plea
antness and peace.
Bat it hsd come in his day! As he
stood staring, f.surc widcncd and
bold stream shot forth. At the sight he
turned sad fed down the path. Nat
urally, his first impulse was to fly with
the warming to his wife and child surely
no man could hold him b!amable if he
should bear these first to place OF
safety!
Yet the path by the ridge was not the
direct one to the factory settlements.
Should he turn aside there were hun
drcls Of lives further down TO be put In
peril. When Jonah was sent to Nine
vch what hal been counted for him il
the scale against the salvation Of q city
If peoplc2 What !. the lives OF janet
and the child were more to him than
the lives OF the scores @. ueichbor5 and
friends f.r --lo& G3l haJ commissioned
Liu .o make ;lis sacrifice:
''I5 the servant bott.v than lis Lori
that lac should refuse to pay the Tcica
demanded .or the ransom Of thc many"
The words wc1a Thought rather than
spoken IS Ac dashed past lis Aomc.
Eccry muscle he was strairI1. to tho
utmost, Lut there were those about the
mills who. marking hIs frantic gestures.
came running 10 learn Of him what they
portardcd.
"Thc lake, the lake. Fly, 1y!" was
the hall articuiato cry they caught from
lis lips.
A wave Of lis hand toward TIC creek
filing the mill wheels interpreted the
dirs.u! cry. From mouth to mouth it
few. There was hurryin- 70 and fro,
and a gathering Of treasures in hot haste.
Messengers of warming salloped along
the doomed valley. The weak. the old,
were seen climbing the heights.
Dwisht's facriiice had not been vain;
Lut, his duty done, ne had turned bacl;
to sec if, haply, no might yet save his
own treasures. The torrent Mas leapinc
against, and tearing at the abutments OF
the bridge as he recIcd across 1t. and
with spent strength Gin bed the path to
the cottage. Through the door he had !
a glimpse Of Janet with the child era
died in her arms, and above the roar of
the torrent he could hear the mother
grooming her lullaby.
'Msx, Max. Oh my dear, what is
itf' He lay across the threshold cx-
hausted. She stepped past him to the
porch. Below the cliff the Otter was
pounding the bridges supports. She
had seen the stream As high once be-
fore, though. What wa, it Max fearedi
A sound reached her as she waited.
The defamation, sharply distinct, came
from distanc., but was Immediately |
followed by a horrible crunching and |
grinding. produciASa Quivering in the !
ethcr about her. In the same instant,
almost, she beh.ld, far up the Divide, a
white wall rise up from earth to heaven;
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-03-10

IT is lucky to have your nest well
feathered when you see the bills begin
ming TO stick out of your pigeon-holes,