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wild oats as to bring her in later years a
harvest of bitter humiliation and vain
repentings. Viewed from the most
charitable standpoint of plain, "hard
sense" the influence OF exclusively
young company is injurious TO manners
and the minor moralities of every -day life
To say Of social assembly "only UNI
married people are invited is to vulga-
rize IL instantly in the opinion OF those
who are conversant with the usages Of
really refined society 10 condemn it in
the eyes Of parents who hold that their
youthful offspring, although legally of
age, are Still being educated. l would
make this point clear and strong.
While daughter remains a member Of
her mothers family she is, or ought TO
be, subject TO her control and learner
from her lips A woman of forty-five,
blessed with reasonable amount Of in
telligence, has thrown away her life il
her experience is yalueless TO girl OF
twenty. IL
AT forty Nan suspects himself fool.
Knows 1t at fifty and reforms his plan"
it is no insult to one OF the other sex
who has not told off half as many years
TO admit that foolish things may be
said and done in company Of fifty or
two hundred young men and women if
left 10 themselves.
~ didn't feel respectable l." was the
report Of a girl who for the first and
only time in her life was "caught," 10
use her phrasoology, at one OF those nm
cbaperoned entertainments because she
CHANGED TO be spending some days with
the family who gave il. "There was
not a woman over thirty years OF age in
the room, and the aim OF the eldest be-
ing 10 receive az much attention 80 The
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-02-12

medicine possessing the power to cure such inyeerat
certainly credited with possessing properties capable or
oh tnateo o than Salt-rheun.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

'Ha,iess. ciapped my hand on
nv head Good Heavens / am dis
grace,i.
I suhSiied.
We got OF at the ue1, -tation, and
| looked around tor conveyance to
take us home. hn, no Que would let
me have one without the money.
Finally ! came across man who
compromised hy driving US home. ma.
king me Promis" to pay immediately
after arriving. and let him wear nv
nickle plated watch until he had the
lucre in his paw.
| didn't feel like pushing the ex-
pertinent further, AMI therefore did
not try TO buy a hat, but made tur-
ban Of Mrs. Acker shawl.
We met several parties cu the road,
and were often greeted with the ex-
clsmation,-
'Gypsies, by hockey /
Mrs. Acker declares she will not be
good enough to 90 10 church again
until after next communion Sunday.
! am now convalescing, hut still
mad as March hare.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

SOME CURIOUS NERDICrs. The du.
ties OF those who serve on coroners'
lurles, says the Detroit Free Press, do
not ordinarily suggest anything very
funny, and yet some laughable results
come from their work, particularly if
they do not exactly understand what
is expected of them.
An amusing story Is told OF ver-
diet brought in by Western jury i'm.
paneled to inquire into tho cause of
the death OF a man supposed to have
committed suicide. The verdict was
brief and to the point, the foreman
saying simply:
I'VE, the jury, lind the deceased
guilty Us charged
Another jury examined a great
many witnesses in the case of man
run over by railroad engine. The
verdict was
I'VE find him to have come to his
death by being cut in two by rail-
road engine whereby he could not
breathe, hence he choked to death.
A coroners jury in the hackwoods
OF Missouri heard the evidence in the
case of man killed by a runaway
team and brought in the following yer.
diet
The jury find the dead deceased to
have come to mis- death in the hands
OF a runaway team, the horses being
blameless they being frightened by O
dog"
1t IL told OF an old German that he
sat stoIidly and stupidity on a coro.
ners $ jury and listened to all the evi.
dence, after which he walked over to.
ward the corpse with some degree of
curiosity. Lifting the cloth he started
back, turned toward the other Jury.
men IN amazement and alright, and
cried out
Mine Got, shentlem"n. lot man ish
dead T.
\ jury III a Missouri rural commu.
nifty dciherated three hours oyer the
corpse of woman burned by the ex.
plosion Of q kerosene lamp. The fol-
lowing verdict was then announced in
writing
"Rc2oico3, That the Diseased was
bnrn 10 deth. The Ioory.
\ man supposed TO be tramp, was
found dead III the woois out West.
A Jury inquired into the cause of his
death and reported az follows
The Jury does not find that the
dead man has been foully dealt with.
ana 1t Is OF the opinion that he died
simply because he time had come and
there was no getting on: OF It
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09
Ann MANY DTDST RrJ

AND MARY DIDN'T REFUsE.-Mary
Don't you dislike To have a man
talk shop when he comes to see you +?
Jennie-Indeei, DO Who's be.
ing talking shop to you
Mary-Oh, my yonng man. Hes
a street car conductor, you know, and
nearly every time he comes to zee me
he gets off his shop talk.
Jennie-What does he Say
Mary-Sit closer. please.-Burling-
ton Free Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

\ WARNING TO ATHLETICs.-Land:
ladY-Mr. Spry, ! understand you are
an athlete?
Mr.. Spry-Yes, ma am | am the
champion high jumper OF our club.
Landlady-Indeed? Well, here
after l shall have to ask you to pay
me in advance. ! have had enough
Of board jumrers.-Omahs World.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

Both SAFE.-So Reddy has been
drowned. Pretty rough on his fami-
ly.
Oh, no. not 80 bad. The familY's
ali right. He had ten thousand
dollar life insurance policy; but it
may be rough on Rsddy himself.
Oh. no. he's safe enough. He had
a lire insurance policy, ion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

tha. log nd &c brought the
coon to is a1usl BAY changed
to a loud. gEsskk baFl. signal IN the
hante+~E0iie~Sng o. Ainsi that the
coon was treed
Bet with the v ,on hunting
went ont Of fashiaa Ast,me. and
the race OF tsaac.i .lors eradn.
ally beeaBss extiBe. skers are coon
dogs ani aea aas II, ont they
are nat eoaf ouT fathers.
and the Ass<ers - ally saifties.,
haad-to sl.s M of the com.
s,s.ssi, se - srna.s 10 have
J Il knoXn thai tt.es = lFs "a
twenty-five wears ago the Colonel and
the S,u;rs Tho DamioiA md the Da,.
con were the nightly hounders Of TINS
wilv ZANE. and v,ea With each other
in being known = the hest eoon bur.
ter IN their yssnect;ys baihwieks
Once in those rare aavs = osx
pr....bar w.s sst,la3 ovs, b,.L
woods district in Pike couatv He
was not vise IN the wavs NTH woods
Early in his first autumn on the ehsrse
he ha.,r -. nenal n,o,..,..l ,...
ing season. Bv-aod.bv he noticed
that ou noonlit aud starlit nights hi.
consreoation was mad nm ~ -or,e,
only. Finally he ssked the reason .,
this. \ s,ster rose and ss;d
Its cause the coonips better n
tbs in the dark . the moon. Dominic
Soon ez the moon da,ks the mcngI
line ye.
Sure enough. when the moon dark.
ed the brethren were all in .keir
places in the meeting house, JOINING
heartily in the proceedings. The ra..
tor demonstrated with them publicly
While you have been idling after
coons, said he, there may have been
those in this district who do not hupt
coons. and whom Won might have leJ
here and saved their souls"
Deacon Brown rose up in meeting
and said
Dominic, If thez any one in this
deestric' ez don't hunt coons his soul
haint wuth saviu'"
There was snor. in tba ooon b,n,
for our fathers, and in great meas
ure mans Importance in some com.
munities was Judged by the number of
coon skins he could nail to his barn
door the next morning after hunt.
Why the coon has come to be des-
pissed by the sportsmsn in these later
days is one of those things about which
the remark has once or twice been
made that no fellow can find out. IIe
is as cunning az the fox and NOR, diff
fcnlt to trail lie ia, moreover the
cleanest Of animals and eats only the
most wholesome food He should aoi
be desrised surely because he cas-. be
hunted only al night for in threa. ling
the woods IN the darkness. following
dogs that sou cannot see, and who's.
baying alone breaks the stiffness, there
is a most singular enchantmeut.
rHE:E STRANGE HABITS.
Even N localities WHARF coon. 49,.
most ,banIant nine ~, of r., 81 ~.
rrrss,t rs,aranop ,avar .a,y o..
am, fsw psorle know anv,b,n, ,l,u,
them or their habits Althouel ,h.
coon prefers the vicinity Of e,v,li2,.
.icn A. bls habitat bs nl,ns T. t..r
alo.f f,cm the eyes Of men and h,s
habit renders this an easy task Hv
-, H.. =. L.. L.. -,
.,,,.a,. -. 81 ~
49,, =. ;,,,,,., ,r.,.;o,., -.
,ho-o,,., II, w,la.. s.-.L ..l.
-. ,,5 aI,ho,,h i, -:
,a1;,;o,s av - -,
ioo-, os farmers sr1 nv.n ,r;,h;, ~
bonn5,rv lines of v;,laca,. ho,
bstrsvs his n,ssA,,a r nora s.,
ora coo, : b,o,,h, >. b.r; 60,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09
WEEMS LINE STEAMERS.
pATUxENT RIVER ROUTE
SCHEDULE FoR FRUIT SEAsOs or SO.

beginning sunday July 2lth. steamers ". ..
ruu rs tl'.Ns from p,v.~A M I..r.,
~'r.y, " lt.Il
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09
* kEE=sE>
YOUR
EYE:

SMALL BOYS Kills. Que and iw" piece
Kits, sizes nom p % Years, IA very n
traciivc patterns, al. beauties. S"mc IL
low rs 81 60 large line al :" -. Our
Five Dollar counters, however. az 4 main
feature OF our Stock and yuu will and h,t-
ser Kills h,lc n thnt price tnan are s"id loI
=! and - more elsewhere E"r 81 the
greatest luxury imag.uah,, Il KIN,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09
FAlL OF TINE coon DOG.
Ms hAA entirely dtsapFeared. and 50
mas the Hnnfer.

Among those species OF animals
which may be said TO have become
axtinst u the coon deg Of our fathers.
Tie ,xaf ii no particular strain Of blood,
b.; i.e nuited the keen scent Of me
~ r,.Suni With the intelligence oi the
siqs i.eF'' Dog, and the tenaelty 81 the
bil dog with the stealth OF the p9ns
thei With less accomplishments tls4n
these he uught haya. hesn siooi "a a
.f5x 5r- dSsSr reail: s4sss s4ne =
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-09

r.'tHt r,,..NyA '.r NIL points ..nl.F
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agent.
rs Ltghi Street.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
How It Worked.

Good morning, Jack why haven't seen
YOU for a month past. What in the world is
the matter with YOU You seem to have
renewed your youth
well, Phil, have, Don't you remem-
Der the last time saw you, how miserable
was Sick and blue, and in that sort of
mood a man gets sometimes when he feels
the most noble thing in life IS to 90 straight
to the devil"
mot so bad as that, hope; at all events
you didn't go that way, you are looking TAR
too happy and hearty"
Thank goodness, no or, rather, thank
Vinegar Bitters. Do YOU remember that day
I saw you last, when you recommended to me
that remedy so persistently, and l was first
yexed and then half convinced ??
Il remember it perfectly, and you needn't
say another word upon the subject; your
looks tell me that you took the medicine"
mo doubt of it; everybody remarks upon
my improved looks and temper but I must
really tell you all about it. l got the old
style as you recommended and didn't mind
the bitter taste at all. I finished the bottle
in about two weeks, and was greatly im-
proved, so much so that I determined to
change off and try the new style"
well, how did You like it ?"
"You told me your wife preferred the new
style, believe well, I must say 1 agree
with her. like the old style very much, but
the new is a finer, smoother, more expensive
| preparation"
Il believe it is; in fact have heard so;
and wonder the Mcdonald Drug Company
sell it for the same price they do the old
style, because it is really very costly prep
aration"
"Well, that doesn't concern us. Who was
it said that people faucied themselves pious
sometimes when they were only bilious
No matter I was only going to say that l
believe people often seem wicked when It is
only their liver, or their stomach, or some
other cantankerous organ of the body so out
of order they couldn't be good if they tried. -
And if all the miserable dyspeptics and
victims of biliousness, headache, and the
| Ecusand and one ills that flesh is heir to
would only take Vinegar Bitters, what a
happy world this would be %
4 should recommend the new style"
81 never go back on the old style"
''Well, they can pay their money and take
their choice, for both kinds work admira-
bly,"
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
The Banana ''Lifters" at the Piers

No sort of work about the South street
piers attracts so much attention from the
idlers along shore as the discharging Of a
banana laden ship. When the steamship
Wergeland was at Pier 10 last week there
were no less than fifty men about her, while
the boys were not to be counted because of
the way they lodged about. 1t takes over
twenty men to do the work, including the
truckmen who come and 60. As the boys
sneaked about they fell up against a stack Of
punches Of bananas from time to time, and
the punches contained less bananas at every
fall. Now and then a boy got down on
the steamers deck. Here he was sure to be
seen by the boss longshoreman, but he
walked about with a look Of innocence on his
face until he got to the pile Of over ripe fruit
condemned by the inspector. Then he
dropped on his knees after furtive glance at
the boss and began stuffing bananas into his
shirt, which invariably bagged capaciously
over the gunvpale Of his trousers. Three diff
ferent boys were seen at this by a reporter,
and in each cnse the boss looked at the lad
out Of the corners of his eyes until dozen
bananas had been picked up, and then there
was burst of profanity that was stunning
to the unaccustomed ear. It would have
frightened any boy but wharf rat half out
of his wits, and even these made haste to get
ashore as the boss jumped for them.
But it was observed that the boss always
jumped too short, and when he threw any
thing at the boys, which he did at every at
tack, he missed the mark by very wide
space. The reporter mentioned this circum-
stance to the boss. He crinkled the crows
feet about his eyes bit and said:
"Hit thimi they're that scarf they'd dodge
streak o lightnin'. Look at thin legs and
cheeks. Did yez ever see the loiks av it'll It's
5ne bananniea as makes 'em fit fer pig-
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
sneeches That Nales Mako.

There is a report that Mr.. Murray is going
shortly to publish the Prince Of Wales
speeches. He has now spoken in public for
a quarter Of a century, and many people be-
lieve that his speeches are written for him,
the prince only putting the finishing touches
himself It is obvious he must have an i'm
mense deal of assistance, for the subjects on
which be speaks are so varied it would be
next to impossible for him to prepare the
materials for himself. Il will be interesting
to see if there is any natural development in
them, or if they show the work Of different
hands. believe there has been no question
on which the Prince Of Wales has had
stronger views than on that Of ireland, and
his opinions on the desirablity Of having a
royal residence there are perfectly well
known But his feelings on these matters
were not shared in higher quarters, and, to
the princes great credit, he has never per-
mitted his opinions, if they were in opposi-
tion to those Of the queen, TO become known.
He is the first heir apparent in England who
has never allowed whatever differences may
have arisen between him and the crown 70
become public gossip.-London World.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
I.irht tYeicht cold. coins.

Light weight gold coins can be sold for
their weight in gold the same as bullion.
It is our duty to stamp the word light
on all gold coins below weight that come
to our hands. A certain st. Louis bank
once brought 100000 in gold coin to the
sub-treasury, and So 200 Of it proved to
be light, and was so marked by us. Light
gold coin is not redeemable for its face
value, but the case is different with
silver
We give full sized silver coins in even
exchange for silver coins that are worn
smooth, but in no case do we redeem
coins that are defaced or mutilated. The
smooth silver coins we send out to be re-
coined. Sometimes we receive light gold
coins in the remittances to the treasury
of the country postmasters. In all such
cases we stamp the light gold and return
it to the senders Some time ago the
government officers came to the conclu-
Sion that acids were used that reduced
the size of gold coins, making the pieces
look as though they had beer gradually
worn by handling, and that is one of the
principal reasons why smooth gold coins
are not redeemed for their coin5 face
value. No matter how the crooked peo-
pie took the gold off the coins, they could
bring it together again and have nuggets
of the pure article.-Assistant Treasurer
Shultz in Globe Democrat.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
T,o - of tbe Great Eastern.

An inglorious end is the destiny OF the ie-
viathan steamship, the Great Eastern, Wnleh
has been beached ON the shores OF the Mer-
sew. to be broken up for old iron. Through
the thirty years Of her existence i'll fortune
seemed to attend the Great Eastern from her
flrst attempted trip in 1850 when she had to
put hack on account OF the explosion OF
steam pipe, by which number OF persons
were killed and injured. She made several
trims across the Atlantic as passenger and
freight steamer, but the receipts were un-
equal to the enormous expenses In 1850 she
seemed to have found her vocation-bo lay
the submarine telegraph cable between Eng
land and America. This work occupied her
for some years; but when there were no more
cables TO lay she was relegated to ldieneSs
and sent to Sheerness, where visitors were
admitted to view her interior at shilling
head Finally she was sent on her last
voyage to the Mersey, where she was beached
on the Cheshire shore near New Ferry, to be
broken up. Her i'll fortune seemed to follow
her even during this last trip, for she en-
countered a gale which compelled the
tug Storncock, which was towing her, to cast
her loose. but the weather finally moderated
and she was towed to her last berth. The
Great Eastern was planned by Mr.. Brunei
and built by Mr. Scott Russell, to make the
voyage to the east, around the Cape, without
having to stop for coal, and was originally
intended TO carry 5000 passengers and
large cargo. She was COZ feet long, So broad,
the depth Of her hold was "a feet and her
registered tonnage 1914 tons She was
fitted with both paddle and screw engines,
carried five tunnels, each 100 feet high, and
had a coal bunker space Of 10000 tons. She
was built at Millwall, and her launching,
which was accomplished with great difficulty,
cost $3OO,O00. There are many who doubt
less would have preferred, were it not for the
loss Of life involved, to have heard that the
Great Eastern had met with some more re-
markable fate, and succumbed to the gale
or been driven ashore in a storm, rather
than to have been dismantled with the ham
mer and sold in fragments for old iron
nor4,oraef
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28

sits at the littleround table, but as a mat
ter Of fact It is q simple question Of light.
Mr.. Dana's eyes have never been strong,
and he can see much better in this corner
near the window than in the middle Of
the room. The big desk is too large to
20 into the corner. A large portrait Of
Marshall o. Roberts hangs above the
table. There are also in the ssnctum an
engraving of Abraham Lincoln, a picture
Of Judge Samuel Blatchford, medallion
of Ben Butler and fine photograph Of
Horace Greeley. It is said that this pho
tograph was ''stolen, or. in other words,
that the camera was trained upon Mr.
Greeley in an unguarded moment. At
any rate, it represents him in an attitude
Of deep abstraction, with his overcoat
collar turned inward. There is a veined
white marble mantelpiece in the room
which is loaded with bric-a- brac, incluG-
ing some curious old candlesticks. There
are also three chairs, lounge and an
other table
Mr.. Dana receives callers pleasantly, if
he receives them at all. Probably he is
no more inaccessible than other men in
his position Certainly vast and in
congruous multitude come to see him in
the course Of a year.-New York Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
Editor Dana in His omee.

The editors work day begins about II
o'clock. His routine does not differ
greatly from that of any other New York
editor-in chief, except that he has, per
haps. a more close supervision of his edi-
torial page 1t is very seldom that any
thing is printed there which he does not
first carefully read. He is also a careful
reader of newspapers, and he clips a great
deal Of the miscellany that is used in the
Sun. He does not write much with his
pen, but dictates editorials to his stenO-
grapher. Although he does not leave the
office before 3 o'clock, he is not now a
hard worker. He is systematic and ac-
complishes a great deal, but it is not a
grind His workshop is on the north
west corner Of the building, on the third
floor. One enters it after passing across
one corner of the "eity room"-where re-
porters and editors are assembled in a
rather miscellaneous manner - thence
through the library, and so into the pres
enee Of "the chief" as the boys call him.
His room is not large and certainly not
luxurious. Aside from its occupant, the
first thing which will attract the visitors
notice is the famous owl, which perches
upon a high revolving book case facing
the door Hon. Thomas c. Acton is the
owner Of the owl. In the middle
of the room is q large desk, and
in one corner is a small round table
where Mr.. Dana sits. It is regarded
as an evidence Of the eccentricity which
people are bound to credit him with, that
Mr. Dana leaves his nice large desk and
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28
Recapsc tbe Queen saId n.

Queen Victoria recently, it is said, de-
sired to inspect detachment of Ceylon
Rifles that were in England. None Of
them knew any English. When they
were paraded in the grand corridor at
Windsor the queen, passing among them,
asked one: "Have you been long in Eng
landI" The answer was in pure Cingalese,
and the queen without betraying any
embarrassment, answered; "Oh, indeedT
and dropped the conversation. All the
soldiers caught the remark and remem-
bered it, and when they went home re-
peated it to their comrades and friends,
and now in CeylOn the principal English
phrase heard is: "Oh, indeed" which is
very important. because the queen used
it.-Nsw FORK Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1888-12-28

pious than he. and seated themselves, the first
one seat forward Of the others There were
the usual five minute remarks and testimo-
nies, interspersed with singing, to which
they listened interestedly. Then came one OF
those awful pauses which viii occur in the
best regulated prayer meetings, after the
leader had called for 'some other brother to
risen Suddenly Blankdash popped up,
straight and rotund, filing the eyes Of the
gathering, with his lips as if about to speak,
or as trying to say something. But not q
word did he utter-just stood moment. then
sank back into his seat and bowed his head.
The ripple OF surprised attention it caused
passed, and the meeting went on, it being
supposed he was too much moved for utter
anee. The sad truth was that one OF his
wicked friends with a searfpin had furnished
the propelling power for Blankdashs sudden
Springfield (AIass.l Cor. Sun