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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

ADVICE To YoUNG MEN.-And
then, remember, you have to work.
Whether you handle a pick or a pen,
a wheelbarrow or set OF of books,
digging bitches or editing a paper,
ringing an auction bell or writing
funny things, you must work. Ii you
look around you, you will see that
the men who are most able to live the
rest Of their lives without work are
the men that work the hardest.
Don't be afraid Of killing yourself
with work. 1t is beyond your lower
to do that. Men cannot work so hard
as that on the sunny side OF thirty.
They die sometimes, but it's because
they quit work at 6 p. IN. and don't
go home until > a. m. It's the inter.
val that kills. Work gives an appe.
tite for meals it lends solidity 10 tie
slumbers it gives the appreciation of
holiday.
There are men who do not work,
but the world is not proud Of them.
1t does not even know their names
it simply speaks of them as old So
and-So's boys. Nobody likes them,
nobody hates them; the great busy
world doesn't even know that they
are there. So find out what you want
to be and do, take off your hat and
make dust in the world. The buster
you are the less deviltry you will be
apt to get into, the sweeter will TO
your sleep, the brighter and happier
your holidays, and the better satisfied
will the world be with you.-Burling-
ton Hawkeye.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05
Written for the Beacon.)
The Haunted House.

Down in dis county dar Is o farm
Oats owned by Mr.. =.
And as he tends To somethin else
1t was worked by Mr.. b.
Two years he worked 1t very well,
And dey did all agree,
Till al at once ghost appeared
And ugly one was he.
Dem legs was long, dat face was pale,
Dat voice was very quear,
As he cum in one rany nitc
Dem people for to skare.
While dey was sleeping in dere bed,
He peeped into dere face;
And oh dem people he did scare
In cherry state of grace.
Out Of dat bed dem people cum, !
You ought TO heard uEn sqaeel,
When in de house dat axe did cum,
And den de buggy whele.
Sonex day by morning lite,
Dey surched de place all round;
Dey said dat things looked very bad,
De buggy was upside down.
Dat was an awful ghost, dey said;
lie went on so bad,
Dat al dem people lef dat place
And run up home to dad.
But now wider hab took be place,
De ghost hab disappeared;
He could not face de red head boy,
For iecr he wouldn't get shared.
80 anybody dats afeard,
When a ghost comes laundering round,
Just get dat boy, dat red head boy,
And he will keep um down.
SWEET HONE
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

FoG FARMERS ONLY.-There is
much which practical farmers do know
in regard to crops, says ~. S. c." in
the Maryland Farmer but there is
much which they DO Tot think OF, or
seem not to heed, which they may
be proftably reminded Of by old
practical farmers.
The writer of this was born and
raised farmer in the State Of New
York he later has owne! and work
ed farms in three new States-Michi-
gan, Illinois and Wisconsiu-Layiug
titled both prairie land and hill land,
raising both small and coarse grains,
as well as clover and root crops. on
various soils.
He is therefore prepared to speak
with some certainty as to the modes
and necessities of such operations.
And it has uniformly been found that
more depends on the mechanical con.
dition OF the land, than upon its chem
ical ingredients-that is-the deep.
fine. pulverized condition of land ia
more important than merely constitu-
ents of composition.
Deeply finely plowed land. well
pulverized, to allow air and moisture
freely to circulate and also to per-
NIT the roots to penetrate, will
produce better crops and for creator
number of years, than for land not
so prepared; such land suffers less
from drought, as the moisture can
rise from below, while also excess of
rain can pass oil, in a wet time
Eight acres of land, thus prepared
will produce more crops, one year
with another, for period Of ten
years than ten acres will only poorly
plowed to little depth.
Manures, lime, potash and the like
are useful and profitable; but even
they will not DO their best on land,
that is but thinly plowed-will not
give even half their value.
These are not new facts, and, per-
haps most farmers know them, but
most farmers don't seem TO realize or
put them in practice; therefore, tins
little article, by one who knows, is
thrown out by way of a timely remin-
der. Less land we'll cultivated il tho
true policy, If wen understood.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

A BANsHEE's WARNING.-Michal
Phelan, the vigilant night Waterman
at the Planters House, tells some
queer stories of his experiences IN
Ireland before he decided to emf
CRATE:
"Once I saw a banshee. 1t was
many years ago. in Kings county,
Ireland, about forty miles from Dub.
lin. During the Summer months
there the twilight is very long, and
late one afternoon, when the sun had
gone down, I happened to walk over
to the farm of a man named Michael
Burns. Well, as we stood and talked
my friend suddenly said; mike, do
you want to see a banshee ?" OF
course, I did, and when I looked
where he pointed, sure enough, there
in the lane. creeping along near the
hedge was wee bit OF a thing not
more than three feet high. 1t looked
like little girl, only its hair which
was long and yellow, fell down its
back clear to the ground, and as il
crept along it whimpered and moaned
like child in pain. My friend look.
ed very grave, saying: That's fam
lily banshee and. am afraid some of
my relations are going to be sick"
"'Pretty soon I left but not, before
neighbor had come riding up, and
told my friend to make haste as his
mother had been taken very i'll. The
next day l learned that the poor wo-
man had died before her son reached
her. Oh, the banshees are queer
things, and they never let any one
come near them. Another man
knew came across one sitting in a
corn-feld near the fence. When he
suddenly appeared it ran out OF sight
among the corn, but it dropped its
comb from its yellow hair, and the
man picked it up aud put in his pock-
ct. That night the banshee came near
the house and whined SO piteously
that the man dropped the comb out
Of the window. The banshee then
left, and when a search was made
next morning it was found that the
comb had disappeared too.-"St. Louis
Post-DtsPatch.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

Of her face. Not 90 with her husband
He has no regrets. There is 4 sequel
to this story in that. when the Turk
ish government did at last send a
description of the lost jewels to diff.
ferent countries. it was too late; nor
could any one have ever dreamed OF
connecting the poor tobacco seller of
st. George with the rich diamond
merchant of Paris and London. When
the exhibition was held in Venice in
1878 there were two Turkish gentle.
men sent in charge of the Sultan
crown jewels. which were exhibited
there. There were nine cases of
jewels sent to Vienna from the govern
ment, and when the treasure was re-
turned there were fourteen cases.
This fact is only mentioned to show
that the franking privilege which
existed was adopted as the means Of
sending back free seme cases made up
of "things left over" One of the two
Turkish gentlemen had business rela-
tions with the owner of famous Con.
tinental gaming house, and after the
Vienna exhibition he went to Paris
to see the latter person. when, after
the business was completed, an i'm
mense tray of jewels was brought and
displayed on billiard table. The
Turk was then presented with a great
black pearl-the finest of the kind
ever seen-and a cookie she'll of bril-
liants. This pearl had been one of
the stolen jewels taken from the pail
ace of Sultan Abdul Medjidl Where
it had been or who had been its owner
all these years no one could say.
Some one had staked and lost it at
the gaming house; but from that day
to this the mystery over those two
robberies is as dense as ever.-CasSelrs
Saturday Journal.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

FACTS FARMERS OUGuT TO KNOW.
Lettuce gives best results when
grown in a moist soil AMI in compare
lively cool weather.
The radish will thrive in any good
soil but to be crisp and tender must
be grown quickly.
The black walnut tree will cut a
figure on our farms in the future. II
can be made as profitable as the APP
pie tree in localities where it will
thrive at all.
In view of the fact that the potato
crop was short in many sections last
year, and that much Of the crop was
not well riPened. greater care than
usual should be taken with this sea-
son 3 seed potatoes. Try AMI get seed
from healthy well matured tubers.
According to recent announce.
ment the next convention of the
American Horticultural Society will
be held in Texas two years hence.
Ia procuring trees remember the
old-r the tree the more liable to loss
IN tEansplaaiing.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05
TREASURE TROvE.

Over q small stream, about thirty
miles from Constantinople, is bridge
which has had its full measure Of
fame in its way. 1t is a narrow
bridge, and along the marshy banks
Of the stream that it crosses grow the
bushes and shrubs that are used to
make charcoal in the powder factory
near St. George, and the water-course
is partially fed from hidden source
in what was called the Devils Cave,
which is near by. At the edge Of the
brook stands tiny guard house, in
which four Turkish soldiers are sta
tioned-poor, thin, fever-worn wretch
es who have to hold each others guns
as the tine approaches for their chil's
to come on, and who all together
could not muster strength enough to
oppose any one who felt inclined to
resist their authority in this fever
stricken spot. The mouth of the
Devils Cave is within sight Of the
bridge, and instead of attributing the
fever, so prevalent in the neighbor-
hood, TO the marshy ground and stag
nant water, the people have a super.
stit.on that it came from the influence
Of the evil spirits which dwelt in this
cave, which is regarded with fear and
terror BY all who have ever heard Of
it, OF who live in this vicinity. There
are stories current of the piercing
screams and doleful groans to be
heard after nightfall within its grew
some shades, and no one who lives
there could be forced to enter after
dark.
In 1865, or thereabouts, something
happened which called attention very
strongly toward this very cave and
its vicinity. The taxes from the in
terror Of Turkey and her dependen-
cies are collected by men appointed
for the purpose, and the money, in
silver, is placed in strong bags made
OF hempen Irvine, and these bags are
slung across mules backs. Some
times there will be train of sixty
mules, each charged with silver, en-
route for Constantinople. To protect
the bridge at Yerimbourgas these
four sick soldiers are stationed; and
up to the period Of which we speak
there had been no robbery at this
bridge, though the one on the other
side OF the hill had been the sceae OF
many bloody encounters; hence its
name. But once when the train bear
ing the treasure came down the road
to pass the bridge, it seemed that as il
in a single second the earth grew men
like mushrooms, out Of nothing. The
guard was overpowered, some OF the
escort were put to fight and some
were killed, and the mules and treas
ure disappeared in the darkness when
they had passed so many dangers in
safety before reaching the place. OF
course there was a great stir made,
and the country was secured far and
wide. Omar Pasha, who lived but a
few miles from the spot, took q guard
ot soldiers and went to this cave, but
he could find no trace Of the treasure
the mules or the robbers; and already
two or three persons had been cap
tured and tortured to make them tel
something Of which they were entirely
innocent.
When later it became known tha
tie Sultan's jewel room had been rob
bed in broad daylight OF a large tray
OF most valuable unset jewels. all Tur
XIV Ms thruygn Into n fever Of ~
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

Capt. w. G. GFOGHFGAN, will leave Pier
10, Light Street Wharf, every TUESDAY
and Friday ~ ;, L. NJ, for the following
landings on Potomac River:
ON TUESDAYS FOR
Corniicld Harbor, Munday's Point,
Jones Wharf, Abcll's Wharf,
Brumcs Wharf, Towards y harf,
BacOn's Wharf, LvonardtoWn,
Cow4rt's Wharf, Foxwclrs Wharf,
Cvan Wharf, Stones Wharf,
kirsalc Wharf, COhrum Wharf,
Lodge Wharf, Nomini Ferry,
Nj. Holly Wharf
Leave LEONARDTON for BALTIMORE
on Thursday nj :, Y. II.
ON FRIDAYS FOR
Cornfy,l Harh.r, FoXwcllS Wharf,
Homes Wharf CuhrCm Wharf
Brumc's Wharf, H0wdrd's Wharf,
Bacon Wharf, Igouarlttwn Wharf,
Cowart's Wharf, Stones hart,
Ca.ln Wharf, Iaura>.c~'s Wharf,
kiusaIc Wharf, Chaptico Wharf,
LniEc Wharf, Liverpool Point,
Munday'S Point, smith Point,
Pincy Point, Glrmount.
.ibclrs Wharf.
ALEXANDRIA K WASUINGTON,D ID. c.
Leave WASHINGTON for BALTIMORE
ON Sunday, ~ 1, p. NJ.
Freight Rtctiutd only on TJESDi Us and
FRIDAYS.
No Freight receircd after $50, r. IT.
No Bills Of Laliu- will bc signed except
those Of the Company.
X. FOSTER, General Manager.
\. NEEDllAM, Jr., Agent.
FIJI Oft
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05
ADAns EXPRESS COMPANY.
Letter frem the Assistant Foreman Of the
Delivery Departmental subject in
which Thousands arr Deeply Con
rg.r.aed.

About five years ago I suffered from great
pain and wtaknossin the lower part Of my
back, pain in tic limbs, bad tlstc in the
mouth, disgust at food, and great mental
and bodily depression.
| live at 2tl YORK street 1IeTscy City, and
On arriving home one nisAt ind copy
II the Shaker AlsaaHdc fMat hal been left
during the day. / read filr arti-l What
il this Disease that il @1Ring Upon Us =
II described my symp. send feelings bet
t,r than | could If %Ad@grittcn a whole
book. Ny trouble 80 inaeed Ike thief
in fhe night" for il ID BON stcahng upon
me unaWares for yesEe. Isent fr bottle
Of Shaker Extract If Roots,.pr Sageis Sy-
ruyy All selzsss4 fiad taken out-lsllf Of il
felt the welcome relief. 6 > :..SSSa weeks /
was like nv old self. ! enjoyed and diges-
tel my food. Ny kidneys soon recovered
tone and strength, and tic trouble vanish
ell. was well.
Millions Of people need some medicine
simply 10 act on the bowels. 10 them
commend Shaker Extract in the strongest
possible terms. L is the Ccntlcst, pleasant
ct, safest and surcst purgatiyc in this world,
The most delicate women and children
may axe il. one point more: have all
the more confidence in this medicine be-
cause il is prepared 10y the shakers. lmay
claim e. be . religious man myself and /
admire tic Shakers for their zeal, consis-
tency and strict business integrity. What
they make may lie trusted by the public.
w II. HALL.
For sale by all druggists and by 4. J.
White, 81 Warren street New York.
Jan l9-yo
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05
PROFESSIONAL.
RICHARD q.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

II L. Lexington ST., near Chas., E4i,., Md.
Practices in the Courts Of Baltimore city,
Court Of Appeals Of Nil, in the cnurtics
Charles and -. Mury's and Washington
city. Special attention given t. Admiralt
practice, collection ui claims, &c. Being
member Of and counsel for the Real Es-
tate firm Of +. J. Chaisty & Co. all partic
desiring t. svH farms in Maryland can
place them in our hands. Persons desiring
a. buy or exchange should call or send i"r
list "f property. Money loaned on first
mortgage. Jan go.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

My good man" said the
worthy lady who had given the tram ,
large plateful of victuals, "rardon
me for making the suggestion, but
would you not enjoy your repast fully
as well, if not better, if you should
follow the custom that has always
prevailed in this household and in
woke a blessing on your food before
Won begin?' Madam" replied the
hungry tourist, with his mouth full,
''me and Chsuncey Depew always
does cur best ta!kin' after we've EFT.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

fFThe gloomy fears and the wear
iness Of soul, OF which so many COM
plain. would disappear if the blood
were made more healthy before it
reaches the brain. Ayers SArsAParil-
la puriGes ana vitalizes the blood,
and thus conduces TO health Of body
aud mind.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

n" Seasoned Lumber and flooring kept
under cover.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05

l.. r. ABELL, Agent, Lconardtown, IS
authorized to sell and collect. Orders LETT
with him will receive prompt attention.
March IS, lSS6-y.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05
10 T. MDkGAE.

JO. r. MORGAN,
Alton ~ and Counsellor at Law
and Agent for Connecticut Mutual Life In
surancr Company, Mutual Lille of New
York and Royal Fire Insurance of Liver
pool,
LEONARDTOWN, Md.
April l, lSS0-tf.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26
A WOman's Pluck,

On block, corner. of Seventh and
Spring Streets, quite little excitement
was caused, yesterday morning, by the
appearance of an eagle, which was pay
ing its devours to the chickens with :
out, however. having asked permission
from the proprietress. The good lady.
hearing tumultuous cackling amongst
the feathered tribe, at once rushed to
the scene of action, and al glance took
in the situation. Nothing daunted by
the claws and beak of the "teathered
child of the sum-" she entered into re-
prisals. The valiant lover OF chIcke n
meat at once did Bulls run" towards
tree, probably thinking that, could he
reach the friendly branches thereof, b }
would be safe from the clutches IF the
worthy dame. He reckoned without
his host, however, for he had hardly
reached his expected asylum before he
was seized from behind by his relentless
pursuer, and with grip that would not
have disgraced the vice of blacksmith.
A neighbor, too, turned up, and the
would-be chicken purloiner was soon
safely bound-not over to keep the
peace-butw with rope.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN City Council of Salt Lake City will ex-
tend the water mains of said city along
South Temple Street, as follows: Com
mencing at the intersection of K and South
Temple Streets, thence eastward along said
South Temple Street, to Street, unless
written objections to said extension, signed
by the owners of one half, in value, of the
property so to- be affected or bene-
| flied, as shown by the last preceding city
| assessment roll, are filed with the City
Recorder, on or before Saturday, the ninth
day of June, 1888.
The estimated cost for said extension of
the water mains is three thousand four
| hundred (S3, 400 dollars. That for the pur-
said extension of the water mains it will be
necessary to assess tax of four mills per
! square foot upon all the lots or pieces of
| land adjacent to or AUDITING upon the said
street, along which the said mains areto be
laid, a particular description of which Is as
| follows, to-Wit:
All of Lots and 2, Block g;
| All of Lots and 2, Block2;
| All of Lots l and 2, Block 1, in Plat D, Salt
| Lake City Survey;
All of OTIS and 2, Block 8;
All of Lots l and 2, Block Z, in Plat G, Salt
Lake City Survey;
All of Lots aud 6. Block IS:
All of Lots s. 6, 7 and 8, Block 81, in Plat B.
Salt Lake City Survey;
All of Lots 4 and 5, Block IS, in Plat F, salt
Lake City Survey.
By order of the City Council, given May
FBANCEs ARMSTRONG.
Attest: Mayor.
SEAL. City Recorder.
SALT LAKE CITY, May 18th, 1888
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26
Personals.

HIS. YOUNG has returned from his
visit to the capital.
W. H. WOODWARD returned to Salt
Lake City last night.
A.C. SWAN, of MADEIRA City, Califor-
mia, is amongst US.
@JENs NELsEN, from Richmond. Cache
county, is in the Junction City.
Mr.. GOLDBERG passed on to the city
of the Golden Gate last evening.
E w. TULLIDGE, of the Western
GaLG1y, returned to Salt Lake City yes
terday.
JOHN ANDERSON, po ,tmaster OF Rich
mond, Utah, was seen on the streets
yesterday.
VII. BALDWIN, ia, of Butte, Mon
tana, local agent of the U. ?. Railway
at Butte, is in Ogden,
Mr. J. w, BArEMAN, native Of
Sydney, Australia, but now of the Ter
ritorial capital, attended the British
American banquet in Ogden on Thurs
day night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26
MAYORS NOTICE
Ofthe Assessments of Local Tax for the
ExteatiOn OF Water Mains on e
Street

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN City Council of Salt Lake City will ex-
tend the water mains Of said city along
Street as follows: Commencing at the inter
section of E and Sixth Streets, thence
south along E Street, to a point midway be-
tween Third and Fourth Streets, unless
written objections to said extension, signed
by the owners of one-half, in value, of the
property so to be affected or benefited, as
shown in the last preceding city assessment
roll, are filed with the City Recorder on or
before Saturday, the ninth day of June 1885,
The estimated cost for said extension of
water mains is eleven hundred and twenty
five dollars, IS, 125 } That for the purpose Of
defraying the costs and expenses of said
extension it will be necessary to assess a
tax of mills per square foot, running back
to the centre Of each block, upon all the lots
or pieces of ground adjacent to or abutting
upon the said street along which said
mains are to be laid, a particular description
of which is as follows, to-wiI:
The whole Of Lots and 4, Block rs;
The whole of Lots and 8, Block &c;
The whole of Lots 2 and 8, Block 65;
The whole of Lots and 4, Block 66;
| The whole of Lot 4, Bic" Al;
| The whole of Lot 3, Block As; all In Plot
! D Salt Lake City Survey.
By order of the City Council, given May
18th, 1888.
FRANCIS ARMSTRONG,
Attest: Mayor.
HEBER N. WELLS,
SEAL City Recorder.
| SALT LAKE CITY, May 17th, 1883.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-26
WOMAN'S TRIUMPH.
A Severe Surgical Operation. 1t is
Endured without taking Ether.
Return of the Disease
prevented.

From the Correspondence of the Kingston, N. Y.
Fireman.
The case of Mrs. Edward Meyers, of Rond-
out, New York, furnishes an apt illustration
of Woman's power of endurance. This lady
had been treated for months in the usual
way for Erysipelas of the hand, without
benefit. Not until her hand had become a
mass of putrid flesh did she turn to DR.. David
Kennedy, proprietor of the "Fevorite Rem
edy,' which is made at Rondout, NY
He informed her that it was impossible to
save the hand-it must be amputated. She
received the terrible intelligence quietly,
declined to take ether, sitipulating merely
to hold her husband S hand during the oper-
alton, and underwent the painful process
withoutmoving muscle or uttering groan.
DR.. Kennedy then gave " Favorite Remedy"
freely to cleanse the blood and prevent re-
turn of the disease, and Mrs. Meyers now
lives and rejoices in her great deliverance.
DR.. Kennedy's "Favorite Remedy F." is fast
becoming trusted household friend in all
cases of Female Weakness and diseases of
the blood, Kidney and Liver complaints,
and Constipation of the Bowels.
All druggists, $1.00 per bottle.
2. c. M. L Drug Department, Agents, Salt
Lake Citv