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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17

Our ice crop haE not yet materialized.
We trust that il soon will.
Scrapers In Calvert's Bay, near Point
Lookout, frequently catch large sott crabs.
We trust that hereafter our local column
may be filed with more cheerful news than
notes of accidents.
Sunday, Hon. Robert G. Combs ieft for
Annapolis to attend the meeting of the
Maryland Electoral College.
The Peter d. Smith land was sold Tues
day by John r. Ching, mortgage, and
bought by r. 7. and Jessie Turner for 500.
There was plentiful sprinkling Of poll
ticians in town Tuesday. What subjects
were discussed we have been unable to
learn.
pLasi week Mr.. ]. Frank Ford had his
Ihand badly sprained. and, this week, one
sof bis children accidenily cut OF ons OF lis
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17
Saint AIaru's beacon.
Local. Dottfn~s,


Aess-
Saturday, December IS, on The road
leading from ST. Johns 70 The Brick House.
ioll Of noses, containing about So A
liberal reward viii be paid Tor information
leading 10 lis recovery.
DoMrsIcK 8. BowLEs.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17
DIR. l. Js,. PAYNE.

You can certainly find just what you
want in Boots and Shoes at r. O. Morgan's
He has the largest stock Of Merchandise
We. seen in LeonardtnEn.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17

nj lou can save money By bsyine yo..
1II es,rys,,p ar,er or hall lamps. ifcm WIN
sncy are beanties.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17

10. +. MORGAN,
Attorney and Counsellor nj Law
and Agent for Connecticut Mutual Life In
surance Company, Mutual Life Of New
York and Royal Fire Insurance Of Liver
pool,
LEONARDTowN, Md.
April 1, 1SS0-tf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17
GROCERIES,

Pine fresh and cheap. Cali and make
small purchase and I know that you win
become Q permanent customer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17

Jury List.
The following $50 names. were put into
the box by Judge Crane and from them the
IS jurors for the March Term of our Court
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17
/. Oscar Morgan.

Extend G special inyits ton to his many
friends and customers to visit his STORE
ana examine bis large stock offashionabe
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-01-17
q Q Q ID s

In this department am low priced. Can
and examine my Fancy Shifting, Ginghams
Calicocs and Lawns before purchasing else
where.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
ENGLISH CAPITAL.
The Minneapolis Flour Mill IBvest-
ment.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 24.-[Special THE
options on the Pillsbury and Washburn
mills, given ten days ago to an English
syndicate which seeks to control the -four
mills Of the State. expire tonight. AL
though the owners of the property and the
representatives of the English capitalists
have had several conferences, it cannot yet
be definitely stated whether tie terms of
sale will be accepted. The general i'm
preston, however, is that the options will
be taken advantage of and that the deal
will be consummated The scheme, in
brief, is this: The property in question, in
Guiding mills with daily capacity of
$4,000 barrels, or two thirds of Mime
apolis' total capacity, is to be capitalized
at $1O,00OO0O. A controlling in
terest in this amalgamated Or
ganization, in the form of either stocks
or bonds, as to be held by the English syn
dicate. Charles A. Pillsbury is to be
retained as manager, perhaps, of the entire
business, certainly of the Pillsbury mills.
The financial negotiations, it is understood,
have been conducted by the well-known
eastern bankers Drexel, Morgan & Co. If
the purchase is effected and the bono
scheme adopted, it will result in the loan
ing of money at a low rate of interest,
probably per cent, where it now costs the
interest firms 6 or per cent to borrow
Of the 100000 900, it is said that $3,0OO,OOO
represents J. j. Hills interest in the water
power.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
THOMAS G.. MENDENHALL,
superintendent of the u. s. Coast and
GeOdetic Survey.

Professor Mendenhall was born near
Hanovertown, Ohio, in 1S41. He received
q common school education. At an early
age he developed fondness for the study
of mathematics and the natural sciences
He was professor of physics and mechanics
in Ohio University from 1873 to 1878.
Later he went to Japan as professor of
physics in the Imperial University at
Toxic During his stay he organized the
general meteorological system of the I'm
perial Government nd he was also one of
the organizers Of the Seismological Society
of Toxic. In 1881 he returned to the
United States and resumed the chair of the
Ohio State University. He organized the
Ohio State Weather Bureau Service in
1881, and subsequently devised system
of weather signals for display on railroad
trains Mr.. Mendephall became q pro.
lessor in the United States Signal Service
in 1884 and established stations in the
United States for the systematic cbserva-
tion of earthquake phenomena. He re-
signed from the Government service to &C.
cept the presidency of the Rose Polytech-
mic Institute of Terre Haute, Ind. Besides
membership in other scientific societies,
Professor Mendenhall has held the office of
vice president of the physical section of
the American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, and president of the
National Academy of Sciences.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
A NEW TRIAL
Rehearing of the Weidemann.Wal.
pole Breach of Promise Case.

LONDON, July 25. Especial. - The
somewhat famous Weidemann. Walpole
case is again to come before the courts, the
plaintiff having been granted new trial.
The testimony presented at the former trial
was of rather sensational character and
placed the son of a Peer in an unenviable
position. The plaintiff, Mss vaI:re
Weidemanr, who is German governess,
brings action against Captain Robert
Horace Walpole, heir to the Earldom of
Oxford, for breach of promise of marriage.
At the former trial, by direction of Baron
Huddleston, the jury returned verdict for
the defendant. as the plaintiff declined to
answer certain questions in regard to a
child, of which she alleged Captain Wal
pcle was the father. The parties
first met in Turkey and there, Miss
Weidemannn alleges, she yielded to the
defendant under promise of marriage. She
claimed that when he promised her mar
riage he presented her with his signet. ring.
The defense to the action was a denial of
the promise, and there was an allegation
that the promise, having been made in
Turkey. was not q promise binding in
England. An effort since the granting of
the new trial, has been made by the family
of the defendant to hush up the scandal,
but Miss Weidemann, will listen to no
to that end. Walpole has q
daughter, the issue of his marriage with
Miss C0rbin, an American heiress
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
Club Mans Gossip.
Chicago Mail.


Capt. Meredith, John Ritchie, and Geo.
Shields, known as "old hosses" and "old
timers" sat around in the Press club one
afternoon recently and talked about the
times of the war, and told of the funny
capers that cannon balls and musket balls
cut.
Capt. Meredith said he once found dead
rebel behind big tree. The dead man
was resting on one knee, in a position to
shoot. His musket was in his hands, the
butt of the gum was against his shoulder,
and one eye was open, squirting along the
gun barrel. There wasn't mark on the
body, but the man was stone dead. There
was ten pound cannon all buried in the
tree. The man had been killed by the
concussion.
Mr. Shields said that he saw a cannon
ball 90 into the ground about 200 yards in
front of where he was standing He
thought that was the end of the matter. put
in about three seconds the ball came Oat of
ground fifty yards beyond the place it
strvck. 1t then in its flight struck
stump, carromed off, broke a soldiers leg,
and rolling on few y0rds further upset
camp kettle and scalded mans hands.
Nv
John Richie said he saw a man hit with
spent" cannon ball. He walked over to
where the man lay to see what he could
do for him-give him drink out of his
canteen, or a chew of tobacco, or some
thing-but all that was visible was a mass
of about 160 pounds of flesh and blue cloth
mixed up like sausage, with an eye and
two teeth sticking out on top.
Capt Meredith said that speaking of
cannon balls, one OF the most novel sights
he witnessed during the war was q
cannon ball about as big as -four barrel
going through a horse lengthwise-
that is, lengthwise of the horse. There
was left of the horse it head, its four feet,
and the lower six inches OF its tail. The
captain said he could always tell the body
of a rebel from northern man on battle
field, because wherever a rebel was wound
ed corn bread Oozed out.
When it reached this stage l saw that
there was disposition to breek down the
ropes and let every body take a hand in
the lying, so 1 got away before l was
crippled.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
Helena Montana. Thursday, August I, 1882
LINCOLN'S ADVICE.
A Substantial Gift Accompanied by
Words of Sense.
lHarper's Weekly

lHarper's Weekly.
Among the inmates of the National Sol
diers' Home at Togus, Me-, is Richard Row.
ley, who was captain of the Kearsarge
when she sunk the Alabama off the harbor
of Cherbourg, France, and performed an act
of bravery which probably saved his ship
and her crew. The battle bad ragged for
over an hour and q half, when q 100
pound rifle shell from the Alabama
struck the gun which Rowley was
sighting and fell on the deck. with the
fuse still burning. In an instant
Rowley picked it up and threw it into
the sea. where it exploded just as it
touched the water. The sailors beard
and moustache were burned off by the
fuse, but he stepped back to his gun
and sent a shot into the sinking Ala
bama. Captain Winslow at once gave
the order to man the rigging and gave
three cheers for Quartermaster Rowley
The latter was greatly lionized after his
return to this country. Congress voted
him gold medal, he received other valu-
able gifts, and President Lincoln PERSONAL
ly thanked him. For severcl days before
his interview with the President, Rowley
had accepted frequent invitations to drink
champagne, and probably showed the ef-
fects. AS he arose 10 60 Mr.. Lincoln gave
him 500, saying:
Now, don't drink too much liquor;
drink just little. but not too much. l
know you old sailors all like little grog,
but be careful and not drink too much"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
THE BRAIN OF PLANTS.
An Interesting StHdy Into the Habits
of Flowers.
National Review. !

National Review.
The manner in which the mimosa closes
its stalks and leaves at the approach of
darkness is very interesting. As the gloam-
ing gently falls the leaves move upward
toward each other till they touch. The
secondary leaf stalks slowly droOp till they
are nearly parallel with the main leaf
stalks, which in their turn fall till they
point to the ground. Thus it folds itself at
the close of day, and there is no doubt, if
it were not allowed to sleep, it would, like
ourselves, soon die This is not only an
example of the necessity of sleep for the
repairing of nervous energy and recupera-
ton of brain power, but proof of the ex-
istence of the same in the vegetable king
dom.
Tfen there are the carnivorous plants,
the Venus fly trap (DeOD9a), for instance,
which will digest raw beef as readily as its
insect prey. From glands with which its
leaf is provided, fluids are poured out
which resemble the gastric juice of the ami
NAL stomach in its digestive properties.
The matter of the insect body or meat is
thus absorbed into the substance and tis-
sues of the plant just as the food taken into
the animal stomach is digested and be-
comes part of the animal fabric In the
animal digestion can only be commenced
by the brain force acting by means of a
nerve upon the gastric glands; we may
therefore concede that it is the
action OF the same power in the
plant that produces the same effect. There
is no structure in plants, SO far as its
functions are concerned, more wonderful
than the tip of the radical The course
pursued by the radical in penetrating the
ground must be determined by the tip.
Darwin wrote: ut is hardly an exagger-
alton to say that the tip of the radical, en-
dowed as it is with such diverse kinds of
sensitiveness, acts like the brain of animals.
The brain, being seated within the extreme
end of the body, receiving impressions from
the sense organs and directing the several
movements"
I do not quite agree with this, but l be-
lieve it to be another example OF that brain
mower which is the cause OF all plant
movement. In the commencement of plant
life we find, in the case OF the pea or bean,
for example, the radical emerges at one
end of the seed and the plumule at the
other. What causes the radicla to descend
and the other to ascend? If the seed is 90
placed that the radical comes out at the
top the result is the same for the radical i'm
mediately turns round and grows downward.
1t cannot be gravitation, although Darwin
thought it was, because that would have
the same effect upon the plumule. There
can only be one reason, and that is the
existence of a directing force or brain
pOWOr
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
The Care of the Hair.

New York World: Don't wash your
hair. That is the advice given by a woman
who has been at the head of leading es-
tablishment for the last sixteen years. She
says:
Il believe the average woman browns
the liye of her hair by frexuent washing in
hot and cold water. We send out from
the house nineteen hands who dress hair
by the season, contracting for the entire
family. They plan to give each head q
cOmblng twice a week, and by special ar
rangement make house to house visits each
day. Not drop Of water is put on the
hair and every head is kept in clean and
healthy condition. We PIN our faith to a
good brush, and prefer short bristied mar
row brush backed with olive or palm wood
to the elaborate articles bound in silver or
ivory. A brush of this sort costs seventy
five cents, but wear out one every month.
You see l use it not only on the hair, but
the scalp as well.
"A maid has to be taught to dress head
of hair Just as instruction is needed in
school teaching or bre admaking, and this
training is part of my duty. One object
lesson is worth term of theory, and so,
in teaching one novice l operate on an
other.
"The first thing to do when the hair is
unpinned is to loosen it by lightly tossing
it about The operation need not tangle
it, and as the tresses are being aired they
fall into natural lengths. Instead of be-
ginning at the scalp the first combing
should start at the end of the hair. In
other words, comb upwards to avoid tang
ling, breaking, and tearing the hair out.
This racking of the hair will remove con-
siderable dust. The scalp should be
cleaned in spots and sections, and fine
tooh comb is indispensable. It is not nee
essary to draw the comb down
through the hair. Dandruff cen be
removed by combing the surface where it
has accumulated, and by slanting the
fine comb it may be brought from the scalp
without having to 60 the whole length of the
hair. As I said before, the head should be
cleaned in spots. When the dead skin has
been loosened, thorough brushing is all
that is required to removeit. By thorough
mean to spend full hour, first brushing
the head and then the hair to free it from
the scurf and eruptions of skin. Frequent
ly this can be accomplished by shaking out
or tanning the hair, and subsequent brush
ing will give the hair the glossy silky finish
for which so much pomade is used.
1--WE have on our books q family in
cluding sevon girle, for whom we have
done work since 1870. The hair was so
very poor that at the mothers suggestion
we tiled the experiment of day-dressing
that is, no water. Two of the daughters
have not wet their heads, except while
bathing in the ocean, in thirteen years, and
in both cases the hair is abundant and very
beautiful in quality, one suit SURPRISING in
quantity that of the mother and five
sisteas combined. 1t is my experience that
who take better care of them
selves than any other class of women, are
averse to wetting or washing the head, de-
pending entirely on maid to keep it clean
and orderly by means of a comb aud
hrushn
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
THE EARL OF FIFE.
To Marry the Daughter of the Prince
of Wales.

The Earl of Fife, whom tits the fashion
to call "Macduff." will marry the Princess
Louise, grand daughter of Queen Victoria,
on the 9th of July. He has an ancient
lineage. Ten years ago, when he was
about twenty-nine years old, he succeeded
to the Earldom. In 1885 he was created
an Earl of the United Kingdom. He was
for some time captain of the Corps of Gen.
tlemen- alarms, and in 1882 he went on
special mission to the King of Saxony. In
1876 he visited New York, giving the city
great attention and dellghtipg every body
he met with his manly characteristics.
When the Earl sat in the House of Lords
as Viscount Macduff, he was supporter of
Mr.. Gladstone, who had not then allied
himself with Mr. Parnell. Lord Fife is
now Unionist, and as such in 1886 ad
dressed a great meeting at Her Majestys
Theatre, London. He was q conspicuous
figure in the meetings of the Social Science
Congress held at Aberdeen a few years ago.
His country seat is Old Mar Lodge, few
miles from Queen Victoria's palace at Bal
moral. Another of his estates isin Moray
shire, but that he let's to tenant. Of
course he has London residence. In Lon
don he is busy banker; in Scotland the
lord of great estates and the sportsman.
His rent roll is said TO be from three hun
dred thousand to four hundred thousand
dollars year. He has an income from
personal property, chiefly from the banking
business, in which he invested two million
dollars ten years ago. The Earl is a fine
looking fellow. He has blue eyes and
brown hair; his eyes are kindly. his face
and features strong and intelligent; his
manner perhaps little shy, but sympa-
thetic The Earl is of good stature, broad
powerfully built and athletic.
He will be royal looking bridegroom.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
FATHER DAMIEN,s WORK.
One Marked Result of the Leper
Priests Sacrifice.

New York Tribune
1t is often said that the principal use of
royal personages, in this day at least. in the
more liberal countries of Western Europe
is social and decorative one. Kings and
princes can be utilized to lay corner stones,
head subscription lists, set harmless
fashions and distribute prizes to charity
schools. This is an amiable function, and
has its value. No one, for example, can
have read without distinct pleasure the an
nOuncement that the Prince of
Wales had accepted the chairmanship
of the committee to prepare a suitable
memorial to Father Damien, the leper
priest of M0lOkai. The heir to one of the
greatest thrones on earth takes part in q
tribute of admiration to an humble priest
who passed his life in q colony of wretched
Outcasts upon barren strand in the Pa
cjfic, and perished by the tlow marty rdom
of leprosy which he deliberately elected
for himself. This is graceful and instruc
tive spectacle. 1t teaches that heroism, even
under the most modest garb and with the
least picturesque surroundings, can COM
mand the homage of the hightst represen-
tatives Of earthly pomp and power.
The question is ofte n asked whether
self-sacriice is worth while; whether it pro-
duces results at all commensurate The
career of Father D mien and the influence
it exerted are conclusive answers to such
doubts. His work went far beyond the
boundaries of his ocean prison, though
what he accomplished there in improving
the material condition of thousands of mis-
erable wretches and letting light into their
darkened souls, was of itself a grand
achievement. But the interest and SYM
pathy his case excited directed increased
attention to the subject of leprosy and
its possible cure. Experiments made
with the gurjun oil have proved
advanced as his was at the time it was
be obtained by its use, and the cures ef-
fected by it in the Andaman islands raise a
hope that remedy may have been found
at last for this dread disease. The scope of
the Damien memorial includes the erection
of leprOsy ward in connection with one
of the London hospitals, and also an in
vestigation into leprosy in India. Besides
this, there is to be monument erectedt to his
memory, which, if he could have his wish,
would no doubt be as simple and unpre-
tending as his own character.
His true memorial will be the contin-
uance of effort and investigation to relieve
the wretchedness of the class to which he
devoted his life. This is to be had, and
men of all religions, including many who
bear great names, have already consented
to take part. Thus we see that his work,
so far from being ended by his death, will
go on in ever widening circles, bringing re-
lief and blessing to many thousands, per-
haps, of human beings yet unborn.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
HORACE A. TAYLOR.
The New Commissioner of Rail.
roads.

The new commissioner of railroads,
Horace A. Taylor, was born in Norfolk, St.
Lawrence county, New York, May "a, 1887.
He received q common school and aca-
demic education. In 1856 be went west,
and in company with his brother, LIKE A,
started a newspaper at River Falls, Wis
consin. Four years later he moved to Hud-
son. Wisconsin, and bought the newspaper
property which he has owned since that
time. He has personally done no editorial
work since 1878. MI. Taylor vas three
times appointed timber agent to protect
the public lands in the State of Wisconsin,
holding the Office six years. In 1881 he
was appointed United States Consul to
Marseilles, France. by President Garfield.
He resigned the Office in 1883. For four
years he was chairman Of the Republican
State Central Committee of Wisconsin,
conducting two successful campaigns He
was elected to the State Senate in the fall
of 1883, and made a notable fight for the
more stringent regulation of railroad traffic
in his State. In his new appointment he
Gen. Joseph E. johnson.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-08-01
The English ROmancer Ill of a Serious
Malady.

William Wilkie Collins, the great novel
ist, who is reported hopelessly ill, was the
most cherished friend of Charles Dickens, to
whom he was related by marriage. He
was born in London in January, 1924, the
son of celebrated painter. After COM
pleting his schoole days he went on trip
to Italy with his parents. He was articled
for four years to tea merchant, but soon
tired Of commercial life and entered Lin
coins Inn as a student of law. While
there he began literary work. His first
ambitious production was biography of
his father, published in 1848. From this
time he devoted himself entirely to litera-
ture. His principal stories, perhaps, are
"AntOnina," after Dark" ""Dead Secret"
"Woman in White,""No Name" Moon
stone" and New Magdalen" Mr.. Collins
has writ some dramatic works. of which
"The Frozen Deep" was produced by a
company of amateurs, of whom Charles
Dickens was one.