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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16
Couldn't Remember Triflss.

When the conductor of the Lansing
train was making his rounds the 9TH
er morning after leaving Detroit, he
came to a man who was not ready
with his ticket. He felt in all his
pockets. searched the lining of his hat,
and finally remarked:
81 thought | bought ticket, but
/ can't find il.
81 must have your ticket or your
fare, said the conductor.
"Of course. Nobody can ride free
on railroads. Guess I've lost my
ticket. aud / haven't got cent to pay
fare with"
''Then Ill have to put you off.
II suppose 80"
He was allowed time to make an.
other search, but not finding a ticket,
he was told to get off at the next sta
ton. He was ready to step eff when
the train stopped, but he had scarcely
left the car before passenger found
his ticket on the floor and called him
back.
$50 you had ticket after all r.
said the conductor.
"Yes, it seems so.'
"Very odd that you should have
forgotten that you bought it.
Yes. it is, but | was kin der mixed.
you see. | was drunk for two days.
got pulled in and turned out by the
police. had two fights. met my divorced
wife. got run over b. hack, and some
one stole my watch in the depot. 7
couldn't remember whether bought
ticket for Brighton or signed con-
tract to split 10000 rails. Please
keep an eye on me and see that I get
of at the right station, for this car
seems to be running bottom side up.' -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16
Grocery Department. All Standard Goods

Granulated Sugars, &c. Light G Sugars, ~
CofFees, IS, 90 and %. Teas, 25, 40, so a 90c
Flour-standard family, 80 so to So 25
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

g It is dry enough to work on. II
viii crush the whole mass and prevent
the sods turning back by harrc=;nr.
Plant q small patch Of sweet corn.
beans. psss and potatoes very early.
II the frost kills some Of them the loss
will be small. and il they escape you
viii have change Of rations month
sariiss than people who neglsc. the
garden till later and the farm erops
are in.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

have the pleasure to call again your at
tention TO Furniture. To young men as
well as old who contemplate beautifying
that dearest spot on earth; HOME" am
right here TO gladly serve you. How
grand thing it is for every well thinking
Young man 10 have q cosy, though humble
little home wherein to rest from his toll.
II Is u Joy 10 me to be able TO say that since
my advent here l have been instrumental
in making many cheerful home. / shall
be pleased TO furnish you in this all impor-
tant start, at prices "beyond the shadow OF
doubt" 25 and 40 per cent. below Balti-
more prices. This is bold assertion, but
forfeit q suit
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16
"a E.veps |l~


trust That the matter which i
have laid before the reader has proved
interesting, from its own worth; and
that in this way I have shared with
him some of the pleasure which I
experienced in rambling through these
quaint old cities whose history lies
almost entirely in The distant psst.
shrouded with romance and peopled
with names.
/ cannot. hswevsr. bid the reader
farewell without telling him something
of Augsburg, Bamberg and Nurem-
berg--the last mentioned being the
best preserved of the old German
towns.
An hours run by rail from Munich
brought us to Augsburg. an important
manufacturing town Of Southern Ba-
varia. Augsburg was the AUGUSTA
Eindeicorlm of the Romans, and
later. in the middle ages. was free
imperial city and the great centre of
the trade between northern Europe,
Italy and the East. which distinction
it held until the discovs-y Of the Cape
of Good Hope and the sss route TO
India.
Among the famous citizens Of Augs-
burg was one Bartholomew Welssr
who fitted out a squadron to take pos
session of Venezuela which had been
bestowed upon him--by what right l
do not know-by the Emperor Charles
v.
Among theologians this city is ia
NOUS because it was here that the
Protestant princes presented to the
Emperor, Charles ", the Augsburg
Confession" reformed creed prepar.
ed by Melanchthon.
Architecturally Augsburg is much
richer city than its more prstentious
neighbor, Munich. In fact i:s pointed
roofs and gables, its pretty bay win
dows and the simple massiveness Of
its churches are well worthy Of close
examination. The ancient wall with
it's grass-grown moat Is also exceed.
ingly interesting.
At Donauwoerth We crossed the
Danube. and passing through Noerd.
lingen, Ganzenhausen and Pleinfeld
arrived in the famous old city Of NJ.
remberg of which Longfellow has
written:
"In the valley Of the Pegnitz, where across
broad meadow lands,
Rise the blue, Franconian mountains, Nu-
remberg, the ancient, stands.
Quaint old town Of toll and traffic, quaint
old town Of art and song,
Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like
the rocks that round them throng.'
There is no town in Germany whose
appearance is so medieval or 50 well
calculated to convey correct idea o.
the wealth, Importance and artistic
taste Of an old imperial city. as it was
down to 1906 when it came into tn:
possession of the then new kingdom
of Bavaria.
Nuremberg Is frst mentioned il
history in the year 1850. AftsrwarJ,
it was one Of tbs favorite plsces O
residence Of the old emperors. one O
its early benefactors having been tn.
celebrated Frederick Barbarossa
Next to Augsburg It became the chic
centre of the German trade with Ven
ice and the Levant and. like Augs
t1rg, its importance diminished will
the discovery of the sea road TO th,
East.
Ever since the Reformation, M
remberg has been . centre Of Frotes
tantism.
Starting out alone after an earl,
breakfast at the BAyrisoher Hof,
soon lost myself completely and wan
dered over half the town before I de
cided to hire small boy to find me-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16
SIMPLY GRAND?'
Is THE GENERAL EXCLAMATION
Of all who visit the
Mammoth One Price Cash Store.

II Is my delight % announce to you .
frst class line Of FALL and WINTER
GOODS Il Is truly Variety Store. II
cannot save you from 25 20 40 per cent.
over any coEcern south Of Baltimore City,
win "throw up the sponge and say moth
Ing more upon the subject.
Toniy can givs few In each department
as il would fiji every column Of this valu-
able paper 70 give in detail all its innumer-
able contents, % win give you faint idea
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

LIKES BERWkNGER CO.'S CUTTING ROOM FACTORIES
convinced that they the LARGEST CLOTHING MANUFACTURE
ERS for the retail trade South Phdph hence WE SELL OUR OWN
PRODUCTION SOLELY dealing with all the advantages
offered WE BUY ENTIRELY FOR CASH YOU SAVE
PROFITS We handle shoddy the best skill
produce work Our system ONE PRICE and that guaranteed
be will well earned reputation goods
II you need of MEMS YOUTHS, BOYS CHILDRENS s.
CLOTHING these few convincing should always bear
and therefore, large before purchasing
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

I call your attention 70 the odd erer-
reliable Tucker, Smith & Cos Shocj,
which need no commendation from me.
But suffice to say that you can count on
them alscdgs.
~. e. A. a 0E sur1.rAl. II "a.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

R- mike. will you come in and
take q drink"
Mike looked at the man for the
space OF half minute, and then roll.
ing his eyss upward, very softly said /:
"Tot it was an angel speaking to me-"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

~ City Business Man-"At last
am rich enough to- retire from buei-
meas.
Frisnd--"What are you going to
10 r
Il am going to buy the old farm
that ran away from and live on it,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1889-05-16

Good rooms, good table and everything
first class. Give me call. Livery at
tached, and travellers sent to all parts ofthe
county. Rates low. june 24-tf.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13

South, on the lunch counters of the North,
at the wayside stations of the towering
Rockies-everywhere in this vast country
the aaky or leathery crusts inclose the
spiced fruit of the apple tree Every true
American eats apple pie. 1t is substan.
tial, it is satisfying, it is hard to digest.
and therefore it is no light and trifiing
symbol of the solid, satisfying and tena-
cious life of America.
Another thing in favor of the apple pie
as national emblem is that it is hated,
reYiled and feared by foreigners just as our
great Republic has been. Like our free
institutions, the apple pie has held its own
against all the world The French pate,
the German cofee-cake, the English tart,
the Scotch oat-cake, have all been offered
as substitutes, but on every loyal table the
apple pie holds its place of honor.
Apple pie is fit for all. The sage and
saint of Concord, Emerson, poet and phi
losopher, fed his mouse on pie three times
a day; the business man rushes to the
lunch counter fSr piece of apple pie and
glass of milk; the laborer draws his
piece of pie from his dinner pail as the
browning luxury of his meal. The hope
of the ofhce-seeker is salary that will
give him pie seven days week.
We should go further than to make the
apple pie the national flower; we should
embody in the Constitution of the United
States requirement that no foreign immi-
grant should receive his final papers of
naturalization until he should eat an apple
pie in the presence of the Court The most
distinctively American flower is the apple
pie, not excepting the doughnut.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
did 90 KILL IT.
Ludicrous Incident During Service at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.
from the New York Press

Brooklyn Tabernacle.
From the New York Press
Every seat in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
was occupied last Sunday morning. The
famous clergyman was In the midst of a
most interesting sermon, and the ten
thousand eyes of the congregation were
riyeted in interested expectancy upon the
expressive face and gesticulative figure OF
the noted divine. The stiffness of death
except for the exhortations of the pulpit
orator pervaded the huge edifce. Down
in the center of the church, almost
crowded out of sight by her older neigh
bors, a black-eyed little tot of four years
nestled close to her mothers skirts.
The hairless pate of an aged worshiper
doomed up directly before the bright eyes
of the little miss A common house-fly
circled around the child and finally
alighted on the top of the old gentleman's
head.
1t stood motionless for a second and
then moved softly over the smooth and
shiny surface The aged gentleman was
deeply engrossed in DR.. Talmage's sermon
and, for while, evinced no uneasiness
from the ticklish manners of the little in.
sect.
All the while the child's eyes followed
the movements of the fly. She was deeply
interested, and looked around to see i
somebody else wasn't enjoying the scene.
Suddenly the old gentleman's arm sho
up. and came down with a resoundine
whack upon his Uranium. The little one
behind had been waiting for this, and slid
ing out of her seat before her mother coulc
check her, she placed her chubby little
hands on the old fellows shoulders, anC
peering over into his face, unmindful O
the time and place, asked with much ami
nation Did 90 kill it?"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
Quite Romantic.

About eleven years ago w. H. Thomp-
son of Yolo, while prospecting for silver in
the mountains of Southern Oregon, discoy-
cred two lodges which gave good evidence
OF being well worth the development. But
Thompson was ambitious to find some
thing better, and carefully covering the
find, passed on and left it to sleep. After
banging about the world for long time
Thompson lately resolved to go to Oregon
and hunt up the buried treasure. He re-
turned last Friday from three weeks
hunt, having re-discovered his mines, and
located the same in the Government Dis
trict Land Office. He filed on 1,5OO feet of
each ledge. The specimen quartz he brings
with him is evidently rich in silver bear
ing sulphurets, and carries also not little
gold. Thompson has taken in three part
ners-a friend in Oregon, Bob Buckley of
Dunnigan and Charles Bork of Yolo.
Thompson left for San Francisco Monday
to have his rock assayed. He is quite con-
fident that it will prove rich. He is an old
miner, and knows when the indications
are good. He finds that the lodges both
show the most encouraging signs the
further they are followed Woodland Mail.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
yICTORIA'S WEALTH.
Her Accounts to be Placed Before the
Public.

Her Accounts to be Placed Before the
Public.
LONDON, July 11th.-It has been more
than once intimated on the part of the
Government and sovereign that there has
been no fear of producing the accounts of
expenditures as regards the civil list dur
Ing the reign of Queen Victoria. Her Ma
jesty has been accustomed to keep close
and accurate accounts, and she has given
her consent to the production of these &C.
counts from her accession down 10 the
present period. 1t will be shown whether
there has been any saving, and whether
there has been an excess of expenditure on
various items of the civil list.
The result of this disclosure, it is thought.
will be to effectually silence that section of
the radical party which has denounced the
Queen for boarding large sums of money
out of the civil list, and it is expected it
will prove that her Majesty has rendered
most generous assistance to all members of
her family who were in need of it.
On Monday the Committee on Royal
Grants will hold its first meeting and all
that has been demanded by the radical
party, and more, will be conceded, it is I'M
derstood. 1t is held that the time has
come when an end should be put to the
extravagant attacks which have been made
upon the sovereign on account of the sup
posed enormous wealth she has acquired.
The demands for the production of her
will, for instance, which have come of late
from various radical newspapers, have
been of the most offensive description, and
1t was probably felt by majority of the
Queens advisers that the best way to treat
them was to disclose the whole state of her
MaJesty's means, although her will re-
mains, of course, her own property, lust as
Is the will of her humblest subject.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
ELECTRIC FLASHES.

Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches From
All Parts of the World.
Two thousand bakers have gone on a
strike at Berlin.
The Government has totally suppressed
the Lutheran Church in Russia.
The strike among the sailors at Liverpool
has collapsed the men accepting the
terms offered by the employers.
Joseph NJ. Moody, living fourteen miles
northeast of Ainsley, Neb., shot and killed
his wife at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and then blew his own brains out. She had
left him on account of i'll treatment and
was living with her brother.
The Circuit Judges at Chicago this MORN
ing declined to modify the ipjunctions
secured by the bucket-shops against the
Board of Trade. The Board asked that
it be allowed to furnish quotations to its
members fifteen minutes sooner than the
buckeu-shops.
A Redding boy, aged IA years, named
Jones, who is not in his right mind, was
punished by his father Thursday. In the
evening he tried to hang himself from the
limb OF tree, but was cut down by Mar
shall Mitchell. He made a second attempt
in his back yard, but was frustrated.
Tuscola, ILL.,, is excited over the workings
of the Pentecost band of Mormons. They
have been holding meetings for six weeks
and made many converts. Yesterday five
members of the band were arrested for
holding boisterous meetings up to A. NJ.
They will be given hearing on Monday.
Representatives of the London Gas Syn
dictate are in Chicago. They propose to
organize company with 1000, 600 of CAPT.
tai to promote gas companies in all the cities
of the United States large enough to pay,
taking in local capitalists. 1t is said that
water. gas can be manufactured and sold for
twenty-five cents per 1000 feet.
Secretary of the Treasury Window yes
terday approved the course of the Emigrant
Commissioner in OBTAINING emigrants sent
to Agent Nell, of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, by Wright & Son, of London. He
ordered the immediate return of every man
sent Agent Nell under The law prohibiting
the importation of contract laborers.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13

Soames, the Solicitor for the "Times,"
is Severely Cross-Examined.
LoNDoN, July 12th.-Before the Parnell
Com mission to-day the counsel for the
Parnellites asked Soames, the solicitor for
the Times, 10 produce the list of payments
made to witnesses on behalf of the Times
and ali communications between himself
and the Times agents in America and
Ireland.
Attorney General Webster declined to
allow Soames to produce the communica-
tons.
Soames was then recalled. He testified
that he had not made out list of the pay
ments made to witnesses. There was no
definite agreement as to how the witness
should pay LIE Csron. Several payments
have been made to him.
Mcdonald, Manager of the Times, said
that he understood lie Caron would be pro-
vided for. He had lost his employment in
the Government service. As long as needed
he was to receive assistance.
Houston, Secretary of the Loyal and
Patriotic Union, testified that the articles
on "Parnellism and Crime" published by
the Times, were an elaborate reprint of
"Parnellism Unmasked," compiled by
Pigott, for which the witness paid ESQ.,
Witness stated that he was willing to lay
the books of the Union before the Court
opponents. The witness borrowed f45O
from Lord Stalbridge and Sir Roland Blen-
nerhassett and ESQ from DR.. Mcguire to
buy the letters printed by the Times. Hous-
ton produced voucher for f100 paid to
Eugene Davis.
Sir Charles Russell" Don't you believe
that voucher is N ]. Pigott's handwrit
ing ?"
Witness" They wrote similarly. don't
believe IT is in Pigott's handwriting
Under repeated questions the witness
presented Davis voucher, though obtained
through Pigott.
Sir Charles Russell demanded the pro-
.duction of the books of the Loyal and Pa
triotic Union. He said that he desired to
prove that the whole indictment contained
in ''Parnellism and Crime proceeded from
the Union. Pigott had been used by the
powerful political organization to concoct
the plan.
Attorney General Webster commended
that the books were wanted in order to
give the Parnellites free range upon other
political subjects.
The Court decided against the applica-
ton.
George Lewis, solicitor for Parnell, in an
Interview to-day, professed ignorance of
any intention of Parnell to withdraw the
case from before the special commission.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
A Story of Two Flags.

Professor r. A. Grant of Woodland, for
long time member of the Hesperian
College faculty, tells a good story, the
events of which happened during the war.
1t seems that the family of Mr.. Grant, Sr,
was divided, a son and other members of
the family being Confederates, while
Robert was a Unionist One day battle
had been fought nor far from the Grant
residence, which was, by the way, in
Missouri, and a large number of Federal
soldiers were not far away The blood of
the young Confederate Grant boiled within
him when he saw his blue coated foes so
near. and in spirit of anger and defiance
he hung small rebel flag on his fathers
house. A Union soldier saw the haunting
emblem and ran and informed his COM
handing officer, who detailed Sergeant
to go and haul it down. In the meantime
the Federal brother, Professor Grant, had
seen the flag on the house, and, knowing
ii would cause serious trouble, plucked it
down, burned it and substituted the glori-
GUS stars and stripes In few moments
up marched the Sergeant and his men to
pull down the r~bel flag. Instead of the
unloyal standard they saw the flag of the
Union floating in the breeze The man
who had said that a rebel flag was on the
house was dumfounded, and the blowing
up he received from his superior officer did
not aid to clear his understanding. Slowly
he marched back to camp followed by the
jeers OF the rest of the party, who said
man who could not tell his own flag from
the standard of the enemy should be shot
- Woodland Mail.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
CORRUGATED IRON BUILDINGS.
Firemen Object to Them for Various
Reasons.


Reasons.
In conversation with a reporter yester-
day a well-known fireman, referring to the
Y. NJ. @. A. building and other structures
in Woodland, said that a corrugated iron
building was not by any means fre-proof
and was very dangerous. "rhose build
ings," he said, 'are ten times worse than a
frame building when a fire once starts In
the first place, fire raging close to a cor
rugated iron building soon heats the iron
red hot, and then the framework inside is
set on fire. You can't get water on the fire
inside the building, and to throw it on the
hot iron only causes clouds of steam that
drive the men away. You can't pull them
down. because you can find no place for
your drag down hooks, and there the build
ing stands, and no one can tell when it is
going to fall. The iron is so heavy that if
by chance it strikes a fireman it brushes
him and roasts him at the same time
Now, you may think that the corrugated
iron buildings will resist fire longer than
frame buildings, and at the first glance it
looks like foolish thing to say that it is
easier to keep frame building close to a
confiagration from burning than it is an
iron one. Well, foolish or not, it is true
You can see every blaze that starts when
you are working on frame building, and
ny piaylnS your nose quickly e&Llngulsn IT,
With corrugated iron building you may
think you are keeping it cool, and yet miss
the place where the wooden framework
touches the iron. 1t gets hot and ignites
the wood inside. You can't see it when it
starts, and half the time after you discover
it you can't get water on the flames in time
to check them, because you cannot work
from the outside. Again, once a corrugated
iron building gets hot, there is no such
thing as working beside it. AS long as you
can keep a frame building from blazing
you can work by it, but not so with an iron
building Woodland Mail.