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Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
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u werl.ed to perfectIon.

Two young women stood by the cash ier's window the other day. One was an ambitious writer of verse whose effusions had been consistently rejected by stony editors and the other was teacher out of position and sorely in debt. They were engaged, just then, in commiserat- ing each other, when suddenly little brown dwarf with hump and a mourn fully patient face pushed her way up to the paying place. My dear girl, now's your everlasting chance" whispered the poetess excitedly. "Get right up be- hind her, where she can't see you, and touch her hump. Then I'll follow suit. It's bound to bring us good luck; better than q rabbits foot; never knew it tU fail"
 "What nonsensei won't be such a goose" demurred the teacher girl. But go ahead yourself" and she stood aside for the other to get into a secure posi- tion; the whole charm depending of course upon doing it unknown to the humpbacked one.
 It is only necessary to add that the ex- pertinent was entirely successful, and that the poetess went straight home and wrote Loving and Losing" which she sold today for--but that is another story, 1 cant tell it.-kew York Recorder.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
Tho orir,p of tbo nrant coose,

Cambrensus, who wrote great work on the Topography of Ireland" tells what he knows about the wonderful barnacle or brant goose, as follows: "Ihey are like marsh geese, but some what smaller, and are produced from fir timber tossed along the seashore. At first they are like gum; afterward they hang down by their peaks as from sea- weed attached to the timber. Having in the course of time been clothed with 8 goodly coat of feathers, they either fall into the water or fly freely away into the air. Ihaye frequently seen with my own eyes more than thousand of these small bodies of birds hanging down on the seashore from a piece of timber, each inclosed in shells already formed. They do not breed and lay eggs like other birds do, nor do they ever hatch any eggs, nor do they build nests in any corner of the earth. For this reason fasting bishops and priests eat them be- cause they are not flesh nor born of flesh" Taken all in all the above is one of the most remarkable ornithological opiniors ever entertained.-S Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

'NO man can judge Q case impartial ly in which he is interested, " remarked Sylverter Watkins, at ths Liadell 'I am great believer ip Darwin, and al- ways had a grsat opiAion of his cOnsis- tency until I found one or two of his articles defending and even rscom- raending marriage between first coas- ins. The whole scope and legic of his reasoning aRd teaching would be sx- actly in the opposite direction, and, I could never understand how it was that man with so great mind could so outrageously stultify himself, until I ascertained that the great eyolutionist had married his owA first cousin, and that his fallacious reasoning in favor of marriages of this kind was really ia feeble sslf-defenss of what many peo- pls would term his own indiscrstion, or at least yenturssomensss. You get the same idea in politics all the time, the 'outs' talking civil service reform and waxing eloquent on the evils of pertissnship, while the same men, di- rectly they become ins, are the first to shout in favor of turning the rascals out.-Globe-Democrat
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
coId wenthsr nna cholern.

"The cold weather is blessing which all are not likely to fully appreciate in this period of cholera scare," said W. P. Hugunin. "There is nothing which kills the cholera microbe like touch of frost, and l speak with authority when ] say it. have spent some years in Shanghai, China, where there is a plague of cholera every year. have seen the dread malady run its disastrous course unchecked for six months during the hot season. Day by day among the white population the deaths were 50 numerous that#or one mile from the town to the peIEbtery line of men four deep with coffins >on their shoulders waited for an opportunity to bury their dead. recol- lect of having often seen the chaplain recite short prayer at one grave, hasten 10 another to perform similar office, and so on for a weary round of twelve hours. That is the case year by year for six months, but the moment the autumn chill sets in the disease vanishes. There is something of comfort for Chicagoans in the thought that they have almost ar rived at the frosty season. '-Chicsgo Inter Ocean.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
nIsbon nrooI,s, sermons.

Bishop Phillips Brooks deyotes hardly more time to the composition of his ser mons than did the late Henry Ward Beecher. Mr Beccher used sometimes to delay that essential proceeding till Sunday morning after breakfast and on occasions, when in the pulpit he would discard the material thus prepared for a new idea that had struck him after the services had begun Bishop Brooks de- votes an hour or two during the week to thinking about the text he has selected for use on the approaching Sunday and hunts up few references, but he makes no notes and does not even touch his pen to paper for that purpose. But when he is iu the pulpit his discourse flows from his lips without hesitation, and with a rapidity that strains the atten- ton of the congregation to the utmost. His tendency then is to preach beyond the limit of time set for bis sernogs. .- Harper's Weekly.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
Proper Names.

Whether it is we'll to keep Q single name in family for generation after generation may be douhted from sev- eral points of view, but certainly this multiplication of Georges and Williams is confusing and of small utility Young George and old George invariably re- suit from the fond parents desire to perpctuate his own name, and no special good comes about in majority of eases. Let us have a more reasonable selection that is now customary. We need a Matthew Arnold to inveigh against our "uninteresting" personal names as well as those of our towns and cities. The mental mediocrity and laziness that has scattered Jenkinsvilles and Jonestowns, Homers and Virgils iudiscriminately over the map of the United States is simply on par with that which seems to take the name that comes handiest for the individual of every succeeding generation. Away with Angelina and Gladys on the one hand and with Mil tiades and Gershom on the other, and let us have instead the good old English names of Arthur and Harold perhaps, and the Biblical names Esther and Ruth.
 Providence Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

The many cases of rheumatism cured by Chamberlain Pain Balm during the past few months have given the people great confidence in it's curative properties, and have shown that there is one preparation that can be depended upon for that painful and aggrayating disease. Honaksr Bros, Larain, Ohio, say; ''Mr. Moses Price, of this place, was trobled with rheumatism for long lime Chamberlsin's Pain Balm has cured him. He says that the Balm has no squal." For sale by H. c. Hitch cock, druggist.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

Tho GovernmsHt Is soon to publish some interesting experiments collected by Consuls in Erope as ss the appica- ton of electricity to the farm and par licularly as to it's power in the propa- gatioR of plants.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
Eating Rats.

We have tasted the rats that have run riot in isolated wheat ricks, and we can conscientiously aver that they are both both sweet and succulent, Their flesh is white as that of sweetbread, and has unquestionably more flavor. We understand that field mice are still more delicate, and considering the simple and wholesome habits of theit virtuous lives, we can well believe it. The English man in Paris" speaks of salmf served soon after the beginning of the seige of the commune, and memory of it seems to have IT h water
 Yet the town m the ex- pertinent faig I been sn6 utter bOaA an- don
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

Joseph Pulitzer maintains a Paris residence at a cost of S200, 900 8 year, the establishment including dozen horses and thirty servants He has also handsome New York residence near Central park. It is such bright examples that encourage the deyotess of journalism. We remember when JoS Pulitzer drevs Q gsntleman's car riage in St. Louis
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
The pinerenc..

When a man leaves our side and goes to the other side he is traitor, and we always felt that there was a subtle something wrong about him. But when man leaves the other side and comes over to us, then he is man of great moral courage, and we always felt ths had ste-ling stuff in hiln.--London E.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

Mrs. Jefferson Davis is one of num- Der of prominent women who have re- gently been interviewed for print on the woman's rights question. She calls herself "old'fashioRed, and Is opposed to woman suffrage.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

A proposition has been made to con nect Scotland and Ireland by tunnel under the north channel of the Irish Sea at its narrowest part between County Antrim in Ireland and Wigton in Scotland The length of the tunnel would be twenty-seven miles, and emI- ment engineers have pronounced the project entirely feasible.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
Pumped Him Dry.

A barrister tormented 2 poor German witness so much with questions that the old man declared he was so exhausted that he must have driak of water be- fore he could say another word. Upon this the judge remarked, q think, sir, you must have done with the witness now, for you have pumIed him dry. "a Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
rnfnrmniinn Nnntnh.

Do birds thinkf' asks writer in opening an article. If they do, we should like to know what canary thinks of woman who stands up on chair and talks baby through the bars of the cage New York Recorder
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
LookInr out for Nvmber t,n,.

A gentleman who has occasion to walk with two ladies, with one um- brella, should always goin the middle that secures dry coat to himself, and is showing no partiality to either of the ladies. .--Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08

In Greece the priests sell sick charms, consis ing of pieces of paper, on which is WI the name of the disease from wi the person is suffering, and these RI ed to the door of the chamber,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-08
An EHhibItIon oi stanlps.


 this city to see the exhibition of postage stamps, which is open at the Palais de fIndustrie in Champs Elysees The first postmark on stamp is dated Jan. 70, lS40 the first Belgian, 1SI7, and the first French January, lS49 One of the pearls of the exhibition from an anna teur's standpoint is the North American collection It comprises the secession Etamps with the thirteen stars, the tamps struck previous to the civil war md since, and those issued in 1869 and 1875 in which there are the heads of Washington, Franklin and Lincoln tnely executed. n spread eagle, Ken ucky horse, steamer, the landing of Columbus, the reading by the fathers of the republic of the Declaration of Independence, and the whole series of twenty-four stamps of from one to ten cents.
 This series is more classical than the others. America on the dome of the Capitol leads of. She has round her Justice; Ceres, with an armful of Indian corn; Clio, for the United States have made and are making history; Minerva, for Frankliuesque wisdom is honored iu the States Vesta, America being a country where nearly every one seeks happiness in marriage, and Hebe, who symbolizes the fine time enjoyed by American young girls. The "boss' stamp is one worth sixty dollars and figures Minnehaha.
 There are l82 different kinds of French stamps, including those of the mother country and the colonies. Of the former there are only eleven series The most rare is the yermilion one franc series of 1S49, which is worth 260 francs. Ma poleon III had 1t reprinted for an album of the prince imperial, but it did not go through the postollice. There are G,000 varieties in the exhibition. Paris Letter
 A Quaint Old Austrian Custom.
 The quaint old Austrian custom of a bride being cast of, as it were, by her sountrymen when she takes to herself a foreign husband, was an interesting fea- ture at the recent marriage of the Arch duchess Louise of Tuscany The arch duchess entered tho church followed by long train of royal and noble Austrian ladies. They stood in a semicircle around her until the moment the bride groom placed the ring upon her finger; then they turned and left her, for she was no longer a countrywoman of theirs. For moment the princess stood alone unattended; then a number of Saxon ladies ranged themselves behind her she had become Saxon.
 At the marriage of Marie Antoinette this custom, which in her case was ob. served only on the French frontier, had a pathetic denouement. When the Aus trian ladies attempted to leave the new Dauphiness of France she refused to be left, and as if foreseeing what her fate would be in her adopted country clung to them and entreated them to take her back to Austria again. Actual force had to be used to separate her from her attendants.-ParisL Letter
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16

ne lection nov i ober. and de 'pubIicans
And ask fer yer attention, to tell yer
how twOs dun,
IL wasent by dc voters Of de 'pubIicans
but, Dy sneaker varments, who he'd bet
ter staid at home.
Dey called derseIves good democra,s ak
weeks ago or more,
And az de primary election, dey loudly
did hurrah:
But because dey did not nominate. some
men dey had In view,
Dey whetted up der little knife, de nom.
inees TO slew.
On de Seventh of November, desc men In
srrant style,
Game forth 10 greet de candidates. and
ON each Of dem did smile.
But when dey went 20 cast de vote. which
was ON de secret plan,
Dey wild der little bIotin pad, Stable each
and every man.
Yet, twill not matter in the least 10 them
II we Judge the future by de past.
Day'll not be ostracised by democrats.
nor viii dey be ou,cast.
But invited 10 de festive board. (not 10 a
simple stew
To gather crumbs Of comfort, and git de
loaves and fishes too
Ii pears TO me as if some folks, take mighty
long 10 see
DE difference atween dishonesty, and
true democracy.
When de fatted calf is kilt yer know the
latter's KEEP at home,
DE frst kind gifts de buttered toast, and
de pickings on de bone.
PoToMAc.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16

Personal.-In its issue of November IL,
1898, the Maryland Journal prints an ex-
eel ent picture of DIR Henry J. Hebb, Reg
lister of Wills elect for Baltimore County.
DIR Hebb is a native Of St Mary's county,
and was born in 1s42 on the old family
estate, Town HILL" on he Potomac River,
about miles from LeOnardtown, the county
seat, aud is 81 years old. He was educat-
at Charlotte Hall Academy, st. Mary's
county, aud graduated in medicine in 1873
at old Washington College, now the Col
legc of Phys iaDs and Surgeons, Baltimore.
He settled at Randallstown, where he has
ever si#ce been in active practive. He was
elec'ed Treasurer and Collector Of Taxes
for Baltimore County in 1885, and admin
istered the duties of that important Office
with the very highest credit To his county,
as well as to himself. He has been Chair
man Of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Baltimore County upon two off
ferent occasions, and at present holds that
important position. He was Chairman q
the Board of Supervisors OF Election in the
election of 1892 DIR. Hebb married a
daughter of Mr. John 5. Hays, of the 18th
District, Baltimore county, in 1891. They
have two children, a boy 10 and girl 4.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16
Southern Narylard.-A corresponds

Southern 1aryland.-A correspondent
ofthe Baltimore Sun, writing from La Plata,
Charles county, has the following to say of
our railroad and telephone schemes:
The Washington and Potomac Railroad
formerly known as the Southern Maryland
which has been surveyed and graded for
nearly its entire length. ought to be finished
and the indications are that il must attract
the attention of capitalists before long. Ii
was built for twenty miles from Brandy
wine, in Prince Georges county, to Me-
chanicsville, in ST. Mary's county, some
years ago and has been irregularly operated
ever since. When it is finished from Brandy
wine 10 Washington, seventeen miles, and
from Mechanicsville tn Point Lookout.
about forty miles, it will pass through Sec
ton not only attractive, but containing some
Of the very finest farming lands in the State.
4 telephone line from Brandywine, the
junction of the Washington and Potomac
Railroad with the Pope's Greek branch of
the Baltimore and Potomac to Leonardtown
will be built shortly, and then the residents
along its route will be in easy communica-
ton with the rest of the world The Wash
ington and Potomac Road is also about to
get a contract for carrying the mail, and
this, too, will improve matters, for no one
who has not spent some time in Southern
Maryland can have an idea of what it is to
be so near to Washington and Baltimore
aud yet be so completely shut out, as are
residents, BY the lack ofproper mail service.
From parts OF st. Mary's it is impossible to
get reply to letter in less than five days,
ard the people are looking hopefully for
the time when these things will be changed
by the building Of the road and the tele-
phone line.
Considerable impetus has been given n
Ghe freight business of the Washington and
Potomac Railroad by the demand for poplar
wood, to be used in the manufacture of
paper at Wilmington, Del At almost
every station and siding there are large
piles of the wood awaiting shipment, which
is moved as rapidly as possible. Passenger
traffic Is daily increasing. Capitalists are
weekly inspecting the road and considering
its worth as an investment, and il is thought
that at an early day it will be bought and
pushed forward from Washington to its
terminus at Smiths Creek. near Point
Lookout From Smiths Greek ferry has
beeh suggested to transfer passengers to q
point in Northumberland County, Va, 20
connect with railroad which as yet il on
paper only, tn traverse the tide water
counties of the Virginia peninsula between
the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers
If this is consummaied there will be an
immense territory of great value opened to
the markets of Baltimore, Washington and
the North.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16
Loealwiss and Otherwise.

The Commissioners and Orphans Couris
were in session Tuesday and transacted
routine business
Up to 12 m, Wednesday, Circuit Court
Clerk Greenwell had issued $50 Licences
to Tong for Oysters.
Mr. Daniel Combs, son Of Hon. Robert
G. Combs, is quite sick at bis fathers res
idence, near this town We wish him q
speedy recovery.
Tuesday last. Jeremiah Jordan, while
throwing hay from loft 10 his hone
slipped and in falling painfully strained
his arm. DR.. Combs rendered the neces-
sary attention.
We are in receipt OF several favors of
correspondents, and Of copy Of an inter-
esting and instructive lecture recently de-
livered at Charlotte Hall Academy. We
hope TO make room for them In our next
paper.
As soon as their commissions are re-
ceived, we presume our newly elected
county officials will qualify. The new
Board of County Commissioners viii con-
sist of Messrs. Turner and Tennison, dem
ocrais, and Arthur G. Combs. republican.
Mr.. Combs win hold for years; Mr.. Ten
nison for 4; and Mr.. Turner for 2.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16

Hvmerial.-George G. Thompson and
Mary Agnes While were married at St
Alpysius Church LeonaIdtowu, Monday,
November - 1893, Rev Father Mandalari.
S. J. officiating. Many friends of the
young couple were present and witnessed
the ceremony and all united in wishing
them happiness and prosperity. The bride
was becomlngly dressed in white silk with
hat and gloves TO match, and the groom
wore the conventional black suit. Miss
While sister of the bride was first lady and
Mr.. Robert Loker was best man. In the
evening q pleasant company assembled at
the brides fathers aud partook of an ele-
CANT and sumptiOus supper. One of the
features Of the wedding was the presence
OF the brides grandfather who, though n
patriarch in years, is still hale and hearty
and was as lively as the liyelest of a merry
and happy gathering.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-11-16


II l. gratifying to note that there are few
weak kneed democrats in St. Inigo's dis
tricL The party did its whole duty on the
7sh instant. and although, Mr.. Wilkinson
u elected. me know that be il soreiy sur
prise TO zee his sanguine hopes fall 10 the
ground. lie expected the district 10 give
him al least 100 majority. which il failed TO
DO. Per cortra, IL gave Mr.. King major
itY, and we entertain the opinion If demo
Gratis had performed their duty throughout
the county As well IS we did il here in the
Old First, throwing up hats. getting drunk,
etc, BY members Of the opposite party
would not have taken place. We trust
that those who helped 10 defeat their party
may survive a sufficient time to discern
their great error.
Mr.. VIM. Yeatman, keeper Of Point
Lookout Light house, had his barn con-
tanning IS barIels Of corn, 1900 bundles OF
fodder. and farming utensils destroyed by
IRE few nights ago. II is supposed TO be
the work Of incendiary.
Wheat Is looking well and a large acre
age has been sowed.
Corn is selling for $l.25 per Dbl, short,
and long for $3.50 ditto.
The Irish potato crop is fine, the yield
exceeding all expectations.
Wild geese are plentiful. and ducks
swarm The creeks
OgGferuaa - Arsnr n "a. h.....-.. -
to date. From 30 cents 70 $i.I0 per bushel
i being paid by buyers.
Merchants are hoping for better times 10
occur. AT present it is dull with thea.
A rumor is going the rounds that mar
rage or two viii take place soon, and sad
faces are 10 be seen in consequence.
Captain w. T. West, salesman for the
firm Of Powell and West, is travelling North
in the interest of their business. They are
large buyers and shippers of oysters.
There was Masa at st. Michal's Church
last Sunday, and large congregation, as
usual, was present
Mr. John Smith has rented Bushwood
farm, Plowden's wharf, for the ensuing
year, and Dr. Miles will move to the Rich.
ardsca farm near the Confederate Gene
terry, at an early day. Geo Bohanan, Esqr..
will take charge Of the farm to be vacated
by the doctor. 1t belongs TO Ignatius
Mckay, of Park Hall.
lnclement weather more or less prevails.
The wind is principally from the North
East, and is unpleasant to ones feelings.
No flowers, no birds and, alasl our girl
has-well, she loves another fellow, and
we are sad indeed, such is lifel We
couldn't coDjugate love if we tried to do
SD, so we are TO be pitied, do you not think
so, Messrs. Editors?
AZZANA