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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

MORTGAGES AND POULTRY
A Maine woman tells how she lifted
a $500 mortgage from her home by
gardening and by poultry raising,
relates the Massachusetts, Plouqh-
man. She had common chickens, and
sold eggs and marketed poultry.
She had five 800 notes to meet
paying off one note each year with
interest. At the end of five years
she had her home cleared and money
in the bank. Besides, she had
made various improvements during
this time, schooled and clothed her
children, paid taxes and insurance.
etc. She said she made up her
mind to succeed, and she did, al
though her friends advised her to
pay off ''that big mortgage" This
is but one of many instances where
fowls have proved themselves mort
gage-lifters. Ofcourse, this woman
had the advantage of a garden be-
sides she did sewing and other work.
But it goes to show that poultry
culture, rightly understood and fol-
lowed, is great help in replenish-
ing ones purse in time of need
What this woman did can be done
by anybody who has the will.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

ONE WAY OF SAVING CENTS.
i heard good story that brings
out Russell Sage's laying up for q
rainy day hobby. 1t seems that
Russell seldom If ever misses the
directors dinner spread every day
in the Western Union building,
after which he is not averse to an
inexpensive cigar, and just here it
is not amiss to suggest that Russell
should smoke tobies, which would
furnish his tobacco solace for the
small sum of three for five, which
is just in his line. While at the
cigar stand, fishing around his not
at all fashionable costume for the
requlsitecoin, an acquaintance ar
rived and planked down Is cents
for an imported weed. The cum
ming old manipulation of the desti-
MES of Wall street lambs saw an
opportunity here to make turn in
the cigar line. Producing dime,
he laid it beside the acquaintance S
Is cents and then suggested to said
acquaintance to order two for a
quarter. AS the brand the gentle
man wanted retailed for Is cents
straight or two for q quarter the
foxy Russell secured Is center for
10 cents. This is a lesson in econ
omy, so there's no use saying any
thing about the other phase of the
deal.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

ana wherever there is 81. Mary's family
there you will find the
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

Henry Wilson, the postmaster at
Welshton, Florida, says he cured a
case of diarrhea of long standing
in six hours, with one small bottle
Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhea Remedy. What a pleas
ant surprise that must have been to
the sufferer. Such cures are not
unusual with this remedy. In
many instances only one or two
doses are required to give perman-
ent relief. 1t can always be depend
ed upon. When reduced with water
il is pleasant to take. For sale by
VIM. F. Greenxell & Son, Leonard
town, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

TURNING THE TABLEs.-A Ken
lucky lawyer was standing on the
steps of the Covington postoffice
the other day, when an old colored
man came up and touching his hat,
asked
"Kin you tell me, is dis de place
where dey sells postage stamps 2"
eyes, sir; this is the place." re-
piled the lawyer, seeing chance
for little quiet fun "but what
do you want with postage stamps,
uncle 20
"To mail letter, sab, of course. "
"Well, then, you needn't bother
about stamps you don't have to
put any on this week"
81 don't:"
"No, SIR"
"Why-for not 2"
"Well, you see, the conglomera-
ton of the hypothenuse has differen-
tiated the parallelogram so much
that the consanguinity don't emu
late the ordinary effervescence, and
so the Government has decided to
send Iattars frao -
The old man took off his hat,
obviously shook his head, and then,
with a long breath, remarked
"Well, boss, all dat may be true,
an | don't say it aim but just
sposm dat de esksentricity of de
aggregation Observation-Disclosures de
ignominiousness Of de puppindick-
Ter and sublimites de puspicuity of
de consequences don't you qualifi-
cate dat de Government would con-
fiscate dat dar letter? l guess I'd
better put some stamps on anyhow,
fer luck -
And the old man passed solemn
" down the street.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

You may eat cheap food aud not
be seriously hurt by it; but you can
not take cheap medicines without
positive injury. II you use any
substitute for Ayers Sarsaparilla,
yen do SO at the peril of your health,
perhaps of Jour life. Insist on
having Ayers, and no other.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

THE GUN KICKED.-When Mr..
Montague, the English traveller, was
in Africa, he gave to q native an
old single-barreled gun, and the
fellow was delighted, says Golden
Days. lie put in a small handful
of powder, and about quarter of
a newspaper on top of it. and final
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
FOR SHERIFF.

Messrs Editors you will please az nounce
JEYF ]. RE&DNosD, JR., as q suitable can
didate for the Sheriffalty and saw that he
WI receive the undivided support of the
Democrats throughout the county and
particularly from the Sixth, Eighth and Sec
ond Districts.
March 20. 04-p
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
Real Estate Agency.

MEsSRS. HERBERT F. MOORE, Of
Leonardtown, and T. J. MOORE, OF
- Washington, ID. e., have entered into
partnership for the sale Of real estate
III parties having lands for sale will send
full description and the lowest price they
viii tilke, we win literally advertise thefr
lands free of charge and make every posi-.
be effort to make speedy salag.
HERBERT r. MOORE,
r. JACKSON MOORE,
Leonardtown, Nd
Nov at
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

Please announce Mr.. MORGAN RALEy
as Q Candidate for the next House of Dele
gates He viii be warmly supported By
the 7A Disfricf.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
FOR sale.

A farm Of IA acres, 80 arabic and the
balance in timber, situate near Oakley, 7th
district, on Canoe Greek. A new dwelling
in good order. Convenient TO churches,
wharves, stores and school. Apply 10
ROBERT r. LONG.
Oakley, st. Aary's county, or
10. F. MORGAN.
Attorney, Leonardtown, Md.
Aug II I'll
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their duties prevent them from coming in
person. Mr.. Whitmer has In his possess
sion the photographs Of over thirty good
looking young men, who are pining for the
charms Of matrimony. lie Is making a bee
line for the New England factory districts,
where his strange mission Will cause a
lutter In quiet orthodox New England.
II Is a hopeful sign of the times that not
a few spirited girls are rebelling against
being put, as II were, upon the market. II
remains one Of the incomprehensible incon-
sistencies Of maternal affection that the ma
jority of mothers, however loving and de-
voted they may be to their daughters, would
-as a really good woman actually said the
other day-"rather see them unhappily mar
rled than not married at an
Mrs. Elizabeth Addison Williams will be
106 years old April 9. The anniversary day
will be observed by a reunion Of her six
children, fifteen grandchildren, twelve great
grandchildren, fifteen great-great-grandchil-
dren. and a number of the next degree OF de-
scent. Mrs. Williams, whose maiden name
was Addison, was born In Sussex county,
Delaware and at an early age came to Ohio
with her parents in vehicles drawn by oxen.
While coming westwar she stopped at an
inn where General Washington was
being entertained for the night,
ana she says she shook
his hand. In 1904 she married John Will
liams, and twelve children were born Of the
union, six of whom are living. The eldest is
% years old. and the youngest 50. Mrs. Will
liams last year designed and completed what
she terms a centennial quilt. She sleeps six
teen hours a day, and smokes a pipe. She is
still vigorous and enjoys the use of all her
faculties. A conspicuous incident to her long
life is the fact that she has never seen a
locomotive. railroad train or steamboat, al
though she can hear the whistle OF the loco
motive every day as it passes within three
miles of her home.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-02-25

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emanated in the wild and woolly' west, and
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woman who knows her own sex we'll.
Ii is that Of wife hunting. About 100
young eastern men, who have gone to Perry.
Okl., and different towns, to settle, and have
prospered, hud life very lonely without
woman's society, as everybody knows. says
the Philadelphia Inquirer, there are no
women to speak of in these new towns.
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plan. They have dubbed together and en-
gagged a MIR. Emmet Whitmer of Perry TO
come east aud select wives for them, as
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Many a heartache and many a disappoint-
ment remains after the ball is over and
a great many girls ask themselves, as they
subside into the retirement of Lent: as II
worth while all this striving and effort, this
going out year after year In society, endeav-
oring with more or less success to hold ones
own in the swim" 1T is simply because
everybody thinks that We ought, and we feel
ourselves that it is Incumbent upon us
to get married" said a very plain
spoken young woman. ID I'M
agine for one instant that the
pater would pay my big dressmaker's bills
without protest, or that poor dear mamma
would sit for me-, night after night, at the
balls, and give expensive dinners, ETC., II it
were not to give me "a chance?' We know
1t and they know that we know 1t, although
IL is not openly spoken about, and 1t is called
letting us go out and giving us a good
time while 1t really means that We are to
get married II we can"
Omaha daily bee., 1894-02-25

'In reference to Melba," a correspondent
from Paris writes, Il met a great friend of
hers the other day and asked her II she did
not think II queer that the Americans
thought her SO cold and so void of acting tai
ent. Well, she told me she wasn't surprised
at II, because Melba had a fault quite COM
mon with artists, that is that of singing to
some one she knows In the hail. and that she
warns up only on the condition that she has
friends listening to her. Strange faces
freeze her and then she becomes indifferent
Nevada is another artist who must feel a
friendly. Sympathetic current between her
and her audience, / remember when she
sang 'Mignon' at the Comique she answered
her friends by telling them that she would
sing different phrases for each one of them
and think OF them when she sang them.
She told me that when she sang Commas tn
lie Pays she always thought OF me-, because
| was so fond of Italy.
"Fo my part. | think Melba made a great
mistake 10 go to America in a crowd. She
ought to have gone alone, in better times,
with a good company, as Patti aud Nilsson
did. and then she would have been appre-
ciated at her worth, and would have made
money for her managers, II is not often
that one meets with such an agreeable
voice as Malba's, and with such a superb
method, and comparisons are often odious.
They certainly were in the judgments be-
tween her lyric talent and that Of Calye.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-06

. In an editorial that appeared in
Yesterdays Times-Dem ocrat, COM
ment;ng on the statement of the ST..
Louis Republic that the Hon. An
drew Price, Congressman from the
third district of this State, was a
native of Missouri, we took occasion
to say that while to Missouri be-
longed the honor of being the birth
place of SO distinguished gentle
man, that it was for Louisiana's in
terests he had given his best efforts.
Since this publication we lean that
the Republic was mistaken in claim
ing so enviable distinction for
Missouri, and that Mr.. Price was
born, as were his mother and mater
nal grandfather, at the old homested
on Bayou Teche, about mile from
Franklin in St. Mary parish. Thus
Louisiana enjoys the privilege Of
being not only the Congressman's
present home, but Of his birthplace
also-Timcs - Democrat
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-10-06

First Ward Democrats iu Line.
Quite an enthusiastic meeting was held at
Scott Saturday evening The chairman, Mr..
A. Dell1onme, in an eloquent and patri otic
address stated the object of the meeting and
couuseled harmony and unity in the coming
congressionalcampaign S. Begneaud and P.
o. Richards were appointed as delegates to
the Democratic congressional convention.
The following resolutions were unani-
nously adopted:
Resolved by the Democracy of the
frs. ward of Lafayette parish in mass
meeting assembled. I. We reaffirrn our al
legiance to the Democratic party, ma
tional and State. 2. We view with profound
regret the withdrawal of some of our
party friends from the folds of the only
party which ever attempted and finally
succeeded in rescuing Louisiana from the
untold horrors of negro domination, and
that we earnestly hope when the sober
second thought which ever the judS-
ment waits shall come and reason shall
resume its sway that our late friends will
hesitate on the brink before they plunge
into the abyss of Generalization which
their course will inevitably create. Tina,
we are profoundly impressed with the
of this State to divide econmic
questions and thereby throw the balance
of power into the hands of the venal,
purchasatle negro vote. That view
of love feast between white ex-Demo-
Gratis and vultures of the reconstruction
| period.
-. Resolved, That we fully indorse the
course of our Senators aud extend to them oul
hearty thanks for their efforts in behalf of oul
| State.
| -. That extend thanks to the ma
! tional Democracy for their efforts to cheaper
the cost of living for the poor man. Tha
we appreciate the action of the House on the
sugar question but a rebuke the infa
nous Sugar Trust. That confidently
| hope provision will be made to pay the
bounty this year, and for this year only, tina
their efforts will establish the Democratic
principles.
! IS. That our delegates to the convention
| of Oct. be uninstructed excepted in sc
| fair to vote for man for nominee wh'
will not stand by the caucus action il
| the reorganization of the House OF Repres
! entative.
| So. That will call upon all true Demo
Gratis in the parish of Lafayette, regardless
! of past factional Difference, to come togcthe
and make united and determined nigh
against common enemy, the Republican
| party. -
| ..Rosveled, That copy of these reso
buttons be furnished the Picayune and Times
| Democrat, the Lafayette Gazette ane
| Lafayette Advertiser