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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
Mystery Of the Pyramids.

Why the pyramids were built has
always proved to be perplexing ques-
ton. For come reason the builders OF
the pyramids of Egypt appear to have
concealed the object of these struct-
ures and this SO successfully that not
even tradition has reached US which
purports to have been handed down
from the date of their construction.
Including ancient and modern theories
we find wide range Of choice. Some
have thought that these buildings
were associated with the religion ofthe
early Egyptians others have suggest
ed that they were tombs others that
they combined the purposes Of tomos
and temples, that they were sstronoin-
ical observatories, defenses against the
sands of the Great Desest, grdnaries
ike those made under Joseph \ direc-
ton. or places Of resort during excess
i've overaows of the Nile. while Ans
totle says that the work was set on
foot to keep the common people well
employed and busy in earning their
daily bread 80 that they should have
no leisure for copspiring against their
rulers
According to the late Professor
Proctor, none of these ideas Is found
on close examination to be tenable as
representing the sole purpose OF the
pyramids, and he suggested that they
must have been intended to serve
some useful purpose during the life-
time of the builder, and that they
were built by each different king IN
order that astronomical observations
might be continued throughout ni'
life. to determine bis future, to ascer'
tain what epochs were dangerous o.
propitious for him, and to note such
unusual phenomena among the eeies.
t;al bodies as seemed TO bode him gooc
or evil fortune. AstrolOgy is perhaps
on the whole, the most satisfactory
that has been evolved. 1t has beer
stated by experts that the greatpyra
mid could not now be built at les
cost than sl45,2 200, 900.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
NEW VOL. 29--NO. %.

been so gentle and patient, was
smitten, now that she was no longer
needed.
The windows of the parsonage were
darkened, and silence as of death
reigned throughout its rooms, for the
angel of the house lay trembling on
the margin of the grave. Another
pastor preached on this Sabbath in
Farmingvale, and all knew we'll why
he was there. Arthur Bartlett watched
beside his daring's bed, and never
left it day or night.
Then the hearts of those to whom
she had ministered went up in prayer
that she might be spared to them and
to him; and their prayers were an
swered-Ann Bartlett lived.
Arthur Bartlett is still the pastor
in Farmingvale, for the Penitent people
will not part with him. Through his
wife, his cherished wish has come to
pass; and in his parish there Is only
one more loved and revered than the
minister-now white-haired and ven
erable- and that one is the minister 5
wife.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
About Your Boys.

Treat your boys as though they
we're of some Importance, if you would
have them manly and self-reliant.
If you would have your boy make
YOU his conGdante, take an active IN
terest in all he does; don't be too
critical, and ask for his views and
opinions at all times.
Don't keep your boys IN ignorance
of things they should know, 1t Is not
the wholesome truth, but the unwhole-
some way in which it is acquired that
ruins many a young man.
Don't act as if you thought your
boy amounted to nothing, or be con-
tinually making comparisons between
him and some neighbors son to his
disadvantage; nothing Will dishearten
him quicker
Don't think that anything Is good
enough for the boys, and that they
don't care, for nice things; have their
room fixed up as nicely as possible; let
them understand it is to be kept IN
order and the result will Justify your
pains.
Furnish youl boy with good, whole
some reading matter. Have him read
to and with you. Discuss with HIM
what you read, and draw out his oPin-
ions and thoughts upon the subject
Help him to think early for himself
Make home pleasant place; see to
it that the boys don't have to 80 some
where else to secure proper freedom
and congenial companionship. Take
time and pains to make them feel
comfortable and contented, and they
will not want to spend their evenings
away from home.
Pick your sons associates. See to
it that he has no friends you know not
about. Take an interest in all his
troubles and pleasures, and have him
feel perfectly free to invite his friends
to the house. Take little pains to
make him and his friends comfortable
and happy. He will not be slow to
appreciate it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
Eternity.

The thought Of eternity is one OF
the most tremendous in our language.
Something Of its meaning can more cas-
lily be grasped by illustration.
Take one Of the great ocean steam
ers, that dash over the waves day after
day, plowing through great wastes Of
water hundreds Of feet deep, sweeping
away in every direction hundreds Of
miles beyond the firthest reach Of hui
man vision, and who can reckon the
myriads Of gallons and the incalcula-
bic number Of dropsl Add 10 this all
the lakes and rivers and streams on the
entire globe Suppose that these vast
oceans and streams Of water were to
be diminished at the rate Of only one
drop in each ten tbou>aDi years.
wnen, oh wheA, % tLs couUriese ~
.ls, OF eternity, you'll the irst u sas
earth .nl...st stream, - "a .log
TINS &eary processl
The human mad . poSssle@l 70
conceive the time when drop after drop
ten thousand years apart. every stream
and all the unfathoned depths Of eg-
ery ocean would be drained 10 Their
deepest depths; and yet, when all this
has been accomplished, eternity would
only have begun, with no end in sight.
After all these countless ages. let a
tiny bird diminish this vast globe on
which we live, BY bearing gram BY
grain all the mountains and bills and
plains from the earth. and dropping
them into the san, one grain At the
end Of each ten thousand years, and
again what countless ages ~hat m
comprehensive duration Of time would
be required TO complete this incon-
ceiyable task ! And yet, after sea and
land had been exhausted, our death
less spirits shall still continue TO live
on with God in glory, that continues
to sweep forward in endless duration :
or with the devil and his angels, in a
world Of endless punishment and mis-
cry.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
FATE.

Two shall be born the whole wide world
apart,
And speak In different tongues, and have no
thought
Each OF the others being. and no heed;
Yet these DER unknown seas 10 unknown
lands
Shall cross; escaping wreck, defying death,
And all uuconsciousIy shape every act
And bend each wandering step unto this end,
That one day out ofdarkness they shall meet
And read life's meaning In each others yes
And two shall walk some narrow way oil life
So closely side by side, that should one turn
Ever 80 little space to left or right.
They need must stand acknowledged face
to face;
Yet these, with cropping hands that never
clasp,
With wistful eyes that never meet, and lips
Calling In vain on ears that never hear,
Shall wander all their weary days unknown
And die uns atisfied. And this Is fate
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
All Abou, Pens.


Sharp pointed bodkins, made of
bronze, of steel or of iron, were the
first pens, and they We're used for cut
ting out letters and hieroglyphics in
the limestone, sandstone or steatite Of
eastern countries. Such pens We're
also used for writing on Assyrian
tablets. The tablets were made of soft
clay, and after receiving inscriptions
were dried in the sun or baked in the
fire. In the far east and in Egypt
the camel's hair pencil soon took the
place of the metal bodkin. With the
pencil letters were painted on the
skins of animals and the bark of trees,
in much the same manner that the
Chinese draw them on paper at the
present day.
In Persia, Greece and Syria wax and
leaden tablets came into use, and the
stylus became the popular pen. The
STYLUS was made of bone, ivory or
metal with one end pointed and tho
other fla ened. The Aattened end
was used TO erase errors made in
writing
The use of parchment and papyrus'
however, called for more flexible pen
than either the bodkin or the stylus.
so reed pens were invented. Formak-
ing these pens a peculiar kind of reed
was used which was shaped to a point
and split, similar to the pens now in
use.
In A. D. 55S 1t was discovered that
ouills made much better pens than
rec Is. The quilts OF the goose, tue
swan and the crow were used prnci-
pally. Several centuries later when
writing paper was introduced ihlo
England, the quill pen was still the
favorite writing instrument. How
ever, the quill pens had been greatly
improved, aud those from Russia and
Holland were excellent.
In the early part of the present CEN
tury there was demand for some
thing better and more durable than.
quill pens. Accordingly great many
experiments were made with horn,
glass, tortoise shell, aud finally with
steel, silver and gold. IL was soon
found that pens made of horn and tor
toise shell softened under the action
of the ink and were not 80 good as
quill pens Nor were the silver pens
very good. They were too elastic aud
too easily worn at the points
In 1903 steel was tried in Wiscs
barrel pens, but being poorly made
and very expensive they were not a
success. At Birmingham, England,
in 1920 the manufacture Of steel pens
began in earnest, and they proved to
be excellent. The first gross Of steel
pens sold in Birmingham brought $50
at wholesale
They Were soon manufactured IN
great numbers and have been getting
better and cheaper all the time, until
now we can buy for triAe the best steel
pen made. Europe has always ex-
celled in the manufacture ofsteel pens,
and America is noted for the manufae-
ture of gold pens.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26

One reason way come men are %
lean is because they have thrown ell
their fat into the ERE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-04-26
MEMS CLOTHING.
Bows & ChiIdren's Clothing

at low prices according An endless variety
The best $500 Boys Suits tor 1919, which cam
not be eXcelled.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
AZZANA.
COMMUNICATED.
PARK HALL.

Messrs. Editors Il beg leave to ask
through the columns of your valuable pa
per what ia the matter with Azzana? He
seems TO be talking of something of which
he knows nothing. In recent issue he
makes the following remarks concerning
the new school near the Gross House,
"Forcthought must have been wanting.
lis true that shortsightedness-a want OF
sound sense-is often lacking in those who
are regarded as carrying the wisdom of a
locality in n small portion of their brains.
Ii what we have been told be strictly cor
rect, how true is what we have briefly said.
Query. Is il not exemplified in the erec-
ton OF the new schoolhouse named 2"
Ii is rot correct. sir ! The new school
house that has been erected has been put
in its proper place and bad il not been for
the locking of the schoolhouse door agains,
teacher and pupils in that portion of the
quarter taught last Spring, when it could
have made its full average to have brought
up the deficiency needed in that last part
Of the quarter when persons who were
poor and short of labor and labor could
not be commanded at any price-were
compelled to keep their children at home
TO DO their work in order TO get it done at
all.
This is the reason that the piece of quar-
ter could not make its average for the time
il was kept.
Now for the present quarter. 1t has
been an unusually sickly season in our To-
cality and as large portion of the chill
dren have been kept at home on account
of sickness and others to help save the to-
bacco from frost. For the non attendance
of nv own children l could produce the
certificate Of DR.. Henry Richardso2.
Next point, as to the "taking of pupils
from other schools"
Mr. James Carrolrs children who at one
time attended st. Inigo's Neck school risk
ed their lives by crossing St. Inigo's creek
in an open boat and wading, halt way to
their knees through swamp-and now
they have good dry way to walk TO school
and 30 creek TO cross and no more distant.
Mr. Jim Norris had one child attending
Park Hall School who is now coming this
way with two smaller ones on account OF
having dry walk and no swamp TO cross.
Now sirs, there is one more child who
attends this school who formerly went to
another. will not say for what reason
There are twenty names on our school roll
and five or six more yet prevented by sick.
ness. Now, allo these children, save six,
would be cut of from education advant.
ages were il not for the new school. True
our teacher is highly competent and accom-.
plished and il il is this that attracts from
other schools we are not IN blame. but fee
proud of the fact. lwould say further, that
in the present prosperous condition of oul
school we have no doubt but that il will
bring up its deficiency before the close O.
the present quarter.
ssHoping this explanation will be satisfac
i tory 10 all is thesincere wish OF your friend
j. FoRREsT FREEMAN.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
Localwise and Otherwise.

Our local gunners report scarcity of
game especially birds"
The School Commissioners will meet
next tuesday, the 10th instant.
Next week we hope 10 dispose of the
iavors of our correspondents now on hand.
The Orphans and Commissioners Courts
were in session Tuesday and transacted
routine business.
Mr. ). L. Welt is prepared to furnish the
general public with fresh shucked oysters
by the measure al So cents per gal-Ady
Read the Santa Fe letter published in this
issue OF the BEACON. 1t interestingly DIES
cribes curious people and picturesque
town.
Recently Alonza Campbell, colored, pur-
chased part of Mr. Thomas Boyd's lot.
fronting on Pope's Alley, and is now hav-
ing dwelling erected thereon.
President Cleveland has designated
Thursday, the Goth, instant, as Thanks
giving day. 1t is now in or .er for some
one To designate reason for Democrats to
be thankful
The Cacilian Ladies Quartette gave
concert at the Hall, Leoaardtown, Tues.
day evening last. 1t was in truth, a grand
affair and reflected great credit upon the
talented performers who took part therein.
The more election returns one hears the
worse il gets for the Democrats The RI,
publicans about have the Union and as
soon as they can fence it in anG put little
red paint on the fence they will have things
about as they wish
If anyone will compare the roller mill
flour of our county friends Messrs Jno. +.
and George Cecil. and Aubrey Gardiner
with other brands he will be convinced of
the fact that no bette. -four can be pro
duced anywhere in the Union than is
made right here IN ST Mary's 4 trial bar
rel will cost So 50.
Mr.. r. II. J. Magill. familiarity known
all over st Mary's as"Dick," has gone into
the commission and Restaurant business in
Washington and his advertisements appear
in this weeks BEACON Mr. Magill is ac-
tive and energetic and will spare no pains
to secure good prices for produce consigned
10 him.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
The cneiiian Concert.
[Reported for Me Beacon ]


Our music loving people enjoyed to their
hearts content the grand concert given in
the Town Hall, in this village, by the Ce-
Gillian Lsdies Quartette, of Washington, ID.
c., Tuesday evening last. While many Of
our people could not fully appreciate the
high order If music rendered on the occa-
sion, they nevertheless enjoyed !: and came
away pleased.
Our own sweet singer, Miss Linda Jones,
slowed evidence of her recent studies and
her deep, rich alto charmed everyone.
Miss Pillsbury, with her sympathetic voice,
brought down the house IN the old ballad,
"My Old Kentucky Home" II would be
useless 10 individualize. We are not uF
u the occasion, but a few who could APP
preciate, tell us that the concert was finely
rendered and bore evidence of great cul-
ture aud power in the singers. Mr.. Fisher,
rs usual, delighted the audience by his
rich, pure and mellow voice. We regretted
that he did not sing the "Armourer's Song
from Robin Hood, which he rendered here
sometime ago with such sweetness and
power.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

From our Regular C1rrespondent.)

Lewuniown Locals.
(Fro'R our Regular CjrrGspondentl
The weather is dry. In some localities
the dust is thick, and rain is anxiously
looked for.
Sickness continues tn overshadow several
homes and Captain Walter Wood is danger
ously i'll. The Captain is an ex Confed
crate and Of course he has our sympathy.
We have been reliably informed that a
comparatively small acreage of wheat has
been sowed
Heavy yields of turnips, principally
ruta baga or Swedish, have been realized
They are cheap per bushel, also sweet and
Irish (round) potatoes. Farmers have not
witnessed the possibility, but, in truth, the
reality of large crops of the tubers mention
ed. Competition does much 10 keep prices
low, and our local trade is active in conse.
quence.
Wheat is said to be growing satisfactorily.
Tha, which We have seen looks beautifully
green, vet we notice that there is room for
improvement.
Among the leaders here in extra long
corn are, w. G. Welch, Mrs. Kate Z. Dun
bar, John Combs, A. 5. Benviile aud Com
pany, Geo Roach, Geo. w. Drury, Robert
Pembroke. Dallas Evans, Walter B. Lang.
ley, ALERT Combs and John Gray Lilburn.
These planters pursue the right plan
plant, cultivate, and be independent in
raising plentiful supply Of bread Wen
put it thus: Hog and Hominy" The
farmers hereabout long ago seriously CON
sidered what sufferings might have been
visited upon them for the want Of bre ID,
and so, they have for years planted large
crops of corn. Are they not absolutely in
dependent, on this score, of other sections?
The temperature for the past few days
has ranged below the normal. averaging
several degrees below the freezing point
1 in the shade
/ There was Mass at ST. MichGl's last Sun
day aud the pews and seats were packed
to their utmost capacity. Father lyman
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
The Coming Winter.

Tie winter prophet is already around in
the land. We are told that the coming
winter will be exceptionally rigorous, and
that there will be widespread and great
suffering. All the signs Of there is any
thing in signsl indicate a severe winter
Nuts were generally plentiful in all sec
tons. In addition Ia this, some If the
Northwestern States have already been
visited by snow storms, so that there is at
least some apparent ground for the asser-
ton that the coming winter will be a severe
Exchange.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15

delivered a very feeling sermon. aDangers
stand thick around you" commenced the
heV. Fr-. land they are more 20 be dreaded
since ihey appear in disguise, and like the
serpent charm only TO destroy. Beware.
you are acting for eternity. You mus, be
earnest in the cause of your s)uI's welfare,
or experience the woes Of Tire second
death." The Rev. FIR, breaches with a
heavenly 'hction. and yet, sad to relate,
his words seemingly have slight effect upon
some. A single tongue, however eloquent
IN the cause Of our Master, Christ. is alto
gcther inadequate 10 cause some persons to
stop and consider
IL seems. so 10 put II mildly. How sad
No humming birds fit from flower to flow
er, with their bodies sparkling like 50 many
gems as the sunbeams glitter upon them,
ard the absence of butterflies This cold day
isparnfuily conspicuous Con solation, for
sooth for we see through the window pane
English sparrows, aud their movements are
accompanied with agreeable thirps
News scarce-Ah. yes, and. well, sirs,
MessFs- Editors, We mean. ycu'll have 10
strain point. and excuse Us this time. and
we will continue to drink our coffee as the
pious aTssulmqn drinks his without any
scruplcs If conscience.
Miss Olive Evans. of Miller's wharf, is
visiting Mrs J Thomas Miller Alexandris,
and Mrs John l.. Davis. of Sslith's Creek,
Is visiting her daughters, Mn. Dean and
Mrs Roland Of the same city Miss Fam
ME Taylor. Of Onancock, Accomac county,
Virginia. is spending few weeks with
Mrs w. p. Powell, ST. Jerome's creek,
Miss Taylor is highly ACCOMPLISHED lady,
and is the belle Of the pretty town named.
Waiter Bennett, colored. las recently
received $13T.4s pension end he is to re
ceive $40 monthly during life. He was
servant Of the late Col George Crane, Of
old s. Inigo's. Justice janis Roach in
terceded in getting the old mars pension
a very charitable act, inssmuch as Others
signally failed in'Going so.
Ho, Ho! Old times come again. Do YOU
believe il? Well, George Dfury told us
recently that Bob p, and Washington w,
ran race in their stockings a. ST. Inigo's
the other day. w. won the race, and of
course Bob had 70 "set 'em up" for the
crowd. This was done good hnmoredly,
Notwithstanding the ''hole" that il made in
"bran' new" V Of the Five Silver Dol
lars" stamp.
Messrs II. C. Clarke AMI w. A. w.
Clarke are the leading shippers of barreled
oysters. They receive remunerative fig
ures, that is, the knowing" mnn-the Paul
Pry OF the neighborhood-says so, and we
presume it's so.
1t has been said that "Memory's geese are
all swans" Is this so? We pause for
reply, and in the interim VIZ have 10 la
ment over the fact that "Gur1" is poor
one indeed. We will tell yor something
next week, for our girl is going TO give our
memory a jog. The dear little creature
how we do love her. She's al right, and,
in truth, she's the "p0wer behind the
throne'-that is-she hunts up the news
and gives il to US in a nut shell, and We
ahem, yes, now we have 1.-THE word
Jaw Observation-Disclosures upon what we
are told. Help is especially desired by a
reporter of our limited knowledge of men
and things.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
IT. uriah johnson. House gurn.a

Tuesday evening last the dwelling of
Uriah johnson on ST. Joseph's ST. Glen.
ents Bay road In the 9Th Election district
caught IRE from sparks on the roof aud.
together with most Of the furniture therein
was destroyed. DIR. Len. B. Johnson's
drugs. books and surgical instrument were
also burned The house was comparative.
ly new and was in first class condition.
We are told that Mr.. and Mrs. johnson
were both sick at the time Of the accident.
They have cur sincere sympathy. We
nave not heard whether or no; there was
any insurance on the dwelling or contents.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
commissicners' Court.
A. b. Sites.

Tuesday, Nov. -, 1S94-Board met
all the officials present.
John McLane was allowed pension of
$40 per year.
Messrs X. G. Combs, James +. Abel
and Giles + Dyer, committee, appointed
10 examine new bridge near Leonardtown,
made their report and report was adopted.
Resignation of James b. Adams, consta-
be 2ud district, was filed and accepted and
John ). Guy,her appointed in his stead.
Grace G. Smith, 9Th district, allowed a
pension of $15 year.
Bills against county were examined and
passed and Board adjourned to meet De-
cember II, 1894.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-15
Church Dedication.

The new church at Benedict will be de-
dictated next Sunday, November 18th.
Rev. J. w. Duffy, of Baltimore, will ofiici-
ate
The Steamer st. Mary's will run from
Solomons Island TO Benedict and return
Sunday, November 18th, for the benefit OF
persons coming Ia the dedication.
Steamer will leave Solomon's Island at
8 o'clock a. m, calling az all wharves be-
tween Solomon's and Benedict. Return
ing will leave Benedict at o'clock p. M.
Round trip, so cents. Dinner on the boat
90 cents
A b. Sites.