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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

Denny turned his treasure out OF
the sack; and his new acquaintance
examined it, first with a smile, then
more attentively.
III am not mistaken, my lad,
he said at length, 'this is am bergris;
and il so, it 10 valuable. Where
did you get it p
Denny told him the history of
the whale stcne.
$50 you are stranger here p the
officer remarked.
Yes, sir. I've walked all the
way from Bonavista Bay, and
brought this thing on my should
ers.'
We'll. ! may be in error OBJ
served the uniformed gentleman,
but come with me to some trades
men whom know. They will pro-
badly tell us whether | am right
To the mercantile house Of some
dealers of q better class they ac-
cordingly repaired, and after crit
ical examination of the gummy
mass, and variO,Ss tests-among
others, heat, which completely vol.
atized small fragment of it-these
traders pronounced the substance
ambergrls, Of good quality, such as
is formed in the bodies of whales.
Before purchasing it, however,
they wanted few days time in
which to look more fully into the
value of the article; and by the ad-
vice of the major-for that was the
rank of the officer who had thus
kindly interested himself in Den
ny's behalf-he left his load with
them, and then sought lodgings for
the night.
1t was q week or more before the
merchants finally decided what they
could afford to give for the amber
girls; and meantime Denny grew
very impatient, for the major had
now gone away from st. Johns,
and he did not have the benfit of
his counsels after the first evening.
But the mercantile firm at last
came to a conclusion as to the value
of the substance; and the announce
ment quite took the young fisher
mans breath away. They could
pay him, they said, q. present prices,
$3.50 per ounce; and the mass
weighed forty pounds and four
ounces At that rate the total
would be sl3,S46.
Denny's head fairly whirled
around. He had not expected over
a few hundred dollars at best. See
ing his amazement, the old mer-
chant and his clerks laughed heart
lily. They advised him to have the
money placed on deposit and sub
ject to his order at one of the city
banks; and this he did.
l am glad to be able to add that
Denny has made very good use of
his suddenly acquired money. In
an economical manner he first made
his family very comfortable at Bo-
navista Bay, and then resolved to
expend $4,000 in obtaining an ed.
ucation in the United States.
1t was at one of our New Eng
land high schools that the writer
made his acquaintance, and learned
from him the facts of this story
Robert S. Palmer, in Youths Com
panion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

IN CHICAGo.-Miff Is this di-
vorce good for all other States
Lawyer: All but one.
Milf: Which one is that, and
I'll keep ont Of it:
LAWYER The married state.
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THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

Ny windows high between the caves,
Its sash is set with tiny panes-
So quantity fiecked with summer rainsl
Some, cracked across and "puttied in:"
One, mended by a strip of tin:
And, all day long, the rustling leaves
Dart shadows on its rustling face.
As cherry branches interlace.
The house is lonely, old and brown,
Long. sloping root, with chimneys vast,
CThey made such in old times, to last }
Green woodbine creeps up over it,
And on its apex pigeons sit.
No 'gambrer hath my roof, nor crown,
Where, in the softening evening light,
] rest and bid the world goodnight.
Inside you stare, and deem it poor
You fresh from modern luxuries;
But always, in my home-bred eyes,
The room seems royal-wifh q grace
Inw0n from velvet, damask. lece.
Quaint iatches fastcn every door
Unpaneled, doors, which softly swing
To let the needy stranger in.
/ would not change il all for gold,
Or part with one rush-seated chair,
Nor ancient linen, woven fair
And checkered with blue, long years
ago;
Nor starry patchwork quilts arrow.
Perchance you think my praise too bolds
All my rag carpets-striped gay,
Were made by hands now passed away.
The house runs DER with relics small
And oft it seemeth that the night
Restores lost faces to my sight.
Ny loneliness then disappears,
The sting is gone from saddening years,
A buoyant radiance riffs Deaths pail,
And freshly dear groweth each stone
Which lowly lifts my mountain home,
Good Housekeeping.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

General Sherman is the central
figure in a dramatic incident. 1t
was at Shiloh, after the fight:
81 shall never forget the Tues
day morning after the fight as /
strolled over to Sherman's division
and beheld the hero perched on a
stump making one of the most
scorching speeches l ever heard.
1t seemed that in the Sunday fight
Hilderbrand's and Buckland's Ohio
brigades gave way at the first on
slaught of the dashing enemy, and
many of the regiments we're literal
ly torn to pieces and scattered dur
ing the balance of the conflict.
"Sherman was trying to collect
the remnant of the officers andmen
of these brigades. and this is about
the way he addressed the soldier
mob that listened to him with the
deepest humiliation "You are a
nice set of soldiers. Many of your
officers acted like bastard towards,
and | have no doubt that some Of
them are now feeding fish in the
Tennessee River or making tracks
for their homes in the North. I'm
ashamed of you, aud instead of
running away from these internal
rebels and dragging your General
after you, you should have stood
like men and died for tina. splendid
flag that waves over that tattered
tent. What in the devil did you
enlist for if it vas not to fight and
die for the Union? Far better had
you remained in your fathers field
hoeing potatoes, pulling pumpkins
or at the counter measuring tape OF
sanding sugar than act in snch dis.
graceful manner before the enemy.
Had all the boys done as you did
we'd be already en- route fer Libby
Prison or Andersonville. You must
alwaws remember that we hail from
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Washington City and
Potomac Railroad Company.

Tim. zaSls-ln Effect Monday, $50 A. M. October s. 1896
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I0ycE'S "REMINISCENCES.

Colonel John A. Joyce, whose
long residence in st. Louis and
prominent position in Republican
politics gave him an extensive ac-
quaintance through the West, mas
been employing his versatile talents
IN literature since he has been liv-
ing in Washington.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

poiitics gave MIN an extensive &C.
quaintance through the West, mas
been employing his versatile talents
in literature since he has been liv-
ing in Washington.
or the Confederate General For
rest, Colonel Joyce says:
Forrest was a magnetic man,
standing stalwart and erect, six feet
one inch, broad shouldered, long
arms, high round forehead, dark
gray eyes, prominent nose, en-
fphatic jaw, Compressed lips and q
mustache, setting of a face that
said to all the world: "Out of nv
way I'm coming 20
ellis step was firm action impul-
sive, voice sonorous, aud, taken all
in all, there was not a soldier of
the Confederacy that acted with
more CELEBRITY or effective force from
the 14th Of June, 1861, when he
came private at Memphis, to the
9th of June, 1865, at Gainesville,
Ala, where he surrendered as lieu.
tenant General to the L nited States
authorities.
"To determine with Forrest was
to act, and the flash of his saber at
the head of his columns charging
the cavalry or infantry of the ene-
my. inspired his troops with the
sunlight of victory, and they dash
ed into battle like the audacious
warriors of Napoleon on the field
of Austerlitz.
"The most heroic thing ever done
by Forrest was his rescue of young
Abel, who had killed friend in a
family quarrel, from the hands of
Memphis mob of 5000 infuriated
men, who dragged the boy from
Jail, swung a rope around his neck,
and were on the point of hosting
him over a beam when this intrepid
citizen rushed through the frantic
crowd, drew his bowie knife, cut
rope, and hurried the intended
victim back to Jail, where the mob
followed and still demanded blood.
Forrest jumped upon the Jail
steps, drew a revolver, and swore
he would kill the first man that at
tempted to enter, and then and
there that lone hero with truth and
law on his side conquered bowling,
desperate mob. There was nothing
in his subsequent career that equal
ed this for desperate sublime cour-
age-such as Winkelried displayed
when he threw himself On the Aus
trian spears or Leonidas blocking
the pass of Thermopylae with his
immortal three hundred"
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
ENeuIsHMEN AND AMERICA.
Many Who Have Been Warm Friends of
This Country.

The fact Is that the English public
men who have understood America, or
who have seemed to care to understand
her, have, at least until recently, always
represented small minority. During
the first century of our national life
scarcely an Eng ishmm Of emincnee
was clear sighted enough to perceive
America 5 real devotion to great ideals.
Oar British klnsmen thought Us horde
Of Eradgrinds and nothing else, whereas.
III spite If seeming absorption in ma
terial things, the national hfc was Crap
ping with mighty ethical and political
ideas, which the seltishness and ire
sponslbility Of politicians might some.
times diStort, but could never stiff.
Leigh Hunt. as Lowell used To remind
Us, could never think Of America with.
out seeing III imagination Il gigantic
counter stretched all along our seaboard,
and we bore Hunts ridicule with Il
complacency that was the more cheerful
because his calibcr and weight of metal
We're scarcely great enough to do much
execution over sea. Carlyle suecred; We
remembered his dyspepsia and furgave.
Ruskin empticd the walls Of his clio
onent contan,nt uno,, opr eaerifoo 10
Americas freedom and introritv. ,yo
abated no jot or title Of our yeno ration
for his prophets message, while We
stroyc to make inst allowance fer tbe
vaoarics If the bvnrrrstbetie tr,,nora.
mcnt These things il was easv To- CON.
done.
Tbe Fnc6shmon who have understood
American Iifr have indeed il Nv Some,
tbing ba.idos tbr frofb If five i,r,..,,,,,.i.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
THE FIRST CARRIAGE IN MAINE.
How Minister Came TO Buy 1t and WI,
lie sold 1t.

The Rev. Francis Winter YVES d ma
tive q Boston aud graduate Of IIar.
ward college IL went to Bath carly in
1861, ana afr aching On probation
for the Orthodox rharch Wa invited to
scttle, which Invitation ~ accepted. H
WIS ordained lu thc autumn Of the SAM
year lie Wom to bath on horseback in
company with Lemucl ~tandish. Mr.
Winter came ffem Boston where lie
had associated with such eminent mon
as Adams OTIS and Warren, himself
becoming an ardent patriot. taking the
lead IN the Revolutionary measures
adopted III Bath during that memorable
period
Mr.. Winter married Miss Abigail Al
den IN It's, and IT Is through her that
the Winters Of today traee their ancestry
back To the Puritan Maiden Of PlynI.
outh.
Three years AFR HE marriage Of the
Rev. Francis W.nt'r and Abigail Alden
they started to Wit a sister Of Mrs.
Winter, living IN Connecticut. and in
tended to ride all the Way GA horseback,
but Mrs. Winter became So fatigucd that
MIR. Winter sold one Of the horses for a
carriage and harness Il was the first
carriage that ever came into Maine and
was called Il chaisc Travelling was so
difficult that two negroes were employed
to accompany them with shovels and
axes to clear the road. Several times the
chaise had to be taken apart and lifted
over fallen trees. The minister parish
toner's thought that it was putting on
too much style for their pastor to ride
III carriage, and III consequence Mr..
Winter sold it. This Was in I'll 1t
was a two wheeled chaisc the body
resting ON leather braces which were
attached to wooden springs. Lewiston
Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
Retrigerators.

The Brownies, in a recent nightly tour.
Determined to seek ont both to assure
Themselves, aud rs whose need tor it is GREATER
The most desirable refrigerator.
And though they searched, at first they could
Any that faultless seemed to every mind.
After they'd opened it and looked il through
Until a Quincy dawned upon their view.
Now this when opened seemed 50 neat and clean.
And smelled so sweet all said, lis plainly
seen
That he who buying wants the best,
Unul he gets Journey should not rest.
Then those with ladders long did mount the TOP.
And those with ladders short came 10 a stop,
Where shelves well-stocked with well.kept food
We're found.
Which they passed down to those upon the
ground.
one on the topmost shelf. becoming cold.
Partool> of bottled port. both ripe and old
Which, made a. 1t had been in yc1Is gone by,
Caused him 10 smile, and wink the other eye
Another on cold water quite a crank
Slipped ON the ice, and Tell into the tank
And had the! not with promptness hshed him
He would have persisted there without a doubt.
Then soon the leader of the curious van
Called his advisers each learned mani
Aud when they came to hear what be might say,
Mounted box ana spoke without delay:
Only friends. we We looked this frigerator Ger
We leave take the liberty to mention
\ few good points to which gave attention
"rhe air is dry. the temperature is low.
The ice tank can tie easily removed, and so
1t takes hut Just a very little while
To wash the whole thing out in first class style"
The circulation surely is tip top;
The condensation on the ice tank cannot drop
Upon the food, for when each drop would fail,
The double drip pan catches one and all
"And now, although of good points it is fun,
There's yet one more-'tis packed with mineral
WOOL
He finished, and his court with him agrecd,
And forthwith FASTENED with the utmost speed
To tell the other members of the band
To spread their news throughout the entire land
That every one a "Gurney' might secure,
And always keep his 'frigerator pure.
And SO, with every effort to make haste.
Lest they perchance, some little time might
waste,
They closed the doors, took ladders all away,
And disappeared before the break of day.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
The Fourth at Lakewood.

The heavy rain Of Saturday put a
damper on the celebration at Lakewood
Grove as it did everywhere else in Maine,
but Notwithstanding this there were
743 paid admissions at the gate during
the day.
The first event OF the day was the
bicycle road race which was scheduled
for 9 n. IN but was not run until Il
O'Clock. 1t was won by Phillips in
twenty-five minutes; Clark, second j;
Oliver, third. The road was in very
poor condition for quick time,
The most interesting event of the day
was the sailing race. Some idea of the
intense excitement of the finish can be
had from the fact that people stood out
in pouring rain to watch the boats
come in. At the start off the Reddy,
Capt. Steward, took the head and it
looked liked her race, but on the last
mile the Challenge, Capt. Day, began
slowly to creep up and crossed the line
a winner by one length This race viii
be sailed again, Thursday. The single
seull race was won by Steward; Varney,
second.
On account of the rain the balance of
the races will be given this Thursday.
The fireworks display will also be given
this evening.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09

Which is the best American novel writ
ten for purpose? This was the question
put by literary publication a few years
ago, in canvass of opinion as to the
best works of English fiction. The al
most unanimous answer was "Uncle
/ Toms Cabin" The writer of that re-
markable novel has just died, full of
years and of honor. No one can esti-
mate the part of Harriet Beecher Stowe
in that great revolution which resulted
great writer but the woman was never
lost in the author. George Sand said of
her that she had "the genius, pure,
penetrating and profound, the spirit
that fathoms the rccesses OF the human
soul. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has
spoken of her as 'the greatest of Ameri-
can women She stood in the front
rank of philanthropists as well as
writers, and the good she did will long
remain. Her own telling of how She
wrote Uncle Toms Cabin is full of
interest:
Il never thought of writing a book
when | commenced Uncle Toms
Cabin | became first reused on the
subject of slavery when | lived in Gin
cinnati, and used to see escaping slaves
come over the Ohio from Kentucky.
ALI, me, it thrills me even now, the
sight of those poor creatures, Now a
young gill, suggesting the lover, parent
or brother for whom her heart was
breaking in bondage; again the strong
husband, aged father or stalwart
brother oh, | must write a story to
stop the dreadful shame, / kept put
ting it off, dreading bringing the charac-
tiers to life, till the fugitive slave law
dashed me into fury, and | commenced
what was meant to be a short story like
the others. But it grew, and grew, and
grew, and came, and came and came. |
wrote. and wrote, and wrote, and
thought | never should stop. did not
plan the book as it turned out. | was
only full of the wrath, and the story
built itself around it as | wrote. A
publisher was waiting a story from me.
told him the subject had undertaken.
lie wrote, saying "Y on have struck
popular topic; for heavens sake keep it
short | wrote in reply, 81 shall stop
when l get through and not before
lie never got it for had to make book
of it. While writing it | was filled with
an enthusiasm which transfused my
being, knew no hindrance, no rival in
terest, no relief but in writing it. had
young children, was keeping house and
teaching school at the time, and never
worked so hard; but l had to write.
Dinner had to be got, knew. This had
to be written Just as much-aye, and
more too, 1t was as though it was
written through me, only holding the
pen. | was lifted off my feet. Salts
fled? | never thought of being satisfied.
When it was done it was finished, and
relief came. | never felt the same with
anything afterward wrote
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
A Sensible Meeting.

The only celebration of the Glorious
Fourth in Skowhegan this year, aside
from that OF the boys and girls, large
and small, with tin horns, fire-crackers
and other explosives, was a gathering
with patriotic and appropriate exercises
in Grand Army Hall under the auspices
OF Russell Post, Russell Relief Corps
and Camp Wildes Sons of Veterans,
Friday evening, July 3D.. The meeting
was held directly after a regular meet
ing OF Russell Post, was called to order
by J O, Smith, the Post Commander,
who introduced Gen. Isaac Dyer, the
Chairman of the Committee of arrange
ments, as the Chairman of the meeting.
The exercises consisted of singing by
male quartette consisting of Messrs.
NJ. l.. Mari, w. l.. Langley, Elmer
Harris and w. f. Robbins; prayer by
Rev. Is. c. Wentworth; reading of the
Declaration of Independence by Mrs II.
y. Dinsmore and addresses by Rev. Geo.
f. Leighton, Hon. 5. J. Walton, DR.. 5.
\. Patten and the chairman of the
meeting, and the singing of America by
the audience to close.
The addresses were earnestly patriotic,
highly interesting to those present and
worthy of a larger audience. Grand
Army Hall was comfortably filled, but
this town ought to fill Coburn Hall with
attendants upon a meeting of this kind
as an observance of independence Day.
Chairman Dyer, at the close of the
exercises, explained the object of the
meeting He said that Memorial Day
had of late absorbed the attention of
the people so far as public patriotic ex-
ereises are concerned and the old fash
toned Fourth of July celebration had
fallen into disuse. He greatly regretted
this. There is a difference between the
lessons of the two days and it is in the
interest of true aud lasting love of
country that both should be properly
observed. independence day should not
be given over wholly to the demonsta-
llolo VI buuS AuiCiiOd Hpl ~ S"liiNo
and pastimes. These are we'll enough,
but there should be an intelligent,
thoughtful remembrance OF that event
of so great moment, the birthday Of our
great Nation, and once each year is not
too often to give brief attention to
the lessons of the Revolutionary war.
This theory is a correct one and it
would be grand thing for our people
to hold public exercises some portions
of Independence Day each year, and in
such exercises, all thoughtful citizens
should make it a point to take part,
and thus inculcate love of country 10y
bringing to mind the struggles of our
forefathers in the cause of liberty and
the hardships and sutferings they en-
dured in achieving independence.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09

The Bath Times is on the rampage
because the ticket it did not favor, pre-
vailed in the County Convention. The
Times is down on the prohibitory law,
and has been since it came under its
present management That paper is out
of Joint with the Republican party in
Maine in this particular. Prohibition is
a principle that the Republican party
has endorsed for many years. 1t has
stood repeated onslaughts made against
it, and will stand many more. More
over, prohibition is the correct principle
to apply to any.crime and when applied
with sufficient vigor, has most salutary
effect upon any crime. We say to our
officers, county and municipal, give us a
good stiff dose of enforcement of the law
against drinking houses and tipping
shops, or any other kind of shops where
intoxicants are dealt out to boys and
men.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
INVENTORS DON'T PATENT.


No Pains III Keep Them.
Ii You look back on the history of hu-
man progress, you VIII find that none
Of the great epoch making inventions
has ever been patented. The man who
lit the first firc-whether Promotions
or the party from whom he stole the
idea, did not get a patent for IT, Nci-
thcr did the man who made the first
Whecl-ln every sense one of the most
revolutionary inventions in the history
of man The same thing may he sud Of
the invention Of soap, candles, gun
powder, umbrellas and the mariner
compass, or, To come down To our own
day, of the steam engine and the clcc-
trlc telegraph.
Patents are mostly concerned with
small mechanical details and improve
ments-lt may be Ill candles or umbrcl-
las or it may be in the application Of
steam and eleetrieity-and by means Of
these patents enormous profits have
been secured to second rate inventors,
but the great ideas and discoveries
which underlie these details have been
given to the world gratis
there Is il general notion that II you
did not protect inventions 10y means Of
patents inventors would cease TO invent,
and material progress would come to a
standstill But history does not bear
this out in the least, Men With great
mechanical gifts do not exercise them
solely with view to commercial profit
any more than astronomers search the
heavens for new worlds with an eye to
registering patents and floating com
panies on the results of their discover
les London Truth
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09
Their Minutes.

II wonder" said member Of a
woman association, why the report Of
the secretary is referred to rs min
utes:' "
Il don't know, replied another. at
always seems great deal more like
hours. '-Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09

Siek-poison is II poison which makes
you sick. Ii comes from the stomach.
The stomach makes it out of undigcsted
food.
The blood gets it and taints the whole
body with ii. That's the way of it,
The way to be rid of it is to look after
the djqeStioa.
If your food is all properly digested,
there will be none left in the stomach to
make sick-poison out of.
If your stomach is too weak to see to
this properly by itself help it along
with a few doses of Shaker Digestive
Cordial.
That's the cure of it.
Shaker Digestive Cordia! is a delicious
healthful, tonic cordial, made of pure
medicinal plants, herbs and wine.
1t positively cures Indigestion and pre-
vents the formation of sick-poison.
At druggists. Trial bottles 10 cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09

Fun has no limits 1t is like the hui
man race and face There Is family
likeness among all the species, but they
all differ -Hol'i>---4~-
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-09

We manufacture all our fruit syrups,
there are none better, and our soda
pleases everybody. SIMPSONS corner
druggist.