Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-03-19
BIRTHDAYS.
JENNIE COUGH, 90.

NuDs1lne ga iife u composed, perhaps there
arc none that cast brighter radiance than
those diffused by the celebration of birth
days
By the girl the anniversary Of her birth
Is Anticipated with usual pleasure Even
the sixteenth. although sometimes clouded
H. uncertainty, loses nothing Of its iervency
and miriAiul ceremonial
Sine one has aptiy styled BIRTHDAYS
'sati rs" in our lives, at which we may
stand TO c 'nsides, not 9" much the distance
We have yet TO travel. a. to examine that
which is buried in the past This viii.
materially stimulate az II make new rff,rts
tar tn iuture-be the distance long or
shori-until we have ait4ined the end Of
"ur 'urney
However true this thought; our birthdays
have enSraven upon them the stern e
minder that one more epoch OF our lives
has been greedily devoured by old Father
Time. together with prrjects-completed
or, as vet unacc0mLlished
The paths Of mortals are dark and drear
enough, So we should cndeavor 10 cast our
mite Of sunshine on them whenever il is in
our power-at least once year.
II will cost very little To greet a child,
whose curtin OF life is scarcely lifted. with
the cheering words Happy birthday"
written on some fling souvenir. Or, tor
he daughter Ia coutrive some pleasing sur
prise t,r father or mother adding u her
congratulations, many happy returns."
Mud even IN ugh the sun Of heir lives be
veering towards the West, and their hair
BANNED w,.h the silvery tirts If care an
row, IA bunch 1T Wild Fl 'wers, "r single
rise bud. will rckindIe in the hearts the
flame nf y"uthfulness and recall to their
mrm ries IN NV bea tifnl piciurss OF by
gone days
Tn truth is fully recognized at Mt s.
agnes College where the celebration If
birthdays is held in great repute, AS is every
ingenious device, calculated to add new
IastlG, N The small beams that make up IL
either at home ar abroad
The PRESENT Princess of Wales. we are
i"f,'rmed, has ever accustomed herself To
dart these genial beams of d'mestic hap
Piness upon her royal household; and her
EXAMPLE on this point is worthy a. imiia-
tirn. On The natal day "f her 70, al hus-
band, she compOses appropriate odes and
teaches them to her children who reciie
them in presence of the prince, their father,
with genuine ENTHUSIASM.
After the death of the Prince of Wales,
however, his birthday will possibly never
be thought of-certainly will never be Gel
ebrated. Even those of reigning monarchs
which are now celebrated as days If gen
eral rejoicing. will cease after their death
to be observed This distinction beiungs
only To the Father Of our Countrywide
great. the good, the noble Washington
whose birthday We celebrate this month;
nd its ,ermnnency is likely to be retained
IS long as The sitrspangled banner spreads
Us folds {" the hrreze
Tbe Fourth ct July, is the birthday OF
our countTy's freei,m, and next To il the
twenty second of February. is probably.
the most important national holiday. These
two days blend together mem 'ries Of an
nnusual interest To every true American.
II has been subject of much discussion
when Washingtnn's birthday was fir I
| pub icly noticed We are generally IN
clincd TO regard the twenty second of Feb
.rUary as the natal day of our first presi
heni, hut history assures US that il WIS
well established several years bef;,re Wash
IN. ton had the presidential h"nors can
ferTvd upon him After this event. the
twenty second became a day of public re-
| juicing; aud although it is not now as de
mOns,rative as II Was in earlier times, vet
the memories IF the events which ittypiies
! will never be f,rsotien by Washington's
patriotic counirymen.
The Church, our spiritual m ,ther, cele
| braies the birthdays IF her cannniZe,i
children. but she. on the anniversaries Il
their death Her 'easons FIR this are
fraugnt with mystical significance in these
extraordinary instances nj perfect sanctity.
With twp -uch shini G example, befor,
Us, our ns'lnns mothers, and our ritual
ia q ntf :. " ID q uit> All true AMERICANS,
aud as n IN tteT of curse, all utiful aud
f,iihiui Christian childs-n to cast their
mite # sunshine fist gu the domestic
hearth and This tu'ghiuPs> will naturally
diffust itself un.iI med
'o'er the land OF the free and the home Of the
brave"
In the fall 81 1893 sam of Mr. +
Mcfarland prominent merch mt "f Ii e
Oak. Suffer Co. Cal was taken ith a
ver> heavy cold. The pains in his ch.,st
were sd severe that he had spasms and wss
threatened with pneumonia. His father
gave him >everal large doses at Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy which hrok- up the
cough and cured him Mr. Mcfarland
says whenever his children have crotp he
, invariably gives them Chamberlain's Cough
, Remedy a.d il always cures them. He
c, ,nsiierS IL the best cnueh remedy in The.
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