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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-01

st. Georges, with an elegant hearse anu .
full stock of collins and caskets, also hav-
ing now the shop at Great Mills in our
possession with a full stock Of collins
and caskets of the --latest style kept always
on hand, We are prepared to serve fune-
rails from either shop at shortest notice and
upon the most reasonable terms All ord
ers quickly and neatly attended to.
Great Mills, the Blacksmith and Wheel
wright work will be carried on and prompt.
ly attended to-
LEWIS T. CLARKE & BRO,
Oct tut
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-01

The Palmerites remind us of
the twelfth juror who contended
tbat the other men on the panel
were bloekheads and too stubborn
10 reason With.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-01
TaX-COlleCtOr'S Notice.

THIS is 20 give notice to the taxpayers of
l. the Bird and 9th election districts, that
will attend 1T Leonardtown, Md, on the
End TUESDAY of each month 10 receive
taxes for year 1896. Prompt settlements
are requested.
WIN. A. LYON,
Collector.
July it,
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
NEAR PARK HALL IN THE s.h 6istric

DY virtue Of decree Of the Circuit Court
I'D for ST. Nary's county, sitting as Court
Of Equity, passed in a cause, No. SIT y.
E, wherein Igns V. Mckay is complain
ant and Hattie 4. Cawood. administrator
Of j. Clarke Cawood; Hattie A. Cawood
and McLane Cawood e; 81 are defendants,
the undersigned, Trustees, will sell, by
public auction, at the Court House door in
Leonsrdtown, on
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gsY Advertisements.


PART OF SCOTLAND, located u.
adjoining Point Lookout. For terms and
particulars, apply To
w. T. GRINNELL,
Washington, ID. Z.
Oct 1-mpd1
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FOR THE SENATE.

MeSsrs Editors Hundreds of gentle
men throughout the county, friends and
political admirers of Mr.. WILLIAM III.
DAWSON, present him 30 the voters Of
ST. Mays county fe: q seat in the next
Senate of MARYLAND, and, il he will consent
10 serve, he will be warmly supported by
Jane 25s MANY VOTERS.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-10-01

Parties indebted tO B. r vittt are notified e..
L.aks H1meoiate paymeI fhe recent death
~ 1870 ~. yOn , Ia Naett f==;esStates a prompt
lang vi III accounts Aespectfuily.
Dec. III y. r. vIEFT
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
The Shah Met HRed Shirt -

During the visit Of the Shah to
Europe in 1885," says an American
who was in Paris at the time, can in
teresting meeting took place between
him and another ruler. the Indian
Red Shirt who was travelling with
Colonel Cody's Wild West Show. 1t
was g curious spectacle, that Of the
Shadow of God, the absolute autocrat
OF millions, the descendant of Cyrus,
and the rough warrior from the West,
in his way just as powerful o ruler.
"The Shah was present at Buffalo
Bills performance, and when it was
I'VE wished to look round the encamp-
ment. 'Red Shirt was in his tent,
and was presented to the Persian
monarch. To the latter's astonish-
ment he held out his hand as though
to an equal. The Shah hesitated, but
the interpreter whispered He is a
king and he took the Indians hand
and shook it. He evidently was i'm
mensely amused and interested, and
it is doubtful if anything he saw in
Europe impressed him az much as this
old, dignifed warrior, with his
feathers and his primitive surround.
inga. &c was o. much OF q curiosity
TO the shah 40 the Shah WAS to Eugo.
rsAgss
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
New Way to Buy q Song.

It was at the sheet music counter in
one of the great department stores. A
man who had found his way through
the maze of dress goods avenues and
millinery streets came up to the young
saleswoman and said: 81 want to get a
piece of music I heard the other even.
ing. I don't know the name of it, but
in n place it goes something like
this: 'La-la. la-la-la.la, l~a-la-la-la-la,
l~allalla, ~lallala, la-la-la .la-la."
The young woman had leaned over
the counter listening thoughtfully,
but when he had concluded his very
trying vocal exercise, she shook her
head as if ID doubt. Then she bright
ened.
"Perbaps you mean this" she said,
and she hummed a fragment of tune.
That's it" he exclaimed, grinning.
II didn't have it quite right"
After he had bought lis piece of
music and departed the saleswoman
said, in answer 70 q question, that
very often a customer who came in to
buy a song did not know the name of
the song and would sing the air.
Oftener still, the customer would
know one or two lines Of the song and
would expect the salesman to recog-
nize the song from the brief quotation.
A good salesman must not only
know the names of hundreds of songs.
but should also be familiar with the
words and music. -Chicago Record,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
Nine Years and q Century.

The death is announced, at Armi-
tage, near LichGeld, Of Antonio AL
bina Mountsay, a naval veteran, who
had |eached the age of 100 years. For
some time the deceased has been re.
ceiving charitable allowance from the
Lichfeld Union. He was of French
extraction, having been born at Bor-
deaux on January 6, 1881. In his
boyhood he was taken prisoner by the
English, being then only nine years
of age. In the course of time the
lad joined the British Navy of his own
free will, and worked a quarterback
gun on the Queen Charlotte at the
siege of Algiers, in 1916, where he
was severely wounded. After leaving
the navy he served on a whaler, and
subsequently settled down in England.
For the last three years he had been
confined to bed; and g curious circum-
stance is that he has recently grown a
second crop of hair. which up to his
death has been plentiful and Of a
brown color. -London (England)
Chronicle,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
Use OF Glass Bricks.

Talconnier's blown glass bricks,
which should not be c%onfounued with
the solid blocks of glass formerly used
with little Succession similar purposes,
are very light and strong. They are
in fact, hollow chambers, SO shaped as
to facilitate their being put together
like other building blocks, and are
laid SO as to present an ornamental
appearance. Made in this fashion, the
bricks fill successfully the part of
double windows, with an air chamber
lncased in a double glass wall, and
they are consequently an efficient
preservation against cold ss we'll as
against heat, and good insulators Of
dampnaSs and noise.
TIE bricks are Theoretically sealed
whilf yet hot, thereby preventing
foreign substances or dust from soiling
the interior, and they are then an
neaied to increase their powers of
resistance. The laying of the bricks
is pf1. bricklayers' work, the vaults
being constructed over a center of
wood, heavy lime mortar or light &C.
ment mixed with fine sand being used
after the whole width Of the joint
around the brick has been covered
with a layer of sizing of q light tint
that car be varied according to taste,
SO as to obtain nice effects of changing
colors if desired. The glass bricks, it
is said, are used with good results in
the construction of greenhouses and
Conservatives, rs they retain the
stored heat for a long time; conse-
quently a considerable economy OF
fuel is realized Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

The records of the public schools of
New York City show that the attend
ance of the Hebrew children is more
regular than the attendance. of the
children Of any other class, and that
their standard of scholarship is higher.
No sacrifice is considered too great by
the Hebrew father and mother to keep
their children at school as long as
possible. A Hebrew who cannot read
and write his own aaguage at least is
the exception. An educational restric-
tion OF education would have no ap.
preciable effect in excluding Russian
Hebrews. The Hebrews are a temper
ate people, and the saloon is not likely
to become an element in their social
and political life. Instead of beer and
strong alcoholic liquors, they drink
enormous quantities OF tea and coffee.
Hebrew immigration is free from the
objection SO Commonly urged against
immigration in general, that it in
creases crime and pauperism. The
Hebrew quarter in New York, although
more densely populated than any
other tenement house district, ID
rarely The scene OF ssTleus bsawls Or
daatashAasss,
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
Experiments in TelegOnY.

Professor j. G. Ewart, of Edinburgh
University. has undertaken an extend
ed series of experiments Oh telegony.
Breeders thoroughly believe in tele-
gony, or the transmission of the in
fuence Of a previous sire, and the rec
ord of Professor Ewart's results will
be of very great value IN the raising
Of the standard Of ell classes of horses.
The meny apparently authentic cases
of exceptional hereditary influence are
lacking to a great extent in confrma-
tion, and it has long been felt that less
empirical data ought to bemade avail
able on such an important subject.
Professor Ewart has a mare in foal by
a zebra, and a zebra mare in foal by
a zebra stallion, and has arranged a
number OF other crosses in which the
paternal and maternal Characterization
are strong bat less easily recognise bic
than 10 the above eases.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

The Atlanta Constitution remarks:
Though it may be gratifying to our
National pride to account for the
yearly number of suicides on the prin-
ciple that intelligence begets self
slaughter and that epidemics of suicide
indicate a healthy tone of civilization,
it is, nevertheless, a matter of pro.
found sorrow that SO many are driven
by the stress of circumstances to such
extremes of desperation. It is also to
be hoped that if civilization has pro.
duced this mania that civilization will
Likewise suggest a remedy.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

We are all too apt to jump at con.
illusions, protests the New York Wit.
ness, and this is a case where a loose
use ct our mother tongue helped that
tendency along. A few weeks ago q
paragraph appeared in several of the
London papers giving an account o.
an accident that had occurred in
Sloane street. A woman riding upon
. bicycle had, according to this, come
into collision with an. omnibus, and
''the lady lost her head" At once the
report became current that q woman
had been decapitated in Sloane street,
and the following week several of the
papers declared that terrible accidents
had recently occurred, but that the
bicycle manufacturers had bribed the
coroners to suppress the reports of
the inquests!
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
A Vegetable Diet.

We never seem to realize that t
large proportion of the inhabitants OF
the country are practically .vegetar.
ians at the present moment. It Is true
that they are compulsorily SO, bnt the
fact remains. How much meat can
an agricultural laborer's family have
out of q wage of 81 q week? If a small
quantity of salt pork be occasionally
eaten, it is of value chiefly as resp'ra-
tory food. Yet our laborers who have
subsisted on this diet for generations
are strong. In other European coun'
tries the %peasantry are still more eVl.
IDENTIFY vegetarian for all practical
purposes. Even in Russia, according
to Prince Krapotkin, the peasant gets
only corn, and not enough of that
sometimes. Yet the Russian peasant
is not wanting in vigor. The evidence
is the same if we glance at the non.
European races.
The hardy Arab or Soudanese is sat
isfed with his dates, the Zulu with
'mealies," the Hindu with grains and
pulse. The japanese have q similar
diet, varied occasionally with fish.
Stanley says of the Waganda: "With
the banana plant he is happy, fat and
thriving. Without it, he is a fsmished,
disconsolate, woebegone wretch"
The Jats of Rajpootana are described
as "a very intelligent, fine race, while
both men and women attain great age.
AS a rule, the lower classes do not eat
meat" These instances, which might
be multiplied, are quoted to show that
ve~getarianism is the ordinary practice
of numerous races which are not
among the lowest, and which show no
sign of race deterioration. In face Of
these facts. the mere random assertion
sometimes made that vegetarians are
subject to ''poorness of blood must
be taken for what it is worth. Errors,
both of diet and hygiene, may be COM
mitted by v%egeterians as we'll as by
other people. Westminster Review.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

The appointment of Princess Henry
OF Battenberg to the Governorship OF
the Isle Of Wight illustrates the familiar
truth that precedent can be found for
anything unusual in England if one
only goes back far enough. The be.
stowal of this Office upon a woman is
exceptional, but not unprecedented.
During the reign Of Edward III. the
widow of the Lord of Wight succeeded
him in the Governorship when he fell
at Agincourt, and two other precedents
have been hunted up.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

An important discovery has recently
been made in Madagascar, which will
have the effect of considerably increas-
ing the valoe of that island for France.
Gold has been discovered between
Tamatave and Antananarivo, where
the conformation of the country is
very similar to that of the Rand. AL
ready twenty. eight p]rospectors have
left the Transvaal for Tamatave.
The French, however, are placing
every possible obstacle in the way of
allowing foreign p]rospectors to COM
mence digging.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

We have also fairly good wheels
With rims made OF cherry, walnut and
maple. 1ronwood would make an ex-
celleht timber for this purpose, but
birch, white wood, cypress ann spruce
hardly contain the resisting qualities
required for good bicycle rims, and
vet it is not difficult to find such woods
on wheels. A great deal has been
said about the tires Of wheels, but a
little more attention devoted to the
examination of wood rims might result
in more general satisfaction. Ne"
York Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

William E. Smythe, who is an irri-
cation expert, says the arid region Of
the trans-M Mississippi west measures
north to south as far as from Montreal
to Mobile and east to west further
than from Boston to Omaha. When
a
some cheap and practicable means of
irrigation is found it is expected that
the population of this region will be-
come greater than the present popula-
tion of the United States.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

Great attention is being drawn to
the unparalleled influx Of foreign CAPT.
tsl into Russia during the last two
years, which is still on the increase.
It has been calculated that within a
very short time thirty-6ne new indus.
trial undertaking have been started in
Russia by the Belgians alone, with q
capital of 800, 600, 600.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

A despatch to the st. Louis Repuh-l
lie tells of the suicide of a young
Cherokee at T%ahlequah, and winds up
with the casual remark that this is
the second Cherokee that has commit
ted suicide in the history of the
tribe
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
Let us have your subscription now

OF Gotham's vast foreign population
it is claimed that the people from
Denmark who live in the metropolis
are, as a rule, the most %peaceable and
law-abiding citizens.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

Among the many astonishing feat
Tres of the vogue of the hour for
wheeling is the hold which it has Sc.
cured upon public men, not only in
the Old World, but also in the United
States.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
SECRETS OF SUCCESS WITH CO.
OPERATIVE CREAMERIES.

THE cooperative creamery IN OUT
STATE has CONC to stay. writes ii. ).
Bell. OF Wisnonin. Though h'f recently
introduced. it is wei! rooted, ana - NOV"
exper;enciry a vigorous growth. lii es-
taDliShlng a cooperative system state
laws governing corporations are az
WAYS followed. This necessitates the
selection of a board OF directors, IN
which Is contained the president, sec
rotary and treasurer. Instead OF 'he
old-tine comba1ive committee on SAFES,
the hiring committee and the purcllas-
ing committee. with their eccentr1cltles
and jcaloIi>!eS. the executive owe IS
placed in the hands of II person, aI-
pointed by the directors and called the
manager.
The manager purchases all supplies.
employs the buttarmaker and all neces-
Sary assistants, makes all sales, col
lects all bills-tlrning the proceeds INTO
the hands Of the treaSurcr-SettifS an
differences between patrons and the
company; and, in fact, is complete mas
ter of the situation. subject only to the
dictates of the board of directors. II
the manager employs q competent but
termaker, and gives him proper main
teHance, he can hardly fail to succeed
in the business. Among the quallflca-
tons of a competent buttermaker are
pu~nctuality, cleanliness, order, perfect
knowledge Of the chemical properties
of milk and butter. a thorough under
standing of machinery, a familiarity
with the system of testing milk, and a
complete knowledge of the chemistry
used in the operation. With all these
qualifications, the buttermaker must
have the support Of the manager. HIS
supplies furnished must be OF the very
best; quality should be the first reQuls-
lite, and price a secondary cons1dera-
ton. The manager should see that the
milk furnished is properly cared for
from the time it is drawn until it
reaches the creamery.
An important bylaw usually found
IN the cooperative creamerieS OF Wis
consin, requires the manager TO visit
all barns of patrons, inspect the method
Of caring for milk, and see that cows
have access to nothing but pure water.
He can then reject milk improperly
treated. OF from COWS drinking impure
water. One great feature of the coop
erative system in Wisconsin which
tends to gve the patrons a sense Of con
idence, is the monthly statement is
sued by the secretary. giving ar item
lied account Of the business Of the
companled by a check for his dividend.
1t shows the farmer just how the fac
tory is run.-American Agriculturist.
There Is No nuicker Uay to get money
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

81 was nervous, hysterical; my head
ached with such a terrible burning
sensation on the top, and felt as if q
band was drawn tightly above my
brow; Inflammation of the stomach, no
appetite, nausea at the sight of food,
indigestion, constipation, bladder and
kidney troubles, palpitation of the
heart, attacks of melancholia would
occur without any p~rovocation what
ever. numbness of the limbs, threaten
ing paralysis, and loss of memory to
such an extent that l feared alteration
of the mind.
"a friend advised Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and spoke in
glowing terms of what it had done for
her.
Il began it's S and gained rapidly.
Now l am q living advertisement of it's
merits. 1 had not used it a year when
I was the envy of the whole town,
for my rosy, dimpled, girlish looks and
perfect health.
"1recommend it to all women. l find
a great advantage in being able to say,
it is by a woman's hands this great
boon is given to women. All honor to
the name OF Lydia E, Pinkham; wide
SUCCESS to the Vegetable Compound.
"Yours In Health, MRa, ]. 6. nnEs.
sszt HsrsHlaasHH, jefferson Co., No."
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15
POLLY AND /.

ROUGH looking man?
Yes, perhaps 1 am.
We amt all of us re-
sponsible for our out
side husk, no more
than q horse chestnut
or a hazelnut is. The
kind of lite !. lead
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

There Is no quicker way to get money
In pork than to keep a few breeding
sows and sell their pigs when ready to
wean or soon after. There is always a
good demand for such pigs, and at con-
siderably more than their pork value.
1t is known by everybody that the
young pig makes more growth with tie
same feed than it will at any later pc
riod Of its life. But the seller Of he
pig gets the advantage of this without
being at any expense to care for n
feed the animal. Therefore his profit
buys from him.-Boston Cuitivator.
The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-15

The value Of newspaper as an
advertising me1ium consists in
its circulation.
When you can secure the COM
bined circulation Of two papers
for the price Of one, it is money
saved!
"The st. Landry Democrat"
was consolidated on the Sd OF
March, 1894, with THE Opelou.
sas Courier" The advertising
rates have not been increased
while the price Of subscription
has been reduced to 81 a year.
TIE COURIER being by odds
the best paper in the empire Par
Ish OF st. Landry Is therefore thu
cheapest
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
What Becomes of Lead Pencils.

81 don't know that anybody ever gave
a satisfactory answer to the question
What becomes of all the pins?' but ]
think" said a father to a New York Sun
reporter, that if anybody should ask
what becomes of all the lead pencils ]
could tell 'em. My two younger chill
dren have reached that age when they
go to school and carry pencil boxes. A
part Of the equipment of the pencil box
is pencil sharpener, which can be
bought now for the marvelouslv low
price of one cent. Armed with this
pencil sharpener, the temptation to
sharpen the pencil is, of course, great.
When they first got the sharpeners the
children used to turn off little saucers
full of the fragrant cedar shavings just
to look at and smell, and now, at the
least bunting or breaking off of the
point, the pencil is carefully turned
down again. And that's what becomes
of the pencils; my children turn 'em
into shavings."
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
THE NEWSPAPERS.

A new journal in Milan is devoted
solely to acetylene and its applications.
The Melbourne Argus is now so years
old. In that time it has swallowed
many other papers, including q Times,
Standard, and Daily News. Its pres
emit editor, Mr.. Haddon. has been III
charge of the newspaper for 30 years.
William Black, whose novel "Briseis>
has recently appeared in book form.
was once leader writer on the London
News. He says his journalistic expert
ence helped him but little as a novelist,
though he recommends a reporters
career as valuable for gaining expert
ence of life.
Sweden appears to be good country
for newspaper men. The Storthing has
two state grants of 1000 kroner each
to enable young journalists to get
foreign experience, and all editors are
hereafter to have free use of ishe rail-
ways when travelling in the exercise Of
their profession.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
THE uN-KY. AND Pa.

Said DR.. Del. A. Ware unto Miss Ida Hoe
so Ga:
20, marry Me-. sweet Miss, beg. and my
hearts pain Ala:
have Tenn. thousand put in stocks and a
Mass. of yellow Ore:
La. it all down at your feet-what maid
could ask for Nor
Said Ida, bIushing: 81 confess. dear doc
tor, I love thee,
But whether I Kan. be your bride, my Pa.
please go N. CO.
Sc with Confident and jaunty air, and
quite resolved to win,
The youth went to the fathers room,
where the old man asked hi MINI.
The father had been Ill. that day, with a
sore attack of govt.
And when the youth his Cal. explained he
nearly kicked him out.
He said: What? Marry you. you scamp.
Such gall meier did see:
10. my girl a better man than pennileSs
Md.
''Your tale of wealth won't Wash. Get out:
if e'er catch you N Y.
My house I'll Fla. your worthless skin and
lacerate 20 r. l."
Said Ware: "a way I'll find, I Wis. your
unk-Ind ness to e-Va.de."
And sure enough, they ran away, and soon
but one were made.
IN. o. Times-Democrat.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-07-23
An Awkward Question.

a gentleman recently visited new
district police station and was shown
over the building by the officer in
charge. He related the circumstances
of his visit at home in the hearing of his
youngest son, little fellow of four
years of age. a few weeks later father
and son were travelling by rail to a town
some miles distant, when just before
reaching their destination the train was
pulled up within sight of a large,
gloomy-looking building. The son in
cuired what place it was, and on being
informed that it was the county Jail, he
embarrassed his father and made the
other occupants of the carriage look
suspicious by asking: "Was that the
jail you was in, father ?''-Londcn Pa
per.