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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

the first indications of the new
land on Friday, when birds visited
his ships, and on Friday, October
Is, 1892, he discovered land. On
Friday he planted the cross on the
soil of the New World. On Fri
day, October 10, he sent his official
announcement of his return in the
month Of April. He entered Bar
celona in triumph on Friday. On
Friday, November 16, he found q
cross planted by an unknown hand
on deserted island in the sea of
Nortre Dame. On Friday, Novem-
Der 90, he planted a cross in Puer-
to-Santo, and on Friday, Jan. 4, he
set sail for Spain. 1t was on Fri.
day his fleet caught q phenomenal
stock Of fish. On Friday. February i6, he sue
cessfully passed through fearful hurricane.
On Friday, March s, he received an invitation
from former enemy. the king OF Portugal, to
dine with him. On Friday, March l6 he enter.
ed Palos like n conqueror. Fourteen success
sive Fridays of such distinguished note should
make the day lucky one.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

A THRIFTY LANDLoRD.-It is
said that the secret of success in
bookkeeping lies in letting moth
ing 60 to waste, and in taking ad-
vantage of small opportunities.
This may be a good rule, but il
seems that 1t may be carried too
far. A commercial traveller in the
hardware line reports to his trade
journal case OF adoption which
appears trifle extreme.
He was in a hotel in a North
Carolina town of some size. and
wanted bath. He rang a bell and
asked if the house had any bath
tubs.
Yes, sab nice ones, sah,' ans
wered the waiter. He vent away
and presently returned, bearing on
his shoulders a coffin with silver
plated handles and lid all complete.
what do you mean by bringing
that in = asked the traveller.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
tTHE ESD.l

eB- Not a few who read what Mr.. Rob.
ert Rowls, of Holland, Va, has to say be.
low, will remember their own experience
under like circumstances: Last winter
1 had Ia grippe which left me in a low
state of health. tried numerous RENE
dies, none Of which did me any good,
until l was induced to try a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The
first bottle of it so far relieved me that
| was enabled to attend to my work, and
the second bottle effected cure" For
sale at % and 30 cents per bottle by VIM.
+. Greenwell & Son, Leonardtown; Jos.
5. Matthews, Valley Lee, and all coun.
try stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
Testimony Ter Public Benefit

Mr.. Oliver a. Horner, Cashier Oft the
Banking House of Amman, Horner *
Co., Einmittsburg, Md, and Comman-
der Dept. Md, q. A. R., says
''It affords me great pleasure to
recommend 'Honey-Tolu' for Coughs,
Colds, Hoarseness, &c. have used
this valuable remedy il rIy family
which gave speedy relief ii all cases
and most eheerlully recommend il
to the general public as mos.
efficient remedy"
Mr.. 7. W. Hobbs, al Hopkins Place,
Baltimore, Md, testifes as follows:
1T affords me much pleasure to say
that have tried 'Honey-Tolu' in nv
family for Coughs and Colds, etc
with perfect satisfaction. It acts like
charm, its good effects being felt
from the first dose; so cheerfully rec
onimend IL to everyone needing n re,
liable remedy for coughs and colds /"
Mr.. ]. Edw. Wolf, of I2S ". Mount
ST., Baltimore, Md, the Sec'y of Ideal
Council, No. 70, Jr. o. u. 4. NJ says
1t gives me pleasure to testify to
the merits of 'Houey-Tolu.' which /
consider the most valuable remedy
ever offered the public; and one that
~ constantly OAl CNGIY
family. When our baby was quite
young it was attacked by an aggra-
waited cough, which was exceedingly
annoying and the source Of much
solicitude to us. A number of "old
time" remedies were resorted to, but
all without effect. During the past
winter Group prevailed In our midst,
and he had 1t in a fully developed
form; and 1t would have gone %ery
hard with him, but was fortunate
enough to hear of 'Honey-Tolu,' of
which I procured a bottle. After a
very short trial 1t proved effective, re-
lieving him at once and before the
bottle was used the cough had entirely
disappeared"
Honey TOIu.
sold by all Dealers, Iarre Rottles- a,c
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

. Many merchants are well aware
that their customers are their best friends
anG take pleasure in supplying them
with the best goods obtainable As an
instance we niention Perry & Cameron,
prominent druggists of Flushing, Mich
igan. They say: I'VE have no hesita-
ton in recommending Chamberlain
Cough Remedy to our customers, as it
is the best cough medicine we have ever
sosz anfv<sIways. gives satisfaction"
For sale = ~ and go cents per bottle by
William 7. GreenweIl s Son, Leonard
town; Joseph 8. Matthews, Valley Lee,
and all country stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

Oats Dc bsff-tub, sah,' said the
waiter.
The bath-tub:'
Yes sah. You see, sab, de
laindlo'jd he used to be in de un-
dertaking business, sab, an he had
lot o. collins on ham, when he
sol ont an took dis hotel. His
son il in de- tinsmiff business, sab,
so don had de collins lined wild tin,
sab, and dey make berry nice baff-
tubs, sah- Try it, sab you'll like
it,
The traveller conquered his re-
pugnance, opened the coffin lid,
and found the strange bsth-tub
nicely lined with tin. He took a
bath, bat declared that he did not
feel just right about it.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
TERRIFIC BATTLES.

Capt. McGriffin in the New York
Mail and Express: A layman has
no conception of the awful nature
of battle in modern naval vessels.
Even the cruisers have steel sides,
and the air of the Enclosed spaces
is very confined, The din made
by the impact of heavy projectile
against the metal sides is awful be-
yond description. | wore cotton
in my ears, but in spite. of that
am still deaf from that cause. The
engineers in the Chen Yuen stuck
to their work even when the tenn
perature OF the engine-rooms was
above 200 Fahrenheit. The skin
Of our hands and arms was actually
roasted off, and every man was
blinded for life, the sight being
actually scared out.
Late in the action, after my hair
had been burned off and my eyes
so impaired by injected blood that
| could only see out of one them,
and then only by lifting the lid
with my fingers, | was DESTROYS of
seeing how the enemy was' deliver
ing his fire. As CROPPED my way
around the protected deck a 100
pound shell pierced the armor about
eighteen inches in front of my
hand. In a second my hand
touching the steel was SO burned
that part of the skin was left upon
the armor. That shows how in
tense is the heat engendered by the
impact of shot and how rapidly
the steel conducts that heat.
One she'll struck an open gun
shield of the Chen Yuen early in
the action. and glancing thence,
passed through the open port. Sew
en- gunners were killed and fifteen
wounded by that shot. Early in
the fight the Maxim gun in our
foretop was silenced. The holes
pierced by a shell could be seen
from the deck. After the fight we
found the officer and men on duty
there all dead and frightfully
mangled. That one shell had
wrought the havoc.
The detonatious of the heavy
cannon and the impact of hostile
projectiles produce conclusions that
actually rend the clothingoff The
Chinese soldiers deserve all credit
for their courage and obedience in
that action. No duty was too diff.
ficult or dangerous. When the
Chen Yuen's forecastle was ablase
from Jap shells ordered several
officers to cross the shell-swept
place to fight the fire. They shirk-
ed that duty. but when l called
upon the men to volunteer to fol-
low me they did it promptly, and
the ship was saved. 1t was while
on this duty that a shell passing
between my legs threw ME aloft
and let me down upon the deck
with such violence that ! became
unconscious and was out of the
fight. All of the officers, however,
were not towards. On my ship
were several who had been educated
in this country, and they were as
brave and devoted as men could be.
Others, however, were in the safest
place they could find amidship.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
TIMING.

THIS is TO not fy the public, that I hs;,s
L taken up the tin business of NV faths,
the late John L. Welt, and I am nrsns -
to do all kinds of Tin Work, such a a.
Ing, Spouting. Gas:ering, Reuai,l,.s .o oi,
everything In the line of Tin Wc,s- sno
KEMPER A, viFTr
aarch 26-sft iI'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

80 Eliza Jane-What yo' got,
Rastus?
Erastus-Duck.
Eliza Iane-Am il q wild one ?
Erastus-Guess tits honey tuck
me twenty minutes to cotch il.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
Saint Maru's Beacon
(Continued from fst Page

Aunt Marjorie's room, which now
is so empty and SO desolate and yet
30 full of memories.
l am very sorrowful tonight, for
/ sadly miss that fond welcome
which had ever been mine
With q loving hand touch each
familiar object ss pass, and at
last stop beside the chair where last
she sat. There are tears in my
eyes, and Harvard, who has follow
ed me, seeing them, tries to draw
me away, but shake my head
mournfully while pointing to the
open page Of her diary, and togeth-
er we read the history Of her life,
the unfinished history, and later,
when my tears have ceased flowing,
under my husbands comforting
words, take up the pen she laid
aside two years ago tonight to close
that record.
tits New Years morn, and spring
ing from my bed, ! slip on my dress
ing gown and cross the hall to Aunt
Marjorie's room.
"A Happy New Year, Aunty.'
There Is no answer and l advance.
why, Aunt Marjorie, up and
dressed already?'
She was sitting before her desk,
her head bent slightly forward, and
as there is no reply ] think she must
be sleeping.
The early morning sunshine
comes through the half open drape-
ries at the window and fall in o
stream Of light across the room and
upon white still face. How rigid,
how CHASTITY! She must be iii. /
stopped forward to kiss her. My
hand touched hers. Il was cold as
ice, and | cry aloud, while a great
fear is numbing my heart.
The sound Of my voice reaches
other ears, and soon the room is
filled with frightened servants. l
hear them weeping around me while
using restoratives which avail moth.
ing. / do not shed tears, but
crouch dazed and white beside that
form.
The doctor has been summoned,
and when he enters | struggle to
my feet. He gazed sorrowfully
down upon the silent figure and
lays his hand upon her. Il thought
it would be like this he said, shak-
ing his head sadly.
l fall upon my knees. cdr.
Marmeon, do something for her
save her =
lie looks kindly into my face.
my child, l cannot; she has been
dead for hours
Dead! while l slept and dreamed +;
oh, Aunt Marjorie p
/ clutch wildly at her hand and
try to rub life into it. As l do so
a crumpled piece of paper falls to
the floor. Later, when they try to
take me away, pick it up as if I
feel it might solve the mystery, and
after smoothing it out, read the few
words written upon it.
To me they seemed of but little
Importance in my deep sorrow, but
now l know what they had been to
her. The letter was from some one
IN India, very brief, only stating
the death Of General Cuthbert Lin
sey. Oh, to think Of her sad, sad
life, and the love she gave up for
my sake! Until / read her histo.
ry, how little ! dreamed Of her sac
rifice, for the past she had kept from
me.
All, you were nearer to him that
New Years eve than you dreamed
Of Aunt Marjorie. He must have
been then waiting for you at the
golden gate when the Fathers hand
took the.pen from your tired fing-
ers and to the story of your life
wrote Finis.
firm vNn
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

SOMETHING OF A STRAIN.-sSo
you do not think a minister ought
to ride bicycle
No; didn't cay that at all.
But | do think he ought not to
tackle it unless be is sure his relig-
ION can stand the strain of learn
ing
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
FARMS WANTED.

If parties having farms forsale will send
description and prices to the undersigned
or call III person, IL will be 70 their advan-
tsge. have now orders for several farms
4 9 i4--tf 10 p MORGAN
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

NOTICE 70 TAxpAyrRs.

On and after MONDAY, July 10th. the
undersigned win attend each month ss
follows Tor the collection Of taxes:
Mechaniescizk, ard M,x.,c.
CADptce, ~ T.,ss,s.s.
4izSstosca, srd Ws,s.ss,,,s.
j. WESLEY TTPPRTT.
July le-gI Coaeeker
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
The Daily and Sunday Record

With their several inimitable and
always Instructive features in addition
to the days news from all the world.
are now almost unrivaled in circula.
ton as in good qualities With an ay-
erage daily circulation of over 166, 900
copies. and an average of 120, 600 on
Sundays, "The Record is still, regard
less OF ell Imitation, easily q leader OF
leading newspapers. A paper so good,
with 10 to Il pages for one cent, IS still
very properly a favorite. Though low
in price, IL Is never cheap, but spares
no expense that will give its readers
the very best end freshest information
OF all that's going on around them
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
THE DAILY EDITION

OF ''The Philadelphia Record" is sent by
mail for $3 per year. or IS cents per month.
The price of the daily and Sunday issues
tOTetheF
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

VIII run freight, such as corn, wheat,
totacco and other imperishable cargo, from
fotomac river or Chesapeake Bay TO Bal.
limoEe as follows:
Lots under 500 bushels grain, 8. cents
Over this number OF bushels.
Lots Of hhds. tobacco, 400
Oysr ., 90 cents
viii endeavor 20 deliye. ali freight with
despatch and in good condition. Write 10
w. p. POWELL,
may sl-us Ridge, Md.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
EvERY rAY N TIE YEAR

Holidays and al, Is O. per year. or 25 cts.
per month. Address the Record Publish
Ing Company, Record Building, Philadel-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
Honey
ID by all Dealers. Large Bottles, CSC.
The Compliment

AA0 OVAApAAAAVuS
~~@~n~z.z~z~um
OF imitation has 20 frequently been
paid by ifs contemporaries 60 the
Philadelphia Record
In recent years that those of their readers
who are not thoroughly
Wide-Awake
would almost be excusable if they
should occasionally lose sight of the
fact that born
Leader Of News-a-ers.
like any other originator or pioneer
Is never contented except in
The Foremos: Position.
When "ThePhiladelphia Record un.
dertook nineteen years ago to demon
=, trate that the best of morning papers
could be made and sold for one ct, pub.
fishers were generally skeptical. But
the world of readers were not asleep.
Consequently "The Record" was not
long in reaching commanding posi-.
ton, and, improving on this, its circu.
lation and influence were finally rec
ognized among the foremost CT Amer
ica's great journals. Hence the COM
pliment of Imitation which is now paid
to 1t in every city of note from the AT.
lantlc coast TO the Mississippi Valley.
Every city worth mentioning now has
one or mole good one cent daiIies.
though so recently as only 10 wears
ago Philadelphia and "The Record"
stood alone In this respect.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
CARPET WEAvER-

JOSEPH LANTZ, manufacturer of bed
coveiiess, bags, ingram and rag carpets
On the Leonardtown road near Cslifornia
no' Jan. 4. '94-d.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21

therefore. still originates, still leads.
and publishes MORE NEWS to the
column than Its neighhors OF larger di.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
News ConciseIy Published

without the omission of any essential
feature Is still the BEST NEWS, not.
withstanding the once more prevalent
tans eBcy 10 pad IL and stretch II out.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-01-21
Saint Narg1s Beacon

Don't give the latest foreign news.
1t does not claim TO circulate all liver the
earth, but it does give ali tiS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

its bill through the skin. For this reason
IL is difficult to get a faithful servant who
will keep his eyes open and his hands in
motion at night while his master sleeps.
"A year or two ago an artist from san
Francisco who wore a glass eye came to
Yokohama, and established himself in a
little bungalow in the outskirts of the
city. The weather was extremely warm,
and before the stranger had become set
tied he was besieged by number of COO
lies who wanted to get the job of tanning
him at night. The artist looked over the
applicants, and finally selected an old man,
who brought excellent recommendations
from his last employer.
when 1t came time to retire, the artist
took out his glass eye, laid it on stand
at his bedside and went to bed The old
man picked up his fan, and the San Fran
cisco man was soon asleep. He slept
peacefully for an hour or two, when he
was awakened by chorus of buzzing in
sects about his head. He looked about him
and found that the man whom he had hired
to fan him was gone.
THE next morning when he went in
search of another coolie, he was amazed
to discover that no one would work for
him. He was looked upon as a wizard
and worker of miracles, with whom 1t was
unsafe to be alone. The old man had gone
among his friends and told how the Cali
fornian had taken out his eye at night and
laid 1t on a stand, in order that he might
watch his servant at night and see that he
kept his fan in motion. The old coole s
story created such excitement that the
San Francisco man was never able to get
another Japanese to fan him after that"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17
King of Beggars Makes 5000 a Month

From the San Francisco Call.
John Wadleigh, better known as the
King of Beggars," has returned to this
city after an absence of over year. He
arrived a few days ago with his wife
and family to seek pastures new among
the charitably inclined, but as his true
character is well known, he may not reap
the amount he did on his last visit. Wad.
leigh and his wife have been In the habit
of travelling from place to place and by
their plausible tales Of want and suffer-
ing have succeeded in gaining a living
without much exertion. The title of king
was given to him by his class, owing to
his great ability as beggar. 1t Is said
by those who know that his earning on his
last visit amounted to nearly $500 a month.
The king is in the habit of occupying
nicely furnished flats and ENJOYING the
comforts Of home life. At his leisure he
follows the races with varying success
and is also addicted TO the use of intox,-
eating liquors. His wife Irene. Is a littIs
woman, with sweet face and has an air
of worldly ignorance about her which
leads people TO listen to her story, and Of
ten moves them TO assist her. II is he,
scheme to obtain donations of furniture
bedding, provisions, ETC., from as manv
people as she can, then dispose of the
same at the highest price she can recerva
for cash. The last time these unworthv
! aims seekers were here they PLAYED on
the sympathies of the various Charitable
! organizations with great success until thew
were shown to be imposters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17
CURES KIDNEY & BLAD-
DER TROUBLES,

Thousands of such cases have been
cured by the use of Botanic Blood Balm
(B b. b.. If you doubt it call or send
to the company whose advertisement an
pears In this paper, and they will for a.
one cent stamp, send you a book of won
derful cures, not only of the above dis
eases, but Of all manner of ailments arts.
ing from impure blood. 1t is the standard
remedy of the age for the cure of ali
blood and skin diseases. 81 per large bot
tie.
CURED WITH TWO BOTTLES.
]. A. Maddox, Atlanta, Ga, writes: 'T
had great trouble in passing urine, which
was filed with sediments. My back and
loins gave me much PAIN and I lost nv
appetite, strength and flesh / became
nervous and unable TO sleep. Two bottles
of Botanic Blood Balm CB. b. b. gave me
entire relief"
s. NJ. Ellis, Atlanta, Ca. writes: 'Bo-
tanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. cured me of
most stubborn eczema l had doctored IL
without success for twelve years"
For sale by druggists.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17
THE MYSTERY OF SMELL.
Problems That Await the studiOus
Attention of Scientific Men,

From the Hartford Courant.
One subject which in this scientific age
has not been made the subject of thor
ough scientific investigation is the sense
of smell Our knowledge of the science
Of odors remains about where it was fifty
years ago, although we have learned so
much about light, heat and sound. The
old imperfect classification of smells into
"pungent, saline, and saccharine" stiH re-
mains Indeed, about all that most of us
know is that some smells are agreeable
and some decidedly the reverse. There is
lished as a base of comparison. We do
not know when one smell is twice as
strong as another. AS a famous chemist
said, "Quantitative analysts has not yet
been applied to the skunk"
x writer in the Independent does, in
deed, say that on an examination of sew
eral thousand flowers he found that there
was a connection between odor and per-
fume He finds that of white flowers IA
per cent gave out agreeable odors; of gray
ones II per cent; of red, q little over
per cent. ;of yellow,a little over 6 per cent:
of blue, 4 per cent; and of green, only
2 per cent. But further, yellow flowers
contain the largest number with a disa-
greeable odor and the white the next larg-
est But this analysis is vitiated by the
fact that a perfume agreeable to one per-
son may be sickening to another There
is no aesthetic standard of smells, and
there are but few which all declare to
be delightful. An English manufacturer
of perfumes assert that he is able to COM
bine odors so as to produce a certain eff
feet and talks of a perfume scale, but
this seems rather commercial than scien-
tihc. II he could really produce an odor
which everybody would recognize, by the
,fax
the foundation of q science of smell would
be laid.
One remarkable thing about odor Is that
the emission of II does not appreciably d.
mlnsh the mass or the body, from which
Il is given off. A grain of musk may fill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17

Per steamship Tallahassee for New
York-23l4 bales upland cotton, 1873 bales
domestics and yarns. 1888 bbls cotton seed
oil, 265 bbls rosin, 64,016 feet lumber for
New York. Dbl terrapin, ia boxes fruit,
4S boxes vegetables, $40 tons pig iron, 147
pkgs mdse, A cases cigars, 200 bales cot
ton sweepings.
Per schooner Stephen G. Loud, for Bos-
ton, 40S,254 feet of pitch pine lumber. Car
go by e. B. Hunting & Co.
Per schooner Ida Lawrence for Baltl-
more 10000 feet of pitch pine lumber
Cargo by e. B. Hunting & Co.
Per schooner Annie C. Grace, for Phila-
delphia, 361 211 feet of pitch pine lumber.
Cargo by e. B. Hunting & Co.
Per schooner Thomas A. Ward, for New
York-605,51 feet of pitch pine lumber.
Cargo by e. b. Hunting & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-17
Why He Mas-Me1come.

Here, Harry, is a dime for you" said
Mr. Harper to the little brother Of the
one he loves, according to the Cleveland
Leader. Have you ever heard Miss Bes,
sic say anything about me when wasn't
here?"
"Oh, lots of times" replied the sweet
child. se
And what does she say, Harry?"
"She says she's always glad to have you
come here when she's feelin' all wore and
tired"
and" continued the delighted young
man, "does she ever explain why she likes
to have me come at such times?"
Yes. She says you're so easy she can
go to sleep and still keep you guessin'."