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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

ADNIRALJoUETT ANDTHE FrGHT-
ING CADET Admiral Jouett-now
on the retired list of the navy and
familiarly known as ssFighting jim
my-was acting Secretary of the
Navy once when the commandant
of the Academy at Annapolis came
over and reported that he had been
compelled to discipline cadet who
had behaved in . most unaccounta-
bic manner and had disgraced the
Academy, the department, and all
civilization. He then proceeded to
relate how the cadet, when passing
through the lower regions of the
town OF Annapolis. had somehow
or another become involved IN hos
tilities with q tough citizen and
proceeded to polish him of. The
friend Of the tough came to his res
cue. the cadet backed up against
a wall, and whipped FIVE Of them in
succession, and then nearly ham,
mered the life out OF tso policemen
who attempted to arrest him. He
was in the custody of the civil au-
thorities. and the superintendent
OF the Academy was seeking the aid
of the Secretary of the Navy to hav-
ing him transferred to the naval
authorities in order that he might
be court-martialed and punished.
" Court-martial that fellow Z"
roared Jouett. Licked five toughs
and two policemen; not by blank
ETY. blank sight, while old Jim Jou-
EFT is living. The boy ought to
have a medal. What IN blankety
blank are you down there. anyhow?
Do yon suppose the Government OF
the United States hired you to raise
lot of boys to play checkers pr
Chicago Record.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19
In You LIKE TO BE POPULAR
Don't lind fault.

liz You LIKE TO BE POPULAR
Don't lind fault.
Don't contradict people, even II
You are sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the
affairs of even your most intimate
friend.
Don'tunderrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else
in the world il happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have
never had any opportunities in your
life.
Don't believe all the evil you
hear.
Don't repeat gossip, even IL il
does interest a crowd.
Don't go untldy on the plea that
everybody knows you.
Don't be rude to your interiors
IN social position.
Don't over or under dress
Don't express q positive opinion
unless you perfectly understand
what Jon arr talking about.
Don't jeer at anybody's religious
belief.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

Some time ago, little bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera ana Diarrhoea
Remedy fell into my hands, just at a
time when my two-year-old boy was ter
ribly afflicted. His bowels were beyond
control. We had tried many remedies,
to no purpose. but the little bottle OF
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
speedily cured him.-William +. Jones,
Oglesby, Ga. For sale by VIM. +.
Greenwell & Son, Leonardtown; Jos. s.
Matthews, Valley Lee.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19
WHAT IS SAID OF PERFUMES

That it has become customary to
uses perfumes to excess in our home
and on my garments.
That too many sachet powders
occupy corners. nook and drawers
under tho guise of fancy articles, in
the form of cushions, padded tides
drawer pads and the like.
That this is unwise, as there are
many constitutions that cannot
stand certain perfumes.
That the patchouli, a perfume
readily recognized in India ink or
the India shawls, IS almost rank
poison to some people.
That ladies have been known to
faint after wearing India shawls or
painting with India ink, and that
a sachet which has patchouli as a
fiavoring essence is extremely un-
healthfuf to many.
That whether the perfume causes
nervous complications or excites
nausea cannot be ascertained, but
1t IS certain that some constitutions
cannot bear tt, and one finding
herself losing appetite or strength
or having headaches that have no
cause might look for the reason in
some perfume which she is in the
habit of using.
That on some persons musk has
this effect others are sickened by
some one or other of the volatile
oils derived from flowers, while
rarely the odor of certain fruits has
an unfavorable effect on people of
peculiar temperament.
That, az q rule, whatever per-
fume is unpleasant to the individu-
al should be avoided, but, as ex-
ceptions occur to every rule, ner-
vousness or debility which cannot
be accounted for may sometimes be
explained by the use of a we'll.
known perfume.
That. aside from the question of
health, strong perfumes about the
person should DO avoided, as they
are decidedly vulgar when used to
excess.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

ABLE DEFENDER.---"Do you
think your sister likes me, Tom ?''
eyes. She stood up for You at
dinner"
"Stood up for me! Was any
body saying anything against me p
"No. nothing much. Father
said he thought you we're rather a
donkey, but sis got up and said you
weren't, and told father he ought
to know better than to Judge man
by his looks.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19
JOSEPH H. MlLBURH,
Contractor and Builder,
is prepared to furnish nj sli times
LUERER SASH, DOORS and
FRAMES AZ All G;~.w

FRAMES Of Ill Sizes,
Atthe vERrLOwEsTPRsCEs.
Virginia flooring, $12 10 &l6 per NJ
Georgia !" SIS 10 S25 :" M
Georgia framing (heart) at SIS 10 400 per
NJ, according 70 length.
Laths ~ per thousand, delivered AZ Leon
ardtown or River Landings.
Ierms-Cash on delivery. An orders
promptly attended TO.
:, Shingles, 6x20cypress at 81. so to IS per N.
NORTH Carolina Barn plank. $l4 so per n.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

A RECOIL.-'It's real meant the
young woman exclaimed.
What's the matter - her mother
inquired.
Before | married Herbert made
him promise to pass every even:n 2
at home with me, and now he SAYS
he's sorry, but he can't take me to
the theatre without breaking bis
word.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

fhhaO nAhfhD. for sale win NM farms
TOD AID prices to the undersigned or cali In
now orders for several farms.
10. r. MORGAN.
Leonaritowu Nd
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

!, Messrs Editors: Please announce WILLIAM
= CoPPAGEa Candidate for the If.s,ssias...
anu say that he VIII receive the support an IN.
Democratsc party throughout the COUNTY 10
mas always proven n true Democrat ana IN
.eeetei, VIII serve the people OF THE state -
Maryl@nl honestly and look to the advanssa-
ment OF the agricultural interest
DEMOCRATS.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-08-19

People who gaze darkly and ear
nestly ahead are ofttimes the clear
est-headed.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Smoke md Storms.

The following interesting results,
says the Literary Digest, have been
reached by Herr Kasner, of Berlin,
from a study of the periodicity of
storms in Germany: "During the
years of 1892, storms at Berlin show
a maximum frequency on Thursdays
and a minimum frequency on Mon
days. Observations made, also at
Berlin, from 1880 to 1910 and from
1913 to 1891 indicate a maximum on
Saturday and a minimum on Sunday,
a fact that has also been observed at
AK Ia hapelle. New researches, GOV
ering other cities, and published in
Das Wetter, lead Herr Kasner to the
conclusion that in general the fire.
quency Of storms increases from Mon
day to Tuesday, and that a minimum
occurs on Thursday, or on some day
Immediately following. In industrial
cities that contain large numbers of
furnaces there is almost always an in
crease from Wednesday to Saturday
and a diminution from Saturday to
Sunday, while in localities where there
are no factories the contrary is gen.
orally the case. Variations in atmos-
pheric electricity seem to be connected
with variations in the quantity Of
smoke emitted into the air, as Ar
rhenius and Ekholm have already
noted"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
A People with No Government.

The English explorer, Harry de
Windt, recently returned to London
from the Siberian shores Of Boring
strait. In o short time he will leave
England for a l~ecturing tour in the
United States. The Tchuktchis are
nominally Russian subjects, but the
only vessels wei in the neighborhood
are American whalers and the United
States revenue cutter. Mr.. de Windt
had an enforced %sojourn of two months
among the natives.
He says they are physically a far
finer race than the Alaskan Esquimaux,
and their women are better looking,
but the Tchuktchis are wholly devoid
of morality, and will barter a wife for
q handful of tobacco. They number
altogether about 5000 and along Ber-
ing strait are seven settlements of per-
haps 800 each. The others are scat
tered along the seaboard of the Arctic
ocean, stretching away to the settle
ment of Mini Kolymsk.
The most weird Tchuktchi ceremony
is the "Kamitsk." This is simply the
putting to death, with their free con-
sent, of aged or useless members OF
the community. When a Tchuktchi's
powers have decreased to an appreci-
able extent a family council is held
and a day fixed for the victims depar-
ture for another world. Perhaps the
most curious feature is the indifference
shown by the doomed one, who takes q
lively interest in the proceedings, and
often assists in the preparations for
his own death. The execution is pre-
oeded by feast, where seal and walruE
meatare greedily devoured and villain
Gus whiskey is consumed York
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Here's q Spry Maine Girl,

Writing from East Orrington, Me-,
a correspondent of the New York Sun
says: Gail the way from here to Ban
gor people are talking about and prais-
ing Sarah Curran, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of Nick Curran, O dairy far
mer. Curran has been confined to the
house by rheumatic fever for six weeks
and every morning Sarah has been up
at 8 o'clock to do the chores. When
she and her mother have MIXED eight
cen COWS and put them to pasture, she
eats her breakfast and by the time
other milkmen are getting up she is on
the milk cart on her way to Bangor.
When she has gone over q good part
of the city, supplying customers in
pint and quart lots, she turns the
horse for home, arriving there in time,
to take dinner. In the afternoon she
attends to the farrn work and does
other tasks that usually devolve upon
a nan After supper she helps to
milk the eighteen COWS and goes to
bed early to get a good start the next
morning.
Though she does the work of a man
she is not at all mannish in her ways,
being of slight frame and very modest.
Until she left school two years ago to
help her father on the farm she was
considered the brightest pupil in her
class. Since then most of her life has
been passed outdoors. She has driven
a pair of horses to haul cord wood to
market, taking it from the stump in
the forest to the dooryard of her GUS
toners and unloading it without
trouble. She says that when she
reaches eighteen years of age-by
which time her father ought to be we'll
to-do-she is going away to school and
take a course in some college that
grants equal privileges to both sexes.
After getting educated she purposes to
| become O doctor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Iantlslide Exnoses Coins.

A large find of old coins, which
have lain hidden underground for over
1850 years-since the time of the
Three Kingdoms-was accidentally
brought to light last May in the
Chushan district, in Northwest Hupeh,
during a heavy downpour of rain, saws
a Shanghai contemporary. On the
4th of May a considerable tract of
land washed off from a hill, and the
landslip exposed the hidden treasure.
The villagers in the neighborhood
tiocked to the spot to help themselves
to it, and the news of the strange dis
covery was at once telegraphed to His
Excellency Chang Chintung, who
ordered the local officials to gather the
coins with all dispatch.
1t is said that the quantity gathered
represents as many as 1000, 600
strings, and the coins are unusually
large, resembling in size those of the
Hsienfung resign (about forty-fve
years ago. of the present dynasty.
The Viceroy is sending 800 strings to
Picking under charge of a Taotai for
the perusal of the Emperor. The
coins bear on one side the characters
of the reign of the monarch and on
the other (Szechuen) the seat of the
Government that issued them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Girls in the CITY.

Girls, don't 60 to the city in the ex-
pectation of earning high wages. The
cooperative home for girls, New, York
City, receives Ito the extent of its lin
tied capacity girls whose pay is less
than 81 a week, and lodges and feeds
them at the rate of from $3.50 to So a
week; girls out of work are permitted
to render an equivalent for their board
in bedmaklng, sweeping, dishwashing,
etc. Matron Rapelye says: "Most of
our girls receive from 81 to Sc. Of
course we do not take them if they
make more than 81, but few even in
the large dry goods stores make more
than that. And many work in factor
les and shops for So or 81. Book
keepers and accountants ordinarily
make So or Sc, and the business schools
are turning out continually classes of
tvpewriters who are glad to work for
S. a week. Out of this they must pay
board, laundry. car fare, or walk miles
to and from their work, besides being
expected to dress we'll andneatly every
day. One girl here makes only 1925
and we have occasionally had girls
over sixteen years old who worked
from Monday morning until Saturday
night for $3.50. It is for such cases
that the home provides, and, needless
to say, it is always Jul l.-American
Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Kinds of Lace That Exist.

The question having been asked as
to the kinds of laces known, it may be
said that their names are many. A
partial list of laces would begin with
Albisola and conclude with Ypres, as
follows:
Albisola, Alencon, Brussels, Ant
werp, Applique, Aras, AuVergne, Ave
Maria, Baby, Balloon net, Basket,
Bayeux, Beaded, Beggars, Bilinent,
Blond, Bisette, Bobbin, Bone point,
Border, Bourg Argental, Bride, Broad,
Buckingham, Burano, Cadiz, Carnival,
Cartisane, Caterpillar point, Chain,
Chantilly, Chenille, Cluny, Cordover,
Cork, Cretan, Crewe], Crochet,
Crown, Dalecarlian, Damascene,
Darned, Devonshire, Diamond,
Dieppe, Dresden point, Duchesse,
Dunkirk, Dutch, Ecru, English point,
False Valenciennes, Flat point, Elem.
ishpoint, Fuseau, Genoa, Grammont,
Gueuse, Guipere, Henriquez, Hollie
point, Honiton (made in Devonshire,
England), Jesuite, Knotted, Lille,
Limerick, Macrame, Mechlin, Mignon-
cite, M~iercourt, Needle point, Oyah,
Parchment, Pillow, Plated point, Pot
from pattern introduced), Powdered
covered with small flowers and dots),
Saxony, Spanish, Statute Qace made
in accordance with sumptuary laws),
Tambour, Tape, Thread, Torchon,
Trolley, Valenciennes Ypres.-Scien-
tifc American.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Il

The Mormons are admittedly the
founders of irrigation among Anglo
Saxons. Until they made their first
rude canal from City Creek on that
July day, in 1917, men of their race
had never dealt seriously with this in
dustry. AS the pioneers enjoyed a
practical equality in the matter of pow
erty, their irrigation works were nee
essarily built by mean of cooperative
labor. Every nan performed his share
of the work and received his proportion
of stock in the company which owned
the canal. 1t was nearly forty years
after the first settlement was made be-
fore costly works were built by outside
capital, and the innovation was not
regarded with favor by the Mormons.
In Utah the stores, factories and banks
are owned very generally by joint
stock companies, consisting of multi
tudes of small share owners. The
coop" is o familiar expression heard
everywhere and painted on numerous
signs. The greatest of their stores is
zion ) cO-operdtlFe n~eIcauIllo iuoul1o-
ton. This does an annual business of
from $4,000, 900 to Sc, 900, 600. In
twenty-five years it has paid dividends
of nearly 50, 500, 900, an average of
nine and one-third per cent. for every
year, and a total of 243 per cent. in
all. The sum of $1,000, invested in it's
stock at the date of its original incor-
poration in 1869, had accumulated to
S2014. 80 in 1895, and in addition had
received in cash dividends the sum of
S421S. O5. These profits had been
shared by large numbers of stock
holders and reproduced on a small
scale by many other cooperative stores
scattered throughout Utah and adj
joining States and Territories. A va
riety of factories, as we'll as banks, are
owned and managed successfully by
the same method. The beet sugar
factory at Lehi was the first to be
equipped with a complete plant of
American manufacture. 1t is owned
by 700 stockholders and pays hand
some dividends.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18

NE from behind. 1t flashed into my
mind that there was an accomplish of
the murderer. Then I saw in the dim
light that it was Major A. b. Seward.
He had heard his sisters shrieks, had
sprung out of bed and had come into
his fathers room to find, rs he first
thought, two drunken soldiers scutf-
ling in the darkness.
81 called to bin: Hold that mans
hand; get that knife but the Major
reached around me from behind and
got his hands on the assassin's shout
ders, so as to push him along through
the hall door. The assassin came
against the woodwork of the door, and
thereby regained a firm footing. As
quick as lightning he freed himself
from my grasp, and gave Major Seward
several stabs about the head and shout
ders. He bounded down the stairs.
Mr. Hansel, a messenger in the State
Department, was running down the
stairs to get help. The fellow over
took Mr.. Hansel and gave him a slash
down the back. Then the assassin
went out on the front door like a
rocket, leaped into his saddle, and,
striking his spurs into his horses
TANKS, was off in the darkness.
THE whole affair occupied probably
not over three minutes. When the
assassin was gone, I turned to find
Secretary Seward on the carpet at the
farther side of the bed. His daughter
was bending over him. The Secretary
was bleeding profusely. The pool of
blood in which he lay, the gaping cash
in his cheek, the wound in his neck,
and his ghastly pale face, all made a
dreadful sight. We lifted the patient
to his bed, and found that his heart
still beat, although he seemed to be
pulseless."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Wrought Iron Work.

In spite of the talk of the new wo-
man, ''house proud" is a term still de-
served by many matrons. With the
return of a prying sunshine there is the
annual furry to put in new carpets,
and curtains. Artistic ironwork has
become a veritable epidemic. The old
patterns of medieval Italy are being
reproduced everywhere, and in the
homes of people of wealth and taste
hall door panels are often replaced by
ironwork against frosted or mufaed
glass. For the woman who loves win
dow boxes there can be nothing more
delightful than the bent iron stand or
rack, which may be securely fastened
to the sill and which hides the plain,
unlovely box or pots in which the
bright hued plants are growing. A
wrought iron frame for an unused fire.
place, in which are set growing vines
and blossoms, is another pretty device
of the modern times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Making Up Wash Fabrics.

While hand-sewn tucks are the
prettiest on summer gowns, they are
usually done on the machine.
Many wash fabrics, as we'll as other
materials, ravel as soon as cut, 30
overcast all edges as soon as possible.
Of all crash materials duck probably
shrinks the most, and it is tempting
patience to make it up without scald-
ing it first, and pique is almostas bad.
Do not starch either and iron on the
wrong side.
The neatest organdie gowns have
the seams made in the French or bag
style, while others have the edges
turned in and overcast together. Even
the thinnest fabric must have gored
seams, as the full gathered skirt with
uncut widths is now unknown.-Chi-
cago Record.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Washing a Fine Art.

Ever since spinning was a type of woman
ly industry, from age to age 1t has been.
expected that beautiful apparel should
clothe m To keep dainty belongings
in good order it is necessary to have them
properly Numbered. This is especially true
in the laundering of pretty summer gowns,
which is now quite a fine art. To do the
work properly, fill q tub two-thirds full Of
warm water, dissolve the fourth Of a cake
Of Ivory Soap (Which will not fade the most
delicate colors), add it to the water; wash
the articles through it, rinse first in clear
and then in blue water; wiring, dip in thin
starch, shake out and hang on the line in
the shade. When dry, sprinkle and iron.
Gowns thus Numbered will retain their
freshness the entire season.
ELIZA R. PARKER.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Shown on Dry Goods Counters.

Shown on Dry Goo Counters.
White pique stocks.
Tartan plaid travelling rugs.
Ribbon corsets in light colors.
Ribbed silk and wool materials.
Heavy linen suits for small boys.
/ White sailor hats with O red band.
White cotton cheviot shirt waists.
Green, blue and red sun umbrellas.
Scarlet ties and belts worn en- suite.
Shaped blouse fronts of embroidered
net.
Travelling capes made out of Scotch
shawls.
Wash silk in narrow and medium
stripes.
Heavy lace inserting in flower
patterns.
Large-meshed or skeleton haircloth
for facing.
Scarlet shirt waists of China and
foulard silk.
Leather medicine cases for different
sized bottles.
White serge gowns trimmed with
mohair braid.
Hats trimmed with cherries, currants
and other fruit.
Ladies' pea jackets of rough cloth
with gilt buttons.
Gold studs engraved with an anchor
for onting waists.
Lizard skin purses, belts and bags
for the multitude.
Tan and gray gloves scanned and
stitched with black.
Applique bands Of silk-embroidered
flowers and scrolls.
Black and white string and bow ties
for lightmourning.
Quantities of blue and white China
silk cravats for men.
Fancy collars and cuffs of a lace ruff
over ribbon band.
Blue serge jacket suits trimmed in
black and gold braid.
Mized green straw sailors with q
green or black band.
White and blue leather belts fast
ened with a gilt anchor.
Linen suits trimmed with red bands
in cut-out applique style.
Mousseline bows in killed fans with
a cravat hand attachment.
Black mousseline fans embroidered
in gilt thread and spangles.
Colored pique suits trimmed with
bands of guipure inserting.
White duck jacket suits trimmed
with blue or Turkey-red bands.
Many black and white striped,
checked, barred and dotted silks.
Louis XIV. g%arnitures of beads and
sill. applique for the front of q corsage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-08-18
Double Wells.

Double wells are very stylish and
very fattering to the complexion.
Blue is always a becoming color in q
veil, and a white lining is decidedly
improving. There are also white
lined brown wells, with the small
chenille dots placed far apart. Pink
lined wells are very charming and are,
perhaps, the most frequent choice,
since they give a delicate tint to the
skin. Usually the outer layer is white,
with either black or white dots. The
utility veil to be worn on the cars or in
steamboats, is of chiffon, white, with
white or black dots, small or large,
and closely or widely scattered.