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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

Returning TO, the fraud. deceit.
treaehery, bargaining and bribery
used by rivals for the mastery, Is IL
not 20 be believed that il the Re-
publicans will use such means
against each other, they viii use
the same TO maintain their hold
upon this State?
IL entrusted to power again will
they not so legislate as to make
themselves safe against the power
Of the people to dislodge them7
Can they not so change the reg
istration and election law as to
permit the grossest frauds? And in
view Of the disgraceful conduct, the
fraud and the bribery that has
characterized Republican primaries
in nearly every county and in Bal
timore city, can honest, liberty
loving, tax-paying citizens trust the
State in the hands Of such men?
II they will cheat each other and
debauch the people, is the treasury
safe in their hands?
Can needed legislation be pro-
cured without paying the cash for
Il?
Can honest government be ex-
pected from men who have no CON-
Functions about buying the votes
OF men9
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
REDUCED RATEs.
Tennessee Centennial Exposition,
Nashville, Tennessee.
OVER THE SOUTHERN hallway
AND NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA &
81. LOUIS RAILWAY.

The southern Railway annouHsas the follow
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VIE, Tenn, occasion Teunessei Centennial
Expedition
Season Excursion Tickets will h. sold daily.
until and including October rs. Il s2s55
Twenfy-Day Excu7sion Tickets glIi bs. cold
daily, until October u, nc 81 .O5
hen.nmy ExeuFxh0n Tickets Twill be sold
ON TUESDAYS aud Thursdays OF each week
until October -; 1907. Of $3.50 |
Rates for Military amd AtudsEnsm In par-
=. ties OF = or more made known upon appilca-
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

Functions about buying the votes
OF men9
The most important inquiry OF these
was this one-"If they will cheat each
other and debauch the people. is the
treasury safe in their hands!"
In the Association article last week
it was clearly shown, from the official
investigation Of Col. Tompkins, that
the funds of the Tobacco Warehouses
were actually stolen and used for the
furtherance OF the political ambition Of
Republican politician.
1t was shown that the names of sixty
useless employees were carried on the
pay rolls, and Of these at least twenty
were alleged to be entirely fictitious.
The salaries OF forty were simply given
to political henchmen, and who drew
the salaries on the twenty fictitious
names has not yet been ascertained.
II Secretary Of State Dallam is cor
rect in his estimate OF fictitious names
on the pay rolls OF the Tobacco Ware
houses, some person or persons have
actually stolen the amount of the sal
aries Of these fictitious twenty person
ages.
Already, then, has the inquiry been
answered-"If they will cheat each 9th
er and debauch the people. is the treas
ury safe In their hands!"
II has been abundantly shown that in
the matter of the funds of the State To-
bacco Warehouses, they have been
squandered in useless employees. and in
the matter of the fictitious names on the
pay rolls. been ACTUALLY STO-
LEN.
What has been the Republican rec
ord in this State in the last eighteen
months that entities il to further conf
dence?
That party, proclaiming purity. has
been guilty of the worst crimes against
il.
IL has taken away from the Australi-
an system its very essence, the secrecy
OF the ballot. II has foisted on this
State an assessment law that taxes the
poor and exempts the rich, and in do
ing it it has subjected the people to an
expense of at least 60 per cent greater
than was the cost of the assessment OF
1870 The cost in few counties will
illustrate this: The st Of assessment
in Dorchester county in 1876 was S.
500. The cost in 1896 was 5000 In
Washington county in 1876 the cost
was $7,S3s.2s. ard in 1896, $2o62z.sr.
In Prince Georges county in 1876. S.
Sor.5S. and in 1896, $i2,6Io66 In Wi
eomico. $z,ooo in 1876. and $4o4s. So in
1896 In Carroll in 1876. SON; in
1890. nearly $4,000. In Alleganv in
1896 5000; in 1896, $S,zs&2r.
Under Democratic rule interest was
received upon the depositsof the State's
funds in banks sufficient to pay the sal
aries OF the comptroller and treasurer.
UNDER REPUBLICAN RULE
NO INTEREST IS RECEIVED
UPON SOME OF THE DEPOSITS,
and Comptroller Graham. Governor
Lowndes, Attorney General Clabaugh
ana Treasurer Shryock have looked al
ter the interests OF th. banks they are
connected with.
Comptroller Graham and Treasurer
Shryoek have largely reduced the as
sessments OF the stools of Baltimore
banks and financial institutions, and no
explanation has been vouchsafed for
the reductions.
Were they made to reimburse these
institutions for campaign contributions
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
II q II L C e
TO the QUALIFIED VOTERS
ST. MARYs COUNTY.

Pursuant TO the directions contained
In Section IL of Chapter zoe Of the Acts
Of 1.-THE General Assembly of Maryland.
passed at It's January Session, 1896, the
Board Of Supervisors of Elections for st.
Mary's county hereby notify the Quail
fed Voters OF Sc. Mary's county, that the
Judges Of Elections and Registers of vo-
tiers for the several Election Districts of
SC. Mary's county will sit for the pur-
pose Of Registering Voters of said coun-
~, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF A.
d. AND p. NJ. on
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

m. uNsn under my
hand Ind the Great
The Seal Of Maryland
.Cpsat CaaI~ DonCeat the City of
fufcal OcdiA Annapolis or, the first
OF day of Jbly in the year
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&x34Ssx#@%x seven.
LLOYD L0WNDES,
Governorfof Maryland
BY order of the Governor:
RICHARD DALLAM.
Secretary of sRte.
July 29-tN1~
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

We give below the result of the delib-
erations of the Supervisors of Elections
at their Mondays meeting:
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New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
THE KILLING OF RUIZ.

Facts of the Spanish Generals Death ~
Stated by Blanco.
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. The follow.
ing cable advices were received at the
Spanish legation during the day:
"Havana, Dec. 21.-Absolutely trust.
worthy reports permit us to affirm that
Ruiz was shot with Aranguren Friday
by order of Alexander Rodriguez.
After several letters exchanged be-
tween Ruiz and Aranguren, Ruiz left
Havana on Monday to meet Arangure n
not upon official mission and only as a
friend. 1t is not known how Rod.
riguez arrived, but the fact is that the
leader ordered the shooting of both. .
''The ferocity of such act and pro-
ceeding indicates better than anything
else the faith in autonomy, the insur-
gents being obliged to resort to terror
to prevent the disbanding of their
bands. Such is the general opinion
and public opinion unanimously quail,
fies such act as savage and unworthy. -
HAVANA, Dec. u. The official state
ment as to the execution by the insur-
gents Of Lieutenant Colonel joaquin
Ruiz of the Spanish troops says that he
was shot on Friday last by order Of In
surgent Commander Alijandro Rodri-
guez, with the approval Of Insurgent
Commander Aranguren. The general
opinion is that it was barbarous act.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
LIND NOT A CANDIDATE.

Declined to Run on the Fusion Ticket
for Governor Of Minnesota.
MINNEAPOL1s, Dec. 21.-The Times
says that at Saturdays meeting of the
executive conference of the fusionists
Of Minnesota John Lind virtually de-
clared that he would not be candi.
date for governor this year.
Mr.. Lind presided at the meeting.
In the course of Charles A. Towne's ad-
dress, he remarked that the Democrats
had been the hardest to line up of any
of the three wings of their forces. A.
d. Smith wanted to know if the Demo-
Gratis OF this state had been at all slow
in support of their candidate for gov
ernor, ~ ohm Lind, who would be
elected next year as sure as fate.''
Refuses to Be Candidate.
AS soon as he had an opportunity,
Mr.. Lind rose from = the chair, and
stated in measured terms that the al
lusions to himself as a gubernatorial
candidate next year were very distaste-
full to him, that his mind was made up
on the point, and that he hoped such
references would cease. If they did
not, he would be obliged to say some.
thing which he hoped he would not be
compelled to. What that was he did
not indicate.
The fusionists will likely try to in.
duce Mr.. Lind to reconsider his decis-
ion. But the temper of his remarks
Saturday would indicate that they have
an almost hopeless Job on their hands.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
Rugs and Moving.

A certain man who owns a row of
dwelling houses over in the northwest
quarter Of the town has learned wisdom
by bitter experience. A friend of mine
went to him not long ago to rent one Of
the houses 49, ~~-
"Do you lease it by the month or by
the year?" she inquired. @~ (
'That depends on what you are going
to have on your floors, - answered the
landlord "Are' you going to have car
pets?" .;... r: ~. 4 I.
mo" answered my friend; I'VE
have rugs" (. u .ssas.
- you'll have to sign years lease
then, y the landlord made reply, smil-
ing craftily. IF you sought carpets and
had them fitted to the floors, I know
you q stay in the house as long as You
could, but these rus e-e too easily adj
justed to any sized loum. You'll have
TO sign a years leasesif you have rugs.
There are seven houses in my row, and
six of them haven t kept tenant longer
than two years at a time for the last five
years. The seventh house well, the
people in it had carpets made and laid
for it five years ago, and they haven t
.thought of moving. Carpets, I'll rent
BY the month; rugs, a years lease. -
Washington Post II. f .S.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
CHANDLER ROPHESIES.

Predicts Dafsat for Republicans Because
OF their Position on Currency.
WASHINGTON, Dec q. Senator
Chandler Of New Hampshire has writ
ten q letter the Washington Post in
which he says: s#4 NJ z8.5 s. sS..
If the secretary Of the treasury and
his single gold standard associates will
cease their demand for impossible cur
rency legislation, congress will pass the
necessary appropriation bills, probably
take care of Hawaii and Cuba, there
will not be a serious party division
during the session and there will be an
adjournment in May. Business will
revive, the treasui receipts will equal
the expenditures. the balance of trade
will continue in our favor and the Re-
publican party will, in November, 1898,
elect s.I .... a.5s.5 \. a. i. .ss
p, Majority of the House 500 /,
in the Fifty-ffth congress. On the
other hand, If Secretary Gage continues
to press upon congress bill, the object
of which, he says, is, First, to commit
the country more thoroughly to the
gold Standard and the immediate
effect of which is to throw doubts upon
the sincerity of the presidents declara-
tion in favor of continued efforts to
secure bimetallism, political turmoil
will arise in congress which will split
the now united Republicans into frag-
ments, while it will unite and consoi-
date the opposition. It is not feasible
STn Rofiro <l,n G.oo~hool1..
there is more probability that bill will
be sent to: the president to increase
their amount. 1t is not possible to Sc
cure the passage through either house
of bill making the greenbacks into
gold notes or authorizing bonds pay
able in gold. The effort to- do either
thing will probably result in the pas
sage of bill for the redemption of the
greenbacks in silver dollars and for the
payment of all United States bonds in
gold or silver coin, in the discretion of
the president, who will be commanded
to exercise his option for the advantage
OF the government, and not for the ad.
vantage of the creditor.''
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
FRANkLIN's GRAVE.
Reasons Given For Allowing It TO Remain
1 In Its Present Condition -

+ 4 1 ~
Reasons Given For Allowing Il to Remain
In Its Present Condition. M
Benjamin Franklin s grave is in 8
neglected condition. No appropriate
stone rises over it, the ground round
about it is uncared for, and the tomb Of
the great scholar and statesman is as
obscure as that Of man whose name
and fame were no part Of the glory of
his country. s#: sa#. 4 u .#-
His grave is destitute even Of a head
stone. It is covered by an old fashioned
marble slab which was placed there 100
years ago and is now worn and discol-
ored by age. 5=z
Nothing, has been done to it since
Franklin was buried there, and even
the modest arrangements of the grave
are not kept in the perfect condition
that is expected Of a great mans tomb.
The earth on all sides is bare of grass,
the common thatching of the common
est grave, and an air of desolation is
about the whole place. s-5, =
The sexton said that the descendants
of Franklin would not do anything to
repair the grave; neither would they al
low anybody else to do anything. Ev-
cry day he has received offers of SUBJ,
scriptions from visitors, who are dis
tressed by the forlorn appearance of
Franklin's resting place and who would
like to see it improved. In reply he
says, as he has been instructed, that
Franklin wished it so, "being plain
man averse to display of any kind
Not long ago, at his own expense, he
had the fading inscription recut, or else
even the only Distinguishing mark, the
name, would be gone. = !. -
If he had not done SO, the last rest
ing place of the greatest man, outside
of Washington, in American history
would have been forgotten and un-
known. Who is responsible for this con-
dition of affairs? Not the living rela-
tives Of Franklin. The responsibility
rests with the American people, to
whom the man belongs. They should
see to it in the future that what little is
there to mark the grave is kept in bet
ter order than it has been in the past.
Before he died Franklin provided for
his own gravestone and instructed a
stoneoutter Of his acquaintance in every
detail, even to the inscription which
was to be placed upon it. He desired to
be buried beside his wife, who had
died some years before, and a common
slab was to be placed over them both.
The inscription arranged as he ordered
it reads:
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
A CONTINGENT Name.

The Syracuse Post says that a girl
baby was recently brought to clergy
man of the city to be baptized. The lat
ter asked the name of the baby.
H'Dinah NJ, - the father responded.
"But what does the M stand for?''
interrogated the minister. -.
"Well, do not know yet. It all de-
pends upon how she turns out
"How she turns out? Why, / do not
understand you," said the dominic.
"Oh, if she turns out, nice and sweet
and handy about the house, like her
mother, shall call her Dinah May, but
if she has fiery temper and displays a
bombshell disposition, like mine, I shall
call her Dinah Might" " = =.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
MORTGAGE SALE,

Default having been made in the pay
ment Of the $. sum nc Of Eight Hundred Thir-
is claimed to be due and is due at the
date of this notice upon a certain Mort
cage. duly execnted and delivered by
ol tn ans sceta wife o as
gage Company, limited, as Mortgagee,
bearing date the lst day of December 4.
Contained. duly recorded in the the office Heee Of
the Register of Deeds in and for the Coun-
ty of Brown and State of Minnesota, on
in afX R ss at oeloek
27-3o; which said Mortgage and the debt
secured thereby was on September 25th,
in writing duly sold, assigned, transferred
and set over by said Mortgagee to Anna
James. which said assignment was on
corded in said Register of Deeds Office in
Book % of Mortgages on page 1882; and no
action or proceeding having been institr-
debt secured by said Mortgage, or any
part thereof.
Now Therefore, Notice is Hereby Given,
tanned in said Mortgage, and pursuant to
the statute in such case made and provid-.
ed, the said Mortgage will be foreclosed
and conveyed by said Mortgage, viz:
The South seyenty.seyen III feet of Lot
M% 1S5; Elghteepv 1'6s vIS1 in BLOCK No.
according to the Plat thereof as recorded
in the Office of the Register of Deeds in
Brown County and State of Minnesota,. ).
with the hereditaments and appurtenan.
ces; which sale will be made by the Sher-
if of said Brown County, at the front door
Of the Court house, in the City OF New.
Uln, in said County and State, on the list
day of January A. D. 1898. at 1Oo'clock A.
NJ, of that day, at pubic vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash, to pay said debt
and interest, and the taxes. if any, on
said premises. and fifty Dollars Attor-
ney's tees. as stipulated in and by said
disbursements allowed by law, subject
to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale, as provided by
law. 5@7 =
Dated New Ulnl, Dec. 9th A. D., 1897
:. Anna James. 84
p. Assignee of N ort gagee,
JOS. A. Ecksteip, 20 7sas25ts
AttGfesy xeW uim. fG1 ANsiignee N;hgn Of Mortgages,
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
How Punch and Judy Came to ENGLAND

How Punch and Judy Came to England.
The heyday Of the puppet show in
England was during the last century.
Long before then strolling showmen
had exhibited "drolls' or 'motions''-
as the English puppets were known in
the early days-to crowds of gaping
rustics, but it was not until the time Of
Steele and Addison that the puppet show
became fashionable amusement, pat
ronized by upper tendon.
Pulcinella came to London in 1866,
when an Italian puppet player set up
his booth at Charing Cross and paid q
small rental to the overseers of St. Mar
tins parish. His name was at sonce
Englished into Punchinello+ which was
soon to- be completely Anglicized as
Punch. h.-Harper's Magazine.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
A MORNING GLORY CULT.

This Flower Taking the Place of Chrys.
anthemums In Japan.
Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore has an
article on "The Wonderful Morning
Glories of Japan" in The Century. Miss
Scidmore says: =.
+ AS floral sensation the chrysanthe-
mum may be said to have had it's day,
the carnation is going, going, and seek
ers after novelty among flower fanciers
are signing for anew flower to conquer.
It is hardly known, even to foreign res
idents in Japan, that that land, which
has given us SO much of art and beauty,
has lately revived the culture of it's most
remarkable flower, the asagao, our
morning glory. For size, beauty, range
of color and illimitable variety there
attained this sunrise flower precedes all
others until it's cultivation has become
craze, which is likely to spread to
other countries, and-who knows-per-
haps there introduce the current Jap
anese custom Of 5 o'clock in the morn
ing teas and garden parties.
Asagao, the morning flower, is more
especially Japan's own blossom than
the chrysanthemum, which, like it,
came from China as primitive sort of
weed, afterward to, be evolved by Jap
anese art or magic into floral wonder
Of a hundred varying forms. Fiji. -.
We who know and grow the morn
ing glory as a humble back yard vine on
a string-a vine with leaves like those
Of the sweet potato and puny little pink
or purple fowers-are as far in the
floral darkness as the Chinese, who
know it chiefly as wild thing Of fields
and hedge rows, the vine Of ''the little
trumpets'' or the "dawn flower" that
is entangled with briers and bushes for
miles along the top Of Peking's walls.
The old poetry and the old art do not
seem to be permeated with it, as in
Japan, where the forms Of vases, bowls
and cups, the designs and paintings of
the greatest masters, repeat the graceful
lines of vine and flower, and scores of
famous poems celebrate the asagao in
written characters as beautiful to the
eye as is their sound to the ear.
The asagao was brought to Japan
with the Buddhist religion, that partic-
ular cult Of early rising. Scholars and
priests who went over to study the new
religion brought back the seeds Of many
Chinese plants The tea plant came
then, and Eisai brought the seeds of the
sacred bo tree, and Tai Kwan, the Chi
nese priest at the Obaku temple in Uji,
who may have introduced the flower to
Japan, was one Of the first to sing of
the asagao in graceful outas, classic
poems which scholarly brushes repeat
today. ''Asagaos bloom and fade so
quickly, only to prepare for the NOR
rows glory, is Tai Kwan' s best known
verse;
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
Lion Tanning.

Men who have had long experience
with lions give them very bad char
aeter. There is said to be no art in 30
called lion tanning but the art Of terror
ism, and no rule but keeping the lions
stomachs full and their minds cowed.
There never has been, and there never
will be, say some, an appeal made to
the lions intel ligence, because the linn
'lted ahount od that quality which be
possesses is en- irely dominated BY his
ferocity. 75.zss
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
Wabbled When He Came to Possum

Wabbled When He Came to Possum.
Old Urcle Claybrook is a very reli-
gious old darky and holds converse
with his Maker twenty times day or
oftener. His habit is to pray and then
turn. off into what appears to be one
sided conversation with the Lord, but
it is evident that there is another party
to it as far as he is concerned. To hear
him reminds one very much of a tele-
phone conversation.
The other day he was going through
his customary devotions, and when he
got to the point of expressing thankful
ness for the many blessings of life he
broke off into recounting of them,
says Cicero T. Sutton of the Owens
boro Inquirer. "An den, dar's possum,
Lord-how'd you ever think of maxim
possum? Possum jes' beats all. You
jes' couldn't beat it eff you tried ag'in.
Possum, he, he! Yes, dar's watahmil-
lion. I hadn't thought of dat. Hits jes'
great. You couldn't beat hit neither,
could you, Lord? Now, homes, couldn'
you jes' fix it SO dey bofe git ripe at
oncet? Eff you was to do dat, you mought
go out an shet de do. Dey wouldn't be
no mo- sin an no mo- sorrow an no mo-
tribelation. Jes' try hit oncet, Lord, an
jes' see whut diffunce hit would
make.'
And then "old uncle'' began to hum
a quaint negro camp meeting tune and
stopped to look at piece of liver in a
butchers stall as the hest snhstitnte for
his loved possum or as best suited to
the small piece Of money which repre-
gented his total movable wealth,
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
Lewis Leland Dead.

New YORK, Dec. 21.-Lewis Leland,
one Of the family of famous hotel men
of that name, died in this city, aged 65.
He with his brothers, have been among
the most prominent hotel men in the
United States. With his brother,
Charles S. Leland, he managed the old
St. Charles hotel, one IF the famous
Broadway hotels in earlier days. The
Leland hotel, in Chicago, still in
existence, under that name, was one of
the best known of Leland's enterprises.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22

The clergy Of Russia are divided into
two classes the white sor village cler-
gy, who must all be married, and the
black clergy, or monks, who. are. vowed
to celibacy. The higher dignitaries Of
the church are invariably chosen from
this last class 3ssssszsTsi
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
At Her Mercy.

$50 the telephone girl is taking her
revenge, Whirly?'' s.tYS Sas.
tits awful. Every time I ring up
she connects me with three or four
wrong numbers in succession, and then
sweetly informs me that the number
which I really want is busy now. '"- y
Detroit Free Press. 81
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
picked IN rh,rteen 3 the !, =, ,..,,

VIcToR1A. B. q, Dec. q. The Cam
adian steamer Quandra has picked up
#ls Of the y missing men from the
wrecked steamer Cleveland. They
were the boats Of the first and third
mate. The second mates boat is still
missing.
New Ulm review., 1897-12-22
no AROUSE Irish- American Enthusias,

New y oRK, Dec. u ohm E. Red.
mond, M. p, the well knowns Irish
leader will sail for this country on Dec.
so. He is coming to. America at the in
vitatlon Of prominent workers in the
Irish cause to: speak on the rebellion of
1898, to arouse the enthusiasm Of Irish
Americans in the pilgrimage to Ireland
next July to celebrate te the rising.