Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-07-27


Mans faculties are not independent
Of one another. He cannot. if he would,
train single power alone. How true,
then, that the viii must be taught to
concentrate and fix the energies, and 10
direct them 20 harmonious and success
full activity. We look about ns and our
will appesrs 10 be ungovernables We
have some troubIe 20 concentrate our
thoughts. but rs we took our pen In
hand . few moments ago 70 indite orr
weekly items. why, we must coEsummate
them even II be necessary to use little
force 10 bring the insubordinate power
into subsection. Therel Almost ~ easy
as the turn of q thought We hare con-
quered. II now acts ~ sn index finger.
Yes. we look straight ahead and oh, my
what q pleasing sight. Trees bending
under the weight Of beautiful apples,
mellow, fragrant and delicious to the
most fastidious taste Forward Well,
we obey the behest and we walk short
distance Shall we sing or say its-our
mind Is carried back to the time when
Indian Squaws taught the ladies of st.
Mary's how 20 utilize maize by cooking
and serving Ii in the shape Of the whole
some pone. What tall aud shapely
stalks. What large and symmetrical
blades. What beautiful food plant.
Has IL not the widest geographical ranges
Does il not furnish another beautiful
instance of proyident care in the terres-
trial economy.
We look al the sun resplendent in his
beauty. We stop a moment to think.
Is il or is il not dead centre. Wewish
to be understood. Do planets and COM
cts wheel about 1t but itself stationaryy
No. To our very limited mind IL cannot
be SO. II must he in motion and IL so
does il not carry with il its splendid
retinue of comets, planets, etc, around
some other and vastly mightier centre.
The shades of night are rapidly nearing
Lcok up. See, the stars are beginning
to peep out by two's and three's from
their hiding places. Wonderful The
heavens declare the glory of God. Our
eyes are carried along the vault of the
sumo until they rest upon Taurus. Look
Yes, there they are-bright and beauti-
full Pleiades, but the most notable one is
Alcyone the central one of the group.
IL seems to Us that the impotency of
language as q vehicle for our thoughts
at this juncture is not fanciful. When
God spoke to Job and demanded, 'Canst
thou bind the sweet influences of Plei-
AIDES ? What mighty
meaningless conveyed to the holy pa
triarch. Really it seems to us so far as
our understanding goes that Alcyone
has been determined by distinguished
astronomers TO be the midnight throne
in which the whole system of grayitation
has its central seat and from which God
rules His universe. Wonderful
We cannot refrain from abiding to
the good work which is being done by
our ministers. We must trumpet their
praises and the most beautiful eyangelI-
cal virtues of humility, meekness, sim
certify, charity, ETC., is practiced by some
of their respective congregations--the
fruit of their labor. The morning and
evening musical entertainment OF the
choristers in the woods near by is pleas
ing and comforting to the ear; and Solo,
mon in his glory-which made the queen
of Sheba faint for very ecstasy-was not
arrayed like beauties of Flora which en-
yiron US. Oh, it is sufficient to fill hearts
with joy and set mems whole nature in
y glow with heavenly aspirations. We
deal not with the crudities OF wild i'm
aginings of a madman's brain.
We notice that the steamers Potomac,
Sue and Arrowsmith frequently bring
summer boarders principally froin Wash
ington, ID. G. to Miller's wh&rf at which
place boats and vehicles meet them and
convey them to the different resorts.
Mrs. Annie Schultz. Mrs. Sarah Simons,
Miss Josie Kelley and Mr.. w. Schultz,
of Washington, are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Grissinger, of Tall Pine.
Our sympathy goes out to Mr.. Sidney
Landlord who unfortunately had one of
his legs broken, 10th instant, while work
ing at Mr.. Charles Records mill. Dr.
Tippett is the attending ph; stefan.
We have data which justifies US in as
serting that the health of the district at
this time was never better. Pure air for
the lungs and bright sunlight for the
eyes is physiological maxim our citi-
zens do not quickly forget.
How the young folks enjoy themselves.
Seemingly they regard pleasure to be the
summum bonum, i. e., the object the most
desirable to be attained
The cable is loosed and the ship il
making its way into the Atlantic. Alas
"Too late" escapes from the lips of some
passengers who, perhaps, did not have
a proper conception of fleeting time.
How often is this phrase used-and right
| ~, too-when available opportunities to
advance ones temporal and spiritual
welfare are neglected-put of by pro-
crastination. How our poor old care
worn heart bleeds to speak so when ue
see our fellow man abusing themselves
in any manner, particularly in the way
of ebriety. We entertain the opinion
that more men are users of intoxicants
the more entire the absence of sound
morality in them. The maximum OF the
one is almost in connection with the
minimum of the other.
Mr.. George Bohanan and wife visited