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Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-03-02
No Boosting.
1s~
No Joking.

No Joking.
!. We buy everything. We sell
everything. We can &c 1900
r men women and children in shoes
button aud lace We have Rub
ber Boots and OH Clothing. We
can furnish 1900 yards Canton's
Teagie=dawns Ginghauis, ,Bleaehei
and Unbleached Cotton for Wo-
men and Children's Dresses We
can put $500 good warm shirts on
backs of men, We can &c 800 men
In coats. pants and vests. same
number In hats and caps.
We enn
sell you comforts and blankets
enpugh for 60 beds. We can feed
ths, United States Army 40 days
from our stock of fancy groceries.
We can furnish 20 farmers with
hardware, baskets, collars. etc,
for year. j.
We can
sell you enough rope 90 rig
every boat that dredges the Poto-
mac river. We can sell you coal,
Shingles and the King Heater
Stove. worth It's weight Ia gold.
All who try them praise them.
We have everything worth your
attention. Onr stock has been
selected with care. and is new,
neat, attractise and durable.
The H.ass ". sceaey
is one Of the very largest In South
ern Maryland. and Is Jam full.
We must sell. and In huying from
Us you will realize great values al
smali, price We welcome the
trader TO examine.
Brisg Barter. Eggs.
etc. along. A short drive from
either road leading 10 Point Look
out takes you 20 this headquarter
store.
w. p POWELL.
II King Heater Stoves sold by +. o.
Morgan, Leonardtown; Z E. Birch q
Bro, ST., Inigo's. w. p. Powell, Ridge,
Oct coy.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-03-02

have fitted mp my place of business with
first-clnss stuck OF ssasa sseld a-a pare
silver "a ese-. ssssa Gesa Rsnss.
ChAfn sna ass kfsds fy<weisy.
special attention paid % tlfti"g sPECTA-
CLES AND EYEGLASSES. the aliases of
witch are the very BEST PEBBLES. am
prrpard GO suit als persons and rgrs- Every
'sts OF Riasses ~ given for rfsi for sir m0Tths
to my customers Old glasses repaired and
adtustsd ~ the very best masner Beware VI
imifationsi
The people 81 Sc Mary's county have nov
an opportunity OF purchaslsx watches. clocks
aud all kissss 0f jewe.ry shat are guaranteed
and warranted to he just ~ repre&ensed
All repairinE done az my store can be eon1-
deutty reiied upon-
Old gold and silver hosisht or exchanged for
new goods All orders by mali will receive
prpmEt attention.
Ny place business l. in the new bulsdisg
0f Mr.. Frascis VI. King. nds1Essissg the Iaw at
Zee % ksDers c. C0m6s. EsQr.. Leonar Town.
Maryland.
Saint Mary's beacon., 1899-03-02
GreenWell's Mill.

FLOUR, MEAL and FEED on hand
for sale all the time cheap for CASH
Hereafter. in order 10 avoid having to
keep mill books, all orders must be ac-
companied by the cash
Jan i2-tf f. F. GREENwELL.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-06-14
WEDNESDAY,. JUNE ID, 1899
Potatoes From Europe.

A ship came into New York the other
day from Scotland with 10000 sacks of
potatoes on board. The potato crop
was pool in the East last year. Pota-
toes have been imported from Scotland
and Germany all winter 1t is a great
pity that transportation on land cannot
be reduced to more nearly compete with
water carriage. because there are ever
al million square miles in the West on
which potatoes would grow much finer
than any imported from any place on
earth. The tablelands between the
Rocky and the Sierra Nevada mountains
are for the potato what the Philippine
islands are for the mango apple. Be-
yond that they have a property which
eastern friends need exceedingly. They
are not only better for the stomach, but
better for the brain, and especially for
the morals of those who eat them. 1t
is a lasting pity that New York city can
not have all its potato supply from the
inter-mountain West.-Salt Lake Trib-
InA
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"The good that We might do here"
should be chant ed to "the good that we
can do here" and ii lived up to will in.
sure happiness not only to our own lit
tie narrow selves but others who rise up
all around us. There are hosts of pto.
pie who do moi require any pecuniaay
assistance to crave true friendship.
kindly words, sympathy and encourage
ment, and this is the good we can all do
here it is always al our command.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-06-14
Ladies to Assist.

While the business men OF Carson are
discussing plans to improve the city
they have overlooked one important
factor, which may be OF great Assist
ance to them in part of their work be-
fore they have accomplished the de-
sired Object.
The wife of a prominent citizen suy-
gests that the ladies who are interested
in progress, organize, and at the M
time that the men are wrestling with
business theories, they will endeayor
TO attend to some of the minor details
that go toward making q city desirable
as II home ne
The lady suggests that while there
might not be any immediate business
gain, she is sure the citizens of the
town would feel happier if the place
was cleaned up and made p%resentable to
a small degree at least, and she point
eddy calls attention 10 numerous local
tiles where the streets are positively
filthy and a disgrace to any civilized
community, as well az 10 the wicky-ups
and shantiees that are an eye sore to
everybody.
She believes that if the owners have
not the ambition to improve their
property, that the ladies Tan assist some
Of them into u frame Of mind where
they will not be altogether abandoned
to appearances.-News.
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Two young squaws went into Bar
borka's iewelry store on Second street
Saturday night, and while the jeweler
was showing them some finger rings
which they wished to see, two OF them,
one gold and one silver, disappeared.
The dusksy maidens were held and the
police telephoned. They were taken to
the police court where q search revealed
the missing rings in onn OF the Indians
s.ockings.-Reno Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-06-14
Notice.
w~ADswoRrH, June /, 1899,
To the PUBLIC:

To the PUBLIC:
The Southern Pacific Co. desire to
announce that 70 nmencinR Today. the
Wadsworth Light aud Power Co. as-
sumo control of the water works and
will make collections for the month oil
June. G. A MACPHERSON.
Agent.
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from the mines. The mines are far back
in the country and the gold output is sent
TO the railroad on carts. There are no SOL
ty of property in Brazil that so far none of
the trains have been robbed. The gold bars
each weigh eight pounds troy.
OF late considerable interest has arisen
as to gold mines north of the Amazon. In
the corner of Brazil next to French Guiana
there Is territory which is said to be rich
in gold. About 81. 900 600 was taken out of
the mines il one year, and at present there
are many Frenchmen mining gold in that
section. The country is a wilderness. with
out any government but that of the gun
and the revolver. The climate is bad and
those who go there often have feverS.
The Second City of Brazil.
I find Bahia interesting It has about
100000 people and is the second city in size
in Brazil. 1t was for 200 years the capital
of the country and 1t is still one of the
most important cities as to trade and COM
merce. 1t has large cotton factories. 1t
ships quantities of sugar, tobacco and cof-
fee. 1t exports more than 10000 hides
every month to the United States and send
q vast number of goat skins to Philadelphia
II be used for making ladies' shoes
The city has one of the best harbors on
the South American coast. 1t is on bay
much like that of Rio de Janeiro. 1t is of
the shape of horse shoe, ten miles wide
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Buster John. and remarked in a whisper
Il done toI you We amt got no business in 4
hereof We is In here. Dem are creeturs II
shO do US damage" <
But the Queen of Dreams was not angry:
she was only puzzled. In little while she
tried TO make herself Very pleasant. She
seemed to be very proud Of her subjects.
She paraded them before the children and
called off their names. There were McCe
Pie Dream. and his twin brother. Fruit
Cake Dream, and Muffin and Wahtes, and
Green Apple Dreams. and ever 50 many,
scribing the beauties Of her dyspepcic sub
most notwithstanding object imaginable.
She tried to warn the Others, but she
couldn't speak. She could only point her
finger and nod her head. The creature
seemed to be as big around the body as az
horse. Its forelegs were short, while it's
hind legs were long, so that in crawling
along the ground, il was now doing, it
seemed to be crOuching as II ready to
spring. 1t had two tails longer than an
alligators body, and its head was as biz 8
a barrel and shaped something like that Of
hippopotamus. But It's ears We're as long,
as those of a mule; its eyes wera large Gui
green, and, when 1t gaped, the inside OF its
mouth was as red as red flannel e.
Seeing the children huddied together in n
supplying fright, ths Queen Of Drea ms
told them they had nothing to fear ITS
nobody but poor old Nightmare. He was
out all last night and worked hard at his
business. He should be resting row, hut
the poor thing gets lonely when he Opensl
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esque Many of the houses old, for the
city is one of the Oldest on the continent.
Its babies had grown up and become gray
haired men and women before New YORK
or Boston sprang into existence. Its bay
was discovered eight years after Columbus
first crossed the Atlantic and was settled
by the Portuguese. Then the Dutch came
In and tried to drive the Portuguese out.
They built houses and left their marks on
the town. The English also tried to take
possession, but the Portuguese finally con-
quered, and Bahia Is a Portuguese-B Brazil
ian city today. 1t is a city of considerable
culture 1t has some of the best schools of
Brazil and Its people pride themselves upon
its medical colleges and hospitals. The
country about it is but little settled and not
much developed, and in the future it will
probably have much larger population.
American Dollars for Vest Buttons.
1 see many American gold dollars here in
Bahia. They are used by the swells for
buttons on their white vests, and are away
above par. Our consul tells me that there
are something like 10000 so used here.
The people crazy for them. The black
women want them for chains, charms and
bangles. and they are especially in demand
to be hung around the waists of newly
born babies. These colored people have an
idea that such charms bring good luck.
The poorer babies have silver hung about
their waists, and nearly every little boy l
see on the street has a string of charms
as a rule, nothing else.
Speaking of coins, all kinds of hard
money at a premium in Bahia. Even
the nckels which you find in Rio and fur
Their south are not common. Their places
are taken by street car tickets, elevated
railroad tickets and private shinplasters
You see gold and silver only in the windows
of the banks on the counters of the
money changers. The bank notes in circu- !
lation are those of Brazil, which are In de- |
nominations of thousands of refs. 1t now
takes 1000 refs to mako 10 cents of our |
money, but exchange goes up and down
every day, and many people make money !
in specializing on exchange
Our worthy consul, DIR. Furniss, tells me |
that he has tried it, but that he will try 1t |
no more. How he came to do so was by the |
visit of the Oregon on its way around the |
continent to engage in our war with Spain. |
During its trip it stopped at Bahia. and its |
commander cabled from here to Washing |
ton. The Oregon carried with 1t for ex- |
penses 500 900 in 500 gold pieces 1t took |
$500 to pay for this cable, and the COM
mander gave ten double eagles to DR.. Fur
Mss to pay that cable bill. He could not 1
resist the tempting look of the yellow coins |
and so he put them in his pocket and paid |
the bill in Brazilian money, holding the |
gold for a rise. AS soon as the Oregon left, |
however. exchange began to go down. 1t |
continued to fall until now he will have to |
sell $40 more gold to get much Brazilian |
cash as he paid for the cable. He still has |
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one eye and finds US gone. He's a great Pet
Of mine. Come, tickle his ear, and see HIM
open his mouth and growI"
Al this Drusilla turned and ran, nd the
children after her, and the next moment
they were standing painting for breath,
close TO Mr.. Bobs, who was calmly shacpen-l
ing his tools on an oil stone.
Il clean forgot to tell you not to stay IN
there too long" he remarked. Folks must
have fresh air, and you can't git that in a
bubble. But IF you say the word, II blow
you up bigger one, an you can Itay in Il
longer"
But the children shook their heads and
thanked him. They didn't want any mora
bubbles that day.
You better le'me make you A good big
'un, Mr. Bobs insisted. Il most know the
niger gal there would ike TO gil IN a great
big un.' =.
''Humph, You don't know me, len." said
Drusilla, with some bluntness. Dem what
likes bubbles can git in UNI an stay in UNI
fer what / keer. All I'm skeered un Is
dat III git in UNI in my dreams. Eff | does
9vey hair in my haid'll be gray de mex
time you me"
At this Mr.. Bobs fell to laughing. and he
laughed SO long and so loudly tha: Miss
matter was
Why, what in the world?" she .x-
claimed.
I'm Jest laughin' at that gal there" Mr..
bobs explained, when he could control him.
sen She went into the bubble along WI
why will you go on that away? An at
your age, too It's plum shameg' ex-
claimed his sister
ny Elviry, ten year from now these
youngsters wouldn't take a hundred dollars
Tor what they've saw today"
Ana no doubt this was true so far as
Buster John and Sweetest Susan were con-
cerned; but with Drusila # was different
For many months she was filled with indtg-
nation toward Mr.. Bohs and il was many
months more before she cOuld ba induca !
TO go out of the house alone at night Even
then she would say, EFF you want me ter
go, you better gi' me a bottle er some KIN.
DER meulcln, kaze eff meet dat Thing cut
dar, I'll have ten fits 70 you kin ak ma
what de matter" :,
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overhead reeled and shook and whirled
about each other, and colors whirled in the
floor till they lost all semblance of proper
ton.
And then, while waiting for this devasta-
ton to stop itself, the children saw little
woman come gliding toward them, followed
by swarm of smaller figures.
We're gone now" exclaimed Drusilla.
excitedly I'VE done stirred UNI up. We
better make a break an git out er here TO
dey jump on US an git US down.
But somehow, neither Buster John nor
Sweetest Susan was frightened. There was
nothing alarming about these little people
If people they We're. The little woman who
seemed to be the leader was not ugly at
all. If she had been an old crone with a
yellow tooth the children might have felt
some uneasineSs, but her appearance was
very pleasing, although she seemed 10 be
somewhat weary. And all the smaller ones
that came after her seemed To be solemn
and weary. But they were not too weary
to form themselves In ring, of which the
children were the center, and go marching
around, singing & song of complaint. Their
voices were not strong, and ii was all the
children could do to catch few of the
words of the song. A part Of ii was as fol-
lows:
IF you stay awake while you sleep,
You will find that the whole isn't half;
You will find 1t is funny to weep,
And awfully solemn 10 laugh.
Oh. hear one cause Of complaint
1t it's, 1t twas, it 'tain't!"
II tell you dey got us!" said Drusilla in a
low tone. "Dey amt no sense in what dey
singin'. Dey er all ravin crazy. Look at
um. bow dey waggle dey heads an wobble
bout when dey walk. Dey sho is got usr'
When the song, if such it could be called,
was done the little woman came toward the
children. Her attitude was not threaten
irg, but Drusila made haste to get behind
her companions.
You don't seem to know me-" the little
woman said.
No we don't. Who are your asked
Sweetest Susan.
I'm the Queen of Dreams" replied the
other.
Are we dreaming now?' Buster John
asked, somewhat bluntly.
How could that be?" said the Queen of
Dreams. You are not asleep; and We are
only here because of a hideous Eoise we
heard. We were asleep. Do you think we
should be disturb I'd in our own Kingdom
We can't help ourselves at this moment
but do you think il is right to invade
territory?
What she talkin' 'bout?" asked Drusina
in whisper. who been 'vadiu' any terry
tory7"
why, Mr.. Bobs made this bubble for
u.s., Buster John explained.
The Queen Of Dreams seemed to be pug
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VI-Mr. Bobs and His Bubble.

The children stood Watching Mr. Bobs
attentively, their attitude betraying their
curiosity and doubt. They were curious to
see how Mr.. Bobs could convince them
that there were smarter men than Aaron in
that neighborhood, and doubtful of his abil-
fty to do SO. 1t was plain that Mr.. Bobs
himself did not share their doubts He was
in no hurry, and yet there was no delay in
his movements he was slow but methodical.
He Knocked the ashes from his pipe and
carefully cleaned it out with his pocket
Knife, blowing through the stem to clear
away all particles of tobacco. This done,
he laid the pipe carefully on the step he
side him, reached into the room behind
him and drew forth a washpan that
seemed to be a little more than half full
of soapy water. There was also IN the pan
a small wooden paddle. With :nls Mr.. BohS
whipped the soapy water gently, and the
children noticed that instead Of breaking
into foamy mass of bubbles, as soapy
water does, three or four large bubbles ap-
peared
This result seemed to be unsatisfactory to
Mr.. Bobs. He drew forth from an inside
pocket of his coat large leather or mo-
rocco pocketbook and began to search
through its various compartments He
finally found what he was searching for
little paper packet wrapped round and
round with many yards of white sewing
thread. This thread Mr.. Bobs unwound
very carefully. Then, unfolding the paper
he took therefrom the merest pinch OF
white powder and flirted il into the pan
of water from his fingers.
Il reckon you'll work now, plague on
you' he exclaimed.
AT this juncture Miss Elviry came out
wondering what the children were doing
Watching the manipulauons of her brother
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the gold but as his board and wash bills
are payable in Brazilian bank notes he is
just $40 short.
American Trade.
And just here I want to say q word about
this American consul to Bahia He is a
cOlored man from indianapolis, who was
appointed by President Mckinley. He is
We'll educated and has made an excellent
impression here. lie seems to understand
his business and is doing as well for Amer
lean trade as any consul have met on this
trip. He tells me much the same story |
have heard everywhere. There is plenty of
business for Americans down here if they
Will conform to the customs and send down
men TO fight for a show They must not cx-
poet to get much the first year. but the re-
suits Will pay in the end. one German
commercial traveller took 500 600 worth of
orders at one visit out of Bahia last year
This was his third trip. The first visit did
not pay at all during the second he did
better, and now he thinks he has a sure
thing for years to come.
Consul Furniss tells me that there are
very few failures IN Bahia. He says the
business men Will not pay cash but that
their bills are good. He also repeats what
/ have stated before, that it is no use to
send commercial travellers down here with
out they speak Spanish or Portuguese and
also That they must not expect to do much
more than make acquaintance the first
that they are working for the trade of a
continent, and that such trade cannot be
whistled up like a dog. Once gotten, how
ever, 1t Will be easily held, as the South
American merchants do not Ike to change
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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zled. What is a bubble she asked.
Why, bubble-a bubble is-wCll. Q bulb
BILE is piece OF soap-suds into which air
has been blown, replied SNvetc.. Susan,
somewhat doubtfully.
How big piece. and how much air. is
necessary TO make bu5b,r?" inquired the
Queen of Dreams. ::
I'm sure l don't know" responded
Sweetest Susan. Bubbles are Of all sizes Z
but this one is the largest | ever saw"
Which oue?" The Queen OF Dreams was
a very persistent seeker after Information. +,
The bubble we are in now exclaimed
Sweetest Susan.
The Queen OF Dreams shook ! er head and
frowncd slightly. At this Drusilla nudged
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I HAD a CHAT
with a diamond
| miner this morning.
He has just come
down TO Bahia from
the diamond fields of
the Para guassu river,
which are in the
wilds far back of
Bahia, and he tells
me he is going to
make his everlasting
fortune in diamonds.
He expects TO intro
duce dredges into
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He was suing for a divorce.

Judge" he said, and there was a pittfsll,
tremor In his voice, every night she MADE
up the most awful chatting dish messes that,
mortal man ever sampledr ~
But you didn't have to eat Them" said
the judge, sharply =
The. plaintiff looked at the Judge pity,
ingly.
You don't know my wife, Judge" IN
simply said. III
lie got his decree.-Cleveland Plaaa
Dealer. - -
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A R T A N D ARTS S

The exhibit of the Ceramic Club, which
closes today, at the S. w. A. galleries on
Connecticut avenue, has united with the
artistic display Of the Capital Camera Club
IN making the week an interesting one for
exhibition goers. The place of photography
and the place of china decoration in art are
both disputed; photography, because of the
limitations of a purely mechanical method
and china painting, because it has been
taken up so generally by the dilettanti: and
artists of genuine creative ability have
shown disposition to leave this class of
workers in entire possession of the field
Yet any one who visited both exhibits this
week must have been convinced that there
was sincere and serious aim in most of
the work, and that in many cases highly
artistic results have been achieved So far
as the ceramic workers are concerned, or
ganiZed effort in the right direction will do
much toward lifting the art to the digni-
fed plane which belongs to it by right, and
the newly formed club certainly has mis-
sion to fulfill. The interest that has been
manifested in the first display will doubt
less insure its repetition annually, and it is
to be hoped that the members will MAIN
tain an increasingly high standard. Good
as the exhibition was this year one defect
was very noticeable There were no daring
spirits willing to try entirely new schemes
of decoration, and the highest aim of most
OF the exhibitors seemed to be the skillful
execution of something in a familiar STYLE
rather than the production of something
entirely new and individual. The close of
this week practically marks the end of the
exhibition season in Washington, and with
the exception of the art school DISPLAYS
nothing more is promised. The season has
been unusually long, this year, activity in
art circles generally ceasing in the latter
part of April
Miss Sara Bartle, who is well known
through her charming miniatures is about
to sail for Europe, to continue her work in
Paris during the summer. Miss Bartle usu-
ally divides her time between Washington
and New York, and she has just finished n
very successful season in the latter city
She expects to sail on May II, and will
probably return in the fall.
X.
The NATIONAL Arts Club which embraces
IN its membership artists and art lovers
from all parts Of the country, and which
has its headquarters in New York, is to oc-
cupy temporary club house at 81 West
54th street, pending the erection of a per-
manent building on the south side of Bry-
ant Park. The first home Of the club was
formerly the residence of Richard V. Har-
nett, and is being rapidly remodeled to suit
the needs OF the organization, A fre-proof