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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

A YOUTHFUL PHILOSOPHER
An amusing incident occurred on
the county road, about one mile
east OF town, few days ago, that
demonstrates the need Of better
roads, says the William sburg Ky
Times. Emmett Cooley, one OF
our town boys, had been out driv.
ing rather ancient, but proud old
mule to o jolt wagon. When he
came to the sink beyond the cliff
bend, well known TO people travel
ing through il, the wagon and mule
both became mired, and Cooley, af-
ter making several vain efforts to
get him started. took to the fence
and began to whistle. AS several
wayfarers passed and solicitously
asked him what the trouble was,
he stopped his tune long enough to
say:
Il am waiting for the blame mule
to get hungry enough to pull out
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

A FUNERAL PICNIC. Peters.
burg (lnd Dispatch to N. York
Sun: A novel funeral was held at
White Oak Sunday. Two years
ago William Hayes died. leaving q
large estate. During his life he
was very eccentric. In his will he
provided that his body was to be
taken mp aud placed in a vault two
years after h,s death, which was
Sunday. The trees in the park
where the remains we're placed were
to be decorated with red, white
and blue ribbons. Five platforms
for dancing were to 3e erected, two
brass bands were to furnish the
music, and the crowd present was
to feast on five head of cattle, 20
head of sheep and a large number
If hogs aud chickens. Fifty kegs
Of beer were tn be dispensed to the
crowd. In case OF failure to car
~ ont these provisions of the will,
Pierce HAYES. his only child, was
to be disinherited. Two thousand
persons were in attendance, the
terms Of the will were fully COM
piled with and the merriment was
kept up until late Sunday night.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

liz WAS MISTAKEN An Eng
lish literary man who visited this
country to lecture frankly declared
that he came, not expecting TO fnd
accurate scholarship among Ameri-
cans, especially on purely literary
subjects. adding affably:
You have been too busy aud USE
full nation in practical matters to
give much time to the arts aud
graces of learning
During the dinner at which he
msde the remark be criticised
Shakespeare, sharply declaring that
his mesaphors often sers absurd.
AS. FOR example, be said, sleep
that kni's up the raveled sleave of
care How ridiculous to figure
sleep as knitting mp torn sleeve
of q coat 7
A young American sitting near
him sald modestly: Il think the
word 10 not sleeve. but sleave, the
thin duff of q damaged web. IL is
technical expression among weav.
ers.'
I'm the States probably Y retort-
ed the critic irritably. Shakes.
peare never could have heard it.
He meant sleeve
Il believe persisted the Ameri-
can gently, the word is printed
sleave in the old editions. Il 10 not
an American word, but has been
used for centuries bv weavers in
Scotland and the north of Eng-
land
The visitor frowned and then
With English frankness said. laugh
ing: Thank you; vas mistsk-
en-. Perhaps, | am mistaken about
other things and will be corrected
before leave your shores. Youths
Companion.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

sB "A word to the wise is sufficient
and word from the wise should he suf
ficient, but yol ask. who are the wise ,
Those who know. The oft repeated ex-
perienca of trustworthy persons may be
taken for knowledge. Mr.. w. NJ. Ter
ry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
gives better satisfaction than any other
in the market. He has been in the drug
business at Elkton, KY, for twelve years;
has sold hundreds of bottles of this rem
edy and nearly all other cough medicines
manufactured, which shows conclusive
ly that Chamberlain's is the most salts
factory to the people, and is the best
For sale by William +. Greenwell & Son,
Leonardtown, and all country stores.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

=
read the same page over and over.
Why did the words of q simple
Irish maid ring so persistently in
my unwilling ears. She's little
enough to place her, God knows
! closed the book with q bang and
flung it on the table, and rang has
tily for Jane. She came instantly,
with 80 eager. expectant look on
her face.
Pat on your bat, Jane, aud come
with me qnickiy before I change
mY mind. Wen take the flowers
- Mrs. DonaelIS - :
The lord be praised, ma'am r
she calculated with Irish fervor.
She'll be proud indade to thiuk a
lady like yoursilf has thought OF
her.
With the memory Of nv baby as
saw her last 80 plainly before my
eyes. the pathos of that little figure
in it's cheap pine coffin was beyond
description. il would have been a
pretty child had its face not been
so thin and so prematurely old.
The dress it wore was white as
snow. though very coarse, bat what
made the tears roll down my cheek
was the poor faded, little bunch of
artificial flowers clasped iu it's hands.
Oh, the pity Of it! And only Just
around the corner | had more flow-
ers than / knew what to do with
flowers to throw away. sent Jane
home for all she could carry, and
for the 6rst time for weeks felt
thankful for one Of my blessings.
Very sweet the little 'DonnelIy
baby looked when we had heaped
flowers around it, till the hard pine
wood was covered and the thin
hands clasped lovely white rose
bud. Then the poor, tired, hard
working mother (who could not
take time for the luxury OF grief
aud | stood and wept together. as
we looked at the little one 80 peace
fully resting there.
You did all you could for her.
] said gently. remembering the com
fort which that thought ha6 given
me-the remembrance that nothing
had been left undone TO save my
child.
Il did the best could said this
poor mother sobbing piteously.
But the doctor ordered good food
that | couldn't give her. See how
thin she is. She might have been
saved. That makes it so much
harder
Aud !, a neighbor, had plenty
i learned a lesson that day too
bitter to be easily forgotten The
'Donnelly baby had not died in
vain. Mine was rapidly growing
into a case of chronic selfishness
and morbid grief, and needed just
the heroic treatment it received.
Through the mouth of babes we
are often taught. and my little Irish
maid had taught me as no one else
had done. ! hope never again to
forget that Just around the cor
ner' there is some one who needs
just what | can give.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27
You will never be sorry for lis.

YOU will never be sorry for liy-
ing pure life.
For doing your level best.
For looking before lespipg.
For being kind to the poor.
For hearing before judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For harboring clean thoughts.
For standing by your principles.
For being generous to an enemy.
For asking pardon whenin error.
For being square in businsss
dealings.
For giving an unfortunate per-
son lift.
For doing what you can to make
others happy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

Actor-I can't imagine how D.
Art managed to get snch q favor
able notice from the dramatic
critics.
Journstist-Perhaps he acts we'll.
Actor-By Jinks, | never
thought Of that.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

"Whst do you think Of di.
vorced man who would act as best
man at bis former wife's wedding?"
81 think he's taking mean re-
venge on both of the happy partici-
pants"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

Tramp-Say, boss, won't ye help
q poor feller?
Dude-The old story. ] suppose
sick wife and two starving child
req.
Tramp-No, boss, new story
sick child and two starving wives.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-27

"I'm going to kiss yod," gurg-
led the ancien. maiden. MADAM" )"
said the hero. brscing himself for
the ordeal, "I have faced the foe
too often to tremble in this hour of
my danger"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.
HumOr Produced by Efforts of the
Intelligent COmpOsitor.

Intelligent COmpOsitOr.
Harper's Round Table
The intelligent compositor is something
of a humorist, and not always an I'M
conscious humOrist, either. Some Of his
greatest feats have occurred In Phila-
delphia, where the great editors write a
very eXecrably bad manuscript. In one
case a correspondent, who was describing
a tarring and feathering scene at which
he was present only in a professional
capacity, was made to say getting the
feathers ready for u.s. instead of ready
for use The same newspaper office had
a printer who turned the expression
from alpha to omega" into from ap-
pies to oranges" and conveyed the i'm
preston that somebody had set the Del
aware river on fire, by calling the ferry
boats fiery hosts"
A cooking school called the New Cen
fury" was cruelty made to appear as the
New Cemetery" and doubtless the same
pessimistic typo changed the 'Masque of
Pandora" into the 'Morgue of Pandora
A diver who had found two old bells in
the Delaware went before the public as
a driver" who had found two old bills"
The scripture allusion to the Ieaven that
'1eaveneth the whole lump was pervert-
ed into the startling agricultural an
nouncement that the leaven had leavened
"the whole turnip.'
A foreign editor who wrote that the
British lion was shaking his name" was
edited the next morning with the an
nouncement, on his authority, that the
national animal In question was Skating
in Maine" A more natural error was
that which called "a member of the leg
islature" member of the liquor store. -
One of the Philadelphia morning papers,
which formerly gave close attention to
marine news, informed it's readers on
one occasion that the bark Betsy Jane
had arrived at Honolulu with an oil well
on board. Investigation proved that
there was nothing in the report except
"all we'll ON board" An old-time inn
named the Star and Garter hotel was
once recbristened by a printer as the
Shoe and Garter hotel A foreign dis
patch about the war between Russia and
Turkey contained an allusion to trans
ports conveyed by gunboats, which was
turned into the novel announcement that
the transports were conveyed by goats"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
THE CENTURY RIDERS.
Many Applications Made During the
Month of July.

Century riding dropped back by about
one hundred centuries during the month
of July" says Archie Matheis, who is a
member of the road records committee
for the Century Road Club of America
During the month applications for 272
centuries were made at his Office. or
these 107 were made In Illinois, Y in Ohio,
81 in Minnesota 81 in Wisconsin and %
in several small states. Several doubles,
triples and quads were made and much
interest is being shown daily in riding
Upon request of the members in Min
nesota the standing of centuries will be
published once every week of the first
four leaders, while report Of those that
have made a few will be published every
month. The standing to date is: H c.
Gurnee, Minneapolis; James McIlrath,
st. Paul; Mrs. James McIlrath, st. Paul;
Mrs. M. G. Harrison, st. Paul; Nen
Powers, st. Paul; G. W. Steles, Mime,
apolis; Minnie Cummings, Minneapolis;
Mrs A. Matheis St Paul; Archie
Matheis, ST. Paul; L. ]. Fabian, st. Paul;
A Underwood Minneapolis; w. Sawyer,
ST Paul; M. C. Harrison, st. Paul; D.
E. McLinnon, Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
MAY NEVER FIGHT AGAIN.
FitHSimmO'ns' Arm VIII Call for "a
Surgical Operation.

NEW YORK, Aug 1.-Ex-Champion
Bob .FitZsimmOns intends to undergo a
difficult surgical operation, the result of
which will settle his future career in the
ring.
Fitzsimmons' right arm, which was in
Jured by "Yank' Kennedy, his sparring
partner, hitting 1t in the West several
months ago, is again troubling him, and,
IN order to alleviate the pain from which
he suffers constantly, Fitz has decided to
have the injured member set to rights,
even If he is compelled to be laid up for
weeks
Several physicians in Chicago a few
weeks ago examined the arms through
the medium of the X-rays. They found
that a piece of bone at the elbow had
been clipped away, and the seat Of the
trouble was there. Fitz was also told
that an operation was the only thing
that would benefit him.
When the Cornishman informed a re-
porter today about the pain in his arm a
friend near by who overheard the remark
said:
Does it mean that YOU will never fight
again?"
Il don't Know" was Lanky Bob's re-
ply. It's dollars to doughnuts however,
that I am not going to fight when I can't
raise my arm up. l was playing base ball
on Sunday with my son and some friends,
ana Just when l tried 10 throw the ball
/ felt nip at my elbow. I tell you, can
didly, it was awful. I nearly tainted from
pain"
Then you will throw up your match
with McCOy?" asked the reporter.
why, we were never matched" said
Fftz. Let me tell You, the only man
I want to meet again, if I fight, is Jim
Jeffries. Win or lose with him, that will
be my last fight He says he will give
me another show, and I firmly believe he
will stick to his word
Fftz had no opinion to express regard
ing Jefries' coming encounter with Tom
Sharkey All he would say was that he
hoped Sharley would be on hand to fight
Fltz further said that his arm did not
hurt him to any extent when he fought
Jeffries. If it did, he thought it was
dulled by excitement and probably by the
result of the match
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
COLUMBIA AND DEFENDER.
Weather Favorable for Their Trial
Race Today.

NEWPORT, R. L, Aug. with a gem
tie southwest wind blowing up the bay
ard the water as placid as reflector,
the prospects tonight for the race be-
tween the Columbia and Defender tomor-
row are most favorable. A stronger
southwest wind, under fair skies, is ex-
pected, and this will give the yachts q
chance to work in light weather.
Both yachts went OUT for a spin this
morning, chiefly to try their canvas.
They had a short brush, running down as
far as Point Judith, the Columbia under
working topsail and the Defender under
club topsail. Both ran back TO the light
ship with spinnakers set. On the Column
biz it was stated that the new mast
worked well.
The course for the race will be the same
as III the first race a triangular one from
Brenton's reef lightship southwest about
six and a half miles to a mark boat off
Point Judith, then east by south to a
mark boat off eWest island, twelve miles
distant. then to Brenton's reef lightship.
five miles, and repeat. This is course
"a" and undoubtedly will be sailed The
other course, however, has been named
course B. giving the yachts a beat of
six and a half miles to Point Judith
Not many steam yachts are in the har-
Dor tonight and the chances are that the
race will not be witnessed from so many
different boats as the first race.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

1873 1t deals also extensively with the
question Of trusts, and says the respon-
s1bllity Of the evils flowing frcm them
should be placed at the door of the Re-
publican party. 1t asks shall the Demo-
Gratis of Wisconsin stand idly by and per-
init such heartlessness and greed of cor
porate capital to plant the banner of in
dustrlal slavery upon our shores, or shall
they, like patriotic citizens, arouse them
selves and by all lawful means crush out
this great and growing evil. 1t charges
the Republican party with turning its
back upon the principles enunciated in
the Declaration of independence, and
looking to the old world-the government
Of King George III-cor its inspiration
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

That they are not the only issues by any
means. but that they predominant over
all others there can be no doubt The
great questions are trusts, money, and
Imperialism, any one of which should
serve as an issue for a national cam
paign. The principles enunciated In the
Chicago platform of 1896, the address
says, should, and we believe will, receive
in 1900, a complete endorsement and re-
affirmation by a reunited democracy"
The money question Is then treated at
considerable length, and declares in favor
of bimetallism at the ratio Of Is to l aa
It stood Y hen it was demonstrated in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
CAvITE Is CHOSEN.
White Bear Yacht SeYected for the
Oshkosh Regatta.

Cavite. Capt. Douglass twenty-foot
yacht, was yesterday selected by the re-
satta committee Of the White Bear Yacht
club to represent the club in her class at
the Inland Lake regatta, to be held at
Oshkosh, beginning Aug. IA. Capt. Drake
will sail the Xenia in the contest between
the seventeen-footers, as his craft was
selected to represent her class last week
Cavite was built this year by John
Johnson, of White Bear, and is a very
speedy craft. Yankee was also consider
ed, but as there is but little difference
between the two boats it was decided to
divide hOnors and let Cavite do honors
abroad this time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 1.-(Special)-
President Ban Johnson, of tie Western
league, has an unpleasant duty before
him. He will be called upon to discipline
Shortstop Elberfeld, of the Detroit team,
for an assault upon Umpire Haskell In
the first inning today Elberfeld question
ed decision of Umpire Haskell, and the
umpire ordered him to the bench. This
angered the shortstop, and he punched
Haskell III the face, splitting his upper
lip and marking his eye. Detroit woa tie
game N the sixth inning win two hits.
base on balls and hit by pitcher.
Score:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
Harlem Races.

CHICAGO. Aug. Weather clear;
track fast. Results:
First race, four and a half furlongs-
Martin Duke won. Mont Eagle second,
Satin third. Time, :5515
Second race, one mile, selling-Princess
Murphy Won, Rosannah second, Mayme
M M third. Time, 1: 421s
Third race, six furlongs, handicap
Helen's Pet won, Maceo second, Horace
third. Time, 1:11%
Fourth race, mile and sixteenth
eaf third. Time, 1:47
Fifth race, selling, five and a half fur
longs-Maharajah won, Zaza second, I'm
slightly third. Time, 1:0SN
sixth race, mile and seventy yards
Mizpah Won, Serrano second, Tranby
third. Time, 1:4412.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
CONGALLON A GOOD THING.
So Thinks Connie Mack, of the MIL
waulxee Team.

waukee Team.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 1.-Tomorow the
Milwaukees and st. Pauls will play at
Milwaukee park, and some new men will
wear the uniforms allotted to the Brew
ers and the Saints. Prominently before
the local public, Congallon, the new out
fielder secured last Friday from the
Hamilton club, Of the Canadian league,
will make an effort to win fame and
fortune. In the three games he has play
ed on the Milwaukee team while in Buff
falo, CongallOn has made a splendid rec
ord with the stick and his fielding has
been entirely satisfactory to Manager
Mack. He is about NicorS height but
is not as heavy as the veteran center
fielder of the Brewers, is a left-handed
batter and thrOwer, and fairly fast on
his feet. Last year he ranked fourth
among the batsmen in the Canadian
league as a member of the Hamilton
team with an average of $3.50 in fifty
seven games and he led the league in
fielding with a percentage of 1924 The
year preceding he had a batting aver
age Of .31S and scored thirty-five runs In
forty-six games for the GueIphs and his
fielding record was .917, ranking third in
that respect. In the two years preced-
ing he was member of the Guelph team
of the Canadian league, and during his
ball playing career he has acquired
splendid knowledge of the game He is
a bright player, said Manager Mack
yesterday in speaking of the new man.
land I like his style on the ball field.
He covers great deal of ground,
handles himself easily in the game and
has free swing when he hits"
Manager Mack of the Milwaukee Base
Ball club. today signed Second Baseman
Viox, of Kansas City. Viox has been out
of the game for some time owing to a
disagreement with Manager Manning.
Pitcher George Rettger will be unable
to pitch again for three weeks, owing TO
a broken finger, which he received in the
game at Buffalo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

and guidance, and says the avarlce and
greed of Mark Hannaism has more pres
tigo with it than the Americanism and
patriotism of George Washington
William j. Bryan is declared to be the
first public man to come out on the ques-
ton of imperialism
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
Charged to Intemperance.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The Tribune this
morning prints the following in black let
ter:
''This is the proud record of the Chi
cago team: July IA, when the club came
to Brooklyn from Boston, it had magnifi-
cent chances to win the pennant Since
then thirteen defeats and three victories
have come and the club is siXth-with
chances to drop lower Intemperance is
responsible for the majority of the de-
feats, although the sickness of Lange,
Callahan and Griffith, combined with in
juries to Wolverton and Nichols, has
helped lose the games"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

FBatted for Owens in ninth inning.
Earned runs, Philadelphia 2, Cleveland
1; two-base hits, Bernhard, Delehanty;
double plays, Owens to Cross to Cooley;
first base on balls, off Schmidt l. off
Bernhard 2: struck out by Schmidt 4, by
Bernhard 2: left on bases. Cleveland s,
Philadelphia--8 time, 2 hours; umpires,
Latham and Gaffney
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
BRYAN NOT A CERTAINTY.
Some Doubt as to His Nomination
SAYS Senator Clark

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 1.-Senator
w. A. Clark, who is in the city, stated
in an interview today that in his opinion
there is nothing sure about w. J. Bryan's
nomination by the Democratic party at
its next national convention. The SEN
ator also said that he is not sure about
silver being the great issue of the next
campaign, though he still calls himself
a bimetallist. He believes to a certain
extent in expansion, and feels that the
war in the Philippines must be carried on
until the F'ilipinos surrender.
Senator Clark will build a new sugar
factory on the CerilIos ranch he recently
purchased. The capacity will be 1000 bar
rels day. The plant will cost $780, 900.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
AMATEUR BASE BALL.

Groff's Snowhakes got in line Saturday
ana TOOK a game from the Kenoes in the
morning and one from the Columbias in
the afternoon. The feature of fbe morn
ing game was the battery work. and tbe
stick work OF Garvin. Score OF morning
Snowfiakes ..............S 1 IL Tx
NenQes .;;;.;,........0 2 2 2 0 IA
Batteries; Gahagen and Grady. Ken
ny and Lally.
Mareck went in and pitched the after
noon game, holding the hard-hitting Co
lumbias down to four nits, allowing but
one pass. M. Darwright and Garvin car
rled off the fielding and batting honors.
SnoWfakes ........0 2 1 0 l 2 0-s
Celumbias .........0 0 0 O 0 / Is
Batteries: Mareck and Grady, Gross
and Farster
The Pikers defeated the Defenders
Sunday by a score of s to 2.
The WaSeca and Tracy base ball teams
played a game on Sunday, July 20. at
New Ulm before a very large and e7-
thuslasuc crowd. The score stood to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02

lengths. 1t is the most severe beating
Ten Eyck has given any sculler, and was
done for the purpose Of making a record
for the mile and half course. The pre-
v1ous record was 9:5S 2-5 made by him
three years ago. Today he covered the
course In 9:46 3-5
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
TEN EYck's &ooD WORK.
Made New Record with the Single
Scusts

WORCESTERJ1M Mass, Aug. 1.-The sec
ond annual regatta of the Quinsigamond
International association on Lake Qrin-
sigamond, this afternoon, was witnessed
by nearly $500 people Champion Ten
Eyck was the hero of the regatta, and
was greeted with cheers while ne was on
the water He made two appearances,
In the final heat of the single SOULS and
in the eight-Oared race as stroke of the
WachLsett crew. His win of the singles
was the distinctive feature of the regatta.
lie had Amos Kubic, of Springfield, for
competitor, ana beat him about twelve