Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-08-23

FFeS&nt Ou5ecGs alone directly confront
our mind. Lookl What beautiful com
and tobaeco-dual objects 50 pleasing TO
the eye and made so by the blessings OF
timely showers How thankful poor
mortals should be 20 Hia who sussains
the life principle In all things.
All men have the faculty Of sense-per
ception. Some hare the power of seeing
objects ~ very great distance. Sec
aye, We see in the distance speck Is Il
were. Listeni What dctoDations. The
leaves are beginning to rustic. The
speck IN the distance Is rapidly enlarg-
ing. How black The wind IL rushing
IL towards Tall Pine. Nearer and near.
er Il approaches. Aye. there is the MIN
bus portion plainly visible. Ran. BE
quick. Get the clothes OF the line and
close the windows Thanks. Just in
time What dowapour. How refresh
Ing. The capacity of our soul for enjoy
Ing the beauties Of Nature is augmented.
What fragrant flowers and how beau
tiful. Butterflies and humming birds of
rainbow like hue are active, slipping the
nectar of same. Eunaowers, small and
large. are plentiful. Their fragrance is
Ito us) sai geHeris. and 1t is agreeably
pleasant withal. We are dealing not
with the spectrum which the camera
paints on the screen but with matter
which has as real existence as the ex-
ternal forces Of the cosmical system.
Oh, ! am so scsred.. Ha ha what il
the cause, prays Well, when I was q
child the old folks told me ghost stories
and Just SO soon as the katy-dids comr
mence their peculiar songs, q shudder
comes over me. My Imagination en-
larges, and, oh. look, there Is the hide
Gus Calibon in ths body and splrlt the
very contrast Of the wonderful Miranda.
Satanl Addict OH Il is wrong to
frighten children into idiotic actions by
relating ghost stories. true, all things
in the wo-ld of fancy must be conceived
as fitted for some end, but 1t should be
borne in mind that the adaptions may
be imagined by children as wildly as the
caprices of madman's dream and their
plastic brains positively injured in con-
sequence.
Vegetables, such as cabbages, beans,
tomatoes, cucumbers. potatoes, etc, are
plentiful. How deliciousi What Why,
PEACHES and cream. The peach begin.
ming rs germ In the blossom gradually
expands into the ripened fruit, and the
fruition mentioned Is indescribable, /. e.,
cannot be described by our pen.
The ministers of the gospel, /. e., those
who have charge Of the different church
60 Of the district. live no doubt amidst
unutterable conceptions of the divine
greatness of their vocation. By their
fidelity in dispensing the words of life,
"feed my lambs, feed my sheep" they
will be counted worthy of double honor
We notice that John p. Courtney, ].
s. Jarboe and ]. Frank Dunbar, Esqrs.,
have finely favored melons and they are
large. Prices range from to Is cents
apiece.
We take this occasion to say to a few
Of our friends that we do not believe In
the evolution philosophy. MOI wedo
not believe that man is derivably from
mud, without personal God. We be-
lleve that man is development depen.
dent upon an intelligent oreator-not
governed by "the law of the survival of
the fittest" in process OF evolution.
We notice that grapes are plentiful
and they are exceedingly palatable.
Mrs. Delaney and children who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John 8. Jar
Doe, returned to Washington few days
ago.
Miss Mamie Cecil and her brother
Stewart and William Carney, Esqr, are
guests Of the family named.
Sergeant Paul Evans, son Of our es-
teemed neighhor, Mr.. j. Dallas Evans,
who Ii stationed at Manila, p. l., writes
to the effect that he enjoys good health.
Irwin, brother of the sergeant, is in Eng
land, having gone there as an officer on
q large yacht.
Farmers tell rs that recent rains will
make latter corn. and we notice that
their spirits have revived considerably
since the continued moisture. Some
work in the way Of pulling blades has
beon DONE DIR. Tippett initiating the
same.
Some snakes said to be innocuous On
are seen. We have killed two out of
their babyhood and we didn't proceed in
. oeremonious manner to do the deadly
work. Separate the veterbrae by heavy
blows with pole or good sized stick
successfully applied is the way we kill
them. The Bible informs us Of SER
pen., aye, dragon, satan, devil, who has
obtained terrible influence over the
affairs and destiny Of man. He is de-
clared TO be murderer, tempter, q de-
stroyer, liar-the author of all evil.
How thankful should we be that there
is conquerer of this apostate angelic
being. And are We not informed in an
tiquity there was cherished tradition
of our expected Conquerer of the Ser.
pents Yes. and how consolingl We
have . Conquerer and Deliverer in the
Lord Jesus Christ. He will dethrone
the Serpent-Satan, and bring back man
to original blessedness. AzzANA.
4 Sad Drewsirg.