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POLE CAN BE WON
So Says Lieutenant Peary of Arctic
 Fame

Lieutenant Robert E. Peary, the Arctic explorer, delivered an address before the National Geographical societly at Washington on the subject of Arctic exploration.
 After discussing the Arctic explora- tions of the past, Mir. Peary, speaking of the future, said: "In spite of the amount of work which has been done in the north polar regions during the past few years the work is not com plete. The archipelago of Franz Josef Land, has, it is true, been delimited and it's northern terminus removed from the field of uncertainty. The lands north of the North American archipelago and west of Ellsmere land have also been delimited as to their northern coasts. The northern ter minus of the Greenland archipelago has been rounded, and America holds the record for the most northerly land in.the world, the northern. point. .of. the
Holbrook argus., 1902-12-06
CALIFORNIA PRUNES IN DEMAND
Bad Weather Spoiled the French Prune
 Crop

Mir. Paul Mason, California fruit grower, who recently returned from a tour of France, made the following statement as to the failure of this years French prune crop:
 This years prune crop was ruined early in the season by unfavorable weather and later by severe hail storms. I made special trip to the south of France for the purpose of studying the prune crop. l went to the district of Agen in the Department of Lot ct Garonne first. That district is to France what the Santa Clara val
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PANAMA CANAL TREATY
COLOMBIA REJECTS PROPOSAL OF
 UNITED STATES
Original Concessions Will Expire in 1904, and That Government Figures on Delaying Mat ters Until Then

Washington-The cabinet meeting last Wednesday was devoted almost exclusively to the consideration of the status of the reciprocity treaty with Cuba and the canal treaty with Colon. bia. The hitches that have occurred in the negotiations were discussed, as were also the prospects of settlement.
 Secretary Hay, while presenting the SUI bject of the canal negotiations, was not able to report that any progress had been made. In ,fact it appears the negotiations have come to dead stop and, while no such thing as an ultimatum has passed, the precise situation may be described in the statement that the Colombian min- ister here, Concha, has distinctly in- formed the state department that he cannot in behalf of his government, accept the last proposition of the United States as basis for a canal treaty. The state department has already let it be known that it has come to the end of it's concessions, so the chances of renewal of the nego- tiations in the near future are not very bright.
 This state of affairs will stimulate the negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica for the alternate route, but it now. appears that the diplomatic representatives of those countries are not disposed to allow themselves to be used to coerce Colombia and therefore are desirous of remaining in the back ground until it shall be clearly estab- lished that no treaty can be made be- tween. Colombia and the United States.
 One of he statements of fact in con nection with the Panama route which has been brought to the attention of the state department is that the origi- nal canal concessions will expire in 1904, and it has been suggested that the Colombian government has that fact in mind and is disposed to refrain from making treaty now in the ex- pectation that the franchise will lapse and it thus will be in a position to build the canal itself, or to sell a new concession. Such course would raise a very serious question between the Colombian government, the Panama Canal company, the French government and the government of the United States as to whether supplementary decree extending the concession ten years from 1904 was valid.
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The Inevitable,

"Do as tell you," Tommy's mamma cried. "It's about time you realized the fudlity of struggling against tho inevitable. Do you know what that means?" ."Yes'm." replied Tommy. Tt means there's no use O your washin' my hands an face cause they'll only get dirty again."
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largest of the North polar land groups But there are still several gaps to b' filled before north polar work can bt considered as finished.
 "The head of the Smith sound gate way to the pole is the central point from which to close this work. It i. the point from which can be reached and determined that stretch of stil unknown coast on the eastern shore O. Greenland, reaching from Cape Bis marck to Cape Parish; the point from which can be reached and deter mined the interior notifications of tho great fjiord systems of Northern Green land; the point from which can be reached and determined the gap in the coast line on the west coast oI Grinnel land between Adrich' < farthest and Svredrup's farthest; the point from which the practically un- known land along the eastern side oi Kennedy and Robeson channels can be reached, and the point from which the pole itself can and will be reached.
 "It may seem to indicate over conf- dence to state boldly.that the pole can be-reached; and yet it is fact, even though the struggle for it has been going on unsuccessfully for years and years. Each time we have come a little nearer, each time we have learn ed little more, and say to you that it is not an impossibility; that it can be done, that it is no more difficult than many ot the great projects which we see being pushed to completion every day, and which require money, persistence, hard work and some abil- ity to bring to full fruition.
 "The man who has the proper party, the proper equipment and the proper experience, and can start fresh from the northern coast of Grinnell Land with the earliest returning light of February, will hold within his grasp the last geographical prize that the earth has to offer, prize tEat ranks with the prize which Columbus won and will win for himself and his coun- trymen a fame that will last as long as human life exists upon the globe. Granted this, shall we let others win the prize from us?
 "Within the past five years the United States leaped to the front among the nations. Our industrial development and wealth startle the world today. Our influence in diplo- macy was never so great. Our men of science hold the attention of Europe. Our battleships show the highest per centage of effectiveness. Our yachts win race after race from the highest foreign talent. If there are other foreign prizes to be secured or any races to be won, shall we be untrue to our Anglo-Saxon heritage and birth right of love of Iconquest and adven- ture and let someone else capture the trophies, or shall we win them our selves?
 "The north pole is the biggest prize the world has to offer; the race for it is the greatest race on earth. The winning of the international yacht race is for today only; the winning of the poe is for all time.
 "It should and must be won by American dollars, American energy and American ability"
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The old Lady and the Incubator

The O1O Lady anu the Ahcuoiitor'
 An old lady visiting an exhibition went to see some incubators which were on show and. complaining of the expense of keeping fowls, said that If they were cheaper she would buy an egg matching machine. After she had asked various questions the gentleman in attendance proceeded to show her the drawers in which were deposited the eggs in different stages. On these the old lady looked in astonishment. "Whatw she exclaimed indignantly. "Do Xou use eggs" Certainly" was the attendants astonished answer. Well" said she, "I consider 1t q per feet swindle to pick the pockets of honest, hardworking folks by selling them those frauds! Why. anybody can hatch chickens with eggs! can do 1t myselfw-London Globe.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
Saint Narg 5 Beacon.
AIlen.s Answer to BouaelIe.

1t was during the Cleveland ad-
ministration that Private John
Allen made his famous reply to
the equally famous speech Of Con-
gresham Boufelle Of Maine. says a
writer in the Kansas City Star
President Cleveland had decided to
allow the captured confederate bat
tie figs to be returned to the diff
ferent States from whence they came.
Boutelle MADE a masterful address
on the subject. He reminded his
hearers OF all the notable Federal
victories aud ended IN a blaze OF
glory as hepainted by word ofmonth
the final surrender. When Boutelle
took his seat he had so far carried
his hearers away that those in the
gallery and the Republican members
of the House burst forth intocheers.
Suddenly from the Democratic
side was heard the calm, soothing
tones OF John Allen as he said, Mr..
Speaker. He told Of his joining the
Southern cause and following one OF
/. the flags about which the discussion
arose.
When it was all over, he said, 1
started back home. was barefoot
ed, nearly naked and without money.
| concluded to walk. / trudged
along for day a. so when q man |
knew lent me mule. When | was
about four miles from home ! de-
cided TO leave tic main road / was
travelling and 60 by another route
and sneak in the back way. had
gone only little distance when |
saw an old man, fellow townsman,
sitting on "A rail fence.
Well, John, see you are back,
he said.
Yes, Uncle zeb, I answered.
Did they lick US, john
" Yes, Uncle zeb. They licked
us plenty, too.
Freed the niggers, too?'
Yes, they freed the Eiggers.'
The old man got down off the
fenceand, after he had thoroughly
stretched out all his kinks, he said:
John, don't mind being lick
ed SO much, and | can stand the
niggers being freed, but. John, the
worst of it all is that in about thirty
years some burned fool will throw
it mp 10 us. -
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
Born After Their Mothers Burial.

Incredible though it may appear,
II is nevertheless a fact that more
than one celebrated parsonage was
actually born after the burial of his
own mother, as hefollowiEg
tic incidents will amply attest.
Ebenezer Erskine, one of the found
ers ofthe United Presbyterian church
of Scotland, was born after the
burial of his mother Ers. Erskine
was buried in trance, and on one of
her fingers was a valuable ring.
The gravedigger knew of this, open
ed the coffin, and was in the act Of
cutting off the ring bearing finger
when Mrs. Erskine awoke with "a
cry. She arose, walked home, and
went upstairs without encountering
any of her family The footsteps
overhead caused her husband to re-
mark IF / didna' ken my wife
was lyin in the kirk yard, wild
say mat wis her ttStep. Mrs.
Erskine lived to become the mother
of Ebenezer.
1t is not generally known that
Gen. Lee, the famous leader of
the southern forces during the
American civil war, was born after
his mother had been buried. That
lady was victim of catalepsy. and
during one of her prolonged frances
was pronounced by the physicians
10 be dead.
The burial service was over, and
the sexton was busy at his sad task,
when the loud crying and knocking
OF the awakened women happily re-
suited in her deliverance from an
awful doom. A year later her young
est son, afterwards Gen. Lee, was
born.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
spare the Toads.

One Of the most beneficial studies
TO the fruit grower. gardener OF /. .srr-
er IS zOology. particularly hal si,e-
cial part that teaches him Tie frisnds
and enemies Of iscrops. For many
Of the pests that destroy either tree.
shrub. vine or fruit there is some
parasite, insect or larger formor an
imal life that preys upon the pest.
frequently obli.eratingit One such
common animal IS the tod, which is
thus vel described b. Professor
German. of the Kentucky Expert
ment Station:
while the farmer sleeps the toad
Is searching his lawn, garden and
cornfeld for insects and their reia-
tives. Cut worms. ants. pOtato bugs
and chinch bugs are delicacies 10
bin, and be snaps them up steadily
with his loose flap Of tongue, until
his sides stick out and be can hold
no more. The number and variety
of insects with which he fills his
stomach during a night is astonish.
ing. <
Nay his tribe increase! lie does
his work without parade, while the
mole, in its hunt for insects, tears
up the earth and does about as much
harm as good, although much adver.
tised as the farmers friend.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

CHOPPED Hay For CATTLE. have
not just at hand figures TO prove the
value OF chopping the hay for cattle
feeding, but | know that careful ex-
perimentation has proved that the
best economic results have been OBJ
tanned by feeding the hay chopped.
says the Fruit World. Very many
of the owners of extensive herds in
the state chop the hay for feeding.
All animals eat the chopped feed
clean, thereby making very con-
siderable saving. The hay was al
ways chopped for the stock on my
fathers California farm, even as far
back as AZ or AZ years ago. From
the experience that came with this
practice ! have since been an ad-
vocate OF choppin3 the hay for stock
feeding. II pays.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

VALUABLE LADY BUo. Nearly
every insect which destroys the
crops is the prey OF the lady bug.
Macy OF these are tie lady bugs
cousins, such as clister beetles,
squash bugs, cabbage hngs, weevils,
bark-bor ng bceiles, and cotton bugs,
all of which belong 10 the coleoptera
order.
The lacy bugs greatest service.
perhaps. IS the devouring cf The
deadly aphis. These plant lice, lit
tie green insects no bigger than a
tiny pinhead, are the most prolific
and are particularly injurious 10 cot
ton crops. Too small and frail TO
eat the leaves, they suck out the
juices.
But the lady bug pounces upon
the plant lice. II il were notslfor
this warfare scarcely any small crop
or any flowers could be grown.
In California a few years ago a
particularly large lady bug was in
troduced from Australia. 1t was
found to be the only agent which
could cope with the aphis which
caused the cottonly cushion scale
on grapes. In two years the work
Of the lady bug Melted o profit OF
$500, 900 TO the state 1t has now
practically exterminated this special
scale insect.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
How co Cnre tl,e Grin.

Remain quietly at home and take
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as
directed and a quick recovery is
sure to follow. That remedy conn
teracts any tendency of the grip to
result in pneumonia. which is real
~ the only serious danger. Among
the tens of thousands whohaye used
u foe the grip, not one case has ever
been reported that did not recover.
For sale BY Greenwich & Drury,
Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
oleo Liaa = New Rival.

Anxious housewives viii be glad
to know that "vegetaline, made by
a Marseilles firm BY refining oil ex-
tracted from the copra dried
cocoanut), and now placed on the
English market, is not, as it was
feared, an imitation butter or even
"a substitute for butter in its do
nestle uses. According to the
makers agents "vegetaline" is al
most entirely a manufacturers arti-
Gle, although it can be used in the
kitchen for making pastry and will
be supplied in retail if there is any
demand for it. But the value of
the process by which "vegetaline"
is made viii, it is claimed, be in pro-
viding bakers and biscuit manufac-
turers with a substitute for butter
which is not only pure and cheap,
but which, for biscuits in particular,
ie better than butter.-London Ex-
press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
The Parafin Coating.

The up to date housewife seals
her jelly and jam jars with coat
ing of paraffin instead of the brandy
soaked white paper that met all the
requirements of her mother and
grandmother. The users of paraf-
fin claim that it is preferable to
paper for reasons of economy as
well as protection from the air, be-
cause when jam and jelly jars are
opened the wax covers are available
for future use upon being melted.
The knack of manipulating parafiin
as covering for preserves is easily
acquired after few hints from the
demonstrators who are now making
the large shops their headquarters.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
Hsw Rugs Have LIghssned the Fail
H3useclsanIna.


Vast steps have been made In
cleanliness since the rug was invent
cd. II does away with half the ter
rors Of old fashioned honseclean-
ing. Where there are no hardwood
floors in the house the cracks be-
tween the boards may be puttied
shut and floor paint mixed with
garnish applied. Then a strip Of
rug before a bed, another before
the dresser and another under the
rocking chair, and the bedroom is
furnished. Every sweeping day
these rugs may be taken up and
tvery grain OF dust beaten to the
winds. Moths have no chance to
flourish, and there is always that
blessed feeling that one is clean.
Daily the broom swathed in o dust
ing bag goes over the bare floors.
lDne acquainted with the rich, dull
eolors of Turkish and Persian rugs
knows that they are without rivals.
| IL born with that disconnected
mind that is satisfied with nothing
but the best, it is just as well not
to cultivate taste for oriental rugs.
Fall housekeeping is not what it
used to be. Now all that is left to
DO is to wipe the dust from the
Pictures and walls, dust the books
and rugs and get out the extra pill
fiows and hangings that were put
ant of sight during the summer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
Ink Stains.

For an ink stain that is still fresh
on linen soak the cloth in milk,
changing the liquid as often as it
becomes discolored. If it is dry and
obstinate, use chloride of lime or
salts of lemon. If the former, pour
it on the cloth over a bowl and al
low it to stand for a short time,
then wash thoroughly. If salts of
lemon is employed, place the cloth
over a bowl Of steaming water,
sprinkle the salts of lemon on the
stain and allow it to stand until it
fades away. Then scald thoroughly.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
Home Remedies.

Glycerin is recommended by a
physician as being good for sore
eyes.
Camphor and vaseline should be
used for bruises, the camphor be-
ing an antiseptic and calculated to
prevent the injury from assuming a
malignant form. Vaseline is an ex-
tract from petroleum and is soften
ing and healing.
A dentist 'prescribes the following
remedy for toothache: Take a mus
lin bag about an inch long and
one-third of an inch wide and fill
with ginger. Place in the mouth
between the cheek and the gum
where the irritation is felt. This
will effectually remove all infamma-
ton.
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To Cook White Onions.

A delicious way to cook young
white onions is TO peel them and let
them soak in cold water, slightly
sailed, for about six hours. At the
end of that time pour off the water,
put them in a saucepan over the
fire with enough cold water to cover
them well. Cover the saucepan
closely and let the onions boil slow
ly until thoroughly done all
through, then pour off the water,
and to a dozen small onions put in
a generous tablespoonful of butter,
a half teaspoonful of salt and a salt
spoonful of red pepper. Stand the
saucepan back on the stove and let
the onions simmer very gently for
twenty minutes after the butter and
seasoning are added. Serve with a
very little chopped parsley sprinkled
over the top of the onions.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20

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to take, being sugar coated, and
pleasant in effect. For sale by
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-03-20
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GreenWeIl's Mill.

FLOUR. MEAL and FEED on hand
or sale al the time cheap for CAsH.
Hereafter. in order TO avoid having 20
keep mill books, all ORDER must he nc.
companied by the cash.
Jan 12--tf Pr. GREENWELL