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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

While Francis Wilson, Frank Nc
Kee and several others sat around q
table at an uptown restaurant the
other night talking shop" the pc
culiarities of certain actress, who
is anything but popular with mem
bers of the profession, were dis
sected. Wilson finally remarked:
"She is morbidly sensitive"
81 don't agree with you," said
Mckee. tWhy do you think so?"
sShe is so nervous that she will
not even have a tea urn in her
room, that's why" replied the come
dian.
Now, every one realized that
there was a joke somewhere, so one
of the party asked:
whats the answer, Francis"
The comedian, with a dreamy,
PARKWAY look in his eyes, replied:
"She can't bear to hear it kissing ;
it recalls unhappy moments of her
life. See ?"-New York Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
Feedlna an obstlnate ostrlch,

The ostrich which the king sent
from Windsor to the zoo some time
ago has shown his disapproval of
his change of quarters by going of
his feed. To prevent his COM
uniting suicide by starvation the
keepers have consequently found it
necessary to resort to a process of
"stuffing."
While one keeper holds the bird
in a corner another, with dizziness
gained by long practice, seizes the
upper part of the beak with one
hand and causes the ostrich to open
his mouth. Then he thrusts down
the unwilling throat a large ball of
nourishing food, and the i. ostrich
is left to digest it at leisure.-Lon-
don Express.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
HIS TONGUE WAS SAFE.

A little three-year-old of Newton
has frequently astonished bis parents
by rather witty remarks. One day
recently his mother was busy pre-
pairing to 60 away, and Willie came
into the house and made great deal
of noise running about with his
heavy shoes. His mother told him
she was so tired that she would like
to have him go upstairs and take his
shoes OFF and put his slippers on.
Willie obeyed, and, returning to the
room where his mother was, talked
necessarily. Several times she had
to stop in the midst of her work TO
answer his questions. Finally. her
patience became exhausted, and she
said: willie, viii you stop stalking?
You will have me crazy" He STOP
ped minute, then replied: We'll,
you made me take of my shoes, but
you can't make me take my tongue
cut, anyway. Boston Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
AN INCOMPLETE REPORT.

William Gillette, the actor, hides
himself in summer as far away from
crowds and newspaper personals as
possible. Often he uses his time
constructing o new work, which Nat
Goodwin calls athe Gillette play
q thing that acts ITSELF" One sum-
mer Gillette hired a yacht, and, as
he tells the story, it was a craft
without an equal. With a few
friends he set sail from New York
and proceeded by way Of the sound
upon a cruise. They kept close to
shore, and a week or so after they
left New York were drifting leisure
" by a point of land at the end Of
which sat solemn Yankee fishing.
In q few hours the boat had passed
the point, and the Yankee aroused
himself from his contemplation of
the water and asked, "Where are
you from?"
New York." replied Gillette,
with yachtsman's pride.
'How long?"
@Since Aug. l." shouted the
yachtsman again.
The Yankee returned to his con-
temptation and the yacht kept on
drifting, but along in the afternoon
there came a voice over the water
and it asked, @What yearT-Har-
per's Weekly.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

Some time ago my daughter
caught severe cold. She com
planned of pains in her chest and
had bad cold l gave her Cham.
berlain' S Cough Remedy according
TO directions and in two days she
was well and able to 90 TO school. I
have used this remedy in my family
for the past seven years and have
never known it 10 fail, ;" says James
Prendergast, merchant, Annato Bay,
jamaica, West India Islands. The
pains in the. chest indicated an ap-
preaching attack of pneumonia,
which in this instance was undoubt-
edly warded of by Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy. 1t counteracts any
tendency of a cold toward pneumo-
MIA. For sale by Greenwich & Drury,
Leonardtown, Nd,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

When Theodore Roosevelt was Gov
ernor of New York one of his GUS
toms was to assemble the heads of
State. departments in the Executive
chamber once a week in a sort of
cabinet meeting for the purpose Of
discussingState departmentmatters.
At several of these meetings the CIV
il-service law came up Cor discuss
ion, and on all such occasions the
jokers would have not a little fun
with the Governor, because of his
views growing ont Of his previous
connection with the National Civil
Service Commission. One OF the
Governor last Cabinet meetings
was like Hamlet without Hamlet,
Mr.. Roosevelt being in the West.
All the otherStateofiicers were pres
ent. Secretary of State McDonough,
in dignified manner, rose and off
cred the following, which was accept
ed without dissenting voice:
Whereas, Gov. Theodore Roose-
welt has gone to Chicago; and where
as, Oyster Bay has gone Democratic;
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the civil-service
law be suspended for one year. -
New York Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
Saint Narll 5 Beacon.
REAL FOG.


az have met a great many liars in
my time," said Pilot Josh Lane the
other day, but John Lundy, a Rock
away oysterman, is far and away
king of them all. It doesn't make
any difference what you tell John in
the way Of fairy tale, he will al
ways go you one better. You may
depend upon him for he never fails.
1.-TWO or three weeks ago, / met
John in a saloon in Long Island City.
We got TO talking about fogs, and l
tried TO impress him with the thick
ness of fogs in London. / told him
how people, standing on a street
corner in London could not see the
lighted lamp ON the post beside
them; how people, after leaving
their own doorstep, could not find
their way back home until the fog
had lifted, and a dozen other stories
all greatly embellished. BUTT was
no use-I could not even feaze him.
This was the return | got:
Sonny, fogs may be pretty thick
in that town, but they amt half sc
bad as / have seen right here on
Long Island remember once,
about ten years ago, when / was
shingling the upright part of my
house, fog rolled in from the east
fit 10 put a man 8 eyes out. ! didn I
take much notice of il at first, but
kept on mailing down shingles, and
by and by, it lighted up some, and
what do you think I'd been doing,
Sonny? / was half a mile away
from the house and the shingles was
lying ON the field all the way back.
That blamed fog was so thick I'd
been nailiug shingles on it and did
not know it. And that amt the
worst fog I've seen neither.-New
York Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
The cuss Came.

Some time since, when Laurence
Hutton was travelling in southern
Europe, Mark Twain had occasion
to write him. Knowing he would
be in Florence on a certain date, he
so addressed his letter, substituting
for "poste restante" the injunction
in good plain English, keep it till
the cuss comes"
''They kept it." Mr.. Clemens re-
marked afterward, tand the cuss
came"
eyes," rejoined Mr.. Hutton, Sand
the cuss kept the envelope too.
There it is, framed, on my desk. "
New York Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
Too Good to BE True.

Truly this is an age Of inventions,
and the west is at the front in de-
signing them. Somebody has in
vented a housecleaning machine
A big red van is stationed in front
of the house. The operator runs q
hose into the rooms, and with an
odd little device resembling . car
pet sweeper inverted he cleans
everything in sight and out of sight,
walls, draperies, upholstery, every
thing is made clean without clearing
the rooms. 1t sounds too good to be
true, doesn't it?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
The elll,orth hs,nut..

When the twentieth century
dawned on the world, the number
Of minutes which had elapsed since
the beginning of the year A. ID.
was 99S, 6i0, 900, and we shall cele-
brate the thousand millionth mia
ute at the end Of April, 1909. Or,
II you prefer to have it so, the ammo
Domini clock viii tick for the sixty
thousand millionth time at lO:4O
on the morning Of April 80, 1902.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
PetrlHed Forests.

The petrifed forests of Arizona
we're recently examined anew under
the direction of the general land
Office. The silicifed logs lie in the
greatest abundance within an area
OF eight square miles in Apache
county. In some places they lie
more thickly than they could have
stood while living as trees, and it is
thought that they must have been
carried there by a swift current of
water in the mesozoic age.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

i wish. said the little girl, 81
had two birthdays year.
Don't worry, Jennie. . returned
her Aunt Ellen. When you get TO
be 30 or Overt il will seem to you as
IL they came fully as fast as that. .
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

well done!' exclaimed the sight
seer, as he halted before Maclay.
The great historian smiled.
All, a friend at last. You mean
my book il well done?"
Yes. At least, il has beenroast-
ed enough to be well done. Chi
cago News.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

DO you think she viii ever be a
great prima donna?''
Looks like it. Why, she has dis
appointed the public by falling to
appear several temes already. r.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

W. G. Williamson, Of Amherst, Va.
says: For more than q year | suf-
fered from lumbag0. / finally tried
Chamberlain s Pain Balmand il gave
me entire relief, which all other
remedies had failed to do. !" Sold by
GreenweIl 4 Drury, Leonardtown,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

You don't think much of golf
/ believer"
We'll. in one way / deem it pref
cradle 70 bicycling
How is fhaf?'
They don't try TO play il on the
city STREETS.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

Rev. ]. NJ. Yingling, pastor OF the
Bedford St. u. T. Church, CuInber-
land, Md. says: 1T affords me
great pleasure 10 recommend Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. ! have used it and
know others who have never known
Ii TO fail = For sale By Greenwich
& Drury, Leonardsown, Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
Dress Hakins Up To Date.

Having thoroughly acquired the srs Of cut
ting by measure offer nav services rs an
'.up-tsD-dasc~ MODESTO. cutting ard nttine
dresses FROM the lat & Partisan fashions. Per-
soEs living 1t q disfa 4ce should send for meas
ure blank. All work done promptly and In
the nsusf approved STYLE.
Mrs. GEoMGHA JOHNSON,
sent la--<fe EEnMAHnTOwN-Mn.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
FOR REHT.

TWENTY ACHES cf good land for cultixa-
tlun Oh whfch Il situated good tenant house
with four rDo1ns. near the village NJ Charlotte
naii- For furfner partEsularA. addrees
Dec s-lnzs Charlotte Hall.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

BNAWEN WVtM PCT tUWNWs WU
Extracting teeiS with anRsthetic. .25
/ will be in my office at Mechanics
Vile the THIRD Wednesday of eve-
ry month. and will visit parties at their
homes upon notification
e. E. PAYNE,
May lift. Leonardtown. Nd.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02
Warrington ard Potomac
2silroad Company.
Time Table:

In Eject Monday. go a m. Sept. ls. 1901
TRAINS FROM WASHINGTON AND BAL
TIMuRE
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-01-02

sTArToN~-sorrn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
PRINTED BELOW SEA LEVEL.
Journalism in the Desert Of Cali
fornia.

Journalism in the Desert OF Call
fornia.
icle.
So far as is known there is but one
newspaper IN the world printed below the
level of the sea. That paper is the lndio
Submarine, or as it Is nov known, The
Coachella Submarine. The paper - ht-
tie fC paSe wo"kly whi:h does not pre-
sent remarkably preposseSsAng appearance
but it serves the requirements Of the coT-
munity In which 1t circulates.
The desert does not present too abun-
dant facilities for journalism. as one or
two extracts from the paper itself Will
suggest, and the Submarine Is situated in
the midst of the most formidable OF the
deserts Of California--the Colorado desert
of this cmounty. Regarding the paper
recent move from Indio to Coachella, the
editor of the paper says:
Inducements OF a fiattering character
having been offered the publisher In the
way of bonus- We have removed our
printing office from Indio to Coachella. a
distance of three and one-hah miles.
We have dropped from twenty-five feet
below sea level to seventy-six feet below
sea level.
cous thud. The low rumbling noise you
heard last Tuesday was caused by our
printing office making the drop. 1t may
be truly said that The Submarine Is the
lowest down or the low-downest or the
nearly as we can compute the distance,
hades Is about PIP feet just below our new
office. The pape twill continue to advo-
cate the interests of all the country be-
low the sea level, and we want you to
fire in all the news you know.
A short time ago the Submarine failed
to appear for two consecutive weeks and
the editor made the following apology and
explanation:
Having business to transact in Riv-
erside. in Los Angeles and in Ventura
County, the editor left Indio on Sept. .
and was gone an even two weeks Be
fore leaving he printed one-half of The
Submarine for the next week. At Los
Angeles he gave a printer $40 as expense
money and a key to the office to come
doNa and get out the rest of the par, ar
sue. Care free he sped away to ventura
County. and after transacting the bust
ness in hand set out for good time,
and he had it, too.
Returning IT, Los Angeles, he read a
Riverside dispatch to the Los Angeles
papers to the effect that fears were en-
tertained that he had met with foul play,
as the paper of the 18th had not made
its appearance and the editor had not
zen heard of in two weeks. That
brought US nome in a hurry.
The only foul play we met with out
side of a baseball game was the failure
of the printer to come down and get out
our paper during our absence.
when we discovered that the paper
hadn't been issued we Immediately re-
turned and took up our work where we
left of, and that's why. gentle reader.
the last issue you received bore two dates
one sheet that of Sept. IS and the other
that of Sept. q. The issue of the 10Th?
We were Obliged to cut that out!'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
REGISTRARS in Session.

The Jefferson County Board of Regis
trars is again in session here and this will
be the last opportunity to register under
the temporary plan. The present session
will last until next Friday evening and
during this period all persons who have
failed to register heretofore may do 80
if the proper excuse is given. As the
municipal election in Birmingham, in
which there is much interest already be-
ing taken. will take place next May and
tho number of registered voters in Biz
minGham is comparatively small, 1t IL cx-
pected that large number of voters will
take advantage of this closing opportuni-
ty to obtain registration certificates. The
total number registered In the two beats
of Birmingham is 4654. 1t Is believ ed
there are something like 1000 voters ir
Birmingham, which leaves about $500 Il
secure registration certificates to get In
IN the municipal and other elections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16

gar M. Elliott, Moundsville.
Henry-T. NJ. Espy. Dothah; C. B.
searcy, Abbeville.
Jackson--W. H. Bogart Stevenson and
s. w. Frasier. Scottsboro.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Benners, A. T Lon
doe, L. ]. Haley, F. E. Blackburn, ]. C.
Dubose, w. C. Cunningham, C. w. Hick-
man, Birmingham.
LAMAR. D. McCluskey, Vernon.
Laudsrdale-R. l.. Killen Greenhill, and
r. T. Simpson. Florence.
Lawrence-W. r. Lowe, Moulton.
Lee-L. r. Wheeless, opelika, and C.
r. McCreary, Phenix.
Limestone-W. T. Thach, Athens
Lowndes-Dan Crum, Farmersville, and
r. l.. Goldsmith Hayneville.
Maco1-J. r. Wood, Tuskegee.
Madison-R w. Walker, Huntsville; A.
s Fletcher, Huntsville.
Marengo-J. H. Minge. FauDsdaIe. and
Jacob Williams, Nanafalia.
Marion-Charles P. Almon, Hamilton.
Marshall-John A. Lusk, Guntersville.
Mobile-A 8. Lyons. ]. c. Rich. F. o.
Hoffman, Mobile.
Monroe-T. 8. Virgins, Monroeville.
Montgomery-Tyler Goodwin. ]. Hall.
T. NJ. Arlington and o. c. Manner. Mont
gomery.
Morgan-w. w. Callahan, Decatur, and
Dan Walden. New Decatur.
Perry-R. A. Harde, Uniontown: C. C.
Johnson, Marion.
Ptckens-M. B. Curry, Carrollton.
Pike-A. B. Foster. Troy; James H.
Edwards, Catalpa.
Randolph-W. A. Handley, Roanoke.
Russell-B. DEG. Waddell, Scale; DR.. T.
A. johnson, Jernigan.
st. ClaIr-W. T. Brown, RagIand.
Shelby-E. s. Lyman. Montevallo.
Sumter--S. C. Ward, Cuba, and r. L.
Scale, Livingston.
Talladega-J. C. Lanier, Kymulga; G.
A Joiner, Talladega.
Tallapoo5a-James w. StIother, Dade-
Vile; John r. Ballard, Alexander City.
Tuscaloosa-J. Manly Foster, Charles
B. Werner, Tuscaloosa. i
Walker-J. H. Bankhead. Jasper; W. A
Gray. Cordova.
Washington-Hiram NJ. Posey. Sun
flower.
Wilcox-s. C. Cook. Nellie. and B. F.
Watts. Jr., Caledonia.
winston-P. H. Neuman CRep). Double
Springs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
Fire in a Mine.

A report from the mines of the Wood
ward Iron Company, located at Dolomite,
about twelve miles south of Birmingham,
stated that fire ignited today in Mine
No l, and that sixteen mules and two
negroes were suffocated. A telephone
message from Woodward this afternoon
at o'clock was to the effect that there
was fire in No. mine, but that 1t was
under control
The report that men and mules had been
suffoc ated was denied. No one was hurt.
il was announced over the telephone In
Bessemer the rumor was to the effect that
the fire would do great damage to the
mine, The Woodward report denied that
there was an explosion in the mines.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
The Voice of Experience.

Brooklyn Eagle.
The brides mother was visiting her and
together they sat in the sewing room.
The bride was fixing the sleeve lining OF
her husbands overcoat
We'll. l think that's neat job re-
marked the bride as she finished her
task.
The mother examined it and shook her
head solemnly.
You don't like it?" suggested the bride.
ITS too we'll DONE was the reply.
Too we'll done,
Yes; it's a tailor's job"
But if l can do it as well as Il
why, then of course, you'll have to
keep on doing things of that sort Oh.
| know all about it. l tried it myself
when | was first married. and later l had
to ruin two coats before ! could break
your father of the habit of bringing ev-
erything to me. Just listen to the voice
of experience, daughter and make a
bungling job of that, even if you have
to tear Il all out and do 1t over again.
It's no trouble at all to discourage him
now. but it will be year or so later.
IT ls of the utmost importance that a
woman should begin married life right"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
From the Worlds Gronary.

For the first time in the history OF
Western Railway transportation, wheat
grown east of the Rockies is being
shinped to Pacific coast ports. Some few
Years ago, such a movement was predict
ed nv James ]. Hin as the result of the
development of the American trade in the
Orient Wheat is being bought by San
Erancisco shippers as far east as Mime
an0Iis an effort being made to obtain
through freight rates by rail to the coast
and in steamer loads to Australia If
exports of gold to Europe from this CEN
ter should assume any considerable pro-
norton, it will be fully met by the in
coming gold from Australia, to pay for
shipmentS of hreadstufA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
is MAKING STEEL RAL
ENsLEY PLANT TURNING OUT A
NEW PRODUCT.
Believed That 1000 Tons Can Be
Manufactured Daily by the
Mill-Jefferson Board Of
Registrars in Session.

Birmingham, Nov. 15.--(speciaL)-Steel
rail has been made at Ensley. This an
nouncement was made today, the effort
being accomplished last afternoon in the
rail mill at the steel plant Of the Tennes-
see Coal. Iron and Railroad Company.
This was the first attempt at steel rail
making. there being heretofore such a
heavy demand for other product that the
rail mill never. was used for the purpose
for which it was constructed. Several
sixty-pound rails were successfully made
in the mill during the trial run. The
effort was such a big success that in the
next few days the mill will be put alto
gether to making rail. 1t is believed that
loo tons daily can be- manufactured in
tne mill. A number Of different sizes can
be made in this mill. ranging from small
rail to eighty. ninety and 100 pounds per
yard. 1t Is announced that the Tenpes-
see Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has
number Of orders on hand for rails
and that when the steel mill proper has
been improved as planned the production
in all departments. including the rail mill
department, will be most satisfactory.
1t is also announced that the five fur.
naces Of the Tennessee Company at Ems.
ley are in full blast and that a large
quantity Of pig iron is being made there
of which no little amount Is basic iron
to be used in the steel plant.
The manufacture Of steel rail Is con.
sidered of unusual Importance in the Bir-
ninghann District and marks another era
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
Stockholders Meeti0o
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD r
Office OF the Secretary.
October

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD RI
Office OF the Secretary ~
October 9th, 1909
Notice is hereh,- given that speciaI SO<.
ing OF the stockholders of the Atlantic Coast
the Board Of Directors and win be held Sayy
The office of said company in the Cit a.
Richmond Va, on Monday. the 7th 49,, VI
November, A D.. 1902. at 80 ocIocEy Of
the forenoon, for the purpose OF votinS ~, IN
a proposition to increase the present capiTai
stock of the Atlantic Coast Line RaIipna,i
Company to the amount Of fifteen million dol al
lars TO consist of one hundred and 0ftv th"'
sand shares OF the common stock each % ~
mar value of one hundred dollars. the sa tne
- be in addition to the capital stock a,raain
issued and outstanding; and for the purposs
also OF voting upon proposition TO increne,
the bonded Indebtedness Of the company bS
the issue Of thirty-flve millions of d6ilayys ~
collateral trust purchase money hftyyear "
per cent gold bonds such additional sto
and bonds to be applied and used as fs s.oc *
may be necessary. to and towards the ma a. a..
mont OF the purchase price Of three hunfpssI
and six thousand shares q the capital stocI
on the Louisville and Nashville Kailr"sS,
Company, which. under the terms Of The mn
chase thereof Is 10 be pledged as collafsra'
security for the payment of said bonds
BY order OF the Board of Directors
JAMES f. POST. Secretary.
d-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
FUNERAL NOTICE.

The members of Mozart Lodge. No. 20. K
of p. hereby summoned TO meet at the
Castle Hall this morning at $50 for Sshe pur-
pose of attending the funeral of our departed
brother, Abraham Moog BY order of the Chan
rellor Commander.
Members of Central. No. 9. and Jewel Lodge.
No. rs, are fraternally invited to attend. Car
riages will be in waiting near the Castle Hall
j. PEPPERMAN, X. of r. ana
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-16
Sanders Investigating Smallpox.

DIR. w. H. Sanders, the state Health
Officer. has made an investigation into
the small pox situation at the Stouts
Mountain mining settlement In Cullman
County. where some alarm was expressed
over the appearance and spread of the
disease and the people of Cullman petit
toned fs visit Of the Health officer.
DR.. Sanders states that he did not find
the situation such as to give grounds for
alarm. The disease will he controlled
shortly.