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II is most surprising whas q num-
ber Of litsle things We do without
knowing the reason.
Why. for instance, do widows wear
caps? Perhaps you may say because
they make them look pretty and
interesting. But the real reason Il
that when the Romans we're in Eng
land they shaved their heals Is ! sign
Of mourning. OF course, o woman
couldn't let herself be seen with q
bald head, so she made herself a
pretty cap. And now, though the
necessity OF wearing IL has passed
away, the cap remains.
WHAT'S the meaning Of the crosses
or KS on o barrel Of beer2 They
signify degrees OF quality nowadays.
But originally they were put on by
those ancient monks as q sort OF
trademark. They were crosses In
those days, and meant o sort Of oath
on the cross. sworn by the manu-
facturer, that his barrel contained
good liQuoro 7 r Ir-fs =
Why are bells toiled Tor the dead?
This has become so familiar practice
that a funeral without it would appear
un- Christian. Yet the reason is
quite barbarous. Bells were tolled
long ago, when people were being
buried, in order to frighteu away
the evil spirits who lived In the
air.
Who do fair ladies break q bottle
Of wine on the ship they are chris
tenipg? Merely another survival of
barbaric custom. In the days OF
sacrifice to the godsit was customary
to get some poor victim when boat
was being launched, and TO cut his
throat over the prov. so that his
blood baptized it. -....... a..
Why are dignitaries deafcned by q
salute when they visit aforeign port?
1t seems curious sort of welcome,
this firing OF OF guns, but appears
thecustom arose in avery reasonable
way. Originally, town or q war
ship fred of their guns on the ap-
proach Of important and friendly
strangers to show that they had
such faith in the visitors peaceful
intentions they did't think it nec-
essary to keep their guns loaded.
Why do we sometime throw q shoe
after bride? The reason is not
very complimentary. From of old it
has been the habit of mothers to chas-
tise their children with a shoe.
Hence the custom arose OF the father
of a bride making q present TO the
bridegroom of a shoe as a sign that
it was TO be his right to keep her in
order.-Tit-B Bits. Ff
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St. Mary's afI1lrs.
THE OHAPrICo RlrzDaE.


Court. published In the issue Of the
BEACON Of january 10. 1873. stated
that the time for receiviog bids for
buildinga bridge over Chaptico run,
had been extended also, some men,
ton was given rs TO piling. &C. It
is not the writer's infenf5oa 20 dis
pute over the necessity 81 The bridge,
that fact being apparens 10 eli, but
70 enter public protest against the
construction OF another wooden
bridge. over the said run,. Having
lived IN the Village Of thss ssiea and
in the vicinity quite long time, ne
cessarily crossing that run many
hundreds of times, the conditions
that require a more stable struct-
ure than can be made from wood,
have long since forced themselves
upon my attention.
To present my views will force me
to analyze the Commissioners re-
quirements in the construction OF
this bridge. The length OF bridge
is to be esixty-six feet with nine piles
to be driven on each bank. The in
ference from above instructions is
that quite long span must be made
to connect the two sides, and, which
is fact, the two banks being forty
feet apart-a long distance for even
oak wood to osupport its own weight,
and the extra weight OF the decking,
teams and loads that must pass over
and with all the devices that carpen-
ter's skill may suggest, they can
not prevent its sagging and getting
out of plumb, for the nature of this
particular run is that IL is very
large one. but meets the tide from
Chaptico Bay, justabout where this
bridge is to cross, and O forty feet
clear span is none too much to ac-
commodate the volume OF water that
frequently gathers there, the con-
staut' erosion from the running
stream and from the tide at inter-
walls, being very destructive to the
foundations of the present bridge.
causing incessant repairs. And, as
q suggestion TO avoid a repetition OF
the present inconvenience and to
put our county abreast with the
times. why not build an IRON bridge
such as every other county in the
State has found to be the cheapest
and most satisfactory? At Marlbo
ro' where there were just such con-
diti0ns toovercome as exist at Chap
tico,. Prince Georges county, has
built three iron bridges, but they
are not resting on wooden piles, but
on stone and cement foundations
that can Withstand the wasting effect
OF time and tide. The first cost may
be little more, in such work, but
IL IS necessary at times to make a
good outlay TO get o good return.
and this is one of the times. s s
Our road operations for 1902, were
not such as to favorably advertise
our county, and this is golden OPP
portunity to begin this year with
better and up 70 date methods.
Let the taxpayers come together,
and discuss the expenditure Of the
county finances, and insist that bet
ter conditions OF the public high
ways be for 1903. than we now have,
and no occasion would suit as well
as full attendance at the Farmers
Institute in Leonardtown, February
26 and q.
III the reflections set forth
note will start q discussi|
Mary's county affairs,
good thing done, as
our people is to gr
have gone wrc
ing matters
TO avoid
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Notice.

lfyou have farm, timber lands or town
property that you desre 10 cell, send me fnll
description a same. .and vheu havesnfacien,
property listed 20 Justify the expense. vii
issue O catalogue and advertise your lands
throughout the u 8. IL I don't sell it costs
you nothing, and n 4 sell or send you Q Gus.
TONER. you onlypay me theasasi commission.
Blank cards for description Of property can
be had BY calling at the BEACON once or any
Of tho hotelsin Leonardtown. Correspondence
solicited.
q. z. Roe, Real Estate Agent,
Dec 4-mt Ridgely, Nd.
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Boy Divers or Polynesia.

Away out In the South Pacific
Ocean. whore white men rarely are
seen, there lies q little coral asoll
known . Hikucru Atoli. II In dif.
fere6t from mostcoral atolls Of which
you read ia your geography. for Il
In . solid ring of coral, and the In.
Roon inside Of Il can be entered Only
by dragging boats over the beach.
This lagoon Ii one OF the valuable
pearl shell iaaoons and In sought
every year by dweilers on Tahiti
and other South Seas 10 tish for
pearl. tfeN ~ :
The French government, which
owns the atoll, has forbidden the
use Of diving suits. because 10 Is
feared this method would prove too
destructive 70 the pearl shells; 20
the diving Is tioise IN the sncisnt
South Sea way. by men and boys
and women, who 90 down with no
artificial help. - 81
When the time comes for the
pearl fishing. they set ont for their
Islands, some ofthem 900 miles away
from the atoll. Most Of the natives
bring their families and household
effects with them. MANY bring
even their houses. This is not so
difficult an undertaking as II may
appear at first sight, for the houses
are made from light cocanut Palms
and pandanus leaves. They are
built mp In sections, So:h~r are easy
10 take apart AID transport. -'
Most OF the diving is done In wa
ter from sixty TO seventy feet deep.
The sea Is so clear in the atoll that
the diver can study the bottom per-
fectly with water glass and locate
the best clumps of shell before he
dives.
When he is ready TO go down, he
slips into the water over the side of
the boat. and, holding TO the gun
vale with one hand. he looks down
ward through the water glass. The
moment he sights q good lot of shells
he begins to breathe deeply, suck.
ing the air in until his chest Is In.
fiased as for as it can be, then ex-
haling 1t slowly through his mouth
so that It makes q whistlipg sound.
Having thus cleaned out his lungs,
he takes long breath. filing his
chest with perfectly pure air, and
then he lets 60 OF the gunwale in.
stantly and sinks below the surface,
feet foremost.
After he has thus sunk about ten
feet, he turns quickly and swims
toward the bottom, feet first, cleav-
ing the water. as gracefully
swiftly as fish would. .'
On touching bottom he b.
self along by seizing lur
until he reaches the. tr
he breaks them o" 's
right hand, WI
white cottor
,ha sha,,e -s-fa..at .4J-.
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|LuMUCl.
viii keep constantly on hand &C
teorar tewn wharf q full Supply of =
BOARDS sCANTLING, WEATHER
BOARDING. FLOORING PALINGs,
DRESSED BOARDS SHINGLES, &c.
All orders for Lumber, Doors. Sash.
LAths. Time and Hair promptly at
tended "a. -FG
~ TERMS. Cash.
Jniv1-tss Jos
Wholesale.
chas. l. W.
Oys
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Saint Maru.s Beacon.
lob Printing. such ~
Handbills. Circulars.
Blanks, Bill Heads. executed with
neatness and despatch.

Parties having Real or Personnel
Property for sale can obtain dss-
criptive handhills neatly executed
and OF city prices.
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wonders never cs.s.'
has "Isss'S Sssn invented nersa ssASs'
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when he served in General Taylor's army
Then he played with the elder Booth. Nc
Cready, the Wallacks, Murdoch and EDWIN
Forest, and made his first trip TO England
and Franc in 1856. In 1851 he was prlnclpal
comedian at Laura Keene's theater in New
York. He created at that time the charac-
ter Of Asa Trenchard in Our American
Cousin" Going to Dion Boucicaults WIN
ter Garden, in New York, he played Caien
Plummer in THE Cricket on the Heartn
and Salem Scudder In 1.-The Octoroon. ih
1859 he first became much Interested in the
character Of Rip Van Winkle, writing d
play around 1t that was produced in the ran
of that year. On his return from a trip 10
Australia he met Dion Boucicault, and that
famous playwright and adapter worked
over Mr.; Jefferson's play into its present
form. The new version was first presented
in London, and scored a great hit from the
first.
One night, in the year 1745. a young man
sat IN the taproom Of a London inn. he
was a country lad from Yorkshire, but MS
manners were engaging, his wit quick, ana
his voice was melodious. He charmed an
who sat drinking with him, and won their
hearty applause for his songs and Jests. IN
another part of the inn, where the COM
pany was more select, David Garrick, then
the idol Of the Londo stage, was enter
tanning some friends. A servant mentioned
to the party the presence of the country
roysterer who was singing and joking in
the taproom- Bring him in cried Mr.:
Garrick's friends, and not a bit abashed
by the invitation, in the young man came.
He pleased the company OF celebrities In
the pdTiOE as lHOIOuSniy With ulS oho II,
homely wit as he had the less particular
ring outside. The great Mr.. Garrick him
self was captivated. He urged the lad TO
remain in London, and offered him a place
in his theatrical company. The offer was
accepted.
From that incident dates the foundation
of the Jefferson family as a dynasty OF
players. The country boys name was
Thomas Jefferson. Though his name would
hardly be generally remembered to-day
for the sake of his own achievements as
an actor, IL is cherished by all delivers into
the lore of the theater because Joseph JEFF
ferson is the great-grandson' of the man
to whom David Garrick took a fancy on
sight.
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Interesting Features i'm the Journals
COIOred supplement Next sunday.

PITTENCRIEFF' ILLUSTRATED IN
COLORS
The first page CT the supplement for next
Sunday will be given up to the great park
presented by Andrew Carnegie to his native
town of Dunfernline.
This magnificent gift by the Scottish
American irOnmaSter has been the subject
of much comment for weeks, but adequate
pictures showing the beauty of the park
until now have not been placed before the
American public. 1t is not too much to say
of our pictorial presentation of this park,
from photographs obtained expressly for
this publication, that ii is quite as artistic
as the color printing in the best high-class
magazines. There is an article accompany
ing them, OF course.
EARLY DAYS IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH
WEST.
Page three carries the first article by
Mrs. Martha Williams on the
early days of the Republic in the middle
Southwest, or, more specifically. Tennessee.
This article, and some that are to follow,
we believe, will be found of extreme inter-
est. Its title is Getting to Market in
Pioneer Days. In these times of quick
railroad transportation the primitive meth
DDS employed in the early part of the pres
ent century, forgotten even by Tennessee
ans for fifty years at least, and rarely heard
of at all by the rest OF us, seems strange in
deed. The two-color illustrations by j. X.
Knickerbocker are something entirely new
in newspaper printing.
FASHIONS IN FOUR COLORS.
Hats, Gowns and Wraps for Theater
Wear is tine caption of the fashion page
with article by Adelaide Samson. There
are four photographs, one containing three
figures and three showing heads. The titles
are: white Gown with Blue Silk Under
skirt Honey Tinted VeSvet Gown with
Appliques of Lace 'Manteau and Gown in
Geranium Crimson 'Ermine Evening Hat
with Crimson Ostrich Plume" Brussels
Net Drapery with Maribout Border"
Dress Hat of Blue Velvet Pipings-
Romanesque Shape"
FOR THE CHILDREN.
Page two has one OF Miss Truman's two-
color half page pictures for the youngsters.
1t il entitled when the Woods Are Full of
Indians" 1t shows a lot of children playing
that they are redskins" a game which will
always be popular with American boys. 1t
is accompanied by a clever piece of verse.
There is besides or the page a Natural
History Puzzle Picture and articles as fol-
lows:
How Creole Children Play"
1.-THE Only Way TO Bag a Grizzly"
"A Precious Boy Prince"
1.-THE Bank of England's Museum"
"A Military Golgotha."
Throughout the supplement there are
many short articles of interest, besides the
| features mentioned above.
| The usual four pages of comics in colors
! will also be included.
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The Man mt the wedding.

Philadelphia Record.
THE spectacle of n day wedding that is
not ultra-fashionable is a wonderful sight
to behold" said the tailor who caters to
what is known as the smart set. Fashion
DEGREES that at such a function every male
guest shall wear n frock coat witt striped
trousers. an ascot tie, and, of course, a
high silk hat: for n frock coat demands
that. Now. the average man doesn't pos
sess a frock coat. or if he has one il is
generally so old as to be entirely out of
style. A man invited to a day wedding
naturally hates TO give up $50 or $50 for a
new coat when he realizes that il may be
worn by him TO advantage perhaps two or
three times a year. Remember, 1 am
speaking of a large class of men who de-
test social affairs-and most men do. The
result is that when Smith gets an invita-
ton to a day wedding he goes TO his friend
Jones and says: Jones, you have an Old
frock coat. haven't your Yes says Jones,
but it's about ten years old oh, well,
thatn do says Smith. So he borrows
Jones's coat and wears it; and he isn't such
a sight as you might think, because half
the other men lave done the same thing,
and the misfits are so common that they
are not commented on. The frock coat
proposition Is a hard one for the tailors."
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DIR. Shops
Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing if It Fails

Any honest person who suffers from Rheu-
matism is welcome to this offer. For years
/ searched everywhere TO find a specific for
Rheumatism. For nearly twenty years 1
worked TO this end. AT last. in Germany,
my search was rewarded. / found a costly
chemical that did not disappoint me as 9TH
er Rheumatic prescriptions had disap-
pointed physicians everywhere.
/ do not mean that DR.. Shops Rheumatic
Cure can turn bony joints into flesh again.
That is impossible. But it will drive from
the blood the poison that cause pain and
swelling, and then that is the end of Rheu-
matism. / know this so we'll that / will fur
nish for a full month my Rheumatic Cure
on trial. / cannot cure all cases within a
month. 1t would be unreasonable to expect
that. But most cases will yield within thir-
ty days. This trial treatment will convince
you that DIR. Shops Rheumatic Cure is a
power against Rheumatism potent force
against disease that is irresistible.
My offer is made to convince you of my
faith. My faith is but the outcome OF ex-
perience-of actual knowledge. / know what
it can do. And L know this so we'll that L
will furnish my remedy on trial. Simply
write me a postal for my book on Rheuma-
tism. l will then arrange with a druggist
In your vicinity so that you can secure six
bottles of DR.. Shops Rheumatic Cure 10
make the test. You may take il a full month
on trial. If il succeeds the cost to you is
$50 If il fails the less is mine and mine
alone. 1t will be left entirely to you. /
mean that exactly. If you say the trial is
not satisfactory l don't expect a penny from
you.
nave no samples. Any mere sample that
can affect chronic Rheumatism must be
drugged to the verge OF danger. / use no
such drugs for it is dangerous to take them
You must get the disease out of the blood.
My remedy does that even in the most diifi-
cult. obstinate cases. 1t has cured the Oldest
cases that J. ever met, and in all of my ex-
perience, in all of my 1000 tests, l never
found another remedy that would cure one
chronic case in ten.
Write me and 1 will send you the book.
Try my remedy for a month, for ii can't
harm you anyway. IL it fails the loss is
mine.
Address DIR. Shoop, Box 100. Racine, Wis.
Mild cases not chronic are often cured by
one or two bottles. At all druggists.
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Forerunner of the Bonnet.

New York Evening Sun.
1T would take a very clever woman, and
a very knowing one, to distinguish be-
tween the hat and the toque of to-day,
and-well. we must be honest-the fore
runner of the bonnet. for we are coming
back to it, and many headgears which the
smartest women are wearing now recall
the Marie Stuart and other shapes of long
ago. says The Queen. I'VE do not bring
back old friends just as they were; we do
not expect when we lose sight of an ac-
Quaintance of ten years or more TO find
her looking just the same as she was a
decade ago. for the chances are she will
have gone with the times, and yet you say
and you think, Why, you have not altered
a day. but If she really presented her.
self exactly as you had parted with her,
you would have classed her as antedilu-
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The funeral of Mrs. Eliza C. Hendricks,
widow of the late Thomas A. Hendricks,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
at st. Paul's Church, New York and Illinois
streets. The Rev. Lewis Brown. pastor of
the church, will conduct the service. The
honorary pallbearers are Mayor John w.
Hoffman, William j. Holiday, H. r. Bliss.
j. A. Barnard, Il. G. Miller, Lafayette Per-
kins, A. @. Jones and Thomas L. Sullivan.
Interment will be in the family lot at Crown
Hill.
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The Travelling Picture.

1t is also a serious fact that one-half the
world does not know what the other half
does with gifts and souvenirs.
when / am rash enough to get into
friendship trouble / owe it to myself to pass
that trouble speedily on to some one else."
said a young woman, with the explanation,
of course, that he or she is at liberty to
do the same thing. 1.-THE other day, in
Margaret's fat, 1 gave a casual glance at
a little painting, a marine bit, on a toy
easel, and said, recklessly: What a pretty
little pictured!
DO you like it?' asked Margaret, eager
ly. 1t is yours; take it. l want to give it
to YOU
Looking at it again, l saw that the pic
ture was not at all what, at first glance,
it had seemed to be. 1t was a melodramatic
little
ment-store-w indow sea view-a storm going
on. surf rolling in Git was the surf only
which had caught my eye), peasants kneel-
ing at a cross on the beach, and angels
peering through an opening in the clouds
over the storm-tossed boat battling in the
waves. Really a dreadfully dismal little
picture to have round. as we say. Before
1 could say Jack Sprat Margaret had the
49, n aPs 0Ao saw IL " DIC-
When it was safely in my hands she drew
a long breath and said: I'm so glad you
like that picture. 1 don't, and L want to
get rid of it,
THAT was pleasant candor on Margaret's
part. of course, and 1 had to leave her be-
lieving that / admired a horrid little pic
ture which she scorned. But L at once de-
cided that two, or more, could play at the
game of getting rid of 1T, and on the way
home, as L met Clara and Katharine, I
made them draw straws for it, and Clara
won it. L then told them, under a vow of
silence, the history of the package. Kath-
arine wanted to look at it. but Clara
wouldn't allow it unless Katharine would
promise TO take 1t. So they passed on with
the dreadful little picture, Clara vowing
she would not go home until she had
worked it off, as she said, on some one
else. She wanted to find some man who
could be drawn into the game. He, in turn.
could help pass it along.
"YeS, there are various chances that IL
might journey around to Margaret after
while, but L shan't worry about that. If
she gets the picture again she will know
what l think of her for getting rid of it
on me-"
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Small Safe Blown Open.

Burglars blew open a small safe in the
office of A. Borenstein, 200 South East
street. early yesterday morning and Sc
cured about 81 in money and IS in postage
stamps. The work was evidently done by
inexperienced thieves. as so much nitro
glycerin was used that the door of the
safe was blown from It's hinges through an
outer door and a number of windows in the
building were broken by the concussion.
Yesterday eight or ten men who were re-
garded as suspicious characters were ar
rested and locked uD at the police station
and IL IL believed that several of them
know more about the recent burglaries in
this city than they care to tell.
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Mrs. Martha f. Pratt's Birthday.

The eighty-sixth birthday of Mrs. Martha
Z. Pratt was celebrated yesterday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. c.. S. Jessup,
No. III West Twenty-eighth street. Many
old people called, among them the Rev.
Drusilla Wilson, eighty-nine years Of age.
Letters and birthday gifts were received
from ten States.
Mrs. Pratt held the State record at one
time for fast knitting. having knit five
double mittens in one day. In recent years
she has made ten silk crazy quilts. Though
her eyesight is rapidly failing, her hearing
is perfectly good.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-04

One OF the largest audiences of the sea-
son viii. In all probability. greet the distin-
guished veteran comedian. Joseph Jefferson,
at English's this evening. as the sale OF
seats has been very heavy. From all ac-
counts the supporting company is an I'M
usually fine one. and the performance of
the old play promises TO be very enjoyable.
Joseph Jefferson was born in Philadelphia
Feb. 20. 1923 He was the fourth Jefferson
In direct line from the one that made the
name famous In the palmy days of the
Drury Lane Theater, London. Joseph JEFF
ferson appeared first on the stage at the
age Of three years In Washington. He
went transforming until the Mexican war.