Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-04-13
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70 think. Actions necessarily sup
pose the pre-existence Of actors
Inc power Of hard work is not To Ia
Questioned. Farmers are not afraid
Oh difficulties. Their energy In
praiseworthy. Their lives are in
accord with the Master s plan. They
SOW and plant and await for the ear
~ and later rain The develop
ment OF cereals, tubers, etc Is slow
fney never despair. On the con-
trary they hope, knowing that with
out hope they would be miserable
The fertility Of the soil Is remark.
able, and the possibilities of large
yields OF the staple crops are en-
couraging. There are no drones
down here. No ''black-lists' of la
oorers are made. Weare not cursed
with labor troubles. Every laborer
mas q right to work for whom he
pieases, and so far as our knowledge
compasses their wages are not kept
back by fraud. Farmers pursue the
old-fashioned method OF paying their
debts II not at maturity, as fast as
possible.
Several decades of years ago. we
soliloquized. Is there any cure for
intemperance? We did not give Il
up as hopeless case. We marked
the case OF the Ephesians. They
left of their habits of excess, and
we concluded that we could do so.
The same grace was offered to us as
to them. To the young men of the
district who Unfortunately like intoxi-
cants we will say that the great
change was wrought in US by the
great Physician who applied the
remedy to the disease. He speaks
by His spirit to the heart. Take an
old ex-Rebel's advice before il is too
late. Excessive drinking of whiskey
and beer is a sin. Whether this
vice be constantly upon you, or &C.
casionally-in all cases it is a sin
against God, and unless you repent
and leave it of, it will most certain
ly cast both your bodies and souls
into hell. This is plain language,
and there really is no end to the
catalogue OF sins that accompany
drunkenness. Pious ministers, like
Paul and Silas, those messengers of
peace, faithfully endeavor to get
their hearers to be afraid of sin-to
persevere in watchfulnesso over their
hearts.
What beautiful flowers Nature
gives us no simple ideas. The daisy
is complex. Has it not form, dimen-
sions, color, etc?
1t gives US pleasure to state that
dogs-animals guided by impulse
animals incapable of calculating on
distant consequences, and anticipat-
ing remote effects-do not modest
sheep or invade hen houses.
Politicians are active. Politics
rushes on like q torrent. The move
ments of men-aspirants for Office
are unparalleled in the history of st.
lnigo's. The pendulum is swinging
clear to one side. The sudden re-
coil and political revulsion has come.
That terrible weapon, the tongue, is
ruled by the spirits OF darkness.
Ungratefulness is being manifested
towards q certain aspirant for nomi-
nation. Men whom he assisted TO
get lucrative positions oppose him
intoxicated, it seems by satanical
like hatred against him. Clytus
prevented Alexander the Great from
having his head severed from his
body, and subsequently ran a spear
through the body of his friend-the
man who saved his life at the Grant
Gus.
Magistrates occasionally have
cases to decide, and justice no doubt
is meted to all.
Farms are offered for sale, and the |
prices asked reach acme figures-no
margin for spectators.
Major Barnes, an industrious COL |
ored man, of downtown section,
fell dead while ploughing recently. |
Some philosophers suppose at
death the soul is annihilated. We |
cannot believe that the deepest in
tuition of our soul deceives us. The !
great and all-wise Creator implant-
ed this intuition In Us and He can
not but be trae. He cannot deceive.
Dunbar Brothers, VIM. Moore, w.
p. Powell, Kearney Forrest and
others, who have fish traps, catch
large quantities Of herring and shad. |
Roe shad retail at 20 cents apiece,
some of which are very large. Com
petition is the cause of the minimum
figure named. Herrings and ale
wives are very cheap. The price a
dozen is phenomenal.
Rain accompanied with electricity
is frequent. Fires are comfortable.
Cold and hot weather. droughts,