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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
COMMUNICATED.
Judge Alvey's Pension.

Messrs. Editors The admirers
of Judge Alvey regret to see that
he is in such reduced circumstances
that he is asking for a pension from
the State but as the Judge resign
ed his position as Judge of the Court
of Appeals of Maryland to accept
Judgeship in the District of Col
umbia, it is doubtful whether he is
entitled to a pension.
/ will, therefore, suggest that the
taxpayers of Maryland contribute
fifty cents each to Judge Alvey s
support. 1t would be a tritling sum
for the taxpayers, but would amount
to not less than seventy thousand
dollars, which, with the seven thous-
and, eight hundred dollars q year
that he receives from the United
States would enable him to keep cut
of the poor-house.
As Judge Alvey has sacrificed
himself twenty. three years for the
pitiful sum Of four thousand dollars
q year It would not be right for the
people of Maryland to let him suffer
in his old age.
THOMAS GRAsoN.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02

The Sun Almanac for 1905 is at
hand. 1t is the largest and best of
the thirty admirable numbers thus
far issued. 1t epitomizes the year
19O4-one of the most remarkable
years for half century-in a man
ner so complete that no addition is
desired and the reader finds just
what he is looking for. II every
other record were lost save the Sun
Almanacs the history Of Maryland
for the past thirty years could be
fully written from them and the
most notable of world events re-re-
corded. The best Almanac issued
is the Sun Almanac.
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An Old Time Amusement.
Correspondence of tho Beacon.)

On Friday night, January 10th,
ult., quite a number of young folks
assembled at the home of Mrs. Geo.
Bond, near Queen Tree" where
they were fascinatingly entertained
by pulling taffy, playing games and
viewing beautiful pictures, which
were shown on the walls by a magic
lantern. Among those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Dean, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Bond, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson Wood, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Thompson, Mrs. Tommy Bond, Mrs.
Blanche Posey; Messrs. Bob, Har-
ry and Harry Wood, Ray Posey,
Rodney Graves, Amos Dean, John
Graves, Luther, Speilman and Whit
tier Bond. Herman Thompson, Har-
ry POsey Misses Matte, Bertha
and Jessie Bond, Louise. AWE and
L. Posey, Mary Graves and Helen
Thompson.
After many hours Of solid enjoy
ment and thanking their host and
hostess for the hospitality shown
them, they departed for their res
pective homes. much delighted with
their evenings pleasure. Mrs. p.
says her only regret is that the taf-
fy she wrapped around Fl. s neck
wound not stick.
HAPPY Go-LUcKY.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
FOR SALE.
THE FINEST TRACT OF TIMBER
LAND IN SOUTHERN MARY
LAND.

LAND.
ON account of having bought larger
mill in North Carolina, owner offers TOR
sale oO5 acres, more or less, of land in
Southern Maryland, st. Mary's county,
containing about 1000, GOO feet of fine
timber (1OO,OOO It of pine, BOG, 900 chest
nut, $4,000 oak, $4,000 poplar and gum
together with new and complete milling
outfit, consisting of one 30 horsepower
Ajax boiler, mounted one 20 horsepower
attached Ajax engine: one saw mill "a.
b. Farquhar x Co., York, Pa, } friction
lee i, with 30 feet OF carriage and three
head blocks: one DisstOn 81 inch insert
ed tooth saw one swinging crosscut Is
inch saw; one good edger all the betting
tools, ETC., necessary to operate the ma
chinery; portable furnace dies and other
tools TO do all blaeksmilhing and wheel
right work. Feed house and stable mt
mill for ten horses; one large shed for hay
and straw; four houses for men and stor-
age purposes; two heavy wagons: one
pair timber wheels and chains, all in good
condition. Two story farmhouse in ex-
eellent repair; three barns; 125 acres of
good land in cultivation and fenced.
Land takes readily to Improvement and
IL well adapted TO cereals or tobacco. A
running stream runs beside the stable
and mill, and there are three orfour good
meadows for pasture with running water
in each. Two tenant houses, stable for
eight horses and other outbuilding. Well
OF splendid water. The property il four
miles from the Patuxent River and the
same distance from the Potomac. with
daily communication by boat TO Balti
more and Washington. The nearest
railroad station is Mechanicsyille. twelve
miles. Location healthy. Postoffice two
miles distant. Daily mail. The propos-
ed new railroad to Point Lookout runs
within one and one half miles Of this prop
erty, which contains the only large tract
of timber land in Southern Maryland. In
order to close out quick, owners will sell
all the above described property, land,
buildings, timber, cut and standing. mill.
machinery, outfit, wagons, buildings.
etc, etc, for $1,000. This is an oppor.
tunity seldom met with to get timber
land and everything appertaining to a
tirst-class milling property for a small
outlay. Apply to
VIM. MEVERELL LOkER. Atty.
Oct. 20. OFT. Leonard.own, Md.
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'Drstry Dc Saunders.
BtGcEsneithi7sg ana
WheeJsCrighting.

wish to inform my patrous and the
public In general, that having built al
addition TO my shop at (Bluestone Dia-
nond) and having tiied the same with
the very latest and Improved machinery
and tools, l am now better prepared a.
do quick and bet Ter work. | can always
be found at my shop and will give my
personal attention 10 each and every lob.
l carry u iulI line OF every thing, including
Irottlng and Racing Plates, Juniata
horse Shoes, Capewell Horse Nails, Pat
ent Buggy Axles, Wrenches, Springs.
Shafts, Couplings, Steel Shaft Ends, Tops,
Backs, Cushions, Dashs, Dash Rails, WHIP
Sockets, Antikattiers, Washers, Buggy
and Road Cart Wheels, 0x-Cart axles. /
build Ox-Carts, Wagons, farm Harrows
and Rollers, Oyster longs, Scrapes, Nip
pers, and etc. Also b a ndle Buggies,
Daytons, Surrys, Road Carts, and Run
abouts made by the banning Carriage
Works, and can give you better vehicle
Tor the money thany GU can get elsewhere.
l pay special attention to Horseshoeing,
Painting and Gun repairing. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed in every deal. Give me
call. Terms cash.
ADAM T. WHILE.
Nov. II 'O4-3m.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
Special Sale.

L. A. Jones l. Son have the fol-
lowing articles in which we are of
fering bargains
2 Cook Stoves, No. z.
10 Wilson Rockers.
4 Sample Sewing Machines.
2 Fur Laprobes and all our Ladies'
and Children's Coats. 1t will pay
you 10 price the above articles.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
Surprise to q Popular Master.

When Captain William c. Geoghe-
gan went on board the Weems'
steamer Anne Arundel in Baltimore
on Tuesday TO take her to Washing
ton he found in his room a fine oil
painting OF his vessel, says the San,
which had been quietly ordered by
his officers and crew from Otto Muh-
lenfeldt. a local marine artist, who
had been employed by the donors tC
paint the Anne Arundel. 1t can be
assured that Captain Geoghegan s
surprise was followed by a Ind
speech ofacceptance to his men when
he got them together.-CdlUe4 Ga
zette
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ST. INIGo,s ITEMS.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
Mock suns deck the morning sky.
Mercury fingers within the neigh
DoEhood Of zero during the nights.
Travelling is disagreeabIe. Mr.. G..
l.. Smith. mail contractor, is pune
tual in having the mail delivered
from Point Lookout to Park Hall. de-
spite the exceedingly Indictment
weather.
Postmasters know their duty and
they perform it. We do not indulge
hyperbole.
LAmbs-innocent creatures-are
seen. and so far as we know few (not
a die. Pigs, on. myl Well, we
will notattempt TO count them. Per-
haps we would tire in so doing.
Ministers Of the Gospel essay to
save souls by preaching the love OF
Him who came not in clouds OF glory,
clothed with the majesty of Godhead
from Heaven, but arose from the
midst of the people whom He came
20 redeem.
How pleased we are 20 know that
Henry Goodrich and Lynch Freeman,
students of Holy Cross College,
Worcester, Mass, are progressing
well in their different studies.
Charley, son of my lamented friend,
John +. Combs. is in the commits
sion business. New York City.
These young men are ST. Mary's
sons.
Walter Wood. ]. Dallas Evans,
Alexander Beal, Danl Hammett, r.
E. Langley, (the "unreconstructed
Rebel"), Thomas Cameron and old
uncle George Taylor OF Stars and
Bars" fame, barring colds, are up
and doing, shall we sing or say it,
for any fate.
Drs. Miles and Tippett have some
pneumonia patients.
Really we are at this time unable
TO say whether the thieves who re-
Gently broke into MIR. Ernest Bofian-
ans store have been Swallowed or
not. The intention to steal-animus
Jurdndi-as the lawyers have it, has
been well accomplished by the band
OF treacherOus creatures named.
w. f. Pembroke, road supervisor,
is polling Kemp Lee hill between st.
Inigo's and st. Mary's City. Other
places need similar repairing, and
we feel sure that friend Bob will not
neglect them.
There are thieves down here, and
we ask, are there not "firebugs" al
so? Wallace w. Dunbar S dwelling
was destroyed by fire a few nights
ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Dunbar were
absent, the former off attending to
business and the latter in Baltimore.
The neighbors, white and colored,
seeing the fire and hearing a large
bell which was rung by a nearby
neighbor, fastened to the scene and
by hard work saved the principal
part of the furniture, etc. We I'M
derstand that the house was insured
for a small amount. The fire occur
red about $3.50 p. m.
Cupid is active, and by the time
the roses bloom. few young ladies
will be left in some localities.
Old bachelors should not despair.
Hope is consoling. Man in bis nor
NAL condition hopes; it is natural
element in his MUD.
We occasionally hear from our
former pupil Howard d. Brownley,
who is stationed at Cavite, p l. He
is yeoman on the y. S. S. Whining
ton. AZZANA.
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Dramatic.

There will be a Dramatic Enter
tainment in the Leonardtown Hail
Friday, February IL, 1904, for Q
charitable purpose. Those who are
TO take part in the drama are:
Mesdames-
Meverell Loker. Harry B. de WAL.
Misses
Margaret Duke, Catharine Morgan.
MesSrs-
George w. Joy, T. Lee Mattingly,
I. o. Morgan, Meverell Loker,
Archie Bullock. Harry NJ. Jones,
Lynwood ]. Sterling.
Dancing and refreshments after
play.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
First Spring Goods.

L. A. Jones l. Son have now their
early spring goods and invite your
inspection-such as Percales, Cling
hams, Madras, Waistings, Embroi-
deries, Neckwear, Laces, Cottons
and full stock of Sewing Machines.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-02-02
Personal.

Hayden & Bullock. the new Leonard
town merchants invite one and all to ex-
anime their new stock of shoes that has
Just been received from Baltimore.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14

me to try Doan's Kidney Pills. Within
a week after began using them 1 was
SO much better that decided to keep
up the treatment, and when / had used
a little over two boxes / was entirely
well. ] have now enjoyed the best of
health for more than -four months, and
words can but poorly express my graft
tude."
For sale by all dealers. Price 90
cents. Fester-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
Language" on the Links.

1t is asserted that in a certain club
in the north there is a printed notice
which runs: members are requested
not to swear in the hearing Of young
caddies. Those who cannot refrain
from swearing should employ old and
experienced caddies." And the story
goes that the parish minister one day
before going out for his round asked
the councillors to suspend the notice,
as all the old caddies were engaged.
And there is the other story of the
meenister who, having taken three in
effectual strokes In a bunker, muir
INJURED piteously that he must "gie it
up" Nonsense! You mustn't give up
a good game like this,' his opponent
protested encouragingly, whereupon
the good man observed: "I was ma
thinking of the game, but l must gle up
the meenistry."
These reflections upon goling speech
may not be true. but if they are they
Indicate a general tendency which must
place the ladies at some disadvantage.
Quite lately the minister of a fashion
able church in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
declared that information had reached
him that women who go to church on
Sunday go to golf on Monday and
''swear like troopers" Here, indeed,
was a specific allegation of a terrible
character.-London Chronicle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
Too Sudden Advancement.

In a fiourishing city in Ohio a rather
ignorant man has accidentally made a
large fortune, and was proceeding to
spend 1t in a lavish way. 1t occurred
to him that if he and his wife were
going to entertain their friends-for, of
course, they now had many-it would
be we'll for them to build a new house.
Accordingly, they engaged an architect,
and proceeded to erect a costly man
sion. One day someone CHANGED to
meet the worthy wife of the ignorant
millionaire, and asked her what kind
of a house they were going to build.
"Wal,' said she, 81 don't egacly know
l think 1 heered the architect say as
how 1t was a mixcher Of the ironic and
the cathartic."
The same lady was travelling this
winter in Europe, and was with many
others driven from the Riviera by the
unusual cold, aud took refuge in Egypt.
One day she came busting into the
court Of the Eden Palace Hotel, at
Cairo, and remarked to a young Amer
lean lady who happened to fall a vic
tim to her advances:
"Oh, we are havin' such a fine time
here in Egypt; the other mornin' we
went on camels an were showed them
periods an that other thing" She
did not trust herself to pronounce the
word Sphinx. She added: II do think
the Arabs is just magnificent; they're
so straight and dignified; but the Gym
sums themselves amt no great shakes,
be they ?"-Harper's Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
REVIEWS CoNTRovER sY
Rev. Dr.. GLADDEN. Again Attacks
Rockefeller Methods.
Talks Of Monte Carlo and Lotteries-S. C.
T. Dodd, Solicitor For Standard
Oil, Replies.

Boston, Mass.-The Rev. DR.. Wash.
ington GLADDEN., of Columbus, Ohio,
has broken forth again in violent in
vective against the acceptance Of the
100000 Rockefeller gift, which has
already been partly spent by the Amer
lean Board of Foreign Missions. In
an article which will appear in the cur
rent number of the Congregationalist
over his signature DR.. GLADDEN. prints
extracts from letters he had received.
The article says:
1.-THE Prince of Monte Carlo has
never been convicted of crime, and is
said to be a cultivated, benevolent gen.
tleman. Would they the members of
the American board prudential COM
mittee) accept 100000 from him for
foreign missions, or from the Louis
lana Lottery in the days of it's prime,
when it feeced it's victims under sane
ton Of the State?
mo public u%tterance of mine has
ever brought me a 1.-THE of the re-
sponses which have been pouring in on
me for the last week. The voices are
at least twenty to one in support of
the position 1 have taken. l must beg
the brethren who disagree with me to
understand that they are dealing with
a force whose strength they cannot
afford to despise.
"There are those who e to say
that all money, no matter how wicked
ly obtained, not only may, but must be
accepted when offered in aid of relig-
ion or charity. 1t would seem, then,
that if, standing in my church door, I
see a man knocked down and robbed
in the street and the fOotpad brings
me part of the money l must take it.
1t will go just as far in doing good as
any other money and l have no right
to refuse it,"
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
Found in aLamono Piea.

Three lemon pies bought from the
shelves of downtown restaurants were
analysed in the office of the State Food
Inspector, and this is the composition
of the filling of one of them, as an
nounced by the chemist:
Starch, in thick, firm paste, favored
slightly and very little acid; twenty
one per cent. sugar. Aniline coloring
(methyl-orange group. The color is
made synthetically from ~aniline, and
aniline from coal. Method-di-methyl-
aniline on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. acid.
Methyl orange is poisonous in large
doses. Found to contain very little
havoring and acid from lemon. Filling
of starch paste, sugar and colored deep
yellow"
In plain English, it was explained
by the chemist that aniline is used in
stead of eggs. The butter was neglect
ed altogether and the lemon juice was
sighted.
Another lemon pie was beginning to
decompose when it was delivered to
the laboratory. There was dough at
the bottom. The third lemon pie ex-
amined was said to be tolerably good.
The much-abused mince pie escaped
with a good reputation, but n of the
two pumpkin pies examined was said
to be old.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
A California "Japtown."

The permanent Asiatfc population of
Vacaville proper bring nothing at all
into the venue of trade. Their money
goes eventually back to their native
country, just as that of the Chinese
does. In addition, some Of the white
mans money goes with it, for they are
actually cutting into the white trade
here. A trip through Japtown will
convince anyone of this fact. Exten-
sive laundries, large general merchan-
disc stores and employment agencies
elbow each other there. Three billiard
saloons are crowded into one block.
There is an ice cream parlor and a
bank. Everything which an Oriental
heart could wish is on sale, and many
things are there which cater to the
Occidental appetite. In short, Jap
town is a complete little city in it.
self, enormously large in proportion to
the whole community, and built in
true Oriental style, so far as the tiny
proportions of the living apartments
are concerned.-San Francisco Chron-
cle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
ROOSEVELT AT SAN ANTONIO.
Greets His Rough Riders, Making
Speech at Fair Grounds.

San Antonio, Texas.-At 1 o'clock ir
the afternoon the President of the Uni,
ted States, Theodore Roosevelt, bel
came Colonel. Teddy Roosevelt, the
idolized commander of the First Uni
ted States Volunteer Cavalry, better
known as the Rough Riders, and "hail
fellow well met" with his old CON-
rades at the fair grounds.
At $50 o'clock in the morning a Citi-
zens' Committee of San Antonio met
President Roosevelt and his party at
his private car, in which he had en-
joyed a good nights rest, and escorted
him to Fort Sam Houston, where he
reviewed the National troops. Re
turning to the city the President was
driven to the speakers stand, directly
before the battle-scarred Alamo, where
he delivered an address. Immediately
afterWard he joined his comrades at
the fair grounds, the original muster
ing-in place of the regiment.
The city was a blaze of bunting and
flags, and even the sombre old Alamo,
the shrine of Texas, had not escaped,
but was gayly f%estooned.
Rough Riders We're everywhere and
the city was theirs. All days the rail-
roads poured thousands into the city,
and the reception accorded the Presi-
dent was boundleSs in its enthusiasm.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
Man and a Lion.

Travelling in the interior Of East
Africa, an Englishman, Mr.. Charles
Bulpett, tells the following thrilling in
cident-which took place at a spot
about 500 miles inland from Mombasa
lin a letter to a friend in England:
"The narrowest escape l have had
was from a lion about a month ago.
1 went into the thick thorn bush after
him, which was rather mad. But he
would not come out, and 1 was deter
mined to get him. He charged me
when the bush was all in his favor. I
knocked him over with two bullets.
but still he came on, and I had nothing
for it but to run.
"When l knocked him over with the
second barrel he was within a yard of
me. He made a grab at me, and with
a prodigious effort 1 managed to Jump
on to the top of a thorn bush. There
we were, he looking at me and 1 at
him about three feet above his head.
/ expected to be dragged down at every
moment, but as it turned out he was
too far gone, and l called out to some
body to come into the bush and finish
him.
"Last night" adds Mr.. Bulpett, 81
slept on the equator, my legs to the
south of it and my head to the north,
the small of my back on the line."-
London Mail.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14

There is a curious sight in the fork
of an umbrella tree on Washington
street, between Fourth and Fifth ave
nues 1t is a fine growth of wheat al
most ready to come out into head.
The stocks are nearly two feet long
and the blades long and healthy look
ing. 1t was at first thought that this
growth consisted of shoots from the
tree, but on closer examination it was
found to be wheat. 1t has no founda-
ton of earth, or if there is any, it is so
hidden by the growth as to be invisible.
The wheat grains in some way found
Judgment in the ~crevices of the bark,
and have probably had no other earthly
bed than that formed by dust which
during the dust storms of the summer
was blown there.-Arizona Republican.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
Standard OIL Attorney Replies.

New York City.-S. c. T. Dodd, chief
solicitor of the Standard Oil Company,
made a statement with reference to the
recent discussion as to the acceptance
of a gift Of 500, 900 offered by John D.
Rockefeller for missionary work. Mr..
Dodd said that the accusation that Mr..
Rockefeller made his money dishonest
ly 'if false, is vile, and being made by
ministers in the pretended interest Of
morality, is doubly vile"
Mr.. Dodd said also that the Standard
Oil Company does not own a share Of
stock in a railroad company, does not
control any railroad company, and that
since the enactment of the Interstate
Commerce law, has not received lower
rates than other shippers by rebates,
arrangements, devices or plans Of any
character.
With reference to gas and copper en-
terprises Mr.. Dodd says that neither
the Standard Oil Company nor Mr..
Rockefeller has any connection or in-
terest, directly or indirectly, with
those companies or with their organi-
cation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1905-04-14
What 1t Was Worth,

John E. Henshaw, who plays the part
of William Henry Spangler, the pro-
gressive American, in "The Sho-Gun,"
wears a large paste diamond on the
stage. After a recent matinee it
dropped from his tie, but the comedian
did not notice its absence. A stage
employe found it, and, thinking it gen.
uine, saw visions of a big reward for
its return. AS the comedian was leav-
ing the theatre the stage employee
stopped him. beg your pardon, Mr..
Henshaw," he said, "but here's your
diamond. l found it on the floor. It's
the biggest one 1 ever saw" Henshaw
took it. do you mind telling me what
it's worth?" asked the stage employee.
NO." replied the comedian unconcern-
eddy. Lets see. It's the smallest of
the dozen stones I have in my trunk"
Here Henshaw noticed several men,
bers of the company We're listening. In
a loud voice he continued, "It's worth
about 100000" Then leaning over to
the stage employee, he put his hand to
his mouth and whispered hoarsely,
"Sixty cents" The stage employee did
not get his reward.-Kansas City
Times.