Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-11
WAsnIsorOE. D. G., SEPT %. 1906.
fWrifien for he Beacon

the sun begins 70 get ia is work 10
earnest iii tlsis bailiwick In the good
ED SUMMER time. twenty-five psr
cent Of the population fees 10 the
mountains and sea shore, OF 10 Eu.
rope. These who do nos fee want
q ID 90. and Ii laef a largo number
al a0 aoEaswbere II the somewhere
= only Alexandria Wish he Pres
ident's return something will bed
INK al the time. lii anticipation of
bis coming Cabinet officers have
been gettlnR 70 their desks Tor the
past week. while 1overnmeutc clerks
have about ali finished their vaca.
tons. With the captain on deck
bis lieutenant 81 their posts, the
crew busy and Tho machinery Of
governments well oiled The people OF
the United States will proceed 10
tmpatiently await events.
II RoozoyeIis administration Of the
past Is guarantee Of the future
there will be- plenty doing but what
will happen no one can exactly tell,
for this county i rapidly making
hIstorr a few weeks ago Who
would have dreamed that she United
States would have Cuba again on lss
handsg But The infant Is agair ID our
lap, and II ever : nursing needed
good spanking and put 10 bed tho
people Of Cuba deserve that treat.
ment, aud even punishment more
severe. Our war with Spain has
brought upon the American people
grave responsibilities some moi 81
their seeking aud some THAI we're
sought BY short sighted politicians.
and Il mlghl perhaps be charged
against lheEn crimes more serious
shan these shortness 81 vision. Bnt
now We are ID tbs muddle, theques-
lion arises what shall We do about
Il But one answcs can 30 gGvon
Do the best We can. And tho Amsr.
can people can be trusted 70 do that
vory thing It's dlhicuA 70 make
xa uhse4ia fenm nfus tail u
may tool. Dut IS aaass1 ) ~ neither
charm nvr ueeeisp AaA vne. The
rnonqreI races occupying the south
srn hemisphere are bad lot and
hard somanaRe ElbertY With them
Is license V do anythlnK. restraint
is sryanny and self government nm
irridescent dream. And there We
are. The semblance Of q protector.
ato which we have thrown over tho
south American Republics Of late
years must necessarily sooner OF
later give the American people more
trouble than sone anticipate. ii ia
safe 70 say. that when Mr. Monroe
formulated bis famous doctrine ho
did not anticipate that IL would be
IS literally interpreted Is has been
done by the Administrations Of Theo-
door Roosevelt.
But here aa discussing political
questions, when | intended when 1
began 10 talk about horses. A good
deal 81 local Interest is baipa mani.
tested among horeemen in regard 70
the coming meeting ii E.eonardlown,
and II Is more than probable That
some Of The fastest horses owned
hsra will ne represented ID tho Tree
FOR alls, The last meeting held 10
ST. Mary croated a most favorable
impression among local h0rsemen
who were present, aud Il may DO
taken for granted that the feeling
will increaseas She years oby. Gas
strong feature connected with the
Leonardtown meetings Is tho deter
mlnati0n oi hofsBmen 70 race for. the
money. making every heat q race.
aud the absence Of ioobery Once
lot iobbing horsemon know from tho
judges stand that division 81 the
purses before each race will not be
tolerated, and Il detected punished
they viii be very wary about trying
70 skin the public
At present, nearly al of our local
cracks arc scattered over the coun
Etry ia search Of thoir winter oats.
Tho lawns string comprising Bed
worth 81, 1904 and S. D. r., 2l79;
are attending the Virginia fairs.
Belle Hazel. recently purchased BY
the same Erm, Is ii Alon2o Corbin s
string and will perform this week
al Cumberland, Md, a. which meet
ling b. r. Mccnully, 81 this city,
lwiIl give the word. Tho Corbin
string. comprising Kushap, 2:lsi; \
Dr.. Bell. 2;l7 and BE Hazel, 2:l9t
IS the strongest ever sent out from
the District Of Columbia. Kushan.
| Is sho property Of the grocer 81 I.
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