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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
A Fair Deal.

A Southern Congressman tells D
story Of an old negro In Alabama
who, In his bargaining, Is always
afraid that be may get THE worst Of
II. On ono occasion, ii appears,
this aged darkey went after calf
that he had pastursd all summer.
and asked what he owned for the
pasturing.
II have bill 81 $40 against you.
said the farmer who hadundertaken
the care Of the animal. bit, II you
are willing. I'll take the calf aud
call N settled
No, sahr promptly exclaimed
the Negro, It'll daoothlag IilSa dat.
but. BE- ad,ied. after i pause, IIl
tell YOU what | will do--yol keep
the cali two weeks longer and YOU
can have IL Fl Npsr i Weekly
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
sT. lNlGO's ITEMS.

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
No Warm Done

The customer ~ the Eve cert
lunch counter. with some exertion,
had dug q spoonful from the contents
Of the side dish.
Water be said. "shis tastes
different somehow from the mashed
patatoes ! usually get here.
1T is different, said The waiter,
inspecting il. TITS the chunk Of
putty FOR broken window panethat
the old man has been making fuss
about for the last ten minutes. He'll
Ne glad 10 get II back. Thanks. -
Chicago Tribune,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
Always Keeps chamssriain's Dough
Remsdy in His House.

We would not be without Cham
berlaln Is Cough Remedy. Iliskept
Oh hand continually ID our hone. I
says w. W. Kearney, editor 81 the
Independent, Lowry City, Mo. That
Is just what every family should do.
When kept al hand ready for instant
use, cold may be checked a the
outset and cured III much less time
than after ii has become settled in
The system. This remedy IL also
without peer for Group ip children,
and will prevent the attack when
given as soon D. The child becomes
hoarse. or even after the cFoupy
cough appears, which can only be
done when the remedy i kcpt Ut
hand For sale BY rippetts Johnson
q F9xaell.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08


The Senate pidiS'efy committee
has iaToraoly fepqF'Fa me Bryan
anti. parco1lc Or aat''Htak Pill
Baltimore counts Rpd Baltimore
city are dlckeslue 4kether over $
question soI incraas1 . the city $
water supply
Ameasure Introd iced ii the House
BY Dir. Murphy h Baltimore, 10
provide for the reieHiIon Ii reform.
atory institutions q pgenile female
inmates until thelf 8iat year has
been killed n The senate.
There is more chaNce this session
for The paesaNe q ~ 'rQad leR
islation- that 81 Legislation intend.
ed for the purpose 81 treating rail-
way corporations e lndlslduals pre-
treated than there has been during
many years past Ine railroads
nave rev = any 'F'snos q lnnuencs
q importance " c0srR
The porton chic labor oil y hav-
lng sss usual hard time. Gentlemen
who have made large fortunes oy
sne elnp'oy"en. z en''a isovs op-
pose 'ne Pr OeNAuse Z W. Wo'A
'ol1ry 2 women apu sh''usen
1Aue w ks ~ nouasa J 1880
asa'ass y ~ WE 'o0N sA'''ou's'ss
so.s nsas'su pp''aasnsop's's s'snss'
Strong saorss are being made %
secure an appropriations q 500, OOO
tor Maryland sexhisi, q the James
0N0 A'ApOs'"vn'
Bills which have been introduced
10 she House BY mr. CunnipghAm
and hr' Orem 2 exempt szoe and
so'V wv1ano' p'opsr'y' ssspeos'se,y
sfo'n saAa''Ou' nass ven anlasoFao'y
rspoFsoo' 20" we fspof's Aoopssa'
There y less ss'serest isken ln the
hafnan oiliana pFo'aply less chance
for Us passage snls session, than
there Pas been y any session il' 2
grvat many years past
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
The Tramp.

The curse ofthe man who will not
work has always been with US. In
Henry Will d reign he was not al
lowed 10 beg the bread that belong
"a 70 honest foIkrior statute was
made By which The old andimposent
we're granted licenses 70 beg, and
any one found begging without
one was soundIy logged and
sent home to his own parish. In
this way as many as hundred in
one day 10 Rliabeths time were
sent back 10 the land The beg
ging license seems 10 work we'll
enough abroad, where the row Of
authorized beggars is familiar
sight outside every church and
where the halt and manned are
seldom seen anywhere else. The
rise Of the vagrnnt 10 England no
doubt took place after The destruc-
zion 81 the nIounsteries and before
auy other relief giving body took
their place London Chronicle.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
[Lorrsroadsnes " ~ Bsaeos.
scorLAap M. March !. l0Oe.

SCOTLAND MD M&fch \, Asub.
II Is said that The best part 81 d
ministerial education, is an educa
ted conscience. Now, think tbe
best part Of 4 girls education Is.
AFTER loaobing her the rudlments Of
education, 10 Instruct heF how to a..
tend 10 household duties. This Is
pa Is idea. TOO. am trying 70 learn
my lessons well, and am sure that
the Editor Of the BEAcos will agree
with mo Ia 50 doing Perhaps be
has little girl / have horror 81
being ignorant No, save me from
the Ignorance 81 d Russian mudjIk.
Pa says thai wheat Is growing OK.
ceedingly we'll; and that February
81 1906 il the mildest month 81 the
kind that be has Witnessed FOR o
humber ii years. The oyssermen
81 ny neIghborbood mako some
money, 90 they zay / an wearing
blue dresses and sometimes | feel
tolerably blue. particularly when.
ever my teacher gives me long les
sons 10 memorlze. Some wooinR, so
says pa, aud be knows Id0 rot.
Pa says the drst woman that be-
courled was . very pretty one,
and when be asked her pa ; consent
10 marry her. he was refused !
asked, why?
Because. said pa, the woman .
temper was bad and her pa did not
wish 10 make bis life miserable q
hell-by countenancinR the marriage
Pa married another woman my
mother and dear mother she Is
10 me, Hope YOU and your devil"
keeps well. Best regards 10 All
readers 81 the BEACON.
LITTLE GIRL.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
Queer Problems Of Law.

AAAA4+At ~ NJ " O4f4 III NZHN EtA8ftZ
lave not yet calculated all the pos-
sible points Of difficulty Ii the Eng
lish lay.
Here Is aremarkable problem with
which the Blackburn lawyers have
just been confronted Al English
gentleman bad twin sons Who we're
born within few minutes Of each
other He made b will that bis prop
erty 10 Australia should 60 to which,
ever Of the two sons arrived at the
age or u irst.
The younger Of the two emigrated
70 Australia, while the other one re-
NAMED ln England. and Tho former
was still in the Antipodes 1.-THE lime
of his coming Of age. Now. Aus
traillan timeis some hours ID advance
|oi Greenwich and. therefore, the
young man out there was II before
bis elder brother al home. Which
~ 1850 D"~ - tfNtsSt% 2 - tSt@~Atd Vh-
titled toihepropefty TheQuestion
has not yet been decided, and 10 the
meantime readers may exercise their
own acumen upon 1t.
Are eggs, eggs, or are only hens
eggs eggs THIS may seem aridic-
ulous question, but nice shades Of
meaning are involved, and . case
which turned upon it went through
two or three courts Of law. A lady
sent an order for dozen eggs to .
dairymAn snd be sent her ducks
eggs. She sent them back a. not
osing what she ordered, but be re-
fused 70 take them. She, in torn.
declined 70 keep them. and some time
elapsiug between their journeys from
tne house 70 The shop, theegRs went
Dad, and eventually The shopkeeper
sued ths lads Tor =. 81 taeir value.
The county court jadgv orusred
per 70 pay, declaring tnat ducks
ggs was as meicn eggs IS @py ofhers;
ou1 she lAdy appealed, and the King .
buncn reversed tue drc's'on on Tue
around t0at wnen = parry ordered
rggs hens egg were meant and il
any Other contention were admitted
any kind " eggs might os sent, such
as pigeons cauarses Vr even rat
slesnakss Ducks eggs, y was de-
elded, we're mol eggs ~ theordinary
'neansng y ailv term
Are ing grandchildren q man
also n's en'lursn intpe ieka' sense
sn's question y not 20 absurd ~ =
looKs' ADo soms 9i1ne ago y wAs most
seriously ana iaoor'ousiy eon'endeo
z 1es courts shat 1ccoruing 2 actor
f'asilainsns anoy were.
Inc pafs'colas aes ~ question,
pASssa - tns rslgn q sne'lase queen,
Vscsoria, laid y oown snat me Aatn-
e aau she gfanu'a1asr' 'ne no1ner
auu me gFanono1nsr' and ~ emil.
arsa y Guy poor person, oelngots SUI
ncssos aD'h'y snai1 rslieVeana mann
'aln any suen poor person
Ing arsumen1 was lnal, according
Y sne context RranucnliaFen we're
70 % feekonsu - cnl'oesa lot snis
purpose Just ~ grandparents we're
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
alaaplsuanaaa.

Disorders 81 the stomach produce
a nervous condition and often pre-
vent sleep, Chamberlain s Stomach
and Liver Tablets stimulate the al
gestlve organs. restore the system
10 healthy condition and makesleep
possible. For sale BY Tippett, John
son a Foxwel.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
potomac oy.ler ylolalIona.

POTOMAC Oyster violations,
Commander Howard has laid be
fore Governor Warneld The Inforna.
lion contained III statement given
By the Captain tho police schooner
Bessie Jones doing duty in tbe poto.
mac river. There have beena great
many complaints along this line and
Commandng Howard II determined
d make every Effort 10 pat stop to
Ii. and has laid she facts before his
Exeellency. with she request thai
be communicate with The Governor
81 Virginia looking 70 some solution
II she trouble. The statement Is as
follows
''On February IL, 1906, the schoon-
ers Ida, Emma Temple. William II.
Taylor. Richards and I.anghammer
we're pursued BY Captain Maddox,
81 The Maryland police force, for
violation of the Gull law Ia tho poto
mac river. In bis pursuit Of these
boats be ran across the Virginia
steamer Rappahannook, Captain
Hudgins. Captain Maddox hailed
Captain Hudgine and asked bis az.
sIstance 10 arresling certain boats
which be pointed ort 10 him. Cap.
tain Hudgins Got only offered 10 as
sist bin. but said II tho boats we're
Maryland boats be would turn them
over 10 him. He overloaded five 81
the boats and they folIwed him into
The Upper Machodoc Va. The
captains we're tried and they pro
d0ced receipts for $50, amount Of
fine, which Virginia had 90 right 10
impose % Marylanders for violation
81 The Oyster law. On February
Pad. Captain Tyler, Of the schooner
Isanghammer, bad q receipt Tor s25.
signed By Captain HadgIns. Of the
Virginia police boat Tor violation 81
the Gull law :
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
SHOES

Meme and ladies shoes 40 per cent. less
than the first prices Aien . leather boots
flrst-class pair S1.65; rubber shoes tor
children aud misses. loo pair; Tor small
women, rabbers = pair for zoe Meme
rubber shoes 25c pair.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
CALL ONCE MORE
FOR BARGAINS AT
MILLIS0N' s,
LEONARDTOWN.

have only few goods left to sell out
and now IL your chance 70 buy at hall
prices
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

Lamp chimneye small size shades Toe
nails, cut or wire, 40 pounds for xl.Uui
Mems anderabirts, paifiur 81 drawers
the same; working shirts, pair Tor i
Tin buckets; = gallon, . quarts and gal
lon. 1Oe each.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
BLACKSlIITHING.

/ WISH 70 Inform my friends and
the general public that ! have open
ed shop at my father stand, al H0l.
lyw0od, that am prepared 70 do ell
work IN my line % shortest notice,
and OIL prices TO suit the people.
Special attention paid 70 horse shoe
ing. painting and oyster tong max
ing. Saaisfacliongnnranteed. Give
me call. Terms cash.
BERNARD 4. WHILE.
Dec. IL. 08. 1T.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
oRoCERIRg oRocERIEs aRoCERrEs

ak0Ckk4ks GROCERIES, uhOCkklkA
3 pounds best green tea Tor 81.
No coffee, Gr0Asted) pounds for VI
Flour, family best, per barrel S4.75.
Washing soda, pounds for ~ cents,
Ladies' watches and solid gold rings
for maiden or engagement rings ~ very
low prices.
Alarm clocks, 6ilc each lot stoves and
pipes; kettles and pots, very low prices.
Dry goodalower than ever caiicoes, ~
yards ipF ~; red nannel, all wool lve
per yard. cant BE- beat for Doc
Blankets for double beaa, 55c pair.
Ladies' skirts. 20c ;ladiea flannel waist,
3Se; gingbams ior dresses, Il yards iuF
VI domestic table cloth uorth bUc, ms
prices azsSc yard
Az these goods got 10 be sold inside ii
z months also sl0re house and dweitng.
stobles tvr sale Or rent, go cali aud see me-
NIL. MILLIs0N.
JanSs. lsCsc--sf. fnonaratown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08

HlaAM q. DUpLHY. 1AMss !. GaKnawnlt.
FhAsk \. brphkE.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-03-08
DudleydCarpenter
iaS LIGHT STREET. BALTIMORE.
Commission
Merchants,

Sell Tobacco. Grain snd Country Produos.
Particular eltsutl0n Niyea q the eareful ssEns
ping VI Tobacco
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10

Last year 1857 individuals. firms
and corporations engaged in legiti-
mate mercantile occupations in this
country suspended business and fall
ed to pay their debts. The number
seems large, considering that 1905
was a year OF general prosperity, but
t is small when one considers that
there we're 1.S52,947 concerns in
business in the United States.
Fraud is one of the constant caus-
IS of commercial failures, but 1t is
Jar from being the principal one.
Fraud never can be got rid OF, but
I does not appear to be making any
Roadway. In 1902 the percentage of
failures ascribed to that cause was
l0.1. In 1904 1t was Sc and in 1905
L was 90. II any reliance can be
placed on percentages the CONNER
-ial world is not permeated with dis
honesty. The public which has read
70 much about grating in high pla-
es, in politics and grand finance, may
AXE comfort in the thought that dis
honesty is not rife among the aver
tge business men Of the country.
Only four of last years failures
we're due to speculation. That does
aot prove that speculation is rare
among men engaged in commercial
occupations. Probably there are ma
nv of them who are more or less spe-
culative, but only four got caught.
II there had been panic or a sharp
depression in values the number OF
failures due to speculation would
have been much larger.
incompetence and lack of capital
are the chief causes OF bankruptcy
.oday. as they have been from the
beginning. To them SIS per cent of
asst years failures are ascribed. The
man who has exceptional business
ability can make start with practi-
ally no capital and score a success.
Men of only average ability who are
handicapped by the lack Of adequate
capital are likely to go TO the wall,
even when general commercial con-
ditions are favorable.
OF the failures of 1908, 2.42S were
due to incompetence. Those failures
cost creditors $4,000. 900, that be-
ing the difference between assets and
liabilities. The failure due to fraud
were less expensive, the loss to cred
itors being little over $6,o0O,OOo
It is business incapacity rather than
dishonesty against which creditors
should be on their guard.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10
Humanity and Machinery.
(From the Reader.)

Machinery is the corner stone OF
modern society, the very foundation
ON which law, science, ethics, tn.
arts. even the state itself, rests. 1t
Is so new that We do not yet know
its poetry. We do not yet understand
Only two generations have lived be-
side the highway of steam. only one
has seen the Bessemre converter
transfer the blacksmith into the mas
ter builder of ships and towers. The
sewing machine, the far speaker. the
typewriter are common things of to-
day, accepted as a matter OF daily
convenience, and yet are they teach
ers of the people Machines that
come close to our lives and homes
insensibly teach truth, precision, the
adjustment Of universal laws to hu-
man needs. respect for that wise
American idea that labor saved Is
labor released for higher and nobier
toll. The machine Is the head mas
ter In the high school Of the race.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10
wOMAN's ADVICE TO WOMEN.
Men Cannot support Scalskin Wivei
on Muskrat Wages.

Mendon. Mass. April 1O.-"Many
a young man is trying to support a
sealskin wife on a muskrat salary.
Too many of our girls are raised In
the sealskin class said Mrs. s. Ella
Switzerland, of Athol. addressing
the Worcester and Norfolk Pomona
Grange.
BE neat" she continued, speak
ing to the women members. "Be
cleaniy in attire, and don't take too
much stock in s49 suit on 50
man. Some men quarter their cows
better than their wives, and | have
been in more farmers barns with
running wafer than ! have been in
houses with the same Improvement.
women would make better homes
for themselves IL they would love
themselves less and the men more.
MANS market value Is fixed by
himself, and one true to home and
wife has not time to be false TO
others
Judge not that ye be not judged
for many of us wear silk skirts over
soiled linen. God made the country
but man made the country roads"
Mrs. Southerland's topic was MAN,
Woman and the Farm-a Healthy,
Good-natured Wife the Farmers
Best Investment"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10

Former United States Senator VIII
liam E. Mason says the august body
which he lately adorned is "a s.san-
tic con game" He spent six years in
the game. and made an unsuccessful
play for six more. He said:
while l have the best personal
feeling toward the men with whom
served in the senate, the body. as a
body. is wholly un-American, un-Re-
publican and un-DemocratTc: II is
the only legislative body in the world
where the minority governs. All you
have to do to defeat legislation is to
object to having a time set for a
final vote. One senator has more
power under those rules in defeating
legislation than so senator's have IN
passing legislation.
"There will be no life insurance
legislation until the United States
senate becomes an American body
governed by the majority. That day
will not come until We amend oul
constitution and elect senators by di-
rect vote of the people.
"The action of the senate upon
legislation reminds me of the Irish
man who during his first experience
on an American farm tried to feed
the geese hay. The farmer asked him
| II the geese were eating the hay. he
said he didn't know whether they
/ were going to eat it or not; they
we're still talking about 1t when he
left /"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10
Pills QUICKLY
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Trial Package Mailed Free to
All In Plain Wrapper.

Piles is fearful disease. but easy
to cure If you go at 1t right.
An operation with the knife is dan
gerous. cruel and rarely a perma-
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There is just one other sure way
to be cured-painless, safe and In
the privacy of your own home-it is
Pyramid Pile Cure.
We mail trial package free to
all who write.
1t VIII give you instant relief, show
you the harmless, painless nature OF
this great remedy and start you well
on the way toward a perfect cure.
Then you can get full-sized box
from any druggist for SO cents, and
often one box cures.
II the druggist tries to sell you
something Just as good, 1t is because
he makes more money on the sub
stitute.
Insist on having what you call for
The cure begins at once and con-
tinues rapidly until IL is complete
and permanent.
You can go right ahead with your
work and be easy and comfortable
all the time.
1t is well worth trying.
Just send your name and address
to Pyramid. Drug Co, 1885 Pyramid
Building, Marshall. Mich. and re
ceive free by return mail the tria
package in plain wrapper.
Thousands have been cured in this
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in the privacy Of the home.
No knife and its torture.
No doctor and his bills.
All druggists. SO cents. Write to-
day for free package.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-04-10
The wirc's Legal Right to Amection.

(From Chicago Record-HeraldD
A Boston dispatch calls attention
to decision of the highest court of
Massachusetts. which is locally re-
garded as significant and indicative
of progress toward full legal equali-
.ty OF the sexes. The court holds that
under the laws as to married wom-
en- in the state a wife may maintain
an action for damages against any
woman who has aHenaaed the affec-
lions OF her husband.
In the lower court the demurrer
OF the defendant in the case was sus-
tanned on the ground that while a
husband has under the common law
a property right in his wife's love, mo
such property right in the husbands
affection had been accorded to the
wife. The supreme court, however
finds that the status of the married
woman in the state had been so
changed by the statutes in her favor
that this sex distinction based on
property rights could no longer be
drawn.
/ Doubtless the decision possessesthe
symptomatic Importance which is
apparently attached thereto in Mas
sachusetts. We may point out. how
ever, that Illinois has In this re-
spect proved herself leader and ex-
emplar. Our laws in regard to mar
rled women and their property and
contract rights are very advanced,
and in 1900 our supreme court de-
cided, contrary. as It said, to the
weight Of authority" In leading
cases cited, that under them a wife
may bring an action for damages for
the alienation of her husbands ar
lection. The ancient common law, II
observed. had maintained the doc
trine that "the husband and wife are
one. the husband being the one. but
this notion ''had been exploded by
the enlightenment Of the present age
and by legislation," and the wife re-
NAMED a distinct person with nef
individual rights and claims.
1--WE entertain no doubt" conciud-
ed the court, that by the Clear
weight of both reason and authority
the wife has under our statute, pro-
viding that a married woman may
sue and be sued without her nus
band being joined in the action, pre-
cisely the same right of recovery for
such a loss as the husband"
"There stands Illiuois"-and there
she has stood since 1900. II any
states still cling to the doctrine Just
repudiated by Massachusetts, we may
gently remind them that they are be-
hind the enlightened age and that 1t
is time to climb into the band wagon
Of progress and justice,