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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-01-03

yestIQatiop IS. bot lof tie benelt n
those who do hot 81 may b said
that Il Isl series Ct invest cations
instituted about Two years ago BIZ
the Geological Survey relative 70
the black sand which has heretofore
hindered placer mine working 10
the west and thousands Of acres Of
which are to be found scattered All
along the Pacific Coast This sand
was once thought to be absolutely
valueless. but investigation proves.
that it carries gold and silver IN
large quantities. monozite, iridfum,
and platinum, and many other rare
and valuable metals beside being
largely composed Of Che most vnlua-
bic sort of iron ii almost pure
state. Cheap methods Of working
the deposits were evolved BY the
scientists Of the Survey and so much
interest attached to these discover
les that great pressure WAS brought
to bear to establish siuilar inves-
tigation plant On the Atlantic Coast.
This is now being done and the
plant will be started at Chapel Hill
in North Carolina, within about .
week. mich Of the apparatus viii
be exhibited at jamestown under
working conditions and there IS
every prospect that thousands of
acres Of heretofore worthless land
both IN the tidal plain and along The
Appalachian range OF mountains
will be shown 10 be exceedingly
valuable.
In connection with the black sand
work the Survey tried some expert
meuts in electric furnace smelling
and this resulted ii another dis
coverY Of immense economic impor-
lance. II was found that the cleo.
trio furnace would produce valuable
iron from ores contaminated with
titanum. There are thousands Of
acres Of such ore 10 the west. enough
10 fact to render that section 81 the
country absolutely independent Of
the east FOR Ills iron supply Here
tofore, the ore has been considered
absolutely worthless because Il
could no. be smelted IN the blast
furnace. but the electric furnace
which was installed 10 work some
OF the black sand ore makes excel.
lent iron out 81 these deposits and
there is enough 81 a il sight all
along the Atlantic eoeat to make tbs
land owners rich and insure good
supply Of iron ore for tbe country
FOR generations 70 come 1,ne man
In North earalina ~ nov saislrg up
a complete smelling plant a. bis
own expense under The direction of
the Geological Survey aud nanY
a,as places ID ghe sp0th will hume.
dlafelss l,<sue6l f0a ilie work tbat
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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-01-03

An important decision was rem
dered this week by the lnterata fate
Commerce. Commission b the casgor
the railroads and telegraph eompau-
ies with regard 70 free pnssagc.
Quite recently The commission set
down ery bard % oeleQstioa from
the Nelional E5i,orial Association.
who wantaa TO continue their eon-
tracts with She railroads whereby
they exehangs advertising for rail.
road passes The same question
arose between the railroads aud the
telegraph companies. there having
been contracts Ior years past To-
virtue Of which thefailroads issued
PASSES and transported men aud
material free u charge fnr tie iele.
graph companies II return for wire
service along their llne. The Com.
mission has agreed 10 allow the rail-.
roads 70 COSTUME tpansportating
men and material free 81 charge
where the object Is 70 maintain The
railroad telegraph line. This Is
something 81 a concession but 1t Is
limited to cases in which the tele-
graph eompaniesare working direct
ly on railroad business, and the old
graft Of free passes N return far
telegraph services IS to be ahol-
ished
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1907-01-03

The Secretary Of Agriculture and
the Solicitor Of the Department have
just started of On merry jaunt 10
investigate the whisky disillIeries
with view ol finding out from per-
sonal observation just hos stmiQht
whisky is made SO as ID iignre the
proper sort of labels ID be imposed
hereafter on straight whisky and on
the products Of the whisky blenders
and manufacturers of synthetic
liquor. The pure food law which
goes into effect on The frat of The
year provides TOR the labelling of
whisky among other food products
50 that tue onnsUmer willknow what
he is getting when he buys Il BY the
bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Jolly Games to Play
= OR our tiny folks the game of

T-~ OR our tiny folks the game of Tx Taste is much fun.
 Have ,he players sit in a row, tel thsm to open their mouths and shut tneil eyes. place particle of food Of one sort or another in each ones mouth: and then ask each one to guess just from .he tast7 what kind of food is In his mouth
 Acting ttny lnes IS jolly indoor
 nall of the llayers stand outside the door. while those who stay n the room cnuOse woru .. one sN liable tnot too diHeull .HordJ. For instance. the word nat.
 Those who are outside are informed that a word has leea thought of which rhymes with eat
 The outsider consult together. make a If t of all the words they can think of that rhyme with eat. and then they come in and act out one of the words, the word bat" for example.
 This is wrong. of course. and the ne- tors are hisseu out of the room Then they come bach and act out another of the words they have thought of, rat, let. ,us say 10 act thls tney md feet They are hisseG out again, Suppose they finally think of the word flat" an9 coming in fall hat on heir faces. This time hearty clappinE 9y the insiders assure them that they laYe guessed correctly
 Then the two sides change places .nd the game goes on as before;
 A good game Is called "gingo." Per- laps some know the jolly college song oy that name. Use the foloWlne verses your game
 The miller's dog lay at. the mill,
 B with an with aD N. N with c. F7's name was little siaSH
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

of tho Jew York Babies Hospital. There was a big audience Of little folk present, ho broke out Into all sorts of shrill laughs and ehirrups at the most unexpected places. espe. cialiy when the screen showed Bruno Investigating a toad or helping a little girl play with her doll. or hay- ing his milky mouth wiped
 Bruno. says the New York Tribune. was the little bis K bear baby that got adopted. ursula was the s-nouth. old human baby whose mother did the adopting. She Lad i've children of her own. all under years. and two of them a.opted but when a ium- herman brought in the tiny blind thing. shrinking and shivering no big ger than a gray squirrel and weigh. ing only half a DO md her mothers heart warmed to it.
 "It's got to die If I don't take t." she said to herself Thpn to the luui. herman. "Giv~ it to me"
 A NAME FOR BABY
 Her own baby was a fat. crowins youngster Of g mouths at the time. and she was bringing her up on pork and beans by way of making her hardy for the life that was before her. So she threw the human toddier and the fou. legged toddler in to- gether and brought .eS hoth up
 Professor Underwood had heard ru- mors of the queer arrangements. He Ionged to see the bear with his own eyes and buy iL When he heard the beai had been sold he was in despair. When. later. he heard 1t had not been sold he took, the midnight train for the North Woods. hired pony and started on a twenty-mile ride over two feet of snow to the lumber camp where Bruno's foster mothers hua- band was cook.
 What do you ask for your bearT he asked the lumberman's wife.
 She replied in good down-East fash" ion with another question: What do you suppose ask for my babyT
 "l'm not In the market for babies" said he ''and 1 don't know. what the latest quotation is in babies"
 Well" said she. "Id as soon. sell you my baby as my bear-so thereI But what l do want you to do IS to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Nobility's True Badge
Distineuishinp Traits of Truly Good People

rTN HE same force fashioned the spar
 row ! That fashioned the man. the king. The God of the whole gave a spark Of
 soul
 To iurred and feathered thing And am my brother keeper. And l will tignl nIs hght And speak the wOId for beast and bird 1II tne worid spaA set tnIags rISnt.
 -GilA Wnes4er " iIevx- "open the mouth for the dumb."- FrYsSEus.
 Blessed are tile merciful. for they shaII ODtsIn mercy. -bIDle. He shall have judgment without mer- ey wno has sn""n hU netcy. -Binie. ..He who is not actively kind Is cruel" --Ruskln.
 kind hearts are mere than sor0nets." Temp son.
 We plead the cause of those dumb mouths that have ao speech "-l4cng- fellow.
 ''I shall pass this way but once. so let me. do ali the good 1 can to mankind and animal" ''I would not enter on my list of friends t1houSh grace. with polished mannerS
 and fine seEse, Yet wanting sensiblity1 the man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
A Fortl ate Find

NHR HOLMAN HUNT. the painter
 INl of "The Light of the World" and otker famous religious p4ctures. writing of his early stIus- gles. tells oi the chance discovery ot a com ol the .eA.an al tl.tis Wpen he was actua ly pepIiiless.
 That dIs, oVery," he says, was naue under somewpat peculiar cir cum. tances l had just cone to the end of he money. which 1 had earned by copying for Mr. DYce his picture. Jacob and t.uchel,' and was one even- ing wondering how ! coulc raise the amount needed to purchase d stamp for a letter which l aad ju't written.
 Throwing myself back Tn my arm chair. | thrust my hands deep down between the seat ana the tack Why did so l cannot tell. but fl must have been by some happy inspirations for my fingers came in contact With a circular disc of some thickEers. h'eh, when pulled it forth, turned out to bo half a crown"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

EVERYBODY has heard of Rom
 -s ulus and Remus and the old l< gray wolf that suckled them.
 and almost everybody has heard of Mowgli who was brought up out of the kiuen 5 of her heart and because of her curiosity concerning man by the Mother Wolf. in the same cave with her family of little wolves
 But sometimes the order is reversed. Sometimes 1t is an animal baby that is nursed and tended and raised" by a human mother along with her hu- man baby.
 That was what happened in the "Strange Tale of the North Woods" which Professor William L. Under wood. Of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. told recently to an audience of children for the benefit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Some Good Tricks

SM! SEVER q string In two inside A' a corked bottlei That isn't pos sihle"-is that what you would
 say If any one proposed to do
 We'll, let's see about that. Get an empty bottle. a white one If you can. Take out the cork and in the lower end fix a pin, then attach to this pin a short length of lightweight twine which is slightly weighted at the lower end. (The weight serves to keep the string cork Hrniy into the neck of the bcftie with the weighted string inside.
 Now how are you to sever that string in two without placing your hand inside the bottle?
 This Is the way to do #: Get Q powerful burning glass and hold lt In such a position that the suns rays will concentrate themselves on point not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Puzzles to Solve
RIDDLES.

1. Why Is a rooster sitting on a fence like an English penfy?
 g. Why IS the letter E like London? 8. Why Is the letter "B" like hat pin?
 Why was the first day of Adams life the longest7
 b. If an sGs were found on a music stool, what poem would it remind you off
 G. Why Is a washerwoman like q nayi-ator?
 !. Mny Is an author the queerest ani- maj in the woFidI
 8. Why is Il that a tailor won't at- tend to business?
 3. When can a horse be sea-green in color?
 io Why were gloves never meant to sell?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
pugsv's Dose.

After giving cat medicine, be very careful to cleanse her face and neck from any of the stun which may, and probably will. have been split on her
 There Is nothing which makes puss more miserable than a dirty coat, and ss the nastiness of the medicine will very likely prevent her from iieking | condition and lost all the good she naishA have received from the physlc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Notices of Great Men

FIBRE are the notices Uf some of Fl the worlds great men:
 | One thing at time, and that done we'll" was a guiding rule ot Gladstone'S
 w hat mas been done can te done again." Lord Beaconsfield believed
 "Aitch your wagon to a star" in- spired Emerson, as, in turn, it has inc spired and encouraged many others.
 ''Be cautious, but bold" the great Rothschild claimed as h.s chosen business maxim
 Charles Kingsley used to say; ''When 1 am engaged on any piece ot work l go at 1t as if, for the time be- ing. there was nothing else in the W world worth doing
 The motto of Robert Louis Steven son was, ITO be honest, to be kind, to be cheerful, to earn little and spend
 But, perhaps. the pest motto ever adopted by any great man was John Weslsy'e; ''Ths best of all is. God is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Who neellessly sets foot upon a worn

Who neejlessly sets foot upon woru." :"
 -LOWpsr. Among the noblest in the land (Though he may count himself tne leastJ,
 That man I honUr and revere, Who. without favor. without fear, In the great city dares to stani The friend of every friendless beast And tanses with Sn unshrinkipg hand The brutes that wear our form and face. The were-wolves of the human race"
 -Longfeliow. ''I1e prayeth btst who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who lovetn us, He made and lOveth all"
 --Coleridge.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

far above the weight.
 Tn very few minutes the burning rays will sever the string at that point, and the weight. together with portion of the string. will drop to the bottom Of the hottle!'
 Another trick Is this: Make a card- hcar1 band like the one shown in the picture. balance 1t perfectly on top of the open mouth of a bottle. and nn the topmost point Of the band. directly
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

The miller he bought a cask of ale.
 And he called it light good stingo;.
 S with T. T with an with an N,
 N with c. A with ab o. $ He called 1t | ght 'ood stingo"
 One player represents d miller. the other players stand aroLld him in circle, and all dance around and sIng the ver.Ss.
 When 1t comes to the spelling part Of the rhymes, th, miller points to a eer- child must promptly sing out the cor rect letter.
 Any player caught making e mistake must pay a forfeit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
@lB1R90W@. TNA1BLlIGN1 N1BEA1@9

think up a nice name for my baby giri--a name that'ii have bear iu it somehow. VIII you7
 We've scratched the hair e2 ous heads trying to think of one" put in the lumberman.
 Professor Underwood said he would. and all the way back to Boston he kept saying over to himself:
 'Bear-bear-what would be suit- able name for a little girl who was brought up with bear?"
 Al last 1t came to him-'Ursuia-" lt was a good name. with a history and tradition behind t. and meant just what 1t ought to mean to fll the biii-- "a little she-bear." So he sent the name back Into the heart Of the North Woods. and with It . souvenir spoon with little bear psrehsd on the top of the handle.
 And they named the baby Ursula" he told his little hearers. But they tucked in Underwood between that and her surname-and they call her LGla-"
 From weighing only half c pound Dyu. no had now grown to be a wooily efaoco- late brown bear of twenty pounds or 90. very fond of jam and very fond of hts foster sister. Soon he was so big and strong that his human mother wrote Professor Underwood she was afraid she would have to part with him. Tho day the Boston professor drove through the delicate veil-iike green of the Juno forest to the lumber camp with wood. ep box on the tailboard of the wagon to carry away Bruno, was . day of mourning in the lumberman's family. The lumbsrman had a lump in hie throat so big you could see t. All the children were crying and the poor hue man mother when she caught sight of the wooden box. threw her apron over her head and broke down completely. Underwood felt like a murderer.
 GOODBYE TO BRUNO
 Bruno hadn't been two days at my summer camp" went on the lecturer. before he had ripped on every mos- quito bar in the house. To make up for it he killed every fly. He would stand upon his hind legs and slap with his paw at every fly he saw. Each slap was some tys death blow. We trisd Co wean him on cows milk. but he got the ston ach ache and swelied up illi he was as broad as ne was long and cried anu bat has paws, anu llllsAtly Me tIhd 70 return to conQensed milk and water. Al the end of the summer we brought him back with us to my house al Belmont. where he and the cook became great chums. For 50 cents ] bought him fox terrier for a playmate. and the two were i7separable." But Bruno was now growing at the rate of two pounds week, weighed seventy pounds, and was nearly as tall as the professor.
 What is going to become Of the beaP?" people would ask.
 BHt others put if. What is going to become of Underwood?" (They thought he would be the one to go dTst.l So they parted with him to friend with a big cage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
no T. NURSE. do fasten my
 frock?' cried Doris tmplor-

iuHtJs
 ..No. Nol' chimed in Mona. She's promised to do my hair first. hasn't you. nurste?"
 And I've been waiting for ages to be washed!" grumbled Sadie ''l know slJncle Jack will be here before I'm Teadyr'
 Z '"If you don't all stop bothering me this very minute. I'll get nor e of you rcadyi' came in exasperated tones from nurse; and thus reduced to order, the trio cdrbed their impatience as much as possib;e, until at last all three stood with sashes tied. hair brushed and faces glowing with excittment-and soap. restdy to go downstairs the min ute mother should send for them
 Jane's appearance at the door was the signal for a rush for the stairs. and bursting into the drawing room. NlIn JuytuI c..orus of tntle Sscn the three little girls. utterly regardless Of their clean muslin pinafores. threw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
uNcLE JACK sURPRIsED

..I'u get out first, and tell your moth CT what has happened. said Uncle Jack. as the caD stopped opposite thelT
 Barely were the words spoken. how, ever. when the front door opened. and almost tumbing down the steps in her hurry rushed Mona.
 Safe. Thank heaVenv' eJaculated Uncle Jack, as he held her in h. $ arms.
 Mona, where did you get to? gasp ed her sisters. as they scrambled out or
 50 you ve found your naughty tru- ant" sand mother to Uncle Jack. But isn't 1t a mercy that Mrs. Jackson. from next door, happened to See tne child wandering about alone in the
 You see," explained Mona. as she sat on Uncle Jack knee, when got outside 1 found that the person l thought was you wasn't you, so then tried to get back to where the others were, but got lost In the crowd; and, oh! l was so frightened. till after q long time Mrs. Jackson saw me, and she brought me home"
 "All vel lhal el4ds well, said Up- cIe Jack thankfully; but l think that pext time l take you out we'll all come home together
 TO which no one agreed more heart fly than a certain little gigl called Aopa.-~AcDa Ward
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
What Birdsa
Can You Tells

Many centuries ago in Florence, tho very first men who made a business of lending money were members of the great Medici family, whose coat When other men took up the same sort of business. they adopted the Medici arms also. and so the custom has continued to the present day
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
February l7Answers

l. Yesterday.
 2. Friday.
 5. The bridge of one's nose. 4. O 1 U.
 5. The road.
 t. Fliu.e-uG-dee. because 1t Is spelt with more e's tCare)
 [ W hen it can [ hear you. 8. The elephant, who took his trunk, while the fox and the COG. took least, because they h only brush and comb between them.
 s King John. when he lost his bag gIge in the Wash.
 i0. He woulI want muzzIip' (mus- lin).
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
How We Rise.

We rise by the things that are under By what we have mastered of good
 or gain;
 slain, And the vanquished ills that we hour lY meet
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
"If Can.m

'If can stop one heart from breaking, l shall not live in vain. If can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin
 Unte hts nest again. l shall not live in vain"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Pass 1t On.

Have you had a kindness shown7
 Pass It on. Twas not given for you alone
 Pass it on. Let t travel down the yeaEs. Let L wipe another's tears. I'll In heaven the deed appears,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

above the mouth of the bottle. place small eofns
 The trick ts to get the coin % drop by your giving the inside eurfAce of tee cardboard sharp. quick rap with yeNF tndSx finger
 done just right will cause the coin to arop neatly inside the bottle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24

The Bible inscription on the Liberty Bell is "Proelaim liberty throughout the land and unto all the inhabitants thereof"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
HIT oR MISS.

HIT OR MISS. Tn this puzzle you will either hit upon the correct reading of the answer, or you will miss 1t. Use your eyes sharp ly.
 Beginning with a certain letter and re4a.nR fine letters that succeei il m a certain order, you will find spelled plainly out before your eyes the name of the greatest state paper issued by Abraham Lincoln.
 TYH E c TPLTR R A s
 HMI A | A D E D O P C P o O M Q A K T N A N C A NY
 Can you give the answerT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-24
Uncle Jacks s Treat

themselves upon him and nearly stran- glcd him with hugs.
 Well. darlingsl' cried Uncle Jack cheerily. when at last he could get breath tu speak. 50 you're glad to see me, eh? And what sort of treat do you think I've planned for you?"
 "Oh. do tell usl'' they cried exeitedly What do you say to the matinee this aftsrnoon2"
 "oh. how loyelyr gasped the who'll ly delighted trio.
 ''Yes. said mother, aren't you lucky chicks? Now run away and ash nurse to get you ready"
 Five minutes later three chattering. laughing little scarlet-coated girls squedzed into a hanson with Uncle Jack. and gaylX Wang tne.r hAnuAsr- chiefs to mother. were driven off to the matinee.
 Oh. what a perfect dream of wonder and degghl that matinee was. to be sure! How they laughed and clappeG their hands al every ,hlng, bobbing up and down in their seats like so many little Jacks 'In-tne box.
 MONA DISAPPEARS
 When u last It WI all over. and they
 
 last of the play alter the people began to rise. Uncle Jack piloted them to the entIanee, and leaving nem Tn the yes. tibule near the door, told them 10 wat there w hI.e he went 10 get hanson; for 1t was raining fast, and as the cabs drove up they were captured by the waiting crowd. q see Uncle Jack!' cried Mona. after a m.nute. ''Look-over there! And be. fore the others could stop her. she naa run outside and dishupeaied lh the "i don't believe 1t was Uncle JacK,' said Sadie as.s douD.tuiy' 'i ny exclaimed Doris. as uncie Jack came hurryins back to sHasnt you seen MOnaa" cried the Mona! exclaimed Uncle Jack Why isn't she nere'''
 NO. she ran out a few minutes ago. cause she sad she sa yot,. ,Ao,. Great heaNens! eJacuia'eo thei' uncle
 Nearly half an hour passed before he returned. looking very pale ana Morrle9 "Ill take you two home. or Nour mptn- CT will be getting anxious; and then III go off to the police station. ,, : |" lat u.ite. e;.t ;ass:v a E ,''i i,hs .s HerTy auartette that had driven out eaFheT ID the afternoon. ,,,ord while Sadie and Doris sat either slae oi him nolA.Is lIs ndIlGs. anu ~onusIils with anxious Httle i.earts what had De- % TO think of her peng all alone in the dark. wet streets-lost In tne great city. 4. ii was awful The thought of completely plotted out all the fun or the sfteinoon, and made them wlsn they had never come.