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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-22
OBITUARY

Died February 6, at the residence
Of her parents, Washington, d. O.,
EULALIA CATHARfNE. aged one year,
ten months and twenty six days,
only child Of Amy Agnes and VIM.
Harold Herbert.
God has saved from weary strife,
II it's dawn, this fresh young life,
Now 1t waits for us above
Resting In the eayiour's love.
BIZ GLADYS.
In sad but loving remembrance OF
my dear aunt, Mas. REBEooA BUoK-
LER, who departed this life March
20. 1909. She was loved by all who
knew her.
Asleep la Jesus blessed sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep
A calm and undist1rbed repose,
Unbroken By the dresd Of foes.
Z on never can VI knowshow dear.
Each lowed on y : q 7.1siaye kno wn,
The deep regret TIE bitter tear,
THAT come when those we love are
gone,
To live for Christ was her pleasure,
To die for him was her gain,
For on the cross the Saviour suffered,
That she and all might live again.
- her health she sought her Saviour,
In sickness He was BY her side.
And in death BE sent His guardian
angel
Safely her SPIRIT to Heaven toguide.
BY her loving Niece ELLA.
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BoIgiCDO's RecIeun ed
Cow Peas.
WIIl Make You RIeh

Sow them for Hay Crops--for Forage
Crops after grain crops--on vacant land.
Put Cow Peas in every available piece OF
land you have. They win wonderfully
increase the value and productivenees Of
your entire farm. We strongly recon.
mend the sowing Of Mixed Cow Peas,
they are composed of Blacks, Whip-poor-
wills, Clay etc. The Upright growing
varieties will hold up the vining varie-
ties and will produce much better crops
OF vines and larger amount Of forage.
j. BolgiRno & Son, Baltimore, Md.
The Agricultural Department at WASH
ington referring me to you for Alfalfa,
Cow Peas 4 Irish Cobbler Potatoes.
4. L, DUYCKINCK, Cecil Co., Nd.
We are headquarters Tor Cow Peas. n
your merchant can't supply you with
Bolgiano's Reclaimed Cow Peas write to
us. We win tell you where you can get
them.
]. B0L0GIAN0 q SON.
Baltimore's Greatest Seed House.
Pratt, Light & Ellicott Streets.
April 1, 09--1y Baltimore, Nd.
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sHERIFF's SALE
OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE.

By virtue Of writ OF fieri facIas. issued
out OF the Circuit Court for st. Mary's
county, sitting as a Court Of Equity. at
the suit OF Lillian b. Lynch, assignee.
against the goods and chattals. lands
and tenements Of Ellen Hill, widow.
Alexander Hill, Lucy Hill, Stephen Hill,
Charity Hin, Mary Z. Hawkins, John
Hawkins. Martha Tyer, James Tyer,
Mary Magdalen Gomerville, William ii.
Somerville, Thomas Hill, Townly Hill,
Caroline Hill, Hennie Short. VIM. Henry
Hill. and SOPHIA Hill, heirs and tere ten
ants o Townly Hill. late of st. ,Mary's
county, deceased, and to me directed, /
have seized and taken into execution all
the right title, claim and demand In law
and In equity OF the said Ellen Hill, wild
ow, Alexander Hill, Lucy Hill, Stephen
Hin, Charity Hill. Mary e. Hawkins,
John Hawkins, Martha Tyer, James
Tyer, Mary Magdalen Somerville, viii
liam H. Somerville, Thomas Hill, Town
~ Hill, Caroline Hill, Hennie Short, VIM.
Henry Hill and Sophia Hill, heirs and
terrs tenants Of Townly Hill, deceased,
in and to the following tract or parcel Of
land, namely:
That tract or parcel Of land called
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-22
seow AdrIH.

Taken up adriEt In the otomac River
BY Capt. Edwin Gibson and towed into
Canoe Neck Creek acow. Owner win
please come forward. prove property,
pay charges and take same away.
Otherwise, the scow viii DO disposed Of
according to law.
EDWIN G1Bs0E,
April 22--1m. AbelPs, Nd.
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l4ouseksoper Wanted.

A refined Lady to keep house for q
country Hotel. A good worker wanted.
A good home for the right party.
Apply at BEACON 0FraoE.
April Kim.
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cTArEMKNr OF the MUTUAL BKNErfT
LIFE Insurance Company OF Newark
N. y, 10 December 81, 1905.
Total Admitted Annota, \ ial,l1y.6ss
Xcfal Liabilities, Elk6selg8l
&NfrAH1t t,b2h6u
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Farms Wanted.

! have several inquiries for st. Maryss
County farms and would be pleased to
have descriptions and prices on places
for sails.
JoHH B. KEY,
April 1--1mp. Chaptico, Nd.
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7sc. 500 and SIPS Straw
Hats. At oendason's for use.
Come aulck.
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Tuesday. May 10. 1909.

At the hour Of O'clock, z. M,
at the Court House door in Leonard
town, Md, viii expose to public auc-
tion to the highest bidder for CASH, the
above described real estate 80 seized and
taken into execution to satisfy said debt.
interest and costs, now due and to be-
come due thereon.
HENRY @. DENT,
April 22-td Sheriff.
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AuctiOnl
Auction!
OF
GENERAL MERCH ANDISE.

IvNNAa 70 NFtUH AWUI6E.
Saturday. May I, 1909.
S7sseseass1z
The undersigned Auctioneer, win offer
for sale BY Public Auction, ct Felfs
Point, on Cuckhold's Greek, 9th Election
District, on the above date. the entire
stock Of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
IN the Store House recently conducted by
Chas. n. Clarke, to the highest bidder
for CASH. Sale to begin at 10 O'Clock <,
and continue until all the goods are dis
posed OF. No goods delivered until paid
Tor.
Abel and Long, Auctioneera.
April 22--2t.
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CTATEMENT Of the NORFOLK FIRE IN
anrance Corporation OF Norfolk, Va, to
December 81 1903.
Capital, iu8.Sh0
Total Admitted Asuntn, l0a,Ssi
Total Liabilities, sT,752
surplus. 22,72s
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TO WHOM lT MAY CONCERN


Please announce ] FRANK DUNBAR
~ q candidate for the Eheri1AlW and
say that be win be warmIy supported
BY 6r. Isaoo's DisrRcrl
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PART RAM1LE.

containing
90 acres Of land, more or less,
being the same land conveyed to Townly
Hill, on October %, 1905, by @. Wilson
Jones and wife. recorded In Liber e. b.
A., No. s, one Of the Land Records Of St.
Mary's county,
And ! hereby give notice that on
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-22
Public Sale.
We win sell at public Auction at the
Court House door in Leonardtown, ON
Tuesday, April 27. 1903.
a. D ,,sI,,.k D II

An the real estate 81 which the late
Mary Greenwell, died seized and possess-
ed lying Ia LeonArdtown district, called
and known as Hickory Hillsr containing
about l00 acres more or less.
TINS HEms.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-22

Come and get some REAL
BARGAINS. Fine Clothing
and other things at CUT
Prices. Let us show you 4!
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-04-22
The First National Bank ofSt Marys,
LeonardtoWn, Md.
CAPITAL STOCK. $4,000.
SURPLUS, $4,000.

Does general Banking Business
safe and careful management The location of Bank
makes IL the place q
OF residents Of st. Marys County
financial business
During open for business
the amount Of deposits has reached
OF expectations.
We have SAVINGS DEPARTMENT aud pay interest on
deposited there
Gall and will will your advan-
tage 70 account with
Prompt attention given all collection u.s.
OFFICERS.
L. E. MUMFORD, r. o. MORGAN, L. J.. STERLING. Cashier.
President Vice President b. KENNEDY ARELL4
Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
l.. MUMFORD +. .. MORGAN r. " KING
ENOcH ABEL, J. RENEHAN. O. GREENWELL
J.EN. STERLING DIR. L. b. JOHNSON, T. u. STERLING
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
WOMAN WINS hohoRs.

Miss +. Marion Wade is the first
woman to be appointed by the Bos-
ton board of health as bacteriologist
and chemist. She was an honor
graduate in the department Of ply
steal and natural science of Trinity
university, Toronto, in 1894. She
then entered the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology, where she
took special course in air, water
and food analysis. During the sum-
mer of 1907 she took another spe-
cial course at the Harvard Medical
school. For three months she acted
as voluntary assistant in the lsbora-
tory of the board of health. She is
an analytical chemist in the research
laboratories of the General Electro
cal Company at Schenectady, N. Y.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
BACK TO THE LAND.

What can be worse for the morals
of young people than to be unable to
marry because they cannot obtain .
home? That drives them to the
towns when it does not drive them
into immortality. Make it possible
for young man to find a decent
house, bit of land, which he holds
with certain tenure, and he will
not leave the country. Now the
least capable are left in the country
and the more enterprising move into
the towns. l do not believe in emf
grafton. We cannot spare the peo-
pie, for rural England needs them.
Rev. G. Hooper, in the Sunday
Strand.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
SNAIL boYs OF QUICK W.T.
Kansas City Youngsters assm Well
Equipped 70 Make Thsir Way
Ia the Wssfd.


When two trlants meet Two at
tendance officers it's case of Greek
meeting Greek-the quickest wits or
the fastest legs win. j. G. Erskine
and J. d. Thomson met two tru-
ants on a street corner not far from
the city hall the other afternoon.
"What's the vacation% Mr..
Thomason asked.
'1t amt vacation" the smaller
boy answered. He was wearing
silk handkerchief to protect his ears
from the cold. "See this here band
age? Pm goin' to the city hall to
see if I amt dyin'."
"And you?" Mr.. Erskine asked
the other boy.
The boy showed a tiny red spot on
the side of his neck.
'1've got the smallpox" he said.
The attendance officers decided
that it was so late in the afternoon
that arrests wouldn't be necessary.
Quick wits had won.-Kansas
City Star.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
MEMORIAL TO BUNYAN.

The stained glass window in
memory of John Bunyan which is to
be placed in Westminster Abbey will
certainly not transform the story of
"The Pilgrims Progress" to suit
Anglican doctrines. But there have
been some remarkable performances
of that kind. The book in which
Giant Pope is an unpleasant figure
has even been rendered in a Roman
Catholic version, with the head of
the Virgin on the title page. Quaint
er still was the Tractarian version of
1858, wherein the Wicket Gate be-
came a type of Baptism, and the
House Beautiful of the Eucharist.
Since no infant passes the Wicket
Gate in the story, and Faithful hur-
ries past the House Beautiful, this
Anglo Catholic version, as Macau-
lay pointed out, seemed to teach that
adults alone should be baptized and
that the eucharist may be safely
neglected.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
FOUND FISHES m THE MUD
Discovery Of Indiana Man That Has
Been Received with Doubt In
Some Quarters.

Frank Long was digging in an old
drainage ditch northwest of Green's
burg when he made the discovery of
his life, says the Indianapolis Star.
The ditch was mostly dry, but Frank
swears he found cropping along
through the mud and muck 25 fishes,
each nine or ten inches in length.
The records aren't very clear at
this point and some persons who
heard the tale insist that Franks
fishes were making their way right
through the solid ground. This,
however, cannot be true, for fishes
progress by using their tails as pro-
pellers, and surely fish couldn't
wiggle his tail in the ground.
1t seems more reasonable to be-
lieve those Mr.. Long found were
swimming in mud of about the con-
sistency of mush and milk. This
would give the fishes something to
do and still would not be utterly be-
yond the bounds of reason.
1t is very Encouraging to fish to
have TO swim through the solid
ground, because it wears out his fins
faster than they can grow.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
HIGH PRAISE FOR NEW YORK
Visiting sritishsr Acknowledges
American City to De Superior to
"Dsar Old Lunnon."

Writing to the London Daily Mail
on "New York; An Impression" Sir
Harry Johnston says: New York,
with some four millions of inhabi-
tarts, struck me as being not only
more beautiful, healthier, better fed,
and happier than London, but as be-
ing far better endowed with educa-
tional facilities of every kind. Apart
from those offered by Columbia uni
versity, there are such splendid free
institutions as the American Natural
History museum, the Museum OF
Art, the Bronx Geological and
Botanical gardens, and last, but not
least, the finest aquarium in the
whole world, that of the Battery, the
old building once the landing place
of immigrants and then q concert
hail."
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
~ A. n. BURKE

There are commonplace things
and there are strange condolences
that turn the current of our lives. A
human career may be likened to a
chip cast into a rivulet. 1t goes with
the current, over stones, tumbling
from tiny cascades, until it is caught
in an eddy and stranded.
Some slight disturbance starts it
again, and after few setbacks it re-
joins the channel. Caught by a
fallen branch, it waits till released
by q swell in the waters, and so it
goes till it is at last thrown into
the ocean.
When / was about twenty I went
to a corn-husking. l remember sit
ting in pile Of corn beside girl of
IS. Suddenly in tearing husk !
saw that the ear it inclosed was red.
Claiming the privilege of corn
huskers when a red ear is found, |
kissed my companion.
l had met one of the reflections in
the current of my career.
There was pretty blush, a slight
resistance, the kiss, the blush and
the resistance making charming
combination. Later, in the barn, l
danced with my little girl, went with
her at midnight across the moonlit
fields to her home and kissed her
again in the shadow of the vine
overhanging the porch.
There followed courtship as ten
der, as sweet, as fragrant as a young
rose plant, only there were no thorns.
The thorns grew later. We became
engaged.
There was no opposition to our
engagement and no reason why we
should not marry, though we were
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
SOCIAL EVENINGS m EUROPE
There the Mad Pursuit Of Wealth 10
Not So AII-Enarossino a. In
America.

I was much impressed by what
the head Of large and prosperous
bourgeois French family said to an
American friend: During the day
we are all busy with our various avo-
cations. The evenings are devoted
to more serious things-reading,
music, conversation, society" This
is surely the normal point of view of
a civilized man living in a civilized
society.
In Italy. where social life, as in
France. is taken somewhat more
seriously than with us, it is usual
for the women prominent in society
to receive in the evening. One eve
ming week sometimes two, in a
few cases every EVENING" is set apart
for receiving the friends and hab-
itues of the house. In Rome, where
society is more crystallized. where
the society game is better played
than in any community I know, one
or two of the great houses are open
to visitors on every evening of the
week.-Maud Howe, in Harper's
Bazaar.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
AN Aovr.

Out in the street, amid the raging
blasts and whirling SHOWS, he stood,
coatless and distraught.
Gomez he shouted wildly.
"Gone! Gone! Gone"
A dozen curious men emerged
from their business houses, offering
sympathy.
"Did your cashier skip off with
all the oof?" inquired one.
"No-ah, mop
"Lost kid?' said a second.
"Nay, nay"
close your watch or pocketbook ?"
"Not that-not that"
"Then what in the name Of thun-
der is it that is gomez"
"Why, yesterday, my friends
yesterday. But before to-day is gone
you should take out a life insurance
in the-Ow, VOW! Help, help"-
Answers.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
WORDS THAT BURN.

l am pleased to say that the old
stove has been red hot for week
past. Two crates of declined stories
and poems came in last week, when
there was not lump left in the coal
bin, and--the stove got 'em! l
didn't even have to strike match to
start the fire, as many of the poems
were love songs, which were warm
enough to blaze. Under these cir
cumstances it may be truly said that
the fire of. genius keeps me warm. So
l snap my fingers at the coal trust
and enjoy life-up ten stories closer
to the starsi-Atlanta Constitution.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
Kissed Her Again.

too young to marry at once. For two
years life was garden spot, though
we did not know how happy we were
because we were inexperienced. Low
ing was like breathing.
Then when we were ready to be
married my little girl and her moth
er must go to the city for her
trousseau.
/ joined them there after the pur-
chases had been made for few days
sightseeing and to bring them back.
We two, my fiancee and myself,
went to the park, to the theater, to
shows Of different kinds.
One day we were walking down a
broad thoroughfare, jostled by an
immense crowd of people. Seeing
some jewels blazing in a shop win
dow, l called my fiancee's attention
to one of them and asked her jocu-
larly if l should 60 in and buy it for
her. Her only reply was a smile.
But, oh, how sweet it was!
Fate threw in our way an OBJ
stacle. The wedding did not take
place. l did not know the real
fause, but / suspected her mother
Tof changing her mind. My fiancee
was at an age to be dominated by a
stronger person and gave way. She
broke the engagement.
After this the country grew dull
to me and l concluded to 60 to town
TO live. went into business and
prospered. Ten years passed and I
had not married. Being member
of several clubs and having the
means wherewith to enjoy city life,
1 did not care to give up my
b.chelorhood. At times l even con-
sidered my mother-in-law that was
to have been IS having done me =
favor in throwing me over. Had it
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.

The population of the city during
the day is nearly 100 per cent. in
excess of what it is at nightfall. The
census shows "after office hours" a
density of only 800 persons an acre,
as against 63.6 for London at large /;
whereas during the day the figure,
according to the medical officer is
no less than 56.5 an acre. The last
named figure only refers to persons
actively engaged in the city, and not
to passers through, the visitors num-
bering. it is estimated. as many as
500 ,OOO.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
RATHER STRENUOUS.

"Stop this instant" exclaimed
the old lady as she passed the crowd
of bad boys on the lot. "What do
you mean by furnishing that poor
boy?"
eve amt furnishing him, ma'am,"
grinned the leader of the gang.
"But you are standing him on his
head until he is black in the face"
"Dat amt nuttin'. We are going
to give show in old man Dooley's
back yard and we need a black-face
comedian"
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
APARTMENT HOUSES.

"Where can find jenkins fats
around here?" asked the stranger
who was returning to the neighbor-
hood after long absence.
"There's no such place." respond
ed the policeman on the corner.
"About two years ago old man Jen-
kins received a legacy, raised the
rents and changed the name to
Jenkyn's court"
"Ah, then l can find the place un-
der the heading of tJenkyn's
court? p"
ooh, no! Last spring the old
man received another legacy, raised
the rents again and now his fats go
under the name of La Jenque apart
ments.' You'll find them two blocks
south"
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
WHEN THUMBS COUNT.

Lady Richie, daughter of Thack-
cray, has many interesting stories
to tell in her book of "reminiscences
about the great men who came to her
fathers house. Turgenieff once said
TO her: '"I1ook at my thumbs, see
how small they are. How could
man with such small thumbs be
capable of anything? People with
little thumbs never do what they in
tend to do; they always let them
selves be prevented"
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
NUGGET IN eoosE's caAw.

Mrs. Ulmer killed the goose that
was preparing to lay the golden egg.
She didn't know it, however, until
the well disposed fowl was dead and
done for. In its dissection at the
CaIlerman establishment a nugget
was found in its craw.
This goose was raised by Bill
Matthews and had been roaming
about the beach in search of pro-
yender. Mrs. Ulmer is to have a
pin made of the nugget.-Daily
Alaskan.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
PAINTING THE LILY.

A tourist wandering round vii
lage church yard not long ago fell in
with some rustic members of the
choir coming from rehearsal. He
asked them casually what music they
had been singing.
Handel, zur," was the reply.
Handel? Don't you find his
music rather dHficult?" asked the
tourist, . thinking the composer a
little difficult for SO rural choir.
"Why, no, zur," was the reply
"not very. You see, we alters himv'
Home Chat.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
AFTER CHRISTMAS.

Ms Mr.. Spruce at all-er-given
to drink inquired Mr.. Milyons
anxiously of his confidential clerk.
"No. indeed" was the decided an
swer. "Hc never touches drop.
But what put such suspicion into
your mind?"
''Why. have noticed that he has
been late for the last two mornings,
that he looks tired, jaded and worn
out. Perhaps some overwhelming
family affection"
ooh. that's all right, sir. He gave
each of his boys drum for a Christ
mas present"
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
HAS LOVE FOR ALL.

Judge Gray of Delaware is one of
the most humane of men. His love
of nature extends to all living things
and he refuses either to fish or shoot.
Cats are his particular friends and
he never passes stray tabby on the
street without trying to give it a
pat. He is also fond of horses and
when driving always dismounts
when he reaches steep hill and in
sists on walking all the way to the
top.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
TIT FOR TAT.

The shoemaker took the shoe
home to the doctor. 81 can't do any,
thing with it," he said. 81 have
looked it over and it isn't worth
mending. Seyenty-fve cents is the
charge"
"Seventy-five cents!" exclaimed
the doctor. "Why do you charge
me when it isn't worth mending?"
when ] came to you the other
day." explained the shoemaker,
didn't you examine me and tell me
there was nothing the matter with
me, then charge me two dollars 2"
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
WHEN A WOMAN IS OLD.

A Chicago club of women has de-
cided that, as it is called young
woman's club, only those who are
not over 40 can longer remain mem
beers. There used to be a time when
25 was considered the dividing age
between youth and middle age, but
so advanced are the times where
women are concerned that the line
Inv been moved on to the fat, fair
and 40 limit.
The Meeker herald., 1909-03-27
HIS CONTINUED CONFUSION.

care you working to-day?" asked
a visitor of the poet. "That is, are
you going to work 2" for it was quite
evident that he was not working at
that moment.
The poet ran his fingers distract
eddy through his hair.
81 have SO many ideas" he sighed.
$50 many, many ideas; but they are
all so confused that really haven't
worked for year or two."