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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17
Wearing the surpIiee.

surpiiee Is the Latin superpelIicium,
meaning that which is worn over q
fur or fur jacket AS the Jacket worn
by the peasants. and for that matter
by all classes. was apt TO get dirty
and unsightly. a kind Of smock frock,
that could be washed when necessary.
was worn over it-and this was called
the super-pellicium, the surplice.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

Women and men now writing mushy
letters to the husbands and wives Of
other women and men can get an idea
OF Just how they win look in type at
some future date by perusing the cur
rent divorce reports In the papers. Bus
no warning win stop the predestinsd
author Of . human document"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

Trains leave Mechaaicsville at lao
z. n, arrive % Brandywine at $50,
r. NJ. Pope,s Creek Line leaves Brandy
wine at 6:lI, r. m. Arrive In Balti-
pore at 6:0S p NJ, and Washington at
2:40 r. n. Trains connecting with the
Pope's Greek Line Q. Bowie leave
Washington I:45, A. NJ; Baltimore at
$40 4. NJ. No Sunday trains 10 or
from Mechanicsvilie.
Mail iStageleaves Ieonardtown every
day, except Sunday, for Mechanics
vile at I:3O A. NJ; leaves Mechanics
vile as soon as mail Is sorted, moi
later than l p. NJ.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17
What Should Have Seen.

When pigs are kept eight months.
when fully as good weights could have
been obtained at six months. the profit
II anything but what IL should have
been
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17
WHY STAY ON HIS
FATHERS FARM
Farm Boy winner of go state-Mids
Prize In Maryland Week Com.
petition Gives che Answer.
EDWARD ADY.
OF Hartford County.

EDWARD ADY.
OF Hartford County.
What irdueement does Maryland Of.
Ter the Farmers Boy to remain on fhs
farmf First. In no state Of the Union
can ne find choice Of so many phases
or farming as here. Every condition
fayors bis success. no matter what line
OF agriculture he may follow. He can
become with assurance Of success q
general farmer. orchardist. stockman.
dairyman. poultryman or he can com.
bins several of these branches OF
farming proiitab,y.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

~ A0t n ] ] 9 8
around were TAX
Ing advantage of
9 o cd Ice and
moonlight to enjoy
the merry winter
sport The river
above the dam
Was IKE q sheet
Of glass. and Il
sparkled like an
inlaid floor Of dia-
monde
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

Man a q husband h Of two classes
he whose meals disagree with him.
aad he who dissgrees with his meals
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

Many a man Is like an ostrich. by
closing his eyes to his own faults he
imagineii that other people are equal
" blind.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-12-17

The Cedar river was in prime con-
aition Tor skating. and the young peo-
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Lost to the Audience.

The composer Fanelli describes an experience he had at Queens hall dur ing one of the concerts, says the Paris correspondent of the London News.
 Wishing to hear the orchestra to tho best advantage. he ascended 10 the highest gallery of the building without saying anything to anybody and hid himself in corner.
 ''The public listened beautifully" he writes. "and | was overcome with emo ton. Seeing that they were determin- ed to have me on the platform, began to descend. but lost myself completely In a maze of passages. wandered about for some time. opening doors. until 1t was too late to think of appear ing. When found my friends again they were very angry with me for what they considered my breach of good manners ln. not responding to the applause"
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Wsys of Carrying Money.

When mamma givesIyou A penny to buy bit of candy she. usually either sends you to her top bureau drawer to get her purse, or takes 1t from a little box she keeps in which. to drop her spare change. But, If your tnamma were an immigrant people who come to this country from foreign lands are called immigrants, you know--instead Of your own denr mamma. she would carry her. money in strange fashion. If she were Swede or Norwegian she would carry 1t In pocketbook so big that 1t contains enough leather to make a pair of shoes out of The Italian lm- migrant prefers small tin tube which he hangs about his neck by a small chain, and the Hungarian stuffs his money into his long boots--along with his knife and fork and spoon. Ger mans keep theirs In a belt strapped around their waist under the clothes. and the French are partial to-a small brass case about as large as the aver age pocketbook. k.-Detroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
His strono Point.

My favorite nephew, Oliver Tolli- yer, is-well, he's my favorite neph- ew," remarked the old codger. "B'cuz, while he is pretty much always getting into trouble or having things go amiss with him, and so forth and so on, in- stead of blaming it on to somebody else or his tuck or the party in power or saying he can't imagine how in the world 1t came to happen, be just scratches his head, grins wry grin and says, Well. dad blame my fool picture; that's another time I brought it right on myself by not having as much sense as a barrel of hair! "- Kansas City Star. ...
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Exolution of. tha sldshnnrd.

lr The dresser began service In the Kitchen as d, table, advancing until 1t was composed of top and two shelves below, supported by four legs. 1t was then used not SO much as n place for dressing the meats as n serving table. on which dishes were placed before being allotted to the members of the household. At later period a portion of the dresser became inclosed. and after that an extra shelf. with some times a hood. was placed on it It was not then an article of kitchen fur niture, but stood in the hall or living room. As a result of the desire to re- duce. the quanity of furniture in the hall the credence and dresser were combined fin one article, with a closet and shelf below and several shelves above, the whole surmounted by q can opy. Then 1t was like some of our sideboards. though 1t was not kDown by that name until the eighteenth cen tury, when it assumed the long, low table form, with drawers and cup boards below. The name sideboard prior to this had. however, been ap- piled to tables as early as the sixteenth century. E-sa s.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
The Eye as q Gamers.

The human eye is a perfect photog- rapher's camera. The retlnA Is the dry plate on which arc focused all objects by means of the crystalline lens. The cavity behind this lens Is the shutter. The eyeIld is the drop shuttle The draping of the optical darkroom Is the only black membrane in the entire body. This miniature camera Is self focusing, self loading and self develop ing and takes, millions of pictures every day in colors and enlarged to life size. Charts have been prepared-marvelou charts-which go to show that the eye has sT20 dlstlnct expressions conveying as rhany distinct shades of meaning. The power of color perception Is over .whelming. To perceive red the retina of the eye must receive three hundred and ninety-flve million million vibra- tions in second: for violet 1t must re- spond to seven hundred and ninety mil lion million. In our waking moments our eyes are bombarded every minute by at least six hundred million million vibrations. s.-Chicago Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
tEav,ev Miee

That the rearing of fancy mice can be made. not merely an Interesting hobby. but also n source of substantial profit. is illustrated by the experience of q Scarborough GEnCiand, man. hun dreds of whose tiny pets find their way annually into the hands Of the British admiralty. Tame mice are required principally for use In submarines. They are exceedingly prone to suffoca- ton. The Scarborough fancier. MT. Beanland. illustrated this by covering the palm of his hand with ordinary liquid paint and placing tame mouse on 1t. The tiny creature was at once overcome by the smell of the paint and suffocated in an incredibly short time.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Realistic Dream.

A Hanover college professor was an noyed by the pranks of freshman in his classes. He resolved that if that individual would not reform he would "kick" him out of the class.
 The other morAing the professor was seen coming to college with slight limp in his gait. He was met by a brother member of the faculty and ask ed why he was Hmping.
 T dreamed last night that was kicking - out of one of my classes, and when woke up this morning I found that I had very sore toe. l must have struck the bedpost" "- In- dianapolis News.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
The Discouraoed Poet.

Everything seems to be. going wrongv' sighed the poet. T asked the maid at my lodgings this morning what had become of the paper that I'd left lying on my desk.''es < 4Fa
 "'Oh, sir said she, T thought it was waste paper. and I threw 1t fin the waste paper basket
 'No,' said I, it wasn't waste paper. I hadn't written anything on it. yet |" Youths Companion. +-"
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
axron,. Habits.

While Byron was iu Ravenna. Italy. he adopted strange habits. It was his custom to rise at -9Nin the afternoon. breakfast and ride and dine at G Then he would sit and talk until 5 or 6 in the morning. or. if no company were there. he would write a bit of Don Jusn.'' But his life was like that of Aubrey Beardsley-upside down the day was the night ....t
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Feiks Are Doing sn the othss
 Side ef the Globe

The response to the call for a gen. eral railroad strike throughout the Union of South Africa was not encour- aging to the leaders of the movement In Cape Colony. Natal and the Orange Free State all the men continued at work as usual, while the Transvaab the train crews with few exceptions remained on duty. ...E.. .<. British statesman, has decided to re tire from parliament at the next gen eral election. He has served continn- ously as member of the house of commons since 1876 all this time rep resenting West Birmingham. #,...
 pr. Giannini, an Italian government official in charge of the emigrants aboard the liner Berlin bound from Genoa to New York. was shot and kill. ed by an insane emigrant named Gu pertino. The body of Dr.. Glannini was landed at Gibraltar.
 Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. the militant suffragette. was released from Hollo- way jail. where she has been a pris- oner since Jan. 3. when she was ar rested in the east end of London.
 The Duke of AthoIl on Friday will have been fifty years a duke. The event will be picturesquely celebrated by the people of Atholl district. Perth shire. Scotland.
 A high tide submerged the village st Damkerort, on the borders of Buckow lake. adjoining the Baltic sea. and the fate of its 100 inhabitants was feared for.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
peeds and Mortaaaes.

Lord Barrenhurst-You must bear In mdnd, Gwendolen, that we of the mo- hiity must do nothing unworthy of the deeds of our noble ancestors. Lady R6rrenhurst (nee Gotrox of New York; Deeds of your ancestors? Indeed! How'd you live if it wasn't for the mortgages of mine?-Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Milk In Naples.

In-Naples the cows and goats are led through the streets and mixed at the doors of the houses People lower their cans by a string from the upper windows; the animals are milked into the cans, which are then hauled up again.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Baby Seals Fear the Water.

It is curious fact that the fur seal was once land animal, The baby seals are actually afraid of the water. They would drown if thrown into 1t and have to learn to swim by repeated efforts. When once they have been taught to swim, however, they soon forget to walk. ,E
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Formality.

'I called to ask your permission to pay my addresses to your daughter with a view to asking for her hand in marriage" ..h
 ''Go ahead" replied Mir. Cumrox. "Only Pm afraid A man with your ideas of courtship will be wasting his time, Star.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Got on the Bear Side.

''So you owe your success as a stock speculator to stoicismw asked the ir- terviewer. ......,
 "Yes." explained the broker. When ever there was a declining market made practice to grin and bear it."- Buffalo Express *..'. ~. 'a ,
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
h TraininQ.

''Have you been to sea in the last six or eight yearsT' .- ............ ......
 Not exactly" replied the mariner. 'but Pm not out of practice Every evening l go to the club and spend hours in a rocking chair whose motion has given many men seasickness."- Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Cautious.

Waiter, do you guarantee thess eggs?'
 No, sir. I'm very optimistic about those ecgs. sir. but don't guarantee em."--BirInlngham Age-Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
To Compose Her.

Editor-Wha the trouble out therel Office Boy-A lady out in the hall has mysteries. Editor-Have her escorted into the composing room at once.-Bos- lon Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
That Wsddlnn Ena.

Mrs. Benham-Dfd you pay the min ister in cash9 Benham-Yes, fool that was! IfeI hadn't I could have stopped payment on the check.-New York Globe. h
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Eond For Indinaatinn.

Young Doctor tafter the departure of the dinner guests)-My dear. think your party was great success. His Wife-I hope SO I gave them the rich est food l could think of.--I.ife.'
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
Some Things That Are Happening in
 Other American Countries

Some Things That Are Happening tn
 Other American Countries.
 With the temperature 30 below zero a fire started in the Robertson Oliver Grain company storehouse in Montreal. Owing to the extreme cold, firemen had the greatest difficulty fighting the blaze. Water froze before 1t reached the building. which was partially de stroyed. with $5O,OOO loss.
 Theodore Roosevelt left Santiago. Chile. for his trip through the southern part of Chile across the Andes and back to Buenos Aires. across the low CT end of the Argentine republic.
 Lieut suant Mery. a military aviator. of Sar ttago. Chile, while making q flight fell from a height of 5000 feet and was dashed to pieces.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Widows In Korea.

Widows in Korea never remarry, no matter how young they may be. Even though they had been married only a hnonth they must not take a second husband. a
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment, and duty and progress are altorether im. posSible without Samuel Smiles.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
DEATHS OF NOTFD PfoPiE.
Msn. .ans Womsn Who Hays o,ss un ss tS4t the Last Week.

Msn ard Women Who Havs Oted ln itE4s the Last Week.
 Mrs. John R. Walker. honorary vice president general of the Daughters ol the American Revolution. died at her home in Kansas City. Mo-. of heart disease. Mrs. Walker was an intiuen tial member in national Daughters o' the American Revolution circles. Her portrait in oil hangs in Continenta hall in Washington:
 Alexander F. W. Leslie. fifty-eight an old time newspaper man and car toonist, who was the first man to get through dispatch from Johnstown at the time of the hood. died in Brooklyn He was member of the stafra of the World ywhens it was acquired by the late Joseph Pulitzer sf5s ..:ss.
 Elizabeth Colt Kingsley Blake. wife of Henry, T. Blake, died in New Ha- ven. Conn. She was head of :he New Haven branch of the sanitary commis sion during the civil war. Her father was professor of Latin in Yale and a brother, Henry. was treasurer of Yale.
 Wilmer Olin Chrisman. assistant en- gineer. United States navy, retired. died in New York of paralysis. He was born in Valley Forge. Pa. in 1851 and was retired from the engineer corps of the navy in 1887 after an active sea service in all ports of the world
 George F. Reed. general manager or the Springfield Street railway. died in Springfield. Mass. after an iiine~s of four hours. MT. Reed was fory-seven, years old and had been in the employ of the company for thirty-two years.
 T. IT.. Shumway. president of the Rocky Mountain Fuel company. died at Denver It is stated that his death was caused by worries incidental to the recent disaster in the eompsny's mines and to the strike. ........ Professor William D. Marks. edura- tor, and author. died at Plattsburg. N r.. following aB operation. He was sixty-nve years. old and was the su- thor of many standard educational "orks #as s- si-=fs.a...ts aa =-
 Henry E. Smith. who retired from the manufacture of paper fifteen years ago. died in New York. aged 1fty- three years. He owned paper mills at Portland, Ore. and San Jose. Cal
 Elizabeth c. Young. a charter mem Der of the Lenox Road Methodist Epis- copal church. is dead at Brooklyn as g result of a paralytic stroke. She was eighty-two years old. .-- .
 pr. Patrick Weston Joyce. the Irish scholar and authority on Irish history. died in Dublin in his eighty-seventh year. e.. .t
 William Burns, justice of the peace at Bordentown, N. J., for upward of twenty-five years, is dead at Trenton.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
FROM THE SPORTING WORLD.
This and That in Amateur snd P~ofss-
 sfonsi Athletics A

This and That in Amateur snd erofss-
 sfonsi Athletics A@
 King Cole. who. was slated to pith. for the New York Americans this ye,Tt. was signed by the Federal ieuguc President Barbour Of the. Pittsburgh Federal league club has offered Hans Wagner $15.00O year for two years if he will desert the National league. Wagner's salary has been $ie.UW. Mir Barbour admits that Wagner has given him very little encouragement x, ,s
 Jake Danbert.. captain and hrs.. base man of the Brooklyn National league baseball club. sent word to John R Barbour. president If the federal league club of Pittsburgh. that !-e would not accept an orer to manage the Pittsburg Federal league team. "I will not play outside Of organized base ball." said Daubert. .a"a l. Charles c'Whltey'N Alperinan cap tain Of last season.s Atlanta southern league club. issued a statement from hAS LII AAshun.F " FhNuAh VI ' NkT- burgh, that he had returne bis 1914 contract unsigned to the Atlauts club. growing hotel business and desire to be near bis home are his reasohs for returning the contract . -
 Oscar Mathieson set two new worlds skating records at Chrstlana. Norway, He covered 300 meters in 43 7-i0 sec onds and 1,5Oo meters in 2 minutes lD 1-2 seconds. The previous records were A 1-5 seconds and minutes 20 S-5 seconds. respectively.
 After punching him into q helpless condition. Mike Gibbons Of St. Paul knocked out Bob McAIlister of Cali fornia in the seventh4ronnd of sched-, uled ten round bout in Madison Square Garden. New York. asa,s'
 Jess Willard was acquitted in Los Angeles by jury on the charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of "Bull'' Young. who died after a fight with Willard.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. This Is the service of a friend.-Emer- son.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Eugenics.

The self made man was speaking. He said: My father was raiser of hogs There was large family of us And then his voice was drowned by the appianHe Life.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

f We can do what we ought to do
 and when we say we cannot. why. we simply will not.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
Too True.

"Our washerwoman says it's funny about colors in dress goods"
 "What's funny about themr
 'T'hat folks call lem fast when they won't run. Baltimore American.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
The Rsosts sf ths Wsss .. Ass.ssrss
 ans rrasks ExsntA


 His skull crushed by a blow from d woodman's ax and with sixteen wounds on his body. George Orr. forty five years old, died at Wilkesbarre, Pa. after being attacked by Charles H. Stamford:- sixty-two years old. at Ricketts. forty miles from swiikes- barre. a. Five whites and seven negroes were killed in an explosion in the Rock Cas- tie mine of the Davis Creek Coal com. pany. thirty-five miles south of Bir- minghan. ala. Es
 Mrx. Mary. G. Cox of Los Angeles. Cal. shot Attorney W. M. Melton dead on learning he was married and killed her daughter Florence. twelve. and herself # >ss
 Klzmnn Tlnoschik and his brother were murdered in East Youngstown. O., by Steve Triban after dispute in a boardng house ss sts Dr. Archie F. Perkins wife Of Fitch burg. Mass. killed herself and daugh- ter. Dorothy. nine. with gas. s
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

Jess Willard was acquitted in Los Angeles by jury on the charge of mansiaughter in connection with the death of "Bull'' Young. who died after a fight with Willard.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

Alexander F. W. Leslie. ffty-eight
 an old time newspaper man and car
 toonist. who was the first man to get through dispatch from Johnstown at the time of the hood. died in Brooklyn He was a member of the stafTa of the World swheng it. was acquired by the late Joseph Pulitzer. .,,s... ...st
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

William Burns, justice of the peace at Bordentown, N. J., for upward of twenty-five years, is dead at Trenton.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

Elizabeth Colt Kingsley Blake. wife Of Henry. T. Blake, died in New Ha- ven. Conn. She was head of :he New Haven branch of the sanitary commis
 sion during the civil war. Her father was professor of Latin in Yale and brother, Henry. was treasurer of Yale.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-15

pr. Patrick Weston Joyce. the Irish scholar and authority on Irish history died in Dublin in bis eighty-seventh year. .aa
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18

this necessity there arises some beau
tiful effects in furnishings and deco.
ration which ought to be studied and
copied BY American women. y
In India and Ceylon the bungalows
are noted for comfort and charm
They always attract the enthusiss.
tic admiration of the tourist and yet
the women who create them 60 to
work In the most simple fashion.
Take tho drawing room of an Eng.
lish or an American woman living in
India. 1t is h large, airy room with
several big windows. which are eth
or undraped or only hung with small
gauze curtains. The floors are un-
carpeted, but their dark mahogany or
cedar is beautifully polished. A COM
Portable cane lounge with many cush-
ions is placed near &c window. A
small tea table or two and few easy
wicker chairs complete the furniture
Of the room. The entire cost of which
is less than d tenth Of the sum usual
ly paid for the drawing room equip
ment Of middle class American
home. d =
Now comes those decorative touch
es which add such a charm to any
room. A tall stand, with large
dropping fern upon II, is placed be-
hind the lounge, and at the foot Of
the lounge young palm with its
sweeping dark green folds, conveys
a sense of peace ans repose. The
room is usually darkened by green
lattice veranda and green jealousies..
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-08-18
HARVEST OVER, BACK TO JAIL
Farmers Sentence Was suspe nded So
He Gould Care For
HE Crop

Muskogee, OKLA. Aug. 15.-Robert
selby, formerly a deputy sheriff in
Muskogee county showed up at the
federal jail here with commitment
papers and 3 cents in his pocket to
serve a term of four months for in
Producing liquor into Indian country
while he was a state officer.
Selby pleaded guilty and the court
deferred sentence until he could get
his crops laid by. He was notified
by wire to report to the court and
was given his commitment papers
He went alone to the Jail and turned
the horse he had ridden loose in the
streets to find its way back to the
Selby farm.