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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

AbeIi~ Secretary.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson s.
Combs, Of Washingtown, aeeom-
panied by Mrs. Scott. Of Chicago,
spent the weekend ia st. Mary s.
They motored from Washington IL
Mr.. Combs new sedan and returned
on Sunday.
The many friends Of ReY FIR.
p. J. o. Carroll, $. j !, formerly
stationed here, will regret To learn
that he is being treated al Mercy
Hospital His condition, although
not at present alarming, Is consid-
ered serious.
~ Mrs John J Duke and little
daughter, Miss Frances Barker, wbo
have been visiting Mrs. Dukes par.
ents, at Adamstown, returned "a
their home on Saturday last, accom-.
panied by Mis- Bertha Lee Turner,
7 Mrs. Dukes sister.
The first step toward economy
by the Maryland General Assembly
has been taken and il saves the
State 500 day or $4,000 for the
session. This was accomplished by
curtailing the working expenses OF
the two branches o. the Legislature.
We have received copy OF the
& first annual report Of the State IN
dustrial Accident Commission. from
which can be seen the good work
that is being accomplished under
the law The report rfleects great
credit upon the commission
Father Gassor, Of Georgetown.
gave a most interesting lecture Al
the Academy Hall on Sunday after
noon, January TO- II was one o.
the popular lecture course Tie
next event in this course viii be i
moving picture exhibition on Mon
day next at $3.50 j. m,
Rev. Edward ID Boone, s. i
one Of the trustees Of Lovola Col
lege and at one time stationed 10 81
Mary's where he had many friends
died at Mercy Hospital. Baltimore
on Monday last. FIR. Boone wa
one Of the most prominent member,
of the Jesuit Order 10 America anc
was recognized as one Of its foremos
educators. May he rest in peace
Mr.. Geo. +. Buokler, tn,
democratic member of House from
st. Mary's, has been assigned chair
man of the Elections Committel
and has been placed on number q
the more important committees
The many friends Of Mr.. Buoklel
are much Qratlfied to know that hi
i ability has been rceonized and be
speak for him IAN enviable RECORD
4 when the Assembly of 1916 shall
have completed It's work
The case Of Mr.. ] g. Howard
W. MIL VIM. 5. Coppage tried Il
the September Term Of the Circuit
Court before jury ii which iudg
nent was rerded ii favor 81 MIR
Howard and which went to til.
Ceourt Of Appeals was decided d
Friday last That Court reversing
the lower court and reminding til.
case for new tfiel AIessrs Ghins
and Wilmer represented Mr. How
ard, while Messrs Combs. LokeI
and Williams represented tile Cop
4I4<s. t.,f..,>.l II
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

Women Who get but little exercise
are likely 70 be troubled With constl-
patton and Indigestion and viii find
Chamberlain Tablets highly bone.
fetal. Not 80 good as three or
four mile walk every day, but very
much better than 70 ALLOW the : lweis
70 remain IN a constlpase6 condition
and most agreeable il effect. Obtain-
able everywhere. adv.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

10 warmly c6ntesed game, tecming
with fouls. committed BY both teams,
the Leonard Hall boys added another
victory 70 their long list BY defaatlrg
the cadets OF Charlotte Hall Military
Academy on the lattcris floor by u
score OF 25 70 l5.
Despite the cold, The bJys showed
plenty Of warmeth through The contest
The cadets cooled by fouhDg eighteen
times while the Hall Team gave them
thirteen free shots.
Ford starred for Leonard Hall.
making fifteen points out 81 pos-
slble - while Buckholiz and Myres
did the Shooting for Charlotte Hall.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

h7yt's ~eSo -f~lNef
We learn that Mr.. Geo. Evans, our
local plasterer, who has been suffer-
ing from an attack 81 the grippe, Is
gradually Improving.
Mr. Benj r. Wilkinson, assistant
sampler, Is home on q short leave OF
absence, having been sick With the
grippe.
Mr.. Warrior Yates took an automo-
bile load ~ Harrington enthusiasts
down 70 Annapolis to witness his IN.
augeration, consisting Of Miss Robert
Hayden, John r. Garner Ralph
Clarke and Roherl Clarke
a cold snap Is on, bidding fair %
colder, and the ice-gathcers are get
ting ttelr books II shape, expecting d
good harvest
Our young patgying folks wcra on.
llVennd bs q very uice affair held AZ
the home ~ Mr.. Claude Abeii last
Friday night There we're plenty 81
nice things to cat and drink. aud the
crowd WAS very sociabla one,
Aside from the regular music ~ the
Jenifer Band there gas some exhibit
ION fiddleing by Mr. Dudley Il9gA
also some selections py Ma John
Abel that were highly appreciated
A feature 81 tiie party was ne round
dancing. Nr. > Raui 0oiisberopgh
easily rarrslnF on the honpgs With
his exception u very picturesque
dip saifz. j.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

Another Ink b the chajn b time
has been geided az iitis limo every
ono / ia the hahit ~ leasinR fpsolu
lioHs; let iis make lev, bun keen
them.
Wetake tais oppprtuailY q tgie81.
my Q word ~ l8anks % al tho 81
any Say contributed toward the
ceeetipns 81 80 annax I'd DIR school
lIannf itpWo. hat ia Mf $50 B
Isf Homhaf * ilia iBnara AZ
sT1Tty SrF7rrNEss 0ner and Ass9 nHr
local Board q f~ttsce oN a
Refe of peeai thanks, DsraaSsi tp hiin
Isl are indebted more than any other.
tho reliet 50 hayc neeixed.
We are plad ~ know our dlStti6t
Village ChapiicD win soon bave 8
eommodioas school building rad
Tor oecapances.
Mr. Nm. a. E0rry Is expecting
this winter to rival in severity d.
na orable 0p 20 l73l. as be has rent
tile gdioia'nR farm ca which "a
seild Ills 1ilr
some 81 ID Dung acquaintance.
were The reelgif3 oi q very fine plaA
ler-piarn- as q Christmas glii aud iine
exhibitions, both vocal INSTRUMENTAL
may help % while The long winter
levenings away.
We wsh the dear old ssBEAcoN''
and is READERS o very happy pros
porous year school GIRL.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

Last December ] had very severe
cold and was nearly down sick ID bed.
! bought two bottles 81 Chamberlain )
Cough Remedy and il was only a very
few days until 4 was completely re-
stored TO health, writes q. j. Mot
calf, Weatherby, Mo. n you would
know the value Of this remedy, ask
any one who has uscd ID Obtainable
everywhere. adv
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

e')U MY NEW



Miss Gertrude Tweedy, d
Washington, il the guest Of Mise
Madeline Camalier. Leonardtown.
Next Sunday win be Com
munion Day for the ST. Aloysius'
Angels SodaIity Meeting IN the
afternoon.
We egreat to hear that Mr..
Alex Bcale, Of Scotland, is indis-
posed, and trust that he will sooE
feel well again.
The statements Of our banks,
published elsewhere in this issue
show a healthy condition Of the
county's finances.
We understand that the Choral
Club will in the near future begin
rehersals for an opperetta.
Mr.. Phil Cannelley, the new
jailor finds his house quite popular,
there being nine unwilling gusts.
the recipients Of his hospitality,
The Baltimore steamer, due
Sunday noon, was delayed in leay-
ing port and did not reach Leonard
town uPtif Monday morning
Mr.. w. q. Duke, Of Baltimore,
= paid brief visit to st. Mary's dur
ing last week, to look after his
many interests here. He returned
on Monday last.
The automobile show, now on
in Baltimore is said to surpass any-
thing ever attempted along similar
lmes and is considered rival FOL
the New York display.
Mr.. George Fluerry, who re-
Gently has become a resident Of St.
Mary's, left on Monday last to SUI
pervise the shipping Of his furni.
ture to his new home,
The recent intense cold has af-
forded skaters an abundance Of
pleasure. The bay viii probably
offer some entertainment IL there no
ischange in the temperature.
Mr.. Bunch, the former dispeD-
Aaer Of liquid refreshments 4, Hotel
Ary's, has resigned to accept
pm nearer the city. He Is
by Mr.. Willie Clements.
w. a. Fenwiek, Of Hotel
s. is in the city completing
ngements for the annual
puck sufper, which will be held 1t
notel p. Nary's on Tuesday, JAN
~ our last tAsue we had in some
the papers a mistake a. TO tlla
q the duek supper and several
had gone out before ge dis.
81 TIE date n yueseas
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

Miss Gertrude Tweedy, d
Washington, il the guest Of Mise
Madeline Camalier, Leonardtown.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

We egreat to hear that Mr..
Alex Boale, Of Scotland, is indis-
posed, and trust that he will soon
feel well again.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

The greatest sale in the memoir Of con
ardlown is now going on. History IS about
to be made with the most stubendous To-
Day Sale ever originated d AieuNd in
Leonardlown--as our entire stock must be
converted into cash Look for he Big Signs
ii front
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

The statements Of our banks,
published elsewhere in this issue
show a healthy condition of the
county's finances.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-01-20

Next Sunday viii be Com
munion Day for the ST. Aloysius
Angels Sodality. Meeting in the
afternoon.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

deed seem to slumber in the soft bed of long
enjoyed peace and security. But let war come
against the land and no man need doubt that that
spirit will spring up Instantly awake.
We can rghtfully be grateful that 1t has fallen
to our happy lot to live in this most wonderful
of all ages and to be citizens of this most Won
derful of all the nations.
Let your hearts swell with just pride as you
contemplate your country, so august, splendid,
renowned in the earth.
Look upon your flag 1t streams It's bright
folds yonder above your heads with proud and
happy eyes. Remember how honorable Is its
brave and good men died that 1t might wave yon-
der the ensign of free people.
Tell to your children the story of their fore
bears, of those men and women who, amid the
wilderness and forests that stood where now
stand mighty cities and stretch cultivated farms,
erected, with hardships and endurance and most
heroic faith and valor, the noble edifce Of our
republican liberties
Speak to them of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge
and Saratoga and Yorktown and of the great
Declaration-that most famous Charter of HUI
Freedom.
Tell them to thank God for their fathers and
mothers hardhood and courage. for the wars
they fought, for the victories they won.
Tell them to salute their flag with high and
proud hearts.
Tell them to thank God this Thanksgiving day
that they are Americans.
And then do you soberly, gratefully, proudly
thank God yourself that you an American.
Oh dear and mighty motherland what better
gift more to be desired could God give than to
be born and to die. strong Daughter of Liberty,
between thy shining feet1-From the Chicago
American
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

the saucer thus formed The pulp itself is pure
and the water stored in 1t is likewise pure and re-
freShing.
Not all the water-bearing cact are gracious to
furnishing man, however as the "water BARREL" for
most of them have protected themselves against
the maraudings of those who would drink and live
by mparting a bitter taste to the water they con-
tain The "peyote" especially, which abounds in
the plains and deserts of Arizona, has a trick of
dscouraging depredations upon 1t, for its plump
and juicy pulp secretes a bitter and poisonous
juice.
In the last dozen years scientists have interested
themselves In the study of the cactus for its possi
bties as food, fodder and economic by-products
Dr. Leon E. Landone foremost in the study of this
desert plant several years ago conducted extensive
experiments In Los Angeles to ascertain the value
Of the thornless cactus an article of food for
human beings. In an effort to prove his conten-
tlon that 1t contains food properties sufficient to
enable man to work 1s hours day. he and his
two secretaries for two weeks livSS on daily diet
Of the leaves and fruit Of the cactus the former
being served green or fried and the latter either
raw or cooked. While the cactus squad" sur
viyed the experience and professor to have en-
joyed their novel diet 1t is fact that the cacfus
never has attained the popularity of flet mignou.
In the whole vegetable kingdom probably there
Is not another plant family having SO many DIFF
ferentiations OF form the cacti. For 1t is DOS.
sible to find among them species that crawl and
creep like vines other than stand erect in single
unbending stalk, like green living monument of
the desert; still others that rooted to the spot
with their highest growth close to the ground and
bearing almost no resemblance to usual forms of
vegetation. and others. again, that branch out In
thick unblooming branches.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

And SO we firmly believe you do feel.
we all hear 1t repeated that patriotism is
thing Of the past; that our people have become
commercialized; that the masses have deep
rooted loyalty to the country; that our rich men
put dollars above the obligations of their citizen
ship; that our poor folk little for the ideals
of free government; that Americans are de-
cadent in the virtues and valor which marked
fathers.
That is not true.
If there be any power in the world which plots
war against us Americans and promises itself VIC
tory over us on the assumption of decadence
its mistake when country calls her sons to
battle in her defense.
We have, 1t Is true, in capacity ms a COL
lective people, left undone things that should
have been done and done things which should
have been left undone; and there is more truth
than there should be in much that Is jeerngly
said by those who hate us.
We acknowledge that much of our politics Of
fends common decency.
We see here and there, painful evidence of cor
ruption among lawmakers and even among the
judges, who should know only justice and in
tegrity.
We see rich men who do betray their country
and foul their hands and soil their souls with
profits.
We Americans who do put the dollar above
every consideration of right and duty, above the
claims of our common humanity.
But while these things are true, 1t is true also
that the heart and conscience of the American
people, take them nation sound and
and wholesome.
The blood of our fathers still runs in the veins
of their sons. The spirit Of the nation may in
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

In the pursuit of villa and his bandits through
the arid regions of northern Mexico the United
States troops traversed n region whose only vege-
tation is the barbed and forbidding cactus. To
any but n cowboy trained painsnan of the
Southwest, inhabitants themselves of the cactus
belt" this plant seemingly has more value than
the veriest weed but 1t may well be that 1t may
prove of great value to the troops In the absence
of water, fodder, or even food for human beings.
In the punitive expedition there many
punchers of the cactus belt" serving scouts
and in the cowboy and the Indian of the South
west the lowy cactus has Its greatest admirer for
they know what game struggle for life this plant
has to make against an unlaved desert soil. Even
their ponies and cattle and the poor beasts of the
desert know of these uses of the cactus for water
and fodder, says the New York Herald.
There are some thousand varieties of this mon
strous vegetable family. not counting the 800 va
rieties of the agave, or century plant-incorrecty
included by many-in northern Mexico. The va
rieties OF the yucca palm and all other forms of
vegetation known to the arid region have the same
faculty of sucking up from the soil every drop of
the all too little moisture in 1t and storing 1t up in
their tough and leathery leaves and roots.
Of the many varieties perhaps the most remark
able is that member of the family known to those
schooled in desert craft the "water barrel" This
plant Is shaped somewhat like a beer keg and Is
about the same size Through all the years of Its
growth It has been sopping up what moisture the
famished earth contained and retaining It. 1t Is the
sole reliance of desert dwellers In time of drought,
and the troops far from wnter holes and with wa
ter scarce, may yet be obliged to drink from It
The water barrel" Is tapped by slicing of the
top with a sword machete and pounding the
pulp until the water contained in 1t wells up into
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
Would Be Electoral Messenger.

Mrs. Sarah X. Walling will have the
electoral votes for Woodrow Wilson
to the electoral college at Washing.
ton, If Democratic women of the state
have their way. Under the leadership
of Mary C. C. Bradford, state super
intendent Of public instruction, com.
mittee of women will call on William
E. Sweet, one Of the electors, and
urge him to pledge his vote to Mrs.
Walling. And each of the other four
men electors also will be visited and
a like pledge extracted If possible.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
To Resurfaee Road Near Morrison.

Jefferson county commissioners
have set aside sufficient funds to re.
surface with gravel and sand the two
miles of the Denver-Morrison highway
just outside of Morrison. Work on
the resurfacing which is badly needed
will be started at once.
Six miles of the road have been re
surfaced this year, the mile and a hall
which runs through Arapahoe county
now being improved. With the excep
ton of three-mile stretch outside OF
Denver the entire highway will be in
excellent condition in short time.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
PRAISE HIM.
Thi5l1o5t Precious
Gift D''''

: !: !: !
n AN evening of this week it occurred
to Il man, sitting alone in an upper
~ room, that Thanksgiving day was
~Gp right at hand. So he bestirred his
Tk mind to consider those things for
~ which an American might sensiby
~ ~ offer up gratitude to God.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
Thanksgiving Dinner for Guards.

Colorado people who want to do
their bit for their country will have
their chance at Thanksgiving. Off
cials of the Colorado National Guard
in Denver. including Adj. Gen. Henry
P. Gamble and Governor Carlson.
want the boys on the border to have
a real dinner, and In order to make
them feel at home, they want the folk
to get busy now and send to the office
Of the adjutant general all the del
icaoies they, can spare for the sol
diers.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

He reflected that across the Atlantic millions
of human beings were at that very moment en-
gagged in the dreadful task of killing other human
beings with every invention which ingenuity ana
skill could bring forth from the laboratories of
science and the workshops OF industry.
In other lands at that very moment tens OF
thousands upon tens of thousands OF helpless
folk-feeble, aged men and women, mothers with
babes cnging convulsively to their breasts little
children sobbng in terror, vast army of the In
nocent and the anguished-were enduring the ex-
tremitles of exposure, of hunger, and of despair
as they fled from their wasted farmstends and
burning villages, escaping from the pitiless cruelty
of savage only to lie down to suffer and die
under the pitiess skies of God In the winter ana
the bitter storms.
At that very moment most dreadful hid
half the world in the backness of Its darkness
and from that hOrrid cloud rained destruction
upon unhappy Europe-upon her ancient capitals,
upon her pleasant cities. upon her villages, her
fields, her temples, her treasures Of art, upon all
the accumulations of thousand years OF genius,
of learning of industry, of skill and OF patient
advancement of the happiness and the civilization
of the race of man.
So he that considered all this wickedness that
was being done under the sun. this drunken dance
of death and hell above the fetid corpses and the
multitudinous graves, this awful nightmare OF In
describabe woe and wrath, said in the bitterness
of his heart that God ruled over such n maniac
world and there no thanksgiving due to the
Giver of Gifts that vert not good, but everyone
altogether evil.
And when the man had made IN end or his
thinking he went and stood in window and
looked out upon the evening. because 1t was fair
to see
He saw in vision at that instant the vastness
of the republic and the multitude Of the good and
happy folk who live under the shelter of Its
strength. He reflected how brief time had thus
magnfed the works of our pioneer fathers and
our pioneer mothers. those brave and simple men
and women whose names should never be men
toned with anything but profound gratitude.
And to this American, glad with n great pride
in the deeds of his people and the story OF his
country, and grateful to the Goodness which has
guided and sheltered his fathers and his folk,
lifted up his eyes to the night to the quiet stars
to the brooding mmensity above, and said In his
heart:
.sThank God that am an Americana!
And citizens that Is the outstanding
aplendid fact for which each one of us should
soberly and most gratefully thank God on Thanks
diving day this year.
The finest thing you possess or ever can pos
sexs is just your American citizenship. 1t Is
neither necessary becoming. on this day or
ON any other day, to cheaper this birthright of
ours BY brag or spreadeagle defamation.
. But II is highly becoming on this Thanksgiving
day to feel a deep gratitude and manly pride
In this heritage.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
Improving state Fish Hateheries.

improvements costing thousands OF
dollars are being made on all the fish
hatcheries of Colorado, under direc-
tion Of w. B. Fraser, state game and
fish commissioner, in preparation for
a record-breaking take Of eggs of rain
bow trout.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
Endorsement Guaranteed

Inoorsement Guaranteed.
"Of course you have an echo some
where around the place." said Miss
Cayenne.
"a number of them," replied the
hotel man. "Shall I direct you to
them?'
II don't want one for myself. There
is a man in the party who insists on.
being absolutely agreed with every
time he says a Observation-Disclosures.
Star.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
The Partial Teacher.

Have you got nice teacher?"
asked Uncle Ed.
mo-" said Belle. "She amt NICE"
"Why, Belle !" said her mother, "Tm.
ashamed of you your teacher is NICE"
"She's mean t. me-" declared Belle
running her words together. "She let
George Brown dust her desk and twas
my turn"
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23
OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS

The cost Of food today is a serious
matter to all Of you. To cut down
your food bills and at the same time
improve the health of your family,
serve them Skinner's MacaronI and
Spaghetti two or three times per week.
Children love it and thrive on it. It
is the best possible food for adults.
Write the Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha,
Nebr., for beautiful cook book telling
how to serve it in hundred ways.
It's free to every mother.-Adv.
Cheyenne record., 1916-11-23

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue: Delights