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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-02-05
POcket-bo0L 4, und,
TO THE f'BLIC

ENRON and afcr lie date We ,iD
sell the remairlor Of our stock 4
goods at reduced price to ruuctaal en-.
toners, payable on IL first day d Jp,
next,
FOOTE 4 DIsMUKES.
Macon, Jan. /, 1862.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-02-05
TAlLORIl

T R. WHITLOW res nll, 3D.
a. nounces to the citiao aaSn
and surrounding countrg At Dc ~
taken a room up stairs 9 H1TI moI
buildings, and i prepare 10 all lIaa
Of tailoring, cutting, &c. Narl'o'
his work, and sOliCits III 'ronagS"
the public. A physical nity r Y.
ders him incapable of scryiv . inc a.
N.Y.. as a certificate from an fmy pp'
will show.
Dec, l8, 1851.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-02-05

EHa TELEGRAPH. The tele,
~ gi,es is now being placed on tho
ard, We would remind our basi
men. Of the Importance of securing
ice 10 the to,cN Of Macon The
scnOl wonl0 b altogether an unsui;a-
bnp.ace for an Office, and the wires
could hobroaght to town as conveniently
and as cheap as along the line Of the r
r. NChoPs therefore some effort will
be made % carry it through town.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-02-05
State Of Mississippi
Winston "Unty.

w tNStOB "tthty'
PROBATE COURT, JAEUAav rEEA AD'lS
The State of MississirI . Sarah Bird
we'll, Chas. Champiar aucis Devat
and her husband - Nevina; Mary
Ann ChampiaD, CHI a,Champtah,
William Champion, ~ ChamPi'n,
Ruth Champian, Jan ,amPiant'ni
Lucy Ann Medina, rs.at.laE and
distributes of the e. Of Malindl
Duncan, n l%unatic, de. ed
YOU are hereby cit be and ar
pear before the Judge ar lroOai'
court for the County of aston atlh'
courthouse thereof on T. md honday
in March next, then an. IRE t snow
cause, if any you hayo 3 ta hr'l
account OF Willis Kelly ian d ID
nerson and estate Of sai Tie, lately
presented to our SAID . arll"'
and allowance, shout ad'eo,
and an allowance dec 'Oq
he, in his fduciary ell. 'na
finally discharged + a0''
and liabilities in the
Witness the Hon S. ivy
Of Probate for said cor 'a'
day 10 January. 4. D.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
A New Moth Trap, and Use for
SOFgh0m..r

AN agricultural writer in Ohio has
invented moth trap, made as fol-
lows: fa'
Make box ten or twelve inches
long, four wide, and six or eight deep.
Now make top in the shape of the
letter ", six inches at top, and half
an inch at bottom, so that it win just
.ft in the FIRST box. This may be made
of half inch stuff. Now put in the
slrnp at the bottom OF the box, one
fourth Of an inch thick; pat on the
V top, and set near the bee-stand,
and you viii catch every moth. ]
have taken in one night forty or fifty.
After they once touch the molasses
they are fast, and cannot get out
Pour in het water to kill them. If
the box remains near the bee hives
through the day, put on cover, to
keep out the bees. Bees are more
fond of Sorghum than any other sweet
except honey. IF the directions are
faithfully attended to, the moth will
never eater the hive.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
HITing SWarms.

[ have found it very advantageous,
when hiVing natural swarms, to sprin.
kle the cluster well with sugar water,
four or FIVE minutes before shaking
down. I invariably do this when the
cluster is accessible, or can be reach
ed by means Of ladder. I pour the
sugar.w water into a tin basin, and use
a common wisp or hand-brush for a
sprinkler. This unexpected shower
of sweets is an acceptable treat to the
bees; modifying their tempers, and
rendering them exceedingly tractable
during the subsequent operations. If
sufficient time is allowed after the
sprinkling, for them to gorge them
selves, few will be disposed to fly or
sting.
.sprinkIing with sugar water may
also be resorted to Nhen the swarm
issues before the beekeeper has had
time to prepare a hive in readiness for
it. This viii keep the swarm from risr
ing or decamping and by repeating
it at intervals, time may b gained q
rnalro tRe necessary arttn eats 1or
its acccmnlo ation--Bs
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
DiDthera and its Treatment,

In some portions of the country,
diptheria prevails attended with alarm
ing fatality. We have had some ex-
perience with this fearful malady, in
our own family, and venture to detail
our course of treatment, hoping that
it may be the means of alleviating the
suHerdngs Of some victims Of this
terrible disease. Diptheria comes on
SO insidiousiys that It Is often web ad-
7aRced before Its presence IS expects
ed. Therefore, it is well to be on
the watch for its symptoms, and ar
rest its progress in the commencement.
AT first there is usually NO soreness oi
the throat, or much if any difficulty
in swallowing. But the patient is
languid, sleepy or perhaps, complains
of being tired. 0 moIt hs9aev
In the early stages of the disease
the tonsils, the soft palate, and the
back of the pharynx, present a bright
shining red appearance, as though the
parts had been painted, and then var
nished, a thin transparent film of 8
tenacious fluid is seen hanging from
the velum to the tongue whiehis burs
by expiration, and its particles thrown
over themouth. The neck is some
times slightly swelled, and perhaps
some pain oor stiffness about the ears
If taken at this period, we zthinI
there is little danger We used {
weak solution Of salt and water
tablespoonful of salt to pint Of wat
ler-for bathing the head and chest
applying it warm several times day
also kept flannel band around th
neck, constantly wet with salt an
water; this band should have fan
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
Pickle for Hams.

For one hundred pounds meat, take
8 gallons of water, 9 pounds of salt
half fine and half coarse, 8 pounds Of
coarse sugar, 1 at mOlasses, 3 OF. of
saltpetre, / o.. potash. Put the
above ingredients into kettle and
Boil it, taking of the scum. As soon
as the scum ceases to rise, take it off,
and pour it in the barrel on the meat
The meat should be rubbed with fne
salt before packing in the barrel By
adding few ounces Of whole black
pepper, cloves, alspiee, and cinnamon
superior favored ham is obtained.-
The spices to be added the brine after
it is skinned, and boiled few min
utes. This is also an excellent pickle
fer beef ,-
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
travelling Receives.

In Switzerland, the traveller often
sees a man trudging up the mountains
with a hive of bees on his back. The
people move the bees because they
kn6R how good a change Of place
is for them. This, toe, is done al.
most everywhere in Scotland. In
France they put their hives into 9
boat. some hundreds together, which
floats down the stream by night, and
stops by day. The bees 60 cut in the
morning, return at evening, and when
they are all at home, and quiet, the
boats float on.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
NO. 37:


A newspaper correspondent, writing
from Fl. Donelson, after the battle, sagF5
'sI saw an old gray haired mas
mortally wounded, endsaYoring to stop
with a strip Of his coat the life-tide Il
flowing from the bosom Of bis son, 3
youth Of twenty years. The boy told
his father that it was useless that he
could not live; and while the devoted ;
parent vas striving feebly 70 save him 2
who was perhaps the FIRST borns s7oia
shudder passed through the frame Of 6
the Would-be presergers his head fell
upon the bosom Of his youth, and his
gray hairs we're bathed in death With
the expiring blood Of his misguided i
son. 90 s1aH faI .-l
saw the twain half an hour afters
and youth and age we're locked, A4e-
less, in one another's arms. a -.A
A dark haired young snan, Of ap-
parently twenty-one or three, I found
leaning against q tree, his FbresssF
pierced by a bayonet. He said ha
lived in Alabama; that he had joined
the rebels in opposition to his parents
wishes; that his mother, when she
found he would 90 into the army, had
given him her blessings, a bible, and
lock of her hair. The bible lay half
opened upon the ground, and the hair,i
a dark lock lock, tingad with gray,
that had been between leaves, was in,
his hand. Tears were in his eyes, as,
he he thought Of the anxious mother,
pausing, perhaps, amid her prayers.
to listen to the long-expeeted foot
steps of her son, who would never
more return. O. 1a..a'g lna
In the lock Of hair, even more than
in the Sacred Volume, religion was ..
revealed to the dying young man; and
l saw him lift the trsss again and
again to his lips, as his eyes looked
dimly across the misty ses that bounds
the shores Of Life and Death; as if
he saw his mother reaching out to him
with the arms thatlhad nursed him in
his infancy, to die, alas! fighting
against his country and her eounseis
whose memory lived latest in his des4
pairing soul. 5aea
-osA tSecessian soidisz, m8mbsr ct
the l0th lIrisb) Tennessee Regimenk
I belleve, vas lying just inside of thit
fortiheations. his glazing eyes. gaya
assurances that bis life was embraced
in minutes. he held . rosary and
cruci6x in his hand, and his moving
lips were doubtless Offering prayer.
He had evidently endeaYored to kneeI
but was too weak. IA02
One of our soldiers saw and hurried
to him, to assist him in his attitude Of
prayer; and while engaged in this
kind Office, shot from the Re6a
cannon struck and killed them both.
In two instances / noticed wounded
foes lying near each other who were
offering water to one another from
their eanteens; and so humans ana
gentle were our living to .he wounded
and dying enemy that one would have
supposed they we're the nearest and
closest friends" ~
What fearful retrlbntion q Just God
must hold in reserve for the authors Of
this uncalled for mOpstrOus and frairieid,
al war. -er .l.r'-..-.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
Tea Brands-Their Meaning.

EsHysonp means beforeithe rains, or
Aourishing in the spring, hence it is
often called YeAng HysOR- HFsQp
skin, is composed of the refuse Of
several other kinds Of tea the natiye
term Tor which is tea skins. Refuse
Of still coarser descriptions, contain.
ing many stems is called tea bones.
Bohea is the name of the hills in the
region where it is collected 3 Pekoe
or Peceo means white hairs--the down
of tender leaves PowehOng-the
folded plant. SouchOng-small plant.
Twankay is the name of a snail plant.
Twankay is the name of a small riv'
er in the region where it is bought.
Congo is from term signifying Ia
Dor, from the care required in its pre-
paration. f.---.--
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
Cause of Wheat Blasting.

"A correspondent of an eastern pa
per says:
lam we'll satisfied that the preced-
ing crop has little to do in causing the
blast; bad seed is in general the cause.
An old farmer in Tennessee had good
wheat seed, known as "barrel seed, "
which had been known to yield bet
ter crops than any other in the neigh-
borhood; the result was that every
body came 20 him forseed wheat.--
The ol man getting firod Ofexehang-
ingn inlta 30 iasr dials neigh
b0rs taat they eeel uce Hbarrel
wheat" themselves. The secret was,
to take and strike the sheaves over the
edge of the barrel, and what scatter~
ed off was F'barrel wheat" :" The Iarg
est, best matured wheat coming off
first. elt a." a Z1 nl7 .aI
THAT smut is produced by the use
of seed not fully matured can be easi-
ly proved. Take a few bundles of
No. 1 wheat in the early dough state,
SOW it, and it will produce a glorious
crop of smut; but take from the same
wheatwhen fully ripened, and SOW it
either after oats, corn, OF clover, and
the wheat win be good. Defective
grain is only able to produce stalk
and start the grains, but not to finish
it. Put such grain into a solution of
blue stone and in few hours the germ
is dead; good grain will resist the
power of the acid for day or two.
The only benefit to be derived from
soaking wheat in limestone is, it de-
stroys the germ ofsuch grains as were
not fully ripened.
In these fast times every one is IL
hurry; and hence, in order to meet
the market, it becomes necessary tC
take up the hoe-cake before it is done
so as not to be left by the cars. zlo1l
Those who believe me to be mistak
en- can prove it fOI themselves, it il
an easy experiment cdr .--rea 1s
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
For he Nebrasts F,rmer.
Substitute Tor CoRee.

r
During these war times. when Fssl
coffee is worth Is to 50 cts. per ponndS liz
is necessary for farmers, and farmers
wives to cast about for cheaper snbsli,
tute for the real article; and from ny
own experience. can recommend tbs
following: s....
CarrOts.-These are prepared and used
as follows: Wash and slice aeross jn
pieces half inch thick. and dry IN he
sun or stove oven. 50 As to not cook them.
When dry, brown and use tho same as
coffee. Prepared in this manner, equal
parts of carrots and eoffes is an excellent
substitute foz the genuine Bic. 9a1
OkrG or GlsbO. This makes the best
coffee Of any article that I have ever
used as substitute for coffee. The seed
should be Drowned the same as coffee.
and makes a very palatable drink alone,
but is little better If 4 htle coffee is
used with it. The plant is very Prodnc-
tive and is easily grown an ounce of
the seed will produce enough for alnQst
any family. The seed eaa Be- procured
of any scotsman for 25 to 80 eeuss per
ounce. Eds H A. TzRRY.
crs,ceut Cify, Eos5e. Mech iseza fr
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

MEssRs. TUCKER-For the bene.
fit of your Ohio correspondence. Y,
/ give my experience with Hydrau-
.lie am which has been IN opeFatien
nsy ~ years. IT is No and
Middletown, Conn. Tie drive pipe.
from spring TO ram is one inch and
half in calibre, and 80 feet long. 1t
weighs five pounds to the foot, and cost
8 cents per pound Cost of ram 12
dollars, and expense of repairs about
four dollars. The discharge of water
from the ram is three feet and four
inches below the, spring where the
drive pipe receives the water. The
small pipe discharges 396 gallons in in
"a hours, at a of: 18 feet above
the ram perpendicular ascent but 10
rods from ram by course of small pipe
1t supplies my house, and the surplus
runs to my barn, watering % head Of
stock and one horse. / have no doubt
that enough water runs to the barn to
water 75 r head ad58.i Qf stock both large and
'flL ~ ar 'li' lGllt lH8 .srs rasN bua aI.i7
would say to your correspondent
that the little fellow. never, tires cut,
but works on both night and day. ]
would also say to your correspondent
x. Y, if you have a good location
for aram, get by all means, for he
will work for less wages by great
deal than you can get your water
brought to you in any other way,
JAMES CHLDs'
DoerfeId Hass
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

mel strap attached to it to pass over
the head, ,sand part over the ears and
under the chin should berather broad
and kept wet; sprinkling dry, fine salt
between the skin and the bandage
is useful, and may be applied as often
as the bandage is changed. The wet
bandages should be we'll covered with
dry ones. Salted water was used sew,
eral times a day as a gargle for the
throat A solution made by ada
ding one teaspoonfuI of chlorate of
Enotash half mint of water Was adj
ministered In doses of one tablespoon
full every three hours, No other drugs
were used. IF necessary, eopious
enemas of tepid water was used, but
all nauseating medicines should be e-s
pecially avoided. Vomiting in this
disease is dangerous, if not fatal
! Whenever the patient was restless or
feverish, we sponged the body with te,
pid water; and if the head was pain
ful or the patient was delirious, we ap-
piled cold wet clothes to the forehead
and crown of the head, keeping the
feet warm by wrapping in flannel or
applying bottles Of hot water.
We kept the atmosphere humid, by
keeping an open kettle of water con
stantly boiling in the room. We are
convinced that this is very useful, and
in measure, relieves the sufocating
sensation attendant upon this disease,
and otherwise mitigates its severity.
under the above management, our four
children were conValescent within
nine days from the attack, but did not
fully recover their strength for sever
weeks-ABBY MILLARD.--I0aVG Home
stead.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
For the NEBRASKA Farmer.
0kFa a Substitute for Coffee.

MR. ED1roR- On account Of these
hard times, and the high price Of coffee,
l, as wen as nay neighbors, have been
compelled 10 resort to substitutes. /
happened, BY chance, to come across some
Gumbo or Okra seed, which my neigh
Dor had raised in has garden merely as
an ornamental plant. / remembered
seeing in a newspaper some seven OF
eight years before, that Okra or Gumbo
possessed the properties Of coffee; so
obtained a few seeds 10 try It, though
with little faith. / found It better than
had expected. never could have told
ibs difference by the taste or effect. /
slider it as good substitute for coffee
as Sorghum is for molasses, and as easy
raised as beans. Okra is large strong
growing stalk, much like the castor bean.
The eeed grows in a pod or bowl four ol
five inches long, and about one incl
thick, and resembles the May pea, bu
some smaller. It grows in seams up the
side Of the pod, which open as it ripens
1t ripens from the ground up, ike the
castor bean. It should be planted a
early as possible to miss the Spring frost
as it bears until frost in the Fall Pre-
pared the same ss coffee.
JAMES r. KHAPP.
Scot Co., ~, MGreh, 1ssR.
TFriend KEAPP will accept cur thank
for q supplK of Dkra seed.-ED.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
-5l From the Country Gentleman.o o n0
Experiences with a Water Ran

l noticed an article in your paper
of the 10th of January, on agricultu.
raj hydraulics While writing this
article / am within ten feet of nv res
erveir to which we have attached a
Douglass Ram-eost about one hun
dred and seventy dollars-which has
beenat work several years, at a cost
not to exceed one dollar per year. and
some years not to exceed fifty cents.
Our drive pipe is forty three feet long
one and q fourth lnch pIpe-[neyeT
use light or you will be constantlyre-
pairing;) y our conveying pipe, say 11O
feet, half inch lead, good stout pipe.
We have not touched the pipe for ten
years. Rise from Ram to water bar,
rel, forty feet Fall from spring to
ram, FIVE feet. ses1S
Several of my neighbors have the
same apparatus-cost. $25 to $50 ac-
cording to the cost of connection in
drawing water from the reservoir
This water barrel is in our store, and
we use it for all purposes that We ever
want. Our tenants adjoining the store.
family of six or eight, all use from
the same lead pipe, which is connect.
ed with the house-three faucets on
the stem line of pipe. Get the best
faucets and have them putin. You
can rig cut other attachments, atleast
our Long Island farmers rig them up
for barn purposes themselves without
faucets, and we beat the fanges on ouI
lead pipes and attach them. .sa
1t has costus less to keep in repair
than a pump, and works night and
day the year through, and the most
of the time the reservoir is overflow
ing. a .s aaI @
They are very common with us, ma
ny of our best houses using all the
best Creton attachments-hot and cold
water, baths, &c, some at rise Of
over 100 feet. B.
Glen Cove, Long Island.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

GRAPE CUTTINDs FROM JAPAN The
new American Minister to Japan takes
with him a special fund for the purpose
of obtaining and sending home cut
tings of the best varieties of grapes in
that eountry.5 The grapes are eKpee-
tedi Washington in April next
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

80 Arrangements are being made on q
grand scale to hold a great Horse Fair
at Chicago next fall. "Already the
preliminary steps have been taken to
make it one of the most brilliant af-
fairs ever known in America.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

The journal Of the Paris Horticultural
Society states that an experienced Ital-
ian cullEator Of flowers, has discovered
how to distinguish between single and
double Pinks in the seeding state, Those
having as usual. but two leaves viii be
single, while those having three leaves
will produce double flowers. He thinks
the test infalliable- qTg Ex0Tf
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

Paris letters say thai n. Slideil bs.
been received By ~. ThOvveaeI 10 arr
v2ts capacity, A's disg..omqtis asss'nDiion
y aeser osiHg distinctly igROrsa.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20
PREPARE IN TIME 2
AGAINST TIfB -
THE FIRES OF FALL
By Prime, A. No. Insurance. .
THE
INSURANCE G0..
OF HARTFORD,
TIE Fruits of the Phnnir
OF HARTFORD,

The Fruits Of the PhGnir
Ars manifest in the following statement of Facts
and figures showing the amount equalizcd to public
benefit IN the shape Of losses paid in the west and
South during the pastfour years "a substantial rec
ord of
NEaII Tried COrpOratIOn.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

II !, .ta hest IN every respect on the Upper Mis-
Is ose ;eT The Boat makes regular trips every oUr
mt no time viii be 1ostin waiting.
80 me bsnks on both sides Of the river are low ana Vel
Is t,iob rerders unloading unnecessary as is ene
Saso at most other ferries. -.
No fears need entertained as to at ftes ~, y
euis "a :.r = fcr the UniOu the strongest kind
Our charges tOO-an item these hard umes-are 40E's
than at any other CROSSING 4. - -. ,-itl sr,
tbis ne nearest and best route in every 1ssqeet1
'''-' - THORN, COLEMAN 8 Co
Browpville. Nebraska, Sept 21st, 1851
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

BrornEille. Sent. S. 1850.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1862-03-20

Scot Co., M, Mareb, 1ssR.
TFriend KrAPF will accept cur thank
for supply of Dkra seed.-EB.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-10-03

night after his arrival at the hospital, sud.
den attack Of hemorrhage ended his life. To
the last his eyes were fixed upon the portraits
Of his wife and child, which he had caused to
be hung upon the wall by his bedside.
Another soldier. wounded in the leg, ANUS
ed himself by carving rings from peach stones,
producing creditable work and distributing
his specimens among the nurses who attended
him. They are preserved as keepsakes.-
This man so dextrous with the knife, was
Yankee, who had nothing else to 10 than to
entertain himself with the pastime of "whit-
thing"
In the severest surgical operations our men
utter no groans, make no complaints, but,
bear up under the treatment with wonderful
calmness In cases of amputation, chloro-
form is administered, but the operations of
probing and dressing are necessarily conduct
ed wi,hoLt the aid of anasthetics, and the pain
is often terrible. The men joke over it and
laugh off their troubles. They are brave
company who have gone forth to fight our
battles. N. Y. Erening Post.