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How to FastCn Cows.

A CORRESPONDENT at CAden's
Bridge. N. Y, asks what no cq use
in the place of stanchlons in h cow
stalls. lie is thoroughly dissatisfied
with these.
lie suggests what We cOnsidE TO
he the best form of fastening, tla is,
an upright pole, three inches in lam
eter, at the left side of the avs
neck.
We have recently examined abw-
stable fitted up in this manner, Which
seems to us as nearly complete a Any
that we know. The distance tom
the front of the stall to the guttF is
six feet two inches. Two feet oIthe
front is taken of tor the manger, the
side of which next to the passSe-
way is boarded up to prevent alt
feed ard meal from being throVn
out and wasted. The side of be
mangcr nearest the cattle is bOrdeM
by a two-inch plank six inches hlglr
The fastcuing-poles stand immediats
" against these planks, and they as
securely fastened top and bottom.
The four feet two inches left Dc
tween the fastening-poles and tn
gutter is ample standing room 70
average size COWS. In one part o
the barn a little more room is given
and the cattle here are much NOR
soiled, the manure dropping on tn
planks on which they lie. Its usua
to clasp the cows neck with a shor
chain, of which a large link plays II
and down the pole. There have bee.
accidents resulting from the bindiD.
of the rings on the poles. In the cas-
which we are describing there is
simple leather strap around the COW
neck, which is buckled loose enoug
to include the pole. 1t looked awE
ward, but was said to be satisfactor!
~. y. Post.
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Age OF Oysters.

An old oysterman can tell the age Of
his bivalvCs with great precision.
Those who are familiar with an oyster
shell must have observed that it seemed
composed of successive layers or plates
overlapping each other, These are
technically termed "shoots," and each
of them marks a years growth, so that
by counting them he can determine at
a glance the year when the creature
came into the world. Up to the epoch
of it's maturity, from five to seven years
old, when they are in perfection, the
shoots are regular and successive; but
after that time they become irregular,
and are piled one over the other, so
that the shell becomes more and more
thickened and bulky. Among fossil
oysters, specimens are found occasional
~ of enormous thickness; and the
amount OF time that has passed between
the deposition of the bed of rock in
which such an example occurs, and
that which Overlies it, might be ~calcula-
ted from close observation of the shape
and number of layers of Calcareous mat
ter composing an extinct oyster shell .
In some ancient formation, stratum
OF extinguished oysters may be seen
each bed consisting Of jul grown aud
aged individuals, Judging from the,
greatness to which some oyster shells,
have attained, this mollusk is capable.
if left to its natural changes and unmo-
Tested, of attaining a ~patriarchal long
eyity,
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A Machine that can Talk, Laugh, and
Sing.

A persevering Frenchman once
constructed a machine, in the form
Of a duck, which could walk, clap Its
wings, pick up grains of corn, and
more wonderful still, digest them, but
IA machine capable Of talking was
supposed to be beyond the power of
human ingenuity to construct, Kem-
pelen, 4 German, made a number of
puppets, that utteredthe word papa
and "mamma,n but after devoting
his life to p%erfccting them, he as
serted that a machine which ute
all the words in use in European
languages was an impossibility, At
ter his death his puppets became
dumb, no one understanding the me-
chanism by which they were made to
speak. Kempelen's 'impossibility"
has been at last overcome. In lS4l
Professor Faber exhibited a machine
which could utter a great number of
sounds and words, hut it was bY no
means perfect. His nephew took up
the machine that his uncle had failed
in pcrfeeting, and completed it. AT
ter exhibiting it before all the crown
ed heads and scientific societies in
Europe, he has brought it to this
country, and yesterday gave an eXhi-
bition of it in private, The machine,
which stands on a small table, con-
sists of complicated arrangement of
rubber tubes, reeds, keys, pedals,
strings and wires, The lungs are re-
presented by asmall pair of bellows,
the giottis by reeds and pipes of diff
ferent sizes, the lips and tongue by
pieces of india rubber. Beneath the
table is pedal by which the bellows
are worked, and on the right hand
side n series of keys on which are
marked the letters o, L, |, f, l., r,
w, i, $, b, ID, and G.. With these
and some supplementary arrange
ments, all sounds used in the Euro.
pean languages can be enunciated,
There is also an arrangement rcsemb.
ling the keyboard of a piano 10y
which the machine can be made tC
sing. Every portion Of it isopened t
view, so that no deception is possible
Yesterday, the machine, under the
deft hands of Nine, Faber, enunciateC
all the letters Of the English anC
German alphAbcts, numerous Ions
and most difficult words, such n
"Constantinoplc,n "Politzka,n "NIis
sissippi," "Radctzky ""hurrah, oanC
then darted Off into long sentences il
English, German and French, wind
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02

4 THRILLING INCIDENT.-The sub
Joined incident is taken from the Chi
cago 7rjbune'S report Of the great
fire;
While Madison srect, west of Dear
hon, and the west side of DCsrbon
were all ablaZc, the spectators saw
the lurid Hight appear in the rear
windows OF Speeds block. Present.
ly a man, who had apparently taken
time to dress himself leisurely, APP
peared on the extension builtupto the
second story of two ofthe stores. lie
cody looked down the thirty feet be-
tween him and the ground, while the
excited crowd ut first cried jump, and
then some of them more considerate-
ly looked for q ladder. a long
plank was soon found and answered
the asmea as the ladder, and was plac-
ed at once against the building, down
which the man soon after slid. But
whilc these preparations were going
on, there suddenly appeared another
man at the fourth story window OF
the building below, which had no
protection, but flush from the top to
the ground-four stories and a base
ment. His escape by the stairway
was evidently cut OIL, and he looked
despairingly down the fifty feet be-
| tween him and the ground. The
crowd grew almost frantic at the
| sight, for il was only a choice Of
death before him-by fire, or by be-
ing crushed to death by the fall
Scnselc s cries ofjump. jump! wenl
up from the crowd-senseless but full
| Of sympathy, for the sight was abso'
lutely agonizing, Then for a minute
or two he disappeared, perhaps ever
less, but it seemed so long a time thl
s~uppo5ition was that he had fallen
~suff0cated with the smoke and heat
But TO; he appears again. First hi
throws a bed then some bedcioths
apparently why, probably even h,
does not know. Again he look.
down The dread, sheer wall of tiFt'
feet before him. lie hesitates, ant
well he may, VS. he turns and look
behind him. Then he mounts tin
window sill. Ills whole form ap
pears, naked TO the skirt, and hi
white limbs CLEAN against the darl
wall in the bright light as he swing
himself below the window. Some
how-hoW none can telI-he drop
and catches on the top of the win
dows below him, Of the third story
lie stoops and drops again, and soi2
es The frame with his hand, and hi
cleaning body once moro straight
ems and hangs prone downward, an
then drops instantly and accuratei
upon the window sill on the thir
story,
A shout, more ofioy than appIaus,
goes up from The breathlGss Grove
md those who had turnd away thei
heads, not bearing to lookuponas bin
he seemed to drop to sudden and cel
tain death, glanced up at him ono
more,with 4 ray of hope, at This da.
inI and skillful feat. Into this windo'
he crcpt TO look, probably, for stat
way, but appeared again present..
for here was the only avenue Of e.
cape, desperate and hopeless as
was. Once more lie dropped h
body, hanging by lis hand. I'll
, crowd screamed and waved to him
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02

The sales of Iiqudls in tAe United
States during the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1871, it has been calculated
by Edward Young, the Chief of the
Bureau Of Statistics, amounted to siS
hundred millions of dollars. This
total is made Up rs follows:-Sixty
millions gallons of whisky, a. eiy dol.
lars a gallon retail, $500, 1000 1000. Tive
and a half million gallons ofimported
spirits at ten dollars gallon, So, 000,.
000. Ten million seven hundred thou
sand gallons Of imported wine at five
dollars a gallon, $53, 100000. Sixty
five millions barrels Of ale, beer, and
porter, at twenty dollars a barrel,
%l3A,D0Q, 600. Native brandies, wines
aud cqrdials unknown quantities, il
is estimated, have been consumed, in
yolying an expenditure Of SCI 800, 900.
These figures, although not so large
as some That have been published, YET
give u total that should ast0nish The
consumers of ardent spirits. This
sum of six hundred millions of dollar,
a year wOuldin less than four years
pay ohthe National debt, or if invest.
ed in works Of internal improvement
would complete all the unfinished
and pr9Jecie4 works in the United
States.
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The coal mines OF Alaska promlee t

The coal mines Of Alaska promlea to
render our hitherto neglected northern
acquisition exceedingly valuable. 0nC
company is organized and at work.
while others are forming. The beds o
coal are said to be extensive and OF ex,
cellent quality, generally bituminous
but often OF the purest anthracite
These beds are found on many of the
islands, and also neal the sea-coast OF
the main land. IT is claimed that whcr
the necessary works are completed Goa
can be mined and delivered at Sal
Francisco at . cost of from five dollar,
and sixty cents to six dollars per ton
The Importance Of having aecessibl,
coal mines on the Pacific coast, produe
ing . good quantity of coal Chat can bt
handled and marketed cheaply, caunoI
be 0ver-estimated. 1t is c%OnsOling tc
learn that our new territory has other
uses than raising seals and lcebergs.
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AHccdOte Of John Randolph.

After one Of John Randolph's pecu-
liar speeches, which he interlardcd
with copious quotations in Latin and
Greek, Krcm0r rose and, in a strain
Orwell acted Indignation, poured forth
a torrent of Trnusyiyania German
upon the head OF the amazed and
startled Randolph. Hi, violent ges-
EQUATIONS, his loud and b~oi-terou4
tones, his defiant manner, were not
more annoying to the imperiou-
Southcrucr than the fact that he could
not understand a word that was spo-
ken. And when honest George took
his seat, covered with perspiration,
Randolph rose and begged the honor
able gentleman from Pennsylvania to
enlighten the House and The country
by tran4lating what ne had Just utter.
cd. Kremer retOrted as follows; "
have only tosay in reply to my friend
| from Virginia that when he trans
| latcs the dead languages, which he is
constantly using for the benefit of Il,
country members, into something
like English, | will he equally libera.
in TRANSMITTING my living Ptnnsylya.
MIA Dutch into something that til,
House AN underestimate The laugl
was completely against Randolph
FOrncy's RccOlIections.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02
HAIR DRESsER2.

The most fashionable hair dressers have
pronounced In favor of Louisiana Creole
Hair Restorer, and use 1t constantly In
dressing the hair of their customers OF the
Ton. Someof them c~unnlng-wise purchase
the Louisiana Hair Restorer by the dozen,
and emptying the bottles intoa receptacle
of their own, claim 1T as their peculiar in
vention md reap praises for their know
ledge and skill. They are welcome to the
trick for the sake of the additional beauty
they give to the looks and tresses ofOur fail
bellies. II Is for sale everywhere, however
aud ladies can try It for themselves. Read
the testimony
Thomas Beaumont, barber, of GAINESVILLE
Tennessee, has had abundant opportunity
of witnessing the effect of the LOuisiant
Creole Hair ReStoror, as used by his custo
mcrs. lie says 1t has proved very success
full, pleasing, IN every case, all who useit
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TIE MoNNgY AND THE CoBpLEE.-
B0]naycnture DcSpcrries, Il French au-
thor of some distinction, il his story of
"Blondcau, the Cobblcr,' who lived
near the Seine, tells u,eIolloWlug:
"BloEdeau was only annoyed twice in
lis lie. and particularly by a gentle
man who lived opposite his shop and
who kept Il monkey. This monkey was
continually playing tricks on poor
B'ondeau. At one time he would steal
the cobblrr's awl, at another he would
carry or his leather, and, in fact, the
poor shoemaker was so veXed in the
end, that he determined to get rid OF
his nuisance, BlondCau ono day shar-
pcHcd his knife, and made 1t cut like a
razor, and then, when Ia saw the mon
key watching, he pat the knife to his
throat, and began moving it backward
and forward, as if he wished TO kill
himself, The monkey, who had been
closely observing these actions, was moi
slow in coming down, for he wished tc
! try this new pastime, which he had ne
yer seen before. He took the knife, end
Immediately put it to his throat, NOV
lug it backward and forward; but, put
ting it too near, and rubbing It agains'
the Kin, he cut his throat, and died o
the wound within an hour. Thus die
Blondeau punish the monkey, withou
danger to himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02

Mr.. Ed. w, MunforL, n well known citizen
Of Memphis, gives us very hattering certl-
ficatC, which, Is the more valuable from his
Discrimination, In general to indorse any
preparation sold. His knowledge of the in.
jrinSic worth OF the Louisiana Hair Restore,
is so great, however, and instances of thC
success attondingits use came to him 80 FREE
quently, that, without hesitation, he heart
lIy endorses u, b3
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02

CLOVER GEED.-Thc crop Of clover
seed in Western New York promi-
scs to be the poorest known here for
some years; at least such is the fact
50 far as our knowledge extends.
The second growth started very fec
bly,. has grown slowly, is thin, and
besides, grasshOppcrs have injured it
in many localities. But wherever
there is a growth of clover the heads
must be we'll fed with seed as the
season has been favorable for its de-
yclopment. The method OF harvest
ing the crop adopted by our best far
mers within a few years, is much less
wasteful than the old one. The clo-
yer is cut with the reaper, thrown Of
in lunches, which, when dry, are
handled with barley forks. a boy
follows the loader with a mandrake,
ali the crop Is gathered up clean
without handling so II uch IS to cause
a large portion of the hills to fall of,
as is the case when the crop is cut
with a mower Ur scythe, and :aked
with a horsc-rake. Clover seed
should always be cut before the heads
turn dark brown. The seeds will BIZ
plump when the head begins 10 turn
and with the improved threshers now
in use there is no difficulty in sepa'
rating the seed from the hulls if the
crop is gathered before it is rip'
enough for the hulls to part from III,
heads at all handling. Taking a croI
Of hay and another of seed will ex
haust the soil as much as removing
any grain crop and due reCompens
should be made. liza crop of zee,
grows and is left on a field and tina
be plowed and planted tho mex
spring and then sown 10 spring graf
in the following ear, the clover see
in the soil will usually germinat
very bountifully among the sprin
grain.-RuTd Home. " 1.
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Those Afflicted with
Consumption,
Please Read The Following AeI-
ter from u Reliable Druggist.
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. April %. 1877

hoUNt NEkNON, Lib, april ~. 1871,
MESSRS. j. N. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati,
O.-Gentlemen: | heard one of my custom
erS speak insuch high terms ofAllen's Lung
Balsam to-day, that l thought | would write
you the substance of his statement: He q y
his mother, who Is now sixty years of nge,
has suffered with consumption for several
years, and has bepn under the care of all of
our best Physicians, hut never received any
pcrmanent benefit then she reSOrted to
most every kind of Cough and Lung BAL
sans that could he procured for her, hut oil
to no avail. She still grew worse, until she
was confined te her bed and when she was
seized with n 'paroXysm of coughing she
Would lose power of respiration, and they
were compelled to resort to various means
to restore breathing and while she was
COUGHING so hard she could not expectorate
anything, II the family and friends had
given up all hope of her recovery. Her son
noticed the advertisement of Aliens Lung
Balsam IN the Christian Advocate, and they
thought thly wnuld procure and Try 1t. They
commenced giving her the BalSam at
o'clock, ?, Ma rs directed, q dose every hour
until midnight then she took another DIT
of coughing, and eXpectorated a mouthfu
OF darn yellow matter, which was some.
thing she had not been able to do for some
time. They continued to give her the Bal
sam until morning, and then she begun Ia
eXpectorate freely, and within" Two hours
she eTpect1rdt&T three pints Of mucuouS
matter which gave her Immediate relief
ana since that time she has continued TO
improve. She now sits up all day, and can
Walk about the house and take considerable
out-dooreXerciSe. Her son bought more of
the BalSam, to-day, and he recommends il
very highly to every one. -
Yours respectfully,
A. c. JOHNSON, Druggist.
Was there ever greater nroof oh merit lhin
the naSe tins iotyer ieierS foG VI N
ALLEES, LUNG BALSAM Is without
loubC The best eXpaetorant remedy ever
oleIeH ~ ne aIlioted public. 1t contains
no opium IN any form, and its use IL harm.
less to the most delicate.
Dlrectl0nS accompany each bottle.
N'HARRIS & Co, Proprletors,
Cincinnati, O,
For Sale by RIl Medicine DeaIers,
Fer sale hy
WltfEERpif, FINLAY n Co,m.,New Orlenn /.
q, p. JONES n Co, ,,r..o, ,,,,,..,n. Memphis
IA, ROBINSON Go. ....mmmm,,LouiSVilie
BERRY 4 Nngh yiua'
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A MAN OF A THOUSAND. a GIDn-
n SumPtive Cured.-WcrQ death was
hourly expected frOW Consumption and
Asthma, all rempdies h&ing tailed, accident
leo to Y IlsGoyory whereby DrtlI. JAMES cured
on receipt of two stamps ID pafexnopsoa. Al
dress CRADD0CK & co 49, Race street.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, riyiRg Naue of paper.
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n en-, Ice nj '.NtorwnITs' Grnyc.-
Columbia lthen@um

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CT II 900 volumes-Lab Recitation anc
Sleeping Rooms with irln eoch-A bundantl,
| supplied Tablo-Full and ,nic ent faculty-&
years cXpcrience-Cour1 Of instruction tn j.
rough and completc-pHfs reduced-Numbc
Of MatriculatiOns 7, 49,, td IN Graduates-Nt
Sectarianism-Session 02ns Sept, lth-Cata
logues FREE. WIN. A,tnrn, A. NJ, Sec'y,
Dec, l0.ly,
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BAPTIST AGENTS. Wanted

everywhere for the large Baptist paper in the
world. Able writer's, a the news, and CON
slant Improvements. III Ma ket Report.
Sunday School D,pancnt-Iesson every
week. An intlexiblo ad5catc of Baptistprin-
ciples, ONEprico. oull.S2,j per. yea. The
ever offered, or liberalch commissions paid.
RIA Specimen copy and ,articulars Gce to all
who will write to LUTHR K IEAMAN, THE
CENTRAL BAPTIST, ST, luis.
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Maxwell House
VIC II EAN n a., PrOpricIOrs,
NRShNill, Tenn.

This new and elegant otcl has two hundred
rooms. elegantly furnhcd and admirably
ventilated. Country Mchants visiting Nash
Vile TO purchase goot will be charged per
day. Transient rates Seer day.
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GREAT CHANG For AGENTS.

Do you want an nkncy, local or travelling
with achance to like 50 to &2Opor day
selling our new strand White Wirt
t3othe, Line? Thkldst forsrcri so there
- Is no risk. -Addrt at once Huron River
Wire Works, $50 MaideA 4ane, COZ. Water St.
NJ Ii Dearborn st Chicla.
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GRAND GIFT CONCER
Public Library Of Kentul

THE CITIZENS BANK OF n
TREASURER, and the C~orpOratOTs '
pervisOrs arc the Hon. Thomas 5. br,a
late Governor OfKontucky, and tMenHp
OF the most distinguished and respec''"
zons of the State. .,h
The undersigned, late principe, ,U ".
manager Of the very successful gltt UuD'
ne benefit ofthe Mercantile Llorag,,
Francisco, has been appointed Ab'
Manager of this Grand Gift Concert Nm
The drawing and distribution VIII wi
IN public, and everything will DC lvp IA
iSiy the buyers of tickets that thelI a.
VIII be rs well protected rs II tney Nvti X
ally present TO supcrintend the enV y
For tickets and information Apply W. y,
{. II. PETERS, 100 Main St, LOa,E;,TvI
No. 5 AStor House, NV
II. y, Hompsted, No. AlO Broadway >
-. kcc, Wis.
N. a. French, Virginia City, Nevada u
NJ. A. Wolf, No. ZIG Chestnut II, eI ~,
, Tickets also for sale In every ~
, place in the L. S. ,L
Owing to the general deransemeH, A,
and advertisements eNnseqHent Vh X,
irouS conanGrations In the WeS!, Mn
tickets in this enterprise is extenisO y
80, ISL, Al which time the main ollOG, \, /,
street, louisville, Ky, will close IA
ment Of accounts and business, .TS
except by mail will he received aiigu .ee
and no orders by mail will DO hllea S
luth. The New York office viii oiGsSS
other agencies Dec. 9th. Every uu@ Sh
Dec. nth will BIO cancelled by NJ De.
drawing win take place in puGhs s,nlgI
lSil, c%Qlnmencing at Z q. NJ, u j
til th0 12l gifts awarded. Payllcni N
wall commence Dec, 10th, ata ovT II
Clrcu ars of awards will be iosssIi M
agency as soon as they can be lssHSp bN
and will also DO sent to all tlcset 6llai
soon as possible. No order VIII % y"
main Office for less than $40. s wspd
ClIAS. y. PETERS,
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TO H LADIES.

We will send the folkwinE handsome nr,i-
Giles at the following smtl pHccs onu elegant
Ladies Lace IIandkerehi ffoii0 cts., one clio
CANT Ladies Lace Collar seas, and one pair
of Ladies extra fine Xii alyos, any size OF
color, 7lcts' We will senl ansono of these ar
Address, A T.BTEVARTG co,
Columbia, Tenn.
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"lIerc's yer nice roast chick'n,"
cried an aged cOlorcd man, as the
care stopped at a N. &. railway STA
ton. "%iIere's yer roast chick'n, n
Eaters, all nice and hot" holding up
his plate alOft aud walking the plat.
form. "Whcre did you get that
chicken, Unclc" asks a passenger,
Uncle looks st the intruder sharply,
and then turus away crying, "Ilcft's
yer nice roast chi1k'l, gent.cm'n. ali
Il"t. needn't 60 in the house for dat
Where did You get that chick'n?'
repeated The inqulsitivc passenger,
Look a Yer, says Uncle, speaking
privately, sis you from the NOrf?7
Yes "ls you ahiend ob de cullud
tlhSAl" a hope.l am" plJeA don't
sou meter ask whsr / gotdat chick'n
egia. Heres Yer nice roast chick'u.
III hot" The train started.
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"That fellows got into the wrong
grave" said one gentleman to anoth-
or, in q cemetery. GLOW Is? p Be-
cause | know him to be a forger and
q thief, and yet, look upon that cpl
taph." "De careful" said the other,
chow you speak, for none Of us live
up to our epitaphs.2