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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Be not Wearyin Well Doing.

An old story contains q lesson which
many married couples haye not yet
learned. When Jonathan Trumbull
was Governor of Connecticut, a gen.
tleman called at his house one day re-
questing q private interview. He
said: "Ihave called upon very un-
pleasant errand, sir, and want your adj
vice. My wife and do not live hap
PLY together, and / am thinking Of
getting divorce, What do you ad-
wise, sir ?"
The Governor sat a few moments in
thought; then turning to his visitor,
said, "How did you treat Mrs. W,
when you was courting her? and how
did you feel toward her at the time Of
your marriage?"
Squire W replied, II treated her
as kindly as l could, for / loved her
dearly at that time.n
"Well, sir" said the governor, "go
home and court her now just as you
did then, and love her as when you
married her. 'De t.is in the fear Of
God, for one year, and then tell me
the result,n
When a year passed away, Squire
w called again to see the COVER
nor, and said: ~ have called again to
thank you for the advice you gave me
and to tell you that my wife and are
as happy as when first married. l
can not be grateful enough for your
good counsel"
~ am glad to hear it, Mr.. w"
said the governor, "and l hope you
will continue to court your wifeas long
as you live"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Cut this Out and Keep it.

Franklin Dyre, highly respccm
BILE and intelligent farmer of Galena,
Kent county Maryland, gives the
following as O sure euro for the bite
of q mad dog. AS will be seen, he
has tested 1t with the most gratifying
results:
Eecampane is 4 plant well known
to most persons, and is TO be found
in many of our gardens. Immediate
ly after being bitten, take one and a
half ounces OF the root of the plant
tho green root is perhaps prefera-
bic, but the dried will answer, and
may be found in our drug stores, and
was used by me--slice or bruise, put
it into a pint Of fresh milk, boil
down to half pint, strain, and when
cold drink it, fasting at least six
hours afterward. The next morning,
repeat the dose prepared as the last,
and this will be sufficient 1t is rec
commended that after each dose moth
ing be eaten Tor at least six hours.
have o son that was bitten by q
mad dog eighteen years ago, and fouI
other children in tho neighborhood
were also bitten; they took the
above dose, and are alive and vel
to this day, And l have known 9
number Of others who were bitter
and applied the same remedy. 1t il
supposed the root contains a principl,
which, being taken up by the BLOOD
in its circulation, counteracts or neu
tralizes the deadly effects of the viru
Of hydrophobia.
l feel so much cofidence in thi
simple remedy that am willing yo
should give my name in connectio
! with this statement, a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
The Origin Of Chess.

The game is said to have had its origin
in the fifth century, at the court of a
powerful prince in the Indies, who had
forced great number Of sovereigns to
pay tribute to him, and submit to his
government. Forgetting that a king
ought to be the father of his people, he
grievously oppressed them, and put to
death those who dared to demonstrate
with him; till the people, borne down
by weight Of unsupportable tyranny,
began to revolt, and the tributary prinN
ces, persuaded that in losing the love Of
his people he had lost the essence OF his
power, were preparing to throw OF the
yoke, and to carry war into his estates.
At length Brahmin, or Indian Philos-
opher, named Sissea, the son Of Daher,
touched with the misfortunes OF his
country, undertook to mako the prince
open his eyes to the fatal effects which
his conduct was likely to produce. But,
instructed by the example of those who
had gone before him, he was sensible
his lesson would not prove Of any SER
vice, until the prince should make the
application of it to himself, and not
think that 1t was done by another.
With this view he invented the game oi
chess, where the king, although the
most considerable of the pieces, is both
impotent to attack, as we'll as to defend
himself against his enemies, without
the assistance of his subjects and sol
diers. The new game soon became ia
nous; the King OF the Indies heard Of it
and would learn 1t. The Brahmin Sis
sea was pitched upon to teach him; ant
under the pretext OF explaining the
rules Of the game, and showing him the
skill required to make use of the othel
pieces tor the kings defence, he made
him perceive and relish important
truths which he had hitherto refused tC
hear. The king, convinced that in thu
peoples love of their ruler consisted al
his strength, altered his conduct, ant
prevented the misfortuDes that threat
cned him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
The Plains of Abraham.

These plains, just beyond the west
ern walls of the city, are the greatest
attraction ofQuebec. 1t was here, on
these grassy slopes that Wolfe over
threw in 1859 the power Of France
in North America. The noble and
pathetic drama is familiar to all
how Wolfe, floating on the waters of
the little cove in his barge, as he
moved 10 the assault, repeated Gray's
"Elegy in q Country Churchyard,"
and was heard to murmur, i would
prefer being the author of that poem
to the glory of beating the French
tomorrow" how he dragged his
cannon up yonder slant which per-
mits access to the nights; and how
he fell in the moment of victory.
AS you wander idly over the peace
full fields to-day, the drama seems to
be again enacted before your eyes !;
the grassy upland swarms with
French and English, shouting, yelling,
delivering close vOlleys, and then
rushing in to the hand-to-hand ell
counter; again the smooth bore mus
kets rattle, the clumsy culverins
rumble, Wolfe is leading his men, to
fall anon with his body pierced with
three bullets, nearly at the same mo-
ment when Montcalm too is struck !;
for in this bitter struggle the two
leaders are both to surrender their
brave lives.
On the field rises u marble shaft
bearing the inscription, "Here died
Wolfe, victorious" In the chapel of
the Ursuline convent, within the
city, is a slab on which is cut, "Hon-
neur Montcalml Le Destiu, en- lui
der obant la Victorie, Ia recompense
per une mort glorieuse!" Destiny,
in depriving him of victory, requit-
ted him with a glorious DEATH" And
the great Englishman, his opponent,
died gloriously too, murmuring,
"God be praised | then l die happyP'
when assured that the day was won"
The soldier spoke there; and soon
after the brave and gentle spirit, who
had gone into the battle repeating
the tender lines of Gray's Z" "Elegy,"
and Coveting the peaceful glories Of
poesy, surrendered his soul to God,
failing asleep in the arms of victory,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
lhe Way 10 vaccinate a Person.

here are a variety Of ways for the
IDrmance of the operation, ! have
them all many years since. Some
) reasonable; some very foolish and
D, and twelve years ago l aban-
b ! them all, and ''we',t on my Otra
"a" / take q scab, lay 1t on a piece
lass, and, with q few drops Of warm
Ter, rub the virus until It becomes
lhe consistency Of a soft salve, but
so thin as to run over the glass.
take the patients left arm, on its
Der side, in your left hand; draw
flesh to make the skin tight on the
Ter side and with q keen.pointed
-knife In your right hand, (holding
bst as you do a writing pen. make
or three slight incissions on the
\. 1t is enough II you see the red.
D drop Of blood is more than ] call
Take q little Of the soft virus on
point Of the knife, and rub it on
wounds. Then wait four or five
hutes; apply a little more, and rut
r finger over it. 1t gives no pair
lhe little patient, and you will moi
with good virus, twice in a hund'
Z vaccinations:
SILAs SPENCER, NJ, D
ANestfield, N, Y. a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Rain from Heaven.

Once q little girl, who loved her Sa-
viour very much for having so loved
her, came to her pastor with eighteen
shillings for missionary society.
"H0w did you collect so much--ls 1t
all your own ~
YES, sir, / earned it.n
"But how, Mary? You are 10 poor. u
"Please, sir, when l thought how
Jesus has died for me | wanted to do
something for him and heard how
money was wanted to send the good
news out to the heather, and as l had
no money Of my own, earned this by
collecting rain Wdter and selling 1t to
washerwomen for q half-penny q buck
ct; this is how got the. money sir.n
"My dear child" said the pastor, II
am very thankful that your love to
your Saviour has led you to work SC
long and patiently for him; now
shall gladly put down your name as g
missionary subscriber"
|"Ohl no, sir, please not my name y
"Why, not Mary?n
''Plesse, sir, ] would rather no one
knew but him; should like 1t to b,
put down q Train from Heaven."--
| CNildren'S Friend.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
WHY?

fen say thOy rest whom labors cease:
Ihey watch the sunset down the sky
ana sit with folded hands for peace, ,v,
y AA IL the night brought calmness. why
I6Ii never oeased since life begun;
Mo- only rest whose day is done.
ltt stone which marks our mortal sleep
Hsth most unlovely seem to lie
,oisturo cold and silonce deel,,,
IN prison house and barrier. WhyH
Ifiying couch but hath its moan;
IN sleep we'll who take this stone
Ih. walk in silence round our feet,
n round our head with muliicd sigh,
4 In our grassy winding sheet
~ drown tho whispered scandal, Whyf
-, shame and wrong are mortal banes,
Par nor heart have moldOring names.
3tas MINT the laurel where we rot,
"A trail the glossy amaranth nigh,
4 18 wreath the blue forget-me,n0t
I'm immOrtellcs and ivy. WhyY
pal6 love laughs not, nor feverish woe;
t''Eho laughs less that we lie low2
kla4 dceply musing, starwnrd, fain
fWculd pierce the hope ofyondcr sky;
rkeg 1raye to 1.-Two life dreams again..
Nm link earth's broken fetters. Why
M braves not chains whose freedom WOr
Ihty only rest whose loVing's DONE
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Age of Man.

Professor Farady adopts Flourins,
physiological theory that the natural
age of man is one hundred years.
The duration of life he believes to
be measured by the time Of growth.
When once the bones and epiphyses
are united, the body grows no more,
aud it is at twenty years this union
is effected in man, In the camel, it
takes place at eight, in the horse at
tiYe in the lion, at four; in the doe,
at two; in the rabbit at one. The
natural termination of life is five re-
moves from these several points.
Man being twenty years in growing,
lives five times twenty years, that
is to say one hundred years; the
camel is eight years, in growing lives
five times eight years, that is to saw
forty years, the horse is five years in
growing, and lives twenty-five years
and so with other animals. The
man who does not die of sickness,
lives, everywhere from eighty to a
hundred years. Providence has
given man a century of life, but he
does not attain il, because he inherits
disease, eats Wholesome food, gives
license to passions, and permits vex.
atomic disturb his healthy eqnipoise
he does not die, he kills himself. The
professor divides life into two equa
halves, growth and decline, anC
these halves into infancy, youth
virility, and age, Infancy extend,
to the twentieth year; youth to tn,
ilftieth because 1t is during this be
riod that the tissues become firm
yirility, from fifty to seventy five
during which the organism remain
complete; and at seventy-fve. oil,
age commences, to last a longer O
shorter time as the diminution of re
lserved force lS fastened or retarded
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
The Present Life.

(he present life is sleeping and wax
! 1t is goodnight" on going to
and "good morning. on getting
1t Is to walk in the garden, and
the flowers open, and hear the
Us sing; it is to have the postman
'ng letters; 1t is to have news from
/, west, north and south; 1t Is TO
ID old books and new books; 1t Is to
A pictures and hear music; it Is to
Ne Sundays; it is to pray with your
hily morning and evening; 1t Is to
in the twilight and mediate; It Is
be well, and sometimes to be Ill ;
, to have business to do, and to do
1t is to have breakfast, and dinner
y tea; 1t Is to belong to q town, and
have nelghbors, and to be in one
ole Of acquaintance; it is to have
ends to love one; it Is to have sight
dear old faces; and with some men
g to be kissed daily by the san1s
Ping lips for fifty years and 1t is tt
BOW themselves thought Of many
nes a day, in many places, by child
a, and grandchildren, and many
ends.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
HOrIIING TO Dor

eEethinS to dol" in this world Of ours,
lid weeds spring up with fairest flowers
Ntare smiles have only htful play,
Filerc hearts arc breaking every day
"N6thing to dol" thou christian soul,
Wrapping thee round in thy solish stole;
f'4Sith the garments Of sloth End sin.
Gh|ist thy Lord hath Kingdom to wine
,NStbing to dol" There are prayers to lay
% Inc altar OF incense, dayby dayi
d 20 are foes to meet within and without,
NJ Iro is error to conquer, strong and stout
NNAthinE to dol" There are minds to teach
Tns simplest form of Christian speeeh;
lIhSre are hearts to lurO with loving vile,
frtm tho grimmest hauntS Of Sins dohle
slDthIng to dol" There arc lambs to feed
fIS precious hope of the Chureh's need;
Nlength to bo born to the weak and faint,
win to keep with the doubling saint.
,ifothing to dol" And thy Savior said,
nFblloN thou Me, in the path tread.
I|6fd, lend rhy help the journey through,
Ilat faint, wo cry, So much to do"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
I'm TWENTY-FIVE

/ Horton has written n lament, entitle,
|stause I'm twenty-five" We think tn
|Noress Is too impatient. A lady with 81
and poetry ought neye
deapNir.
fw wondrous strange, how great tn
change,
|I|cP was in my teens;
MI had beaux and billet-douX,
md Joined the gayest scenes,
4 Divers now have ceased tJ'V9w-
IowRy they now cOntrive,
bison, hang, or drown themselves
< huse I'm twenty-five!
~ II the night were e'er so bright,
q Ter abroad would roam,
|i|iOut-" The bliss, the hOnOI, migS,
Y aeeing you safe home"
bow go through rain or snow
Issued, and scarce alive
I1ngh all the dark without q spark
I1Ruse I'm twenty
NaS used 10 call and ask me all
but my health so frail,
+ "a turn my cheek less pale;
4 how, alasl If am Ill,
DE cares that revive,
)ny pale cheek in vain may speak,
tause Pm twenty five.
iN II q ride improves my side,
forced to take the stage;
lhat is deemed quite proper for
4erson of my age;
then no hand Is offered me,
help me out alive
think 1t won't hurt me to fall
Ruse I'm twenty-hvel
eari-tis queer that every year
j slighted more and more;
y bot q beau pretends to show
- head within the door.
4 flde, nor card, nor soft address,
spirits now revive;
NJ one might near rs well be dead
aNsay-I'm twenty-five!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

It is mistaken economy TO furnish up
faded article because il was once ex-
pensive, for the poor remnant OF the
past will always tell its own story. A
neat, pretty calico or lawn, tastefully
made; is far more becoming than tar
nished finery, soiled silk, or rusty al
pacas. Where but few additions TO a
wardrobe can be made, they should be
selected always to harmonic with the
purse first, then the form, complexion,
and whatever else is left OF the year be-
fore, that striking contrasts may De
avoided.
A French woman, however poor, has
always the appearance OF freshness and
novelty. Ifshe needs new boots and
can have but one pair, although her In
clination points to drab or bronze boots,
she chooses black, as for economy and
taste combined, her best dress is prOba-
bly, black. She needs new gloves, or a
parasol, or bonnet ribbon; before pur-
chasing, she looks over her boxes, and
finds, perhaps, that her best necktie is
pink; she cannot wear pink gloves nor
carry pink parasol; therefore she. wise
ly decides upon roses for her bonnet,
and drab ribbon, drab gloves, and drab
parasol, perhaps frightened with a pink
lining, the roses and necktie freshen adj
mirably the otherwise sombre attire,
which is in excellent taste.
A young lady may think herself very
fashionably dressed in green gloves,
blue bonnet, and scarlet flowers, and
purple dress, because each article In it.
self was costly and well made; but in
stead Of being fashionable it would be In
excessively bad taste, as however we
may admire the rainbows Of the sky,
they are tawdry on the street. Amer-
can women Of fashion and wealth are
beginning to display great taste in cos
tunes, by dressing in uniform colors,
and this requires great outlay Of mon
ey, each suit having corresponding
gloves, bonnet, parasol, ETC., furnished
by the dressmakers. But with goods so
cheap as to be really bargains, and fash
ion magazines filled with patterns and
good advice, every facility is given those
upon whom fortune has refused to
smile, In the way of making pretty,
tasteful and inexpensive tollets.-N, Y.
Trt6Wpe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Men and Women.

What is it that makes oil tlroee
men who associate habitually with
women superior to others who do
not? What makes that woman who
is accustomed and at ease In the so
ciety of men superior to her sex in
general? Solely because they are in
in the habit of free, graceful
continued conversation with the
other sex. Women In this way lose
their frivOlity, their faculties awaken,
their dclicacies and peculiarities un-
fold all their beauty and captivation
in the spirit of intellectual rivalry.
And the men lose their pedantic,
rude, declamatory, or sullen manner.
The coin of the understanding and
the heart changes continually. The
asperities are rubbed of; their bet
ter materials polished and frightened,
and their richness, like the gold, is
wrought into the finer wOrkmanshlp
by the fingers Of woman than It ever
could be by those of men. The iron
and steel of their characters are hid
den, like the character and armOr Of
giant, by studs and knots. Of good
and precious stones, when they are
not wanted in actual warfare.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

At the recent session of tho Pres
bytery Of Nashville, Tenn, the Rev.
Mr. Davis, of Clarksville, declined .
call to the Church in Henderson, KY;
Mr.. HI. NJ. Anderson, a student from
tho Union Seminary in Virginia, was
licensed 70 preach the Gospel; the
pastoral relation was dissolved be-
tween the Rev j. w. Neill and the
MnrfraAahoro Church,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

The daily "course of study at
Vassar college embraces two barrels
of -four, five barrels Of potatoes, ono
barrel OF coffee, one barrel Of soup,
two hundred and sixty pounds Of
poultry, one hundred and eighty
pounds of roast beef two hundred
quarts Of milk, one hundred and sixty
quarts ofice-cream, and eight hundred
egg.. II tskes three yesrs Of this
sort of thing to perfect the girls in
all the details OF first class educa-
ton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

"A boy" says an eminent physl-
en, "whO early smokes or ohews
pacco Is rarely known to make Q
an Of much energy Of character, and
nerally lacks physical and muscu-
as well as mental, energy. 1
puld particularly warn boys Who
Nnt to rise IN the world to shun to-
geo as a desAlv poison.n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

There are now seventeen Swedish
Lutheran pastors in Minnesota. Tho
work requires aboR fly, New con-
grogations have lately been organ.
lied at prominent POINTS,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22

Heller Belas' 'Schoner Rheln" Is the
'orite society waltz.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-09

The above abatement is Just. true and correct I'll
cript from the books Of the company.
THOMAS SLOO. Presdenl
THOMAS ANDERSON. Secretary.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-09

Rome will the people look tor peace and
order. 1t is Rome that tells men that
Christ is Lord of the world; that He con-
quers, that He governs. The social do
minion of Christ will again be established.
We shall see again Christian States founded
on Christian principles and traditions, with
Christian laws and rulers. Whether these
rulers will be kings or presidents we know
not, but they will in either case consider
themselves as mere delegates of Jesus
Christ, and of his people, not as byzantine
desp0ts or representatives of mob tyranny.
They will understand that statesmanship
does not consist in giving license to the
wicked and forging chains for the good.
We shall have Christian schools, Christian
universities, Christian Statesmen. Ye lib
erals in name, we'll may ye grow pale
The future of the world belongs to the
principles Of the Syllabus, and this future
is not far Off We conclude with the words
of Count de Maistre: "In the year 1889
the rights of man were proclaimed in the
year 1889 man will proclaim the rights of
GOd.n
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-09

The Jesuits at Metz, says the Biea Pub
Rc, are seventy-five in number, who are
employed in educating and instructing
about 500 students. $50 of these are
boarders. The College of st. Clement,
which is under tLeir direction, is one Of the
most important in all France. When the
war broke out they lost no time in sending
their pupils home, and offered their es-
tablisbment, together with the whole of
their staff, for the purpose of an ambu-
lance; accordingly, since the 14th of Au-
gust up to the beginning of December, they
have nnrsed upwards of 500 wounded men
under their own roof. Moreover, many of
them have been serving day and night in
the ambulances and hospitals of the city.
Within the walls of their own college they
devoted themselves exclusively to the care
of the sick. They prepared the food and
the medicines, kept the beds and rooms
clean, dressed and cleansed the wounds of
the sufferers, performed the most loath-
some Offices for them, and two ofthem
kept watch all through the night in their
slck-rooms during the whole of the time
above mentioned. Both officers and pri-
Yates, touched by such zeal and devoted
ness, presented the good Fathers with an
address expressive of their gratitude, and
signed byall the officers and all the COM
mon soldiers who had been cared for at st.
Clement 1t was addressed to the rector
I of the college, and appeared in the Belgian
newspapers. Not satisfied with this, they
resolved to set up in the church belonging
to the college monument on which should
be engraved the expression of their graft
tude, and they handed to the rector the
plan of the monument together with the
sum of money which was required to erect
it, Nor was this graceful ackL acknowledgement
undeserved, for no fewer than twenty -four
of the Fathers and Brothers fell ill of
smallpox, typhus fever and dysentery.
Four of them died, and one is at the pres
ent moment SO ill as to be beyond hope of
recovery.