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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29

Tlom the Lexington Ky, Farmer, item,
journal,
The wheat harvest fairly com
menced, we can now begin to form
some reasonable estimate of the re-
suit, and to determine the correctness
of the predictions which have been
made from time to time.
AS a starting point, we have the
estimate that the average increase In
wheat acreage is about 4 per cent,
or SAY, three-fourths of a million
acres, The past spring was one of
the earliest ever known, and the
genial weather that so long prevailed,
warmed the ground and enabled the
farmer TO keep up regularly with all
of his work. In most of the States,
fall crops, and especially wheat, win.
tered well and came forward Wig
orously, q result due to the dry fall
and winter, which prevented the
usual heaving Of the ground.
Under these favorable influences
the crops are much more advanced
than usual. In this State the uutimely
frost of April, destroyed all the early
wheat. In other States protractcd
drought proved injurious to this crop,
and in other localities very severe
rains affected it disastrously.
Then the joint-worm, rust and fly
have diminished the yield in other
sections. These are the injurious
causes that have beena at work, and yet
1t is fair to presume, reasoning from
the known disposition of c%ultiyatOrs
to look on the dark side and make
bad appear worse, that the deficiency
from all these combined causes will
not, in the aggregate, prove to be as
serious as is unprecedented.
In many places new wheat is being
put on the market. In indianapolis
ii has appeared sc?cral weeks sooner
than in any previous year, and the
quality is superior, Indeed, the re-
ports from numerous sections where
very poor returns were looked for,
indicate that the superior quality Of
the grain will, measurabIy, compen-
safe for the deficiency. In many
counties in Maryland, the greater
portion of the crop was, at an unu-
early period, struck with rust {;
elsewhere the lIesSian fly and red
rust destroyed a great many fields,
Notwithstanding these drawbacks,
and the fact that commercial forti-
were not so extensively used,
there is entertained q confident ex-
.~ectation that the crop will be fully
up to the average.
The copious extracts published
elsewhere from the last monthly re
port of the Agricultural Department,
will inform our readers as TO the
condition of other crops, corn, oats,
stc.
The recupcration Of sugar culture
Louisiana, is indicated by an in
creased yield the last season of sixty
five per cent. over that of the pre-
year, that is l44,SSl hogsheads
$1,000. This yield, large as
it is, would have been increased to at
least 100000 hogsheads but for the
cold spring and scarcity of labor,
TO the heavy demands for
to work The enormous cotton
crop. These figures, with the fact
that there was a considerable in
crease i'll cultiyablo acreage, and an
addition to the number of mills in
operation of 2SS over those in 1869
the gratifying assurance that it
will take but a very few years to
bring the production of this valuable
up toantc-war figures,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29

REAL ESTATE DISTRIBUTION OF MEM
PISA SHORT PosrPoNEMENT.-Sat-
~isfactory reasons to the Managers of the
Real Estate Distribution Of Memphis,
cause them to ask Of the public the in
diligence ola short postponement. Our
scheme isono ofmagnitude. To success
fully get through with it has required
the establishment OF Agencies through
out the United States. This has been
done; but more time has been necessary
to do so than at first supposed. We are
now in working order, from New York
to San Francisco. The drawing comes
off on AUGUST 3lST, without tail. By
that date We will have realized our most
sanguino expectations, and will render
the public that satisfaction we have al
ways designed to give. Our offices ev-
erywhero will continue open until then.
Call on Mr.. j. \. Bowen, at Il. Dorman
e Co.'S. for circulars and particulars.
PAssMoRE RUrFIN, Managers,
Memphis, Tenn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29
An Incident.

Some twenty years ago, a cashier
ofone ofour banks was well acquaint-
ed with a gentleman who made q
living by digging wells, About ff-
teen years ago the well-diggcr with
drew from society and moved to
California, and was entirely lost
sight of by his friends. A few DAYS
ago he called at one of our banks.
made himself known to the cashier.
who at once remembered him as the
well-digger. After some conyersa-
ton on general subjects, the we'll
digger told the cashier that he need
ed some exchange on New York,
and asked the cashier if he could
supply him with it, to which he re-
piled "Well, no, | don't think we
can; we don't sell any small bills
now-they are too much trouble"
Well-digger expressed his regret and
disappointment, adding that he
would be compelled to 20 to Evans
vile or some other point to procure
it-he thought he could procure it
here, and he didn't like to submit to
the delay. well" said the cashier.
Il may be able to let YOU have a
small bill; how much do you want? 2"
"Forty'five thousand, gold replied
the well-digger, The c~ash6ric's
eyes expanded to their utmost. but
are gradually contracting, and will
resume their usual dimensions in
the course Of a week. The well-dig-
ger had made good use Of his time
In California, and had returned
among his old acquaintance. the
possessor of almost fabulous wealth.
Forty-tive thousand dollars in cold
was considerable money for q we'll
digger, but he had just bought q farm
for one hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
thousand dollars, and had agreed to
pay aportion of it in New York ex-
change. lie has quit well-digging.
for the prescnt.-,PaducRh Kentuck-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29

How TO GET RID OF RATS AMI
MEGA gentleman of large expo,
periencc, aud fully as humane as
most Of Us, says he gets rid of rats
and mice by putting poiash in their
holes and runs, The poor wretchcs oct
it on their feet, and over their fur.
thea they lick it, and don't like the
tas;e OF it; it burns them somewhat,
and the more they see of it the less
they like it; so they clear out almost
as soon as the application is made.
10 get rid Of mice the same person
uses tartar-emetic, mingled with any
iaYoritc food, they take It, take sick,
and take their leave.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29
HUMORS OF THE DAY.

"Geutlcmeu," said a publican to
his guests ut midnight, 81 don't
know whether you have talked
enough or not but rs for m! solf |
am going TO shut up
Political Economy. The nan who
earns e dollar a day and spends the
same, comes to the end of his rope
ON Sunday, when he must either
starvc or so a visiting.
A provcrb and a fact are thus, with
q p]erccplible flavor Of malice, put in
juNtaposition by the Boston PoSt'
"Those whom the gods love die
Young. Greeley is co.
Atari recent English wedding the
brides pet terrier got into the church,
AMI upon the administration Of the
post.ccrCmonial kiss went for tho
bridegroom in a remarkably demon
stratiye manner,
Speaking of the condition of Il pa
tiCnt, q doctor remarked to his legal
friend that Ibis constitution was
nearly gone" Then let him fail back
on his bylaws was the cruel re-
ply.
An lrishman having jumped into
the water to save aman from drown
ing, upon receiving q quarter from
the person as a reward for the SER
vice, looked first at the money and
then at him, and at last exclaimed
I'm ovcrpaid for the job
\ cotcmporary remarks -" And
now the cry comes up once more
against the miserable accommoda-
tions of our summer hotels. Isn't it
time for Il reform in this matter?
Corn husk beds, initnitesimal pill
lows, damp and ragged towels, soap
harder than the heart Of Il New York
belle, scanty water and unreliable
gas fXtures-such are the miseries
to be endured by those who seek
summcr rest in most Of the lauded
watering places. Where do these
landlords expect to go when they
die y
An ingenious German has gained
a great reputation in New York by
bis success in training coach horses
a grand gait. lie uses no burr-bit
or other cruel contrIyance, and peo-
PIE couIdh see no" he dld 1t, until
was found that he put magniiyinS
goggles upon ms horses, which made
coDDIc-stoneS look IKE bouIdcrs, and
they acquired Q Grand tread trying to
step over them
An exchange saw il knows Of q
boy who accidentally swallowed n
haIf-dollar. They cave him
warm water and tartar emctic, and
antimonial wine. and pokcd their
fingers down his throat until fine
boV thought he wonld throw nm His
toc-naiIs, After = while a doctor
came along who understood such
lie administered asmall dose
Of D9tcrt medicine. and in less Than
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29

PAIN KMLER.-Iu another column
will DO found the advertisement Of Da-
vls' Pain Killer. There Is probably no
other preparation manufactured that has
become so much of a household word as
the Pain Killer. For thirty years It has
stood before the public, and the innum-
orable testimonials that have been CALI
forth Voluntarily, testify fully to It's
merits. When you need a family medi-
cine buy the Pain Killer.
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J. h. GOIIadRy's FOrty-ninih Month,
~ Drawing.

VIII take place at Hickman KY. July
oath 1871 Capital prize $1,000, in Gold;
second, prize Span Horses Harness and
Carriage $1,000; third, Building lot in
Bowling Green Ky, 800; fourth, Horse
Buggy and Harness $500; tith, CHECKER
ing Piano $500; sixth, Gobler Piano $3.50
seventh, Gold Watch and Chain $3.50
eight, Diamond ring 500; ninth, Sewing
Machine Cabinet case) 1876; tenth, silk
Dress 500, 40 cash prizes from $3.50 to
so each in Gold, Silver and Greenbacks,
go other prizes consisting of Pianos,
Sewing Machines, Furniture, Carpets,
Dry Goods, fine Paintings, Standard
Books, etc, tickets 81, or q for S.. Order
by mail or Express, addressed to j. II.
Golladav. bowling Green. Ky.
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BEERSHEBA SPRINGS
Gr"ndy County, Fem

me property having been purchased hv tbo
uhqersisned, and thoroughly rc6ttcd ma f ~
nisned, Will be opened to the public fIr tbe c ~
SUING season on the 10Th June next. u"
FOR tho benefit of those persons who bouo
VWSvor VISITED this, before the war, ceicbratcS
watering Place, we beg leave IN oI sov ,bn
lor the excellency of its Chalybeoto "nddS F snat
stone Waters, grandeur of scenery and n ~
pI atmosphere, 1t is not surpassed, # eappoiio55'
py any similar establishments tho SonTt1b ""1TShu ~,
iScatLoh IS upon one Of the highest points orthhO
Gnmberland Mountains, within n Gra "i 1ne
rue % me University Of the South. and nF H.
SSargo Swlss Colony recently Established in t iio
Visitors leaving Huntsville, Cbat,onooso n,
tE So SNn by the morning train, wWiiip a arrive Of Of
zee Gprlugs, via Tullahoma and McWinnnIrt;Gian az
oI tne evening OF the same day.
LarlleS wishing to engage rooms for tho en-
SntIl 10Th May; after that time St B SSSababe
H. H.. CHARGES FOR BOARD.
hDy Ine pay S3 90; by the Week. sl7 81, he
Half Price. 0"'"ioh anu servants
m RESIDENT PHYSICIANS,
NJ h'" ., ~ WINSTON, of Nashville; Dg Il 4
1"NNNLdNi oil Sumner county. "N
No,b,in. r... s. N. sC0rE ~ 80.
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A New Use for S%unflOwcrs.

DR.. Pratt, says the PaH liaN Ga-
:cttc, vas one of a committee an.
pointed in February to consider the
best means of disposing of tie half.
buried or unburied corpses around
Paris after its capitulation. His re.
port Oh the subject is very lively.
These corpses, it appears, came be.
tween the wind and the Prussian no.
bility, and unpleasantly tainted the
air. NJ. de Bismarck was the more
pressing to get rid OF the nuisance.
because the Partisan journalists were
referring TO it with some satisfaction,
and promising the German troops a
pestilence which should destroy
them under the very walls Of Paris.
"A commission of SdcouS was
named, and, for want of any other
conveyance, they were p~royidedwith
municipal mourning coaches with
the drivers in three-cormercd hats
and full uniform, They started for
Villiers and Champigny, and MADEIRA
report. The ultimate recommends
ton was, that the bodies should not
be exhumed, but that the trenches
containing them should be covered
with n layer of soil not more than
two feet deep, and that they should
be sown with the seeds Of rapidly
growing plants-mustard plant, sun
flower, or quickly growing grasses
which could be used as green food
for cattle.
They particularly recommended
the sunfiower as a "precious plant"
for the purpose, as having a great
power of absorbing the heterogeneous
matters in which the soil would be
so rich, as yielding an excellent
oil from its seed, good forage from
its leaves, and having a combustible
stalk which can be used in the do
mestic fireplace.
-
BUTTER MAKING.-The pre-requi.
sites to butter making are as follows:
Good cows, good feed, pure water,
pure air in doors and Out-which
implies buildings with facilities for
warming and ventilation - proper
apparatus, care in everything, lie
most scrupulous cleanliness, and
above aud beyond, and including all,
an honest and liked determination
20 excel, 10 give the consumer, not
bis moneys worth" but The utmost
possible qualification. Always try to
. make the best"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29
CINCINNATI BUSINESS DIRECTORY,
OrIS STRAssEn.uho1A..1oM No.

OUIS STRASSER.Wholesalo Manufoc-
IL turer Cigars and Tobacco. Special atttcn-
ton called to the Big and Little Casino
brands ofCiga7s. lS7 WOlnuts st. Cincinnati, 0.
OUGHEAD d PORTER, Door. Sash
- and shutter Manufs,; Rough and Dressed
Lumber, JoiSts, Jcantling, Shingles, Lath, &c,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29
Turkeys and Chickens.

| desire 10 write what | know oil
raising turkeys and chickens.
The recipes given for curing chick
ems of the gapcs, such as whites of
eggs, corn meal with pepper, wheat
soaked in turf ~entinc, and a number
OF others, arc Of little if any valve.
The gapes in chickens is caused by
small worms getting into the wind
pipe. have raised thousands upon
thousands Of chickens, bought and
sold chickens, and believe that gapcs
is a contagious disease, for my chick
ems never had them until ! bought
strange chickens. have tried many
cures, and there are none that amount
to anything except the horse hair.
BY inserting the horsc hair in the
chickens windpipe you draw the
small red worm out, and this at once
relieves the chicken and the gapes
are cured.
In regard to raising TURKEYS the
best plan is to feed them on milk
made into a cheese with wheat and
wheat screenings. In time of rain
keep them In the dry, for when they
get wet they get dragglcd and die.
Corn meal | have tried, and upon a
clear examination | find that il does
not agree with them, and in many
instances kills them, Old turkeys, /
think, do best out in the cold, On
trees, rather than in sheltered places.
Let every farmer be cautious of
what he feeds his young turkeys I'm.
til they are eight Or ten weeks old.
After this period they will know
what 10 cat.
! know that tic foregoing is cor
rect, for | have tried many plans,
and experience is always the best
guide.-RcadiRg Gazette.
TEND TIE Conn LArE."--A cor
respondent of the lore Homestead
says sensible words, as follows:
"Tend your com ~eU; tend it late
don't be deferred because a timid
nejghbor, who may ike an excuse
Tor neglect, says you will ruin it il
tended when the blades curl up.
ThisiS all bosll; the blades will open
MS the sun rceedes behind the tree
tops and yodr corn will grow apace.
II you abandon your corn early, that
inevitable late crop of weeds and
grass will come upon your land like
a cloud, and in place Of corn you will
reap nubtins, Therefore, we say,
your land late, and crowd IL
with q few tons cf;Uruips by having
late weeds and 2ras, eAjormipa.
ted, and sowing thereon few pounds
Of turnip seed about the 10Th Of Au.
gust"
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Columbia AthonHEpr.

A FIRST Class school tor y-sng In
arras; hdyantsges -Elep~a, Grounds. y
%si0.G6' yXa n 4 yhocat,0ny7't@ Pasieqs Building;
i,oW volupos-LarRe Recisstt,n and Sleeping
FEoonS uNlth hrg tn eaoh-Abaniantly supplied
isGie-tu ~ and efficient iaCulty~3G years e1;
neniepee-GbngrSe Of lS,tractiOn thorough and
vvYEpisle Prizes yedQeed Number Of Mairic
T s,n 1lGA, y ~ G~raduates--NO Seotarian'
W 99Ssslon oRsps Sept. 4th-Catalogues FREE
WV'fVV WI A, SMITH A. NJ. Sec'7,
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EVERY FARM Err

should, send sl.JO for OHARA's rr
GIANT CORN SIIELLER, Shells six bniGSnn,t.
ber hour; weighs only u ounces. 4 G00D
aGLNI wanted in every County. ppiroftDS
,2fg e Send v 30 tor, sample, Address 1. II,
NAN SlG1hLLN, lib West Fourth Street, Gin,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-29

CONTINUOUS GRowTU.-The most
successful breeders of horses, cattle,
sheep or swine, know from experience
that, although they may possess the
best breeding animals, they will not be
successful in breeding superior stock
if a continuous growth of the young
animals is not kept up. In order to
begin in time at this indispensable
preparation for success, the brood
mares, COWS, ewes, and soWs are most
carefully and suitably fed while with
young, and as Don as the young ami
mails make their appearance. they are
taken the greatest care of, the dams
being suitably fed while sucking, al d
when the young ones are weaned they
arc not supposed to want for food or
drink a single hour. By this means o
rapid and continuous growth is kept
up, and the animals attain Il large size
and heavy weight ut an early age.
When breeding animals are not proper
ly fed and comfortably sheltered in
winter, the bad effect of such treat
ment is not confined to their own want
of condition-it is shared by their pro.
geny, and can never be remedied.
When young stock are not well fed,
and comfortably sheltered in winter,
their growth becomes stunted and no
subsequent amount Of good treatment
can repair the damage. Young ami
mails may suffer for want of suitable
%proyender in summer ard autumn, as
well as in winter, and when this hap
pens it stops continuous growth, and
prevents ultimate success in the object
Of the breeder.
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Professor Agassi1 proposes fresh
explorations in the field of science.
In company with DR.. Hill, the former
President of Harvard College, he will
go around Cape Horn in the new
Coast Survey vessel Just launched at
Wilmington, and which is intended
TO make a detailed survey of the Pa.
ciflc coast ofthe United States,
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In sections of the country where
FEVER AND AGUE
III WV Nv VIM WTIW 81 WI THWTTT7
3. n. EEA1sHeES Il q.

Cincinnati, Ohio,
PreprtetOrs for the Southern and Western
States.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-20


It ista sad time just now for many who
depend upon their salaries for the suppof1
lof themselves and families. So many men
are thrown oht 81 Employment because
the times are 30 dull their services are
not needed ia stores snd workshops. But
some men sud boys are siwsys retafned.
Do you know who are the fortunats oness
They are those who are most useful 70 their
lemployers-those who do their work the
most thoroughly. and are the most ioblig-
ing and economical. ,,es.s. .l.,,a,.lg1
Those young men who watch the time
to see the very second their working hour
lie up-who leave. no matter what sta.s
the work may be in, at precisely TIE 'in-
stant-who calculate the extra sthouLt
they can slight their work and yet not gte
Ireproved-who Ara lavish Of their employ :
er's goods, will always be the drst to
receive netice' that times are dull, and
their services are no longer required.
| Whatever your situation. lay il down ~
| foundation rule. that you will bs 'fatt-
tul in that which is least" Pick up. tie
loose nails. bits oftwine. clean wrapping
paper. and put them. in. their places Be
ready to throw in am odd half hour, ..or
hours time. when il win be all accdmtbo-
dation. and DON seem to make ! merit Of
ii. Do 'itheartily. II not ., word i said.
be sure your employer makes nota of it.
Make yourself indispensable 70 him, sLd
De viii lose many 81 the opposite kind
before be will part with you: ~ - -,
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-20
gelerten Miscellany.
CAST OFF.

"Will I forgive you? How dare you
ask it, Ida Rossitur? Never, so help me
Hesveng"
There was fierce glance in the dark
eyes with which Winfield Gray steadily
regarded the handsome woman standing
pale and with compressed lips before him
She had been for solitary walk on the
sea shore, little dreaming she would meet
he man who, in her heart of hearts, was
re only ensn, n:;ced idol.
She had seen him vo.ming, when bis
eyes. bright and keen as they wcre, had
not yet diseerned her gradual figure wend-
ing among the ersgs and elif1sof the rocky.
wild beach; and. with cry of intensest
delight upon her lips. she ran to meet him.
She vas . fanltlcss beautiful woman.
this haaghty heiress, Ida Rossitur, whose
dark. oriental eyes had slain scores OF
lovers bali crazy. She knew her power
and how to use it; and before she had seen
twenty-five summers drop their load Of
sweet scents. she had acquired the we'll
earned reputation Of coquette.
But every soul has its mate; and Ida
RossituF had met the master of her desti-
ny; she loved. Yet, so strange is. the in
consistency of woman. that, though caught
and wooed BY Winfield Gray. him whom
she 80 adored. her habit Of coquetry would
not permit her to show him preference.
Not that she intended losing hi,n; and
on the moonlight night when he had told
her his love in tones SO passionate that bel
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-20


%Grief and business have seldom
been more thoroughly mixed than in the
following obituary advertisement. The
residence of the defunct We omit, and the
name we have changed, therefore it will
not. worrit his friends:
''Othneil Sitgreaves. we are sorry to
stait. has deceased. He departed this last
MUDDY. He went 4th without any strug-
gle, and sich is life. He kept nice store.
which his wife now waits on. His virch-
ews wos numerous. and his wife inherits
them. We are happy to stsit that he
never cheeted. speshully in the wate Of
makeral, which wos olways nice and smelt
sweat. and bis surviving wife is the same
way. We niver new him to put sand in
his sugar. though he had big sand-bar
in front of his house; nor water his lick
ers, tho the Ohio River past his door,
Piece tn bis remanes. He leves l wife,
9 children, / kow. 4 hoses. growcer' 8
aud other quadroopeds to mourn bis loss.
But in the iangwidge of the poit, his loss
is thare eternal game"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1871-01-20
SMILE WHENEVER YOU CAN.

When things don't 60 to suit you,
And the world seems upside down,
Don't waste your time in fretting,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft perplexing,
It is the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravely,
And smile when'er you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus spoil your to-day?
For when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay;
It is a good old maxim
Which should be often preached
Don't cross the bridge before you
Until the bridge is reached.
You might be spared much signing,
If you would keep in mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always here combined;
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You may miss from your casket
That precious jewel-health.
Though you are strong and sturdy,
Not full may be your purse;
And earth has many trials
Which consider worse
But whether Joy or sorrow,
Fill up your mortal span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
To smile when er you can.