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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

OLD Hints OF New THINGS Years
before Franklin'sinvention of the light
ning-rod, and before muskets Were
thought OF, the old soldiers ON guard Oh
the towers, if spark passed between
them and the spear-head, ran and bore
warning of the state and condition OF
affairs. Solomon's temple, lofty and
situated on an exposed part of hill,
was guarded by system exactly like
Franllins. The Dutchess OF Burgun
dy took necklace from the neck of a
mummy and wore it to a ball given al
the Tuileries, and every body said they
thought it was the newest thing there.
A Hindoo princess came into court, and
her father seeing her said, $50 home,
you arenot decently covered go home"
and she said, Father l have seven
suits on;' but the suits were OF muslin,
SO thin that the king could see through
them. -Four hundred and fifty years
ago the spinning machine was first in
troduced into Europe. Yet we have
evidence to show that it made its ap-
pearance two thousand years before.
We have not an astrology in the stars
serving only the kings and priests; we
have an astrology serving all those
around us. We have not chemistry
hidden in underground cells, striving
lor wealth, striving to change every
thing into gold. No, we have chem
istry laboring with the farmer, and
digging gold out.of the earth with the
miner. All this is the nineteeth CEN
try, and Of the hundreds of things We
know, 1 can show you ninety-nine of
them which have been anticipated. 1t
is the liberty of intelligence and a die
fusion of knowledge that has caused
this anticipation,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

Again, cement is modern, for the on
cients dressed and joined their stones
so closely that, in buildings thousauds
Of years old, the thin blade Of pen
knife can not be forced between them.
The railroad dates back to Egypt. Ar
ago has claimed that they had q kuowI-
edge Of steam. A painting has been
( discovered OF ship full OF machinery,
and a French engineer said that the
arrangement of this machinery could
only be accounted for by supposing the
motive power to have been steam.
Bramah acknowledges that he took the
idea of his celebrated lock from an an
cient Egyptian pattern. De Tocquc-
vile says there was no social question
that was not discussed to rags in Egypt.
ANCIENT AIDS TO YsIoS.- Cicero said
that he had seen the entire Tliad, which
is a poem as large as the New Tasll-
ment, written On skin 40 that it could
be rolled mp in the compass Of q uut.
she'll. Now. this is imperceptiblo TO
the ordinary eye. Very recently the
whole contents OF London newspaper
were photographed on a paper half as
.ong as the hand. 1t was put under O.
doves wing and sent into Paris, where
-hey enlarged it and read the news.
This copy Of the Iliad must have been
made by some such process. Pliuy
says that Nero, the tyrant, had q ring
With gem in it which he looked
through and watched the sword-Ulay of
5he gIadiators, more clearly than with
the naked eye. So Nero had an opera
glass. Mauitius, the Italian, stood ON
sweep over the entire sea TO the coast Oh
Africa with his nnuaeopAe, which is &
word derived from two Greek words
meaning to see a ship. Evidently
Mauritius, who was n pirate, hal
marine telescope. The signet of Il lilg
IN DR.. Abbot's museum, said to belong
to Cheops, who lived five hundred
years before Christ, IS about tine size Of
a quarter Of a dollar and the engraving
IS invisible without the aid OF glasses.
In Parma is shown a gem once worn on
.he finger Of Michael Angelo. Of which
the engraving is two thousand years
old, in which there are the figures OF
seven women. A glass is needed to
distinguish the forms at all. Layard
says be would be unable to read tho eu-
cravings on Nineveh without strong
-pectacles, they are so extremely small
Rawlinson brought home a stone abou.
swenty inches long and ten wide, con-
aiming an entire treatise on matAema-
-ics. 1t would be perfectly illeg.bIe
without glasses. Now, if We are m-
lble to read it without the all Of
glasses, you may suppose that the man
who engraved it had pretty strong
,pectaeles. So, the microscope, instead
If dating from our time, finds its
brothers in the Books Of 1Loses-anI
these are infant brothers.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

from papa, and promised to call this
even ng."
And three months pfterwarJ, when
Eugene Russell was married to Minnie
Akerly, be wore ono Of the very shirts
that had been washed ana ironad by
the brides fair hands.
81 could not be half SO proud Of it,
he said, eff it were fashioned out Of
cloth Of gold"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
The Rivals.


I was living at squire Jones. He
had a gal and she was pretty you bet
used to think she was pretty enough
0 eat, say loved that girl would be
10 description Of my awful ielings but
was awful bashful-I could not tell
ler about it; and to make matters
worse, there was a feller coming to see
sally; and he came once a week just as
regular as the cows come up, and he'd
buck right ug to Sally and set up half
he night.
hated him, OF course, and nobody
;ould blame me for it. / determined
o stop him or bust. fell on q plan,
md told Sally's brother OF it; his
nme was Ike, he was pleased, and we
vent to work. They were scarce Of
louse room had a front and back
room, which was used for a kitchen and
moke house.
Ne and Ike slept in the back room.
Tie floor was made of puncheous, and
Immediately under our bed, and also
mler the floor, was the big soap-trougb.
It had about ten bushels Of soft soap in
t. I told her that wanted to sleep
With her sweetheart that I night She
,aid all right. He came dressed up in
lis best. He had one OF those high
,olIored, lon sejssor-tailed coats, kew
'opperas pants, awful tight, hign bee
rum hat, and a squnre-yard red cotton
handkerchief around his neck.
He soon conered Sally, and me and
Ike went to bed-but not to sleep. We
aised the floor over the soap-trough,
COX the boards off the bed, all only on
be freiide, where I Was to He--iust
nough behind to hold up a bed with
nut feller. Ike lay before the fire on
pallet l lay on my plank holding
very still. Ib.gan to think they would
sit mp all night, but finally about
,clock he came in. I sAored violently
He hauled off his linen, and over he
3rawled, and in he went, down into the
,oap-trough OF all the snorting aud
lcking you ever herd, it was right
lere. began to yell at the top Of my
yoice. Ike was making light, as he
got flaming pine knot light it ull
blast, the old folks came tearing in in
heir night clothes-the old man with
MS gun and the old woman with the
poker.
| had Sally's beau drawn out by this
-ime and stretched out at full lenghth
before the fire. The soap was half an
neh thick all over him. OF all the
lights | ever saw, he looked the most
errible. A Kuklux wasn't nowhere.
Sally came with her dress in her hand,
md as she entered the door he broke.
The dogs all. went after him ont OF
learing-he don't come back any
more.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
News of the Week.
orr WEST

Sn rrancisco-Tho ship Patrician, Tor
:, with cargo OF wheat. valued at $1,000
Ir,lprel on the bar while leaving port and
m Al hands were saved. The vessel and
ey are total loss.
g ronis talks OF an air line road down
4. ,,st bank Of the Mississippi to New Or.
bus
rcgo reports the conviction for murder
,nln aged ~. His sentence is for life.
Tho Kansas City and Council Bluff Rail
Isi hn been morIgaged for ss,O00,000, to
Istls fund for the entire equipment OF the
M procure depot grounds, pay the floating
Utilities, and provide for contingencies.
IN the United States District Court in Chi.
U Judge Bloigett, in case wherein Ger.
4 iiaIers contested the right Of the In,
Irl Revenue Department to oblige them tc
! he Tico meter, decided that tho Govern.
ID. has full power to prescribe such regula.
Iast sees fit for the running Of distiller
/ including the u-e of any meter selected
/ ae Internal Revenue Department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
Selected Miscellany,
CECILY

"uh, # my love would come 10 mo
noull come TO me and speak 10 l4lr
n't "l lheSe sla lows dark and drr..
siy heart woHid $50 much lighter be
"y heart would 30 much lighter be,
sang Ceciy, sai Caciy.
'ol, II my love would come to mo,
ANA ray tie words he said to me
another day for love uf me,
Ile World would So much brighter
me world would so much brighter
sang fair, deserted Gee
"ON, il my love Hmli come 90 uia.
Ana nod my hands and look al me.
ne while hc softly spoke to me,
NY Ere would no much BRIGHTER be.
MY me would 50 much brighter be-
Despar!ngly sang Cecily.
''Hut silent and away from me,
He has no word Of cheer for nr.
FOR one dark day he doubted me,
ana doubling me, grew hard to me,
auu doubling M, grew hard to ma,"
Hat betterIy sang Cecily.
But Oh, II he would come to me
Just for little while 10 me,
Before hc lcft me, he shopld rec.
i6aat Tlass tf4dg trdc g. Is ttfrdtR cc26RaIa &c."
Sang tcnderly, sweet Cecily.
con, II he wuuld but come to me
For long enough TO learn Of me,
This precious truth, and Ray to mo
The word he said before 10 me-
Fer love u me, for love Of me-"
Sang Cecily, fair Cecily
"My way would 70 much brighter be,
Ny cross would 20 much lighter be-
And patiently III wait snd zee,
whatever was in store for ne,
Whatever was in store for me,n
Sang Uistiully, poor Cteily.
"But now through shadow. dark and DR.,
he will not help me, who might be
A rock gmd this surging -ca,
4 Ch'cld between the world and me,
A shield between the world and me
Sang tearfslly, Cecily.
And all | ask to comfort mo,
IA that he'll come once more to mo,
And say the words he said 10 nc
Another day, for love Of me,
Another day, for love Of me-"
Sang plcGdingly, sweet Cecily
"Yet though these shadows dark and DR.,
Grow hard and darker yet to see,
| will not doubt, a. he doubts ne,
b 't still believe Nell come to me,
Bat Hill believe hen come to me.
with sudden cheer
sang high aud clear
This fond and faithful Cecily.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15
DOWN EAST

Mrs. Putnam, wife Of Avery D. Putnam
IbMs killed by Foster, now under sentence
/ iai,h has written a letter to Gov. Dix,
Eihg commutation of Fosters sentence.
New Jersey has appropriated $4,000 to
EHe statues of Stockton and Kearney for
AEials Of Congress,
rIhe widow Of tho late James Fisk has OBJ
Irsl 8 temporary injunction restraining the
Sdt lIobIliop from dissolying its organiza-
nmt.l judicial determination is had on
aclim Ct lIrs Fisk to 10000 shares of the
AL
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

ing Bridget "And it's youself would
make a decent livin' entirely as laun-
dress, so yon would Only it makes
my heart ache to see the little white
hands Of yours all blistcrcd and burned
with the irons, and parboiled with soap
suds. !"
My hands !" said Minnie, contemp-
tuonsly "a little glycerine and a week
of kid glowing, and they'll be all right
again.
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NUMBER %.
MORE GOOD THAN BAD.


There Il many q rest in the road Of life,
II We would only stop 10 take II;
And many tone from the better land
II the queruous h art would make il.
To the soul that is full Of hope,
And whose beautiful trust ue'er faileth.
The grass IL green and the flowers arc bright,
Tho gh the winter storm preyaileth,
Better TO hope though The elonds hang low,
And to keep the eye siill lifted
For the sweet blue sky will soon peep through
When the omnous clouds are rifled.
There never was night without day,
Or an evening without morning;
And the dark hoHr, as the pr0yCrb gOes,
h the hour before the dawuiny.
There IL many geH in the path of he,
Which Se psss in our idle pleasure,
That II richer far than the jeweled crown.
Or the miser's hoard Of treasure:
II may be love Of a little child,
Or mothers prayer TO heayeB,
Or only beRgar's grateful thanks
For cup Of water given.
Better to weave IN the web Of LIE
bright and gOlden filling,
And 10 do Gods will with ready heart.
Aud hands that are swift snd wiling.
Than 10 snap the delicate, minute threads
OF our curious lives asundpr
And then blame Heaven for the tangled euds,
And ait, and grieYe, and wonder
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

DENVER seems to be a rather immoral
place. A well known merchant and
leacon of the church there has been too
,penly familiar with lis neighber's SER
vant-girl and has been investigated by
church committee, and a journalist is in
! similar difficulty with the wife OF u
'tage-line proprietor who is away most
If the time. A lawyer and dentist
nave got into the courts by their scan
lalous conduct, and each had an en-
ragged woman after him with a pistol for
two days. The mayor Of the city is
beer-brewer, and the gamblers run the
municipal machine to suit themselves.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-03-15

THE referenc suit to determine the
rightful possession Of Eva Grifiing,
Young quadroon, who was adopted and
taken from her parents in the South, in
her infancy, by Frederick Grifiiing Of
Brooklyn, and whose mother has been
seeking to obtain possession OF her, was
lecided in favor of Grifiing Oh Tuesday
The girl, now about 16, is decidedly
ayerse to leaving her happy home in
Brooklyn for a hoyel with her mother
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-23
SHERIFF. $ S.4LE

DY virtue Of a special execution, dated
ID the "a OF October, A. d. 1873, to me
directed, issued out OF the Office Of tho
Clerk OF the District Court of fama County,
State of Iowa, in favor Of Martha Il. Par
rutt, and against tephen d. Bennett, Char
lotte Bennett, and Madison Bostw,ck, on u
Judgment rendered by said court, Vt the
September term thereof, 4. D., 1878, against
tie said Stephen d Bepnett, for the sum of
S939. 10, ANA decree OF foreclosure against
SAID defendants wherein il was oriere 1, ad-
Judged and decreel that tue following de-
scr bed real estate tO-wlt:
The east halt Of the northwest quarter,
also tie northeast quarter of The south.
ives, quarter Of section three r., in town
ship e.sny-two, Isl north Of range number
fifteen ], west vi the 9th Z. ~, in rama
county, Iowa, to sold, or SO much thereof as
is necessary TO satisfy said judgment, in
terest and cost.
Now; therefore, public notice is hereby
given, that | have levied upon, aud shall on
the 18th day of November a 1873 between
the hours Of . O'Clock \. NJ aud 4 clock
L. NJ. Of said day. sale TO commence ut tho
hour OF ~ o'clock a. NJ, at the .front door
Of the Court House III Toledo, Iowa, IN tho
County OF raml, offer and sell ~ public OUT
cry TO the highest nnd pest oluder, that
bids .wo-thirds or over of the appraise val.
ur, for cash. all the right, title, and inter.
est Of the above named defendants, in and
to the above described property, or so much
thereof as is necessary 10 satisfy said judg.
ment for the above named sum together
with costs and all accruing costs, unlsss
the same shall be sooner satisfied.
KNIGHT DEXTER.
Sheriff OF lama Co.. Iowa.
SIRUBLE s. GOODRICH,
Atty for PlaintiR.
Oct. l3th, 1878. Ia.A oe.o0
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SXEH/EF.S SHE.

DY virtue Of special execution, dated
ID "a Of DC ODER. "A. D. 1878, TO me III
rected, issued out Of the ONCE Of the Clerk
of the District Court OF lama County, State
etIswa ia favor Of Lucius Clark ana against
Benjamin Lynde and Claris.a Lynde, GU II
judgment rendered by said Court ut the
september term thereof, A. ID. 1873, az inst
the said Benjamin Lynde, for the SUM Of
S12S7 40. and u decree CT foreclosure against
said de endanls, wherein it was ordered,
aliudged aud decree,l that the following
described real estate, tc-wit:
The southeast quarter OF the southeast
unarter CT section thirty three, and The
south half Of the southwest quarter Of sec,
lion t!liry-four, all in township number
slightly six, north Of range thirteen, west of
the 9Th p. NJ. in Tama county Iowa, be-
sold, or so much thereof as is necessary to
satisfy said Judgment. interest and cost.
Now, thetefore, public notice is hereby
gwen, that have levied upon, and shall
on the 18Th day of November \. D. 1878, be-
tween The hours of9 O'clock A. VI. and
cocE L. M. OF said day, sale 70 conmen; e
II, TIE hour oil IN clock A A., 1T the front
door OF the Court House in fo,cdo, Iowa,
IN The county OF lama, oferand sell at pub
lie terry. TO the highest and best b.uder
that bids two-thirls ,r over OF the appr!sed
value for cash, all the right, title and in-
terest OF The above natned defendants, III and
10 the ahose described property, or so much
til. reef as is necessary 10 Salty SAID Jud5-
m.n, lori Z above named sum together
with costs and all nccrning costs, unless
the same shall be sooner satisfied.
oct ID, 1873
KIN GILT DEXTER,
tSheriti OF Tama o., Iowa.
SrkUBLE l. GOO 0KiUH,
4S-aa S6.75 Att'ys for plaintiff.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-23
SHERiIT'.S SALE NO1I CT.


DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION
ID directed to me from the Clerk of the
Circuit Court, Of Tama County, wa, on
u judgment obtained in said Court, Oh the
23d day OF October. 1872, in favor Ct Charles
A. Sweat, AZ plaintiff, and against James
G. Reapls, Howard Merrill aud Washing
ton Graham as defendants. for the sum
of Three Hundred and Ninety EIGHT Dollars
and thirty-four cents, and costs taxed at
81 As anu accrung costs, have levied upon
the following personal property, taken as the
property OF sail defendant, 10 satisfy said
execution, to wit:
One grain seeder, one Mccormick Reaper
one Mccormick mower, one sulky hay rake,
two lumber wagons, two hay racks, one
so, ghum mill, one tsuning mill, three STIR
ring plows, two double shovel flows, two
stands of bees, twelve cows, two two year
old heifers, seven yearlns steers, two year
Ing heiters, aud sevenlast spring calves.
And will offer the same for sale to the
highest bidder, for cash in han', on the
18th day Of October "A ID, 1878, at W. A
McGagans arm, in ltichland township,
in Tama county, Iowa, at the hour Of 10
clock. of SAID day when aGd where due
attendance will be gwen ny the under
signed.
Dated at my office, in Tole 10, Tama Co j,
Iowa, Oct Sd, 1878.
KNIGHT DEXTER,
42-43 S4.55 Sheriff of said County.
BY Z. s. BELLY, Deputy.
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STRuBLE s. GOODRICH,
$40 40 Au'ys for Plaintiff.
,NXEHIEE'.S S LII

DY virtue Of Special Execution. dated
ID the 1871 of October. A. ID 1873, to me
directed, issued out oil the office of he Clerk
OF the District Court Of Tama county. State
Of Iowa, in favor OF Thomas Brand, and
against Andrew fonngnian, and Julia Ann
lauhsman, on judgment rendered by said
Cont, nj the September term thereof, A. D.
1878, against the sai Andrew 1oungman.
for the sum of 1894 80, and a decree of for =
closure against said defendants, wherein it
was ordered, aijudged aud decreed that the
FLOWING Il serb d real estate, to wit.
The south half Of the southwest quarter
of section Number thirty, three, 1873 town.
Number eigh,yfour [sil, range number
thirteen, [ nj wcsl Of the 9th L. NJ; also
the west halt of the south west quarter Of
the southeast quarter of section number
thiriy-,hree, [3al township number eighty
ty-fou', [S' range thirteen ll31 west .. tho
9Th Z. M, in Tama County, Iowa, be sold,
or so much thereof as is necessary 10 sat.
isfy said judgment, interest and cost:
Now, thel etore, public notice il hereby
given, that have levied upon, and shall
on the 18th lay of November, A D 1873 be-
tween the hours Of O'Clock A. NJ, ana A
O'Clock 7. NJ. Of said day, sale to commence
al The hour Of 10 o clock \ NJ, Mt the front
door Of The Court House i'll ioledo'lowa in the
County OF lama, offer and sell nj public
cutlery, to the highest and best bidder,
for cash, all the right, title and in
terest OF the above named defendants, in
and to the above described property, or so
much there as Is necessary TO satist, said
jna gnent for the above named sum together
with costs AMI all accrulns costs, AMI less
the same shall he sooner satisfied.
Oct Is, 1873.
KNIGHT DEXTER.
Sheriff of Tama Co.. Iowa.
A. +. BELL,
1911 81 o. Attorney iot Plaintiff.
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SHERIEF'S SALE.

DY virtue Of Special Execution, dated
ID the oath OF September, A. u. 1873, TO
me directed, issued ont of the office of tho
Clerk OF the District Court of Tam
County, State of Iowa, in favor of Samuel
II. Ross, and against Charles Il. Messer, &
NJ Berger and Sarah X. Berger, Or a .jadg-
ment rendered by said court, at the Sep,
TENDER term thereof, A. d.. 1873, against
the said Charles b. M esscr, for the sum OF
$S43 70 and decree Of foreclosure against
said defendants wherein it was ordered, ed
Judged ana decrecI that the following de-
scrihel Real & .tale, te-w;,,
Lot number Two, ~ in block umber
twenty four (2i) in The County addition to
the town OF Toledo, in Taua county. Iowa.
be sold, or so much thereof rs is necessary
to satisfy said jud 4ment, interest and eo.t.
Now therefore, rLt lie notice is hereby
given. that have .evied upon, and shall
en- the Is IA day OF November, A b s13, be-
tween the hours OF = O'Clock A. NJ. and 4
o'clock L. VI Of said lay, sale to conmenca
al The houl Of 10 o'clock A. w., at The trout
door OF the Court iiyusc in Toledo Iowa,
in Ike County of Tama, offer and sell NJ pub
tic query 10 the highes, and best bidder
for cash. ali the right, title and interest OF
The above named defendants, IN and to The
above described property or So much there
Of rs IS necessary 10 satisfy said Jnag-
,nent toe the above Tauttd sum, together
w.ih costs and AL aGcrui7,g costs, unless
tne same shall ht SOONER SATISFIED
KNIGHT DEATER.
sheriff q Lama County, Iows,
SAVERS, q o.ilet
A,tys for Plaintiff
Oct. 18th 1873. 43-.4 $3.50