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Wnke I'm the system.

When the physical energies droop aud the mind
becomes lethargic, 1t may be taken for granted
that the digestion is impaired and the liver dere-
lict in Its duty. Upon the condition o. the stomach
and liver depend the condition Of the blood, and
upon the quality of that fluid depends the yigor Of
the body aud the capacity for brain labor, 1t Is,
therefore, of the utmost Importance to men en-
gagged in active pursuits, who are subject to attacks
of bodily weakness and mental stupor or indiher-
ence, to know from what source they can obtain
and Prepayment relief. The tonic and
anti,bllious stimulating elements combined in
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, peculiarly adapt that
genial preparation to cases OF this kind. The
rapidity with which 1t rouses the dormant powers
of the muscular and nervous system, is marvel
lous. Acting first upon the digestive organs, ard
through them upon the fluids Of the body, the
nerves and the brain, 1t renOyates, refreshes and
regulates, not only the corporal powers, but the
mind itself. As debility and It's usual concomitant,
mental torpor or depression, are often caused, and
where they already exist, are always aggravated
by the damp and variable weather prevalent in
the spring months, persons of feeble stamina and
week nerves should gs through a course Of this
agreeable stlmulaht ut this season, and indeed
would derive great advantages from taking II at
least once a day throughout the year.
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Cost of Raising Corn, etc.

My first years experience in grain
producing on the fertile prairies of
Northwest Missouri commenced with
forty acres of corn, which was planted
about the 25th of May that made 8 1000
bushels of good corn, eight acres of
which averaged one hundred bushels
per acre. The land was three years
from the wild sod. The corn was drill
ed with a two-horse corn planter, put
ting from to three grains (seldom
three, from ten to fourteen inches apart
in the row; the space between the two
rows three and one-half feet. When
the corn was four inches high, it was
narrowed broadcast with q common for
ty-tooth harrow, which leveled the III
face and pulverized the soil then plow-
ed three times, always throwing the soil
to the corn, but running the inside
twisting shevels very shallow the first
time. I give below the cost of produc-
ton, thereby arriving at the net profit.
Cost of blowing forty acres six inches
deep at $12.0 0 per acre, $4,000; plant
ing, including two men, team and plant
err two and one-half' days, $12.5 30 six
days dragging OF $500 per day, $500;
blowing three times with two-horse Gull
tivator, eight acres per day at 300 per
day, $500; cutting weeds out with hoe,
fifty cents per acre, $4,000; cost of
husking and Clubbing at $3.50 per acre,
$4,000 Total cost Of production, $215.-
90. Three thousand bushels of corn at
twenty cents per bushel, brings 5000. 90;
pasture after husking, forty cents per
acre, $1,000; total value, $4,000. Net
profit $4O1. 90; net profit per acre $40. 25.
But when we deduct the years interest,
on the money invested, we shall find our
net profit, very small but here in the
beautiful West, where the wild grass
grows SO %luxuriantly ON the open prairie
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
Agricultural,
Ornamental Tree Planting.

Do not plant trees directly in front Of
the house. The ground here, especially
the central part, should be in grass
alone, kept neat and smooth by frequent
moving. A few flower beds may be cut
in the sod, near the dwelling, or by the
side of the pathway, and a few trees and
shrubs set irregularly near the fence, to
give shade and SHELTER, and still more at
the side Of the house, especially where
they will screen from view the back
yard, stable, ETC., and form a back,
ground to the view Of the premises from
the street. Do not plant so many trees
about the house as to exclude the sun
shine. Too much shade is a common
fault with the older class of residences,
and careful observation will show that
families in such houses are much more
liable to sickness than those living in
houses where sunshine and air have free
scope. Modern science has done good
service in teaching the value of sunshine
and dry earth as disinfectants or pre-
ventives of disease. The greatest i'm
proyement could be made in the looks
as well as healthfulness of many
good residences of the older class by
the free use of the woodlands TX.
Do not plant large growing trees in
small yards, o tall growing trees near
low dwellings. Most of our village
door-yards are quite small, and when
filled up, as if often the case, with a few
large trees, they appear far more diminu-
tive than they would be planted with
shrubs or dwarf trees; and the low
statute Of our older style of houses is
doubly conspicuous where tall trees are
seen towering higher than the cornice.
For small yards and for cemetry lots the
dwarfish and slow-growing evergreen
trees are most appropriate, and quite a
variety of these can now be had at all
good nurseries but such kinds as the
Norway spruce and Austrian pine, here
tofore too commonly planted, should be
only used in large grounds and for
screens and wind breaks. But those
who already have these and other free
growing trees planted in small lots, can
check their growth and improve their
premises by removing them from a cen
trail position to one side or, if too large
for removal, by cutting of the top and
clipping the sides annually, and, if too
thrifty, cutting off some of the roots.
Do not plant or tolerate apple or peach
trees in the front-yard. Pearand cherry
trees are more symmetrical, and a few
of these may be allowed on the side of
front grounds, but the apple and peach
usual look shabby, and should occupy
back premises with the cabbage and
currant bush. Good residences are of.
ten rendered unattractive to an eye Of
taste by old gnarled apple trees, stand.
ing as grim sentinels, where should be
cheerful evergreens and smiling roses
Ohio Farmer.
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Cutting Grass Crops Early.

One OF the cOmmonest pieces of neg
lect or the part of most of our farmers
in securing the hay crop, is in
cutting it too late cutting it
when the nutritious juices have mostly
died out Of it, and left it so tough and
wiry, particularly some of the wild
grasses, that it is eaten only perforce by
our stock. Last season, one crop of
hay which came ukder our notice, hay
ing been cut three weeks earlier than
was the general practice of neighbors,
was found to be heavier, sweeter, more
fragrant and welcome to our stock, than
any other whatever-cut later. While
the latter would be left, discarded to a
greater Or less degree, the early cut was
eaten greedily to the last lock of it al
most while in the NOW it was far less
dusty, and it remained bright in color
to the last. We believe it is the truest
economy to cut hay in the way thus in
dictated. We believe that, if it loses a
very little in growth, it makes it up in
the retention of the juices or nutriment
quite essential to the fattening and
thrift of stock, and especially of horses.
Hay cut later, it will be observed,
leaves, on deposit in the Manager or
trough, large quantities Of seeds and
trash, while, we repeat, the early gath
cred was eaten clean almost to the very
last wisp. 1t is true that neat cattle,
that our hardly-faring COWS and oxen,
will, in a hard winter, gobble up almost
anything in the way of fodder, OF
"roughness" presented them but il
we want horses who show by their ap,
pearance good keeping, they should.
when compelled for so many months tC
live upon dry food, have that as tender
and well-cured as possible. -Farners
TTniOn.
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Pips in Chickens.
cover.

The symptoms are a short, quick,
spasmodic chirrup, repeated at short
intervals. On examination a dark-col-
ored, dry, horny scale will be ound on
the end of the tongue. This not the
disease, as many suppose, but the re-
suits of the disease. In most cases, if
not checked, the beak~will turn yellow
at the base, and the plumage become
ruffied; appetite fails, and the bird
mopes around and finally dies. A little
cayenne or black pepper mixed with the
meal and administered three times a
day will generally effect a cure.
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Relieving CHECKED Cattle.

On an animal becoming choked with
any hard substance that cannot pass the
gullet, harsh measures should never be
used until all others have failed.
The practice of placing a block against
one side of the throat and e~ndeavoring
to break the obstruction with a mallet,
as is sometimes practiced, is simply bru-
tai. One of the simplest, and, at the
same time, most eficacious remedies, is
to give a half pint of lard oil or melted
lard, by drawing out the animals
tongue, raising the head and admins
tering from a thick bottle. This lubri-
Gates the gullet, sickens the stom ach
relaxes the muscles of the throat, and
in coughing, the lodged substance will
generally pass either up or down.
If the choking has existed SO long
that inflammation of the throat has EN-
ued, resort must be had to the pro-
bing, any flexible rod either whalebone,
v%ulcanized rubber, etc, with a sponge
or soft substance affixed to the end. In,
troduce the soft end into the throat,
holding the animals head up, and the
obstruction being reached, press ii
firmly down at any risk, for it is now a
case of life or death.
To relieve the inflammation, apply q
sl~ippery-elm poultice, keeping it in close
contact with the throat by securing the
folds in which it is placed by means OF
cords to the horns, keep the animal on
light soft food, assisted with linseed oil
tea, until the inflammation is subdued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
Means What He snXa.

Though Combinations strong as proofs of
Holy Writ, and as numerous as the sand on
the sea shore, we're produced to prove that
DR.. Pierce, the proprietor of DR.. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy, is in earnest and means what
he says, when he offers $500 reward for any
case of cataTrh which he cannot cure, yet there
would be some skeptics and fogies who would
continue to shout "Humbug!" "humbug! ~
ut cannot be, because DR.. Homespun, says
catarrh connot be cured Now, this DR..
Homespun is the identical good-natured old
fellow who honestly believes and persists in
declaring that this each is not round or spher-
ical, but fat as a "slap-jack,' and does not
turn over, otherwise all the water would be
spilled out of Deacon Bascom's mill pond.
But astronomical science has positively de-
monstrated and proven that DR.. Homespun is
wrong in supposing the earth to be flat and
stationary, and medical science is daily prov
ing the fact that he is no less mistaken and
behind the times in regard to the durability Of
catarrh. In short, it has been positively pro-
ven that this world moves, and that medical
science is progressive, the opinion Of DR..
Homespun to the contrary notwithstanding.
That DR.. Sage's C&tarrh Remedy will cure
catarrh thousands who have used it attest.
Then buy 1t, and use it, in doubt do not stand,
You will ind 1t in drug stores all over the land,
6Qq
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four shillings the pound, They are
used for parures, military plumes, and
feather brushes. The generals plume
is of cocks feathers, white and dyed
red those worn by officers on the med
zeal staff are dyed black and bronzed.
Staff officers and deputy lieutenants OF
counties wear plumes of swans feath-
ers.
Feather flowers are not so much
priced now, owing to the great beauty
and cheapness of the common artificial
flowers. They are chiefly made at Ma
deira and in Brazil !; the latter are the
best and fetch a higher price. AT Bahia
the Solidale convent is the great locale
where they are made.
The most splendid bird Of tropical
America is the trogon viridis or SPLEEN
dens. Aside from the brilliant metallic
splendor of its plumage and the grace
fulness of its form, there is a peculiar
interest connected with this magnificent
bird. The long, slender, gilded feath-
ers OF the tail coverts were allowed
only to be worn by the royal family OF
the meas. The meas with all their
gorgeous magnifcence have passed
away, and the race of the red men
which venerated them is fast following,
but the bird whose plumes decked their
diadems shines as brilliant as ever.
Herons' feathers. are a symbol OF
rank in Turkey. The sultan wear
three in his turban, the grand viziel
two, and the other public officers one.
The herons as a whole are the most
beautiful of all the waders, not so much
from the color of their plumage, as from
the elegant crests and prolonged feath'
ers which ornament nearly all the spe.
cies. The storks all furnish, in more
or less perfection, the beautiful plumes
superior in estimation even to those
of the ostrich-known by the name OF
marabouts, from their appellation il
Senegal. The under tail coyerts afford
the beautiful plumes.
Old writings speak of feathers being
woven into a peculiar kind of cloth by
the Chinese. Among them was the
Celestial goose velvet, the foundation
Of the fabric being of silk, into which
the feathers were skillfully interviewer
in a common loom, those of a crimson
hue being the most expensive, Tradi
ton states that garments made Of feath
ers, and resembling fur dresses, wer,
presented to the Emperor Shauhau
who reigned twenty-five centuries be
fore our era. The earliest allusion t.
robes woven with feathers occurs in til
history of the Tsin dynasty. In tn
year 272 A. D., the court physician pre-
sented the emperor with a gown mad
Of feathers from the golden heade,
pheasant. A son of the Emperor Wuti
notorious for his extravaganza, had i
the fifth century a robe woven wit.
peacock feathers. - Dery Saturday.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
BEAUTY,

Not on the earth
Hath beauty bloom, cath beauty power,
This is alone rs natal hour
The chamber u is birth;
Here the germ dwells,
And. prone b silence. and 70 night
Il burns to love and life and light
As daisies in our deils.
But not on earth
Hath beauty growth beyond the flower
The life that IN a day or hour
Goes to another birth
Aud 81 We see
Of beauty j. a gllmmer bright
j. but the promise Of a night
The glory that's to be.
When, In the skies,
The spirit doth unfold and ind
Lies hopes grown perfect 10 the mind,
For beauty then It sighs
And beauty there
Compares with beauty here below,
A mornings golden skies aglow
With murkicst clouds compare.
The forms we love
And cherish for each f~aultless line,
Bat shadows are of those divine
That We shall know above
Il, let us live
In love Of Nature, not Of Art,
That each may then, with reverend heart,
Fit homage have 70 give.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
W,ng NJ the Hood,

FoR SwEILED NECK n ENLARGED GLANDS.
Case.-For several years past / have been bad
" afflicted with goitre, or swelled neck, and II
had become 30 bad that an effort to raise my
arm above my head produced a choking sen
sation, which was almost uncomfortable. After
trying several remedies, with no benefit, | was
advised to try King of the Blood, when l dd;
and the effect has been almost miraculous l
took nearly seven bottles, and 1t has not only
cured my neck, but greatly benefited my gen.
eral health. Ihave not felt well for years. l
have been troubled from childhood with fatty
tumors on nv m and l can see the wonder
full effects Of your medicine upon those, Tor
they have already begun to diminish, and l
think that if l continue on with the medicine
they will entirely disappear.
CHARLOTTE S. SMITH, Columbus, Pa,
Write for circulars to d. Ransom, Son y Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Crop-Bound.

The most usual cause of this is hav-
ing swallowed some object that is too
large so pass into the stomach. This
obstruets the passage, leaves the stom-
ach empty, and so creates hunger in the
fowl. The inclination to eat is follow
ed, and the crop becomes fuller and
harder. The only remedy is to open it
with a penknife or lancet, from the up
per part. Remove the contents, wash
it out, and then close the incision with
a few stitches. Keep the fowl on soft
feed for a few days and it will soon re-
0ovpr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

MILLIONS ON H STRIKE In spite
of the enormous amount of capital in
vested in the promotiono OF Intemperance,
the missionaries of sobriety have no
reason to be disheartened. The strike
against alcoholic drinks is not confined
to the ordinary liquors of commerce. 1t
is extending to all medicines of which
ardent spirits form n component part.
The belief that stimulants of this nature
are slow poisons gains ground every
where. Eminent Psychologists preach
the doctrine, and the dissecting knife
and the microscope afford post morton
evidence of its truth. Fortunately at
the very time when our distinguished
surgeons were making the experiments
which led to this conclusion, a sagacious
member of the profession, DIR. Joseph
Walker of California, was ~perfecting a
vegetable tonic, possessing all the re-
storative properties claimed for the
spirituous astringents, and free from
their deadly sting. Tothose demoraliz-
ing, health destroying potions his
famous VINEGAR BITTERs seem to be
giving the coup de grace. The demand
for Thorn declines, while the commercial
and sanitary success of the new medicine
is complete, And We hear daily of cases
of dyspepsia, biliousness, malarious
fever, rheumatism, constipation, general
and local debility, govt, kidney disease,
etc, that have succumbed to the great
restorative after resisting all others.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12
Light.

Do not arrange your house so as to
violate Gods first command. Give it
many windows and then, o housewife,
keep your blinds open during the day
and your curtains drawn aside. If you
let in the sun freely it may " fade your
carpets" but if you do not it will be
sure to cause ill-health to the mothers
and children. The sun is a good physi-
clan. He has never had due credit for
his curative qualification the bright
eyes and rosy cheeks that come from his
healing bath. Do you know how puny
is the growth of the potato vine along
the darkened cellar wall? Such is the
health of human beings living where the
sun is intercepted by the windows
drapery. So dark wall paper is not on
ly gloomy, but it is physically unwhole-
some. Let in the sun, for with it come
cheerfulness and strength? A dark
room is an enemy to good health, good
temper, and good morals.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY

WIN rs gloomy attendNnts Inv snIrlls lonr..,
saons Involuntary emissions, loss OF sempn. snerme-
1odIniea, loss Of power, dizzy head, loss Of memory
ST2 9 n cure IN Observation-Disclosures
a SSrE ppdElC, no. TWENTY-EIGHT. This Sow.
ddI SoS remedy tones up the system, arrests tho
vvi,a1onIIa,i q ana lmparts vigUr and energy. life and
s Emad.VyV 10 me entire man. They have Cured thon.
s anu ! 2. cases. Price t5 per package Of five boxes
stiinsta aSrse Il vial, which isvery important in Oh
aAdddTuggistsI and sent by mail on receipt of prics.
h fCTN Observation-Disclosures I'm.
- w., o6z BrOadway. N. Y. Clrcnlar free-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

DR.. A. JOHNSON, II Of the most sue
cessful practitioners of his time, invented what
is now called Johnson's Anodyne Liniment'
The great success of this article in the cure
of bronchitis and all diseases Of throat and
lungs, will make the name of johnson not less
fayorably, if less widely known, than that OF
Louis Napoleon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

NOWADAYS there is little sympathy
expressed for a man who neglects to in
sure his property and loses it by fire,
50 it will be, some day, with the wife
and mother who is left destitute simply
because she failed to urge her husband
to insure his life for the family. Wo-
men should investigate life insurance.
1t is their helper in the day of need. 1t
costs but little and guarantees a fire on
the hearth and meat in the larder. down
through the distant years. The old
New York Life Insurance Company, at
346 and 348 Broadway, New York, will
send full particulars on application.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

VALuABLE FARM SEEDS AND BOOKS
~ GIVEN AWAY.-rhree specimen copies of
the AMERICAN STOCK JOURNAL, containing over
i1 pages OF valuable reading matter. Handsomely
Illustrated with engravingS of farm Lulldlngs
nlooued stock, poultry, dogs, birds, etc, and a
package OF Chester County Mammoth Corn. i'm.
ported White Oats, and Alsike or Lucern Glover.
VIII Oe sent FREE to all who send two stamns for
Chester county, Pa,
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An Extended POpularity.-EaG year
finds Browns Bronchial Troches" in new
localities in, various parts of the world, For
relieving coughs, colds, and throat diseases,
the troches have been proved reliable.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

feed his corn to cattle, and realize from
fifty to seventy-fve cents per bushel for
his corn providing he has the capital
to stock his FARM Western Rural.
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USE the Reisinger sash Lock and support 10
EASTEM YOUR MLMlnMSI

no spring TO break, no cutting of sash cheap. du-
IaDie, very easily applied holds sash at any place
gesl5eu, ana a sell fastener when the sash is down
Send stamp tor circular. Circular and sx coppar'
oIqnzed locks sent to any address in the i, S, posi.
pau, on receipt OF 81 cts. Liberal Inducements in
the irhde. Agents wanted, Address RpiSlnppr sash
LOCI C0., No. as Market st., Harrisburg, Pa.
NJ fOr llIqstration Of this cheapest and hest lock 500
"oodS household Magazine, n Y. Indppt, etc
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

THE public are hereby assured,
through the columns OF this paper, that Par
sons Purgative Pills contain no injurious
principle, but that they may be administered
TO children and the most weak and shattered
constitutions in small doses, with great GER
tainty of success.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

I see above 8 crowded world a cross
OF gold. 70 grows like some forked cedar tree
Upon q peak in shroud ~ cloud and moss
Made bare and hruuzcd ia fair antiquity.
Stupaudous plei The grim Yosemite
Has rent apart his granite wall, and thrown
Its rugged front before us. Here I see
The strides Of giant men in cryptic stone,
And turn, and descend where sleep the great
alone.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

THE browns and blacks produced by
that sterling preparation, C~ristadorO's Excel
siour Hair Dye, cannot be oxcelled BY nature
its tlnts challenge comparison with natures
most favored productions, and defy detection.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

LUXURY, health, economy insured by
using Dooley's Yeast Powder. Elegant light
rolls, biscuits, etc., prepared in ten minutes.
Try IL,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

FLAoa's INSTANT RKLIEF Warranted
TO rsliaye all rheumatic affections, sprains,
neuralgia, etc. The best, the surest, and the
quickest remedy for all bowel complaints.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

Published as u warning and for the benefit OF
young men and others who suffer from nervous
complaints, debility, loss of manhood, etc, supply
ing the means OF s%elf-CuTe. Written by one VINO
cured himself after undergoing considerable qnack,
envelope. Sufferers are invited to address the au-
thor. Nathaniel Mayfair, Box l3. Brooklyn, Kings
Co. N. Y,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1873-04-12

Ii you are going to travel provide
yourself with Elmwood Collars. They are
the incest kind you can take with you.
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Dr.. SHALLENBERGER's pills are not a
purgative. They cure every form Of fever
and q Immediately, without any sickness or
discomfort.