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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

brudder rabbit, you ben a tief my corn,
las ar, an you ben tief my groun'-
nut, dis ear, an now gwine eat You
up"
Den rabbit say, ooh NAUSEA wolf, do
don't do me so, but le' me beg you,
You ma roas' me, 20 uma toas' me, You
ma cut me up, you ma eat me, but do
NAUSEA wolf, whatebber you do, don't
trow NE in de brier bush. Ef you trow
me in de brier bush gwine dead.
SO wolf say, "You amt want me for
trow you in de brier bush, enty ? dat
ies' what / gwins do wild yaw." So .
fling um in de bramble bush, an den
rabbit laugh an say, "Hi NAUSEA
wolf, amt you know | lib in de brier
bush amt yaw know all my family
born an bred in dc brier bush dis jes'
whar I want you for put me. How you
is gwine get me gain %
Den wolf berry mad cause e see rab.
bit too wise man for him. e home an
tell e wife, "No rabbit soup for dinner
to-day" an dey biggin for contribe, an
dey mex plan for get rabbit for come to
DER house. So, one day, wolf wife call
neighbor dog an tell um, "Neighbor
dog, I want you for do one erran' fol
me. / want you for git on you hoss an
ride fars' as you kin to rabbit doc an
tell brudder rabbit wolf dead, an TO {
die e leabe solemn word e don want
nobody else for lay UNI out but bruddel
rabbit. An do, neighbor dog, beg un
for come ober quick as e kin so we al
kin hab de funeral, for wolf say e won
hab nobordy for lay um out but brnd
der rabbit"
So neighbor dog e git on e boss an
ride fars' as e kin to rabbit doo Del
e knock an say, "Brudder rabbit
brudder wolf dead an e leabe solun
word e won't have nobordy for lay un
ont but brudder rabbit,
Rabbit say, Chow, brudder vol
dead ?" eyes, e die las night, an
amt want nobordy for lay um out, an
sister wolf beg you for come ober an
lay nm out quick as you kin so dey al
kin have de seStin' up.
So rabbit git on e hoss an tide t
wolf doc; den e knock an say, GLOW
l yeardy brudder wolf dead. VOL
wife say, eyes, e dead for true, an fC
e dies e leabe solum word e amt wan
nobordy else for lay um out but bruc
+ der rabbit"
Den rabbit say, "Kin shum?" Use
t him. SO wolf wife TUX um in de bee
t room an show um wolf lie on de be
cober up wild a sheet Rabbid lif u
= de corner oh de sheet an peep at vol
' Wolf nebber wink So rabbit TUX OF
Y e snuff.box an drop one leetle grain {
E snuff on wolf nose, an wolf sueeze
l. Den rabbit say, eli! how can dea
r man sneeze?' So e got on e boss al
=. ride home fars' as e kin. An wolf sc
e rabbit too wise man for him, an nebb(
try to cotch nm no mo-.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Facts Plainly Stated.

Does not the while drift of the So
called education of the country runsto
a nretense in what people call the high
or branches rather than to solidlty IN
tbe three Rs-reading, writing and
arithmetic? And does any one know
th;s better than the editor of the daily
newspaper, condemned to read ARTICLES ,tUSes
badly written, badly spelled, and based
on very bad calculation 7 1t IS not Wes'
Point alone which rejects half the peo
pie who apply for admission. There Is
NOT bank which wants new teller
there is not an importer who wants {
new clerk for correspondence, there II
not a clergyman who wants a new
amanuensis, there is not merc9an
Who wants new book-keeper, VINO o9el
not reject nine applicants out OF ten 10
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
WEST.

h Indians in Alaska, according to q
are fighting it out among themselves.
h bridge over the Mississippi river
Louis is completed, and railway trains
iassed across.
soyer dem is elected governor of
no. The Legislature is about equally
Nbetween the democrats, republicans,
rpham Young gives 1873 acres for
grounds at Ogden, the proposed juno
N the Union and Central Pacific, ~ well
/ Northern and Southern Utah roads,
IA farmers of Illinois and Indiana
lAad political conventions the past week,
rsle up state tickets for the ensuing
tns Those Of Indiana took the name
Eiepandonts.
|yt month the railroad war will be
n into Iowa. The Northwestern and
nston companies are prepared to fight il
that state as in Illinois and Wisconsin
here are symptoms of weakness on The
d the Rock Island company. The last
|icompany, several years ago, in order t.
Ern extension Of time on a land-grant
|alered to the state the right to regulate
and freights, II the Rock Island mana
yield, it will hardly be possible for com
|snads in Iowa to maintain a successful
Mce The Iowa law is patterned afte
IHooia low
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

Now scars the lark in heavens eyes:
Through leafy crypt now steals the stream
With sallow dlmpIe, sword-blade CLEAN,
And glimpses of divine surprise.
Heavens golden fire and air Of blue,
Are dropped about the bowery world;
Within her holy bosom hurled,
The sun has drunk the roses dew.
The landscape all around is fair,
But this remains. the heart and gem:
With stealing stream, and graceful stem,
And sunlit park, and sweet parterre.
The vista fascinates my gaze;
lin er in blessed trance,
See in dream the waters glagce,
And things that are the food Of praise.
In many quiet cottage round
JapOnica, glory glows;
Her ruby-COlOred sister blows;
And purple pansies gem the ground.
The first laburnum droops her curls,
And minges with the lilacs locks;
Der golden meadows browse the hOCks;
The orchard blossom types sweet girls.
The sweet briar sheds its heavenly breath;
pass the wall-hower's rich perfume;
And chestnut with its tin-freaked plume
world to Danish dreams of death
The scent Of flower, the song Of bird,
The lace Of leaf, the light of heaven
Are vital with a mystic leaven,
We have a soul for, not word.
Unless it be--the breath Of God;
Which also breathes in yon church-bell;
1t breaks on me with what spell
Across the May embroidered sod
Earth, clothed with Sabbath, thou art fair;
YetwO upon each other act.
The Sabbath sleeps the ii0wery tract,
And finer seems to make the air.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
VOLUME XIV.

the city had become disgusLed with the inhu-
manity of their own race, and were disposing
Of their goods and property as fast as posi-
BILE to escape from the island. All persons
suspected of sympathizing with the patriots
were drafted into the army without law and of
course without redress. The whole country
for several leagues was one vast waste many
OF the sugar plantations having been burnt by
the insurgents There were two thousand
volunteers and regulars in the city The com
mandants were afraid to venture outside the
stockade to fight handful Of Cubans and
put an end to the work of destruction. The
Spanish officers appeared disheartened, and
dreaded the approach of the sickly season
now nearly at hand, which brings with it the
dreaded black yomt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
W. OF THE WEEK.
EAST.

1 Rlapchard's anti-seoret society
,,iop at Syracuse, N. Y, organized
~ tbe National Christian Association,
.,,s5 to establish new party to war
.seret societies, intemperanoe, tobacco
inbred evils.
Ma annual meeting at the academy
rost Point alumni, Prof. Church in
"a resolution, which was unanimouly
a inviting all graduates, both south and
!, ioip in the anniversary dinner next
n lime II, the anniversary of the bat
Bunker Hill.
EIe the International circus was
r,c tbe streets aL Van Vert, Ohio, lasI
he tiger, which was riding on top Of 4
became enraged at something anc
,teuible attack on its keeper, NJ lie Do
I, Lee badly lacerating her hand ant
,nd tearing her clothes in shreds. She
Jber presence of mind and succeeded
,lnr the beast partly cowed until it wal
|j when she tainted. Her injuries are
uesrous
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Crop Prospects.


The crop statistics attainable thus
carly in the season indicate that all sec
tions of the country will be blessed with
bountiful haryests. Of course such sta
tistics are very far from being absolutely
trustworthy, for the crops depend main
ly on the future character OF the season,
and the season will be made by the
weather, which is a by-word for tickle
ness. But the fact that crop statistics
are regularly collected tends to place
the trade in the produce of the earth on
n much securer basis than it occupied
some years ago when the grain mer-
chants of western Europe got nothing but
temporary affiuence andcertain ultimate
bankruptcy for their speculations on the
weather, and the grain merchants OF the
Levant by mysterious sort OF weather
wisdom got possession of the grain mar
Iets of London. The old dangers and
uncertainties of grain specnlations have
not by any means been removed by the
publication of such crop statistics as are
now collected, and they are not likely
to be effectually diminished until the
international system of crop reports ad'
yocated by many eminent meteorolo'
gists shall be established. But, barring
accidents, this will prove a prosperous
wear for American farmers. The whea
crop is in many sections as well assured
as a wheat crop can be before harvest
ing. The west will have a good surplus
OF grain to export, and the south, witt
the promise of a good cotton crop, vii
also have an unusually large quantity
of grain for home consumption -Ne'
| York World
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
A Representative Mormon.

"Gath," writing in the Chicago Tri-
bune, SAYS: "Apostle Cannon is OF the
homespnn order. His gray trousers,
vest, and hair indicate the thrifty agri'
culturist of middle years, and his voice
has the exhorting twang of the circuit
rider. The first sweep would brush HIM
in as a country deacon. As he talks,
however, the sentences take on legal
flavor, and you would say that he was
an acute bucolic attorney. Further
along in his address he develops knack
at repartee, such as insures success to
the rural politician, and you are sure
that he is no stranger to the stump
Ere he finishes, a rhetorical trim IN
vests his words. which, with his para
graphic presentation of his opinions
Groves him to have had editorial train
| inc, And, indeed, he is all of these
His round, red face has glistened be-
hind a plough. His grizzled beard has
wapged in court. His great, heavy tg'
nre has adorned many Utah rostrum
His thick fingers have grasped an able
editorial quill. Cannon, in spite OF hi
four wives, has found time to cultivate
the professions, make a fortune, an(
school himself into clear and interest
mo debater. * = ,as q .-e o..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Lion Hunt on a Steamship.

Lion hunting on board a steamship is
certainly novelty, yet the passengers
and crew of the Euphrates and llgris
steam Navigation company's vessel,
City of London, seem to have had a
most exciting and successful lion hunt
ON the 10Th Of March last.
From the account given by a cores
poudento the Times of India, ltappe9ars
that ON the morning of that day, when
ot the junction of the two rivers Eu,
pirates and Tigris, where the rivers had
oyerAoved the embankments, three iull'
crown lions we're seen walking along
the shore in the water about a mile
ahead of the steamer. On nearing the
beasts one was shot dead while trying
to swim toward the ship. The launch
was manned to pick up the carcass, and
the steamer pursued the two others
who turned round to charge the Vessel
After many shots had been nreu a
them one was struck dead by the com
mander, and the other was shortly alter
ward despatched by bullet from
Snider The steamer then approached
tho bank, and the dead lions, or rathe
liopesses, for such they proved 10 pe
were taken on board. About ten MN
ntes later a large male lion was observed
crouebing down on small tract o
ground surrounded with water, an'
Sgaying his tail, perhaps as signal o
distress. On being fred at ne gave
tremendous roar, and with his man
standing on end, advanced to charge tn
shin, When fresh volley laid him low
olv, oughIy l dead, and his dimensions wer @
as foliows: Length from head to en-
Of Til, 8 feet inches ; length !, o: bod!
& 6 feet 7 inches; height, 8 feet 81 inches
weight, 400 pounds. The like Of tn
before in that part of Mesopotamia.
London Pail Mall GazetteS ( y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
FOR EIGN.

ASpanish government is negotiat-
hh the credit mobilisr for loan of
l'0Oreals.
s American pilgrims have pre-
tothe pope 100000 in money, besides
Hofgod nuggets from American mines.
eaye Rome the 29th inst,
aor zabala, president of the Span
Nnistry, has authorized Mo generals
andng the national fories in the north
Aapardons to the CsrIists who give in
admission to the government.
Moniteur holds England respon-
'a the escape OF Roohefort and his COM
S and declares that the British govern
anRot refuse to enter upon an inquiry
whether one Of its subjects, in assisting
sl'ieta to escape, has not transgressed
NATIONAL law.
Y Vlceroy of India telegraphs that
NONlng crops are favorable. The Indian
anent continues to furnish assistance
N''OOO natives. There can be no crop ii
s'Ohtll December, The government ad
'Vne people may die before assistance
@ them.
y news from France continues in
'@B' The modern monarchists an
'a'erVative republicans are taking step
.'m alliance looking to the establish
VI conservative republic, and ther
"oe little hopefor the extremists. TIL
aOI anything like revolution appears t
such papers publish a letter writ
we bishop of Laranda, upon the maI
U'christians at zong-Ting church. TIL
pNys that with his mission were eight
'aa christians, but ten thousand hay
%sngled, burned or drowned, and i
!, '. Aas no hopes of escaping martyrdo
= ms startling communication bea
Y out is generally credited in France.
\ American brig s. Owens, Gap
\ mas arrived at New York from Gle
,s''h seventeen refugees from the drai
martin reports that the inhabitants o
!" terror owing to the relentless mann
+ e sae conscription is carried ont. Pc
@Nl ages and conditions are forced in
~ and those too feeble to shoulder
arc placed in the chain-gang. He Fl
@W old men and boys not over tn
W y, Old chained to negroes and work.
N~'ec's' A Spanish officer was atandi
IN whip In hand, ready to apply I
Y iiapnmerclfully upon the least derel
Even the Spanish reeidents
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
so UT II.

Elly One-third of Louisiana is un-
nter, which is from one to two feet deep.
hl Jefferson has been sentenced to
|nged at Memphis Aug. 7, for the murder
lex Harris both colored,
tl, Edward W. Gautt, of Arkansas,
suddenly at Little Rock, June 10. He
4Ntel to congress in 1860, but never took
Rat the war having begun before his
commenced
#-brose b. Coe, who shot and killed
ltbie Summers because she would not
F him. has been sentenced to imprison-
for life, in Missouri. The trial of the
DDS cost the state 100000
L@ Sallie Smith, about seventeen
fdage, student Of the female achoo
4snd, Ky. was fatally burned last week
-S the school exhibition exercises. She
sanding on the stage near n coal oil lamp
exploded and at once enveloped her in
y, D. Crittenden was shot and
Ntysyoung man named Hall, few days
ID Conway county Ark. A sheriff 8
EFent in search of Hall aud found him,
3 Tight eusued in which one of the
tsposse was killed and another wounded,
"h wounded and captured
Jorge W. Grayson, sheriff of Clay
v Arkansas, has been arrested charged
ascending from that county with five
and dollars of the public funds. Gray
'sllea embezzlement, and states that the
against him ID piece Of persecution
lg out of the Brooks-B Baxter difficulty
ing Brooks man.
aIles Claiborne, clerk of Judge
scourt at New Orleans, left that city OF
Na Of May to 60, as supposed, across tht
@h his health, Fully two weeks elapsed
sDy grave suspicious were aroused. 1
alalIy discovered, however, that MIR
sne had left the country--for Europe
lnh had stolen 100000 of the funds o
s1rt
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
How A Whip Snake Fights,

Reader, did you ever see a whip
snake ? We did not, but we heard oil
one. A short time since, while James
Christian was returning to his mines,
he encountered whip snake five feet
long. In trying to kill it the snake
turned upon him and made a desperate
fight. 1t struck at him repeatedly with
its tail, cracking it like a whip. After
killing it Mr.. Christian made an exam
nation of the "sarpent." Its length was
fully five feet, two of which were plat
ted like cartcr's whip. The plat seem
ed to consist of four strands, and taper
ed down to what might be termed a
cracker. This species of serpent is e1'
ceedingly rare (but we should think
iively5, and many naturalists doubt its
existence anywhere, but as Mr., Chris
tian is a gentleman of undoubted YER
acitv. it is certain that, in addition tc
it's many other rare attractions, Morgan
county has, or had, the whip snake
Versailles (Mo.) Gazette.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

the very reasons for which West Point
has rejected these boys, because they
can not SPELL they can not write, and
because they do not know what the rule
of three means. Aud thus we come
round again to the question, Would
it not be better to teach three things
thoroughly than thousand things i'll p
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Spanking or Being Spanked.

Everybody knows that Richard Grant
White is a sad trifer about words
that he has verbal hyper-criticlsm bad.
OF course writer who carries refine
ment to such pitch as he is fair game
for the humorist. Max Adeler, in his
Hurry Burly book, dissents from the
infaliible Richards dictum respecting
the substitution of "being" for lis be-
ing" and doing" for is doing" de
don't like the Innovation. He says
"Suppose you wished to express the
idea that our 10y Agamemnon is endur'
ing chastisement, you would say Ag'
apemnon is being spanked not Aga
memnon is spanking. The difference
may seem slight to you, but 1T would Dt Dt
matter of considerable Importance tt
Agamemuon; and, if choice shoult
| be given him, it is probable that h,
would suddenly select the latter form:
Max has unquestionably caught Mr.
White in peculiarly tender place.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
superiority of Fish Eaters

Those nations who eat fish with one
meal each a day, are undoubtedly the
most active in intellect and the most
capable Of brain labor without exhaus-
ton or fatigue. Not only is such phos,,
phatic food conducive to the activity OF
The brain, but it promotes fecundity and
increases the ability to endure coid'
fatigue, etc, and while the facilities tcI
obtaining it are constantly increasing, II
would be we'll for the rising generation
realize it as second only in many re-
snocts to the staff of life and the hus'
hand and father who occasionally takes
half a day from his legitimate business q,
to to- fill Ills basket with delicious fish
should not be considered as "mer'
sno snortsman. :" but a "good provider tol
his family of those things which are o
vital utility.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Public Life of Benjamin +. BristOw

r. II. Bristow is the son of f. M.
Bristow. a prominent lawyer and polltl'
clan of Kentucky, who filled many po-
sitions of trust He is Al years old,
was born in EIkton, Todd county, Ky,
and practiced with much success at Hop
kinsyille before the war. He was a
strong union man entered the army IN
1861 was at Donelson and Shiloh /;
major of the 25th Kentucky, and was
wounded at Shiloh. Afterward he was
colonel of the 9Th Kentucky cavalry
He was appointed United States district
attorney about the close of the war, fill
inc the position with satisfaction, being
frequently sent by the treasury depart
ment to other districts to look after the
interests of the government. lie re-
signed the district attorneyship and re-
sumed private practice When the Of
fice of solicitor general was created he
was appointed the first incumbent, or
canized the Office, and during the alb
sence of the attorney general, performed
the duties and filled his place in cabinet
meetings. The ability he displayed IL
this Office gave him high reputation a
Washington. After two years service
he resigned to attend to his private at
fairs. In October last he was nomina
ted attorney general at the same tim
Williams was nominated chief justice
He is a man of the purest private char
aoter. of strong will and mind, a grea
LAWYER. conservative in his fnancio
views, and thoroughly western in hi
feelings and interest
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

UsEFUr. NEWSPAPERS. Newspapers
a e beginning to be appreciated. 1t is
found that they are better than cedar
chests for keeping woolen clothing ID
over summer the moths don't like to
tackle the newspapers they know bet
ter. Whip the coats, shawls, etc,
thoroughly particularly about the
seams then fold them snugly in q
large printed sheet, and paste the pa
per tight-gum-arabic mucilage is best.
Then fasten it all tightly in a linen OF
cotton sheet. This, we are assured by
those who have had years Of experience
with all kinds OF preventives, is thu
most effeCtual protection of wooleI
clothing from the Favages OF moths
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

SARAH BRIdds (reading the local
:, SaEes aliyel l would no more name
n child Alias than nothin' in the world
they're allurs cuttin' up some caper'
Here's Alias Thompson, Alias Williams,
Alias the Night Hawk, all been took up
for stealin',"
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For one col one year chsngeable quarterly. ~ "
Editorial notices will be charged twenty ave osnEs
Der line: also cards Of individual Interest inserted
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NO" iii forbid advertisements VIII Dc TeooiNed'
some time must be specified. -, =.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27

AN INDIVIDUAL lately committed sui
eide in a Parisian hotel. His headless
hodv was found in his room, togethsr
with letter containing the following
hewildering statement II was bored,
and / have killed myself, Let no one
he accused of my death. Do not look
for INV head; have hidden it myself
in order not TO be recognized.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
SABBATH IN THE COUNTRY.

Now scars the lark in heavens eyes;
Through leafy crypt now steals the stream
With sallow dinple, swurd-blade CLEAN,
Aud glimpscs Of divine surprise.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-08-20

this was their first boy, a fine fat little
fellow, and his death was heavy sorrow.
Mr.. Kelly had wonderful control of him
self, but can see how, as the clods fell
upon the coffin, the tears l0os1d roll down
his face.
|. drove up to the place where the old
Baptist church once stood. There were
four or FIVE graves. One had a plain
stone at the head, with this inscription
Alfred N, son of D. and NJ. MackIey, died
Nov. Is, 1850, aged months and day.
Suffer little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not for of such is the kingdom o.
Heaven.
My readers would not be interested by
recital of the nights of watching, and
days-of anxiety twenty-four years ago tc
save the life of that child But some
many, will recollect some little grave or
some lonely hill, in which they do feel &
personal interest.