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The New Ten Cent Fractional Cur.
renCy Note.

The new ten cent fractional currency
note, series of 1874, is a trihc larger
than that of the last series, the size be-
ing under three and a quarter inches in
length and two inches in width, and in
stead of the larger red seal across its
face has the small seal of the treasury
department, encireled with lathe work
in green, on the lower portion of the
note. The portrait, engraved in vign-
cite form, of William NJ. Meridith, sec
retary of the treasury during the ad-
ministration of President TAYLOR, ap-
pears on the left end of the note. At
the left of the portrait, enclosed in a
pannel, is the white face Roman capital
lettering, Fractional Currency" At
the lower and upper end of this papnel
is the monogram, "U. s., and in the
corners forming the borders of the note
are the figures, "X," "10," "Ten,
elaborately ornamented with scroll. On
the right of the portrait is large coun-
ter of geometrical lathe work. on the
face of which is the figure OK" with
the word "cents" engraved in black
letters across its face. Over the colIn-
ter is the title "United States" ruled
face, curved. The note also contains
the signatures of the treasurer of the
United States and the register of the
treasury, which are at the bottom, near
er to the right side. The reverse of
this note has the usual legend engraved
upon it, and is printed in green; the
localized or bluing fibre appearing on
the left end of the back, instead Of the
face, as heretofore. The engraving Of
this fifth serial note, or series of 1874,
as specimen of artistic skill, is far
superior to any ten cent fractional cur
rency note heretofore issued.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
Brilliant Success.

It is permitted to few men or compa-
MES to achieve acknowledged superiori-
ty in any important position or business.
The present generation his Witnessed
stupendous rivalry in several branches
of industry, and nota' ly the Sewing
Machine business. Amid multitude
of competitors, steadily and surely the
Wheeler & Wilson Company held their
way from the beginning, upon fixed
and honorable principles Long since,
their leading position in America was
established. Abroad, at London, in
1852, they won the highest premiums
at Paris, in 1857, they distapced eighty
two competitors, and were awarded the
highest premium, the only Gold Medal
for Sewing Machines exhibited and
lastly, amid unparalleled competition,
followed the splendid iriumphs at
Vienna, noted in our advertising col
umns,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14

visiting cards bearing the Prince Imperial,
photograph and underneath the words. "1(
Mars, 1874; appel au peuple, " and one cannot
travel twenty miles ont OF Paris without hear.
ing OF Bonapartist agents at work in every
village as patiently and tenaciously as the new
world pioneers.
a special from Bayonue contains the
loHowinS news, obtained from Carlist sources.
Don Carlos has announced that it is not his
intention to impose a contribution on tho peo.
pie OF Blboa, when that place is taken. On
his entrance into the city he will proceed to
Tie cathedral and be crowned King of Spain,
lie Will swear to support the liberties Of the
people and will constitute a government with
Ello as president OF the council. An appeal
VIII be made to foreign powers to recognize
the belligerency of the Carlists. He will de-
clare Spaniards exempt from allegiance to any
other government than his own He will draw
S5OoOO,OOO as the first installment of loan
previously contracted.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
dS OF THE WEEK.
EAST

s,bepck, United States minister
J.,5 ex-senator Cattell, representing
~, .,.pr department in Europe, have ar
'sysT York. Caleb Gushing has sailed
ain. ,,
Zinc the absence of Anthony
.,.D Of Chapmonville, Pa, his wife
.,l WAS buried. On his return he had
.nn openod, and it was found that the
Nd tprned in its place, indicating that
.,n,o was only ina trance when inferred.
s.,overy 30 affected the husband that
gF maniac.
,ommittees representing the Gen
,nod Of the Reformed church in America
4, general session Of the Presbvterian
sontb who met last week in New York
Iaa plan for uniting those bodies, have
1d their labora. The subject of con-
r1g the churches was thoroughly dis
IlE the members Of the committee, and
-n,,t harmony and good feeling pre-
Their final action was substantially as
= The committees unanimously agreed
or to their respective bodies, which
..st in May and June Of this year, that
,d cooperation is practicable 30 far as
alrg features OF ecclesiastical work
sa,ened, especially that relating to
md foreign missions, and the publica-
,erost. No steps have thus far been
Inward eiTecling an organic union of the
-astions represented, but the harmony
neyalel renders it probable in the
Of many that the contamination will
Lied at no distant day.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
WEST.

Temperance movement in Chicago
ben virtually abandoned.
summary of the temperance move
10 Ohio from sixty Ohio towns and vii
.9us eleven towns in which liquor SELL
), been entirely stopped, and over thirty
.sl from 1--WE to twenty-six places Of
b liquors have been closed. Work is
Thuo going on vigorously. In Chilli
Ohio, and Dayton, work has been be-
frequent yisitations daily by small
-aecs, without singing and praying Mt
D. Iti reported that Richmond, Ii d.,
uenderol.
especial meeting of The grand di-
Of the brotherhood Of locomotive en-
"a. held at Cleveland, Ohio, has ad-
. I'd. after session Of four days. What
s hye really done cannot be arrived at
huy. At the close Of the session Mr..
: r the nowly-elected grand chief engi-
stated that there was nothing he was at
y to give to the press. Enough has
iout, however, to indicate that the pro-
lg' from day to day have been OF a
~ character, and also that the non-stlik-
n eyentually in the majority, though at
feang Of the convention the action OF
fQ'hfrhOod toward Mr.. Wilson, and the
-s Of that gentleman from his position
nli chief engineer looked toward a
nlca change in the government and
Of the brotherhood, II is understood
% changes have been made in the rules
soJler and that the new chief engineer
EIthat be will cnfor G all rules to the
and If a strike il ordered it must be by
lolon Of the grand division. 1t is au-
,Ne.y stated that demand will be made
eli railroad companies that have made
'oaia the wages Of their engineers to
F them to their former figures, and if
aDot complied with, a strike will be or
twas also determined that is case of
@''y arising for strike on any of the
Lines. it should become general.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
YalYeless Steam ENGINES.

An ingenious mechanic of st. Paul,
Mr.. A. Z. White, exhibited in the Press
office, the other day, a small working
model of a new steam engine invented
by him, for which a patent has just
been issued. The engine is to all ap-
pearance fac Sinlile of other engines,
except that it is entirely without much
of the expensive and complicated par
aphernalia which is necessary to the
successful operation of the old-fash-
ioned machines. Mr.. Whites engine is
without valves, and consequently with
out the machinery necessary to the
working of these hitherto accounted in
dispensable attachments. His machine
consists of a cylinder, piston aud piston
head, connecting rod, "gibs" or slides,
crank, main shaft, and balance wheel,
dispensing entirely with the usual ac-
compartments steam chest, cover studs,
stufing-boxes, gland, valves, valve yoke
and stem, rock arms, boxes and bolts,
eccentric stops and rods, links, tum-
bling shaft and lifters, cylinder cocks,
tallow cup, the use of tallow in cylinder,
saving the expense of oil, wear and
tear, aud labor Of repairs of the above
named parts of the engine. The mode
exhibited operated to charm.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
Mark Twain'S Portrait of the Duchess
of Ednburg.

Mark Twain, in his Innocents
Abroad, thus describes the Duchess of
Edinburg as she appeared about seven
years ago: During the imperial re-
ception whoever chose stepped forward
and spoke with the modest little Grand
Duchess Maria, the Cars daughter.
She is fourteen years old, light-haired,
blue-eyed, unassuming and pretty.
Further on the historian says of the
Grand Duchess "She had no heels
on her shoes. was glad to
observe that she wore her own hair,
plated in thick braids against the back
Of her head, instead of the unconely
thing they call waterfall, which is
about as much like waterfall as can
covered ham is like a cataract.
Taking the kind expression that is in
the emperor's face and the gentleness
that is in his young daughters into con-
sideration, l wondered if it would not
tax the Cars tirmness to the utmost to
condemn a supplicating wretch to mise
ry in the wastes of Siberia if she plead
ed for him. Every time their eyes met
l saw more and more what power that
weak, difident school. girl could WELD
if she choose to do it. Many and many
time she might rule the autocrat Of
Russia, whose lightest word is law to
seventy million Of human beings. She
was only a girl, and she looked like q
thousand others have seen, but never
a girl provoked such a novel and pecu.
liar interest in me before. A strange
new sensation is q rare thing in this
humdrum life, and l had it here. "
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
How Thimbles are Made.

The manufacture of thimbles is very
simple, but singularly interesting.
Coin silver is mostly used, and is OBJ
tanned by purchasing coin dollars.
Hence, it happens that the profits of
the business are affected instantaneous
ly by all the variations in the nations
greenback promises to pay The first
operation strikes a novice as almost
wicked, for it is nothing else than put
ting a lot of bright silver dollars, fresh
from the mint, into nasty crucibles, and
melting them up into solid ingots.
These are rolled out to the required
thickness, and cut by stamp into cir
cular pieces of any required size. A
solid metal bar of the size OF the in
side of the intended thimble, moved by
powerful machinery up and down in
bottomless mould of the outside of the
same thimble, bends the circular disks
into the thimble shape as fast as they
can be placed under the descending bar.
Once in shape, the work of Frightening,
polishing and decorating is done upon
lathe. First the blank form is fitted
with rapidly-revolving rod. A single
touch of sharp chisel takes a thin
shaving from the end, another does the
same on the side, and third rounds of
the rim. A rou d steel rod, dipped in
oil and pressed upon the surface, gives
it lustrous polish. Then little re-
volving steel wheel, whose edge is a
raised ornament, held a. ainst the re-
volving blank, prints that ornament
Just outside the rim. A second wheel
prints different ornament around the
centre, while third wheel with sharp
points makes the indeniations on the
lower half and end of the thimble. The
inside is frightened and polished in
similar way, the thimble being held in
a revolving mould. All that remains to
be done is to boil the completed thin
bles in soap-suds, to remove the oil,
brush them up, and pack them for the
trade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
A HEALTH.

I fill this cup to one made up
Of lDveliness alone,
woman Of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon,
To whom the better elements
And kindly stars have given
form so fair, that, like the air,
lis less Of earth than heaven.
Her every tole is magic's own,
Like those Of morning birds,
And something more than melody
Dwells ever in her words;
The coinage Of her heart are they,
Aud from her lips each flows,
As one may see the burdened bee
Forth issue from the rose.
Affections are as thoughts to her
The measures Of the hours;
Her feelings have the fragranCy,
The freshness of. young flowers;
Aud lovely passions, changing oft,
SO fill her, she appears
The image Of themselves by turns,
The idol Of past years.
OF her bright face one glance will trace
A picture on the brain,
Aud Of her voice ia cchoing hearts
A sound must long remain;
But memory such as mine of her
so very much endears,
When death is nigh, the latest sigh
viii not be life's but hers.
fill this cupto one made up
OF lOyeliness alone,
A woman of her gentle sex
The seeming paragon
Her health! ! and would on earth there stoo
Some more Of such frame,
That life might be all poetry,
And WEAKNESS a name.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
MR. RonrRr OnAMprns tells q GOOD

Mr.. ROBERT CHAMBERS tells a good
story in his "Scrap Book" of a Mr..
Erskine, of Dun, who chad an old man
servant, who took great liberties in vir-
tue OF his long and faithful service.
He had grown quite gray in the family,
and no one thought of taking amiss any
thing he said, though he often spoke
very bitter things. At last, getting in
to an alteration one day with his mas
ter, he SO far forgot himself as to call
Mr.. Erskine '1eear." "Well, Gabriel,
this cannot be put up with any longer
we must part last "HOot, toot,
laird where wad your honor be hetteT
than in your ain house%
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
SOUTTE.

3D. A. Il. Stephens is still confined
'Sd' and is in very feeble condition.
'le twelve Presbyterian churches
F''iIe county, S. G., eight are at present
ssenate has at last confirmed the
l'aon Of Sam. Bard as postmaster at
Alabama democratic state con-
aJuly. " VIZ
%leV cotton mill in Groenville, s.
-OS III operation by May with ifty-six
md $500 spindles.
W bunk'ey, the Georgia Itch.
a's been sent to the penitentiary FOL
aR' for swindling.
'sn' deaths Col. VIM. B. Haw.
,oEll'h, Miss, Rev. Elias Jackson,
nN,
= 'no' L. Davis, of Fayette coun.
!. WINE !aboring under derangemenI
W. Tree use of opiates, shot herself
go the breast.
Eu' Deaths Hon. E. W. Smith,
A@'' Major W. A. Hurd, New Or.
MAJOR TIllman, Watson, Edgeaell co.,
''m'' m o. Cheek, DOugherty Ga.
new Orleans associated press
,'''sa a resolution to reduce the price
s,, sY''uon from sixty-tive to fifty cents
','i,u i' ems, from and after March "a.
'a'l''re Of Chas. zapata, of New
S' cotton commission merchant, is re,
y. I'eillng exchange buyers lose $685.,
lawn. 'Pi'0" covering 'n'
Ie iarm Of David Warner, neal
IVY Highland county, Va, have beer
a'u W, vast deposits of marble, said to b,
,r"lOr n.'1, kind, resembling very mucl
'a'oOh keepers of Jefferson City
eM,, oeeh notified by q committee o
la, 'n they do not close their saloonl
aOE. they will be visited and prayed
W. Nv deaths; The wife Of Gen
a,,,, y upon, Charlottesville, Va; Mrs
M. 'S,ialr III Hodson, Savannah, Ga. W
,S,'l,,,' MI, ,,n'cnmond, Va. D.; DR.. Henry How
sb,1,l 1All' chief of police of vickk
nsSl,-' O' arrest, charged with tlackmail
NSor.' Two witnesses swear they pai
Shm a'and dollars not to interfere wit
.,sD, same, , He was held in $1,000 bail
" Wv deaths A. r. Deems, Burks
d, =, M Mrs Sue Wilson, wife of Co,
son.', ".''on, former proprietor of tn
a,ora',, White Sulphur Springs, Va
Ndns ''''' NorfOrk, Va; Robert G. Bruce
el'5ll n 10 Petersburg, Va, burne,
ltlna.gs including tho warehouse O
ahe, s,on !, q Sons, containing five hur
Vi % ;, S' :, :, cotton, nearly all of which wa
\ ,o,,l ~ badly damaged, Loss heavy, br
d. 'led NJ by insurance.
@o. NJ" " orleans chamber of con
~ T. Sal,a the speedy opening Of the MissI,
>tpoi V,E , OF national importance to tn
s5o. NY valley and favor a canal rath,
n ma. ',,'l' as better adapted both for con
s6,. 4'''''ry purposes.
''fl'' in South Wheeling, Va
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
GENERAL.

Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has entered
suit against Caleb Cushing claiming 5000, 900
for libel in this, that in one of the recent bills
filed by Gushing he charges her with making
wanton and grossly malicious accusation of
himself
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14

TIVE oldest stove, probably, in the
United States is that which is still in
use at the capitol in Richmond, Va. 1t
was made in England in ITO, and was
sixty years in the house of Burgesses in
Virginia before it was removed to the
capitol, where it has been for thirty
years
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14

A MISSISSIPPI postmistress has dis
charged her husband from q clerkship
for non-attendance to dutv. She wanted
no nepotism in hers,
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BATES oF ADVERTISING ;

For col. one year changeable quarterly. 10 %
Editorial notices will be charged twenty-five cents
per line; also cards of individual interest inserted
with The general news matter. -.
Obituary notices and tributes Of respect VIII DC
charged for as advertisements. -
40 illl forbid advertisements Will be recoiVed'
some time must be specified.
AdverLl sements for benevolent purposes VIII Ds
inserted at half price. -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-03-14
A Pig-IrOn Orator.

"Mr. Speak.ar." The infect on on
that last syllable has the breadth and
vigor of thunder clap. Blaine starts
nervously, and acknowledges "the gen.
tleman from Pennsylvania" Pig-iron
Kelley, or Centennial Kelleyas he will be
called for the next two years, hardly
moves his tracks. His heels are tied
well together, and the movement neces-
sary to bring his face in any special di-
rection is made with the upper part Of
the body. A clock-woIk motion is kept
up with his hands. One of them rubs
slowly up and down the outside OF his
left leg few seconds then clasps its
fellow palm, which, in its turn, is ex-
tended toward the speaker with stroke
something like that used in carving a
cheese. The impression conveyed is
that Mr.. Kelley's ideas are secreted in
his leftleg coaxedout by one hand, and
with the other flung majestically into the
arena of debate. A pompous, heavy
voice, drilled into stage modulation,
dresses his awkward opinions in melo-
dramatic garb. Kelley was veritable
pupil of Edwin Forrest, with whom he
studied elocution for two or three years.
cit is not so much for me political
ability" says modest Centennial Kelley,
"that have been selected leader of the
Pennsylvania delegation, as it is on &C.
count of my magnificent voice. - Chi
cGgo Times letter.
THE Mount Sterling (Ky.) Sentinel
gives this notice of a manageable
young female in Montgomery county
"a young woman in Slate, at a party
the other night, for twenty dollars, ate
whole roast pig, an entire stuffed tur
key, all of an opossum, ten large corn
dodgers. and drank gallon of hard ci-
der at one sitting. Her name is Miss
Mary Jane Severence. and she is a plump
AID pretty brunette, lively as cricket,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31

I'll" Supreme COmt VI The United States
dccided that it was q legal tender for
taxes due the State. 1t wen rapidly
up nearly to par with legal tenders,
and such it is believed will be the case
with our State Treasury notes. Let
the Legislature make them n legal ten
der to the state for its dues, AMI the
commercial wants will make them pass
current in the country, This avoids
the inevitable issue Of repudiation-il
avoids the necessity of borrowing
money to hauk on, ar taxing the PEG.
pie to the last extremity TO pay the
bOndhOldcr; an instantaneous rcdHc-
ton Of taxes occurs, and a PROSTATE
people is made prosperous.
In another article or TWO We will still
further elaborate this subject, and en-
dcavOr to meet such objections as we
can anticipate, for we cannot suppose
that our plan will rect cverybodJ'a de
sircs, for the b0ndholGcr's occupation
will be gone, and the note shaver can
no longer cut his ncighbor's note in the
middle, but TIE farmer, mechanic, and
laJOring man will %rcjJIco in the securi.
y Of his little farm and goods, We
have no doubt constitutions and courts
and all the interested logic that can be
brought to bear will be orraycd by the
monopOlist against it.
RcEDpCtiuIIv. J. j. W.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue OF an order Of sale, issued
from the Chanccry Court. by 7 Ii. Finch,
Clerk Il Master, the 18th Of December,
1874. and to me directed, | will offer for
sale, to the highest bidder, FOR CASH,
before the Courthouse door in the town OF
Winchester, Tenn, on
Monday. January 25th, 1875,
the following described tract of land, to-
wit: Bounded as follows-north by the
lands Of Coleman; west by Mrs. San
ders; south by Elk river-containing II
acres by estimation, and lying in civil dis
trict No. 8 of Franklin county. Tenn.
Levied upon as the property of Ransom
Davidson to satisfy a bill of costs obtained
by | &G.F. Hamilton. plaintiffs again It
said Davidson, Notwithstanding to
Sl65 O2. This Dee, 22l, 1874.
ii. 7. STEWART, Sheriff.
6ac0l-t1s So
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Non Resident Notice.

l.. l.. Dorsey ct ais IS Isaac Ililliard ct ais
Upon motion Of complainants and i, APP
pearing to the satisfaction of the Clerk 4
Master, from the bill in the above cause.
which is sworn to, that the defendant.
Isaac billiard, is Il nonresident of the
state 81 Tennessee, 50 that the ordinary
process Of the law cannot be served upon
him.
1t Is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four successive weeks in the
Home journal. published in Winchester.
Tennessee. requiring said nonresident
defendant to appear on or before the ith
Monday in january next, before the
Chancery Court at Winchester, Tenn,
and plead, answer o" demur to complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed, and set for hearing eXpartc ms
to him. Witness my hand. at office in
Winchester. Tenn, this Dec. l4th, 1874.
Il. II. FINCH, G.. L.. VI.
dccl7-It (4ls)
Fitzpatrick, Gregory & Davis, Solicitors
for complainants.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
Sheriff7s Sale of Land.
Marks & Fitzpatrick VS. B. Higginbotham
81 wife.

Marks & Fitzpatrick VS. B. Higginbotham
81 wife.
By virtue of an execution issued from
the Chancery Court of Franklin county in
the above cause, and to me directed, will
offer for sale to the highest bidder, before
the Courthouse door in the town of VIM
chester, Tenn, FOR CASH, to the highes:
bidder on
Monday, January 4tlr, 1875.
The following described tract Of land, "
ing in civil district No. 3, of Franklin
county and bounded AS follows: north by
Elk river, east by lands of VIM, Neal, west
by lands of G. NJ. Wiseman and others,
and south by lands Of Thomas Grant and
others,-containing about- acres, and
known MS the Home Tract, upon which
said Higginbotham and wife Catherine
now live. Levied upon as the property OF
said Iligginbotham and wife Catherine to
satisfy said execution This, Nov. 9th,
1874. /. III. HALL.
noy26-tds T1a) Dep. Sheriff.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-12-31
The Bylaws of journalism.

/, Be brief. This is the age OF telc.
graphs and s%tenographv.
2. Be pointed, Don't write all
around a subject without hitting it.
3 State facts, but don't stop to
moralizc, 1t II drowsy subject. Let
the reader do his own dreaming.
A. Eschew preface. Ilunge at once
into your subject, Ike y swimmer into
cold water.
5. If you have written n sentence
that you think particularly fine, draw
your pen through it. A pet child is
always the worst in the family.
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really have an idea, and then record i
in the shortest possible terms. W.
want thoughts in their qnintessence,
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strike sut nine tenths Of the adjectivcs