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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

Z No SHOW FOR HIM.-An Atlanta
youth, gotten up in the latest style, left
a West End car and tripped across to a
house where a little boy was sitting on
the front steps, whiting with a new
Barlow knife. The boy looked up and
said:
&C. say, young man, yer don't want ter
be coming around here any more, yer
dontl"
"Why, Charlie, what's the matter Y'
'Cause there's a TELLER what wears a
diamond bres-pin and rides in his own
horse and buggy a-comin here to see Sis
now, and a Teller like you, what has ter
ride round in a bob-tailed street kyar
haint got no show, 'cept to take a front
seat on the back fence and watch 'em
fixin' things fur the weddin'"
The young man turned away looking
like a sweet potato vine after a black
frost.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
What | Know About Veggtine.
sourm Bosrox, May ., 1870.

soUrH BosroS, May o, 1870.
II. r.. STEVENS;
DEAR SrR-I have had considerable tx pericnce with
tho yEcETINE. For Dyspepsia, General Debility, aud
which / have ever used. l commenced taking VEG
ErINE about the middle of last winter, and after us
and my blood was never In so good condition as at
the present time. 1t will afford me pleasure to give
any further particulars relative to what ] know about
this good medicine, TO any one who will call or .ad-
dress me at my residence, 1856 Athens Street. Very
Respectfully,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

VIZ often see a large stock of cattle
"spring poor" all for want Of something to
start them in the right direction. One dol
lars worth Of &eriddn's Cduuiry Condition
Po1sieys given to such a stock occasionally
during thy winter, would be worth more than
an extra half ton Of hay.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

The reason why a dog always turns
around three times when he gets up
after a nap has not yet been discovered,
nor has the reason been a~sceriained why
a young lady is more afraid Of a mouse
than Is q married woman. Here are
hints for debating societies.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

AN ACCIDENTAL CURE.-When death
was hourly expected from consumption, all
remedies having failed, and DIR. ii. James was
experimenting, he accidentally made aprepa-
ration Of Indian hemp, which cured his only
child, and now gives this recipe free on receipt
Of two stamps to payexpenses.H Hemp also cures
night sweats, nausea at the stomach, and will
break a fresh cold in 24hours. Address Grad
dock & Co., 1882 Race St., Phila., Pa, naming
this paDer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

The CHARTER OAK COOK STOVE
bought of you has proved all IL was repre-
sented and more, and all we could wish in a
Cook Stove, bakes perfectly, with less fuel
than any stove we have ever used, and il the
combination of economy and utility.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

HAVE you a severe wrench or sprain 7
Have you rheumatism in any form? Have
you stiff neck, or punches caused by rhcu-
matte pains2 II so, Johnson's Anodync Lt,,i-
ment Is a specific remedy, used internally
and externally.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
DYSPEPSIA.

SYMPTOMS-Want OF appetite, rising OF food and
wind from the stomach, ncidity Of the stomach, heart
burn. drynesa and Wilderness Of the tongue In the
morning, sense OF distension in the stomach aud bow
els, sometimes rumbling and pain icostiveness, which
ie occasionally interrupted by diarrhea paleness OF
the urine. The mouth Is clammy or has a bitter OF
sour taste. Other frequent symptoms are waterhrash,
palpitation Of the heart, headache, and disorders o!
the senses, az seeing double. ctc. There Is a general
debility, languur, and aversion to motion detection
Of the spirits, disturbed sleep, and frightful dreams.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

.BURNR~T's COCAINE is the best and
cheapest hair Dressing in the world. II
kills dandruff, allays irritation, and promotes
a vigorous growth of Hair.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

VEeErINE, instead OF being a puffed-
up medicine, has worked its way up TO its
present astonishing success by its actual mcr-
II in curing all diseases Of the blood of what
ever nature.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
A Source of Great Anxiet

My daughter has received great benefit from the
Of great anxiety 10 all Of her friends: A few bottles
appetite. N. III. TILDEN,
Ins. and Real Estate Ag't., Oscars Building,
Boston, Mass, June ., 1872.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

LIVE STocK IN GREAT BRIrArN.-Re-
Gently published agricultural statistics
show the following as the reported num-
Der of live stock in Great Britain on tho
10Th Of June this year, as compared with
three previous years
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
Warmers Fire-Extinguisher.

Mr.. Warner, a respectable and law
abiding citizen of Baker street, rode
| home in an express wagon the other day,
| having a hand fire-extinguisher and the
driver for company.
What's that thing ?" asked his wife
in contemptuOus tones as she opened the
hall door.
"What's that? Why, that's a fire-cx-
tinguisher best thing you w saw;
meant to have got one a year ago."
"Jacob, you are always making a fool
of yourself" she continued, as she shut
the door. every patent-right man gets
around you as a cat lays for a mouse"
"Does, eh? If you know anything
at all, you know that every store and
Office in Detroit has one o these. They
have saved lots O buildings, and may
save ours"
"You throw it at the FIRE don't your
she asked in sarcastic tones.
He carried it up stairs into a closet
without replying, and she followed and
asked:
"Does it shoot a fire QUIT?
eff you don't know anything I'll
learn you.s something! 1t is full of chem
icals you strike on this knobon top and
she's all ready to open this faucet and
play on the fire?
She grinned as she walked around it,
and finally asked:
"Do you get a horse to draw it
around I"
ono, / don't get a horse to draw it
around. You see these straps? Well, l
back up, put my arms through them,
and here it is on my back"
II see it is" she sneered.
"And can't / run to any part of the
house with it," he demanded. "See
- see--?"
And he entered along the hall, into
the bedrooms and out, and was turning
| the head of the stairs when his foot
| caught in the carpet. He threw up his
arms and she grabbed at him. and both
| rolled down stairs. He yelled and she
yelled. Sometimes he was ahead, and
then she took the lead, and neither of
them had passed under the "string"
when the extinguisher, humping and
jamming, began to shoot off its charge o,
| chemicals.
you Odd" she started to say
when a stream from the hose struck her
between the eyes, and she didn't finish.
What in-o-u-c-hF" roared Mr.. War
ner, as he got a dose in the ear.
They brought up in a heap at the bot
tom of the stairs, the stream playing into
the parlor, against the hall door, and up
stairs by turns and she grasped:
"Tll have you sent to a fool asylum !"
who's a fooll" he roared, dancing
around with his eyes full of chemicals.
"Tm f~ainting !" she squeaked.
"And I've broken my back |" he
| shouted.
1t was a sad house when those two
highly respectable old people got SO that
they could use their eyes and discuss
matters calmly. And she doubled up
her fist and hoarsely said:
"Take that investigator, or distin-
guisher, or whatever you call it, back
down town and tell everybody that you
are a lunatic |"
And he said:
"Dummit | know more than all your
family put together !"-Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

Ornnd extraordinary driving 10 tnko place De-
eermber asa. is7b. 61,aOO, 900 to DO diatrihnted.
Capital Prize, QyOO, 900. ono prize 70 every eight
tickets. Price: Whole Tickets, 500; Half, 500 Quar-
tor, EN- Tenth, aiO; Twentieth, -. Send for clrcu-
lar. Address. Manuel OTrnntin, No. 1863 Com
cree Street, New 0rloans, La.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

Distant elations-People~ho imag-
inc they have a claim to rob you If you
are rich, and to insult you u yeu are
poor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20

SOUTH BERWICK, Mo-, Jan, ", 1917
IL. II. STEyEHH, ESQ.
DEAH Sin-I have had Dyspepsia In It's worst form
for tho last ten years, and have taken hundreds OF
dollats worth Of medicine without obtaining any re-
lief. In September last ! commencod. taking tho VEG-
proved. My fnod digoata we'll. and ! have gained hf-
tecn pounds q flesh. There are several others In this
lief,
T' Yours truly,
oyorso.r og ,l,.r a.d Roam partemorth 90 klt,,.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
TRICHINOSIS.
The Little Worms ARE S~preadIng Rapid,
Look out for Them.

The Little Worms nre Spreading Rapidly
Look out for them.
For microscopic examination of pork
killed in southeastern Indiana, we have
from three to 16 per cent. of the hogs
affected with trichinosis, the number OF
hogs diseased varying greatly in different
localities.
That over 5000, 900 hogs are slaught-
cred and packed in the western states,
not including those which are put up for
family use by the farmers: that if four
per cent. of this pork is diseased, which
we believe to be a low estimate, we have
211,4S4 diseased hogs put annually upon
the market or, at an average of 200
pounds to the hog, A, 296, 800 pounds of
diseased meat, every ounce of which,
under favorable circumstances, is capable
of producing disease.
That from the cases of trichinOsis that
came under our observation, and the post
mortem examinations, and the effects
upon the diseased meat, we have come to
the conclusion that 80 per cent. of dis
Isl produced by eating trichinous pork
appears either as g~asto-enteritis, or as a
diarrhea or ~dysentery, and not NOR,
than 10 per cent. as the fully developed
form of trichinosis, in which the mus
cular system becomes affected.
That as diarrhea, dysentery and en-
teritis rank high as causes of mortality
in the United States, these diseases caus-
ing 31,143 deaths in 1870, as shown by
the last census reports; and as we have
seen that a large amount of trichinous
pork, capable of producing these diseases,
is among the principal articles of food
in our country w think it more than
probable that trichine have a much
greater influence in the etiology of this
class of diseases than has been recognized
by the profession.
That it is highly probable that, when
the fact becomes more generally known
hat SO large a per centage of pork is
swarming with trichne, capable of pro-
ducing disease, it may have an effect
upon the use Of this meat, and conse-
quently affect the sale, to some extent,
of n of the principal articles of com
merce in the west.-D,. George Sutton.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1875-11-20
Oning Harness.

A good harness is costly, but if prop
perly used and cared for will last a good
many years. If neglected it will O
need repairs, and in a short time become
utterly worthless. In caring for a har-
ness one great point is to see that it il
suitably oiled. A work harness, in use
on a farm, should be oiled twice a year, in
the spring and fall. 1t should be taken
entirely apart the places where sweat
and dirt have collected cleaned with a
chip or al old case-knife. then washed
clean in warm water, in which a little
CASTLE soap has been dissolved. As they
are washed the straps should be hung
on a pole to dry.
When the outside is nearly dry, but
before the moisture is all out Of the
leather, the oil should be applied. This
may be done with a clean paint brush,
which is the best thing for the purpose, q
spong or WOODEN cloth. A moderate
quantity shonld be used, and if it does
not soften the leather enough, another
light coating may be applied when the
first one is well dried in. This is better
than it is to put on a great deal at once.
Care should be taken to obtain a good
quality of oil. Neat's-foot is the very
best kind of oil, for leather. There are
some patent preparations in which a
waterproof ingredient is added to the oil
and also a little coloring substance to
make the leather look black and glossy.
An honest mixture of this kind is better
than the crude oil. Cheap oils are gen.
orally poor. When dry, the harness
should be rubbed with CASTLE soap, then
with a dry WOODEN cloth. When this is
done, it may be put together and used.
This work should not be neglected until
the hurry of planting and hoeing time,
but should receive attention now.-Live
Stock Journal.
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Cattle. ~5,e24,9e4 5,064,54o 6,12a4Df o,Oi2, COS
sheer. -.21 1921, 607 2g,42J6S5 ~30,5ls,04l 0,i65,27s
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COTTON!

THE earliest and most Prolific Cotton in tho
Il world. Makes from two 70 three bales per 9crc.
four weeks earlier than any other cotton. Send for
circulars. Address, w. II. MCCARTHY,
WinOna. Miss.
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ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY.

l&9knA HEcnsh ---Agcnta wanted. ~ host selling
I.f1tIarticiee In the world. One sample free. Nd
vovVdreas j. RlIONSON, Detroit, Mich.
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WluHunYoung Men TO learn Tccgraphing. Per.
y M lin LIUmanent positions guaranteed. Addresn
ifAyiyIc TELEaRArn, 1D1 Main st., Memphis, Tenn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08
TIRE POSTAL CONTRACT FRAUDS,

The Government is placed in the peculiar
position by its course regarding the recently
discovered frauds in the contract division
of the Post Office Department of increas-
ing its own expenses while seeking the
punishment of certain of its employees who
have been guilty of corrupt practices. This
corruption did not result to the pecuniary in
Jury ofthe Government; but on the contrary,
strange as it may seem, saved money to
the Treasury. 1t proceeded from desire
Of contractors under the Government to
swindle or outwit and under-bid each
other. In realizing this desire it was
necessary that one clique of contractors
should have information regarding the
amount of bids made by others and the
price for which the latter agreed to carry
out the contracts. To get this information
certain clerks of the division were bribed
to enter the room in which the bids were kept
bymeans of false or skeleton keys, to remove
the seals or stamps from the bids already re-
ceived, and after finding out their contents,
place additional and lower bids in the name
of the bidders who paid them to commit
the crime, in the packages or receptacle
containing the legitimate bids. These fraud
ulent bids being opened by the proper
officer of the Department, and being found
to be lower than THE rest were accepted
and contracts awarded under them, the
Government as we have explained, really
being benefited in the amount of the differ
ence between the fraudulent and legitimate
bids. Practically, the Government will
lose money; but the moral effect of the ex-
posure cannot be doubted. The paltry sums
paid to the corrupt clerks by men who
would have realized thousands as the result
of successful issue of their conspiracy have
nothing to do with this phase Of the mat
ter. A crime of the grossest kind, the yio-
lation of confidence, has been committed,
which embraced the double crime Of bur-
glary and forgery-burglary in the en-
trance of the room in which the bids were
kept, and forgery in the affixing of fraudu-
lent stamps or seals upon the illegal bids.
1t is to this phase of the case that the atten-
ton of the authorities will be directed, and
no doubt exists that eventually all the con-
spirators will be urearthed and duly pun
ished. The purity of the service demands
it; the safety of the Government interests
can only be guarded by it, and the moral
effect of it is required to check whatever
of growth and inclination to corruption
may reside in other branches of the civil
service. The reflection is a very
sad one, that for such an insignificant
reward men of intelligence, education
and opportunities for advancement should
have yielded to the temptation to commit
such crime: but it will not do to palliate
their errors by sentimentalism, or to over
look them on any other ground. The
officers of the Department deserve credit
for the skillful manner in which they have
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08
The Connecticut Moral.

CFrom the Albany Evening JOurnALl
Whenever the Democracy succeed the rebel
serpent rears its head; whenever they are de-
feated it draws back to its retreat. In both
cases it still turks near US, and the danger will
not disappear until further time and further
demonstration of the inflexible purpose Of the
nation have wrought their transforming work.
If the people have just sense of the true
spirit and real purpose of the Southern ele-
ment, they will never permit it to secure con-
troll of the Government. The danger is that it
may be yelled and the people may be iulled
into mistaken repose and false security until
too late. After the Democratic successes of
last fall the old spirit Immediately and de-
family asserted itself. After the check in New
Hampshire, it promptly toned down. After
the renewed triumph In Connecticut, it will,
according to all analogy, take fresh courage.
We deplore the existence of this spirit, but
it will not down simply because we shut our
truest safety lies in the fullest exposure of its
character. That it generally makes in the in
toxication of success. The present result in
Connecticut is no criterion of its position in
the Presidential contest. The Democratic vote
of the State should naturally and steadily in
crease, because the increase of population is
wholly in the cities and especially in those on
the line from New Haven to New York, which
inures entirely to Democratic advantage. But
in Presidential year Connecticut has never
failed the Republican party, and there is no
reason to believe it will in the next.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08

CHARGE it to 'the Ring" Have you
done anything mean yourselves? Charge
1t to ''the Ring" Has any one injured
you? Lay it to 'the Ring" Has any
one been robbed! 1.-THE RING did it.
Has any one failed TO perfect a steal which
he contemplated would prove a "big bo-
nanza" to him, he charges 1.-The Ring"
with having upset his machinery. New
York is obliged to find rings somewhere
outside Of its own limits to engage the at
tention of its pure and incompatible press.
Since the breaking up of the Tweed nest
no corruption has been investigated in
New York. Its pure press has labored
hard to show up the washington Ring, /"
the Pacific Mail Ring," the Credit Mo-
bilier Ring" the clifton Beecher Ring, +"
the Canal Ring" the Indian Ring, ;" and
now the albany CaEal Ring" 1t has
also taken little turn at affrighting people
to death by Imaginary floods, miners
''Teigns of terror" and few other trihing
matters, to which distance lends enchant-
ment." But it has very little to say of the
thieving corporations and their managers
who make Wall street their constant hiding
place. They rob the country of many
millions annually without word of rebuke
from the great metropolitan press. They
gamble in the necessaries of life-in bread
stuffs, provisions. freights, gold, and even
whisky-and their Vaccinations escape
under the head of commerce and finance,
with favorable notices from the city press.
Surely ''the Ring" which is first cousin to
'they say" has much to answer for"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08

GENERAL HAwLEY was elected to the
Forty-third Congress from the First Con-
necticut district, receiving 12,O4S votes
against 10, 766 votes for S. P. Kendall, the
Democratic nominee. In the campaign
which closed with Mondays election he
received 1894, while Landers (Dem.)
received 13, 433, and Lyons (Prohibition)
226. 1t will be seen that Hawley's gain
over his last vote was 500. Representative
Starkweather received Z, 754 votes and was
elected to the Forty-third Congress against
5000 votes for Bill, (Dem.,) and 769 for
Palmer (Prohibitionist) Last Monday he
was reelected, receiving s, 901 votes against
S,051ifor Foster, Glib. Rep Dem, } and AIS
for Palmer (Prohibitionist.) His gain, it
will be seen, was l, 147. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Starkweather, who made
the greatest gain, voted for the bill to Pro-
tect Electors, otherwise known as the
Force Bill, while General Hawley, who
made the least gain, voted against it. These
figures certainly speak palmer than words
Mr. Starkweather's canvass was made on
the bold and fearless policy of upholding
the action of the majority of the Republ-
can members Of the last House, while
General Hawley admitted that a necessity
exists for the legislation proposed by that
action, and at the same time was COM
PEELED TO make the further admission that
he did not vote for it.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08

THERE is no middle ground between Mr.
Beecher and his accusers. His testimony on
the vital points at issue in the great Brook
lyn trial is in direct contradiction of every
thing his enemies have said against him.
Either he is the most stupendous liar the
world ever produced, or the Moultons and
Tilton are the most infamous wretches that
the human Imagination can conceive. 1t
is noticeable, however, that Mr.. Beecher's
testimony thus far is consistent and straight
forward, while that of Mrs. Moulton and
Tilton has been contradicted by other wit
nesses than Beecher himself Mr. Moul-
tons statements, it is true, have not been
shaken seriously but Mr.. Beecher's ex-
plantations will serve to clear away some of
the doubts to which they gave rise. The
truth is that this trial has placed the public
in an awkward position. The two sides
are so forcibly put that the one which is
printed last, like the man who told the last
lie in the lying match, has the advantage
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-04-08

been guilty of corrupt practices, no one
can deny, but the honors or dishonors are
easy. Bullock left the greater part of his
plumber behind him in Georgia, the Dem
ocratic Treasurer of which State is de-
faulter. The lobby legislation by which
North Carolina is said to have been robbed
by greedy jobbers was the handiwork of
Democratic Senator Merrimon. The funds
and property of the State bank Of South
Carolina have been appropriated" by
high toned commission merchants and
other agents of the first families of that
Commonwealth. In Virginia there is a
State-bond ring. and at least two railroad
rings, composed almost entirely Of native
Conservatives, who have brought the State
to the verge of reputation and bankruptcy.
In short, all over the South the carnival
of corruption" fades away into thin air,
except when some 'tnative Southron" Is
discovered to give it visible substance.