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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

oyer see, ~fellers, a good way back-a
long time before jografy was discovered
there lived an old farmer by the name of
Prodigal, and he had two sons. He was
pretty solid-the old man--had several
manifestations of land, and cattle, and
sheep, and hogs, until you couldn't rest.
There warn't no politics IN them days,
and so old Prodigal didn't git any fool
notion in his head of running for Cover.
nor. He just tended strictly to the
agricultural business, and threw money
down into the barrel hand over fist.
Well, his boys come of age, and one OF
'em old the old man he'd take his sheer
Of the stamps that would be a coming to
him when the head of the ranch pegged
out. He'd take his right away, and 60
off and prospect on his own hook. Old
Prod gave him half of all he had, and
the smart Aleck shot into the city tn
first thing. He was green, you know
and the cappers spotted him as soon as hi
landed. They got him to buck agir
monte, and faro, and bunko, andi il warn
long before he reached the bottom nickel
He played it on the soup houses and fre,
lunches for a while, but he got bounced
at last, and sent to the rock pile for
vag. When he come out the durne'
sneak started home to git another stake
Old Prodigal took him in, and got up
barbecue, and put up for him generally
The son-the son which stayed at HON
all the time--kicked agin this.
'peared to him that he warn't gittin'
square deal. And when the old ma
took his Durham calf, and made a mef
of it for his brother, he'got on his ear an
called old Prod's hand. Then old Proc
igal laid it down like this: There
more Joy over ninety-nine sinners whic
return than one who don't 60 off. That
scripture, but l think that galoot {
come sneakin' back after he got brokO
was a blamed snoozer, and ought to bee
bounced off the farm"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

the wheat-producing sections, when tn n
east ceased to produce it. Now the sun
more western states are the wheat,Pro,
ducing sections. Well, why is II lhas !
tbe east doesn't any longer grow wheSV F.
Because it can't do it with profit, why
don't Indiana, Michigan and Illinois pro-
duce As much wheat as formerly he,
cause they can't; and why For lht
reason that the natural richness oil inc
soil tempted men to grow wheat year ~
ter wear, without returning TO !he ~;
anv of the elements taken from 1t, ulVl
the soil was thoroughly exhausted an,
refused longer to nourish this crop bu.
the same thing is being done in the pres
ent wheat regions, and it will 20 on mov
ing west until we reduce to practice tn
theory that the elements which the erop
take from the soil must be replaced
UCNten Rural.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

Mr.. Harris, in the American Agricul.
turist says: ! am convinced that we
shall find it to our interest TO work our
land more and more in the fall, and the
earlier the better. Our springs are short,
and we are in a hurry to get in the seed
the land is wet, and if plowed in thi,
condition, we do more harm than good.
If we wait until it gets dry, it is apt to
turn up lumpy, and much narrowing
c~ultivating and rolling is required to gel
it in anything like good condition, And
as everything is crowding us, VT arc
often obliged to put in the crop with
some of the land 50 hard that, unless We
have an unusually wet spring, the seed
is a long time in coming up, and the
crops are "spotty. And it is these pool
spots that pull down the average to sacI
a low figure. | have in my own barley
field o.day portions that will probably
give fifty bushels per acre, and spot
where the yield will not be- ten bushels
And yet these latter parts are naturalIl
the strongest and richest land in tn,
field.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

""
# happened thus ou one green afternoon,
When harvest fields were waiting ior Their moon
And fruit WIS ripe and good,
two amid the orchard grasses strsyed,
While gpricots and yellow peaches made
Bright stains on the warm wood.
And ON q branch that hung right overhead
Two eulicu apples grew HeCkrd through win red
Grew perfectly side by side.
They are for ms. sweetheart: Love made them air
With color OF thy cheeks aud Of thy hair;
Come gather them, sweet bride
She stood on tiptoe in the pleasant place;
The swaviuc leaves made shadows on her lace,
The apples touched her iccl
Now this is mine, and this is thine, but we
viii make OF them a gracious memory
They are too fair 10 eat"
Then, half in loving earnest, half N mirth,
They hid the fruit ia the rich warm earth
And year by year there greW
Two trccL that made green shadows by their door,
Aud bore Of golden apples wealthy store
Goll fruit tscked rosy through.
Two kindly trees, that when the children played
In autumn nights within their scented shade
Would freely drop their store.
or shed with lavish grace their sweetest MOWERS
TpDn vourg lovers in the sprinE-time hours,
Telling the old tale DER;
Two trees that always thought one couple fair
One aged couple crowned with silver hair,
Who held without a sigh
Sweet sessions, where clear memory sat CONTEXT,
Sarenely satisfied with life well spent,
And immortality.
There are two graves beneath " apple-trees-
I've happy graves, made by the sweet spring brce
With apple blossoms white
Lqppei I'm cool grasses when June's roses blow
In Iutumu's splcudor, or in winters snow,
Always a peaceful sight,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27
Cow J~OekeyiuE,

"There is cheating in all trades but
ours" SO runs the ancient saw. II one
wishes to buys trotting horse, he expects
to hear him extolled as taking a three
minute gait as a natural iog-and trot,
ting " low down in the thirties," if urged
as being able, with training, to 10
his mile in thirty or twenty-five and a
half" as the case may be, but the test Is
easily applied. The horse is hitched up
to the road-wagon, and made to show ms
speed on the road, or on the track by the
watch. That settles the matter of speed,
If every other point could be determined
as accurately, there would be little com
plant of the Jockeys. | am led into TINS
train of thought from a talk had with
A gentleman who has gained no little
fame among horsemen from his study
and comparison of pedigrees and perform
anccs of trotting stock. He is perhaps
better known as "Hark Comstock, than
az P. c. Kellogg. Mr.. X. as taken
quite a fancy to Jersey stock, and would
probably buy a few good cows, If he
could know what he was buying. SMd
he al want a well-pedigreed COW that
somebody has held a watch on. mat
puts it in a nutshell. In h~orsc-deaIing
nobody thinks of getting a big price FOL
a trotter that has not been timed, but
our cow-dealers brag about their milk ana
their butter, about the pedigrees of then
cows, and they test their entire herd'
together, or make some positive tests
and publish-not the weights but al
estimate. Now, a horse never gets =
record by his owners watch, and 1t Il
not fair that a COW should. 1t is tint
for us to stop talking about iockeying
as if it were something peculiar to horse
: dealers. | am beginning to think tina
the cow-iOckeys can give the horse
? Jockeys several points, and beat them a
2 that They certainly c)uldit horse buy
} els were AZ credulous as those who pay
} the big prices for milk and butter cows
especially for Jerseys, Now and then
COW is brought to a far test. In a few
herds cows are systematically tested, an'
the whole process is open to the lnspcc
, ton of those who are curious. A few
dealers are really anxious that a huye
should know all about a COW which 1t
buys, and will have her milk weighed
her cream exhibited, and several milk
ings saved, to be churued before tn
, buver, and to his satisfaction, but the
I are far between.-AmericaA Agrjcuiturisi
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

When vital action is sluggish, a stlmuIaE',
provided it be pure and properly medlcoled
Is the most reliable agent for importing the
necessary impetus to the semi'dormant or,
cans acreleratlng the languid circulation and
9vertinp the maIadies to which functional
inactivity gives rise. Physicians who have
employed IIostetter'S stomach h'l,Tat IT.
their practice pronounce 1t the most salI'aLH
tonic stimulant they have ever used, anu ~,
p~ecially commend it as a remedy lor 'orp'1.l{
of the bowels. liver, stomach and Kidneys auu
AS a resuscitant of vital energy. me nleu,cl'
nal value Of the Bittcrs IS due to the laGt 'I'a'
with their basis Of pure old rye are combined
in perfect chemical harmony, the hest reSto'
%ratiye and life sustaining elements known 10
medical botany. The BittesS never devlfloF'
ate in the most unfavorablc clim1teS'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

Girsn uoug-a strange, mysterious 4lG
most extraordinary Book, entitled mn
R00K on WONDERS Containing, WIN
numerous curious pictorial illustrations tng
mysteries Of the Heavens and Earth, Natural
"Hd Supernatural oddities, Mhimslc2,i
strange Curiosities, Witchesa and Witcherait
Dreams. Superstitions, Absurdities, Fam
ions Tnchantment, etc. In order that al
mov see this curious book, the publisher
have resolved to give it away to all that de e
Sire 10 see it,. Address by postal card +
GLEASON a Co., 13S Washington Street boS
ton Mass
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

WE have, by actual count, over forty
different preparations for cough, including
ali standard medicines, old and new, called
for in this section. We have sold Hatch,s
Universal Cough Syrup for five years. WIN
no newspaper advertising, this remedy mas
had a sale larger than any other tsellS
steadily, and maintains itself, and our Gus
toners speak uniformly in its favor, as sale
and efficient medicine OF its KIND.
CARPENTER & BARRELIs Albion, n. Y
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

A CHICAGO journalist in London says
of English journalism GA very promi,
nent judicial Investigation may not be
noticed at all ; a fire in which six people
were burned will be disposed of in five
lines, while a bicycle race will be given {
column. An atrocious murder does vel
if it gets six lines of minion, while thu
laying of the cornerstone Of a new schoO
building is badly treated if it does moi
get a couple of columns of BREWER"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

WE are gratifed to note the success of
HOME STOMACH BiTrERs, and hope those
explorers Of the Isthmus will not fail to take
some with them as a necessary portion to a
complete outfit for making the journey, Pre-
pared by the Home Bitters Co., st. Louis,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

He thai iudgeth without knowledge is
q fool. and wisdom is not in him. You eau
get knowledge Of the $50 Five Ton Wagon
Scale, sold on trial, freight prepaid, by send
ing to Jones, of Binghamton, Binghamton,
\. Y..fOr free price list.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

The chief of all the curses of this un-
happy age is the universal gable OF its
fools and of the hocks that follow them,
rendering the quiet voices of the wise
men of all past time inaudible,-Ruskin
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27

ABOUT three months ago, a worthless
fellow named Kelly tattooed nearly two
hundred persons in that part OF the en-
jightened north known as Reading, "a,
and thus communicated to them a ioatn-
some disease. The dangerous fool has
inst been arrested in Philadelphia
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27
VEGETINE.
SIRE AND SURE.

IN ~ your N~rGEriNF was rreomnelluen q me-
and Welding To the pyr-ua,lou- ni "a iIthl' l L"h-
NmU, ,tr,, A At The time, was suffering from
5rnernI debility autsurryous proStratloh, ,supeIln-
lIrvseJL y oycrwo.k uulirrtgular habits us Won
IInurNC,i .trcnothcufughud curative properties seemed
,Ccrt ma, facilitated sy stom from the trSt dose
and II under it, persistent use, | rapidly recovered
ggaaining more than usual health ana S2nn irGusnG,
since than / have not hosItated to give tGEIlNE my
m"s, nn,mnhfrd Endorsement, rs beng a SAFE, SURF
and pGwtrful agent in promoting hr9lth anu reStgI'
inr thc wasted system ~ new liirunu eheIgy, , ~"
MN is The ouh medicine / use ana, as lohE aA
nyrr / never expect to lind a bettrr,,,
Yours truly, W Lnnhn
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
TURKEYS PERIL.

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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
coMMoTloH AMoHoT THE DOCTORS
The Anti Quaekery Law Makes
Them Nearly all Quaeks- where
the Tsouble Comes In.

II will DO remcmbt red that IN act "a
| regulate the practice 81 medicine In this
| State was passed by the Last Legislature,
| which was, In fact, an act to prevent
| quackery and protect the people from be-
ing dosed to death by Q disciple Of Galen
who had not regularly entered the large
family OF the medical fraternity. but had
climbed over the wall. or come In Of the
back door, or In some equally disreputable
and re~prehensibls name had got IN.
D." attached to his name. This act was.
IL IL stated. gotten up by tho allopathic
school Of doctors for the purpose Of
squelching the scalawag practitioners, as
q certain set were called, and TO protect
themselves In the business OF seeing that
each individual who was taken sick either
got we'll or died in q Legitimate and proper
n
The Law provided that each school OF
medicine. viz: allopathic. homeopathic.
and eclectic, should have q Board OF Ex-
aminers appointed. whose duties were to
examine all the doctors 10 the State on
matcria medics aud surgery. Those who
were graduates. and had = diploma from
any medical school Of good standing
in the Unitcd States should be entitled 10
q certificate from either Of the boards
within whose Jurisdiction he might come,
anal those who had lost or misiaid their
diplomas might undergo an examination.
AMI IL qualified would receive q certificate.
The time fixed by law for q final DISPOSE
tion OF tho matter was December 3. ISIS.
and il wa so published In all the papers
Ia tho State. Ii was well attended 10, ~
wa. suppo.ed, and in San Frsncisco three
boards were appointcd-on ailspathic,
one homeopathic. and one Of the eclectic
school, end these bodies vent ON giving
certificates to all who applied aud who
shaved proper qualifications.
II now transpires, however, that the
only board legally Organized or aualificd
under the law to grant certificates Is the
Eclectic Board, il being organized 10 ex-
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
yILLtlNOts.

We are indebted TO W. II. Stennett.
general passenger agent Of the Chicaeo
and Northwestern Railway Company.
for . copy Of q big picture representing
q specimen OF the celebrated Pullman
hotel dining cars, now running over that
road. between Chicago and Council
Bluffs. II looks like q splendid. high.
toned eating saloon. with a row Of
nsaily.arrspged dining tables on each
side. at which are seated numerous gen.
tlsmen and ladies' In various stages Of
gastronsmic And bibulatory enjoyment.
Az merely an advertising picture 1t does
well enough. but the worst Of 1t is that
each Of the gentlemen represented Is
purportsd to DO q portrait OF some noted
man Of the day-Grant. Tilden. Hayes,
Warren Leland, Dom Pedro. James G.
Fair. W. s. o'Briss. Senator ]. P. Jones,
Leland Stanford. etc. At the mos,
prominent table ait President Hayes,
General Grant aud Sammy Tilden.
Hayes Is drinking a glass Of good cid
rye whisky. while Grant and Tilden are
taking a sip Of champagne. What non.
sense! Hayes drinks nothing stronger
than tea or soda. while Grant and Tildsn
tnever fool away their time on such n
weak. womanly beverage as champagne.
The only recognizable portrait among
them is that Of Hayes. and 1t is bad
picture Of him ut that. Jones looks like
q retired chicken thief. Fair like u trav-
cling revivalist. and O'Bieu like Henry
Ward Bsecher. The picture is a heart.
less fraud and earieature Of the above
good men. the more especially rs each
individual thus misrepresentsd Is num-
bersd or tagged. and their names printed
in tabular form below. A more villain
Gus looking crew is seldom seen outside
Of n State Prison. and Stennett deserves
to DO prosecuted and hung for libel.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
DRuNKENxr,ss AND CRIME.

The New York Tribune Of the 18th
instant, prints some very ssnsibls re-
marks. on the prevalent custom Of try.
ing to make drunkenness responsible
for all. or nearly all. the crimes COM
nittsd In the world. Temperance lee
turers and temperance advocates are
very prone 10 enforce their prscepts by
pointing BRILLIANTLY to our State Prisons,
and asserting that they are filed BY the
victims Of rum. The motives Of these
men are good. but. unfortunately for
them. the facts 10 not bear them out In
thsir statements. The Tlrbms says on
the subject:
"Ths other day. In the Connecticut
State Prison. the Warden put the question
10 the convicts under his charge. How
many Of you attribute your incarceration
10 liquor p and OF the iG4 prisoners all
but ten raised their hands. Had the War
den been . compiler Of statistics In the in
terest OF Temperance reform. he would
have taken the result without question and
from ID made his deductions and delivered
his sermon. And no doubt the deductions
would have been In the main true and the
sermon profitable. But tho Warden. BE-
ing . practical man. inquired further. and
made mp his mind that not moro than ono
quarter Of them had ever been even mod
erAte drinkers. and that they laid their fall
10 rum because Il Was the fashion. and
seemed 10 be Q sort OF extenuating circum'
stance. Rum does lots Of mischief In this
world. but 10 isn't the only vice or the only
source Of crime. Perhaps by and by 90
| ciety will begin TO find out that drunken
meas must bs dealt with per seas an offenss
and not made the stalking horse for oil
ether crimes. So long ~ . namby-pamb,
ssutimsntalism gushes In sympathy ovel
the unfortunate victim Of intempersnce
We shall have not only = constant iucrsas'
Of drunkenness. but all sorts Of criminals
attributing 10 rum the crimes Of inmate
depravity or pure cussedness.' Max,
drunkenness an aggrayating circumstance,
a. 10 really Is. instead Of . mitigation o
criminal ofienses. and there won't be 90
many prison-birds raising mp their hand,
and shifting or their responsibility upon
rum"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
10 Il

tverses suggested By Impressions made upon
tho writer While REVEALING his native place In
the North OF Scotland. amer . long absence /,
aad alec BY being tvitted that he hsa forssksn
the home Of his youth and his earliest ffiends.l
Ny native land at that ends,ring name
Who has not felt within hi. bos0m rise
The sacred glow Of patriotic fame,
A quenehless Gre, . sense that never dissr
scoti.ndi I've loved thy gems, thy moorisnds
Thy mountains steep. thy torrents thunder.
Ing roar;
In calm, In siorm, ! loved them when . child
A years roll on. I lose them more and more !
10 youth. how oft I've climbed the dizzy
And rs,od with rapture On the bOundisss
The eagle from her eyrls rushed In fright.
And soaiei TO heaven, till lost In axurs blue.
The Wales, the no0rs. the lake.. and crystal
Lay spread in varied beauty far and wide,
Fhnged the bright stream. or frownirs
mountains side.
Such scenes were then to me Q world Of joy.
Untutored ~ Ear sent,er psths 10 tresdi
k'sn memory still win eonlnre back the boz.
And live In times long numbered with the
deed.
I Gee them now l. instructive nature er'es,
"ohi where are all my youthful playma'ss
gone
0o-ssf the grave their children. strangers
They know me not, By me they arc III.
known!
Some iivs-but o what scope for human tears
The besrdls.s yoush-th the once bright. blush
Now ssruni and hOsry with the storms Of
Their sy. 80 dim-thsir cheek. o how de.
cAytdi
Ths once familiar smile ! meet no morsi
Around my path another race l sse-
But strong AMI harry - In days VI yofc.
When life was young, and all Vas bfishs
TO me.
Long yesrs have lapssd. AMI race succeeded
race:
suii. ds.r,s tina, spot which mr., my child
From memory time and change can ne'er
effacs
Tho.s hills. those streams. those distant
mountains blue
When now I think of one grim mountain steep,
Young life rolls back with all lie joys and
fears.
But loss Of filsnds, -rwould make an angel
To ponder DER thu, faietul lapse OF years.
Obi do not cay that I hive ceased to fesi.
That time and plsee have charmed my heart
away.
Repeat them not-such words are keen - . eel
A love ~ sacred never can decay.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-06-28
Fourth al the Lake.

There will be q gala time at Glenbrook
on the coming anniversary Of our natal
day. The particulars are fully set out In
an advertisement that appears elsewhere.
II 10 proposed to have . grand excursion
around the lake In the beautiful and fast
sailing Niagara during the dAy-tho Glen
brook bras band accompanying the excur-
sionists 70 furnish musical Inspiration.
A = finish to the days pleasure II Is pro-
posed to have q dance at the new nall
erected by Captain Pray. First-class
music has been engaged. and nothing will
be left undone 10 mako the entire AFFAIR q
succcss. II 10 expected that tho entire
population about Lake Tahoe will be there
and We confidently expect 10 sec Carson.
Virginia and suburban towns represented
by large delegations. Patriotic spirits
dwell on the shores Of the beautiful inland
sss. and on such glorious ~occasions they
will not entertain any such word ~ fall.
-Carssa TribsRe, ysns asa.