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The Punch In Virginia.

There are hundreds of incidents cOnse-
quent upon the advent of the new system
Of raising revenue in Virginia. One is
worthy Of mention here, and in thi, con-
nection it must be noticed that, singular
as it may appear, the saloon keepers are
bitterly opposed to the register. During
the afternoon Of the first day OF the new
system, r. NJ. 7. Hunter, state treasurer,
dropped into a saloon and planting his
elbows familiarly upon the bar asked for
a glass of beer. A party seated in the
rear, discussing the merits or dement's of
the register, narrowly observed the dis
tinguished old gentleman and listened
sttentively for any expression relative to
the instrument that might escape him.
He slipped his beer and looked a~nxiOusly
at the bartender slipped il again and
eyed the barman still more intently.
Putting down his glass he remarked
"You haven't punched.
~ know l haven't Mr.. Hunter, said
the smiling dispenser Of liquids.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

Use great care in picking them from
the tree, and when transferring them
from the basket to the barrel handle
them like eggs. Get the best %granulated
sugar barrels to keep them in, and when
the barrels are full cover them with thick
paper to keep them from the air. Then
with a barrel-header press the heads int
snd keep them out OF the cellar as late
as YOU can without having them freeze.
Put them 10 the dryest and coolest part
OF the cellar, and raise them from the
ground three feet or more on kids, aud
do not open or disturb them until they
are wanted for use. II exposed to the
air BY opening the barrel to pick them
over, some of the apples will rot and
Others will wither.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
EmncIn,Ion a RrmedlabIe DefteL.

Leanness not only detracts from personal
comeliness, but is an index that the blood IS
deficient in nutritive properties. To remedy
emaciatIon, enrich and purify the blood,
which will then develop healthy flesh ms
object is most readily attained through the
s,sncv Of the great blood fertilizer and de-
n1rent Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
enables the stomach to extract from the food
| taken into it ample nourishment for the sys3'
TEN, removes all obstacles to complete al
r~estien and assimilation, and by stimulating
the kidneys to vigorous action, lncltes those
organs to strain from the vital tuld IN ls
passage through them impurities when
would otherwise impair Its hesh'creallng
| Qualities. Not only do the Bitters promote
| the development of solid fiber, but they als'
increase muscular power and elasticity
overcome nervousness, Danish mental de
preston, and protect the system aga'nS
disease.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
Consumption a Disease of Indoor Life.

Dr Felix L, Oswald says in the No
yember Popular Science Monthly
Among the natives OF Senegambia pull
monary affections are not only nearly but
absolutely unknown; yet a single year
passed in the over.cTewded man-pens and
teerase bells Of the slave trader often
suficed to develop the disease in that
most yirulent form known as gallOplng
consumption and the brutal planters of
the Spanish Antilles made srule Of never
buying an imported negro until they had
tested his wind" i. e., trotted him up
hill and watched his respirations. If he
proved to be " a roarer," as turfmen term
it, they knew that the dungeon had done
its work and discounted his value
accordingly. off perfectly sound man
is imprisoned for lite" says Baron
d'Arblay the Belgian p~hilanthropist, "his
lungs, as a rule, will first show symptoms
of disease, and shorten his misery by a
hectic decline, unless he should commit
suicide"
Our home statistics show that the per
centage of deaths by consumption in each
state bears an exact proportion 70 tne
greater or smaller number Of inhabitants
who follow indoor occupations, and is
highest in the factory districts Of New
England and the crowded cities of our
central states. In Great Britain the rate
increases with the latitude and attains its
maximum height in Glasgow, where, as
Sir Charles BrOdie remarks, windows are
opened only one day for every two in
Birmingham, and every three and a hall
in London but going farther north the
percentage suddenly sinks from twenty
three to eleven, and even to six, it we
cross the ~ffty.seventh parallel, which
marks the boundary between the manu-
featuring counties of central Scotlan!
and the pastoral regions of the north.
1t is distressingly probable, then, to sa!
the least, that consumption, that mos
fearful scourge Of the human race, is no
a mysterious d~ispensation of provi
dence,h nora " producto of our o~utrageou
climate" but the direct consequence o
an outrageous violation of the laws o
God.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

james Draper, of Worcester, Mass,
gives his experience with dwars as fol.
lows: Ny experience with the pear on
a ounce stock on my heavy clayey soil,
has been very favorable, and l have now
ia bearing many dwarf trees that have
produced heavy crops for over twenty
~yeaIs,sand some trees yielding from two
TO four bushels of fruit annually. Ifone
he's q light and sandy soil, | would not
recommend dwarfs, except perhaps ]
should want the Duchesse. Louise Bonnie
and Vicar, on the ounce roots: On our
Iich, loamy and heavy clayey soils, where
the pear seems TO thrive best, l should
set one-third TO one-half Of the dwaris,
taking the varieties that seem to be par
ticulaFly adapted to the ounce stock, Of
these the Duchesse, Louise Bonnie de
Jersey, Belle Lucrative, Vica, DOyenne
du COmice, BeHrra superfne, and per
haps the Clapps favOrite.
[ should plant these trees between the
standards, and by 80 doing we can plant
saeasi, G0Atie TIC number Of trees on IN
acre. lear trees may be set in ROW.
twenty feet apart. and twenty feet apart
III The row. By planting dWarfs between,
re Get the trees ten feet apart in each
row, which Il . .geOd distance for an
o1dhGgd,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
sanA ror BedaIns Cattle.

Sand, SAYS a recent writer, if not the
best, is one of the best articles in use for
bedding cattle. 1t is a good deOdorizer
and keeps the stable sweet. As the
cattle work it back into the trench under
their feet it mixes with the manure, and
thus divides it and makes it more suitable
for the use OF plants. II the distance to
haul it IL not too far, its very ~cheapness
ought to recommend its use. In bans
that have no cellars, were it used freely,
it would absorb a large mount Of urine
that is now wasted. Soil and muck are
dirty things TO use in the stable, but
sand is clean. Then, too, il is q nice
thing TO use uuder hen roOsts 10 receive
the droopingr, which can be easily raked
off and kept in barrels, and In spring
mixed with fine cor manure-one part Of
the former to two Of the latter. Thia
being shoveled over two or three times,
makes a mass of rich manure. A large
handful of this in the hiIl will set corn
to growing finely. Flowers, too, grow
and blossom far better in soil that has
an admixture of sand. So clAyey and
peaty soils are benefited by its oOmbina,
ten with them and vice vera. When
spread on heavy soils in grass it produces
more effect than any chemical manure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
L
Cement stable Floor.

A correspondent writes the Indiana
Farmer: lhave noticed an article going
the rounds of the papers advocating ce'
ment for pig-pens, which l Oncur in.
But why stop with the pig-pen? have
a pig-pen twenty-six feet by thirty-fOur
feet, with a paved and Cemented floor /;
also l have a barn forty by sixty-fOur
feet square, and the whole of the base
ment paved and cemented. The stables
have been in use for five years, and are 10
asgood condition now as when new. Now,
brother farmers, | will give my plan for
making this kind of AOOr. In the first
place, remove the surface dirt until you
get a good, solid bed then spread coarse
sand or gravel Over The surface, from two
to four inches deep, according to the
size of the stones you have to use to
pave with. Commence and lay the outer
lines, making allowance for the fall you
may want in your floors. After getting
the eutsr lines, keep a straight edge by
you, and pound every stone into your
bed until it sets solid and the surface is
even or in line. | gave my floor from
bnIee 10 IOuI lnCuSS ldll u JNtlNo HCVt3
frsm my manger back.
After the stones are all set IS above
stated, take of good water lime one
part, and OF clear cOarse sand four
parts mix thoroughly while dry, and
then wet until it will run like thin por-
ridge then pour it in and fill all the
Crevices until nearly TO the top of the
stones. After that is set, take OF cement
one part and sand three parts; make a
mortar 50 thin hat it can be easily
spread. Lay it on even and smooth until
it is about one inch thick. After the
plastering is down shut out the light
and wind, and let the work Of drying be
gradual if the weather is warm and
dry sprinkling every two or three days,
OF, still better, a light coat OF straw
dampened would prevent it getting dry
too soon. The fore part of the season is
best for stables, as they will be hard as
stone by fall if treated right. Some
may think these floors expensive, but
where stone and gravel are handy they
cost but little more tnan wood, and the
advantage is 80 much that it al hardly
be estimated. First, there is no harbor
for rats and mice; no waste Of manure
no plank TO break or iniure stock no
freezing of manure if cleaned out in the
morning; in durability, no end
For horse stables, lay plank sever feet
long in stalls, and you are all right.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
The Spirits and the Wheat Market.

Ayoung man who is a firm believer in
spiritualism went the other day to a pro.
feesional medium, to whom he put, in a
sealed envelope, the question, how is
the wheat market likely to go in Novem-
Der r. In a few moments the spirits
returned him the following reply: dyes,
l watch over you and am ever near you.
Behind the veil we track with lustrous
hope the lile.path of our beloved on
earth. Life is mortal; immortality Is
immortal two and two make four. The
sacred noon Of beatitude basks blissfully
on the hilltOps Of the summer-land.
Shadowy kisses are.br athcd upon your
brow, and arms oil mOon.beams circle
your head. Be firm, be pure, and always
come to this place when you want any
revelations, Our prices are the lowest
in the market, and we strive to please.
We shall gatberat the river, the beautiful,
the ditto, the river. Farewell; 81;
collect" Somehow the young mans
faith is not 80 ardent as it used to be-
Chicago Td5gHe,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
September Report Of the MemhIs De-
partment.

The crop report for October of the Mem.
phis cotton exchange has been pub,
iished. 1t is made from forty seven
reports from west Tennessee, 6lty-one
from North Mississippi and fifty.four from
Arkansas, north Of the Arkansas river, Of
the average date of Oct. |. The majority
report uniavorable weather, owing to
rain keeping the crop growing and re.
tarding maturity. The average damage
by worm, rust and rot is six per cent.
The average date of the general picking
is Sept, 90.
The average prospect for yield as com.
pared with the same date last year il
five per cent. This comparison is made
with the prospect of last year before frost.
The possible damage by frost is estimated
at eight per cent. greater than last year
The reports generally indicate but little
OF no top crop, the wet weather causing
il TO shed.
There is much complaint of excessive
grass aul weeds in the crop, %seriously
interfering with picking and promising
much trashy cotton after a killing frost
The crop is generally later in maturing
The labor morale is good, and the croT
will be fully saved.
The corn crop is not SO good as last
year. The condition of the hay crop i:
good. The prospective increase in the
acreage of wheat, rye and grapes il
twelve and. one third per cent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
Light In stables,

Neither cattle nor horses should be
stalled in a dark stable, as all animals
require light in the daytime. A horse
kent for months in a stable would be
liable to become blind. In regard te
light in swine pens, a writer says that
two lows having litters on the 18th and
22d Of January, respectively, were kept
in two rather dark, but warm, temporary
sites, and had to occupy them till about
the middle Of the month of April, when,
for each sOw with litter, n of the per.
manent sites was opened by selling the
occupants. At that time the pigs which
had been kept 10 the dark, but warm
temporary sites proved to be less lively
than, and much inferior in weight and
size, to'thOse of anyof the litters raised in
the lees warm but welllIghted permanent
sites, Notwithstanding that the difference
in age was very small, and that food and
are had been the same in every respect,
One of the litters born on the 18th oil
January, which had accidently the best
lighted sty, though situated in the north
west and consequently coolest corner o.
the frame building, exhibited the mos
rapid growth, and the litter born on The
22d Of January, which had the darkes
sty, had made the poorest.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

Haven't you got the Moiat regis
Ter . F" inquired the statesman.
"Oh, yes, sir, with a touch OF sar-
Il thought I didn't hear the bell "
duerlously remarked Nirginia's treas
ruer, -, 3,
ooh. No, Mr.. Hunter, you did not ~
very emphatically,
"Why ," hesitatingly,
Because you haven't paid me Mr.
Hunter.
This produced a laugh at the expense
Of the distinguished treasurer and imam,
cier. who. after fumbling in his rocket
produced a douceur and plsnked 1t up
Wbcreupon the barkeeper with a consld
cradle flourish, turned his crank, SOUNDED
Inc ong and announced, another hal
cent toward paying the debt OF Nir
GINA Mr.. Hunter beat a hasty re
treat,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

Our attention has recently been called to the
Rdritan Matel0Sse UOdkings, something entire
ly new in the way Of heavy, thick, warm
wooden goods, specially adapted for ladies,
ing, These goods are the handsOmest, and most
stylish ever seen, and so far as price is con.
cerned, are a miracle in cheapncss. They
are intended for ClOaks, sacques, dolmans, cir
culars and jackets, foi both ladies and chill
dren, and are found at all the leading dry
goods s%tOresin the country Be particular toasl
for the Rdritdn ClOdkin0S and'take no others
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
Tnoo,InnfInr Pump Company.

Fairbanks & Co. are the sole and exclusive
agents Of the SluthOur Pump, owned ana man
aCed by the Oscillating Pump Company. ihey
are the simplestAnd vet the most ed clenthanu
pumps ever invented, their excellence being
fully attested by the fact that's a. the centennial
and wherever exhibited, either in this co9ntr!
or in Europe. the 6rst premiums have been
awarded 10 the company for hand pumps, snip
pumps,fo force pumps and hre pumPsThe small,
est Of these pumps we observed worked by Z
little child and raising the water from a depth
| Of twelve feet, forced it through a hose l9Oteet
long, and threw it with great force luO iee';
Water can be raised from wells at q deptIh O.
forty feet with perfect ease. They nave peru
| adopted BY the Government in many Puplle
works. and are coming into general use, sup
planting all other hand pumpS.-M Lo"|
! D1Ry Journal Oct. 6, ST.. These pumps are
sold at all warehouses Of the Messrs' fSlr'
bnaks the celebrated scale manufacturers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
The Capture OF Hyenas.

The following mode of tying hyenas in
their den, as practiced in ~Afghanistan, is
given by Arthur Connolly, in his Over
land Journal, in the words of an Afghan
chief, the Shirkaroe Synd DaOnd:
When you have tracked the beast to
his den you take a rope with two slip
knots upon it in your right hand, and
with your left holding a felt cloak before
you, you go boldly but quietly in. The
animal does not know the nature Of the
danger, and, therefore, retires to the back
of the den, but you may always tell
where his head is by the glare of his eyes.
You keep moving gradually toward him
on your knees, and when You are within
distance throw the cloak over his head,
close with him and take care he does not
| free himself. The beast is 80 frightened
that he covers back, and though he may
bite the felt, he cannot turn his neck
round 20 hurt you, 80 you quietly feel
for his fore legs, slip the knots over them,
and then with one strong pull draw them
tight up to the back OF his neck and tie
them there. The beast is now your own,
and yeu can do what you like with him.
We generally take those we catch home
to the krail, and hunt them on the plain
with brides in their mouths, that sur
dogs may be taught not to fear the brutes
when they meet them wild"
Hyenas are also taken alive by the
Arabs by a very similar method, except
that a wooden gag is used instead of a
felt cloak. The similarity in the mode
of capturein two such distant countries
as Algeria and Afghanistan, and by two
races 90 different, is remarkable. From
the fact that the Afghans consider that
the feat requires great presence of mind
and an instance being given of a maj
having died of a bite in clumsy attempt
we may infer that the Afghan hyena il
more powerful or more GerociOus than his
African cOngener.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
Mnnher Hmm Wonder

Gircp arag--s strange, mysteriou, and
most extraordinary Book, entitled ne
BOOK OF WONDERS" Containing, with
numerous curious pictorial illustrations, the
mysteries of the Heavens and Earth, Natural
and Supernatural Oddities, Whimsical,
Strange Curiosities, Witches and Witchcratt,
Dreams, Superstitions, Absurdities, Fabu,
lous, Enchantment, etc. In order that all
NAV see this curious book, the publishers
have resolved to give it away to all that de
sire to see it. Address by postal card, +
GLEASON & Co., 73S Washington Street. Bos
fon Macs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

PREMATURE Loss OF HAIR, which is
so common nowadays, may be entirely pre-
vented by the use of BUBNETr's COCAINE
It has been used in thousands OF cases where
the hair was coming out in hand'ful, aud mas
never failed to arrest its decay and to pro
mote a healthy and vigorous growth 1t Is
at the same time unriyalled as a dressing iol
the hair. A single application will Tenderi'
soft and glossy for several days.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
The Work Of DesOlatiOn,

Within ten years no less than 10000
600 acres of forest bas been cut down or
burned over in the United States. Much
of the timber is used for fuel, twenty-five
cities being on record as consuming from
5000 10 10000 acres each. Fences use
up much timber, and railway sleepers
require the product of 100000 acres per
annum. The amount of pine and hem
lock timber yet standing in the forests Of
the timber states is estimated at 225,
O0), 00O,0OO feet. The sum of $144 ,OOO,
900 is invested in the timber industry
employing 100000 men.-Polytcchnic.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
SANDAL-WOOD

A positive remedy for all diseases o the KIdnp
BLADDER aud Urinary Organs; also good
DrOPaIcAI Complaints. Ii never produces sick
ness, is certain and speedy in Its action. 1t
fast superseding every other remedy. sixty capsules
cure In six or eight days. No other medicine cat
d othls.
Beware OF limitations, Tor. owing to iis gre 4
success, many have been offered some are mvs,
dangerous, causing piles, etc. sr
DMndGs, Dick d Co.'S Genuine Soft CaJ,
sules containing Oil Of sandalwoOd, sold at al
storeS. Ask for circular. or send for one to IS add
Wooster street. New York
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
Vienna HOuA.

To one quart Of -four add two teaspoons.
full of DOoLEY's YEAST POWDER, sift
thoroughly, put in a little salt, and rub a
tablespoonful of lard or butter through the
flour; use enough sweet milk tor a soft
dough, roll out and cut with a round cutter
fold over like a turnover, wetting the edgel
with milk to make them adhere wash ovei
with milk to give them a gloss, place in 4
pau so they will not touch each other, ant
bake fifteen or twenty minutes. They ar,
delicious.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
A. +. Outbridge, in the PHILADELPHIA,

A, E. Outbridge, in the Philadelphia
mint, has obtained, by experiments in
electro,chemistry, films Of gold 80 thin
that $500 900 would be required to
make an inch in thickness yet the films,
when examined through the microscope,
are seen to be continuous. They are
transparent, and Of a bright green color
but by reflected light. they resume the
true gold color,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

THE editorial staff OF the Christian
Union (Horatio c. King, Publisher, q Park
Place, New York., comprises Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher and Rev. Lyman Abbott
Editors, c. J.. Norton, John Habberton
author Of "Helen's Babies" etc. Rev.
+. W. Bacon, Mrs. II. W. Bsecner, and W.
II. Coleman. Price So. -Four months, ST.
A serial story by Mrs. II, B, Stowe will begin
in November.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

A FEW years ago no one would have
thought that more than hundred hours in:
struciion in music could have been afforded
for$15; yet this is just what more than 10,
900 pupils have secured at the New England
Conservatory of Music, with its seventy'hye
eminent Professors. Full information may be
secured by addressing DR., f. Touriec, Bofton
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03
DESTROYING the Green Fly.

An Illinois correspondent Of the Gar
dener's Monthly states that the green
Hy attacked his plants in the dwelling
house where tobacco smoke could not be
used. He procured a handful OF lady
bugs and placed them on the plants one
evening. The next morning not a green
fv was to be seen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

A writer in the London Garden says
that the best remedy for the phylloxera
is to keep the soil very loose and open
around the stem Of the vine, allowing a
free iDgress of air to the roots; then give
a good soaking with water impregnated
with tar or CarbOlic acid.
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-03

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