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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

J. 7. ELLSWORTH, of Barre,
Mass, says: Experience has
taught me that a cows's milk
very deficient in butter oGen fat,
tens a finer calf than hat of a frst.class
butter COW.
My currant bushes have been attacked
by the currant worms for the last two
years. | s%prinkled buttermilk on the
leaves of the bushes, and by this means
destroyed the wermsa and saved my bushes.
-FWmcrs Adr0cate.
WE consider a fowl at its prime at 3
years old. The vitality of the egg is not
gone at the end of a month if they can
be kept in a temperature of about 50
degrees, and if they are occasionally
turned at the end Of that time they will
hatch,-Land and Water.
CURRANT worms may be e~ffectuallv
destroyed, says Prof. Riley, by sprinkling
with solution of white hellebore, one
tablespoonful In a bucket o water, or the
powder may be sprinkled on while the
dew is on the bushes. Hot water has
also been successfully used to make the
worms drop off without injuring the
foliage,
n. B. WHITE gives a simple contri-
vance to prevent cut-worms from getting
at garden plants. 1t is a strip of tin two
inches wide and about ten inches long,
formed into a cylinder and set over the
plant. They will last a lifetime, and
probably cost half a cent each.-C0untry
Gentleman.
WEEDS need constantly to be looked
after and taken by the foretop. Re-
member that every weed that is allowed
to 20 to seed this year will be replaced
by hundreds and thousands next year.
One years seeding" of weeds is said
to produce Fifteen years of wedding"
and it is not far from the truth.
THE most successful fruit-growerq,
east and west, have decided that there
is no better remedy for the coddling moth
than to pasture hogs in the orchards, to
eat the wormy apples and the worms
therein. If the orchards are too large
for the number Of hogs kept, sheep are
turned in. If we will all unite in this
system, we shall soon see its good results.
There is no doubt about its being efec-
tive.-RurdI Home.
IHAvE learned hat wheat can be hoed
with horses as readily as corn, and as
fast as it can be drilled, the implement
occupying the same space and the num-
Der Of hoes being the same as a drill ;
and when hoed it looks as much improved
as a cornAeld dressed out with a %cultiva-
tor. II does not destroy any greater per.
centage of the plants than is done in cul-
tivating corn. Any man that can man.
age a pillow well a manage a wheat hoe
as readily. I can't see airy reason why
it wont help wheat as much to hoe it as
any other crop, so as to let in light, heat
and fertilizing gases of the atmosphere to
give vigor to the plants Western Rural.
Coon SEED.-Don't put in any but
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

before drilling from the LIST to the lVt ,n0 Q.
I Ts'yi6 and twenty acres Of 1t strong
corn land. This l double narrowed, one
rS,n after the other, the wagon following
t5sU gather Their up the grass, etc. out Of IN. i4S
w " Of the drill, which followed WIN
ons b NJ : ell per acre. The yield is thirty rs,
tnp oI bushels per acre Of superior , wheat " IT.
As to the merits OF the two kl9ds 81
Ab Of t the Canada white is a splendid
Wheat Wheat stands the winter wei, we'll ,a s1lI
s and the Weld better than any variety / !
have tried, but it ripens about one WEEK Stn
iater than the Fultz, has a very tnit
LmIL and hence sprouts easily after cut,
tinr' The Touzelle, or FuItz, | regard
a. s.' su,erior wheat, and on thin moderate
land would give it the preference as Il,
rinening A week earlier gives 1t a grea'
advantage. 1t is also hardy and very
nopuIar with the millers, but does no
Stand up well on strong land, formers
JLy,s .6urugI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

According to a Newcastle, England,
paper, the craft of rail-way-spring makers
is threatened with a very serious compe.
tition. A circular spring has been in.
vented it is made entirely by machinery,
and is said to be free from any defects of
the present handmade springs. The new
springs are made of solid round bars of
steel, highly polished, cut and bent into
elIiPtical forms, and bound together in
sets to form springs. -Four or five bars
form the top and bottom of each spring;
and it is intended as a further improve.
ment to have a spiral spring, also machine
made, to be placed in the center at the
tip and bottom set of springs. This would
oct IS a duplicate; and in case of accident
it would support the entire weight of the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

the best seed. This is an important item
in successful farming. Good land ana
hard labor will not produce the best crops
from poor seed. let the best seed 3e
planted, even if it has to be purchased
Vet most farmers can generally select
good seed from the best of their WneaI
and other small grain. In harvesting
save out the best bundles, and IN corn,
by going through the fields and carefully
selecting the best-flled ears then, by an
occasional renewing of fresh seed, from a
distance, and exchanging with the nelgu-
bors. all our crops may be greatly lul-
proved. Liberality in this interest pays
handsomely. Procure the best seed al
anv reasonable amount of labor or eN'
pense.- Western A]gricuflriS'.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

OF course my southern friends bread
was . failure, when the yeast was twelve
hours rising. 1t must have been kept
too warm, and soured. The yeast was
properly made but my experience Is
that a tablespoonful Of meal, added to
the yeast, hastens the rising. Sometimes
it becomes thin and watery after three
or four hours standing. If so, pour of
the water, and stir in sufficient -four to
thicken as at first. The rising can be
placed in a kettle of warm water, or, II
YOU have a boiler attached to your stove,
place it in the boiler and guard against
too much heat or draft, 1t should rise
within six to eight hours, then make
into ~loayes, which must not be kept toe
hot. Rise till perfectly light bake in {
moderate overwhelmingly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

The New York journal of Commerce.
says:
More than forty years ago, when it
was found that prevention tOrthe AsialiC
cholera was easier than cure, the learned
doctors OF both hemispheres drew up a
prescription, which was published (for
working people, in the New York Sun,
and took the uame of The sun Cholera
Mixture Our cotemporary never lent
its name to a better article. We have
seen it in constant use for nearly two
score years, and found it to be the best
remedy for looseness Of the bowels ever
vet devised. 1t is to be commended for
several reasons. 1t is not to be mixed
with liquor, and therefore will not be
used as an alcoholic beverage. Its in
gradients are well known among all the
common people, and it will have no pre-
judice to combat each of the materials
is in equal proportion to the others, and
il may therefore be compounded without
professional skill and as the dose is so
very small, it may be carried in a tiny
phial in the waistcoat pocket, and be
always at hand, 1t is;
Tinct, opii.,
Capsici,
Rhei CO.,
Mentn pip,
CamphO.
Mix the above in equal parts; dose,
ten to thirty drODs. In plain terms
take equal parts tincture of opium, red
pepper, rhubarb, peppermint, and cam
phor, and mix them for use. In case OF
diarrhea take a dose of ten to twenty
drops in three or four t~easpoonfuls Of
water. No one who has this by him and
takes it in time will ever have the chol-
era. We commend it to all, and hope
that the receipt will be widely published.
Even when no cholera is anticipated it is
an excellent remedy for ordinary summer
complaint.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

In growing strawberries we have h2d
the best success in transplanting carly IN
the season. This is the experience also
of prominent growerso of this fruit some
TRANSPLANT the last of July or first OF
August, and even earlier, if they. nave
strong plants. Weak or immature
nIants should never be used, for they
seldom if ever repay tor time and trouble
exnended on them. Plants that are set
out late sometimes produce good crops,
hut thew are rendered uncertain by not
becoming sufficiently fixed in the earth
As 10 resist heaying during the change.
of weather in the winter. -Farmsrs
Linton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
EXTRACT.
PONDS EXTRACT
The Peoples Remedy
The Universal Pain Extractor
Note: Ask for Ponds Extract
Take no Other.

ouo.. c,rIwiu speak OfcXccllcnt lhlnEsi
,nNn,S EXTRACT The great IN hiTiy
! Pain DESTROYER. lia5 ~, and nrompt curative
,rnrs, aud for cItahih3'' 'N
,H, nVEN, Ma fpmily. can niIIrn TRrnisrs,
UNI pp"nds Extract, AccIueuaTr ~ relieved al
Commissions, CuiS, nj raIpipiication. Promptly
rtiryss pains Of Burns, Rails, Feions,
tons, Chhhlg~, Inflammation, reduces I"tM
C0rns, el' riHesIlng, removes discoIoratloh ""'
heals t9lialyi Il their best FRIEND. IT assuagEfis w !"
LADIES hn4 ~ ~ t6ny are peculiarly suhlecS
pains ~ friinrss and pressure IN tnt IN ma Norma.
H1l.aN o Ir" IN promptly amch,orat.s ~ md
vertigo et , All Kinds Of i"nlamna'iohS ~
nlCCrajiGH5i DS or PILES nnd IN thistne 5 1Has
y: uuhnsHfe relief and ultimate cur, ia is rrru.
lmN.gJhrr r,niE ~ obstlnatc can long rv''S' 70 we
lar use WINS. Iii, INC only sure cure.
EARiCuSE L ~, mn cause. For this It Isl spec,
Bhhhpl ma saayed hundreds q lives wa" troa ~ ,ose,
innTG.,aiies failed to arrest D i1nr,
stQuach, lTnsHi ~ nracbr, Ncurnlgin ana
T0urllhn,i e., ars MI alike relieved anu o'''"
9srmlngqtly G9If9 al schools who are acquainted
IN Ponds Extract rcI1mmne1datlon from
rr1rtIre. We have Itlltl7w t W ~ whom order IL
gan1gS4inS tIatcir own l]roctlce; n SdIii ug. Of ali
% they order lis use M mr. Z, cn NJ iniiamcd
kinds, ,QhluSA', ,nI chronic DinIrnN1. ~
InnSi'Jtt, r which tt Is a Sgt,,Nlg, 'Vio-Guli.
i W3rnrIicd Feet. St,ings Of ln EoCr' ana indeed
Tos, etc. ChnpptcHH s 49,"
TOILET Use. GT ng, NSsais TCtuis, Eruption
g1a r'l W,RRIIC Wonderfully Improving Inc '""'
,plcSiT21Wir Extract, 81 10 I,bS Si2f e.
TO fi'fyrrt Man C%anhf1rd ~ no " il's ira.t
iIy!smmssr'il by Mn THE leading LlfeTN 5w -y1rk DIV
lluIroa1s " l3na II Tor s%prins, Harness or Saa n,
,sHTrrs Stiffness, scratches, STe'IiaT7iIc Di9r
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
nian MrIi.KnoMn Fnrt

that manv grocers sell DooLEY's YEAST Pow
DER at the same price they do the cheap, IN
ierior kinds, and, as they pay more for H.
make less money hence they never sell II
unless the purchaser demands, and Insists on
having it. They keep it out Of sight and
urge customers to take the common kinds
because they are more profitable, Good
pure articles have a value, and cannot b'
sold as low as those that are adulterated,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

FNE
GOOD old
STAND BY,
MEXICAN MUSTANG IMMINENT,
FOR NAN N BEAST.

Established - Years. Always cures. Always
ready. Always handy. Has never yet failed. Thirfy
millions hare tested IT, The whole world approve
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
Linimcnt in existence. 25 cents a bottle. The
Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will,
SOLD BY ALI MEDICINE VENDORS
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

THERE are certain periods fraught with
danger in women's life when nature requires
assistance in sustaining the tax on her vital
ity, and we know Of no better aid than HOME
STOMACH BrTTEBs Prepared by the Home
Bitters Co, st. Louis, Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
SANDAL-WOOD

A positive remedy for all diseases o the KIdne
Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good
DrOpAIcal 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 can
do this.
Reware OrImltatiOnA, tor, owing to its great
success, many have been offered some are most
dangerous, causing piles, etc,
DWmdGs, Dick d. Co.'S Genuine Soft Can.
sules containing Oil OF S%andalwood, sold at al
stores. Ask for circular, or send for one to IS and
Wooster street. New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
FARM AND GARDEN.


FARM AND GARDEN,
,..,,ouo Cbo,cc Receipts.
go. r.. p-,. tv Nh. Up.
written '0' ''s ''T ,r-.T
' A.
We give some cholee fyce'f,S .nu
week, August ana SeptemuvI oneL "
rich and abundant variety IoI rtese're
pickles, %jelIles, Jams wines, p!"IGle5
catsups, etc. A little WORK oil NAI' Alni'
dispatched every day or even OIL 'nose
days when the Washing IRONING any IN
Ing are not IN the way VIII! accuuIUl"'g
q lHrre supply OF WINTER e~hJv!ueu,' "l T
the labor OF It VIII not De leI'i a. II WI"
il too much Is taken III naiG az once,
lake 1t easy TINS preserving oI ,L.eS
sometnlhg lhal can MOI Ue '"'"'" ''''"5"
"' Will r,.rr
M 90. :, +bo;r own ;u;ca tin
t'o.t Pun .aL" ant .ba nits and mass tho
solI, Ilen n"Ge oU, o sue P' All siowjy and
pup mus ','' ono bonr A3d ~
s sti. L Oou' t%n .;-5t Of tbe MIN in snrar
.hl nn nI III i'C ono ri,n+e HAVING reody
I'LL rV aar, J"V miates sanare shane i
To he preferred. Pour the paste in this,
not over a quarter OF an inch thick, and
drv slowly in the oven, being careful not
to burn it. When dry turn out and
pack away carefully. This is useful to
cut in rings or fancy shapes, to ornament
WHIPS ices ~nu fancy CAKES
10 preserve 'he Pluils' h'It' "t!su
ing me jfult tlrow ~ a I'.le az ! 'lIne,
siin i 5,r and boying WEIGHED ont an
eolal quantity of rranIlated sugar, pack
the fruit with it in LAYERS in the presery.
inc kettIe cover TIGHTLY. and when the
whole is thoroughly heated through,
and the fruit ali saturated with the
air tight nj once.
GRAPE JELLY.
Use cultivated grapes not too ripe.
IF a light coiored ieIlv is desired. take
them quite green. Boil gently, till the
Juice is flowing. and the pulp half dis.
solved. Cool them, and press through
49, s4r,na iol,+ hoo wbinL wilI o1lSw
a thlh, strong JeIIy Dag %nlcn wiz al!oT
most oil tne pup 10 pass through Ne'gn
tHi' anu a.lo" one Poun9 anu t"o OUNCES pI
OF sugar 10 each Rounu Oh ILuIv' PoLl
the JUICE llIl CONSIDERABLY reuuceu 'neL
adG t9e sugar Nhea'eq IN an oven anu
pour into glasses,
rn,oo,. rn,o
NnHNN' .
10 every gallon OF 1rIl aaa one OF
~deodorlzed pure spirits NIX IN a large
cask, and let the berries dissolve IN the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

Take wild grapes, press the juice out,
boil it till reduced one.half, then to every
five gallons add one quart of molasses,
Keep in a warm place allow to terment.
When done Kissing put in the stopper.
1t is a richly.fayored, fine colored vine.
gar for the table.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

Bruise the green nuts and press out the
Juice, to one gallon Of which add an ounce
IF cinnamon, half an ounce of mace, one
quarter ounce of cloves. Put the whole
spices in a bag and throw into the Juice
and boil till the liquor is half reduced,
pour in a jar; add a little salt. let it
settle two days, thenlilter through a fine
piece of muslin till clear. Bottle in
pint- and half pints and seal the corks,
The older DIE better.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
GRAPE

Use cultivated grapes, not too ripe,
If a light colored jelly is desired, take
them quite green. Boil gently, till the
juice is flowing, and the pulp halt dis,
solved. Cool them, and press through
a thin, strong jelly bag, which will allow
most of the pulp 10 pass through. Weigh
this and allow one pound and two ounces
of sugar to each pound of fruit. Boil
the juice till considerably reduced, then
add the sugar cheated in an OVEN and
boil fifteen minutes, when it is ready to
pour into glasses.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

Tree. s 5 4 Co. e Portland fS MN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08
~RLAcKHERRY BRANDY.

To every gallon of fruit add one of
deodorized pure spirits, Mix in a large
cask, and let the berries dissolve in the
spirits. This is made in large quantities
and sold at high prices, as a medicine
for summer complaints, under the name
of blackberry brandy, 1t Is an excellent
remedy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-09-08

llNNlN Hlil W w well hlV00Vu'
Brave Fanny! If a sick heart wits
pered that it didn't matter what she
wore nowadays, she never needed the
voice; she chose the material with al
much care as if it had been the stuff fol
her wedding dress, and set about making
it up in her best style. When it wa,
finished Mrs. Marks came in and res
%olutely cleared away the signs of work
and then sent Fanny upstairs to put on
the new gown and 60 out walkin.
in it.
1t was getting late in the Afternoon
when Fanny returned from her stroll
1t seemed to her, as she entered the littl,
parlor, that it was full of people; heI
mother sat by the window, locking nerv
GUS and fearful, yet happy withal; anC
by her side was an elderly gentleman
talking earnestly.
A little apart from these two was 6
young man, sitting at the table and tuln
ing over the page of a little volume Of
poems which mad been a gilt from vii
liam Parr to his afianced wife. Both gen.
tlemen rose quickly as Fannie came in,
and the elder introduced himself al
once.
Il am your uncle, Stephen Fenwick,
Fanny" he said, taking her hands. "Give
me a kiss, my dear. You are like the
daughter | have lost. This is my son,
your cousin Walter"
The young man came forward aud
asked If Fanny were willing to make
friends with an unknown relative. Ills
manner was natural, his voice very gen
tie, and Fanny felt at once that he treated
her with as much deiereuce a. il she had
been II peeress instead OF n poor little
dressmaker. What he thought of her
she did not learn till long afterward;
but certain it is that the image Of
sweet, pale girl, in a brown dress, haunted
Walter Fenwick's mind for many a day.
your uncle wants us 10 20 and live
with him, Fanny" said Mrs. Kennaway,
lremulQuslY. "He Is a widower. and bas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24
Very small Bus1ness.

The u, ion finds fault with Street Com
Maucker because he charged the city for
the work of his team. The Union is
engaged 10 very small business. Does
that paper expect Mr. Maucker to accept
the office of street commissioner for $3.50
year and let his team stand idle?-o-
that he was to perform the duties of the
office for $3.50 year and throw in the use
OF his team? Mr. Maucker is teamstei
he gets his living by the work of his
team and himself. IF there is anything
wrong in the matter, why did the finance
committee (Wolenhaupt and Carse) re.
port the bills correct? Why did the
council allow them? Why did the mayor
endorse them? Wollenhaupt and Carst
said they were right. The council said so
The mayor said So And, after havint
passed through this ordeal it is not likely
that the Union will be able to conyinc,
anybody that there is anything wron.
about them. If Mr.. Maucker's team
worked for the city we suppose the teau
earned as much as any other team, ant
lshould be paid the same,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24
Personal.

Mr.. G. Seal, representing the Derby
Silver Co., Of Derby, Conn, was in the
city to-day on business for the firm, which
is one Of the best of its kind east. Mr..
Seal will remain at the Harper House
during his stay in this vicinity.
Yesterday afternoon County Treasurer
Porter received telegram which stated
that his father. Mr.. VIM Porter, an ole
and highly esteemed resident Of this county
living at Coaltown, had been striker witt
apoplexy, and was not expected to live
MIR. Porter Immediately started for Coal
town, and has not yet returned, but it wa
learned this forenoon that bis fathers con
dition was not as serious as was at frs
thought.
Mr.. S. G. Cosgrave, a partner in one o
the largest iron houses of Pittsburgh, is il
the city. Mr.. G. was at one time a Dem
ocratic candidate for Treasurer Of the cit.
of Pittsburgh, and is on the whole thor
ough gentleman aud shrewd business man
de stops at the Harper House.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24
EOr a Assessor

1t will be seen by a card in this paper
that Mr.. Philleo has announced himself
for assessor-not as a party man or subject
to any party convention. He is an ex-
celent man; has filled the Office several
years, and gives better general satisfaction
than any man who has ever held the
position. Last year his name was placed
on the Democratic ticket, and also on the
Republican ticket There was no candi-
date against him. We think it would be
good policy for the Democratic town con.
vention to put his name on our ticket
again this year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-24
From the So. Paul Pioneer Press.
A HUGE CONTRACT.
Capt. John 3. Davis Notified OF His
ment transportation Business
on the Missouri and Vel
lowstone Rivers

The Pioneer Press yesterday morning
announced that Capt. John Il. Davis OF
Rock Island. had been awarded the contract
for carrying the government freight on the
upper Missouri and Yellowstone rivers
during the coming summer, and a dis
patch from Washington yesterday an
nounced that the War Department had
confirmed the awsrd made by Capt Card.
Commodore W. T. and Captain p. S.
Davidson. and Captain j. II. Reaney are
associated with Capt. Davis in this mann
moth enterprise, which is a much more
prodigious undertaking than is generally
supposed. The rates which the govern
ment will pay are fifteen cents per hundred
pounds per hundred miles on the Missouri
and fifty seven and half cents on the
Yellowstone Messrs. E. Fenton and
Levi Wilson, of Leavenworth. bid a cent
less on the Missouri and half cent less
on the Yellowstone, but as If doubling
their ability to get their boats through,
incorporated in their bid provision that
where the freight is hauled by wagon the
rate would be $l.43 per hundred miles,
and thus their bid was rejected, and the
contract awarded to the next lowest bid
| der, which happened TO be the very COM
petent and responsible parties named
above. Now, as to the gross amount in
volved 10 the transfer of the material nee
essary to build the ftrts at the mouth OF
tie Tongue and the Big Horn rivers. LET
/ - make little calculation. There art
eight thousand tons, or sixteen million a
pounds of freight to be carried, as est
mated by the War Department. This il
equivalent to 100000 one hundred pound
packages. which, at sixty cents per pack
age for the four hundred miles from Bis
marck to Fort Buford Tor fifteen cents pc
hundred pounds per hundred miles
makes transportation bill on the Missouri
of $780, 900. Now the average distanc
on the Yellowstone and Big Horn river
cannot be definitely stated, because tn
exact location of the new military posts ha
I not yet been decided upon, but it will no
vary far from three hundred miles. tn
transportation rate per hundred pounds 70
this whole distance (if the figure is not to
iighl would be 81 943, or a total of abou
$500 900, which with the Missouri rive
hill makes about four hundred thousan
} dollars worth of extra transportation busi
: uess which Capt DAVIS and his associate
will have to attend to this summer
Though this is a gigantic undertaking, an
the hazards and uncertainties are of q
: ordinary character, there is scarcely roor
g for doubt that the contract viii be faitt
fully and successfully carried out.