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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

In selecting corn for seed, it is often the
practice to merely choose large ears from
the general crop, 1t is suggested that this
is not the best method, Tor, while the
plant may be strong and vigorous and
bear large ears, the corn may have been
fortified by pollen from feeble or ptunted
plants near it, and the seed may retain
aud repeat these adverse qualities in
spite of the riGOr Of the plant on which il
grew. 1t is said that a better plan would
he to plant some Of the seed in a small
plot by itself, at a distance from the main
crop, and to give this patch plenty of
room and high culture. When the tassels
appear in this seed bed every plant should
be examined, and all feeble stalks should
be pulled out or cut off below the tassel
before it has an opportunity to bloom.
BY this arrangement both the plant on
which the ears grow, and the pollen scat
tered from its own and neighboring tas
sells, will be alike strong and vigorous, and
the seed will partake of the strength of
both its parents,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

These reluctant Indians hare since been
known as the "Non-Treata.' For some
time. for causes which will be herein
after explained, these latter have been
~eudeavoriug to induce the reservation
Indians to leave the grounds and ioin in
the annual hunting and fishing excur-
sions. 4 report OF the secretary of the
interior, sometime since, said: "Ihe set
Elements made in the WaIla Walla valley,
which has for years been the pasture
ground of the large herds OF horses owned
bv ,1oscph's band Of the "Non-Ireaties,
will occasion more or leas trouble be-
tween this band and the whites until
joseph is induced or compelled to settle
upon the reservation This prediction
has been verified. The Salmon river
Indians, Il branch of the Nez PCrces,
ioined Joseph's band. Joseph is a
renegade, an ultra "Non.Treaty," and
has for several years been very trouble
some. 10 such an extent that Gen. How
ard, commanding the department of the
Columbia, found it necessary to force
him upon the reservation. As mentioned
before, the Presbyterian missionaries ac-
CURED the title to the land in the Walla
Walla valley from the NeH Perces. They
in turn sold it to n settler named I. j..
aangiord and several others, Contro-
VERSES arose over the validity of the
title, and after much legal warfare the
secretary of the interior decided that the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
GarrOtlng a Woman in Spain,

Prudencia Saint Vera, a woman of
Slcedon, Spain, was lately garroted in
Barcelona for numbering her child. On
the day previous to her execution she
was singing joyously in her cell at an
early hour when the sheriff entered. She
listened with tranquility to the reading
OF the first part of her sentence, but
trembled ~nervously as he proceeded, and
as he CLOSED she tainted. Sisters of
Charity restored her, and she was con.
Quoted to the chapel of the prison. She
struggled violently, protested her inno-
cence, screamed, and rolled upon the
ground in commissions. The night was
passed in the chapel with similar mani.
festations. but toward morning she slept
through exhaustion. On waking she
listened to the mass with haggard ewes,
confessed Internationally to a priest, and
mechanically took the communion,
Prudencla was then tied in a wagon, and.
followed by a gloomy procession of peni.
tents and monks, she reached the scafold.
Being lifted into the fatal chair by the
executloner's assistants, a few seconds
sufticed for the fatal collar to choke her,
For the rest of the day, according to law,
the corpse, with the tongue biackened
and projecting, sat exposed in IFS blqcs
robe Of execution.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

The cause of bone SPAWN may be either
ct the following: Overwtrking animals
while too young, the bones being then
soft using calkcd shoes or on account of
the dam or sire having been subject to
the same disease, Treatment-clip the
hair off the SPAWN for some distance all
round, then apply about half an ounce of
binIodide Of mercury in iue powder,
powdered cathaIides and rodine, Of each
one drachm; lard two ounces. Mix
thoroughly, aud rub in four minutes.
Repeat every three weeks for three APP
Plications, and allow from three to four
months absolute rest in ii comfortable,
Toomy box stall.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

4 prominent pisciculturist lately sent
a very valuable present of trout spawn
to a San Francisco magnate who is more
remarkable for wealth than refinement.
The giver's idea was that the trout might
be Matched, and would thrive in a small
artificial lake which was a feature of the
millionaire's grounds. He was much
surprised at receiving the following note
some days afterward: MY dear friend
Them water-peas as YOU sent was way
IN and was excellent fried. ! bad con
siderable railway people, and II or two
bankers to dinner the night they came.
We never would have knew what the
concerns we're only for Maria, who had
lust graduated at a female school, and
knows a sight, She told us as them peas
were quite common, and that they grow
under water SAINT as you sent EN- We
all send kind regards, and would be
pleased to have some more water ycge-
tables when you are sending to the city,
-Ercbanqc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

We learn that a new hypothesis as
to the nature of electricity has been of.
tered by Prof. Renard, of Nancy. lie
considers an electric current to be pro.
duced by longitudinal motion of the
other particles, which at the same time
have a general forward motion When
the molecules ofa body arc surrounded
10y a greater ether atmosphere than the
normal, the body is in the condition
which we call positively electric when
the ether atmosphere about each mole:
Guile is less than the normal, the body is
negatively electric He has sought to
explain various electrical phenomena
thus: for example the magnetigation
OF steel needles by electrical discharges,
regarding which Savary has shown that,
according to the position of the needle,
it acts in VI direction or the other.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC


The Baltimore fruit dealers think they
have discovered a method OF ~ripening
fruit which is somewhat better than
natures. Upon this point there will
probably be difference OF opinion among
consumers, but the process is an interest.
inE one. The fruit is hung in a room
which IS made perfectly dark and a,
nearly alright rs possible. The room
is then heated by means of pipes to the
proper temperature, and the rcom is
kept closed except when opened for in.
spection Of progress. The experiment,
thus far have been with bananas, and it
has been todnd that two or three DAYS
only are req uired to ripen them.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
Live Stocn Manng. mcntiu New England.


The New England Farmer has an in
teresting article on the care and keep Of
a herd of cattle in Vermont, from which
we clip the following:
The aim here is to breed a COW that
shall stand high on the record, but, at the
same time be perfectly healthy, and of a
tendency for milk production rather than
beef exclusively. The great unsightly
humps and lunches of fat which we
sometimes find laid over the hips and
rumps of some of the Short-Horns,
making them look too clumsyto be com.
Portable, were not observed here to any
marked degree, especially among the
more choice-bred animals. At the time
of our visit nearly all the animals were
in r large open yard, well Uttered with
straw, and where they were ~lqisurly
walking about or lying quietly chewing
their cuds in the warm sunshine and
80 kindly arc they all treated by their
attendants that of the whole fifty not
one could he found to show the least fear
of man, whether an acquaintance or a
stranger, but many of them would fol-
low us about in our walks, asking as
plainly as actions could ask, for a stroke
or a pat of the hand over their smooth,
pleasant faces.
The barns, which are substantial and
connections, are pictures oSneatness and
comfort. Few of the prisoners in our
penal institutions, we fear, fare as well
as do these. animals, with their whole
some food, pure air and clean beds.
Twice a wear every animal is thoroughly
washed all over in tobacco stem tea, in
which is mixed one and a half ounces Of
carbolic acid. This keeps them entirely
free from all kinds of external parasites.
They are fed three times per day by the
clock every time; no animal is kept
waiting for his food beyond the usual
time, and no more is given than will be
eaten up clean. The hay is cut and
slightly moistened with warm water, and
a little bran or meal sprinkled on. The
proportion for each animal averages
twenty two pounds Of hay, three pounds
of bran, and one pound of meal per
day-not a heavy food for animals of
bldG Blu IIOlI GA ICllil6lJo WulCI nave
been and are being made, the proprietor
is of the opinion that these large animals,
on account of their quiet dispositions
and hereditary tendencies for laying on
flesh, can be kept quite as cheaply per
animal as some of the smaller but more
nervous and restless breeds.
The stables are partly under ground,
but, though warm are not dark or damp.
The walls are so thoroughly built, and
the doors and windows so well arranged
for protection from outside influences,
that the temperature during the whole
winter, from November to March, has
scarcely varied more than sixteen degrees,
ranging from six below freezing to ten
above ever when the thermometer in the
open air indicated twenty degrees below
zero. No tireheat isused for warming the
stables, nor is steamed food in very good
repute here. Part OF the animals are
tied with chains and part are confined
between stanchions. Both methods are
liked but chains are considered, upon the
whole, preferable. Straw for bedding is
used very freely, and the cattle are as
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

QuINcY's HABITUAL JoKE.--Edmund
Quincy cOndescended to the making of
jokes. He left his oyercoat at the house
of a friend not long before his death,
while he went to call upon the Win
throps. Returning, he remarked, 81
left a bad habit behind me, and what
may surprise you, J have come back to
reclaim it." His surtout had got hidden
under a mass of outer garments and was
not Immediately recovered. On finding
it Mr.. Quincy humorously alluded to
Dryden and sportively quoted the,line -
-" the habits afethe same
we wore last year, N ''>
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
The Lords of Creation

A correspondent of the Pittsburg
Chronicle reads the following lecture to
the husband Of the day
Why don't somebody tell the husband
of the day that he must come home to
his wife with a smile instead of the in.
etitable scOwl upon his face? That if
he will be about half as polite to his
wife after as before marriage, she will be
grateful and astonished. That he must
not be too tired to do a little thingNtor
her if she asks him pleasantly. That it
would not hurt him or his dignity to
take the baby in his strong arms for a
time while his wife rests her weak and
weary ones. That he must spend less
money in the purchase of cigars and
chewing tobacco and-Somethjn ny else
so that there may be more saved, or ex.
pended upon home comforts. That if
the mutton chops happen to be not quite
to his liking, he might consider that his
wife wa probably so busy with some.
thing. equally, or more important, as to
have been unable to attend to the chops,
and if he would pleasantly say, "My
dear, | suppose you were too busy to look
after the support know it is all right
when you are not" they will be all right
next time, if such a thing is possible.
That he must learn to eject tobacco Juice
beyond instead of upon his shirt front.
That a moustache dripping with cream or
coffee is not the most artistically beauti.
full sight in the world. That he must
once in a while, say twice a year, or three
tlmes-.l don't want to startle all the
married men into apoplexy--ofer his
wife a reasonable amount of money for
personal expenses. That when an
amiable man loses his a~miability over a
cruet-stand. or a key, or a shirt. or a
table-cloth, or a mustard-pot, he ought to
be-well there! Who ever saw an
" amiable husband ~
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

When the physical energies Troop te.', II
th,m with t5ai safest and most active oil
t"nirs, IIostctter's stomach Buffers b{ = !
timely use Of this salutary and aSIeeoul,
medicine, you will save yogseli from posi- o,
i've disease Tor be assured that the lanyHo,
and loss of strength md appetite "hlrI
,rouhles YOU is in fact the precursor OF So.l'
maIodv Of, perhaps, a serious nature. hPp'ii
titc, tranquility Of the nervous system, ahI u
~u",,i.,inc vigor, will %assurcdly be restored i
H.. p,tters ARE rsad Systematically, and the
op;n,Dntary disturbance, which in nine cases
" 'mt of TN piyrs rise to debility and nervous,
u"' v bc entirely removed. Regularity OF
the bowels, active hillary ]ScclGlioni th1
e pyI Of impurities from the BLOOD
throagh thr kidneys, are also among ln'
bcneGccut effects OF this admirable res'or'
tive.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14
AFTER an experience Of over twenty

NFIEk MI X PFTIFIIUt u ONVT INtUJY'
five years, many leading physicians ackuow.
edge that the Gy0Gcabsrg NarShaH's Uterine
Cothoiicon is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject. The
GractcabTg I%e9aujIc Pits, the most popular
remedy OF the day for billiousness, headache,
liver complaint and DISEASES Of digestion.
Sold by all druggists. Send for almanacs.
Graefenberg Co., New York.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

IT has been made against the law for
n postmaster to give a mans letter TO bis
wife. But the thing mustn't stop here {.
now we want a method to prevent her
from sorting over the contents of his in.
side Iocket, and perusing his various
correspondence while Morpheus is hold.
ing him in bis arms,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

clean in winter as in summer when at
pasture. In pleasant weather water Is
given in the open yards, but in stormy
weather it is carried to them in their
stalls.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

PoND's EXTRACT, for oyer twenty
five years, has been recognized in medical
writings as the great specific for Pain, Con.
gestions, Piles or any Soreness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

PARTIES visiting Memphis will find elegant
apartments furnished with board, at the new
residence of Mrs.C.C .Bavliss, t3 Madison St.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

ONIeY SAUCE-Peel four small white
onions and boil them until soft; drain
and chop them up fine; mix them with a
capful Of hot milk, and two tcaspoon'uIs
OF butter, a little salt aud pepper, then
boil all together for one minute serve
hot.
HucElEpEFEY CAEE.--Two cupfuls
of sugar, one of utter, fveeggs, one cup
Rl of milk, one teaspooutul OF soda, one
small lemon, little nutmeg, a wine glass
~mlofbraudy, three cupluls -four; dredge
a quart of huckleberries thiCkiy with
-four, and add the last thing,
SWEET CiO,EEO INrMENr.-Takc the
clover and boil with lard, If there be
anv positive virtue in the plant the hot
grease will extract it, An alcoholic
tincture Of the plant would extract its
virtues, and eyaporated down lard might
be added.
BLACKBERRY NGNEGAR-TO three
quarts Of berries put one quart of vine
gar; let it stand for three days, then
strain it, and to one pint Of juice put one
pound OF sugar put it into a kettle over
a slow fire skim it asst boils; let it boil
for half m hour; cool and bottle for use,
BLACKBERRY MusH,-Take a pound
of ripe blackberries, and first bruise them
and add a very little salt; put in a porce-
lain or eartbenware pan, and add one
teacupful boiling water; stir in a bowl
two heaping teaspoonluls of silted flour,
with Just enough cold water to make
perfectly smooth add to the berries and
Stir quickly until thickened; take off
Immediately else will burn, Eat cold,
with sugar and cream,
To CAN PGNEAPpLEs.-Pare and cut
in small pieces, take out the core Cor
CENTER, thea fill the jars with the fruit ;
to each quart jar dissolve a tcacuatuI Of
white sugar in a t%eacurful Of boiling
water, aud pour in On the fruit, which
should fill the Jar; then nut the Jars in a
boiler of cold water quitting nail under
each Jar, so as not to crack the jar, in
which they should stand with the water
a third from the tops Of the jars boil
twenty minutes, and seal quickly, This
is also an excellent recipe for canning
peaches, Bartlett pears and cherries,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

The DAYS on tap of Mount Washington
are almost forty minuse' longer IMAM o"
the sea level.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-07-14

$40 nSl,O0O'3..si,;::.;;.::::..,:.. 4 $ .:.:s..
/ Address BANTER - CO., Bankers 1Wtl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26
HUDSON RIVER COUNTIES
TOO .VANY MINISTER'S.

To the Editor Of The tribune.
SIR: Is not the church suffering from SUI
pcrahundance Of miniscrsl The religious papers "ou
consider such a sentiment heerodox, for they are Is
ng young men TO prepare for the ministry ana Seco
tarie, of Church Boards begging funds 10 pay INC
expcnses Of such youth. The supply OF ministers i no"
beyond the demand. of good capable ciergSuen
arc now standing, hat in hama, asking 10 DE ehpoJ''
There is no place for them. Many have sought oppor
tunites to preach. till they have become
dishearteneI | venture the assertion that any
warrant church within hundred mlles eoI
New York having $500 salary, has twenty applc -"
lis uupit Church committees, sessions ana
are hudencd with communications from cauI,l d,i u
thplr friends One instance cane uudef W. WIZ. W.,
scrvation in which pastor receiving THoo SaHly u,
drrrd ms resignation, 10 take etect III one hVn'
BEFORE tlat time expired, the chuIch lcaVir.
that inasInuch ms applicants were so numerous t'
so cinmorous" the sd1ry to the neA Pl9,ttV'
should be only 5000 They secured m!uistc! WIN
our difficulty, ana twenty candidates were diSapoltou
The Western states have more churches anu hll9to''
than they can support. than they eel 80 luIct
five churches and minis era are Oiten iOnit III nl'
where only one II u'cdcd and Domestic Mission Dpi,
are having starvation salIics 10 good men ana uh ~
nm places m many instances where they are uot D'ccu
Trie the Heather" world offers wide neid Du theIe
are more ministers ap lying TO be Sent thdh tue po
have funds send L. II right, then, 10 urge yOIn oI
info profession when u already oYcrcIo"ltu' tIi
where the probabilities Of usefulness are so Ic" = ~
Nctg- York, Nov. 10, 1877.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26
ABBOTT THEFT OF JEWELRY.

An adroit sneak thief recently stole from
the cwey store Of j. H. Johnston, OF No $50 Bowery'
three pairs OF valuable diamond earrings. For three
successive days stranger called at the store select
ing the time when Mr.. Johnston was AZ
dinner and examined several pairs OF earrings with the
evident intention Of purchasing on one occasion he et
the business card OF prominent Broadway firm as MS
own AZ his last visit he decided 10 take one OF three
pairs from which hc wished his wife To MAKE st'coh.
lie asked for writing materials thar ne might leave MOI
for Mr. Johnston, requesting that the ewely be broE
his house for his wife 20 examine. The clerk shoWcu
the stranger desk m the back office ana returned 10
the counter. II that instead ot wiring hole'
the man placed blank paper IN couple or envelopes
and pairs OF brass earrings Returning 10 e
clerk with the envelope containing the bogus lewel con
Cealcd he placed ~ the other the three pairs OF diamond
earrings from which the supposed selection was 10 ue
made Calling the attention Of the clerk 10 annthct
piece Of icWcrv that hc thought his wife would Ike ne
Slipped the envelope containing ID" diamonds OUT oI
SIGHT substituting the envelope cont aiming the spurious
ieer, THIS hr sealed placed the counter ana then
Departed The detectives at work on the case nave
found cline 90 the robbery. Mr. Johnston estimates
hts ltAsu AZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26

A long, low she'd, in which Is the mouth Of
shaft steam engine and few too 4, is an the outside
-play Of present OF the Hudson River Tunnel This is
M The foot o. Fifteenth-st Hobok,n Colonel Dewitt C.
askns the president Of the company states that work
viii not resumed until spring The long period passed
IN legal contests only ended short time ago. Two
shafts viii he sunk one in jersey City, the other
I'm NtW-NoTk, MOrtOust Ihcu the cNcdVd-
ton OF the tunnel can De begun underneath
the river. two gangs Of men being az work.
The ground in which the 0bOkcn shaft j. being sunk il
made ground and precauou necessary 90 guard
against the possible caying in of the sides circular
brick she'll was first hut As fast the earth
cayatcd FROM under % the wall sunk, while gang NJ
workmcn kept ping more brick at the top and in this
manner shaft has reached it, present depth Of thirty
feet II 20 be- seventy feet deep when finished. The
funnel will he twenty-six feet wide, twenyfOur feet
high and n the enterprise - profitable, ~ will be
carried under NcwYOrk aud tho Ea. River, II is stated,
%
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26
cncK-rIGnrLNG IN NEwAEK.

The attention Of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty 10 Animals sill be called 10 the COCK
hgnt. which took place Monday night at Curtis's
Hotel in Eloomtclddye., Newark, and which were not
interrupted Joy tie police. Tile pit" wa- built III al
upper room of the hotel aud the fighting was witnessed
Zee OF - cents TIE owners of the fowls were
William Curtis. Tie proprietor ~ the hotel
and Henry Ii lur and james Il 0uc. Two men SHOWN
as CIich aud kcJley were tIc trainers. Tie first tci
was between fowls owned by Curtis and Taylor Attn
two rounds Curiiss fowl was killed Tie second battle
wa. bctRcru fuV D. uWnci by Curtis and Malone which
resulted IN the killing ol turti-s fowl 10 ten rounds
The ird ana Inst battle WITS between fowls owned bI
Curtis and TAYLOR which resulted la another dric for
Cartis. n three rounds. Another cock-hgt took place
100 Francis Old'- saloon the RiycirUdd IN East NJ "
ara Warrants will be issued to-day Tor the arrest OF the
participants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26
PERMANENT TRADE EXHIBITIONS.

The project of establishing permanent trade
exhibitions M the leading commercial centres oi inc
world has engaged recently the attention Of prominent
merchants and manufacturers in various countries
such exhibitions according To the statement Of Ger
man paper will soon be- established IN Hamburg and
London Dos German merchants The plan has been sun
mittcd to French merchants also and Firmiu Duiourc'
of .v-Yurk has addressed circular upon thc suhlc
90 number nf firms iu this city. VI Duiouc states ihat
American manufacturers lind much difficulty ana incur
lptt expense Iu bringing their goods To The nollcc
uf uIrcua-crS abroad. Ic suggests the c~anhsIh'Ul
under the control of different examiners ~ commerce
and boards OF trade. of au international cNhlhitou
vIer SAMPLES ana prCa- Lists O the products aud mdn
uf t,t.r,s al ca country mas h. displayed The ~
hhou. DE- urges should embrace also the functions "i
an tNclaug FOR the purph9 sale OF goods on com
mission such system Of conducting foreign iftd'' 10,
claims. would give great impetus ANA remove az