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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
EOREI6iE.

,
klhuefPest h3' appeared "i''"s o"''''
in the suburbs OF hoNd'N'
The king ct sweden, the crown prince
and prince John of Glucksburg, have all be-
come Freemasons.
The French senate has passed grant
for the relief Of the iamine.stricken lnhabl'
tants of ronicherry
4 dispatch from the city Of Mexico
saws that armed resistance against Gen
Dial, may be considered at an end Tor the
present.
G.. w. Griffin has arrived bringing full
powers MS minister from the government of
the Samoan Islands, to treat with our own
in their behalf. He has not yet. had an in
terview with the secretary Of state, and
therefore it is not known whether he will be
recognized as minister from that country, as
he holds a commission as United States
consul.
When the campoigi OF 1870 opened
France he'd obe hundred and TWENTY-FIVE
go,tressry French general has written
mite m essay AGAINST them. He regagds
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
TIE EAST.

he grainheayers of the Brooklyn
ehouse docks are on a strike.
he New York state senate unanimous
avors the speedy resumption of specie
ment.
IT is no wonder that the revenues Of
Work city do not pay its expenses. The
~ OF its mayor $4,000 corporation
nsel, $4,000; commissioner Of public
ks, $4,000; president of the board of
&c, $4,000; president Of the fire depart
IT. $500; president Of the health depart
ut, $500; president Of the common
neil, $4,000 aldermen, each, $1,000
mberlain and clerks, $4,000 police JUS.
8, each, $1,000; judges OF the supreme
rt each, $4,000; city judge, $4,000;
lmissioner,c' iwics, $25,OOO, And so on
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
4 COme with Living Chessmen.

Most persons who have any acquuain'
tance with the literature Of chess nave
heard of the games said to have been
PLAYED in the middle ages with hVing
chessmen. Lord Lytton recently Ee-
vived this amusement in India. During
his visit to Mooltan, last month, his lord
ship, after receiving and replying to an
address from the municipality OF tne
citv, engaged, we are told, in a novel
game Of chess with Col Millet. Inc
Chess board, if such term may be az
lowed to carpet of red and white calico
with checkers a yard square, having been
snread in front of the hail, chessmen,
men and boys, dressed in opposing % red
and white uniforms appropriate to the
various pieces, were marched in and TOOK
their places. Then by word Of command
each piece moved to the square indicated,
and a very lively game ensued' ending IN
an easy victory for the viceroy,. An
emperor Of Morocco who once INDUCED
inn similar amusement is said to havs
added q terrible realism to the game "
causing all the pieces taken during w
| progress h b. behesdsd,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
Mustard PlasterS.

How many people are there VINO
really know how to make mustard
plaster? Not one in hundred at the
most, perhaps, and yet mustard plasters
are used in every family, and physicians
prescribe the application. The ordinary
way is to mix the mustard with water,
tempering it with little -four, but such
a plaster as that makes it simply abom-
inable. Before it has half done its work
il begins to blister thcpatient, and leaves
him finally with painful hayed spot,
after having produced far less effect IN
beneficial way than was intended. Now
A mustard plaster should never make a
blister at all. If blister is wanted,
there are other plasters far better than
mustard plaster, then use no water, but
mix the mustard with white OF an egg,
and the result will be "a plaster which
will draw" perfectly, but will not pro-
duce blister even upon the skin OF an
infant. no matter how long it Is allowed
10 remain on the part. For this we have
the word of anoid and eminent. phys'-
clan, as well as our own experience
Christian Mirror.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
1EISCEI.LAEEOUS.

p' Negotiations have been commenced be.
Il en- the United States and Spain for a re.
on Of the treaty OF 1898
The American spiritualist Slade, SEN
r ced to three months confinement al hard
] lor, had his sentence quashcd on an ap.
D 4 on legal technicaity.
:, iIjlade follows Flint to liberty, but
a%a s,"i badly not to the public resumption of
. business Flint was net locked up for
4 dllctieing on public crcdulity, but omittng
,,I,clay alimOny.
1.-The Colorado Legislature has passed
Z, providing for constitutional amend
| lnt in favor of woman suffrage, to be sub.
ted 70 the votes of the state at The next
q elton.
There Is very modest Pacific railroad
y iect before congress 1t only asks for
Orffteen thousand dollars to enable a
: yey.to be made, under the direction of
N war department, of line from Austin
]. s...,Sas, crossing Mexico, and terminating at a
-1boF on The gulf OF California called Topo-
pay The length of the proposed
ri : is only eight hundred miles A bill
king The appropriation is now on the
oS ate calendar, backed by a report of the
rla nmittee on railroads. The route indi.
4. ed is the shortest available line for Il
,u,td connecting the railroad system of the
tand south with good harbor on the
.slers OF the Pacific ocean.
aoifc coast politicians say that q
zZ'iect will soon be agitated for dividing
llfornia and making new state out Of the
L athern portion, together with tina western
:, z,55St Of the territory of Arizona, The boun
3 w line between the old and the new state
uid run directly eastward from Point Con
9tion, and the capital of the latter would
obably be Los Angels 1t is urged in sup
a ftcf this Project that the interests o
8. lthern california are separate and diverse
.im those which center at San Francsc,
y d Sacramento, and that as the southen
lNition develops in population and wealth
twill rapidly do so as soon as it has rail
,55'W@M communication with the east it will de
ind u distinct political existence.
The prospects of American cottol
ylAnufacturers are brighter than ever the
l7;F Ire before. The Boston Advertiser states thn
ERE are thousands OF bales on order book
5ciAt have not yet been started at the mills
lstJout year ago Mr. Edward Atkinson, O
2'1. l5 at atty, in aa able paper on the subject
IS Aeplated thRt the asport Of Gotten gosi
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
WASHING FLr1p.--1 box concentrated

WASHING FLUIp.--l box concentrated
I've. 2ounces carbonateammonia, 2ounces
salt of tartar 8 ounces borax. Dissolve
the I've in gallon of soft water, and the
other ingredients in separate vessel in
another gallon OF soft water. When
thoroughly dissolved, mix both together,
strain, and keep closely covered tight.
Soak the clothes over night in warm or
cold water; in the morning wnug out;
soap dirty spots; put to boil, with one
teaGup OF the auid, in cold water, q.
many pieces as will gil the boiler; do not
add more fluid, unless for q very large
wash then wash through one snd9 and
iinSe at usual,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10

AMONG the most recently discovered
of savages, the cannibas of
New Ireland, in the South ,eaS, there is
a custom which requires that a chiei 5
daughter shall be kept in cage within
her tather's house until her introduction
into society. The cage scarcely gives her
room to move, and she cannst leave it
during 0nypavt of the day, though she is
allowed 10 take 4 stroll With negr rea.
liYtsAiler nightlRll
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10

would reach fifteen millions and stop, aud
this represented the annual surplus of our
manufacturers. The annual export has now
reached that figure. The annual export be-
fore the war did not exceed eleven nit
lions, and was confined then to standard
drills and sheetingS now it includes all the
best styles Of our manufactures. The inabil'
ity now to FIJI orders for the foreign markets
arises from the low sta. in the streams.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
JERE BLACK.

Mr.. Black, in his address on the democratic
side insisted that evidence, being once, or
offered or filed in the case, was to be treated
as a court OF equity treats evidence. The
commission was not required to give it any
particular amount of force or of weight in its
final Judgment, but the commission was to
look at the case aud all the evidence before
IT, There had been much talk here about
going behind the action of the state He
Believed firmly in the sovereign power Of .
state to appoint any person eleetor, provided
il was done in manner prescribed by her
legislature, and be believed that II the ap,
p0intmeni was made In that mauner, nolasu
had right TO 50 hehina Il and say it was
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-02-10
rMcLE nEurN REVIVAL nrnN.


oh whar will We 90 wen de great dsy comes.
Wid de hlowin' as detT1mpeis an do bguriu' uv
dpdrms2
How many POI sinners n be oolchcd out late,
An fine No. latch 30 dc GOLDEN raipP
No usa Ter trr wait 'tNoll to-norrera
DE- suu musu set ou yu' .Grrer.
sI1.se sharp O. q ulmh0p hrer-
Oh Lord fetch The mousrs up hishorl
II.
Wen DC Hashuns Hy de cari iga stanuin' al aroup,
b hos Ewine ter be ch00lcn i0r tor war de GLORY
crown
Who's agwine fer ter stan ,liT tueed an noI'
An answer 10 d"re name at de- caiiia' NV dc roll
l0u better come now NJ ynu comm
Ole satan Is loose ans a hummiu'-
DE wheels uv distruc,huu is nummin---
oA, come along, sinners Il you comiu'.
H.
De song NV 'l'vation is a mighty sweet song,
An de Paradise win blow fur an blow etrongi
An Aberhams buzzum Is stf au' IT'S wide,
An dat's dc place whar de sinners oughter hide
No use 70 he sioppin' an lookin',
~ yod Tool wd satan you'll get took in.
You'll hang on de edge an get shook In.
II yo7 keep on astoppin an a lookin
".
De time Il right now an dlshere's de place
let de salyashun sun shine squar in yo' face
Fight de hattie Of de Lord, fight soon and fight late
An you'll aIlers fine a latch on de gOdn gate
No use fer ter wait 'twel 10 mOrrer--
De sun mustn't -ei on yO' sOrrer.
Sins 81 sharp ~ a bambOo brCT--
AK de Lord Ter ter fetch you up higher.
ATLANTA t0nstiiHi0a,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19
b E. B. MURRAY & co.

70 get i, though you may be defeated the
first .tTai. We were the first election,
and In some Of the Townships at the SEQ
ona trlsl. never knew anything to be
more unpopular when it was first men
toned never anything to make friends
so iast; We're II at all practicable, I
,ooLa woulo T., DC much pleased to spend few
wee WeeKs IN the old State, and canvass for
rms 81 .nlng' I was identified with the
the subject aad wrote e several I articles " Sol
o. .no SGtn"y :. papers. I think I under.
stang II. III You cannot carry the State
go IL Dy colnties; II you cannot carr.
any county, 60. into it by townships
Take old rails and enclose q single town
ship, if two or more cannot go together
You will never have the fence to repair
Having seen the working of it for one o
two years, the adjoining townships vii
come in. 1t worked SO here.
Yours truly,
A. RANSOM
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19

the Fair BIZ "a
A0n the SthMan
q. A. Davis w viii
.dent grist mill bs to
xCreek, in Sayap daI
how prepared to gEL 4
. mayaesire. b.. Z
Mr.. B. f. Cray&.o,
nine bushels of qgffH
had o bunch wiEr$tS
heads from a sineF, hda,
was a very fine OIL Il,
Pendleton is Its
It's citizens can tgtilTell
in the afternooIiSgE lis
prssing youth, e. .ye
gates in @ neat
-Ar. Eiward iEI?M
of cotton pickles VIZ
.!ey. He repfcSen
very fine, nlI 10 "a
must be ahealn n,
Rev. G. VIC,
sermons on lAstly
ing in the BaeEihe
Gardener is an ghs Te
end promises ptSs
ministerial woNAR'afl
Our townsmaac,,S;
us n corn tassel yDafs
fined eur of cornA.. iist
pendant withoua,Scl'KI /
only q small d Flet6
queer freak in tie forsI
-AVAsl
Mr.. Samuel II T.. u
suffering from SotiIf
had another sey ~
Saturday, from PIi
ly. We are gladAR%
is much better d y oh!I
vOtt
The citizens gtsol}
pleasure of seq, hc{
Blooming Cerce rt
wells on last TBosct
ladies and genfs
the privilege e \
nocturnal fowsl
A colored rpAn,J
Reid Watson'sA
ternoon. He VitSS
in swimming, "A
have beer seizea
was drowned bei
ing at the same 4,
The meat hoye ,s,sf
Hopewell Town
last week by sthisy
: walls and carried of
haps some othsr !
should, if possible
!. brought to punish,
4 Mr.. A. B. ToWe,
4 tomato last KElda
4 season. 1t vsas OF
L was perfect Is it5
j inches and hiII
g being snoathg
B weighed scyenaH
E The nlernlsDras :
meet this Ihg
o'clock i'll tafeIeg2S
this Grange md n
q term. A fuA a
& ladies and satiirt
meeting willie
# Cudgo Th9tnI
Office last Eds S
= cotton. Culgo
Gus and ps55p
County, an
attends to -
peoples aleal ID
A little cpler
tation of r' ii
four miles yIeani
last week Sby Il
M fence. Wlt.ni ]
the rail tusllst3t
fall upon lEs L
neck, thcssy3 l.,
~ Little M
- - lass wessI EzssI hr
Fl was ve1E 90 .j'' 81
from it vs y
ss7 81 we arc eIS Yyl
rapidly @ a
danger. M\!
Rev. Vz:lfhac'
pulpit as ga =
on next S
mon" -"fn2D 4
sponsibilit FOR
"What is she4
after uniting V
have ncv4ssA4;;-- A;-se
sETTj SIlsss{ti
We regrek to
"a 81 Della, iniAnt
Jeptha II
s Cured OT1sE9s
sick only q q
the your 81!
!; mourn tlss y
Ebens Q
propos ii
N Friday ! 8
/ public
4 is no aInpf
k County sIl;l.
"a is to he-T
may caictsliss
o most
Mr.. 5e
.4A.E aiyo,i ivFyss-yr,
IA The stetts
= that of TIE Z
4 all greellf
y " its novel;
1 ton of rexe
great intsss
Is & III the floral =
n Aullert -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

THE Shoe and Leather Reporter takes ex-
ceptions to the manner in which the Post
Office Department is run and formulates its
protest in the following vigorous language: /:
Under the new Administration the Post
Office Department has been run in manner
so childish, eccentric and vexatious that IL
has been source of constant irritation and
annoyance to everybody who has been unfor-
tunate enough to have any dealings with it.
In the latest distribution of patronage, some
juvenile students of law seem to have got in,
and they have been amusing themselves with
inventing new interpretations of old statutes,
until they have made the concern gigantic
nuisance. Their chief aim and end appears
to be to make it as troublesome as possible
for anybody to send anything through the
mails. We have been keeping our press at
work for good part Of the last six months
printing various forms adapted to the whims
of these fedglings. But, unfortunately, they
do not remain In one mood long enough to
enable us to settle upon anything definite.
We heartily approve of every conceivable
phase of reform, but we know of no insttu-
tion in this land that stands so much in need
of it as the National Post Office. The local
offices, as tar as we know anything about
them, are in most excellent hands. That in
New York certainly never was so admirably
controlled as it is now. Still, that only ag-
gravates the delinquencies of the parent es-
tablishment, by showing in strong light the
contrast between very good and excessively
bad methods of administration. We wish
some merchant or business man were at the
head of it, but we should be satisfied with
anybody who possessed ordinary reasoning
faculties, in sufficient degree to be capable
of realizing that the Post Office ought to be a
public convenience instead of chronic pest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
The Slipper Of Our Grandmothers.


Public attention is at last directed to the
true cause of the evils from which the body
polite now suffers. 1t has become apparent
that one great section of the country has in
its search after the reason for our troubles
gone astray. The origin of our difficulties
is to be found back of the demonetization Of
the dollar of the fathers and in the disuse of
the slipper of the grandmothers. When the
high-boot, be-buttoned and be-laced, came
into fashion, domestic discipline was at an
end, and the degeneracy of the republic be-
gan. To the student of history who brings
to the study ripe knowledge, the keen analyt-
ical faculty, and the results Of long observa-
tioD, it is evident that the misunderstand-
ings and crimes which led to the civil war
had their origin in the iniqutous measure,
forced upon careless and confding people
by designing persons, by which the slipper
was taken from the feet OF our grandmothers,
and that foreign product, the French shoe.
put in its stead.
When the story Of this substitution comes
to be written it will be found that the trick by
which the evil change was effected was the
work of the small boy. The reasons for this
diabolical deception are evident. While the
mother stoops to unlace the shoe her right
eous anger cools and maudlin pity usurps
the place of impartial justice. So the boy
escapes punishment for his misd eeds. By
sparing the slipper the child is spoiled. I'm
punity makes him daring. He grows up bold
in wickedness, free from the restraint that the
fear of punishment always exerts. Grown
reckless he violates the laws of society as he
has violated the laws of the household; and he
finds that Justice, too, has discarded her san
dal, that she has adopted the new fashion of
foot-gear, and that he can easily escape while
she is unloosing her shoe. The result is sad
ly evident.
How this change was brought about is not
so clear. Its authors have striven to make
that period of our national history obscure,
for were it once made evident to all men
their patent guilt would bring upon them the
condemnation of the country. But this
much is acknowledged: the small boy taking
advantage of time when the feminine mind
was turned away from feet .and to the con-
temptation of some new fashion of bonnet,
entered into conspiracy with the Crispins.
The inducement offered can be easily i'm
agined. Each party to the shameful bargain
found its account in the transaction, and the
result was the disappearance of the slipper.
1t only remains to remedy the great wrong,
TO restore national prosperity by retracing
the step taken in the path of disaster. All
the interests of the country demand this.
The voice Of Ohio is yet ringing in our ears.
The people are rising in their majesty and
demanding the slipper of our grandmothers.
Let Congress heed their cry or else few of
the members will return to the seats they
will have proved themselves so unworthy to
fill. The first business of our national legis-
lature must be to pass bill requiring every
woman to wear slippers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

THE pensioning of rebel soldiers is not, it
seems, the vain imagining of Republican
stump speakers, as Democratic editors would
have people believe. On Friday Senator
Merrimon of North Carolina quietly intro
duced bill providing for the repeal of GER
tain section of the Revised Statutes. Under
this title it attracted no attention, and was
referred, as he requested, to the committee
on the Judiciary. An examination of the
section he proposes to repeal shows it to be
the one which prohibits payment of pensions
to any Confederate soldier or widows or the
heirs of any such soldier. The repeal of this
section would open pensions to all the Con-
federate armies and to the families of all who
served in them.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

1T will be gratifying to the military, naval
ana CIVIL officers, who have been COM
PEELED to discount their pay accounts all
summer, to learn from Speaker Randalps in
angural that retrenchment is still to be the
policy Of the Democratic House.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
SENATOR LAMAR announces that he shall

SENATOR LAMAR announces that he shall
support every nomination made by President
Hayes. He means of course every nomina-
tion made for an office in Northern State.
Should negro or carpet bagger be appoint
ed to a position in Mississippi we should find
the eloquent confederate very ready with his
protesting vote. 1t is not easy to understand
how Senator Lamar can consistently with his
sense of duty support even Northern ap-
pointment if he considers the man unfit for
the office. He is altogether too complai-
SAINT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

The Presbyterian synod of New jersey has
by its action in condemning preaching BY
women done much to give color to the asser-
ton that the Presbyterian Church is bigoted
and unprogressive body. 1t has put sharp
weapon in the hands of its adyersaries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

II will strike most people, in reading the
report of the scene in a Pittsburg court
when the state officers of Pennsylvania re-
fused to contribute their testimony to further
the ends of justice in connection with the
recent riots, that the servants Of the people
have no business with state secrets too dire
to be communicated to the ministers of the
law. Such secrets belong to a star chamber
despotism rather than to state 10 a repub-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

IF We may believe the cable the Pope Is
near to death. But Plus TX has often disap-
pointed the hopes Of his enemies, and dis
PEELED the apprehensions of his friends. BE
may live years yet.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. Ss.

We do not read anonymous etters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

EVERY regular attache Of the PRESS Is furnished
with Gard certificate couDtersigned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials OF every person claiming to represent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

SENATOR JOHNSON viii find his Virginia
immigration scheme difficult one to carry
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23

Those who have used steam for heating buildings
or for drying purposes, have long felt the need of
the water of condensation from the heating pipes to
the bCiler. thus saving large amount of fuel Such
device has been found in the 'Meharg Steam
Trap, which is offered to those in need with guar
antee that they will keep the pipes free of water.
This trap has been in use for several years. is SIM
pie In construction and practical in operation. 1t is
offered at price solow that no one who is using
steam for heating afford to do without it. They
will be put for responsible parties on trial for 30
days. and if not found entirely satisfactory, will be
taken off free of expense.
Further information as to price, &C., can be had
by addressing Gen'l I. w. Hyde, Bath, Me-. G. d
Brown, Brunswick, Me-; or W. H. Pennell No. IT
Union St., Portland. audit
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, in AryANCE.

out. People looking for homes will hardly
dare to trust the promises of State which
is ready to repudiate its pecuniary obliga-
tions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-10-23
NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRE ms CO.
MANCHESTER, N. III.

Total Assets, .....,,..............S453,194 ,194.S7
LIABILITIES
Amount loss claims under adjustment and
other demands against the Company,
including amount required to reinsure
outstanding risks. ...,....... $108 210.04