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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

DO Of
The secret process emp loytd by ih
Austrians in the manufacture of steel
bronze cannon has been divulged. 1t
consists in a combination of several well
known processes. The first is Rodman's'
the hollow casting effected by cold water
in the centre; the second is Whiteworth's
system OF casting under pressure; the
third is an addition of phosphorus to the
alloy.
A LITTLE fellow, five or six years old,
who had been wearing undershirts much
too small for him, was one day, after
having been washed, put into a garment
as much too large as the other had been
too small. Our six-year.old shugged his
shoulders, shook himself, walked around,
and finally burst out with, " Ma, | do
feel awful Lonesome in this shirt I"
A BROOKLYN girl recently "expe-
rienced religion" under one of Ialmage's
sermons, and the next day ordered a new
silk dress, hat, etc, and then, after put
ting extra stufing in her hustle, informed
her mother that she was ready for
religious duties, and never intended to
miss a Sunday at church when the
weather was fine.
DANGER attends teaching the cate
chism for purposes of exhibition. When
the committees came to examine the
class, each boy knew what question he
would be asked and what answer would
be expected. 1t so happened, however,
that one lad was missing, and the ques-
ton Did God make you?" was put to
the next in order. The reply was orig
inal and astounding, No sir; the boy
that God made is gone home with the
toO.hache.'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

IT seems to be the ambition of all
young wives to look we'll when any one
calls. Yesterday a South Side bride
heard ring at the front door. The maid
was out, and she rushed up stairs to fix
up a little before admitting a caller.
There was a moment of lightning work
before the dressingcsse Quicker than
it takes us to tell it, ribbon was fastened
at her throat, a flower was stabbed into
her hair, fash of powder on her face,
and she was at the door, all smiles and
bushes. The gentleman said he had
walked from Memphis, and couldn't ro
member that he had tasted food since he
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

ternal, The poor young musician, being
secretly in love with a German princess
whom he saw when on pilgrimage to
, Vienna, recoils, and taking up his bat in
his bewilderment, surprising it is his roll
OF music, tries to stuff it inlo his pocket
and gets out Of the room His want of
presence of mind leaves him an orphan
His hopes are gone, his only chance of
patronage is withdrawn, and it he can get
the position of o.ganist in some obscure
country town, and keep himself from
Starving, it will be the future limit of his
ambition,--Saturday Reriew.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
GOSSIP FOR TIE LADIES.


NJ fAuL H. HAfSF.
NMIhere In her chamber by the southern sea
ger IapeTs light shOne soft and Hlverly.
Ilr as planet miTored In the main,
+ treSh as blossom hathed by april ram,
"a maiden, robed for reStiul sleep aright,
1toou IN her musing sweetness, pure and white
as a. son-e shy spirit in haunted place:
itI itw bright eyes ard family flushing face
viewed IN the glass their delicate beauty beam.
9o,[FHhge asa shtd0wy dream within dream
NJ, MiIn myers hoyering like white doves WINS.
h'I NIUE, tender sghs aud murmuriHgs
10Y scarce aruculatc speech her eager hands
I@nseu Inc llght coi the ringlets golden bands
IN, by their luminous lovelipees embraced,
from lly-head TO 1.-the and lissome waist,
ioured the Tree tresses like u cascad6 8 fall
ier image answered from the shimmerlnu walI
answered and deepened while the gracious ch arm
vi brow and cheek, barred breast, and dmplinl
arms,
10 innocent worship stirred her happy heart.
her lpS-twin rosebud petals blown apart
VHYered hall brcathless then, subdued an,
warm,
around her perfect face, her plant form,
subIIer air seemed gathe ing, touched with fire
ny many ieryid thought, and swift desire
Mlih dreams OF love, that, hee-like, came and wen
o iced the houied core Of LIES content
1iotet toward her mIrrored self she pressed
W I'm large child.eyes, and gently painting breast
bowed as Hover when Maytime breezes pass
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
The Kind of Girl POcahOntas Was.

J. II. Wheeler, the North Carolina
historian, in his accounted the early
times and men of Albermarle county,
quotes from Strancbey's (secretary OF
the colony of Virginia in 16l0)" Histo-
rie Of Travailc," the following notice Of
the Indian princess:
"The young women go not shadowed
in their own company until they be
nigh II or u returns OF the leaf old, nor
are they much ashamed thereof; and
Pocahontas, well-ieatured but wanton
young girl, Powatan's daughter, some
times resorting TO our fort, Of the age of
10 or - years, got the boys forth with
her into the marketplace, and made them
wheel, falling on their hands, turning
their heels upwards, whom she would
follow and wheel so herself, naked as she
was, all the fort over. The great King
Powatan called this young daughter OF
his, whom he loved SO well, Pocahuntas,
which may signify little wanton."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
A'SCELLANEOUs.

u pfess business there are $4,000
SindS of bricks are made by a
company.
1N SSu States now use more postal
~ other nation.
|, u'ne N',V words which make up the
r. only FIVE are not Saxon,
" Nevada, has been set up a
''ior the punishment Of wife,
\, the duke of NorfoIk's we'd.
|Optbo, h,m little short of 92O,OO0--a
lance \ providing for the arrest
seI ~ /. t9e NJ. street after S o'clock p.
~ ln Virginia City New,
I,ors ork court has decided that
Iss Iie,tsir ere fhcnropert7, =, not of the
'oh 'i'siIs alone.
/ lslv
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

TIE man who was playing Belshazzar
with western travelling troupe resigned
the other night, on account of the pars-
imouy of the management. Heremarked
that he doubted whether lager and red
herring composed the feast given by the
ancient Babylonian monarch, and he for
one didn't propose to sacrifice historical
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

"WHAT is your chief consolation in
life ?"asked a pastor of young lady in
his bible class. The young lady blushed
and hesitated, but on the question being
repeated, the ingenious maiden said;
6 don't like to tell you his name, but |
have no objection to tell you where he
lives.m
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
FACTS AND VANCIRS.

A Sure ResuIt.
Given, a wide old country placs.
Win vines and pOrobei pleDt7l
a youth, With a sentimental face
And maiden undertWenty'
Given, the idle, lingering days
~ the sweet midsummer weather,
The two, In search Of shady waVE.
By chance" are thrown together.
Behold, outlying every bloom,
Up spring the Eden hower
Whose leaves may hold life's perfume,
Or wither in an hOnr.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

A SABBATH school scholar was asked
what Adam lost when he fell and he
replied. g suppose it was his balance"
ARTAXEREEs, my boy" said Mr..
Marowiat, remember the dying words
at SOcrstes-Neyer marry a woman that
kicks sideways.
IT is final test of brotherly affection
for girl to lend her brothers. silk um.
brella to her beau and not be jawed clean
out Of her CATERS.
A CANADIAN journal thinks the Dam
bury mans book is the pure sboddy of
literature" and says "it carries in it
the germs of moral disease"
WHAT constitutes marriage ?" asks
the Boston Advertiser. Getting down
to one cigar day, in order to pour
money into the Golfers of the man who
sells striped stockings.
A MINISTER asked a tipsy fellow lean
ing against fence where he expected to
60 when he died. eff can't get along
any better than do now" said he, " |
shan't 80 anywhere"
TWENTY. ONE Frenchmen were sus-
pended from the English college because
a professor couldn't find out who placed
a ten-Ounce tack in his chair. He, how
ever knew all,about who sat down on it.
4 RECENT article shows that Washing
ton once laughed. Thus perishes an
other classic structure. We are prepared
now to hear that theEgyptian Sbelisk was
once used for bmber's pole
WOMEN will be women. "a Boston
woman on Monday testified that man
mad threatened to take her lie, and he
was PIT under bonds to keep the peace
for six months. Since then she has
married him"
THE Boston Globe gives an evidence
of understanding double entry;
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
THE EXECUTION

took place on the open prairie, about 100
yards east OF The church. When the
Texans marched out they were arranged
in line and ordered to sit down with their
backs 70 their guards, and upon hearing
the order young man named Fenner
spraug up and exclaimed, in the faces OF
his execetioners, "Boys, they are going
to kill us; let us die with our faces to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
FANNIN AND HIS MEN.
Thrilling Episode in tho History oF
TexnS The Nassacrr of Three
Hundred and Thirty PTiA.
OuCrs In COLD RIOad

The ruias of the old Mission church OF
the antique Mexican town of Goliad,
gray with time and bristling with the
thl3tle8 and tall cactus, lie strewn in re,
malkable confusion on one side OF the
most beautiful sites along the river San
Antonio from its rise in Sun Pedro
springs to its mouth in one of the bays
on the south coast Of Texas. In the
spring of the year, when the warm sun
glistens on the dew drops that weigh
down the tall grass tops OF the adjacent
prairies, or lights up the myriads Of ro.es
that blush on their surface, no more
beautiful spot could be selected for quiet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
THE MASSACRE.

Palm Sunday, March p, 1886, dawned
clear, bright and balmy the serene sun
looked down from the heavens, clear as
the skies that bend above Italian plains
and the almost holy serenity that reigned
around made it beautiful day on which
to die. The lives of four physician
from the prisoners--Drs. Bernard, Field,
Hall and Shackelford -wele srared, as
they were wanted to attend the wounded
in the battle Of the Colcta. The balance
were marched out in separate datsch
ments and doomed to the massacre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

Like another Alhsmbra, it brings up
the contemplation of the past, and the
Texan of to-day, leaning over the broken
walls, reverts to the stirring scenes of
of the revolution of 1886, and of the
bloody incidents connected with that
struggle, and which occurred in the
shadows Of this old church. more than
forty years ago, The main building, OF
massive stone walls and the dull clumsy
architecture of 1882, the date of its
building by the Spanish monks, is still
standing, but the once lofty walls of the
plaza, which made the place in reality a
fort for defense against the Indians in the
olden time, are
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05

Dec, 20, to Cash,SN % By Christmas pre-.
sen t.. .,......,,...-.S -
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-01-05
BATTLE OF THE CoLETA.

There ensued one of the fercest engage
ments Of the Texan revolt of 1886.
Urea had | 200 men TO Fannin's devoted
band of 500 The Texans had no water
to swab their cannon, and after a desper,
ate resistance, during which many were
slain on both Sides Col. Fannin surren-
dared his whole command it being ex.
pressy stipu ated in writing, with the
Mexican commander, that he and his
men were to be treated as prisoners OF
war, and eventually forwarded to the
United States and out OF the country.
BACK IN THE CHURCH OF TIE OLD
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

Qp can MAKE money faster al work for n, ,han
a. anyuiinx clsc Capital not required : ne
w saaIt you Ais u hoanr made by the
tndoeetous A1rn. woss~u. boys and mis-
wanted sssfy~hevs 10 WORK Ior Ne Nov IL ihe
time C0M1y cuiat and terms tree. Addrvse
IhuH . o. Augussa Maiss.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

We publish in this issue q commupica-
ton from q business man of Yankton upon
the subject of another railroad to our city
from the east. There are now two roads
pointing westward from the eastern boun-
Diary line Of southern Dakota, either oil
which could make profitable business con.
nections here. The rapid development OF
southern Dakota and northern Nebraska
demand the construction of additional rail
communication with the east and we are
geographically so situated as to be largely
benefited by such an increase of Transports.
ton facilities. A road from the northeast
would inevitably lead to the ultimate con-
struction Of another road up the valley OF
the Dakota with q strong probability that
it would induce the building of q line OF
raj! traffic southwest from Yauktou. All
these probabilities it is our province to take
into consideration. Yankton lives more in
its future than in Its present. As ". now
lay the foundations SO shall we build. 1t
therefore becomes important that We take
advantage Of every opportunity which pro-
misses TO create prosperity and advancement
and this railroad referred to by our cores
ponde0t is one OF those opportunities.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
The steamer John M. Chambers, . We

The steamer John NJ. Chambers, . we'll
known upper Missouri river boat,
Is now operating for the relief Of fever In.
fected towns along the lower Mississippi
river, under the auspices of the govern.
ment. The chief mission of the Chambers
expedition is to ascertain the true condition
of sfairs at localities cut of from commu-
n%icstion by The severity of the pestilesce.
At last adviccs the boat was IN the vicinity
Of Vicksburg and fever had broken out on
beard, Lieutenant Benner being the first
patient. This circumstance will render it
necessary for the boat to remain in the in
fected region until frost comes and the fe.
yer disappears, as she will not be permitted
TO come moth with the plague on board. A
representative 81 the Chicago Times who is
with the expedition reports Q terrible con
di,ion of af4irs in Mississippi and Louis
lana. In his own words: "Corpses lie un
buried the sick are unattended; and sick,
dying aud dead are hemmed 10 BY cordons
Of shot guns" which prevent aid from com
Ing to them and places M embargo upon
the flight Of those physically able I o GEL
away. A pauic has seized upos the enti,s
people. Pestilence. famine and scenes o.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
WHO IS THE SINNER

A wagon load of men who were here from
Fort Pierre as witnesses before the grand
jury, had loaded up. and we're about ready
TO start from the Stafford house this morn
ing. when one Of the women Of the city
stepped up to the wagon, and laying her
band gently upon one of them, . prominent
busintn nan Of Pierre, invited him in Ian
enage more 'orcible than refined. &c come
down and settle with her his little bill. Al
first he rather hesi,sted. but seeing that the
woman had the sympathy Of the crowd. he
borrowed the nooey and paid his bill. Nor.
al-when AWAY from home, pay cash.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

Manton Marble publishes a sweeping de.
NAL of the revelations of the New York
Tribune In connection With the translated
cypher dispatches, so far as they apply to
himself. There are certainly in those telc-
grams seversl unfortunate combinations of
words for an innocent manto make use OF,
and point blank denial will not be conyinc.
ing in tie face of such evidence.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
RovslNc MAJORITY PLEDGED.

The Pennington county republican con.
vention adopted the fol owing:
Resolred, That the republican party of
Pennington county hail with pride the nom.
ination Of Hon. Granville G. Bennett as a
candidate for delegate in congrer., that We
recognize in him . man of ripe ability,
large experience and sterling integrity, who
will faithfully represent the interests Of this
section and If the territory in the congress
of the United Ststes, and We pledge him a
majority in this county At the corn.
ing election.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

Colonel A, Med. McCook, in addition
to his present duties as aid to the general
Of the army, has been ordered to report to
the secretary of wal TO take charge of edu-
cation in the army. He will visit and in
spect regularly the various post schools.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

The Washington Star denies, by author.
ity, the statement thai. the president is about
to change his southern policy. lie has
merely directed the attorney general TO see
that the United States election laws are en-.
forced In South Carolina, Alabama and
rOnisiana
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

The testimony Of army officers proves
conclusively that the Iadian department
starved the Cheyenne Indians into rebel.
lion. Al OF H.yt's vigorous denislss have
failed to affect the general verdict on this
point.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

General Sherman expresses as an official
opinion that the Navajo Indians are the
only opes who have developed any capaci-
" for civilization.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17

DR.. B. F. Slaughter and Ausley Gray
have been nominated by the democrats Of
Burleiet county for the legislature.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
VEGETINE.
RECOMMEND IT HEARTILY.
South Boston,

MIR. STEVENS -
Dear Sir:-I have taken several bottles of your
vegetine. and am convinced it Is Il valuab G
remedy for dyspepsia, kidney complaint and
general debility OF the system. ] can heartily
recommend 1t to all sufferers from the above
complaint. Yours respectfully. -
Mrs. MUNROE PARKER.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-17
Jte Daily 9ress aud 9utatasaa.
YANkToN. DAKOTA.
Thursday Evening, October u, 1873
TERRITORIAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.

TERN UkIAl kePU6lJCAN JlCNeI.
For Delegate to Congress.
RANvILLE @. BENNETT.
JUDICIAL DISTRICT TICKET.
For District Attorney, I'd Judicial District,
Alfred NJ. FlaEE.
OF Minnehaha County.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Council.
Newton Edmunds,
II. B. Wynn.
For House Of Representatives,
j. r.. Gamble,
f. C. Walton.
Adolf Mauksch,
Andrew Slnonson.
COUNTY TICKET.
For COMMISSIONER
Daniel Wilcox.
For Register of Deeds,
Ephraim Miner.
Willard A. Baker.
For Judge of Probate,
L. ConRleton.
For Treasurer,
Fred schnauber.
For Assessor,
Herman E%uermaMn.
For Coroner.
u. Frank Etter.
For Superintendent of Schools,
r. 9, Dickson
For Surveyor,
f.. H. Van Antwerp
For Justices of the Peace.
E.. r. White. q. W. Roberto,
Andrew stranne. 3. ". Howe
For ConStables,
James A. Hardin, Peter Franz,
Gus Swanson, T. Gunderson.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-02-14
Silver VS.. Greenbacks.

The opponents of silver money often
cite the fact that greenbacks are worth
more than silver coin. This is one Of
their besl arguments with upthinkine
ana ignorant readers. But it is no rea]
argument, in fact; for we have no sill.
yer coin in general circulation except.
ing the small coin or fractional cur.
rency. and this is q legal tender tol
only five dollars.
The silver dollar of our fathers has
been demonetiZed and ia no more q
legal tender than piece of sole leath.
er. AS matter of course, even if it
were in circulation, it would haye no
value other than the same weight OF
silver with One-tenth alloy. Green
backs are legal tender, and that is
what gives them their value-they
have no intrinsic worth. Hence it is a
lying argument which the opponents
OF silver use when they compare the
value of silver with the currency value
of greenbacks. The way is to remon-
eiize silver and then it will attain its
true value as coin. The silver dollar
OF 4l21a grains is the same grade of
purity or fineness as the gold dollar
in esch the alloy ia one-tenth of it's
weight. Up to 1873 gold and silver
coin were a legal tender to any amount,
our silver was more valuable in Eu.
rope than at home and was exported.
Then the weight of the half dollar,
which formerly had been 2O6 % grains
or just half the dollar, was reduced to
1872 grains-a loss of IA 25 grains-and
all small coins in proportion. The
weight and fneness of the silver dollar
however, were not changed. 1t al
ways commanded, until demonetizsd,
a premium above the small coin and
was about if not quite, on par wi h
gold. Its remone tization and coinage
will put the silver dollar back to it's
former position and thus give our
government more coin with which 10
meet the day of resumption than if
gold remain the only legal tender
Middletown(C (Coun.) Sentinel
and Witness.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-02-14
Cyclone In Georgia. |.

AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. S. About Z
O'Clock last evening this city was Wis
tied with shower of hail, followed
by a rain storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning aud rumbling
and tremor of an earthquake. This
was followed little after one O'Clock
by cyclone, which struck the city on
the southwest, Aear Center street, and
demolished many houses.
s Tha lower market house was litter.
ally lifted and smashed into atoms.
Several brick and wooden buildings
were wholly or partially destroyed.
The cyclone travelled from the south
west TO the northeast, and covered a
space Of about three hundred yards
wide. Some casualties are reported.
AUGUSTA February S.-The Colum-
bia Railroad depot is a total wreck
and some damage was done to the
Central Railroad depot. Many pri-
vate residences were injured.
Charles Dives and wife, colored,
were found dead in the ruins of their
The track of the tornado blazed as if
on fire.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-02-14

Last Sunday Father Heinen, whose
name was associated with that of
Miss Greth in the so called Maunch
Chunk miracle, lengthy account OF
which from the correspondent of the
New York Herald. will be found in
another place in this issue, read from
the altar Archbishop Woods letter
thereon. The Archbishop character
ICES the whole affair ga delusion and D
pious fraud" and says: without in
quiring as TO the extent 10 which 9TH
ers participated in this lamentabIe
folly, he desires to mark the whole
proceeding and principal actors in it
with his distinct and unqualified dis
appreciation aud condemnation, and TO
say-tAAt n repetition o ornuything Of the
sort in this diocese, will be visiied by
the severest censnre authorized by
the laws of the church, ftoei J9