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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS,

Real estate in New Orleans is said to
be looking up.
The frost has been Furnishing yegeta.
ton in Virginia.
There were only forty deaths in Char
lotte, n, c during the year ending May +.
A Benedictiue monastery will soon be
dedicated on Skdaway island near Savan.
nab, Georgia.
The cool weather has seriously dam.
aged the sea island cotton plants on the
South Carolina coast.
Governor Hampton says that no more
bachelors should be sent to the general as.
sembly Of South Carolina.
The execution of Brown Bowen, in
Texas, the 18th inst, was the first legal hang.
ing that has taken place in the state for over
q year,
One hundred and sixty>nine newspa-
pers ana periodicals are now published in
Texas, aud yet there is not paper mill in
the State,
Peter Cooper proposes that his school
at Limestone Springs, South Carolina, shall
be made sel,Sustaining through the revenue
to be derived from lime kilns
The San Aptor;o IJoroId ,lo;,,.;,,oI,
ron,axLs. L. III. ,,..,,l "'u P'plnr'i'o'y
noigns al, o;.o,,s aia auu,,oi Inu l"' r. oaln'
tel, GVin i5anlpS lsnoie ieA9S
ta1ot;on ayd i"'a'o,1 aot 'I''iii 70 "iaNe Ile
"nnn tbo,n o,nUnt v,u% etPenStd Hur ''A Ia"
'fo' '''''' "''''"'o T" P'oh'o'''o"'
Inc mining and manufacturing Of the
phosphate rock in South Carolina have be.
come one OF its leading and most important
INTERESTS, t, s FROM small beginnings the snip
hnn o' isnn %nu n,"nui"g'u,e VI pn1SPh"te iocN
nT roo oSr , ~ n'!'o 1.S " 'Te lai6t "uIo NJ
,o,s ,,o.o sh;l -" 49,, 80, " "ntcn 'lo' 90 90
800 ,C 0;u,HP.u ~ ~ CO.. o'e'sn pors, ti'o
a,,r NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 'lu i''''' ''"' 'ou0"lle" >!
'", -'''''''''''> '"'ei''
Lexington Na.) Gazette: On Friday
last the grave OF General Stonewall jackson
was handsomely decorated. The sOds and
evergreens were neatly trimmed, aud bou-
quets and wreaths OF beautiful flowers and
/ lmmortelles were placed upon the mound.
The grave is under the special charge of Mrs.
Dr. Waddell, who each year, with the assist.
ance of others, pays tLis tribute Of love and
admiration to the fallen hero of the Contgd>
eracy.
Galveston Geruor p,st. II 10 l,,,oc.,,
IN our ,e,dsrg tbot tbo loo, os,;,,, in, -
General Sor Unr,ton l. i, iGntaS2;I|a Tha
gravo 10 nayko od L,, a ,,n,tia lno,v,,a,, ,,i,t
fne foIlovin,, irtcr,ntio 9, ,Ga,'ari y, ~,
/ lInpston Lor, NJ,r,b . ZOO ,Iiaa III %
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01
Holler 10 Dim to Tie His Dog.

He | YES in the " Western District
Yesterday he called at the house TO see
General Vance. He modestly commuN
nicated his wishes to the doorkeePer'
8 Have you card, sir 7" he roughly
growled. q Cards" be said, thoqghtluliy,
mechanically running his haod IN the
rear rocket OF his coat No, sir; !
don't carry 'em," Where are you
fromP" inquired the doorkeePer'
" North Carolins," was the promPS az
swer. "Well, how do they DO N !..on Notsn u
Corolina when people 80 4 .,,.,s Vlsisps T..
" Why. they ride up to felleIs fence
o,d bollers to him to tie his dog, and
spt set. down 5O and goes in" !" was the laconic
EeeG sHniv Wv NE ioakeeper Immediately
dispstcbed 4 page to Mr.. Vance. He
tn,,nS SSI that his supposed verdan' eonssiI-
'uept had got the best Of honas uoof-
keeper = Wash. Coz.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

ENGRAVING on glass is now done with
the aid of electricity. The glass is first
covered with concentrated solution Of
potassium nitrate, and the design Is
traced with a fine platin point connected
with one role 0f 2 hstterY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

h m.,. ,p the cornhill Magazine,
N. 1ll'e !, that his wife was out
h I' ,,n OloOk' found that brook
N, make ~ the rhyme he wanted
|, ! 'nought he would substitute
(,l,'o "oid burn" which means
|p,,.D ,SuSa burn" does not sound,
II'o1'd so ears, like water of any
a a' . wrote, MY little wife is
!, 'ls S.l burn" 1t made a pretty
n, I'D well enough until the
N ooss osSan to copy the poem. An
|S.1oll olpositor soon fell afoul of
n, s'aght' Well, here's an error
Oi co, "ufh ought to be
No"''e t"ut'eT so he changed it to
'ne poem begins, my
,.., Wv beyond the barn" I'm.
M sS'' as his eye falls upon this
'''n0fder' Courier Journal.
A. 1' are reported to be yery
e,la matter Of education. They
n ,Sil5 IJ15n'd themselves, but they
khS..'O Sa,'Oren to learn, and as the
a, 'SSe%s'arily S% in Greek, it binds
|sa,,l'O ,OlRs all the closer to
n, 'a country of Greece.
such teaching was for i lone
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

,,,.1 newspaper press direo-
p''-, p,''.,ovhibits ! ,744 newspapers
\ Z - ns United Kingdom. In
\ u .,,tss in 1917 there were
a' ,,oss and periodicals OF
F'''I'r l',ns,, l5S are daily while
l'.s, ..;,,n 7O9 are daily
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

.,,.o,story palace hotel in
y. 'S,r1 Sjsrest ElndOi an elephant
y !. g,5i y he proprietor. Every
...t :, $4,000 is due on mort
~ and the running expenses .5
'aas iii,,lon are scarcely met BY TIE
-, interesting relics in ard
Ia.a, i,..y Call, is the wreck of the
r, ~i,:' tbe veritable vessel IN
l,l,,, l.l.on made his escape from
I3''Ir .lnrIy decaying wreck is
\, ,,,si az in the sand by the new
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

|, ,hp nine months past, the
|, r,lpe of exports from the
S.,s, has exceeded that Of the
;, ,soun by the custom house
4, ssOs.OOO, 600, The cabinet
L,jtbi, fact recently, and became
IJ,b,, It demonstrated a salts
onmercisl and financial con-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

NTlrY Of well executed coun-
aie dollars has been captured at
lt They are composed of block
lth, aud pulyerized glass. They
Nlty nearly the standard weight
ethe exact color and the true
ieesl dollars, The onlymcaus
ling them from the genuine is by
Teigher, or by pressing them
The teeth, when the glass which
'aInemits a cracking sound.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

the return Of the British board
m tbe first quarter of 1873, it
| ,Aat The exports of breadstufIa
nnplry to Great Britain were
4 lmjp excess Of the amount in
|pc,BdiDg period last year, while
cotton decreased 81 $780,
me- same time. The increase in
lpsIoOOo.OOO; flour, $S 900, O,OO0
stO0O00O.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01


-, man named Samuel B.
/ |s'p. p,. b,en farming in Buenos
}, ,,.f,e =, wears, owns now $4,000
P'y.t osIrie, 1000 cattle, 500
donoo i,'n sheep and l,4Oo hogs.
;. w., ert $4,000, Last year the
= ,.,,,r w. tbe farm nctted $4,000
'lI '.J there was a yield Of 100000
', ,,Ilov, also $40 sheep
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

silver vault, now in course Of
fion in the sub.treasury, will be
f'nioet in length by twenty.tour
|ilA, and twelve feet high, and
n SiO,OoO,oOO in silver when
The costot the iron and steel
/ d in its construction was about
including the doors and their
The floor Of the vault will be of
steel two inches thick, and
SviII be four feet of concrete.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

lot two years since the Custer
took place, yet the wilderness
toccurred isnow populated by
Vho are rapidly turning the
EnD cultivated country, A
nearly one thousand inhabitants
where Gen, Miles encamped on
river in 1876 in fact the whole
which Sitting Bull occupied is
tlupby hardy pioneers who are
civilization where barbarism
lMch a short time ago,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-01

RESPONDENT OF the New l0Tk
pet writing from Toxic,
Intsthe following " The famine
nth Of China RACES with iucreas.
|oity and the most dreadful
come from the qtIljcted regions.
Iomamm opened n shop for the
lnan flesh, and did a good busi-
Sannibslistic Joints and roasts till
] Mandarin caused the shop
Abs arrested and beheaded.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
A Poorly Paid Composer.
I Baltimore SUM-

The Irish ballads of kathleen Ma
vourneen and Dermot Astore" are
known wherever the English language
is spoken; have been honored with places
in the selections of Lucca, Patti and the
other opera stars, and at the height of
their popularity had an immense run
in Ireland and England, but very few
people at this day know anything of the
composer of those melodies. Mr.. Fred
erick William Nichols Crouch, Professor
of Music, gentleman about sixty years
old, now living at No. 2S2 Chew street,
Baltimore, but formerly of Plymouth,
County of Devon, England, has this
week presented at the British Consulate,
In this city, the necessary proofs that he
was the composer of both melodies, and
in regular form has made out documents
assigning both to John Faustone Adams,
of London, for twenty pounds, the songs
to be copyrighted at Stationer's Hall,
London, which is literary patent office
Mr.. Crouch says " kathleen Mavour.
neen :" was first sung in public July IA
1886, at the Concert Hall, Royal Hotel
Plymouth, England. Miss Susan Hobbs
in 1910, first sung " "Dermot Astore" al
Hanover Square Concert Rooms, Lon
don. The words of both songs were
written by lady. After being house
hold favorites for forty years, and being
published by nearly every music house
| the melodies are now to become the
property of one individual in the United
Kingdom under the copyright law.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
A Mathematical Prodigy,

Gilbert Miller, lad nine years old,
living at Keokuk, Ia, has recently
exhibited most remarkable powers in
mathematics, being able to give answers
to difficult problems with scarcely any
hesitation. He is a strong, healthy boy,
not over fond of school, and differs only
in this one respect from children of his
age. His parents are averse to any dis
play of precocity, and will not allow
him to be questioned. But enough has
already been elected to show his won,
derful faculty. He probably inherits
this gift from his father, Professor Mil
ler, of the Keokuk Mercantile College
who has long made speciality of rapid
commercial calculation. We here pre-
sent few examples given recently tc
the lad as test. The answers were
forthcoming at once, without any APP
parent effort:
Cube "a. Answer 405, 5,22S.
| Multiply 9,s76, by 7,117. Answer
/ 70, ,2s7. .491.
Divide $685. by 62S. Answer,
O69.
How many times will clock tick in
year of 3654 days. Answer-31 ,556, 600
Find the fifteenth term of a geo
metrical progression-hrst term 5, rati
8. Answer-23, ,914, ,S45.
These results were found to be ex
actly correct. Other questions involv
ing difficult fractions were also givel
and answered, but we cannot repeat
! them in type
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
| Sketch of the Present Turkish
Premier.

The present Turkish Premier, Safvet
Pasha, is, like his great predecessor,
Midhat, one of the few native Turks
who have attained high position by
downright hard work, instead of Court
intrigues and have adopted the enlight-
ened views of the civilized West without
losing particle of their national spirit.
Born in 1916, he entered the Govern.
ment service rs translator at an early
age, and speedily attained the post of
private secretary to the Sultan, Abdul
Medjid. who, disipated and worthless as
he was, had at least the merit of recog-
nizing and rewarding talent. He
showed his sense of the young civilian s
| capacity by making him a member Of
| the Imperial Council, where Safvet dis
| tinguished himself in such a way that,
at the time of the Crimean war, he was
selected for the very important Office of
Commissioner of the Danubian Princi-
palities. In this capacity he was called
upon to preside over the Commission
which, in 1858, settled the boundaries
of Roumania and the mutual relations
of its Moldavian and Wallachian di-
visions and it was here that he saw for
| the first time q man who was hereafter
10 eAeTCiSe d pdTdHlOuuG lHuueuCe upon
his fortunes and those of his country.
The Russian representative with whom
he had to deal was General Chen
ColoneD Nicholas Ignatieff, at that time
only twenty-six years of age, but al
ready beginning to display the formi-
dable talents that lurked beneath his
smooth, inscrutable mask. This constant
intercourse with the representatives OF
civilized Europe did Safvet Pasha good
service during his mission to Paris in
1866; and his successive tenures oi
Office as Minister of Commerce and
Public Works, of Justice, of Education
and of Foreign Affairs, showed that hi:
services were fully appreciated. But {
change was at hand. Dragged down by
the fall of his incapable colleague
Abdul Kerim, he was superseded by
Aarif Pasha in July, 1877, and although
his recent restoration to power nigh
augur we'll for Turkeys future polio!
under any other sovereign, the Sultan's
known timidity and proneness to chang
his Ministers at the slightest sign from
the turbulent rabble of Constantinopl,
render it only too probable that tn
new Premier's term of Office will be
short one.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
4 California Incident.

Mary Belle Low, scarcely fourteen
years of age, is shepherdess, whose
rosy cheeks, sun-burnt face, and grace
full form as she mounts her pony, would
excite the envy of many city bellies.
Some days ago, while looking after her
woolly wards, she discovered full-grown
wolf of the cayote species, stealthily ap-
preaching the flock. She put her horse
to his speed, and the wolf fed. Then
there was a race over the hills and
prairie, neither showing any indication
of fatigue, and finally he was compelled
to consider himself "run down." Now
came the "tug of war" The little
maiden unbuckled her bride rein, and
with the ring at the end, and this only,
made good her position as mistress OF
the situation, and without alighting
from her saddle, soon disabled her foe
and saved her lambs. Then she started
for the nearest neighbor for assistance
but found no one at home who could
assist her, save another girl, who
mounted another pony, and, armed only
with dull knife, these two girls were
soon galloping over the prairie to save
the scalp, for which the county pays {
royalty" when presented to the propel
officer. When they returned. the prin
cipal of the Red Riding Hood escapad,
had partially recovered, and was NOV
| ing off. But one girl threw him down
and the other cut his throat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

By excesses or imprudence in eating, we
can not hope to escape the consequences for
any great length of time. The most robust
digestion must succumb to abuses of that
important function. But supposing that we
have been foolish enough to enfeeble the
stomach, is the damage irreparable? By no
means. The dyspeptic has only to do two
things to insure his ultimate recovery.
First, he should adopt an easily digestible
diet. Second, he should use with regularity
and persistence Hoste ter's Stomach Bitters,
the leading gastric invigoraIt of the age.
The multiform symptoms of dyspepsia, and
the almost invariably attendant disorders
cease to persecute the sufferer if the above
advice is attended to. Who that has suf
fered the torments that chronic indigestion
intiicts will neglect to take advantage of 8
remedy which, if the most positive evidence
of the medical profession and the public il
10 be received with due credence, is an alb
soIute specific for the COMPLAINT
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE,

A GERMAN agricultural paper says
dill grown among cabbage will stop the
ravages of the common caterpillar.
QUEEN cake: Beat one pound of
butter to a cream, with some rose-water,
one pound of -four dried, one pound of
sifted sugar, beat all we'll together; add
a few currants washed and dried; but
ter small pans of size for the purpose,
CRATE sugar over them: they are soon
baked.
SUGAR cake: Take half a pound of
dried -four, the same quantity of fresh
butter washed in rose-water, and a
quarter of pound of sifted loaf sugar,
then mix together the flour and sugar,
rub in the butter, and add the yelk of
an egg beaten with a tablespoonful of
cream make it into a paste, roll and
cut into small round cakes, which bake
upon Toured tin.
GINGERBREAD: Rub one pound OF
butter well into three pounds of -four
then add one pound of powdered sugar
one pound Of molasses, and two ounces
of ginger, pounded and sifted very fine
then warm quarter of a pound o1
cream, and mix all together; You may
add caraways and sweetmeats if you
choose; make it into a stiff paste, and
bake it in slow oven.
CELERY pickles: Take good-sizec
cucumbers; slice thin, crossgrain, on &
vegetable-eutter, and let stand ovel
night in weak brine; drain; then tax,
enough vinegar to cover them, and pu
on the stove, and to gallon of vinega
put quarter of a pound of celery seet
and quarter of pound of whit,
mustard seed; boil half an hour, ant
pour over the pickles; put a weight OIL
them.
HONEY cake: One and half pound
of dried and sifted -four, three-quarter
of pounds of honey, half pound o
finely pounded loaf sugar, a quarter Q
pound of citron, half an ounce @
orange peel cut small, and three-qual
ters of an ounce of pounded ginger an
cinnamon. Melt the sugar with tn
honey, and mix in the other ingred
ents; roll out the paste, and cut it int
small cakes of any form.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
Can the Truth Overtake a Lie?

Investigation discloses the fact that the
lady reported in The Associated Press dis
patches, about August 10, to have died in
Chicago after two weeks use of some reputed
remedy for corpulency, had not taken A1lan's
Anti-Fat, but had used a preparation put up
by regular physician in Luzerne, Pa. A.
lan's Anti-Fat is manufactured in Buffalo,
n. Y, by the undersigned. We have al
ready sold over 100000 bottles of it. 1t has
therefore been taken by thousands, and we
challenge proof that it has ever harmed any
body, unless the reduction of obese pers ms
from 20 to 60 pounds, leaving them healthy
and strong, is considered a misfortune.
Furthermore, we hereby offer $1,000 reward
for evidence showing that it contains poison.
Gus or injurious ingredients. We also offel
$1,000 if we cannot prove that it has reduced
numbers of persons as stated herein, and al
ways without injury. 1t is said lie will out
travel the truth any time but we trust that
those newspapers that have misled the pub
lie by saying that physicians attributed the
lady's death to the use of Anti-F Fat (which il
only put up by us, the term "Anti-Fat" be
ing our trade mark), will correct the false
impression they have conveyed, by publish
ing this refutation.
BOTANIC MEDICINE CO.,
Ruffa1o n V
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05

CREAM cake: Sift some double-re-
fined sugar, beat the whites of seven or
eight eggs, shake in as many spoonfuls
of sugar, CRATE in the rind of a large
lemon, drop the froth on paper laid on
tin in Jumps at distance, sift a good
deal of sugar over them, and set them
in moderate oven; the froth will rise;
Just color them; you may put raspberry
jam, and stick two bottoms together;
put them in cool oven to dry.
The most profit from sheep is to
raise lamb that will sell for more than
the mother is worth. This can be easily
done by caring well for the earliest
lambs. A lamb, ninety years old and
fattened, will often sell for ten dollars
in the cities, and half that in country
villages. A half-bread Cotsworth lamb.
fed with a little mixed oatmeal and
bran, and sucked by native eve, will
make an excellent market lamb. Lambs
now being fed, should be protected
from cold storms, and the ewes should
have some extra feed.
The annual yield of potatoes in the
United States. according to the returns
OF the last census, was nearly 150, ,000,-
900 bushels. In view of the increasing
attention lately given to this crop it
will doubtless show at the close of the
present decade large increase in the
amount of the yield, as well as in the
number and improvement of varieties.
In fact, it may be safely assumed that,
in spite of the fears of many in regard
to the ravages of the beetle, this crop
will still show yield at the next census
| of over 200, ,000, 900 bushels.
SUPERIOR sponge cake: Take the
weight of ten eggs in powdered loaf
sugar, beat it to froth with the yelks
of twelve eggs, put in the grated rind of
fresh lemon, leaving out the white
part; add half the juice. Beat the
whites of twelve eggs to stiff froth,
and mix them with sugar and butter.
Stir the whole without any cessation for
fifteen minutes, then stir in gradually
the weight of six eggs in sifted -four.
| AS soon as the -four is we'll mixed in,
turn the cake into pans lined with but
tered paper; bake it Immediately in q
quick but not furiously hot oven. II
will bake in the course of twenty min.
utes. If it bakes too fast, cover it with
thick paper.
MAKE arrangements to save every
particle of manure from the hog-pens
liquid and solid. 1t is too valuable to
lose. Every hundred pounds of such
manure liquid and solid mixed--is
estimated to equal in value about one
hundred and sixty pounds of common
barnyard manure. 1t is good on al
crops, and especially suited to frui
trees. Nothing is better to preserve it
virtue than swamp muck on dry earth
Use it freely, covering the floor of ths
pen at night, and cleaning out in the
morning, after which the floor should b.
sprinkled again. 1t is not only good fo
the manure, but for the swine. Th'
I hog-pen is generally the most offensive
spot on the farm during the fatteninl
season. A little dry earth judiciousl,
used every day would dispose of all un
pleasant odors.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-09-05
Changes Effected by Artesian Irriga
tiOn.

lsan Francisco Correspondence Of the Baltimore
SUM-
The prospects of the Southern Pacific
Railway grow brighter. The track, for
400 miles, passes through a reputed
desert, where rain is too scanty for
agriculture, and the soil in its dry state
looks barren. Now the company's ar
tesian we'll, three hundred feet deep,
yields $4,000 gallons of flowing water,
and geologists, having the formation to
guide them, have examined the whole
Tulare valley, 200 by 80 miles. They
report that broad and deep river flows
under the whole country, and every
acre can be brought into high production
by boring 300 or 400 feet for water at
cost under 81 900 for each we'll. Ex-
periments made in Kern County prove
that sugar cane does better than in
Louisiana, especially, because it is en-
tirely exempt rom autumnal frosts. But
it also contains more sugar. Cotton does
equally we'll, though cool nights may
interfere with the length of it's fib4r.
These products pay so much better than
other California crops, and irrigation
secures perennial returns, that these
lands will bear extra valuation and the
population will be denser. The dearth
of timber will soon be remedied. The
railway, for it's own use, has three hun
dred acre forest of eucalyptus trees,
planted since it began work. Having
now irrigated water, the growth of five
years hence will give abundance of ties
and telegraph poles.
Engineers estimate the value of that
forest five years hence at $150,000. For
building and fencing it would be equally
valuable, and if settlers make rule to
plant trees this rainless valley would
soon attract moisture from the clouds
and change the climate materially. For
this valley hugs the great timbered
mountains of the Sierra range, which
now, by superior attraction, draw from
the naked valley the fare share of rain
fall, which fair share of forest would
not fail to attract to the plains.
The certainty of crops and the peren-
NAL pastures of these irrigated lands are
turning farmers from the uncertain bot
tom lands of western California to the
eastern plains. Thisis working change
in their relative valuations, which, how
ever, may be equalized hereafter by ar.
tesian irrigation, equally easy to OBJ
tain, on the bottoms of the Sacramento
and the foothills on their borders
When artesian irrigation becomes gen
eral, as it soon will, and land monopolists
are forced to subdivide equally sure)
it seems that California must take the
first rank in productiveness, as it nov
does in climatic attraction.