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Now.

1t Is said that Good respecteth adj
verbs more than verbs He cares more
to have a man work well than to have
him merely work. And there is one adj
verb that it is Gods will that we should
esteem more highly than it isour custom
to do, and that is the adverb now. We
live in the past, we live in the future,
and the present we allow to slip through
our hands. Yet we are dead to the past,
we are not born to the future, and the
present is u only time for doing, enjoy
ing. living.
How constantly, as we 60 on in life and
meet fresh trials and sorrows, are we dis.
posed to exclaim, with Job, ooh, that |
were as in the months past, as in the
days when God preserved me; when
His candle sbined upon my head, and
when by His light | walked through
darkness" Then | wouldlbe content
and thankful. The woman, bereft of
her husband, but blessed with a child,
mourns over her past happiness, regard
less Of her present source OF joy. The
child ia taken from her, and then she
bitterly reproaches herself for past lack
of resignation, and asks, "Oh,s, why was
| so ungrateful while my child was spared
to me? This new bereavement is a judg-
ment upon me for my rebellion" And
even were every one of our nearest and
dearest taken from us, should not the
Christian heart exclaim, My Saviour is
left. He is the One whom my soul low
eth, the chiefeth among ten thousand,
and altogether lovely. He will be my
greatest joy throughout eternity, and He
says to me now:
"Can l suffice for Heaven, and not for earth?'
We must indeed think of the past to
profit by the experience it has given us,
to repent Of our sins, and to make
reparation where we have injured any.
one, but we must not let our life be in
the past. We should use the past only
to live better, to live more fully in the
present. As regards the future, there is
a certain provision for it that is the duty
of the present hour; but beyond that,
we should stile anxiety and fear rs not
belonging to US. We should remember
how often we have allowed ourselves to
be distracted by dread of Il future diff
Guilty or sorrow, and when the time and
place were reached, 10! the heavy stone
was already rolled away, and angelsw with
blessings stood awaiting US, We may
rest assured hat if we do our part in the
present, God will take care of the future.
With us Christians, the bitterness of
past days, whatever it may have been,
should be both dead and buried. For
is that bitterness sin? After repentance
and all possible reparation for wrong
doing, it is both a duty and a privilege
to rejoice in forgiyeness,- Church Jour
nal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
Let the Bond be Fulfilled,

John Sherman rules that, as he has
sold seventy million dollars worth of
bonds for gold, they must be paid in gold,
no matter what the bonds themselves say
they are payable in. The contract for
payment is a specific contract, and is
plainly expressed on every bond. What
a mar buys his bonds with has nothing
in law, to do with what ne agrees to res
ceiye in payment. John Sherman did not
apply his present rule to the fve-twenty
bonds. They were made payable in
lawful money" and were bought
with greeubacks, lawful money" John
Shermans present rule would make them
payable in greenbacks, W. though the
bonds said they should be payable in
coin, for the government sold them for
greenbacks. They must be paid in
money Of the same kind of money for
which they were sold, says the secretary.
The following tabular statement of the
issue Of bonds sold for greenbacks, and
the gold value received tor them is in
point:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

Did any enfeebled human being ever Osi
come strong under the operation Of powerful
cathartics or salivants? 1t is sometimes
necessary to regulate the bowels, but lnaI
cannot be done by active purgation, when
exhausts the vital forces and serves no goou
purpose whatever. The only true way TO
promote health and vigor, which are essential
to regularity of the organic functions, is to
inyigorate, discipline and purify the system
at the same time. The extraordinary efficacy
in Uostetter's Stomach Bitters IN cases ~
debility or irregularity of the organs OF d.
gestion, assimilation secretion and discharge
Is universally admitted. Appetite, good
digestion, a regular habit Of body, active
circulation of the blood, and purity of all
the animal fluids are induced by this superb
tonic and corrective. 1t has no eguals'
moreover, as a preventive of chills and fever,
and other types of malarial disease, 10
emiprants and travellers it is particularly
eryiceable as n medicinal safeguard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
A CIOud.Burst in California.

A cloud-burst struck the town of Ca
manche, Cal, last Sunday afternoon,
causing the death of ten Chinese. Four
funnel shaped clouds, dark as night,
apparently about five hundred yards
apart. with their apex trailing the
ground, were observed passing in a
northeasterly direction, and it was apps
rent that there was a very heavy precip-
itation of rain. Soon the slopes of the
hills were covered with torrents of
water, which carried with it brush,
fences and even rocks to the gulches
below. In a few minutes Camancbe
creek, already carrying its maximum of
water, was vastly increased in volume,
so as to ovsrspread the flats on either
side, and fences and hen cOops and the
little about the houses in Chinatown be.
gan to move. While l was specializing
upon the area of waterway it would re.
quire to pass the amount of water
beneath the aqueduct to be constructed
across Camanche creek by the Moke-
lumme Ditch and Irrigation company,
we we've startled by a horseman who
rapidly rode in town shouting that the
reservoir had broken. Almost at the
same time a bank of murky water several
feet in height, bearing brush, fences,
debris of all kinds, cattle, horses, and
pigs, was hurled forward with fearful
momentum. As it struck Chinatown,
built on the creek, the low, shabby tene-
ments gave way with a crash. AChina-
man with his wife and child, who had
mounted the roof, were borne past, vainly
appealing for aid it was impossible to
give. In a few minutes another house
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
why Agricultural Colleges Fail.
In writing 10 the American Farmcr,L

In writing to the American Farmer, L.
A. Hansen, OF Mississippi, remarks:
The appropriations for agricultural col
leges all over the United States, with very
few and rare exceptions, have been mis-
appropriated, and most of them used to
bolster up sickly institutions of learning
by adding the agricultural department
TO their institutions, making this depart.
meut entirely subordinate and totally
insufficient for the wants for which the
donation was made, This is one of the
reasons why the agricultural colleges Of
the United States, as a rule, are failures.
Another reason is that the majority of
those institutions do not consider manual
labor necessary aye! many think it
adverse to liberty and justice 10 compel
the students to work after they pay for
their board and tuition.
The misconstructi0n of liberty has
wrought many evils in u country, and
here is one of them. To what does all
the theoretical teaching amount, if not
sustained by demonstrative practice ?
And, how is thorough practices to be
acquired, if not obtained by actually
doing the work? How is a farmer to
instruct his hands and direct his work to
be properly done it he is not able to
perform it himself and by actual deed
show them?
Mr.. Editor, let it be well and distinctly
understood THAT no agricultural col.
lege can be a success, as such, without
proper practical instruction in manual
labor"
By perseverance, and industry practice
alone can succeed; theory by itself,
without practice, cannot
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

from which you derive an income. But
it you have a $500 carriage with coach
horses and fancy harnesses for pleasure
leave those out, as they are for your
personal account. Thus, be strictly
honest with your farm Charge every
thing which belongs to it and nothing
more. Then, in reckoning your labor,
include board for men, and include the
labor of wife, daughters and house ser
wants. But if you have been off and on
and have not done more than seven
months labor in the year don't charge
the time you have been off the farm.
Charge all the n to the farm.
Now, for the credit. Credit the farm with
every product that it yields you, all the
butter, milk cheese, poultry, beef, pork,
fruit, vegetables, etc, that have been
sold or used by the family, likewise the
corn, grain and every other commodity
that is sold or used for family purposes,
and when you have looked upevery item
you will find your farm has produced a
great deal more than you are willing to
admit.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

While much has been written concerning
the use Of "put up" medicines, the ques.
ton is still IN open one, and demands OF
the people a careful consideration. The sa.
lient points may be briefly stated and an.
swered as follows: lst-Are the sick capable
OF determining their real condition, the ma.
ture of their malady, and selecting the pro-
per remedy or means of cure? 2nd-Can n
physician, no matter how skillful, prepare a
universal remedy adapted to the peculiar
ailments OF a large class of people, residing
in different ATTITUDES, and subject to various
c!lmatlc influences: In answer to the first
proposition, we would say, diseases are
named or known by certain signs" or symp.
toms, and, as the mother does not need a
physician to tell her that her child has A
Whooplng.cough, or Indicate q remedy, so
people when afflicted with many of the
symptoms c0ncOmltant to " impure blood"
torpid liver" and "bad digestion, " require
no other knowledge of their condition, or
the remedy indicated, than they already
possess. Second proposition Many physi.
clans argue hat diseases are sectionally pc.
culiar, and their treatment must therefore
vary, and yet quinine, morphine, podophyl.
lin and hundreds Of other remedies are pre-.
scribed, in all countries, to overcome cer>
tain conditions, Is it not, therefore, sell,
evident, that n physician whose large expe.
rience has made him familiar with the
many phases incident to all impurities of
the blood, general and nervous debility,
liver complaint, dyspepsia, consumption,
and catarrh, can prepare a series of RENE.
dies exactly adapted to meet the conditions
manifest, wherever, and by whatever means.
1t may have been %engendered? The family
medicines prepared by R. v. Pierce, NJ. D.,
of Buffalo, N. Y, fulfill the above REQUIRE.
ments. Many physicians prescribe them in
their practice. His Golden Medical Dis.
covery has no equal as a blood purifier and
general tonic, while his Favorite Prescrip.
ton cures those weaknesses peculiar to
women, after physicians have failed. His
Pleasant Purgative Pellets, which are sugar.
coated and little larger than mustard seeds.
are a safe and certain cure for /" torpid "
liver and constipation. II you wish to save
money by avoiding doctors, and keep or re-
gain your health, buy the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser, an illustrated work
of over 900 pages. 1t contains instruction
concerning anatomy, physiology, hygiene,
and the treatment of disease. Over one
hundred thousand copies already sold.
Price (postpaidl $1.50. Address the author.
R. v. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

In a lecture before a farmers club in
Connecticut a few nights ago, Prot. Levi
Stockbridge, of the Amherst, Mass,
Agricultural college, said that the profits
of New England farmers average fifteen
per centum a year and explained what
he meant as follows:
But, you say, we farmers don't see
the Is per centum in our business. Well,
let us look a little. l want to know
whether you farmers keep an account
with your business. AS nearly as | can
learn not one in a thousand New Eng
land farmers do. Well, the first thing
for every business man TO do as he com.
monces the year is to take an inventory.
Now | ask you to take IN inventory.
Reckon every acre Of improved land,
pasture or woodland from which you
derive an income. But don't reckon
the value of your house that
is another matter and should
csme into your personal account. Don't
reckon the value Of a nicely-cut lawn
that isyOur pleasure-ground but reckon
IN all your farm implements, wagons,
- a=ep and-all foryn animale
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

We have had many inquiries about the
description of Mrs. Tubs experience at
a. T. Stewards retail palace in the year
1852. 1t was published in the Hearth
and Home, but, so far as we know, has
not been printed in book form. 1t is
often read in public by elocutionists,
being a stock piece on their list, but we
have found no way to answer the demand
for it except by reprinting it in our col
umns.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

"Inasmuch as We have done it unto
one of the least of these, ye have done it
unto Me-" This commentator is made
most sure and comprehensive, The
time for His verdict is marked. 1t is
not now. Do not be anxious to have
your services recognized on this earth.
You will be terribly disappointed if you
do. The men who live in Christ's stead
are lonely men They bear the sins, the
sorrows and the woes Of the world.
Only here and there is there a Lazarus,
a Martha. = Mary, or a John, to share
the secrets of their hearts and lives.
There is only one class who have their
reward now. The Master said, say
unto you, Phsrisees, We shall have your
reward Dear friends, it is when the
Master comes that our service shall be
measured and rewarded. This most
glorious time will come, and then He
declares each act shall be personally
recognized, The commendation shall
come from the lips of the great king, not
from our fellow cOurtiers. You must
not expect, Christian, to have unremit-
ting love and unalloyed justice from the
church Of God. You will not get it if
you anticipate it. You must not expect,
even from the ministry of God, unfailing
justice. The desire for earthly applause
is only a temptation of Satan to divert
us from obedience to the Master. 1t is
from Jesus alone that the &" well done" is
to come. He speaks it unto conscience,
and the soul sits quietly in its solitary
communion to realize His APPROVAL
5. II, Tying.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

yielded to the mad torrent. As it fell
and parted, I had a %mOmentary glimpse
of its half dozen inmates, including a
woman with her newborn babe, when
the roof closed down, burying all be-
meath the flood; only n man arose to
Chamber on the roof, where he retained
his position until out of sight. He was
finally rescued by seizing a bush and
dragging himself out Stockton (Cal')
Independent.
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Tho HOnAehOId

MoLAssEs CAKE.-One teaCupful of
moiasses, one OF brown sugar, one OF
milk, and four of -four; two eggs, a spoon.
full of ginger and half a t%easpOonful of
soda.
POTATOES A LA DELMONICO,--Cut the
potatoes with a vegetable cutter into
small balls, about the size of a marble,
put them in a stew pan with plenty OF
butter and a good s~prinkling of salt !;
keep the sauce pan covered, and shake
occasionally until they are quite done,
which will be IN about an hour.
BIsCUITs.--IntO a quart of sifted -four
put two heaping t%easpoonfuls of baking
powder and a pinch of salt. Mix together
while dry; then rub into it a piece Of
lard a little larger than an egg. Mix
with cold sweet milk roll thin; cut
with a tin cutter, and bake a light brown
in a hot oven. Send to the table imme-
diStely.
TRANSPARENT PH.-One egg and the
yolks of two, lump of butter size of half
an egg, one cup sweet milk, one cup
brown sugar, one half nutmeg, Bake
with one crust same as custard. When
done, cover with a frosting made of one
cup of white sugar, whites of two eggs,
favored with lemon. Set in moderate
oven three minutes.
WEST INDIAN BLACK BEAN SOUP
Take one quart of black beans and let
them simmer in three quarts cold water
till they crack and begin to grow soft,
then add one half pound lean salt pork,
onion, pepper, and salt, and let it boil
down to the thickness one likes thin
soup. About fifteen minutes before
taking from the fire, put in two bay
leaves, pinch of thyme, (not powdered
thyme and four whole cloves. Then
strain through a colander; add juice of
half of a large lemon, and slice the other
half; if small, juice OF one, and slice
another; also, slice up a hard,boiled egg,
and serve at once.
GRAHAM MUFFINs.-Set the iron gem
pans on the stove to heat; beat one egg
light in a basin; add one teacupful sour
milk, and two tablespoons sugar; stir
well together; add a mere pinch of salt;
stir in Graham -four to make a rather
stiff batter; mix thoroughly with the
addition of one tablespoonful melted
butter; and, lastly, stir in one-third tea
spoonful soda dissolved in a t%easpoontul
of hot water. The batter, when ready
to drop into the well-heatsd and creased
gem pan, should be 30 thick that it will
not run from the spoon, but just drop
nicely. This will make one dozen ex-
CelIent Gems.
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81 VIII Not Fail Thee, Nor FOrsahc
Thec."

Earthly friends may fail US and if
we trust them, they will fail us and
fail us when we most need them. But
he that putteth his trust in the Lord
shall be safe. God promised Joshua
that He would not fail him. He allowed
Others to try him, He made him pray.
He allowed him to fear. But be never
failed him in any struggle, but gave
him occasion and grace to appeal to Is.
rael and say, Ye know in your hearts,
and in all your souls, that not one
thing hath failed of all good things
which the Lord your God spake con.
corning you; all are come to pass unto
yeu, and not n thing hath failed
thereof" Well, what God said to
Joshua, He now says to us. He will not
fail us, therefore let us implicitly trust
in Him. He will not forsake us, there
fore let us boldly say, 81 will not fear
what mar can do unto me-" If God
will not fail, no matter who does. If
God will not forsake us, we can do
without the presence or help of any of
His creatures. But God will not fail us,
therefore let us rejoice in His name
Rev. James Smith.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

Is it true economy to use cheap, adulter.
ated baking powder, which is highly iniuri.
Gus to health, merely because it is cheap?
Common sense and experience say no!
D0oLEY's YEAST POWDER, which has been
well known for twenty years as an absolutely
pure, wholesome, and in every respect reli.
able article, is within the reach of all those
who practice true economy in this respect.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

Mothers, Mothers !! Mothers y! Don't fail to
procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Tor al
diseases incident to the period of Ieethlng III
children. 1t relieves the child from pam, cures
wind collie, regulates the bowels,and by giving
relief and healthto the child gives rest 10 the
mother. 1t is an old and welhtrled remedy
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

THERE are probably a hundred or
more persons IN this and neighboring towns
who daily suffer from the distressing eneclS
of kidney troubles, who do not know that
,Johnson's Anodyne Liniment Is almost a
certain cure. In severe cases, great rei'ei
NAV be obtained, if not a perfect cure
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

An old rail.splitter in Indiana put the
quietus upon a young mar who chatfed
him upon his bald head, in these words:
" Young man, when my head gets as soft
as yours ! will raise hair to SELL"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

WE notice that agricultural newsPa-
pers all over the country are now exposing
the worthlessness of the large packages OF
horse and cattle powders. We put the oa!I
in motion and claim the credit of it. Sherl'
dams Powders are absolutely pure ana are
the only kind worth having.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

MANY sum go down while it is yet
noon, and many a life goes to an early grave
which would have been spared many years
had they but known of the curative powers
of HOME STOMACH BITTERs. Prepared by
the Home Bitters Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

simmons Liver Regulator has been IN Use
Tor halt q century, and there is not one single in.
stance on record whore it has failed to effect a cure
when taken in time according to the directions IL is,
without doubt, the Grentest Liver Medicine
tu!ly compounded fIom rare roots and herbs, con-
tanning no mercury or any injurious mineral sub.
and has superseded these medicines in places where
they have heretofore been extensively used. Pro.
cure a bottle at once from your druggist; do
more than satisfied with the result obtained,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16

Simmons Liver Regulator.

however, will prevent all this, and may be for
limit nNOritn hnnsnhnll remnlN-
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NEW PARTIES AND NEW ISSUES.

Men harp about new Issues. We
have none. The Independent dodge
all fully understand, and it Ia hardly
worth while to discuss it. The National
dodge can he put in tho same category.
In other sections Of the country, thnt is
In the older States, these two parties
may mean something, and may in the
course of time accomplish some good,
bat we havo live issues to meet In the
old battle-f3elis against an arch enemy.
No need for US to seek new issues.
Time enough for that two years hence,
after we have secured another two
years. guarantee OF peace from now
until then, but the terrible ordeal
through which this State has passed
should be an all-sufficfent warning to
her sons not to triile with this matter.
In reference to the new parties that are
being SO much talked of lately, an en-
inent Judge and lawyer OF ability OF
this State, in speaking Of them, says
s'That the white people will sooner OF
later divide into political organizations
is almost certain. This, for the good
of tho country, will perhaps come too
soon, as 1t will leave the negro vote
the balance of power, a condition of
things, politically, that will be un.
pleasant and dangerous" This gives
the whole thing in a nutshell, and it
is we'll worth while to carefully con-
slider the subject The same jurist
says: "Left to.thcir individual choice
many Of the negroes would vote for
mon Of our party, but their leaders
drive them to support the ticket" A
more convincing argument for tho
Democrats of this state, and of Grant
parish particularly, to stand united
0OaSvNef So,
uttered in fewer words. - Cblfar
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