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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28
THE CYCLONE.
Some Incidents Not Before Published Bs-
gardIng the Terrible Kansas Tornado.
Kansas City Journal.

| Some ~ncident Not Before = ublished Ba.
garding the Terrible Kansas Tornado.
Kansas City Journal.
From Myron Smith, ESQ.,, of Logan,
i5ssEsst sTs sssshsIsd sgnssS saR Ca. fSa. re- e
counties. 1t was in the usual form,
forward movement slow, rotary motion
rapid. 1t moved a little east of north.
Near the divide line between the Saline
and Solomon rivers it seemed to rise
and pass off in eddies, the damage on
the hills being very slight.
Passing by the numerous casualties
and other facts already known, we
shall give a few incidents which Mr..
Smith firmly believes to be true, but
which may be exaggerated.
Near the farm of Samuel Mcbride
the storm ceased to remain stationary,
and such was the force OF it that sew.
eral men declare it to be a fact that a
well was sucked" dry and a portion of
the wall taken out. The river was
swept dry for a mile, dry enough for an
army of Israelites to pass over dry shod.
The farm of MI. Cronise was stripped.
Out of fifteen horses only three were
left for duty. Mr.. McBride's horses,
cattle aud hogs were all taken across
the river and killed.
After passing the Solomon, as the
ground rose, the storm scattered in ed
dies.
At Meredith a horse was taken I'D,
and, dropping s~tiff.legged, his legs were
driven into the ground to his body. At
the same time a young man was taken
up, ami, while in the air, was tumbled
all around the horse, sometimes abo We
and sometimes below, and was bruised
by contact with the flying animal, but
happily the young man was dropped
gently as a feather bed, and the horse as
above stated. He crawIed up inside a
straw-stack, but, being in danger of
being covered by the straw, he wandered
out on the prairie. Here he found a
child with a fence stake through his
body, and barbed wire wound about it. |
The child had not been identified at last
accounts. A woman was found nude,
her head in the earth, and dashed to
pieces. Her husband, now a maniac.
vainly stretches his hands heavenward,
"Therel there she's coming '
A young man and his wife ran from
their new house to the old dug out, but
to reach it, caught hold OF some
willows, at the same time firmly cling
ing to each other. The willows whipped
the poor woman till she was uncon-
When she recovered herself she
herself embracing her dead hus.
band.
Another young couple saw the storm
and ran at right angles to its
path and just barely escaped.
The killed were covered with dust
Ind dirt and were 30 blackened that
hey could scarcely be identified. 1t is
aid of n woman that although her
amily were separated and a child lost,
ret she assisted in preparing Others for
She had washed a corpse and ,
uddenly discovered it to be her own {
hid. The strain was tvo great and she 8
; said to be a raving maniac. MI. I
thinks that in the sixty.nine mile 3
forty-five were killed and one /
undred and twenty-nine wounded
'me of whom will die.
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- ....Iies az vitality

To renew a waning stock may be gathered
from a source accessible to all, n never
sought In vain by any whose constitution
and yipor are not so much dilapidated as 70
he wholly past repairing. Evidence direct
convincing and ample, indicates Hostetter.
Stomach Bitters as a tonic OF unexamPiea ~
efficacy and perfect purity, and possessed 81
properties that constitute 1t an invaiu auas
remedy for dyspepsia, constipatiOn n m
SSeumatic complaints and malarisl fever.
nsl;cate females and inirm old persons are
invieorated and solaced by it, and the ply
steal prostration which usually follows :
severe illness is in o great degree remedled
and convalescence accelerated through it
use. It occupies a leading position among
medicinal staples.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

Since the creation it is estimated that
1000 900, 1000, 000, 900 have lived on the eaItn.
This sum divided by 27,S64,0 900 the number
Of square miles, gives /, S14, 622, 0S6 to a square
rod, and 5 to a square foot. Suppose a square
rod be divided into II graves, each grave
would contain 100 persons. But this is spec,
ulation and of no benefit to the LOCO, 100000
people that now exist, 5Oo,ooo,ooo Of whom
What they most want are the facts concern.
ing DR.. Pierce's Family Medicines. For years
his Golden Medical Discovery has been Me
standard remedy for the cure of all scroiu,
Ious, throat, and lung diseases. While doi
over q quarter of a century, DR.. Sage's ga
tarrh Remedy has been unrivaled as q posi-
tive cure tor catarrh. The testimony OF tnou'
sands Of ladies has been published, certify
ing that DIR. Piefce's Favorite Pr~escriptloi
positively cures the diseases and weaknesses
peculiar to women. For full information
see the Peoples Common Sense Medlca
Adviser, an illustrated work OF over ",
pages, price (p~ost-paid) $1.50. Over l0O,0O'
COPIES sold. Address the author, R. v. Pierce
M. D., Buffalo. New York.
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just Think of IL, Girls.

Lucy Hooper has often given the Eng.
lish ladies a severe castigation for their
utter want of Style" 1t is jubiect Of
which she seems lever to grow weary.
She goes for them again in q recent let
ter to the Boston Gazette:
Shade of our ancestress Eve, surely
you wore your leafen girdle with more
style and grace than do these, your
British descendants, their tiesbacks and
their jackets. What Is the matter with
the women-they are clothes-blind-
style.blind evidently, as some unfor-
Inmates are born color-blind. The more
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

IN a recent issue we gave a brief his
tory of the celebrated Bailey Springs O
North Alabama, which has excited &c
much interest and inquiry that a few
additional notes will, perhaps, be moi
out OF place. The springs are five in
number, and are situated in a rocky
glen that begins ON the crest of a horse,
shoe hill, sinks between the two extremr
tiles of the hill to q level with the foot
Of their steep ends thence the water
descends in a succession of cascades owe
beds of jagged rock to Shoal creek, dis
tant half a mile. This creek, by the
way, is most beautiful and picturesque.
presenting views of sunsets In the water
with perpendicular vine clad cliff.
ruined bridges, smiling fields and foam.
ing cascades, with now and then a deep.
still pool, at whose bottom the fish can
be seen floating as in an invisible trans.
parent medium. Upon the summit of
the horseshoe shaped hills are placed the
hotel and ou~tbuildings, comprising in ali
two hundred rooms. The ball.
room and parlors are In the central or
main hotel building, and are ex~cellentlv
suited to their several purposes. The
d%ining-room is a long, shady building,
detached, fitted with fne wire netted
doors and windows to exclude insects.
fine kitchen garden, large Hocks and
herds, extensive plantations, magnificent
vineyards, and wood and iron shops
make the institution selfsupportinr.
Visitors from every state In the Union
.oatronize Bailey Springs, and it is diff
,ult to determine whether its popularity
IS a resort of pleasure, or its wonderful
lures OF diseases have been most ef%Iectual
n securing 1t Its present immense pat
The various railroads connect
with the Memphis q Charleston
which delivers passengers at the hotel)
Dive special rates, which enable the Wis
tor to 60 and return very cheaply, and
We learn that the proprietors, Messrs,
Ellis & o., have placed their price Of
loard at very low figures,
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diet. Cornmeal alone is likely to put
the cows system into a feverish condi-
ton,
A most valuable remedy for heaves,
and raid TO be a sure cure Forty sumac
buds, one pound resin, n pint OF gin.
ger, half a pound Of mustard, one pintoi
unslacked lime. one pound epson salts,
four ounce of gum guiscum, six ounces
of cream tartar. Mix thoroughly and
divide into thirty powders, and give n
every morning in their feed before wa
tering.
A writer in the Farm Journal seems
to have q proper understanding OF the
farmers position at this time, and very
correctly remarks: "The margin of
profits to make farming pay is not to
run off on side issues, and 80 neglect the
business in hand, but by higher cultiva-
| ton, improved methods Of tillage, econ
omical management, and by greater In
| dustry seek to swell the profits. Pro
miscuous mixing the trades will do very
well for gentlemen farmers who are not
dependent for their bread and butter on
farm products. For those who are de-
pendent, 1t Is better policy to do one
thing at a time, do it well and with all
ones might.
The use of salt in the care of farm
animals seems to aid an economical d.
gestion, and assists assimilation OF the
requisite normal amount of food; while
it Is also believed that it makes the flesh
harder and gives the animal functions 8
more regular and healthy action. In
England the average daily allowance Of
salt is Tor calves one ounce per day, veal
old animals three ounces, tattening oxer
six ounces and milch cows four ounces
Sheep, it is said, will never stray
from Enclosures where salt Is kept to-
their constant use, provided, OF course
running water is also found in the pas
ture.
A correspondent wishes to know tn,
origin and way to prevent MARBLES get
, ting in the backs of cattle. The egg
| which produce this MARBLE are laid by
r large and beautiful CAD fly, on the bac
of %csttle, in August and September
They are scientifically called estrus Bov
; and are much larger than the horse bot
r fly. The latter flies lay their eggs o
r the hair of the horse, while the Gait
CAD flies deposit their eggs in the skin, b
the means OF a sharp instrument, whic
causes great pain to the cattle, maxim
them run and below about the pastur
At this season of the year they are sti
in the %cattle's back, but will work the
+ way out in June and July, and fall
" the ground in a chrysalis state, where,
about forty or fifty days, it comes fort
a beautiful bot.fy. Cattle owners ca
by moving their hands along the cattle
Il back feel the punches caused by the
ID MARBLES. With the fingers they can
n squeezed out and destroyed, which 6
farmers should attend to, as no Gait
can thrive with them. 1t is difficult
r. prevent them from being deposited
ID the cattle, as the eggs are placed und
r. the skin and can no more be found
8 removed until they assume size enoul
j. to be late. They can be found and +
ID moved in the winter or spring. Tn
are a nauseous and disagreeable anim'
ID and very annoying to the stock.-[Io'
I'd State Register.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

THE idea that you can read a mans
thouchts in his face is all bosh. Look
the man in the face who borrowed $lOoi
Won a wear ago " for a day or two" ana
L expresses nothing but blankness-the
hlankest kind.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

In the half-parish OF Balintogether,
in Ireland, a Catholic bishop, who was
holding confirmation service, observed
an awkwark<looking lump of a boy on
his knees in the ranks to be confirmed.
Wishing to know if he had his catechism,
the bishop asked: "Who created and
placed you on the world, my boy ?"
big Paddy Mullooney, your honor"
The bishop being a little deaf, and think.
ing the boy answered correctly, asked
further: what did he create you for 2"
IAN throth, Sir, I niver sx'd him but
l think 1t was to mind the cows"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

If ever there was a specific for the cure OF
all malarial diseases, such as are produced
by swamp poison, like intermittent. or chills
and fever, dumb chilIs and enlarged spleen,
II is certainly Or. F. Wilhoft's Anti Periodic
or Fever and Ague Tonic. From It's compo3..
sition, which accompanies each bottle, It
may be seen that it contains no dangerous
drug and that in these diseases it never
fails, as guaranteed by its proprietorsi
Wheelock, Finlay & Co., New Orleans, La
! For sale by all druggists.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

= ~ MlMa
sheep, owing to their shyness, should
DC treated with great kindness. Their
treatment should be such that thew will
actually learn to entertain an aAsct;on
for their keepers.
Cows should never be pastured with
pigs, sheep, geese or chickens. Thev ali
render the grass offensive to the neater
neat cattle. p' wi'n
A little dry sand covered over nots.
toes when they are first put in The ceIlar
VIII destroy any unpleasant odor thew
may nave. A sprinkling of drv' an
rot. 'o"oency 70
II is supposed that eating rich clover
pasture wet with dew or recent rains q
dangerous TO cows, as producing hIoot
Dus wnen dry there Is but little danger.
II tne COWS are not too hungry and nm.
used to such food, -" 'n
Prof. Riley says that for feeding sill
mVrms tnere Is no appreciable difference
between the Usage orange and the mnI'
Jerry. 1t would be a step in advance Il
tne hedge should become the teaJirn
ground of the silk worm. ~
OIL cake must be fed to cows slona
cows that are dry feed two nonnJs
" OIL cake with four to six poundssof
'orn meal per day. Avoid sameness Fin
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

Sixty thousand tons Of iron ore have
lately been imported from the north of
Africa for making Bessemer steel at
bethlehem, Scranton and Baldwin, Pa.
1t came as ballast and can therefore
compete in price with that mined in
PennaYlYania.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

There is nothing to cleanse an impure cir.
c~ulation or wake up a dormant liver like
S~covill's Blood and Liver Syrup. 1t does the
business thoroughly in either case. pros
noting active bilious secretion, restoring 10
the life current the purity Of perfect health
eruptions and sores. Chronic rheumatism
and eout also succumb to its curative intiu-
ence. For the diseases peculiar to the gentler
sex it is a capital remedy. All druggists sellit.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

NEGLECTED COUGHS AND CoLDs.-Few
are aware of the Importance of checking a
cough or A." common cold" in its first stage /;
that which in the beginning would yield to
"Brown's Bronchial Troches," if neglected,
often works upon the lungs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

If each one of several makers had taken
the highest medal at one of the great worlds
expositions, there would be room to question
which was best; but Mason & Hamlin have
taken the highest honors at every such com.
petition for twelve years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

ALTHOUGH the tulip mania" In Hol-
land is a thing Of the remote past, the
cultivation and export of the bulbs Of
these flowers, hyacinths, etc., form a
lsrge item In the trade of that country
st the present time.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

We are indebted to the courtesy of DR..
st. Julien Rsvenel for a very instructive
and interesting ramble through the ex.
perimental lots of the atlantic Farm
neal Charleston. The success of DR..
Rsvenel's experiments solves the pro-
blem that the poor lands in the vicinity
of Charleston can be profitably cultivated
without great exposure to sickness, and
that we can produce q better hay than
that brought from the no. tn for the same
money. Not only this, but we can grow
wheat, rye, oats and barley with a mar
gin of profit. We saw wheat, oats and
barley in head on 9th of March, a -four.
ishing, vigorous growth, and DR.. X. as
sured US that he had never seen a parti-
Gle of rust on any of these grains treated
with the cash element" The Meadow.
The Bermuda is the only grass relied
on here for meadow. Plough the land
thoroughly in the spring ; scatter over it
two bushels Of COW peas and five hundred
pounds ash element per acre with seed OF
vetch, (f the vetch is not already ON the
land) harrow and roll it until it is smooth.
The'peas must not be fed off but allowed
to rot on the ground nothing is made by
.,--"-s'rcr u grows all winter and
s~rS--s anu 10 sUUu reAdy 10f
the mower. Every fall when the grass
dies down, from five hundred to one
thousand pounds of ash element lin pro.
portion to the crop of hay taken from the
soil) is spread on the land. We walked
over a meadow which had been treated
in this way, and which had not been
touched by q plough for years and the
vetch formed a thick mat a foot or two
deep. "Smsll Grains The land il
prepared for small grains by a crop of
COW peas and FIVE hundred pounds of
ash element. DIR. Ravenel has satisfied
himself by experiment that nothing is
gained by turning under the Q vine.
He has found by experiment also, that
drilled crops pay best. Now, if hay can
be produced upon the poor lands about
Charleston, or oats, wheat, rye or barley
profitably grown, with the abundant
supply Of labor we have and the daily
complaint of want of employment, It
seems to us passing strange that we
should be complaining Of 'hard times"
The whole country is suffering now from
idleness or the improper application of
labor Correspondent Christian AID.
vocate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28

A New Forage Grass for Hot Countr,e..
The most noticeable plant figured in
the Botanical Magazine for the present
month ia the noble maize.like GRASS
originally introduced into France from
Guatemala, under the name of Teosinte.
1t was referred first to Reana, and now
10 Euchlena, and is of interest, botanic.
ally, as being nearly allied to maize.
whose American origin it thus supports
IL Is handsome grass, and lowered in
the water-lily house at Kew last year. its
stems attaining the height of fifteen feet.
From experiments made with it in the
south OF France, M. Durieu pronounced
II TO he a plant of prodigious vegetatiye
power, every seed producing one hun.
ared stems, and these attaining ten feet
In height, but the climate was not warm
enough to enable it to flower. It has
oe IN introduced successfully into Egypt.
where It flowers and seeds abundantiy'
FROM Kew 1t has been distributed To
Cyprus, the East and West Indies, and
tropical Africa, where it is likely to be
Oh great rvice.-[Gardener's Chronicle.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1879-04-25

THE KIss.-A kiss is like a
sermon; it requires tao heads
and an application. 1t deals
with the hidden spirit by means
of tangible symbols. 1t is "the
very substance of things fondly
hoped for" 1t is the language
of affection, the echo of love,
and concentration of bliss, it is
eloquent, dwelling with sweet
accent upon the lips" 1t is
both vocal and instrumental
"harmonies" in language, and
with sentiment Ineligible in
all languages and all ages. 1t
is the seal" of a fathers bless
ing, the witness" of a mothers
love, the guarantee" of a BROTH
er's protection, the surety" of a
sisters devotion, the gate" to
a lovers heaven and some
thing that mere friends have
nothing to do with.
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Something that Girls should OBJ.
serve.

That men of sense estimate
you according to your intellect
rather than according to the
length of your trails; that white
hands and elegant apparel is in
bad taste, when your mothers
are up to their elbows in dish
water; that the impudence of
little brothers speaks badly for
the example of big sisters; that
a too frequent appearance upon
the street proves a lack of use
full employment; that prompt
and cheerful obedience to the
commands of parents is the best
evidence ofgood breeding; that
a knowledge of music is a refine
ment, but that good house-keep-
ing is the best evidence of a
high state of culture; that rib
bons are ornamental when Sc
lected with taste, and not worn
to hide some other defect in ap-
parel; that the true gentleman
will not ask you if smoking is
offensive in order to obtain your
consent to indulge the vice in
your presence; that silly sayings
with a desire to appear funny
are only practiced by tops of
shallow brain; that tears shed
over the imaginary trials of i'm
aginary heroes and heroines had
better be reserved for the reali-
ties of life, which will surely
come sooner or later; that the
wash tub, though Objectionable
under ordinary circumstances,
is necessary to cleanliness and
deserves respect; that he who
presumes familiarity in private
is not your friend, and if you
would retain his and your own
self-respect, cut his acquaint-
ance at once; that a drunken
lover will never make a temper
ate husband; that all the vices
of men whose habits are fixed
before marriage will grow ten
fold thereafter; that poverty is
no disgrace when circumstances
prove it to be honorable; that
wealth is no honor when circum-
stances prove it to have been
dishonorably attained that your
mothers, your bibles and your
consciences, if obeyed will lead
you to pure and useful woman
hood, the highest and noblest
of earthly creations.-Aavocats.
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Josh Billings ON Marriage.

Sum marry bekase they think
wimmin will be scarce next year
and live to wonder how the crop
holds out.
Sum marry to get rid of them
selves and discover that the
game was one that two could
play at, and neither win.
Sum marry for love without
cent in their pocket, nor a
friend in the world, nor a drop
ofpedigree. This looks desper-
ate, but is the strength of the
game.
Sum marry in haste, and then
sit down and think it carefully
over.
Sum think it over carefully
fust and then set down and mar
ry.
No man kan tell jist exactly
whar he will fetch up when he
touches calico.
Marriage is a safe way gam
ble-if you win, you win pile,
and if you lose you don't lose
anything.
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RANNER AGENTS.
Training Saddle Horses.

In answer to the question on
training saddle horses, says the
County Gentleman, it is not a
good rule to use a hrst-class
saddle horse in harness, or vice
versa, and horsemen all know
that to use trotter to saddle,
is to shorten his gait and get
him in the habit of cantering.
AS soon as a horse finds it is
easier to canter, or run as it is
commonly called, when going
fast, he will invariably take the
latter gait. But with the ordi-
nary buggy horse, or saddle
horse if properly trained, it will
not make any difference. The
writer has trained a great many
horses for saddle and harness
purpose, both in Europe and
America, and knows that the
best saddle horses in the world
are never harnessed until their
services to saddle are over. In
England, when a horse has hun
ted four or FIVE seasons, he is
sold to some tradesman, and
then he is good for four or FIVE
more, seasons for dog-cart or
gig. With regard to the devel-
opment ofthe muscles ola horse
undergoing training for either
trotting or running, his muscles
will be fully developed. The
horse of all work should be first
thoroughly trained to saddle and
then to, harness, as in my expe-
rience he will always work to
those gaits; that is to say, when
in saddle to trot and canter, but
never to pace or single foot,
when in harness he vii learn the
two latter too soon. Some peo-
pie think a saddle horse ought
to pace, but this is mistake,~as
the canter is by far the best for
horse and rider. | speak from
experience, as for the last twen-
ty years | have been in the sad
die six days out of seven. In
travelling a long distance the
horse which trots or canters Will
take you over the road with
more ease than the pacing horse.
A good trainer can train a horse
to the saddle gaits SO that these
will never conflict with each
other, and on the proper appli-
cation of the bride hand and
the legs, the horse will change
his gait at any moment.