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Gas and Electricity.


At the regular weekly meeting of the
New York Polytechnic Society, last
evening in room a OF the Cooper Insti
tute, Ernst Schenrock explained briefly
a rev system OF gas lighting. The syS.
TEN was invented by julius Pintsch, OF
Berlin, and is adj pied especially to the
lighting up Of railway carriages, large
buildings and floating buoys. The gs
is distilled from fat or petroleum refuse.
is very rich and brilliant, ard the cost
is far below that Of coal gas. The nd
yantsges claimed for it are due to the
peculiar method Of Manufacture by the
furnaces designed by Mr.. Pintsch. The
gas is dry and permanent, without mois,
lure or sediment, and it suffers no loss bv
condensation in the pipes. 1t has bsen
used for several years in Europe, on the
principal railroads of England, Russia
and Germany. Between $500 and s 00C
cars on these railroads have been Pre-.
vided with the gas, and it is used also in
the saloon. carrlag s of the emper0rs OF
Russia and Germany, and in that OF the
Prince Of Wales. 1t has been adopted
on the whole line by the directors Cf the
Metropolitan Underground railroad Of
London. 1t is used in compressed form,
ard on railroad cars il contained in tank.
Or cylinders attached to the bottom Of
the cars, lis use is not dargsrous, the
ga' being subjected only to q pressure q
ninety pounds to the square inch, and il,
not explosive, The supply is controlled
by a delicate regulator, which maintains
a steady and regular flame in the lamp.
The gas has been used also in lighting
buoys 10 mark the entrances Of harbors.
and for that purpose has received the
approval of Trinity House, London.
Permission has been received from Sec.
rotary Sherman to admit, tree Of duty.
a buoy to be exhibited in this ha,bJr.
ihe arrival Ct the buoy is expected
within a lew weeks. It is said to be
probable that the g7s will b. adopted for
use on the Metropolitan Elevated rail.
road in this city, which would save, it i
said, $50 q day in The lighting OF its cars
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Just after the war, when inflated
prices painted pictures If fortunes in al
kinds OF city and town vocations-wher
banking, insurance and the agency busi.
ness T re supposed to yieA wealth almo,,
without limit, and WHEN il was believed
that fortunes could bt made by merel,
organizing som- kind OF stock compan,
and putting the shsres on the market
there WAS a general hockipg of young
men from arms to cities and towns. q
get ricf " 'eIt labor But that delu
sion las end d in bitterness and oissr.
%pointntn. 10 thousands all over the
land, and proved that the game q, living
by the wits ia one that very few car
thrive at. We are beginning to realize
that tarmiug possesses one PIE, eminent
merritt will yield a living, if nothing
more, and that is more than can be said
OF many city pursuits. 1t is generally
esteemed a %plodding, unromantic bust,
ness but this is Offset by its exemption
from the harassments and tragic features
that too often mark the painful and
exhaustiug struggle for the maintenance
OF credit and social position in city lie
1t requires but a small capital to q o to
farming. This offers a simple solution
to the livelihood problem to all who are
willing to work, and it is gratifying to
find that the fact is beginning to be real
lied by many weary of prolonged idleness
In clties.- st. Louis Republican.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Ten years ago the United States and
Russia stood about even in supplying
the demands of Great Britain iCI wheat,
-four, and corn, this country sending
10 $4,000 cwt., and Russia lO,7l9,O0O
cwt, Since that date, however, we have
steadily led, until last year Crest Britain
took AZ 100000 Cwt, from America, and
II, 1863, 900 cWt. from Russia.
A farmer Of experience says that the
feet OF a horse require more care than
the body. They need ten times as
much, for in one respect they are almost
the entire horse. All the grooming that
can be done won't avail anything if the
horse is forced to stand where his feet
will be filthy. In this case the feet will
become disordered, and then the legs
will get badly out Of fix and with bad
feet and legs there is not much else OF
the horse fit for anything,
Within the last ten years Colorado
has increased her flock OF sheep from 90
GOO head to over 8 900, 900 head. This
Notwithstanding the efor5 to prevent he
introduction of sheepby the cattle inter-
est. As with cattle, the means used are
very simple, The sheep are herded in
d ,cks OF 1000 To 2 800 on the range by
day, and corrsIed Al night. Mexican
-heep are worked in still greater lOcks,
even up to 8 600. The best fOckmasters,
however, consider gangs OF sheep over
$40 to 1000 head as not working sat.
istsctorily.
A New jersey paper says that nine,
ty year, ago 1t Wa regarded as a settled
point that corn in drills gave a larger
produce than in hills, but that now, after
much discussion, it remains unsettled
The remark would not be made by any
one who had informed himself on he
subject We have thoroughly tested
this question by measuring the results
and find almost uniformly an increase OF
% to 80 per cent. with drill corn over
hills, provided the proper distance given
tor the plants. 1t would b. easy to OBJ.
tain a diminished amount from the drills
if too thinly planted or ears ofssan infe-
rior quality, il too thick. John John
ston informs us that after long expert
ence he arrives at results precisely sim
liar TO those we have mentioned. Coun-
try Gentleman.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08
What is Covered by Insurance.

People, when procuring insurance, are
not particular enough in specifying the
articles they wished covered by TIER
policies of insurance, &C that when a fire
occurs they find the property which
they supposed was insured has no insur.
ance upon it. When a store building is
insured, the fixtures, fitting up and
counters are not covered by the policy
on the building, unless specified, as they
are not considered in law a part of the
realty. If a stock of merchandise is
insured, the fixtures, counters, show.
cases, stoves, iron safes, scales and weights
are not covered unless specified and a
specific amount put upon them.
When the contents of a dwelling are
insured, the term " household furniture
is a very comprehensive one, and includes
nearly everything ordinarily used BY a
family in housekeepin and is now held
to include a pianoforte, although it is
better to have a specific amount upon
it. Is does net, of course, include family
wearing apparel OIL provisions, which
must be named separately, neither does
it include silverware, paintings, pictures,
jewelry, melodeon, books, watches or
fancy articles, all of which, to be covered
by the policy, must be named separately
and have a specified amount upon each.
When the contents of a barn are in
sured, they should be specified, rs 90
much on hay and grain, such an amount
on SO many horses COWS or oxen, naming
the number, and have the amount speci.
he'd that is to be paid on each in case of
partial loss. When a fire occurs and the
sufferer finds that many articles are not
covered by his policy which he supposed
were insured, he censures the insurance
company or the agents, when the fault,
If any, is that he is not sufficiently ex-
Plicit in specifying the property he
to get insured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

That Of a "heathen Cninee if belonging 10
one OF our race, can scarcely be described as
attractive. But worse than this, it is the inS
dex OF a disordeIed liver, of a liver that
needs arouSing and regulating. TIE remedy
is at hand, prompt, eficacious. A course Of
hostetter's stomach Bitters will expel the
misdirected bile from the blood and divert
1t INTO the proper channel, open tue bowels,
remove the dyspeptic symptoms which in.
vatiably accompany biliousness and conn.
teracts the rapidly developing tendency to
dangerous congestion Of the liver, which
must always exist when the skin and whites
OF the eyes assume this yellow hue. The
pains through the tight lower ribs, side and
shoulder blade, the nausea, furred state of
the tongue, and unpleasant breath, which
indicate liver complaint, in short eli its dis.
Agreeable coneomitants are soon remedied
by this sovereign corrective, which in addi.
ton to its regulating properties is a superb
invlgorant, and a pure and agreeable med.
lcinal stlmulant appetizer and n%ervine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Researches insa The Tent oF scripture.
AS it is of great importance to have
the exact meaning OF the divine revela
ton to man, it is not strange that thu
lives of many learned men are mainly
devoted to the e~lucidati0n of the true
text of the original scriptures and il.
exact equivalent in English.
Whilst II autho-ized version is, upon
the whole, remarkably accurate and
beautiful, the learned men who made
and compiled it had not the same adyan.
tages for a iull ami minute comprehen,
sion OF the original that is enjoyed now
by comparison Of a number oil manu-.
-crlpts OF greater antiquity than my to
which they had access and As the two
eatllest OF these omit some small bassgpas
chiefly parenthetical, which a1e found in
later manuscripts, ii Is supposed that
such passages were explanatory notes.
which through the course OF ages became
Incorporated with the text by tfanscri.
bers.
In Dean Alvord's very recondite and
reliable translation of the new testament
these are carefully pointed out, and in
some cases they give a slight shade OF
difference to the meaning The tollows
lng are passages in Matthew's gospel:
In Caap. v:22, the words without a
cSu,e' are let out of a number Of The
olu versions, and the TRANSLATION of the
word moreh (gebeD by the word tool il
considered doubtful. The Lords Praver
in the sixth chapter lacks the Concluding
ascription OF praise in all the most sns
cient manuscripts. In Matt. Av.8. the
words "draweth n'gh unto Ne with
their mouth and" are not found in the
Oldest manu- cripts. The twenty.frst
verse OF the seventeenth chapter, which
reads, "Howbeit this kind goeth notont
but by prayer and fasting" are omitted
in some old MSS, whilst Others which
retain the verse leave out fasting
The eleventh verse of the eighteenth
chapter is not found in the most ancient
manuscripts, and it seems to have M
connection with the context. Nome NJ
these omissions or additions affect The
Nv plutC3 buJ LnEfe is one in
Chap. xviii Is which does so to tome
extent. The words against thee" are
not found in the two Oldest mannscrints
and, if they are LETT out, the duty of a
Christian brother is greatly extended
10 the twentieth chapter OF thi Gosnel
and sixteenth verse, the words, "For
many may be called, but few are chosen y
which appear to have no connection with
the context, are not found in the most
ancient manuscripts, Verse fourteen of
the twenty third chapter of Matthew ia
not contained in any of the most ARGENT
manuscripts. 1t was probably inserted
from Mark xii: ~, and Luxe xx AZ
The word "new' in Matt XVI -; % is
not contained in several Of the ancient
manuscripts. All of the thirtv.ith
verse OF Matt. xvii ia omitted in the
most ancient manuscripts, except the
first clause. WHAT follows "lota" was
probably inserted from John xix:24
These, it will be seen, are very small al.
terations in the Gospel, and only one Or
two in the slightest degsee alter the teach.
ing OF the authorized version.-TN. Y.
Witness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08
Not Sorry,

You will not be sorry Tor hearing be,
fore judgment.
For thinking before speaking.
For holding an angry tongue.
For stopping the ear to a tale-bearer.
For disbelieying most of the i'll re,
torts.
For being kind to the distressed.
For being patient toward everybody.
For doing good to all men.
For asking pardon for all wrongs,
For speaking evil of no M
For being courteous to all.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08
The Advantages of Kindnc,r.

The. great benefit that flows from the
exercise OF kindness and good humor is
an Increase of happiness to one that is
kind and good,humored, and to the
persons toward whom kindness and good
nature are shown, aud to society at
large. If happiness be in proportion to
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

~ Ah' W " NN"@
fFr''n'
Inc lie OF Il go1a religious person
ought to excel IN all virtues That he
may iA"afuly De such as ou'"Sfuly he
seemeth to men.
Aud rightly there ought to be much
more Withih' man Is perceived without
For Hod o~ehoIdtth US whom we are
oound most h'gniy 'o i1Ve'ence where
soeVTr we are a1a 10 "aIE IN purity Ike
"ngels In MS Slsht'
Dal'y ought "t TO renew our purposes,
a"u 10 sur up ourselves 70 greater erVor'
SIS lnou: II TINS were The nTst day OF GU
conversion and TO FAY;
help me, my God IN tins my good
purpose, anq In my boiy service and
grant That may now ms day begin
perfectly Tor mat which | have done
hi'herto Is as noIhihg''
According TO our purpose shall be the
success Fl spiritual pointing; ana much
ulIisehee Is Necessary to h m thai Will
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Eurrsos 4 TnpRs's HIGH SCHOOL OHOIR, 81 20
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D. EycREsr's5N HOOL SONG BOOK. "...."....... 60
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Normal AMI High Schools, sc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Probably there is no better Judge Of mu,
steal instruments, or of the opinions Of mu.
sic ans respecting them, than Theodore
Thomas. He says the Mason & HamHn Cab.
met Organs are much the best of this class
of instruments maue, and that musicians
generally agree in this.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

@Iny.st6 cents ior ono Musical Record, or s. for a
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

CHEW JacEson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08
RELIGIOUS READING.


Lord, We can trust Thee ior our hoi7 d D,
They, underneath tho ,h8iow OF y um
We thank Thee ion their rest, ard lor our Light
UnUd gloom.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

Eut Lord, tdr ltyir g-vho, on stormy 5eRs
OF sin ard sOU0w, eth are teWp r-t-io5std
Our dead have reached then haven, hut for lhe.e
Teach us TO uust hte, Lord, tOr these, cur love,
ard lOStI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08

And II not rome TO us, yet cad them home
To where hon staudc't 81 the Heavenly gate
That Sc, from Thee tEcy shall not farther roam,
aud -Iaut us patient hearts lhy cathclng-ttml
Ia wait.
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DIS TlONGCC~
@UNhAf NIL FGa' 11oh SSiRiy'0O.
Wa 100
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QII AsINith Stencil n~-
Dill 81, sells rapidly to ~ doet0ts. w.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05
Not ANY Kansas.
st. Louis POST Dispatch.


Forty.eight negroes start south to
their old homes on the James Howard
this afternoon. They are looking
wretched and miserable, and declare
with one voice that there never was a
greater mistake than their journey
northward. They say that it is impos.
sible for the negro to do otherwise than
starve in Kansas, and that at the south,
at any rate, they have at all times plenty
to eat aid plenty to wear. One signif-
can't TACT in their return is, that although
Messrs. Sells & Company have offered
them transportation to any part of the
valley they may wish to reach, they in
sist On going to their old homes or no.
where. Bulldozing will, they think, be
a delightful change from the open
hearted reception they enjoyed In Kan
sas. Their statements about the amount
of disease and death among them are
hardly credible, but the fact remains
that they are coming back in no such
condition as they went north. The way
they travel into cheese, crackers and
dried beef with which they have been
is serious oh staele to CONVEX
sation. They are too busy.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05
Bees on the Wing.

When a swarm leaves for the woods
they are off before you fairly know it.
They drift away from the hive il q
widespread and apparently aimless con-
course, they suddenly gather up their
skirts, draw together their forces, and
away they go, a humming, flying vor-
tex of bees, the queen apparently in the
center and the mass revolving about her
as pivot, over orchards and meadows,
across creeks and swamps, or woods and
deep valleys, straight for the appointed
tree, slow at first so that you can keep
up with them, but presently with a
speed that wsuld tire fox-hound. In
this flight the individual bees do not
move in their right lines. or straight
forward like flock of birds, but round
and round like chaff in a whirlwind;
unitedly they form whirling, revolving,
nebulous mass fifteen or twenty feet
across, that gees as straight as projec-
tile to its mark. They are not partial
as to the kind Of tree-pine, hemlock,
elm, birch, maple, hickory any tree
with q good cavity high up or low
down. A swarm of mine ran away from
the new patent hive l gave them and
took up their quarters in the hollow
trunk of an old apple tree across an ad-
Joining field. The entrance was mouse
hole near the ground. Another swarm
in the neighborhood deserted their
keeper and went into the cornice of an
clubhouse that stood amid evergreens in
the rear of large mansion. But there
Is no accounting fort,le taste of bees, as
Samson found when he discovered the
swarm in the carcass (or more probably
the skeleton) of the lion he had slain.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05
A Marvellous Feat.
Pail Mall Gazette.

A certain Countess Blavatsky has, it
appears, been doing some marvellous
feats in India as spiritualist medium.
The Indian police were disposed at first
to look upon her companions of so~
called Theosophical party as number
OF Russian spies but if the trick which
she has contrived to play with a glove
does not convince them that the countess
herself is at any rate far more extraor-
dinary person than any spy, they must
be very skeptical people. The story
itself, like other wonders in the same
scientific field, reads almost like hoax !;
but sober letter from Barrister,
son of well known Liberal NJ. P.," in
the Standard shows that to him at least
the affair is serious enough. According
to the Indian papers the countess
brought with her from England a pair
of gloves. On the 18th of February also
pair of gloves was seen by Colonel
Alcott in Bombay. About this there is
no question, and the countess informed
the colonel that she had been requested
by ''an English barrister, president of
the British 1heosophical society and son
of liberal M. P. whose name is well
known throughout India"-the gentle
man who writes in the Standard, in
short-to send him one of these gloves
Immediately on her arrival, in order to
improve his fathers eyesight. The
scene changes to London. On the same
day the barrister found telegram at his
chambers in the temple from a lady
medium in London, saying that her
esprit" had received a message from
Nine. Blavatsky in Bombay. Needless
to say that the " message was the glove
sent off from Bombay that very day,
with I" the we'll known signature on the
inside of the kid the less known and less
aecipherable symbol above it::'' It was
received by the gentlemen full in the
face in a darkened room, and he now
gives evidence that he is quite satisfied
that the transition of the glove was
effected by the Countess Blavatsky in
Bombay and the less powerful medium
in London between them. Earnest seek.
ers after truth in Bombay have begged
the Countess Blavatsky to send home
their overland trunks by the same route,
offering any reasonable price for the
accommodation. So far. however, she
has accepted no contract; though we
believe this is only question of time
at least that seems to be the opinion of
the Indian papers.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05

in the east have grestly confirmed the
bible. The analogies to which you refer
between Christianity and other ancient
religions, instead of tending to weaken
may serve to strengthen belief in the
divine nature of the former. I main.
tain it is more reasonable to suppose
that these various Oriental religions
derived these maxims that have been
applauded,it seems to me rather extrav-
agantly, from an original revelation, at
very early period in mans history,
than that they represent degrees of evo.
luton"
"There are those who exhibit a good
deal of anxiety on account of Roman
Catholicism in this country" "It is for
the most part simply shifting of popu~
lation from the old world to this"
"Do you feel hopeful, doctor, in re-
gard to the church, the future of Christ
ianity ?" Most certainly I do. 1t is
spreading in heather lands. Look at
Australia and many such countries ;
compare them to-day with what they
were one hundred years ago. Christ.
ianity is really stronger to-day than it
ever was"
You think, then, the church will
eventually subdue all to itself. Will it
be the triumph of single sect-your
own, for example-or of Christianity in
general? ?' "In general, I think. In
these days many persons have allowed
themselves to drift away from the high
and holy influences of religion. They
have lived so long apart from it that
they have lost the power of spiritual
discernment and of understanding such
things. It is said that if any man
will do the will of God he shall know of
the doctrine'-which is truer than some
are apt to suppose"
" You would, then, commend religion
and worship as the great specific for
skepticism and unbelief?" Yes"
The entrance here of visitors brought
the interview TO close, and the doctor
accompanied the reporter to the door
with friendly parting.
St. Landry democrat., 1879-07-05
2{{|'i'' { 4 AAoa }{}nin..
Excuse haste and a bad pun

..Excuse haste and bad pun.
In spring time charity begins to
hum.
The weigh of the transgressor is
fifteen ounces to the pound.
-" Greatly to his credit "a bank
deposit.
"A worthy Baptist minister in the
west gently rebuking his flock for their
extravaganza in dress, used, the. word
garbage" supposing it to be more
elegant form of "garb" Wild hilarity
in the choir and horrible CONSERVATION
among the devout portion of the flock.
"A western paper wants to know
where the next worlds fair will be
held ?" don't profess to know much
about the next world, but in these dig
gings Sunday night is the favorite tim
for holding this worlds fair.
."Pride in woman destroys all SYM
metry and grace" says a preverb. It
this is so, it occurs to us there's lots of
symmetry and grace demolished every
time new spring bonnet comes up a
church aisle.
.."He is poor and friendless and there
8 no chance of saving him p are the
words found in dispatch announcing
the conviction Of Felix Mccain for
murder. What satire on Justice are
these two lines - Terre Haute Mail.
."stop sending to me your jernel
emmy more, ass you didn't notis the bigg
hogg me husband butchered sunday,
and it don't fit my pantry shelves emmy.
how" The husb-no, the ''hogg" eighed
3S7.
."Did you hear her in that beautiful
cantata p said an enthusiastic admirer
of one of our prima donna. "Phat's
that?" exclaimed Mr.. Terrence Magilli>
cuddy. "Phat's that? Can't ate her,
is it? Faix, an I cud do that same,
the darlint!"
There appeared to be some irresis.
tible force endeavoring to impede his
progress as he would shskily advance
step or two, and then execute retro-
grade movement, bringing up at the
starting point. He was undoubtedly as
drunk as a lord, and the ground appeared
to roll benz ath him like unto the oceans
restless waves. All at once he was seen
to reel, endeasering to catch himself
and then sink heavily into heap on the
pavement, and when the bystanders ran
to his assistance, he said: "Atsh she
verest shock fan earth quake ever speri.
enshed, n I've bin on ish coast since 80.
Mutsh damage done, y reckon ?"- Cali
fornia 'aper.