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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01
MY MARINER.

a. ma goes away, singing,
"a singing over the sea NttH
a. ~ comes sgain, bringing
IL joy and himself to mel ~
nsvn through the rosemary hollow
%d %apd up tho wet beach ran,
~ hesrt In futter to follow m
IN fight Of my sailor-man.
n. On . husband sitting .n
f' mi ii the house at homel
an me mariner, fitting
INA flashing over the foaml
alre me voice resounding tfla
m M songs Of the breezy maini
a,,s me a free heart bounding n
EvUmore hither againl a ..
o,nipe is better than going; W
mi never was Queen so grand
al while watch him blowing
Avsy from the lazy land.
rh.ye welded an ocean-rover,
Ana with him own the sea;
y,t over the waves come over, fN'
And anchor, my lad, by me. ~
p,rt TO his billowy laughter,
Blitho on the homeward tidel
usrk 10 It, heart up and after;
on 10 the harbor-side;
Down through the rosemary hollow
And over the sand-hills, light
And swift as sea-bird, follow;
And hs for o sail in sight!
Edrcons, IN Hayper's Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01
Candles.

n, Very few persons who have not
looked into the matter are aware how
the manufacture of candles has
dwindled, especially in the United
States. There is very little left of it,
the large houses that once carried on
the trade having, for the most part,
either retired or been forced into bank
ruptcy, Making candles used to be
very profitable; many firms have grown
rich thereby. But of late years the de-
mand has fallen off everywhere, and is
to-day rather lessening than increasing.
Really, there is very little need of can
dies now. They have served their
time; they belong to a fading, if not
faded, epoch. Kerosene has been fully
as adverse as gas to candles, for kero-
sene goes and is used everywhere.
From all the far-interior towns and
frontier villages the onee-familiar can
die has disappeared, and kerosene has
supplied its place. 1t is rare to see q
candle anywhere in this country; a
. candle has grown to be symbol of ex-
treme conservatism.
.,tnal Cure for Snake-Bite.
go Mr.. s. s. Bowmer says that the fol-
lowing is certain cure for snake-bite,
viz. Take the leaves from the cotton
wood tree, make strong tea of the
same. use freely internally, and bathe
the wounded part WE'LL His dog was
bitten by o very large copperhead, and,
after running fifty yards, fell, and to
all appearances was in a dying condl-
ton. He took the dog up In his arms
and carried it home, made tea OF the
cottonwood leaves, bathed the part bit
lten and poured about quart OF the
liauid down the dogs throat. lna about
fifteen minutes the dog was up, run
ming about and in half an hour he was
ont in the woods hunting up another
snake,-Batnet CTer.O Bulletin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01

laughter, asif it was the climax Of good
Jokes, winding up his confession with
the received axiom, @All fair in a horse
swap and that he expected his neigh
Dor to trade on his otcn j,,dome,t y
as he himself had done. OF course the
cheat didn't get into the courts; IL was
too novel and too acute, "too good" for
that; but the victimized pocketed his
loss, relying upon getting even with
the successful trickster some day in the
future, or, at least, making himself
square off of somebody else.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01
yIclOria's ReprOOf.

Queen Victoria was noted in early
years for her punctuality, and was apt
to be inpatient with those who were
negligent as to time. She administered
once courteous but severe reproof to
the Duchess of Sunderland, who, as
the Mistress of Robes, was obliged to
be near the Queen on public occasions
The Duchess was little careless in
matters requiring promptness.
One day, when public ceremony
was appointed for given hour, the
Queen and her ladies had gathered in
the palace, and the Duchess alone was
missing. The Queen grew inpatient
and as the hour appointed passed she
was about to enter her carriage without
her first lady. The Duchess suddenly
appeared, breathless with haste, and
stammered an excuse.
my dear Duchess" said the Queen,
Il think you must have bad watch"
Unloosing from her neck the chain Of
magnificent watch, she fastened it
round the neck of the Duchess. The
reproof, though conveyed in an elegant
present, was overwhelming. Theproud
Duchess colored, bit her lip and dropped
a hot tear. The next day she resigned
her office.
The resignation was not accepted, and
from that time the Duchess was never
known to be a second late in keeping an
engagement.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01

The Paris Petit Journal gives an in
teresting account of the progress of
French savings, which shows what
wonderfully thrifty as well as woalt by
country France is. The deposits of
the seventeen years before the war
showed very marked increase in the
material prosperity Of the country,
their annual progression being about
30,OO0,000 francs, or $6,000,000. After
the war the deposits fell suddenly from
720,000,000 francs to 515,000,000 francs
in 1872; then they began to rise grad
ually to 535,000,000 francs in 1878, and
to 573, 900, 900 francs in 1874. At this
date successful efforts we're made to
propagate the system Of savings banks,
and the deposits rose to 600,000,000
francs in 1875, to 769,000,000 francs in
1876, to 1868, 100000 francs in 1877, and
to 1,010,000,000 francs in 1878. Thus,
in the space of four years, the deposits
augmented 437000000 francs. No de-
post is allowed to exceed 1000 francs
when this sum is exceeded the savings
bank purchases rentes, which IL deliv-
ers to the depositor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01
A lingering Death.

Our readers will remember the men
ton in last Fridays issue of the death
of the 9-yearo old daughter of Henry
Haldeman and lady, at their residence
on Acequia street. The cause Of the
death was a very unusual one, and the
incidents relative thereto were very
strange. When about IA months old
little Annie, for that was the child's
name, while in the kitchen got hold of
can of condensed lye and drank
portion of the contents. OF course, the
consequence was that the child suffered
intensely and came very near dying at
the time. After recovering from the
first effects of the lye, it was discovered
that the child's throat was scald-
ed and that it was unable to swallow
any food of solid nature. Despite
the efforts of skilled physicians and
the constant attention of her loving
parents, little Annie's throat never did
heal up. But the child lived and
grew plump and fat, though bereft of
that vivacity which characterizes chill
dren. The child's pain and suffering
seemed to detract the mind from the
frivolous and the gay, and turn the
thoughts more to solemn and real
things. AS years rolled on, however,
such nourishment as Annie was capa-
BILE Of taking proved not sufficient to
meet natures demands and sustain her
growing body, and presently it was OBJ
served that her condition was rapidly
becoming more serious, and physician
was summoned to take charge of her
case. But no good was ever accom-
plished, the injury received was incura-
BILE, and it was settled that the child
gradually approached the end Of exist
once. Finally, death came, though
Annie had attained the age of 0 years,
during nearly eight Of which she had
lived exclusively on soups, cruel and
liqlid-like food. At the time of her
death the child was in appearance as a
skeleton, but retained her powers of
mind and conversed nationally to the
end.-Saa1 A1stonio (Ter.) EGpress.
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A oURIoUsLY-FoRMED skeleton has
been unearthed near Chattanooga,
Tenn, with pipe which the Times, OF
that place, says evidently belongs to
the stone age, and was smoked by the
original American aborigine many thou
sand years ago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01

ALLAN DINGER was waylaid IN Ne
vada by highwayman, who offered the
usual alternative Of money or life.
Dinger was mounted, but unarmed, and
the robber had revolver close to his
head. Nevertheless he was cool and
brave enough to say, II don't believe
you'd really shoot me and take the
chance of hanging; so I'm off" and he
spurred his horse away. BE says that
the ride was hardly enjoyable until he
got out Of range; but his reasoning had
been correct, and the robber did not
fire. ----..--------
prnprRniINT Ia the royal perfume o.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-11-01

PEPPERMINT is the royal perfume o.
the Sandwich islands
, 1879-09-06

DIRTY TElCN.-!n regard to the circala-
ton OF Garfieli,s speeches through the mails
under the frank 0; Senator B.rnum Of Con.
nectlcut. says the -. Louis Il 2gEiic.-. it
has been discovered - be a dirty piece Of
STRATEGY. for which somebody in the servic.
OF the radical managers OF the Ohio Campaign
Is clearly responsible. The matter was re-
Ierrcd hy the democratic national committee
and the latter replies al considerable len-th.
pronoun,lnG the transaction a fraud. The
Sist oi his answer Is contained IN the follow.
ing paragraph: The sample sent is a
forsery- better executed than the
eighteen forged signatures to the Louisiana
electoral certificates. upon which eight men
made president. but nevertheless for.
gerry. This covers the. whole case. and
shows 10 what di,rsputable practices the
groomerS OF Sherman and Foster are resort.
lng TO impose upon the people of Ohio.
, 1879-09-06

\ WALLA WALLA FARM-Last week
We took ride with Sam Gillian ont to
his fathers ranch on Dry Greek. 1t is on
the old Dayton road and the most beauti-
full scenery can be INDUCED in the whole
distance. What first struck lis was the
incongruity of the name "Dry creek to
the shady tree embowered stream, for 4
more charmingly verdant would be hard
To hnd IN the country. Mr.. Gillian Is an
old reSidenter, WI o has lived here nearly
twenty years. He is one of the men who
can be pointed ont as "his country's
pride if honesty, integrity and industry
Is implied by the term. He has $50 acres
of land under cultivation the soil is ex-
cellent as some idea can be formed of
its richness when it is stated that crops
have been put in, III Succession, for IL
years on the same land, and yet to-day it
bears larger crops than at first. The
orchard here contains 1900 trees of all
varieties Of fruit among others besides
peaches, Piums, pears, apples, cherries
and apricots; We noticed many black
walnuts and soft shell almonds it is the
first time We have seen this tree bearing
fruit in this country, and the question
natura ly arises, if IL will bear fruit III
such Il backward season rs We have expe-
rienced this year, why should it not be
more generally cultivated and be made a
source of profit to the countryl The
trees were bearing 50 abundantly that the
ground was literally strewn with branches
broken off by the superahundant weight
OF fruit. The grape vines were amazing
III the quantity Of fruit they bore. This
farm is beautiful by having long lines Of
Usage orange fences running around it.
We expressed our wonder at it growing
SO luxuriantly and perfect, and were met
with the information that these hedges
only required care and attention at the
start This we the more readily believe
after seeing the scraggy plants on the line
OF fences in other places They seem to
have been stuck in the ground and there
left to take their own chances. With
their glossy, shapely, dark green leaves
they add everything to the natural beauty
of a country. Would that there were
More of them to relieve the eye from con-
slant contemplation of unsightly fences
, 1879-09-06

THE LATE r. c. WEBSrEK. In the
Oogonian OF Yesterday, appeared dis
patch from Walla Walla, giving an account
Of the suicide Of Z. C. Webster at that
place, Saturday night Webster resided
IN Portland Tor several years and was Very
well respected He was a steady, indus
trlous yonng painter of perhaps 26 years
OF age and worked IN Mr.. Bergers Morri-
son street shop for number of months.
lie Will he remembered as the same party
VINO ATTEMPTED suicide hy poison at the
Occidental Hotel in this city three years
ago, because certain young lady refused
10 reclprocate his affection. He left Port
land about two months ago for Walla
Nalia. Deceased was a native of New
York and It Is said has no relatives IN this
siate.-POrttdnd Oreqonian.
, 1879-09-06

NErADA roLITIcS- .Saa, under the
head of Pocket Borough States, charac-
teris.iealiy denounces the efforts being made
to re-elect Senator Sharon, Who encouraged
by the recent success OF his colleague. Sena-
tor j. 7. Jones, nov seeks anoiher term
Between the senators who hold over and
the representatives, who may be persuaded
to come over, the Legislature will probably
be a;iicahle enough to crafty the ambition
Of Senator Sharon. Nevada and Nebraska
were, says the SIN, brought III as states to
serve partisan purpose. The former was
admitted by what may he called the light
mlng process, while Nebraska, with ten
times the population of Nevada, MS denied
admission until the policy Of recons r,c.ion
was about to be carried ous. The ro;iticai
investment in these two states turned out
better than the experiment Of increasing the
representation in the south has done for the
republicans rp}onica.
, 1879-09-06

THE kentucky democrats have cast a
deluge of cold water over the priming of a
biz gun which the Ohio republicans had
laboriously loaded for campaign use. Every
one expected that, between democratic apa-
thy and republican activity, Gov Black
burns majority would be So greatly reduced
tha. the republican orator could - point with
pride To the reputation of democracy by
the state of Beck, Blackburn arI Carlisle.
The returns thus far indicate that the heav-
les. losses have been experienced by the re-
pnblicans, from whom the creenbackers
have drawn most OF their strength. While
III some EiIety counties Black burns vote
only runs 2100 behind that Of McCreary IN
1919, Evans falls short by 10 800 OF the
vote Of Harlan. More campaign artillery for
the Junk shop.
, 1879-09-06
THE STATESMAN.

The circulation and advertising business OF
The STATESMAN has increased so largely OF
late that We find i. necessary to either issue
supplement weekly or enlarge the paper. We
have concluded toadopt the latter proposition.
With this end In view, we have made great
efforts to discover 4 power press that Is III
every respect fit for our purpose. Having
found it we les: no time III transmitting an
order eastward for one to he sent TO us
without loss Of time Oar object in SO doing
is to keep pace with the prosperity Of this
country, and give our patrons every benefit
of our OWE welfare All We ask oi them Is
to stand l,y rs in the future as they have
done in the past
, 1879-09-06

WISDOM AND BEsCTS-We were led to
expect poem of exquisite beauty and sweet
ness by an announcement of tn 4 fact in Inst
week HHfctmTl In the Issue of Yesterday
the poem appeared under the title Misty =
We read 1t carefully, and at first thought
the author, NJ. H.. Mammoth pcnkey} had
quite al Acquaintance with versific..ion.
even II he dId violate the rules of syut,x
occasionally. Aud just AZ We were aboa. 70
settle down upon the conviction that the
efforts was one Of great bsauip. We discoy-
cred more Of rr;si5m in the Production for
To- ii was an acrostic. ASS. Fool. And
Editor Or The Walla Walls Wotchurn. G
b.. Wei, surely We though. Mammoth
Donkey exhibited seine shrewdness il he
possessed no taste Tor poetry. We guess Won
Were sold ns.5h1or don't do II again that
, 1879-09-06
~aAxENHA,x

CEESCS day Will he June ], 1850 On that
date about twenty thousand enumerators
will commence their labors-those il, the
cities heine required to complete their work
in two weeks, while others will be allowed
the whole mcnth "f June Persons alive on
the lst of June. bnt dying before the enume-
rator reaches them, will he counted in the
census; births subsequent to the lst Of June
will not be counted. Special agents will he
employed to collect statistics relating to edu-
cation, mining, manufacturing, agriculture
and various other departments Of trade and
industry.
, 1879-09-06

LETTER FgOI EDISoy-Sone time sin.a
We wrote to L. i Edison. telling him all
We knew about platinum, and where he WAS
likely TO find Il IN quantities This week a
letter from him was received IN which lie
informed US that he had received four sam
i,ies OF black sand from Nissouls, VI. T. and
that three OF them contained platinum. We
have samples Of platinum and irdosmine at
our Office which We viii be happy to show
any one curious in snch matters. Old miners
tell lis that lii early days large quantities
were found with the gold III southern Ore
gon, especially near Randolph and on the
Coqai.le river AMI is Tributaries. Any
miner sending samples OF llack sand, or
what he thinks may be platinum to this
office, Gill Confer favor on science and
will very probably bsnetit himself. Send
us samples and VIC will inform you Just
Th1t il amount. 70.
, 1879-09-06
WarrenS letter.
WARRESs, |. r., Aug. 9th

NAkRENS, l. l., Aug ZItn, 49,?
EDITOR STATESMAN The troops under
Colonel Bernard and Lieutenant Galley, met
some Indians on the lower part of BIZ creek
on the l9th The commands were out of
supplies and Lieutenant Galley had started
back this way with his tram when the In
dams attacked The train. A sliirmish en-
sued word was sent to Bernard ne re-
turned, aud next day more fighting occurred {;
the Indians lied: want Of supplies prevented
either commander from following M the
enemy. Private Egan, OF Catley's comm1nd,
was killed. He was shot through the leg
severing an artery, aad blcd 10 death before
medical assistance coald he male available.
He IL sand to have a wife and children a.
Mt. ldaho. have not full part!cuiarS the
ab21e Is al the reliable Information ! haze.
y B. VI.
Later dispatches TO The assacil;ad press
give full particulars OF the >kirm:Sh. Oa
the Sth of August lieutenant Farrow with
Ills umatIiia scouts, jumped small party
ot Sheep Eaters, bat night came on before
they conld overtake them. Next day Col.
Bernard came up and followed the hostile.
So closely that they fed leaving every thing
they had including % horses. aad the sup.
plies they lad previously captured from
Galley. Capt. ForSe is hot on their trail
with one hundred men, ard is liable to aani-
illlate them at any moment. BtrnarTs com
mand Is out of rations aud his horses played
ont with three months marching over the
toughest mountain country in the whole
territory. He has sent to Yankee Fork for
supplies AZ the train sent out to bin under
charge Of Lieutenant Patten has gone astray
and cannot be found
, 1879-09-06

ADVERTISING GREATS. has become
50 common to write the beginning of an
elegant, interesting article, and then run
It INTO SOME advertisement, that we avoid
all such cheats, and simply call attention
10 the merits OF the Oregon Blood Purifier
IN as plain, honest terms as possible. to
induce people to give it one trial, as no
one who knows lis value will ever use any
thing elss.
, 1879-09-06

Il is said that Robert Bpuners horse Ed
win Forrest has made the unparalleled
time OF = nile III two minutes and eleven
seconds This NAV be true, but it shonld
be borne IN mind that it was done on 4
private track and privately it should also
be remembered that Bonner's horses has
always had a happy faculty (pecnl;lr to
themselves Of maNiag - the best time in
inst this sort of 4 private secluded way
Bonner Is publishing story paper and has
the name OF being the most successful adYer-
tlscr IN the country. Is Edwin Forrest"
one Of has owners advertising mediums.
, 1879-09-06

AT the beginning Of the negro exodus
Kansas, in the fullness Of her immigration
greed, said ''send them off " Gov. St John
smiled graciously as he noted the dark tide
flowing into the great bosom Of the rising
state. There can, however, he too mncll of
even good thing, Kansas is satisfied, and
the governor lately said The sending Of
any more southern negroes to Kansas at
present will not only lie cruelty to them,
but grievous burden to the white commu-
, 1879-09-06

IHE Bose HcpWLEcm takes us to- task for
not being more pronounced in our rscont
structures on paper there who took our
items and credited them 10 another paper
here. 1t was little more than We cared
about to give gallant youug military friend
notice, and then to have ii credited Ia
another sneet than our own. Twas the
Stdtesmra tina: did the deed. and it has
been done 50 frequently OF late especially by
radical papers, that We are inclined to think
1t is done Intentionally. However, the rem.
edy Is IN our own hands, Tor it is game that
two can play at. No harm done, Friend
SagebruSh.
, 1879-09-06

THE FAIR-We call especial attention
to the announcement by the Directors of
the agricultural Fair in this issue. The
Military brass band is secured for the
occasion. This will surely add another
and important attraction. The Directors
are determined to spare no effort to make
the next annual Fair one long to he re-
membered in the Walla Walla Valley.
The Directors deserve all praise. 1t is
hoped the greatest interest will be taken
in the matter by our people and give un-
mistakable evidence thereof by their pres
ence at the Fair ground from the begin
ming to the termination
, 1879-09-06

The EAST 0RE"oNIAN.-W were glad
dened in heart by reading the last issue Of
the East Oreg1nian The deeply religious
spirit that pervaies 1t showed us that our
prayers for its good had a: last taken effect
The simple faith expressed in their article on
She recent exposure of would he credulous
blind m&n was heart felt 1t is evident
that Brother Turner is becoming changed
man, and we hope he will continue in the
same happy frame OF mind.
, 1879-09-06

The associated press dispatches say that
Mrs. Spra@ue is being ''consoled by :. kins-
man from Ohio We have been expecting
this We knew this affair could not reach
climax without all Ohio man mixing himself
mp in 1t. II old man Sprague hasn't pawned
his shot gun yet. lie will accommodate a
long suffering public by using it before that
Ohio nan gets appointed to government
, 1879-09-06

GES. j. +. HOOP died at New Orleans on
the morning Of the 3lst ult He leaves 4
large family OF eleven children, the eldest
ten years old. and the youngest. twins,
three weeks, He was preparing a book on
the civil war, which was to have been pub
lishei this fall
, 1879-09-06
tIUHH UFey0hlun.

WOODS on FIRE.-From Judge CLARK, who
passed through the city on Sunday last, we
hear that the mountains in Northern Idaho
adjacent to Salmon river, are all ablaze.
They have evidently been fired by the Sheep
Eaters, IN order to prevent the troops under
Colonel Bernard from operating and obtain
!nE supplies. These mountains are very
heavily timbered, and fire once started
mas to burn everything before it STAYS its
, 1879-09-06

Ir is announced that no less than eighty
English ships are coming to-the Columbia
river this season to remove tn England the
surplus wheat crop of Oregon and Washing
ton territory Most Of them viii be loaded
at Portland
, 1879-09-06

The yellow plague still iiourishes at Mem
phis. and the fever is constantly increasing.
The Howard association report having POS
nurses on duty in 1913 families The total
number of deaths to the end of August
amonnt 10 o0S